Frugal Living NW

Helping you live well on a budget in the Pacific Northwest.

Welcome to Frugal Living NW!

I'm Angela Davis, a PNW native, mom of lots of kids, and I love saving money. I'm here to help you live well on a budget by making every penny count. You'll find deals at your local stores, ways to save online, recipes, and frugal living tips and inspiration.

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Top 10 Drug Store Deals for March 23-29

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Here are this week's top 10 deals at Rite Aid, Walgreens and Target. RITE AID Zantac (24-30 ct) on sale $8.99 Buy 1, Get $2 +UP Reward – limit 4 Use $3/1 coupon or $4/1 coupon from 3/23 SS insert Pay $4.99, Get $2 +UP Submit for full mail-in rebate ($8.99) FREE + $6 overage after coupon, rebate and reward Nature Made Vitamelts on sale $5.99 Buy 1, Get $4 +UP Reward – limit unknown Use $1/1 coupon Use $2/1 Nature Made Sleep Rite Aid Video Values store coupon Pay $2.99, Get $4 +UP FREE + $1.01 overage after coupons and reward Gerber 2nd Foods (2 pack) on sale 2/$3 Buy 2, Get $3 +UP Reward – limit 2 Buy 2 Pay $3, Get $3 +UP FREE after Keep Reading

QFC: Susan’s shopping trip just $6.65

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QFC has been pretty awesome this week. Too bad I haven't made time to get there but Susan did! Here's what she picked up. These deals are good today (3/25) only. Buy 5 - Save $5 sale! Coupons used from 3/23 RP insert $2.50/1 for Dove Men's Shampoo = FREE! $2.50/1 for AXE Shampoo $.49 $1.50/1 Dove Shampoo= $.69 $.50/1 Huggies wipes = $.49 My QFC (Vancouver) also has a cartful of 4 lb. sugar for $.99 - Bought 3- canning season lis coming! :) Total :$6.65 ($1.37 tax) Has anyone else been to QFC this week? What great deals did you find? Keep Reading

Safeway: Shelby’s trip $23.26 after Ibotta!

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Safeway  Ibotta Deals There is a big Ibotta bonus going on at Safeway right now. When you buy 10 items from a specified list you get a $5 bonus. This is like $.50 per item. Shelby got all of this for just $23.26. Here is the breakdown she sent us: Ibotta offers Expire 3/27/14 Safeway Sale prices are at least good through 3/25 --Safeway iBotta Bonus Match Up-- The “$.50 bonus iBotta” is the $5.00 bonus for redeeming 10 or more of specified items divided among the 10 items ($5/10 = $.50) Refreshe Electrolite (1 Lt) drink on sale $.79 with weekly ad coupon Buy 1, Get $.25 Ibotta offer plus $.50 Ibotta bonus $.04 after Ibotta offer and Keep Reading

Rite Aid: Nature Made Vitamelts moneymaker

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Rite Aid has a great unadvertised deal running on the Nature Made Vitamelts!  These may or may not be tagged in your local store, so your best bet is to just have your cashier ring one up before purchasing to check the price. Nature Made Vitamelts on sale $5.99 Buy 1, Get $4 +UP Reward - limit unknown Use $1/1 coupon Use $2/1 Nature Made Sleep Rite Aid Video Values store coupon Pay $2.99, Get $4 +UP FREE + $1.01 overage after coupons and reward Please let us know if this deal works for you! Find more Rite Aid deals here. Get the exhaustive list of Rite Aid coupon match-ups with a printable list feature here. Keep Reading

Target Deals for March 23-29

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Here are the best deals at Target this week. Target prices vary by store and region. Some deals are unadvertised and may or may not be found in your store. Find the full list of this week's Target deals, including a printable list feature, here. There are several ways to maximize your savings at Target: Combine a Target store coupon with a manufacturer's coupon. You can find Target coupons here. You can sign up for Target Mobile coupons which are delivered to your smart phone. These coupons are Target store coupons, so you can stack a manufacturer’s coupon with them. To use your mobile coupons, you pull them up on your phone at checkout and Keep Reading

Natural Grocers: New store in Gresham + Cascadian Farms organic vegetables deal

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There's a new Natural Grocers store just open in Gresham and Beaverton and one in Clackamas set to open at the end of April. I haven't shopped there yet but I noticed a deal on Cascadian Farms organic frozen vegetables in today's ad that might be worth checking out. Here's the deal: Cascadian Farm Organic Frozen Vegetables on sale $1.99 Use $.75/1 coupon (NLA?), $.85/1 coupon or $1/1 coupon from 1/5 SS insert (the Oregonian did not get this one) As low as $1.14 ($.99 if you can get the $1/1 coupon) Find the Natural Grocers locations in Oregon here. Let us know what you think of the store.  Keep Reading

Target mobile coupons for 3/23 (fruit, vegetable & deli coupons)

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If you have text messaging on a web-enabled phone, sign up for Target mobile coupons. These coupons are Target store coupons, so you can stack a manufacturer’s coupon with them. The following coupons expire April 4, 2014: $5 off $25 home purchase $5 off $25 women’s apparel purchase $5 off $25 shoe purchase $2/40 4×6 digital prints $1.50/1 Woolite laundry care item $1/1 Energizer Ultimate Lithium battery (4 ct) $1/1 Colgate Optic White oral care item $1/1 Quilted Northern bath tissue (12 pk or larger) $1/1 Up & Up paper towels (6 pk or larger) $1/1 Up & Up household item $1/2 Up & Up oral care items $1.50/1 Keep Reading

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