Shopping trip 09/14/09

Finally did a little shopping yesterday! Went to 3 stores (Walmart, Tops & Walgreens) but I'm combining everything in one picture. Here's what I got!

(6) AirWick I-Motions - $1 each! ($5 at Walmart w/$4 coupons = $1 each!)
(2) Oral-B Pulse toothbrushes $2.50 each ($5 each with BOGO Q's)
(9) Cans of Alpo dog food = 60¢ ea
(6) Bottles of Snapple - 19¢ ea (had $1 Q's)
(10) Macaroni Grill dinner kits - $2.84 ea (had $1 Q's)
(2) Guilt-Free dog treats - $1 each (had BOGO Q's)
(7) Degree deodorants - FREE (97¢ - $1 Q)
(3) Glade Soy candles - FREE (FREE Q's)
(1) Dog harness - $4.50 Clearanced
(1) Dog leash - $2.50 Clearanced
(5) Boxes Roca Buttercrunch thins - 75¢ clearanced at Walgreens
(1) Raspberry M&M's - $2.19 clearanced at Wags

My Tops bill was $34 before coupons and my total OOP was $8.97! (This is just for the Tops items I purchased)

Overall, I think I did pretty good!

I Can't Believe It's Not Butter for 25¢ each!

My local grocery store (which I never even use coupons at) had 16 oz tubs of "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" on sale for 2/$3 and I had coupons from last months Sunday inserts for $1.25 off one - which made these 25¢! I also found out you can freeze these - so in the freezer they went and I have a year's supply for just $2.00! Can't beat that!

Haven't power shopped in a month!

I can't believe it's been almost a month since my last post! I haven't shopped in the last several weeks. I didn't really need anything, and I wasn't all that impressed with the coupons and/or ads the past few weeks.

This Sunday there will be coupons for FREE cans of Mighty Dog food so I'm excited about that. I mix that with my dog's dry food and they eat it up like crazy. Last month they offered the same coupon and I got about a month's worth for free! I'm hoping to do that again this Sunday. Nothing beats free! Oh, and Palmolive coupons this Sunday for $1 off 2 are a good deal. Walmart has them at 99¢ so they would be 48¢ after coupon. I have over 100 bottles of them already though.... do I need more?

A couple weekends ago there were coupons for $2.50 off Finish dishwashing tabs and I have a few of those coupons but so far there haven't been any great sales on them to make them free or almost free so I haven't used them up yet.

I hope there are some good ads coming up this weekend. I'm going through power-shopping withdrawals!

$78 in free groceries from Walmart today!

I went to Walmart this morning and got $78 in free groceries!

(14) Dawn 24oz detergents - 75¢ ea
(10) A1 Sauce - 43¢ ea
(6) O-Cel-O sponges 2pk - 46¢ ea
(2) Mighty Dog canned food - FREE
(3) Degree trial size deodorants - FREE
(6) Men's SURE deodorant - 62¢ ea
(6) Ben & Jerry's single serve ice cream - 50¢ ea
(2) M&M ice creams - $2.50 ea
(1) Brownies - $1.98
(2) Nesquik - 84¢ ea
(1) Egg Beaters - $1.53
(3) Can't believe it's not butter - 75¢ ea
(3) Promise spread - $1.09 ea
(4) Mac & Cheese - 38¢ ea
(1) Purina dog food - $8.97
(2) Better than ears dog treats - $1.48 ea
(1) bit-o-luv dog treats - $2.50

Before coupons - $134.13

Out-of-pocket - $55.94

Savings = $78.19!

5 stores worth of groceries for $100 total!

I finally went shopping (couponing) today for the first time in weeks! I went to 5 stores, here's my breakdown with pics!

Tops:

(4) 8-pk Marcal Paper Towels - $2.99 ea (had rainchecks)
(6) boxes Marcal tissues - 50¢ ea
(2) pkgs of 250 ct Marcal napkins - 99¢ ea
(12) cans Mighty Dog food - FREE
(4) Kraft BBQ sauce - FREE
(4) Joint Juice = 65¢ ea
(2) Ronzoni pasta - $1.19 ea
(11) Zone health bars - 20¢ ea
(2) Wishbone dressing - $1 ea
(3) Hefty trash bags - $2.99 ea
(1) A1 Steak sauce - 59¢ ea
(1) Carvers dog treats - $1.79 ea
(2) Worsterchire sauce - 39¢ ea
(3) McCormick taco mixes - 50¢ ea

Before coupons: $135.14
Total out of pocket: $60.57
Savings of $74.57!



Then I hit Walgreens:

(1) Accucheck meter ($5 my favor after RR's & Rebates)
(1) Wireless remote control (for lights) $4.19 clearanced!
(3) Cutter sprays - $1.39 & $1.59 ea
(1) Aqua Fresh toothpaste - FREE after RR
(6) Bandaids - 50¢ ea(1) Vege peeler - 69¢ clearanced
(1) pkg of 30 pens - $1.59 clearanced

Total after RR's & coupons - $6.04



Then I hit Rite Aid:

(3) Oust Sanitizers - 50¢ ea
(3) Dog food - FREE
(1) Renuzit Spray - 49¢
(1) Suave deodorant - 49¢
(1) Lamisil - 99¢
(1) Air Wick - 49¢
(1) Crest toothpaste - FREE
(16) Mentos - FREE

Total after RR's & SCR's & Q's = $3.96



Then I went to Wegmans!

(3) Cascade Rinses - FREE! (got Q's from P&G mailers/books)
(2) BBQ Sauce - FREE
(6) Dog food - FREE
(4) Ground pepper = FREE

Everything pictured was FREE! I also bought some fresh bread & cantaloupes so I had to pay for something. :)



And then my last stop was Super Walmart!

(2) 16 oz Dawn detergents - 50¢ ea
(10) 24 oz Dawn detergents - 75¢ ea
(16) 16 oz. Palmolive detergents - 50¢ ea
(3) Pupperoni - $1.50 ea(3) A1 Sauce - 43¢ ea
(2) Mustards - 50¢ ea
(13) Reach dental floss - FREE
(2) Nail polish - BOGO Q - $1.50 ea
(1) AirWick 2pk - $4.36
(2) O-Cel-O sponge 2pks - 46¢ ea
(3) Playtex wipes - 97¢ ea

Before coupons - $85.26
Out of pocket - $34.48



So for everything pictured in this post, I paid $105.05 for!

How to make CHINESE DONUTS with 2 ingredients!

I'm spilling the secret to how chinese restuarants make chinese donuts, and how you can make them with just 2 ingredients!

You'll need:

Deep Fryer
1 Tube of Pillsbury buttermilk biscuits
Sugar (& Cinnomon if desired)

Open the tube of buttermilk biscuits.

Cut one biscuit into quarters and roll into a ball.

Place in deep fryer for about 3-4 minutes, until completely cooked inside

Take out of fryer and drain onto paper towels.

Dust with sugar and enjoy!

I made these and they taste EXACTLY like the ones you get in the restaurants. One tube can yield 40 of these chinese donuts! Around here the restaurants charge about 50¢ each. One tube costs about $2.29. Now that's a savings! Next time you order chinese takeout, make the donuts yourself and save some cash!

Tip: Since it's unlikely you will want to make all 40 at once, cut up all the donuts into quarters (40 per tube), roll them into balls and freeze them. Then the next time you want a donut you can just toss a frozen one into the fryer.

Save $1 on Blue Bunny ice cream

Click here to print a coupon for $1 off any one (1) Blue Bunny premium ice cream, 1.75 Qt.

Dish towels at Walgreens

My local Walgreens had 6pks of dish wash towels clearanced to 50¢ per 6pk!! I bought all 11 packs they had left! That was $3 for 66 wash towels! Can't beat it!

Walmart deals 6/1

I got the following deals at Walmart yesterday:

Hamburger Helper - 92¢ ea
2pk O-Cel-O sponges - 48¢ ea
Better than ears dog treats - $1.49 ea
Suave Shampoos & conditioners - 48¢ ea
Bistro pasta meals - $1 ea
Newman's sauces - $1.64 ea
Heinz Dill Pickles - $2.00 ea (Rollback)

Sorry, didn't take any pics this week.

Free Huggies Pure & Natural diaper sample pack

Click here for your free sample of Huggies Pure & Natural diaper sample pack and a coupon!