Can You Believe I Got All This for 77 Cents Including 5 Udis Gluten-Free Baked Goods!

Total Spent: $.77 Total Saved: $67.72










I had FUN this week. I began with rolling a Register Reward at Walgreens and ended up with a FREE Colgate Sensitive Toothpaste (not pictured), 2 Boxes of Contac, 2 Packages of Huggies Diapers. I paid for candy bars to roll the rewards and those are not included.

Then we were off to Hyvee to spend my $30.00 in Catalina shopping rewards for buying General Mills Cereal last week. I bought 6 boxes of cereal x 5 times thru the register for $2.00 each trip and got a $6.00 Catalina each time.

Walgreens: Total: Nothing but including the Royal jello $.60
Total Savings $29.80 (Sale Prices)

Hyvee: 3 Udis Harvest Grain Bread @ $4.88 ($5.99), 2 Udis Muffins @ $5.99, 3 Birds Eye Vegetables $1.25 ($1.79), 2 Gatorade $.50 ($1.25)
Used 5--$6.00 Catalina Shopping Rewards from General Mills Cereal last week's Deals
Total Paid: $.17
Total Savings: Including Sale and Catalina Coupons $37.92

I would never believed that I could be able to get ridiculous expensive Gluten-Free products for nothing until today :)

My Freebies for the Day--Turning Shopping into an Art and Saving Money

My Freebies for the Day






Savings: $160.73
Paid: $2.99 + Tax

I rode with Doc to round in our neighboring town and he dropped me off at Walgreens. I began with using Flex money to pick up two transactions of 5 Dayquil each which netted me 2--$10.00RR after spending $14.95 after coupons each. I rolled from there, doing three more transactions with a smiling assistant manager!

My plan needed to be modified because of finding more deals and coupons. Picking up 3 cheese, 3 meat and 2 Oreos (for Doc and Dee) to get the Kraft Reward. Scoring 4 boxes of Post Fruity Pebbles for free and was shocked when I got another $3.00 RR. But I still did alright. Only paying for fillers and my Diet Pepsi as I was done before he got back from visiting patients. Adding in 2 DozenEggs, 4 Glade Sense and Sprays, 4 cans of Mushrooms, 2 Colgate Total, 2 Gillete Body Wash, 2 Gillette Deodorants, and Gerber Baby Food Peaches for baking Gluten-free Peach Yogurt Muffins this afternoon. Total $1.06 and $1.93 at Walgreens.

We then headed over Walmart and picked up $1.00 Glade Candes and Plug-ins using coupons and our FREE Oreo Cakesters, Herbal Essense Shampoo and Free $.25 packages of 3 stretchable gloves to use up my overage and I price matched Walgreens to get lactose free Breyers Ice Cream and 6 Oscar Mayer Deli Chicken. We also used the $1.39 Franks Red Hot Sauce coupons and got 3 larger bottles for $.44 each. I splurged and treated myself to some fresh fruit for breakfast because of saving so much elsewhere!

Stopping by Piggly Wiggly I picked up cheese to add as fillers to get the before coupon total over $25.00 and scored 6 boxes of Honey Nut Chex and a Gallon of Milk.

I had been staying home for the past two months, living out of our pantry. For me turning saving is an art...a challenge... and just to see how far I can stretch out a dollar. Besides with only two kids home I am now bored! I would have never believed that living in rural America I can get this much for FREE.

Happy saving.

Anny

Unbelieveable Cereal Deals: Todays Shopping--10 Boxes for Free and Free Milk

I rolled a $5.00 RR at Walgreens and got 4 boxes of Gluten-free Fruity Pebbles for FREE and walked away with another $3.00 RR for buying 4 boxes of Post cereal!

I bought 4 Fruity Pebbles@ $1.75 per box = $7.00/4
Less 2--$1.00/2 mfg. coupons
Add in an Easter filler 2/$1.00
Total $6.00
Used $5.00 Register Reward from Kraft Deal
Paid $1.06 including tax
Received a $3.00 RR for buying 4 boxes of Post Cereal




Piggly Wiggly--Doubles up to 5 Coupons on a $25.00 order through 3/23



I bought 6 Gluten-free Honey Nut Chex $2.99 = $17.94
4 large blocks of Medium Cheddar Cheese $10.00/4 (regular $4.49 ea.)
Gallon of Piggly Wiggly Milk $2.79
Tropicana Orange Juice (impulse item--no coupon)
Total $32.72
Less $10.00 off discount when you buy 6 General Mills Cereal
Less 4--$.75 mfg. chex coupons doubled -$6.00
Less 1--$1.00/2 mfg. chex coupon doubled -$2.00
Less -$2.79 FREE milk when you buy 6 General Mills Cereal
Paid $11.94 for 4 Cheese and Orange juice
6 Cereal and Milk for Free

I wasn't sure how this would go so had extra items just in case.

My next two trips will be Monday and Tuesday

6 Cereal and 1 milk and 2 cheese = $25.73
Cereal deal from above
Pay $4.96 for 2 Cheese

Three trips to Piggly Wiggly and One to Walgreens we will have gotten 18 boxes of Various Gluten-free Chex and 4 boxes of Fruity Pebbles and three gallons of milk for FREE.

Piggly Wiggly--Double Coupons and 6 FREE General Mills Cereal

Piggly Wiggly in our area is doubling coupons from March 3-23! I am so excited. They will double up to 5 coupons up to a $1.00 with a $25.00 purchase.

Strategies:

• Split your order into $25.00 increments to be able to double more coupons.
• Hand the coupons you want doubled to the cashier first, then the rest of the coupons.
• Maximize savings by matching on sale items with coupons and then figure which items will have the greatest savings. The top five or ten if order is split will be the doubled coupons.

Anny's Crazy Pig Deal Find--Week of March 3 to 10.

Buy 6 boxes of select General Mills Cereals and Get $10.00 off and a coupon for FREE Milk.Scenario


Buy 6 boxes General Mills Cereal @ around $3.00+ a box $18.00
Use 4--$.75 coupons from Coupons.com (doubled) -$6.00
Use 1--$1.00/2 coupon (many out there) (doubled) -$2.00
Less the $10.00 savings from the Pig
FREE Cereal and a coupon for FREE Milk.*

*If the cereal is a few cents over $3.00 there may be a dollar or two to be paid at the register

I will buy my produce on this transaction as to not have any other coupons on it to get my $25.00 sale.

I will be stocking up on Chex as we have to eat Gluten-free except for the Doc. My shelves were
getting low after the kids were home for Christmas stocking up from Mom's Mini-Superstore.

Piggly Wiggly--Oscar Mayer Wieners Deal

Piggly Wiggly has a deal on Oscar Mayer Wieners beginning Wednesday2/24 through Tuesday 3/2. We love Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs as they are Gluten-Free.

Buy 2 for $2.88 and Receive a $2.00 Coupon Good on Your Next Purchase. (Limit 2 Packages).

The girls and I will be heading to Piggly Wiggly and each grabbing 2 packages of Hot Dogs.
I will pay first and pay $2.88 for 2 which in itself is a great deal. I will than pass the $2.00 Catalina coupon to Becca who will than pay $.88 for two after OYNO Catalina and receive another $2.00 OYNO Catalina, then Detamara who will pay $.88 for two packages after OYNO Catalina and we will walk out of Piggly Wiggly with 6 packages for $4.64 and a $2.00 OYNO Catalina.

I will make another round another day with the girls of Oscar Mayer Hot Dog Bargain Shopping. The second day we will each pay $.88 for 2 packages as I will have the $2.00 Catalina to begin yielding $2.64 fo 6 packages using three different shoppers :) We will be stocked up on Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs for backyard swimming parties.

Detamara can you recite the Oscar Mayer Wiener jingle? How about you?

Stocking Up--Storage Idea

Last week our Piggly Wiggly had Quaker Chewy Granola Bars on sale for $1.69. I had several $1.00/2 coupons purchased from a coupon clipping service, and combined with a $3.00 off 6 coupon I was able to stock up for a mere $.69 each.

Last year I did the same deal, and found shelf space to be in shortage. I found that a Gallon size storage bag will hold 5 boxes of granola bars. I keep one bag in our snack shelf in the kitchen the others are put down in the storage room in a sweater box.

I also use this same system with our stockpiled fruit snacks. Each bag will hold 5 boxes of fruit snacks. I mix up the bags. Kids like to reach into the ziploc bag and try to pick one of the many kinds in each bag. I have a girls bag, a mixed bag at this time. Becca babysits a four-year-old and she spends a few minutes each day trying to pick from Barbie, Princess Tiana, Dora, My Little Pony, and Disney Princesses. These are also a pool-time favorite with our little swimming guests.

Then we pull off our boxtops points to give to our local schools, cut out any games or activities off the backs for the fruit snack boxes and recycle the cardboard.

I get shelf space...

Buy 5 Get $5 in Coupon Savings on Aunt Jemima, Lenders, Van de Kamps, Mrs. Pauls, Hungry Man and Duncan Hines

Buy 5 Get $5 in Coupon Savings.
Combine with coupons to score $5 in coupon savings.

From Common Cents with Money use these coupons:
Red Plum has a coupon available for Aunt Jemima Breakfast items.
There was also a coupon for Aunt Jemima breakfast items in the newspaper inserts.
Here is a printable coupon for Hungry Man Sandwiches here.

How to receive your Savings Coupons:
1) Purchase five (5) participating frozen products (Hungry-Man®, Mrs. Paul’s®, Van de Kamp’s®, Duncan Hines® Oven Ready, Aunt Jemima® or Lender’s® Bagels) between 10/11/09 and 11/9/09.
2) Download this order form and hand print your complete name, mailing address and e-mail address.
3) Mail your completed order form, the original cash register/purchase receipt(s) dated between 10/11/09 and 11/9/09 with the participating products circled and the corresponding UPC’s from five (5) participating frozen products in an envelope
The Real Meal Deal Offer, P.O. Box 1594, West Caldwell, NJ 07006-1594.
All coupon requests must be postmarked by 12/9/09 and received by 12/31/09.
Limit one (1) request per household.

Kmart-- Kellogs Special K Matchup FREE Cereal with Doubles or $2.50/5 Without

If you are lucky enough to have Kmart Doubles here is a Scenario that you can use from Hip2Save.

Head on over and check out her amazing match-ups. I spent four hours last night organizing and figuring match-ups, I should have waited :)


Buy 5 select Kellogg’s Special K products and get $5 off instantly at checkout!
Products included:
Special K Cereal (11.4-14 oz) 4/$10
Special K Breakfast Bars (6 ct) $2.79
Special K2O powder or snack bars 2/$8
Special K 6-ct. meal bars or protein shakes 2/$11

Deal Scenario:
Buy 5 boxes of Special K Cereal $12.50
Minus $5 off instantly at checkout
Use 5 $1/1 coupons from here and here: IE or Firefox
Final cost 5 boxes for FREE or If you don't have Doubles $2.50/5

Wisconsin-Piggly Wiggy General Mills Blowout

If you are fortunate to live in Wisconsin and have a local Piggly Wiggly this is the time to stock up on General Mills Products.

Mix and Match certain General Mills Cereals, Nature Valley Granola Bars (including Chex Bars),
Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks, Various Yoplait. Buy in quantity of 10 to get them for $1.50 each or $2.00. Combined with all the coupons from Coupons.com, most will be only $.50 to $1.10 each and
Buy you buy 5 General Mills Cereals get 1 Gallon of Milk Free.

Buy any of the General Mills Products listed on the Ad get $5.00 off when you buy 10 items such as Grands Biscuits $.99, Pillsbury Cresants or Cinnamon Rolls for $1.66, Chex Mix $1.50 before coupons and $5.00 off 10.

My Piggly Wiggly Trip
Frozen Chicken $6.99
Dozen of Eggs $1.09
Yoplait Gogurt 3 @ $2.00
Yoplait 32 oz. Vanilla Yogurt $2.00
Yoplait 32 oz. Strawberry Yogurt $2.00
Yoplait Fiber One Strawberry 4 pack $2.00
Yoplait Delights 3 @ $2.00
Trix 4-pk Yogurt $2.00
Total Cereal 2 @ $1.50
General Mills Cocoa Krispies 2 @ $2.00
General Mills Honey Grahams $2.00
Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks 4 @ $2.00
Grands Biscuits 4 @ $.99
Pillsbury Crescent Rolls 4 @ $1.66
Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls 2 @ $1.66
Becca's Chocolate Milk $1.19
Total $59.39

Used
Chicken Piggly Wiggly Coupon when you spend $10 -$3.00
Piggly Wiggly Egg Coupon when you spend $10 -$.79
Yogurt Coupon -$1.00/2
Yoplait 32 oz. coupon -$1.00/2
Yoplait Fiber One -$1.00/1
Yoplait Delights 3 @ $1.00 - $3.00
Total Cereal Coupon - $.75
Total Cereal Coupon - $1.00/2
B.C. Fruit Snacks - $1.00/2
B.C. Fruit Snacks 2 @ $.40 -$.80
Yoplait Gogurt -$.50
Pillsbury Grands 2 @ $1.00/2 -$2.00
Pillsbury Crescent Rolls 2 @ $1.00/2 - $2.00
Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls - $1.00/2
Buy 10 get $5.00 off
Buy 10 save $.50 each -$5.00
Buy 10 save $.50 each -$5.00
Total After Coupons $25.14
Total Savings with coupons and store discounts $59.95

Saturday Morning Shopping

Shopping at our Farmers Market


















With the project plotted, Dee and I had to make a stop at the Farmers Market on the Library Square.

Grocery Shopping at the Gas Station

I am one of those who memorizes prices and buys it at the lowest price. With returning to a budget and using my stockpile I seldom grocery shop regularly except for milk, bread (for the Non-Glutamaniacs at our house), and produce. I have found those staples are actually cheapest for me at the GAS STATION.

Other than when it is one sale, my cheapest Milk, bread, banana prices are at our local Kwik Trip Gas Station. When we fill Jim's car, we pick up our milk, bread, and bananas for the week. We will stop another time tp pick up our little county newspaper and another bunch of bananas. I always pay $.39 a pound for bananas cheaper than any store and always pay a frugal price.

I buy my milk in PLASTIC BAGS by the half gallon and every bag of milk, orange juice, etc. gets a punch on my punch card, and a full card of 20 gets me $1.00 off. My kids were shocked by the milk in plastic bags and I bought 1 gallon Rubbermaid pitchers to be able to pour the milk easier and humor my children.

I watch their monthly ads and this month large eggs are 99 cents a dozen and bagged orange juice $.99 after coupon. I save my MOO points to benefit our local schools.

My splurge, I reward myself by refilling my reusable Soda glass instead of picking up a bottle of Diet Pepsi, saving myself money and being Green.