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Saturday, October 9, 2010

Coupons tomorrow...


Looks like we are scheduled to get THREE coupon inserts tomorrow. Might be another week to pick up an extra paper or two!

Friday, October 8, 2010

A couple of more King Soopers deals...


Mountain High Yoghurt $.50
Use $..50/2 from the 9/26 SS, you must buy 2 to use this coupon
Cost = 2 for FREE!

Boca products are also part of the buy 10, save $5 promotion. I don't know their price, but I'm sure you can use this $1/1 printable to score a good deal.

Thanks for the heads up on these 2 deals Carmen!

Lowe's Build and Grow Clinic Tomorrow!


This Saturday October 9th between 10-11 am Lowe's is having another FREE Build & Grow clinic where kiddos can make a Funhouse Mirror. Go here to sign up and get more information.

These are great FREE family acitivites.

Vicks Nyquil Sinex Money Maker!


There is another great money making deal at Walgreens after RRs through Saturday.

Buy 2 Vicks Sinex = $10
Use 2, $4/1 from the 9/26 PG
Cost = $2, get $5 RR - like making $3 on the deal!

This is another great RR deal at Walgreens this week, check out the other deals good through Saturday here.

(Thanks, Clippin' with Carrie!)

And the big winner of the $45 CSN gift card is...


TONI - a blog follower - woo hoo! You have 24 hours to send me your email so that I can get your prize to you. If I don't hear back within 24 hours, I'll draw a new winner.

Congratulations Toni and stay tuned for more giveaways in the future!

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Safeway Weekly Deals 10/6 - 10/12


There is a 3 day sale this week at Safeway this Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Don't forget that in order to use Safeway in-ad coupon you must spend at least $10.

Weekend Deals:
Kraft Salad Dressing $1.19 - limit 3
Use $.55/1 from the 8/29 SS
Cost = $.19


Other Grocery Deals:
Maruchan Yakisoba Noodles (4-4.05 oz.) BOGO
Use $.50/1 from the 8/29 SS
Cost = as low as 2 for FREE!

Nivea Kiss Of Moisture SPF 4 Lip Care (.17 oz.) $.99
Use $1/1 from the 10/3 RP
Cost = FREE!

Crunchmaster Crackers (4.5 oz.) $1.50, with in-ad coupon - limit 6
Use in-ad coupon and $.75/1 printable, $1/1 printable or $1/1 from the 8/29 SS
Cost = $.50

Campbell’s Soup at Hand (10.75 oz.) $1
Use $.50/2 from the 8/29 SS, you must buy 2 to use this coupon
Cost = $.50 each, when you buy 2

Progresso Soup (18.5-19 oz.) $.99 each, when you buy 4
Use $1/4 from the 9/12 or 10/3 GM, you must buy 4 to use this coupon
Cost = $.74 each, when you buy 4

Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal $1.99, with in-ad coupon - limit 4
Use in-ad coupon and $.65/1 printable
Cost = $.99

Dannon Light & Fit Yogurt (4 pack) $1.99
Use $.50/1 printable or $.50/1 from the 9/12 SS
Cost = $.99

Barilla Pasta Sauce (24 oz.) $2
Use $.75/1 from the 8/29 SS
Cost = $1
**If you buy 2 sauces, you can get 2 FREE boxes of select Barilla pasta. Final cost would be $2 for 2 sauces and 2 boxes of pasta - a GREAT deal!

Starbucks Frappuccino or Doubleshot (13.7-15 oz.) $2
Use $

Palmolive Dish Detergent (20 oz.)1 $1.99, with in-ad coupon - limit 2
Use in-ad coupon and $.25/1 from the 10/2 SS
Cost = $1.49

Pepperidge Farm Milano or Chunk Cookies $3
Use $1/1 printable
Cost = $2

Buitoni Pasta or Sauces $2.99
Use $1/2 from the 9/19 RP, you must buy 2 to use this coupon
Cost = $2.49 each, when you buy 2

Freschetta Pizza $4.49
Use $1/1 printable or $.75/1 from the 9/12 SS
Cost = $3.49

Downy or Bounce Fabric Softener (41-51 oz.) or 105-135 ct.) $4.99
Use $1/1 from the 8/15 SS or 8/26 PG
Cost = $3.99

Airborne (10 ct.) $5.99
Use $1/1 from the 9/19 SS
Cost = $4.99


Meat/Seafood:
Oscar Mayer Deli Shaved Lunchmeat (7-9 oz.) $2.50
Use $1/2 from the 9/26 SS, you must buy 2 to use this coupon
Cost = $2 each, when you buy 2

Hillshire Farm Ultra Thin or Hearty Sliced Lunchmeat (8-9 oz.) $3.99
Use $.35/1 from the 9/19 RP
Cost = $3.29

Tyson Breaded Chicken Slections (22-28 oz.) $7.99
Use $1/1 from the 8/15 SS
Cost = $6.99

Fresh Pork Loin Rib Half Sliced $1.29/lb. in extreme value pack
Ranchers Reserve Beef Chuck Pot Roast $2.49/lb. in extreme value pack
Top Sirloin Steaks $3.99/lb. in extreme value pack



Produce:
Large Hass Avocados $.99
Large Navel Oranges $.99/lb.

Don't forget...


to enter the giveaway that is open through today, October 7th until 10 pm MST! There are no strings attached, you could be the winner of a $45 gift card. Go here to check out the details and enter. Make sure to post your entries on the original post and not this post.

Also, make sure you are leaving separate posts for being a follower and what you would buy, that way you get 2 entries. If you refer your friends, ask them to leave your name as their referrer in their post and I'll make sure you get additional entries for each person. Check back tomorrow morning for the announcement of the big winner! Good luck!!

King Soopers Weekly Deals 10/6 - 10/12


Don't forget to load your Cellfire coupons to your King Soopers card before you head off to the store. There is another mix and match sale starting this week where you buy 10 participating items and receive $5 off instantly - woo hoo! These events usually last 2 weeks, so you have time to get your coupons in order to save the most money!

Mix & Match Deals: (I am assuming you are purchasing in increments of 10, so the prices listed below reflect the $.50/item discount)
Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese $.99
Use $5/5 printable, you must buy 5 to use this coupon
Cost = Five for FREE!

Nabisco Snack Saks (8 oz.) $.49
Use $1/2 from the 9/26 SS, you must buy 2 to use this coupon
Cost = 2 for FREE!

Kraft Salad Dressing $1.49
Use $.55/1 from the 8/29 SS
Cost = $.49

Quaker Quakes Rice Snacks $.99
Use $1/2 printable, you must buy 2 to use this coupon
Cost = $.49 each, when you buy 2

Kraft Jell-O Pudding or Gelatin (6 pack) $1.79
Use $1/1 from the 9/19 SS
Cost = $.79

Kelloggs Fruit Snacks (6-10 ct.) $1.48
Use $1/2 from the 8/29 RP, you must buy 2 to use this coupon
Cost = $.98 each, when you buy 2

Oscar Mayer Meat Bologna or Salami (16 oz.) $1.49
Use $.50/2 MQ from the 9/12 or 10/3 GM or $1/2 printable, you must buy 2 to use these coupons
Cost = $.99 each, when you buy 2

Juicy Juice 100% Juice (64 oz. or 8 pack boxes) $1.99
Use $1/1 from the 8/1 RP or $1/2 printable, you must buy 2 to use the second coupon
Cost = as low as $.99

Nestle Cookie Dough $1.99
Use $1/1 from the 10/3 RP
Cost = $.99

Halloween Laffy Taffy, Nerds or Wonka Mix-Ups Candy $1.50
Use $1/2 printable, you must buy 2 to use this coupon
Cost = $1 each, when you buy 2

Nabisco Ritz Crackers $1.99
Use $1/2 from the 9/26 SS, you must buy 2 to use this coupon
Cost = $1.49 each, when you buy 2

Planters Dry Roasted Peanuts (16-20 oz.) $1.99
Use $1/2 from the 9/26 SS, you must buy 2 to use this coupon
Cost = $1.49 each, when you buy 2

Pepperidge Farm Breads or Bagels $1.99
Use $1/2 from the 8/22 or 9/26 SS, you must buy 2 to use these coupons
Cost = $1.49 each, when you buy 2

Kraft American Cheese Singles (14.7-16 oz.) $2.49
Use $1/2 from the 9/26 SS or $5/5 printable
Cost = as low as $1.49

Kraft Miracle Whip (30 oz.) $2.25
Use $1/2 from the 9/26 SS or $1/2 printable, you must buy 2 to use these coupons
Cost = $1.75 each, when you buy 2

Nesquick Chocolate Milk (56 oz.) $2.49
Use $1/2 from the 8/1 RP, you must buy 2 to use this coupon
Cost = $1.99 each, when you buy 2

Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Meats (7-9 oz.) $2.49
Use $1/2 from the 9/26 SS or $1/2 printable, you must buy 2 to use these coupons
Cost = $1.99 each, when you buy 2

Kraft Mayonnaise (30 oz.) $2.49
Use $1/2 from the 9/26 SS or $1/2 printable, you must buy 2 to use these coupons
Cost = $1.99 each, when you buy 2

California Pizza Kitchen Pizza $3.97
Use $1/1 from the 9/26 SS
Cost = $2.97

DiGiorno Pizza $3.97
Use $1/1 from the 9/12 RP
Cost = $2.97

Starbucks, Seattle’s Best or Maxwell House Coffee (12-31.5 oz.) $5.99
Use $1.50/1 Starbucks coupon from the 9/12 SS or $1/2 Maxwell House printable, you must buy 2 to use the last coupon
Cost = as low as $4.49

Kraft Barbecue Sauce $.49


Other Grocery Deals:
Progresso Soups $1
Use $1/4 from the 9/12 or 10/3 GM, you must buy 4 to use these coupons
Cost = $.75 each, when you buy 4

Betty Crocker Cookie Mix $2
Use $.40/1 from the 9/12 or 10/3 GM
Cost = $1.20

Aussie or Herbal Essences Hair Care $2.37
Use $1/1 from the 9/12 SS
Cost = $1.37


Meat/Seafood:
Foster Farms Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts $1.99/lb.
London Broil $2.99/lb,
Boneless Half Ribeye $4.99/lb.



Produce:
Gala or Jonathan Apples $1/lb.
Red, Gold or Orange Bell Peppers $1
English Cucumbers $1
Large Avocados $1


Do you see a great deal I missed? If so, let me know!

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

September Goal Recap


I just realized that I never posted how I ended up on my September goal of only eating out twice. The last week of September I decided to meet some friends for a playdate at Chick-fil-A, so the final tally for September eating out was 2 times!

At the beginning of the month I was overwhelmed thinking about how much cooking I would need to do during the month, but it really didn't end up being so bad. I realized that it takes much more planning on my part, like making sure I have food and snacks when we are out and about to keep up from having to stop because someone is starving!

I'd guess that by only eating out twice, we saved a couple hundred dollars! Those quick stops for food really add up when you are spending $20 here and there.

I'm taking October off from having any financially related goals and will be back at it in November.

How did you do on your goal for September?

Half Off Membership to Denver Botanic Gardens!


The Groupon deal today is $40 for a family membership to the Denver Botanic Gardens - it is usually $80! These are the kinds of deals I love with these daily deal sites, something fun that lasts for the whole family!

This is only for new members, you cannot have had a membership at the Botanic Gardens in the last 12 months! This membership can get up to 6 people in each visit. It will expire 12 months from when it is activated and you have to activate it by 2/28/2011.

Go here to log into your account or sign up for a new account to get in on this deal!

Sprouts Weekly Deals 10/6 -10/13


As always, Sprouts does double ad Wednesdays so if you are shopping today, make sure to check out these deals that are available through today. Sprouts offers a $.05/bag credit when you bring in your own reusable bags, so don't forget them in the car!

Grocery:
Bulk Roasted Almonds $2.99/lb.
Bulk Turkish Apricots $2.99/lb.
ONE Coconut Water $1
- great for post-workout recovery.


Meat/Seafood:
Boneless Pork Loin Roast $1.99/lb.
Chicken Breast Tenders $1.99/lb.
Haddock Fillets $4.99/lb.



Produce:
Whole Seedless Watermelons $.25/lb.
Hass Avocados $.49
Roma Tomatoes $.49/lb.
Green Onions, Cilantro or Radish bunches $.49
Cucumbers $.49
Green Bell Peppers $.49
Russett Potatoes (10 lb. bag) $.88
Red or Gold Bell Peppers $.88
D'Anjou Pears $.88/lb.
Fuji or Braebrun Apples $.88/lb.
Iceberg Lettuce $.88
Baby Carrots (1 lb.) $.88
Cantaloupe $.88
Broccoli $.88/lb.
Eggplant $.88

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Big Lots - 20% off printable coupon


Print this 20% off coupon good tomorrow October 6th through Saturday, October 9th at Big Lots. You need to be a member of their Buzz Club but it is free and you can go here to register.

I'm not a huge Big Lots shopper, but I know you can score some great deals there!

Halloween Craft Ideas!


With Halloween just around the corner, I was looking for some fun crafts to do with the kiddos. Check out FaveCrafts and sign up for their newsletter to get great ideas for some really cute and fun crafts, including a cute pirate pumpkin!

New King Soopers Instant Win Game


King Soopers just started a new instant win game called "Kickoff to Savings". You can go here to play.

There are over 30,000 prizes being given away during this game many of which are FREE food! You can play once per day through October 31st. Let us know what you win! There is a limit of 2 prizes per account.

I won a FREE Fuze drink on my first try - yeah!

(Thanks, Hip2Save!)

Cellfire Giveaway & New Coupons

Woo Hoo - Cellfire just released a bunch of new, great coupons - see below for the whole list and go here to save them to your card.

On top of the new coupons being released, Cellfire is giving away 5 $500 gift cards to lucky Cellfire users. You get entries for each Cellfire coupon you "clip" or save to your card, so I'd suggest clipping them all to better your chances of winning. This promotion runs through 10/18, so make sure you save the coupons to your card to get entered into it.

What an awesome gift to get, a $500 gift card - and could it come at a better time, with the holidays right around the corner.

Coupons just released...

Green Giant® Boxed Vegetables Save $.60/3

Pillsbury® Crescents Dinner Rolls Save $.50/2

Refrigerated Pillsbury® Grands!® Biscuits Save $.30/2

Pillsbury® Italian Meal Breads Save $.40/2 (includes any loaves, breadsticks, dinner rolls or pizza crusts)

Progresso® Soups Save $.50/2

Nature Valley® Granola Bars Save $.50/1 (not including the granola thins)

Fiber One® Chewy Bar Save $.50/1

Betty Crocker® Cookie Mix Save $.40/1 (17.5 oz. or larger)

Gardetto's Snack Mix Save $.50/1 (8 oz. or larger)

Kix® cereal Save $.75/1 (including: Kix®, Berry Berry Kix®, or Honey Kix®)

Cocoa Puffs® cereal Save $.55/1

Green Giant® Frozen Bagged Vegetables Save $.40/1 (19-24 oz.)

Chex Mix® or Snacks Save $.50/1

Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® Cake Mix AND Betty Crocker® Ready to Spread Frosting Save $.50 wgeb you buy both

Yoplait® Cups Save $.40/6 (includes Original, Light, Thick & Creamy, OR Whips!® OR any flavor Yoplait® Original OR Light Smoothie)

Select Cheerios® Save $.75/1 (including: Frosted Cheerios®, Apple Cinnamon Cheerios®, Banana Nut Cheerios®, Fruity Cheerios®, Chocolate
Cheerios®, Cheerios® Oat Cluster Crunch, Yogurt Burst Cheerios®, Berry Burst Cheerios®)

Yoplait® Fiber One® Multipack Save $1/1

Pillsbury® Savorings Save $1/2

Green Giant® Valley Fresh Steamers Save $.50/2

Betty Crocker® Box Muffin Mix or Fiber One® Box Muffin Mix Save $.50/1

Pillsbury® Sweet Moments(TM) Save $1

Nature Valley Granola Thins Save $.50/1

Yoplait Kids Zone Save $.75/2 (including: Yoplait® Go-GURT® Yogurt, Yoplait® Trix® Multipack Yogurt, Yoplait® Splitz Yogurt)

Betty Crocker® Boxed Potatoes Save $.50/2 (Except Potato Buds® and Betty Crocker® Pouch).

Betty Crocker® Fudge Brownie Mix Save $1/2

Monday, October 4, 2010

GIVEAWAY - A $45 Gift Certificate to CSN Stores!


CSNstores.com was nice enough to contact me about giving away another gift certificate to one lucky reader! This time it is for $45 - think FREE holiday presents! Their sites (200+ of them!) have tons of items available, from kids toys to school supplies to furniture for the whole house.

One lucky winner will win a $45 gift certificate good at any of their websites.

There are three ways to enter this giveaway:

1 - Take a look at their websites and leave a comment on this post about what you'd like to spend your $45 gift card on if you were to be the winner.

2 - Become a follower of my blog and leave a comment saying you did so. If you are already a follower of this blog, you can leave one comment saying you already are.

3 - Spread the word with people about this blog. Tell your friends, family, coworkers - whomever you think would be interested in the information on the blog, to come check the blog out and enter the giveaway. Ask them to leave a note in their comment that they were referred by you and I will add an additional entry for you for each person that does this!

You could potentially have more than three entries to this contest, should you refer more than one person to the blog who enters the contest - it's that easy!

Each entrant can enter the giveaway three ways. You can post one time what you'd like to spend $45 on, one time saying that you are a follower of this blog and another time for each pesron you've refered to this blog that enters the giveaway. Only comments left on this post will qualify as entries. Email is not a valid method of entry. You may or may not want to leave your email address on your comment. If you choose to do so, I will contact you directly if you are chosen. If an email address is not included I will post on the blog the winner's user name. You will then have 24 hours to get back to me. If I do not hear back from the winner within 24 hours, I will draw a new winner until someone claims the prize.

This giveaway will remain open until Thursday, October 7th at 10 pm MST. I will then use Random.org to select a winner from the eligible entries and post the winner on Friday morning October 8th!

Good luck!

New Target Printable Coupons


Target just released a bunch of great printables, I believe they released 47 new ones to be exact! These coupons can be paired or stacked with manufacturer coupons to save even more money!

Some of my favorites are:
$3/1 Adult Denim
$2/1 Kids Denim

$1.50/1 Nestlé or Wonka bagged candy 30-oz. or larger - just in time for Halloween
$1/1 Nestlé Bagged Candy 10- to 12.5-oz. - just in time for Halloween
$1/1 Produce Purchase of $1 or More - should make for some inexpensive or FREE produce!
$1/2 Kraft Cheese Items 7 or 8 oz. Shredded or Block

Check them all out here!

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Walgreens Weekly Deals 10/3 - 10/9


Looks like a great week for items that are FREE after RRs! Not sure what all of that means? Go here, here and here for some more information on shopping at Walgreens.

My favorite FREE deals of the week...

EOS Lip Balm (Summer Fruit or Honeysuckle Honeydew) $3, get $3 RR
Like getting this for FREE after RR!

Nivea Lip Care $1

Use $1/1 from the 10/3 RP
Cost = FREE!

Schick Hydro Razor System 3 or 5 $7.99, get $4 RR
Use the $4/1 coupon from the 10/3 SS
Cost = $3.99, get $4 RR - like getting this for FREE after RR!
We got 2 $4/1 coupons in the paper today, one for the 3 blade version and one for the 5 blade version so you can score 2 FREE ones are RRs, even if you only got one copy of the paper!

Check out Hip2Save for the full list of Walgreens deals this week!