Albertsons 6/30-7/6

In ad store coupons:

• Johnsonville Brats or Italian Sausage $2.88, stack with $1/2 from 5/2 SS=$2.38 each


• Sweet Corn 4 for $1

In ad manufacturer's coupons:

• Save $1 off 2 Oscar Mayer Weiners=2/$2


• Save $1 on Oscar Mayer Bacon=$2.99


• Save $1 on Hidden Valley Ranch=$1.99


• Save $1 on KC Masterpiece BBQ=79 cents


• Save $1 on Dixie Plates=$1.50


• Save $1 on Kingsford Charcoal=$5.99, use with Free (Glad, KC, or Hidden Valley)product coupons (no longer available)


• Save $2 on AmeriGas Propane Cylinder


• Free body mist when you buy Dove or Degree deodorant, use with 0.75/1 from redplum.com (Degree)
• Save $1 Dove lotion
• Save 50 cents on Dove Shampoo or Conditioner
• Free Country Crock Side Dish when you buy Lloyd's BBQ tub, use with 0.75/1 from 6/27 SS
• Free Clorox Bleach when you buy Clorox 2 Stain Fighter and Color Booster and All detergent, use $2/1 from 5/16 RP (All Oxi) and $1/1 from 6/6 RP (Clorox 2)

Deals:

• Mini Watermelons $2.99 each
• Albertsons Pasta 88 cents
• Albertsons Apple Juice $1.99, you may have got a 0.50/1 coupon in a mailer.
• Huggies Wipes $5.99, use $2 from coupons.com=$3.99

Promos:

1. Buy 2 Snyder's Pretzels get free 2 liter Super Chill Soda, use $1/2 from 5/23 SS
2. Buy 10 Gatorades, get 3 free
3. Buy 3 Kellogg's Mini Wheats or Frosted Flakes ($2.99 each), save $3. Use $1/2 from 6/6 RP
4. Buy 4 Participating Products, save $2 instantly

• Heinz Ketchup $1.79 (I recently got a coupon for this in an Albertson's mailer too.)
• Jack Daniel's BBQ sauce $2.49 , use 0.75/1 from 5/16 SS
• Classico Pasta Sauce $1.99
• Heinz 57 Sauce $3.99, use $2/1 from 6/27 SS
• Jack Daniel's BBQ Sauce $1.99 (19 oz), use 0.55/1 from 5/16 SS
• Lea & Perrins Worchestershire Sauce $2.99, use $1/1 from 4/18 SS

5. Kraft Promo, Spend $10, save $3 instantly (you should be able to do more than one per transaction) second price is after promo

• $1 Items (become 70 cents)
• Kraft BBQ Sauce
• Kraft Mac & Cheese
• Taco Bell Seasoning
• Taco Bell Hot Sauce
• Taco Bell Refried Beans
• Taco Bell Shells
• ** All You June issue has $1 off 3 of seasoning/sauces/shells
• Nabisco Barnum's Animal Crackers
• Nabisco Go Cups
• Jell-o Pudding/Gelatin, use 0.50/2 from 6/6 SS=50 cents each
• Kraft Jet-Puffed Marshmallows
• Cool Whip, use 0.20/2 from 6/27 SS
• **Cool Whip also has a separate catalina, Buy 3 get $1, Buy 4 get $2 cat, Buy 5 get $3 cat!

• Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese $1.25 (87 cents after promo)

• $2 Items, $1.40 after promo
• Nabisco Snack Crackers use $1/2 from 5/16 SS=$1 each
• Nabisco Saltines
• Planters Dry Roasted Peanuts
• Oscar Mayer Bologna or Cotto Salami use $1/2 from 5/16 SS=$1 each
• Capri Sun
• Kraft Singles/Melt Downs/Shredded/Block Cheese
• Kraft Salad Dressing use $1/1 from 6/20 SS=$1!
• Knudsen Sour Cream
• Country Time or Kool Aid canisters
• Taco Bell Salsa

• $3.33 Items, $2.34 after promo
• Kraft Mayo or Miracle Whip use $1.50/2 from 6/20 SS=$2.58 each
• Crystal Light
• Claussen Pickles use 0.55/1 from 6/20 SS=$2.78
• Velveeta
• Kraft Cracker Barrel Cheese/Grated Parmesan
• Nabisco Nilla Wafers

*This post is part of the grocery gathering for Albertsons in Oregon.

Eating out of my pantry/All You Challenge

I have been doing an annual pantry clean out for years! Even before I started couponing. It started one summer when my husband went from salary to corporation. That meant we had to go about 4-6 weeks without a steady income. I remember rolling change to get $100 and then using to buy only the things we absolutely needed (no coupons used) and buy them on sale! I then got creative and emptied out the cupboards/fridge/freezer for our meals. We actually ate very well and got to try a whole lot of new recipes. I decided to make it an annual thing, both to save money and get rid of the food before it goes bad! I usually do it sometime in the summer, it helps offset the cost of school clothes/supplies.

This year, I am doing it in conjunction with the All You Grocery Challenge! The challenge is to spend $25 of less per person in your family per week for four weeks. Week one just wrapped up and here it the breakdown.

Here is my pantry, it is quite spare right now, because we have supposed to have been moving in 4-6 weeks for 4-6 weeks and it still looks like 4-6 weeks, so I haven't been doing a lot of stockpile shopping. I want to move less and this is one way to cut easily.

Sunday: (Father's Day)

• Breakfast: oatmeal, juice
• Lunch: homemade lasagna, cheese bread, green beans, milk
• Dinner: leftover pizza (from night before), broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, peas with ranch dipping sauce, water

Monday:

• Breakfast: oatmeal/cold cereal, juice
• Lunch: turkey/cheese sandwiches on honey wheat bread, yogurt, veggies, milk
• Dinner: Leftover lasagna, water

Tuesday:

• Breakfast: oatmeal/cold cereal, pineapple juice
• Lunch: ravioli/leftovers, water
• Dinner: homemade chicken pot pie, milk
• Spent: $10.53 for milk, juice, and yogurt

Wednesday:

• Breakfast: oatmeal/cold cereal, pineapple juice
• Lunch: leftover tacos my husband brought home, yogurt, water
• Dinner: homemade veggies lasagna, wheat bread & butter, milk
• Spent: $5.67 for tacos from Taco Bell

Thursday:

• Breakfast: oatmeal/cold cereal, orange juice
• Lunch: tuna fish sandwiches (my husband caught and canned the tuna!), oranges, water
• Dinner: chicken strip baskets and slushes from Dairy Queen, picnic at our new house!
• Spent: $22.07 at Dairy Queen

Friday:

• Breakfast: oatmeal/cereal, water
• Lunch: leftover tuna fish sandwiches, green beans, water
• Dinner: hamburgers, homemade bean dip with chips, milk
• Spent: $15.98 on milk, cheese, bread, and juice also spent $4.15 for cookie treat at the mall.

Saturday:

• Breakfast: pancakes, scrambled eggs, homemade hash browns, bacon, orange juice (My husband made a fantastic breakfast for us and 6 guests!)
• Lunch: turkey/cheese sandwiches, yogurt, juice
• Dinner: Leftovers, milk
• Spent: $32 on groceries for breakfast

Total for the week: $90.40 for the week, well under our allotted $125!

This week is going to be harder as we have my daughter's 2nd birthday and the 4th of July! Have to get creative!!

Rite Aid 6/27-7/3:Tons of Diaper Deals, Pampers, Huggies, & Luvs!

*Updates on Video Values in Blue

*Updates from Sunday Paper in Green

Another great week at Rite Aid! Everytime I look, I find more great deals! WOW! For Rite Aid 101, go here. This week is the start of the new July SCR catalog, but I don't actually have a copy of it yet, so if I miss some deals, I will update later. Also, the video value coupons will change tonight at midnight (eastern), so head over and watch, watch, watch, you can wait to print until you need them. There are several that will work great this week that won't be available after today.

*I just realized that the P&G coupon booklet from last month are Rite Aid coupons and therefore stackable! It makes for some very cheap/free and possibly money makers! (Thanks, Beautiful Frugal Life) I am hoping the Kelloggs and other future coupon books will be as good!

Freebies:

• Stayfree B1G1 Free
• Use B1G1 Free from 6/27 RP
• 2 for free!
• *Buy 3 Stayfree/Carefree/o.b. products send in for a free Self magazine(form in insert by coupon), so buy 4, use 2 coupons, get all 4 for free plus magazine!

• M&M B1G1 Free
• Use B1G1 Free from 6/27 RP (read specifics on coupon)
• 2 for free! (The ad points this coupon out, so reference it if you are given any slack!)

• Crest Pro Health $2.99
• $2.99 SCR
• Use 0.75/1 from 6/27 RP
• =75 cents overage!

• John Frieda Products 4 for $20
• Get $10 + Up Reward on 4
• Use either 4 $3/1 and/or $2/1 from 6/6 SS
• Use with a $5/$20 coupon
• =as much as $7 overage!

• Venus Razors $5.99
• $2 SCR
• Get $2 +Up Rewards
• Use $2/1 from 6/6 P&G
• Stack with $2/1 from Rite Aid P&G Coupon book (these are Rite Aid coupons!)
• = $2.01 cent overage!

• Crest 3D Vivid Whitestrips $22.99
• Get $10 +Up Reward
• Use $5/1 from 6/6 P&G
• Stack with $5/1 from Rite Aid P&G coupon booklet
• Use $5/20 coupon
• =$2.01 overage!

+Up Rewards:

• Kelloggs cereal 2 for $5
• Get $1 +Up Reward on 2
• Use $1/2 from coupons.com or $1/2 from 6/6 RP (select varieties)
• =2 for $3

• Gatorade 6 for $6
• Get $1 +Up Reward on 6
• Use 0.20/1 July Video Values coupon
• =6 for $4.80

• Secret Deodorant $1.99
• $1 +Up Rewards
• Use 0.50/1 from 6/6 P&G
• =49 cents!

• ept $10.99
• Get $1 +Up Reward
• Use $3/1 from 6/27 RP (My paper had $5/1 coupon)
• *Send in for free Keepsake gift with purchase (form in insert by coupon) Read the fine print...it actually says DO NOT SEND IN YOUR STICK, lol!
• =$4.99

• Hersheys Bars 6 pack 2 for $6
• Get $1 + Up Reward on 2
• Use $1/1 from June Video Values (also in July)
• =2 for $4

• Cover Girl Outlast $6.99
• Get $1 +Up Reward
• Use $1/1 from 6/6 P&G
• Stack with $2/1 from Rite Aid P&G booklet
• =$2.99

• Luvs Diapers $15.99
• $2 SCR
• Get $6 +Up Reward
• Use $2/1 form 6/27 RP
• =$5.99 for a box!

• Pampers Box $19.99
• Get $5 +Up Reward
• Use $2/1 from 6/20 RP
• Use $3/1 from Rite Aid P&G Booklet
• =$9.99 for a box!!

• Crest 3D Whitestrips Stain Away or Gentle Routine $29.99
• Get $12 + Up Reward
• Use $10/1 from 6/27 RP
• Use $5/$25 coupon
• =$2.99

• Crest 3D Mouthwash or Oral B 3D Toothbrush $2.59
• Get $2 +Up Rewards (1 per transaction)
• =59 cents!

• Metamucil $8.99
• Get $2 +Up Reward
• Use $3/1 from 6/6 P&G
• =$3.99

• Duracell AA 20 + 5 pack $10
• Get $2 + Up Reward
• Do this deal twice and qualify for buy $20 Duracell batteries get $10 SCR
• =50 batteries for $6!!!!

Deals:

• Dixie plates 2 for $5
• Use 2 0.50/1 from 5/23 RP
• Stack with $2/2 from June Video Values
• =$1 each!

• Wet Ones $2.50
• $1 SCR
• Use 0.50/1 from 6/27 SS
• =$1.00

• Huggies Wipes Refill or Little Swimmers $6.99
• $1 SCR (limit one)
• Use $1.50/1 (swimmers) or $2/1 (wipes) from coupons.com
• =as low as $3.99!

• Huggies $8.99
• $2 SCR (limit 1)
• Use $3/1 from coupons.com
• Stack with $1/1 from June Video Values (requires wipe purchase) Also in July
• As low as $2.99 for diapers and wipes
• *Also counts towards buy 5 packs of Huggies, get a free pack of Huggies via mail coupon.

• Pampers Wipes B1G1 50% off
• Use 2 $2/1 coupons form 6/6 P&G
• $4 off 2 packs!

• Free Dasani 1 liter when you buy Hershey's Bliss (with in ad coupon)
• Use $1/1 from 4/25 SS
• Stack with $1/1 Video Values coupon
• =2 products for 99 cents!

Skin Care SCR: Spend $25 get $10 gift card, Spend $50 get $25, plus bonus $5 rebate for wellness.

• Banana Boat Sun Care B1G1 Free
• Use 2 $1/1 from 6/27 SS
• Stack with $1/1 from video values
• *Plus will count towards skin care SCR

*This post is part of the grocery gathering for Rite Aid.

Family Fun Freebies

Family fun freebies in the Roseburg, OR area this week are:

1. Movie at Stewart Park at 7:30 (set-up) The Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Details here.
2. Umpqua Valley Arts Festival, all weekend, Stewart Park. Saturday is Family Day. Art, entertainment, booths, and raffles. Info here.
3. Music on the Half Shell also Stewart Park Tuesdays at 7:00. (set-up early) Jonatha Brooke is performing this week. Details here.
4. Library, story time at 10:30 am and 4:00 pm make a Silly Sea Creature.

Friday Food For Thought

Actually overhead in the store...

1. Cashier: "Ma'am do you want your catalina?"

Customer: "No, that's okay."

Cashier: "It is for $1 off a future purchase."

Customer: "No, I don't need it."

*Me thinking, what the...if I hadn't been wresting 2 kids and supervising my daughter trying to do the self checkout, I think I have jumped over and grabbed it!

2. Arrive at Rite Aid, I hear the customer saying, "I always shop at Walgreens because they have Register Rewards."

Cashier (a new one to me): "Oh, we have been in town much longer and we have a much better program." She then walks her over to the SCR catalog and starts to explain it to her. I am thinking, okay good cashier, yeah! Well....

3. About 10 minutes later, with same cashier...Cashier: "Did you buy another one of these because you have three coupons and two products."

Me: "Yes, but 2 are manufacturer's coupons and one is a Rite Aid Video Values coupons, they are stackable."

Cashier: "You aren't listening to me. (yes, she actually said that). Let's try this again. You have 2 products and 3 coupons."

Me: "I know, but you can use three because one is a Rite Aid coupon."

Cashier: "But the other two have your name on them, so I can't accept this one too." She had already, put them in the drawer so she couldn't look again.

Me: (thinking, okay that is a new one). "I have used Rite Aid coupons with manufacturer's all the time. They will scan, there is never a problem. You can ask your manager."

Cashier then just goes on scanning, an item, then the coupon, then an item...totally friendly and chatty, meanwhile a line is building and someone's (maybe mine?) children are getting out of control.

Finally at the end, she just scans it and it goes through. I say politely, "Thank you, I have never had a problem with stacking the video value coupons."

Cashier: "Well, the other two did say your name on them, but I don't care anymore it is not worth arguing over $2!" ... "Oh, look you got lots more +Up rewards! Don't you love it!" (yes, but you are killing it for me!)

Me: stunned....but since I have never seen her before and got my deal and mostly because my son is trying to climb up a display of garden benches...I leave.

Now granted in every other way she was friendly and nice to my been-shopping-way-to-long children. I just hate the little things that kill a couponing high!

Also that is why I prefer to shop alone :)

Rite Aid Recap

Well, summer is my least favorite time to coupon. Mostly because instead of one helper, I suddenly have 3, which makes large trips almost impossible. I did go to Rite Aid today to get some freebies/money makers! All of this (plus 2 pairs of kids sunglasses) will be a $5.05 money maker after +Up rewards and SCRs!

1. No rebates, but I did add $9 in +Up rewards. My receipts also say that I am at the Gold + level, but I don't see who that is already possible. I might have to investigate that.
2. Spent $19.95 out of pocket, (in between rebates)
3. Retail Amount to Date: $1326.47
4. Amount spend out of pocket in 2010: $133.43

Albertsons 6/23-6/29

Looks like a pretty great week! There are rumors of doubles this weekend, so it could turn into an excellent week!

In ad coupons:

• $5 off 2 bags of Homelife Charcoal
• Free Dasani Water 8 pack when you buy Pepperidge Farm Goldfish crackers $6.99

Deals:

• Huggies Diapers $8.99, use $3/1 from coupons.com=$5.99
• Huggies Wipes $8.99, use $2/1 from coupons.com=$6.99
• Pampers Wipes $8.99, use $2/1 from 6/6 P&G=$6.99
• Fresh Express Garden Salad, Cole Slaw, or Shreds $1
• Kraft Pasta Salad $1
• Taco Bell Seasoning/Taco Sauce/Refried Beans $1
• Albertsons Frozen Lemonade or Punch $1
• Farm Stand Baby Carrots $1
• Sweet Baby Rays BBQ Sauce $1, use $1/2 from 5/23 SS=50 cents, FREE with doubles
• Bar S Meat Franks $1, use $1/2 from 5/16 RP=50 cents, FREE with doubles
• Best Foods Mayo $1.99

Promos:

1. Save $2 instantly, when you Buy Honey Maid Graham Crackers, Kraft jet-Puffed Marshmallows, and Hershey's Milk Chocolate six pack, Use $1/3 from 5/16 SS or $1/3 tearpad coupon in the store=$2.49 for all 3 after doubles!
2. Free Sara Lee Buns when you Buy 2 packages of Ball Park Beef or Angus Franks, Ball Park is B1G1 Free, use 2 0.55/1 from 6/6 RP=3 products for the price of one package franks!
3. Save $4 instantly when you purchase 4 GM cereal or fruit snacks $2.49 each

• Use $1/3 from 6/13 SS (cereal), or $1/2 from 5/23 SS (select cereals), or 0.50/2 from coupons.com (fruit snacks)
• Also remember that select Fruit Snacks have a catalina, (Fruit by the Foot, Fruit Gushers, Fruit Roll-Ups, or Fruit Stickerz)
  Buy 3 & get $1.50 cat
  Buy 4 & get $2.50 cat
  Buy 5 & get $3.50 cat
  Valid 6/14 through 7/11

Catalinas:

1. Frozen Treats: Spend $12 get $4 Cat, participating products

• Dreyer's Ice Cream $2.50
• Dreyer's Fruit Bars $3
• Dreyer's Dibs $3, use $1/1 from 5/2 SS=$2
• Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream/Bars $3
• Nestle Drumstick Cones $3, use $1/1 from 5/2 SS=$2
• Nestle Push-Ups $3
• Eskimo Pie Bars $3
• Haagen-Dazs or Dreyer's Slow Churned Cups $1 (nice filler)
• Dreyer's Fruit Bars (24 ct) $4
• Nestle Dibs $4
• Skinny Cow Bars/Cones/Sandwiches $4
• Lil Drum Snack Size Cones $4
• Haagen Dazs Snack Size Bars $4

2. Dairy Promo, Buy 5 products, get $5 catalina, on sale this week

• Darigold Sour Cream $1.89
• Sargento Sliced Cheese $3.49, use 0.50/2 from 5/23 SS
• I Can't Believe It's Not Butter $2.39
• Brummel and Brown $2.39
• Florida's Natural Orange or Apple Juice $3
• Egg Beaters $4.99, use $1/1 from May All You (center insert)
• Jell-O Pudding or Gelatin $2.99, use 0.50/1 from 6/20 SS

*This post is part of the grocery gathering for Albertsons in Oregon.

House Party!

Last weekend, I just hosted my 3rd house party! House party is a great site that offers "party packs" to selected hosts. The packs contain high value samples/freebies to share with friends and family. It is a great way to test new products and spread the word for companies. It is all FREE! My party was the Hasbro Game Night Party! It was the best party pack so far, with 3 full size board games (Catch Phrase, Taboo, and Trivial Pursuit), 6 boxes of Nabisco crackers, chocolate candy, and of course coupons. It was kind of a busy weekend, so there were only a few of us, but we had fun playing Catch Phrase together. My daughter was so excited that we get to keep the game because she can read the clues herself! We also had great cracker and dip samplers and a pizza bar.

Of course, there are always lots of parties to apply for. Right now you can apply for:

• FiOS Viewing party (must have Verizon)


• Kleenex Clean & Fresh Hands


• Splenda Summer


• Play on With Play Station


• Beat BBQ Boredom

They are always updating and adding new parties too. Head on over to house party to see what you would like!

Rite Aid 6/20-6/26

For Rite Aid 101, go here. Remember to watch your video values to earn other great coupons! This is the last week of the June SCR catalog, so I imagine that the video value coupons will change too, so watch this week! Plus watch your + Up Rewards as they expire approximately 2 weeks from when they were issued.



Freebies:

• Colgate Advanced Whtie/Total/Pro Clinical Toothpaste
• Get $2 +Up Reward
• Use $1/1 from 5/6 SS (Advance White or Total) or $1/1 from 6/13 SS (Pro Clinical) or $1/1 from June All You (Pro Clinical)
• one cent overage!
• *Note: you can do this deal as many times as you want, but only one + Up Rewards will print per transaction, you should be able to "roll" the +Up Rewards though.

• Motrin PM $3
• Get $3 + Up Reward
• Use $3/1 from 4/18 RP
• =3 overage!

+ Up Rewards:

• Pantene 2 for $7
• Get $3 + Up Rewards on 2
• Use $1/2 from 6/6 P&G
• =2 for $3

• Purex 2 for $6
• $1 +Up on 2
• Use 2 $1/1 (3 in 1)
• Stack with $2/1 from May video Values
• =$1 each!

• Viva/Cottonelle/Cottonelle Wipes $6.99
• Get $1 +Up Reward
• Use 0.50/1 from 5/23 SS (Cottonelle) or 0.40/1 from 6/20 SS
• =As low as $5.49

• Nestle Pure Life Water 2 for $8
• $1 +Up Reward on 2
• Use $1/2 from coupons.com
• =2 for $6

Deals:

• Mentos $1
• Use 0.55/1 from 4/25 SS
• =45 cents!

• Kid's Resin Chair $4.99
• $1 SCR
• =$3.99

• Buy Tugaboo Diapers $8.99, get Rite Aid Wipes Free
• Use $1/1 from May Video Values
• =$7.99 for both!

• Glad Trash Bags $5.99
• $1 SCR
• Use 0.50/1 from 6/6 RP
• =$4.49

• Kotex or U by Kotex 2 for $7
• $3 SCR on 2
• Use $2/2 from 5/16 SS
• =$1 each!

• Gillette Fusion ProGlide $9.99
• $5 SCR (if you still haven't got this one)
• Use $4/1 from 6/6 P&G
• =99 cents

*This post is part of the grocery gathering for Rite Aid. Click on over for more blogger's deals.

Why I heart Macys!

I was looking through my oldest daughter's closet a few days ago, and realized she didn't have very many summer clothes that still fit! Yeah for Macy's! I was able to score all of this for $22.94! Four complete outfits for less than $6 each! Actually after sales and coupons, each item was under $3 (that includes the 2 piece items!) and the jean shorts were only $8.99! I just heart a Macy's One Day Sale!

Rite Aid Recap

When you factor in all + Up rewards and rebates, I will get all this for less than $1! (and that includes the treats my little ones scored-long gone now!) I LOVE +Up Rewards, so easy to use and no complicated rules. They are store coupons, so they just "stack" to anything!

1. Added $21.50 to my cash envelope, plus my free Huggies coupon, my 10% wellness reward coupon (haven't used yet), and my P&G coupon book, with great coupons including $2 off Herbal Essences and $3 off Pampers! Plus I earned $6 in + Up rewards, including the $1 for the Huggies that I got for free with my coupon. First time I have ever been paid to buy diapers!!!
2. Spent $17.78 from my cash envelope
3. Retail Amount to Date: $1246.87
4. Amount Spent out of pocket in 2010: $113.48

Family Fun Freebies!

Fun Free Family Activities for this week are: (Roseburg, OR)

1. Friday @ 7:30 pm (set up, starts at dusk) Movie at Stewart Park, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. More info here
2. Friday @ 8:00 pm Drive-In Movie at Douglas County Museum, Shrek, More info here
3. Saturday @ 1-3 PM Museum in the Park at Stewart Park. Day camp for kids ages 6-12, you do have to register (541) 957-7007. More info here
4. Thursday at the library, 10:30 Story Hour, 4:00 PM make a Waterfall Book. Also remember the to sign up for the summer reading program, free books and prizes all summer long.

Macy's One Day Sale 6/18-6/19

Do you hear the Swing music in your head? It's another Macy's One Day Sale! Yeah, just in time for Father's Day and summer! Best part there is a coupon for the mornings of the sale! Go to http://www.macys.com to print out your savings pass of $10/$25! Happy Shopping!

All You Grocery Challenge

Today is the last day to enter the All You Grocery Challenge. Click here to get started. It is a great way to track your spending, get saving ideas from other contestants, and see how far you can stretch you grocery budget. I am going to enter and update my progress periodically, I would love to hear from any of you that enter! Good Luck!

Albertsons 6/16-6/22

In ad coupons:

• Pork Loin Baby Back Ribs $2.99/lb
• Fresh Express Garden Plus or Spinach $1.88
• Arrowhead Water $2.99
• Smart Ones Classic Favorites or Dessert $1.50, use $3/6 from June All You=$1 each!
• Oreos $2.49. look for peelies for $1 off Oreos and 1 gallon milk
• Tree Top Juice $1.69, stack with $1/75/3 (must enter giveaway also)=$1.10 each!

Deals:

• Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast $1.99/lb
• Mini Watermelons $1.99
• Ball Park Franks B1G1 Free, use 2 0.55/1 from 6/6 RP, coupons also available on coupons.com and redplum.com
• Kraft Cheddar Explosion Mac & Cheese 59 cents
• Minute Maid Lime or Pink Lemonade $1
• Soft Soap $1
• Crest Toothpaste $1, use 0.50/1 from 6/6 P&G
• Ocean Eclipse Salmon, Pollock or Tilapia fillets $1

Promos:

1. Powerade, Buy 10, get 5 free
2. Coca-Cola 2 liters, Get $1 off instantly when you buy 3
3. Kelloggs Cereal/Keebler Cookies/Mother's Cookies Only $1.75 each when you buy 5

• Use $1.50/3 from 5/23 RP (cereal),
• $1/2 from 6/6 RP (Pop Tarts)
• $1/2 form 6/6 RP (Townhouse crackers)

4. General Mills, Get $5 Instantly when you spend $20 or more, plus 50 Bonus Box Tops

• Betty Crocker Hamburger Helper $1,use 0.75/3 from 5/2 SS
• Betty Crocker Cake Mix $1, use 0.75/2 from 5/2 SS (must buy frosting and cake to use coupon)
• Betty Crocker Potatoes $1, use 0.50/2 from coupons.com
• Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers $1.67, use 0.50/1 from coupons.com
• Gardetto's $1.67
• Bugles $1.67
• Chex Mix $1.67, use 0.50/1 from coupons.com
• Cheerios Snack Mix $1.67
• Betty Crocker Frosting $1.67, use 0.75/2 from 5/2 SS (must buy cake and frosting to use coupon)
• Progresso Soup $2, use $1.10/3 from coupons.com
• Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers with Sauce $2, use 0.50/1 from coupons.com
• Betty Crocker Premium Brownie Mix $2
• Fruit Roll-Ups, Gushers, Fruit by the Foot $2, use 0.50/2 from coupons.com and smartsource.com (separate catalina, see below)
• Totino's Pizza Rolls $2.50, use 0.50/2 from 5/30 GM
• Toaster Strudel $2.50, use 0.55/2 from 5/16 SS
• Nature Valley Granola or Yogurt Bars $2.50, use 0.75/2 from 5/30 GM
• Nature Valley Nut Clusters, $2.50, use $1/1 from coupons.com
• Yoplait Trix Yogurt $2.50, use 0.80/2 from coupons.com
• Yoplait Go-Gurt $2.50, use $1/2 from 5/9 SS
• Yoplait Delights $2.50, use $1/1 from coupons.com
• Yoplait Yo Plus $2.50, use $1/1 from coupons.com
• Yoplait Yogurt 50 cents, use 0.40/6 from 5/16 SS

*Check on bettycrocker.com, smartsource.com, and coupons.com for possibly more coupons for some items.

Catalinas:

1. Spend $100 on select gift cards, get $10 catalina
2. Fruit by the Foot, Fruit Gushers, Fruit Roll-Ups, or Fruit Stickerz , Buy 3 & get $1.50 cat
   Buy 4 & get $2.50 , Buy 5 & get $3.50 cat (6/14 through 7/11) These are also in the GM promo above!
3. Dairy Promo: Buy 5 items get $5 catalina, full list of product here, on sale this week:

• Dole Sensations $1.99
• Tropicana Trop 50 $2.49, use $1/2 from 4/25 RP
• Yoplait Go-Gurt
• Yoplait Yo Plus
• Yoplait Delights
• Trix Yogurt

*The yogurt is included in the promo above.

Most Bang For Your Buck Scenario:

• Buy 2 Yo Plus Yogurts
• Buy 1 Yoplait Delights
• Buy 2 Trix Yogurts
• Buy 4 Fruit Snacks
• Total $20.50
• Use 2 $1/1 Yo Plus coupons
• Use 1 $1/1 YoDelights coupon
• Use $0.80/2 Trix Yogurt coupons
• Use 2 0.50/2 Fruit Snacks Coupons
• Instantly save $5
• Pay $10.70
• Get back $5 and $2.50 cat
• Like spending $3.20 for all of the above!

*This post is part of the grocery gathering for Albertsons in Oregon.

Rite Aid Candy Deal!

You may have noticed my posts are a little sporadic lately. We are in the last fews weeks of complete our dream home (it has only been a 7 year process from conception to completion...). In the mist of all this excitement/stress our rental is also being put up for sale, so I have been doing major reorganization/deep cleaning. So today, I finally sat down to try and go shopping and found this great deal!

1. Buy Box Russell Stover's Candy $4.99
2. Buy Bag Hershey's Kisses $2.99
3. Buy Dentyne Gum Cup $2.99

• Use $1/1 Russell Stover's from 5/2 RP
• Use $1 off $10 candy purchase from wellness (should have got in an email, I will try it to see if it works on "gum" but I think it should)
• Get $3 in + up rewards, one for each product
• Submit for free tote bag! (previous Rite Aid post)
• Pay $5.97 and get a free tote!

Rite Aid Deals 6/13-6/19

Rite Aid has a lot of ways to save money right now, stacking coupons, video value coupons, SCRs, wellness, and Up + rewards, so much fun. Go here to learn the basics! Don't forget to go to video values to earn 2 $5/$25 coupons, a $5/$20 coupon, a free mouse pad and lots more!

Freebies:

• Herbal Essences products $2.49 (limit 2 rebates, Secret, Old Spice, and Scope also included)
• $1.50 SCR
• Use $1/1 from 5/16 RP
• =1 cent overage!

• Gillette Body Wash $2.99 (6/13-6/15 only!)
• $2.99 SCR
• use B1G1 Free coupon from 6/6 P&G
• 2 for free!

• Bayer $1.99
• Use $1 in ad coupon
• stack with $1/1 from 3/21 SS
• =1 cent overage!

• Gillette Fusion ProSeries Skin Care $6.99
• $2 SCR
• Use $4/1 from today's paper ? (according to ad?)
• Use $1 video values coupon
• =1 cent overage!

Under $1 Deals :

• Crest 99 cents
• Use 0.50/1 from 6/6 P&G
• =49 cents!

• Ivory Bar Soap 99 cents
• use 0.50/1 from 6/6 P&G
• =49 cents!

• Secret $2.49 (same SCR as Herbal Essences above, limit 2)
• $1.50 SCR
• use 0.50/1 from 6/6 P&G
• =49 cents!

• Old Spice $2.49 (same SCR as Herbal Essences above, limit 2)
• $1.50 SCR
• use $1/2 from 6/6 P&G
• 98 cents for 2!

• Gillette Fusion Pro Glide $9.99
• $5 SCR (you may have got this last week!)
• use $4/1 from 6/6 P&G
• =99 cents!

Deals:

• Schick Hydro Razor $6.99
• use $4/1 from 6/13 SS
• stack with $1 video values coupon
• =$1.99

• Select Fragrances B1 G1 50% off
• $5 SCR
• Use $5 video values coupon

• Rite Aid Pro Clean Battery Operated Toothbrush $5.99
• $2 SCR
• =$3.99

• Rite Aid Baby Wipes $5.99
• $3 SCR
• =$2.99

• Clorox Wipes $1.99
• $1 SCR on 2
• Use $1/2 from 6/6 RP
• =$1.99 for 2

• Scrubbing Bubbles Extend-a-Clean $6.99
• Use $5/1 from 6/13 SS
• =$1.99

• Sunglasses B1G1 50% off
• $10 SCR on 2
• Use $4 video value coupon (or old one from previous months)

• Huggies $8.99
• $2 SCR (limit 1 rebate, you may have already got this)
• Get $1 + Up Reward
• Use $3/1 from coupons.com
• May want to use $1 video values (have to buy wipes and Jeans diapers to use)
• =$1.99 plus cost of wipes!
• *this also qualifies towards Huggies SCR, buy 5 packs of diapers, get 6th pack free via coupon in the mail.

• Stayfree B1G1 50% off
• Use 2 $2/1 from 3/28 RP
• stack with $1 from video values

+ Up rewards (like a catalina) *As far as I know, there are no limit to these, but only 1 will print per transaction.

• Almond Roca or Russell Stover Candy $4.99
• get $1 + Up reward
• Use $1/1 from 5/2 RP (Russell Stover)
• =$2.99

• General Mills Cereal 2 for $5
• get $1 + Up reward
• Use $1/2 from 6/6 SS
• =$3 for 2 boxes

• Dentyne, Trident, or Ice Breakers Gum Cups $2.99
• Get $1 +Up reward
• =$1.99

• Reese's, Hershey's Kisses, Ferrero Rocher or Rondoir Raffaello $2.99
• Get $1 + Up reward
• =$1.99
• *If you buy kisses, submit for free tote bag

Skin Care SCR: buy $25 of participating products get $10 gift card, buy $50 of participating products, get $25 gift card, use your wellness card and qualify for $5 more. You have until 7/24 to buy your products.

• Aveeno Suncare 20% off
• Use $1.50/1 from 5/16 RP

• Neturogena Sunblock 20% off
• Use $2/1

• Coppertone Suncare $8.99
• get $2 +Up reward
• Use $1/1 from coupons.com
• stack with $2/1 video values coupon
• =$3.99

*There is a wrap around ad, but my area was not included.

*This post is part of the grocery gathering for Rite Aid. Click on over for more bloggers deals.

Free Family Fun!

This is mainly a local post, (Roseburg, OR) but I am scouting out free family activities this summer. I know I need all the help I can get! They usually send home notes for these things from school, but if you don't have any in school yet, it is hard to find out about these. Here is what is free this week in Douglas County:

1. Friday, Stewart Park, Movie: The Blind Side 7:30 pm (set up and entertainment) movie begins at 9:30 More info here
   
   
   2. Saturday, Free Fishing Day in Oregon, no license needed, more info here . Depending on the site, there may also be raffles, food, prizes, and extra fun for the kids.
   
   
   3. Douglas County Library has several free kids programs. Summer Reading program, each child will receive a book and prizes for reading. Also every Thursday at 10:30 is story hour. The kids enjoy stories/songs/crafts all related to a fun theme. Next Thursday, June 17th at 4:00 pm, there is a special summer event, Sand Painting.

Q & A

I have a question for you? How many newspapers do you get each Sunday? Just curious...

Rite Aid Recap

1. Didn't add any rebates this week, I did earn $5 in +up rewards though.
2. Spent $13.53 in cash and used $10 Rite Aid gift card
3. Retail Amount to date: $1177.80
4. Amount spent out of pocket in 2010: $113.48

Albertsons 6/9-6/15

Another slow week, thanks goodness for the Dairy promo.

Deals:

• Raspberries or Blueberries $1.50 for 6 oz
• Libby's Veggies 49 cents
• B1G1 Free Beef Deals
• Oroweat Bread B1G1 Free
• Arm & Hammer Detergent B1G1 Free use $1/2 from 4/11 SS

Promos:

• Buy any 2 Coca-cola or Dansani 20 oz products, get 2 free Hershey's candy bars=$3 for everything
• Kelloggs/Keebler/Mother's Cookies $1.75 each when you buy 5, use 0.55/2 from 4/18 RP (Keebler cookies) or $1/2 from 6/6 RP (Keebler Town House) or Use $1.50/3 from 5/23 RP (Kelloggs cereal) or check your stash for package/mailer coupons.
• Jimmy Dean Skillets Buy 2 get one free $4.99 each, use 3 $1/1 from 6/6 RP=$6.98 for 3!

Catalinas:

1. ConAgra (again?!?), Spend $25 get $10 catalina

• Chef Boyarde $1
• Hunts Pudding Pack $1
• Hunts Tomatoes $1
• Hunts Spaghetti Sauce $1
• Banquet Dinner $1
• Hunts Ketchup $1, use 0.20/1 from 5/16 SS=80 cents
• Rosarita Refried Beans $1, use 0.50/3 from 4/25 SS=83 cents each
• Hunts BBQ sauce $1
• Manwich Sloppy Joe Sauce $1
• Crunch 'n Munch $1
• Brawny paper Towels $6.99
• Quilted Northern $6.99
• Orville Redenbacher's Popcorn $1.89, use 0.40/1 from 5/16 SS=$1.49
• Peter Pan Peanut Butter $1.99
• Sparkle Paper Towel $5.99
• Angel Soft $5.99, use 0.50/1 from 5/23 RP=$5.49
• Poppycock $2.49
• Kids Cuisine $2
• Healthy Choice Simple Selections/Naturals $2
• Marie Callender's Dinner/Pot Pie/Pasta Al Dente $2
• Dixie Plates/Cups/Bowls $2.50, use 0.50/1 (plates) from 5/23 RP=$2
• Pam $2.50
• Healthy Choice Complete Selections/Cafe Steamers $2.50
• Egg Beaters $2.99-Not the same size that is in the Dairy Promo :(
• Wesson Oil $2.99
• Healthy Choice Fresh Mixers $2.99
• Marie Callender's Homestyle Creations $2.99
• Snapple $4.99 (look for peelies and mail in rebates in store!)
• Hebrew National Franks B1G1 Free

*Look through your stash for mailers.

2. Dairy Promo Buy 5 products get $5 catalina. Complete list of products here. One sale this week.

• Land O' Lakes Spreadable Butter $1.39 (not as good as last week, but still good)
• Florida's Natural Orange Juice $2.99
• Dannon Activia $2, use $1/1 from 6/6 SS=$1 (free after catalina!)
• DanActive $2, use $1/1 from 5/2 SS=$1 (free after catalina!)
• I Can't Believe It's Not Butter $2.39
• Promise Spread $2.39, use 0.55/1 from 5/23 RP=$1.84
• Brummel and Brown Spread $2.39
• Dannon Danimal Crush Cups $2, use $1/1 from 6/6 SS=$1 (free after catalina!)
• Dannon Dan-o-nino $2, use 0.75/1 from 6/6 SS=25 cents!

*This post is part of the grocery gathering for Albertsons in Oregon. Click on over for more bloggers deals.

Free Stephenie Meyer Novella Link

The new free Stephenie Meyer Novella is up, The Second Short Life of Bree Tanner. It is here online for fans to read until July 5th. Just click on contents and you can read it there. Thanks so much freebies4mom! And while we are talking Twilight...anybody crazy enough (besides me) to go to the midnight showing of Eclipse?

Dairy Promo

The Dairy Promo is running at Albertsons and will through the month of June. Here is a list of the complete participating products. (Click to make larger) The promo is simple, buy 5 participating products, get $5 catalina. Each week different items are going to be on sale too. There is no limit to how many times you can do the promo. The coupon does say, not to be used to buy dairy, so I am not sure if it will roll or not?
Here is what I did...

• Minute Maid $3.99, used $1.50/1 from coupons.com (not currently available, but has reset a couple of times, so check back)
• 2 Frigo Cheese Snacks $3.99, used 2 $1/1 from http://www.frigocheeseheads.com/
• 2 Darigold Sour Cream $1.89, used B1G1 free coupon from 3/28 SS
• Total: $10.36 and got a $5 catalina back!

*There are many other scenarios with cheaper out of pockets, but this is what I knew we needed and would use.

Free Today!

I got all this for free today and you can too!

1. Dozen eggs, free with Wrights bacon purchase at Albertsons
2. Oreo cookies, become a fan of Nabisco on Facebook to get a coupon for 1 free package cookies, when you buy 1 package of cookies and 1 gallon of milk. You can get this coupon today only, but they have a high value coupon the first Monday of every month!
3. Free bananas with peelie found on Nabisco Nilla Wafers
4. Darigold Sour Cream, free with B1G1 Free coupon from 3/28 SS (also counts towards dairy promo...see previous post)
5. Gerber Yogurt, used $1.50 coupon from catalina machine and it had a "try me free" peelie on the back, so actually I made $1.50 on this one. Also, we have tried these and they are good.
   

Rite Aid 6/6-6/12

*Updated with today's coupons!

Okay, the ad shows wellness + up rewards are going nationwide? This may just be a regional ad, but it is probably coming soon. I will have to see how this actually works next week and let you know. It appears to be a coupon that prints out on your receipt to be used like a catalina. Rite Aid is going crazy with all their changes, but I love it because it makes my out of pocket cheaper! Read more about the wellness program here and more about Rite Aid 101 here.

Remember to go to video values to earn 2 $5/$25, a $5/$20, and a free photo mouse pad. There are also lots of other high value, stackable coupons.

Freebies:

• Blink Tears $7.99
• $7.99 SCR
• Use $2/1 from 5/16 RP
• =$2 overage!

• Carefree 99 cents
• Use $1/1 from 4/25 SS
• =1 cent overage!

• Listerine/Reach Floss/Reach Manual Toothbrush $3.99
• $3 SCR
• Use $1/1 from 5/16 RP (toothbrush or mouthwash)
• =1 cent overage!

Deals:

• Gillette Fusion Pro Glide Razor $9.99
• $5 SCR
• Use $4/1 from 6/6 P&G
• =99 cents!

• Old Spice Red Zone Deodorant 2/$7
• Use Buy 2 Get free body spray coupon or $1/2 coupon from 6/6 P&G
• Up + rewards $4 on 2
• =Either $1 each or 3 products for $3!
  Opti Free Solution
• Use $3 in ad coupon
• Stack with $4/1 from 4/18 RP
• =$7 off an item around $10 normally

• John Frieda Hair Care $4.99
• $1 SCR
• Use $2/1 from 6/6 SS
• You may have an old video value coupon too
• =$1.99 or less

• Sunglasses B1G1 50% off
• $10 SCR on 2 (Foster Grant/Style Science)
• Use $4 off Kids Style Science from video values (or video values coupons from last month)
• =$14 off 2 pairs (kid pairs are around $7.99 each!)

• Kingsford Charcoal $9.99
• $1 SCR
• Use free product coupon for free Glad, Hidden Valley Ranch, or KC Masterpiece product when you buy charcol
• =$8.99 for 2 products!

• Sally Hansen Nail Care (select) B1G1 50% off
• $3 SCR on 2
• Use 2 $1/1 from 5/2 RP

• Gillette Fusion ProSeries Skin Care $5.99
• $2 SCR
• Use $2/1 from 6/6 P&G
• =$1.99

• Thera Tears $9.99
• $3 SCR
• Use $2/1 from 4/25 SS
• =$4.99

• Lamisil $7.99
• $3 SCR
• Use $2/1 from 4/25 SS
• =$2.99

• Sea Breeze $4.99
• $3 SCR
• Use $1/1 from June All You, or 6/6 SS
• =99 cents!

• Pampers Wipes $2.49
• Use $2/1 from 6/6 P&G
• =49 cents!

• Pampers $9.99
• Use $1/1 from 6/6 P&G
• $1 Up + rewards
• =$7.99

• Always/Tampax $2.99
• Use $1/1 from 6/6 P&G (either one)
• =$1.99

• Duracell 3 for $14.97
• $5 SCR on 3
• $3 Up + reward on 3
• =3 for $6.97!!

P&G Promo: Spend $25 on select products get $5 gift card (pre coupon total) I am not really impressed with this promo. :(

• Clairol Nice n Easy $7.99
• Use $2.50 in ad coupon
• Use $1/1 from 6/6 P&G
• =$3.99

• Pantene 2 for $7
• Use $1/2 from 6/6 P&G (you may have some higher ones from mailers)
• =2 for $6

• Crest Expressions or Pro Health /Oral B Advance or 3 D Manual Toothbrush $2.59

• Olay Total Effects/Regenerist $17.99
• Use $3/1 from 5/16 SS (Regenerist)
• =$14.99

• Crest 3D Whitestrips $43.99
• Use $10 from 6/6 P&G
• =$33.99 (plus get $ gift card)

• Old Spice/Secret/Gillette Deodorant 2 for $8
• $2 SCR on 2
• Use B1G1 Free on Old Spice Fresh Collections from 5/2 P&G
• =2 for $2
  

Skin Care SCR:

• Banana Boat Sun Care B1 G1 50% off
• Use $1/1 from 5/23 SS (BB)
• Stack with $1/1 video values coupon
• Also qualifies for Skin Care SCR

• Aveeno Sun Care
• Use $2 in ad coupon
• Stack with $1.50/1 from 5/16 RP

*This post is part of the grocery gathering for Rite Aid.