Another Leapster $5 Coupon

There is another $5 Leapster game coupon available in the coupon widget on the left side of this page. These coupons can make these games pretty reasonably priced. Lots of these games are great learning games for little ones as well.

Happy shopping!

Tomorrow's Coupon Inserts...

Looks like we are getting 2 coupon inserts tomorrow - a redplum and a smartsource. Fingers are crossed for some great coupons!

$5 Leapfrog Printable Coupons

Leapfrog has a couple of good coupons out right now. You can print a $5 off any Leapster Learning Game coupon or a $5 off any Tag Book coupon. Both coupons are good through the end of June so you have some time to find a good sale to use them with. They also have codes on them to use for online purchases if you prefer to shop online.

I love Leapfrog products, my son is going to be getting a Leapster in a couple of weeks for his 4th birthday so these coupons came along at a great time for me!

It's Mega Swag Buck Friday!

It's that day of the week again - Mega Swag Buck Friday, which means you have a better chance of getting larger swagbucks amounts for your searches - so get searching!

New to Swagbucks? Go here to find out more and go here to sign up for your free account to start earning rewards!

Men's Polos for $4.42 shipped!

Kohl's has a couple of big and tall polos on sale for $5.20 right now online. Use code THANKS1498 for 15% off your order and stack with code FREEINMAY to get free shipping!

You can use these codes on other items you purchase at Kohl's too!

Shop through Shop at Home to get 4% cash back on your purchase.

Safeway Weekly Deals 5/12 - 5/18

Get your booty to Safeway TODAY to get some awesome deals on cereal after catalina coupons! Safeway has a great buy 4, save $4 mix and match sale going on this week as well as another weekend sale. I just want to say something quickly - you may see other sites posting about using 2 coupons on a BOGO sale. I personally don't feel this is an ethical way of couponing as you are technically using a coupon on a product you are already getting for free, so you won't ever see me posting deals like this. That is it - I'm off my soapbox!

Weekend Deals (valid Saturday & Sunday):
Frozen Safeway Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts (4 lb. bag) $1.69/lb. = $6.76 per bag
Safeway Select Extra Meaty Pork Baby Back Ribs $2.99/lb.
Yoplait Yogurt (8 pack) $2.99, limit 2
Breyers Ice Cream $2.29
Cheetos or Fritos (7.75 - 9.5 oz.) $1.29, limit 4


Buy 4, save $4 deals: (you can mix and match these products, just make sure to buy in increments of 4, limit 20 products per transaction) I am assuming you are purchasing in increments of 4, so prices reflect the $1/item discount. There are also a couple of catalina deals to go with this promotion. There is a Kellogg's one that only runs through today where you purchase 3 boxes, get $2 catalina, purchase 4 boxes, get $3 catalina or purchase 5 boxes and get a $4 catalina. There is also a Post catalina that runs through the 16th where you purchase 4 boxes, get $3 catalina or purchase 5 boxes, get a $4 catalina.

Kellogg's Corn Flakes $1
Use $1/2 printable available in the coupon widget on the left side of this page (remember to print it twice), or here , or here, or here you must buy 2 to use these coupons
Cost = $.50 each, when you buy 2! If you go today and buy 4 boxes, use 2, $1/2 coupons, you will spend $2 and get a $3 catalina - BETTER THAN FREE after catalina!

Cheerios $1.50
Use $.55/1 printable available in the coupon widget on the left side of this page (again, print this twice) or other coupons here, here, and here
Cost = $.50!

Kellogg's Froot Loops, Apple Jacks and Corn Pops $1.50
Use $1/2 printable available in the coupon widget on the left side of this page (again, print this twice) or printables here, here and here, you must buy 2 to use these coupons
Cost = $1 each. If you go today and buy 4 boxes, use 2, $1/2 coupons, you will spend $4 and get a $3 catalina - like getting 4 boxes for $1 after catalina!

Kellogg's Frosted Mini Wheats $2
Use $1/2 printables here and here
Cost = $1.50 each! If you go today and buy 4 boxes, use 2, $1/2 coupons, you will spend $6 and get a $3 catalina - like getting 4 boxes for $3 after catalina!

Quaker Chewy Granola Bars $1.50
Use $.75/1 from the 5/2 RP
Cost = $.50

Reese's Puffs $2
Use $1.50/2 printable here, you must buy 2 to use this coupon
Cost = $1.25 each, when you buy 2!

Quaker Life Cereal $1
Cap'n Crunch $1

I also believe that Nature Valley products are part of this promotion as well, but haven't been in to verify.


Other Deals:
Wacky Mac BOGO/2 for $1.69
Use 1, $.50/1 printable available in the coupon widget on the left side of this page (remember you can print this coupon twice per computer!)
Cost = $.69 for 2 packs!

Nabisco 100 Calorie Packs $2.50
Use BOGO coupon here (you must "like" them on facebook to access this coupon), you must buy 2 to use this coupon
Cost = $2.50 for 2
**There is a catalina deal running right now (through 5/16) where if you purchase 4 boxes, you will get a $3 catalina. So print 2 coupons, purchase 4 boxes, pay $5 and get a $3 catalina. Like spending $2 for 4 boxes after catalina coupon!

Classico Pasta Sauce $2
Use $1/2 printable here or $1.50/2 printable that I posted about at the beginning of the month and is no longer available, you must buy 2 to use this coupon
Cost = as low as $2.50 and get 2 boxes of Safeway Dry Pasta (12 - 16 oz.) FREE at checkout. Total cost as low as $2.50 for 2 jars or sauce and 2 boxes of pasta - a great deal for a good pasta sauce brand!

Palmolive Dish Detergent (20 oz.) $1.99, with in-ad coupon
Use $1/1 from the 5/9 SS AND in-ad coupon
Cost = $.99

Danon Activia $1.99, with in-ad coupon, limit 4
Use $1/1 from the 3/28 or 5/2 SS and in-ad coupon
Cost = $.99


Meat/Seafood:
Hormel Products BOGO
Use $.55/1 Hormel Natural Lunchmeat coupon available in the coupon widget on the left side of this page (you can print this twice)

Ranchers Reserve Boneless Beef Round Steak $1.99/lb.
Fresh Whole Boneless Pork Loin $1.99/lb.


Produce:
Bananas $.46/lb.
Cucumbers $.50
Oranges (8 lb. bag) $4.99 = $.50/lb.

Did I miss any good deals? If so, let me know and I'll add them!

What to do with all of the great fruit deals?

The time of great fresh fruit prices is upon us, so how do we maximize these savings?

My suggestion is to buy a bunch and freeze it! Most of the fruits you can buy fresh can be cleaned and frozen. I buy tons of strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, cherries, and peaches during the summertime great prices.

I wash the fruit well in produce wash and let it dry. I then trim anything like stems or yucky looking spots and pit the cherries. Next, I freeze the fruit on a cookie sheet (it is usually easier to remove the frozen fruit if you use wax paper on top of the cookie sheet). Once frozen I place the fruit into a gallon sized plastic storage bags, label it, and throw it in my freezer. Fruit like the berries, cherries can be frozen whole and the peaches can be sliced or just cut in half with the pit removed.

I use this frozen fruit for fruit smoothies, for fruit topping on granola, as fruit in oatmeal (my kids LOVE peaches and cream oatmeal - cooked oats that I put a few slices of peaches in and add milk to it and sometimes a touch of brown sugar. The peaches cool off the oatmeal quickly so they don't have to wait forever for it to cool down to eat!).

There are tons of uses for fruit frozen this way and the beautiful thing about freezing it on the cooking sheet first is that it isn't all frozen together in one large block, you can remove just what you need for your recipe.

My mom actually does a similar thing but portions it up into individual servings in smaller plastic bags. That way when she is running out the door late for work, she can still make herself a healthy breakfast smoothie by just adding some milk and/or yogurt without spending much time on it. The other beautiful thing about making smoothies with frozen fruit, is that you eliminate the need to use ice in it!

This fruit like all other frozen fruit, tends to be a little bit mushier than fresh fruit once defrosted, so keep that in mind when you are planning on using it. I don't like to eat it as a fruit salad, as I don't like the mushier texture - but I know many people that don't mind it.

This fruit is usually cheaper than even the bulk packages you can buy at Costco or Sam's Club, especially if you get it on a great sale. It does take a little more time than the already done bags, but the financial savings can be well worth it in the end!

It really pays to plan and shop ahead, especially on seasonal fruit.