Kroger deals: Week of January 30th

Kroger frequently has a store wide sale, where if you buy 10 participating item, you will save $5.00 off of your order instantly at the checkout. Basically, you end up saving 50 cents off of each of the ten items you purchase. If you can combine this sale with using a coupon for every item, you really maximize your savings.

Here is one of the endless combinations I came up with for this sale using coupons from this week's newspaper ......

#1. Ragu pasta sauce is $1.16 when you buy it in the 10 items you purchase for this sale. This weeks paper has a coupon to save $1.00 off of two jars. Final price will be aprox. 66 cents each at the check out. Buy 4 jars, using two coupons.

#2 Cheez-It cracker are marked down to $2.49 each. There is a coupon to save $1.00 off of two boxes, making the final price per box $2.00. Use two coupons and buy 4 boxes.

#3. Marzetti Veggie Dip is marked down to $2.50, and there is a coupon available in this week's paper to save 50 cents off off ONE dip. This coupon will double to $1.00, so the final cost of one dip will be $1.50. Dip the aforementioned Cheez-Its in said dip. Use two coupons and buy two dips.

So there you have it. 10 items purchased, with $5.00 instantly saved at checkout, and another $6.00 saved from coupons. The total for all 10 items should be about $13.00, which equals a savings of about 45% off of the original price.

This is what real couponing is about, there is no need to go all psycho extreme when you can build your stockpile little by little, each week.

CVS deals: Week of January 29th

The newspaper this week had 3 inserts, including the always exciting P&G insert. I bought two newspapers and one of them even had an extra duplicate insert in it....score!



 Here is my main deal that I got this week.....  SIX "FREE" DEODORANTS!!

 

1. Speed Stick is on sale for $1.99 each. 

2. There is a deal where if you spend $12.00 on Speed Stick (which is six deodorants in this scenario), you earn $6.00 in ECB's. 

3. This week there is a coupon for BOGO Speed Stick.

I used 3 of the BOGO coupons (b/c I had three newspaper inserts) to purchase six Speed Sticks for $6.00. I earned $6.00 in ECB's, which reimbursed my spending.

My store has an amazing variety of soap, body wash, deodorant, make-up etc. that is marked with 50-75% clearance tags. Like HUGE amounts of stuff. I think they are reducing inventory? I ended up buying everything pictured here for $22.00, AND earned $14.00 in ECB's.

All the body wash here was marked down 50%, and with coupons for Irish Spring and Soft Soap from this weeks paper to save $1.00 off, I got them all for about $1.25 each! 

The Dawn dish soap is on sale for $1.00 each, and there is a coupon to save '50 cents off of two' in today's newspaper.

I saved almost SEVENTY DOLLARS today on all this stuff!!!

Cupcake Adventures

Here are a few photos showing you how I turned the ordinary into the extraordinary!

Using yellow Starburst candy for pats of butter, and caramel syrup for the gravy transformed these plain cupcakes into a fun "mashed potatoes' treat!

Recipe of the week......chocolate peanut butter fudge frosting!

I stumbled upon an easy recipe for home made chocolate fudge  frosting this weekend, while making cupcakes. I added the last two ingredients to the recipe, and had great results.....

2lb powdered sugar
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup softened butter
2/3 cup boiling water
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup Nutella (optional)

Blend all ingredients together, add a little bit more hot water if needed. Yum!

This week's food coupons were not very good :-(

After a few weeks of great deals after Christmas, I was disappointed to find just one measly little insert in this week's paper. .....

Also, at Meijer this week their main sale was the '10 for $10' sale that they do every couple months. Usually there are at least  a few items in this sale that make it worthwhile to use your coupons, but this week all the items are Meijer brand items.

Hopefully the food deals pick up again next week!

Week of January 8th: Kroger deals

I don't usually shop at Kroger, unless they are running some type of fantastic sale. This week they are doing a 'buy 4 items save $4 sale". The items that are included in this sale vary from toothpaste to batteries. If you can apply coupons to these items you can save big!

Check out my local ad HERE!

Here is my example of how I fared in the "Buy 4 items, save $4" sale:

One of the things that caught my eye was the Crest toothpaste deal: $1.69 WYB four items in the "Buy 4 save $4" sale. I have two coupon to save $1.00 off of Crest, so I i'll buy two toothpastes for only 69 cents. Sweet!

For my next two items I bought  two Gillette body washes. They are $2.49 each WYB 4 participating items in the '4 for 4' sale. I have two coupons to save $1.00 off of one body wash, so each wash is $1.49 each. Score!

Overall, I paid $4.36 and saved $8.00!

If you buy multiple newspapers, you can double or triple your same exact transactions to stock up on what you really need.

New favorite recipe....Seafood creamed corn in a crockpot

 Here is what you will need....

-16 oz frozen corn kernels 

-1 diced onion

-1 chopped green bell pepper

-1 chopped red bell pepper

-1 can of Campbell's cream of shrimp soup

-1/4 cup milk

- 1 package of imitation crab meat flakes

- 8oz of flavored cream cheese-I picked chive, but Philadelphia makes a salmon flavor that would have worked great in this recipe.
-Optional extras: jalepeno, cilantro, tomatoes

How to make

1. Combine the milk, crab meat, cream cheese, and shrimp soup together
2. Add the frozen corn and veggies to your crock pot
3. pour the soup mixture over the veggies
4. Cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours, stirring a few time throughout

Free blood glucose meter at Target this week!

Check out this great deal at Target this week

The perfect thing for that special diabetic in you life  lol

Actually, these kind of free deals are great to pick up when you are shopping to 

DONATE to a medical clinic or shelter.

Week of January 8th: CVS deals

Check out this week's CVS ad!

Suave deoderant is on sale for $1.00....and there is a coupon to save 75 cents, which means that each deodorant will be only TWENTY FIVE CENTS!

Axe Shower Gel is on sale for $4.49 each. If you buy three gels you get $4.00 in ECB's. Here is a scenario involving the BOGO coupon and dollar-off coupon available this week:

#1. Buy four shower gels for $18.00. Use two BOGO coupons from this week's paper to make the final cost $9.00 for four gels.

$9.00 - $4.00 ECB= $5.00, or $1.25 per shower gel.

or,

#2. By three shower gels for $13.50. Use one BOGO coupon AND one "$1 off" coupon, which means you will pay $8.00 out of pocket for three gels AND get $4.00 in ECB  back.

Emerald Almonds and Emeral Nut "One the go blend" are on sale two for $7.00.
A coupon is available to save 75 cents off of one product! Final price is $2.75!

Several different varieties of Nabisco crackers are on sale two for $5.00 (or $2.50 each). There is a coupon this week to save $3.00 off of three crackers, so if you buy three boxes for $7.50, your final price after coupon will be $4.50, or $1.50 each!

Last minute CVS couponing trip!

Even if I am just going to the store for one or two items, I still bring my coupon binder with me. Today's trip to CVS yielded me some high savings on necessities. After getting what I needed, I wandered around looking at all the little yellow tags to see what was on sale in each aisle. If I saw something I liked and could use, AND I had a coupon for it, it was mine! Sometimes its just fun to see what kind of last minutes deals you can score! Here is my haul..... and it all cost a mere FOURTEEN DOLLARS!!

My total savings was over $50!

Recap of 2011.........

Here are a few of my highlights of 2011......

1.Dead pig terrorizes Plymouth Township....you know you want to click on the link!

2. This blog, which was started in September, has reached a total of over 1,200 views!

3. I have saved over $1,400 alone at CVS this year by using coupons!

4. I am midway through taking a course in holistic nursing.

5. Mexico City welcomed us for a week's stay back in November

 Hoping 2012 will be just as great!

Back to the coupons-- 2012 edition!

Despite the holiday, coupons were still included in today's newspaper ('Smart Source', 'Red Plum', and "P and G")!

The latest coupons and sales seem to still be focused on medications, soups, and vitamins (all that 'wintery' health stuff), with the added category of healthy foods to go along with the start of the new year. Check out  this article to see how you can predict what is going to be on sale each month.

Check out a few deals I found:


Are you trying to quit smoking for your new year's resolution? This week there is a copon to save $15.00 off of Nicorette gum, AND a *M-Perks coupon to save $15 off of a nicorette purchase. Also, this stuff is on sale for $5.oo off the normal price. This is a triple whammy! A total savings of THIRTY FIVE DOLLARS!!!

*******For those of you who don't know, M-Perks is the website for Meijer, where you can clip coupons to your online account. These are all considered to be 'store coupons', so you can combine 'manufactures coupons' from your newspaper with an M-Perks coupon when buying an item.This is called 'stacking' coupons.


If you are looking to stack your coupons this week, there are also the following coupons that are available both in the newspaper AND on the M-Perks website:


-Heft garbage bags
-Sensodyne toothpaste
-Hefty zip-lock baggies
-Playtex items
-Nature Made Vitamins-- BOGO free this week!


Other deals include:

Nivea body wash is on sale two for $7.00. There is a coupon this week in the newspaper to save $1.00 off of one item. The final price will be $2.50 per wash.

Slimfast 4-packs are on sale for $5.00 each this week. There is an awesome BOGO free coupon in this week's paper, so you can save big on these!