NEW! Sales round-up for the week of April 1, 2014

 Hello, #babysavings parents!
 
I thought it would be a neat idea to create a round-up of unique savings for this week.

Check out the following:

Grocery

• Barilla Plus Pasta coupon - $1 off - click here

• Silhouette Greek 0%M.F yogurt 4X100g - click here 

Eating Out

• Tako Sushi (30 Bristol Rd East, Unit 1) **psst, great date night!** - click here

Family Activites

• KinderMusik classes @ Creative Kids Place (3176 Ridgeway Dr., Unit 55) - click here

• Reptilia - save $8 off regular admission (2501 Rutherford Rd) - click here

 
Have you found any significant savings this week? Post your tips below. 

Free cheerios and more from Save.ca

Just received my latest Save.ca coupons in the mail:

1. One free box of Honey Nut Cheerios Hearty Oat or Fibre1 Almond & Cluster Delight
2. One free box of Fibre1 w/ protein or Nature Valley protein or Golden Grahams Treats

Hot deal, right? But here's the issue: These freebies are only available on specific days - d'oh! You can only get your free Cheerios on July 16 and your free granola bars on July 23.

If you still want these freebies, click here to get them. And if you miss these freebie days, at least you tried to save a few bucks, right?

Parent's Choice coupon in Today's Parent Newborn Guide

My daughter is two and a half, but sometimes I still like to read the newborn magazines. You never know what you'll find, right?

So when I went to a Mississauga Library location and found this new Today's Parent Guide, I discovered this deal, which I had to share with Adventures readers: A coupon for $10 off any Parent's Choice Infant Formula, woot, woot! (Expires Nov. 30, 2013)

This is in the Spring 2013 issue of Today's Parent Newborn Guide, so if you come across it and your baby or tot is on formula, pick it up. I haven't seen any decent coupons like this in awhile, so take it or leave it!

P.S. Did you check out my last post? I'm accepting your childcare questions here, which could be featured and answered by childcare expert, Kat J., author of the blog Childcare Chat. Read last week's post and submit your questions here.

Enfapro A+ sample

Although my daughter is almost two and a half, I still get the occasional Enfamil magalogue in the mail. In Vol. 13-2, it highlighted a sweet offer:

If you click here, you can request a free sample of Enfapro A+ (for ages 6-18 months). This includes 4 single-serve packets and an $8 coupon. Hey, for a freebie, that's not bad! And you can keep the packets at your babysitter's house or in your diaper bag – you never know when you'll need them, right?

When you click on the link, you'll be asked to log in or create a user account. If you don't have a user account, just make one for crying out loud - this freebie is worth it.

Teething coupon - get it NOW before it expires

My cousin gave me a great tip recently: Boiron has a $2 off coupon for their line of children's products. But it expires December 31, 2012. So print it off now and get your teething stuff before it's too late!

Their Camilia doses have always been my go-to for minor teething irritations. I just bought a pack a few days ago with the coupon. Here's my spending summary. (Note: I got it at Walmart.)

$12.99 - $2 = $10.99 for 30 doses
(Doesn't include tax here because I don't have the receipt in front of me and I suck at math.)

Another product I've tried by Boiron is Coryzalia, which I used last summer (see my August 2012 post for deets). It's great for stuffy and runny noses for colds and seasonal allergies.

And ... it's Christmas Eve today. Hope your family and yourself have a great holiday!

Gerber coupon

The title says it all. Here's the link to the Gerber coupon, enjoy!

You don't have to buy it just because it's on sale!

One thing I've had to learn as a new mom is this: just because something is on sale (or you have a coupon for it), doesn't mean you have to buy it. I recently had a coupon for Gerber (something like buy 10, get $1 off) and jars were on sale at Walmart for 55 cents each. Though I was tempted to get my daughter strawberry-apple and apricot jars, I had to stop myself. Hold on, she's 14 months, she's practically on regular food! Then I remembered watching a few episodes of TLC's Extreme Couponing last year. Do I want to be like the weird old lady who bought cat food, even though she doesn't have a cat? Or the single twenty-something who stockpiled diapers and wasn't planning on having children anytime soon? So I've come to realize that when there's a good deal, you need to step back and ask yourself these questions: Does it expire? Do you have room to store it? And ... do you really need it?

Diaper discussion

When I buy diapers, I NEVER purchase them without coupons. This is what I do: I go through all of the flyers in my local paper and check which store has Pampers or Huggies on sale (these diapers seem to work the best, in my experience. The stupid Seventh Generation ones rip and leak!). Then I price them per diaper using the sale price AND a coupon on top of the sale price. The most I've ever paid for a size-3 package is $0.16 per diaper.

So here's a little demo "case study": I have flyers from Walmart and Superstore. Walmart has a 222-pack of size-3 Pampers on sale for $32.99; Superstore has Pampers in a 172 pack for $28.99. I have a $2-off coupon. You'd think Superstore would be cheaper, but guess again.  According to my calculations, I would choose Walmart, as the package would be $0.13 per diaper. (If I were to go with Superstore AND use my coupon, it would be more expensive, as I would be paying $0.15 per diaper.) Many would think that my shopping technique is too frugal, BUT saving here and there goes a long way.

In my opinion, stocking up on diapers is a no-no. Here's why: babies grow FAST. You don't know how big they'll get. I used to think people said this to make conversation, but after having my own, I've realized that it actually means something! Babies tend to double their weight by the time they reach four months. So if your baby is only wearing size 2 for about a month and you've bought that size in bulk, you've wasted your money (and the diapers take up space!). I found purchasing NB diapers in bulk was a huge disadvantage: Although my daughter could have more than comfortably fit into size 1, I squeezed her little bottom into NB diapers because I had too many stored away. (Sorry, babes!) Generally speaking, today I purchase two boxes MAX in the diaper inventory.

Thoughts? Comments from lovers and haters are welcome! Bring it, biatch!