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Posted by Darlene on December 24, 2011 at 1:02 pm I use affiliate links in some of my posts. I may earn a commission if you use my links. Full disclosure.
I ran into Shaw’s on Friday night to see what goodies they had in the reduced sections. My eyes popped out of my head when I saw about 15 half gallons of Smart Balance milk marked down to just $1.00 each!
I knew I had (4) 75¢ OFF Smart Balance coupons, and I figured the coupons would still double, so I picked up 6 half gallons for a total of $6. The coupons did indeed double so I got $6 off… I got all the milk for FREE!
I’m going back today with my (4) $1.50 off coupons to see if they have some left. I would have bought 6 more last night but I needed to check if there was room in my freezer. I freeze milk, so the close expiration dates are find and dandy by me :O) Also, we are not fussy in this house. Any FREE milk is good milk!
This is why I ALWAYS print dairy coupons! I don’t know if the coupons are still available because I printed mine awhile ago, but you can give it a shot! Try using the zip codes mentioned the click on Beverages to find them.
$.75/1 Smart Balance Milk – try zip 90210
$1.50/1 Smart Balance Milk try zip 12345
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Posted by Darlene on December 21, 2011 at 2:55 pm I use affiliate links in some of my posts. I may earn a commission if you use my links. Full disclosure.
Every now and then, I gather my coupons that I know will get me free stuff and I head out on a mission to get only free things!
The items you see above were purchased at Walmart, Shaw’s, CVS and Hannaford (and Peeps from Rite Aid not in the photo). I was only successful at getting half the items on my list due to the stores being out of stock (Panko, Pom, KY, and more.) or due to store prices being higher than I expected (Say Yes to Carrots, DC Sea Salt), but it was a good run just the same!
Oh, I tried twice to get to Save-A-Lot for free scissors, but I both times I got there too late (closed by 8pm???). They supposedly have Scotch scissors on sale for $1 and I have coupons for $1 off. I hope to get there today!
Here’s how I got all the stuff you see for FREE! I don’t have time right now to list all the coupons. If you want to know where to get certain coupons, just ask and I’ll see if I can find the source!!!
Walmart:
6 rolls Duck brand packing tape (free after coupon)
6 Johnson’s baby powder (money maker after coupon)
6 Johnson’s baby lotion (money maker after coupon)
4 packs AAA Rayovac batteries (money maker after coupon)
8 boxes Dulcolax (money maker after coupon)
12 pints Oakhurst egg nog (12 cents each after coupons)
After all the overages from the money makers, Walmart paid me $1.33 cash. I used that money to cover the cost of the other transactions at the other stores.
Shaw’s:
(4) 2-liters Coke Zero (free after coupons)
(2) 20 ounce Diet Cokes (free after coupons)
4 rolls Homelife toilet paper (money maker after coupons)
1 Diamond Crystal kosher salt (money maker after coupons and SavingStar)
1 Diamond Crystal salt sense (10 cents after coupons and SavingStar)
Hannaford:
2 cans pineapple (19 cents each after coupons)
CVS:
1 box Band Aids (free after coupon)
2 bags Ricola (25 cents each after coupons)
1 Carmex lip balm (money maker after coupon)
Rite Aid:
8 boxes of Peeps (free after coupons) – not in photo because I immediately gave them to my mother.
The $1.33 that I got from Walmart covered all other items plus the tax plus the deposit on one soda. All I had to pay was the deposit on the other 5 bottles of soda and I will get that back! So, I got everything for nothing!
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Posted by Darlene on December 19, 2011 at 11:05 am I use affiliate links in some of my posts. I may earn a commission if you use my links. Full disclosure.
I don’t often do gift card deals at CVS because the items that qualify are not usually things I need in my stockpile. However, this week Scott toilet paper was part of the Spend $30 Get $10 Gift Card deal, so I wanted to take advantage of it.
I knew my Sanford CVS did not have the 4-packs of toilet paper in stock, but I went on over anyway to see if they might have found some. They had four 4-packs. That was not enough to get me to my $30 minimum purchase, but I had good coupons for cheap candy and that candy was also part of the deal (with CVS the min purchase is before coupons, not after :O), so this is what I did:
I bought these items:
(4) 4-packs Scott toilet paper, sale price $3.49 each
(2) boxes Pot of Gold chocolates, sale price $3.99 each
(2) bags M&M’s, sale price $2.50 each
Total Purchase: $26.94 (not quite $30, but I hoped it would trigger the gift card and planned on buying another box of chocolates if it didn’t)
I used these coupons:
(4) $1/1 Scott toilet paper (don’t remember where I got these)
(2) $1/1 Pot of Gold chocolates (from 12/11 SS insert)
(1) $3/2 Pot of Gold chocolates (from CVS coupon machine)
(1) $1/2 Mars candy (printable, I doubt it’s still available)
(1) $1/2 M&M’s (from the CVS coupon machine)
Total coupons: $11.00
My total after coupons was $15.94 plus tax.
I paid it down by using $11.86 Extra Bucks.
My out of pocket was $4.08 plus tax.
Here’s the tricky part. My transaction did NOT trigger the $30 gift card (tax does not count on the minimum purchase). So, I was going to buy another box of chocolates. However, while I was checking out, they brought out a box of plain M&Ms (I picked up mint M&Ms because they didn’t have any plain stocked). I thought I could just swap the bags, but they had to do a return. They refunded my $5 then I bought the plain M&Ms using that same $5. That transaction triggered the gift card! I didn’t have to spend any additional money!
I paid $4.08 just plus tax for everything and got a $10 CVS gift card in return!
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Posted by Darlene on December 15, 2011 at 8:26 pm I use affiliate links in some of my posts. I may earn a commission if you use my links. Full disclosure.
One of my favorite things to do is walk around the reduced sections at Shaw’s to see what treasures I can find. I often see peppers, but they are usually marked 59¢ to 99¢ per pound and that’s still too much for my liking.
Tonight, I found 3 packs of green peppers marked down to 20¢ per pound. I got all 6 peppers for only 62¢ total! And they are in near perfect shape with just a couple dings. I will be slicing these up, blanching them and freezing for future stir fry dinners!
I love Shaw’s!
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Posted by Darlene on December 15, 2011 at 7:52 pm I use affiliate links in some of my posts. I may earn a commission if you use my links. Full disclosure.
As soon as I discovered that the Snausages were on sale for $1 per bag at Family Dollar, I was out the door! I had (4) $1/1 coupons and (4) $1.50/2 coupons so I was able to pick up 12 bags of Snausages for only $2 total plus tax!
You will need access to 2 computers to do my scenario (2 prints per computer):
Buy 12 bags Snausages, $12 total
Use (4) $1/1 Snausages coupons
Use (4) $1.50/2 Snausages coupons
Pay only $2 for all 12 bags (plus tax)
And these are full size bags! As you can see, the front bag has already been opened because Scruffy could not wait!
If you only have one computer, you can still print 2 of each coupon and get 6 bags for a buck.
This is Scruffy…
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Posted by Darlene on December 11, 2011 at 7:36 pm I use affiliate links in some of my posts. I may earn a commission if you use my links. Full disclosure.
I ran over to Shaw’s to do a few quick transactions so I could pick up some free spaghetti for my mother. While I was there, I noticed the Homelife paper towels still had the 10/$10 sign and the sale date on the sign said 1/26/12. The paper towels ended up ringing in at $1.27 because the sign was wrong. But, since the sign was there, and since it did indeed have a current sale date, they adjusted the price so I got them free with coupon :O)
I also noticed they had Homelife all purpose lemon cleaner in reduced grocery marked down to 90¢ each! I used the homelife coupon to get those for free (and even got the overage!).
Here’s what I got in my 5 transactions (yes, I leave then go back):
Styrofoam cooler on clearance for 75¢
3 rolls Homelife paper towels free with coupons
2 bottles Homelife cleaner free with coupons
5 boxes Essential Everyday spaghetti free with coupons
4 kiwi fruits from reduced produce 41¢
3 plum tomatoes from reduced produce 45¢
1 package snow peas from reduced produce 22¢
After tax and with the itty bitty overage on the cleaner, I paid only $1.92 for everything!
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Posted by Darlene on December 2, 2011 at 11:55 pm I use affiliate links in some of my posts. I may earn a commission if you use my links. Full disclosure.
I hit Shaw’s late Friday night to pick up my free butter and a few other things. I expected to be quick, but I ended up shopping for 2.5 hours!
I got quite a bit of stuff, some things which got me very excited, like 6 half gallons of Tru-Moo milk marked down to $1.50 each in reduced dairy… and I had coupons for $1.10 off each one! So, I paid only 40¢ each!
Sorry, but I’m too beat to take a photo. Here is the list:
(2) 2 liter bottles Big Chill soda (free with store coupon)
(1) 2 lb bag Shaw’s flour (45¢ after store coupon)
(1) 2 lb. bag Shaw’s sugar (free with store coupon)
(4) boxes Archway cookies
(8) boxes Zatarains rice
(4) jars Cain’s relish
(1) jar Essential Everyday spaghetti sauce
(4) packets Kikkoman seasoning (all free with coupons)
(5) bags Humpty Dumpty chips
(6) half gallons Tru-moo milk (total $2.40… yippee!)
(12) tubs Land O Lakes butter (all free with coupons)
(8) International Delight creamers (I’m finally out of these coupons)
(4) boxes WhoNu cookies
(4) 1 liter bottles Poland Spring sparkling water (all free with coupons)
(4) boxes Nestle hot cocoa
(8) containers 4C bread crumbs
(1) box spaghetti
Total before Shaw’s card and coupons: $151.39
After Shaw’s card and coupons I paid only $24.81
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Posted by Darlene on December 2, 2011 at 1:53 pm I use affiliate links in some of my posts. I may earn a commission if you use my links. Full disclosure.
I just ran over to the Sanford Shaw’s to see if they still had Egg-Lands Best eggs in their reduced dairy section marked down to $1 per dozen… and they did! I was able to buy 12 dozen eggs and they were all FREE thanks to the $.50/1 dozen Egg-Lands Best coupons (they doubled) that I found in my vast collection of coupon inserts!
You might wonder what I’m going to do with 12 dozen eggs. Here’s my plan of action:
1 dozen will be hard boiled and turned into egg salad to eat right now.
3 dozen will be hard boiled and pickled to eat later (I also use pickled eggs for egg salad… yum!)
7 dozen will be scrambled and cooked then divided into 42 individual size breakfast servings. I’ll pop those in the freezer so my mother can have scrambled eggs any time she wants (yes, you can freeze cooked scrambled eggs).
1 dozen will be scrambled and cooked then used in the lasagna that I’m making today. I’m going to put an entire layer of scrambled eggs between the pasta noodles. I’m skipping the meat for this one. It will be just scrambled eggs, cottage cheese, zucchini and yellow squash, and cheese. I’ll make sauce with meat to pour on top when we eat it. YUMMO!!!
Check out my egg articles on Examiner.com!
World’s easiest pickled egg recipe
How to cook hard boiled eggs that peel easily
How to marbelize hard boiled eggs
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Posted by Darlene on November 25, 2011 at 10:16 pm I use affiliate links in some of my posts. I may earn a commission if you use my links. Full disclosure.
I managed to get out of the house for a bit to take advantage of all the even money deals CVS had to offer this week! All the items I bought gave me equal value of Extra Bucks in return. I had some Extra Bucks to start out with so I did batches of about $8 each so I could continue to roll the new Extra Bucks over and over.
You can do this same transaction too! But this sale ends on Saturday the 26th, so hurry! If you don’t have any Extra Bucks to start with, you might want to do the optional transaction that I came up with below.
Here’s the scenario I did:
Transaction #1
Breath Right Strips, sale price $5.99 (got $5.99 EB)
2 York Peppermint Patties, sale price 99¢ each, so $1.98 (got $1.98 EB)
Total: $7.97 plus 40¢ tax
I used $7 EB earned last week, paid $1.37
Transaction #2
Pepto Bismol, sale price $2.99 (got $2.99 EB)
Cepacol, sale price $4.99 (got $4.99 EB)
Total $7.98 plus 40¢ tax
I used $7.97 EB earned in Transaction #1, paid 41¢
Transaction #3
Advil PM, sale price 99¢ (got 99¢ EB)
Advil, sale price $2.99 (got $2.99 EB)
Carmex, sale price $1 (got $1 EB)
4 Mars brand candy bars, sale price 75¢ each, so $3 (got $3 EB)
Total $7.98 plus 40¢ tax
I used $7.98 EB earned in Transaction #2, paid 40¢
Transaction #4
CVS AA batteries, sale price $3.65 (got $3.65 EB)
Colgate toothpaste, sale price $2.87 (got $2.87 EB)
Softlips lip balm, sale price $2 (got $2 EB)
Total $8.52 plus 43¢ tax
I used $7.98 EB earned in Transaction #3, paid 97¢
The pre sale price for all this stuff was $41.69. The sale price was $32.45. Thanks to smart EB rollovers, I paid just $3.15 including tax!!!
And I have $8.52 EB left for next time! Woo hoo!
If you want to give it a shot, but don’t want to spend $8 out of pocket for Transaction #1 (assuming you don’t have EBs to pay it down), you could try this cheaper scenario I came up with that only takes $4 out of pocket (still use previous EBs if you have them!).
Transaction #1
Colgate toothpaste, sale price $2.87 (get $2.87 EB)
Total $2.87 plus 14¢ tax
Pay $3.01
Transaction #2
2 York Peppermint Patties (there are also two other choices), sale price 99¢ each, so $1.98 (get $1.98 EB)
Carmex, sale price $1 (get $1 EB)
Total $2.98 plus 15¢ tax
Use $2.87 EB earned in Transaction #1, pay 26¢
Transaction #3
Advil, sale price $2.99 (get $2.99 EB)
Total $2.99 plus 15¢ tax
Use $2.98 EB earned in Transaction #2, pay 27¢
Transaction #4
Pepto Bismol, sale price $2.99 (get $2.99 EB)
Total $2.99 plus 15¢ tax
Use $2.99 EB earned in Transaction #3, pay 15¢
Transaction #5
Softlips lip balm, sale price $2 (get $2 EB)
Advil PM, sale price 99¢ (get 99¢ EB)
Total $2.99 plus 15¢ tax
Use $2.99 EB earned in Transaction #4, pay 15¢
Transaction #6
4 Mars brand candy bars, sale price 75¢ each, so $3 (get $3 EB)
Total $3 plus 15¢ tax
Use $2.99 EB earned in Transaction #5, pay 16¢
Your total OOP is only $4 including tax! And you will still have $3 left over for next time! If you want batteries, you could go ahead and use this $3 toward that. Or save it for another day!
Just be sure you buy the correct products or you won’t get your Extra Bucks! Grab the flyer in the store and look at the store tags. You don’t have to get the exact items I got. Shop smart! You can do it!
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Posted by Darlene on November 24, 2011 at 6:01 pm I use affiliate links in some of my posts. I may earn a commission if you use my links. Full disclosure.
I ran into Shaw’s Wednesday night to see if I could get some prices on the Muir Glen tomato products to go along with this Muir Glen coupon. Here is what I discovered…
The 11.5 oz cans of Muir Glen tomatoes and Muir Glen tomato sauce were on sale for $1.19 (regular price $1.79). The coupons are for 85¢ off one. Even though Shaw’s written policy is that they don’t allow overages, there are times that a coupon will actually double for the full amount. I was hoping this would be the case with this coupon :O)
I was also running into Shaw’s to pick up 4 more International Delight coffee creamers to go with these new International Delight coupons that I found. I thought I’d take a chance and see if I’d get the overage on the tomatoes to pay for the creamer.
Here’s the scenario:
4 cans Muir Glen tomaotes on sale for $1.19 each = $4.76
4 bottles International Delight on sale for $1.99 each = $7.96
Total price = $12.72
I used (4) $.85/1 Muir Glen coupons that doubled -$6.80
I used (4) $.75/1 International Delight coupons that doubled -$6.00
Total coupons = $12.80
As you can see, after coupons I would have ended up with a negative balance of 8¢. Shaw’s does not give cash back (well, sometimes they do) so I needed to spend another 8¢.
I found 1.5 pounds of potatoes in the reduced produce bin marked down to only 28¢, so picked them up (I forgot to put the spuds in the photo). Then I nervously went to the register with the hopes that the coupons for the tomatoes would double for the full $1.70 off.
And they did!
I got all 4 cans of tomatoes and the coffee creamer for FREE!!! And I ended up paying only 20¢ for 1.5 pounds of potatoes! I love Shaw’s!
I was getting sick while in the store, so I forgot to see how long those cans of Muir Glen were on sale. Even if not on sale, you can get the cans like I got for only 9¢ each with the coupons. Or, you can pick up Muir Glen tomato paste for $1.19 (reg price) and see if you get the overage on that. The big cans of tomatoes were $3.59 to $3.79 so you would need to wait for a sale on those.
Oh, the Muir Glen tomatoes are NOT with the other canned tomatoes. They are in the organic section. I hope you score some tomatoes!
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