Pinkberry, Del Taco, and some groceries

This weekend, we were in LA visiting family and before going home we stopped at Pinkberry's in Little Tokyo (mystery shop) and I was looking forward to it since I had heard so much about this place but never wanted to put down the money to try one. The yogurt was quite good as were the fresh fruit toppings. The portion was generous but quite price at $5.95. But it was fine since I would get reimbursed and get paid $6 for the report.

On Monday, back to work :( But I brought a sandwich to work for lunch and then had afternoon snack of a free Del Taco 1/2 Pound Bean & Cheese burrito with a coupon on the back of receipts they are now doing. They seem to be putting these coupons on the back of all Del Taco receipts so free burritos for life!

On the way home in the evening, I used a 2-for-1 Del Taco coupon to get two of these burritos again. It's getting a little old, but hey, I only spend $1 on food today. Then got a treat for the wife and I, an ice cream cone and strawberry sundae from Wienerschnitzel for only $2.50 total, $2.00 off. I also picked up some groceries on the way home and saved quite a bit with sales and double coupons again as you can see by clicking on the receipt. Ended up paying $6.59 for a jar of natural mayo, wacky veggie macaroni, 2 cans of tuna, 2 pouches of tuna, and 2 Met-RX big bars. Not bad I must say!

Another extreme savings day Thursday

Well, Thursday turned out to be another big day with not much spent on food. Always keep a look out for freebies that come up on the news on certain days. I got 2 free tacos at Jack in the Box because I showed them my gas receipt. Then for an early dinner, I did another mystery shop at Del Taco, and got a Del's Deal: 2 Bean and Cheese Burritos, a taco, and a big drink. For this, not only do I get paid back for my money spent, but they pay me $6 for submitting this shop. I like getting paid to eat, although I try to limit this low quality food. This lunch and dinner combo was pretty unhealthy.

Finally, before my soccer game I stopped at Vons and saved 64% according the receipt, meaning I would have spent about $18 without sales and coupons but instead spent a whopping $6.81. Click on the receipt to see what I got for that price: A couple pouches of Tuna, some healthy granola, a large thing of aluminum foil, 2 Met Rx bars, and a loaf of 7 grain Ezekiel bread. Not half bad. Always clip your receipts from the Sunday paper and look for stores that will double them. Once you can find items on sale or even better on clearance, you can get great savings on stuff and even get many things free as I did with the Met Rx bars.

Wednesday free spree!

Well, here is what I did Wednesday between my breaks at my parent training sessions:

Got a free haircut at SportClips as seen on the receipt, as well as picked up a delicious slize of pizza at Z Pizza for free. Never forget to check the back of your receipt at the grocery store, these were both on a receipt from Ralphs. Speaking of Ralphs, I also posted the front of the receipt where I got a bunch of soy milks for the baby for like 89 cents each, quite a deal. It would have been even better except Ralphs stopped doubling coupons, boooo!! But Vons still does it, stay tuned for tomorrow at Vons.

After work on Wednesday night, we went to RA Sushi, which was a mystery shop, and quite delicious. The food and drinks were great and, of course, this is all reiumbursed. This is the 5th time within about 3 months we have been to a RA in SoCal but it never gets old.

Wahoos

Free Wahoo's

Today, I had some oatmeal this morning and then went to work at my office. For lunch I stopped off at Wahoo's and had a Banzai Burrito, drink, and chips and salsa for $10--this was a mystery shop where I will get reiumbursed for this, and that tasted damn good. In addition to getting reiumbursed, I get paid $8 for this shop! I packed myself a lunch that I will eat for my dinner tonight when I get a break from my night class. Can't wait for tomorrow, RA Sushi, one of our favorite restaurants (and of course a mystery shop!).

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This blog will be set up simply to write about the various methods I use to save tons of money every day, and hopefully encourage other penny pinchers to do the same!