I have to admit..

I haven't been on top of things lately. We're moving, and I've spent a ton of time packing, etc. I've tried not to buy too much because I know I will just have to pack it. Hopefully, it won't take long to be back in the swing of things.

I also had a wisdom tooth cut out Thursday, and can I just say OW? I'm doing much better now, though the stitch in the back of my mouth is driving me nuts because I can feel it with the back of my tongue and it feels like I have a hair in my mouth or something. Not cool.

I may head out to Walgreens this week because the Venus razors and the Gillette Fusion razors are on sale for $8.99 and you get a $4 RR back. If I get the Fusion, I can use a $4 coupon, and only have a final price of .99, or if I ge tthe Venus, I can get a free Olay body wash with it. These coupons came from the lat P&G insert. If your store will let you use them both (some will and some will not) you can also use a $2 Venus coupon.

If you have 4 of the $1 Hershey's coupons from the end of January, Hershey's pieces are on sale 2/$5..you get a $5 RR wyb $10 worth. SO, buy 4, use 4 coupons, pay $6 and get $5 back. Might be good for Easter baskets!

Goody's ouchless elastics are $2.99 with a $2 RR

Excedrin Menstrual is 2/$5. Use the $2 coupon at Coupons.com (link to the left) and get a $2 RR, making it a $1.50 money maker. :)

There is also an in-ad coupon for Hunts tomoato sauce .39 each. Go here and get a coupon. Play the little game, click on the Hunts lady for the $1/3 coupon.

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On the Kroger website, they have digital coupons that download to your card, just like Shortcuts and Cellfire do. There are some for All detergent and Wisk detergent. Download these for sure. There was a $2 All coupon recently, and they are on sale for $3.49, so you can get at least one bottle for .49!! Similar goes for Wisk, but the coupons varied by region, so some people got $1 and some people $2, so the final price may be different, but either way, it's cheap detergent.

Kelloggs has a deal for some of their cereals. It's:
buy 3, get $1 coupon
buy 4, get $3
buy 5, get $4

The cereals are: Corn Pops, Cocoa Krispies, Frosted Flakes, Fruit Loops, Honey Smacks, and Apple Jacks. These have to be 10+ oz, and the deal for the milk says 12+ oz, so watch for that, but I'm thinking most of their reg. sized boxes are 12 oz.

Also, this week, if you buy 4, you get a free gallon of milk. If you have coupons, this makes this even BETTER!

Is there any reason NOT to love Kroger?

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Anyway, I hope to get some deals done this week, so I will let you know. :)
Have a great shopping day!

I have a problem..

I'm moving, see...and Kroger just keeps calling me in with that mega sale. I've made 2 more trips and really, I need to stop. Half of our boxes are going to be food!!!

Trip 1 (the coupon match ups can be found in the last post)

2 Franks hot sauce
3 Nature Valley nut clusters (don't forget the Cellfire and Shortcuts coupons as well as paper coupons on these)
6 Kraft cheese
3 Philly Cream cheese
8 Kraft mac and cheese (buy 3, get one free coupon)
2 Purina Beggin strips (cellfire on this, too)
Sargento cheese
2 I can't Believe it's not butter sticks
1 I can't believe it's not butter tub
1 Finish Detergent
3 Hunts Tomatoes2 New York toast
1 Velveeta
1 Claussen pickles
3 SoBe lifewaters
1 Sara Lee Cheesecake bites
2 Velveeta shells and cheese (free Kraft bbq sauce coupon wyb 2)

Saved 66%

Trip 2 (coupon match ups for most in prev. post)

2 Quaker Granola bars ($1/2 coupon)
3 Pepsi product 2 liters
3 Philly cream cheese
1 Claussen pickles
1 New York toast
1 Poppycock (.50 coupon, doubled)
2 Green Giant Steamfresh (.40 coupons, doubled)
2 Franks Hot sauce
4 Propel
3 I Can't believe it's not butter sticks
4 Kraft cheese
2 Nature's Valley nut clusters
Pedigree dog food (canned)
1 Krusteaz Cookie Mix ( $1.00 coupon)

I also got a large box of Honey Nut Cheerios using one of my General Mills/MyBlogspark coupons. I found Kroger brand cleaner with bleach and glass cleaner for .49 each on closeout. Soft Scrub scrubbing pads were $2.09 on closeout and I had a .50 coupon that doubled.

I bought some steaks and other things we needed, and saved 60%

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Coupons.com (link to the left) has some great coupons right now, including for some Hasbro games. There are some for Monopoly and Picktureka, too, which may be able to be used for travel editions to get them for next to nothing. The coupons say A monopoly game. It doesn't specify.

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If you haven't signed up for the newsletter...or you have changed emails ;), sign up for the Eat Better America coupon book.

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Dove coupon here.

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Books A Million coupons here.

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There will be several inserts this weekend. Get extra papers if you can.

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I got a coupon in the mail today for $1.00 off of Charmin. I love surprise coupons. :)
I'm at a stand still with writing companies. I am reluctant to write them before we move, because what if they send me coupons and I'm GONE!!! :-O I will pick it back up when we move.

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My kids are changing schools. I'm a little concerned over it with the younger 2 (ages 10 and 5). My 10 year old, by far the emotional child, is a bit sad. I pointed out to him that he would make new friends. He responded that he didn't want new friends. My five year old piped up, "Well, I want new friends! My friends are LAZY!" LOL! You never know what will come out of that kid's mouth.

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I hope you have a great shopping day!

Kroger's Mega Sale

A brand new Kroger mega-sale?! Ohhh the joy!! The excitement! The full pantry!!! I love Kroger. I really, really do. I went the other day (and will be going back, believe me!) for the new buy 10, get $5 off sale. Here's some of the things I bought (prices are before discount- the discount takes off .50 per item- FP [final price] is after coupon and discount):

3 Philly cream cheese $1.49 each (used $1.25/3 coupon) FP-$1.72/3
1 I Can't Believe it's Not Butter Sticks $1.91 (used $1 coupon) FP .41
4 Propel waters .99 each (used $1/4 coupon) FP .96/4
6 Kraft shredded cheese 1.99 each (used 3 $1/2 coupons) FP- $5.94/6
1 Frank's Hot Sauce 1.69 (used .50 coupon, doubled) FP- .19
3 Finish (Electrosol) detergent $3.49 each (used 3 $2.50 coupons) FP-$1.47/3
1 Nature's Valley Nut Clusters $2.69 (used $1 coupon and $1 Cellfire coupon) FP .19
1 I Can't Believe it's Not Butter 2 tub set 1.99 (used .50 coupon, doubled) FP .49
1 Pillsbury Toaster Strudel $1.99 (used 1.00 coupon) FP .49
1 Kraft Miracle Whip $1.99 (no coupon, but I needed it before my kids attacked me) FP $1.49
2 Green Giant Steamers $1.99 each (used 2 .40 coupons that doubled) FP .69 each
1 Rotel tomatoes 1.00 (used .30 coupon, doubled) FP .10 overage
2 French's Mustard (one honey mustard, one regular)- $1.69 each (used 2 .50 coupons, doubled) FP .19 each
1 Hormel Chili Master Chili $1.34 (used .50 coupon, doubled) FP .16 overage
1 I Can't Believe it's Not Butter spray $1.89 (used .50 coupon, doubled) FP .39
1 Wheat Thin's Cracker $2.20 (used $1 coupon) .70

I also found (not in mega sale)
packages of Hillshire Farm Deli meat in one flavor (turkey) marked down to .59 each. They were almost out of date, but they can be frozen.

Some of the CoverGirl make up is on closeout (packages are changing in a lot of them) for just over $3 (and some under $3) and I still have several $3/1 coupons

In the end, with the other things I bought, I saved 70% My total was $34.71, including tax, and I bought toilet paper, 2 CG cosmetics, the deli meat (3), 1 12 pack Kroger drinks, 1 Kroger American cheese, 1 Sour cream, 2 Kroger OJ's, 1 pack tortillas, 2 Kroger breads, 2 bags cat food, and 1 Soft soap ensembles refill (closeout for $2.47, and there was a $2 coupon on it)

I am pretty darn satisfied!!!

Check here for Kraft coupons, most are included in the sale. (Thanks to Slickdeals.net)

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Click here for a SCJohnson rebate!!!

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I'm going to try to hit Kroger again tomorrow after I go to Walmart. Wish me luck. They're calling for snow and the stores will be packed. Snow=mass panic in KY. :)
Have a great shopping day!

What does being thrifty get you?

Well, it got me a new house!!! We have made saving money on our essentials a way of life, and now I am able to afford a house long before I thought we would. I'm excited!! I'm NERVOUS, but excited. I have to tell you, shopping the way I do has really paid off for me and my family.

So, I didn't do a lot of shopping this week because we have been running around looking at houses, but I did hit Walmart. I got my Seapak shrimp poppers for .58, using the $1 peelies.
I also got Mahatma yellow rice for .26, using a .50 coupon.
Christmas was 90% off and though there wasn't a lot left, I was able to get snow blankets for my Christmas village for .30 each. I have always been to cheap to buy them and have been using white sheets for years. I also bought some light clips to hang lights outside. My husband never would hang them before, claiming no one would see them way out here in the boondocks, but now I will be living in town, so I will be wanting my lights.

Print some Dove coupons here.

Coupons.com (the link to the left) has a $5 Hasbro Game Night coupon. If you have trouble finding it, like I did at first, click on Toys and Games on the left side of the page.

Remember if you are a Target shopper to go to Target's website and print your Target coupons. You can match them with manufacturers coupons.

Get a $1 coupon for Pert Plus here. Then, purchase Pert Plus for Men and send in for the rebate here. You just got paid for buying shampoo!

Have Oil of Olay coupons??? How about some rebates for those? Try here, here, and here.

Grab yourself a free sample of Cream of Wheat.

Join Snapfish as a new customer (you can use a new email if you have previously joined) and get a $10 credit AND 30 free prints! The $10 credit is only good for about 5 days, so you need to use it right away.

Print your coupon for 20% off at Big Lots!

Coupons for Soft Scrub cleanser are here, here, here and here.

Deal coming at Walgreens!!!!
Starting the 24th, buy a Oil of Olay Quench Lotion for $7.99 Use the $2 coupon from the last P&G insert or the $3 coupon from Redbook's January issue. Get a FREE In-shower body lotion with that purchase. Use the rebate form above!!

Bic Razors are also BOGOF, and there are BOGOF coupons out. If your store will allow the full amount, you get 2 free!

Coffeemate creamer will be BOGOF at $2.49. Use 2 of the $1 printables to get 2 for .50! (send a word of encouragement for the coupon)

There is a RR deal..$10 wyb $20 worth of participating products, including Pepsi, Doritos, Tostidos, Tostido salsa, or Stacy's Pita Chips. Check here and here for a coupon on Stacy's.

Check coupons.com for some Huggies coupons. Buy $25 and get $5 in RR-

This weekend, there is supposed to be $1.50 on Sure deodorant coupons (remember, coupons are regional) and if you get it, use it with the Sure 2/$3 in the coupon book in the front of the store to get free Sure.

Check your inserts for additional RR opportunities. If I find one to be particularly awesome, I'll let you know! :)

Have a great shopping day, you guys!!!








Try Taster's Choice here.

General Mills

As I mentioned before, General Mills, through MyBlogSpark, sent me some VIP coupons for General Mills cereals. The reason they did this was to promote the fact that they are further reducing sugar in cereal marketed to our children. They have been reducing the sugar for a while, but now it is being reduced to single digit grams per serving! AND they are increasing more key nutrients, including calcium, Vitamin D, and whole grains.

We all know breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and kids who eat cereal in the mornings are consuming more fiber, and less fat and cholesterol daily.

You can get more information from General Mills here, and get a coupon for $1 off here, also provided to you from General Mills through MyBlog Spark.

I am all for things that get my kids to eat healthier. They love Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Trix, and I know that they are eating something good for them! Enjoy your coupon and have a great shopping day!

Free veggies, yogurt, and a heck of a deal at Walgreens!

Well, I'm just thrilled with Walgreens. The things on the Johnson & Johnson rebate were supposed to be BOGO 50% off. At some stores (including mine!) they are ringing BOGOF! Of course, I didn't even realize this until I left there the other day!

I bought:

1 Nice and Easy Perfect 10 (on clearance for $3.19)
2 ROC cleansers $9.99 each (used 2 $3 off coupons)
2 6oz Lubriderm lotions $3.99 each (used 2 $2 off coupons)
2 Aveeno 2.5oz lotions $2.99 each (used 2 $2 coupons)
1 Balsam color (on clearance for $1.29)
1 Colgate Max Fresh $2.99 (used $1 coupon, generates $2 RR)
2 6x9 Scotch mailers $1.19 each

I also used a $2 RR to pay.
My OOP was $13.43 (including tax), I will get $10 back from the rebate and got back a $2 RR, for a grand total of $1.43!!!

I went back the next day and got a Thermacare heat wrap on sale for $2.49, used a $1 coupon (You can print it from their website, or I found some peelies, too).
I also got another Perfect 10 and paid with the RR and cash, got back $2.50 in RR for the heat wrap.

I have been told by several people that if you can find the clearance Tresseme for $1.29 each and buy 3, you will get the $5 RR. My store was out. :(
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Birdseye steamfresh is on sale at Kroger for $1. There were .50 coupons in the paper (some regions only got .35 coupons), so once they doubled....FREE VEGGIES!! My store only takes 3 like coupons at a time. I've been there 3 times this week.

Also, there was also a coupon for OIKOS greek yogurt (it's in the deli/organic) section for $1 off a couple of weeks ago and they are also on sale at Kroger for $1!

I also found in the meat mark downs a variety pack..it had 3 steaks, some stew meat, and a HUGE roast for $9.88!!! We have grilled out, had beef stew, and the roast is in the freezer for a later date.

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I didn't do too much at Walmart this week because I was buying things for my son's birthday, but I did pick up several Kotex pantyliners for $1 each and used $2/2 coupons.

I also bought 3 packs of popcorn shrimp (seapak) using the $1 peelies

Several toys are still on clearance!

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According to The Coupon Junkie, Old Navy is having an additional 50% off clearance. There is also a link to a $10/$50 coupon on her blog.

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Cellfire coupons have reset! Load yours now!

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Print to get a free full sized body scrub at Victoria's Secret with a purchase


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Have a great shopping day!

Just a few goodies

Lookie here!!! A coupon for a FREE fresco taco at Taco Bell. I looooooooove Taco Bell. It's good for 7 days after you print it.

Print the $2 Theraflu coupon at Coupons.com (link to the left) and then go and print it at Smartsource. There is an upcoming deal at Walgreens next week, I hear.

Here is a $2 Purina coupon for you...I love these!

Get a free Dr Pepper at Arby's with a sandwich purchase.

Have a great shopping day!