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Showing posts with label Couponing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Couponing. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

It's Wednesday!! The new grocery ads start today!

Now that we are getting over the sicknesses that have invaded our home, I am trying to get back on track. I looked at the Winn-Dixie ad on-line and here are the best deals I see for the ad that starts today. Remember, I like to use Winn-Dixie as a place to buy meats. They often have better prices than Publix on their meats and sometimes their produce.

Winn-Dixie
Fresh ground Chuck - $1.89/lb.
Whole Beef Tenderloin - $7.99/lb. (they will slice them into steaks for free, just ask)
Split Chicken Breasts - B1G1
Chicken Leg Quarters - .69c/lb.
Catfish Fillets - $3.99/lb.
Lettuce - .88 cents each
Meal Deal!! - Buy 2 Freschetta pizzas - 2/$13.98 and get the following FREE: Box of Tyson Anytizers, Winn-Dixie garlic bread sticks, 1/2 gallon Breyers ice cream, and a 2 liter Coke product.

As a side note - check out this Lemon Chicken Recipe on Annie's Eats. I used chicken leg quarters (.69 cents a lb. this week) this past week to make it. It was super easy and VERY GOOD!! I used Italian seasoning instead of fresh thyme and rosemary and it worked out great. You should try it if you are buying any of the chicken on sale this week!

Publix
Cole's Garlic Bread - $1.40 each - .50/1 coupon HERE - makes them .40 cents each - The cheese sticks are to die for!!
Lipton Tea Bags - .40/1 in 8/1 RP (expires 8/28!) combined with .75/2 Target Coupon
Dixie Sugar - $2.49 - .50/1 Coupon HERE - makes it $1.49 - great price for a 5 lb. bag!
Bleach - $1.66 each - There was a .25/1 coupon that will double in the 8/22 SS
Campbell's Cooking Soups - $10/10 - $.50/2 Coupon Here - Makes them .50 cents each
Campbell's Select Harvest Soup - $1.20 each - $1/1 coupon HERE and HERE - Makes them .20 cents each!

There are lots more great Publix deals at Hotcouponworld and Iheartpublix, These are just the only deals I will be getting this week!

Here's to hoping you save lots of money this week!

Monday, August 2, 2010

Nabisco Facebook Coupon

Its the first Monday in the month and that means that TODAY ONLY you can score a great nabisco cookie coupon on facebook!

If you haven't already, you will need to "like" them before you are able to print the coupon under the "cookies and milk" tab!

Nabisco Facebook page

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Getting back on track!

Sorry I haven't posted in a few weeks. Things have been busy. I have been using my stockpile and planning my meals around what is in the freezer and pantry though so that is good! This is a busy time of year for me with my job so I may be scattered here and there some.

Some new things to tell you about though....
My friend Tara reminded me about Swagbucks and what an easy way it was to get Amazon gift cards and even paypal money (or as I refer to it "fun money"). Swagbucks is a reward system for searching the internet. Basically it is a search engine that gives you points when you search the web. In turn you can redeem your points for stuff like paypal, Amazon gift codes, itunes gift cards, gift cards to restaurants/stores, etc. You can download their search bar and use it just like you would google. You receive 30 points to start your account and can earn anywhere from 1 to 50 points per search. I had to restart an account because my old email is blocked (long story) but just in the past week since creating a new swagbucks account, I have already earned close to 900 points. Each $5 Amazon gift code costs 450 points. I am hoping to have close to $100 in Amazon codes by Thanksgiving in order to buy some of my Christmas gifts! I know you are thinking "Wow, what a great idea, Jennifer!" :) So, will you help me? If you are not a member of Swagbucks yet, you can join HERE!! Why not? You are probably already searching the web daily, right?

Secondly, while we are on referral links.......I have posted in the past about Ebates. But maybe some of you haven't read that far back. Ebates is online shopping site that gives you a percentage of your shopping back to you in cash. For instance, you may be buying something off eBay and can get 5% of your total purchase back in cash if you go through Ebates. The percentages vary and there are tons of stores to choose from. You can receive your cash back quarterly either through the mail or your paypal account. Essentially this is free money if you are doing some shopping online anyways. Who doesn't like to save money? If you didn't, I'm sure you wouldn't be on my site right now! If you sign up for Ebates using the link HERE and make a purchase, we will both get $5 and you will also get a % of your purchase back. Easy enough?

On to Publix deals:
In the ad that starts tomorrow (7/21), here are the hot deals that I see:

Kraft Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip Dressing, Assorted Varieties, 30 oz jar, BOGO $3.99
Use this $1/1 Miracle Whip Facebook coupon to pay $1 per jar!

Smucker’s Preserves or Marmalade or Spread, Jelly or Jam, Selected Varieties, 12.75 to 18 oz jar (Excluding Apple, Grape, Low Sugar Grape, Red Raspberry or Black Raspberry), BOGO $3.19
Use $.25/1 coupon from 5/23/2010 RP Insert which doubles to pay $1.10 per jar

Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Bars, Assorted Varieties, 6.7 to 10.8-oz box BOGO $3.49
Use the $1/1 to pay .75¢ per box

Betty Crocker Hamburger Helper or Chicken or Tuna Helper, Assorted Varieties, 4.5 to 7.5 oz box, BOGO $1.59
$0.75/3 Betty Crocker Helper Meals from 5/30 Gm or 6/20 SS insert
$1/2 Rite Aid Jul Video Values (exp 8/28/2010)
Buy three and use the manufacturer’s coupon with the Rite Aid coupon and pay 21¢ per box (Northport store accepts Rite Aid as a competitor)

Tombstone Pizza, Assorted Varieties, 18.1 to 29.5 oz pkg (Excluding Stuffed Crust and Brick Oven Varieties) BOGO $5.79
$2/1 Facebook coupon
Use the $2/1 and pay 90¢ for a pizza!

Right Guard Sport Anti-Perspirant & Deodorant, Assorted Varieties, 2.8 or 3 oz pkg, BOGO $2.79
$2/2 Right Guard® products
Use the $2 coupon and pay 40¢ per item!

Meow Mix, Assorted Varieties, 3 to 3.5-lb bag, BOGO $4.89
$1.50/1 from 6/6 RP
Use the above coupon to pay .95 cents per bag!

Glade Candle, 4 oz jar or Scented Oil Candle Refills, 4 ct pkg, Assorted Varieties, BOGO $3.49
$1/1 Glade 4oz Jar Candle
$2/2 Glade 4oz Jar Candles
Use either printable and pay 75¢ each

Lysol Disinfectant Trigger Spray Cleaner, All Purpose 4 in 1: Lemon Breeze, Pacific Fresh Scent. or With Bleach. 32 oz bot or Antibacterial Kitchen Citrus Scent, 22 oz bot, BOGO $2.69
$0.50/1 Lysol All Purpose Cleaner Pourable
If pourable kind is included use the printable above and pay 35¢ per bottle

Spray ‘n Wash Laundry Stain Remover With Resolve Power, Regular or Max, 12 or 22 oz bot, BOGO $2.99
$.75/1 Spray ‘N Wash With Resolve Power, Any (HomeSolutions)
You pay 75¢ after coupon!

Smart Balance Milk half gallon, 2/$5
$2/1 Smart Balance Milk
$2/1 Smart Balance Milk Product$2.50/1 Smart Balance Milks 7/11/2010 RP Insert (exp 8/25/2010)

$2.50/1 Smart Balance Milks 6/13/2010 RP Insert (exp 7/28/2010)
Use either $2.50/1 coupon for FREE milk or the $2/1 coupon to score milk for .50 cents!

Crest Toothpaste 6.4oz tube, 10/$10

$.50/1 Crest Toothpaste 4oz+ 6/6/2010 P&G Insert (exp 7/31/2010)

Use this coupon to score FREE toothpaste!


What deals are you chasing this week?

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

This week hasn't started out so great. I have pinkeye and Saturday it looked like someone punched me in the face. Yesterday morning it really wasn't much better so I went to the eye doctor. He gave me some drops and I am back behind my computer at work today but haven't had the most motivating day!
Needless to say, I haven't really planned a menu for the week. I cooked hamburger steaks, squash and baked potatoes last night just because that was easy to make. I'll probably throw something easy together again tonight.

I have been however, working on the upcoming Publix ad this week at HCW. If you haven't seen it yet, its HERE.

Here are the best deals that I see for this week:

Chinet Napkins, Extra Large Dinner Or All Occasion, 40 or 90 ct pkg, BOGO $2.15
$1/1 Chinet PRINT
- Use the $1/1 to pay 8¢ per package!

Kraft Dressing, Assorted Varieties, 14 or 16 oz bot (Excluding South Beach Living) BOGO $3.19
$1/1 Kraft 14 or 16 oz. salad dressing from the 06-20-10 Smartsource insert
$2 on Produce WYB 2 participating Kraft products – KRAFT Dressing ( 16 oz ), KRAFT Mayo Mayonnaise ( 24-32 oz. ) or Miracle Whip Dressing ( 24-32 oz. ) Tearpad
$2 on Fresh Meat with the purchase of Kraft Salad Dressing (16 oz or larger) and any other 2 participating products: Kraft Salad Dressing (16 oz) Kraft Mayo Mayonnaise (22 oz) Miracle Whip Dressing (22 oz) Kraft Barbecue Sauce (18 oz) Tearpad
$1 of produce wyb Kraft Dressing Tearpad
- Use the $1/1 to pay 60¢ per bottle –add a wyb coupon for an even better deal!

Sweet Baby Ray’s Barbecue Sauce, Assorted Varieties, 18 oz Bottle, $2.35
$1/2 Sweet Baby Ray’s Barbecue Sauce, Any (2) 18 Oz. Or (1) 28 Oz. Or Larger – 05-23-10 SS
- Use the coupon to pay 68¢ per bottle

A.1. Steak Sauce, Assorted Varieties, 10 oz Bottle, BOGO $4.24
$1 on meat wyb 2 Kraft Participating Products: A.1. Steak Sauce, Kraft Barbecue Sauce, Kraft Salad Dressing Or Grey Poupon, Any Tearpad
$1 off A.1. Steak Sauce, Any (1) 10 Oz. + And (1) Package Beef, Any Tearpad
$1 off Publix Ground Beef wyb A.1. Smart Savings Booklet
- Use the Publix coupon with the $1 off A1 & beef to score $2 off your purchase –like getting the A.1. for 12¢ if you were planning on buying beef!!

French’s Classic Yellow Mustard, 14 oz, BOGO $1.87
$.30/1 French’s Classic Yellow Mustard, Any – 05-09-10 SS
$.50/1 French’s PRINT & PRINT
- FREE mustard with the $.50/1 coupon since our stores doubles!

Mueller’s Pasta, Assorted Varieties, 12 or 16 oz box or 100% All Natural Whole Wheat Pasta, 13.25 oz box (Excluding Lasagna, Jumbo Shells, and Noodles) BOGO $1.29
$1/2 Mueller’s Whole Wheat Rotini or Your Favorite Mueller’s Pasta. Valid 7/1/10 – 7/31/10 – Plan on Pasta 2010 Calendar
- Use this coupon to pay 15¢ per box! This was a booklet received in the mail after you signed up at their website!
Breakstone’s Sour Cream Regular, Reduced Fat or Fat Free, 16 oz cup, BOGO $1.59
$.55/1 Breakstone 16 oz PRINT
- Use the $.55/1 to pay 25¢ per cup!

Yoplait Fiber One Yogurt, Assorted Varieties, 4-pk, 4-oz cup, BOGO $2.50
$.50/1 Yoplait Fiber One Yogurt Multipacks, any flavor from 06-20-10 Smartsource insert
$1/1; $.50/1 Yoplait Fiber One Yogurt Multipacks, any flavor from 05-16-10 Smartsource insert
$.50/1 Yoplait Fiber One PRINT
$1/1 Fiber One PRINT
- Use the $1/1 or $.50/1 to pay 25¢ per package!

MorningStar Farms Entrees, Assorted Varieties, 5.25 to 12 oz box, BOGO $3.99
$.75/1 Morningstar Farms Veggie Foods Product – 06-27-10 RP
$1/1 Morningstar PRINT
- Use the $1/1 to pay $1 per item!

Breyers Smooth & Dreamy Light Ice Cream Bars, Assorted Varieties, 15 to 21-oz box, BOGO $4.29
$1/1 Smooth & Dreamy PRINT
- You pay $1.15 after the $1/1 printable

Dove Ice Cream, Assorted Varieties, 15.1 oz box, BOGO $3.29
$1/2 Dovebar Miniature Ice Cream or Dovebar 3-Pack Ice Cream, any two. from 05-16-10 Red Plum insert
- You pay $1.15 per box after coupon!
Bic SureStart Utility Lighter BOGO $3.49
$1/1 any BIC multi-purpose lighter or multi-position lighter – 06-06-10 SS
$1/1 Bic Multi-Purpose Lighter or Multi-Position Lighter, any (DND 5) – 05-23-10 SS
$1/1 Bic PRINT
- You will pay 75¢ using any of these $1 coupons

Reynold’s Wrap Aluminum Foil, Heavy Duty: Regular or Non-Stick Release or Quality, 12 inch wide, 35 to 75 sq ft box, BOGO $4.15 - LOVING this one!!!
$.75/1; $1.25/1 Reynolds Wrap Foil non-stick, Any Excluding 20, 25, and 30 Sq. Ft. from the 06-20-10 Smart source insert
$1/1 Reynolds Wrap Aluminum Foil, Any Except 25 Sq. Ft. – Signature Family Recipes
$1/1 Reynolds PRINT
- If you have the $1.25/1 coupon, great!! If not $1/1 still makes it a little over $1 for foil! That is good, foil deals rarely come around so if you have the extra money, stock up!

Remember that if when you print the printable coupons to hit refresh as it is printing so that you can print 2 of each coupon!

Monday, June 21, 2010

Another quick Publix post

I ran into Publix after a work class in Northport this morning.
If you haven't printed the $1.50 Berry coupon off Publix's website, you should do it NOW.
Blueberries are currently 2/$3 through tomorrow, which makes them free with the coupon. Raspberries are 2/$4 and Blackberries are 2/$5. They had tons right when you walk in the door and I was able to use more than one coupon in a transaction. Here is the coupon Season's Peak.

Also, there is a new Rite Aid $5/25 coupon on Red Plum. Use zip code 95677. The Northport store accepts Rite Aid as a competitor. Remember that you can print two for each computer. Mine doesn't expire until 7/31!

So here is what I got today for $12.20....
1 gallon of milk
1 box of Kellogg's corn pops
1 box of Lucky charms (not on sale but a must in our house!)
2 Degree Deo.
1 bunch of green onions
2 pints of raspberries
2 pints of blueberries
2 containers of blackberries (they were bigger than pints, maybe quarts??)
1 yoplait kids yogurt

I used a $5/25 Rite Aid coupon, $1/1 Kelloggs cereal peelie, $1.50/1 Lucky charms peelie, 6 Publix berry coupons, $1 off fruit wyb Kelloggs cereal and 1 Free yogurt wyb lucky charms peelie.

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Slowly getting back into the swing of things....

As the title implies, I'm gonna try and once again get back into posting on my blog regularly. I know some of you are probably laughing at that and I'm ok with that. I will laugh along with you.

Life has kept me busy as it does all of you. I took on the Publix moderator forum at HCW a couple of months ago. It has been a fun "job". I find that I am getting better deals because I am constantly in there reading stuff about Publix. I've had several people tell me that HCW is hard to navigate and it can be overwhelming. I agree. Because I tend to be on the OCD side, I read and read until I figure something out and I am sure that is the only way I mastered HCW. If you have questions or can't figure something out, please leave me a comment or shoot me an email at jennspen54@yahoo.com and I will help you! My screen name is jennspen on HCW if you need anything over there.

Publix has been good to me lately with lots of cheaps deals and moneymakers. My stockpile is full again and so I am trying to plan meals for the next few weeks using things I have on hand.

So here is my menu for the upcoming week. What's on yours?

Crockpot Chicken, okra and corn

Cubed Steak, mac n' cheese and cabbage

Chili Mac and salad

Lasagna, salad and bread

Taco Salad

Monday, July 6, 2009

Back again

Well once again it's been awhile since I posted. Life gets the better of me alot and I forget to update all the great deals I am getting. I have been really trying to use up the stuff I have in my freezer and pantry to make room for fresh veggies from the garden this summer. I generally have a budget of less than $250 per month for groceries. Last month I stayed pretty true to that but this month, I will try harder and my goal is to keep it less than $200. This includes all food and hba stuff as well as diapers/pull ups for Cade. I am participating in a contest at HCW where to challenge is to spend as little out of pocket for the month as possible. I am not in it to win because there are alot of women on there who have enough stuff in their pantries and freezers that they wont spend anything, however, its mainly a competition against myself. My goal really is to eat down the stuff that is in my freezer. So far this month (I'm counting since 6/28) I have spent $31.43. If I can stay around that spending amount each week, I will come out at about $160 for July which would be GREAT!! In the contest, if your OOP (out of pocket) is less than 10 cents on the dollar, it doesn't count. So for example, something normally cost $2 but after sales and coupons I get it for .20 cents or less, then it doesn't count. That is considered stockpiling. That $31.43 for the month does include 7 pounds of ground turkey and 1 pound of ground chuck. Yesterday I ran to Walmart for Popsicles that are $1 a box. I had $1 coupons so they were free. I grabbed 10 boxes. Between all the Breyers ice cream that's been on sale at Publix, the Popsicles and the Klondike bars that are BOGO at Publix next week, I would say that our freezer is slap full with dessert items!



The only deals I really see at Publix for next week is the Klondike Bars which will be .60 cents for each 6 pack after the BOGO sale and $1.25 coupon from the "Family is its own Reward" booklet. Lysol wipes might be a good buy, however, I really haven't looked at the preview enough to know yet. Michelle at IheartPublix has a great ad match up every week that is easy to navigate since I have had some people say that HCW is hard to figure out.



I think I'm back in the swing of things with CVS. I started off with $18.48 in Extra Bucks yesterday. I got 2 Dawn dish detergent, 3 tape, 1 pack of pencils, 2 pencil sharpeners, 2 Febreze noticeables, 2 Febreze fabric fresheners and 3 Febreze air affects for $2.88 and still have $17.97 in Extra Bucks. I am going to do the Febreze deal again.

How has your shopping been lately?

Friday, May 8, 2009

Free Paper Plates and some upcoming deals

I got a great deal on paper plates yesterday - 10 packs FREE!! Publix had their Chinet lunch plates on advantage buy 2/$4 through today. There was a $2 Chinet coupon in this past Sunday's paper making them free! Of course, we didn't get that coupon in our inserts so I bought some off Ebay. Luckily they made it yesterday and I was able to pick them up while in Tuscaloosa. I don't know about you, but I love paper plates - it really means less dish washing!

I'm looking forward to a few deals that are coming up in the next few weeks. This coming week at Target, some Tostitos and Pepsi products are gonna be $3 each and when you buy 5 you get a $5 gift card. I already have a $5 Target gift card that I have been holding onto from the Fiber One deal this week and I have some $3/2 and $2/2 Frito Lay coupons from a Pepsi rebate and then I found some coupons for Free Tostitos wyb 2 dips @ Publix. So....Here is my scenario for cheap chips and dip! Buy 4 jars of Tostitos dips and 2 bags of Tostitos Chips (all priced @ $3 each = $18) Use my $3/2 Tostitos coupon, $2/2 Tostitos coupon and 2 Free chips wyb 2 dips coupons which will bring my total down to $7, pay with $5 Target gift card and $2 cash and earn another $5 Target gift card. So essentially I am getting 4 dips and 2 chips for $2!

Then the week of May 17th, Kellogg's Frosted Flakes, Apple Jacks and Rice Krispies are 3/$5! There are currently some $1 coupons for these three cereals at http://www.coupons.com/ and http://www.kelloggs.com/ and also http://www.couponbug.com/. You can print each coupon 2 times. Since CVS takes printables, you will end up paying .67 cents per box!! Cheap Cereal! Cade loves Apple Jacks and I am thinking that I can make Rice Krispies out the wazoo!! LOL!

I'm really trying hard to stick to a budget of $200 a month for our family of 3. It is very obtainable since we have a freezer and pantry full of stuff but I cant help chasing the deals! LOL!
We planted a garden this year which I am really excited about. We planted several different types of peppers, tomatoes, squash and eggplant. I'm really excited to see what all I can do with it.

That's it for right now but if any of you find any good deals I need to know about, please send them my way!

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

All about stockpiling

I started couponing not long after I got married but really didn't coupon seriously. I would use a coupon if I had it and was buying that item but didn't really try to match coupons up with sales. I was working in Tuscaloosa in 2004 when some of my co-workers would pass around their weekly coupon inserts to share. I started seriously couponing in April of 2007, just a month before my son was born. I found a website, Hotcouponworld, that literally made me coupon crazy!! My user name there is Jennspen, so if you decide to join there, put me down as a referral - LOL! I realized that to save the maximum amount at the grocery store, I needed to be matching coupons with sales items and then obtaining multiple coupons for each item so that I could maximize my savings. Thus the concept of stockpiling became stuck in my head. I am proud to say that if anyone in my family were to lose their jobs, we would be OK for a little while. I will post pictures of my stockpile soon, until then, keep following to see what I am adding each week.

~Jenn