Back to blogging

I've been away from blogging for awhile. I'm not sure why. I guess I've just gotten lazy or overwhelmed with it. I'll try to get back into it a little. I'd love to help pass on the deals I hear about.

*Updated Cheap Milk

*I guess this coupon is gone already. There is however a coupon for a free gallon of milk when you purchase $100. Definitely not as good of a deal but if you happen to be spending that much(don't forget Wal-Mart and Target sell milk) get some free milk.
There is a coupon available to print on coupons.com (you have to enter in zip code 63090) for a free 1/2 gallon of chocolate milk when you buy a gallon of white milk. I printed off two of these and headed to Walgreens. You could use them at any other store that will allow you to use a printable coupon for a free item(I know Pick N Save will not take these). So I got a gallon of whole milk($2.19) and a gallon of skim milk ($1.89) and then two 1/2 gallons of chocolate milke ($2.99 ea.) and I paid $1.16. Apparently the coupon takes the whole $3.75 off(that is the maximum value of the coupon) so it made my milk really cheap. So don't wait to print off those coupons and take advantage of cheap milk. It won't last long.

Pick N Save Trip for $12.03

I got all this today at Pick N Save in three trips for $12.03


4 boxes Mini Wheats
4 pack Keebler cookies
2 pks. strawberries
1 Kraft Parmesan Cheese
1 gal. milk
1 box Wheat Thins
2 boxes Ritz
2 boxes Triscuits
1 Cascade rinse
2 Kraft salad dressings
2 Kraft Singles cheeses
3 boxes Jello pudding
2 Oscar Meyer hot dogs
2 pks. Crystal Light
1 Apple Juice
1 pk. Pampers
1 pk. Duracell batteries
1 pk. Sugar cones(to go with the cheap ice i got last week)

Total Spent: $12.03
Savings of $94.95 or 88.7%

I also got two coupons for free burgers up to $3.49 and free buns up to $1.49 for my next visit.
And as I was putting the boxes of cereal away I noticed that they had something on them for a free dvd so I'll also be sending in for a free DVD of Walk in the Clouds.

Bargain for those trying to conceive

Some of you may know that the Dollar Tree sells pregnancy tests. That has saved me quite a bit of money in the past since I'm very impatient and like to test many times before my actual missed period. Well, I just discovered that our local Pick N Save also sells pregnancy tests for $1 so if you don't have a dollar store nearby(which we don't) then you have another closer option. They can be found in the dollar section nearby the candy and magazines.

Planning for Pick N Save on Wed.

Next week Wed. looks pretty promising for some good deals. I'm planning on getting there bright and early Wed. as we're sorta on vacation that week with family so I probably won't get to post pictures. We're having my daughter's birthday party that Sat. so that's why I'm getting so many buns and hamburger meat. Luckily I stocked up on hot dogs a few weeks back so planning the menu for the party was quite easy.

I plan on doing 4 transactions as follows:

1st:

2 Nestle cookie dough $6 get free milk, $1 coupons online

3 Marcal napkins $6, $1 coupons 5/17 ss

6 lbs. ground beef $11.94

1 hamb. Buns $1.09

25.03

-10(5 $1 coupons doubled)

$15.03 get free milk coupon

2nd:

2 boxes lipton soup mix 2.5

4 hamb. Buns $4.36

3 hot dog buns $3.27

3 Breyer’s Ice Cream $7.5, $1 coupon 5/17 rp

2 Nestle cookie dough $6 get free milk coupon, $1 coupons

Strawberries $1.50

25.13

-10(5 $1 coupons doubled)

15.13 get free milk coupon

3rd:

Breyer’s Ice Cream $2.50, $1 coupons 5/17 rp

4 Kraft cheese $8, $1/2 coupons, $1/2 coupons kraft website

2 Applesauce $2.50

2 Honey Maid graham crackers $6, $1 coupon kraft website

Free cascade rinse $3.50

Wheat bread $1.50

2 Peaches $1

$25

-$13.5(5 $1 coupons doubled and free cascade coupon from home mailer)

$11.5

4th:

4 boxes Cheerios 13.16, $1 coupons from e-mail sign up

2 box Lucky Charms 7.38, $.55 coupons from betty crocker.com

3 Playtex Hand Saver gloves $3, $1 coupons from 5/3 ss

Strawberries $1.50

$25.04

-$10

-$13.10(5 $1 coupons doubled, 2 $1 coupons, 2 $.55 coupons)

$1.94 get 2 free milk coupons

Total spent: $43.60 - $14 in free milk coupons $29.60

* I am a little worried about the Nestle cookie promotion though because I just heard there was a recall on the cookie dough so I'm guessing the store might pull it from the shelves. I'm sorry but you kinda take a risk when you eat raw cookie dough anyway, don't you? That's what I always thought so I never eat raw cookie dough, but then again it really isn't all that tempting for me anyway. I hope that my store still carries the cookie dough because I love to keep some of these in the freezer for special times when temptation hits!

Bananaboo

I just found out from a friend that her friend has launched a new business in making super cute burp cloths. If you are in need of a unique baby gift, check out her website, Bananaboo.

All This for $22.06 at Pick N Save

This week wasn't quite as good as last week but still a decent week. I got all this for $22.06 which would have normally cost $56.34 so a savings of 61%. This is what I got:

4 Eggo BakeShop frozen products
1 Seapak frozen shrimp
1 Whole milk
1 Salt
1 pkg. spinach
6 bananas
2 Peter Pan peanut butters
8 jars of Ragu
4 boxes pasta
1 tub cream cheese

There was a promotion running on the Ragu and the pasta. If you got 2 jars of Ragu you got a box of pasta free. I had $1 coupons for 2 jars of Ragu that doubled and there was also another promotion where if you bought $15 worth of products(Ragu included) you got a coupon for $5 off your next purchase. I used this $5 coupon on my next transaction. It worked out very well. I guess we'll be having lots of spaghetti in the weeks to come. I also have $1 coupons for the Peter Pan and for the Eggo Bakeshop that doubled as well.

I love that Pick N Save doubled every Wed. I know there are other places that double every day or even triple sometimes but I'm very happy that we atleast have one store that does some bit of doubling. It can be a pain to have to follow all the "rules"ei. $25 purchase to get coupons to double, only 5 coupons, etc. but it is nice to be able to save so much!

*If I have time later, I'll try to track down the links for the Eggo and the Ragu.

More Target Deals

If you're heading to Target to get the Softsoap deal I posted yesterday, you may want to take a look at a few more deals posted here.

This is just one of them:
Free Men's Deodorant
Target has the Degree men's deodorant (Artic Edge and Intense Sport) regularly priced at $2.49. Use the $1.50/1 Target printable coupon here stacked with the $1/1 manufacturer's coupon from the 5/17 RedPlum insert to get the deodorant free after coupons. (Thanks, Heather!)

Monthly Redbox Code

If you haven't noticed already, I haven't posted a redbox code in awhile. They are now only doing it on the first monday of the month so here you go:
FM63H7
expires at midnight

Softsoap Target Deal

ETA: Here is also a $1 printable since you can only print off one $2 coupon per computer, it will still make it free when used with the $2 coupon.

Heard about this deal here

Now through July 13th there’s an unadvertised Gift Card deal going on at Target on Sofsoap Ensembles and other Colgate Palmolive Products. The details are these:

Buy 2 Irish Spring or Softsoap Value Packs and get a $5 GC. Valid from 05/19-07/13. Each item is priced at $6. It includes the following:
Softsoap Ensembles Base
2 pack of the Ensembles Refill
2 pack Irish Spring Bodywash
2 pack Softsoap Bodywash

With the right coupons your transaction would look like this:

$12 when you buy two Softsoap Ensembles starter Kit
-$4 two $2/1 manufacturer coupons: $2/1 printable coupon, $2/1 from CVS Reinventing Beauty Mag (with Jennifer Aniston on the Cover) or $1/1 from June All You Mag
-$4 two $2/1 target coupons: $2/1 printable coupon or $2/1 from 5/31 Sunday inserts.
= Pay as low as $4 plus tax out of pocket and get a $5 Target Gift Card back!

If your store doesn’t have this gift card deal tagged, there’s an easy way to confirm on your own at stores. All you need to do is scan the items on the price scanners located throughout the stores. When you do so, in addition to the price you will see a special notice detailing that this item qualifies for a gift card deal.

All This for $33.43

Today I went to my Pick N Save and scored big. I got all this stuff for $33.43 my total before coupons and sales would have been $157.44 so I saved about 79%.

I got:
4 packages of Oscar Meyer hot dogs
1 package of buns
3 lbs. ground chuck
3 lbs. chicken breasts
2 Kraft singles cheese
12 Crystal Light drink mixes
2 packages strawberries
6 packages Kraft cheese
5 cobs of corn
1 package tortillas
2 3lb. bags of apples
4 packages Rhodes dinner rolls
6 packages Chinet plates
6 boxed Jello pudding
2 boxed Triscuits
1 jar strawberry jam
1 jar grape jelly
1 Hunts ketchup

I had to split these up into 4 transactions and used a lot of manufacter's coupons. I also had a raincheck for the apples and two $5 off coupons from last weeks promotion where you bought $20 worth of Kimberly Clack stuff and got the $5 coupon(of course I used coupons for that promo. and got those things super cheap as well ; ) )

If you are interested in taking advantage of deals at Pick N Save there is a pretty good blog to check out every Tues. She posts all the deals she sees at Pick N Save and her ad is one week ahead of mine so that helps me to plan well in advance. She has a search feature so to make it easy to find the posts about Pick N Save just type it in the search box.

Tombstone Pizzas

Piggly Wiggly has their Tombstone pizzas on sale for $2.50 ea. through tomorrow. There is a printable coupon for $1 off 2 Tombstone pizzas here and here. You should be able to print off from both sites for a total of 4 coupons. Then if you had access to another computer to print off another 4 then you could do this:
17 Tombstone pizzas $42.50
-$8 coupons
$34.50
mail in for $15 rebate(check my earlier post)
$19.50 for 17 pizzas or $1.15 a pizza. This is a great price for a quick easy meal.

Even if you don't have a Piggly Wiggly, you may wanna print off these coupons now and save them for a sale at a store. Or if you buy Tombstone pizzas anyway, these coupons combined with the rebate would make them a great price.

Free KFC 2 piece meal

This coupon is only available to be printed today. It's good for a free 2 piece Kentucky Grilled Chicken meal at KFC. I'm guessing this is much healthier than their fried chicken. You can print off four coupons per computer. The coupons are good until 5/19.

Redbox Code

Here is today's code:
BT73H9
expires at midnight

Tombstone Pays Your Bills

If you like Tombstone pizza, here's a promotion for you. Depending on how many upc labels you have from their pizza's you can get up to a $15 credit on any of your utlity bills. Check out the link for more details. This promotion runs through next Feb. so there is plenty of time to wait for a good sale and stock up.