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Post by murphath on Sept 16, 2011 10:33:13 GMT -5
Leanna: No worries. I appreciate the frozen food info. When DD1 was little (now 29!) she talked me into buying the Eggo cinnamon toast. Since we were all rushed in the a.m., we made some for her. Boy, was that a lifesaver. We tried our own recipe a few months later and replicated it. She was such a happy camper to have her "own" french toast in the freezer. I've really tried to cook more and more from scratch because it really is so much less expensive. Some of that packaged stuff, however, still manages to find it's way in! Now who could be doing that! Shhh--I won't tell if you don't. At any rate, it was a very successful SW trip re frozen food: 2 Micheangelo frozen dinners $7.98 ($3.98 ea) 2 Breyer's Reeses Blast ice cream $5.99 (part of bogof so $5.99 for 2) 2 O Organic mixed veggies $3.00 (part of bogof so $3 for 2) Total: $16.97 Minus: $3.99 BOGOF Michael Angelos q $1.00 Michael Angelos q $1.00 Breyer's Blast q $1.00 O-Organic q (it was in that pamphlet-like q book from awhile back--same on has $5/$15) $5.00 of $15 ff purchase q Total of q's $11.99 Here's where it gets interesting. Apparently my Just4U price on Breyers ice cream is $2.83 so it took off another $3.16. Per the receipt, this somehow gave me $1.16 of overage on the ice cream. Sweet! Add that to $11.99 in q's makes a total deduction of: $15.15 Total OOP: $1.82! I'm happy. I bought some other stuff, too. Since we were discussing the rising prices, get this one: I bought 2 loaves of Nature's Price whole grain bread. I used the $1.89 in ad q so $3.98 for two. The regular price for 1 loaf is $4.98!! Almost $5 for 1 loaf of bread! We used to have an Orowheat outlet right next to WAGS but they shut it down a long time ago. I'd have to drive 22 miles to get to one. I do go there if I'm in the area and stock up but usually one store or the other is having a sale on bread. I just can't believe how high these regular prices are. I'm so happy I found this board. I always used q's but the strategies here take it to a whole other level. Thanks, ladies!
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Post by murphath on Sept 16, 2011 10:39:57 GMT -5
frugalsuz: Great deal on gift cards at Acme. Way to work it The SW promo was a little weird. When I went to use my $10 q's, the register would only let me use 1. To no hold up the line, I went over to Customer Service. There was nothing on the q saying I could only use one--just that they had to be used by certain date. She agreed and refunded me the cash.
I feel sorry for the employees because you know management communication re these deals must be non-existent. But my SW is really good. In fact, I was surprised yesterday when my Michael Angelos frozen dinner q's were pushed through because some of you report that SW won't take "free" IP's. The ironic thing is it was the store manager who was my cashier!.
Have a great day!
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Post by saveinla on Sept 16, 2011 11:56:01 GMT -5
constanz,
The Bayer aspirin is a small MM if you have the 2$ MQ and 1$ VVQ and you get back 1 Up - limit is 2 on this deal. That's all I have for RA this week.
murphath,
Great job on the FF deal. I am going to buy the Prego pasta sauce (1.49 with In Ad Q and using the 75c off 2 MQ) and the Cara Mia 6.5oz Artichokes at SW today, but nothing else.
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Post by frugalsuz on Sept 16, 2011 11:57:16 GMT -5
973beachbum - That stinks! Does your store have a gift card "mall"? The store I went to had some cards near the register and then a huge display in another spot.
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Post by constanz22 on Sept 16, 2011 12:04:20 GMT -5
constanz, The Bayer aspirin is a small MM if you have the 2$ MQ and 1$ VVQ and you get back 1 Up - limit is 2 on this deal. That's all I have for RA this week. Thanks! I already went this am. I didn't know about the VV Q, but I did buy one with the $2/1 MC. I also remembered I had a rain check from the grand opening of this store for Charmin double roll Ultra Soft 4 pk. for 1.88, plus I had the $1/2 MC, so, I grabbed those for 1.38 ea. Not bad. ruby Got your envie today! Thanks!
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Post by jeep108 on Sept 16, 2011 16:41:03 GMT -5
I may need to get a rain check on Hefty plates at Safeway tonight, it's on my way home so well see if they have a new supply. They have a 50 count for .99, I have a .55/2 from RP 5/22 expires 9/30 and my Safeway doubles. Hopefully I can get some before the coupon expires.
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Post by rubyslippers on Sept 16, 2011 20:44:33 GMT -5
Rite Aid: I took my $10.00 Tylenol Precise UPs and bought $4.79 Gentle Nature teething drops (20% discount) 4.99 Gentle Nature Exema cream 5.98 Bayer Advanced-2 1.43 Dozen eggs (20% discount) .40 RAid cough drops-2 $17.59 Subtotal -3.50 Bayer Q's -2.00 VV -2.00 Caldeson IPQ's -10.00 UPs +1.05 tax 1.14 OOP I received $4.00+$4.00+$1.00+$1.00 in UPs. I was worried about having $10.00 in UPs and not finding anything to use it on. I can manage the smaller UPs better. Moneymaker on the Crest toothpaste next week.
WAGs: 8 single packs of Skittles free using in-ad Q and 4 IPQ's
CVS: 4 packs of Reeses 8 packs using 4 CRTs--free
Meijer: 3 lbs. organic carrots for $.25 using $1.00 MPerks. My total at Meijer was $53.31. I got a bunch of meat and we were down to our last few crackers from what I had previously bought months ago. I got a $5.00 catalina back to use the next time.
Constanz: Glad you got the coupons. We are having quite a cold spell too and I am trying not to turn on my furnace until next month. It's winter pajamas tonight with my heater on. It's supposed to warm up later this week.
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Post by reeneejune on Sept 17, 2011 2:01:14 GMT -5
Thought this was interesting... I did a survey through mypoints.com yesterday and it was all about Safeway's fuel rewards program and possible changes/additions to the program. Basically they were asking what food/grocery item would you like to receive rather than the .10 per gallon gas discount. I let them know that I thought the free food items was a dumb idea because what does someone with a wheat allergy do with a free loaf of bread? The other offer they asked me to rank was a $5 discount off your next purchase. I rated that one highly, because then I could combine sales with coupons and doubles to get FREE stuff. On the other hand, I still wouldn't spend more just to get the discount, after all, we're talking about $5 off after you spend $100 on groceries, minimum.
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Post by saveinla on Sept 17, 2011 7:54:01 GMT -5
I am finally done with RA. It's been hard rolling the Ups since my store does not seem to have any of the great sale items anymore - like the precise.
Kleenex tissues (290 ct) - 2*2.00 - used 1$/2 MQ + 1$/2 VVQ Honey Nut cheerios - 1* 3.00 - used 1$ MQ
Paid with 4 Ups and 0.17 in taxes. Unless we have some great MM with the deals like JF , no more Rite Aid for me for now.
I also used up all my ECBs on my DH's card - bought coffee. Now I have a few ECBs to roll on my other card only.
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Post by constanz22 on Sept 17, 2011 11:11:36 GMT -5
leanna Got your envie today! Thanks!
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Post by leanna on Sept 17, 2011 11:12:58 GMT -5
RubySlippers,Nice RA trip. Not many deals these days, so good job on grabbing all that are out there! SaveinLa,Yeah, my RA got the smaller ad this week. Which was too bad as I was going to do a Pantene deal but couldn't do it since we didn't get the UPs on that. Oh well...you win some, you lose some I guess. I've got no RR for Wags and only a few UPs for RA. I'm hoping we'll get the Prevacid MIR in the newspaper because I use that so that would be nice to get some for free!
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Post by leanna on Sept 17, 2011 11:27:46 GMT -5
I tried to upload a photo of my room that's going to be a stockpile room, but I can't make the photo small enough to load on here.
Darn. I know you all would enjoy seeing this room and would have thought just what I did when I first saw the house.
The room is located right behind the garage. Technically I think they counted it as a bedroom, but it's in a really awkward place that one wouldn't think of as a bedroom.
And....drumroll...it's got built-in-shelves along the wall!
Stockpilers paradise.
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Post by missourimommy on Sept 17, 2011 11:35:00 GMT -5
One of my local grocery stores is having a meat sale--3 packages of "yellow dot" meat for $15.00-- and $5.00 a package after that, but you have to buy 3. I usually try and and take advantage of a sale like this to fill my freezer. Not the best deal but sure beats BY FAR paying retail prices!! I got just over 8 pounds of Ground Round--- regular retail would have been $41.00 -- @4.99 per pound -- total of 6 packages I got just about 2-1/2 pounds of stew meat- regular retail would have been $13.39 -- @ 5.49 per pound -- total of 2 packages I got almost 10 pounds of chicken thighs ---- regular retail would have been $19.62 - @1.99 per pound --- total of 2 packages I got almost 5 pounds of chicken drumsticks - regular retail would have been $ 9.71 - @1.99 per pound -- total of 1 package I ended up paying $60 for 11 packages of meat that we'll use. I know it seems like a lot, but considering I'll easily get 2 meals per package of chicken thighs, 2 meals from the drumsticks, 2 meals from the stew meat and who knows how many from the hamburger, I thought it was a pretty good deal. I'm thinking about going back and getting a few more packages of hamburger and some more chicken drumsticks. I have this really good and EASY chicken recipe that my kiddos love!! Preheat the over to 400. On a baking sheet, melt a stick of butter. While the butter is melting, "deskin" the chicken and pour some Italian bread crumbs in a bowl. When the butter has melted, dip the chicken in the butter and then the bread crumbs. Bake for 30 minutes or so, until the chicken is cooked all the way through. When I make it like this, I know I have to fix at least 2 drumsticks for each of my 2 kids. Seems we're always going somewhere so having meat in the freezer that I can quickly do something with is a necessity in our house. My 7-year old DD has two soccer games today..the one ends and she'll have about an hour before she has to be at the next one. Once all the games are done for the day, I'll probably brown most of the hamburger and put it in 1-pound packages in my freezer so I can "grab-n-go" on those wild nights! Crazy, I'm telling ya!!
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Post by picghaw on Sept 17, 2011 11:51:26 GMT -5
HOUND ALERT: If any of y'all received the Domino's sugar coupons of .50/1 in your 8/28 RP inserts, I sure would appreciate some of them. A local grocer that doubles coupons up to .50, has the 5lb bags on sale for 2.50. Thanks a bunch, just pm me if you can help. misspt : I have a bunch from the Safeway/Dominick's MDA booklet but there are $1.00/2 Qs. Do you want these..if its not too late.
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Post by rubyslippers on Sept 17, 2011 12:04:17 GMT -5
RubySlippers,Nice RA trip. Not many deals these days, so good job on grabbing all that are out there! Leanna: I will do the Crest deal next week as I have some of the $2.00 MQ's, which will be a moneymaker but nothing else looks interesting. This is the first time in a few years that I have not done a single SCR. Do you think things will improve by the holidays? Congratulations on setting up your stockpile room. I would have a blast doing that as I like to organize. I could use more storage space when it comes to those big packages of toilet paper and paper towels.
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Post by picghaw on Sept 17, 2011 12:11:42 GMT -5
Hello ladies, its been a slow non-shopping week for me and I actually like it. I did so CVS shopping on Sun morning bright and early so I got all the Free items plus used a $5off$30, so I was able to roll expiring ECBs at no cost + profit(Air wicks MM + $5off$30) after taxes.
What's the general opinion on Wet Jet Swiffer? I have been thinking about getting one for a while now since the PG sale end today at Wags & I've got RRs to burn. Does the refill costs make this an expensive product in the long run? I do need a smaller & convenient mop for the kitchen. Is the Swiffer 2-in-1 Starter Kit just as efficient?
I'm thinking : Wet Jet 19.99 Refill Pad 5.99 Refill Cleaner 7.99 2 25cents fillers 0.50 -------------------------- - $5/1 Wet Jet - Free Refill up to $7.00 - $1/1 Swiffer refill (hoping to use Qs in Wet Jet I buy) ----------------- 21.47+3.27 Taxes, pay with 2 $10 Estrogen RRs, OOP $5.74 get $10 RR
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Post by leanna on Sept 17, 2011 14:39:22 GMT -5
HOUND:If anyone has any Home Depot or Lowe's coupons that they don't need, I would love to take them off your hands! Let me know and I will PM you my new address. Thanks! MissouriMommyThat is great that you were able to stock up on meat! I find the two most difficult things to get cheaply are protein and produce. RubySlippers,I too will buy Crest this week at RA. (That is, if I can find the time!) Actually my stockpile room won't get set up for a long time. My husband is renovating that half of the house first, so my stockpile will stay in boxes for quite a long time. But it's nice just knowing that room will be there! The week of 10/9 at RA is going to be good. All of the following will be free after UPs (limit 1): -Chloraseptic (also print on-line coupon) -Preparation H Towelettes (on-line q) -Blistex lip treatment -Rite Aid Hand Sanitier -Burt's Bees Throat Drops -Neil Med Mist -Cepacol -Bayer low dose aspirin (I think recent q will match this) Then, these are free after SCR (again, limit 1): -Zarbee's (coupon currently on coupons.com) -EmergenC And these items will be .99 after UP: -Comtrex -Ocean Saline Nasal Spray -Hyland's Defend Cold Relief Ok, there's my contribution for the week.
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Post by constanz22 on Sept 17, 2011 14:50:30 GMT -5
HOUND ALERT: If any of y'all received the Domino's sugar coupons of .50/1 in your 8/28 RP inserts, I sure would appreciate some of them. A local grocer that doubles coupons up to .50, has the 5lb bags on sale for 2.50. Thanks a bunch, just pm me if you can help. constanz22 : I have a bunch from the Safeway/Dominick's MDA booklet but there are $1.00/2 Qs. Do you want these..if its not too late. picghaw It was misspt looking for those. I responded to her hound alert...
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Post by picghaw on Sept 17, 2011 16:13:14 GMT -5
constanz22 : I have a bunch from the Safeway/Dominick's MDA booklet but there are $1.00/2 Qs. Do you want these..if its not too late. picghaw It was misspt looking for those. I responded to her hound alert... Yeah, Oops. ;D. I fixed my post. Thanks.
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Post by saveinla on Sept 17, 2011 18:08:18 GMT -5
misspt - hope you printed out the 1.50/2 smuckers jam/preserve Qs on coupons.com.
For people who have a Safeway, it's on sale this week for 1.99 with IAQ. So 1.49 each WYB 2 - I have not seen a better deal on these so far this year.
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Post by midjd on Sept 17, 2011 18:27:26 GMT -5
Reverse hound: I have some Kroger coupons/cats I'm not going to be using. If you want any/all, PM me your address. Had probably my saving-est trip ever today. Starting to get the hang of combining coupon + sale Spent $86 and saved $36. Barilla sauce (my favorite) was on sale 2/$4 and Kroger had a $1 coupon on their website, so I got a jar for $1 (normally $3.45) Honey Nut Chex was on sale for $1.99 and Kroger had a $1/2 coupon on their website, so I got 2 big boxes for $3 (normally $3.49 each) 16oz packages of Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh ham were on sale for $2.99 each, I had a $1.25/2 coupon, so got 2 for $4.75 (normally $4.49 each) We are all set on just about everything except fresh stuff for at least 4-6 months. I'd like to start stockpiling laundry detergent but haven't found any great deals... if anyone knows of some, let me know. I'm not brand-picky.
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Post by sealy on Sept 18, 2011 0:58:32 GMT -5
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Post by sealy on Sept 18, 2011 0:59:51 GMT -5
Which was too bad as I was going to do a Pantene deal but couldn't do it since we didn't get the UPs on that. Oh well...you win some, you lose some I guess. leanna I'm not sure if this will help you but my CVS has one of those secret sales going on till 9/30 you get 2 for $6.97 and you get a EB for $1 back. Plus there's a $3/2 coupon in the 8/21 SS. That makes your OOP $2.97 for 2 not including tax. Perhaps yours does too.
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Post by mandyms on Sept 18, 2011 9:20:40 GMT -5
Morning hounds; long time, no see.
I read up a couple of pages ago and I agree with the poster who was talking about the effects of Extreme Couponing. Couponing as a single parent with VERY little time was difficult as it was, but having the shelves cleared out was very discouraging, so I haven't really been bothering unless it's something I REALLY need (always on the lookout for TP, bodywash, and wipes); and even that is a fight sometimes.
Anywho, I think I saw somewhere that the stores were revamping their coupon policy. I was wondering if anyone can tell me if WAGS and RiteAid will take two coupons for BOGO products. Thanks!
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Post by dancinmama on Sept 18, 2011 11:20:43 GMT -5
Hi guys. Just checking in. I've been pretty sick the last couple of days. I'll try to catch up later.
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Post by leanna on Sept 18, 2011 11:24:38 GMT -5
Which was too bad as I was going to do a Pantene deal but couldn't do it since we didn't get the UPs on that. Oh well...you win some, you lose some I guess. leanna I'm not sure if this will help you but my CVS has one of those secret sales going on till 9/30 you get 2 for $6.97 and you get a EB for $1 back. Plus there's a $3/2 coupon in the 8/21 SS. That makes your OOP $2.97 for 2 not including tax. Perhaps yours does too. Thanks for the reply Sealy. I actually, sadly, don't have CVS where I live! Darn. But someone else who has CVS & is looking for a Pantene deal may be very grateful for what you wrote up! I actually have coupons for FREE Pantene from P&G. So I was looking for something that would result in a MM for me - either RR's at Wags or UPs at RA. But it looks like nothing is happening between now and 9/30 so I'll have to settle for "just" free Pantene. LOL
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Post by leanna on Sept 18, 2011 11:27:15 GMT -5
Anywho, I think I saw somewhere that the stores were revamping their coupon policy. I was wondering if anyone can tell me if WAGS and RiteAid will take two coupons for BOGO products. Thanks! Wags - yes R/A - You can no longer use a BOGO q w/a BOGO sale. Lots of people mad about this. DancinMama, Sorry you are so sick! Hope you get to feeling better soon!
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Post by constanz22 on Sept 18, 2011 12:07:08 GMT -5
misspt I was able to get 3 of the .50/1 Domino sugar Q's. Please PM me your address if you still want them and I will get them out tomorrow
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Post by dancinmama on Sept 18, 2011 12:11:57 GMT -5
Anywho, I think I saw somewhere that the stores were revamping their coupon policy. I was wondering if anyone can tell me if WAGS and RiteAid will take two coupons for BOGO products. Thanks! Wags - yes R/A - You can no longer use a BOGO q w/a BOGO sale. Lots of people mad about this. DancinMama, Sorry you are so sick! Hope you get to feeling better soon! Thanks. A UTI, a constant dull headache, and NO energy for me - dancinmama!! I'm finally back in bed. I felt so crappy yesterday, I didn't even get on the computer. Wow, too bad about the BOGO on a BOGO at RA. They've probably allowed them for a couple of years, but it seems like just yesterday that they started that and now it's already over. I remember a Cover Girl mascara deal a while back (probably 2010) where that BOGO on a BOGO policy came in real handy. Interestingly, I don't think I've seen a ton of BOGO coupons lately (for the same product anyway).
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Post by leanna on Sept 18, 2011 12:31:22 GMT -5
Now that you mention it, DancinMama, that's true. We haven't seen many BOGO q's lately. I hope you got some meds for the UTI. Those are VERY unpleasant.
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