Saturday, November 8, 2008

I've blown my budget

If you have looked at the post about what I ended up with at Cub, it is pretty easy to see that I have spent most of my budget for the month this past week.

I ended up spending $74.25 and 2 $4 OYNO at Cub this week. I ended up with $26 to spend OYNO so it is like spending $56.25.

I did make it to Rainbow and Target just for a couple of things.

Rainbow
2 Chicken of the Sea tuna $.68
1 Orida steam and mash $1.98
-$1/1 MF
Total OOP $2.34

Target
10 Kellogg's cereal-gift card deal
2 bags of smarties $.52
1 bag of mixed candy $1.49
-10 $1/1
Total $8.73
I had a $5 gift card from getting a prescription filled so I used that to lower my OOP. My total OOP was $3.73

Total spend this month $80.32
Total left for the month $4.68, $25 gift card at Rainbow and $26 OYNO at Cub.

I have a sneaking suspicion that this is going to be one of those months when I go over budget. :)

Done, finally done!!!!

All in all I make it to 4 different Cub stores this week. I did 17 different transactions for the $30/$15. I didn't seem to find much I needed in the $20/$10 section so I only ended up with 2 transactions of that.

All in all I spent $41.73 for simple supper and $74.25 and 2 $4 OYNO on things for us. I still have $26 to spend later on. This would make the actual cost of all our groceries and health and beauty items $56.25.

Here is a breakdown on what I ended up with.

Simple Supper
20 40ct bags of Pizza Rolls
40 bags of Betty Crocker cookie mix
24 bags of Lipton sides
Total $41.73

This is everything that I ended up with for us.
48 boxed Green Giant veggies
21 Progresso Chicken Broth
7 Yoplait Kids
28 Progresso soups
2 Betty Crocker boxed potatoes
10 Macaroni Grill dinners
2 Dove conditioner
8 Suave haircare
28 Betty Crocker cookie mix
2 Hunt's Tomatoes
4 Hunt's pudding
8 Orville Redenbacher popcorn
5 Lipton Soup mix
3 Grands Mini cinniman rolls
6 Pizza Rolls
3 Betty Crocker Frosting
4 dove deodorant
6 Degree deodorant
12 Swiss Miss hot chocolate
6 Hellmanns mayo with olive oil
2 Pam cooking spray
1 Marie calander hot pie
1 10oz Vasiline Men's lotion
1 Solo 20ct plactice cups
3 24oz Vasiline lotions
6 Suave body wash
4 Suave deodorant

Thursday, November 6, 2008

What's the deal with Cub this week?

That's what everyone seems to want to know. What's this deal? What coupons do I need? I know it's taken a while, but I'm going to try to get it all down for you.

First, there are two different deals. The first is buy $30 of the specified products get $15 back. The $15 prints in 3 $5 OYNO coupons. The list of products is located on the inside of the half sheet. The front is an ad for Cub's new Holiday Bucks promotion.

The second is buy $20 of the specified products get $10 back. The list is on the inside of the ad, it's about a half page long.

I'm a little at a lose for how to do this, but I'll give it a hand. Please feel free to call or email if I don't answer all your questions.

There are way more coupons available then I could possible list. I gave away all the coupons that I wasn't going to use on this deal so I no longer have them to look at as I type this up. I just don't have the energy to do a data base search for all the coupons each item will have. I'll add in links to the IPs that I found and try to point out some other great coupons if I can remember them. Everything is starting to blend together, I've been working on this since last Saturday.

Remember that you just need to get to $30, you don't have to buy 10 of one item if the price is listed as 10 for $10, or 6 if it is 6 for $6. Just buy the amount you want of each as long as your final total is $30 of the participating products.

I'm going to list the prices for each item after the money back and then add the coupons I can remember. I'll Bold each new item because the list will be quite long. Just remember the price in bold if BEFORE COUPONS so most items will be much cheaper then the bold price. I will change the color of all items that are free or make an overage after coupons.


Spend $30 get $15 back OYNO

40 ct Totino's Pizza rolls $1.67
$1/2 MF
$.35/2 MF
Green Giant Vegetables $1.67
-Create a meal $1/1 MF
-Just for one
-Vegetables and sause
There are coupons for the others, but I gave them away so I don't know the values
48oz Breyers ice cream and 6-8ct Klondike bars $1.67
$.50/1 Breyers MF
$1/2 Klondike
12.4-25oz Frozen Pillsbury baked goods $1.67
$1.25/1 IP
$1/1 peelie
Other MF from inserts
12oz Dove Shampoo and Conditioner $1.67
$1.50 home mailer
I know there were some really good Dove coupons a couple weeks ago, but I already used them so I'm not sure what they are.
Romano's Macaroni Grill $1.67
$1/1 MF
County Crock Side Dishes $1.67
I couldn't find any coupons for this.
6pk Slim-Fast Snack bars $1.67
I didn't see any coupons for this, but there might be some
28oz Skippy Peanut butter $1.67
$.75/2 MF
All Laundry Detergent $1.67
$1/1 Small and Mighty in August 27th All You Mag. I have three to share and might have more
18-18.25oz Betty Crocker Cake Mix-selected varieties $.50
no coupons found
Knorr Lipton Sides-Not veggie plus $.50
$1/3 MF
Others also, but again, I gave them away
3.6oz Ben and Jerry Cups $.50
Possibly $.50/1 MF, but they might only qualift for the pint size
2 oz. Lipton Onion Soup Mix $.50
No coupons found, but this is a great price. It is the regular 2pk box. I checked the one I had at home.
4.5-7.2oz box Betty Crocker specialty potatoes $.50
$1/2 home mailer
$.35/1 MF
7.5-10oz box Green Giant Vegetables (does not include asparagus) $.50
$1/2 MF
$.50/1 IP
$1/2 IP
Other MF also available
5lb Gold Metal Flour $1.25
$1/1 IP
24-30oz jar Hellmann's Mayo $1.25
$1/1 Olive oil variety MF
Other MF also available
General Mills Cereal $1.25 only varieties shown in ad
Tons of coupons out there
12-45oz County Crock $1.25
There are a couple of coupons for this one, not sure what they are though
Vaseline Intensive Care or Suave loation $1.25
$1.25/1 Vaseline lotion Product MF
$1.50/1 Vaseline lotion Product MF
$1.50/1 Vaseline Men lotion Product MF
Lipton Tea $1.25
100ct regular bags
40ct green tea bags
10ct to go boxes
Not sure if there are coupons. I don't think I had any for it in my stash
16-16.5oz refrigerated Pillsbury Cookie dough $1.25
$1/2 MF
$1/2 IP
$1/2 IP
Chex Mix, Bugles, gardetto's or Chex 100 Calorie $1.25
There are coupons, not sure the value
500ct Q-tips $1.25
No coupons found
Toaster Strudel $1.25
some people have been finding this for less the then 4/$10 advertived price. One store had it for $1.98 per box. This can mess up your $30 plan so that you will need to add more items, but it can also make for free toaster strudel with the $1/1 IP.
$1/1 IP
Other MF also available
6-8pk Yoplait Ypgurt $1.25
$1.50/1 Yoplait kids IP
$1/1 Home mailer
There are other MF also
3 pk Pop-Secret $1.25
Some MF, the Orvile Redenbocher with the $20/$10 deal is a much better price
Dove and Degree Deodorant $1.25
$1/2 MF for Degree
$1.50/2 Dove MF
Knorr Lipton sides Plus Veggies $.83
$.60/1 IP
$.40/1? MF
Betty Crocker Traditional Brownies $.83
no coupons found
Suave $.83
Kids, Professional hair care
$1.50/2 MF
$1/2 MF
Hamburger, Tuna, or Chicken Helper $.83
$.75/3 MF
Other coupons also available
Betty Crocker Frosting $.83
$.50/1 MF
Betty Crocker bagges cookie mix $.83
$.75/1 IP
$.50/1 MF
$1/2 MF
Bisquick Shake-n-pour $.83
No coupons
Wish-bone or western salad dressing $.83
$1.25/2
Ragu $.83
$1/3 MF
Progresso traditoinal Soup or Broth boxes $.83
$1/1 Broth MF
$.50/2 MF
$1.10/1 Soup IP
$1/2 Soup IP
$2/4 Soup IP
Suave Deodorant $.83
$.75/1 MF

That's the end of the first list. I'll try to get the $20/$10 deal typed up tomorrow.

Monday, November 3, 2008

Final Update on October's spending

October 28
Target
Buns $1.50

October 28
Rainbow-Jason picked these up for me so I am not how much these where individually
2 Gallons Milk
3.X LBS hamburgers
Used $5 OYNO and $5 off Meat coupons
Total OOP $3.01

Cub
2 Mike and Ikes $.25
Raspberry gingerale $1.49
Total OOP $1.74

October 31
Cub
Wild Harvest black beans $1.35
2 Glade plug in warmers $4.57
-$1/1 Wild Harvest
-$4/1 Glade
-$4.57 BOGO Glade
Total OOP $1.51 Received one $4 OYNO and $4 in cash because only one coupon printed

Rainbow
6 Glade $2.29
16 Ronzoni pasta $1.75 BOGO
-16 $1/1 Ronzoni
-3 BOGO Glade
Total OOP $5.76 Received 6 $4 OYNO coupons

Rainbow
$25 gift card
14 Ronzoni $1.75
Gummy Worms $1.49
-14 $1/1 pasta
-6 $4 OYNO
Total $.84

Cub
2 Glade $4.57
-Glade BOGO
-$4 OYNO
Total OOP $1.16 Received 2 $4 OYNO coupons

Total OOP this post $14.02
Total Spent This Month $115.34
Total to Recieve from Simple Supper $54.67
Total Left for the Month $24.33 + $25 Rainbow gift card, 2 $4 OYNO at Cub

Instead of carrying the extra cash over to November I am going to add it to the checkbook to cover for the $25 in Glade coupons that I ordered. November will start with the normal $85 and then the $25 gift card and the 2 $4 OYNO at Cub.