HT Deals this week PLUS others

FREE Mac n Cheese! Sorry, that was one highlight of this week I wanted to share right away. I spent $116 and saved $80 today. It was a combo of rain checks, coupons, and sales. I also qualified for the P&G pink cookware set - you qualify when you spend $25 on P&G products like Bounty, Pampers, Cascade, Charmin, etc. The catalina printer will print out a mail in form at the check out. There are a whole bunch of P&G coupons out there - if you have the P&G year of savings coupons there are some good ones like $1 off Charmin. If not, you can still get some coupons from the P&G brand saver last Sunday. Also there's a P&G rebate out there so I can get a bunch of $ back.

Don't have time to list all the deals but here are some good ones:

Kraft shredded cheese with Philly Cream Cheese in it - new product that is on sale for BOGO free. I got a BOGO coupon in the mail from HT today too, plus there is a Kraft $1 off two coupon. You have to buy 3, but essentially I got 3 bags of shredded cheese for $2.29 (orig. 3.29 each)

Charmin 12 roll was on sale 5.99 minus $1 off in P&G Year of Saving coupons = 4.99

Bounty 6 big roll on sale 5.77 (eVIC) - cpn for 25 cents off doubles in P&G saver last week - 5.27 (warning, my HT was out of these)

Born Free Eggs are BOGO and cpn for 35 cents off on 9/12 will double

Kraft Mac & Cheese - great sale at 4 for $2, plus you can get an printable coupon if you play the roulette game on the Kraft website. Mine was 55 cents off two which doubled to make my Mac FREE

HT Tissues are 99 cents per box

Grapes are 99 cents a pound as are the Eastern Grown apples

Chicken quarters are 49cents per pound

and, of course, remember the $10 off $50 cpn from Thursday's N&O


OTHER deals:

Great candy deal at Target - Buy two jumbo bags of Mars candy and get a $5 Target gift card. Given that I already had a $5 gift card to Target to use, plus the $1 off two bags of candy in last weeks paper, I essentially got the two big bags for $9.

At CVS, the Oral B Vitality electronic toothbrush, normally $30, is on sale for $23 plus you get $13 extra bucks back. There is also a $10 coupon from the P&G saver last week which makes this toothbrush FREE. One problem, they were totally out when I went to get mine today, so I had to get a raincheck. Hopefully they'll get some back in before my coupon expires - I've always wanted an electric toothbrush. :-)

At Kohls - there was a $10 Gift Cert for Big and Tall clothes this past weekend. Because Big and Tall T-Shirts are on sale for $9.99 - I got a t-shirt for free for D (he wears Large/Tall).

great Smuckers cpn for super doubles!

Check out today's Coupon Month coupon from Red Plum - $1.50 off 1 Smuckers - that could be $3 off if doubled at HT!

www.redplum.com/dash

That's much better...HT this week

Spent $116.69, saved $114.47 and got some Healthy Smile and Fresh Food Points. Much better than last week!

The Meal Deal this week is: buy a Contessa family size frozen dinner pouch, and get all of this free: Egg rolls, shrimp wonton soup, a box of Success Rice and a pepsi product 2 liter soda. Plus there is a coupon for Contessa in the newspaper 6/20 Red Plum for $1.50 off - orig. price for everything 7.95, final price = 6.45

Some great coupon deals:

Arm & Hammer Toothpaste - orig. 3.55, BOGO so about $1.77 each - plus 75 cent cpn on 6/20 and 8/22 Smart Source x2 = 17 cents per tube (what did I say about ultra cheap/free toothpaste?)

Wisk laundry detergent - orig. 7.25, sale 4.99, $3 off cpn in 8/29 Red Plum= $1.99 (love this deal - I had 2 cpns)

Keebler is doing a nice deal where if you buy 4 cookies or crackers you get $5 off at the register. Some things are on sale like Keebler Graham crackers are $2.50 each - plus there's a blinkie in the aisle for $1 off 2 Keebler crackers and two of my graham crackers had peelie cpns on them for $1 off one box. So here's how I did the deal: Two boxes graham crackers at $2.50 each, 2 boxes Wheatables at 3.69 each. - two $1 off cpns for graham crackers, - $1 off 2 wheatables blinkie, -5 at the register I got all four boxes for $1.09 per box - nice! There are a whole bunch of ways you can do this deal.

Campbell's Select Harvest soup - orig. $2.29 - sale $1.25 each - cpn for $1 off two in 8/15 smart source = 75 cents per can

Quaker Instant Oatmeal - orig. 3.79, sale 2.50 - cpn for $1 off (can't remember where this came from)= $1.50

Post Cereal on sale for $2 (orig. 3.79 - 3.95) - cpn for $1.50 off 2 boxes if you also buy 1 gallon of milk. I was buying milk anyway and I got Shredded Wheat and Grape Nuts for $1.25 per box

Born Free Eggs Omega 3 - orig. 2.99, sale 2.50 - cpn for 35 cents off 6/13 RP x 2 = 1.80

Danimals Crush Cups yogurt - orig. 2.75, sale 2.50 - cpn for $1 off in an Acme booklet or 8/15 smart source = $1.50

Fage greek yogurt - orig. 1.67 per cup - sale 1. 34 - printable cpn (seeing couponing101.com) for 50 cents off x2 or $1 off one = 34 cents each

Some other good deals:

Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast buy 1 get 2 free
Center Cut Pork Chops and Whole Pork Tenderloin are about half off
HT Canned Veggies are buy 2 get 3 free
Stoneyfield Yogurt is 10 for $6 - you can get printable coupons for these on the Stoneyfield website
Yellow Peaches are 69 cents per lb (Eastern Grown) (compare to 2.49 per lb is a good deal)
Orville Redenbacher Popcorn is BOGO plus a 40 cent cpn in doubles (I've already used the cpn unfortunately)
HT Cereals are 97 cents eVIC (limit 2)

Stuff you shouldn't have to pay for...at least not often

I was thinking tonight about things I usually get free or close to free on a regular basis. Just because you don't like these brands doesn't mean that you can't get discounts on brands you normally buy. I'm just pretty brand flexible most of the time. These are my top picks:

Rice - usually Mahatma brand. There are frequently 50 cent off coupons for these online or in the paper. Some stores sell the small rice bag regularly for only a little more than a dollar and then when the coupon doubles, the item is almost free. Or you can use them during triple coupons at HT to get it free.

Bread - Nature's Own has been putting out these 75 cents off coupons online. They say they are for the premium bread but you use them on the regular honey wheat or 100% whole wheat kind. When the bread is on sale BOGO at Harris Teeter and the coupons double to $1.50 the bread is free. Even when the bread is 1.99, it's only 50 cents. Plus Harris Teeter has given me some catalinas and special eVICs for free bread lately.

Toothpaste - I've gotten free toothpaste at Kroger and Harris Teeter. I haven't paid more than 50 cents for brand name (Aquafresh, Colgate, Crest) toothpaste (sensitive or advanced care or just regular) since last summer. Remember to pick up toothpaste and toothbrush coupons at your dentist's office.

Deodorant - especially the Sure brand - with coupons and sales it has been 50 cents or less.

Shampoo - Herbal essences shampoo and conditioner with sales and coupons has been 50 cents. I've gotten a similar deal with Pert Plus also.

Wholly Guacamole - every time Harris Teeter does Super Doubles I get the small package for free using the $1 off printable coupon

Yogurt - the most common ones I get free with sales and coupons are Danactive, Activia, Yoplait YoPlus, Yoplait Fiber One, or Dannon Light and Fit 4 packs. The Danimals crush cups and Danonino have been free or close to free.

Mission Flour Tortillas - 50 cent coupons triple to $1.50 which frequently match up with sales on these

Pillsbury Cresent rolls and biscuits - there are always tons of coupons for these online and in the paper and there are lots of sales and catalina deals for these things that give you $4 or $5 off your total order or next order if you buy a certain number of them. I've actually made money on these deals.

Lysol bathroom cleaner - with coupons and sales, especially during triples, these can be 50 cents each

Dawn dish soap - a 50 cent coupon can double and make the small bottle free when it's on sale for 99cents

Chex Mix - It's easy to get these for 50 cents during triples if they are on sale. I've gotten them as low as 17 cents a bag though

Heinz Ketchup and French's mustard - Ketchup has been as low as 17 cents per bottle and mustard has been free. It's good to stock up on things like this because they last a long time.

Kix cereal - there have been some great 75 cents off coupons that during triple coupons have made this 25 cents per box. I try not to pay more than $1 to $1.50 per box for brand name cereal (usually Cheerios, Special K, and Frosted Mini Wheats have the best deals)

Ken's steakhouse and Wishbone salad dressing - small bottles have been 25 or 50 cents with sales and coupons

Anything you typically get for free (or close to it)?

Follow Me on Twitter! @lovelimom

I've decided that every good blogger also needs a Twitter account. Not sure how much I'll Tweet and how much I'll just use it to get other deals. I already retweeted a coupon contest from Nature's Own to win free bread for a year (awesome!). I'll look for those things and retweet them for ya!

Coupon Class in Burlington, NC this Saturday

There is a "Coupon Makeover Class" going on in Burlington NC this Saturday. They say you can save 50-75% on your grocery bill! Here are the details, courtesy of my friend Lori!

Saturday August 21st, 2010 @10am
May Memorial Library
342 S. Spring Street
Burlington, NC 27215

336-229-3588
Call to register or ask at the Reference Desk

Harris Teeter this week 8/1/10

First post on groceries in a while! Today I spent $136.67 and saved $115.26.

We've been away for a while and have been living off the stockpile as well, so we needed to replenish a bunch of things. Here are some sale deals that helped us do that.

Smithfield Bacon - Buy 2 get 3 free
Porktenderloin - BOGO
Lean Ground Turkey - BOGO
HT Natural Ice Cream - Buy 2 get 3 free
Nathan's Hot Dogs - BOGO
Angus London Broil - BOGO
Angus top round steak - BOGO
Thomas's English Muffins - BOGO
grapes - orig 2.58/lb, sale 1.99/lb.
maple syrup - orig.7.45, sale 4.99

Muellers pasta - orig. $1.39, sale 5 for $5 - blinkie cpn for $2 off 5 = 60 cents each
Skippy PB - orig. 2,79, sale BOGO or 1.39 each - 60 cent cpn on 8/1 x2 = 19 cents
Peter Pan - orig 2.49, sale $2 - 60 cents cpn on 7/25 x2 = 80 cents
Eggo waffles - orig 2.99, sale $2 - cpn for $1 off 2 on 7/25 = $1.50 per box

eVIC specials

HT thin or old fashioned bread - 67 cents
HT large eggs - 67 cents
HT Churned Lowfat ice cream - FREE
HT organic milk $3.99
HT Milk $1.97
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Triples this week 4-29-10

I spent $76 and saved $87 today at Triples, but probably could have spent less if I were only getting the triples items. Boston Butt pork roast was on sale for 99 cents/lb though and I also finally got the diapers from the Huggies deal last week (rain check).

I'm really lazy tonight, so I'll let you look up where to find the coupons here in Sue Stock's database.

Some deals (in no particular order):

Mahatma brown rice - orig. 2.69, sale 2.39 - 50 cent cpn x3 = 89 cents (69 cents for white rice)
Irish Spring soap - orig. 2.69 for 3 pack, sale 2.19 - 75 cents off 2 cpn x 3 = $1.06 each 3 pack
McCormick Perfect Pinch Italian seasoning - orig. 2.65 - 75 cents off x3 = 40 cents
Mentos gum - orig. 1.49 - 55 cents off x3 = FREE
Speed Stick deodorant - orig. 4.19, sale $2 - 50 cents x3 = 50 cents
More cheap toothpaste - Crest is on sale for $2.50 - 75 cents off (on 3/7) x3 = 25 cents OR 50 cents off (on 3/21) x 3 = $1
Degree deodorant (travel size) - 2 for $3 - cpn 75 cents off 2 (4/25) x3 = 75 cents for 2 (37 cents each)
Land o' Lakes spreadable butter w/ olive oil (although I got the one with canola oil and the cpn still worked) - orig. 2.19 - 75 cents off x 3 = FREE
Sargento cheese - orig. 3.19, sale BOGO so $1.60 each - peelie cpns for 55 cents off 2 x 3 = 1.54
Danactive orig. 2.50 - 75 cents x 3 = 25 cents
Neosporin Max - orig. 5.85, sale 3.99 - 50 cents x3 (from 4/25 and 3/14) = 2.49
Bandaids (Dora the Explorer or Spongebob) - orig. 3.25, sale 1.99 - 50 cents x3 = 49 cents

Non triples coupon deals:
Danonino Yogurt - orig. 2.29 - sale 1.99 - cpn for $1 off = 99 cents
Yoplait Simply Gogurt - orig. 2.99, sale $2 - printable cpns for $1.10 = 90 cents

Other deals:
Dunkin Donuts turbo coffee - orig. 7.99, eVic = 3.99

Don't forget, you get "Healthy Smile"points for every $ spent on oral care items (toothpaste, toothbrush, mouthwash, floss) and Diaper points for every $ spent on diapers. These are dollars spent BEFORE coupons. If you get 40 healthy smile points you get $5 off your next order and for 50 diaper points you get $10 off your next order. $20 in Dannon products gets you $3 back too, though this doesn't appear to track on the receipts.

Harris Teeter this week 3/13/10

This week I spent $97.63 and saved $81.68 (about 46% savings).

The biggest deal for today was those coupons from the Friday paper I mentioned in my last post. All of them worked so I saved a total of $16 off my order.

I also want to mention that March is frozen food month (who knew?) so my HT had a ton of "tearpad" coupons in the frozen food section for all kinds of frozen stuff. Tyson bagged chicken (K loves their nuggets), frozen veggies, frozen pizza, frozen TGI Fridays appetizers, Kashi meals or pizzas, stouffers meals (including lean cuisine) and many more. They expire at the end of May. I took a bunch because we are getting a chest freezer for the garage this weekend and there may be some great opportunities to stock up in the coming weeks.

I did not do the Kellog's deal that HT has going (get $3 off 3, $4 off 4, or $5 off 5 boxes of cereal - plus there were Kellog's coupons on 2/7 and 3/7). My pantry is stocked with Big G cereals right now - we have to get through 6 boxes of cheerios, 1 box of special K, one box of Smart Start, and one box of Quaker Oatmeal squares before they expire at the end of the year. I'm sure I'll be shopping the cereals sales again in a few months though... :-)

Some other deals from today:

Charmin Ultra big rolls (12) - Orig. 8.99, eVIC 5.77 - cpn for 25 cents off x2 in the 3/7 P&G saver - final price = 5.27

Bounty 8 roll paper towels- Orig. 9.99 - eVIC 5.77 - cpn for 25 cents off x2 in the 3/7 P&G saver - final = 5.27 - this was actually not the best deal on paper towels I've seen, though if you're doing the P&G Year of Savings promotion it counts toward that. You have until April 15 on that promo - it's basically a spend $50 on P&G products and get $100 worth of coupons for more P&G products.

Dawn Dish Detergent - orig. 2.99, eVIC - 1.77 - cpn for 50 cents off (has to be the hand renewal kind) x2 in 3/7 P&G - final = 77 cents

Luvs Diapers - 16.99 for the big pack - $2.50 off cpn via the mail (join on the Luvs website and you'll get these periodically) final = $14.49 (about 16 cents per diaper)

No Yolk Egg Noodles - orig. 2.29 - BOGO - cpn for 75 cents off in - final = FREE

Muir Glen organic diced tomatoes (Canned) - orig. 2.35 each - sale 1.34 - "peelie" cpn on the can for $1 off two - final price .84 cents per can (HT brand was $1.15/can non-organic)

Gillette Men's Hair Gel - orig. 4.99- sale 4.49, cpn for $1 off in 3/7 P&G - final = 3.49

Tropicana OJ (gotta get some when Pop Pop is coming to town) - orig. 3.49 - sale 3.00 - cpn for $1 off two in 2/21 Red Plum - final price = 2.50 each

Dannon Yogurt - orig. 6/$4 - not on sale (gasp!) but D wanted them - cpn for $1 off 10 in 2/21 Smart source - final price 56 cents each - normally I don't pay more than 30 cents for yogurt cups if I can avoid it :-)

YoBaby Meals - orig. 2.99 - sale 2.50 - catalina coupon printed out last time I was at HT for $1.50 off - final price = $1

Born Free Natural Omega 3 eggs - Orig. 3.29 - sale 2.79 - cpn for 35 cents off in 3/7 Red Plum x2 - final price = 2.09

Hillshire Farm sausages (Brats) - orig. 3.65 - eVIC 2.00 (limit 2) - cpn for in 1/31 RP for $1 off 2 - final price = $1.50 each

Good deals without coupons:

Keebler's Chips Deluxe cookies are Buy 2 get 3 free - I had picked up 5 pkgs, supposedly for K's birthday party next month, but I put them back because we all know they would probably be gone within like 2 weeks...who was I kidding?

Tony Roma's BBQ - orig. 6.99 - eVIC 2.99 (limit 3)

HT Natural Ice Cream and Breyers Ice Cream are BOGO

Crayola kids toothbrushes BOGO (counts toward the Healthy Smile promotion HT is doing - btw - all my free toothpaste counted toward that as well - they count the price you pay before coupons - if I get 40 points ($40 worth) of dental stuff I will get a $5 off your total order coupon. There is also apparently a diaper promo that is similar only it's $50 worth that you need to buy.

Chef Boyardee microwave bowls are 3 for $3 (or $1 each) - usually the sale price is 4 for $5 so this is a bit better than usual sales

HT milk is still on sale for 2.69 a gallon (usually 3.29)

Strawberries are BOGO

Green Bell peppers are 99 cents (usually 1.79)

Pineapples are also half off - 2 for $5

Grande Tortilla chips 2 for $5

3lb bag Tangelos 2.99 (usually 3.99)

5lb bag red potatoes $3.50 (usually $4)

3lb bag onions $1.97 (usually $2.49)

HT this week 3/6/10

This week I spent $70.03 and saved $67.39 (almost 50%!). Just to demonstrate how much can be bought with $70, even buying some organic food, I'll list what I got:

-6 pkgs Thomas's Light english muffins (BOGO) (orig. 3.99) - no coupons, but BOGO is the cheapest these get, so I stock up and freeze them in freezer bags. microwave one for 22 seconds, then put in the toaster, slather some peanut butter on there and great "to go" and filling breakfast - these things have like 8 grams of fiber each.

-1 loaf Earth Grains bread (orig. 3.49, sale price $2.50) - cpn for 55 cents off in 2/7 RP or I think I also had a printable one - doubles to $1.10 off -final price = $1.40

-4 pkgs Sorrento String Cheese (BOGO) (orig. 4.99 - sale price was cheaper than HT string cheese so I stocked up a bit)

-2 bags HT shredded mexican blend cheese (BOGO) (orig. 2.69)

- 1 Kozy Shack 6-pack chocolate pudding (orig. 3.39 on sale BOGO so $1.69) cpn 40 cents off in 2/7 smart source - doubles to 80 cents off - final price = 89 cents

-3 Stonyfield farm 6oz yogurts (orig. 89 cents, on sale for 49 cents each - catalina cpn for buy 2 get one free) (about 32 cents each)

- 1 gallon HT Organic Milk (orig. 5.69 - on sale 4.99)

-2 pkgs (a little more than 2lbs) 93% ground beef ($2.99/lb on sale)

-2 boxes Quaker Chewy Granola bars (orig. 2.99, sale price = $2) cpn 75 cents off 2 in the 2/14 red plum - double to $1.50 off 2 - $1.25 per box

- 4 boxes Quaker Fiber Plus Omega 3 granola bars (orig. 2.99, sale price = $2) - cpns for $1 off two printable or in the 1/24 red plum

- 1 box Quaker Oatmeal Squares cereal (orig. 4.29, sale price $2.50) - cpn for $1 off one box - final price = $1.50 (I'm glad I didn't use this during super doubles - this cereal was not on sale then so during super doubles it would have been $2.29 and we all know not to pay more than two dollars for a box of cereal right? actually, shoot for $1.50 or less if you can)

PLUS** Special: Buy 7 Quaker products, get $3 off total order

-1 jar Oretega taco sauce (can you guess yet what we are having for dinner?) (orig. 2.29, on sale $1.50) (there is a cpn in the 1/24 Smart source for 75 cents off two ortega items, but I've used that cpn already - doesn't mean you can use it now though!)

-1 can HT Traders Minestrone soup (orig. 1.99 - sale price FREE - one can of HT soup is free to eVIC members this week though it's not advertised on the shelf)

-2 cans HT Green Beans (77 cents per can)

-All Laundry detergent (small and mighty) - on sale $3.99 - cpn for $2 off in 2/7 Red Plum

-4 pouches Starkist Chunk Light Tuna - on sale for $1 each - cpns for $1 off two in Family Circle magazine (or Better Homes and Gardens in the dentist's office. I'm just saying you could look for them there...) Final Price - 50 cents each

- 2pkgs Plumrose Thick Cut Bacon (orig. 3.99, on sale $2.47)

Produce:
-a personal watermelon ($3.99 on sale) - hey, K wanted it and it was $1 off on sale technically
-Organic Romaine hearts ($2.99 on sale)
-two plum tomatoes (on sale 77 cents a pound)
-3 yellow bananas (we've got a ton from the sale last week that are starting to turn -I didn't want to add to the banana bread craziness - although, Gold Medal flour has some printable cpns out right now)
-1 Hass avacado (on sale $1.50) (K's favorite veggie)


I've been stocking up so much the last few weeks and getting close to or breaking the $100 barrier (not by much, but still), it was really nice to do all my shopping this week for $70 and get plenty of breakfast and lunch food for the week plus some dinner stuff and snacks and laundry detergent! I find that I can buy laundry detergent very cheap by getting some when it's on sale with a coupon - and it's actually cheaper than buying it in the gigantic bulk container.

Don't forget to comment on your favorite deals!

Harris Teeter this week 02/05/09

Ok, I thought I was all stocked up last week, but now I'm really stocked up. We're giving a dinner for some college kids through our church next Sunday night (it's taco night!) so I had to get some things for that. But I also saw an opportunity to stock up on a bunch of other things too. All told, I saved about 40% - spent $170 and saved $114.

Remember that for BOGO items, you can buy one at half price and most divided items like $3/5 or 10/$10, you can just buy one at the divided price. For the buy 2 get 3 free deals, though, you have to buy all 5. Some of the good deals:

*** special note - this past week in the paper, there was a Family Dollar flyer with a $5 off a $25 coupon. If you read HTs coupon policy, they take competitors coupons for an amount off the total order (but not for individual items). I used this coupon at HT today to get $5 off my whole order.

Deal of the Week: the eVIC special this week is Bounty paper towels, 6 giant rolls, $5.77 (orig. $10.99). If you do Upromise electronic coupons, you can save an additional $2 for college by linking the coupon to your VIC card. The $2 gets added to your Upromise account. Technically that's $3.77 - a great deal.

Chex Mix (or Chummix as K calls it) - (orig. 2.79 - sale BOGO) - a great week for this stuff. Plenty of printable coupons for 50 cents off that will double, plus some newspaper coupons that are for 50 cents off two in 12/13 and 1/24 Smart Source. With the printables, the final price = 40 cents per bag. - in my HT the "chocolate chex" wasn't part of the sale so you can't use those printable coupons for this deal.

Popsecret popcorn - (orig. 2.99 - sale $1 each) - cpn in 1/31 smart source for $1 off 2 - final price = 50 cents per box.

Cheez-its - (orig. 3.99 - sale BOGO) - cpn in 1/24 smart source for $1 off 2 nabisco snack crackers - final price = $1.50 per box

Smart Balance peanut butter (orig. 2.95 - sale 2.50) cpn in 1/10 Red Plum for $1 off - final price $1.50

M&Ms medium bags(orig. 3.85 - sale $2.50) cpn in 1/10 Red Plum for $1 off 2 - final price = $2 each

Pace salsa and picante sauce - sale 2.50 - cpn in 60 cents on two that doubles 1/31 smart source - final price = $1.90 each (although I swear I used both coupons on only two jars...hmmm. maybe they overrode it thinking it was their mistake instead of mine.

Gatorade G2 (32 oz) - sale 88 cents - cpn 1/10 RP for 50 cents off doubles - final price = FREE

Caribou coffee (orig. 9.99 sale 5.99) - printable coupons for $1 off - final price 4.99

Kraft shredded cheese (orig. 3.29 - sale $2) - cpn 1/24 ss for $1 off 2 - final price = $1.50 each

Dannon yogurt (orig. 67 cents - sale 40 cents each) cpns in 1/3 or 1/31 for $1 off 10 - there are also printables for Light and Fit that are $1 off 6. final price = 30 cents each or 24 cents depending on which cpn.

YoBaby (orig. 3.89, sale 2.99) - no coupons, just a decent price.

Smart Balance spread (orig. 3.19, sale BOGO) - cpn $1 off 2 in 1/10 RP - final price $1.10

Hormel black label bacon - BOGO ($2 each) - this is really thick and delicious bacon, btw.

Yukon Gold Potatoes 5lb bag - orig. 4.99 - sale 3.50

Rex Goliath wines (the one with the huge chicken on it) - they're on sale for 5.99 each - I have one of those half-case wine bags which gets you 5% off your wine purchase. If you get a whole case you can get 10% off. I wish I realized this last week though because there was an eVIC things for 15% off wine.

There are a whole bunch more deals for Super Bowl Party-type foods, so check out Sue Stock's blog for her "Wednesday Deals" post to find out more.

BIG Kroger Deal 1/26!

Kroger just started a great deal today where if you buy 10 of the participating products, you get $5 off. There are some good coupon match ups with this deal, and some things are really cheap even without the coupons (e.g., Goldfish crackers that are normally $2.19 are 88cents if you take into account the $5 off). I'm sorry, I don't have the original prices since Kroger doesn't print them on the receipt and I didn't jot them down, but most of these items go for more than $3 each normally.

Kroger doubles coupons up to 50 cents. Some of the coupons that match up with this deal...

From today's paper (1/24) in smart source:

• Chex Mix (50 cents off 2) or there are printable coupons for 50 cents off 1 that will double - the chocolate chex mix varieties ARE included in the sale. Final price after deal & cpn: = 49 cents if use printable, $1 each if paper cpn
  
• Orville Redenbacher popcorn ($1 off 2) - final price after deal & cpn = $1.49 each
• Orville Redenbacher Poppycock (50 cents off 1 - doubles) - it's like Cracker Jacks kind of - final price after deal & cpn = 99 cents
• Kraft cheese (shredded, block, or singles ($1 off 2) - final price after deal & cpn = 49 cents each
• Brawny papertowels ($1 off 1 pack 8 rolls) - final price after deal & cpn= $4.49
  

From 1/17 smart source:

• Johnsonville smoked bratwurst ($1 off 2) - HT has this on sale right now for $2.99, but it's $2.49 if purchased at Kroger as part of this deal, plus the cpn it would be $2 each pack.

From 1/3 smart source:

• Finish Electrosol gelpacs or tabs dishwasher detergent ($2.50 off 1) - HIGH VALUE CPN expires at the end of the month! If used as part of this deal, your detergent will only be 50 cents. I love these things, too; so convenient!

From 12/13 smart source:

• Jello ($1 off 2) - I got this cpn reference off Sue Stock's database but couldn't find the actual coupon. I'm not sure if I clipped it and used it already, but if you find it, your Jello will probably be free
• Oscar Meyer cold cuts ($1 off 2) - final price after deal & cpn= about $2 each
  

From 12/6 smart source:

• ChiChi's salsa ($1 off 2) - final price after deal & cpn = about 50 cents each

I spent $9.04 and saved 25.90 according to the receipt - My ten items were 2 bags of Goldfish (88 cents each), 1 pkg Electrosol (49 cents), 1 chocolate chex mix (49 cents), 2 jars of ChiChi's salsa (49 cents each), 2 pkgs of Oscar Meyer cold cuts ($2 each), 1 pkg Kraft Shredded Cheese (49 cents) and 1 pkg Kraft singles (49 cents)

You could do it cheaper if you buy the jello :-)

Grocery Shopping 1/23 - Harris Teeter

Today I spent $95 (including a donation to Haiti) and saved $81.

Harris Teeter is doing a special promo where if you buy 15 participating General Mills products you get $5 off your order, plus many of the items are on sale AND there are coupons out for most of them. There's also a special thing if you buy 3, 4, or 5 Nature Valley Granola bars or Betty Crocker fruit snacks, a coupon will print for $1.50, $2.50, or $3.50 off your next order. You can get coupons for these too, and they count toward the 15 items in the GM sale. Unfortunately we already have mucho granola bars and don't eat fruit snacks so that was a no go for us, but I did get 15 other items. There's a HUGE beef sale going on so if you have a working freezer it's probably a good time to stock up.

Reminder - if it's BOGO, you can just buy one for half price. If it's 5 for $5 or 2 for $5 or whatever, you can only buy one and get the divided price. You can get printable coupons (which usually double even if they say they don't) via http://www.couponmom.com

some FREE stuff:

Birdseye Steamfresh frozen veggies - orig. $2.50 - sale price $1 (or 5 for $5) - 50 cents off cpns in 1/10 smart source and printable x2 = FREE

Mission Flour Tortillas (large, 8ct) - orig. 1.99 - sale 2 for $3 or $1.50 each - 75 cents off cpn in 1/10 smart source x2 = FREE (We're having burritos this week!)

Betty Crocker Cookie Mix - orig. 2.15 - eVIC sale price 99 cents - 50 cents off (printable) x2 = FREE or 12/13 smart source 40 cents off cpn x2 = 20 cents

General Mills deal - here are my 15 items (final prices are prior to $5 taken off):

1 Cheerios (big box)- orig. 4.49 - sale price $3 (or 2 for $6) - printable cpn for 55 cents off x2 - final price = $1.90

2 boxes Honey Nut Cheerios - orig. 4.29 - sale price 2/$5 ($2.50 each) - printable cpn for $1 off two - final price = $2 each (or you can use the $1 off 3 cpn for general mills cereals in the 1/3 smart source)

4 boxes Old El Paso taco shells - orig. 1.99 - sale price (4/$5 - or $1.25) - no cpns for these, but we needed them for a church dinner thing - they had cpns on the boxes though for a FREE taco seasoning packet if you buy two boxes of shells so my next two items were....

2 Old El Paso taco seasoning packets - orig. 99 cents - sale 79 cents - cpn on taco shell boxes for free seasoning with two boxes of shells - final price = FREE

2 Green Giant Steamers frozen veggies - orig. 2.59, sale 1.29 each - cpns in 12/13 and 1/03 smart source for 40 cents off one x2 - final price = 49 cents each

1 Pillsbury crescent rolls - orig. 2.09, sale 3 for $5 (or 1.67 each) - cpn for 25 cnts off in almost every smart source since 11/15 x2 = final price = $1.17 (you could get multiple of these if you wanted)

2 Pillsbury grands biscuits - orig. 1.89 - sale BOGO so 95 cents each - printable cpn for 40 cents off two x2 - final price = 65 cents for 2 (or you could use the cpn for 40 cents off 3 in 1/3 smart source x2 = 68 cents each

15th item was the free Betty Crocker cookie mix

some other coupon deals:

Stonyfield Farm yogurt cups - orig. 99 cents each - sale 49 cents each - printable cpn on Stonyfield Farm website for 50 cents off 3 - final price = 47 cents for 3 or 15(ish) cents each.

Anget Soft toilet paper 12 pck dbl rolls - org. 7.99 - eVIC price = 4.77 - printable cpn for 50 cents off x2 - final price = $3.77

Arnold Soft Family bread - orig. 2.19 - it's not on sale but many packages had a 35 cents off cpn on them that doubled - final price = 1.49 which is slightly cheaper that the HT brand

Pepperidge Farm raisin or cinnamon breads - orig. 3.59- sale 2/$5 or $2.50 each - cpn for 40 cents off in 1/10 smart source - final price = $1.70

Kraft Mac n Cheese - orig. 1.19, sale = 4/$2 or 50 cents each - cpn for buy 3 get one free in 12/13 smart source, final price = 37 cents (ish) each

Grande tortilla chips - orig. 3.59 - sale $2.50 - cpn for $1 off in 1/10 smart source - final price = $1.50

Helluva Good cheese - orig. 2.69 - sale = $2 - cpn for 50 cents off in 12/13 smart source x2 - final price = $1

some BOGO sale deals:

Bertolli pasta sauce is BOGO plus many of the jars have a 55 cents off two Sargento Cheese cpns stuck to the top (I got 4 of these)

Breyers ice cream is BOGO (I got one)

Coke 12 packs are BOGO (I got two)

I bought a bunch of other things including batteries (there are some Duracell cpns in 1/17 P&G saver and the 12/13 red plum), some produce that was (gasp!) not on sale but looked good, milk (always the HT brand), and some canned veggies (tendersweet was only 57 cents a can, HT beans are 67 cents)

The burritos we're having this week combine a whole bunch of recent sales. The recipe is on the Mission Tortillas package, but it includes the free guacamole we got during super doubles, shredded chicken (there was a buy 1 get 2 free breast sale recently or 47 cents/lb leg quarters), free white rice during triples, and helluva good cheese this week (to be shredded). There are a few other ingredients of course but nothing expensive.

I also got two rain checks today - for the Cheerios ( I got the last big box) and the Johnsonville mild ground italian sausage which I had a coupon for but they were out of. I can't emphasize rain checks enough. It's great to be able to use them with double or triple coupons later or with sales, in the case of BOGO items. If I had room in my freezer, I'd be using my raincheck for BOGO chuck roast I got a couple of months ago. It is 50 % off right now as it is, so with the BOGO it would be about 75% off the original price and I can get up to 6 of them with my rain check. I'm going to try to move things around in my freezer to take advantage of this deal tomorrow. If you're not sure what a rain check is, see my original grocery savings post from October 2009.

Now I just need to manage my overstock! I don't think I'll be buying cereal for a LONG time!

Grocery Shopping 1/16 - Sorry for the lateness!

Sorry, y'all, I've been busily productive around my house this weekend so blogging has been postponed - and a double apology in that I can't seem to find my receipt from my shopping trip so I can't be quite as specific as I normally am. The HT prices are still good through Tuesday night though so some of the same deals I got there could still be yours! New coupons and sales at Kroger and other stores advertised today in the paper, so hopefully those will match up well this week.

FREE items this week: Kefir cultured milk drink (eVIC), Activia yogurt 4pack (eVIC price 99cents, cpn for $1 off in 12/6 smart source ), and Quaker Quakes rice cakes (sale price 4 for $5, so $1.25 each, cpn for 75 cents off one ricecakes snack, doubles to $1.50)

Other coupon deals:

Progresso Soup - they're doing the buy 2 get 3 free deal again (limit 10) - You can use the 50 cents off two cpns in - they double to $1 off. However, they'll only let you use one coupon per 5 cans (since you are only technically "buying" two cans for every five)

Peter Pan Peanut Butter is 2 for $4 - cpn for 50 cents off 2 in 1/10 smart source will double making them $1.50 each.

Quaker is doing a deal where if you buy 4 participating items you get a free 64oz Orange Juice - there are cpns for Quaker Chewy granola bars in the 1/3 RP and for the True Delights kind in the 12/6 smart source. You can also use the cpns for Aunt Jemima stuff in this deal in the 1/3 Red Plum - all the cpns are for $1 off two products.

Some Sale Deals:

Sargento Shredded Cheese - BOGO

Strawberries are 2 qts for $6

Meatloaf mix is on sale - normally over $4, sale is 2.99/lb - I use this for meatballs so I bought a bunch.

Chicken Leg Quarters - 47cents/lb. These are a fabulous deal. We put two per freezer bag making it easy to pop them out for a meal.

Catfish nuggets - $1.99/lb - great for fish tacos - the corn torillas are on sale BOGO as well, so break out the free guac you got last week and get some HT sour cream for 77 cents and have some cheap but delicious tacos! Cooking Light has a great recipe for these using tuna on their website - you can modify it for any fish. Use some of the leftover corn tortillas with your BOGO shredded cheese to make quesadillas :-)

Diana's banana babies - I'm kind of obsessed with these right now. They're just chocolate covered bananas on a stick but they're delicious and they were BOGO last week and this week.

Healthy Balance juice is buy2 get 3 free

Some other stuff:

This week Sue Stock did a post about managing your overstock at my request :-) - this post is especially for you if you are thinking - Peter Pan peanut butter?? but i have like 5 jars of PB in my pantry already! (probably that you got very cheaply). If you don't already follow Sue Stock, I highly recommend her blog and Faye Prosser's (WRAL smart shopper) for local savings. They get paid to do these kinds of blogs after all! The links to their blogs are off to the left of this page as usual.

I should also note that it was my goal this week to spend less than $100 since my overstock is pretty full right now anyway, and I ended up spending $71 and saving $44 and I got all the staples we usually use in a week plus a lot of meat and a few extra items like a 12 pack of HT brand paper towels. It feels good to be able to do my regular weekly shopping knowing that I have a great stock of items in the pantry and closets I won't need to buy for a while and that I paid very little (if anything!) for :-)

Finally - Just wanted to mention that Target sent out a bunch of coupons in the mail this past week and remind everyone that you can use a Target store coupon AND a manufacturer's coupon (like from the paper or printed online) at the same time. Also remember to look in your magazines for coupons as well - we've gotten a few Target Brand Up&Up coupons and lots of Eggland's Best coupons in our Cooking Light and Food Network magazines (subscriptions are gifts from my wonderful MIL) and Parents magazine and Family Circle.

Third Pass - Super Doubles at HT

Made a third pass today using cpns from today's paper - spent $22, saved $29. Here are some deals!

Wolfgang Puck soups - There's a $1 off 1 coupon today that will double and the soups are BOGO. Originally 2.99, so if you only buy 1 (and it rings at half price) then your soup is FREE!

Wolfgang Stock is also on sale for 2.55 and there's a $1 off coupon today which makes it 55 cents.

Soup at Hand (Campbell's) is on sale for 1.77 - cpn for $1 off 2 makes them 77 cents each.

Bic Soleil razors are orig. 6.49, but on sale for 4.99 plus there was a BOGO coupon today.

PLUS, I'm in an Oikos yogurt loop with the HT checkout. When I got my free Chobani yogurt, a $1 off Oikos yogurt coupon printed. Then when I used that coupon today to get a free Oikos yogurt, the checkout computer printed another Oikos $1 off coupon. I wonder if I go back tomorrow if I will get another Oikos coupon and continue the free greek yogurt kick...

Second Pass - HT super double coupons

Some of my coupons today came from Family Circle magazine and Food Network magazine which we get sent to the house. If you get magazines, especially food or parenting mags, you may find coupons hidden in the pages. Women's mags sometimes have coupons for makeup or other feminine products.

Total spent: $113, Total saved (sales and coupons): $120

Some deals from today (these are in addition to the ones from my first pass post):

Best deals - FREE or practically free

Ivory Soap (3 bar pack) - orig. 1.45, cpn for $1 off in P&G Saver on 12/27 x2, final price = FREE (they had this today so I guess they will restock in between days!)

Dannon Lite & Fit yogurt - orig. 6 for $4, sale 10 for $4, $1 off 6 cpn in 1/3 smart source x 2, final price = 40 cents for 6, or about 6 cents each

Fleishman's yeast - orig. 99 cents per strip - cpn for 40 cents off in 10/4, 11/08, and 12/6 smart source doubles to 80 cents - final price = 19 cents (D is going to attempt making bread from scratch - if it's good it could save a bundle on yummy crusty bread!)

Special K granola bars - orig. 3.19, sale 1.99, e-VIC special price .99 (limit 1), cpn for $1 off (printable) x 2, final price = FREE (NOTE: There is also a cpn for $1 off 2 boxes in the 1/3 Red Plum which would make this deal 50 cents per box since you only get one at the eVIC 99 cents price and the second one would be 1.99; HOWEVER, they are also doing a special K promotion where if you buy 4 special K items you get $5 off, so you could pair up 2 boxes of the cereal (which is 2.50 per box) with two boxes of the bars plus the granola bar coupon ($1 off 2 boxes which doubles) and the cereal coupon ($1 off 2 boxes which doubles) from the 1/3 Red Plum - with the coupons it only adds up to $4, and then you get $5 off - so essentially you get TWO boxes of cereal and TWO boxes of bars for FREE AND you actually MAKE money because you only spent 4 of the $5 off so you make $1. Awesome deal! Wish I hadn't used my coupons during the Kroger deal last week, which wasn't as good as free.

Snyders/Rold Gold Pretzels - ok, so this was a mistake on my part but paid off. Snyders pretzel bags are on sale 2 for $4 (or $2 each). I didn't realize the coupon for $1 off I had from this month's Family Circle magazine was for Rold Gold pretzels, not Snyders. The cashier didn't even bother to look at my pretzels and when the coupon didn't ring up she just asked the manager to do an override. so I got to use my $1 off cpn (x2) to get FREE pretzels. I'm not sure what the price on the Rold Gold ones are, but you might be able to get them free or cheap too.

Other cheap stuff using coupons

Ziploc Bags - orig. 2.49, sale 2.19, cpn for $1 off 2 boxes x2, final price = $2.38 for 2 or $1.19 each

Filipo Berio Olive Oil Spray - orig. 3.99, sale 3.49, $1 off cpn in this month's Family Circle magazine x2, final price = $1.49 - PLUS if you haven't already bought olive oil this week and cashed in on this deal, the sale olive oils come with a free HT Traders pasta (excludes wheat) so make sure to pick up the pasta!

Duncan Hines Whole Grain muffin mix - orig. 2.89 (for chocolate chip flavor), $1 off cpn in Food Network magazine this month x2, final price = 89 cents

Splenda (I got the with fiber kind but the regular is on sale too) - orig. 5.29, sale price 3.99, $1.50 off 2 cpn in 1/3 RP x2, final price = 4.98 for 2 (or 2.49 each) (there is also a 55 cents off splenda with fiber cpn so you could get a third box for 2.89 if you wanted)

Caribou Coffee (D's favorite) - orig. 9.99, sale 5.99, printable cpns for $2 off (these don't double because they're above 1.98), final price = 3.99

Organic Valley half gallon milk - orig. 4.99, sale 3.99, $1 off cpn printable from their website x2, final price = 1.99

Gold Bond Ultimate lotion - orig. 9.99, sale 7.99, $1 off cpn in the 11/1 and 1/03 smart sources x2, final price = 5.99

Selsun Blue - orig. 9.99, sale 5.99, $1 off cpn in 10/25 and 1/03 smart sources x2, final price = 3.99

Good deals without coupons

Angus Stew Meat - BOGO - they are around $6 per package so you can get them for around $3

HT boneless chicken breast - Buy one get 2 free (must purchase 3 to get discount) - I ended up paying around $3 per package with 3 large breasts in each - orig. between $9 and $10 per package)

Whole Pork Tenderloin - BOGO - I bought one at half price for about $8 (orig. about $16)

cantalope eVIC deal 2 for $3 so 1.50 each ( I bought one)

strawberries BOGO - orig 4.99 per qt, sale price $2.50 each (I bought one)

Blue Bunny ice cream BOGO - orig. 6.19, sale price = $3.10 each (I bought one)

White House Apple Juice - BOGO (aka orig. 5.78, sale 2.89)

Peter Pan Peanut Butter - orig. 2.59, eVIC sale price 1.49

Hormel 16 oz Bacon - BOGO - (aka orig. 4.99, sale 2.50 each)

Wolfgang Puck soups (love these) - orig. 2.99, sale BOGO (aka 1.49 each)

Good deals on things I didn't buy today:

Northland Cranberry juice - Buy 2 get 3 free (must buy all 5 to get discount)

EZ Peel White Shrimp - Buy 1 get 2 free (must buy all 3 to get discount)

Italian Pork Sausage (HT) - BOGO

Thomas's English Muffins - BOGO all varieties - I've said before, I buy these in bulk when they are BOGO and freeze them. You can take one out, pop it in the microwave for 20 seconds and then toast. Great with peanut butter!

Kraft Shredded Cheese BOGO

Doritos BOGO

Fresh Step Cat Litter BOGO

Cottonelle Toilet Paper - orig. 7.99 for 12 double rolls, sale is 6.99, cpn for 50 cents off in 12/13 smart source x 2, final price = 5.99

Arm & Hammar Laundry detergent - you can get $1 off cpns on their website which will double - they don't make high efficiency though, unfortunately.

Lean Cuisine - buy 1 at $1.47 with eVIC, then others are 5 for $10

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I will probably return tomorrow as I got a $1 off oikos greek yogurt cpn printed out today as I checked out (which will make the yogurt free) plus there is an eVIC special for free HT trail mix I keep forgetting to pick up. We'll see if any cpns in tomorrow's paper match up well with the sales.

Reminder - all deals and sales assume that you A. have a VIC card (you won't get any of the sales without this. If you don't have it with you the cashier can look it up using your phone number) and B. you are an eVIC member. If you are not an eVIC member you are missing out. Go to the website: http://www.harristeeter.com and follow the links to sign up. You'll get a newsletter to your email box each week with the sales, the eVIC specials, and sometimes special eVICs just for you that will be taken off at the register. eVIC prices are often not advertised in the store so you just have to know about them and it will be taken off at the register. Plus each week someone is chosen to win a couple hundred dollars worth of groceries and the winner is announced in the e-newsletter.

Yours in savings,

Li

Some Sale Price Reminders for HT

Hey everyone - I just wanted to remind you guys about a few points related to Harris Teeter sales:

1. Things that are on sale 2 for $4, 2 for $5, 3 for $5, 10 for $10 (of the same item) etc - you can buy just one at the divided price. You do not have to buy multiples.

2. Things that are Buy One Get One free (BOGO)- you can just buy 1 and it will ring up at half price almost all the time (unless otherwise noted in the sale paper).

3. Super specials like Buy 2 get 3 free - You DO have to buy all 5 to get the discount - they cannot be split up.

At Kroger, they frequently do a 10 for $10 sale that allows you to mix and match items. To get this discount you DO have to purchase 10 items involved in the sale. You CAN use coupons within this sale though and can often get items for free or really cheap that way.

At both stores, there are sometimes special promotions like Buy 4 boxes of General Mills cereal and get $5 off. Special promotions have to be purchased the way they are listed, but again you can use coupons to get great deals on things this way. In the General Mills example, if you had two copies of a "$1 off two boxes" coupon, and bought 4 boxes, you would get the $5 off for the promotion, plus 2 more dollars off using the coupons. And coupons up to 99 cents will double, so you could use a 55 cents off honey nut cheerios coupon, which would double to $1.10. If you had two of those coupons and a $1 off two boxes coupon, would would get $5 off for the promotion, $2.20 off for the honey nut cheerios coupons, and $1 off for the two boxes coupon. A total of $8.20 off of four boxes of cereal. HT's coupon policy states that you can only double coupons on up to three identical items. So if you had 4 coupons for Honey Nut Cheerios for 55 cents off, only three of them would double to $1.10 - the fourth would ring at face value.

Click here for Harris Teeters Coupon Policy to read more.

Keep in mind that you can get Rain Checks for things that are on sale if the store is out of them unless they have a "while supplies last" specification. A rain check is essentially a piece of paper that states that you are entitled to the item at the sale price even after the sale is over. For example, Starbucks Hot Chocolate Ice Cream was on sale for $2 several months ago when it first came out. The store was out of it, so I got a rain check which stated I could purchase up to three of them at the $2 price once they were back in stock. You can use coupons with Rain Checks, so I was able to get my ice cream for free during Super Double Coupons because I had a $1 off coupon and the $2 rain check. If I didn't have the rain check or coupon, I would have had to pay the full price which was almost $5 for the pint. Rain checks are especially great for meat sales since they frequently run out of meat. You actually could get a rain check for something you're not necessarily planning to purchase that day if they are out of that item, and then use the rain check later with a coupon if a coupon comes out for that item later. I might do this for items I use frequently.

If you need a refresher on these and other coupon/grocery store savings related issues, feel free to re-read one of my original blog posts on grocery store savings - you can find it in the archives back in October - it's called "The Updated Grocery Store Savings Post". Ask me if you have questions!

First pass at Super Doubles - add your deals!

This time around I decided to go early on the first day of Super Doubles so I would not miss out on all the free and extremely cheap stuff. Believe it or not, there were a couple of items that were already out of stock by the time I got there at 9:30!

I spent $16.28 and saved $56.76. Not bad! I could have spent less, but I bought a couple of sale items we needed that were slightly more expensive than FREE - still great deals though! Some of the coupons I tried to use could not be used because they did not have the item at all (e.g., DiGiorno 200 calorie pizza). Maybe other Harris Teeter's do? Anyway, here are some of the deals I got - printable coupons can be found at coupons.com or couponmom.com

FREE stuff:

Chinet Guest Towels napkins - 40 ct. - Orig. 2.99, on sale for 94 cents, $1 off coupon (11/22 Smartsource) with no need to double (but it actually did anyway because the cashier had to do an override and thought it was 2.99) = FREE - and I actually made money on the deal because of the mistake AND there was a coupon ON the napkins for free hand soap up to $2.50 value, so I got a 9oz dial hand soap for FREE as well! Not bad!

Bonne Bell Lipsmacker lip balm - orig. 1.99 - you can get $1 off cpn on their website if you sign up for the sweepstakes. I have a special "coupon and savings" gmail address just for these kinds of things. anyway, final price = FREE

King Hawaiian rolls (small pack) – orig. 1.39 - $1 off cpn x2 (12/13 Red Plum PLUS a printable so you can get multiple - it is for the bread but works for the rolls too) – final price = FREE

Weight Watchers 1pt cakes/muffins/cookies (I got the twinkie kind) orig. 3.99, sale price 1.99 - $1 off cpn x 2 (printable) – final price = FREE

Wholly Guacamole (small size) – orig. 1.99, $1 off cpn x2 (1/3 Smart source PLUS a printable so you can get multiple of these) = FREE (this is near the produce section with the carrots, fresh salad dressings, fresh herbs, etc)

Starbucks Hot Chocolate Ice Cream (ok, this was a special one for me because I had a raincheck from back when it was first introduced and was on sale for $2 – normally the little 1 pint is almost 5 bucks!) $1 off cpn x 2 (11/15 Red Plum) – final price (with raincheck) = FREE

Chobani Greek Yogurt – orig. 1.45, $1 off cpn x 2 (12/13 Smart Source) – final price = FREE

Stuff for under $1:

Mueller's Whole Grain pasta - orig. 1.69 each - sale 1.44, $1 off 2 cpn x2 (1/3 smart source) = $2 off 2, final price: 88 cents for 2 or 44 cents each.

Dickinson Preserves (I got boysenberry, yum!) - orig 4.59, sale price = BOGO so 2.29 for 1 - $1 off coupon X 2 (12/13 Red Plum) - final price = 29 cents

Beechnut Let's Grow toddler cookies - orig. 2.35, $1 off cpn x 2 (1/3 smart source)- final price = 35 cents

Uncle Ben's Brown rice - orig. 2.65 - cpn $1 off x 2 (1/3 Red plum)- final price = 65 cents - you can actually get the small box of original rice for FREE because it's regular price is 1.99, but we like brown.

Herbal Essences shampoo - orig., 3.95, sale price 2.49 - $1 off cpn x2 (12/27 P&G saver) – final price = 49 cents

Organic Valley Cream Cheese – orig. 2.59 - $1 off cpn x2 (there are a bunch of $1 cpns on their website, just google them) – final price = 59 cents

Crest Whitening toothpaste (various varieties) - orig. 3.69, sale price 2.50, $1 off cpn x 2 (12/27 P&G saver) - final price = 50 cents (I never pay more than 50 cents for toothpaste anymore)

Other Stuff:

Johnson and Johnson baby wash - orig. 4.25, sale price - $3, $1 off cpn x2 (1/3 Red plum)- final price = $1

Pompeian Canola/Olive Oil - orig. 8.99, sale 5.99 - $1 off cpn x2 (printable) - final price = 3.99 (big olive oil sale this week so lots of other brands too)

Sensodyne Pro-enamel toothpaste – orig. 4.99, sale 4.77 - $1 off cpnx2 (1/3 Red plum) – final price = 2.77 (ok, not as incredible a deal, but it’s what D uses)


Coupons I tried to use but couldn’t:

Chinet crystal plates – they were all out! (11/22 smart source)
Skinny Water – couldn’t find it in my store (1/3 smart source)
DiGiorno 200 calorie pizza – despite the coupon, I think 200 calorie pizza is a myth, not in my HT’s freezer (1/3 smart source)
Ivory soap (12/27 P&G saver) – would have been free, but they were all out! Can be used on safeguard or zest too, but not free.


I know there are plenty more deals to be had but I tried to get the free stuff first before it was out of stock. I will probably be heading back on Friday afternoon for more so I’ll update you then. And of course, there will be new coupons out on Sunday in the paper so there may be some great matchups then too.

Happy shopping everyone! Please comment and add your deals!

Super Double Coupons this week at Harris Teeter! - starts Wednesday

Ok, here they come folks, super doubles!!!!! It will start when the new prices are posted on Wednesday. That means any coupon valued up to $1.99 will be doubled! Sue Stock says she'll have a deals list up in the next couple of days so check her site (link is to the left of this page). They always run out of stuff that is free or uber-cheap so get there early. Remember, most printable coupons will likely double!

First Grocery Shopping of 2010

Happy New Year, y'all! Well, the good news is, I saved about $87 across shopping trips to Harris Teeter and Kroger today. The bad news is, my freezer died while I was on vacation and I lost several cartons of ice cream and a whole lotta meat. :-( But, I refuse to be kept down, so onto the deals to of the day. At least there were FIVE coupon inserts in the paper today!

At Kroger:

Proctor & Gamble is doing a "spend $25 get $5 off" deal at Kroger this week (through next Saturday). Some of the items are also on sale and have coupons available in the P&G saver from last Sunday's paper (12/27). I got a big box of pampers on sale $19.50, coupon from 12/27 for $2 off made them $17.50. Plus I got Bounty Paper Towels (desperately needed) for $7 (8 regular rolls or 6 big rolls) with coupon for 25 cents (doubles to 50 cents) so total was $6.50. Combine with the diapers, it met the $25 threshold to get the $5 backs. I like to think of it as getting the box of pampers for $12.50.

Another deal, buy three participating Kellogg's items and get free gallon of milk. I got two boxs of special K bars and 2 boxes special K cereal, each with a buy 2 get $1 off coupon from 1/3 red plum. Ended up getting the cereal for $2 a box, the granola bars for $1.50 a box and free milk!

Oikos Greek Yogurt - orig. 1.99 per 6oz carton - sale price $1, cpn in 1/3 Red Plum for $1 off - final price = FREE

Dannon Yogurt - sale price 10 for $5, cpn $1 off 10 in 1/3 smart source, final price 40 cents each

Dole Fruit Bowls - orig. $2.99, sale price $1.88, cpn for $1 off 2 in (can't seem to figure out where I got this coupon from! haha) , final price = $1.38 each (K takes to daycare)

Thomas's Light English Muffins were BOGO

Meat was on sale this week - $1.98 per pound for boneless chuck shoulder roast (good for stew) and bone in pork chops. Big Tyson chicken sale - I got thighs for 98 cents per pound. Shadybrook ground turkey was 2 for $6.


At Harris Teeter:

Coca Cola products are BOGO
Deer Park water 24 packs are BOGO plus there is a printable coupon for a free 700ml 6 pack if you buy two 24 packs
Russett Potatoes - 8lb bag for $3.97 (orig. 5.99)
Collard greens 2 for $3
Naval oranges 4lbs - $3.99 (orig. 5.99)
HT Premium Sliced Bacon (12 oz) BOGO
Smithfield 16oz bacon orig price $4.99, sale price $3
HT string cheese 2/$6 (orig. 3.99 each)

Tony's Crispy Crust pizza - orig 1.49, sale price 99 cents, cpn in 12/13 smart source for 50 cents off 1, doubles to $1 off - final price = FREE

Luvs diapers, jumbo pack orig. $7.99, sale $5.99 - Luvs had a promotion a while back where you could sign up for emails from them and get two $2.50 coupons in the mail. I used mine to get these packs for only $3.50 each.

There are plenty of other deals at these stores - these are just the ones I got today. Feel free to share yours!