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March 25th, 2009
Total spent : $15.00
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Got:
20 4-packs of TP – part of the “Buy 10, save $5” promo. Final price: .75 cents each.
No coupons on this one, just a good deal for this town. Some areas get good prices on toilet paper, but this isn’t one of them. Other than the few Cottonelle deals I’ve gotten, the only way I can save on toilet paper is when I’ve paid for it with overage or catalinas. I figured $15 for 80 rolls of toilet paper wasn’t bad – since it’s a necessity that’s always expensive, it’ll save me money in the long run to stock up now.
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March 24th, 2009
Total spent: $4.27Total before coupons: $14.27View receipt
Got:
1 package of first aid gauze – price: $4.49
1 package of scrub pads – price: $1.79
1 drink pitcher – price: $7.99
I had a $10 Rite Aid gift certificate which I earned during the “Gift of Savings” promotion that I mentioned back in December, so I used it to buy a few things on my list. I’ve been in need of a new pitcher for a while, and this will be perfect to mix up batches of all that free Kool-Aid and Crystal Lite that I got last summer!
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March 23rd, 2009
Click here to sign up for a coupon good for one free Attune Probiotic Bar – these are basically granola bars with a yogurt coating. I’ve seen them at Safeway, and there are a bunch of other stores that carry these; find one near you by clicking here.
Thanks so much to Hip2Save for this info! She also has a great tip about a try-me-free rebate for these bars. Click here to find out how you can get 14 Attune bars for free after a mail-in rebate. For the cost of a stamp, that seems like a pretty good deal to me. Hip2Save also points out that there are “Buy three, get one free” coupons here, so if you use these in conjunction with the rebate, you could end up with a whole heap of free Attune bars.
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March 23rd, 2009
Aww! Mom of 2 Boys at Mommy World was kind enough to give me this special “Friend Award”. The rules of this award are as follow:
Update: A Cheap Chick also nominated me for this sweet award! Thank you so much!
“These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.”
I am touched to have been chosen for such a sweet award. I gave a lot of thought to who I might pass this on to. There are so many nice bloggers that I am fortunate to know! I had a hard time choosing only 8, because there are many, many more deserving blogs than that. So I have decided to carry on my tradition of passing this on to my whole blogroll! You guys all rock!
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March 21st, 2009
I got a great deal on salad and fruit cups yesterday:
Total spent: .13 cents out of pocket, put .34 cents on my free Safeway gift card
Total before coupons: $12.50
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Safeway has a promotion going this week where if you purchase 10 participating items, you will save $5 off your total. This has all kinds of interesting potential for good deals. Here’s how this scenario worked, and what I got:
8 Del Monte Fruit Natural Cups – when you buy 10 participating items, it brings the price of these cups down to .75 cents each. I used four printables for $1 off 2 cups, which doubled, making all 8 cups free! You can print two coupons per computer.
2 bags of Fresh Express salad – After the “Buy 10, save $5” discount, these were also .75 cents apiece. I found a “blinkie” coupon dispenser at Fred Meyer on Thursday night, which contained coupons for $1 off any two Fresh Express salads. This brought the final cost down to .25 cents a bag.
Another tip for Safeway shoppers – if you can’t find coupons for Fresh Express, you could do a similar scenario with 8 fruit cups and 2 pouches of Bertolli pasta sauce. There is a blinkie machine right next to the pasta sauce at my store, with coupons for $1 off one sauce pouch; and from what I’ve heard on Hot Coupon World, these coupons can be found at most Safeways. The pasta sauce is part of the promo and comes to $1.50 each after the $5 discount, so the blinkie coupons would bring the price down further to .50 cents apiece. So you could possibly get 8 fruit cups and two Bertolli pouches for $1.00 after the promo and coupons. Or if you really need pasta sauce, you could buy ten pouches, use ten coupons, and pay $5.00 total.
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March 20th, 2009
Decent shopping trip yesterday – picked up some things I needed for $5.08:
  My first stop was Fred Meyer:
Total spent: $5.08
Total before coupons: $10.88
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Got:
4.46 pounds of chicken drumsticks – Originally $6.60, this chicken had been marked down to $4.59. I also had a coupon for $1 off any Foster Farms chicken, which I got in the mail from the company. Final price: $3.59.
I have a few of these Foster Farms coupons, and they expire at the end of this month, so I want to make sure that I use them. We’ve eaten our way through most (though not all) of the meat in the freezer, so this is good timing. I had such a stockpile of meat built up that I don’t think I’ve bought any since this trip in September.
5 four-packs of Cottonelle TP – on sale for $1.19. First, I used a coupon for .75 cents off, which I believe came from the Madre y Mujer coupon book; this made the first 4-pack .44 cents. Then I used four $1/1 printables that we received for signing up on the Cottonelle website – making the rest of the 4-packs .19 cents each.
The Madre y Mujer booklet is free to sign up for and has all kinds of good coupons in it – the form is in Spanish, but it’s easy to figure out even if you don’t speak the language.
1 head of garlic – price: .34 cents.
Next stop, Walgreens:
Total spent: Nothing out of pocket, put $3.32 on my rebate gift card
Total before coupons: $8.15
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Got:
1 gallon of milk – price: $2.19
1 package of coffee filters – price: $1.19
6 Reeses Whipps candy bars – used a coupon from the Walgreens sales flier to bring the price down to .49 cents each; then I was able to stack it with three $1/2 coupons from the 1/4 Smart Source newspaper inserts. Final price: Free plus .01 cent of overage each!
My final stop was Safeway, to pick up some half and half:
Total spent: Nothing out of pocket, put .76 cents on my free Safeway gift card
Total before coupons: $2.29
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Got:
1 quart of half and half – on sale for $2.29, used a catalina for $1.50 off my next grocery purchase that I received when I purchased coffee on Wednesday. Final price after catalina and bag credit: .76 cents.
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March 19th, 2009
Total spent – nothing out of pocket, put $13.90 on my free Safeway gift cards. And I got a $1.50 catalina back!
Total before coupons: $15.43
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Got:
1 one-pound bag of Starbucks coffee – on sale for $7.99, used a coupon good for $1 off your groceries when you purchase Starbucks coffee, which I got from Food & Family magazine. This coupon also doubled, making the final price $6.49. And I also received a $1.50 catalina towards my next purchase for buying the coffee! Thanks to Hot Coupon World for the tip about this catalina.
Food & Family is a recipe magazine that Kraft puts out – it used to be free to receive, and I signed up for it because it usually has coupons inside; but apparently they’re charging for subscriptions now.
1 box of gauze pads – final price: $3.09.
1 box of rolled gauze -final price: $2.29. I have to keep a bandage on my toe constantly, even though the nail surgery that I had happened in December.
.87 pounds of broccoli – final price: $1.56.
One onion (.63 pounds) – final price: .50 cents.
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March 18th, 2009
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March 16th, 2009
You might recall that back in January I received several survey invitations at the Safeway checkout, for purchasing South Beach Fiber Fit bars. I was invited to take three different surveys, and was offered a $5 Safeway gift card for each one completed. Well, it only took me a few minutes to do the surveys, and today I received $15 in Safeway gift cards! The best part is that I had coupons for the South Beach bars which made them free – and then I was offered these gift cards on top of that!
I have gotten several survey invitations like this in the past, so keep your eyes peeled whenever you’re handed a catalina. You never know what it could be!
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March 14th, 2009
Total spent: $27.72
Total before coupons: $54.45
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I spent more than I normally would on this trip, for a special reason – it’s Jai’s birthday today! I asked him what he’d like to have for his birthday meal, and made my list around that, whether the items were on sale or not. But I was still able to save $26.73 with my coupons, so that was something.
Oh, and in case you were wondering: the birthday boy will be having Frosted Mini-Wheats, PB&J sandwiches, cheesecake, and cherry cola for his b-day celebration.
So on to what I bought:
.3 lbs of organic, fair trade coffee – I always need coffee! Final price: $3.00
1 12-pack of Wild Cherry Pepsi – Jai’s favorite! Final price: $4.59
1 2-litre of Cherry Coke – see above. Final price: $1.72
1 5 lb. bag of Gold Medal Flour – I was almost out of flour, and I will need it to make bread for those sandwiches! The Safeway brand was on sale for less, but completely sold out; so the cashier said that I could substitute this brand for the same price: $2.29.
1 box of Kellogg’s Frosted Mini-Wheats – on sale for $3.49, used one $1.50/1 catalina – I actually found this catalina at the checkout a while ago, because the customer in front of me didn’t want it. Final price: $1.99.
1 box of Safeway brand frosted mini-wheats – I only had one catalina, and the store brand was the cheapest option for a second box without coupons! There was a better deal on mini-wheats last week, but I just didn’t have time to check it out. Final price: $2.29.
1 jar of Strawberry Jam – $2.99.
1 jar of Peter Pan peanut butter – used a coupon from the Safeway sales flier to bring the price down to .99 cents; I was then able to stack it with this .50/1 printable, which doubled – making the final price: Free plus .01 cent overage!
2 packages of No-Yolks noodles – on sale for $1.25, used two .75/1 printables, which doubled – making the final price: Free!
4 bags of Purina cat chow – on sale for $2.00 each, used four $3.50/1 printables – you may print two per person, so Jai and I both signed up. I love these coupons, because they are good on any size or variety of Purina cat food – so I was able to use these on the lower priced bags, resulting in overage. Final price: Free plus $1.50 overage per bag!
1 carton of 18 eggs – used a coupon from the Safeway sales flier, which made the final price .97 cents.
2 packages of cream cheese – yum, cheesecake! Final price: $1.49 each.
2 gallons of milk – it’s a better deal to buy two, and we go through a lot of milk. Final price: $1.99 each.
1 lb of Land ‘O Lakes Butter – on sale for $2.99, used one .55/1 printable, which doubled – final price: $1.94.
1 bottle of Draino – no special deals here, just a clogged sink!! Final price: $3.49.
1 package of sponges – I don’t have a dishwasher, so I go through a lot of these. Final price: $1.50.
I also earned one power pump reward, and another 125 miles in the United Mileage Plus GroceryMiles program.
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