Alby's & Target - Cost $2.01!

I had one more $4.50 milk catalina to use at Alby's, so I went on Tuesday night before the $1.39/gallon milk sale ended. 1.39 milk (2)
3.29 tortillas
2.00 cheese
0 tax (thank you City of Mesa!) :)
8.07 subtotal
-4.50 catalina
-3.00 Kmart catalina
Paid .57 OOP
I've been trying to get rid of 3 $3 Kmart catalinas for a few weeks at Alby's now. Each cashier is different. Some of them say Kmart is not a competitor, but others take the catalinas without a fight. I'm just glad I was able to use all of them and not have them go to waste. Lesson learned: If you have a grumpy cashier, try a different check out lane.

I was all ready for a fight when I walked into Target yesterday. They are notorious for being inconsistent and stingy about their coupon policy. Imagine my delight when my friendly cashier scanned each of my 19 Target & manufacturer coupons AND congratulated me on my $19 savings! I wish they could all be so helpful. Final cost for my Target trip was $1.44!A lot of my P&G coupons are expiring this week so I decided to get a bunch of travel size items for free instead of letting the coupons go to waste. A lot of this stuff is great for our 72 hour kits too!

.99 Bounty basic (3)
.97 Shout wipes (2)
.99 Banana boat (2)
1.02 ALL (2)
.97 Tide (2)
.99 Olay Quench (2)
1.00 Charmin (3)
1.02 J&J first aid kit (3)
1.53 tax
18.91 subtotal
-.25/1 Bounty MQ (3)
-$1/1 Shout MQ (2)
-1/1 Banana Boat MQ (2)
-1/1 ALL MQ (2)
-1/1 Tide MQ (2)
-1/1 Olay MQ (2)
-.25/1 Charmin (3)
-1/1 J&J product (3)
-1.50 off 1 Charmin & 1 Bounty product (3)
1.44 paid OOP!

Free School Supplies at CVS! Cost $1.98

.99 Composition books (2) FREE
.99 Pilot easy touch pens (2) FREE
.99 binder clips (2) FREE
.99 sticky notes (2) FREE
3.99 Bic Triumph pens (2) FREE
1.89 tampons FREE
2.88 Colgate .12 profit
.38 Skittles
.73 tax
21.78 subtotal
Paid with extra bucks and .84 OOP.
Yay for free office supplies!

Albie's & Wags trips - cost $1.60

I used another one of my 4.50 Albertson's milk catalinas today. I picked up 2 gallons of milk & some ricotta cheese.
1.39 milk (2)
2.77 ricotta cheese
5.55 subtotal
-4.50 catalina
1.05 paid OOP

Then, I headed over to Wags to take advantage of the super cheap tape! My tape wasn't marked for the lower price - I had to have a cashier price check it. The tape was priced at 1.29 on the shelf, but it rang up at .39. The wider, green packaged kind rang up at 1.79, so apparantly, this is the only type at 39 cents. I used 2 $1/3 Qs and paid .55 OOP for 6 rolls of tape! I bet this deal will roll over to next week since it is unadvertised in the weekly ads and the shelf pricing. Go stock up on super cheap tape! But price check it, just to be sure.

I tried to get some free Johnson and Johnson first aid kits at CVS, but they were already sold out. Oh well, maybe they'll have some more next week.

2 gallons of milk & 18 eggs for 27 cents!

I love over-valued catalinas! I earned 3 $4.50 milk catalinas at Albie's last week for buying participating items. (They were yogurts and after coupons, I didn't actually pay for them.) So, the catalina takes off $4.50 no matter how much the milk is. The best part is milk is 1.39 a gallon this week so I got all of this for .27 after my catalina... and I have 2 more! Yay for free staple items!

Some great deals!

CVS
I heard a rumor that the photobooks limit was 5, not 1 as advertised. So I tried it out - it worked! This trip made me .99!4.99 Mini Airwicks .99 each
7.99 Gillette Fusion FREE
7.99 Photobook (5) FREE
After coupons and extra bucks earned, I made .99!

Everything in this picture plus 2 more cases of water (not pictured) cost me $9.79! I had a fun time with Fry's Mix N Match event -

.89 Sunny D (4) FREE
.99 Kraft dressing (10) FREE

1.00 Softsoap (2) FREE

1.49 Chex Mix (2) .49 each

2.99 Purina pet food (4) FREE

1.49 Dixie plates .49

1.49 Yoplait yogurt (2) .49 each

1.49 Keebler cookies (6) .49 each

.49 Sobe Lifewater (4) FREE
1.49 Daisy sour cream .49
.49 Smart Water (4) FREE

After coupons and Mix & Match discounts, I paid $4.84 OOP!

Then I hit up the Nestle bottled water deal at Safeway, buy 5 cases, after coupons and dicounts, pay $9.95 OOP, get back $5 catalina plus earn 2 more free cases! I have never seen a bottled water deal like this. So, I went a little crazy...

All in all, I got 35 cases of water for $14.75! That is .42 per case!!! WOW! This was a rock bottom price for me to stock up our water supply. Now, where to store it... hmmm... :) Any ideas?

Price Matching

Blogger is being difficult today & won't let me paste text. Sorry the quality is so bad, but I am not retyping all of this!

Total cost 37.67

I ran back to Wally's today to grab some freebies I didn't know about while I was there last yesterday.

Total cost- FREE!

1.00 Hefty bags (4) FREE

1.00 Nestle water (2) FREE

6.00 subtotal

After coupons, total was $0! Yay!

Mission Accomplished - 108 Powerades for free!

We are officially stocked up for the summer. I used the last of my Powerade coupons last night to get 4 more cases for free!

$270 worth of groceries for 11 cents!

I love the Kmart super double coupon event! The Kmart on Power/Southern was not enforcing the 10 coupons per day limit, but the one on Baseline/7th was.

3.00 Ponds towelettes (11) FREE

5.99 Pictureka game (4) FREE

1.59 Johnson & Johnson baby swabs (3) FREE

2.67 Lysol cleaner (2) FREE

3.99 Raid (4) FREE

3.00 Oust FREE

4.99 Axe Shampoo (4) .99 each

2.50 Ziploc bags (2) .50 each

2.50 Chinet plates/cups (4) .50 each

1.69 Playtex gloves (4) FREE

1.99 Ragu sauce (4) .99 each

2.99 Sparkle paper towels (4) .39 each

1.79 Angel Soft TP (4) .39 each

3.79 A-1 Sauce (4) FREE

1.99 Bumble Bee Tuna (11) FREE

2.33 Degree deodorant (2) FREE

3.99 Dove deodorant (4) FREE

2.29 tortillas (Needed a filler so transaction didn't go negative)

271.65 subtotal

After doubled coupons & Kmart store coupons, I had a profit of 71 cents!

FRY'S
2.00 La Victoria salsa (8) FREE

1.99 Thomas english muffins (3) .99 each

.50 Powerade (48) FREE

45.97 subtotal

After doubled coupons & a $2.50 catalina, I spent 82 cents!

I love it when the bottom of my receipt says 100% savings :) My mission this week is to find 60 more free powerades and use up all my coupons. Few things make me happier than when I'm able to combine a stack of coupons with the perfect sale. I will NEVER pay full price again!

I Love Rainchecks - total cost $3.34!

Last week, Albertson's supply was seriously diminished. So, I grabbed some rainchecks and cashed them in today.
Walgreens
2.99 Right Guard deodorant FREE
1.19 Oreo Cakesters .19
1.00 Sour Punch 1.00 (filler)
.32 tax
5.50 subtotal
-1/1 Right Guard IPQ
-1/1 Oreo Cakester MQ
3.50 - Paid with $3RR, .50 OOP, received $2RR for Right Guard
PROFIT OF $1.50!

Albertsons
1.00 French's mustard (13) FREE
1.00 Worcestershire sauce (4) FREE
1.00 Pillsbury pizza dough (3) FREE
1.00 Wonder hot dog buns
1.00 Wonder hamburger buns
no tax
22.00 subtotal
-.50/1 French's mustard IP Qs and MQs (11) Two of my IP Qs wouldn't scan :(
-.50/1 Worcestershire sauce IP Qs and MQs (4)
-.40/1 Pillsbury pizza dough MQ (3)
Paid with $2RR and $1.00 OOP

Bashas
.50 Bar S hot dogs (2) FREE
2.99 Blue Bunny Cones (4) .50 each
1.00 Dole pineapple (2) FREE
1.88 Sargento cheese FREE
no tax
16.84 subtotal
-1/2 Bar S MQ
-$4 off order (Blue Bunny deal)
-$1 Sargento in-ad Q
-.50/1 Sargento MQ doubled
-.50/1 Dole pineapple IP Q doubled (2)
-1.50/1 Blue Bunny IP Q (4)
1.84 OOP

Safeway & Fry's

These deals are from last week... I'm just late posting them.

Safeway had a "Buy 5, Save $5" deal going on with Kellogg's items and we love waffles.

Trip #1 - Cost of $2.74

.99 Pop Tarts (3) FREE

1.49 Froot Loops (3) FREE

1.49 Eggo Waffles (4) .50 each

.29 tax

14.89 subtotal

-.55/1 Pop Tarts Sunday paper Q doubled (3)

-1.50/1 Kelloggs cereal Sunday paper Q (3)

-1/1 Eggo Bake Shop IP Q (4)

2.74 paid OOP - 92% savings!

Trip #2 - Cost of $9.33

1.49 Rice Krispies FREE

.99 Rosarita refried beans .62 each (We eat a lot of BRC burritos in our house, and .62 per can is a good stock-up price.)

1.49 Eggo waffles (4) .50 each

.99 Ball Park hot dogs (4) .49 each (Another great stock-up price!)
no tax

19.33 subtotal

-1.50/1 Kellogs cereal Sunday paper Q

-.50/2 (1) & .50/3 (2) Rosarita Sunday paper Qs

-1/1 Eggo Bakeshop IP Qs (4)

-1/2 Ball Park Sunday paper Q (2)

9.33 OOP - 78% savings! Not as great as the previous trip, but I got rock bottom prices on refried beans and Brandon's favorite hot dogs.

Fry's - Cost of $17.641.29 Fruit by the Foot (8) .57 each
1.69 BC Brownie Mix (4) .82 each
1.29 Ragu pasta sauce (2) 1 @ .29, 1 @.69
.50 Gatorade (6) These were fillers to get the 20 participating items for the discount.

1.39 Milk (4) Few things in life make me as happy as super cheap milk!

.73 tax

28.95 subtotal

-.50/2 BC fruit snacks IP Q (4)

-.75/2 BC Cellfire Q (2)

-.50/2 BC Cellfire Q

-.30/1 & .60/1 Ragu Qs

-.75/2 BC Brownie Mix Q (2)

-.75/2 BC Cellfire Q (2)

17.64 OOP - 74% savings!

I was going to buy a variety of fruit snacks, but I bought only Fruit by the Foot because they may have contained a $5 cash card. Out of 8 boxes, NONE of them had a cash card. What the heck? Oh well. The boys are happy about the massive stockpile of Fruit by the Foot. It will probably be gone in a week. I'm not kidding. :)