October Monthly Totals

This month I spent $393.42 on $1,438.49 of products. Over $1,000 in free products this month. That's an overall saving of about 73%!!

Great deal on Dr. Pepper at Albertsons

According to AThriftyMom, there is a great deal on Dr. Pepper at Albertson's right now.

Albertsons has a soda sale going on right now, buy 2 at $5.29 each, get 2 free. This is for Coke & 7-Up products. Plus, when you buy four 12 packs of Dr Pepper it is printing out a $5 catalina.

Deal Scenario:
Buy 4 packs of Dr Pepper your total will be $10.78 plus tax
After you pay a $5 catalina will print out that you can use on your next purchase

This makes it only $1.45 per 12 pack.
You can then use that $5 catalina towards another 4 packs of soda if you'd like and another $5 catalina will print. But of course you can spend the $5 cat on whatever you'd like within the next 2 weeks. These kind of deals go quick so if you'd like to stock up on Dr. Pepper you should get over to Albies (one of the ones that still have their catalina machines, like the 2 by me in West Jordan) and take advantage of this deal. Let me know if anyone goes and does this.

Top 10 Items you should never pay for again!

A couple months ago, when I taught a coupon class in my neighborhood I created a list on my handout that showed a large list of things that I will never pay money for again. There are so many items that you can get for free on a regular basis. I found THIS post by SavingYourCents that goes along that same line and I thought it would be worth posting. (Thanks SavingYourCents!) If you are still sitting on the fence about whether to take the time to coupon, just think about how much further your monthly budget would stretch if you didn't ever have to pay money for these items. (Keep in mind that you may not have access to all the stores that she listed here but you should have access to some of them and be able to get the following items for free often.)

Top 10 items that you should never pay for again!
Once you have been couponing for a while you start realizing that there are certain things that are free with coupons. I have compiled a list of items that I have constantly been able to get free each month from the drug stores and grocery stores. There was once a time when I thought that a $1 toothbrush and a $.50 tube of toothpaste was a good deal. I can honestly say that I never realized the potential of free items that you can purchase with a great sale and a good coupon!

#1 Toothpaste, #2 Toothbrushes, & #3 Dental Floss
Almost everyone has access to a CVS, Rite Aid, and/or a Walgreens. There are literally 30 or more opportunities throughout the year to receive your toothpaste for free from one of these drug stores. CVS has been a huge Colgate toothpaste freebie store for me. Here lately have I ventured into free Crest from Kroger and free Arm & Hammer from Publix. At CVS the toothpaste will usually be worked into an Extra Care Buck Deal, at Walgreen it's usually a Register Reward offer, and at Rite Aid it's a Rebate.Kroger puts Crest Toothpaste & Oral B toothbrushes on sale twice per year for $1 each. Each time they have been on sale there have been $1/1 or $.50/1 coupons out making them free.Publix will throw toothpaste into a BOGO deal but often you still have to pay $.25 or so for them. I have only seen the Arm & Hammer toothpaste totally for free once in the last 2 years. Dental Floss is often found at Kroger & Publix for free. Reach is the brand of choice here. I have seen crest and others for free but the Reach brand occurs many times throughout the year. Wait for a sale of $1 each and you can bet that there are $1/1 or $.50/1 coupons out there that will make them free!

#4 Razors
Between CVS and Walgreens you will end up with more Gillette Razors than you know what to do with. Usually you will see the razors on sale for $8.99 or $9.99 with a $5 or higher Extra Care Buck or Register Reward. There are always $4/1 coupons available at the time of the promotions making them free after the coupon and the ECB or RR. Schick razors are also very popular. Many of the trial size (2 ct) packages are priced at $.99. $1/1 coupons are often released in the Sunday inserts that make them free!

#5 Air Fresheners
This one is a given if you have been using coupons for a while. Air Wick, Glade, and sometimes Febreeze is always free somewhere. High value coupons combined with a great sale always yield freebies! (aerosol, plug-ins, candles, battery operated...you name it)

#6 Shampoo, #7 Conditioner, & #8 Hair Stylers
Again the drug stores offer tons of deals on these items throughout the year. Garnier, Pantene, and Suave seem to be the most popular brand names that you can get for free.

#9 Makeup
Covergirl is the key brand name here. CVS and Publix have the best re-occurring free deals throughout the year.Publix: Watch out for the Green Advantage Flyer that is put out once per month. You will almost always see a $2/1 coupon that you can stack with a $1/1 manufacturers coupon to get free eye shadow and eye liner.CVS: Watch out for ECB deals and BOGO sales with high dollar coupons to matchup for the freebies!

#10 Condiments
If you ever see a coupon that is for $1/1 or $.50/1 for things such as hot sauce, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, etc. you can bet that it could be free while at regular price but definitely free when on sale for $1. Most condiments have a 2 year shelf life. (Hint: Make sure that you check your dates to ensure that you are getting the newest product while stocking up! The stores rotate their product to prevent items from expiring and the newest stock is in the back!)Grilling debuts (summertime and Football season) are when you will get these items the cheapest. This past summer Publix had A1, Lowery's marinade, French's mustard, Kraft BBQ sauce, and Kraft salad dressing all on sale multiple times in their BOGO sale. The sale combined with the current coupons out for those products made every single one of those items free! Take advantage of sales like this to stock up for the year. If you don't you will have to wait until the next year! Other stores have free items but Publix has the most free condiments free each year.

Honorable Mentions: Coupons to keep an eye on! I decided to add this section due to the fact that certain coupons come out once per month or once every other month that make products free.

#11 Kotex Panty Liners
Sold at Walmart for $1 (small boxes). I can't tell you how many boxes of these things I have ended up with throughout the year! Despite the fact that everyone always hits Walmart up for this free product they haven't raised the price like other store chains do when they see an increase in demand (I have seen this happen at Kroger, Publix, and most recently CVS.).

#12 Johnson & Johnson First Aid Kits
Sold in the trial section of many stores. CVS sells these for $.99 and there are always $1/1 coupons or $3/2 SmartSource Blinkie coupon that come out!

#13 Maruchan Yakisoba Noodles (like Ramen noodles but better)
These coupons are released about every 2 months. They usually come out as $.50/1's. Many of the grocery stores sell this item from $.79-$.99 each making them free with the coupon.

#14 Muir Glen Tomato Sauce
Muir Glenn releases $1/1 coupons online which makes them free at most stores. The average price for the tomato sauce is $.89.#15 Johnson's BuddiesI know this sounds like an odd one but there are many opportunities (through your Sunday inserts and internet printable coupons) to get these cute little bars of soap for free from many stores. They are usually sold at $.97 each.

I live in the Southeast and these free items may vary depending on your region and the store that you shop at but you should see at least 90% of these items are free no matter where you live!

Albies Doublers 10/27

There were a set of three doubler coupons in Sunday's paper that can be used at Albertsons through today. So if you have some but haven't used them yet, HERE are some ideas of what you can do with them.

And here is what I did with doublers today:

Before coupons this would've cost me $43.21. With coupons, doublers and a $10 cat from last week I got all this for $2.99!!

Details:

3 Litehouse Caramel Dip, 16 oz. tub or 12 oz. 6 pk. - $2.50 each
Used three Litehouse Product $1/1 (12-31-09) SS-8/30 - Doubled
Final price: $.50 each.

3 Hefty Fresh Extend Gallon 12 ct. storage bags - $2.00 each
Used three Hefty OneZip Fresh Extend bags $1/1 (12-31-09) RP-9/27 - Doubled
Final price: free!

3 Nestle candy bars packs 11.5 oz. or larger - $2.50 each
Used three $1/1 IP coupon from HERE - Doubled
Final price: $.50 each!

Remember, you can only use one set of doublers (3) per transaction and usually you have to go out and come back in and they don't mind you doing multiple transactions with doublers. So I did have to do three transactions. In one of my transactions I added my bread, milk and bananas to get my after coupon total up over $10 and then I was able to use my $10 cat from last week to pay for most of that transaction.

Your Successes!

My sister-in-law Alisa just emailed me about her latest success at Walgreens:

"I think I had my best trip in awhile at Wags. The cashier gave me a $1/1 coupon, and I ended in the subtotal and used up some RRs and only paid OOP 19 cents, plus I got $6.50 in RR and can get a $5.00 rebate back my mail, plus the products I came home with. WAHOO! The cool thing was for the first time ever my subtotal was in the negative, which I didn’t think could happen, so my 19 cents just included tax. I did the dulcolax deal got 2 of the wags cool red water bottles with the fun freebies in side (they were 49 cents) and a robitssin to go. So, I had 4 items, used a $4 and a $3 RR I think…. And she gave me a $1.00 coupon for the robitssen. I got a $4 RR from the dulo thing and $2.50 from the robitussen and am going to send in the mail rebate for $5.00 for the dulco thing. The coolest thing was the cashier was impressed. "

It's always nice when things work out this well. It makes the times when things don't work exactly as planned okay since you are still getting such great deals.

Got Carnivores?

I sure do!! My husband and oldest son are huge carnivores!

But my middle son is a fruits and veges man.

Take out from Mo Bettah Steaks covers them all. Check out THIS post for more details. We LOVE their food!

Today was one of those days where I just never had time to even think about what to make for dinner, much less, make something so my sweet husband brought home takeout from our new favorite restaurant - Mo Bettah Steaks! If you haven't tried them out yet you don't know what you are missing!

Target 10/26

I took advantage of a couple of the great Target deals this morning that Hip2Save has posted about. HERE is a link to all her recent Target posts.

I did THIS Keebler Cookies deal. But it didn't work out as good for me as Hip2Save's post. Here is what she said to do:

Keebler cookies (including Chips Deluxe) $2--buy 2, get 1 FREE

Deal Scenario:
Buy 6 packages $2 each=$12
Minus Buy 2, get 1 FREE sale=$8
Use 3 $1/2 Keebler Chips Deluxe Target coupons (make sure you print out the ones that expire on 11/7)
Plus, use 3 $1.50/2 coupon from here(you may also find $2/2 peelie coupons on the packages)Final cost $0.50 for all 6 packages!
That equals out to just $0.08 per package! Time to stock up on cookies!

Unfortunately today I got one of those checkers who wouldn't let me use more then one of the Target coupons per transaction which I have never had happen to me before. So we had to seperate the cookies out into batches of three (to get the B2G1 deal) which means I was only able to use one $1.50/2 and one $1/1 coupon for each three I bought. I have never had any checker care about that before so I guess today I just wasn't lucky. They still worked out to be $.50 per pack so not too bad but I definitely would've preferred to pay $.08 per pack.

I also did the Glade Candle deal in THIS post. Again, I didn't get as good of a deal as Hip2Save but I still made money.

Here is Hip2Save's scenario:

Buy 5 Glade holiday candle products (candles, warmers + more) $2.50 each and get back a $5 Target gift card. You can also buy up to 10 Glade items in the same transaction and get up to two $5 Target gift cards! This promotion is running through 12/26!

Deal Scenarios:
Buy 5 Glade Scented Oil Candle Christmas Tins $2.50 each=$12.50
Buy 5 Glade 3 pack Scented oil candle refills $2.50 each=$12.50
Use 5 $1.50/1 coupons found inside the tins
Plus, use 5 buy the oil candle tins, get one refill pack FREE coupons from here or there are also blinkie coupons found at Kmart and various other stores.
Pay $5
Get back a $10 Target gift card
Final cost FREE + a $5 moneymaker!

I was able to find the Glade Holiday Tins on an endcap display. They triggered a $5 gift card. But they didn't have any of the Holiday refills so I just got regular refills and found that they didn't trigger the gift card. So I only got one $5 gift card. It still ended up all being free. And I can submit for the $5 SC Johnson rebate for every 3 Glade products I purchased so this will still be a money maker for me.

Just a couple things to be aware of if you plan to venture into Target this week.

Albies Doublers in Today's Paper

If you get the paper be sure to look for the Albertson's ad which has three double coupons on it. You can use 3 twice the value (double coupons) per family per shopping trip. They will double any coupon up to the value of $1.00 making that coupon twice its value. So if you use a .75 cent coupon it will double up to $1.50 or if you use a $1.00 coupon it will double to $2.00. They will not double a coupon for $1.01 or more.

Some coupons say DND (Do Not Double). Whether they will double these really depends on the checker. YMMV on this. Most of the time I have found that they will double them. Also, for those of you here in my area, the store on 90th and Redwood will only let you use one set of doublers per day while the store on 70th and Redwood will let you use as many sets as you like BUT you can only use one set at a time. So you can do one transaction, take your items out to your car and go back in and use another set and so on. It's more time consuming and a little bit of a pain but when you can get super great deals I feel it's worth it.

HERE is PYP's link for some great doublers deals.
And FYI - I asked the checker at Albies on 90th and Redwood a couple days ago about whether they were going to keep their catalina machines and she said that they WILL keep them and that they will stay open through the holidays and close sometime in February. I am assuming that this will also be the case at the Albies on 70th and Redwood. Lucky us here in West Jordan!

Hot Dogs in Southern Cal

I wish we had a Stater Bros here in Utah, I am all out of hot dogs and with three little boys we go through them fast. If you are in the Southern California area here is a deal for you thanks to Shellie.

"If you are in the i.e. area of so cal, there is an awesome deal going on but it ends Sun. If you go to Albertsons, there are coupons for .75 off a package of farmer johns hot dogs being dispensed. Then take the coupon to Stater Bros and use it on their hot dogs, which are on sale for .79 until tomorrow. Final out of pocket, .04. My mother-in-law bought 19 packages for only .76."

Getting Bored Yet?

Anyone else getting bored with just seeing the deals I get? I would love to know what kind of deals you are getting. So let's share! Get a good deal recently? Send me the details, even a picture if you want and I will post it and show off your great work!

Winco Info

My friend Lisa just called me to tell me about some info that she got while shopping at Winco this morning. She spoke with a checker who has worked for Winco for 14 years and she said that they only do an ad for the Grand Opening but after this there will be no ads or in store coupons. Hopefully PYP will keep a running thread where people can post the latest deals they find at Winco. And I will try to keep a list on my blog as well so let me know when you go to Winco what great deals you find and I will post them. The checker also told Lisa that if she thought the price for chicken was good this week, just wait until Christmas and see how cheap you can get Prime Rib! She said that there is a competition between all the Winco stores to see who can sell the most. I know my husband will LOVE LOVE LOVE it if I can stock up on Prime Rib!! (thanks Lisa!)

I also found this on PYP. If you don't want to brave the crowds at Winco this week then Smiths has some comparable deals:

There is a separate ad for certain Smith’s locations this week again (likely competing with Winco).

Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts $1.29/lb
Chicken Breasts sold in 40lb cases .99/lb
Kroger Deluxe Ice Cream .99 (limit 4)
Asparagus $1.50/lb
Wonder Bread 20oz .99 (limit 4)
Hostess Cupcakes or Twinkies 3 for $5 (limit 6)
use coupon: Hostess snack cakes, any family-size .50/1 DND (12-31-09) RP-10/11
John Morrell Meat Franks 16oz .49
Pepsi products 2 liter .89 (limit 8)
Sunny D .83
use coupon: SunnyD Original or SunnyD Smoothies Product, any .25/1 (11-29-09) SS-9/27
Country Potato or Macaroni Salad $1.09/lb
Café Valley Bundt Cakes $1.99

Also, it looks like some of the prices from last week’s ad are still good. I noticed a couple of things but didn’t check any other items:

Russet Potatoes 10lb .99
Granny’s Pride Bread 5 for $5
Red Grapes .89/lb

Good only at these participating Smith’s locations:
Murray 665 W 5300 S
Magna 8055 W 3500 S
West Valley City 5620 W 4100 S
West Valley City 4643 S 4000 W
Midvale 980 E Fort Union
West Jordan 7061 S. Redwood
West Jordan 1820 W 9000 S

Hair Care Idea

I was looking at the blogs this morning and found THIS on Steals and Deals. They have a really cute site and I thought this might be a really good idea for anyone looking to stock up on hair care products. The coupon they are referring to is found in the 10/11 PG insert.

Rite Aid 10/23

I finally made it in to Rite Aid this week. Again this week they had a lot of cold medicine type items free after rebate that I wanted to get. I was waiting in hopes that my rebate check from last month would come so I could use that to pay my OOP but when it didn't come today I just went anyway. Something to make note of. Rite Aid will send you a rebate check for the rebates you earn each month. This is a real check so you can take it to the bank, deposit it, cash it, whatever. Or you can spend it at Rite Aid. This is what I usually do. And the nice thing is that if you had a $20 rebate check and your OOP for a transaction only came to $9 they would give you the extra $11 back in cash. I do have a $20 Fall Gift of Savings coupon that I was going to use today but with those kind of rebate programs they can't give you cash back. So today, I did 2 transactions but after all my coupons my OOP total per transaction was always well below $20 so I didn't even end up using it. Guess I could've gone early in the week after all. :)

I got all of the above for $21.80 OOP and I will get back $50.92 in rebates. That makes this trips' total a profit of $29.12 with savings of $27 in coupons.

Transaction #1:

1 NeilMed SinuFlow Rinse (or Nasogel) $5.99
Get a $5.99 Single Check Rebate #20
Used the $2/1 NasoGel coupon from here
Final cost FREE + a $2 moneymaker!

1 NeilMed Nasal Mist Saline Spray $9.99
Get a $9.99 Single Check Rebate #21
Used the $2/1 coupon from here
Final cost FREE + a $2 moneymaker!

1 Little Colds Cold Formula $3.99
Get a $3.99 Single Check Rebate #25
Final cost FREE!

1 Little Colds Sore Throat Melt (or Mucus Relief) $5.49
Get a $5.49 Single Check Rebate #26
Final cost FREE!

Used one $5 off of $25 purchase coupon
I also returned the razor refill pack that I bought last week that I thought was supposed to be free when you bought the razor. This took $7.99 off my total.

Final OOP cost $9.67 ($25.46 in rebates from this transaction)

Transaction #2:

1 Kids Chloraseptic Relief Strips (or Throat Spray) $4.49
Get a $4.49 Single Check Rebate #27
Final cost FREE!

1 Children’s Cold Calm Pellets (or Cold Syrup) $7.99
Get a $7.99 Single Check Rebate #24
Used the $1/1 coupon from here
Final cost FREE + a $1 moneymaker!

1 Cepacol Fizzlers $4.99
Get a $4.99 Single Check Rebate #31
Final cost FREE!

1 Blink Tears Lubricant Eye Drops $7.99
Get a $7.99 Single Check Rebate #23
Used the $3/1 coupon from the 8/2RP
Final cost FREE + a $3 moneymaker!

3 Hershey’s Extra Dark Candy Bar 8 pk $0.99
Used three $1/1 coupon from the 9/27SS
Final cost three packs for FREE!

Used one $5 off of $25 purchase coupon
I was also able to use three of the Rite Aid Welness+ coupons for $2 off any Cough & Cold OTC medication with a price of $2 or more. Hip2Save posted about these coupons HERE. Now, according to Hip2Save these are only good in certain areas: Greensboro NC, Harrisburg PA, San Diego CA or Buffalo NY. But if you read the posts you will see that people have been able to use these coupons just fine in other areas. I printed them out and took them in with me to see if they would work and I had no trouble using them. But, for some reason, one of them scanned but the other 2 didn't. But I had a great checker who had no problem entering them manually. This may be a YMMV thing.

Final OOP cost $12.13 ($25.46 in rebates from this transaction)

Winco

I had heard that Winco was just a madhouse since they opened on Monday so I thought that if I waited a couple of days it would get a little less busy. Wrong! I went there around 11:30 this morning and it was still crazy. You had to follow someone to their car to get a cart and it was so crowded inside. But I do have to say, everyone was so friendly. The staff was so nice and helpful and everyone just seemed to be okay with the wait. And there were some really good deals to be had like $.18/lb bananas and other items some of which I listed HERE. You DO have to take the ad that you got in the mail last week with you to get the coupon prices. You didn't have to the first 2 days but now you do. The line to check out went to the back of the store but they move you through pretty quickly. I think it will be a great store to have here in Utah. They are open 24 hours so you could always try to go really late or really early and avoid some of the crowds.

Great Target Deals

Target has the Air Wick Freshmatic Ultra i-Motion Starter Kit on a temporary price cut for $5.99 (usually around $13.99.) But you can get them for free! Use the $6/1 coupon from the 9/13SS to get them FREE!

I had 8 of these coupons that I was waiting to use. So I got 8 of them for free today and only had to pay tax! It was cool when the checker handed me my receipt and said "You saved $111.92 today!"

Hip2Save posted about another great Target deal. (She is the BEST!)

Buy 5 Glade holiday candle/oil warmer products on sale for $2.50 each and get back a $5 Target gift card. You can also buy up to 10 Glade items in the same transaction and get up to two $5 Target gift cards!

Deal Scenario #1
Buy 5 Glade Scented Oil Candle Christmas Tins $2.50 each=$12.50
Use 5 $1.50/1 coupons found inside the tins
Pay $5
Get back a $5 Target gift card
Final cost FREE!

Or

Deal Scenario #2

Buy 5 Glade Scented Oil Candle Christmas Tins $2.50 each=$12.50
Buy 5 Glade 3 pack Scented oil candle refills $2.50 each=$12.50
Use 5 $1.50/1 coupons found inside the tins
Plus, use 5 buy the oil candle tins, get one refill pack FREE coupons from here
Pay $5
Get back a $10 Target gift card
Final cost FREE + a $5 moneymaker!

AND then you can submit for the $5 SC Johson rebate for every 3 Glade products purchased!

I didn't see any of the Christmas Tins at Target today and the tins that they did have didn't have any coupons in them (I really hate it when people take coupons out of items that they aren't buying). So I will have to keep my eyes open for these. :)

Wags 10/19

There are a lot of big moneymakers at Wags this week! I started with $32 in RRs which I was able to spend today. I spent $15.39 OOP. And I ended up with $67 in new RRs.
My grand total for everything above was a profit of $19.61!
My savings were $154.23!

The items on the left hand side of my picture were filler items. I got some Halloween candy, candy bars for my stash and some Halloween Activity Pads and pencils for all the cousins at our family Halloween party.

Here is the breakdown:

6 Zantac 30 ct $8.99 (seperate these out 1 per transaction)
Used six of the $5 coupon from here(you'll need to register)
Got back a $9RR on each.
Final cost FREE + a $5 moneymaker on each!

3 Theraflu $4.99 each
There are $3/2 and $1.50/1 coupons from yesterday's coupon insert. I used one of each of these for each set of three.
Or there are $2/1 coupons from here: IE or Firefox
Plus, I used the $2/1 Walgreens coupon from the Health Savings booklet(will deduct $6 for purchasing three)
Pay $4.47 if you use the coupons from the paper OR $2.97 if you use the IPs (I had already printed and used these previously)
Get back an $8 Register Reward
Final cost 3 for FREE + up to a $5 moneymaker! I did this three times.

8 Ricola Cough Drop Packs 2/$3 with in ad coupon
Used four of the buy one get one free coupon from the 10/11SS
Plus, I used the $0.50/1 Walgreens coupon from the Healthy Savings Booklet(will deduct $1 for purchasing 2)
Final cost $0.25 each!

3 Chapstick Fresh Effects $2.99
Got back a $3RR on each.
Final cost FREE!

2 Vaseline Sheer Infusion Lotion 6.8oz $6.99
Used two $1.50/1 coupon from here: IE or Firefox
Or the new $1.50/1 coupon here: IE or Firefox
Got back a $7RR on each.
Final cost FREE + a $1.50 moneymaker for each!

Online Coupon Codes

Just a little tip that I thought I'd pass along. I was online yesterday, ordering from JCPenney.com and before I checked out I wanted to see if there were any online promo codes that I could use to bring my total down. So I went to Google and just put "JC Penney promo codes" in the search engine. That brought up quite a few different sites that list the current promo codes for that store. I clicked on the first link and found a code for free shipping and I also found a code for 40% off your regular priced items and 10% off your sale items. My items were regular priced so I ended up saving $20 with this code so I chose to use this one. There are always promo codes out there so it's worth the couple extra minutes to search for one and save yourself some money.

Winco Opening in Utah tomorrow

I got this info off of PinchingYourPennies:

Winco is opening in Utah on October 19th at 9 am! There are two Utah locations:

7020 South 700 West, Midvale
2572 South 5600 West, West Valley City

Here are the deals for the Grand Opening! There are some HOT deals!

In-Ad Coupons:
Pepsi 12-packs $1.98 (limit 2)
Del Monte Speghetti Sauce .48 (limit 3)
Capri Sun Fruit Drinks 10-pack .98 (limit 2)
Green Giant Canned Vegetables .28 (limit 4)
Kelloggs Cereal (18 oz Corn Flakes or 14 oz. Frosted Flakes) .98 (limit 2)
Tillamook Medium Cheddar Cheese 32 oz. $3.98 (limit 1)
Bar S Sliced Bacon .98 (limit 2)
American Falls Water 24-pack .5 liter $1.98 (limit 1)
Kraft Macaroni & Cheese .38 (limit 3)
Northern Bath Tissue 12-pack double rolls $2.98 (limit 1)

Bakery:
Large Muffins 6 pack $1.98
Large Cookies 18 count $2.98

Bulk Foods:
Pinto Beans .38 lb
Raw Whole Almonds $1.98 lb

Meat:
Raw Shell-On Shrimp 2 lb. bag $5.76
Ocean Eclipse Wild Pacific Salmon Filets 1.5 lb package $3.48
Fresh Val Best Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast Family Pack .98 lb. HOT!
Pork Spareribs In-the-bag .98 lb. HOT!

Produce:
Bananas .18 (limit 10 pounds)
Russet Potatoes 10 lb bag .68 (limit 1 bag)

Deli:
Deli Sliced Turkey Breast or Virginia Ham $1.98 lb
Deli Sliced Deli Rite Roast Beef $1.98 lb
Big Cut Mild Cheddar Cheese $1.78 lb

Grocery:
Chex Mix, Gardettos, or Bugles .98
Bear Creek Soup Mixes $1.98
Kashi Cereal (Go Lean or Go Lean Crunch) $2.38

Health and Beauty:
White Rain Shampoo and Conditioner 18 oz .78

NOTE - They DO NOT accept credit cards. Cash, Check, Debit, and EBT transactions are welcome.

I tried to find some more info on Winco. I know that AThriftyMom posts Winco deals so I checked out her site. Looks like they do accept Internet Printables (at least at the Idaho stores) so long as there is a barcode and it scans. So hopefully that will be the case here. If you go, let me know what you think.

Gold Medal Flour Coupon

Thanks to AThriftyMom for a heads up on this new coupon that would be great to use at Albies this week with their GM promo.

HERE is great coupon for $.50 cents off any 5lb Gold Medal Flour. Albertsons has Gold Medal Flour as part of their promo this week where you spend $25 and get back a $10 catalina. Gold Medal Flour 4.25 -5 lb $2.00, only $1.20 after catalina, with the coupon you can get it for .70 cents each.

You will need to make sure you grab the 5 lb bags.

More Great Albies Deals

Here is another great Albies deal to be aware of this week. Within the GM promo are the Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks and many Pillsbury refrigerated roll type items. But the best thing is that there are separate catalina deals going with those items as well.

Catalina Offers:

Pillsbury Refrigerated Baked Goods (crescents, cookies, sweet rolls, grands biscuits, grands cinnamon rolls, pie crusts, dinner rolls, loaves, breadsticks or pizza crust)
Purchase between 10/5/09 and 11/1/09
Buy 3 get $2.00
Buy 4 get $2.50
Buy 5 or more get $3 OYNSO

Betty Crocker Fruit Shapes, Fruit By The Foot, Fruit Gushers, Fruit Roll-Ups, or Fruit Roll-Ups Fruit Stickerz
Purchase between 10/9/09 and 11/1/09
Buy 3 get $1.50
Buy 4 get $2.50
Buy 5 or more get $3.50 OYNSO

So you can combine the promo with the catalina deals for even more savings. Here is what I did:

5 Fruit Snacks - $2.50 each
1 Pillsbury Simply Refrigerated Cookie Dough - $2.50
4 Pillsbury Grands Refrigerated Biscuits - $1.67 each
2 Pillsbury Crescent Refrigerated Biscuits - $1.67 each
Total $25
Used five $.40/1 IP coupons for the fruit snacks
Used one $1/1 IP coupon for the cookie dough
Used two $.30/2 coupons from the 10/4 GM insert for the Grands
Used one $.50/2 coupons from the 10/4 GM insert for the Crescents
Also used my $10 cat from the cereal transaction
Final OOP $11.66.

BUT I got back another $10 cat from the GM promo for buying $25 of participating items AND a $3 cat from Pillsbury for the rolls AND a $3.50 cat from the fruit snacks.

Final cost $5.16 for all 12 items!

**Note: If you were to buy 10 fruit snacks in one transaction you would only get the $3.50 cat once because it's on 5 or More fruit snacks. I bought 7 Pillsbury items to get my total up to $25 but I could've just bought 5 and filled in with other items to get my total up to $25 and still gotten all the cats.

My total OOP spent for the day between these items and the cereal (in my previous post) was $38.37 and I have $16.50 in cats to spend later making my total cost $21.87 for everything. My savings for the day was $112.50 ... all because of a little planning! :)

Albies GM Promo - Stock up on Cereal

Albies is running a really good GM promo right now. BUT be aware that the only Utah stores that are running this full ad are one in Toelle, two in Orem, the St. George stores and the two in West Jordan right by me (Yeah!). 90th & Redwood and 70th & Redwood. So all you in my neighborhood who would like to stock up on cereal, here is a good opportunity. But with only a few stores running this you might want to get in there sooner rather then later because I am guessing that the stock will go fast.

I was able to get 26 boxes of cereal for $16.71 which works out to be $.65 each. 8 boxes for me, 18 for my cereal-aholic brother. :)

The promo is buy $25 in participating items, get back a $10 cat to use like cash on your next purchase. So I bought 13 boxes of cereal, used coupons to pay down the amount due and then got back a $10 cat. Then I bought 13 more boxes, again used coupons to pay down the amount due and used my $10 cat from the first transaction.

AThriftyMom's weekly post has tons of IP coupon links so go HERE and check that out. I used all IPs so if you are going to be shopping in West Jordan and are going to use multiple IPs, you will need to go to the 90th store because the 70th store will limit you to only 2 of a certain type of IP per transaction.

Rite Aid 10/13

I love Rite Aid! They make it so simple. They had an endcap display near the front of the store that had almost all the free after rebate items for this week all together.

1st Transaction:

1 Magnum Razor Kit $6.99
1 4pk of refill cartridges $7.99
Get a $2 Single Check Rebate #80
Used the $3 Rite Aid coupon
Used the $3 manufacturer coupon from here
Hip2Save's post says that these will both be free because there is there is a sale this week for the refills to be free when you buy the razor but it doesn't appear to be free here in Utah. So my final cost for both was $6.98, I might take them back.

1 Children’s Throat Cooler 6 ct $2.99
Get a $2.99 Single Check Rebate #12
Used the $1/1 coupon from here
Final cost FREE + a $1 moneymaker!

1 Bee M.D. Throat Drops 21 ct $2.49
Get a $2.49 Single Check Rebate #16
Plus I can submit for the $1 rebate
Final cost as low as FREE + a $1 moneymaker!

Used a $5 off of $20 coupon from Rite Aids website (earned by watching their ads)

Total OOP for this transaction $9.52 but I will be able to submit for $8.48 in rebates.
Final cost $1.04.

2nd Transaction:

1 Carmex Moisture Plus Lip Balm .075 oz $2.29
Get a $2.29 Single Check Rebate #1
Final cost FREE!

1 Carmex Lip Balm 3 pk tubes $1.99
Get a $1.99 Single Check Rebate #18
Final cost FREE!

1 Comtrex 20 ct. $3.99
Get a $3.99 Single Check Rebate #9
Final cost FREE!

1 Sucrets Ice Pops 6 ct $2.99
Get a $2.99 Single Check Rebate #3
Final cost FREE!

1 Beyond BodiHeat Pain Relieving Heat Pads 3-4 ct. $2.99
Get a $2.99 Single Check Rebate #11
Final cost FREE!

1 Chloraseptic AllergenBlock Gel 20 ct $9.99
Get a $9.99 Single Check Rebate #17
Final cost FREE!

Used a $5 off of $25 coupon that you can print out HERE.
And used my $20 Gift of Fall Savings certificate.

Final OOP cost $0 plus I will be able to submit for $24.24 in rebates making this a very profitable transaction.

3rd Transaction:

1 Simply Saline Children’s Nasal Mist 1.5 oz $3.99
Get a $3.99 Single Check Rebate #15
Used the $1/1 coupon from the 7/26SS
Final cost FREE + a $1 moneymaker!

1 Dr. Thompson’s Coldwar 20 ct $3.99
Get a $3.99 Single Check Rebate #13
Final cost FREE!

1 Sinus Buster $8.99
Get a $8.99 Single Check Rebate #19
Final cost FREE!

1 Sucrets Throat Lozenges 18 ct $2.99
Get a $2.99 Single Check Rebate #3
Final cost FREE!

Used a $5 off of $25 coupon that you can print out HERE.

Total OOP for this transaction $23.86 but I will be able to submit for $19.96 in rebates.
Final cost $3.90.

Grand Total: $19.30 in Profit!!

Huggies @ Wags

Walgreens has their Jumbo packs of Huggies diapers (and pull-ups) on sale this week for 2/$18 with a $4 RR on two making them $7 each. I was able to get six packs this morning and use six $3/1 mailer coupons making them $4 each. Not bad.

There are also some $2/1 IP coupons available here: IE or Firefox or here or here

Have you Tried Mo Bettah Steaks Yet?

There's meat ...

and then there's MEAT!!

Have you been to Mo' Bettah Steaks yet? If you haven't you are really missing out! It is our new favorite resturaunt. I think Dave would eat there every day if he could. Check out THIS post for more details. But seriously, if you love meat, this place is the BEST!

Cheap Pillsbury Rolls @ Smiths

If you look at the Grocery Smarts Planner for Smiths this week you will see that they have their Pillsbury refrigerated rolls on sale but listed only as a 3 star deal. BUT there is a catalina deal going right now which makes them a really cheap buy.

Pillsbury Grands:
$1/1 Pillsbury Grands biscuits link (IE) link (FF)
OR $.30/2 IP

Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls:
$1/1 Pillsbury Sweet Rolls or Grands! Sweet Rolls link (IE) link (Firefox)
OR $1/2 IP

Pillsbury Crescent Rolls:
$1/1 Pillsbury Crescent Dinner Rolls or Italian Meal Breads link (IE) link (FF)
$1/1 Pillsbury Crescent Dinner Rolls link (IE) link (FF)
OR $1/2 IP

Okay so there are the coupons. These items are on sale for $1.67 each this week so with these coupons alone they rang in price from $.67 to $1.52 each.

There is also a catalina deal associated with these that runs until 11/1/09.
Pillsbury Refrigerated Baked Goods
(Crescents, Cookies, Sweet Rolls, Grands Biscuits, Grands Cinnamon Rolls, Pie Crusts, Dinner Rolls, Loaves, Breadsticks or Pizza Crust)
Buy 3 get $2
Buy 4 get $2.50
Buy 5 or more get $3 OYNSO

What I did was buy 5 Cinnamon Rolls in my first transaction and used three $1/1 coupons and one $1/2 coupon. My total came to $4.59 but because I bought 5 I got back a $3 cat to use like cash on my next purchase. This made them about $.32 each. I then bought 2 more cinnamon rolls and 3 dinner rolls, also used three $1/1 coupons and one $1/2 coupons and did the same thing. :)

From what I've read these can be frozen. I have never done it myself but my boys LOVE cinnamon rolls so I figured at this price it's worth a try.

Albies 10/7

There are a few good promos at Albies this week that you might want to take a look at. Check them out by bringing up the Grocery Smarts Planner and shrinking the list down to show the 4 & 5 star deals at Albies this week.

I was able to get all this for $22.04!! ($138.13 in savings!)

Quaker Promo - Buy 10 participating items and get $5 off instantly.

6 Quaker Chewy Granola Bars - $1.50 each, $1 each with the promo
Used six $1/2 IPs from HERE
(There is a PDF coupon available but it sounds like they won't take it because it is an Associated Foods coupon. So use the GroupC link above for these. Thanks Amie!)
Final cost $.50 each.

4 Quaker Pancake Mix - $2 each, $1.50 each with the promo
Used four $2/1 coupons that were available previously.
I don't usually print coupons out until I need them UNLESS they are a real high value one like this was and I think there is a good chance I will use them. I am really glad I printed these out.
Final cost $.50 PROFIT one each.

Mix or Match Promo - Spend $10 on participating items and get $3 off instantly.

6 Birds Eye Steamfresh Meals - $5 each, $3.50 each with promo
Used two $1.50/1 coupons from the 9/13 SS
Used four $1.50/1 IP coupons from HERE (Looks like this coupon might be gone. They only stay available for a little while and then they disappear.)
Final cost $2 each.

4 Welch's Reduced Sugar jelly 18.8 oz. - $2.50 each, $1.75 each with promo
Used four $.75/1 coupons from HERE
Final cost $1 each.

6 Nestle Cookie Dough 24 oz. - $2.50 each, $1.75 each with promo
Used four $1/1 IP coupons from HERE
Used two $1/1 coupons from the 9/13 RP
Final cost $.75 each
** I buy these and freeze them so when we want a treat at night I can make up one pan of cookies and not have a whole batch sitting around the next day tempting me. Besides, buying them ready made like this is cheaper then a pack of chocolate chips.

12 Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 3 ct. - $1 each, $.70 each with promo
Used six $1/2 IP coupons from HERE
Final cost $.20 each.

I was able to do all this in the same transaction. You do not have to seperate out your items into batches of 10 items or $10 or even seperate them out into the different promos. If you buy $70 worth of participating items on the Mix & Match Promo the register will take off $3 seven times. Do be sure to check your receipt. I checked mine before I left the store and found that my $5 from the Quaker and one of my $3 didn't come off so they just gave me $8 cash back. Going on Wednesday morning, the first day of the sale does have it's disadvantages because sometimes they don't have all the participating items linked to the promo so they have to work out the kinks. But they are always very nice about it.

Walmart Store Specifics

I have to admit, up until now I pretty much didn't ever go to Walmart because I found them to be not coupon friendly. When I first started couponing it seemed like it was hit or miss whether they would take my coupons and then they got to a point where they said that they wouldn't accept black & white coupons (IPs) because they were getting too many copies. Hip2Save has just recently started posting Walmart deals and pointed out their new corporate coupon policy as stated on their website says that they will accept IPs. Well I still was hesitant and didn't want to go in there and have to argue to get them to take my IPs. Well I have now braved it twice and found them to be super easy both times. They didn't bat an eye at my coupons and the nice checker who is really into coupons as well said so long as they can see the address to mail it to and the other info on an IP clearly they will accept it.

So, I am now happy with Walmart again. Hip2Save does lots of Walmart posts which you can check out HERE. I do have one piece of advice that I will give you. That is that I wouldn't go in for just a few items that you want to get a deal on. I find that many of the items that I go in looking for that are supposed to be on RollBack, aren't. I am sure that different areas have different RollBack items. For example, when I went in today, about half of the items that I wanted where on RollBack as posted on Hip2Save's list. So I would just wait and go in when you have a large enough list so you don't feel like you are wasting your time on just a couple items.

Today I was able to take advantage of these deals.

2 Hunt's Ketchup (smallest size) $0.92 each
Use the $1/2 coupon from the September issue of All You mag.
Final cost $0.42 each!

4 Yoplait Delights Yogurt (4 pk) $2 each
Use four $1.25/1 coupons from here: IE or Firefox
Final cost $0.75 each!

4 Yoplait Fiber One (4 pk) $2 each
Used four $1.25/1 coupons from here: IE or Firefox
Final cost $0.75 each!

4 Select healthy Choice frozen Entrees $1.78
Used four $2/1 coupons from here
Final cost FREE + $0.22 in overage!

2 Pillsbury Grands Cinnamon Rolls $1.97 each
Used two $1/1 coupon2 from here: IE or Firefox
Final cost $0.97 each!

3 Glade Sense & Spray Starter Kit $5 each
Used three $4/1 IP coupons
Final cost $1 each!

10 Sara Lee Deli Sliced Lunch Meat $3.98
Used ten of the $3/1 printable coupon that was available previously
Final cost $0.98 each!

I was able to get all these items for $24!!