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Sunday, January 15th, 2012
I made a quick trip to Safeway tonight:
Total spent: Nothing out of pocket, put $7.34 on a Visa gift card
Total before coupons: $11.84
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Got:
3 packages of Carefree Acti-Fresh pantiliners, 22-ct – on sale for .99 cents each. Used three coupons, each good for .50 cents off, which doubled; final price for all three: Free plus .03 cents overage. I received these coupons through SheSpeaks, which is a product testing community. It’s free to join, and I was able to participate in a product testing campaign for Carefree. Not only did I receive a free product in exchange for taking a survey and sharing my thoughts, but it also came with a nice stack of product coupons!
1 package of Stayfree pads, 16 ct. – regularly $2.79, used a $1.00 off coupon, which doubled; final price: $1.29. I received this coupon through the same SheSpeaks package mentioned above.
2 quarts of half & half – price for both: $3.58
1 Sunday newspaper – looking forward to re-building my coupon stash this year! Price: $2.50
Oh, and in case you were wondering about the name on my receipt…while I was transferring items between purses last year, I ended up misplacing my Safeway card. I found it again the other day – or so I thought. Turns out, this is actually my dad’s old Club Card! I guess mine is still MIA! 
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Last Friday, I went through my coupon stash so that I could redeem any coupons that were expiring at the end of the month and purge anything that wasn’t going to be used. Jai then headed to Safeway with a handful of coupons in tow and got the following:
Total spent: $0.00 – Nothing!
Total before coupons: $20.68
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Got:
5 boxes of Fiber Plus bars – regularly $2.50, used five free product coupons. I received these coupons as a surprise thank-you for hosting the Kellogg’s FiberPlus giveaway.
1 bottle of Trop50 Lemonade – regularly $3.69, used one free product coupon. I received this coupon in order to write an upcoming review for Contest Corner.
1 tub of Open Nature Ice Cream – regularly $4.49, used one free product coupon. I received this coupon thanks to the free offer on Safeway’s Facebook page back in September (Now expired).
What was your last deal for 2011?
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Friday, October 28th, 2011
On Tuesday I went to Safeway and got to redeem some coupons for the first time in a while! My knees are slowly getting better so I’m starting to have more mobility. Although I was pretty sore navigating through Safeway, I’m hopeful that I will be able to slowly resume my shopping trips now!
I had 10 free coupons to redeem for Slim-Fast, because I am working with the company on a review over on Contest Corner. (You can check out my review here if you’re interested – I’m also running a gift card giveaway alongside it!) As you can imagine, shipping coupons for free items is much less expensive than shipping heavy samples of a product, so companies often send me free coupons as a way to try their items when I’m putting together an article for them. So here’s what I got:
Total spent: $3.49
Total before coupons: $64.89
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Got:
1 canister of Slim-Fast drink mix
3 boxes of Slim-Fast bars
6 four-packs of Slim-Fast shakes
1 package of Stayfree
What kind of deals have you been getting lately, readers?
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Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
Since I’ve been gone for almost four months, we’re a little low on food, so I’ve been re-stocking our supplies over the last week. I made a trip to Dollar Tree and Safeway yesterday – first up, Dollar Tree:
Total spent: $24.00
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Got:
1 package of napkins – Price: $1.00
2 bags of rice – Price: $2.00
2 bags of pinto beans – Price: $2.00
2 bags of kidney beans – Price: $2.00
2 two-packs of chandelier light bulbs – For the chandelier in my living room – great price! Price: $2.00
3 boxes of quart bags, 22-count – I will need these for freezing all the onions I bought last week!  Price: $3.00
2 packages of gallon-size freezer bags, 12-count – Price: $2.00
1 phone coupler and 1 USB cable – Jai picked these items up for his computer business – Price: $2.00
1 roll of foil – Price: $1.00
3 packages of tortillas – Price: $3.00
1 large can of crushed tomatoes – Price: $1.00
1 package of ant traps – Good price, so I’m planning ahead with this purchase since we seem to need these every summer! Price: $1.00
1 bottle of dish soap – I actually received a gallon of dish soap for a review last month, and we needed a smaller bottle to keep by the sink since the gallon container is unwieldy. We decided that the best thing to do would be to grab a bottle of this inexpensive dish soap, and then re-use the bottle once it is empty! Price: $1.00
1 package of Jalapeno cheese slices – I thought these would be good to cut up and melt in burritos or chili – Price: $1.00
Next stop, Safeway, where I did two transactions and got the following items:
Transaction #1:
Total spent: $8.10
Total before coupons & promotions: $11.20
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Got:
Four boxes of General Mills cereal – on sale for $1.99 when you buy four boxes, and I used two coupons for $1.00/2 GM cereals that came from a coupon booklet that I found in the store. These coupons also doubled, making the final price $4.96 for all four, and I received a catalina for a free gallon of milk for purchasing the cereal. (Thanks for Frugal Living NW for this tip!)
1 Carefree sample – This sample is free with your Safeway club card (Or .10 without a club card) – you can find the display with it in the feminine care aisle. Price: Free!
1 bottle of wine – Price: $3.14
Remember the crazy receipt I received last time I was in Safeway? Well, unfortunately it looks like they are keeping that format. On this receipt, you will notice that one of my coupons is not even mentioned on the receipt, even though I saw it scan correctly, and I know it deducted from the total because the final price is correct. This is going to be a pain, since it will make it trickier to ensure that everything scans correctly at checkout going forward. Has anyone else noticed their Safeway receipts have changed format, or is it just this store?
Transaction #2:
Total spent: $2.50
Total before coupons: $5.39
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Got:
1 gallon of milk - Regularly $2.89, used the free milk catalina that I received during the first transaction. Final price: Free!
1 Sunday paper – I forgot to get one the day before, but I lucked out and got the very last one that they had! Price: $2.50
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Saturday, May 14th, 2011
I stopped by Safeway on Thursday to pick up a few things:
Total spent: $25.84
Total before coupons & club card: $60.17
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Got:
17.49 lbs of onions and one head of cilantro – the onions were on sale for .25 cents per pound, and the cilantro was .79 cents. I used a coupon good for $1.00 off your produce purchase of $5.00 or greater which I got through this offer (Both Jai and I were able to sign up for this offer, and it allowed two prints per person). This brought my final total to just $4.17 for 17 and a half pounds of onions and the cilantro. Now, I know what you’re thinking….17 pounds?! But .25 cents per pound is a fantastic price for onions – in fact, I don’t think I’ve ever seen it so low. Onions are a staple in the dishes I make, and they freeze beautifully, so I will be chopping these and freezing them in ziploc bags. This will save us money and time, since having pre-chopped onion on hand is very handy!
1 bag of black beans – price: $1.49
1 bag of Great Northern beans – price: .99 cents
1 can of diced tomatoes – price: .69 cents. As you might have guessed from the other purchases, one of the dishes I plan to make this week is chili. I had originally planned to buy fresh tomatoes, but the prices were so high that it was significantly cheaper to buy a can instead; and this will actually work better for chili anyway, especially since it also has chopped green peppers mixed in!
2 boxes of Frosted Mini Wheats Touch of Fruit – on sale for $2.19 each through the “Buy 4, save $4″ cereal promo, and I used two $1/1 coupons that I received through a sample from Vocalpoint. These coupons also doubled, making the final cost .69 cents per box.
2 boxes of Raisin Bran – I needed two more boxes of cereal to qualify for the “Buy 4″ promo, and this was the cheapest option. Regularly $1.79 each, I used two .70/1 printables to bring the final total down to $2.18 for both.
1 box of Smart Start cereal – I had printed a coupon for this in case it was included in the “Buy 4″ promo. It wasn’t, but I noticed that it had a “Try-Me-Free” rebate on the box, so this ended up being a bonus! Regularly $2.99, I used a $1/1 printable to bring the price down to $1.99. It will be free minus the cost of a stamp after rebate – possibly with a small profit if they refund me the pre-coupon amount.
12-pack of toilet paper (double rolls) – this was on sale for $5.49, which is a stock-up price for this area, so I bought one to take advantage of the price.
2 quarts of half & half - $1.50 each, final price: $3.00 for both
1 gallon of milk – price: $2.49
3 bottles of Pine-Sol – regularly $2.99 each. First, I used an in-store Safeway coupon to bring the price down to $1.49 each. I then stacked this with two manufacturer’s printable coupons for $1/1, and one .50/1 hangtag coupon that was on the product itself, which doubled. This brought the final price down to .49 cents each – $1.47 total for all three.
Thanks to Frugal Living NW for their Safeway coupon match-up! You can see all of their deal scenarios for this week here.
If you check out my scan of the receipt, you’ll notice that it’s one of the most convoluted receipts you’ve ever read. The coupon deductions are listed all over the receipt, and the product prices are inconsistent; some prices are displayed with the coupon savings factored in, some prices are displayed before coupon deductions, and some prices are totally random and don’t match up with the cost before OR after coupons! The final total that I paid was just a few cents higher than the total I had projected, so I’m going to assume that everything rang up correctly, because there’s really no way to tell. I’ve gotten a receipt that looked like this once before, so I’m going to hope that it’s a register quirk and not their new format!
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Thursday, May 12th, 2011
Now that I’m back home, I’ve been busy unpacking and getting caught up. I headed out to do some shopping last Saturday to stock up on some supplies and check out my new favorite store: Dollar Tree!
Total spent: $15.50
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Yes, Dollar Tree has opened a new location in my area! I can’t tell you how excited this makes me. We don’t have any other dollar stores in the area currently, so this will make a big difference in my budget – not to mention, I also consider Dollar Tree to be the best dollar store because of what they carry. So I was excited for my very first visit! Here’s what I picked up on my first trip:
1 bottle of Vanilla extract – Killer deal on this item, so I had to grab a bottle! Price: $1.00
1 tooth whitening kit - Just for fun, thought I’d give this a try! Price: $1.00
1 box of Crunch & Munch – Jai wanted this!  Price: $1.00
1 package of fig bars – This was Jai’s also! Price: $1.00
1 box of sleep aid – Price: $1.00
1 package of lithium batteries – This item was another fabulous buy – Price: $1.00
1 balloon - Price: $1.00
1 box of Brillo pads with soap – Price: $1.00
1 package of scrubber sponges – Price: $1.00
1 package of regular sponges – Whenever I’ve visited Dollar Tree stores in the past, I’ve always stocked up on sponges because they have MUCH better prices than any other store around here! Price: $1.00
1 package of two drain stoppers – Another miscellaneous item we needed – Price: $1.00
1 package of coffee filters – Just in time, we were running low – Price: $1.00
1 package of produce bags – After reading Faylee’s guest post about produce bags, I was eager to try them myself! Price: $1.00
1 package of bread bags – Similar concept to the produce bags – this will be fantastic for my homemade bread! Price: $1.00
1 card – Price: .50 cents
1 package of frozen french fries – Price: $1.00
After Dollar Tree, we hit up Safeway for a few items:
Total spent: $7.99
Total before coupons: $32.14
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Got:
2 boxes of Frosted Mini Wheats: Touch of Fruit – normally $2.99 each, and I had one $1.00/1 coupon, which doubled, and one “Buy One, Get One Free” coupon, making the final price $1.49 for both. There is also a “Try-Me-Free” rebate on the box, which will make it free less the cost of a stamp – possibly with a small profit, if they decide to refund me the pre-coupon amount! Both of these coupons came with a free sample that I got from Vocalpoint. If you aren’t a Vocalpoint member, click here to read my article about it – I highly recommend it as a source for high-value coupons!
1 bag of Malt-o-Meal Fruity Dyno-Bites – normally $3.59, used one free product coupon that I won in a giveaway – final price: Free!
1 gallon of milk - price: $2.49
1 package of Hebrew National hot dogs – regularly $5.99, used one free product coupon – final price: Free! I received this coupon because I am working with Hebrew National on an upcoming giveaway – so stay tuned for that, because several Super Coupon Girl readers will win free hot dog coupons of their own in the near future!
1 package of hot dog buns – price: $1.49
5.52 lbs of bananas and 1.90 lbs of apples – I had a printable coupon for $1.00 off your produce purchase of $5.00 or more which I got through this offer, so I chose the cheapest produce – bananas were .64 cents per pound, apples were .78 cents per pound – and weighed it out until I had exactly $5.02 worth. After using my $1.00 off coupon, I paid only $4.02.
1 package of Earthbound Farm organic, pre-washed & peeled baby carrots – Regularly $3.59, used one free product coupon that I got thanks to an offer I participated in via their mailing list – final price: Free!
1 tub of Sabra garlic hummus – regularly $3.99, used one free product coupon that I received for a post I did on Contest Corner – final price: Free!
The cashier also doubled three of my “Free” coupons, deducting an extra $1.50 from my total. I’ve been told conflicting things regarding whether “Free” coupons can be doubled or not, and since Safeway seems to be changing its policy every month now, it’s getting hard to keep up!
Also, my “Buy one, get one free” cereal coupon deducted $4.19 initially, so the cashier adjusted it down by adding $1.20 to my total – just in case anyone gets confused deciphering my receipt!
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Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
While I’m in England, Jai is taking care of business for me stateside. We talk on Skype daily, and he updates me periodically on what mail has arrived while I’ve been away. One of the pieces of mail which arrived recently was a flier of great coupons from Safeway, including several for totally free items. These coupons were only good through the 31st, so Jai decided he would stop by Safeway and use the coupons himself so that they wouldn’t go to waste. He went coupon shopping on my behalf once before when I was sick, and that was a resounding success, so I was looking forward to seeing what he got.
I told Jai that these Safeway coupons require a minimum $10 purchase, so he should pick up $10 worth of stuff that he needed in addition to the free-after-coupon items. He smartly picked up essentials like milk, butter, and a bag of cheese to meet the purchase requirement. He even took a picture of what he bought, and scanned the receipt!
(And yes, that is a mattress behind the kitchen table. Apparently, Jai is working on some renovations while I am away and has been moving things around. )
Total spent: $13.86
Total before coupons: $20.73
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Jai got:
1 jar of Safeway salsa – normally $2.19, used one free coupon; final price: Free!
1 package of Mission tortillas – Jai had a free coupon for these also, but realized afterward that it was not deducted at the checkout, so he was overcharged by $1.89.
1 bag of Mission tortilla chips – regularly $3.29, used one free coupon; final price: Free!
1 package of butter – price: $2.99
1 bag of cheese – price: $6.99
1 bag of Safeway frozen vegetables – normally $1.39, used one free coupon; final price: Free!
1 gallon of milk - price: $1.99
So there you have it – Jai did an awesome job of filling in for Super Coupon Girl!
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Sunday, January 9th, 2011
Since I’m leaving for England on Tuesday, I wanted to use up some good coupons that were going to expire during my trip and also pick up some supplies that I will need while traveling. First stop, Rite Aid:
Total spent: $15.92
Total before coupons & discounts: $23.47
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Got:
1 Almay eyeliner pencil – the Maybelline eyeliner I ordered from Soap.com isn’t bad, but it doesn’t wear well on the upper lid – so I bought my usual brand and will alternate between them! Regularly $7.49, and I used a coupon for 10% off my Rite Aid purchase that I earned last time I was in the store. Final price: $6.74
1 bag of Gardettos – I broke the cardinal rule and shopped while hungry! Regularly $2.99, paid $2.69 after my 10% discount.
1 pair of slippers – Regularly $12.99, these were marked down on clearance to $6.49 (10% did not apply to sale items). I’m going to need a warm pair of slippers while I’m in England, so this should do the trick!
Next stop, Safeway:
Total spent: $17.61
Total before coupons: $57.58
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Got:
2-liter of Mountain Breeze soda – last time I was in Safeway, I received a catalina for a free 2-liter of Safeway soda, up to .69 cents. The soda was actually priced at .99 cents plus .05 cents deposit, so I paid a total of .35 cents for it.
1/2 gallon of half & half – price: $3.79
1 package of Dramamine – for the flight! Price: $4.59
1 bottle of Extra Strength Excedrin – regularly $3.99, and I used one free coupon that I received through one of Excedrin’s many recent offers – final price: Free!
2 bottles of Excedrin Migraine – regularly $4.29 each, used two free coupons. Final price: Free!
2 packages of Stayfree – regularly $2.99 each, used one “Buy One, Get One Free” printable coupon – the coupon deducted the full amount of $3.49, so I received .50 cents overage. Final price: $2.49 for both.
1 box of Garnier Herbashine haircolor – regularly $3.24, used one free coupon from a recent offer – final price: Free!
1 bottle of Alba shave gel – I bought this to take with me on my trip, because I need a non-aerosol bottle to pack in my suitcase and this is one of the few brands that I know I can use without an allergic reaction. Price: $6.39 (Ouch!)
2 bags of Tyson Any’Tizers (BBQ Wings & Chicken Fries) – normally $9.99 each, used two free coupons. Final price: Free! Tyson sent me these free coupons because we have a fun giveaway for Super Coupon Girl readers in the works.
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Thursday, December 16th, 2010
This is a unique offer for Facebook users: Click here to “Like” Safeway on Facebook, and click on the “Ornamize Me!” app. Create a virtual ornament to send to your friends, and if five of your friends create an ornament also, you could earn a $5 Safeway gift card – this offer is open to the first 1,000 users. This offer just launched, so hurry if you want to try for a gift card. If you need someone to send an ornament too, feel free to send one to me!
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Saturday, December 11th, 2010
Because of my knee injury, I’m not doing a ton of shopping expeditions at the moment. And thanks to my Dormzy order, Jai picking up the odd gallon of milk or half and half when we run out, and what we have on hand, there’s not too much that we need. However, I made a brief trip to Safeway on Thursday so that I could use a few coupons:
Total spent: $5.48
Total before coupons: $20.96
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Got:
2 bags of Tyson chicken nuggets – regularly $6.99 each, used two free product coupons. Final price: Free! Tyson sent me these free coupons because we have a giveaway for Super Coupon Girl readers in the works – so stay tuned for your chance to win some great free coupons of your own!
1 package of Kotex – price: $3.49
1 package of Stayfree – regularly $3.49, used a $1.00/1 coupon from the February 2010 issue of Family Circle magazine, which I got through a free subscription offer. This coupon also doubled, making the final price $1.99.
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