Monday, August 31, 2009
Total Spent on Groceries for August was under $300 before Rebates!!!
People ask from time to time how much I spend on groceries. Well, this month I spent a measely $285 to feed/stockpile for my family of 5. In addition to that, I have sent in for $140 worth of FOOD rebates (this has been a very good rebate month). So after rebates I have spent $145 on Food this month. After rebates, that comes out to $36.25/week. Since we eat most meals at home and we eat very well, I am extremely happy with this total.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Bringing Home the FREE Bacon and more!!!
Free Bacon:
Go to Smithfield.com and sign up for their newsletter (you can always cancel your sign-up later or use an alternate e-mail address for the news letter) for a $3 off 1 Smithfield Bacon Coupon. It is good for 2 months after printing. It only let me print one, but usually you can print two of these types of coupons, so hit back a few times and see if it will let you print more.
This week at Martin's this Bacon is on sale for $2.50, so in theory this will be a money maker!
$15 P&G Coupon Booklet:
Go here and sign up for a $15 P&G Coupon booklet. This is from a store called Save-A-Lot's website. Not sure if they will be valid everywhere or not, but it is worth a shot.
Staples:
Sun - Wed. Only:
Staples has a number of school supplies for .50 this week. These may or may not be a good deal for you. But what is a good deal is that they have Copy Paper (again) for .50 after instant savings and easy rebate, limit 2. They also have spiral notebooks for .15/each. Not quite as good as they had them a few weeks ago at .01/each.
CVS:
If you haven't asked your pharmacist about Ready Fill, yet do it soon. The $4/$20 coupons that you get when you ask, expire next week. Then get your pre-coupon total to over $20, and give them this coupon first.
Glade reed diffuser or 4.9-10 oz soy candles are $6.99, get $6.99 in ecbs. This becomes a money maker if you have the $3 coupon from August's All You magazine. There is also a $2 coupon on page 134 of this month's All You magazine. Or go here and print a $2 coupon.
They have several other ecb deals this week, but no more free items.
Food Lion:
I posted a few days ago a coupon for $5 off $20 meat coupon. Until Tuesday the Ground Chuck is on sale for $1.68 (I believe the regular price is $3.09). If my regular price is right, then you can get 6.5lbs for a sale price of $10.92 - $5 coupon = $5.92. The $20 amount on the coupon is the pre-sale price. YOUR PRE-SALE PRICE MUST EXCEED $20 and this does not include meat markdowns for quick sale. Since most of the cashiers don't really understand this, don't call attention to it, just put it in with the rest of your order. It only confuses the ones who don't know.
If you feel I am sending you all over town to get the best deals, then you need to plan your weeks. For example, I have Target/Walmart and Staples on one side of town and Food Lion/Rite Aid/CVS/Martins on another side of town. I plan my trips together. If it seems like a lot of deals are going in one week, I will take a piece of scrap paper and write the names of each of the stores I want to go to and put my lists under each heading and attach my coupons. Then, when I am close to that store, I can do my shopping. Also keep in mind that it has been literally months since I have shopped at Costco (maybe last Christmas). That trip alone is 25 miles for me each way, so I feel that staying close to home to run errands saves gas that way.
At a quick glance, I didn't see any great deals at Target or Rite Aid, but if I find any, I will post them.
Go to Smithfield.com and sign up for their newsletter (you can always cancel your sign-up later or use an alternate e-mail address for the news letter) for a $3 off 1 Smithfield Bacon Coupon. It is good for 2 months after printing. It only let me print one, but usually you can print two of these types of coupons, so hit back a few times and see if it will let you print more.
This week at Martin's this Bacon is on sale for $2.50, so in theory this will be a money maker!
$15 P&G Coupon Booklet:
Go here and sign up for a $15 P&G Coupon booklet. This is from a store called Save-A-Lot's website. Not sure if they will be valid everywhere or not, but it is worth a shot.
Staples:
Sun - Wed. Only:
Staples has a number of school supplies for .50 this week. These may or may not be a good deal for you. But what is a good deal is that they have Copy Paper (again) for .50 after instant savings and easy rebate, limit 2. They also have spiral notebooks for .15/each. Not quite as good as they had them a few weeks ago at .01/each.
CVS:
If you haven't asked your pharmacist about Ready Fill, yet do it soon. The $4/$20 coupons that you get when you ask, expire next week. Then get your pre-coupon total to over $20, and give them this coupon first.
Glade reed diffuser or 4.9-10 oz soy candles are $6.99, get $6.99 in ecbs. This becomes a money maker if you have the $3 coupon from August's All You magazine. There is also a $2 coupon on page 134 of this month's All You magazine. Or go here and print a $2 coupon.
They have several other ecb deals this week, but no more free items.
Food Lion:
I posted a few days ago a coupon for $5 off $20 meat coupon. Until Tuesday the Ground Chuck is on sale for $1.68 (I believe the regular price is $3.09). If my regular price is right, then you can get 6.5lbs for a sale price of $10.92 - $5 coupon = $5.92. The $20 amount on the coupon is the pre-sale price. YOUR PRE-SALE PRICE MUST EXCEED $20 and this does not include meat markdowns for quick sale. Since most of the cashiers don't really understand this, don't call attention to it, just put it in with the rest of your order. It only confuses the ones who don't know.
If you feel I am sending you all over town to get the best deals, then you need to plan your weeks. For example, I have Target/Walmart and Staples on one side of town and Food Lion/Rite Aid/CVS/Martins on another side of town. I plan my trips together. If it seems like a lot of deals are going in one week, I will take a piece of scrap paper and write the names of each of the stores I want to go to and put my lists under each heading and attach my coupons. Then, when I am close to that store, I can do my shopping. Also keep in mind that it has been literally months since I have shopped at Costco (maybe last Christmas). That trip alone is 25 miles for me each way, so I feel that staying close to home to run errands saves gas that way.
At a quick glance, I didn't see any great deals at Target or Rite Aid, but if I find any, I will post them.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Free Cat Litter
Go here and get a rebate for a free bag of kitty litter. BE SURE TO GET THE RIGHT SIZE BAG, READ THE FINE PRINT. I know that is not a picture of a cat, but I don't have a picture of a cat. Isn't Puddin' cute?
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Food Lion
I haven't posted much about Food Lion lately because the coupons have been stinky. I didn't even print the last set. Anyway, there is one really good coupon this week. It is for $5 off of $20 in the meat department. Remember, it is good for 2 weeks and I have been told there will be really good meat sales over Labor Day Weekend. I'll keep you posted on that.
Anyway this is how these coupons work: the $20 amount for the coupon is the pre-sale price. So say you have a meat that is regularly $1.99/lb and it is on sale for .99. Buy 10.1 lbs x $1.99 (reg. price) = $20.10, the sale price though is $10 - $5 coupon = $5 out of pocket for 10 pounds of meat.
If I find any other great deals, I will let you know. REMEMBER TO CHOOSE THE NUMBER OF COUPONS YOU WANT FOR THE NEXT 2 WEEKS BEFORE YOU PUSH PRINT THE SECOND TIME.
$5 off $20
On another note, I used that $5 off coupon today at PetSmart and although they made it go through, it wasn't scanning properly. Just a heads up.
Gotta Run!
Anyway this is how these coupons work: the $20 amount for the coupon is the pre-sale price. So say you have a meat that is regularly $1.99/lb and it is on sale for .99. Buy 10.1 lbs x $1.99 (reg. price) = $20.10, the sale price though is $10 - $5 coupon = $5 out of pocket for 10 pounds of meat.
If I find any other great deals, I will let you know. REMEMBER TO CHOOSE THE NUMBER OF COUPONS YOU WANT FOR THE NEXT 2 WEEKS BEFORE YOU PUSH PRINT THE SECOND TIME.
$5 off $20
On another note, I used that $5 off coupon today at PetSmart and although they made it go through, it wasn't scanning properly. Just a heads up.
Gotta Run!
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
School Shopping and More
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
O.k. I finished my school shopping today. I wound up spending $5.40 for all 3 kids. Of course my youngest, is in pre-school so his supplies are more household type products rather than office supplies. Before today, my total was $1.50.
GO GET A $25 CREDIT ON YOUR EMBARQ BILL
If you have been reading my blog, a couple of months ago (maybe around March), I told you to sign up for paperless billing through Embarq and they would send you a $25 Restaurants.com gift certificate. Well I never got mine. So I called today and spoke with a very nice lady and instead of the gift card, she put a $25 credit on my account. Yeah!!!!! So if you never received your gift card, call for your credit. Their number is 888.723.8010.
KMART SUCKS
One of my stops today was at KMART for the Transformer's deal I told you about a few days ago. I should have known it was not as great as it sounds. First of all those stupid toys don't even transform. They are basically matchbox cars that are disguised as Transformers. My son would have not liked them, so I did not do it at all.
Since I was there, I went through their clearance stuff and even those prices were bad. I can see why they are having trouble.
HARRIS TEETER
Harris Teeter is doing Super Doubles this week. That means they are doubling any coupon with a face value of up to $1.98. That means a $1.50 coupon becomes a $3 coupon. Their rules are tougher than other stores. They have a limit of 20 coupons per day per customer (linked by card and address). Also, from what I understand you can only give them 3 coupons of a kind (say 3 $1 off Post Cereal Coupons).
O.k. I finished my school shopping today. I wound up spending $5.40 for all 3 kids. Of course my youngest, is in pre-school so his supplies are more household type products rather than office supplies. Before today, my total was $1.50.
GO GET A $25 CREDIT ON YOUR EMBARQ BILL
If you have been reading my blog, a couple of months ago (maybe around March), I told you to sign up for paperless billing through Embarq and they would send you a $25 Restaurants.com gift certificate. Well I never got mine. So I called today and spoke with a very nice lady and instead of the gift card, she put a $25 credit on my account. Yeah!!!!! So if you never received your gift card, call for your credit. Their number is 888.723.8010.
KMART SUCKS
One of my stops today was at KMART for the Transformer's deal I told you about a few days ago. I should have known it was not as great as it sounds. First of all those stupid toys don't even transform. They are basically matchbox cars that are disguised as Transformers. My son would have not liked them, so I did not do it at all.
Since I was there, I went through their clearance stuff and even those prices were bad. I can see why they are having trouble.
HARRIS TEETER
Harris Teeter is doing Super Doubles this week. That means they are doubling any coupon with a face value of up to $1.98. That means a $1.50 coupon becomes a $3 coupon. Their rules are tougher than other stores. They have a limit of 20 coupons per day per customer (linked by card and address). Also, from what I understand you can only give them 3 coupons of a kind (say 3 $1 off Post Cereal Coupons).
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Rite Aid Shopping list
ATTENTION MICHEL -- FREE TOOTHPASTE! Here is what is on my Rite Aid Shopping list:
--Colgate $2.49, get $2.49 SCR (Single Check Rebates) back - $1 off coupon from the paper or go here for a printable coupon = $1 Money Maker
--Tylenol $2.99 - $2 SCR - $2 internet printable coupon = $1 Money Maker
-- 2 Rubbermaid Water Bottles - $1 SCR - 2 - $1 coupons from an old insert = $1
So my total out of pocket for these will be $4.47 and I will get back $5.49 in Single Check Rebates
--Colgate $2.49, get $2.49 SCR (Single Check Rebates) back - $1 off coupon from the paper or go here for a printable coupon = $1 Money Maker
--Tylenol $2.99 - $2 SCR - $2 internet printable coupon = $1 Money Maker
-- 2 Rubbermaid Water Bottles - $1 SCR - 2 - $1 coupons from an old insert = $1
So my total out of pocket for these will be $4.47 and I will get back $5.49 in Single Check Rebates
Sunday, August 23, 2009
$5 off Petco
Here is a link for $5 off $25 at Petco. You can often use these at Petsmart as a competitor's coupon too. If you have manufacturer's coupons to use, give them the store coupon first. It expires 8/31
(That's our new Guinea Pig, Puddin--Sorry Mom, your babies didn't make it to this post!)
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