Maybe I should start a coupon spotlight?

So I've been reviewing my page views for my various blog posts, and it seems that my coupon posts get the most views.

Now, I'm not looking to make money off this blog or anything, but more page views (like 17 as opposed to 3, I know, I might crash the site) is a nice thing to see.

So I'm going to start a coupon spotlight.

Especially since I have little time to cook during the holidays. I'm attempting to be crafty. That's time consuming.

Anyway, so here we go.

My preferred coupon blog is The Krazy Coupon Lady. I like it's tips, shopping lists, and format. Also, It feels like there are fewer ads, even though there might not be. I even like that they organize sending expired coupons to military families. I've sent them two envelopes already.

So, it turns out The Krazy Coupon Lady is on Pinterest. Totally starting following that, especially the Freebies, Steals & Deal board.

And because I follow that board, I saw this deal on Stouffer's meals at Target.

See, I had seen something similar in the Target circular, but the prices were off. The circular said buy two, get a $5 gift card, but the two were the 57- to 96-oz. Stouffer’s family meals for $11.39 a piece.

I was intrigued, mostly because I knew I had four $1.50 off one Stouffer's family meal coupons in my envelope. (Yes, I have an envelope. I haven't graduated to a binder yet.)

So I grabbed the circular and my coupons and went to the store.

Where the But 2, Get a Gift Card was as The Krazy Coupon Lady said. I could buy the smaller portions, the ones that were $5.49 or $5.99 each and still get the $5 gift card.

So, let's do the math. The meatless options were $5.50 (because I'm rounding to make this easier). You need to buy two to get the gift card. That's $11 for two. Minus the $5 gift card, $6 for two. Minus the two coupons ($1.50 each, $3 for the pair), $3 for the two. That's $1.50 for a family-size meal.

For the meat options, $6 each, two for $12. Minus the $5 gift card, $7. Minue the $3 in coupons, $4. That's $2 a piece of a family-size meal (with meat).

And these things feed six people easy.

Seriously.

I wish I owned an upright freezer. Or had the space for one in my apartment. Boo.

I bought four, two meatless, two meat. I knew I really didn't have room in my freezer for four, so what did I do? I proceeded to sell my mom two of them for her freezers (because she gets to have a fridge in the garage). I figured they were easy things for my dad to throw in the oven while he's off work recovering from knee surgery. He can have dinner ready for her when she gets home, that lucky lady.

And that was my awesome score of the week.