I love it when my mailbox is full (of fun stuff, not bills) and the Fed Ex man visits multiple times a day!

-Sutter Home hope pack
-Car and Driver Magazine
-Kohls Coupons
-Bed, Bath and Beyond Coupon
-Green Mountain Coffee Mug and sample (fast delivery!)
-Shout sample
-Nature’s Path Bar and coupon
-Venus Razor
-Go Smile samples
-StriVectin SD sample
-$1/1 Florida’s Natural OJ coupon
-Free product coupon for Advil
-Free product coupon for Pringles
-Free product coupon for Zone Perfect
-Amazon credit for affiliate program
-Amazon gift cards from Swagbucks

-Organic Honey from Amazon, paid for with swagbucks

-Tommee Tippee cups for review from Mom Bloggers Club
-Tom’s of Maine Wicked Fresh Toothpaste for review from BzzAgent
-Baby Ganics Eco-friendly laundry detergent from Ecomom for review/giveaway (coming soon)
-Reach and Rembrandt products for review/giveaway (coming in December for Dear Santa, All I want it Everything… Event)

-Wholly Guacamole Cooler Pack for review/giveaway (coming soon)

Welcome to the 17th Surfin’ Saturdays hosted by Chubby Cheeks Thinks, Two Monkeys & a Washtub, And Then There Were Four and  The Coupon Challenge! Each week we will be surfin’ a different social network. You will have to check back every Saturday to see where we will be! One week it may be a facebook hop and then the next an email hop! It will be lots of fun and you will get to meet new people and see old friends as well!

We kindly ask that you follow these simple requests

1. Follow the hostesses in the first four spots (We will follow you back! Just please leave a comment letting us know that you are following us!)
2. Please only link up the network that is being hopped that specific week.
3. No spam please. These will be removed. 
4. It would be wonderful if you are linking up this week if you could add our button to your sidebar or in a post to help spread the word! 🙂 The more people that join, the more fun it will be! (Plus if you add our button to your sidebar you can grab 5 extra entries into any ONE giveaway!)
5. If someone follows you please feel free to follow them back! If you follow me and leave a comment you are guaranteed a follow back!

Saving money on meat at the grocery store

Watch for Sales: Purchase meat when it goes on sale.  Look at the weekly sale fliers to see which stores have the best prices.

Watch for markdowns:  Stores markdown meat as it gets closer to the sell by date.  Buy meat when it’s at a reduced price and either cook it by the suggested date or freeze for later use.

Stockpile: Purchase multiple packages of meat when you find a good deal.  I love B1G1 sales or even better, B1G2 sales.  Perdue tends to go through cycles when you can score great deals on chicken.  Pick up 3 packages of chicken for $2-$3 per package instead of $6-$9.

Buy in Bulk: Don’t be afraid to purchase a family size package if it’s a great price per lb.  Open the package and freeze in meal size portions.  Recently, Harris Teeter had a family pack of bone-in chicken breast for around $3.  I divided the package into 3 meals, averaging just over $1 per meal.  You could also divide a 5 lb package of ground beef into five 1 lb packages if it’s a great price.

Prepare/Trim Meat Yourself:  Avoid buying meat that has been butterflyed, pre-sliced, formed into patties or marinated.  You can save by doing these simple tasks yourself.

Read How to Save on Meat Part 2

What are your tips for saving on meat and produce?

I’ve received several emails about preferring the old Tuesday’s Trips linky (shopping trips linky) over the new follower hop linky.  I’m told by readers they want to see others shopping trips and a blogger that they like sharing.  I realize both Mom on Dealz and I already participate in a weekly blog hop.  We changed it over because a lot of the links being added were for following not shopping trips. So…

Keep it as the new Tuesday’s Trips follower linky.  Go back to a Tuesday shopping trip linky. Make it a combo

OR

Change the linky to Friday for shopping trips and change the name so it’s obviously about shopping.

Let us know your thoughts and we can change it to suite your needs.

Thanks,
Dana & Sharon

Welcome to the NEW Tuesday’s Trips Blog Hop hosted by The Coupon Challenge and Mom on Dealz! Instead of a shopping trip linky we’ve decided to change over to a traditional blog hop.

Each week we will be visiting a new social network. Make sure you check back each week to see where we’ll be!

• Follow your hostesses in the #1 and #2 spots
• Leave a comment, so we can follow you back
• Only link up to the network we are visiting for the week
• It’s always appreciated that if someone follows you, you follow them back (we all love to find new friends!)

-Rebate check
-Post-It samples
-Quaker Life Bar and 2 coupons
-Spin Magazine
-Playtex samples and coupon
-Emergen C sample
-Cascade sample
-Gas prevention sample and coupon
-Wisk sample
-Johnsonville Sausage samples (had 6)
-LED UFO light

I know some of you have been wondering if swagbucks is really worth it.  I’ll post more deals when my package arrives, but I just ordered organic honey from Amazon using gift cards I earned from Swagbucks!

Swagbucks is a search engine like Google or Yahoo, but you earn swagbucks (like points) just for searching the web.  Your swagucks can be cashed in for various prizes and gift cards.  My favorite being the $5 Amazon gift card.