I got 69 items for just .88 cents!!

How many items can you buy for less than $1.00??? 

Here is how I stretched my dollar this week...

*This week I was able to get 69 items for just .88 cents!!! 

-I got 2 cans of S&W black beans, 10 cans of Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup, 2 boxes of Celestial Seasoning Tea, 2 Lipton Onion Soup Mixes, 1 bag of Ocean Spray Cranberries, 2 rolls of Duck Packaging Tape, 6 Chapsticks, 1 Curad Peroxide, 2 boxes of Curad Bandages, 1 Odwalla Smoothie, 1 Beech Nut Baby Cereal, 2 Tetra Fish Food, 8 McCormick Taco Seasonings, 4 Colgate Toothpaste, 3 Spice Island Sea Salts, 2 bags of Riesen, 2 Robitussin, 1 mascara, 3 packs of Trident, 1 Mentos, 1 Blistex, 2 burgers, 2 packs of tortillas, 2 bags of stir fry veggies, 2 chimichangas, 2 boxes of spaghetti noodles, 1 tube of toothpaste, and pack of juice boxes. 

*Do coupons save me money on items that I purchase on a regular basis?? Is it worth it?? Can you save money on "real" items?? I'll let you decide...

How To Stretch Your Holiday Dollar when buying Halloween Costumes!

*Stretch Your Holiday Dollar, no coupons needed:

-A great way to save money is to buy holiday items when they go on clearance. Last year after Halloween I went to K-Mart and they had all their costumes 90% off. They had this Transformers Bumblebee Costume regular $29.99 for just $2.90! I bought it two sizes bigger (knowing my son never stops growing and will be able to wear it by next year). 

 Sure enough it fits him perfectly and he loves it and it only cost me $2.90!! I was also able to pick up this cute Tigger costume for my other son for just $2.00 at a yard sale last year. So they both have their Halloween Costumes for this year and I only spent $4.90 out of pocket for both costumes! This is a great way to save money and they will also be able to use them all year long to play dress up with. :) So make sure to wait for the clearance after Halloween this year and buy costumes for next year.

Stretch Your Dollar with me at Rite Aid this week!

My Rite Aid Trip

Spent: .31 cents (got $3.50 back)   Saved: $25.31     # Items: 10 Items

-I got 2 bags of Riesen, 2 Robitussin, 1 NYC Mascara, 3 Trident Gum, 1 Blistex, and 1 Mentos. I did two separate transactions and paid .31 cents out of pocket and ended up with $3.50 in +UPR for my next trip. Here is how I did it...

Transaction #1:

*I bought 2 bags of Riesen (had a raincheck for 2/$2 from last week), the Trident was on sale 3/$3.00, the Blistex was $2.50, and the Robitussin $6.49.

My total came to $13.99

-I used two .75/1 coupons for the Riesen

-I used $1/3 mfg. coupon for the Trident AND a .25/1 Video Value Rite Aid coupon

-I used $3/1 in-ad coupon for the Robitussin AND $3/1 mfg. coupon

a total of $8.75 off bringing my total down to $5.24

-A $5.00 off +UPR from last week came off bringing my final total to .24 cents!

(after I paid I got a $2.50 +UPR back from the Blistex and $1.00 +UPR from the Trident)

Transaction #2:

*I bought 1 Robitussin $6.49, 1 NYC Mascara $2.99 , and 1 Mentos .59 cents.

My total came to $10.07

-I used $3/1 in-ad coupon for the Robitussin AND $3/1 mfg. coupon

a total of $6.00 off bringing my total down to $4.07

-A $4.00 +UPR from last week came off bringing my final total to .07 cents!

*When I earn +UPR I keep the bottom of my receipt that shows me which +UPR have loaded to my card, this way I can cross them off as I use them so I know which ones I've used. This is my receipt from last week. I earned $15.00 in +UPR and used a $5 and $4 +UPR on my shopping trip. I still have two $3.00 +UPR to use next time. I keep this in the front of my binder so I don't lose it.

*You can find this week's Rite Aid Match-Ups under my Weekly Match-Ups Tab.

My Walmart Trip: 47 items for .57 cents!!

My Walmart Shopping Trip:

Spent: .57 cents    Saved: $54.59    # Items: 47 Items

-I got 2 cans of S&W black beans, 10 cans of Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup, 2 boxes of Celestial Seasoning Tea, 2 Lipton Onion Soup Mixes, 1 bag of Ocean Spray Cranberries, 2 rolls of Duck Packaging Tape, 6 Chapsticks, 1 Curad Peroxide, 2 boxes of Curad Bandages, 1 Odwalla Smoothie, 1 Beech Nut Baby Cereal, 2 Tetra Fish Food, 8 McCormick Taco Seasonings, 4 Colgate Toothpaste, and 3 Spice Island Sea Salts

(I had taken a picture of my items because I had them on display on my table at Walmart, but my camera died and apparently didn't save it to my camera and I already put all my groceries away.)

*I price matched the soup for .50 cents @ Paul's and had $1/5 coupons making them .30 cents each so $3 for 10 cans. I used $2/1 coupons on the fish food and made overage. The McCormick were .58 cents I used $1.75/2 coupons making them free plus overage. All other items I used a coupon and doubler for. My overage from the fish food and McCormick brought my total down to .57 cents!!

*The Sea Salts were $1.98 they had a $1/1 peelie coupon on them which I doubled making them FREE! I did take a picture of those before I checked out. :)

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My Albertson's Doubler Trip: FREE!

My Albertson's Doubler Trip

Spent: $0    Saved: $21.98    # Items: 12 Items

-I got 2 boxes of Spaghetti Noodles, 2 packs of Tortillas, 2 bags of stir fry veggies, 1 pack of juice boxes, 2 chimichangas, 2 burgers, and 1 transformers toothpaste. I had to do 3 transactions and I used a coupon and doubler for every item I purchased. Here is how I did it...

Transaction #1:

-Juicy Juice $2.69 used $1/1 coupon and doubled it making it .69 cents, Flav-R-Pac veggies on clearance for $1.39 used .75/1 coupon doubled it making them free, chimichanga $1.25 used $3/2 coupon making them free + overage which brought my total to $0!

Transaction #2:

-Tortillas were $2.00 used $1/1 coupon doubled it making them free. Ronzoni was $1.00 used $1/2 coupon and doubled it making it FREE.

Transaction #3:

-Drive Thru Burgers were $1.25 I used $1/1 coupons and doubled them making them free. Colgate toothpaste was $1.00 I used .75/1 coupon and doubled it making it FREE!

My Albertson's Trip: Stock up on chicken

My Albertson's Trip

Spent: $49.21 ($2.84 of it was tax)  Saved: $79.65    # Items: 21 Items

-I got 13 packages of signature boneless skinless chicken breast/tenders, 2 packages of shrimp, 4 packages of Oscar Mayer lunch meat, 1 Bob's Red Mill Wheat Germ, and 1 tub of Albertson's Fat Free Sour Cream.

*I was driving by the Albertson's in Caldwell on Blaine when I noticed a big sign that said chicken $1.69 lb. Since I'm down to only a few packs of chicken I couldn't resist stopping to see if they had any chicken left, since it's always sold out when I do happen to see their sign. Sure enough they had some chicken :) :) so I decided to stock up. The two packs of shrimp had a $1/1 manager's special coupon, the Bob's Red Mill Wheat Germ was marked down to $1.19 (we use these in fruit smoothies), the lunch meat was $1.00 and I had .50/2 coupon which rounded up to $1/2 making them .50 cents each. The fat free sour cream was $1.69 I didn't have a coupon for it but I needed it and I'm still under budget so I grabbed it. So even though I only used 2 coupons I still saved almost $80 just buy waiting for my chicken to go on sale. I saved almost 50% on each pack of chicken I bought and it's the signature brand which already has the fat trimmed. :)

My Rite Aid Trip (last week)

My Rite Aid Shopping Trip (last week)

Spent: .23 cents (got $7.00 back)   Saved: $8.32     #Items: 4 Items

Transaction #1: 

-I got 2 Trident Vitality and 2 Halloween Make-Ups after coupons & +UPR from previous week my total came to .23 cents. After I paid .23 cents I got one $1.00 +UPR and two $3.00 +UPR so a total of $7.00 in +UPR back!!        

Transaction #2:

 Spent: $8.72 (got $15 back)    Saved: $29.71       #Items: 7 items

-I got 2 Zest Body Wash (rain check from previous sale making them free after my raincheck and $1/1 coupon), Hylands Cold Medicine, Zicam, Similsan Cold Medicine, and 2 Halloween Nail Polishes. My total came to $8.72. After I paid I got back two $3+UPR, one $5+UPR, and one $4.00+UPR for a total of $15.00 in +UPR back!

My Ridley's Case Lot Deals (from last week)

My Ridley's Case Lot Trip

Spent: $12.38 (.70 cents was tax)    Saved: $13.10     # Items: 22 Items

-I got 10 packages of Soffs Baby Wipes (800 wipes) and 12 cans of Pumpkin. The wipes were only .57 cents each and the pumpkin .50 cents each. These were great prices and no coupons needed, so I did stock up since it was the last week of their case lot sale.

Can you cook fast healthy meals if you coupon? YES!

What's Cookin??

-Is it possible to cook fast healthy meals if you coupon??? YES...

The other night I knew by the time I got home I wouldn't have much time to get dinner for my family so before we left I put some chicken breast, cream of chicken soup, chicken broth, carrots, broccoli, and some Mrs. Dash into my crockpot on high for 4 hours. When we got back home I added 3 biscuits to the crockpot and cooked for another hour (which gave me enough time to get everyone situated before dinner). This dinner was very easy, inexpensive and my family loved it. My boys like to add saltine crackers to theirs. 

*I used canned carrots (.25 cents), 1 can of broth (.20 cents), 1 can of cream of chicken (.25 cents), broccoli (free from my garden), chicken ($1.00), biscuits (.09 cents) and mrs. dash (free) so my total cost for the meal was $1.79!! I was able to get all of these items with coupons (the chicken I bought on sale and the broccoli from my garden). So hope this answers your question.

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Albertson's Coupon Round-up ALL WEEK!!

*Albertson's is doing Round Ups ALL WEEK!! If you are new to couponing or new to Albertson's Round-Up here is how it works...

• Coupons $0.25 – $0.99 are rounded up to $1
• Coupons $0.24 or less will be quadrupled
• There is no limit to how many coupons you can use in transaction as long as the coupon does not limit quantities
• You cannot get overage on a rounded up coupon, the value will just be zeroed out. (For example if you purchase Yoplait Simplait yogurt for $0.50 and use the $0.30/1 coupon the coupon would round up to $0.50 to give you the item for FREE, not $1 to give you $0.70 overage.)
• Coupons will automatically round up at the register

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