THE GROCERY CHALLENGE

[dancinmama]

Hi herekittykitty!! Glad to see you!! I was just thinking about someone who hasn't been on the boards in a while and tries to check in after 1/7 only to find they're gone. What a shocker that will be!!

[jdnstl]

i made it over.

[marvholly]

Just registered today. Glad to see so many reulars in all the forums.

I find this site MUCH more user friendly. Bundle appears to have as many/more drawbacks for me (with my VERY old computer & slow but CHEAP ISP) as the 'old' boards.

I have been BANNED from HCW.

[marvholly]

Anyone in contact w/dhunny? She had some contremps at the old board. We should invite her here.

[dancinmama]

jdnstl / Holly: Glad to see you both made it over.

Holly: What are "contremps"? Dhunny used to have a blog, but I don't know if she's kept it up with the new baby or not.

[hitenney]

I'm here - not sure what I'm doing though!

[misspt]

I'm here too, just shortening mississippipt to misspt.

[Opti]

I'm reading both places, but it looks like posting is
light for now. Must be the holidays.

[pudgybunny]

Wants2Learn here Just an FYI - I have been on lefora for a weight loss/accountability site and lefora seems to have problems every month or so where you can't get onto the board.

[pudgybunny]

FYI with WAGs shopping. Try and check out at the beauty counter - very important if you have anything from the beauty asiles (hair, makeup, shampoo, etc) as the beauty department gets docked (not sure how) if beauty sales go thought the regular register. Keep those cosmetic/beauty cashiers happy!

[marvholly]

Dancin
Some sort of argument. Don’t know if it was w/a mod or a member. Don’t know if she just pulled out or was banned. A couple of months after the baby she got back to her blog.

Optimist
Posting is ALWAYS slow over holidays. We are VERY likely to pick up new followers when the holiday bills start arriving in Jan. Some stick & some do not.

[mawmawandlovingit]

Hi everyone.......I made it over.

[gawgagranny]

Hi there to all my sister (and brother?) MSN refugees--I am a long time lurker and very infrequent poster from MSN where I was gawgagirl, now gawgagranny in honor of my new grandson who is 2 weeks old today!:-)

Glad to see a number of familiar folks here already and I am looking forward to continuing to learn from y'all!

Merry CHRISTmas to each of you that choose to celebrate!!

[ohiositter]

HOUND ALERT....... I received an email for the 12/26 inserts AND there will be a P&G INSERT.... for the weekned of 12/26.
I also posted this on the GC BOARD don't want anybody to miss it.

[jdnstl]

I'm here too, just shortening mississippipt to misspt.

you've been misspt to me since i joined WIRR. ;D

[pudgybunny]

Ok, thoughts wanted. I have 2 WAGs in my back yard and have been doing this for about 2.5 weeks now. loving it! I have a CVS about a 30-35 minute drive from me. How often do you CVSers hit your store in one week and is a 35 minute drive worth it if CVS is all I am hitting?

[aleda]

Grandmaleda here, shortened to just my name, Aleda. Mostly lurking as I'm unemployed, but I registered just in case something good comes up. Merry Christmas - Happy Holidays to all of you.

[jdnstl]

Dec 22, 2010 13:18:04 GMT -5 pudgybunny said:

Ok, thoughts wanted. I have 2 WAGs in my back yard and have been doing this for about 2.5 weeks now. loving it! I have a CVS about a 30-35 minute drive from me. How often do you CVSers hit your store in one week and is a 35 minute drive worth it if CVS is all I am hitting?

since CVS deals are usually limited 1 per card, unless you want to juggle 4-5 cards, i would say it's not worth the drive. however, it would be a good idea to keep a card or two for the occasional drive-by (if passing on your way somewhere or when visiting other cities).

[jdnstl]

has anyone else noticed that the GC is FLAMING HOT!! ;D

[8 Bit WWBG]

I wonder, can we host the dancinmama couponing document here? There is a files option or something, right?

[arkie]

I'm signed in...and I'll keep following as long as I know where to find you all.

[dancinmama]

NAG

Geez, where is everyone? I was out getting a "new do" today and come back to check in and both boards are dead. Actually, there aren't a lot of great deals going on so there's not really a ton to talk about anyway.

I guess I'm as ready as I'm going to be for the holidays. Got my cards done yesterday and made some candy with DH this morning before my hair appt. All that's left to do is make some clam dip to take to DSis's and pack up the makings for sweet potato souflee which I will make at her home for our Christmas dinner.

[dancinmama]

Dec 22, 2010 13:18:04 GMT -5 pudgybunny said:

Ok, thoughts wanted. I have 2 WAGs in my back yard and have been doing this for about 2.5 weeks now. loving it! I have a CVS about a 30-35 minute drive from me. How often do you CVSers hit your store in one week and is a 35 minute drive worth it if CVS is all I am hitting?

pudgybunny: I agree with jdnstl. I think the deals at CVS are too limited to make it worth your time and gas to travel that far to get them. Even if you DO have several cards, you never know what the stock is going to be like and if they would welcome anyone with (5) cards coming and doing all their transactions in one trip.

Now that WAGs is offering rebates again (even if you have to mail them in individually), there seems to be a lot of opportunities to turn your RRs back into cash. If it were me, I would focus on WAGs and learning how to get the most product possible with as little OOP as possible.

[dancinmama]

Dec 22, 2010 16:40:30 GMT -5 jdnstl said:

has anyone else noticed that the GC is FLAMING HOT!! ;D

ha ha ha!!!

[dancinmama]

Dec 22, 2010 17:32:27 GMT -5 8 Bit WWBG said:

I wonder, can we host the dancinmama couponing document here? There is a files option or something, right?

If someone gives me instructions, I'd be happy to do whatever is necessary to make it available.

[dancinmama]

hitenney, misspt, mawmaw, aleda: Glad to see you all again!!

WeWillBackGowron, Optimist4life, arkie, gawgagranny: Welcome aboard.

I know things are slow, but like Holly said, they'll probably pick up again after the holidays. In any case, the more participation we have, the better.

[pudgybunny]

loving the colgate total deal at WAGS! on sale for $2.49, use the $1.00 off wags coupon in the diabetes and you book wrap, and use the $1.00 of mfg coupon IN the diabetes and you book (give mfg coupon first) and after tax it comes to $.63 oop AND you get a $1.50 rr. Looking forward to using my rr on the 2nd for the kids meds... can't remember what they are called.

Thanks for the advice on CVS.

[suziq38]

Hi Everyone,
I finally found you guys!
Welcome to The Grocery Challenge Thread.
Thank you, Dancin for setting this up for us!

[suziq38]

I didn't know how to get on here.
I was going to call Dancinmama for help.
I hope this works out, or we'll have to as frugalsuz if we can bombard her site, LOL.

[suziq38]

Aleda, Happy holidays. Thanks for the "hello."