Freebies for today

Here are a few freebies for today:

Good bites Dog Treats – this comes in 3 “flavors”: Oral Care, Hip and Joint, and Multi Vitamin

Free sample of Glad Food Bags

Free Breath – a – licious dog bone here

Free sample of Aveda Shampoo for men

Get a free sample from Huggies

Free sample of Always Infinity

Free Sample of Kotex

Free Sample of Playtex Sport

Free Sample of Stayfree

Free 8 x 10 Picture from Walgreens, use code FREEPIC at checkout, good thru Nov. 8

Petco has Hill’s Science Diet 5lb dog food on sale for $5 to Petco Pals members thru Nov. 9. Combine the sale with this $5 coupon, and get your dog some free food. If you don’t have a dog, consider donating it to a shelter or giving it to a friend or neighbor.

New Pillsbury Coupon

While looking for recipes that work well for giving as jar gifts, I happened to find a new $1 off coupon for Pillsbury Crescent Rolls. Click here to get yours!

HEB Deals 11/5 - 11/11

Please note that my circular is valid for the following stores:
14498 Bellaire Blvd., 3111 Woodbridge and 10251 Kempwood at Gessner

Meal Deal:
Buy 2 Fresh HEB Ground Chuck 16oz., and get Baguette Bread 9 oz., from the bakery, HEB Soft Drink 2 L btl., HEB Pasta Sauce 26 oz., HEB Pasta 16 oz


Combo Locos:
• Buy Nestle Coffee Mate powdered Creamer, get 10.3 -11.3 oz Folgers Coffee free
Use this $1 off coupon for a better deal
• Buy Kraft Velveeta Cheese, get HEB Tortilla Chips free
•Buy Kraft Mayo or Miracle Whip, get Hill Country Fare Foam Plates free
•Buy Nabisco Ritz Crackers for Kraft Salad dressing free
•Buy Planters Mixed Nuts, get Nabisco Wheat Thins free
•Buy Fast Fixin' Chicken or Beef, get Big Red or Diet Big Red free
Use this $1 off coupon (sign up for the Fanatic Club and get 5 $1 off coupons)
•Buy 10lb bag Russett potatoes, get 5lb bag of Carrots free
•Buy HEB or Classic Selections Pie, and get Hill Country Fare Whipped Cream free


•Birds Eye Voilla! is on sale for $1.75
There have been a couple coupons for $1 off floating around in magazines
Even without a coupon, this is the lowest I have ever seen this for!

•Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix - .22¢ ea (Limit 4 w/ additional $10 purchase)

•Hill Country Fare Canned Veggies (14.5 - 15.25oz) .25¢ (Limit 4 w/ additional $10 purchase)


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•You can view the weekly HEB Drugstore Ad here, they have some good generic gifts and stocking stuffers listed, but nothing that screams "best price ever"

•You can view the HEB Values (these are deals that are good for the entire month) here

•There are also 8 interesting recipes in the Thanksgiving Edition of Showtime Guide here

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Let me know what other great deals you found this week!

Kroger Deals 11/5 - 11/11

Instead of posting every sale item this week with coupon match-ups, I am going to do something a little different this time...

First off, I want to let everyone know that my circular is for the Houston / Sugar Land area. My store will triple coupons up to .39¢ and double up to .50¢

*My regular store will only double or triple 1 like coupon per transaction.
Example: Kroger has Suddenly Salad on sale for $1 per box. I have three .50¢ off coupons. The registers will only double the first coupon, the other 2 will be accepted at face value.

While this is still a good deal, this is not the best deal. I usually break up my purchases into 2 seperate transactions. If your stores have not changed the programming of their registers, then you should be able to get even better deals than what I'm going to post.

If you would like to view this week's circular first, go here.

Here's how to get 10 items for $6

Buy 2 boxes of Toaster Strudels $1.50
Print 2 $1 off coupon from here or here

Buy a 3rd box of Toaster Strudels $1.50
Use the .35¢ off coupon from the 9/7 GM insert

Buy 4 pouches of Betty Crocker Cookie Mix $1.50
Use 2 - .75¢ off coupons from coupons.com and 2 - .75¢ from here

Buy Dial Soap $1.00
Use the .30¢ off coupon from 10/5 SS

Buy 1 box Super Pretzel $1.50
Use the .75¢ coupon from the 9/28 RP

Buy 1 box Orville Redenbacher popcorn $1.50
Use the .40¢ off coupon from the 10/12 SS

These 10 items should come out to $6 after the instant $5 off your total and coupons.

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Here is the second scenerio:

Buy 2 boxes of Toaster Strudels $1.50
Print 2 $1 off coupon from here or here

Buy a 3rd box of Toaster Strudels $1.50
Use the .35¢ off coupon from the 9/7 GM insert

Buy 4 boxes of Swiss Miss Hot Chocolate .50¢
Use 2 $1/2 coupons from here

Buy Dial Soap $1.00
Use the .30¢ off coupon from 10/5 SS

Buy 2 Carnation Evaporated Milk .50¢
Use this $1/2 coupon

The grand total for this transaction should be $1.55 for all 10 of the items listed above after the instant $5 off and coupons.

Did you find any amazing deals at Kroger this week? I want to hear about it, leave me a comment below!

Banana Muffins

Here is a good recipe to use up some bananas that are overripe:

Ingredients:

2 cups all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup butter

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

2 eggs, beaten

5 average sized bananas mashed

1 tablespoon vanilla

1 teaspoon cinnamon (or more to taste)

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon ginger

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt.

In a seperate bowl mix butter and brown sugar until creamy and there are no lumps. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir the banana mixture into the flour mixture; stir by hand until flour is mixed in (do not overstir the batter by using a blender or the texture of the muffins will be lost).

Put the batter into a greased muffin pan. Bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool 2-3 minutes before removing from pan, and finish cooling on wire rack.

Optional:

For a crunchy topping, mix 3 tablespoons brown sugar with 1 tablespoon water and spread on tops of muffins about 10 minutes before they are done. You may need to make more topping mix depending on how much you want on top.

This recipe makes aprox. 15 muffins

Movie Night Monday

Today's Redbox code is 67JFP8.

You can only use this code once per credit card, and be sure to return it before 9pm tomorrow to avoid being charged.

Free Pringles!!!!

I won a Kmart / Hulk Contest and I ended up with 15 coupons for FREE cans of Pringles!

The only downside to this is that there is no Kmart within 400 miles of where I live and the coupon says that's where it has to be redeemed :(

So my loss is your gain! I am giving away 5 coupons to 3 readers.

How do you get these you may wonder? Either send me an email at myspotwebmaster@yahoo.com or leave me a comment with your email address in it. The first 3 people to reply will get these coupons, if they agree to send a SASE (self addressed stamped envelope).

These coupons are valid until 4/30/2009 and have a max retail value of $1.19

**UPDATE** This giveaway is now closed

comments have been closed for this giveaway as well, if you have any questions please send me a message at the email address above :)

More Coupons!

Check my coupon sidebar for a $1 off Pepsi One 12 pack

Get $2 off a Bertolli Oven Baked Meal here

$1 off True Lemon, Lime or Orange here

$2 off any Goody Ouchless product $2 and up here

$1 off Pillsbury Grands Biscuits here (these may be free in the near future if combined with a sale)

Orajel Free Product Coupon here (requires you completeing a survey & it looks like they mail it to you)

Coupons!

Kashi has a new $2 off coupon for their new Cereal bars, click here to print (don't forget to try pressing the back button for a second one)

These sure do look yummy! I haven't checked the price on these yet, but my best guess is to try Wal-mart first for these since they usually have the lowest everyday price on Kashi foods.

Giveaway

I have a few goodies to giveaway here!

First off, I won 2 1 hour Free WiFi hours at McDonalds by playing the Monopoly game. If you would like 1 please leave a comment with your email address, or send me a message at myspotwebmaster@yahoo.com

Second, I have some coupons to give away: I am a member of Pssst, and can send 8 people a link for $1 off 4 cups of Yoplait yogurt, and 8 people a coupon for Progresso Soup (I believe it's for $1.10 off) If you would like these coupons, please leave a comment with which coupon you would like (or both) and an email address. You can also send me a message at myspotwebmaster@yahoo.com

This giveaway will be first come - first served

***Update: It appears that I can send an unlimited amount of coupons for the Yoplait and Progresso Soup, so if you haven't asked for 1 yet, continue to do so! The 2 hours of WiFi are still available!

Free Idahoan Potatoes

You can get a coupon for a free product if you go to this website and click print coupon. Tell them you have never tried their products before otherwise you will get a coupon for .75¢/3

Kraft Food and Family Magazine

You can preview the upcoming issue of the Kraft Food and Family Magazine here. It is full of delicious looking recipies, and introduces new products that can now be found on store shelves!



The Kraft Food and Family Magazine is a free publication that is sent out quarterly. It often times has coupons in it for free items. If you have not done so already, click here to sign up to start receiving this great magazine.

HEB Deals 10/29 - 11/4

These deals are only valid for the stores listed below:

14498 Bellaire Blvd. & 3111 Woodbridge

These prices are valid 10/29 - 11/4

•Meal Deal - Buy Oscar Meyer Lunch Meat and Oscar Meyer Beef, Cheese or Fat Free Franks and get: Kraft Natural Shredded Cheese, Kraft Stove Top Stuffing Mix Quick Cups, Kraft Mayo or Miracle Whip, Jell-O Singles, Kraft Easy Mac Cups

Combo Locos

• Buy Nestle Coffee Mate powdered Creamer, get 10.3 -11.3 oz Folgers Coffee free

Use this $1 off coupon for a better deal

• Buy Kraft Velveeta Cheese, get HEB Tortilla Chips free

•Buy Kraft Mayo or Miracle Whip, get Hill Country Fare Foam Plates free

•Buy Nabisco Ritz Crackers for Kraft Salad dressing free

•Buy Planters Mixed Nuts, get Nabisco Wheat Thins free

•Buy Fast Fixin' Chicken or Beef, get Big Red or Diet Big Red free

Use this $1 off coupon (sign up for the Fanatic Club and get 5 $1 off coupons)

•Buy Opa's Country Blend smoked Sausage, get Mission Tortillas 10ct. free

•Buy Bolthouse Farms Mini Carrots, get Fresh Express Cole Slaw free

•Buy Gain Laundry Detergent (150oz or 120 loads), get Gain Liquid Fabric Softener free

•Buy Tide (48-65 loads), get Downy Liquid Fabric Softener free

Other Good Deals

•Pork Spareribs .99¢/lb

•Red Seedless Grapes .77¢/lb

•Hill Country Fare Milk $2.99 (Limit 2, with additional $10 purchase)

•Pepsi (& assorted varieties) 12pk 4 for $11 with in store coupon

•Wholly Guacamole 7oz .99¢

Use the $1 off coupon from the 10/5 SS

Final Price = free

•Kraft BBQ Sauce .79¢

Kroger Deals 10/29 - 11/4

Prices valid 10/29 - 11/4

Please note: My store will triple coupons up to .39¢ and double .40¢ - .50¢

•Fritos or Cheetos (8.5 - 11oz) $1.27

•M&M, Mars, Hershey or Nestle fun size candy $1.47 (There is a catalina deal for the Hershey's Candy, when you buy $15 you will get $5 off of your next purchase)

•Oscar Meyer Franks are 2 for $4 (8 hour sale Oct 30 4pm - midnight)

•Kroger Buns .50¢ (8 hour sale Oct 30 4pm - midnight)

•Big K 2ltr Soda (8 hour sale Oct 30 4pm - midnight)

•Tombstone Pizzas $1.99 (8 hour sale Oct 30 4pm - midnight)

•Hormel Meat and Cheese Party Trays $8.99 (8 hour sale Oct 30 4pm - midnight)

•Dr. Pepper 2ltr .79¢ when you buy 5

•Buy 2 56oz Private Selection Ice Cream Tubs and get a free 12 pk of A&W, Sunkisk, or Big Red

•12 pk Coke, Diet Coke or Coke Zero 3 for $10 (price good only if you buy 3)

•Purex Laundry Detergent $2.50

Use the $1 off coupon from 10/5 SS

Final price $1.50

Pillsbury Crescent Rolls $1.52

Use one of the many .35¢ off coupons

Final Price .47¢

Kellogs Pop Tarts $1.69

Use $1/2 coupon from 10/12 RP

Final Price $1.19

Yoplait Yogurt .55¢ ea

Use the $1/4 coupon here

Final price .30¢ ea

Pantene Shampoo and Conditioner $5.49

Load the B1G1 Free Coupon to your card here

Use 2 of the $1 off coupons from the 9/28 PG insert

Final price $3.49 or $1.75 ea

Herbal Essences Shampoo and Conditioner $2.49

Load the $2 off 2 coupon to your card here

Use the $3 off 2 coupon from the 10/12 PG insert

Final price = Free + .02¢ overage

•Don't forget if you have an Entertainment Book with Kroger coupons in it they expire October 31st

•Also, don't forget to check the "Oops we baked too much" rack to start stocking up on breads for Thanksgiving - just put these in your freezer and take them out the day before you need them

Free Turtke Chex Mix bar

You can get a free Turtle Chex Mix Bar by signing up for the Betty Crocker newsletter here

Fiber One Cereal Sample

Click here to get your free sample of Fiber One Cereal

Quick Kroger Trip

I went to Kroger this afternoon since I didn't make it on Friday, here's how I did:

•2 Texas Toast Bread ($1 off 2 coupon + $1 loaded to card)

•2 Green Giant Boxed veggies (2 - .25¢ coupons)

• Active Lifestyle oatmeal (was free with Cellfire coupon)
•Old fashioned oats

•Kroger Plain yogurt

•4 Suave Body Wash (used 2 B1G1 free coupons)

•2 Covergirl Mascara (they were priced at $4.21 - used B1G1 free from P&G ecoupon and 2 $1 off any product coupons)

•Febreeze Noticeables Starter Kit (On sale for $6.99 and used $5 P&G ecoupon and $5 coupon from insert)

•2 Bounty Basic Paper Towels (Used 2 - .25¢ coupons)

•Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls (Used .30¢ coupon from insert and .50¢ coupon loaded to card)

• 2 Sunday Papers because I didn't make it to the dollar store in time :(

Total cost: $11.67

Total Savings: $36.77

(My digital camera is currently broken, so please excuse the picture above, it was taken on my phone)

Are you prepared?

Hurricane Ike has left some lasting effects on many people in Galveston/Houston and surrounding areas. I was in an area that did not have extreme damage or extended periods without electricity, but since that day my mind keeps thinking about how bad it could have been and how unprepared we really are.

I found a blog called Totally Ready, and it teaches you how to be prepared for ANY situation, whether it be a hurricane, a snow storm, a flash flood or fire. The great thing about this site is that it takes you by the hand and gives you 7 steps to do every week to become more prepared in case of a disaster. It appears that the blogger has a mindset for frugality as well!

Most other websites that have preparedness materials either want you to purchase a prepacked kit (that usually doesn't have everything you need), or pay a subscription fee. This material is free, and encouraged to be shared with family and friends! Totally Ready also shares how to save money on necessary items you should have in your preparedness kit.

I recommend that everyone go over to Totally Ready and take a look around. It does not matter what part of the country you live in, a natural or manmade disaster can happen without warning. You may not want to go as far and complete every step that is suggested, but even just doing some of them will have you more prepared if something happens without warning. Taking a few steps now can make a world of difference later.

Free Popeyes Chicken

When you sign up for the Popeyes Customer Club you will get a free 2 piece dinner and a meal on your birthday! This offer is only for a few states but Texas is included. I am not sure whether the coupon that arrives via email will work at all locations, but it worth a try.

Free Taco Bell

Taco Bell will be giving away a free crunchy seasoned beef taco on Tuesday October 28th between 2 and 6 pm. This is part of their Steal a Base, Steal a Taco promotion, to read further details, click here

Free Samples

Free sample of Kotex...as if we don't have enough already :)

Get your free sample of Pantene Highlighting Expressions here

Free sample of Vaseline Intensive Rescue lotion

Sample Orville Redenbachers Popcorn Cakes here (link is at bottom right)

Dunkin Donuts Dark Coffee Sample

I have been MIA

I want to apologize for not updating the blog consistantly. I have a full time job, I am a college student, and I have daily obligations to keep my life running smoothly. I want to help everyone by posting great deals and ways to save money, and just letting you guys know how things are going in my life, but I want to say that blogging is not my top priority. It is not a job for me, I do not blog for money, although there are a couple of affiliate programs I have on the sidebars, it does not pay my bills.

Things have been hectic lately for me, especially during this past week, but they are settling down and I am working out a better schedule to incorporate more time to consistantly have new material posted here.

I want to thank all of you who are reading this for sticking with me over the past couple weeks when things have been slow here. Also as another side note, my camera is not working at the moment, so until I get it fixed or get a new one I will try to take better ones' on my phone.

My Menu plan

Most people plan their menus for a Sunday through Saturday week. Well, I plan my menus for a Thursday - Wednesday week (it follows along with my Kroger sales better)

I actually did my grocery shopping for this menu last Thursday and Friday, Here's what we are having this week:

Chicken, corn and black bean Quesadillas

BLT with Avacado and broccoli on the side (I make mine with Turkey bacon to try and keep it healthy

Tacos & Spanish rice

Chicken Pockets (I'll post the recipe when I make them this week) and veggies

Chicken Tenders and Suddenly Salad

Grilled Cheese w/ bacon (again I used Turkey bacon) & chips

Baked Potatoes

I don't assign meals to a specific night of the week, I ask my love the night before what he wants for dinner and take out the necessary frozen ingredients before we go to sleep.

Want to see what the grocery shopping looked like for the meals above? After taking into consideration what I already have on hand in the pantry and freezer, I made my shopping list and spent just over $24 on everything I needed and added a lot of pasta and veggies to my stockpile (Please excuse the blurry pictures, I took them with my phone because I cannot find my battery charger for the camera since I moved)

In the picture above there is 9 bags of Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers (paid $.22 ea)

6 boxes of Ronzoni Smart Tast Paste (paid $.50 ea)

1 Bag rice, 1 Bag red beans

1 jar of Miracle Whip, Tortillas, Cream Cheese

In the picture above there is a head of lettuce, a tomato, an avocado, crescent rolls, and bacon

In the picture above there are 7lbs of grapes and a colgate toothpaste I bought at Target for $1.45

New Coupons

Some very good new coupons have been released :

$1 off Gold Medal Whole Wheat Flour

$1.75 off Reynolds Parchment Paper, there is also a $1.25 off coupon at coupons.com

$2 off Honey Bunches of Oats, Just Bunches

Right @ Home released some new coupons and when you combine them with the Walgreens Easy Saver Rebates this month, you can get many items for free:

You can get a Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaner for free when you combine this $10 off coupon and complete the ESR form.

You can get the Scrubbing bubbles Toilet Cleaning Gel, Bathroom cleaner, Fantastic, or Windex and make $.50 in the process, just combine this $2 off coupon with the $1 ESR

You can also get free Shout wipes when you combine this $1.50 off coupon with the $1 ESR

Make sure you take note of the maximum quantities that are allowed for the rebate, and keep your receipts until filling out that rebate form!!! The Walgreens deals are good through 10/11, so if you can, head out tomorrow and snag up some free cleaners!

Movie Night Monday

There is a new code valid for today only. You can use this code once per credit/check card.
DGM314
Be sure to return the movie before 9pm tomorrow night to avoid being charged.

Free Deodorant

Click here to get a free sample of Degree Ultra Clear, courtsey of Sam's Club

Black Bean Brownies...

I found a recipe for Black Bean Brownies here a few months ago, and was hesitant to try them out. I checked back to the site I found that recipe, and there were a lot of comments saying that they were dee-lish!

I made them last night, and let me tell you, they were great! My love told me that from now on he wants beans in his brownies lol. They come out really moist and fudgy, and you cannot taste beans at all!

Here's how I made them:

•Drain and wash 1 15oz can of Black beans

•Puree them in the food processor (or you can use a blender)

•Pour brownie mix in bowl, add beans to the mix

•Add 1/4 cup water, stir and bake in a 9x9 pan according to the box directions or until toothpick inserted into middle comes out clean

Total cost for these brownies = .20¢

A couple of Target Deals

Grapes are $1 per pound right now
Use this $1 off Target coupon
Final price = Free

Horizon Organic Milk (8oz) $1
Use this $1 off Target coupon
Final Price = Free

Colgate Total Toothpaste 2 for $5
Use $1.50 off coupon from recent All You Magazine
Use $1 off Target coupon from recent insert
Final price = Free

I made a cold decision...

.....To buy a deep freeze, that is. I have been wanting a small deep freeze for some time now, and didn't really have a place to put it. Well now that we are all settled into our new apartment, I found a spot to reserve for this freezer.

The most exciting part about it, was that it only cost me $10 for a brand new - in the box - Frigidaire freezer. My love's father told us that he would pay $xx amount toward a freezer for our housewarming gift, which left a difference of $10. This is only a 5 cubic foot freezer, but it is perfect for the amount of space we have and our needs.

It may look small, but there is a ton of room inside.

Aside from acquiring this at a frugal price, the Energy guide sticker says that it only uses about $22 per year to run.

Your turn:

Do you have a deep freeze? Has it been cost effective to have it?

Save A Lot Deals

For the first time ever last week, I went to check out a Save A Lot store. I noticed they had some good prices on a few things, but mostly it was brands I have never heard of or things I wouldn't even use. I noticed the store has pretty good prices and a good selection on the international foods. The store also has a small meat department, but I noticed that the meat didn't look quite right, almost like it had been thawed out and refrozen.

I received a circular for the store closest to me in the mail for the first time yesterday (it's like they knew I went there, and now they want me back). I will continue to post the deals I see, if I get an ad that week.

For this ad, I am only considering items that are sold at all stores (ie: well known brands, produce and meat). With that said, there are only a few items worth mentioning, so if this store is not a regular stop in your grocery shopping, I personally would not drive out of the way to go there.

•Pork Boston Butt Roast .99¢/lb
•Split Chicken Breast .88¢/lb
•Cilantro 3/.99¢
•Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix 3/$1

•Last week I noticed they have the big bag (98ct.) of Fisherboy Fish Sticks for $4.99, I am not sure if that was a sale or the regular price.

Your turn: I have a few questions...

Have you shopped at a Save A Lot? How was your experience there? Was the meat fresh looking? Do you know their coupon policy? Please leave your feedback in the comments below :)

Kroger Deals 10/1 - 10/7

Here are the best deals I see for Kroger this week. This sale ad comes from the Houston/Sugar Land area. Just a reminder that my stores triple coupons up to .39¢ and double up to .50¢.

•Grands biscuits $1
You can load a .30¢ off coupon to your Kroger card here

•Split chicken breast .99¢/lb

•Banquet Dinners .91¢

•Broccoli Crowns .97¢/lb

•Kroger Buns $1

•Coke 12 pks 3 for $11
You can get a $1 off 1 12pk by redeeming 35 points from your MyCokeRewards account (get a 2nd coupon by pressing the back button)
Final Price if you have the coupon is $2.66 ea

•Dannon Activia or DanActive 2 for $4
Use the $1 off 1 coupon from the 9/21 SS
Final Price = $1

•Pillsbury Crescent or Cinnamon Rolls 3 for $5
Use the .30¢ off coupon from the 9/7 SS
Final price = .76¢

•Betty Crocker Cake Mix $1

•Progresso Light Soups 4 for $5
Use this $1.25 coupon
Final price = Free
(This coupon says broth, but works on the soup, I used it at Wal-mart with no problems)

•Pillsbury frozen breakfast items (ie: Eggo's, Toaster Strudel) 2 for $4
Use the .35¢ coupon from the 9/7 SS
Final Price = .95¢ ea

•Michelina's Frozen Entrees .88¢
Use this $1/5 off coupon
Final price if you buy 5 = .68¢ea

•Owen's Breakfast Sausage 2 for $5
This is the cheapest it gets at this store
Use the .35¢ off coupon from the 9/7 SS
Final price = $1.45

•Avacados .59¢ea

HEB Deals

Here are the best deals I see for this week at HEB
(Sale dates and locations will be up after noon)

•10% off Hill Country Fare Baking Supplies (ie: flour, sugar, pie crusts, etc...)
•White seedless grapes .77¢/lb
•Chicken drumsticks or thighs .77¢/lb (with additional $10 purchase)
•Suave body wash .80¢
•Buy Nestea tea and get HEB Nacho or Ranch pack
•Buy Kool-Aid Jammers and get HEB flavored tortilla chips (HEB brand of doritos)
•Buy Fisherboy Fishsticks and get 64oz milk & Choco milk additive
•Buy La Vaquita Queso Fresco Mexicano get Guerro White Corn Tortillas
•Buy Mission Spicy bean dip and get HEB Potato Chips
•Buy Wright thick sliced bacon and get Simply Potatoes
•Cucumbers 3/$1
•Bunch Cilantro .39¢ea
•Buy 2lb carrots and get Russet Potatoes
•Pepsi 12pk products are 3/$11, (if you buy 3 in 1 transaction you get a Free Diet Pepsi Max

Food A Rama Deals

Here are the best deals I see from the store circular:

•Pork Spare Ribs .99¢/lb (limit 1 with additional $10 purchase)
•Persian Limes 12/$1
•Avocados 2/$1
•Lay's Potato Chips $1.99
•Angel Soft Toilet Paper .79¢ with additional $10 purchase
•Borden 1/2 gallon Orange Juice $1.00 with additional $10 purchase
•Joy dish liquid .69¢ with in store coupon
•Betty Crocker Cake Mix $1
•8ct. Maggi Bouillon .39¢ with in store coupon

Bertolli Pasta Sauce freebie

Click here to get a free pouch of Bertolli microwavable pasta sauce

Another Target Deal Alert

I noticed yesterday that Carnation Instant Breakfast sells for around $3.49 for a multipack box.

Here's how you can score 2 boxes for less than $1...

Go to this website and sign in or sign up and print this $3 off 2 Target coupon

Then go to this website and print 2 $2 off coupons

You now have $7 off 2 boxes of this yummy on the go breakfast for free or nearly free!

Now if only we could find milk at that price.....

You can, however, get a really good deal on Horizon Organic Chocolate Milk though...

This milk sells in my Target for $3.99

You can use this $1 off Target coupon (it expires 9/27 so act fast on this one)
And print out 1 of these $1 off coupons

Final price will be $1.99 for a 1/2 gallon of organic milk

(You can freeze these if you plan to buy multiples, as long as you pour some out to leave room for expansion in the freezer)

Kroger Deals 9/24 - 9/30

Are you wondering where the Kroger deals are?

The part of Kroger's website that has the sale ads is not working. I called customer service and they said it could take up to a week to fix.

So until I receive a flier in the mail or go to the store to get one, you can go here and read the matchups. If you cannot see the deals, sign up for the forum, it's quick, easy, and free.

Target Deal Alert!

I went to Target last night to buy some Tyson bagged frozen chicken. I had a $1 off manufacturer coupon, and paired it with the $1 off coupon found here. The shelf price said it was $5.49, but when I scanned it at a price checker (you know, those red scanners attached to poles around the store) it said $4.50. What makes this a really good deal though is when I went to the register, they rang up as $3.50.



So after coupons 1 28.5 oz bag of Tyson chicken tenders was $1.50!!!



I bought 3 yesterday, and I'm going back today to use my last coupon. If you want to get it on this deal you will need to hurry because the Target coupon expires on the 27th.

I cannot remember which insert the coupon came from, but even if you just use the Target coupon $2.50 is still a good price for that.

Correction about free Smoothie

I need to make a correction about the free smoothie post I made.

It was brought to my attention that this text message promotion is only vaild for 1 store out of the 550 country-wide.

I apologize for the miscommunication, and hope that it didn't cause anyone any frustration!

-Amanda

Movie Night Monday

There is a new code valid for today only. You can use this code once per credit/check card.

CR654D

Be sure to return the movie before 9pm tomorrow night to avoid being charged.

Ham and Swiss Crescent Braid

Here's a recipe that's a huge hit in my house:

It's called a Ham and Swiss Crescent Braid, and I thought that this would be a perfect time to post this, since almost all the ingredients have been on sale recently.

Ingredients:
2 8oz cans crescent rolls
3/4 lb ham, chopped (I used 1 package Black Pepper Ham from Land O Frost I got for free)
1 and 1/2 cups shredded swiss cheese
1/2 cup Mayonnaise
1 tablespoon brown spicy mustard
1 4.5 oz jar of mushrooms
(You can add 1 cup of broccoli into the mix, but we eat it on the side)

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Roll out your Crescent rolls into one big sheet, you will want to do this over foil or wax paper since this will stick to counter tops and baking sheets and will be really hard to work with.

2. Chop the ham and put it in the bowl. Add the cheese, mayonnaise, mustard and mushrooms. Mix well.

3. Scoop the mixture from the bowl into the center of the dough. Try to leave about an inch from the ends to pinch the dough closed before baking


4. This is optional, Trim the edges of the dough as little as possible to create straight edges, being careful not to cut the foil beneath.

5. Using a knife, cut stripes into the dough 1 inch apart coming about 1/2 inch away from the mixture. Do this on the left and right sides (I added the black lines in so you could visualize this step better)


6. Alternate the stripes over the center of the mixture, and pinch the ends of the dough together to seal closed. (Optional - Brush the top with the beaten egg white, this gives more of a golden color, I don't usually do this step)


7. Bake in the oven 15-17 minutes, or until golden brown. (My oven takes 12 minutes, so make sure to pay attention or the bottom of this will burn)

Note: Since I was only cooking for my love and I last night when I made this, I only used 1 can of the crescent rolls, keeping everything else the same. It makes a meatier meal this way, and there was still half of it left over for today's lunch.

How I did at the grocery store

This weekend I went to two stores to do the the grocery shopping;

Here's how I did:

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First at Kroger I bought:

•2 loaves of Sara Lee bread (on sale B1G1 free)

•2 Yoplait Kids yogurt (used 2 $1.50 off coupons + .80¢/2 loaded to card)

•2 DanActive yogurt (on sale 2/$4, found $1 off blinky at store)

•1 Dannon Activia yogurt (2/$4, used $1 off coupon from store sampling event last week)

•2 boxes Toaster Strudels (2/$4, used $1 off printable)

•1 can Organic Tomato Sauce ($1.19, used $1 off coupon loaded from shortcuts)

•2 cans of Pillsbury Crescent rolls ($1.19 ea, used .35¢ off coupon =.14¢ea)

•2 cans Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls ($1 ea, used .30¢ off coupon = .10¢ea)

•2 I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Spray (2/$3, used .50¢ off coupon, final cost =.50¢ea)

•2 Old El Paso Fajita seasonings (.89¢ ea, used $1.10 off coupon loaded to card)

•1 box Kix cereal ($2.29, used .75¢ printable, and .75¢ coupon loaded to card, final price = .80¢)

•1 bag of bakery rolls, marked down to $1.09

•1 bag of shredded Swiss cheese, $1.29

•4 cans of mushroons, .54¢ea

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Then I went to Wal-Mart and bought:

•1 bag Birds Eye Voila ($3.47, used $1 off coupon)

•1 case of water ($3.97, used $1 off coupon)

•1 Nesquik chocolate milk (free after coupon)

•8 boxes Ronzoni Smart Taste Pasta ($1.50, used $1 off coupon)

•2 (big) cans Pillsbury Crescent Rolls ($1.62, used $1 off coupon)

•2 cans Pillsbury Pizza Crust ($1.79, used $1 off coupon)

•2 Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls ($1.36, used $1 off coupon)

•2 Nestle Toll House Morsels ($2.36, used $1.50 off coupon)

•1 Crystal Light (Free after buying 3 Kool-aid)

•Kraft cheese slices (Free after buying 3 Kool-aid)

•2 Visine ($3.62, used $3 off coupon)

•1 Cream Cheese $1.07

• 1 loaf of Mrs. Bairds Bread**

Total spent $33.45

Total saved $60.89

I stayed just under the weekly budget with $1.55 left over :)
(**I replaced a loaf of bread we used from a friend after the hurricane, so if I did not have to buy this I would have been $4 under budget)

Saturday Sweeps

Try your luck at these contests:

Affresh Washer Cleaner by Whirlpool Giveaway from Woman's Day Magazine
(125 winners, aprox retail value $10.99, winners will be selected Nov. 28)

Win a year's worth of Organic Milk
(5 winners, prizes awarded in coupons, product is not available in all areas)

Disney Parks Instant Win Game
(15 winners will get a HP TouchSmart PC arv $1,448.99
6 winners will get a HP HDX16 laptop arv $1,249
145 winners will get a 3.5″ HP digital photo frame arv $59.99
3,000 winners will get a Limited edition Disney Parks Celebrations pin arv $5)

Purina’s Friskies Party Mix Sweepstakes
(696 winners, prize awarded in coupon, arv $6.92)

Free bag of Purina One

It must be free pet food season! You can get a free bag of Purina One for dogs or cats. I chose both, we'll see if I get one of each...

Anyway, click here and sign up. Even if you do not have a pet, consider signing up and donating the pet food to a local animal shelter.

Free night of Theatre

Here is an opportunity for some free entertainment! It's called Free Night of Theatre, and they will be performing all over the country starting October 16th.



Since this is a free show, you will need to reserve your tickets.



How do you do this?



•First you need to go here and see if there will be a performance near you.

•Second, you need to click on the link for the show in your area. That will take you to a website that should have instructions as to how to reserve your tickets.

•Last, make a note of when you need to go back to that website, so you can be sure to get your tickets.

Me and CVS just don't get along

Some of you may wonder why I don't publish the CVS deals on my blog...

Let me tell you why that is. First off, I personally do not like CVS anymore. The people that work in the stores around me are all rude, and have a serious attitude problem as soon as they see a coupon in your hand. The stores around where I live scrutinize the coupons and then try to make up reasons why I cannot do the deal I'm trying to do.

There was a sale a few weeks ago where the Covergirl foundation was on sale B1G1 free. I also had a B1G1 free coupon to pair up with the sale. Knowing good and well that the store I planned to go to would hassle me about this, I called the corporate office to confirm they would take the coupon with the sale. They told me that they would and if I had any problems to have the store call them.

After I go through the store, and picked out what I wanted, the games had begun. I went to the counter armed with my coupons and verbal ammo and the cashier fought back like I was trying to take her first born! Finally the manager came to the front and she told me that aside from "You cannot use a B1G1 free coupon with our sale", "You don't even have the right products".

I kid you not, I went back and forth picking out new foundation 3 times before it satisified the manager. Then she tells me again, "You cannot use your coupons when there is a B1G1 sale too". I told her I called corporate, and they said I could. She then looked me in the eye and said I was lying! She called corporate in front of me and told them what I was trying to do in a terrible tone of voice. After a couple minutes, I could see her facial expression change to a look of anger toward me. She hung up the phone, rang up my stuff, literally threw it in the bag, and sharply told me to have a nice day.

On a different note, I used to post the CVS deals. That was, until I received an email from them telling me that I had voilated their copyright terms.

Since those 2 incidents happened, I barely shop at CVS. The only time I do, is when I have extrabucks I need to use. You may wonder how I get them if I do not really shop there?

Well on occasion, I transfer a rx there and get a gift card, or I earn them by taking surveys for their Advisor Panel. Click here if you would like to sign up. I just completed a survey and after October 10th, I will have $10 ecb's available to use. On occasion I will redeem some of my MyPoints for a CVS gift card.

I am a Walgreen's gal these days, sorry CVS.

Do you have any horror stories to tell from a shopping trip you would like to share? Leave them as a comment below.

Pillsbury Coupon

There is a new coupon, it is for $1.10 off 1 Pillsbury Pizza Crust.

They are reported to be around $1.79 at Wal-mart, and I plan to check Kroger when I go shopping tonight. I will let you know what I find out!

Free cat food

Click here to sign up for a free 3.5lb bag of 9 Lives Cat Food.

You must be one of the first 50,000 to register.

Walmart Deals

Here are some deals to look for next time you go to Walmart:



4 pack Pillsbury Crescent Rolls $1.22
Use this $1 off coupon (print twice and get 8 rolls)
Final price = .22¢ ea

5 pack Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls $1.36
Use this $1 off coupon (print twice and get 10 rolls)
Final price = .36¢ ea

Ronzoni Smart Taste Pasta $1.50
Use the $1 off coupon from the 9/14 ss
Final price = .50¢

Kraft Mircale Whip reported to be $1.00
It is the 32 oz jar with the UPC of 0-21000-64511-4
Check the price scanners around the store to see if you can score this good deal too

Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers $1.22
Use this $1 off coupon
Final price = .22¢

Vlassic Pickles Ovals (in the big jar) $1.38
Use this $1 off coupon
Final price = .38¢

Vlassic Relish $1.12
Use this $1 off coupon
Final price = .12¢

South Beach Tide Me Over Drink Singles $2 (on rollback)
Use this $2 off coupon
Final price = Free
*These are located by the Kool-aid

Muir Glen Canned Tomatoes $1.14
Use this $1 off coupon
Final price = .14¢
*This coupon expires at the end of this month!
Kroger has the tomato paste for around $1.68 in the natural food section

Kroger Deals 9/17 - 9/23 - Houston Area

I'm going to try and make up for the lack of posts over the past week

Here is an extra long post about the Kroger deals this week, other coupon match-ups to check out while in the store, a couple of really good coupons and free samples of things you would find in the grocery store at the bottom of the post:

Suave Shampoo & Conditioner .88¢
Use the .50¢ off 1 coupon to get these for free
or use the $1 off 2 coupon and get these for .38¢ ea

Sara Lee Bread B1G1 Free
This is usually around $2.50ea
so you will get these for $1.25 ea

Dannon Activia Yogurt $2 for 4
Use one of the many $1 off coupons
Final price = $1

Yoplait Yo-Plus Yogurt is 2 for $5
Use the $1 off coupon from shortcuts.com
pair with a $1 off coupon from the paper
Final price = .50¢

I Can't Believe it's Not Butter 2 for $3
Use this .50¢ off coupon (should double to $1)
Final price = .50¢

Pillsbury Toaster Strudels 2 for $4
Use this $1 off coupon
or use the .35¢ off 1 coupon from the 9/7 GM insert
Final price = $1 or .95¢

Bar-s Hot Dogs are .99¢
Use this .25¢ off coupon
Final price = .24¢

Nature Valley Granola Bars $2.19
Use this $1 off 2 coupon
Final price = $1.69

(I also heard through the grapevine that there is a Catalina deal with these:
buy 3 - get $1.50
buy 4 - get $2.50
buy 5 - get $3.50)

Fiber One Cereal Bars $2.19
Use this $1 off 2 coupon
Final price = $1.69

Some other deals: (use your discretion whether these matchups are a good deal in your area)

Pop Secret Popcorn
Another Catalina deal I heard through the grapevine
buy 2 - get $1
buy 3 - get $2
buy 4 - get $3
Use the .50¢ off 2 coupon from the 8/10 insert to sweeten the deal

Kix Cereal (price unknown)
There is a .75¢ off coupon you can load to your card here
You can print a .75¢ off coupon from my side bar or here

Old El Paso Products
There is a $1.10 off coupon to load to your card here
You can combine this with the $1 off 2 coupon here or from the 8/10 GM insert
You should have a few options of things to choose from that will be free or close to free

Betty Crocker Boxed Potatoes (price unknown)
Use this $1 off 2 coupon
Load this .35¢ off coupon

Chex Mix Cereal Bars (price unknown)
Use this $1 off 2 coupon
Pair up with this .60¢ off coupon loaded to your card

Yoplait Kids Yogurt
Use this $1 off 2 coupon
load this .80¢ off 2 coupon to your card


Some good coupons:

Nestle Toll House
$1.50 off 1 bag of Toll House Morsels Click Here
*Note - you will either need to sign up or sign in to print this coupon

Johnson's Buddies
Use the $3 off 3 coupon from the 9/4 insert
Use this coupon at Kroger ONLY if they are .99¢ or less

Free Food and other Grocery Store Samples

Free Betty Crocker Potatoes
when you sign up for the Dinner Made Easy newsletter here

Free Betty Crocker Warm Delights Sample
Sign up for the newsletter here

Free Kashi Dark Chocolate Cookie
Click here to sign up yours (playing the game can get you another cookie, if you use a different email address)

Free Fruit and Nut Granola from Bear Naked
Click here to sign up

Free Gimbal's Gourmet Jelly Beans
Click here to sign up

Free Crest Whitening Expressions
Another great freebie from Walmart.com here

Benefiber Drink Mix Sticks
Click here to sign up

Try new Gain with Baking Soda Free
Click here for your sample

Free Sample of Tampax
Click here to sign up

Free Sample of Pledge Multi Surface Wipes
Click here for your sample

Free Fruit Roll Up Snack Sample
You will need to sign up for the Box Tops for Education Newsletter here

You will need to carry your groceries out in something..
Click here to sign up for a free reusable tote bag, and get a sample of Nature's Bounty Vitamins with it

Happy shopping and sampling!

Any advice?

Due to moving and the hurricane I have missed the opportunity to get the Sunday paper for 2 weeks in a row! I was already somewhat disappointed in myself for missing out for 2 weeks in a row, but I went to look at the Kroger ad and I realized that doing the match-ups this week will be really hard...

Do any of you know of a way to get those coupons I missed out on?

Couponizer Giveaway Winner

I am happy to announce the winner of the Couponizer. I am a couple days late for this because of reasons given in the previous blog entry.

The random Interger Generator picked entry #15, which corrosponds to:

Michelle

I have emailed you, please respond within 48 hours so I can get your address over to Amy.

I'm back in business

After a very long weekend dealing with hurricane issues, I am pleased to be back here blogging.

Hurricane Ike was only a category 2, but from the damage it caused, you probably would have thought a much worse storm had come through here. My love and I stayed with his father for the night of the hurricane. Early Saturday morning is when all the chaos started. Around 3:45 the winds picked up to about 80-90 mph in our neighborhood. The trees were nearly snapped in half with the high winds, but ended up only losing branches. A few shingles from our roof were torn off, and the entire back fence disappeared into the bayou behind the house. We lost power from 11:30ish Friday evening until Saturday afternoon.

After the curfew hours for that night expired we went back to our apartment to survey the damage. We had electricity, but no water. There was no flooding, or structure damage and our vehicles were unharmed. We were very concerned how the apartment was going to be since we just moved in and there is another complex being built next to ours. Almost all of the shingles were ripped from the roof, and many of the hardy plank boards were peeled from the walls leaving exposed wiring, insulation, and the interiors of the building visible. Thankfully though, the debris was not blown into our walls or windows, and it looked the same for the rest of the families that live around us.

We had no running water for 2 days (we had plenty of drinking water but we forgot to fill up our bathtub before we left, so there was a point where we were very concerned as how to flush the toilets and clean) and it was almost impossible to make a phone call. Although we had electricity, we had no cable or internet service. The gas station across the street as well as every other one with power has had a line of cars no less than 40 waiting to get gas for their cars and generators. Many gas stations actually had police directing traffic to the gas pumps.

We were very blessed during and after the storm. All the stocking up on groceries I had been doing paid off tremendously. We went out Sunday to the grocery stores that were open to get bread, milk, etc., but everything we needed was gone and the checkout lines were very long. Sunday we got up at 5am to get to Wal-Mart when they reopened the store. The store had been without power for a couple days by then, so all the dairy, meat, frozen foods and the produce department shelves were completely cleared off and it was all thrown away. We were told that our one location lost about $300,000 in food.

For those of you who are not in the area here are a few pictures of some of the damage:

Above: This is a statue on the Galveston Seawall in rememberance of the 6000 people who died from the stom in 1900. The Seawall is approx 17 feet tall, meaning that the storm surge came up our beaches, and up at least 12-17 feet high for the water to come up over this statue.

Above: This is a picture to show how the seawall normally looks. The wall doesn't look very tall here, but in person it's about 3x the average person's height.

Above: JP Morgan Chase Tower in downtown Houston, almost all the windows were blown out sounding like a million people breaking glass bottles on the ground at once.

Above: a huge tree that was uprooted in Houston

Hurricane Update

Hurricane Ike is approaching the Houston / Galveston coast, and that happens to be where I live. It is very likely that we will lose power for an undetermined amount of time.

I am still planning to do the drawing for the Couponizer on Saturday, but if I do not have power the drawing will be held as soon as I have power again.

Please pray for all those who will be affected by the hurricane.

Moving Update

Just wanted to quickly say that the move is going well despite a few rather large problems...

Some of those problems included:

•My love and I were sick with a severe cold. There was no time to rest this weekend, and I'm almost sure that is why we are still sick.

•No moving truck on moving day. This has been the first negative experience I've had with U-haul. We made our reservation for a 14' truck through their website and confirmed over the phone that the truck was guarenteed for that time/day. We went to pick it up, and guess what... no truck. They didn't have any smaller one's either. They wanted us to rent a 27' truck! The thing was a monster and most definately would not fit in the parking lot of the apartments. It's a great thing to have friends with trucks, we all worked together and got it done.

The only good thing that may come from U-haul this time would be $50 for not having a truck that they guarenteed to us. That probably won't come easy though as we will probably have to call the corporate office and complain. They claim they have the right to upgrade our reservation... we'll see about that. What good are reservations and guarentees for, if that location doesn't honor them.

•The garage we agreed to wasn't available (we are using that space as storage and for a place to put our deep freeze). We had the apartment for 2 days before they figured out what they were going to do about it and then we had to go through the hassle of having them program our gate openers with the garage door.

Hopefully tonight I will be able to get quite a few boxes out into the garage where they belong.

Those were only a few of the problems we had, but those were the ones that threw our schedule off completely.

Even though we had some problems, I still love our new home, and our friends dearly for helping all they could. I may or may not post a few pictures, it just depends on how fast things get unpacked.


Also, the cable and internet has not been installed yet. So I have no way of blogging, and checking email in the evening. The giveaway will still run as scheduled. Normal blogging should return next week.

It's time for my 2nd Giveaway!

Do all of you remember the last giveaway, where I gave away over 500 coupons? Well this time around I've teamed up with Amy Bergin to giveaway an amazing tool to organize all those coupons! We're giving away a Couponizer!





The Couponizer comes with:
•8" x 5 ¼” booklet with 18 grocery coupon pockets, 4 Non-grocery coupon pockets, 3 gift card/shopper loyalty sleeves, shopping pockets
•Shopping List – 20 page tear off list pad with cardboard backing
•CoupStacker – pre-sorting mat color coded to match the system pockets
•CoupTracker – 15 page spiral bound list pad with cardboard backing
•“Your Guide to Smart Savings” – instruction booklet with spending strategy and coupon tips
•Scissors – blunt tip
•Carrying Bag – clear vinyl zippered bag

The entry period will be from today until Friday, September 12th at midnight. The next day, I will use the Random Integer Generator from Random.org to choose the winner. I will post the winning number on the blog and send an email to the winner. He/She will have 48 hours to respond, or another number will be chosen.

Best of luck to all who enter!

If you cannot see the entry form above click here

Heads Up for Monday

I'm very excited to tell all of you that my second giveaway will be posted on Monday! Stay tuned to see what it will be, you will not be disappointed...

Yoplait Giveaway

Beth at Tea and Thee is Giving away this great Yoplait Gift Pack, all you have to do to enter to win is leave her a comment. Hurry though, this drawing ends Sept 8th at midnight.

Kroger Deals 9/3 - 9/9

Listed below are the best deals I see for this weeks Kroger ad.

There is a huge 10/$10 sale going on this week, included items are:

•Pringles, use the .30¢/3 coupon from the 8/31 PG insert, Final price = .70¢ per can wyb 3

•Kroger Tortilla Chips

•Chef Boyardee cans or microwaveable cups, use the .35¢/3 coupon from the 8/3 SS, Final price = .65¢ per can, or use the printable coupon here for $1 off 3, Final price = .66¢ per can

•Hunts pudding, use the .30/2 coupon from the 8/3 SS insert, Final price = .55¢ each

•Gatorade

•Kroger Hot dog or hamburger buns

•Private Selection Ice Cream

•Ice cream cones

•4oz cups of Haagan Daaz Ice Cream

•Kroger Microwave Pizza

•Hunts Ketchup

•French's Mustard, use this .50¢ off coupon here

•Little Debbie Snacks, there is a .75¢ off the Family pack muffins in the Sept issue of All You, Final price if this variety is included = .25¢

•Duncan Hines Brownie Mix

•McCormick Grinders

•Chicken of the Sea

•Kraft Easy Mac Cups, use the $1/2 coupon from the 8/24 SS insert, Final price = .50¢ea

•Clorox Bleach - load the .50¢ off coupon from Cellfire here, Final Price = .50¢

•Clorox Toilet Cleaner

•Bounty Basic Paper Towels - use the .25¢ off coupon from the 8/31 PG insert, Final price = .25¢

•Promised Land Milk 14oz

•Del Monte Fruit Cups

•Kroger Canned Pineapple

•Kroger Frozen Veggies

•French Bread (Baked in store)

•Pepsi, 7up and Dr. Pepper

•Armour Lunch Makers

•Rath or Jennie O Franks, use the .55¢ off Jennie O Scooby Doo Franks from the 6/8 SS insert, Final Price = .45¢

•Hormel Little Sizzlers

Other Deals I see are:

•Charmin (9 rolls) $3.99, use .25¢ off coupon and load the .50¢ off coupon here

Final Cost = $2.74 or .30¢ per roll

•Gorton's Frozen Seafood are 2/$8, use this .75¢/2 coupon

When you buy these 2 Gorton's Items, you also get 2 free Stouffer's Macaroni & Cheese (12oz) Dinners, Final Price = $7.25 for 2 Gorton's Items and 2 Mac n Cheese (or $1.81 for each item)

•Cocoa Puffs are 2/$4, use this .75¢ off coupon, Final cost = $1.25

•Healthy Choice Paninis are 4 for $10, buy 2 for $2.50ea and load this $1 off coupon to your Kroger Card and use this $1 off 2 coupon, Final Price = 2 for $3

•Tide laundry detergent is on sale for $5.99, pair up with the $1 off coupon from the 8/3 PG insert (it expires 8/31) and load the $1 off coupon from the Kroger website here, Final price = $3.99

•Downy Fabric Softener is also $5.99 use the $1 off coupon from the 8/24 RP insert and load the $1 off coupon here, Final price = $3.99

•Yoplait YoPlus yogurt is around $2.50, if you load this $2 off coupon to your plus card and use a $1 off coupon from the 8/10 GM insert, or the printable from this site, you will get it free plus overage

•You can load a $1.00 off any Private Selection Organic Item Coupon from ShortCuts.com. Last week I bought a can of P.S. Organic Black Beans for .69¢, and the loaded coupon still took $1 off.

•The $10 off a $50 purchase coupon from CellFire is still available until 9/8.

•Another really cool thing about CellFire is that the coupons can be used multiple times before they expire. Last week I loaded the $2 off Yo Plus coupon to my card and I used it, I logged in today and it is available for me to use again. The coupons I decided not to use are still loaded to my card.