Ralphs Deals (Last Day!) **Edit: My trip highlights

4 (50% more Bonus) Dial Hand Soaps (4 diff. transactions @ $0.18 each) = $0.72
1 Soft Scrub (Closeout price) - $0.50/1 doubled = $1.49
note: these totals are w/out tax

The Dial Soap was originally $2.49 each! Saved $9.24 with all 4 including doubled Qs! 92% savings
The Soft Soap was originally $4.99 each! Saved $3.50 w/ closeout & Q! 70% savings

NOTE: Take your cleaning Q's with you to Ralphs/Krogers...most of the cleaning supplies are on Closeout Clearance! Good luck!
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Huggies "big pack" are $19.99 @ Ralphs
minus $1.50/1 from
minus $1.50/1 from shortcuts.com
=$16.99 a big pack (I'm assuming its a box!)
The size 4 say they have 88 in them...works out to $0.19 per diaper @ this price! Excellent!

2 for $3 Select General Mills Cereals
Multi-grain Cheerios
minus $0.50 (1/18 SS) that doubles to $1
minus $0.75 from shortcuts.com or cellfire.com-must save tonight (possible overage!)
Buy one = FREE
Buy two, with two manuf Q and the shortcuts = $0.75!!
Use, $1.00/2 (1/18 SS) and loadable =$1.25 for 2!

Gala & Granny Smith Apples $0.88 per pound

$2.99 Oroweat Bread (this makes it cheaper than Costco!)
minus $1.00/1 from 1/18 SS
=$1.99 a loaf

$0.88 Dial Handsoap
minus $0.35/1 (01/04 SS) doubles to $0.70 (make sure it doubles! Mine didn't, I said something!)
=$0.18 per soap (GREAT PRICE!)

Menu Planning Monday

~Monday~
Spaghetti w/ Salad
Veggies & Fruit
Garlic Toast

~Tuesday~
Grilled Cheeseburgers
W/ HM Fries
Fruit

~Wednesday~
Chicken Pot Pie
Casserole
(pre-made on Monday,
w/ CP Ckn & Ready to Bake)

~Thursday~
Leftovers

~Friday~
Grilled Chicken or Taco's
Salad

~Saturday~
Dining Out

~Sunday~

Will be on the Fly!

$50 Old Navy Gift Card Giveaway from "There Once Was a Girl...and Then She Became a Mom

Super clearance alert on Old Navy.com....and this wonderful chance to get $50 from There Once Was a Girl...and Then She Became a Mom. Be sure to check it out (HERE) and get your chance! Good Luck!

Quick Albertson & CVS Run

Well, we really needed some chicken breasts for this month...so I hit up Albertsons. Here is what I got.

$6.50 - 4 Huge Chicken Breasts (3.63 lbs)
$6.41 - 4 Huge Chicken Beasts (3.58 lbs) ~ we split them and freeze them in 2s.
$2.85 - Ground Hamburger (just reduced - 1.91 lbs $1.49/lb)
$2.64 - Ground Hamburger (just reduced - 1.77 lbs $1.49/lb)
$2.38 - Ground Hamburger (just reduced - 1.60 lbs $1.49/lb)

$1.00 Kids GUM double pack toothbrush
-1.00 $1/1 any Gum Q (FREE)
$1.00 Kids GUM double pack toothbrush
-1.00 $1/1 any Gum Q (FREE)
$1.00 Kids GUM double pack toothbrush
-1.00 $1/1 any Gum Q (FREE)

$4.24 Oil of Olay 6 pack soap on closeout for 50% off (wish I had a Q!!!)

$1.50 Honey Nut Cheerios (2 for $3)
$1.50 Honey Nut Cheerios (ended up $0.50 ea)
$1.50 Honey Nut Cheerios
-3.00 $3/3 any GM Cereals (THANKS WENDY!)

$1.35 1 Cantaloupe (which was excellent by the way!)

$0.56 tax

$28.43 OOP ( $20.78 was in meat alone!)

$31.59 Total Savings, 47%

$16.49 Bonus Buy Savings
$ 9.10 Preferred Savings
$ 6.00 Manfu. Q's

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So after my Albies Deals I went next door to CVS! I was so tired and it was getting late. I had no brain power to do any math. I usually have a game plan, but this was on the fly. I'm just glad I had my Gift card from Oil of Olay to use! So I had no OOP!

$9.00 (3 glade oil refills/candles refills)
$3.79 (glade, weird, but they printed my ecbs later, was in old packaging w/ free warmer)
-3.00 BOGO glade
-2.00 2- $1/1 candle refills
$19.99 KY
- 5.00 Q
$1.49 CVS Dry Skin (had CRT that was for $1 off, she said she put it in, nope, it did not come off!)
-13.99 Ecbs
$1.57 tax
$11.85 total on gift card ( I should of broke up the transactions, but was just done shopping!)

Got $10.00, $5 & $1 ecbs for next trip.

$28.06 Savings This Trip
$93.93 Year to Date Savings!

Mail Call ~ $5 Gift Card

Yes, another gift card! Only $5, but every little bit helps. I was one of the 84,700 First Prize Winners! The 5 grand prize winners got $2,500. It was a Chevron Sweepstakes. So I have to use it towards gas, expires 6/30/09.

Albertsons Deals 2/4-2/10

Here are the deals I see!!!!

8 Hour Sale (1-9pm):

Kellogg's cereals 2 for $3 (the smaller boxes)
-Frosted Mini Wheats 16 oz
-Corn Flakes 12 oz
-Fruit Loops 8.7 oz
Pop-Tarts
Yogo's or Fruit Snacks
Rice Krispies Treats

2 for $1 Sylvania Soft White Light Bulbs

$4.49 Pepsi, Diet Pepsi or Sierra Mist 24 pack

$1.79/lb Fresh Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
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Weekly Sale

FREE Butler G.U.M toothbrushes (10 for $10)
~02/01 RP $1/1 toothbrush

$0.39/lb Cantaloupes

$0.99/lb Italian/Yellow Squash

2 for $4
Quaker Oatmeal Squares
~01/04 RP $0.50/1
=$1.5o each

Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix
~01/04 RP $1.00/2 aunt jemima mix/syrup
=2 for $3

2 for $5
Aunt Jemima Syrup
~01/04 RP $1.00/2 aunt jemima mix/syrup
=2 for $4

$19.99 Huggies "Big Pack"
(ad shows size 3 - 100 diapers, use $1.50 Q = $0.18/diaper size 3)
Price to beat on size 3 = $0.23/diaper
~01/11 SS $1.50/1 huggies diapers

10 for $10 deals:
-Wild Harvest Organic Beans (IP HERE)
-Hunts Tomatoes 14.5 oz
-Hunts Spaghetti Sauce 26-26.5 oz
**HUNTs IP (HERE) print 2 times $1.00/3
-Del Monte Tomatoes 14.5 oz
-Dole Mandarin Oranges
-Lipton or Knorrs "Sides"
~01/18 RP $1.00/3, = 3 for $2
-Pizza Rolls
~IP Here $0.55/1 (push page back to print 2) = $0.45 ea.

100th Post ~ FREEBIES!

Well, I've made it to my 100th post!

Freebies @ Target or Walmart:

(note: you really to get an account with hotcouponworld.com(HERE). They have a coupon database you can search...I found these IP's there (amazing!!). Also...DON'T FORGET to always hit the "go back one page" button to print them out 2 times total~keep doing that until you print them as many times as you can...they usually only allow 2 times, but worth it!)

$2/2 HCW IP (type in Purell) ~ Purell Hand Sanitizer (most of the travel size are $0.99 ea)
Get 2 for FREE! (print it twice, get 4 for FREE!)

$2/2 HCW IP (type in Johnsons Buddies)~ Johnson's Buddies Products (@ walmart & target the Buddies Soap Bars are $0.97 ea)
Get 2 for FREE! (print it twice, get 4 for FREE!)

$1/2 HCW IP ~ Arm & Hammer Baking Soda (usually $0.47 ea)
Get 2 for FREE (print it twice, get 4 for FREE!)

$1.00/2 Kotex Pantiliners
Found in 1/11 SS combine w/ 1/04 SS for $2.00/1 (target Q)
Get 3 of the $0.97 ones (I think they are the 16 ct boxes) for FREE!
Target's coupon policy is that they except a manf. Q along with their Target Q's, but no overage. So you might have to have them adjust Q's down. Still free!

Coke, Pepsi, 7up Deal @ Vons

I meant to post this earlier...but if you are reading this on Sun...you still have time. The in-ad Q has any 4 coke, pepsi, 7up 12 packs for $7.99! (plus CRV of course) If you do mycokerewards.com, you can use 4 - $1.00 off Q's to sweeten the deal. I only had 2, but still a great deal! Here is what I got today...note...I went for coca cola deal.

$10.66 - 4 diet cokes
-2.67 - Vons ad Q (to make them $7.99)
-2.00 - My coke rewards.com
$2.40 - CRV
$1.59 - International delight creamer (holiday)
-1.00 - Peelie on creamer!
$2.49 - International delight creamer
-1.00 - Peelie on creamer! (SCORE!)
$1.99 - 3 pk ziplock containers on clearance
-1.00 - $0.55/1 ziplock container Q doubled!
$1.99 - 3 pk ziplock containers on clearance
-1.00 - $0.55/1 ziplock container Q doubled!
$1.04 tax
$13.49 OOP!

So...it seems as if Vons does double more than one like Q! They were the same Q for both. I thought I was only going to get $1.55 off...but ended up getting $2. Making them only $1 each!

$18.27 club savings
$ 6.00 coupon savings
$24.28 total savings! 66%

plus, I got a $1.50/2 International delight creamers Catalina.

January Totals ~ Drugstores

CVS:
Total OOP: $3.39
Total savings: $90.96

Items Bought:
3 Jumbo Packs Pampers Diapers
2 Dawn Dishsoaps
1 Schick Intuition Razor
1 Rimmel Foundation
1 Listerine Mouthwash
1 Cascade gel
2 Throat Coolers
1 Nose Spray
3 American Greeting Cards
2 Gillette Men's Shampoo
1 J&J Buddies Soap

Walgreens:
Total OOP: $36.49
(I know...high, but all the Gillette was a great deal!)

Total Rebate Due for Next Month: $10.99

Items Bought:
4 Gillette Body Washes
4 Gillette Razor System Bonus Boxes
1 Children's Motrin
1 Bottle of Gatorade
2 Boxes of Splenda Packets (FREE)
2 Aluminum Foil (FREE)
1 Cleaning product
4 Garnier Hair Products (FREE)
2 boxes of Kleenex
1 Nivea Aftershave (for Hubby)
1 Pack of Bobby Pins on Clearance
1 Revlon Eye Pencil


Rite Aid:
Total OOP: $0.00
Used a rebate check from months ago!
Total Rebate Due for Next Month: $2.00

Items Bought:
2 Huggies Baby Bath Wash

I WON...on the Pampers Winter Match Game!

So...here is what I won per the email:

Congratulations!  You have been selected to receive a prize in the Winter Match Game,
administered by ePrize. You have been selected as the winner of a Shutterfly Silver 
Photo package including 25-4x6 prints, 2-5x7 prints and 1-8x10 print! 

(click here) The post for the Winter Match Game from Pampers.com

REMEMBER: You can play and not use any points. I won not using any points! You can also win more than once...just not the same prize! So keep on checking in daily...Promotion ends: Feb 27th 8:30 Et

Mail Call....Gift Card!

So, I'm so excited...my gift card from Oil of Olay is in...$15 dollars! It was from the deal I listed here (walgreens section).

I only paid a total of $5.50, but got $15 back.

My Drugstore Deals 1/25

Walgreens:

$1.79 Reynolds Wrap
-1.00 Reynolds Wrap MF Q
-0.90 In-ad Q (to make it $0.89 = $0.11 overage)
$9.99 Revlon Eye Pencil (free after rebate this month!)
-1.00 Revlon MF Q
-7.70 on gift card last from last month
$0.84 tax
$2.02 OOP

Will get $9.99 plus 10% = $10.99 on my rebate card for next month!

CVS:
I totally scored a couple of days ago...I ran in to do the American Greeting card deal from last week. I had $3 ECB and paid that to get 3 free $0.99 cards and get back $3 ECB! No money OOP! When I scanned my card at the coupon machine...I got...(DRUMROLL) $5 off any $15 purchase! THE MOTHER LOAD! Had to use it today! =)

$4.99 Gillette Men's Shampoo
-2.00 Gillette Shampoo Q ~ 1/18 P&G
$4.99 Gillette Men's Shampoo
-2.00 Gillette Shampoo Q ~ 1/18 P&G
$4.99 Kids Throat Coolers (only had one = Jan Deal)
$1.19 J&J buddies soap (had a $1 off Q, forgot to hand it over! Bummer!)
-5.00 $5/$15
-5.00 ECB's
$0.48 tax
$2.64 OOP

Earn $4.99 for throat coolers & $6.00 for 2 Shampoos!

$10.99 ecbs earned
- 2.64 money out of pocket
- 5.00 ecb used
$3.35 Money Maker!

Now I have $13.99 to roll next time! Wahoo...Love'n this stuff!

Ralph's Super Mega Sale thru 1/27

Mix & Match Beef Roast Sale....BOGO

**Jennie-O Ground Turkey**
$1.99 for 20 oz! Great Price...STOCK UP!

The Super Mega Mix & Match....there are tons of Q's available to match up..
The only catch is...that you can only get one like Q doubled and the rest will be taken at face value!

Here is one of my recent transactions:
(note: prices before $5 off, taken at the end of receipt)

$6.00 - 4 boxes of kleenex
-1.00 - Kleenex Q Doubled $0.50/3
-0.80 - Kleenex lotion Q Doubled
$3.00 - Coffee Mate Creamer
-1.50 - IP $1.50/1
$1.50 - Franks Hot Sauce (FREE)
-1.00 - Franks Q Doubled
$1.50 - French's Yellow Mustard (FREE)
-1.00 - French's Q Doubled
$7.00 - 2 Country Crock Tubs of Butter (we were out!)
-1.00 - Country Crock $1 off 2 tubs
$6.00 - 3 steamers @ $2 ea. Steamers
-1.00 - 1 steamer Q Doubled
-1.00 - 2 $.50/1 that were face value
$2.59 - Milk (2 for $4.89! pretty good)
$2.30 - Milk (we needed milk too!)
$4.50 - 6 cans of Organic Pumpkin/Sweet pot/Squash - clearance @ $0.75 ea!
$9.95 - 5 Jennie-O Ground Turkey
$9.99 - Pullups
-2.00 - Huggies Pullups Q
-2.00 - Shortcut Q for Pullups
-5.00 - Mega Event
$1.17 tax
$38.20 OOP

Verified Total Savings = $58.94
Total MF/loadable Q savings = $12.30

Mega Sale Breakdown: (MS = Mega Sale taking $0.50 off ea. item per ea. 10 qualifying items)
$2.20 - 4 boxes of Kleenex ($6-$1.80 Qs -$2 MS)
$1.00 - 32 oz Creamer ($3.00- $1.50 Q - $0.50 MS)
FREE - French's Mustard ($1.50- $1.00 Q -$0.50 MS)
FREE - Frank's Hot Sauce ($1.50- $1.00 Q -$0.50 MS)
$2.50 - 3 Steamers ($6 - $2 Qs -$1.50 MS
$5.70 for 10 products = $0.57 ea.


I did notice that the Velvetta Cheese is also part of the Mega event...tag was $4.99! So with $1 off...I think I saw an IP for it...that's a great price. We make ton of HM mac-n-cheese with that! Love it!

Did you see anything else noteworthy?