Frigo-tastic Savings!

Coupons for string cheese don't come around often and right now there are two different print links available for Frigo string cheese!

Go here to print a $1.50/1 coupon. You can print this coupon twice per computer. Once the first print has finished click your browser back button twice to get the second print.

Go here to print a $1/1 coupon. This link to this coupon is at the top of the left hand side of your screen. Again print this coupon twice.

I printed both these coupons today and the $1.50 coupon is good through March 2011 and the $1 coupon is good until December 10th of this year! I will let you know if I find a great sale price on this item!

FREE Movie & Oreo Creams

TODAY ONLY text TREAT to 727272 and you will receive at text back with a RedBox code for a FREE movie rental. You must use this code today as the code will only be valid until 10 pm CT 10/14/2010.

If your local Walgreens has a RedBox kiosk like mine does, then swing inside and get some FREE Oreo Creams while there!

Oreo Creams Single Serve (3-0z) $0.89 each

• Use $1/1 coupon here
• Final Price FREE

Helpful Tips: You should be able to print two of these coupons per computer. Also, the coupon will probably beep as the value of the coupon is more than the product, but they should adjust the coupon down (as their coupon policy states) and allow you to use it. I would recommend you print their coupon policy and keep with your coupons just incase you run into any problems.

I'm thinking this may be a great reason to have a movie night tonight with my son. We already have plans to go out to dinner so why not follow it up with a movie and treat! I am headed out of town for the weekend on a girls trip and wanted to do something special with him anyways so now I can do it for FREE!

Get Your Teeth Fresh & Clean and Make Money!!!

This week at Rite-Aid (Saturday the 9th is the last day) you can make money purchasing toothpaste!


Crest Toothpaste with Scope (4 oz) is $2.69

• Use $1/1 coupon from the Smart Source insert from the 9/26 Sunday Paper
• Pay $1.69 each and receive back a $2.69 +Up Reward
• Final Price = $1 MONEYMAKER

What you need to Know: Rite Aid +Up rewards are Rewards that print on the bottom of your receipt. You can cut these off your receipt and use them on your next shopping trip like cash. You can earn multiple rewards in one trip. If you use your rewards towards another purchase of the same item you will not earn a new +Up reward, so you want to save these rewards to use on purchases of other items. On this +Up reward offer, you can earn multiple on one transaction. In the same insert, there is also a $0.50/1 coupon you can also use!

Here is what I did:

6 Crest Toothpaste $2.69 each

• Use 3 $1/1 coupons
• Use 3 $0.50/1 coupons
• Final Price $1.94 each

4 Packages (8-ct) Hershey's Candy Bars $1.00 each

1 Tugaboo Diaper Travel Pack (2-ct) $0.89

• Used $1/1 coupon from previous purchase
• Cashier adjusted down to $0.89
• Final Price FREE

Total Before Coupons: $21.03

• Used $4/20 Rite-Aid Coupon from the Video Value Program
• Used $5.39 in Manufacturer Coupons
• Used $6 in +Up Rewards from a previous Huggies Purchase

Total After Coupons: $5.64

Earned Back: $17.14 in +Up Rewards

Here's my math on how much money I made: I started with $6 in +Up rewards and ended with $17.14, an increase of $11.14 but I spent $5.64, which makes this a

Only Time Will Tell

What do you all think about Albertsons' Coupon Roundup? This is when Albertsons will take coupons between $0.25 and $0.99 and automatically round them up to $1 and any coupon $0.24 or less, they will quadruple the value. This promotion has not come to our area yet, but I would like to give it a try and see how I like it in comparison to their Twice the Value coupon promotions.

One side of me feels like you get a better value when they give you up to $1 for each of my coupons, where the Coupon Roundup, I wouldn't receive that much of a benefit on one coupon. I can potentially save $2 on just one item. However, the other side of me realizes the benefits of their Coupon Roundup program. Albertsons will round up an unlimited number of coupons in one transaction, so that would cut down on the number of trips I would be making to Albertsons, saving me time and gas. Also I don't know how many coupons I don't end up using each month because they just weren't a high enough value to warrant a great deal. Now I may be able to utilize these lower value coupons on a great deal. I'm curious to know your thoughts.

I have heard that some Idaho Albertsons will be running a Coupon Roundup promotion the entire week! If it hits our area, it may be a perfect time to test it out. However, I am not expecting it as we sit on the border of Washington and usually follow their lead. Last time the Coupon Roundup came to Southern Idaho, Twice the Value coupons came to our area, so I am hoping that we may have the TTV coupons here all week! Can't wait to check my paper tomorrow!

Take a Deep Breathe... It's All Good!

Do you ever have moments of insanity when a deal doesn't work out well? Then comes the moment of clarity that you realize your upset over a couple of dollars and that you spent less than you would have a year or two ago? Man I have those moments weekly! And every time it gets frustrated and I have to talk myself away from the edge of insanity.

Tonight after work, I was already frustrated, because I had hoped to get in stops at both Albertsons on my way home, but due to a sllloooowwww moving line, I did not have time to get two runs in. I was also upset because a good friend of mine had given me some great Darigold coupons that I had planned on using on that second trip and I was feeling guilty because I wasn't going to be able to use them. Time to talk myself away from the edge... coupons are good until December, there will be plenty of time to use them.... Twice the Value coupons will come around again.... possibly even tomorrow.... you did good and got several great trips in this week.... breathe.... breathe.... it's all good.

Crud I had planned on getting my egg noodles on that second trip to Albertsons, but thats okay because I want to swing by Safeway and use my $1/1 Oscar Mayer hot dog coupons with the Safeway in-ad coupon to get some FREE coupons and I have to do it today so my coupons don't expire. I make a mad dash into Safeway grab my noodles and hot dog packages, go to checkout and my coupons beep. The cashier takes a look and my coupons were actually $1/2 coupons! Why did I think it was off one? He says, "I can only take one". I told him I wasn't sure if I still wanted them but he, moving at the pace of lightning, already had me totaled out and acted as if he hadn't even heard me, so I handed over my cash. Now irritated again, my mind is spinning, "Do I got to Customer Service and return the Hot Dogs or do I just go." Running behind schedule, I just grabbed my bags and head to my car. Here I am AGAIN on the edge of insanity upset because I just paid for hot dogs.... I haven't had to pay for a package of hot dogs in almost two years! Then the moments of clarity came - you only spent like 65 cents on each package, you use to pay a couple of bucks per package!

How crazy can we get at times? Please don't tell me I'm the only one! Do you ever get mad when you get a really great buy then your kids or your husband chow it down like its water? Then you have to take a deep breathe and realize you only paid like 25 cents for it!

I would love to hear your moments of insanity! Please share!

Sunday Shopping

Now that we have approached the fall season, I am falling back into my normal routine of Sunday shopping. We spent so much time playing this summer, that very little else got done during the weekends, leaving me feeling stressed and scrambling all week long, then needing another playful, leisure weekend to recover.... such a vicious cycle =) But now fall is here and our Saturdays are still full with the boys' sport activities and other community activities, however, we are spending our weekends at home with lazy Sundays. This is a perfect opportunity for me to get a few shopping trips in early in the morning and have the rest of my day for laundry and all that other fun and wonderful stuff!

In anticipation of Alberstsons Twice the Value (TTV) coupons, I headed straight to my paper box Sunday morning and was pleased to indeed find them in my Sunday paper. I headed out to do the following transaction:

6 Del Monte Vegetables $0.59 each

• Used $1/5 coupon & doubled (not available locally - I ordered from Ebay)
• Final Price $1.54 for all 6 or $0.26 each - received $2 catalina - $0.46 Moneymaker!

2 Darigold Chocolate Milk Singels (16-oz) $1 each

• Used $1/2 coupon from & doubled
• Final Price FREE

1 Danimals Yogurt 4-ct $2.49

• Used $1/1 coupon from Albertsons Fall Savings Coupon Book (no longer available)
• Final Price $0.49

Total Spent $2.03 - Received $2 Catalina = Like Paying $0.03!

While at the store, I noticed they did not have any extra TTV coupons out, so I decided to buy some extra papers. It was a good week for coupons so I thought it was worth the extra copies and that way I would have extra TTV coupons incase Albertsons didn't put any extras out. I first purchased a Spokesman Review hoping they would have the Red Plum since our local paper did not - no such luck. I was really wanting that $4 Shick coupon!

Now that I had more TTV coupons, I headed to different Albertsons and did these two transactions (broke a set of TTV coupons into 2 transactions to take advantage of Del Monte vegetables on my limited TTV coupons).

Transaction 1:

6 Del Monte Vegetables $0.59 each

• Used $1/5 coupon & doubled
• Final Price $1.54 for all 6 - $0.26 each - Received $2 Catalina = $0.46 Moneymaker!

1 Coffee-Mate Creamer (16-oz) $2.29

• Used $1/1 coupon from Safeway $70 coupon book & doubled
• Final Price $0.29
  

Used $2 Catalina to Pay - I had a brain dead moment and thought my total was going to be over $2 before tax. Total ended up only being $1.83 but it still accepted my catalina and applied the difference to sales tax. Final Price = $0.17 Moneymaker!

Then on my way home, I stopped by Walgreens:

4 Nivea Lip Care $0.99

• Used 2 $2/2 coupons
• Final Price FREE

1 EOS Lip Care $3.00

1 Gallon of Milk $2.89 (ouch)

Used $5 RR from Previous Week

Total Spent $0.85 - Plus I earned a $3 RR

Since Sunday, I have been back to Albertsons several times to do the Del Monte vegetable deal. This deal after coupon and TTV, ends up being $1.54, so I have been combining it with either Danimals yogurt at $0.49 each after coupon and TTV or with Coffee-Mate creamer at $0.29 each after coupon and TTV, then using my $2 catalina earned from previous transactino to get my out of pocket total between $0.12 and $0.52. This is a perfect way for me to stock up on vegetables, yogurt and creamer! I just have to make sure to be aware of expiration dates!

Super Cheap Progresso Soup and Betty Crocker Potatoes

Safeway has a really good buy on Progresso Soup and Betty Crocker Potatoes this week. They are priced $1.99 each, but you receive $4 of INSTANT savings for every 4 you purchase, making them only $0.99 each.

Because I regularly load electronic coupons onto my Safeway card, I had 4 $0.50/2 Progresso coupons and 4 $0.50/2 Betty Crocker Potatoes loaded on my card - an additional $4 of savings! If you don't know about electronic coupons,then you will want to go here and educate yourself. It is well worth your time.

Here's What I did:



4 Progresso Soups $1.99

• Used 1 $1/4 coupon from coupons.com
• Used 4 $0.50/2 e-coupons
• Received $4 INSTANT savings
• Final Price $0.24 each!

4 Betty Crocker Potatoes $1.99

• Used 2 $0.50/2 coupons from coupons.com
• Used 4 $0.50/2 e-coupons
• Received $4 INSTANT savings
• Final Price $0.24 each!