Walmart deals

Well, I also made a run to Walmart to use a few coupons that were going to expire, and I knew I could get a couple things cheaper here, like the soymilk my son drinks. Here is the run down:

• Campbells cream soups 1.36 each, IP for $1/2
• Ritz Bits $2, $1 IP
• Tricuits $2, $1 IP
• Sponges 0.84, 0.75/2 MQ
• Tombstone pizza 3.33, $1/2 IP- save UPC for the rebate!
• CA kitchen flatbread melt 2.78, $1 MQ
• Digorno flatbreat melt 2.78, $1.50 IP
• Head and shoulders shampoo trial size 0.97, $1 MQ
• Axe deodorant trial size 0.97, $1 MQ
• Banana boat sunscreen trial size 1.97, $2 IP
• Kool aid 5 packs 0.88, 0.50/2 IP
• Crystal Light packs 1.97, $2/2 IP, and BIGI IP's (got 6, paid for 2)

Overall, I saved $30.44 in coupons here on this trip. Pretty good!

Pierce's highlights this week

I am going to just recap my shopping trip and give you the highlights on some deals found at Pierce's.

• Roma Pizza's 5/$9
• Bagels forever bagels $1.15
• Surefine hashbrowns $1.66 each
• Surefine sugar 4 lb. 1.50
• Old Dutch Tortilla chips BOGO at 3.99
• Sunchef chicken breasts 3lb 4.68
• Surfine baked beans 0.88 for the large cans
• Lettuce 0.78... 3 day sale
• cucumbers 4/$2.00
• Raspberries $2 per container...3 day sale
• white bread or buns 0.68 store coupon in Wednesday's paper
• Old Orchard juice 1.25....3 day sale

You'll notice that many items say "3 day sale" after them. Pierce's has been having these sales almost every weekend where there are additional items on sale. If you can wait to do your shopping until then, you may be pleasantly surprised and find even more sales.

I spent $57.70 out of pocket here, and saved $36.36 in coupons and sales.

A Pig trip is worth the gas this week

Piggly Wiggly has a bunch of BOGO items this week, many of which there are coupons for. You can use 2 coupons when you buy the 2 items, plus they also credit you back the free one! Here's the breakdown...

• 1/2 gallon milk 1.34, BOGO (that is a gallon for 1.34!!!)
• Sour cream 1.39 BOGO, 0.50 MQ
• Carrots 1.69 BOGO
• Betty Crocker Brownies 1.89 BOGO, 0.50 MQ
• McCain potatoes 3.29 BOGO, 0.75 MQ
• Tornado's snack 2.79, Has a "try me free" coupon to send in for full refund. Yes, I will try it for free!

That's all I got. I now realize that the clerk messed up my coupons and gave me too much credit when she manually keyed it in.

My out of pocket total was $7.82 for all this stuff!! And $2.79 I will get back as a rebate as well. My coupons and savings was $27.33! I overheard the clerk talking to the bagger as I was leaving that she couldn't believe I got it so cheap. Ha ha! This will really stretch my weekly budget for me, and I can pick up some other things tomorrow. I still have 2 more stores to shop on Saturday! More then... Have a good one!

Kmart run

Ok, only a couple of these are great deals, but I had to run to Kmart as it is the only place in town I can find the chlorine tabs for our pool. Plus I had a $5 OYNO coupon that I had to use. Yes, I know we all have tons of free Kraft salad dressing (including me), but I think the hubby would DEvorce me if I had let the Hidden Valley coupons expire....which they were about to do. It is his favorite, although he has begrudgingly been using the Kraft stuff. He knew about the coupons, so he has been anxiously awaiting the real stuff!

• Hidden Valley Ranch 2.99, $1.50/2 IP
• coffeemate creamer 2.99, $1 IP
• Cereal 2.50 each, $1 IP
• Chlorine tabs 9.99 Yikes!

My out of pocket was 23.48. Looks like I also got an instant $1 Kellogg's reward for buying 4 boxes. I seriously do not need cereal for a few months now. The pantry is stocked up again! The good news is my 2 cereal eaters are enjoying all the different kinds I've gotten lately, really trying new things! A miracle I tell you!

Walgreen's from Tuesday

I scooped up a couple good deals here.

• Garbage bags 2.99, $1 Walgreen's coupon from pharmacy area
• Colgate toothpaste 2.49, $1 MQ and got $1.50 RR from it making it free
• Sunflower seeds $1 each
• French fried onions on clearance 0.99, $0.50 MQ
• Lucky charms 2.50, 0.55 IP

My out of pocket total was $10.27, and I saved $11.22 with sales/coupons. Plus I got $1.50 RR for my next trip!

Coupon Printing Tips

I want to share a couple frugal ideas that I have learned out in cyberspace that will help you save money while printing coupons.

Print your coupons in black and white. Don't waste your more expensive colored ink on the coupons. If you read you coupons closely, most of them will say 'coupon can be in color or black and white'. The stores will take them either way.

Read your coupon completely. Companies will often post a picture of a more expensive item they sell, but the wording of the coupon is 'off any XXX product'. The wording on the coupon is what the coupon must be used on, not the picture.

Use scrap paper to print your coupons. It doesn't matter what is printed on the other side. I use the paper that my kids have colored on, scrap mail (without any name identifiers), and paper that was going to be recycled at my sister's workplace. As long as the coupon prints clearly, it is good to go.

Any questions? Thanks to Kelly for reminding me to post about this. More deals will be posted hopefully tomorrow from my Walgreen's and Kmart trips early this week. Until then, have a good one!

Week of groceries

And finally, the weekly grocery trip including a few items for a cookout this weekend. I was able to stock up on a few things thanks to the rebate from Unilever for $18 I got on Thursday! I think I did an awesome job on this trip considering I had three boys aged 5 and under with me...what was I thinking? I went $1.12 over budget which is easily accounted for in the 3 bottles of single serve orange juice and kit kat bar for guess who??

• 8 hot dogs 1.25 each, $1/2 MQ
• tortilla chips BOGO
• 3 packs bagels 1.25 each
• Velveeta block 3.74, $1 MQ
• bread
• 4 various kraft cheese 3/4.98, $1/2 IP
• Sausage links 0.99
• baked beans 2/3 (I know they are cheaper at Walmart now)
• sunflower seeds 2.69, $1 MQ
• 3-3lb packs of ground beef 1.98/lb
• 6 Philly cream cheese 0.99, $1/2 IP
• Hot dog buns
• bananas, green beans, watermelon tomatoes etc etc

My total out of pocket was $74.12, with a coupon/ad savings of $55.71. Like I said, when you are with three 'helpers' it was pretty good. How did you do this week? Where/what are the deals you found this week? Let me know so I can share with others!

Thanks to Amy S. for running to Pig for me this week, and Thairn for meticulously figuring out the best deal on charcoal (Kmart)!