My day at Cub-Budget update

I think I have hit the capacity level in my fridge and pantry for a while. This week has been bad for the budget, but my store areas are full to the brim it seems. I'm amazed that no matter what I bring in there always seems to be a place for it. I am relived that as I looked through next weeks Cub ad I didn't see much that I was interested in.

I had a great trip at Cub yesterday. It took forever, but Noah behaved well so it wasn't that bad. I had a ton of coupons for Free X WYB Y. It just too a lot of thought to make sure that I was getting the right things had wasn't forgetting any coupons.

Here is the lowdown on what we got yesterday.

2 box Thai Island Jasmine rice $1(clearance cart) -.50/1=2/$1
10 boxes of Kraft Dressing to go $1, -$1/1=10/Free
2 HillshireFarms smoked sausage $2.50=$5
1 Sara Lee hot dog Buns $1.50, -FREE WYB 2 HillshireFarms smokes Sausage=1/Free
3 Beef sticks from meat counter $1.33, -$1/meat WYB 1 buns, 1 sausage=1/$.33
Kraft Grate it fresh Parmesan cheese $1.50 (clearance cooler), -.55/1=1/$.95
1 carton Kemps Kids milk $2.50, -$1 WYB 1 Sara Lee Soft and smooth bread=1/$1.50
2 Sara Lee Soft and smooth bread $2, =2/$4
3 bags live lettuce $1.50, -$1 off lettuce WYB 2 Kraft dressing, -2 $2 off bagged salad=3/-$.50
1 Personal size watermelon $4, -$3 off whole watermelon WYB buns and sausage, -$1 off produce WYB Kraft Parmesan cheese=1/Free
4 Kiwi $1, -$1 off produce WYB 2 Kraft dressing=4/Free
2 apples $2.17, -$1 off produce WYB 2 Kraft dressing=2/$1.17
1.83 lb bananas $1.08, -$1 off produce WYB 2 Kraft dressing=1.83lb/$.08
.95lb necarines $1.89, -$1 off produce WYB 2 Kraft dressing= .95lb/$.89
.66lb cherries $1.64, -$1 off produce WYB 2 Kraft dressing=.66lb/$.64
-Raincheck for $5 off your order WYB 10 Kraft dressing=-$5
-$5 OYNO Coupon=-$5

In the end I ended up paying $5.06. I noticed last night that they had charged me $1.99per lb for the apples instead of $1 so that would have been $1.08 less on my total. Also I thought that I could use 2 of the $1 off milk coupons being I had bought 2 bread, but she said I would have had to buy 2 bread and 2 milk and wouldn't take the coupon. Not sure who is right, her or me, but she was getting tired of all my coupons and had already called the CSM once so I didn't feel like pushing it. So in the end my total should have been $2.98

I also got another $5 OYNO because I bought another 5 qualifying products, 2 sausage, 2 bread, 1 buns.


Jason also stopped at Rainbow and got me butter so I guess I'd better add that to the total also. $1.88

Total spend $6.94
Total Spend this Month $68.36
Total Left for this Month $16.64 + $5 OYNO @ Cub, and 2 Free milk up to $4 at Rainbow

More cereal...

I kept debating over and over about getting more cereal. We have a ton, but were running out of Cheerios and Rice Chex. I knew that I wanted to get some Propel because I had coupons for it and decided that if I was going to get it anyway then getting the cereal would be a good idea. I ended up doing two transactions yesterday.

Between the two this is what I ended up with:

2 boxes of Wheaties
2 Boxes of Wheat Chex
4 Boxes of Rice Chex
16 Boxes of Cheerios
20 bottles of Propel
2 Gallons of milk
2 coupons for free milk up to $4
total OOP after coupons $16.80

Also got more cheese at Target. Tuesday 4 slices per bag was just over .15 lb each so most of them were $1.05. Yesterday they must have sliced it thiner because ever bag was under $1. The coupon does not adjust or beep if it is under $1, but I don't feel right purposely getting an overage on these. The total for 10 bags came $8.40 so I only used 8 $1/1 coupons. Total OOP $.40

Spending this trip $17.20
Total Spend this Month $61.42
Total Left for this Month $23.58 + $5 OYNO @ Cub, and 2 Free milk up to $4 at Rainbow

Free movies this summer

Every summer some of the theaters in our area offer free family/kids moves during the week. They are usually on a Tuesday or Wednesday and on a first come first served basis. Here is a list of the ones in our area that I have found. I'll be adding to the list as I find more. If you want to find the post later just check on the right hand side. It will be labeled Free Summer Movies.


Regal Entertainment Group
Selected G & PG movies start at 10AM each Tuesday and Wednesday during the festival. First-come, first-served seating is limited to theatre capacity. The Free Family Film Festival is safe, lots of fun and a great way for kids to spend a weekday morning in the summer.

Eagan Stadium 16 2055 Cliff Road Eagan ,MN 55122 651-452-8329
06/24/2008-06/25/2008	Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (G)
	Racing Stripes (PG)
07/01/2008-07/02/2008	Everyone's Hero (G)
	Happy Feet (PG)
07/08/2008-07/09/2008	March Of The Penguins (G)
	Bee Movie (PG)
07/15/2008-07/16/2008	Charlotte's Web (G)
	Surf's Up (PG)
07/22/2008-07/23/2008	Mr. Bean's Holiday (G)
	Open Season (PG)
07/29/2008-07/30/2008	Pirates Who Don't Do Anything - Veggie Tales (G)
	Night At The Museum (PG)
08/05/2008-08/06/2008	Wallace And Gromit (G)
	Alvin And The Chipmunks (PG)
08/12/2008-08/13/2008	Doogal (G)
	Firehouse Dog (PG)

AMC Theaters--Last year they were free. Looks like it is $1 this summer.
All admission proceeds* from AMC Summer MovieCamp will benefit Variety – The Children's Charity and the Will Rogers Institute.

Families, schools and organizations alike are invited to see great kids’ movies during AMC Summer MovieCamp. Available at select AMC theatres, this fun-filled program brings you:

• $1 movies from June 25 – August 6
• Shows starting at 10:00 a.m. every Wednesday
• Great field trip opportunities – groups can purchase tickets one week in advance starting June 18 at the box office or online at participating theatres

Participating Locations:
Arbor Lakes 16
Eden Prairie Mall 18
Rosedale 14
Southdale 16

Movie Schedule**

June 25:

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

July 2:

The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep

July 9:

Alvin & The Chipmunks

July 16:

Shrek The Third

July 23:

Bee Movie

July 30:

Surf's Up

August 6:

TMNT

Good deals worth looking into this week.

I haven't gotten the list made up yet, but there are a couple of deals that I thought I would let you know about. I posted them on HCW so I'm just going to take the post from there and ad it here. Yeah, can you tell I'm feeling lazy and tired tonight?

Cub as a deal going through 6-24 where if you buy 5 specified Sara Lee, Ballpark, or Hillshire Farm products you get a $5 OYNO coupon at checkout.

This is what I did today. It's a great price in the end.

4 Johnsonville brats $10
2 Sara Lee Buns $3

-2 B2 Johnsonville, get 1 buns free= $3
-$5 print out
Total OOP $5 for 4lbs of brats. I know the ad says sausage, but it pictures cheddarwarst as does the coupons. I got the Cheddarwaurst and it worked just fine.

I think there are MF for the brats, but not sure. Maybe $.35/1. That would mean an extra $1.40 off if you have 4 of them. It would make it less then $1 per lb + the free buns.

Rainbow also has buy 6 cereal get $10 off + 1 free milk. If you have some good coupons this can be a good deal. I thought I had it all figured, but just realized I had it all wrong. Maybe I can work up another plan and post it later.

What have I been buying?

Time for an update on a few things.

The garage sale went well. We had been collecting free items from CVS, Target, wherever. Pretty much anything that was free or that would make money when you bought it. We had almost two tables full of items and sold most everything. The only thing that didn't sell was the hair dye and diabetic meters.

I actually accomplished my long long list of places to go last Wednesday. Being I was going out for double coupons at Rainbow I wanted to get all the other stops for the week done as well.

I have some reciepts to ad up also. I can't seem to find the one for Rainbow last Wednesday, but know what I got.

Rainbow
11 sausage $.99
10 Powerade $1
1 24pk water$4.99

Total $25.88
Coupons
11 $1/1 sausage
2 $.75/1 Powerade
1 $4.99 water
5 $1 double coupons
Total OOP $3.39 +$.22 tax=$3.61

Walmart
2 Huggies clean team wipes, small pack $1.64
160ct dixi napkins $1.78
1.52 lb peaches $.74
1.03lb Nectarines $.50
Total $6.30
-$3/2 Huggies
-$1/1 Dixie
Total OOP $2.30

Target
4 packages AF cheese $4.18 total
2 Oral B floss $.97 each
Total $6.12
-4 $1/1 AF cheese coupons
-2 $1/1 Oral b
Total OOP $.12

Target
8 Pks AF cheese $8.73
-8 $1/1 AF cheese
Total $.73

Cub
2 gallons Land O Lakes OJ $4.99 each
-Cub BOGO
-$.50 MF
Total OOP $4.49

Cub
13 Spam singles $13.43
2 Lloyds BBQ $6.19
1 Earthbound Farms? bagged salad $2
Country Hearth Split hearth bread $2.49
Total $27.81
-13 Free Spam singles
-Bogo Lloyds Cub coupon
-2 $1/1 Lloyds MF
-$2/1 bagged salad
Total OOP $6.68 (thought the Lloyds would produce a $2 OYNO, but didn't)

Cub
2 Sara Lee hot dog buns $1.50
4 Hillshire Farms Cheddarworst $2.50
-2 Free buns WYB 2 Hillshire Farms
Total OOP $10, -$5 OYNO, (I split this with Jekka so I really only paid $8 and then got the $5 OYNO)

I bought a lot of stuff at CVS with rainchecks last month. I try to hold them until I have coupons to go with them or I can use the raincheck and get an ECB with it. I wanted to get extra things for the garage sale so I just used up most of the rainchecks I had. In the end I paid out $3.99 in ECB, and $1.76 on a gift card. I made $18 back in ECB so the total profit was $12.25 in ECBs.

Total spending $26.43
Total Spend this Month $44.22
Total Left for this Month $40.78 + $5 OYNO @ Cub

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

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.

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!

Weekly list

Hi all! I'm working on this list, but will probably end up posting before it gets all done. I just wanted to start by getting some of the links for the IP coupons in while I had them instead of needing go to back and relocate them later.

One thing at CVS this week is free Chex mix. It's $1 with a $1/1 IP. There are 2 links for the coupon so you could print 4 coupons total per computer. Link 1. Link 2.

Found a third link. This one seems to be different then the first two so that would mean another 2 coupons for a total of 6.

Grapes,Cheese, Crackers and Hamburger

Well, I haven't gotten much done on the list so far this week. I am going to work on it while Noah goes to bed. I wanted to post the deal I have done so far though so that if I don't get the list done for a little bit some of you will be able to get a few deals at least.

Sunday-Cub
Grapes 1.29lb $.72
Grapes 1.??lb $.05
Grapes 1.??lb $.42
Total $1.19

Monday-Cub
2 3lb rolls of 73/27 lean hamburger $2.99 each
Hot dog buns $1.50
Total$7.48

Tuesday-Walmart
Kellogg's Fiber One bars-Free
I found a box of these on a shelf while I was going down the cereal isle. It had a peelie coupon to try them free. I looked forever for more boxes, but I couldn't even find a place on the shelf for them. Be on the lookout though because they might have the same coupons at Cub or other stores.
Total Free

CUB
Trip 1
4 5.5oz resealable bags of Nabisco mini Ritz crackers $1.64 each
4 8oz resealable bags of Nabisco Animal crackers $1.64 each
1.23lb Grapes $3.29
Farmland Bacon $2.00
1 16oz Kraft shredded cheddar $1.50
1 16oz Kraft Shredded Mozzrealla $3.33
1 16oz Kraft Mexican blend $3.33
1 16oz Kraft block Cheddar $3.33
1 16oz Kraft block Cobie/Jack $3.33
1 12oz Kraft String cheese $3.33
Total $36.56
Coupons used
Free 1lb grapes Cub coupon
$5 off your order WYB 5 Kraft cheese
4 Free cheese up to $4.99 WYB 2 Nabisco crackers
6 $1/1 Any 5oz or larger Nabisco cookies or crackers
1 $2/1 Farmland Bacon
Total after coupons $.88

Trip 2
1.22lb red grapes $3.04
5 16 oz Shredded Cheddar $7.50
2 8oz Kraft Mexican 4 cheese blend $1.50 each (on clearance)
2 5.5oz resealable bags of Nabisco mini Ritz crackers $1.64 each
2 8oz resealable bags of Nabisco Animal crackers $1.64 each
Total $20.10

Coupons used
Free 1lb grapes Cub coupon
$5 off your order WYB 5 Kraft cheese
2 Free cheese up to $4.99 WYB 2 Nabisco crackers
2 $1/1 Any 5oz or larger Nabisco cookies or crackers
Total after coupons $.63


Total Spend so far this week $10.18
Total Spend this Month$10.18
Total Left for this Month $74.82

Cheap cheddar cheese at Cub-No coupons needed

I was at Cub yesterday doing the Kraft cheese/Nabisco cracker deal and found a great deal. The 16oz packages of Kraft shredded cheddar cheese were ringing up $1.50. The sign said 3/$9.99, but I tried it two different times and they rang up $1.50.

There is a coupon in the Cub ad this week for $5 off your order WYB 5 Kraft cheese. The best deal would look like this;

5 16 oz Shredded Cheddar $7.50
-$5 off your order
Total $2.50 for 5lbs of cheese.

The expiration date was mid October so there is plenty of time to use all the cheese. It also freezes great so that would be an option too.

This deal can get better if you have the Kraft peelies and the nabisco coupons. The second deal I did was this;

1.22lb red grapes $3.04
5 16 oz Shredded Cheddar $7.50
2 8oz Kraft Mexican 4 cheese blend $1.50 each (on clearance)
2 5.5oz resealable bags of Nabisco mini Ritz crackers $1.64 each
2 8oz resealable bags of Nabisco Animal crackers $1.64 each
Total $20.10

Coupons used
Free 1lb grapes Cub coupon
$5 off your order WYB 5 Kraft cheese
2 Free cheese up to $4.99 WYB 2 Nabisco crackers
2 $1/1 Any 5oz or larger Nabisco cookies or crackers
Total after coupons $.63

I only used 2 Nabisco coupons because I would have had an overage and at the time I didn't know what else I needed to go with it so I just saved the other two coupons for later.

Recap of May spending

I suppose it is time to fess up how much I sent over budget. I will say in my defense that Noah and I were sick last week and when I am sick I just really want whatever tastes good to me at the time. Last week that was cherries and beef soup with red potatoes.

As close as I can tell last week we spent $16.17 on groceries. All but $5.17 was for cherries, cottage cheese, and red potatoes. The rest for for 4 boxes of Teddy grams, 2 gallons of milk and something else that I can't remember.

Add that to the $2.93 that I was already over buy and you get a total of $$19.1. Which means last month I spend $113.70. Not that great.

Oh well, time to do better this month. I'm going to stick with the $85 being I was under and then over so I still don't really know if this is the correct amount, but to this I will add the knowledge that at the end of the month there will be some excellent stock up opportunities so I might need more then $85.

Things like hotdogs, brats, hamburger, and anything condiment or picnic related should be on sale right before the 4th of July. Last year we got enough hotdogs, mustard, ketchup, and bbq sauce to last all year. Most of it was just pennies.

Free Kraft Cheese WYB 2 Nabisco crackers

There are currently peelie coupons on some Nabisco cracker boxes for free Kraft cheese (up to $4.99) WYB 2 Nabisco crackers (no size limits). These have been very hard to come by. No one really wants to trade them and until yesterday I hadn't ever found any.

I was at the Maple Grove Cub Foods store yesterday killing time while I had my stuff across the street a UOAC. I found a few of these peelies on the front end cap of crackers next to the cracker isle. I didn't see too many, but I also didn't look behind any boxes so there might have been quite a few. If any of you live over there it is defiantly worth going for a look.

If any of you have been lucky enough to get your hands of some of these peelie coupons then there is a great deal going on this week at cub for you.

This week 1lb bags and blocks of Kraft cheese are on sale for 3/$9.99. If you buy 5 or more you get $5 off you order.

There are two different ways this deal could work. I asked CS and she thought that the first way should be fine because of the wording on the coupon, but she also said it might depend on you cashier, so choose wisely.

Scenario #1

8 5.5oz bags mini Ritz cracker $1.69
6 packages of cheese 3/$9.99
Total $33.5

-8 $1/1 Nabisco= -$8
-4 Free Kraft= -$19.96
-$5
Total after coupons=$.54

This is the best way because it maximizes you peelie coupons. Being you bought a total of $19.98 in cheese each of the 4 coupons should be entered into the register for the full value of $4.99. You will need to explain this to your cashier because they will assume that they should just put in the price for one bag which is $3.33.

If you have problems with your cashier or are not brave enough to try you can do scenario #2

10 5.5oz bags of mini Ritz crackers $1.69
5 packages of cheese
Total $33.55

-10 $1/1 Nabisco
-5 Free Kraft peelies
-$5 off WYB 5 Kraft

Total after coupons $1.65

The first way has a little less OOP, and 1 extra 1lb of cheese.

If you really want to get in on this deal, but don't have the coupons they are selling on Ebay. Depending on what they are going for this could still be a good deal. Just make sure that the auction ends with enough time for the seller to ship them and get them here by Saturday.

This Weeks List

I don't think there will be a list this week. Noah caught what auntie Krista had and I'm not feeling too hot either. If things turn around I'll work on it later this week, but my coupons are a mess and haven't been filed for probably a month so I should really spend some time getting things back together.

Ironic Side Note

So most of you know that I went to Cub a LOT last week. Over and over again to get all the bacon and beans. Finally we used all, but one coupon and were done.

I walked into cub tonight to get a movie and found that the bacon was now on sale for $2. AUGH!!! I would have had all the bacon for free and gotten it all in one simple trip if I would have known somehow.

This is a great deal for anyone who was thinking about ordering coupons. If you wanted some bacon, but didn't get your coupons you would be able to get it for free now. Check my post from last week about the bacon for the link to the clipping site with coupons.

Coupon Gold

So I was at the store on Friday afternoon and found a new tearpad. They weren't there Thrusday evening when we went for bacon so they must have been put out over night while they were stocking.

The coupon was for $1/1 any 5 oz or larger Nabisco cookies or crackers exp 9-30-08.

Anyway, 3 of the 6 pads were already gone and the others were half gone. I grabbed a handful and didn't think much about it.

Saturday morning I realized I had more then I would probably use so I listed them for trade on hotcouponworld.com. Within 24 hours I had over 12 requests to trade. Some people asking for up to 30, others just asking for LOTS. I could have traded over 200 if I had them. A couple people even offered 20% of the face value, so $.20 per coupon + shipping.

I ended up posting them as an auction so people could bid on them and everyone would have a fair change. I looked on ebay and they are selling for 25/$7 with over 12 hours left. It's tempting to put them on there, but I'm really hoping to get a few new peelies that I read about. They are for Free Kraft Cheese (up to $4.99) WYB 2 Nabisco crackers. If I could get some of those then I could end up with cheap crackers and a LOT of cheese. Jason would love me forever for all that cheese (not that he doesn't already).

Over Budget

Alright, so I went a little over budget last week. It wasn't for anything we NEEDED, but I wanted to get more cheese while it was on sale instead of paying more for it later. Noah has been eating up to two grilled cheese for lunch almost every day so I wanted to stock up.

Rainbow
Bush's grilling beans $.11(don't ask)

Cub
2 Bacon $4.29
1 Bush's $1.39
Total after coupons $.17

Cub
1 Bush's gillin beans $1.39
2 Secret Deo $1.99
1 Mennen 24/7 deo $.99
10lb bag of rice $4.00
Total after coupons $7.42

Cub
4 Kraft Singles $2
2 Kraft Chunk $2
2 Kraft Shredded $2
1 Bush's grillin beans $1.39
2 Kraft To Go dressing $1.66
Total $12.20



Total this trip $19.90
Total Spending this Month $97.73
Total Left to Spend $0
Overbudget $2.93

There are a lot of variables as to why I am over budget. Part of it is the deodorant, but it was 1) needed, 2) on clearance, 3) being discontinued and we won't be able to get the right one any longer.

The real thing is the only thing we NEEDED was the deodorant. The thing with how I shop is that I don't tend to buy things when I need them, but when they are on sale for the lowest price. It just happened that this past week there were a lot of items that we will be needing soon on sale for a really good price. I spent a little more now in order to save more later.

My goal with this budget challenge is not to go over even when I am stocking up on things. I don't want to have to make exceptions for stockpiling because then it seems like you would never know how much you are really spending on groceries/toiletries.

So will I spend anything this week? Good question. At this point I could feed an army for a month and not need to go shopping, but that doesn't mean I always have what I need to make a complete meal. Cherries are on sale this week so I might bite the bullet and get some even though I am over. I'll just have to take a look at the ads and see if there is anything else I actually need.

I feel so uneventful. Like a broken record, saying the same thing over and over. I guess if it is boring to you just skip on over it. :) I learned it really helps me to track what I am spending and what I am getting. I seem to spend a lot less this way. We used to keep track in Microsoft Money, but not as detailed. It seems the details have made a difference.

Anyway,

Walmart
3lb bag on yellow onions $.99 (priced matched the Aldi ad)

Cub
4 Bacon
2 Beans

Total for the day $1.33
Total Spending this Month $77.83
Total Left to Spend $16.97

$5/$20 at Walgreens this Friday

I found an IP coupon $5 off a $20 purchase at Walgreens. It's only good on Friday. This is great if you are planning on getting some of the free after rebate items because it will give you an overage.

List for the week

Here is the list for the week. I've already blogged about the about most of these, but I'll put them in a list so that you can see what coupons I have been using. I'm going to leave off the Schick razors at Walgreens because the coupons I used are now expired.

CVS
Crayola Color Wonders $1.50 on clearance
Sobe life water $1, -BOGO IP, -$.50/1 tear pad, -$1 ECB on 2=2/$.50 overage



CUB
There are a couple of good deals this week. One is the Kraft buy 10, get $5 off with in ad coupon. Another is buy any 4 listed products get $3 OYNO. I'm not going to list out all the different options for them because it would take pages. Just wanted to give you a heads up.

Farmland bacon $4.29,-BOGO Cub coupon, -$2/1 MF=2/.29
Bush's Grillin Beans $.88 with in ad coupons, -$1/1 MF=1/$.12 overage
Farmland Sausage $1.25, -$1/1 MF=1/$.25
Suave Shampoo/Conditioner $1.33, -$3 OYNO WYB 4, -$1/2=4/.33


RAINBOW
Johnsonville Brats 3lb $6.88, -$2/1=1/$4.88
Sweet Baby Ray $1.25, -$1/1=1/$.25
Bushes Grillin Beans 33% off, -$1/1=1/?
Kool-Aid, Country Time, Capri Sun Sport, Tang 50% off

Snyders
Free 8X10 print with in ad coupon

Walmart
French's Mustard $1, -$.35/1=1/$.65
Breyer's Ice Cream $2.50, -$.50/1=1/$2.00


I think this is it for the week. If you need a refresher of the monthly offers at CVS just check the posts from last week. I think I put them all on there. Happy shopping all.

I feel like I'm the dog from the Beggin Strips comercial...

You all know what I'm talking about. The dog that goes running all over the place to get "bacon." I only have 6 more coupons to use, but I feel like I have been running back and forth from Cub all week.

To make it easy on me, and also less borning to read I'm just going to give a grand total of what I have gotten and the total spent on it.

Walgreens
1 Oral B crossaction toothbrush
2 4ct Schick refill blades
8 Chef Boyardee raviolli
1 Schick Titanium razor
1 Schick razor with trimmer
total $
Used $13 RR and $3.89 cash
Rebate $4.99 for toothbrush +$5 for raviolli +10% extra for having it put onto a gift card
Total OOP after rebate $7.10 overage.

I still have $20 in RR to use before the end of the week so hopefully I will be able to find more of the free after rebate items to increase my giftcard total.

CVS
6 Sobe life water
6 Crayola Color Wonders Mini pads with paints or markers
3 CVS brand Tylenol
1 Colgate 360 toothbrush
2 Garnier shampoo, each w/bonus travel size shampoo and conditioner
OOP was $11.90, I used ECBs and a gift card. I got back $8.99, so overall I paid $2.91 in ECBs.

Cub
14 packages Farmland Bacon
4 cans Bush's Gillin Beans
24 cans Cub brand green beans (used raincheck)
1 loaf wheat bread
4 8oz pk of Kraft cheese
4 Kraft to Go salad dressing
2 pks baby carrots
1 red onion
1 Kraft Mayo
1 A1 Sauce
3lbs ground beef
Total $13.54 Cash + $10 OYNO

There were also a couple of random purchases at the end of last week. I can only rememeber one, but there might have been two.
Cub
Salad $.53

Grand total $14.07
Total Spending this Month $76.50
Total Left to Spend $18.30

$.17

Went to Cub this evening and got a couple of things. The cashier was super funny when she say my total. It went from $9.97 to $.17. It's like she couldn't quite believe it could do that.

This is what I got
2 Farmland Bacon $4.29 each
1 Bush's grillin beans $1.39

In todays ad there is a store coupon to get the beans for $.88 each, limit one. If you still have the $1/1 coupon from a coupon of weeks ago you get an overage on it. The coupon didn't beep or need to be approved so there is no problems with the overage.

There is a BOGO coupon in the Cub booklet for the bacon. Pair that with the current or expired $2/1 coupons it comes to $.29 for 2 packages.

These coupons have been really hot of ebay, but I was able to trade for some last week. Most of the clipping sites are out of them, or never got them, but I did find one that still has some. If you order by Tuesday morning they should get here in time for the sale. I've used this site before and they are reliable. They don't send you a comfirmation email so it's a little nerve racking, but they have always come. The site is Rebecca's forms and coupons. They are $.20 each or it would be like paying $.70/2 packs of bacon.

If you have any questions give me a call or send me an email.

Free Sundaes @ Walmart 5-18

Looks like Walmart is giving away free sundaes on Sunday. I got most of the details from HCW you can check out the post if you want.

Couldn't find it on the Walmart website, but there were lots of hits on Google. Looks like it is from noon to 5:00pm

Here is a list of your options:

Ice cream sundae flavors and toppings available to shoppers
include:
-- Blue Bunny Premium Tracks
-- Breyers Chocolate Crackle
-- Edy's Loaded Tollhouse Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
-- Hershey's Chocolate Syrup
-- Smucker's Triple Berry Sauce
-- Reddi-Wip Original
-- Keebler Sandies Cookies

Free Chicken Sandwich @ McDonalds

Tomorrow, 5-15-08, McDonalds is giving away Southern style Chicken Sandwichs WYB any Meduim or Large drink. In the morning you get a chicken buscuit and in the afternoon it is a sandwich. I think pop is around $1.20 for a medium, but you could also do hotchocolate of coffee which would be less.

Freebies and money makers that I missed

Looks like I missed some good stuff while I was making the list. I thought I probably would, but just wouldn't see it at the time I was typing. Credit goes to Becca for a lot of these. She's been great at finding the deals lately.

Target
Free AF individual size coffee with the new Target IP
Lays Cracker Crisps $2.50, -$1/1 MF, -$1/1 Target=1/$.50
Mini boxes of AF cookies on clearance for $.48, -$1/2=2/Free with $.04 overage

Walmart
Post Live Active cereal $2.86, -$3/1 IP (can print two)=1/Free with $.14 overage
Fringo individual string cheese $.25, -$.50/1 MF, -1/$.25 overage

Cub
If your cub happens to be out of the Dannon light and fit yogurt make sure to get a raincheck is you were wanting some. This will give you time to order coupons. There is a list of clipping sites on the side bar. I got mine from thecouponclippers.com. I paid $6.09 for 50 coupons. It works out to a little over $1.12 per 4pk.

I think this is it for now. I'll keep updating if I find more.

Budget Update

Walmart

2 Boxes Live Active Post cereal $2.86
2 Fringo individual string cheese $.25
1 2lb bag of carrots $1.52?
Total after coupons $1.11

Sam's Club
5lbs Country Crock $3.
2 18ct eggs $1.79
144oz box oatmeal
Granulated Garlic
I'm not sure on some of the prices because mom has the recipet, but I know the total was $18.14


Grand total $19.25
Total Spending this Month $62.43
Total Left to Spend $32.37 + $10 OYNO @ Cub

Spending this weekend

Cub on Friday
Radishes $.79
1 Organic Bagges Salad $2
Total after coupons $.79


Cub on Saturday
Round One
10 Peter Pan $1.67
4 Hunts pudding $1
2 Organic Salad $2
Brownberry Dutch Country bread $1.50
Total before coupons $26.20
Total after coupons $12.10 + $10 OYNO

Round Two
Reddi-Whip $2.22
Pam spray $2.75
Wesson Oil $4.49
4 Oville Redenbacher popcorn $1.66
Hunts pudding $1
3 Hunts Manwich $1
2 lt Squirt $1.25
2 lt Welch Strawberry $1.38
Total before coupons $22.73
Total after coupons $6.90 +$10 OYNO

Cub on Sunday
4 Dannon Light & Fit $1
1 Cub French bread
1 Kraft LiveActive Cheese $1.50
Total after coupons=Free

Cub on Monday
1 Dannon Light & Fit $1
Total after coupons $.25

Total this weekend $20.04
Total Spending this Month $43.18
Total Left to Spend $51.62 + $10 OYNO @ Cub

Walgreens on Saturday
They would only let me use one RR per purchase on Saturday so my OOP was more then I was expecting. In the end I ended up with $43 in RR

3 CoverGirl pressed power $2.99
1 CoverGirl TruBlends Blush $7.99
4 Powder Puff $2.99
1 CoverGirl stick concealer $3.19
Total w/tax $33.80
Total after coupon $7.21 +Earned 2/$10 RR


CVS Today
I had $18 in expired ECBs and was able to use them in Chanhassen today. It's nice to have them all current again so they are easier to roll. I haven't been adding my overages at CVS into my spending because I just get it back as ECBs. I have also only been adding what I spend if I use actual cash instead of ECBs or a gift card.

Colgate Total Advanced $2.99
2 Tums Quick Pack $4.69
Schick Intuition Plus $8.88
2 Hershey's Bliss $4.29
1 Almond Joy 8ct $.99
1 Kit Kat 8ct $.99
Total $31.81
Total after coupons and ECBs earned $.86 Overage

The weeks list

I'm going to try and get this done tonight. I have a busy week so this is my one shot.

Cub
Hormel Thick Sliced Range Bacon 32 oz $5
Dannon Light & Fit 4pk $1, -$1/1 MF=1/Free
Totino's Pizza Rolls $1, -$.40/1=1/$.60
Minute Maid Lemonade or Punch $1
Budget Gourmet Classics $.69
Soy Dream 32 oz $2, -$1/1 peelies on package=1/$1

Aldi
Strawberries 16 oz $1.69
On the vine tomatoes 24oz $1.99

Rainbow
Roundy's White Bread 24oz $.79
Baby carrots $1.59, BOGO=2/$1.59

CVS
Colgate $2.99, -$1/1 MF (exp 5-3?), -$2 ECB=1/Free
Buy $10 of Hershey's get $5 ECB, -BOGO Bliss MF, -$1/1 Bliss, Add $2 hershey's filler=$10/Free after ECB
Schick Intuition Plus $8.88, -$4/1, -$6 ECB=1/Free + Overage
AquaFresh $2.99, -$1/1, -$2.99 ECB=1/Free +$1 overage


It doesn't seem that great this week. Hopefully I didn't over look a bunch of items. If I find any other things I will add them throughout the week. I just wanted to make sure to get this done being I wasn't able to get last weeks done.

Lots of salsa

Not much to add today. If you read the post below we will see what I got. :)

Cub
6 Wild Harvest organic salsa $1.79
Total after coupons $4.77

Total This Trip $4.77
Total Spending for The Month $23.14
Total Left To Spend $71.66

I've decided this week is a great opportunity to get into the Walgreens RR/rebates with very little OOP. I'm planning on doing the same thing I did this fall with CVS and put in $20 or less to get started and then just keep rolling it from there. I don't think I will really need the whole $20, probably just $5. At any rate. I'm not going to take the start up $ out of the grocery budget for the month. In the future I'll add in what I spend, just like at CVS, but for now I fell it would skew the numbers to deduct that from the monthly grocery budget.

Walgreens
9 Crest Pro Health $22.50
-$13.50 WG coupon
-$4 in MF coupons
-$4.61 in random gift card I had
Total $2.85
received 2/$10 RR

A few great finds for this week

I found a great deal at Cub today. Noah has fallen in love with the grocery store and asks to go every time we leave home. We went today with no real purpose, but I did want to take a closer look at the ConAgra buy $20 get $10 OYNO deal. While we were there we checked the coupons from the coupon printer machine and they had a $1/1 Wild Harvest organic salsa. The salsa is on sale this week for $1.79 so it comes out to be $.79 for a 16oz jar. That's a great price for salsa, but an excellent price for organic salsa. I'm not sure what the regular price is. The coupon is only good for this week so stock up.

Walgreens has an even better deal going on this week

Buy 9 Crest Pro-health toothpaste for $2.50 each. Use the $3/2 WG coupon from their monthly booklet. The total will be $9. You will get 2 $10 RR along with your reciept. You end up making $11 on each 9 toothpaste. This deal gets better if you use the $.50/1 coupon from Sundays paper and the other coupons from last months P&G insert.

You can't use your RRs to purchase the same products, and get more RRs. If you want to do the deal a couple of times you can do this;

9 Crest=$22.50
-$3/2 WG=$13.50
Total OOP=$9
RR 2/$10=$20

1 Venus Embrace $9.99
1 Zantac 8ct 150mg $3.99
-$1/1 Zantac MF (I've heard there is also a IP on the Walgreens website)
-$4/1 Venus (Sunday's paper)
=Total $8.98
Tax $.58
Total $9.56 Get a small filler item so your total is over $10
Use 1 $10 RR
Receive $3 RR from Zantac, $6 RR from Venus=$10 total in RR

Take your $3 and $6 RR and use them to get 9 more Crest free and another $20.

Now you have 3 $10 RR. One from the first time you did the crest deal and two from the second. You can keep going around like this using all the coupons you have. If you only do the crest twice and the Venus/Zantac twice you will end up with $40 with an OOP of no more then $9. It will be less if you have MF for the crest, but most of us won't have 18 crest coupons sitting around.

Starting the month off with a bang...or maybe with bacon

It seems like I have been to the store a lot in the last couple of days. I don't really know where I stand right now, but don't think that I have spent too much.

I did solve the no meat problem. This great lady on HCW mailed me 11 coupons for $2/1 Farmland Bacon. Becca found it on sale at Walmart so I got 11 packages of bacon today. Not much of a variety, but in stockpiling variety doesn't come all at once.


Thursday

Cub
Manwich $1.19
Ham soup base $1.50
Total $2.68

Target
Golden Plump oven ready whole chicken $2.50
Total $2.50

Rainbow
2 Muir Glen organic tomatoes $1.25 each
Minute Maid Limeade $.88
White bread $.88
Smart Taste pasta $.88
Gala Apples $.98 per lb
Total after coupons $4.37? I can't find my receipt, but I think that I got 2.75lbs apples. If so then this is the total. I know it wasn't any more then this.

Friday
Cub
Red Leaf Lettuce $1.66
2 Old El Paso refried beans $1 each
Old El Paso taco seasoning $.66
Total after coupons $.34

Saturday
Cub
2 Mission Tortillas $1 each
Total $2

Walmart
11 Farmland Bacon 16 oz $2.50
Russet Potatoes 5lb $.98
Total after coupons $6.48

Total This Trip $18.37
Total This Month $18.37
Total Left To Spend $76.43

I am going to keep looking for the Rainbow receipt because I really don't think it should have been that much.

End of the month recap

First let me start with what I have spent since I last posted.

I went to Cub on Saturday and did the Milk and Carnation deal again. On Monday I realized that my free milk coupon had expired on Sunday so I talked with CS and they gave me $4.50 cash because I had my recipe to show that I had bought milk before the coupon expired. It wasn't until later that I realized I had used a $1/1 coupon for the milk. I feel kind of bad about that because it is like doubling up on coupons, but still thankful that they let me use the free milk coupon instead of loosing it.

Cub
2 5lb Cub self-rising flour $.50 each
1 Hefty 1 gallon freezer bags $1.59
Carnation Instant Breakfast $4.49
Cub 2pk $6.18
2 100ct box of straws $.59 each
Total after coupons $5.40
Total after refund for milk coupon $.90

CVS
Mennen Deodaront $2.99,-2.99 ECB
2 Alavert $6.99, -$4 MF IP, -$4 ECB=$1 overage each
Total =Made $2

On Monday I went to CVS I use two rainchecks plus I had coupons to go with them so I had an overage. I ended up with

4 Colgate Advanced Whitening $2.99
1 Just for Men touch of gray $7.99
5 CVS Vitim C $2.99
3 V8 $2.50 each

I used an $8 ECB and put $.24 on my CVS giftcard. I got back $7.99 in ECB so it was $.24 total

At Cub I got Oregano= $2.99



Total for the weekend $3.89
Total spending for the month:$65.2 +$10 OYNO at Cub
Total left to spend:$9.80

I think overall I am really pleased that I was able to meet my goal. I was able to get things to add to my stockpile and also added in a couple of treat items too.

I found that I was spending less, but we were eating better meals. I had to think more about what to make, but it was easier in the long run because I always new what was for dinner and we always had the ingredients.

I'm going to try this again next month to see how it goes. I'm not sure if I can keep a budget this low continually. I think the only meat I bought last month was salami and a package of bacon. This is where a freezer full of meat comes in handy.

I figure about every three or four months I will need to add a little bit to the budget and stock up on meat again. For now I am going to roll over what is left from this month and add it to the May budget.

I'm going to stay at $85 this month plus the left over $9.80 from April. If I come up with an overage again in May I might try $75 for June. We'll have to see though because it depends on how much meat I buy this month.

Weekly list

I'm actually all done with the list for this week. I feel like it is such an accomplishment because lately it has been the end of the week before I get anything posted and sometimes it doesn't happen at all.

Rainbow
Roundy's yogurt 4/$.88
Roundy's white bread $.88
Minute Maid Lemonade, Limeaide, and Fruit Punch $.88
Smart Ones Entrees $1.28
Smart Taste Pasta $.88, -$1/1 MF=1/Free with overage
Roundy's milk $2.50 per gallon
Kool-Aid 2/$2.88, -$1/1 sugar free=2/.88
Gala Apples $.98 per lb
Lawry's Taco Seasoning $.50
Breyer's ice cream $3
Muirglen tomatoes/sauce 8/$10, -$1/1 peelies=1/$.25

Cub
Breyers Ice Cream $3
Mission Flour Tortillas $1, $.50/1,=1/.50
Old El Paso Mexican items $1, $1/2=2/$1
Old El Paso Taco Seasoning ?, Free WYB 2 Old El Paso products Peelie instore now=1/Free

Aldi
Roma Tomatoes 20 4pk $.99
Avocados $.49
Mangoes $.39
3pk colored peppers $1.39

Walmart
Freschetta Pizza Amore 12inch $4.50, -$.75/1=1/$3.75
Freschetta Pizza Amore breadsticks $2, -$2/1 WYB Pizza=1/Free

Walgreens
There are a lot of free monthly rebate deals. I haven't actually shopped at Walgreens for a couple of months so I am a little out of the loop. You can check out the current deals at Walgreens.com, or pick up a book in store also.

Mennen Speed Stick $.99 with in ad coupon, -$1/1 MF=1/Free
Orbit gum $1.19, 3/$2 w/in ad coupon, -BOGO MFx3=6/$.43
Quilted Northern 6 Mega rolls (=16 reg rolls), -$1/1=1/$3


CVS
Mennen Deodarent BOGO, $1/1=2/?
Tostitos Chips/Salsa BOGO, $.55/2
Just for Men Touch of Grey $7.99, -$7.99 ECB=1/FREE
Bic Soleil $5.99, -$2/1 MF, -$3 ECB=1/$.99
One Touch Ultra Mini $19.99, -MF up to $20=1/Free
There is also a deal with 3M. Buy $15, get $5 ECB. I haven't looked too much at it, but here is the link the that discussion.

Target
Lay's cracker crisps $2.50, -$1/1MF, $1/1TC=1/$.50
Banana Boat Suntan Lotion travel/trial size $.99, -$1/1=Free
Lipton 4pk to go $.99, -$1/1=1/Free

Will I make it after all?

All week long I have been wondering if I will actually make the April spending challenge that I started. At the beginning of the week I was planning on getting baked beans, veggies, milk and other things from the Cub sale + the normal things a person needs every week. I didn't really see how I would make it and still get the things that I was wanting for my stockpile.

As it turns out I shouldn't have wondered. God just seems to provide more and more each day. There is a $1/1 coupon for the new style of baked beans so I will be able to get 40 of them for free (if my coupons get here by tomorrow.)

My new plan was to do the milk deal 3 times and also get a case of green beans as this is the only veggie I can get Noah to eat. Well, they are out of regular green beans and only have French cut left so I was able to get a raincheck for them and will pick them up at some later point when there is a little more room in the pantry and $ in my budget.

All I ended up getting today was:

1 can Bush's grilling beans $.99
1 Cub 2pk milk $6.18
1 box Carnation instant breakfast $4.49?

After coupons it was $1.97

I was going to use my free milk coupon, but my total was only $2.97? so I used a $1/1 gallon of milk peelie instead. She wanted to ask CS about the free milk coupon and then I realized my total was less then $4.50 so decided to save it so I would hopefully be able to get the overage later.

I think that even if I do the milk deal two more times and end up saving my free milk coupon for later I would still have enough for the rest of the week. I can't really remember what else I was going to buy except for price matching the oranges at SuperWalmart for $1.59 per 4lb.

Total $1.97
Total spending for the month:$61.31 +$10 OYNO at Cub
Total left to spend:$13.69

What did she buy today?

Nothing, but...Jason needed bread so I sent him to the store for it. He got two 24 oz loaves of wheat bread with the coupon the in the Cub book. $4.50. Seems like a lot of $ for just bread compared to how far I can usually stretch $5. It will last a couple of weeks though so it's not a big deal.

Total $4.50
Total spending for the month:$59.34 +$10 OYNO at Cub
Total left to spend:$15.66

Weekly list

Not sure how much I'll get done before I head to bed, but at least this will be a start. I know I have said it before, but the more I have stockpiled the less I notice as a good deal. Sorry if I miss something great. It might just mean I have a similar product coming out of my ears.


Rainbow
There is a coupon on the back of the beauty section for a $25 gift card with new prescription. I think it is good for a couple of weeks so make sure to cut it out and save it.

Jenni-O Festive frozen ground turkey $1.25
McCormick Cheesy Taco seasoning mix $.50, -$.25/2=2/$.75
Land o Lakes orange juice 128oz $2.99
Fresh sweet corn $.25 each
Button Mushrooms $1.00
24 oz Roundys Split top white or wheat bread $1

Cub
Bush's grillin beans $.99, -$1/1 MF=Free
Bush's baked beans $.99
Cub canned veggies $.33
Hormel Chili $.99
Cub Mandarin oranges 11 oz $.38
Cub black olives $1.18
Golden Plump fresh ground chicken 20oz $3.79, -$1/1=1/$2.79
Ortega products $1, -$1/2=2/$1
Sobe Life Water $1, -$.50/1 MF tear pad (found at Holiday last week while getting gas)=1/$.50
McCormick Seasoning Mix $.75, -$.25/2=2/$1.25
Abbyland Bratwurst $3.99, BOGO coupon in Cub book. I think there is also a tearpad coupon right next to them for free buns WYB 2? Could make a nice deal if you get the buns also. =2/$3.99
Crystal Sugar 4lb $1.49 with coupon in Cub book

There is a deal with milk and Carnation Instant Breakfast. It can work a couple of different ways. I made a separate post about it this afternoon.
Cub 2pk milk $4.98 with in ad coupon. Coupons to use could be $1/1 peelies from this fall or free milk coupon from last weeks deal.
Carnation instant Breakfast $4.49, -Free WYB Cub 2pk milk and use in ad coupon, $2/1 IP found here=1/$2 overage is you are allowed both coupons.

There are two deals for buy $25 worth of participating products get 2 free movie tickets. If you do both deals in one trip you will get 4 tickets and $10 OYNO. If you are planning on going to the movies it could turn out to be a good deal. There aren't many coupons out there for the products listed. If you are thinking about doing this deal stop at Customer Service and pick up a complete list of all the products. I grabbed on yesterday thinking Noah could look at it while I shopped. It has some products on it that are not listed in the weekly ad.

Aldi
Baby carrots 1lb $.69
Strawberries 1lb $1.29
3pk green peppers $.99
20 oz/4pk tomatoes $.99
Sunkist navel oranges 4lb bag $1.59

Target
I haven't checked out much at Target lately. I have to admit that I lurked around 3 or 4 different sites to come up with this list. The only thing that seems to be truly mine is the $1 Lipton tea in bottles. No one else seems to have noticed it.

Lipton 1.5 lt bottles $1, -$1/1 TC=1/FREE
Lipton to go 4pk $.99, -$1/1 TC=1/FREE
Lay's Cracker crisps $2.50, -$1/1 TC, -$1/1 MF=1/$.50
Kashi Waffels $1.89, -$2 IP found here, =1/FREE with overage
Nice n Easy hair color, clearance price $5.xx, -$5 TC, -$3 MF=1/Free +2 overage


I'll try to work on CVS and Walgreens tomorrow evening. I'll be out all day so it just depends on if Jason needs the computer when he gets home.

Spending update

I did really well last week with not spending much. I don't think I spend any really money after Sunday last week.

I did use an expired ECB at CVS on Thursday. Just an FYI the CVS in Chanhassen will take expired ECBs no matter how old. They had told me that a while ago, so I tested it on Thursday and the lady was great. I had a $15 ECB that was about a month old and she took it no problem. I must admit I didn't do too while spending it. No great deals here except for my last item.

This is what I got with my $15


Scott 12pk of toilette paper $5.99
20 oz A&W $1.39
Deli express sandwich $1.99
Lays sour cream and onion chips $3.49
Tropicana fruit squeeze $1.29
Welchs 14oz grape juice $1.49
Contour glocous monitor $14.99

Total $30.63

The Supervise let me use my contor coupon that expired on 3-31 so the meter was free!
I also used my $15 ECB and paid $.64 OOP. I wasn't thinking but should have used my CVS card instead. Oh well

The meter printed out another $14.99 ECB so in reality everything cost a total of $.64

I went to Cub yesterday. I didn't do too well here either. I was tired and hungry so I wasn't really thinking that clear.

2 Kraft Ranch dressing 24 oz $1.50 each
1 Hidden Valley dressing $1.83
Bib lettus for lettuse wrapps $1.49
2 Ortega refried beans $1 each
Cub olives $1.18
Carlita 10oz Taco shells $.89
Total before coupons $10.45

Used
$.75/1 Kraft
$1/1 Hidden Valley
$1 off Produce WYB 2 Kraft dressings
$1/2 Ortega products
Total$6.70

Not that great, but we were getting low on dressing and the kraft to go packs expire in Aug. These dressings are good until Dec so we should be set for Ranch for quite a while.

I did order coupons for the Bush's beans. I am also going to be ordering a couple more coupons before the end of the month. I had a little $ in my PayPal account so for now I am not planning on adding this into the total. I think I might reevaluate it next month if I do this again.

Total spent $7.34
Total spending for the month:$54.84 +$10 OYNO at Cub
Total left to spend:$20.16

Cub 2pk milk and Carnation iInstant Breakfast

I'm going to be working on the list tonight, but I wanted to post this while I had the link.

In the Cub ad is a coupon for the 2 pk of milk $4.98? plus another coupon for free Carnation Instant Breakfast. Here is a link for $2/1 Carnation. I think that if you should be able to use both coupons together because one is a Cub coupon and one is a MF. It will probably depend upon your cashier because it is an overage issue, but I've only ever been denied an overage once at Cub. This would make it $2.98 for two gallons of milk and one package Carnation Instant Breakfast.

If anyone has free milk coupons from last weeks deal you should be able to use them along with the $4.98 Cub coupon. I think they would take the whole $4.50 off so it would be $.48 for the two gallons. If you add in the IP for Carnation there would be an overage on the whole thing. I don't know how many coupons you can print, as I haven't printed mine out yet. Just wanted to post before I lost the link and couldn't find it tonight when I needed it.

Free Bush's Grillin Beans @ Cub

There was a coupons for $1/1 new Bush's Grillin Bean in this weeks paper. They are on sale this week for $.99 at Cub. I haven't tried them yet, but they look just like the regular bakes beans, just in new flavors. They cans are 22 oz instead of 24 oz also.

Most of the coupon sites are out of these already. The Coupon Master still has them for $.12 each. I just bought some off ebay. I did Buy it Now on two different auctions, 20 coupons for $1. I was able to combine shipping for I got a total of 40 coupons for $3.16 including shipping. Most auctions with Buy It Now are running $2 for 20 coupons, so check around and see what you find.

Spending for this week

I haven't really spend much since Sunday. I dno't think I have actually paid for anything. I have been getting lots of Lipton to Go packets and also the bottles that are on sale for $1. Other then that I haven't gotten any grocieries or household stuff you the totals are still the same.

CAP

CAP is having another sale on Monday April 21. I thought it was just the regular 50% sale, but there was a sign on the door Monday that said all clothes and shoes $.50. Just thought some of you might like to know. If you aren't able to go in the morning it's will worth stopping in on your way home. They keep putting things out all day long. Last time I went in the afternoon and found some great clothes and toys.

No list this week

There won't be a list this week. I was trying to get it done, but just didn't have enough time. I'm leaving this morning for Duluth so I won't have time to work on it the rest of the week.

A few highlists that I did notice were:

Buy any 10 GM products get $15 off you total with in store coupon at CUB. This is good on granola bars and fruit snacks as well as cereal. I know most of us have enough cereal to last months, but if you are looking for the other products this could be a good deal. You also get a coupon at checkout for 1 free gallon of milk up to $4.50. The milk really does make it a good deal. there are lots of coupons out there for the fruitsnacks and granola bars.

There is some type of deal on Suave this week at WG. Haven't really looking into it, but if you are interesterd you can find a thread about it here.

Target has new coupons out this week. There are a coupon of great deals going on there. There is an Eggo coupon $1/2 TC. I guess that there were also $.55 MF in the paper this past week. I think the coupon was off 1, but might have been off 2. Somepeople have found the Eggo Swirls for a little over $1 and are getting them free. The cheapest Eggos I've found were $1.5x, but I've only looked at the little Target in Shakopee.

There is a also a TC for Lipton tea. It is $1/1 and seems to work on any Lipton tea product. It pictures a box of tea. Right now the 1.5 Liter bottles are ringing up $1 even though they are marked $1.29 so these are FREE after the Target coupon. Also there are 4 pks of Lipton Tea To Go sticks for $.99 afer the coupon these are FREE. These are found in the checkout isles. The coupon does not beep and adjusts to $.99 so you do not need any fillers.

I think that is all I can remember for now. There might have been free gum at Walgreens this week. I think I saw an in ad coupon for BOGO Trident and there were BOGO MF coupons in the paper a couple of weeks ago.

Alright, sorry this is it for the week.
Esther

April Spending Update

At the middle of last week I was thinking this Challenge was a piece of cake and that I could do it no problem. I went shopping on both Saturday and Sunday and bought quite a bit so I'm starting to think that it might be a little more challenging now.

I'm sure that I could make it because there is always stuff in the freezer and pantry. The point of the challenge though is to see if it is a realistic monthly goal. Can I meet this goal, but still maintain my stockpile so that in a few months the grocery bill won't go up?

I don't really plan on spending any more this week. I got a few things on Sunday. We are going out of town for Thursday, Friday and Saturday so I don't need to, or have the opportunity to spend more. That only leaves a week and a half left in the month.

So what did I get this weekend that possibly brought the budget? A lot. Very little of it was things we actually needed, but we will use it all later so it was better to buy it now.

Saturday
I made three different purchases at Cub.

#1
1 lb hard Salami $2.75
Leeks $2.15
2 Kraft to Go Packets $2.85 each
After coupons=$4.75

#2

2 Kraft to Go $2.85 each
Leeks $2.02
After coupons $1.87

#3
2 Kraft to Go $2.85 each
.55 lb fresh green beans $.48
Cilantro $.69
After coupons $1.02

Target
2 Pepperidge Farm cookies $2.50 each
6 Goldfish $1.33 each
2 Pretzels $1.33 each
After coupons $3.64

Rainbow
13 cans Muir Glen organic tomato sause $1.25 each
3 Cans Muir Glen organic tomatoes $1.25 each
After coupons $4.00

Walmart
5lb bag of red potatoes $1.29
2 Kraft singles $1.49 each
Total $4.27


Total for Saturday $19.55

Sunday at Cub
Bacon $2.99
1 doz Eggs $1.87
2 lbs Kraft cheese $5 total
1 Cub reuseable bag $1
2 Strawberry Chex $2.95 each
1 Chocolate chex $2.95 each
3 Honey Nut Cheerios $3.49 each
2 Nature Valley granola bars $2.39 each
2 Gushers fruit snacks $2.50 each

Total after coupons $12.13
Used $10 OYNO coupon because it expired on Sunday
Total cash $2.13 I also received a coupon for 1 free gallon on milk OYNO

Total spend this weekend $21.68
Total spending for the month:$47.50
Total left to spend:$27.50

I hadn't added it all up before this. $27.50 left isn't that bad for 1 1/2 weeks. Looking at that I'm pretty sure it won't be a problem unless there is a great stock-up deal or I really want to make something, but have to but ingredients

I also went to CVS:

Toilet paper $4.99
A card for Dad's birthday $3.49
Three of the Monthly covergirl foundation $8.98? each
Three other covergirl foundations $9.99? each
Toe separator $.99
Two Secret deodarents that were $.83 on clearance


In the end I think I paid out around $15 in ECBs and got back $18. I know I made about $3 in the deal so that must be pretty close because I think the only thing that gave ECBs was the Covergirl monthly.

Awhile ago I had seen where you could sign up and be a part of their survey team. They send you an invite at times and then if you qualify you take the survey and get ECBs. I did one about two weeks ago and the $10 from that printed out also. Plus I got my quarterly ECB reward $.50

All told I think I was up $13.50 for the day at CVS.

Today's deals at Cub

Went to Cub today to get more dressing and found a couple other deals as well.

I wasn't sure what type of produce to get and realized we were out of garlic so I just got $1 worth of garlic. I didn't really think about how much it was until I got home, but garlic doesn't weigh very much so that's a lot of garlic.

I also got two more boxes of dressing. They had hard salami for $2.99 per lb so I got a 1/4 lb of that.

In the clearance card I found a large coupon file that I can use to keep track of my OUAC recipes, a notebook for mileage again for OUAC and finally I got three refillable scotch tape guns. All were maked $.99. I had $2 off coupons for the tape. I didn't get an overage because the clearance items need to be manual entered so she couldn't just scan the coupons.

All told I spend $1.93 on groceries and a $2.xx on OUAC stuff.

Total today $1.93
Total spending for the month:$25.82
Total left to spend:$49.18+$10 OYNO @ Cub

List for the week

Cub

Fresh green beans $.88 per lb
Hard Salami $2.99 per lb
Sue Bee honey $2.50, -$1/1 coupon on bottle=1/$1.50
Hormel 3 in 1 pork combo, $1.29 per lb
Kraft to Go salad packs $2.85, -BOGO Cub coupon in ad, -$1/1 tearpad found in store=2/$.85
There are also coupons for $1 off any produce WYB 2 Kraft dressing. There were from a tearpad this fall.
There was bacon on sale yesterday for 3/$4. I don't remember what brand it was.

Aldi
Carrots 2lb $.69
Red, Yukon, or Baking potatoes 5lbs $1.29

Rainbow
Sizzle & Serve sausage $1, -$.35/1=1/$.65
Roundys white bread 2/$.98
Sunney Valley orange juice $2.50
Muir Glen Organic Tomatoes or sauce $1.25, -$1/1 peelie found on cans=1/$.25

Target
Heinz Ketchup 32 oz $.99
Kraft Singles 12 oz $1.49
MP crackets $1.50, -$.50/1 TC=1/$1
Goldfish $1.33, -$1/1 TC =1/.83
There are also tearpad coupons out at Cub for Free Pepperidge Farms cookies WYB 3 Goldfish.
Another tearpad from earlier this year is for $1.50 off Goldfish pretzels WYB 3 crackers.

The best deal for goldfish would look like this
Goldfish $1.33x3=$3.99
Goldfish Pretzels $1.33=$1.33
Pepperidge Farm Cookies=?
Total=$5.32 +cookies

Coupons
Target goldfish coupons $1x2=$2
Goldfish MF $1.50
Cookies=Free
Total after coupons=$1.82

Walgreens
Planters Trail Mix $1 with in ad coupon
Crest Pro Health toothpaste 3/$9, -$1/1 MF x3, -$3 RR=3/$3

CVS
CVS pain reliever $3.99, -$3.99 ECB=Free
B3 Essence of Beauty products get $5 ECB. There are a lot of products under $1.50 so you can make $ on this deal. If interested take a look at this thread.
Excedrin $1.99, -$2/1 MF, -$1 ECB=1/$1 overage
There is also a covergirl deal. The best deal is if you can get 3 of the BOGO coupons from this week paper. If not you can still end up with a good deal. I have not tried it yet, but do know that people have done the same deal and it does work.

Buy three covergirl foundations equalling $20 or just over. Use $1/1 coupons on the three foundations. Use the three BOGO coupons to get Covergirl Advanced Radiance or Trublend whipped foundation free. You should get $10 for spending $20 on Covergirl and then another $18 for getting the monthly deal.

Alright, that's it for tonight. Shoot, just realized Becky already sent all the CVS stuff. Can you tell that my week has been super hectic and I'm not really thinking things through? Most of it is the same as what Becky found, but it looks like she found a couple more things then I did.

Loaves and Fish Challenge

I know some of you are really getting into this coupon thing. One thing that I love about it is, that even on a limited budget I am able to donate to the food shelf here in town.

To be honest, I didn't really think about the food shelf much before coupons. I would usually bring things to church during the Pioneer Club food drive or if there was something mentioned about it in the bulletin. It just didn't seem cross my mind too much without prompting.

Since coupons I end up getting so much stuff so for little that I can't seem to help but share. Sometimes things go to friends and family. Other times to those around me that could really use it, but might not be able to afford it and don't really know how to coupon for it. A lot of times though things go to the food shelf.

At times I see a parallel to the story of the loaves and fish. I start out with so little, ask God to bless it and He multiplies it so abundantly there is no way I could use it all or even find space for it in my house. He provides for me and enables me to help others.

It's amazing how much joy it brings to give things away. Even Noah loves it. He loves to carry his own bag in and put it on the scale to weigh. It makes me think about Pastor Jim's message on Sunday. I didn't catch all of it because I was in the nursery, but he talked about the joy that you receive when you decide in your heart to give and then follow though. I know he was talking about tithing, but it seems to follow through with this too. It just seems that God has blessed us so much with all of this stuff that I can't help but give it in His name to those who need it.

Anyway, long intro and by no means am I trying to draw attention to myself or looking for a pat on the back, not at all. I just wanted to bring up an idea that Becca had and needed a lead in.

Like I said, I was in the nursery on Sunday, but Becca told me that the food shelf is really needing donations. Her idea is a challenge for all of us to donate any of the extra free or cheap things we are getting, but don't "need."

Anyone wanting to participate could send pictures and/or a list of that it is that they are donating. You won't have to bring it to the food shelf in Shakopee you could donate it anywhere you like. I know lots of churches have a place for it at church and then they bring it all in once a month.

There will be some type of prize for the winner. I haven't quite figured all the details out yet. I was thinking that coupons would be appropriate, yet kind of lame. I will put together an envelope of non-insert coupons for the winner, but there will be other prizes as well. Possibly a basket of spa items, and Becca has offered to make some cards for a prize as well.

I'm not really sure on how to judge who wins. We could do it either by number of items, or by total dollar value, that one might be hard to figure out though. If anyone has a better idea let me know.

Here are a couple of things to keep in mind if you want to participate:

Let me know if you are going to participate. No real reason for the one, I just like to know things.

You can donate as many different times are you want, just keep track of what you are bringing.

You can donate anywhere you would like.

You can take things out of your stockpile to donate.

You don't have to spend anything on the challenge, but it is alright if you do. Remember the thought here is to help the food shelf. If you can find a bunch of things for $2 that's great. If you feel let to spend a little bit more that's great.

All donations must be made on or before May 17. That give us a little over five full weeks. I know people don't always check the blog, so this way there will be enough time even if some people don't start for a week.

I think that's it. This got a little long. Can you tell I didn't think it through too much before I started typing? It would be great if you could send in your pictures and totals throughout the challenge. I think it would inspire us to look for more deals and items to donate.

Alright Ladies, search those closets/cupboards, pull out your ads/coupons and lets see what God does with our "loaves and fish."

Looks like Salad for the Gudims

Well, back to Cub today for more Kraft dressing.

I was planning on getting 1 1/4 lb fresh green beans because they are sale super cheap this week. They are only $.88 per lb. The problem was they only had two small boxes of them. They were pretty beat up looking also. After looking through them for five minutes and only finding a quarter pound of beans worth taking home I gave up.

I ended up getting bib lettuce for lettuce wraps. I think it was $1.49 which is a good price for it. You can tell that spring is here because produce is starting to come down in price.

Anyway, I got two packs of dressing and one bib lettuce. $1.34.

Total spent today $1.34
Total spending for the month:$23.89
Total left to spend:$51.11+$10 OYNO @ Cub

CVS list for the week

Becky was gracious enough to make up the CVS list again for the week. I really appreciate it being this week has ended up being busier then I was planning. I won't even be able to start looking at sales and coupons until Thursday so this has been a huge help! Thank you again Becky.

This week at CVS

If you buy $10 worth of select Frebreze products you get $5 back. Today’s Sunday paper there were some different frebreze coupons. This ended up being a pretty good deal.

All Excedrin 24ct on sale for $1.99 get 1.00 back in ECB’s and there is a coupon on smartscource.com for $2 off so you would be plus $1 on this deal. Limit is 5. I went today and there were a few Excedrins that were packed as two with a buy one get on sticker on them so I ended up with 8 off of this deal.

The diaper deal of buy $25 get $10 back is a good deal too. I had some $1.50 off coupons and a $2 off CVS coupon on diapers that was emailed to me so I got like 3 packs for $8.50 after my $10 ECB.

As a April Monthly deal there is the Essence of Beauty deal. Where you buy 3 items and get $5 back in ECBs. This could be a money maker as there is a facial buff sponge that is $1.49. They had one left when I was there this past week and it did count toward the deal.

Another April deal is the CVS Rapid Release pain reliever. It is $3.99 and you get $3.99 back. Limit is 5

I am sure there is more deals but this are the ones that I thought were really good.

What did I buy today?

Well, time to update again about what I have been buying this month.

Yesterday at Target Jason bought 3 cans of Bushes bean for chili. They were $.89 each which makes a total of $2.67. (As a side note, these went up $.25 over the last coupon of months. What's up with that?)

Today at Cub I got;

2 Kraft single packs
2 Bunches of onions $.85
2 boxes of Kraft Mac-n-Cheese $.35 each (they were in the clearance bin)
=$1.55

Total spending past 2 days week $4.22
Total spending for the month:$22.55
Total left to spend:$52.45+$10 OYNO @ Cub

Kraft dressing single packs at Cub

I was just coming to post my great find for the day, but it looks like Becca already beat me to it. You can see her comment on my last post.

The deal so,

Kraft single serving packets of dressing. There are 8 1oz packs per package. This week Cub has them on sale for B1G1 with in ad coupon so you can get 2/$2.85. Not a good deal, but there are tear pad coupons right on the display, located on the back wall just down from the eggs. The coupons are for $1/1 so if you use two coupons you get 2/$.85. It's like getting a 16oz bottle for $.85 which would be a great deal. Plus, you get the benefit and ease individual packages for taking them to work.

There are also tear pad coupons from this fall for $1 off any produce WYB 2 kraft dressings. The picture is of bottles, but I didn't have any problem using them today.

In the end I got two 8 pks + 2 bunches of green onions for $.85.

Hopefully all of you will be able to find the coupons and get in on the deal.

What I got at CAP

I said I would post later about what I ended up getting at the CAP $.50 sale. Noah has been throwing up every other day this week so I wasn't sure I would be able to go. Nathan came over in the morning Friday and played with him so I was able to go. Thanks Nathan!!!

I spend a little over a hour there in the morning. There were some really nice girl items, but not too many boy things. All in all I spend $78 which means 156 items to sell.

Noah was feeling great when I got home so Jekka came over and played. Later we went back to CAP and I again found lots of things. I spend $30.68 the second time. $9.68 was on toys.

I think I spend $2 on things for Noah so the grand total of OUAC things was $106.68. Oh, add in the $2.50 for the books from a couple of days ago and it comes to $109.18.

I brought it in the afternoon and make $103.xx. Almost out of the red. I also got Starbucks for myself and Nathan yesterday as a thanks for watching Noah.

Start of the month $100
Spent on more items $109.18
Spent on Noah $2
Spent on Treats $9
Total= -$20.18

Make at OUAC=$103

Total=$82.82

I'm hoping that I will be able to bring it it EP tomorrow and then to the one in Burnsville on Monday. After that I want to pack it up and put it away for the rest of the month. At least until the 21st which is when the next 1/2 sale is. After Monday I'll be able to figure out all the numbers and see how I actually did.

When all is said and done, after exspensed and giving my title, I'd like up be up about $150 for this round. It's ambitious, but I did so well today that I think it might be possible.

Spending update-What did she buy today?

I brought the stuff from yesterday to OUAC and did some grociery shopping while I was waiting. Nothing too exciting, but I'm please with it.

At Rainbow I got Barilla pasta. It is BOGO this week. We tend to like Barilla better then Cremett or Archer Farms so when I find it on sale I stock-up. Also the price of wheat has gone up A LOT!!! so the price of pasta will be going up after not too long.

I got 16 boxes of pasta. One was $1.65 and the rest were $1.29 and then 1/2 off that.

I also for 1 doz eggs. They are on sale for $.98, but there was a limit of one.

All in all I spent 11.65


I also went to Cub. I had a raincheck for $1 64 oz Land O Lakes OJ. It expired on 3-23-08, but I asked if I could use it and the super nice CS lady said no, but she would write me a new one. Just a little reminder that it doesn't hurt to ask and sometimes it works out just right.

I got 5 OJ. Three for me and two for mom.

I also got 2 Simply Orange 59oz OJ. I found a coupon on Sunday for 2/$3. This is my favorate brand and a great price because just one bottle was $3.xx.

All total I got 7 bottles of OJ for $8. I usually don't buy OJ. When I find it on sale I like to get it though. Being I don't drink milk it helps me get the calcium I need and it's nice to have something for me to drink besides water and apple juice.

My grand total for the day was$19.65. Being I am giving two OJ to Mom I'm not going to count those $2.

On the plus side I filled a scrip at CVS today. My Co-pay was $3 which went on a gift card. I had a coupon for filling the scrip so I got a new $25 gift card so I am up $22 at CVS. Seems like a good deal in my book.

Spending this trip:$17.65
Total spending for the month:$18.33
Total left to spend:$56.67+$10 OYNO @ Cub

Spending update for the month of April

I guess today starts the first of posting what I end up getting for my $75 +$10 at Cub this month. I was at Target and they had Nestle chocolate chips on clearance. They won't regular Toll House chips, but something a little fancier. I don't have the bag with me right now so not sure what the real name is. Any way, They were $1.68 and I had a $1/1 coupon so I spend $.68 on a bag of chips.

Total $.68
Left to spend $74.32

I do have a bunch of change in my purse which I use for random things so my totals might end up being a little off, but for the most part they should be close.

I also used $2.50 of the OUAC $ for books at CAP. You can see the post below if you are interested. I usually only made about $.20-$.40 on books so not really sure how much profit this will be. I also want to pull out the best ones to keep for Noah. I'll probably bring them in this weekend being CAP has a sale on Friday and I will be getting more clothes. I'll try to post on it later.

CAP

I stopped at CAP today and they are having a book sale today and tomorrow. All the books you can fit into a bag for $.50. I found some really nice good and a bunch of average ones. There were even some pop-up books and coloring books.

Noah was a handful and kept running around and then decided it was fun to run and hide behind the register. It was way past nap time so I will give him that, but we left before I was done looking.

They are also having a clothing sale on Friday. All Clothes and Shoes for $.50. There was some really nice stuff there today so we will see what is left by Friday morning. I'll have the stroller back from mom for sure so things should go better with Noah. He's usually very good as long as the snacks hold out. :) If anyone has the day off and wants to come along let me know.

Cub list for this week

Here is the list for Cub. Becca was in charge of it again this week. Thanks for all the work!

Here's my Cub list:

Little Debbie 100 Calorie snacks 5/$6. .25 printable coupon found here: http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=0&t=785966 Total = $1 each. The coupon says that it is for "Any Little Debbie Family Pack" so I'm assuming they will work.

B1G1 Strawberries coupon

B1G1 Potatoes Coupon

.88 mangos (is this a good deal?)

Totinos Pizza Rolls 10/$10, .40 mfc = $.60 each

Blue Bunny Ice Cream $3/9.99, printable $1.00 coupon here: http://www.bluebunny.com/Coupons.aspx total =$2.33

Rice A Roni 10/$10 I KNOW there are coupons out there, but I used mine a couple of weeks ago. I checked the coupon database on HCW and there were .50/2 and $1.00/4 in the 1/6/08 ad. If you have these coupons they would be .75 each I still think $1.00 is still good too.

I think I might go for the General Mills deal that was on the front page of the ad this week. If I do it will look like this: (am going mostly for work snacks because I have way too much cereal to get any more)

5/.50 off coupons for the Caribou Coffee bars

2 .75 off 2 coupons for Sweet and Salty bars

1 .40 off Fiber One bars

10/$25-$10 (Cub Coupon) = $15 - $4.40 (above manufactures coupons) =$10.60 or $1.06 per box of granola bars. This deal will work out differently depending on your choices and your coupons.

This is about all I can find right now. Please feel free to make any additions or comments.

-- Becca
beccanelson.blogspot.com

Goal for the month

So all who know me well realize that, when I am feeling well, I am goal oriented and also an overacheever. I like a good challenge and strive not only to meet it, but to surpass it.

Well, with that said I set a goal for myself today. At the moment there is $275 in the OUAC fund. $100 is set aside for Shakolee that mom was supposed to order a month ago and still hasn't ordered. Another $100 is for buying more clothes to go round and round with this game that I play. This leaves $75. My goal is to take that $75 and also a $10 off any purchase at Cub and use that for all the groceries and health and beauty items for the month.

I do have some ECBs for CVS to add into this total, but for the most part I will only be using overages from other products I will be getting for free instead of spening all my ECBs this month and having nothing left to use later.

We all know money is tight during Seminary, but it's not so tight this is a necessary. I just wanted a challenge and wanted to see if I could do it. I think that it is good timing also being tomorrow is the start of the month.

I'm planning on shopping as normal for the most part. If there is a good stock-up opportunity I will still get it. I will say that I do have enough milk for two weeks right now so that will make a big difference in the totals.

I thought it might be fun to get a running tally and list what I have been spending on. I might get a little embraced because my shopping trips are pretty random at times, but we'll see how it goes. Everyone will just have to remember, what I buy isn't what we have for supper each day. :)

I am thinking about ordering coupons. I haven't decided if this will come out of the $75 or not. I usually take it from the grocery budget being it saves grocery money, but we'll see how it goes.

Hopefully I will be able to keep up and post as I get things.

Random updates and offers

Hi, just some random things to add to the deals the other ladies are offering this week.

Kohls is having a promo that is our sign up for their email you will get a $5 off coupon. Here is the link.

Also, There is a coupon in the Snyders ad for a free 8x10 scrapbook layout from their instant print type machine.

There is a coupon in the Walgrees ad for a free ink refill on Wednesday. Just an FYI, I have heard the color ink doesn't always look the best, but the black is supposed to be fine. They can't refill Canon cartages because they are pressurized. There is one more brand too, but I can't remember what it is right now.

Think that is it for now.

Walgreens for the week

Here is the Walgreens list for the week. Thanks Karin

I didn't find much at Walgreens this week.

Degree or Dove Antiperspirant/Deodorant $1.99

There are a few free items if you do the mail-in rebate:
Aquafresh Toothpaste
Colgate 360 Clean or Deep Clean Toothbrush
Jane Be Pure Mineral Blush or Kabuki Brush
Tums Quick Pak
Wal-Zyr 24-hour allergy relief

CVS This week

Becky has already sent in the CVS list for this week. I am so impressed with how on top of things she is. Thanks Becky for all the great deals!

CVS this week…..

Twizzlers buy one get on free = 2 for $2.29

Women’s and Men’s Mennen deodorant 2/$5 and you get $3 ECBs when two are bought. In today’s Sunday paper there was $1 off coupon and 75 cents off coupon so you would end up getting 2 for 25 cents after ECBs. I did have two $1 off coupons that I printed off but not sure where I got those from I think it was Smartsource.com then you get 2 for free after ECBs. Limit is 5 $3 ECBs.

Kotex pads 2/$5. I had 2 $1 off CVS coupons and then 2 $2 off coupons that were mailed to me so I made $1 off this deal. I think there have been some Sunday paper coupons for these as well.

Softsoap Spa - $4.99 and get $4.99 in ECB’s = Free and I had three $1.00 off coupons two were on line and one in the paper. Shakopee had one on the shelf and I asked the guy if they had more and he went back and got two boxes. Limit is 5 on these. The link I got my coupon from is currently not working I will keep trying and email it to Esther if it starts to work.

Act mouth wash. I had a $1 off CVS coupon and then there was $1 off coupon in today’s paper so I got it for $2.99.

Last night I changed my email on my CVS account and I got emailed to me a $4 off a $20 purchase coupon.

Quarterly Extra bucks print out on April 1 and then there will be the new monthly deals.

Check out smartsource.com for the Mennen deodorant coupon and then there is all one for $2 off Excedrin. I think on smartsource.com you are able to print two of each coupon and then the coupon goes away because I don’t see either of these on mine anymore. Anyway the coupon will be a money maker on the Excedrin next week. It is $1.99 with $1.00 back in ECB so it would be .99 cents and then use the $2.00 coupon and make $1.00.

There might be some other good deals this week too but these were the ones that stuck out for me.