Target Trip 8/29

Well I finally got over to Target! :) Here's what I got:

8 Shout Wipes .97 - (4) $2/2 q's = free + .24 overage

2 Wishbone Salad Spritzers $1.69 ea - (2) .75 TQ & (1) 1.25/2 MQ = .31 ea

2 Diet Mountain Dew 12pks $2.50 ea - (2) $1 TQ & $1/2 MQ = $1 ea

2 Vaseline Lotion $2.99 ea - (2) $1.50 TQ & (2) $1 MQ = .49 ea

4 Degree deodorant .97 ea - (4) $1 q's = free + .12 overage

5 Skintimate Shave Gel $2.24 ea - (5) $1 TQ & (5) .75 MQ = .49 ea

4 Edge Shave Gel $2.24 ea - (4) $1 TQ & (4) .75 MQ = .49 ea

4 Cover Girl Blush $1.87 ea - (4) $1 TQ & (4) $1 MQ = free + .52 overage

1 Revlon Nail Polish .97 - $1 q = free + .03 overage

3 Suave Shampoo & Conditioner .82 ea - (3) .75 TQ = .07 ea

1 Espresso Wooden Towel Rack $9.08 - $10 TQ = free + .92 overage

5 Chef Micheal's Dog Food .82 ea - (5) free q's = free

3 Johnson & Johnson First Aid kits .97 ea - $3/3 q = free + .09 overage

2 Pledge Multi-Surface $3.99 ea - (1) .75 q & (1) BOGO q = $1.62 ea

1 Pledge Fabric Sweeper $4.64 - $2 TQ & .75 MQ = $1.89

PLUS I used the q buy Fabric Sweeper & 2 cleaning products get $5 gc

Used $5 gc from previous trip

=$9.39 ($2.89 is tax) plus I got a $5 gc :)

Total Savings: $84.25

Walgreens Coupon Policy!!

Woohoo! Is it bad that I am excited over a coupon policy..lol For anyone who coupons at Walgreens you will understand. They are SO inconsistent with what they will accept. Now they have a coupon policy that just was posted today. I already printed mine. The best thing to do when you are couponing is to print out the stores coupon policy and take it with you. This way when the cashier tries to make up some off the wall reason they won't take your coupon just whip it out and say Um yes you can. :) I will include the link along with some other stores links. I keep them in my binder. The Target one gets used almost every time I shop there. I am so excited the Walgreens one says they will adjust the coupon if the item is less (good for those ones that are 1 penny under) it also says you can use 2 coupons for a BOGO item.

Walgreens

Target

Family Dollar

Walmart

Those are the ones I thought of off hand. If you need another check the stores site or A Full Cup on the store's forum. They usually have all of them.

Kroger

Well I went and picked up a bunch of stuff yesterday and today, but I was lazy and didn't take a picture. :( So I promise from now on I will stop being such a slacker..lol. I am planning on some major shopping this weekend..Target, Walgreens, CVS, Wal-Mart and maybe Jewel. I don't hit up Target, CVS and Jewel very often since they are about 45 mins away so I am hoping I will find a bunch of deals! I promise I will take pics and post them! I have been trying to ChaCha in any spare time this week so I have extra money in case I need it. And I won't spend any of the money needed for the house. :)

I also decided to go on a diet and I am going to try to do it with the point system. Today is my second day so we shall see. :)

Hefty One Zip coupon

I found a coupon for Hefty One Zip! Now you can get them at Kroger for only .50 each! I will be heading over there tomorrow! You need to "like" them on Facebook to get the coupon. It is for $1/2 ANY Hefty One Zip!! $1.00 is a great price to me, but now I am happy they didn't have any when I went!

Here's the link for the coupon.

8/22/2010 Inserts

This weekend it looks like there will only be one insert. There should be a Smart Source. I don't see any coupons that look too great so I probably won't be buying very many. Here's a preview from Deal Seeking Mom.

• $2/1 Arm & Hammer Spinbrush, exp. 11-30-10
• $0.75/1 Arm & Hammer Toothpaste, exp. 11-30-10
• $1/1 Bic Multi-Purpose/Position Lighter, exp. 10-31-10
• $4/1 Brita Faucet Mount or Pitcher System, exp. 10-22-10
• $1/1 Brita Replacement Filter Multi-Pack, exp. 10-22-10
• $2/1 Claritin, Children's Product, exp. 9-19-10
• $1/1 Clorox 2 Stain Fighter & Color Booster, exp. 10-22
• $0.25/1 Clorox Bleach, exp. 10-22-10
• $0.25/1 Clorox Disinfecting Wipes, exp. 10-22-10
• $0.50/1 Curad Product, exp. 11-30-10
• $1/1 Dole Real Fruit Bites, exp. 10-15-10
• $1.50/1 Downy Ultra Fabric Softener, exp. 9-30-10
• $1/1 Era Laundry Detergent, exp. 9-30-10
• $0.50/1 Formula 409 All Purpose Cleaner, exp. 10-22-10
• $0.50/1 French's Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce, exp. 12-31
• $1/2 General Mills Cereal, exp. 10-2-10
• B1G1 Glade Automatic Spray Refill, exp. 9-11-10
• $0.75/1 Glade Carpet & Room Odor Eliminator, exp. 9-25
• B1G1 Glade Fabric & Air, exp. 9-19-10
• $2/1 Select Glade Candles or Reed Diffusers, exp. 10-2
• $2/2 Glade Fragrance Collection Soy Candle, exp. 10-2-10
• $1/2 Glade Jar Candle, exp. 10-2-10
• $3/1 Glade Plug-Ins Scented Oil Holder, exp. 9-25
• B1G1 Glade Plug-Ins Scented Oil Twin Refill, exp. 9-19
• $1/1 Glade Premium Room Spray, exp. 9-25-10
• $1/2 Glade Scented Oil Candle Refill Pack, exp. 10-2-10
• FREE Glade Scented Oil Candle Refill wyb Holder, exp. 10-2
• $1/2 Glade Sense & Spray Refill, exp. 9-25-10
• $3/1 Glade Sense & Spray Starter Kit, exp. 9-25-10
• $1.50/1 Goodnites Underwear, exp. 9-19-10
• $1/2 Hershey's Chocolate, exp. 10-17-10
• $1/2 Select Hershey's, Reese's or Heath Items, exp. 10-22
• $0.50/1 Huggies Baby Wipes, exp. 9-18-10
• $1.50/1 Huggies Diapers, exp. 9-18-10
• $1.50/1 Huggies Little Movers/Snugglers, exp. 9-18-10
• $1.50/1 Huggies Pull-Ups Training Pants, exp. 9-19-10
• $0.55/1 Jack's Original Pizza, exp. 10-20-10
• $2/1 John Frieda Hair Care Product, exp. 10-9-10
• $3/1 John Frieda Root Awakening, exp. 10-9-10
• $0.50/1 Krusteaz Pancake Mix, exp. 11-30-10
• $1/2 Lunchables Lunch Combinations w/Water, exp. 10-17
• $0.75/1 Mitchum Deodorant, exp. 9-26-10
• $0.50/2 Nestle Toll House Morsels, exp. 9-19-10
• $1/1 Nestle Toll House Refrigerated Cookie Dough, exp. 9-19
• $0.50/1 Old El Paso Heat & Serve Side, exp. 10-16-10
• $1/2 Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs, exp. 10-17-10
• $0.40/2 Pillsbury Sweet Rolls, exp. 11-13-10
• $0.75/1 Planters Big Nut or Nut-rition Bars, exp. 10-24
• $1/2 Purina Beggin' Dog Treats, exp. 11-21-10
• $1/1 Purina Friskies Cat Treats, exp. 11-21-10
• $2/1 Schick Disposable Razor Multipack, exp. 10-3-10
• $1/1 SoyJoy Multipack, exp. 11-30-10
• $2/10 SoyJoy Single Bar, exp. 10-31-10
• $1.50/1 Tide Liquid Laundry Detergent, exp. 9-30-10
• $1/2 Pine-Sol, Tilex or Select Clorox Items, exp. 10-22
• $0.50/1 White Castle Microwaveable Burgers, exp. 11-20
• $0.50/2 Yoplait Original Yogurt Multipack, exp. 10-16-10
• $0.50/1 Yoplait Splitz Yogurt, exp. 10-16-10
• $0.50/1 Yoplus Yogurt Multipack, exp. 10-16-10
• $1/1 Zaditor Product, exp. 12-31-10
• $1/1 Zantac Product, exp. 12-31-10

Aldi VS Kroger

Alright I decided that I am going to go to these stores and get some prices for a few of the items people buy a lot. I am looking at the sales ads right now and of course Aldi doesn't have all that much. The reason I want to do this is because a lot of people think that Aldi is the best place to shop to save them money. Well I disagree. Of course there are some items that are cheaper at Aldi, but since Aldi doesn't take coupons the price you see is it. So I think I will put them to the test! If you can think of any products you want to see compared leave a comment. A few things I see just from the ad are:

1 Gallon Milk:
Aldi: $1.89!!
Kroger: $3.74 yikes

Refrigerated Biscuits:
Aldi (Buehler's Jumbo) $1.09
Kroger (Pillsbury Grands) .99 - .50/2 q doubled = .49 ea

Refrigerated Crescent Rolls:
Aldi: (Buehlers) $1.39
Kroger (Pillsbury Crescents) .99 - .50/2 doubled = .49 ea

Refrigerated Cinnamon Rolls:
Aldi: (Buehlers) $1.39
Kroger: (Pillsbury) .99 - .35/1 doubled = .29 ea

Hand Soap
Aldi: (Source Skincare) $1.39
Kroger (Dial) $1.00 - .35/1 q doubled = .30 ea

Deodorant
Aldi: (Rainfresh) $1.89
Kroger (Arrid or Arm & Hammer) $1.00

Orange Juice
Aldi: (Nature's Nectar 59 oz) $2.49
Kroger: (Sunny D 64 oz) .79 - .25 q doubled = .29 ea

Frozen Waffles
Aldi: (Breakfast Best) $1.29
Kroger: Eggo $1.25 - $1/2 q = .75 ea


Alright I couldn't do that many because Aldi has such a small ad, but I am going to go to the stores and get the actual prices and we will do a comparison! As you can see from just the above ones you can get name brand items for cheaper then Aldi brand items! But get your milk from Aldi...lol

Kroger Trip 8/16

This isn't really that great of a trip. I just wanted to show you how a Catalina deal works. Also how you sometimes have to improvise at the store. Right now Kroger has a catalina deal running when you buy $25 worth of Energizer products you get a $5 catalina. Now when I hear Energizer all I think is batteries. Well turns out there are a lot of products. Including Schick. I will list the participating products at the bottom. Well the 3 blade Schick Hydro razors are $5.12 at my store. The 8/8 SS had a coupon for $5 off Schick Hydro razors. So even without the catalina .12 is a pretty good price for a razor! Now when I went there were only 4 of the 3 blade razors left and the 5 blade is $6.22, but still after the coupons and catalina it's a great deal!

Here's what I got:

2 Kroger brand 2 L's .68 ea

2 Kroger eggs .88 ea

4 Schick Hydro 3 blade $5.12 ea - (4) $5 q's = .12 ea

1 Schick Hydro 5 blade $6.22 ea - $5q = $1.22

-$3.50 cat and $2 cat from previous orders

Total: $1.44 ($2.12 is tax) so I paid less than tax!! woot woot 101% savings

AND I got a $5 catalina to use on another order!!

So the good thing with catalinas is they are a great thing to use on the products you don't usually get coupons for! Now if you have enough coupons you could turn around and buy more razors with other products and use that $5 cat and still get another one! I ordered coupons from Ebay so hopefully my store gets more in stock!!

Here are the other items included in the catalina...remember the $25 you need to spend is BEFORE coupons!!!

Energizer Products (not just batteries! see list below)
Between 8/8/10 - 9/30/10

Buy $25 worth, get $5.00 back

Participating Energizer Products include:
Schick - all Schick products
Energizers - all Max Batteries
Playtex - all gentle glide and sport Tampons
All Infant products......(huh?)
All Banana Boat products
All Wet Ones products
All Hawaiian Tropic products
All Edge/Skintimate products

(Thanks A Full Cup)