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If you haven’t noticed yet there is a super awesome coupon in this weeks No Frills weekly ad. It is a manufacturers coupon for Our Family products. Buy any 5 Our Family products get $3 off instantly at check out (discount can not be mpre then the total). They have Our Family canned veggies on sale this week for $.60 which makes them free when you buy five participating items. Even if you don’t eat canned veggies this is a great time to buy and donate!

Also their 18ct eggs are a participating item making them only $.65 each with the purchase of 5 items. I think you can only use one coupon per person. I didn’t try to do multiple transaction but you can sure give it a try. I have already gone with my mom and my husband and my mom went with my dad today!

Happy shopping!

There are some awesome coupons coming out this week in Sunday’s news paper. There will be three inserts this week-Smart Source, Red Plum, and Proctor and Gamble. Here are some highlights courtesy of Sunday Coupon preview.

Red Baron Pizza by the Slice product Save $1.00/1 (these are $3 reg. price at walmart, so just $2. My mom likes them so every little bit helps)

Scotch-Brite Scrub Sponge, Scour Pads, Dishwand or Dishwand Refills Save $1.00/2 (these are $.88 at Wal-mart, so just $.38 each!)

Chex Cereal box, listed: rice, corn, wheat, honey nut, chocolate, multi-bran, cinnamon Save $.75/1

State Fair Corn Dogs or Mini Corn Dogs Save $1.00/1

$4 any Olay Total effects body wash

Buy Total Effects BW, get FREE ivory body wash, bar soap or hand soap, max $3.00

$10 rebate WYB $20 or more Febreze Home Collection products

25c any Ivory (The bars often go on sale at Walgreens for $1.00, and since I use them for my laundry detergent it will come in handy!)

$2 any Pampers wipes 60ct or larger (I am sooo excite about this one!)

$1.50 any Pampers diapers or pants

So needless to say this is a multiple news paper week. Call your parents, grandparents friend and neighbors, and ask pretty please to have their coupons, if they’re not using them themselves of course!

 

So I notice that I haven’t posted about any coupons lately. I don’t know how some of these blogger mommies do it. Maybe I’ll do better when my mind isn’t constantly thinking about sleep! So below is a list of several coupons I think are worth your time and ink!

• There is a $1 off Cheerios coupoon  here  for regular cheerios. Pair this with a great sale and you could score some cheap-o cheerios!
•  Go here and here to print the coupons. $.75 off Toll House morsels here.
• $2.oo off Huggies diaper pack here. (Go Here to check out a great Walgreens deal!)
•  $1.50 off Dove men’s care body wash here. (Go here to check out a great Walgreens deal!)
•  $1.00 off Orbitz gum here. (go here to check out a great Walgreens deal!)

 There you have it friends. Go forth and save money!

I did it. I actually went out shopping yesterday, not that I picked up much in the food category though. Mostly I went out because we had pretty much been out of bread for days and were about to be out of toilet paper. I’ll be honest, I haven’t had much motivation to go shopping. If I go during the day I have to lug my purse, grocery bags, diaper bag and 14 month old child into the store pus the baby inside of me (I imagine this is quite the sight for others to see). Plus something happens when a child starts to walk with proficiency, they don’t want to sit in the cart anymore, and there is nothing you can give them, save a sippy cup of milk, that will change their one tracked mind. If I go shopping on the evening I pretty much lose all adult time with hubby for that evening, which is much needed right now. Of the two I have decided that I will have to go to shopping at night until the weather improves and I have this baby. All you moms with multiple small children I commend you! So I stopped at three stores yesterday-Target, Walgreens and Adli. I have decided to put them all in one post because frankly I am lucky to even have the time for that right now. It will still be fun though!

First stop-Target

 

I did two transactions. I did the Huggies diapers first so that I could use the $5 gift card towards the rest of my purchases.

Transaction #1

3 Huggies Newborn Jumbo Packs @ $8.99=$26.97 – 2x $3.00 MQ & $1.50 MQ= 21.01 (with tax)

 Earned $5 Gift Card

Transaction #1

2 Pairs of 18m Pj’s for E. 50% off @ $3.48=$6.96

2pks Method disinfectant wipes marked down to $2.54 = $5.08 – 2x $2.00 TQ = $1.08 for both

Picture frame marked down 50% off $3.74

Aloe Cottonelle 12pk $7.69 -$1.00 MQ – $1.00 TQ = $5.69

3 Large Gift bags marked down 75% $.98= $2.94

2 Dinner light candles 6pk Marked down 75% $1.48 = $2.96

-$0.05 Bag refund

-$5.00 Gift card

Total $20.30

The receipt said I saved $6.05 which would be coupons and bag refund but I saved way more than that with the mark downs!

I would say that If you are looking for household items –dish towels/clothes, curtains, bedding, etc now is the time to head over to Target. All that stuff was marked down to 50% off and I am sure it will soon go to 75%!

Next was Walgreens

 

Again I did two transactions. I had a little bit of a goof up here. I was going to get the Olay quench body lotion which would get me a free Olay body washes with purchase of the lotion but they were out of the lotion and the Huggies deal I was going to do I needed to buy 10 and I didn’t realize that until I got to the store. At this point though I had already picked up a filler that I would have needed had I been able to do either deal. So I ended out using my $2 register reward from the first transaction to pay for the filler and two pieces of caramel I had to throw in in-order for my total to be above $2.00 before tax. Apparently the register didn’t like me pay for tax with the RR. Such drama. The worst part is that I didn’t realize what I had done until I was at the next store. I wanted the original filler regardless, I just would have paid cash for it. Another reason I need to go shopping without kiddo for a while!

Transaction #1

2 Pert Plus for men 3in1 $2.50=$5.00 – 2x $1.50 = $2.35 (with Tax)

Earned $2.00 Register Rewards =Free after Coupons and Register Rewards!

Transaction #2

2 Sure Men’s deodorant 2/$5 – In Ad Q 2 for $3 -2x $1.50 MQ=Free!

Lip Smackers gift set (originally $5) $1.59 (This would be the filler item that caused the trouble)

2 Caramels $.35= $.70

-$2.00

Total $.51 (with tax-let’s face it, basically all tax)

Last stop-Aldi

 

I can’t find the receipt but it was like $7.98ish

12 grain bread was marked down to $.79 a loaf

Whole wheat white was $.59 a loaf

Taco chips were $1.19 each

Red potatoes were 1.99 /5lbs

Bananas ??

I would say I am quite pleased with my spoils!

And a bonus pic of Emma girl “helping” me unpack and take pics!

Did you get any great deals this week? Leave a comment and share with us!

Hy-Vee is having a BIG 2-day sale this Saturday and Sunday (January 16th & 17^th)

How big you ask? We are talking Kraft shredded cheese 5/$1 after $5 OYNO Catalina!! If you were lucky enough to print off the $1/2 Kraft 2% cheese coupon when they were available then this should be a money maker, barring the %2 cheeses are included.

Here is what’s included in the sale:

Dole Bananas $.28 lb

Kraft Shredded Cheese 5/$6 -$5/5 ONYO Catalina=5/$1 (Limit 1 catalina per customer)

Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes $.99 (Limit 2) MQ $1/2 Frosted flakes or Pops (I don’t remember what wk this came out)

Fresh Ground Beef Roll 5lbs 73% lean $4.95 (Limit 2)

Hy-Vee Orange Juice Half Gallon Regular or with Calcium $.99

Jack’s Pizza 12” original or half and half $1.98

Pepsi product Select varieties-2 Liter $.77 (Limit 10)

Kitchen Fresh Tenderloin Sandwich $1.99 each

And don’t forget to pick up your customer appreciation coupon book while you are there shopping the great deals!

I wanted to give you all a heads up that some Wal-Mart’s have Glade holiday candles for just $.75. This includes the scented oil candle tins and refills! Unfortunately I didn’t have my coupons with me. Even without coupons this is a great deal though. They rang up incorrectly at the checkout so keep your eyes open. The scented oil candle refills were originally $2.98-Score!

I am linking this to Super Saver Saturday!

    

  So I know I said that I would talk about organizing your coupons next but it dawned on me that you need to have coupons in order to organize them. Otherwise it would totally be putting the cart before the horse. Below is a list of places that I get coupons.

 Start with your local newspaper.

Sunday is the day new coupons are released. It depends on the week as to how many or which distributors are included. There are three main packets to look for. Proctor and Gamble puts out a packet at the first of every month that includes coupons for items they produce. The second is Smart source and the third is Red plum. These two are just distributors of the coupons not manufactures. Sometimes you may see special packets from say Kellogg but that is not very often at all. I like to have two copies of each week’s coupons. If it’s a great week I may get as many as five. Often when you check out blogs that do coupon and ad matching they list coupons that you didn’t get. That’s because some coupons are regional. The way to remedy that is by going online to a coupon service or ebay and purchasing coupons there. (Please note that you are not actually paying for the coupons themselves- every coupon states that it holds no monetary value- but that you are paying for someone to cut them out for you and ship them to you.) Here are a couple of good sites to check out. I have not actually done this yet since there haven’t been any coupons that have come out that I have needed a ton of extras and coupons are not doubled in my area.

 Next you want to jump onto the internet

 My favorite site is coupons.com. I have had the least amount of trouble downloading their coupon printer and they have the most variety. There is also redplum.com, smartsource.com, couponbug.com and many others. I have found that sites like couponbug.com are actually sponsored by coupons.com so I just go straight to the source. You can also check out sites like this one to get the latest updates on coupons put out directly from a manufacturer or a specific product site. Another good way is to sign up for news letter like Pillsbury.com, bettycrocker.com, and kraftfoods.com which sends out newsletter that includes coupons at least once a month. Don’t forget that you can hit your back button and print two copies of each coupon. Both will have a distinct code so there is no fraud going on. And if you have more than one computer you can print two per computer. This may sound silly but there are some really high value coupons that come out on the internet that equal to free or almost free items.

      Here in Omaha, we receive our grocery store sale ads in the mail on Wednesdays. In that packet or in a separate packet on Thursdays there is a local coupon insert. Often these are auto service coupons, area restaurants, or salons. But occasionally there are manufacturer coupons. These are usually pretty good and are a great bonus.

 Sign up for vocalpoint.com

 Vocalpoint.com will send you coupons to try products and to share with your friends. In return you let them know what you thought of the product. Just respond to the emails they send you letting you know about the new trial and you’re set!

All You magazine is a great source for high value coupons. They regularly have $25-$30 worth in coupons, many of which result in free product when matched with a sale. They usually have coupons you can’t find elsewhere.

Peelies

Keep your eye out for peelies stuck to the packaging. Sometimes they are good on that purchase other times they are good on a future purchase. And sometimes they may be stuck to a product but actually good on a different product. They are nice little bonus treats for purchasing items you were already going to get. I personally don’t believe in taking peelies off of products that I am not going to purchase. You may not have a problem with it. It’s not illegal or anything, I just think the person buying the product should have the right to receive the coupon that was placed on the box they are paying for.

      And lastly, be on the lookout when you are shopping. There are often tear pads or “blinkies” (little boxes that stick out from the shelves that have a red blinking light to get your attention. You pull out the coupon and ‘magically’ another appears) throughout the store and can be pretty high value coupons.

 

Do have any other places you find coupons?

Yay! There is a new Johnson and Johnson baby product coupon at redplum.com.  Go over here and print off your coupon. Don’t forget to refresh so you can print a second copy. These are good for purchasing Johnson and Johnson Buddies soap. These are priced at around $1 at Walmart, Target, and Walgreens and other fine retailers. This makes for some free soap!

Thanks Hip2save!

I found this link over at hip2save and just had to share it with you. This gal is amazing. She feeds her family of 6 on just $4 a week! Of course you have to remember that she lives in an area that has a double coupon policy and it has taken her time to accumilate her stockpile of coupons and food. However I must say it got me reignited for couponing. Maybe they should make couponing an extreme sport.

     Today I made my way through the rain to Hy-Vee’s double coupon event out at the Oakview Plaza. I had a stack of coupons and a determination to only snag the best deals. I went from probably 50 coupons to 10. It actually took less time than I had figured it would. The hard part is that unlike stores that double all the time, I was subjected to whatever jacked up prices they had that week. And since it is a slow sale week at Hy-Vee, it made it easy to not give in to the woo of double coupons. And since they were only doubling 10 coupons I was happy not to have to whittle down too much or make a run out to the car to drop off groceries and go back in for more.

Here is the breakdown of what I got:

5 Boxes of Jolly time popcorn @ $1 each – $.50 doubled= FREE

2 Cans of Dole Crushed Pineapple @ $.87 each -$.50 doubled = FREE +$.26 overage

2 Cans of Dole Crushed Pineapple @ $.87 each – $.55/2 =$.56 each

2 Cans of Dole Mandarin Oranges @ $1.08 each – $.50 doubled = $.08 each

1 Bottle of French’s Worcestershire Sauce $1.39 – $.50 doubled = $.39

2.5lbs Bananas @ $.69lb = $1.75

1-.59lbs Yellow Onion @ $1.29lb = $.76

Total Before coupons and Bag credit $13.54

- Manufacturer Coupons $5.55

-Doubled $5.95 (They way the doubling was entered he added up all the coupons and entered that amount as a deduction. Apparently he did not add correctly. I think he counted a coupon twice. I don’t mind though.)

-Bag Credit $.05 x 2 = $.10

Total after = $2.94

Savings =$11.66 or 78%

Below is a picture of the catalinas I got: Midus oir chang and tire rotation, $1/8 Dole Pineapple and $.75 OYNO.