More Cereal

Just a couple more things to add to the budget for this month. Feel free to skip over the post if you want. I know most probably don't care about my budget, but I've learned that keeping it on here helps me to keep better track of where the money is going on how much I have spent for the month. Every helpful, especially when I am using a combination of cash and my debit card.

Cub 11-12-08
10 GM cereal
1 Chocolate milk-Simple supper
-5 $1/2 GM coupons
-$4.50 off milk
-3 $5 OYNO coupons
Total $4.69 -$3.30 for Simple Supper milk=$1.39
Received 3 $5 OYNO, and 1 Free milk -for simple supper

Cub 11-13-08
Rotisserie Chicken $6.91

Rainbow
2 Grands Biscuits $.98
Roundy's 24oz cottage cheese $2.50
-1 $1/1 Grands IP
Total $2.46

Total Spent $10.76
Total spend this month $70.71
Total left for the month $14.29, $25 gift card at Rainbow and $15 OYNO at Cub.

General Mills cereal deal at Cub

I don't think I will be getting a list made this week. I wanted to make sure everyone knew about the cereal deal going on this week at Cub.

If you buy 10 boxes of General Mills cereal, Betty Crocker Fruit snacks or General Mills granola bars you get 3 $5 OYNO coupons plus a coupon for $4.50 off a gallon of milk.

There were about 8 typed of cereal for $2.50 this afternoon in Shakopee. None sale prices ranged from $2.99-$4 plus.

The best way to think about the deal is to look at the price of the cereal and take $1.50 off per box to start with. After this add in any coupons you have. There are many expired $1/2 MF. This means that each box is $2 off the shelf price.

For me, I add in the price of the milk when I am thinking about the cereal. I would be buying the milk anyway so I figure how much the milk would cost me and divide that by 10 boxes of cereal. Usually I get the twin pack at Cub unless another store had milk on sale. No sale this week that I know of so that would be $6.58 for two gallons or ruffly $3.30 per gallon. Divide that by 10 for each box of cereal and you get another $.33 off per box.

I got 10 boxes today. After coupons, $15 OYNO, and deducting the cost of a gallon of milk it worked out to $2.18 for the 10 boxes, or $0.218 per box. I think the size ranged from 10.x oz to 14.x oz. Not very big boxes, but it the larger boxes were almost $2 more so this was the best use of coupons.

Also check out the Pilsbury deal. I think it is listed on the second to last page in the ad. It's buy 10 get $5 OYNO. Makes a good price for cake mix. I haven't looked too hard for coupons on that one. I'll see what I can find on Thursday when I have a little more time.

Cheap cereal

Walmart
Tator Tots $1.98

Cub
8 GM cereal $2.50
2 Coco Puffs $2.99
1 Cream of Wheat $1 (clearance bin)
1 Hefty zip bags $1.29 (clearance bin)
1 Hefty Zip bags $1.89 (clearance bin)
2 Magarine $.75-simple supper
15lb potatoes $7.49-simple supper

-2 $1/1 Hefty
-1 $.20/1 hefty peelie (cashier scanned it even though I told her not to cause I had a better coupon. She wanted to scan the one on the box and my coupon)
-2 $.75/1 Coco Puffs
-$1/1 Total
-$.75/1 Total
-3 $1/2 GM cereal
-$10 OYNO
-3 $5 OYNO
-$1 Holiday bucks
Total OOP $4.94
Received $15 OYNO and 1 Free milk

I'll use the free milk for simple supper. Normally I would pay $6.58 for a two pack so that is $3.30 off my total for a total of $12.29 coming back to me from simple supper

Total spend on these two trips $6.92 -$12.29 for simple supper equals -$5.37
Adding $15 error found while updating checkbook
Total spend this month $59.95
Total left for the month $25.05 $25 gift card at Rainbow and $15 OYNO at Cub.

It's not very often that your budget goes up during the month instead of down. It's a good feeling. I was a little upset I had spent so much on the $30/$15 deal last week and wondering why my math had been off my so much. I knew that I had adjusted and added a few things during my trips, but I had planned to only spend about $25/$35. The $58.xx that I thought I had spent was way more thing I was thinking, but still would have been a good deal. Now I feel better knowing that I was off by $15.

"Bank Error"

Have you ever played Monopoly and gotten the Chance card that says, "Bank Error in Your Favor"?

This evening I found an error in my adding as I was doing the check book. Because of it I'm ending up with $15 more grocery money then I thought I had.

I was updating our checkbook program and found a Cub entry that didn't match up with Wellsfargo. Turns out I had entered the pre-giftcard total into the checkbook, instead of what I had actually spend. During one of the deals the $15 didn't print out so they gave me a gift card. Usually that amount would have come out under the coupons, but on this reciept the giftcard came off after the total.

When adding up how much I spent last week I added in the amount I thought I had spent on the reciept instead of the actual amount. I'll be adding the extra $15 to my budget. Makes me feel a whole lot better because I was wondering how I ended up spending so much. I had planned on $25 for last week so $58.xx after the OYNO coupons seemed really high.

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

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.

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.

Internet coupons for the Cub foods sale Novemer 2-8

I've been working on the Cub ad for next week all day long. There are two great promotions so I am been trying to find coupon match-ups. Below are some IP coupons for items that are part of the sale.

I know that many of the coupons have the same link to coupons.com. I'm not sure if you are able to print them one at a time or if you will need to select all the coupons you are looking for and them print them all together.

I'll be working on a write up of coupons and final prices for the two promotions, but for now these are some coupons that will be great for the sale.

$1/1 Orville Redenbacher's

$1/1 Orville lime and salt

$1/2 Wesson, Pam, Peter Pan, Orville,

$1/2 Any hunts

$1/2 and $2/4 Progresso Soup

$.50/1 Green Giant Boxed veggis

$1/1.25 Pillsbury frozen Grands cinnamon rolls

$.50/1 Pillsbury Frozen Grands, Mini Cinnamon rolls, Cinnamon rolls or dinner rolls

$.50/1 Pillsbury Frozen Grands, Mini Cinnamon rolls, Cinnamon rolls or dinner rolls

Betty Crocker boxes Potaoes $.40

$1/1 Pillsbury Toaster Strudel

$1.50/1 Yoplait Gogurt, trix, drinkable, kids multi pack

$.75/1 Betty Crocker Cookie Mix

More IP coupons

IP-Internet Printable coupon.
I think I forgot that one in the list that I posted on Tuesday. I'll add it later.

I've found a few more Internet coupons that seem to be worth the time to print them.

Sign up for the Cheerio challange and they will email you 6 $1/1 coupon for Cheerios


BOGO Glade Scented oil candle. Use with the B4G$5 Gift card deal at Target. Trying to find more coupons to make them free or a money maker.

$1.10/1 Pregresso Soup

5 free sheets of cardstock at Archiver's

$3/5 SoyJoy bars. I think these are 4/$4 with a $4ECB this week at CVS. If so it would be a $3 Money Maker

$1/1 Barilla Piccolini

$1/1 Malt-O-Meal

$1/1 Gold Medal whole wheat flour. On Sale this week at Rainbow for $1.99 before coupon

What is she saying?

It's been brought to my attention that I use my own vocabulary, but haven't ever made a post explaining what I'm talking about. Sorry. Sometimes I think that most of you already know what I mean.

I'll try to make a list of common abbreviations that I use so that you can tell what I am saying. I'll label it Abbreviations and it will be on the right hand side of the blog so that you can you check it any time.

I'll try to remember all the ones that I use, but I might made a couple of posts as I add new ones or remember that I forgot something.

OYNO-On Your Next Order
Commonly refers a coupon that prints at check out. Usually this is a reward for purchasing a specific items or amount of items. It is for $X and can usually be used for any item you wish. Some restrictions do apply, but they differ slightly by store. Read the fine print on your coupon to make sure you know what it is good on.

MF-Manufacture coupon

TC-Target coupon
Usually found at Target.com. Occasionally there are Target coupons found in store on items. Target.com coupons are good for 4 weeks. They will be on the Target web site for 2 weeks before they are replaced by new coupons. Hotcouponworld.com and AFullCup.com both have coupon generators with all unexpired target coupons. You should be able to print out as many coupons as you like.

Blinki
Coupon found at a store, located in the little black boxes that blink

Peelie
Coupon found in store, on a specific product. Can be peelied and used on your purchase or saved for another day.

RR-Register Reward
This is a Walgreens specific name for OYNO coupons. One thing to note with register rewards is that you can not use them on the same product they printed out on and receive another register reward.
--I.E.
Buy toothpaste for $4, receive a $4 RR. If you take the $4 RR from the toothpaste and use it to pay for a second tub of the same toothpaste you will not receive a RR on your second purchase.

Catilina
Name of company who produces and manages the little coupon machines found at registers in most stores. This is the machine that prints the OYNO and RR coupons. At times it will also print out different coupons or ads for new products. People often interchange Catilina with OYNO when talking about a deal with a print out for money off your next order.

BOGO-Buy One Get One
When I only write BOGO I am referring to by one get one free. If it is anything other then free I will list if after the BOGO.
--I.E BOGO 50% off=Buy one get one 50% off. Most of the time it isn't a good deal unless it is free because BOGO 50% means each item is only discounted 25%.

ECB-Extra Care Bucks
These are the coupons you get at CVS for buying specified items. They are good towards anything in the store except gift cards and prescriptions. Some people have talked about being able to use them on gift cards, but I have never tried so until I know for sure I will say, no gift cards.

IVC-Instant Value Coupon
This is a coupon in the Walgreens ad. Usually only good for one week.

ESC-Easy Saver Coupon
Coupon located in the monthly Walgreens book. Usually the dates do not run all month long, but instead can be a little under a month or a little over. They tend to put the expiration date at the end of a week instead of the end of a month. Check the coupons for the exact dates

OOP-Out of Pocket
The total amount of cash that it took or will take to purchase items. This is usually after all coupons and discounts. If it is different I try to explain in the post

$X/Y
Amount of money a coupon is for and how many items need to be purchased to fulfill the coupon requirements.

Y/$X
How many items can be purchased for a specific amount of money after coupons and discounts.

Price match
Taking an ad for one store and being able to purchase it for that price at another store. Walmart will price match competitor's ads. I often being my Aldi ad to the Super Walmart in town. I have found the produce is higher quality. It also saves a lot of gas not having to drive all the way over to Aldi.

This is also a great idea for Black Friday is you don't think you will be able to get to a specific store before the amount of products is gone. I will worn that that few Walmart employees know how to price match and it does take a while to get it taken care of. If you are willing to wait you can save a lot of money.

Black Friday-The day after Thanksgiving
I'm sure there is some long explanation, but I'm not sure totally what it is.

MM or $M-Both can be used for Money Maker
This is when you combine different offers so that not only is the item free, but the store will end up owing you money. Rarely will they pay you cash out of the register. Often what you will need to do if you know you will have a money maker is get a filler to add to your order so that your balance is not below $.00 after all coupons and discounts.

Occasionally you will find a MM that prints out an ECB, RR or OYNO coupon so that you can use that money later on something you really want.

Filler
A filler is anything you need or want that you throw into your order so that your balance is not below $.00 after all your coupons have been scanned.

Overage
Pretty much the same as a money maker. After the sale, and coupons you will have a discount that is more then the cost of the item. You will need to add a filler so your order isn't under.

It helps to total your order before you go so you know how much overage you have and can get something you really want. When I started I would often have an overage, but not realize the correct amount so I would just grab candy at the checkout instead of something I could have really used.

$X/OYO-Money off on your order
Occasionally there are in ad MF for a specific amount off your order when you buy X amount of qualifying products. It has always been explained to me that being the coupon if off your total order you can still use MF for the specific products you are buying to qualify for the coupon. The Shakopee Cub has started to argue this point in the last few months, but this is the only store I have had a problem at.

Menu for the week

So here is what the Gudim household is eating this week. Like I said some times I feel a little stupid putting this out there.

I feel kind of dumb that everything we eat is so cheap. I guess that's not a bad things, but sometimes I feel like because it is so cheap it must not be that healthy. Probably just my imagination, hopefully.

Everything this weeks seems to be "instant" food. Nothing is really homemade. I just don't feel too creative this week and didn't see anything great on sale that cried out for me to make something special for dinner.

Monday
Egg salad sandwiches
-Bogo bread from Cub last week, $1
-5 eggs $.50?
Apples $.98 per lb a couple weeks ago at Cub
Carrots Free from Target

Tuesday
Pulled beef sandwiches--never used the meat two weeks ago
-Buns $.79
-Curly's pulled beef, free after MF and sale at Cub
Cheetos $1 per bag after TC last month
Carrots Free at Target

Wednesday
Simple Supper-hot dogs

Thursday
Fettuccine
-Burtolli? pasta, free + overage last month at Target after TC and IP
-Veggi, -Free after Cub sale and $1/1 MF
-Garlic bread?

Friday
-Digiorno pizza, $2.67 after Target sale, Target gift card for buying 3, and 3 $1/1 MF

List for this week

I'm working on the list for this week. I don't have a lot done, but I wanted to write out what I have because I know some weeks I get it all written out on paper, but never get it onto the computer.

Target
Carrots $1.69, -$1/1 TC=1/ $.69
Archer Farms mini french bread $.99, -$.50/1 TC=1/$.49
Archer Farms 32oz juices on clearance for $1.48, -$1/1 TC=1/$.48
Archer Farms cookies $.50?, -$1/2 TC=Free (The single cookies are found at Food Avenue)
4pk Lipton to go $.99, -$1/1 any Lipton TC=Free (found in the check out isle)
1lt bottles of Lipton tea $1.25, -$1/1 TC =1/$.25
Sobe Life Water $1.25?, -$.50/1 TC=1/$.75 Better deal if there were MF
Suttons and Dodge steak or roast, Price varies -$2/1 TC (small packages run $3. Look for ones with the extra coupon on the package. You can use both coupons together)
Tyson frozen chicken 20oz or large. ??, -$1/1 MF, -$1/1 TC= 1/???(last time these were running around $4.50 before coupons)
Digiorno 12" Pizzas 3/$16, -3 $1/1 MF, -$5 Gift Card WYB 3=3/$8 after gift card
--This deal can be made sweeter with a rebate form found at Cub foods. It is a Bud Light rebate, found with the beer, but there no beer purchase rerquired. Buy $15 on Deli, Pizza or Chicken and send in your reciept and the form. No UPC required. It will be a $7 Money Maker after the rebate.

Cub
Twin pack milkd $4.98 with in ad coupon
Cub eggs $.99
Sweeheart Roses 15 stem bunch $5
Doritos $1.87 limit 6
2lb bag yellow onions $1.99, -BOGO in ad coupon=2/$1.99
Arnold Country bread $1.47
Mott's apple sause $1.19, -$.55/2 MF=2/1.83
Kemps Ice Cream $3.99
Glade Scented Oil Warmer--See post labled Gambling to find out more on this money maker

Aldi/Walmart
10lb russet potatoes $2.49
3lb bag yellow onions $.79
2lb bag carrots $.79
ButterBall turkey $.99 per lb
32oz Light corn syrup $1.69
2oz Pure Vinalla extract $2.19

Snyders
Puffs 108ct $.73, -$.25/1 MF=1/.48 Limit 4

Rainbow
Mars Fun Size candy $2.99, -BOGO, -$1/2MF=2/$1.99
4lb bag Roundy's granulated Sugar $.99 Limit 1
Ronzoni Smart Taste Pasta $1.75, BOGO, -2 $1/1=2/.$25 overage
Grapes $.99 per lb

...time for noah's bath will update more in a couple of hours

Budget Update

Friday
Cub
Philly cream cheese $1.89
Mushrooms $2.49
-Free cream cheese MF
Total OOP $1.89

Saturday
Cub
2 Country Hearth wheat bread $3.49
-BOGO Cub coupon
Total OOP $3.49

Walmart
3 Limes $.15
16oz Sour cream $1.06
4 grape fruit $.29
8 Pears $2.10
Total OOP$4.73
I know the prices and the OOP are a couple of cents off. Not really sure what happened. I was trying to price match to the Aldi ad and there were some problems.

Total OOP this post $10.11
Total Spent This Month $101.32
Total to Recieve from Simple Supper $54.67
Total Left for the Month $38.35 + $5 OYNO and $5 on meat at Rainbow

Gambling

So I think we all can agree that at times I am a little crazy with my coupons. Not as much lately as in times past, but maybe today changes that.

Here is my confession:

I just ordered 50 coupons for Glade Plug-In Scented Oil Warmers. They are BOGO coupons. Here is the kicker though. I actually paid $.50 per coupon. Yep, that's right, I just spend $25 on coupons. $34.28 actually, but that's not part of the story right now.

Now, why is this post labeled gambling instead of confessions? Because I am playing the clock and betting against time that the coupons will get here on Thursday and I will be able to find 100 of the warmers before November 2.

This is the deal that I am wanting to get in on. I've been told that it is working at both Cub and Rainbow although only Cub has it listed.

Buy one Glade Plug-in Scented Oil Warmer for $4.57 + tax get $4 OYNO. With the BOGO coupon it would look like this.

2 Glade $4.57x2=$9.14
+ tax on $9.14=$.59
-BOGO coupon=-$4.57
Totall OOP $5.16
Recieve 2 $4 OYNO coupons
Total profit $2.84

It seems the best senario would be be to buy them in sets of 8. That would maximize the $4 OYNO coupons and make for the least amount of actual cash I would be paying.

I think 8 at a time would look like this
8 Plug-ins $4.57x8=$36.56
+ tax=$2.38
Total=$38.94
-4 BOGO coupons $18.28
Total $20.66
Use 5 $4 OYNO coupons
Total OOP $.66
Recieve 8 $4 OYNO coupons
Net profit $11.34

If everything works right I will end up with $141.80 worth of OYNO coupons to spend between Cub and Rainbow. It's a great payout on $25, but like I said, not sure if it can be done. We are going to Rockford this weekend. I think I counted 6 I could go to on the way there and then the on in Buffilo, plus a couple others I could hit on Sunday. That still means each store would need to have about 10 of them for this to work. It seems really stupid, but at the same time it turned out so well last month with the other Glade coupons that I wanted to try it again.

If anyone is interested in joining me in my addiction the coupons can be found at couponsandforms.com. I would order no later then Monday night/EARLY Tuesday morning in order to give you a little time to shop around. I have ordered as late as Tuesday night from here and have always gotten them by Saturday or before. I'm hoping my order will get here my Thursday if not Wednesday. It will just depend on what time they get mailed out in the morning.

Update on Budget for the week

The last of the OYNO from the Glade Plug-ins expired on Saturday. I was planning on using the two that was left to get the bagels and salad fixings, but it was less then expected and I needed to get home to make the salad. I never for back to the store to use the last coupon so I lost $2.

Saturday
2 Thomas Mini bagles $3.59
2 green onions $.33
Radishes $.79
Spinach $1.49
-$4.00/1 MF for bagles
-$2 OYNO
Total OOP $.53

Wednesday
Rainbow
1.89 lb Tomatoes $2.44
-For simple supper, but we didn't use them so I'll just work them into the menu

Thursday
Walgreens
2 gallons milk $2.99
Total OOP $5.98

Total Spent This Round $8.95
Total Spent This Month $91.21
Total to Recieve from Simple Supper $54.67
Total Left for the Month $48.46 + $5 OYNO and $5 on meat at Rainbow

What's for dinner

You can tell Noah's back, and I am feeling better because there has been a lot less blogging going on compared to last week. This is the first time I've been on the computer for more then 5 minutes all week.

I thought I would give another go at our menu for the week. It's been a little hectic here this week. We also seemed to have a lot of things in the fridge to use up from last week. Both of which have made for

Sunday Lunch
Spinach salad
-One bunch spinach $1.49
-One box pasta $.80? (I bought it a LONG time ago at Rainbow)
-One bunch green onions $.33
-One bunch radishes $.69
-One package bacon $.40 (bought during the Cub 40th anniversary sale)
Left over garlic bread and pizza brought over by Becca

Sunday Dinner
-I had a progressive dinner for Seminnets and Jason eat with the guys and kids

Monday

Tuesday
Pizza bagels
-5 Mini bagels Free(BOGO last week at Cub and I had a $4.00/1 MF to make an overage on 2 bags)
-Left over sausage from pizza last week-Free (on sale with $1/1 MF at Cub this spring)
-8oz can of tomato sauce $.05 (Might have been less. Bought at Rainbow last fall)
-Cheese Free (used free cheese WYB coupons)
-Spices ??? I have no idea on spices they are really hard to break down.

Wednesday
Simple Supper

Thursday
Left over Tacos from Simple Supper
-We had A LOT left over. Maybe people stayed home cause of the rain?

Friday
Chicken, Wild Rice hotdish
-1 lb Boneless chicken breast $.25 to free (BOGO Cub sale this spring paired with $10/$25 Golden Plump MF. $25 was before the BOGO Cub coupons so it was VERY cheap)
-Mushrooms $1 (on sale last week at Rainbow)
-One can cream of mushroom soup $.62 (Cub sale + MF coupon)
-3 Cups rice? $.40 (Again bought too long ago to remember. I think it was $4 for 10 lbs)
-1/2 cup wild Rice $.70? (I bought it a long time ago, but I think it was around $4.99 with 4 cups in the bag)

Publish Post

Saturday
Probably finish cleaning out the left over tacos for lunch and then hotdish for supper.

Like I said this week isn't that exciting. It sure turned out to be cheap though. :)

Budget update

I used up some more of the $2 coupons this evening. They expire tomorrow so I need to finish them up.

Cub
3 cans tuna $.85
1 loaf bread $3.50 (I know, I know)
-2 $2 OYNO coupons
Total OOP $2.55

Total Spent This Round $2.55
Total Spent This Month $82.26
Total to Recieve from Simple Supper $54.67
Total Left for the Month $57.41 + $4 OYNO expires tomorrow, $5 OYNO and $5 on meat at Rainbow

New list of IPs

It seems like I spend my sick days wasting time on the computer. You can always tell when I'm not feeling well because I'll be posting more IPs for everyone. ;)

I haven't printed all of them yet, but I believe they are the usual limit of 2 per link unless otherwise noted.

$1/2 Hunts Tomatoes

$1/1 Kellogg's cereal (limit 6)

BOGO Uncle Ben's wild rice

$1/1 Lean Cuisine

$1/1 Nestle Candy 10 or larger

$1/4 Yoplait light

$1/1 Muir Glen, $1/ 5lb bag of Gold Metal flour and more. (requires sign up)

Time to Update the Budget

At the end of the last update I had $16 in Rainbow Catilinas and $32? in Cub Catilinas. I noticed that I didn't at the information into the last update so I thought that it might be helpful to know going into this update.

October 16
Sam's
Raisins $6.74
Country crock $10.30
Chips $3.56-Simple Supper
Total OOP $17.04 +$3.56 for Simple Supper

Cub
2 Beef base $2.53
2 Chicken base $2.53
Used 5 $2 OYNO catilinas
Total OOP $.12

October 15
Target #1
1 Ocean Spray grapefruit juice $2.49
1 Archer Farms juice $1.48
-$1/1 TC for juice
Total OOP $2.97

Target #2
10 Archer Farms juice $1.48
5 1lb baby carrots $.99
-5 $1/1 TC for carrots (adjusted down to $.99)
-10 $1/1 Archer Farms juice
Total OOP $4.80

Rainbow #1
Whole mushrooms $1
6 cans Bush's beans $.60
3lbs yelllow onions $1.50
10lbs potatoes $2.99
10 cans Muir Glen tomatoes/sauce $1.59
-10 $1/1 Muir Glen peelies
-5 $1/1 double coupons
-5 $2 OYNO catilina coupons
Total OOP $.35 Received $5 off any meat purchase coupon

Rainbow #2
5 Dove shampoo/conditioner $3.50
8 Yoplait light $.50
-4 $1.50/1 Dove MF
-2 $1/4 Yoplait
-2 $1/4 Yoplait coupons doubled
-3 $2 OYNO Catlina coupons
Total OOP $6.64 Received $5 OYNO for the dove.
--My total was $22.xx before the coupons. The cashier scanned my two $1/4 coupons and they doubled. She told me that the register will double off the regular price, not the sale price so you can get doubles even if your total is until $25. I want to test this more, but it would be great if it works all the time and wasn't just a flook.

October 12
Cub
White bread $1.29
6Curly's pulled pork, chicken, beef $1
Curly's baked beans $1
2 Cub french bread $2.99
-2 Free french bread with survey $2.99
-2 $1/1 Curly's pulled meat MF Blinkie
-3 $2 OYNO catilina coupon
Total OOP $.39

October 11
Cub
4 1lb butter $.99
2 eggs $.99
20 dannon 4pk $1
1 M&M $.69?
-20 $1/1 Dannon
-3 $2 OYNO catlina coupons
Total OOP $.66


Total Spent This Round $32.97 + $3.56=$36.53
Total Spent This Month $79.71
Total to Recieve from Simple Supper $54.67
Total Left for the Month $59.96 + $8 OYNO expires tomorrow, $5 OYNO and $5 on meat at Rainbow