Winner of the $25 Fry's giftcard!

Congratulations to Beth (guitar1229@...) the winner of the $25 Fry's Gift Card!

Beth said, "My name is Beth, I have been following your blog for a few weeks now and I love it. There are so many cart busters to choose from its hard to pick just one. I would have to say my two favorites right now are the $0.08 BC potatoes, and the $0.28 Green Giant Steamers. I love the inexpensive meal side dishes. I have been stocking up like crazy!"

Beth, I will email you with further instructions to collect your gift card.

Thanks to everyone who entered the give-away - stay tuned, there are more give-aways to come!

Fry's Cart Buster event = 4.63 cost!

I did 2 transactions at Fry's today to jump into the "Cart Buster" sale this week. I have 2 different cards - one is a Kroger card from when I lived back east and one is a Fry's card that I got when I moved to Arizona - so I did one transaction on each card. I loaded up my eQs and headed out to bust my cart! Note- BC means Betty Crocker
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Here's what I got:

1.50 BC cookie mix (2) -.40/1 IPQ, -.40/1 eQ (2) = .30 each

1.50 BC frosting (2) -.50/1 IPQ, -.50/1 eQ (2) = FREE

1.50 BC Warm Delights (2) -.50/1 IPQ, -.50/1 eQ (2) = FREE

.88 BC potatoes (2) -.40/1 IPQ, -.40/1 eQ = .32 overage each

2.27 Fiber One bars (8) -.50/1 MQ (8) 3/7 SS, -1.60 eQs = .45 each

3.49 Kraft cheese (won from Fry's March to Savings game) = FREE

1.00 Reese's (won from Fry's March to Savings game) = FREE

10.99 Prevacid (2) -6.00/1 IPQ, -6.00/1 Fry's eQ = 1.01 overage

2.69 Axe deodorant (clearanced) -2/1 Fry's Axe cat = .69

TOTAL BEFORE COUPONS: 60.32

TOTAL AFTER COUPONS: 9.63 paid on Fry's giftcard

Earned (2) 2.50 CATs for buying 4 Fiber Ones in one transaction

SUMMARY: 4.63 cost

I had a pretty awesome mail day today too!

I was selected to host a DiGiorno home party and I was so excited to see the host package arrive today. There were lots of great things included - an apron, party favors (red beaded necklaces & button pins), decorations, games, and the best thing of all COUPONS! There are 6 coupons for free DiGiorno pizzas (to supply the party) and a ton of $4.00/1 DiGiorno Qs to hand out to party guests. How fun!

I also received my free Cat's Pride cat litter MQ from signing up on Catster (value up to $7.00!) see details here. I also received the newest "Home Made Simple" coupon booklet with a expiration date in May. This is good news because my current collection of these books expires at the end of this month.

Remember to enter my $25 Kroger gift card give away here! The give away ends Friday, March 12th at 12pm MST! Good luck!

$25 Fry's Gift Card Give-Away!

Have you been to Fry's yet this week? I'm going tomorrow to see how close I can come to "busting my cart"! Shop the "Cart Buster Savings Event" at Fry's now through Tuesday, 3/16 to find serious savings on your favorite name brand products including Pillsbury, Charmin, Betty Crocker, & Tide! Make sure to load your e-coupons on your Fry's card before you go for additional savings.

My shopping list (after coupons, of course!) includes free Betty Crocker frosting & Warm Delights, .50 Betty Crocker muffin mix, .08 Betty Crocker pouch potatoes, and .30 Betty Crocker cookie mix! What's on your list?

Ready to win your $25 gift card to Fry's?

Here's how to enter:
Leave me a comment telling me which Cart Buster deal you are most excited about. Make sure to include your name and email address so I can contact you.

Additional Entries (Leave one comment for each entry):
1. Become a follower on the right side of my blog.
2. Blog about this give-away with a link back to this post.

The fine print:
1. This giveaway is open to US residents only. No P.O. boxes.
2. This giveaway will close on Friday March 12, 2010 at 12pm MST.
3. The winner will be selected via random.org and the winner will be contacted by email. The winner will have 24 hours to claim their prize.
4. The $25 giftcard is for the Kroger family of stores and can be used at any of the following: Kroger, Ralph´s, King Soopers, City Market, Dillons, Smith´s, Fry´s, QFC, Baker´s, Owen´s, Jay C Food Stores, Hilander, Gerbes, Food4Less, Pay Less Super Markets and Scott´s Food & Pharmacy.

Disclosure: In exchange for featuring this promotion, I received a $25 Fry's gift card, information about the Cart Buster Savings Event, and the opportunity to host a giveaway sponsored by the Kroger Family of Stores and General Mills through MyBlogSpark.

Safeway "Buy 5, Save $5" event = 2.50 cost!

I apologize for falling off the face of the earth for a few days! I was out of town visiting family. I am back full force with the AMAZING coupon deals this week. My favorite store (of late) has been Safeway and the deals are rockin' this week!

Here are some of the highlights at Safeway:

• $1.28 16 oz. strawberries
• "Buy 5, Save $5 deal" - moneymaker after MQs & EQs!
• Wednesday, 3/10 only Kellogg's cereal - moneymaker after MQs!

Click here for your local Safeway ad to view all participating items & other sales.

Here's a recap of the "Buy 5, Save $5" deal:

 

Buy any 5 participating items (in one transaction), save $5 instantly. Limit 20 items per transaction. Must buy in quantities of 5 to get the price listed. Mix & match within price point only.

I'll post a picture of my Safeway trip as soon as I get home. I just wanted to get this post up for you so you have time to do the Kellogg's deal before the end of the day. Here's what I did (*'d prices reflect sales price when you buy 5):

#1
*1.50 Apple Jacks, Corn Pops, Froot Loops (5) .30 profit each
*1.00 BC fruit snacks (5) .40 profit each
*1.50 Nature Valley bars & clusters (5) .34 profit each
*.99 Marie's salad dressing (5) .01 profit each
1.28 16 oz. strawberries (2)
.79 Rosarita refried beans (3) .45 each
.89 candy bar- filler
30.77 subtotal
-.70/1 Kellogg's blinkie MQ found today at Fry's (5)
-.50/2 BC fruit snacks MQ 3/7 SS (2)
-1.00 in Betty Crocker EQs
-.40/1 Nature Valley MQ 3/7 SS (5)
-4.20 in Nature Valley EQs!
-1/1 Marie's salad dressing (5) 1/3 or 1/31 SS
-.50/3 Rosarita beans 1/24 SS
8.57 total
Paid with (2) $4.00 HBO cats, paid .57 OOP
Earned $7.50 in cats (3.50 Betty Crocker, 4.00 Kelloggs)
SUMMARY: $1.07 cost!

#2
*1.50 Apple Jacks, Corn Pops, Froot Loops (5) .30 profit each
*1.00 BC fruit snacks (5) .10 profit each
.79 Rosarita refried beans (3) .45 each
1.06 bananas (.59/lb.)
14.87 subtotal
-.70/1 Kellogg's blinkie MQ found today at Fry's (5)
-.50/2 BC fruit snacks MQ 3/7 SS (2)
-.50/3 Rosarita beans 1/24 SS
8.93 total paid with $7.50 in cats, 1.43 on giftcard
Earned $7.50 in cats (3.50 BC fruit snacks, 4.00 Kelloggs)
SUMMARY: 1.43 cost
 
TOTAL SUMMARY: 2.50 cost
 
If you are planning on doing the Kellogg's cereal deal, make sure to get there today - Wednesday, March 10th! The cat stops printing today!

Burning EBs at CVS

I had about $30 in EB expiring this week with not-so-great deals at CVS. I definitely would have skipped CVS this week if I had a choice. Oh well, I was able to grab 2 printer cartidges for no OOP so that is definitely a valuable purchase, considering all the printable coupons I use! The printer cartridge deal is a $10 EB wyb 2 cartridges. Some are as low as 19.99, mine were 26.99 each. I used the Nature's Bounty BOGO sale & its overage to help cover the cost.

#1
26.99 HP ink cartridge
7.99 Nature's Bounty fish oil (2) BOGO sale
34.98 subtotal
-5.00/1 Nature's Bounty IPQ (2)
24.98 + 2.82 tax = 27.80 paid with 23.98 EB, 3.82 on giftcard
Received $1 EB from green bag tag
SUMMARY: 26.80 cost

#2
26.99 HP ink cartridge
7.99 Nature's Bounty fish oil (4) BOGO sale
42.97 subtotal
-5.00/1 Nature's Bounty IPQ (4)
22.97 + 3.38 tax = 26.35 paid with 14.00 EB, 12.35 cash
Received $10 EB
SUMMARY: 16.35 cost

FINAL SUMMARY: 43.15 cost or 22.00 each

WalMart sells these for $24, so I feel good about this purchase. Plus, the 12.35 cash I used came out of my rebate money, so I didn't actually add any OOP cost to my budget. Buying 2 printer cartridges with "CVS money" is much better than spending actual money. Plus, I have a $10 EB that doesn't expire until April!

Great Links & Upcoming Deals

If you have a minute, check out these links for some great coupons & money saving ideas...

KC over at Desert Deals Diva has a great post here about the Fry's "March to Savings" online instant win game. I won a king sized Reese's and she won a $5 store credit! You can play once a day and prized are loaded right onto your card. How fun!

Queen over at My Brain is Inside Out has a link here for a new $20 coupon booklet from Kraft and P&G. I'm excited for this one to arrive becaus it has coupons for Capri Sun and Kraft Velveeta cups - both of which I need to finish up my $20 Kraft rebate.

This week, I received my $10 Kellogg's Special K rebate check. This brings my rebate total for the year to $48.50! I love turning free products into cash!

The new grocery sale week starts tomorrow. Here are some things that look promising to me:

SAFEWAY -
$10 cat wyb $25 in participating frozen foods
1.88 milk
Mix n Match Cheese Sale - 1.49 Kraft & Sargento, 1.99 Precious
.50 Yoplait yogurt cups

FRY'S-
.88 Pillsbury items with possible cat deal?
Prevacid deal (details here at My Southwest Savings)

Also, be on the lookout for a new Safeway coupon booklet filled with $18 in Safeway store coupons. It's called "Love Your Heart" and it's all about promoting healthy products. Krazy Coupon Lady has a picture of the booklet and a full listing of all included coupons. Grab these and use them quick- the expiration date is 3/23/10! Only 3 weeks to use these! And remember, you can combine store Qs with MQs!

Free Special K & more P&G deals at Safeway

I made a quick run to Safeway because the rest of my BOGO Special K coupons were expiring. I printed these about a month ago, so if you also printed them out, you can do this deal too!

I did 5 seperate transactions of 2 cereals with a filler of bananas or the 1.68 cheap strawberries (.68 after .50/1 Driscoll's produce IPQ!- no longer available). Each transaction looked roughly like this...

3.00 Special K cereal (2)
.63 bananas (1 lb @ .59/lb.)
.10 tax
6.73 subtotal
-1/1 Kellogg's cereal MQ pink peelie found at Bashas
-BOGO Special K IPQ (auto deducted 3.99!)
-2.00 in-ad Q (deducted $2, $1 for each cereal)
-.26 total, cashier entered .26 grocery item to balance total

While I was at Safeway, I also found a $10 Frozen Foods cat in the parking lot! What a great find - that's just like a $10 bill lying in the street!

Good news for those of you still waiting to jump in on the Safeway P&G deal before it ends Tuesday - you waited for the right time! There is a 3 day sale (special insert was in Sunday's paper) which includes P&G products. The Bounty 12 pack of paper towel rolls and 24 pack of Charmin TP rolls (along other products) are ringing up for 9.99 wyb 2 items pictured in the ad. Here comes the good news... the shelf price (12.99 & 13.99) are counting towards the $25 cat requirements! This means you can buy 1 Bounty & 1 Charmin for $20 AND get the $10 cat! If you have coupons, this deal gets even better!

IMPORTANT- MAKE SURE THE REGULAR PRICES TOTAL UP TO AT LEAST $25. SOME PEOPLE ARE REPORTING THEIR BOUNTY & CHARMIN PRICES ARE 11.99 EACH WHICH WOULD ONLY TOTAL TO $23.98. IF YOU HAVE THE LOWER PRICES, ADD A SMALL FILLER (FEBREZE AIR EFFECTS OR DAWN SOAP) OR GO TO ANOTHER SAFEWAY.

Here is a sample transaction that will get you a $10 cat-
9.99 Bounty 12 pack paper towels
9.99 Charmin 24 pack TP rolls
19.98 + .78 tax = 20.76 subtotal
-1/1 Charmin eQ from PG e-saver
-1/1 Bounty eQ from PG e-saver
-.25/1 Bounty MQ 2/7 PG (quadrupled to $1)
-.25/1 Charmin MQ 2/7 PG (quadrupled to $1)
16.76 OOP, earn $10 cat
6.76 cost for 12 paper towels & 24 TP rolls!

I did this same transaction, but I also included 2 boxes of Special K (which was giving me .99 overage) so I had a subtotal of 15.77. I paid with the $10 Frozen Foods cat I found and the $4 cat from Honey Bunches of Oats. My total was 1.77 paid OOP & I earned the $10 PG cat.

More exciting news.... since it is March 1st, there are new, HIGHER VALUE PG e-saver eQs available to load onto your card - link on the right side of my blog. I loaded mine this morning, and I saw $3.00 off one Bounty 12 pk or larger & $3.00 off one Charmin 24 roll pk or larger. This means after your MQs and eQs come off, you will have a final cost of 2.76 after tax for both HUGE packs of Bounty & Charmin! Wowza! I haven't ever seen a deal like this on paper products - get to Safeway by the end of the sale on Tuesday! Here is my usual disclaimer- this deal worked for me, but may not work for you. Couponers beware! :)

SIDE NOTE- I received a comment (which I accidentally deleted, sorry!) letting me know that the fine print on the P&G cat says it is not to be used on more P&G products. I didn't see that restriction, because 99% of the time, cats only restrict the normal things like postage, lottery tickets, etc. Thanks for the heads up! END OF SIDE NOTE