If you were at Veterans Park in Wilmington, you may have caught some WECT - Fox Wilmington folks getting hardcore into a cornhole tournament.  We had so much fun getting together for our company picnic, and I absolutely love the park.  What a great day!

I didn't get a ton of things, but what I did get... I got for CHEAP this week at Harris Teeter and CVS.

Free hose at CVS, thanks to a coupon I printed out at the coupon machine.

Harris Teeter:
Dove chocolate, 9-cents
Yakisoba noodles, 10-cents
Mario Olives, 24-cents
Sorento string cheese, 1.49.

In all, I spent $3.62 with tax.

See the coupons and breakdowns on foxwilmington.com

Also, when I bought all of the above at Harris Teeter, a bunch of Catalina coupons printed out at the register.  I will get the Glade Starter Kit for $2 off (it's on sale this week for $2.37).  So, I'll pay 37-cents for the Glade... and then get $1 back to spend on anything I want, thanks to an SC Johnson deal.  MONEYMAKER!    

And I'll also get FREE Idahoan potatoes and a free Shutterfly photo album.

The Revolution special screening is here!  Tonight, Wilmington will get its own screening of the first episode of the new sci-fi show.  And, we know at least two of the actors will be available for Q & A.  Giancarlo Esposito and Graham Rogers will be there, NBC confirms.

Tickets are sold out for the screening, which takes place at Thalian Hall at 7:30 p.m.  We're also going to try to do a Google Hangout for those of you who cannot be there, so you can at least watch and type in your questions.

IF YOU GO, SHARE YOUR PICS!  Email them to [email protected] and write "Revolution" in the subject line.  It will automatically show up on wect.com! 

Here's a look at the trailer:

Giancarlo Esposito has been known to pop in a hangout! 

It was nothing for me to save about 89% at the grocery store.  

I've been hearing a lot about the new Lowes Foods in Leland... which has been running a triple coupon promotion for several weeks.  But, it took Mavis from Mavis Savers to convince me to check it out for myself.

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That location will triple any coupon less than $1.  You can use 20 coupons a day.  I am out-of-pocket $9.12 after tax for all of the stuff above.  It would have normally cost $79.54!

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The food sales will last through Tuesday night, but there's no timeline for the triple coupon promotion.

HOW DID I DO IT?  I used coupons with stuff already on sale.  PLUS, there's a KRAFT deal (easy explanation below.)  I forgot about the KRAFT deal - had I planned for it, I could've saved an additional $5.  **THE KRAFT DEAL CAN BE DONE MOST ANYWHERE WITHOUT COUPONS**

Here's a look at some of the coupons I used: 

A QUICK LOOK AT THE KRAFT DEAL:

Here are the basics:  If you buy a certain amount of KRAFT products, KRAFT will give you money back.  

Buy 3-5, get $2
Buy 6-9, get $5
Buy 10, get $10

And... you can use coupons.  So, if you're smart at math, you could get 10 items as-close-to-free-as-possible with coupons... and then earn $10 back to use again at Lowes Foods.
 
Because of bad planning, I bought 9 items. ARGH.

I know I can't live off of Krunchers and Mac and Cheese.  But, I believe in moderation... and because we don't make a practice of having junk food in the house, it's a nice treat sometimes.  And, when mac and cheese is free, I have the option of making it for the hubby and me... or donating it.  

Couponing really can be easy.  This week I spent $9 on groceries... it took me longer to blog about this than it did to go shopping.  I believe this can really make a difference in the way you live.  My husband really loves saving the money... we use that towards bills and more fun!

I saw this a couple of weeks ago as I was walking in downtown Wilmington.  You can caption this, tell me I'm overreacting, agree with me, or ignore it.  This was taken on a Saturday night, after dinner.  That's really all I'm going to say.