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

Food Lion Shopping Today!

Yesterday I received coupons in a trade for $1.00 off 1 Kraft Homestyle Macaroni & Cheese in the mail, so I took off to shop at Food Lion. The mac & cheese was on sale 3/$5.00 or $1.66 each, with a Big Deal discount of $5.00 when you buy 10 in one transaction. When I got to the store, I found that the mac & cheese had "peelie" coupons to save $1.00 on a box of Stovetop stuffing when you buy a bag of Kraft Homestyle. The Stovetop was on sale for $1.50 a box. I impulsively decided to buy 10 boxes of that as well, then threw in a 3 lb. bag of onions on sale for $3.13 that I needed for dinner.

Here you see the groceries that I got for a total of $10.55, including tax. I paid for most of it with my prepaid debit card from the Kelloggs gas card deal, so my out of pocket expense was only $2.54!

Also in the photo, you can see the ticket I received for "spending" over $20.00 this week at Food Lion. You can read more about the ticket and how to use it for a $10.00 savings on your groceries here.

Today, April 10th, is the last day of the Big Deal.

My Drugstore Shopping Today!

Today, after I finished my volunteer shift at the Loudoun Interfaith Food Pantry I swung by the three drugstores in Leesburg for their special deals.  Here is what I ended up spending a total of $4.50 on:

I'm holding the Children's Miracle Network "balloon" from Rite Aid. It has $7.00 worth of Rite Aid store coupons on it that can be stacked with manufacturer's coupons. These coupon say manufacturer's coupon on them, but you can tell they are really store coupons because they begin with RC under the bar code.

At Rite Aid I got the balloon for a $1.00 donation, plus two Revlon Scented nail polishes that had been clearanced to $1.19, although they were not marked. I used 2 coupons for $1.00 off any Revlon Color Cosmetics item from the 4/1/12 Smart Source insert, so my total came to 50 cents. After I paid $1.50, I got back a $3.00 UP Reward for buying any two Revlon products!

At Walgreens I bought 4 dozen eggs, on sale 2 for $2.00. I used two 55 cent coupons that you can print here, so my total came to exactly $3.00 with tax.

At CVS I spent nothing out of pocket. I had $10.00 in ECB's that were about to expire and I needed cereal, so this is what I got:

$7.96 - 3 Kelloggs Rice Krispies and 1 Corn Flakes ($1.99 each)

$7.50 - 3 Special K cereals ($2.50 each)

$3.99 - Depends Silhouette for Women

$2.00 - 4 cans Bumble Bee Tuna (50 cents each)

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$21.45 Total

I then used the following coupons:

$4.00 off 4 Kelloggs cereal printed from coupons.com

$1.00 off 3 Special K cereals printed from Kelloggs.com

$2.00 - 2 X $1.00 off 2 Bumble Bee tuna coupons from Recycle Bank

$2.00 Depend coupon printed from the Depend website

$2.00 Depend coupon printed from the CVS website

$10.00 Extra Care Bucks

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$21.00 Total

The remaining 45 cents plus tax went onto my CVS gift card and I got back:

$2.00 ECB for buying the Depends

$4.00 ECB for buying 3 Special K cereals

to use next week!

Food Lion - The Big Deal!

The "Big Deal" is at Food Lion from March 28 - April 10, 2012.

Look for Big Deal Signs throughout the store and save instantly when you buy:

10 items in one transaction - $5.00 off your bill

20 items in one transactions - $10.00 off your bill

30 items in one transaction - $15.00 off your bill

Click here to see a list of all the items that qualify!

This is my plan for today:

Buy 2 boxes Sunshine Cheez-It crackers - on sale $3.99, Buy One Get One Free, and use 2 coupons for 70 cents off one box that you can print here. That will make my final price $1.30 each.

Buy 1 box of Kelloggs Crispix and use a peelie coupon that I found at Giant to get a free box of Crispix when you buy two boxes of Cheez-It crackers.


Buy 4 Hormel Compleats at $2.00 each and use 2 coupons to "buy1 get 1 free" that you can print from Facebook here, plus a coupon for $1.00 off two Hormel Compleats from the 2/12/12 Smart Source insert. That will make my cost for four $3.00.


Buy 4 Green Giant boxed vegetables that are on sale 10 for $10.00 and use 2 coupons for 50 cents off two that you can print  here. That will make my final price $3.00 for four.
 

My total will come to $8.59 after coupons minus the $5.00 instant savings = $3.59 for everything!

Weekly Roundup #12 - March 20-26

This week my shopping trips focused on the Harris Teeter "Triple Coupons" event and the continued Frozen Food Month promotion at Giant. I was able to "roll" my $10 frozen food catalinas at Giant into several deals producing more catalinas, then spent the last one on Gatorade for my husband - an item for which I rarely find coupons.

Purchases  
Food

- Gallon milk (1)                                                                     

- Celery (1)

- Fiber One Cereal (1)

- Planters Nutrition Bars (18)

- DeWafelbakker    Blueberry pancakes (2)

- Kraft Bagel-fuls (4)

- Maruchan Yakisoba noodles (8)

- Nasoya Tofu (2)

- Starkist Tuna (4)

- Campbell's Tomato Soup (12)

- Hormel Chili (4)

- Hormel Compleats meals (11)

- Chex Snacks Mix (1)

- Land O Lakes Half and Half (2)

- Minute Maid Pomegranate Blueberry juice (1)

- Simply Orange juice (1)

- Silk Almond Choc Milk (1)

- Gatorade, 32 oz bottle (6)

- Gatorade powder (1)

- Tetley Tea Bags, family size (1)

- Mentos gum (7)

- Sweethearts (1) - big bag I found on clearance for 22 cents

Health and Beauty

- False eyelashes for my daughter's part in the Wizard of Oz

Household

- Mardi Gras Napkins, 250 ct. (2)

Refunds:

- Minute Maid Enhanced Juice

I purchased this Minute Maid Pomegranate Blueberry Juice on impulse at Harris Teeter, even though I didn't have a coupon for it, when I saw this "Love It Or It's Free" hangtag. The inside of the form says "Try 59 oz. Minute Maid Enhanced Juice or Enhanced Lemonade. If you don't love it, we will refund your purchase price. While I may like the juice, I don't like the price of $3.69!

Expenditures     

Rite Aid - $4.96

Giant - $20.42

Harris Teeter - $13.46

Total: $39.84

I'm pleased to be under budget this week since I went over the first week of March. My running total for the month thus far is $153.82.

Food Lion Coupon Matchups - 3/27-4/3

I am venturing into Food Lion this week for the first time since mine converted from a Bloom grocery store. Below you will find a list of all their advertised sale prices from March 27th through April 3rd with coupon match-ups.

SS - Smart Source insert
RP - Red Plum insert
P&G - Proctor & Gamble insert
GM - General Mills insert
NLA - No Longer Available
IP - Internet Printable coupon

My Essentials Brands
Potato Chips - 2/$5
Drinking Water, 24 pack - $2.99
Soda, 2 ltr bottles - 89 cents
Ice Cream, 1 gallon - $4.99
Foam plates, 50 ct. - $2.19
Half & Half, 32 oz - $2.59

Buy One, Get One Free
Nature's Own Butterbread
Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
$1.00/2 Mfr Catalina
Red Baron 12 inch Pizza
Tyson Any'tizers
$1/2 SS 1/22
$1/2 SS 3/4
Purex Liquid Landry Detergent (60-72 oz)
.50/1 RP 3/11
Doritos Tortilla Chips (also part of the Big Deal)
Sunshine Cheez-It (also part of the Big Deal)
$1/2 Peelie
Free Kellogg's Crispix cereal wyb 2 Cheez-It Crackers peelie
Mueller's Pasta (16 oz)
.55/1 when you register here
Mrs. Smith's Fruit Pies
Food Lion Shrimp (16 oz, cooked)
Hormel Black Label Bacon


The Big Deal (March 28 - April 10)

Look for Big Deal signs on products throughout the store

Buy 10 products, receive $5 off instantly
Buy 20 products, receive $10 off instantly
Buy 30 products, receive $15 off instantly


Included products:
Kraft BBQ Sauce - 99 cents
Kellogg's Frosted Flakes/Mini Wheats - 2/$5.00
$1/2 Kelloggs Frosted Mini-wheats - IP NLA?
$1/2 Frosted Mini-wheats - found in package
$1/3 Kelloggs Cereals - RP 3/4
$1/2 Kelloggs Cereal & fresh fruit - found in package
Hormel Compleats - 2/$4
$1/2 SS 2/12
$1/1 IP (NLA) - Kid's Meal
Kraft Homestyle Mac & Cheese - 3/$5
.75/1 IP - No more prints
.75/1 Tearpad
Nabisco Snack Crackers - 2/$5
$1/2 Tearpad
$1/2 Booklet called "Your Party's Winning Game Plan with Guy"
Starbucks Coffee - $7.99
$1.50/1 SS 3/25
Spam - 2/$5
Quaker Instant Oatmeal - 2/$5
PopTarts - 2/$5
$1/2 Found in Package
$1.00/2 Peelie
$1.00/3 Found in Package
.70/1 IP No More Prints
$1/3 RP 3/4
Del Monte Fruit (4 pack) - 5/$10
Fresh Step Scoop Cat Litter - $7.99
Viva Paper Towels- $7.99
.60/1 SS 3/11
.50/1 IP here
$1/1 Booklet/Pamphlet
Cottonelle Bath Tissue - $7.99
$2/1 Blinkie
$1/1 Peelie
.50/2 SS 3/1
Betty Crocker Muffins or Cookies - 2/$4
.40/1 GM 2/5 cookie mix
.40/1 SS 3/25 cookie mix
$1/2 SS 3/25 muffins
$1/2 Found in Package muffins
Vanity Fair Napkins/Dixie Plates or Cups - 2/$4
.50/1 Dixie Plates, Perfect Touch Cups, Bath Cups - Found in Package
Kingsford or Match Light Charcoal - $5.99
I think there was a $2 IP for this recently that is NLA
Maxwell House Coffee - $8.99
$1/2 Found in Package
$1.50 off wyb 1 pkg of Dixie PerfecTouch Cups
Bush's Best Baked Beans or Grillin'Beans - 3/$5
Doritos Tortilla Chips - Buy One, Get One free
Sunshine Cheez-It - Buy One, Get One free
$1/2 Peelie
Tyson Bagged Chicken - $6.99
.55/1 or $1/1 SS 1/8
Yoplait Go-Gurt - 2/$4
.55/2 Peelie
.75/2 GM 2/5
.75/2 SS 3/11
$1/2 Found in package
Green Giant Box Vegetables - 10/$10
.50/2 Booklet/Pamphlet fm Weight Watchers
Pillsbury Cinnamon or Crescent Rolls - 2/$4
.40/2 GM 1/8 crescent rolls
.40/4 SS 1/29 crescent rolls
Totinos Pizza Rolls - 2/$6
$1/2 GM 1/8
.35/1 SS 1/29
.40/2 SS 1/29
Depend Pants - $11.99
$3/1 Found in package
$2/1 IP - NLA
$1/1 SS 3/25
Poise Pads - $11.99
$2/1 Snail Mail
$2/1 Found in package
$1/1 IP here
Head & Shoulders Shampoo - $4.99
$1/1 Found in package
$1/2 P&G 3/4

Other Sale Items
Chuck Roast - $2.99
Holly Farms Chicken Breasts or Tenders - 50% off
Whole Pork Spare Ribs - $1.99
Green Grapes (Seedless) .99 (my personal stock-up price)
Berry Patch (Strawberries, Raspberries, or Blackberries) - 2/$4
Johnsonville Grilling Sausage & Brats - $3.99
$1/2 SS 1/22
$2/1 Catalina mfr q fm Safeway
Pepsi Products (12 pack) - $3/$10
.75/1 SS 3/18
Budwiser, Miller or Coors Family (24 pack) - $14.99
Kraft Shredded or Chunk Cheese - 2/$4
Stouffer's Dinners or Entrees (6-21 oz) - 4/$10
$1/4 Tearpad
Kraft Salad Dressing (14-16 oz) - 2/$4
.50/1 Peelie
Prego Pasta Sauce - 3/$5
.50/2 or $1/2 SS 1/8
.50/2 or .75/2 SS 2/26
$1/2 Campbell’s, "Make Game Day A Snap" Booklet
$1/3 Tearpad
Lance Crackers - 2/$4
$1/2 Tearpad
Huggies Jumbo Diapers or Pull-Ups & Goodnites - $8.99
$2/1 Found in Package Huggies
$1/1 Booklet/Pamplet Huggies
$2/1 Pull-ups IP here
$2/1 Pull-ups Found in package
$2/1 Booklet/pamplet Pull-ups
$1.50/1 Pull-ups SS 3/18
$1.50/1 Huggies SS 2/12
Purina Dog Chow - $10.99
$1/1 SS 3/18
Bounty 6 Regular Rolls - $4.99
$1/1 Found in package
.25/1 P&G 3/4
Charmin 9 Large Rolls - $4.99
$1/2 Found in package
$1/1 Found in package
.25/1 P&G 3/4
Rice A Roni or Pasta Roni - 10/$10
Waggin' Train Chicken Jerky Tenders - $9.99
Gain Liquid Fabric Softener - $4.99
$1/1 Essence magazine
$1/1 Found in package
.50/1 RP 3/18
$1/1 RP 2/19
Ro*tel - 10/$10

Beverages:
Coke Products (6 pack, 1/2 liter bottles) - 4/$11
Buy 4 6-packs and get an 8 pack, 20 oz Powerade FREE
Pepsi Products (2 ltr bottles) - 3/$5
.55/1 Diet Pepsi 2 ltr SS 3/18
Coke Products (2 ltr bottles) - 3/$5
Gatorade (32 oz) - 10/$10
Lipton Tea (12 pack)/Starbucks Frappucino (4 pack) - $5.99
Buy 1 Frappuccino 4 pack, Get 1 Refreshers Beverage 12 oz can free - Tearpad
Pepsi Next (12 pack) - $2.99
Capri Sun Juice Drink (10 ct) - 2/$5
B3G1 up to $2.60 SS 3/18
Heiniken/Amstel Light/Shock Top Beer (12 pack) - $12.99
Yuengling Beer (12 pack) - $8.99
Blue Moon Beer (12 pack) - $14.99
Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer (12 pack) - $6.99
Leinenkugel or Woodchuck Cider (6 pack) - $7.29
CK Mondavi Wine - $9.49
Casillero Del Diablo Wine - $9.49
Livingston Cellars Wine - $9.99
Flip Flop Wine - 2/$11
* Save 10% when you buy 6 bottles of Wine*

Deli & Bakery
Food Lion Fresh Deli German Bologna - $2.49 lb.
Kretschmar Ham - $7.49 lb.
Fresh Deli Pre-Sliced Cheese (8 oz) - 2/$5
8 inch Sub Rolls or 6 ct. Kaiser Rolls - 2/$6
Food Lion Danish - 2/$7
Fried Dark Meat Chicken (10 piece) - $5.99
Nature's Place Breads - $2.99 each
Lofthouse Frosted Cookies - 2/$7

Dairy & Frozen
Nestle Refrigerated Cookies - 2/$5
$1/1 SS 3/25
$1.25/? IP here
Tropicana Orange Juice - 2/$6
Farm Rich Snacks - $5.99
.75/1 Blinkie
$1/1 SS 11/13
Daisy Sour Cream - 2/$4
I Cant Believe Its Not Butter - 2/$5
.75/2 RP 3/25
$1.50/1 IP fm Coupons.com - NLA?
Hot Pockets - 5/$10
$1/2 IP - No more prints
$1/1 IP - NLA?
Banquet Dinner Entrees - 10/$10
.60/3 Pot Pies - found in package
.25/1 Homestyle Bakes - found in package
Michelinas Dinner Entrees - 10/$10
$1/2 Snail mail
$1/5 IP here
Sister Shuberts Dinner Rolls - $2.99
$1/2 Tearpad
.75/2 Blinkie
$1/1 Blinkie
.75/1 All You magazine
.50/1 IP - NLA?
International Delight Creamers - 2/$5
.55/1 IP here
$1/2 International delight Blinkie found at Bloom
.40/1 Snail mail

Health & Beauty
Secret Solid or Old Spice High Endurance Deodorant - 2/$5
.50/1 P&G 3/4 Old Spice
$1/2 found in package Old Spice

Produce
Dole or Fresh Express, 12 oz - $1.29
Green Bell Peppers - $2/$1
Cucumbers - .59 each
Wonderful Pistachios, 8 oz - $3.99
Matchstix Carrots, 10 oz - $1.49
Red Delicious or Granny Smith, 3 lb bag - 2/$5
Yellow Onions, 3 lb bag - $1.99
Palm Sunday Bouquet - $9.99

Meat
Ribeye Steaks - $8.29 lb
Pork Back Ribs - $3.99 lb
My Essentials Spiral Sliced Ham - $1.49 lb.
St. Louis Style Pork Ribs - $3.49 lb.
Jennie-O Turkeys - .99 lb.
Taste of Inspiration Pork Chops - $5.49 lb.
Armour LunchMakers - 4/$4
Oscar Mayer Beef Bologna - $3.99
Gwaltney Great Dogs Turkey Franks - .99
Hillshire Farm Sausage - 2/$5
.55/1 RP 3/25
$1/1 Winetag
$/2 Peelie
Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Tubs - $4.99
$1.25/2 fm Kroger's My Magazine "Basketball Madness"

Seafood
Flounder Fillets - $6.99 lb.
Tilapia Fillets - $3.99 lb.
Food Lion Imitation Crab Meat - 2/$5
Quality Whiting or Trout (24 oz) - $4.99

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.

Weekly Roundup #11 - March 13-19, 2012

I shopped like crazy this week at Giant to take advantage of their Frozen Food promotion. Not only are both my small and large freezers full now, but I earned a catalina coupon for 10% off my next grocery trip for having spent $75 on frozen foods. Check the bottom of your receipt to see where you stand - this program is going on all month!





My big freezer



           

Purchases         

Food

- Gallon milk (1)

- Special K granola bars (5)        

- Special K Fruit Crisps (2)

- Breyers Ice Cream (15)           

- IHOP at home breakfast (3)

- Mrs. Paul's Parchment fish (2)  

- Birds Eye Steamfresh veggies (16)

- Farm Rich appetizers (8)          
- Ellio's pizza (29)
- Superpretzel (1)                    
- McCain's potatoes (1)
- Bertolli marinara sauce (2)        
- Yakisoba noodles (8)
- Smucker's Uncrustables (18)    
- Pepperidge Farm Swirl bread (4)
- Mentos gum (12)
- Philadelphia Cream Cheese (5)
- Cabbage (1)

Health and Beauty

-  L'Oreal Youth Code Cleanser

Refunds:

- DGUSA Save $5.00 on meat (No Beer Purchase Required)  

Expenditures     

Rite Aid - $ 1.71

Giant - $48.28

Total: $49.99

This week I barely stayed within my $50.00 budget, but I got so many great deals, I won't have to worry about buying certain foods (Elio's frozen pizza and Uncrustables) for a long while!

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.



Weekly Roundup #10 - March 6-12

This week I focused on the Frozen Food deal at Giant and picked up a lot of freebies at Rite Aid with my 20% Wellness Discount. I haven't posted these deals, because I don't think they apply to most readers, but if you would like me to do so, just leave a comment and I will.

You need 500 Wellness points for a Silver Level (10%) discount and 1000 Wellness points for a Gold Level (20%) discount at Rite Aid. I currently have 469 points, which means I am well on my way to a Gold Discount in 2013. If you want to know your standing, check the bottom of your next Rite Aid receipt to see your Wellness Points total.

                                                                   

Purchases              

                                                                                    

Food

- Aquafina water (1)                - Minute maid lemonade (1)

- Gallon milk (1)                       - Fruit Gushers (4)                                                       

- Gatorade, 32 oz. (4)             - Dozen eggs (1)    

- Wonder Bread (2)                  - Fruit Roll-ups (2)       

- Iceberg lettuce (1)                  - Baby peeled carrots (1)

- Tomatoes on the vine              - Mission Tortillas (2)

 - Vegetable Tray with dip (1)    - Goobers theater box (4)                                               

- Mann's Slaw mix (2)                 - Corned Beef, 4 lbs (1)

- Furmano diced tomatos (4)      - Furmano tomato sauce (2)

- Farm Rich appetizers (6)         - Croutons (1)      

- Breyer's Ice Cream (2)             - Ellio's Pizza (2)

- Mama Rosie's Ravioli (2)         - Totino's Pizza Rolls (2)

- Ore Ida Easy Fries (4)              - Betty Crocker fruit shapes (2)          

- Assorted Jellybeans (1)            - Coke product 12-packs (14) 

- Raisenets theater box (4)         - Cadbury chocolate egg (5)  

- Keebler Fudge Stripe cookies (2)

- Birds Eye Steamfresh varieties (2)

               

Health and Beauty

- Colgate toothpaste (1)          -  G.U.M. Periobalance (1)

- Revlon nail polish (10)          - Sally Hanson nail file (4)

- Soft Lips lip balm (2)            - Prestige mascara (1)

- Prestige lip liner (1)               - Pure Spring lotion (1)

- Aquanet hairspray (1)           - Zyrtec, 5 ct. (1)

- Rite Aid brand cotton swabs (1)

- Pediacare Cough & Cold (1)

Miscellaneous 

- Rite Aid brand sandwich bags (2) 
- Playtex Sippy Cup (1)

- Playtex pacifier (5)
- Kushy Foot casual socks (3)

 

Expenditures     

Rite Aid - $5.83

CVS - $3.95

Walgreens - 66 cents

Giant - $53.55

Total: $63.99

This week I went over my $50.00 budget.  I sent my husband and son to Giant to pick up a head of lettuce and some tomatoes for a salad. They came back with a head of lettuce, tomatoes on the vine, a bag of baby carrots, a box of croutons, two packages of tortillas and a $10 vegetable tray from the deli!

I nearly fainted when I saw the tortillas, since I already have a year supply. My son told me that he only got them because he saw a sign in the produce department stating that the tomatoes on the vine were free with the tortilla purchase. I scrutinized the receipt, but couldn't see any discount, so I called the store. It turns out that the offer was advertised last week and someone forgot to take the sign down, so customer service told me they would give me a refund for the tomatoes. The next time I went to Giant I got $2.48 back! 

Weekly Roundup #8 and #9

I am combining two weeks of purchases into my weekly roundup this time, since I was gone for a week of vacation in the middle (during which I did no grocery shopping!) So, these are my stats for the period between February 23rd and March 5th:

Purchases                            Food

- Half Gallon milk (3)
- Gallon milk (1)

- Honey Wheat bread (2)

- Cucumber (1)

- Onion (1)

- Lettuce (1)

- Celery (1)

- Grape tomatoes (1)

- Chi Chis Tortillas (7)

- Old El Paso Refried Beans (6)

- Mentos UP2U Gum (3)
- Ore Ida Easy Fries (12)

- Wasa Crispbread (2)

- Think Thin power bar (2)
- General Mills Reeses Puff cereal (1)

- New York Garlic Toast (3)       
 - Blue Bunny Ice Cream (1)
 - I Cant Believe Its Not Butter (2)                         
- Smithfield Bacon (1)                            - Coca-Cola 12-Packs (9)
- Kraft Grated Cheese (3)                      - Harris Teeter Shredded Cheese (1)
- Sorrento Mozzarella Cheese (1)          - Snickers candy eggs (4)         

Household 

- Ricola Cough Drops (1)

- Whista Lickins Cat Treats (2)

- Gud Handwash (1)
- Skintimate shaving lotion (1)
- Vaseline lotion (2)
- Colgate Total toothpaste (5)
- Tena Serenity Pads (1)
- Soft Lips lip balm (2)
- Seabreeze astringent (1)
- Sally Hansen Tweezers (1)
- Playtex pacifier (1)
- Copy Paper (1)
- LCD Snooze Alarm (1)

Refunds   
- Betty Crocker Try Me Free offer
- Kelloggs Cereal Rebate for $10 prepaid debit card
                                             

Expenditures     

Rite Aid - $1.50
CVS - .69

Giant - $19.54

Harris Teeter - $15.85

Total: $37.58

Total for February = $151.16

This month I averaged $38 per week! I received a prepaid gift card in the mail for Rite Aid from a previous refund that absorbed most of the tax on my purchases there in February. I used some of my coupons for free 12-packs of Coke at Rite Aid to take advantage of their promotion to earn $1.50 in UP rewards when you buy 3, so that was a money maker. I also stocked up on free milk at Harris Teeter Super Doubles and splurged on some fresh produce. I am now slowly building a stockpile of candy for upcoming Easter baskets!

Kelloggs Cereal Rebate - $10 Gift Card

Here is an awesome rebate on Kelloggs cereal. Submit 10 UPC's from the following participating cereals and fill out the Kelloggs Rebate Form by April 30th to receive a FREE $10 prepaid debit gas card in return. No cash register tape needed. This deal is a limit of 5 per household!

• Kellogg's All-Bran® Original
• Kellogg's All-Bran® Bran Buds® cereal
• Kellogg's All-Bran® Complete® Wheat Flakes® cereal
• Kellogg's Smart Start® Strong Heart Antioxidant cereal
• Kellogg's Smart Start® Strong Heart Toasted Oat cereal
• Kellogg's Corn Flakes® cereal
• Kellogg's Corn Flakes® Touch of Honey cereal
• Kellogg's Raisin Bran® cereal
• Kellogg's Raisin Bran® Crunch cereal
• Kellogg's Raisin Bran® Extra! Cereal
• Kellogg's Crispix® cereal
• Kellogg's Product 19® cereal
• Kellogg's Mueslix® cereal
• Kellogg's® Cracklin’ Oat Bran cereal
• Kellogg's® Lowfat Granola with Raisins cereal
• Kellogg's® Lowfat Granola without Raisins cereal
• Kellogg's® Lowfat Granola Original cereal
• Kellogg's® Fruit Harvest Strawberry/Blueberry cereal
• Kellogg's Rice Krispies® cereal

This offer was originally marketed towards AARP members, but you do not have to be a member or even over age 50 to receive the gift card. Also, it is advertised as a "gas card" but you don't have to use it just for gas. The card can be used any place where Discover is accepted.

Please note: the address on the form is incorrect and will result in your rebate being returned. The correct address is:

Kelloggs Gas Rewards Card

P.O. Box CAMB

Battle Creek, MI 49016

Click here to go directly to the downloadable form.

To get a coupon for $4.00 off four boxes of Kelloggs cereals:  click here . If you don't see it immediately, try zip code 34102.

Next week Giant will have an Instant Savings offer on Kellogg's cereal. Buy any 4 boxes in a single transaction and instantly save $6.00 off your bill. You should be able to combine the coupon above with the instant savings for a good deal, then save the UPC's for your rebate!