Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Budget update

I have some purchases from last week to add for the budget.

Cub
Grapes 1.33 lb $3.31
-$2.49 free grapes
Total $.82

Cub
I can't remember the brand of ice cream.
Grapes 1.32 lb $3.29
2 Ice cream $2.99 each
-$.75/1 ice cream
-$.75/1 ice cream
-$2.49 free grapes
Total $5.28

Cub
2 Brown cane sugar 1lb $.39
Grapes 1.04lb $2.59
2 Land o Lakes half in half $1.73
-BOGO land o lakes -$1.73
2 -$.55/1 land o lakes MF
-$2.49 free grapes
Total $1.51


Total Spent $7.61
Total Spend this Month $17.79
Total Left for this Month $67.21

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

DOUBLE COUPONS TOMORROW

Becca just called me. She was at Rainbow today and said that there was a sign on the register saying there will be double coupons EVERY Wedneday until September! I called the Bloomington store and they confirmed that it is EVERY Wednesday!!!!

It is the same deal a usual. Spend $25 get up to 5 $1 coupon doubled.

Becca posted a comment about this. She also asked if you can use more then 5 coupons. The answer is YES. Use as many coupons as you can find. Only 5 will be doubled, but to maximize the deal use all the coupons you can. :)

So far my best deal looks like this.

10 Powerade=$10
1 24 pk Dassani =$4.99?
11 Farmland suasage=$11

Coupons
11 Farmland=$11 off
2 $.75/1 Powerade (it's all I have)=$1.50
1 Free Dassani=$4.99
Total $3.50

I would love to be able to get some more Powerade coupons. Does any one know if any stores in the area carry Sunday papers all week?

Updates to this weeks list

Alright, I didn't expect to be back this soon, but here is something I missed.

Cub
Simply potatoes hash brownes $2.23, -BOGO Cub coupon, -$1/2 MF=2/$1.23


CVS
This is a direct copy of the email Becky sent me. It's too late for me to edit it tonight, but I wanted to get it on because I will be out all tomorrow shopping and then getting ready for the garage sale this weekend.

Not like we need more candy in the house but the candy deal ends up being a good deal. Buy $10 worth get $5 in ECBs. And then if you have a $3 off $15 purchase coupon. Makes for some cheap candy. The Gold Emblem Candy for 88 cents is included in this deal.
The big deal this week is the Nivea Men products buy $10 worth get $5 in ECB's combined with a $3 off $15 or a $4 off $20 coupon and then there is a bricks coupon for $2 off any Nivea product. You can print two coupons from a computer. You can do this deal 5 times. I think with the bricks coupons this is a great deal. Esther do you have the link for this otherwise I will have to check at work if I have it there.
The Stomach Remedy deal is get $3 in ECB's for a purchase. There was Maalox coupons in the paper two weeks ago of $2 off. There is a Maalox that is $5.29 and another $5.99. So it would be like getting it for 29 cents or 99 cents with the $3 EBCs you get back. There are probably others that are low in price too. This deal can only be done once.
There are some great June Monthly deals too.
Oral-B Cross Action double toothbrushes. The book says you can do this twice but it can be done four times. $6.99 get $6.99 in ECBs
Kids mouthwash is $3.49 get $3.49 in ECBs. The book says this deal can be done twice but it can be done 4 times.
CVS Bandaids - $1.99 get $1.99 - book says you can do it twice but it can be done 3 times
The dove deal this month is good too. There are a bunch of different dove coupons out there. The monthly deal is on body wash and deodorant. Buy $10 worth of dove and get $3 back combined with some of the coupons out there makes it good. I know I signed up on dove.com and got a $2 off one but had some MF too.
Happy CVSing!!!!!!!!!!


As I find more I will edit this post and keep adding them here so this is the one to check later. I figure it will be easier to see them here then in the big long weekly post.

Shopping list for this week

It seems like since it has gotten warm I have been doing a pretty poor job at getting the weekly list done.
I'm sure it is a combination of a lot of different factors. I really don't tend to buy much anymore unless it is almost free or it is something like produce that we need for a meal. That makes it hard to spot deals that others might be looking for. Also at times I wonder who really looks at this blog and does it really help any of you. I'm sure it probably does, but at the same time there is that little doubt that all the time put into it doesn't really matter. Don't get me wrong. I don't mind doing it, it just that if no one cares about it why do it right?

I think I either need to expand, so that there are more people coming to look and it will help more people save $, or just stop the weekly list and just post the great deals that I find of other random coupon stuff. Maybe it's just sunny and warm outside and I would rather be there then here today and there really isn't a problem at all. :)

Oh well, back to the list.

Becky is going to be doing the CVS list this week. She is CVS super woman and has been finding so much more then me. She'll be sending it in later tonight.

Snyders
You can get 50 free prints this week. It is in their ad. I haven't tried it yet, but it doesn't look like you need to buy anything at all. Directions in the ad are as follows.

1. Go to Snyderdrug.com
2. Click on the Photo Link
3.Try it! Upload. Share. Print.
Offer valid on-line only. enter coupons code 50free at checkout.
4x6 prints glossy or matte finish
*store pick-up only. Home delivery will include an extra charge offer available 6/8/08-6/14/08.

There is also a MF coupon for $2/1 any full size Neutrogena suncare product. I don't know if this is a good coupon or not because I can't remember what past ones have been, but I know that I have seen it on sale at WG for BOGO free or 1/2 off. The coupon is good till 8-31-08 so cut it out and save it for upcoming deals. Being it is a MF you can use it anywhere.

Aldi/Price match at Walmart
Nectarines or Peaches $.43 per lb
Vidalia onions $.33 per lb
Tomatoes 20oz 4pk $.99
This could be a great price on tomatoes because with the Salminila outbreak they have had to pull many kinds of them so the price on those left might be going up. It doesn't say a specific type of tomato so you should be able to use it on for 20oz of any type of tomato you want.

Rainbow
Arnold Dutch County Bread $1.50
Grapes $.99 per lb
Farmland pork links of Patties $1.00, -$1/1 MF=1/Free
Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sause $1.15, -$1/1 MF=1/$.15
Kellogg's cereal if 50% off. It says save up to $1.98, but I am sure some will be cheaper then that.
Klement's Bratwurst or Italian Sausage 12-16oz $2.00
Snapple water $1, -$.50/1, -BOGO IP =2/$.50

There is also a great deal on Powerade and dasani water. Check the post below for the scoop.

Cub
Green Gaint 16oz frozen Veggies $1
Old Orchard 100% apple juice of cocktail juice blends $1.50
Land o Lakes OJ $4.99 per gallon, BOGO Cub coupon=2/$4.99 possibly also MF coupons
Dole 100 Calorie salads $1.50, -$.50/1 Mf=1/$1.00
Earthbound Farms Organic Salad $2.50, -$2/1 MF=1/$.50
Romano's Macaroni Grill 8-18.2oz $3, not sure if this is a deal or not being they are new, but I love Macaroni frill so if you can get the same flavor at home for $3 then it is a steal to me.

Target
Archer Farms deli cheese, $4.99-$6.99 per lb, -$1 off TC. Buy only $1 worth use the $1 coupon and get free cheese. :)
There are lots of other Target deals going on right now. I haven't gotten them all straightened out yet, but I will be adding to it as I do.

Walgreens
Check out the June monthly book. there are many free after rebate items as usual. I haven't looked into all the deal for this week yet. I'll ad them as I have time.


I think this is it for now. On to clipping, sorting and filing my coupons. Haven't sorted for probably a month so it needs to be done. I might find more match-ups as I file so check back later for any updates.

Monday, June 9, 2008

Great deal on Powerade

I know it's been slim pickings at Rainbow lately so I wanted to post this great deal that I found today.

Rainbow has 32oz Poweraid and Powerade Zero on sale for $1. Also if you buy 10 then you get a free 24 pk of Dassani water with in store coupon. There were coupons in yesterdays paper for $.75/1 24oz or 32oz Powerade or Powerade Zero.

If you have 10 coupons you could get 10 bottle + the 24pk of water for $2.50. Pretty good deal in my opinion.

I'm looking for sites that have the coupon and will post some links when I find them.

UPDATE
Well, it looks like this deal is dead for us, unless we want to pool our coupons. None of the clipping sites have them. They are selling for about 20/$10 on Ebay so that doesn't really make it worth while.

Free Archer Farms Deli cheese

There is a new Target coupon for $1 off Archer Farms Deli cheese. Usually these have a minimum size you have to purchase, but this time there isn't any. All you have to do is buy the cheese in $1 amounts and you will be able to get as much as you want for free. Kind of like the $2 off Archer Farms deli meat from about a 1 1/2 ago.

Does anyone know the price? I am guessing that it is something like $6.99 per lb. That means 1/6 of a lb would be $1.165. It would still work out to be $.99 per lb, unless you can get a deli worker who is supper nice and is able to give you just $1 worth.

Hopefully it will go on sale sometime in the next month!