A $3.98 Harris Teeter Super Double Trip

This is my beautiful daughter, Charlie, with all the things I got at Harris Teeter during my 2nd Super Doubles trip.

Prior to shopping, I had downloaded the Gain detergent and the Gain fabric softener e-Vic coupons to my Vic card, and they BOTH came off my purchase. Also, my first $1.00 IP coupon for the Life Savers went through, but the second one beeped. The manager pushed it through, and since the Life Savers were on sale for $1.50, I ended up with overage!

Here you can see my receipt - coupons tendered: $63.62

I was especially happy to get milk, bread, and cheese for this price. The milk alone normally costs $3.99!



While shopping I noticed an interesting sign in the greeting cards section. It said: Buy 4 American Greeting cards (minimum $1.99) and get a free Flowering Hanging Basket. Four plant styles from which to choose. I don't know how long this deal is going on, but it sounds like a good one to me - $8.00 for a hanging plant (regularly about $15) and four nice quality cards. Mother's Day will be coming up soon!

Weekly Roundup #14 - April 3-9

This is the 14th week of my attempt to monitor my weekly spending and show how I feed our family on $50.00 per week or less. You may notice that when I find a good deal on something, I buy a lot of it. This doesn't make sense to someone who makes out a weekly menu, then buys the items on their shopping list, but it pays off for me. I never run out to buy something full price, and I rarely run out of things since I have a nice stockpile. This week I found:

 

Gumby does the Loudoun County Limbo!



Purchases 

Food
Gallon Milk - 1
Sorrento Ricotta Cheese - 1
Barilla Lasagna Noodles - 1
Maruchan Yakisoba Noodles - 2
Kelloggs Corn Flakes - 1
Kelloggs Rice Krispies - 3
Fiber Plus Cereal - 4
Special K Cereal - 3
Onions, 3 lb bag - 1

Dozen Eggs - 4

Bumble Bee Tuna - 4

Stovetop Stuffing - 10

Kraft Homestyle
    Mac & Cheese - 10
Capri Sun, 10 pk - 16
Gold Peak Tea, 18 oz - 4
Snickers Eggs - 21
Mrs. Smith Pie - 2
Mentos Gum - 2

Health & Beauty
Gold Bond Medicated Foot Powder - 1
Daily Necessities Bath Salts - 6
Revlon Nail Polish - 4
Scunci Hair Elastics - 1
Allegra, 5 ct. - 4
Depend Silhouette - 1
 

Expenditures

Rite Aid - $5.12

Walgreens - $3.00

Giant - $21.46

Food Lion - $10.56
Total: $40.14

Rebates

Rite Aid SCR #1 - Get back $2.00 when you buy any variety Gold Bond medicated foot product

Drugstore Deals, Week of March 25-31

                                          

Neosporin Products, Buy One Get One 50% off
FREE Essentials Trial Pack when purchased between 3/18 and 3/26/12 with Mail In Rebate that you can print here
Make a profit when you use the $5.00 coupon that you can print here or here
 
Colgate Optic White Toothbrush - $3.49
FREE when you use the $1.00 coupon from the 3/11/12 Smart Source insert together with the $3.00 March Video Value coupon
Schick Hydro Shave Gel 8.4 oz - 2/$4.00FREE if you can find the $2.00 peelie coupon

Carefree Pantiliners - $1.00
FREE with the $1.00 coupon from the Smart Source 3/18/12 insert.

U by Kotex Pantiliners 18-22 ct - $1.00
FREE with the $1.00 coupon from the 3/25/12 Smart Source insert.


                                             


Gold Emblem Jelly Beans - .99
Three days only: 3/25 - 3/27FREE after you get back the .99 ECB (limit 1)

Mars Easter Egg or Bunny Single - 2/$1
Three days only: 3/25 - 3/27
FREE when you use the $1.00 coupon from the Red Plum 3/18/12 insert.
Make a profit and get back a $1.00 ECB for buying two
(Limit 2)!

Colgate 360 Toothbrush - $2.99
FREE when you use the $1.00 coupon in the Smart Source insert of 3/11/12 to pay $1.99, then get back a $2.00 ECB

Walgreens TRUEresult Monitor $14.99
FREE after you send off for the Mail in Rebate on package

Got2b select stylers - 2/$10.00
FREE after you use 2 of the $3.00 coupons from the Red Plum insert of 2/12/12, then get back a $5.00 Register reward for buying two

Exxon Speedpass - Save $15.00 on Gas!

The price of gas seems to be going up every day, so it's great to find a way to save at the pump. I paid $2.97 per gallon to fill up this morning at Shell with the Giant Gas Points that I earned buying cheap Hormel Compleats Kids meals and Planter's Nutrition bars (see my post below).

Here is another program you might be interested in to save money on gas at Exxon or Mobil gas stations called Speedpass.

 First, you sign up here for the program, to have the Speedpass mailed to your home. It has your credit or debit card information encoded on it and looks like this:

Then you go here to register your pass, and affix it to your keychain. The next time you buy gas, just point the Speedpass at the pump device reader  and wait for the Tiger or Pegasus to light up. Pump your gas and your card will automatically be charged.

You have until 5/31/2012 to register for a special offer to save 15 cents per gallon. 
Then you have 60 days from the day you registered to buy 100 gallons worth of gas. When you reach a total of 100 gallons, you will automatically receive a $15.00 credit on your debit or credit card in one lump sum.

You can read more about the Exxon/Mobil Speedpass program here.

Giant Deals week of March 16-22, 2012

There is a super Gas Points deal at Giant this week. The Hormel Compleats Kids Microwave Tray meals are on sale 5/$4.00 or $1.25 each. They come out to just 15 cents each when you use the 55 cent coupon from the Red Plum 2/12/12 insert, doubled!

Even better, when you buy 5 in one transaction, you get a bonus 200 Gas Points that can be used to save 20 cents per gallon on your next gasoline purchase at Shell!

If you don't have enough coupons for the Hormel, you could throw in a couple of Planters Nutrition bars, on sale for $2.00 each, and use the 75 cent coupon from the 1/8/12 Smart Source insert. Just be sure to purchase your items in lots of five.

You can read more about the Gas Points program at Giant here.

Also this week, Giant has a promotion to save $5.00 instantly when you buy 6 qualifying frozen food items. Here is a scenario that will make them cheap for you:

Buy 4 boxes of Bagel-fuls on sale for $2.00 each and use two coupons for 75 cents off two that you can print here. These will double to $1.50.

Buy 2 bags of Dewafelbakker Pancakes for $2.00 each and use two coupons for $1.00 that you can print from Facebook here.

Pay $12.00 - $5.00 Instant Savings - $5.00 coupons = $2.00 out of pocket or 33 cents each!



 I couldn't find the Dewafelbakker pancakes at my store, so I substituted 2 bags of Alexia potatoes that are on sale for $3.29 each. You can print out a $1.00 coupon at their website here or from their Facebook page here.

Still FREE this week:

Mentos Gum - on sale for 99 cents - use the 55 cent coupon from the 2/5/12 Smart Source insert.

Maruchan Yakisoba Noodles - on sale for 50 cents - use the $1.00 off 2 coupon from the 3/11/12 Smart Source insert.



Giant - Meat and Spaghetti Sauce Deal

Here is another good deal going on at Giant this week:  Buy 2 Bertolli Pasta Sauce jars (15-24 oz) and save $3.00 instantly off your Fresh Meat purchase.

The cheapest Bertolli pasta sauces are $2.50 each and there was a coupon in the Smart Source insert of 3/4/12 for $1.50 off 2 jars. The last time I went shopping I used the hand scanner and saw that it had given me a coupon for 50 cents off one jar of Bertolli sauce!

Be on the lookout for this No Beer Purchased Required (NBPR) rebate form that I found in Giant this week with the St. Patrick's Day items: Save $5.00 by mail off meat with a minimum meat purchase of $5.01 between 2/1/12 and 3/31/12.

Here is how I combined the two deals:

I bought:

1 - 3 lb. Corned Beef Brisket - $5.28

2 - Bertolli Spagetti Sauce - $5.00

Total: $10.28

Minus:

$1.50 insert coupon

$ .50 scanner coupon
$3.00 instant savings

Total: $5.28

That makes my out of pocket expense 28 cents after rebate!  

More Giant Deals for week of March 9-15

I didn't manage to get into Giant over the weekend, so today I stopped in to use the $5.00 frozen food Catalina that I received last Friday (see my post below). I bought 3 Farm Rich Appetizers and 1 Breyer's Ice Cream.

      

The shelf price on the Farm Rich items was $6.99 X 3 = $20.97. The shelf price on the Breyer's was $5.19. Together these items met the $25.00 threshold to trigger a $10.00 frozen food Catalina coupon.

However, the appetizers were on sale for $4.99 each and the ice cream was on sale for $3.00, so my total came to $17.97.

I then used three $1.00 "peelie" coupons that I found right on the package to bring my total down to $14.97. After my $5.00 Catalina was applied, I owed $9.97 plus 32 cents tax - $10.29, and I got back another $10.00 Catalina!



Farm Rich "peelie" coupon - front and back



If you can't find the packages with the "Peelie" coupons on them, there were coupons in the Smart Source insert of 11/13/12 for $1.00 off one product. There were also coupons in the Smart Source of 1/15/12 for 75 cents off one Farm Rich Product, however these coupons have fine print that say "not subject to doubling" and will not double at Giant.

Maruchan Yakisoba Noodles are on sale this week for 50 cents each, so FREE with the $1.00 off 2 coupon that was in the Smart Source insert of 3/11/12!

Beech Nut Rice Cereal (8 oz) is on sale for $1.54 a box. Use the .75 coupon here to take off $1.50 when doubled and pay 4 cents a box!

Giant Update!

 

I tried the Speed Stick Buy One Get One Free coupon at Giant tonight, but it did not deduct $3.99. It took $2.00 off my bill automatically, so I ended up paying $1.00 each for two deodorants.  

However, I have a couple more deals to post for this week:

Grande Tortilla Chips are on sale Buy One Get One Free. The regular price is $2.99, so that means $1.50 each. If you use the $1.00 coupon from the 1-15-12 Smart Source they will be .50 each!

  

Ricola Cough Drops are still 1.50 each (2/$3.00) on Real Deal until Feb 23rd, so free with the .75 coupon from the 1-1-12 Smart Source doubled.  

There are also some great deals with regional coupons that we did not receive in the Washington Post.  If you have a chance to trade for these coupons or don't mind buying them from a clipping service, then you can also do:

Old El Paso Refried Beans - $1.00

Free with .50 coupon from the 1-29-12 doubled

Barilla Pasta - $1.00 ($10/10)

Free with the .55 coupon from the 1-8-12 Smart Source (good only for the Whole Grain) doubled

Friendship Cottage Cheese -  99 cents

Free with .55 coupon from the 1-8-12 Smart Source doubled

International Delight Creamer - $1.66 (3/$5.00)

Only 16 cents after doubling the .75 coupon in Smart Source 1-8-12

Best Deals at Giant - Feb 10-16, 2012

Here the best deals at Giant for this week:

Mentos UP2U GUM - $1.00
Free with the $1.00 coupon from the 1-1-12 Smart Source insert
On "Real Deal" until February 23rd


Zone Perfect Bars - $1.00
Free with .55 coupon from the Smart Source of 1-8-12 doubled
On "Real Deal" until February 23rd



Speed Stick or Lady Speed Stick Deodorant - $2.00  (2/$4.00)
Use the Buy One Get One Free coupon from the Smart Source insert of 1-29-12. Last week it automatically took off $3.99 for me when scanned at CVS. If it does the same thing at Giant, the price would be .01 for two sticks of deo!




Pennsylvania Dutch Noodles - $1.33 each (3/$4.00)
Use the $1.00 coupon from HERE to pay .33 each!



Welch's Natural Grape Spread (19.8 oz squeeze bottle) - $2.00
Use .75/1 coupon from RP 1-22-12 doubled and pay .50 each plus get 2X gas points!


Chi-Chi's Tortillas - $1.50 (2/$3.00)
Use the .50 coupon from the 1-8-12 Smart Source doubled to pay .50 each!


Purina ONE Beyond Dog Food (3.5 lb bag) - $6.00 (2/$12.00)
Use the $5.00 coupon from the 1-15-12 Smart Source to pay $1.00
On "Real Deal" until February 23rd


Finally, there is a deal to get a Catalina coupon for a free a package of Eggo Waffles (6, 8, or 10 ct.) valued up to $2.86 when you buy TWO 59 oz. bottles of 100% orange juice - any brand. The promotion runs from 2-10-2012 until 3-1-2012. 

Tropicana Pure Premium OJ is on sale this week, two for $6.00.

Weekly Round-up #4 - January 25-31

This week I again achieved my goal of staying under $50.00 for food and toiletries and even eating out!

Purchases

Food                                                     

-Lemon (1)

-Bananas (2 lb)

-Egglands Best Eggs, dozen (2)

-White Milk, gallon (2)

-Chocolate Milk, gallon (1)

-Loaf of Bread (1)

-Sugar, 5 lb bag (11)

-Bar-S Hot Dogs (1)

-Hormel Party Tray (1)        

-Kashi Go Lean Cereal (1)
-Kelloggs Crunchy Nut cereal (1)
-Zone Perfect bars (18)
-Kelloggs Raisin Bran Cinnamon Almond Cereal (5)
-Pom Bars (9)
-Ritz Crackers (2)
-Nissin Cup Noodles (30)
-Hannaford Wheat Elbow Macaroni (1)
-Fleischmann's Homemade Bread Kit (3)       Household 
-Mariani Dried Pineapple (2)                         - Brawny Paper Towel, single roll (1)
-Pie Shell (2)                                                 - Purina One Beyond dog food, 3.5 lb bag (2)
-Ground Mustard (1)                                                              
-Hershey's Chocolate Bars (16)
-Twizzlers (4)
-Skittles (3)
                                              Other

 - 5 Free Hot Chocolates at Dunkin Donuts

 - 2 Free ice cream cones at McDonalds

 - Dozen Donuts at Dunkin Donuts

                                                          

Refunds

Coors Deli Party Platter, NBPR rebate for $8.00

Expenditures
 Rite Aid - $1.01
 Giant - $1.65
 Bloom - $30.30
 Safeway - $5.05
                                                Dunkin Donuts - $7.58

                                                               Total: $45.59

Monthly Total for January: $182.43

I averaged about $45 per week for the month of January. We had plenty of good meals by combining these purchases with items already in my stockpile, and we have a good supply of cereal to last us until the next great deal comes along.

Bloom Super Double Matchups for January 28, 2012

Here are Match-Ups for the best deals at the Bloom Super Doubles event on Saturday, January 28, 2012.

Rules for Super Doubles at Bloom:
- Scan your Breeze card to get sale price and double coupons.
- Bloom will double a maximum of 20 coupons in the same transaction, up to $1.99 each.
- You may not use more than 10 identical coupons per transaction. 
- Get to the store early if you want to find any freebies!

Key:

SS - Smart Source insert

RP - Red Plum insert

BOGO - Buy One, Get One Free (really means 1/2 price)

 

Beech Nut Baby Food - .65
- $1/3 IP: HERE

= 3 FREE
*

Muir Glen Tomato Paste - $1.85
- $1/1 IP: HERE (must register)
= FREE
*

Nissan Big Cup Noodles - 2/$1.00
- $1/3 Nissan Big Cup Noodles (SS 11/06)
= FREE
*
Fleischmann’s Simply Homemade Bread Starter Kit - $2.49
- $1.50/1 Fleishchmann’s Bread (SS 11/13)
= FREE
*

Bic Pens, 10 ct. - $1.99
- $1/1 Bic Stationary Item (SS 1/08)
This coupon has the new bar code and may not double automatically
= FREE
*
Bounty Napkins, 50 ct. -  .89
- $1/2 Bounty Napkins (PG 1/01)
= FREE
*
Activia Yogurt, 4 pack - 2/$4.00
- $1/1 Activia Yogurt, ALL YOU magazine, February Issue,  pg. 88
- $1/1 Activia Yogurt (SS 1/15)
= FREE 
*
Reynold’s Slow Cooker Liners - $2.50
$1/1 Reynold’s Slow Cooker Liners (SS 1/22)
or $1/1 Reynold’s Liner IP: HERE
= .50 each
*
Alpo Dog Food -  .75
- $1.50/10 (SS1/8)
= .45 each when you buy 10- $1/8 IP: HERE
= .50 each when you buy 8
*
Aunt Jemima Pancakes or French Toast (BOGO @ $2.89) -  $1.49
- $1/2 IP: HERE
= .49 each, WYB2

Mueller's Elbow Macaroni - $1.69
- $1.00 off 2 Mueller’s Whole Grain Pasta (SS 1/08)
= .19 each AND get Hannaford Whole Grain Elbow Macaroni FREE with coupon from ad!

The two Bloom stores in Loudoun County that are closing (Leesburg/Ft. Evans Rd. and Ashburn) will be discounting all merchandise by 75% on Saturday, January 28th!
Your coupons will not double there but will be accepted at face value.*

Safeway Freebies

Here are a couple of great deals at Safeway this month:

Pom Bars (in the produce section) are on sale for $1.00 each until February 28th.

Use the $1.00 off any Pom Wonderful product coupon found in the Smart Source insert of 1-8-12 to get it for FREE! Or print out a coupon for $1.00 off any Pom product here. There is also a tearpad coupon for $1.00 off any Pom product - look for it in the produce section of your supermarket.

Hallmark Cards has a catalina deal for any 3 greeting cards priced over .99 each. When you buy 3 cards, you get back a catalina worth $5.00 on your next shopping trip. You can buy 3 cards worth $1.49 each and pay $4.47 plus tax, then get back $5.00!

The catalina offer is running until February 14th.

Giant Bargains - January 19-25, 2012

There are more great deals at Giant this week!
     

Zone Perfect bars on sale for $1 (10/$10) and FREE with the .55 coupon doubled from the Smart Source insert of 1-22-2012.




Campbell's Soup at Hand is on sale for $1 each (10/$10) and there are coupons for $1 off 2 cans in the Smart Source insert of January 8, 2012. While .50 per can is a decent price for soup, there is a catalina deal running that makes it work out to .17 each!

Here are the details:
Buy any Campbell's microwaveable bowls or Soup at Hand (excluding Healthy Request varieties) between 1/23/12 and 2/19/12 and save on a future order.

Buy 4 and get $1.25 OYNO
Buy 5 and get $1.50 OYNO
Buy 6 and get $2.00 OYNO

You can buy 6 Campbell's Soup at Hand for $6.00 and use 3 coupons to pay $3.00 out of pocket. Then get back a catalina for $2.00 making your total purchase cost $1.00!

There is also a catalina deal on Kleenex tissues (50 ct. or larger) running from 1/23/12 to 2/19/12. Kleenex is on sale this week for $1.50 (2/$3.00). There were coupons in the Smart Source insert of the January 1, 2012 issue of the Washington Post for $1.00 off when you buy two boxes. The catalina details are:

Buy 5 and get $1.00 OYNO

Buy 6 and get $1.50 OYNO
Buy 7 or more and get $2.00 OYNO

If you bought 6 boxes for $9.00 and used 3 coupons for $3.00 off, you would pay $6.00 out of pocket, then get back $1.50 for a total cost of $4.50 or .75 a box. Other newspapers got a coupon for .50/1 box, that would double to $1.00, making your final cost .25 per box.


You can save $5.00 instantly when you buy 7 specified Kellogg's products.

Here is what I plan to do:
Buy 6 Kellogg's Raisin Bran Cinnamon @ $2.50 each = $15.00
1 Kashi Go Lean cereal =  $3.00
Total = $18.00

Use 1 Recyclebank  coupon off the Kashi cereal -   $2.00
Use 6 coupons for .70 Kelloggs Raisin Bran Cinnamon from Kelloggs.com  = $8.40 when doubled
Get Instant Savings - $5.00
Total discounts = $15.40
Pay $2.60
Get $1.00 from  Saving Star  wyb any 3 Kellogg's cereals

Total = $1.60 for 7 boxes of cereal or .23 a box!

Barilla Whole Grain Pasta is on sale for $1.00 (10/$10).  The Washington Post had coupons in the Smart Source insert of 1-8-2012 for $1 off when you buy that would make it .50. However, other newspapers carried a coupon for .55 off that would make it FREE when doubled!



Still on sale this week:
(see my last Giant post for details)
- Ricola Dual Action -  2/$3.00 - .75 coupon doubled = FREE
- UP2U Gum - 10/$10 - use $1 coupon - FREE
- Purina One Beyond Dog Food - $6.00 - use $5.00 coupon = $1.00