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Upromise Coupons August 2010

jays Buy 1 Jays Potato Chips, any variety, save $0.50 for college $0.50 08/31/2010
Snyder's of Hanover Buy any 1 Snyder's of Hanover 22ct Variety Sack, save $2.00 for college $2.00 08/31/2010
Snyder's Grande Buy any 1 Grande Tortilla Chips 12oz or larger, save $1.50 for college $1.50 08/31/2010
Snyder's Padrinos Buy any 1 Padrino Tortilla Chips 12oz or larger, save $1.00 for college $1.00 08/31/2010
Snyder's of Hanover Buy any 1 Snyder's of Hanover Tortilla Chips 16oz, save $0.75 for college $0.75 08/31/2010
Snyder's of Hanover Buy 1 Snyder's of Hanover Lunch Pack any variety, save $1.00 for college $1.00 08/31/2010
Snyder's of Hanover Buy any 1 Snyder's of Hanover Pretzel Sandwiches, 10oz, save $1.50 for college $1.50 08/31/2010
Chiquita Bites Buy any 1 Chiquita Bites Family Pack 14oz, located in the produce section, save $1.00 for college $1.00 08/31/2010
Chiquita Bites Buy any 1 Multipack Chiquita Bites 5/2.2oz bags, located in the produce section, save $1.00 for college $1.00 08/31/2010
Chiquita Bites Buy any 1 Chiquita Bites Singles, save $0.50 for college or Buy any 2 Chiquita Bites Singles, located in the produce section, save $1.00 for college $.50 or $1 08/31/2010
Elmer's 3D Paint Buy any 1 Elmer's 3D Paint Pens, save $1.00 for college $1.00 08/31/2010
Elmer's Foam Boards Buy any 1 Elmer's Foam Board or Project Display Board, save $0.55 for college $0.55 08/31/2010
Elmer's Glue Stick Buy any 2 Elmer's School Glue Sticks, save $1.00 for college $1.00 08/31/2010
Resolve Bright White Buy any 1 Resolve® Bright & White, save $1.50 for college $1.50 08/31/2010
Krazy Glue Buy any 1 Instant Krazy Glue, save $0.50 for college! All purpose gel is perfect for gluing porous materials. For an instant bond that stays strong, nothing beats Krazy Glue! $0.50 08/31/2010
Resolve Buy any 1 Resolve® Fabric Treatment, save $0.50 for college $0.50 08/31/2010
BIC Soleil Buy any 1 BIC® Soleil® 3-blade Disposable Shaver, save $1.25 for college $1.25 08/31/2010
BIC Flex 4 Buy any 1 BIC® Flex4™, save $1.50 for college $1.50 08/31/2010
Charmin Fresh Mates Buy 1 Charmin Fresh Mates, save $1.00 for college $1.00 08/31/2010
Bounty Paper Towels Buy any 1 Bounty Paper Towels 6ct or larger, save $0.50 for college $0.50 08/31/2010
Bounty Napkins Buy 1 Bounty Napkins, save $0.50 for college $0.50 08/31/2010
Fisher CulinaryTouch Buy 1 Fisher Culinary Touch Cooking and Baking Nut Blend, save $0.55 for college. Create confidently with Fisher Nuts $0.55 08/31/2010
Fisher Fusions Buy 1 of 8 delicious Fisher Fusions Snack Mixes, save $0.55 for college $0.55 08/31/2010
Krusteaz Buy any 1 box of Krusteaz Waffles, Pancakes or French Toast featuring CoroWise™ For A Healthy Start To Your Day, save $1.00 for college $1.00 08/31/2010
Fisher Snack Buy 1 Fisher Snack Almonds, Cashews, mixed Nuts and Pecans, 5oz or larger, save $0.55 for college $0.55 08/31/2010
Wacky Mac Buy 1 Wacky Mac Multi-Shaped and Multi-Colored Pasta, save $0.50 for college $0.50 08/31/2010
Krusteaz Buy any 1 box of Krusteaz Waffles, Pancakes or French Toast, save $0.50 for college $0.50 08/31/2010
Wacky Mac & Cheese Buy 1 Wacky Mac & Cheese Dinner, save $0.50 for college. Look for Wacky Mac & Cheese Dinner in the Kosher aisle of your grocer. $0.50 08/31/2010
No Yolks Buy 1 No Yolks Egg White Pasta, save $0.50 for college $0.50 08/31/2010

These are just like similar electronic coupons and you will need to use your store shopper cards to register. The coupon does not come off your grocery bill but is held in an account for you to transfer the money into a 529 plan or cash out.

Target 7/31/10

It feels like all I do is shop for groceries these days! With getting ready for back to school I am trying to collect all those things will we will so I don't have to make any emergencies trips the night before. But no matter how hard I try to prepare I know I will forget something big, who knows what it will be this year but it's inevitable. Here's what I picked up at Target:

Bagel Bites $2.24 x 2 less 2 x $1 off from Target.com & 2 x $1 off from http://www.bagelbites.com/ (24 cents each)
Del Monte Fruit Cups 6 x $2.04 each, used 5 $1 off Target.com and $2 off 6 packs which I cannot seem to find again
Nature Valley Granola Bars $.64 x 3, on clearance, used $.75/2 and $.50 off 1 from newspaper (there is a coupon on Target.com too) I did not use the Target coupon or it would have been a money maker
Chef Boyardee $.97, used $1 off one at Target.com and $1.50/4 from Conagra http://www.childhungerendshere.com/Public/brands.html
Banquet Frozen Dinners $.68 each, used $1.50/4 and Free Pie with 2 from coupons.com
Banquet Pies x 3 FREE from above
12 pack Mtn. Dew x2 used 2 $1 off coupons from Target.com and $1/2 peelie found on package
Sobe Life Water $1 each x 4, used 2 BOGO from http://headsortails.sobe.com/ and 4 $.50 coupons from Target.com FREE
2 Blue Bunny Ice Cream Bars $2 each less $1.25 peelies found on package
Yoplait Kids $1.56 each, used $.75 off 2 peelie on package

Total $18.10

If you can't find the Blue Bunny peelies email me or take a look at the website.  I was able to get $1 off coupons.

King Soopers 7/30/10

While you are there getting your Cover Girl deals check these out:

Honest Tea $1 Each Free with doubled coupon from here http://www.honesttea.com/coupons/

International Delight Coffee Creamer $1.99 get $.55 off here https://idregistration.icmodus.com/default.aspx?bhcp=1

Colorado Milk, Gallon $1.49

Black Grapes $.88 per lb

Yoplait Whips 10/$6 and use $.55/2 here http://bricks.coupons.com/Start.a…&%20pc=&tc=

Ronzoni Pasta $1 each FREE with $.75 coupon print here: http://ronzonismarttaste.newworldpasta.com/pasta_coupon.cfm

Men’s or Ladies Speed Stick $.88 each FREE with one of the following:
$0.50/1 Speed Stick or Lady Speed Stick, exp. 8-14-10 (SS 07/25/10) ,
$1/1 Speed Stick or Lady’s Speed Stick (Reinventing Beauty, Jul ’10)

Littlest Savings

If you have a baby or one on the way it one of life's most amazing experiences... and one of the most expensive.  Here are a few resources I have used to help save some money on our newest family member:

Formula Savings

http://similac.com/

https://www.enfamil.com/app/iwp/ConsumerRegisterLoadConsentInfo.do

http://www.gerber.com/AllStages/Login/Default.aspx

http://www.brightbeginnings.com/ Call this number to request coupons (800) 410-9629 .  You have to specify the top three stores you shop at and you can make a request for coupons every month.
http://www.membersmarkformula.com/free_sample.aspx

Also, talk to your pediatrician about using formula.  Sometimes they have special coupons and rebate forms not available through other means.  Ask for samples and explain to them if you are having trouble affording the formula, especially if you need a super expensive specialty one. When my daughter was switched to a hypoallergenic formula the doctor arranged to have a case sent to me. Also, have the discussion with your doctor about how to use the different brands and if generic versions are all right for your child.  My doctor surprised me with my son by saying that since he had no feeding issues we were free to try the generic formulations as well as switch between brands depending on what I had coupons for.  For us as long as it was milk based I could use any brand or if we were using soy then we had to stick to soy based but didn't have to be brand loyal. My son didn't have any issues with changing but be sure to get the green light from your doctor first.  Check Ebay for formula rebate forms.  You can also buy formula checks from other people on Ebay but that gets into a grey area with couponing ethics.  You can combine your formula checks with manufacturer coupons.  For example, I buy a lot of Enfamil Toddler formula.  These are about  $17 at most stores.  I use a $5 manufacturer printable from coupons.com and then $10 worth of formula checks to get my price down to $2 a can. There is a coupon for $5 off a can of Enfamil on coupons.com right now.  And then keep an eye out for the catalina's that print when you buy formula.  I have had some print for $10 a can so these can be pretty valuable.  

Diapers 

http://www.huggies.com/en-US/promotions/coupons
http://www.pampers.com/en_US/potty-kit-request
While you are there be sure to sign up for the home mailing list and both Huggies and Pampers offer rewards programs.  So far I have received several packs of Huggies, swim diapers, music downloads and from Pampers a Deigo potty seat which will come in handy some day.
As far as buying diapers I typically buy at the drugstores when they have good sales.  In a cruch I have found that both Amazon and Diapers.com offer competitive pricing and fast delivery. Diapers.com offers new customers $10 off their first order and you can mail in your manufacturer coupons. Delivery is free with a $49 order and they have a great referral program.  If you use my referral code you will get an extra 15% off.
http://www.diapers.com/index.aspx      My Referral Code: SCRA7747


Other items:
http://www.blogger.com/goog_130446388

This month you can print coupons for $5/$25 on Gerber bedding, $1 off Onesies or Sleep N' Plays and $1 off gowns or Sleep 'n Plays.  Check the end caps at Target for these items.  They go on sale when the patterns change and you can get these items really inexpensively.

http://www.parents.com/american-baby-magazine/

http://www.johnsonsbaby.com/offers Get $2 off 2 Bedtime Bath Products

http://www.earthsbest.com/node/311 Organic Diaper & Baby Food Coupons

http://beechnut.com/  Sign up for newsletter to get freebies by mail and printable coupons by email

http://www.desitin.com/which-desitin-product-should-you-choose $1 off Desitin

Rewards Clubs

http://rewardsrus.toysrus.com/enroll.cfm  Get members only coupons and sale alerts

Quick Safeway Trip 7/26/10

I went out to do the banking and HAD to go into Safeway since I was right there. 

Tropicana 50 Orange Juice $2.50 -Safeway ecoupon $1 and $1 IP Coupon (IP no longer available)

Joint Juice x 4  $.88 each-used 4 $1 off coupons from Jointjuice.com

Eating Right Eggs marked down to $1.25

Huggies Wipes $1.99 used $.75 coupon form Huggies Home Mailer and $2 off wipes Safeway ecoupon

Total $.75 with tax plus I have another code for the Tropicana Juicy Rewards program here:

http://juicyrewards.tropicana.com/land/kingsoopers.aspx

King Soopers July 28 to August 3rd

Meat and Dairy

Boneless Chicken Breasts $1.57 per lb
Rotisserie Chicken $5.99
Marinated Beef or Chicken Skewers $1 each
Country Style Pork Ribs $1.99
Colorado Proud Milk, Gallon $1.49 
King Sooper Large Eggs $.68

Produce

Bananas $.39 per lb
Rocky Ford Cantaloupe $.39 per lb
Organic Broccoli 2 for $3
Bluberries, Blackberries or Strawberries 2 for $5
Nectarines or Plums $.88 per lb
Black Seedless Grapes $.88 per lb

Grocery and Household

Pepsi 12 Packs 3 for $7
Charmin 12 Double Rolls or 6 Mega Rolls
$5.99 WYB 4 or $6.99 for one and use $3 ecoupon and $1 MQ= $2.99
$3/1 Charmin Product (Kroger eCoupons)

Honest Tea 10/$10
http://www.honesttea.com/coupons/
print 3 times, with doubles these will be FREE
$1/2 at  http://www.honesttea.com/healthmag/

Fast Fixin Chicken $1
By the way-the coupons on their website are for 20 oz products so they wouldn't apply to the $1 packages. I don't have all the All You coupons to check sizes so be sure to look closely at these to see if they specify this exact product.
$1/1 Fast Fixin' or On The Go Item, exp. 9-30-10 (ALL YOU July '10)
Fast Fixin' Fast Classics Bag $1.25/1 9/30/10 ALL YOU July '10 $1.25/1 Fast Fixin' Fast Classics, exp. 9-30-10 (ALL YOU July '10)
Fast Fixin' or Fast Fixin' On The Go $1/1 9/30/10 ALL YOU May '10 $1/1 Fast Fixin' Regular or On The Go, exp. 9-30 (ALL YOU May '10)
Fast Fixin' or On The Go Bag $1/1 7/31/10 ALL YOU Mar '10 $1/1 Fast Fixin' or On The Go Bag, exp. 7-31-10 (ALL YOU Mar '10)
Fast Fixin' Fast Classics Bag $1.25/1 7/31/10 ALL YOU Mar '10 $1.25/1 Fast Fixin' Fast Classics Bag, exp. 7-31-10 (ALL YOU Mar '10)
Fast Fixin' Product $1/1 Varies Printable $1/1 Fast Fixin' Product printable

Tony's Pizza $1
$1/2 http://tonys.com/get-coupon.aspx

Speed Stick $.88
$1/2 Speed Stick or Lady Speed Stick, exp. 8-14-10 (SS 07/25/10)
Speed Stick Deodorant or Lady Speed Stick $0.50/1 8/14/10 SS 07/25/10 Excludes 0.5-oz. $0.50/1 Speed Stick or Lady Speed Stick, exp. 8-14-10 (SS 07/25/10)
Speed Stick or Lady's Speed Stick $1/1 9/30/10 Reinventing Beauty, Jul '10 Excludes Trial Size $1/1 Speed Stick or Lady's Speed Stick (Reinventing Beauty, Jul '10)

Suave Body Wash and Deodorant 10 for $10
$0.50/1 Suave Deodorant, exp. 8-8-10 (RP 07/11/10)
$0.75/1 Suave Deodorant Product, exp. 8-8-10 (RP 07/11/10)
$0.25/1 Suave Body Wash, exp. 8-8-10 (RP 07/11/10)


Charmin MegaRoll $1/1 7/31/10 Upromise $1/1 Charmin MegaRoll via Upromise Deposit $1/2 Charmin Product, exp. 7-31-10 (P&G 06/06/10)
Charmin Product $0.25/1 7/31/10 P&G 06/06/10 $0.25/1 Charmin Product, exp. 7-31-10 (P&G 06/06/10)
Charmin Product $1/1 7/31/10 Rouge Magazine $1/1 Charmin Product, exp. 7-31-10 (Rouge Magazine)
Charmin Product $1/1 Unknown P&G MIR Coupon Booklet $1/1 Charmin Product (P&G MIR Booklet)
Best price $2.99 for Mega plus $1 Upromise Savings
I must confess this deal is a little complicated.  The Kroger ad says go to Kroger.com to get $3 coupon. I searched everywhere and couldn't find it.  Then I went to P&G esaver (and there is a $3 off a 24 pack.  And if you already loaded these on your Safeway card you won't be able to use them at Kroger.  I'll let you know when I get it figured out....

Tree Top Apple Juice 2 for $3
http://treetop.promo.eprize.com/anniversary/

Eggo Waffles 2 for $3
$1/2 Kellogg's Eggo or Cinnabon Frozen Item, exp. 9-19 (RP 7/25/10)

$1/2 Kellogg's Eggo Frozen Product, exp. 8-15-10 (RP 06/20/10)

Please let me know if I have missed anything good. I always find more deals whenI make my weekly trip and will have updates as that happens. It's like a treasure hunt for bargains. 

Tree Top $1 off 2 Printable Coupon

Print a coupon for $1 off 2 which should get you applesauce 6 packs for about $1 each at most stores. 

http://www.treetop.com/Coupon.aspx

While you are there you can also print a coupon for juice after playing the instant win game. I chose the 40 cents off one since I know my stores will double it and make for a better value than the $.80 off 2.

Tree Top juice is 2 for $3 at King Soopers this week. 

Free Jiffy Recipe Book from All You

Click below for a free Jiffy Mix recipe book from All You magazine. I have contacted Jiffy Mix for coupons and they stated that they typically won't release manufacturer coupons because their products are already such a great value. And at about $.44 cents a box, I have to agree about the value part.




http://www.allyou.com/coupons-deals/daily-free-samples-00411000068023/

There is a new promtotion here http://www.gomeat.com/offers/fresh-taste-challenge.aspx to try specially marked packages of Hillshire Farms lunch meats. If you agree that it is a fresh tasting lunch meat you can get $5 worth of product coupons immediately. If you disagree you can get a $5 grocery card.

Sprouts 8/28/10 to 8/4/10

Buy a $100 Gift Card for $89.99  That's like getting 10 % off everything.

Meat and Dairy

Mahi Mahi Filets $2.99 per lb
Boneless,Skinless Chicken Breasts $2.99 per lb
Extra Lean Ground Beef $2.99 per lb
Cut Up or Whole Chicken Fryer $1.39 per lb

Voskos Greek Yogurt 16 oz $1.99$
1/2 Voskos Greek Yogurt, exp. 12-31-10 (RP 04/18/10)


Mild Cheddar Cheese $2.49 per lb

Almond Breeze Almond Milk 2 for $5
$0.55/1 Blue Diamond Almond Breeze printable
Blue Diamond Almond Breeze $0.55/1 Varies SmartSource.com
$0.55/1 Blue Diamond Almond Breeze printable http://reg.coolsavings.com/
$1/1 8/31/10 SS
05/23/10 $1/1 Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Almondmilk, exp. 8-31-10 (SS 05/23/10)
Blue Diamond Almond Breeze $1/1 8/31/10 Mambo Sprouts Spring Mailer Carton
$1/1 Blue Diamond Almond Breeze, exp. 8-31-10 (Mambo Sprouts Spring)


Produce

Sweet Corn $.19  each
Cantaloupe $.19 per pound
Roma Tomtoes and Hass Avocados $.88 per pound
Watermelon 3 lbs for $1
Peaches or Nectarines $.88 per lb
Green Beans or Baby Carrots $.88 per lb


Grocery and Household

Hansen's Soda 2 for $4
$0.50/1 Hansen's Natural Cane or Diet Soda, exp. 7-31 (SS 5/23/10)

Sprouts Frozen Fruit and Vegtables
Buy One Fruit Get a Veggie Free

SmartCo Foods Open In Centennial

My husband was there at 5:15 this morning and said there was no chance of being one of the first 250 customers to get the gift card. He said there were people around the block and some had even brought chairs. He hasn't attended a lot of these freebie events with me and doesn't quite get how passionate about free stuff some of us are. I bet it was a lot of fun though...

Here's what I thought looked good in the sales flyer this week:

Meat and Dairy

Whole Chickens 58 cents per pound

Assorted Pork Loin Chops $1.48 per pound

First Street Gallon Milk $1.49

First Street Shredded Cheese 8 oz $1.39

1 Dozen Eggs $.69


Produce

Yellow or White Peaches $.33 per pound

Bartlett Pears 2 Lbs for $1

Cherries $1.99 per pound

Strawberries, blackberries or raspberries $1.39

Rocky Ford Cantaloupe 2 Lbs. for $1

Tomatoes on the Vine $.59 per pound


Grocery and Household


7 Up 12 packs, 3 for $8

Pepsi products 12 packs 4 for $9

Albertson's 7/28/10 to 8/03/10

Ok guys, this is it.  My very first time bringing you the coupon match ups and deals for the week.  Go easy on me.  Keep in mind that we may night have the same coupons here in Colorado as other areas.  And please, if you find something I have missed, let me know!

I am pretty excited about the sale at Albertson's this week.  Typically I won't go to Albertson's unless there are incredible deals to be had because I feel like they have toyed with my emotions with offering double and triple coupons, then taking it away, then bringing it back.  How can a girl know what to expect?  Anyways, here you go.....

$2 Each When You Buy 10 PLUS $10 Off Catalina For Your Next Visit

Participating Items Include:

Kellogg's Cereal -various $1/2 which would make for 50 cent per box cereal
http://coupons.redplum.com/offers/default.aspx?Id=LogicalMediaCD7968b&DefaultZipCode=
$1/2 Select Kellogg's Raisin Bran Cereals, exp. 9-19-10 (RP 07/25/10)
$1.25/3 Kellogg's Cereal, exp. 8-8-10 (RP 06/27/10)
$1/2 Kellogg's Frosted Mini-Wheats Cereal, exp. 8-22-10 (RP 07/11/10)
http://www2.kelloggs.com/Product/KelloggCoupon.aspx?id=1992
$1/1 Kellogg's Cinnabon Cereal, exp. 8-8-10 (RP 06/27/10)

Kellogg's Clever Kids Fruit Snacks $1 off 1 here-one print per computer 
http://www.redplum.com/pages/ViewOffer.aspx?id=1521611&frm=0&pl=true  

Kellogg's Nutri Grain Bars
$0.75/1 Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Cereal Bars, exp. 9-5-10 (SS 07/11/10) 
also you may have some from inside your cereal boxes

Kebbler Town House Crackers ( If Flatbread Crisps are included)
http://www.snackpicks.com/couponHolder_without.aspx
$0.75/1 Keebler Town House Flatbread Crisps, exp. 9-5 (SS 7/11/10)
$1/2 Keebler Town House Crackers, exp. 8-1-10 (RP 06/06/10)

Kellogg's Pop-Tarts
$1/2 Kellogg's Pop-Tarts, exp. 9-5-10 (RP 07/11/10)
$1/2 Kellogg's Pop Tarts, exp. 8-8-10 (RP 06/13/10)

MorningStar Farms Entree's
http://www.morningstarfarms.com/coupon.aspx
$0.75/1 Morningstar Farms Veggie Product, exp. 8-22-10 (RP 06/27/10)

Here's my plan:

Kellogg's Cinnabon Cereal- 2x $1 off $1
Kellogg's Clever Kids- $1 off 1
Morningstar Farms x 2 $1 off 1
Keebler Townhouse x 2 .75 off
Nutri-Grain Bars x 3 use .75 off and $1/2

10 items at $2 each=$20
less $10 catalina
less $8.25 in coupons
$11.75 out of pocket and $10 catalina to do it all again...or use towards the P and G $10 /$40 deal

Speaking of the P & G $10 off $40 deal here it is:

Pampers Box $17.99
$2/1 Select Pampers Diapers, exp. 7-31-10 (P&G 07/04/10)
$1.50/1 Pampers Diapers or Pants, exp. 7-31-10 (P&G 07/04/10)
$2/1 Pampers Cruisers, exp. 7-31-10 (RP 06/20/10)
$1.50/1 Pampers Diapers or Pants, exp. 7-31-10 (P&G 06/06/10)
$1/1 Pampers Cruisers Diapers (P&G MIR Booklet)

Tide $5.99
$1/1 Tide Detergent, exp. 7-31-10 (P&G 07/04/10)
$0.35/1 Tide Product, exp. 7-31-10 (P&G 06/06/10)

Downy $4.99
$0.50/1 Downy Product, exp. 7-31-10 (P&G 06/06/10)

Downy Liquid or Sheet Fabric Softener $1/1 7/31/10 Rouge Magazine $1/1 Downy Liquid or Sheet Fabric Softener, exp. 7-31 (Rouge Magazine)
Downy Product $1/1 Unknown P&G MIR Coupon Booklet $1/1 Downy Product (P&G MIR Booklet)


I will report back after I get some more prices and see if I can come up with a decent deal.  If you really need Tide, and are brave at heart, you can take the Albertson's ad to Target and get a price match.  Then it would be $5.99 less $1 Tide and $1 Target-Tide coupon which would make it $3.99 per bottle. If you are in need of diapers have Target price match the $17.99 per box from the Albertson's ad and use the $2 off Pampers box Target coupon and a $2 manufacturer to bring your box price to $13.99.  Luvs Jumbo packs are $6.99 at my store and there is a $2 off manufacturer and a $1 off Target to make them $3.99.

Free Joint Juice at Safeway

I found the single bottles for 88 cents last night.  I used the $1 off coupons from the site to get a few for free.

http://jointjuice.com/coupons.jsp

Free Taster's Choice Coffee Sample from Allyou.com

This sample comes from All You magazine's daily freebies.  It says you can request two samples per address, maybe use your spouse's name for the second one.  Enjoy!

http://smartchoice.tasterschoice.com/#/Try_It_On_Us/ 

Target Trip

I went to Target to try some deals for you with the new coupons that are out.  Here's what I found:

Snyder's Pretzels $2.59 less Target $1 and MQ for $1= 59 cents

Similac on sale, 2 6 packs $6.29 each.  Had $2 MQ and found 55 cent peelies on product plus used $10 in formula checks from signing up on Similac.com

I just realized I was charged for something I left at the store so another trip to Target today.  Woo-hoo!

4X 3packs of toddler boys Hanes briefs- $1.48 each used 4 X $1 Hanes Target coupons

Chef Boyardee x 5 cans 99 cents each, used 4 x$1 off Target coupon plus peelie for 5th can free found on product

Bananas 46 cents per pound

Banquet frozen dinners 4 x 68 cents, used $1.50 off 4 IP coupon

Bagel bites x 2 $2.24 each, used 2 x Target $1 off and $1 off from manu. website

Sobe Water x 2, used 2 x50 cent Target coupons plus BOGO from game= FREE

Bic Pens x 3, 99 cents, used Target $1 off coupon=FREE

Bic Mechanical pencils, 8 pack $1.39 used $1 Target coupon

Eggos waffles x2-used $1/2 Target coupon and $1/2 coupon from this Sunday's paper

Tide sample pack 97 cents, used $1 off any manufacturer coupon

Child safety backpack $3.24 (from 12.99) 

Total was $25.64, used $10 in formula checks, $10 gift card received for filling a new prescription, gift card that had 20 cents remaining from last week and $4.56 borrowed from my daughter.  My goal was to only use the gift card and get everything for $10 but then the item I had them scan for price was on the receipt even though I said I didn't want it.  So I'll go today and get the money back and will have come in under $10 like I planned. The child safety backpack thing looks like something that will make my life easier even though it was an impulse purchase.  I was so stressed trying to remember everything when we went to the fair Saturday night.  This will help to keep his snacks and crayons in plus he will not be able to get too far away from me.  

  

Target printable Coupons-New Today

50¢ off 20-pk. Capri Sun drink pouches


$1 off 8-pk. Juicy Juice boxes (combine with Juicy Juice $1/2 Manufacturer coupon)

$1 off Evenflo Classic Glass Bottle

$1 off With purchase of two 5.2- to 9.2-oz. Betty Crocker Helpers (use with 75 cents off 3 coupon)

$1 off Kid Cuisine frozen meal

75¢ off 12-ct. Kraft string cheese

50¢ off Campbell's soup Select Harvest or Chunky

$1 off 6-pk. Del Monte fruit cups

$1 off Hunt's pudding snack packs

$1 off BIC stationery product -should make for cheap pens

50¢ off Aquafresh Kids pump toothpaste

$1 off Chef Boyardee food product

$1 off Hanes apparel item

50¢ off Papermate product

50¢ off Kraft Lunchables product

50¢ off SoBe Lifewater

$1 off Planters nuts

50¢ off Twizzlers licorice

Here's a partial list and there are many others.  Remember if the top of each coupon says "Target Web Coupon" you can stack it with your manufacturer coupon for greater savings.  You can print two of each per computer.

Dole Instant Win Game

There is a new Dole Instant Win Game here:

http://www.dolesplashintosummer.com/

The promotion says you can use the code on package or request a free code by email.  I requested the code and haven't received it yet.  It's been almost 2 minutes...I guess you can tell I am an instant gratification type person! 

Yes, I do post a lot of these.  I love to win something, anything really, and it makes a huge impact on my grocery savings.

Starbuck's $1 off a 4 pack Coupon

Get $1 off on Starbuck's here:

http://www.frappuccino.com/drink-builder/bottled#

I haven't found a deal to match this up with yet but when I do you will be the first to know.

Free Krill Oil Sample, Prilosec

Try Schiff MegaRed Krill Oil for free from Walmart's sample link.  Look under the "In Stores Now"  tab.  They also have samples of Prilosec and Pig Ears for dogs.  While you are there, take a look at the free download section.  Enjoy!

http://instoresnow.walmart.com/In-Stores-Now-Free-Samples-And-Tools.aspx

Denver Children's Museum Target Tuesday's/Free Entertainment

The first Tuesday of every month families get in free from 4 to 8 pm.  This would be a really fun and frugal thing to do after going to Fazoli's for an inexpensive dinner.  Learn more here:

http://www.mychildsmuseum.org/calendar/detail.aspx?EventID=190

Find a Fazoli's location and sign up for email specials here:

http://fazolis.fbmta.com/members/UpdateProfile.aspx?Action=Subscribe&InputSource=W

On Tuesday nights kids eat for 99 cents and there are kids activities and a separate area of the restaurant for just kids.

On Saturdays check out the Denver Art Museum.  Kids under 12 are free and adults with a Colorado ID are free on Saturday's.

Go to Home Depot on Saturday, 8/7 to build a back to school pencil organizer.

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ContentView?pn=Kids_Workshops&langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053&navFlow=3&searchRedirect=kids%20workshop

Lowe's has kids building clinics on alternating Saturdays.  

 https://www.lowesbuildandgrow.com/

My daughter and I have had so much fun at these.  It is teaching her to have some much needed patience.  It won't be long before we can take "The Boy" with us and frankly I am NOT looking forward to him having a hammer!

Summer Kid's Movies

My kids and I did this last summer and had a blast!  You do need to get there early as these discount movies fill up fast, especially if you need stroller parking. Here's the schedule:

7/27 Kung Fu Panda

8/3 Spiderwick Chronicles

8/10 How To Train Your Dragon

Click here for locations:

http://www.amcentertainment.com/

Kraft First Taste Club

I love this site.  You will sometimes get an email announcement or will find coupons randomly at different times.  I have seen some really great ones for lunch meats, crackers, cookies, even Kool Aid.

http://www.kraftfirsttaste.com/default.aspx

Denver Pizza Company Pay $5 for $10 Gift Card

Pizza for half off?  Sign me up!
Here's another great deal from Groupon.  Spend $5 to get $10 off anything on the menu

 http://www.groupon.com/r/uu4858383


Highlights


•Locally blended spices

•Gluten-free crusts

•Innovative topping combos

•Two locations

Wine Insider's Online Store Pay $25 for $75 worth of wine

I'm soooo excited about this one.  This deal comes from Groupon which has amazing prices on all things Denver.  Sign up for the daily deal email or select a different city to see deals on places you might be traveling to this summer.

http://www.groupon.com/r/uu4858383

Flavorice

Another instant win game.  This one is from Flavorice.  Eating these out on the patio on a summer's night takes me back to being a kid... and that's been awhile!

http://www.flavorice.com/

M and M Instant Win Game

Enter daily here to win a pack of free M and M's.  You won't know if you have won until the coupon appears in your mailbox.  Much more fun than winning salad, right?

http://www.mms.com/us/couponsweepstakes/

Dole Salad Seekers Taste Adventure

Here's a fun instant win game:
http://saladpromo.dole.com/saladseekers/play_iw

You can play three times per day and might win a free bag of salad.

$5 Free at Babies R Us

If you have already signed up for the Toys R Us or Babies R Us rewards program check your email for a $5 off any purchase coupon valid today and tomorrow.  If you haven't signed up yet here is the link: https://rewardsrus.toysrus.com/enroll.cfm?subprogram=sp

I was able to get three six packs of Snikiddy Cheese Snacks and a pair of boys swim shoes for 83 cents.  They had Seventh Generation toilet cleaner marked down to $1.98 and you could use the $1 off coupon on the site.  I had planned to get the water deal, 2 24 packs for $7 but saw the shoes and figured I should get them now before the boy tosses another pair out the window.  I am 99 percent certain that the next pair of shoes he looses will be his nice $30 Stride Right ones, not the ones I got today for 83 cents. 

There will be a picture up as soon as I can borrow my daughters camera.  I wanted to take pictures at the kids swim class and set my bag down in the sink because the floor was wet.  The sink had one of those sensors and immediately sent a flood into my bag so we had soggy snacks, no pictures and wet clothes to wear home.  Lesson learned, never put your bag in a sink to keep it dry!

 

There is a great new rebate from P and G.  Spend $30 (pre coupon) and get a $10 rebate by mail.  I have a good start on it with the free pantene I picked up at Rite Aid ($7.50 towards $30) and the two bottles of Olay cleanser I got at Safeway, spent $1 and have $11.98 towards rebate.  I especially love the rebates I get from buying things super cheap!

  http://www.olay.com/PublishingImages/offers/rebate/june302010/crossbrand/10_Olay.com.pdf

By the way, for the Safeway deal the Olay cleansers were on sale for $5.99 each.  I used a BOGO from last weeks newspaper, a $3 off Olay from a previous newspaper and a $1 off P ang G ecoupon.  When the BOGO was scanned it came off higher than the price and brought my total to 99 cents for both.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 King Soopers, July Challenge

I spent over two hours in King Soopers tonight between my shopping and the mystery shop. Here's what I did:

Snapple 6 pack $6.99 less freebie from winning kroger game and 50 cent ecoupon 50 cent profit
10 Sobe drinks 88 cents each, less $2 ecoupon from Kroger site and 5 BOGO coupons
A and W Root Beer (not in picture) $1 less 60 cent Kroger ecoupon
Mirra foot files x 2 at 2.49 each -used $5 off 2 IP coupon FREE Kroger coupon
Slim Fast bars (CHOCOLATE!!!) $1 each -used 2 $1 off IP coupons FREE
Spaghettio's 4 x 49 cents  - 4 IP $1/2 Campbell's coupons FREE
Potato wedges x2 $1 ea used Safeway 55 cent coupon-doubled FREE
Philadelphia Cream Cheese x2. $1 each used 2x$1 coupons FREE and MM with Kraft $5 back promotion
Kraft Cheese cubes $1.67 x 3- no coupons available but helped me get $5 (above) so bascially free

Total $8.43 and received $5 off next order from Kraft plus will make $14 for mystery shop.

July 20, 2010 Safeway and Walmart

Another three mystery shops tonight.  Here's what I got:

Walmart
Sister Shubert rolls $2.64 - $1 coupon from All You magazine
Pepperidge Farm Tuscan bread $1.98 -$1 coupon from emailing manufacturer plus has Try Me Free Rebate of $1.98 so this will be a 54 cent profit after postage
Country Crock cinnamon apples-$2.98 less $1 off found in store
Nexcare bandages 3 x $1.50 each less 3 $1 off IP coupons
Reddi Whip $1.93
Total $8.39 and made $14 for shop and rebate means profit of $6.18

Safeway:
Hormel Beef Roast $4.99 less $2 in store peelie coupon
Bananas 90 cents
Strawberries 2x 99 cents
Pineapple $2.99 less 50 cent off IP coupon doubled
Kit Kats 99 cents BOGO

Not too impressive, only saved 63 percent.  After the two other mystery shops and spending two hours at King Soopers I was pretty wiped out.

Total $8.85 plus $14 shop payment =$5.15 profit

Sobe Lifewater Instant Win Game

Sobe Lifewater has an instant win game going right now.  I have won several bottles so far and have been able to print tons of BOGO coupons.  These work very nicely with the Kroger buy 10 get $2 off deal (ecoupon) or when Target gives a giftcard for buying 10. 

http://headsortails.sobe.com/

Free Special K Protein Bar and Coupons

Join here to get special offers and a sample pack with coupons.

http://www.specialk.com/register/offer/protein-shake?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=protein-coupon

Free Honest Tea at Kroger

Single Serve Honest Tea and Honest Ade are on sale for $1 each (check organic foods section) this week.  Use this coupon to make them free if your store doubles.

http://www.honesttea.com/coupons/

Shortcuts E Coupons

I received an update from Short-cuts today on my e coupon usage.  I was pretty suprised to see I had already saved $45.80.  It's super easy to use and can be combined with manufacturer coupons to get a better deal.  Still think coupons are a waste of time?

Trip date: 07/18/10

Card: Safeway

Coupons used: 1

Savings: $1.00 Coupons: 36

Value: $24.10 Coupons redeemed: 75

Savings: $45.80


Join Here:
http://shortcuts.com/

Kroger/King Soopers Summer of Savings

Don't forget to play the instant win game on the Kroger site.  You need a shopper card and they load the prizes directly on the card.  Today I won a free Snapple six pack and will use that with the 50 cent ecoupon from the Kroger site to make it a money maker.  I also won the 32 oz. Powerade last week and a jug of Lipton tea.  Fun!

http://www.softcoin.com/Sites/Kroger_SummerOfSavings/Page/HomePage

Free Snikiddy Snack

Has anyone tried these yet?  I have found them at Babies R Us and think they may be at Kroger stores.  I checked several King Soopers and Safeway's and haven't found them.

http://coupons.snikiddy.com/?bucktownbargains

Update- Bought these at Babies R Us today.  I was able to use three coupons to get three 6 packs of cheese puffs.  I can't wait to get a review from the kids on these.

Joint Juice free?

Here is a link I found for $1 off any Joint Juice.  I found these for 88 cents each at King Soopers this week.  Enjoy!
http://jointjuice.com/coupons.jsp

Free Swim Diapers!

I redeemed my Huggies points tonight for a pack of swim diapers which are going to come in super handy with swim lessons starting tonight.  My daughter is taking classes first then my son so I will have two wet kids at the same time which is much better than going seperately and having wet towels to wash 4 days instead of 2. Diaper value $10.  Getting into the rec center for just the price of the class twice a week, priceless!      Join Huggies Enjoy The Ride at

https://enjoytheriderewards.com/default.aspx?c=us&bhcp=1

Walgreens $10 off coupon, July Challenge

Did you get to use the $10 off Walgreens coupon?  Here's how I used mine.  These supplements were BOGO for $10 each.  Shipping was $5.49 and that was my total for 90 days of this that I could have spent $40 on at the store.  Saved $34.51.

July Challenge, Friday July 17th Kohl's

Fun trip to Kohl's today. We had some $5 Kohl's cash certificates to use and we were excited to find that they were giving out $10 coupons to use next week on kid's clothes. Maybe we will do all our back to school shopping at Kohl's. I have heard that this promotion is only in CO and a few other states. Lucky us. It almost makes up for how we get a raw deal on our drugstore ads here. Here's what we got.
2 Pairs Toddler boy shorts $2.40 ea and added a gift bag for 39 cents to get the total over $5 to use Kohl's cash. Paid 21 cents. Value $10
Bronze ice holder $5.99 less Kohl's cash total $1.07 out of pocket, $20 value
Girl's jeans $7.50 and 4 pk socks $4.80-total $7.89 after Kohl's cash and got $10 coupon, value $20 plus $10 coupon $30 less $7.89=$22.11
Girl's Candie's shorts $6 and socks $4.80 less Kohl's cash $6.27 and got a $10 off coupon
Place mats $2.39 each x 4= $4.93 after Kohl's cash and got a $10 off coupon, value $26
Girl's top $5.20 less $5 Kohl's cash 22 cents out of pocket, $10 value

I calculated the value to us to be about $121 including the $30 to use next time. I would have spent $22.50 out of pocket but had a few returns and a $10 gift card from MyPoints.com.
I was so excited about the place mats and ice bucket for my patio table as I rarely buy anything for our house lately. That is until I put them out there and they blew away.

July Challenge 07/18/10 King Soopers

Another mystery shop and used the pharmacy store credit I made earlier in the month to pay so it was a $13.24 profit plus $93 grocery value and a rebate for $2.99 ($2.55) for $109.23 value less the 76 cents I spent comes to $108.47 for the trip.
Here's what I got:
3 Honest Teas $1 each- 50 cent IP coupon from site-doubled to FREE
1 Odwalla juice $2.50- $1 coupon found on product (this was for the road-cheaper and healthier than fast food!)
Kraft Easy mac x 4- 38 cents each (needed these to get to 10 items on promotion)
Red Baron pizza $2.50 less $2 Facebook coupon = 50 cents then $2.99 rebate $2.45 MM
1 Powerade- free- won on Kroger Summer Instant Win game and ecoupon for $1=$1 MM
4 x Joint Juice 88 cents each less 2 BOGO coupons
1 x mini bagels from mark down rack 1.39
1x Suave antiperspirant $1.00 less 75 cent coupon, doubled to FREE
1 x coffee filter $1
Clif Bars- $6.49 (normally $12) found on marked down rack
2 x Stouffers entrees $1.88 ea less 2 x $1 off Facebook IP coupon (and will get points for Stouffer's Dinner Club)
2X Tombstone pizza's $2.49 each less $2 IP coupons
1 x Muir Glen tomato paste 88 cents, $1 off coupon adjusted to 88 cents

My total would have been $15 but I used the remainder of my pharmacy credit.

July 18, 2010 Safeway and Walmart

I had a few mystery shopping jobs today so I hit Safeway, King Soopers (Kroger) and Walmart. The mystery shops reimburse $7 for the required purchase plus pay $7 for doing the shop. Here's what I got:
Safeway
Chocolate Cheerios $1.99 -used $1/2 found in store
Honey Nut Cheerios $1.99
Nature Valley Nut Clusters $1.99 X 2- used $1 off each plus ecoupons of $1 that came off 3 times
Nature Valley Granola bars $1.99 free when you buy the above 4 products
Oscar Meyer hot dogs $4.49- used freebie coupon from website
Dannon Danactive- marked down to $1.25-used Catalina from previous purchase for $1.50
also got milk, stew veggies and discount pork chops
I did buy cereal during this promotion earlier in the week so most of my ecoupons had been used up or it would have been better.
Saved $29.34, spent $9.25 and will get $14 for completing the mystery shop.

Walmart
Tuscan garlic bread $1.99 with try me free sticker- great deal if you had used a coupon but I forgot I had one! Bought a newspaper and some toilet paper $3.98-$1 coupon. Made $14 for the shop, spent $8.74 and will send in rebate for bread $1.99- 44 cent stamp.

So the math looks like $28 for shops + $1.55 refund on bread less $17.99 spent leaves me with a profit of $11.56 for the trip plus a grocery value of $39.08 for a total of $50.64

July Challenge 7/19/10

I tried the Amazon diaper deal and am happy to report it is working just as expected. I used a $5 Swagbucks gift card and charged $2.59 to my bank card so just $2.59 out of pocket for a 56 pack of Huggies Overnights which will last approximately 2 months since we just use these at night. You will want to get the 20% off coupon code from this month's Parenting magazine and you do have to sign up for their subscription service which you can cancel or keep getting a good deal on diapers indefinitely. You can also get a pretty good deal on wipes or other diapers.

Since these are usually about $20 a box I am going to call it $17.41 towards the July Challenge.

Item(s) Subtotal:
$15.19
Shipping/Handling:
$16.13
Promotion Applied:
-$4.56
Free Shipping:
-$16.13
Promotion Applied:
-$3.04

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Total Before Tax:
$7.59
Estimated Tax:
$0.00
Gift Certificate/Card Amount:
$5.00

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Grand Total:
$2.59Payment

Upcoming deals, July 2010

I haven't seen anything super exciting in the ads this week. I am planning to use the $10 new prescription offer at Target. While there I will probably buy a few more AirWick starter sets for $4 49 and use $4 off coupons. There are some great clothing coupons on Target.com this week so I will look for some deals. You can combine the Target store coupon and the Glade manufacturer coupon to get fabric refresher for 49 cents. I am also going to head over to another Famous Footwear to use my $10 off $10 coupon and hopefully find some shoes this time but socks are ok too.

Friday, July 9th Part 2

I had a great Rite Aid trip. I did two separate transactions. I bought 2 bottles of Pantene which were free with coupons and Up rewards, Renu contact lens solution which had a full rebate plus I used a $2 coupon to make it a $2 money maker, and a Gillete Fusion razor which was $9.99 less my $4 coupon and the Rite Aid $5/$25 the cost was 99 cents but produced a $5 off next purchase coupon so $4.01 money maker. My second transaction I bought a big bottle of Aleve (used free product coupon from emailing company) and a Shick razor for $9.99 less a $4 coupon and another $5/$25, bringing my total to $1. I will get back $7.29 for the Renu and $9.99 for the Schick razor and have $7 to use at Rite Aid next time. Spent $2, made $24.

July Challenge, Friday July 9th

My wonderful husband granted me from free time in the afternoon so I made a trip to Rite Aid and few Kohl's stores. I had found a super cute outfit for my daughter and was hoping to find it in the other colors. Since turning nine so has become so difficult to shop for. Nothing from Gymboree or Children's Place, nothing pink, with flowers or butterflies and don't even consider buying anything from Target or Ross. I have expanded my horizons a bit and have found that I can get a good deal at Gap and Limited Too if I look hard enough. I think it makes more sense to spend a little more on something she will actually wear and get use of then to have a bunch of deals sitting in the closet never used. And the higher end clothes fetch a lot more at the consignment store when she outgrows them. So here is what I was able to get at Kohl's:

Girl's:

2 pairs Shorts, reg$30, marked down to $6 less 15% off coupon and $5 Kohl's cash= 92 cents

2 T shirts $2 each,bought with shorts for boy at $2.40= $1.45
3 Candies tops marked down to $6 each, 92 cents each after discounts
1 pair of Candies shorts " "
1 pair Candies capri jeans " "

Boys:
3 sets of Carter's pajama's,3 piece sets

1 pair Carter's shorts, purchased with above t shirts for $1.45 total

shorts/t shirt set $7.20 less 15% and $5 Kohl's cash

So I am calling this about $125 in value. I had "virtually" no out of pocket. I used Kohl's cash (look on Ebay or sign up on the Kohl's website) and a gift card for about $15 from returns.

Sunday, July 11th, July Challenge

I have a few days to catch up on here. Today I cashed in some points I had with Testspin for taking surveys. $8.20 to my Paypal account. I went to Famous Footwear to use the $10 off Facebook coupons I had. I bought a 6 pk of socks for my daughter and an extra set of shoelaces for 52 cents and a 7 pack of boys socks and another 3 pack for $1.07. I am adding this in as a $20 value so I'm calling it $27.03 for the day.

July Challenge and Mystery Shopping

I noticed late today that I was assigned a mystery shop for tonight. My shop was at a grocery store and the requirement was to buy $9 of merchandise ( to be reimbursed) and get paid $5. At King Soopers I bought a 6 pack of pop-corn, a gallon of milk, a deli chicken breast (required by shop), a pack of day old hot dog buns for 39 cents, straws because my son grabbed the box and started chewing on it and some grapes he ate a few of in the store. Since I had to be there anyways I transferred another prescription to get another $25 gift certificate. I paid $12.42 (with my other $25 prescription credit) and will deduct it from my $40 weekly grocery budget. Excluding that, I will have earned $14 for the mystery shop and $25 for the prescription transfer. I think I can transfer these prescriptions one more time and plan to send them to Rite Aid because they also offer $25 for transferring. I have a new RX I haven't filled yet because I have been waiting for Target to have another $10 offer then do the same thing with transferring them. I didn't use a single coupon at check out which was so weird but these are going to be reimbursed anyways by the mystery shopping so please don't hold it against me!

Amazon Diaper Deals

There are several diaper deals this week. Amazon has a big box of Huggies overnights for $10.63 for about 56 diapers after sale and signing up for auto delivery club (you can cancel right after or keep it and get this good deal every month). There are also good deals on wipes and Pampers. If I get my e giftcards from Swagbucks soon I'll test it out.

Also, at Target Huggies and Pull Ups are $8.99. Big packs of wipes are $5.49. You would use the $3 off Huggies from coupons.com and $2 off wipes (no longer available) and combine with the Target printable $3.50 off when you buy both for a price of $5.98 for both. You can also TRY to use the Target coupon for $4 off a Toy Story toy wyb Huggies Pull Ups. If you bought Pull Ups instead there is only a $2 manufacturer coupon so it would be $1 more which is still a good price for a pack, wipes and a toy. Some cashiers might not go along with using both Target coupons since one says diaper and the other says training pants so your mileage may vary on this. I'll let you know how it goes when I try it out.
UPDATE- worked perfectly, received my Huggies in two days for only $2.59.  I LOVE AMAZON 

July Challenge 3rd day

Ending the third day I am at a total of $373.42. I redeemed $10 worth of Swagbuck points which I am planning to use on an Amazon deal, $30 from Mypoints gift cards to be used for back to school shopping, $57.26 in grocery savings and $1 for music downloads won on Huggies. I also added $12 for the McNeil/Tylenol rebate. I had another great trip to Target to pick up a few things. Typically on Wednesdays I get my grocery budget of $40 so I am deducting $8.78 from that to leave me at $31.22 remaining for the week. The Target trip gives us meat for at least 5 dinners, breakfasts (cereal and waffles) for several weeks, a birthday gift and a few other things. Here goes:
Airwick starter kits x2 $4.49 each, used 2x $4.49
Cajun sausage reg $2.99, .54 cents each on sale, bought 5 for $2.70
Sirloin steaks reg $15 (?) marked down to $5.95
Special K Granola x3 $2.50 ea, used $1 manufacturer x3 plus Target $1.50 off 3 Special K
Fiber Plus x3, $2.66 ea, used 3 buy Kellogg's cereal get Fiber Plus free Target coupons 3xFREE
Eggo waffles x2 $1.75 ea, used $1/2 manufacturer & $1/2 Target 75 cents each
Target sample hazelnut coffee (not pictured)$1 each, used 2x$1 off coffee when you buy Kellogg's
SOBE Life water 4x$1 each, used 2 BOGO and 4 Target .50 cents off-FREE
gallon milk $2.29
4th of July chip bowl 50 cents on dollar spot clearance
Toy Story toy $6.04, used Target coupon for $5 off when you buy 5 kelloggs cereals
Paid $8.78
I didn't account for any extra value on the meat, that would have made my savings higher. There is a game on the SOBE website right now that you can play to win freebies and BOGO coupons so we will use the lids from these for extra chances to play. I will plan to use that Cajun sausage for our version of Zataran's dirty rice and maybe a sausage and rice crock pot soup. Also, the Fiber Plus cereal free coupon deducted $4.29 per box rather than the $2.66 sale price. I felt a little weird when I realized that, like maybe I should say something but I had just spent 20 minutes searching the isles for my son's lost left shoe. He has an interest in throwing his shoes lately. Last time was 4th of July when he tossed one out the car window. Thankfully Dad drove the path again and found it. Lucky for me a nice patron turned the shoe into lost and found today. Otherwise, all my couponing would have been a waste if I had had to buy another pair of shoes. The little guy was also playing that great game of throwing things out of the cart and watching me retrieve them. Boy, that game is a blast but I had had just about enough "fun" for one day and decided to head home.

July Challenge update 7/7/10

I took the day off from shopping yesterday to catch up on rebates. I have the following ready to mail out:

Covergirl/Olay $12

SC Johnson x2, $5 each

Kotex x2 $4 each

Red Baron $3.99

Seventh Generation $5

Total is $38.99 less $3.08 for postage=$35.91 profit

I also listed a box of things from my overflowing hall closet on Craigslist for $50. We won't count that unless it sells. I reviewed the Tuesday grocery ads and didn't find anything to get excited about. This might be a week that we just buy milk and produce unless anything good comes up.

Swagbucks

I discovered a site called Swagbucks. You are rewarded for polls, shopping and searches. By not doing anything but searching I have earned enough for 4 gift cards. Most of the redemption's are e gift cards which come to your email rather than waiting for snail-mail.

Look for Swagbucks logo at bottom of home page to join.

Update- Just this month I have cashed in 3 $5 Amazon gift cards which will help pay for the upcoming diaper deals.

But I don't have time to cut coupons!!!

Wow! It's a lot of work to sign up for all these sites, and programs and remember to send in my rebates. Maybe it's not worth it. Hopefully you can see from my July challenge that yes, it is worth the time and effort. I made $227.20 in one day with free merchandise, gift cards and rebates. I probably invested two hours driving and half an hour printing, clipping and organizing my coupons for three stores. So if you divide $227.20 by 2.5 it comes to $91 per hour. I may not always do as well but it is certainly more than I would get paid from working for someone else for 2.5 hours and I didn't have to pay for childcare. During a typical week, I spend about 15 minutes in the morning checking out my favorite deal sites and printing coupons. On Tuesdays when the grocery ads come out I spend about an hour pouring over them and pulling and printing coupons to match the sales. I usually do this again on Sunday when the drugstore and other ads come out. Then with everything organized and pulled, I can make a meal plan for the week based on the sales (30 minutes) and spend a minimal amount of time in each store. I don't go up and down every isle anymore and try to go in just for the sale items so I don't make the mistake of making expensive impulse items. I do take my coupon folder just in case I see any great unadvertised deals. Yes, it does take more time than going to just one store but I think what I am saving is certainly worth the extra effort.

July Challenge Part #3 and Daily Recap

After Super Target I went to Rite Aid. I was crushed when I realized I only had one $5/$25 coupon which only allowed me to complete one out of three deals I had planned. I chose to do the Aveeno deal since it was the most profitable and will need to make another trip back this week to finish it. I had something to return which gave me a store credit of $17, I spent $11.02 and have $7.67 remaining for the other deals. I bought:
2 Aveeno Positively Ageless sunscreens at $11.99 each, used 2x$5 off http://www.aveeno.com/
1 Aveeno baby lotion $5.69, used $5 off coupon from emailing company
also used my Rite Aid Wellness card to collect points and $5/$25 coupon (hand first). By buying these items I will get a $15 rebate (cash?) from Rite Aid and a $10 rebate from Aveeno. If I go back I will do the same deal (or similar) to collect a second $10 rebate from Aveeno and the Rite Aid rebate will go to $30. So basically, $50 for spending about $20 which isn't really out of pocket if you transfer a prescription and get the $25 gift card.

Today's recap: $167.25 in merchandise, $25 gift card for King Soopers, $35 rebates, rewards points for Pampers, Tropicana and Rite Aid, lots of deli meat, juice, shampoo, sunscreen and some snacks. All for 5 cents out of pocket.