Guess my out of pocket cost.

So I did a end of the month run to walmart and target today.  Here is what I got.  The person that guess the cost to my out of pocket cost will win $10.00 in great coupons.

Here is the list of the items I got, since a lot of it would not fit in the photo.

1- Digiorno pizza
8- Single Ca. Pizza kitchen
32 - Dannon Greek Yogurt
2- Sara Lee Wheat Bread

Your first clue.. I had a coupon for every item.

Printer Ready...Set..Start Printing!

FYI.  It's the end of the month which is aways an important day in coupon world.  Check all of your coupons for those that expire today,  11-30-11.  Do your last minute shopping to use them. 

The second important things to do today is check your printers ink, and paper supply.  The coupon printing sites will reset in the morning.  Be ready to print.

Here are some of the best coupon printing sites.

Bettycrocker.com
Coupons.com
redplum.com
smartsource.com
campbellskitchen.com
walmart.com
everydaysaver.com

Most coupons expire one month from the date the print date.  So, only print the ones you know you will use in december.  Plus set your print setting on draft setting or fast print. This will save you a ton of ink.

Wed and Thursday sale...

Meijer 2 day sale. - Wednesday and Thursday

Buy one get one for a buck
Women’s or kid’s fashion boots reg $20-69
Athletic Shoes for the family
Fruit of the loom women’s packages socks or 6 pk panties
Wrights Men’s or women thermal underwear
Men’s belts, wallets or ties
Fall Creek Misses or Women’s Plus turtlenecks
Men’s Licensed Cold weather accessories
MTA Sport boys or girls fleece crews or pants
Women’s Cold weather accessories
Women’s handbags or totes

Buy one get one free - Innovasian frozen entrees
1.89 Marie Callender’s pot pies or fruit pies
3.99 Sara Lee pound Cakes
1.99 Eggo Waffles or French toaster sticks or pancakes
2/5 Meijer Frozen fruit
5.99 Birds Eye Voila family size meals
5/10 Zatarain’s Entrees
11.99 Stouffer’s Party Size lasagna, chicken enchiladas
Buy 2 get 1 free Tony’s Original Pizza
Cole’s Garlic Bread or Cinnamon Sticks
3/5 Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers

Stay tune for the special Saturday and Sunday sale.

Are you a Coffee Lover or have one in the family?

Great deal for all the coffee lovers on your christmas list.

Starbucks is offering a new deal each day from December 1st through December 12th!
Text MERRY to 697289 to have the offers sent to your phone.

12/1 Holiday Starbucks Petites 4-Pack $3.95 (regular $5.00)
2 for $6.00 (regular $10.00)

12/2 Starbucks Christmas Blend 1 lb $9.95 (regular $14.95)
Starbucks VIA Ready Brew Christmas Blend 12-pack $7.95 (regular $11.95)

12/3 Holiday-Themed 16 fl oz. Cold Cup $9.95 (regular $12.95)

12/4 Holiday Mugs $4.95 (regular $8.95)

12/5 Starbucks Coffee Sampler Gift Pack $9.95 (regular $14.95)

12/6 Let’s Merry or Red Cup Tumbler $7.95 (regular $10.95 – $11.95)

12/7 50% Off Cranberry Bliss Bars 6-Pack $6.95 (regular $13.95)

12/8 Any Starbucks VIA Ready Brew 12-Pack $7.95 (regular $9.95 – $11.95)

12/9 Free Starbucks VIA Ready Brew 3-Pack with purchase of 1 lb Starbucks Christmas Blend (includes Christmas Blend, Decaf Christmas Blend, Espresso Roast and Holiday Blend) $14.95 (regular $17.90)

12/10 Tazo Tea Sampler or Starbucks VIA Ready Brew Gift Pack Sampler $12.95 (regular $16.95 – $19.95)

12/11 Holiday Boxed Mugs $6.95 (regular $9.95)

12/12 Free Brewed Coffee During the Month of January 2012 when you purchase and use this 16 oz tumbler $19.95 (70 value)

The Winners Are.....

What a great start to our site.  Thank you to everyone for sharing the word about the site.  We were able to add 8 new people. 

So the coupons go to....  Jenny Martin and Angela Lingard.

Please be on the look out for our next contest.

Meijer Thanksgiving shopping trips...

Well Im not a big black Friday shopper. Thursday is the day I head out for deals. This year I hit the champaign  and bloomington meijer.  I did two transactions per store.

8- boxes of cereal  .99 each
5- sierra mist 2lt  .79 each
4-4 packs of kleenex 3.99 each

Coupons where
cereal .50 off each box
sierra mist .55 off each bottle
kleenex 3.00
kleenex printed coupon 2.00 (got this from buying my first 2 packages)

oop for the whole day was 16.53 Plus 2.00 off my next shopping trip.

Happy Thanksgiving to ALL..

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

I hope you enjoy a wonderful  meal with your friends. Today is a great day to look back on the year and see all the things we have been blessed with. 

In my family we have been blessed in may with a new member, Addison.  She is the prefect little girl.  This year has as been a great year for all of us with our health, jobs and church.  Of course I could go on and on. 

If you have not made your list of great deal for today...get on it.
To make black friday easier, make a list of the things you want to buy. Clip all matching coupons to our shopping list.  This simple thing will help have a lot of time in the store where everyone is going to be  stressed out.  Good Luck on getting the best deals.

God Bless You All.

What a big Haul……

You have been seeing me do small shopping trips. I have been pretty stocked up on things so that is why I've been doing small trips. Well, here is a big haul. It was a little crazy since a lot of the items I wanted were out of stock, but I found enough to use my coupons. I went to Meijer and Walmart in Champaign.

Meijer
1-Meijer Milk 1.99
1-Meijer Eggs .99
1-Breakfast links - turkey 3.99
2-Brat links - turkey 3.99 20% sale 3.19 each
1-Butterball Turkey 35.32  Yes, that is a 20 pound bird
2-Heinz gravy .99 each
4-Stove Top Stuffing .99
1-Stove Top Stuffing - FREE when buy 4
2-Kraft chuck cheese 3.19 each
1-Kraft chuck cheese - FREE when buy 2
2-Kraft Singles3-Kraft Dressing 3/5.00
2-Wheat Thins 2.00 each
2-Ritz 2.00 each

Retail grand total = 97.79  This is what I would have paid if there was no sale, promotions or coupons.
Sale price, Meijer promotions = 36.80
Coupons 15.50
     10.00 off meat (county market ad, mfg coupon)
     3.00 off butterball turkey
     1.00/ 2 ritz
     .50 x 3 cracker (Meijer meal box)
OOP = $45.49 (before tax)

Walmart
Transaction 1
4-Tide singles .97 each
7-Nesquik Chocolate drink mix 1.00 each
2-Ocean Spray drink 1.97 each

Grand Total $14.82
Coupons: 12.20
4- 2.00 Tide (love this coupon)
7- .60 Nesquik
OOP $2.62 (before tax)

Transaction 2
3-Tide singles .97 each
2-jet puff marshmallow 1.25 each
2-King rolls 2.00 each

Grand total $9.41
Coupons: 8.50
3- 2.00 Tide
1- .50/2 marshmallow
2- 1.00 king rolls
OOP = $0.91

Yes, I could have done some price matching with the marshmallows,and only picked up one of the ocean spray drinks, but I was just trying to make sure I had enough to cover the coupon. With all of my cold and allergy meds messing with my match skills I think I still did pretty good. :o)

Shopping trip totals.
Retail price = 122.02
Coupons,
Sales,
Promotions = 73.00
Out of pocket = 49.02 60% savings

I will also get a great rebate back off my receipts with the Endorse program.  Most of the thanksgiving items I will get 20% of the cost of the item back and then 2% off the  total for the fact I shopped at Meijers, and Walmart.  I think the rebate will be around 10.00

New Gift Card Deals.

As we get closer to Black Friday I'm finding more gift card deals.  Here are the ones I found over the weekend.

Ihop = gift card 25.00 and get 5.00
TGI Friday's = E-card 25.00 and get 5.00
Apples bee's = E-card 50.00 get 10.00
O'Charley's = gift card 25.00 get 5.00
Chili's also a online deal buy a 100 in cards and get 10% off.

Chili's is also doing a 30 days of daily specials if you join their facebook page.

I will keep you updated on the gift cards deal was I find them.  Remember you can always use the cards yourself.  It's a way to save a little more at your favorite restaurants.

Contest reminder....

Our first contest ends on Friday Night at 11pm. 

You still have time to click on follow the blog,  Like the  facebook page, and tell your friends about both sites.  For every friend you have join the page you get 2 entries into the drawing.

*** These are some of the coupons you will be receiving.  Most are a 1.00 in value, there are a few lower but they can double, at stores that double.

Confidentially Yours Black Friday Sale...

I know we do most of our Black Friday Shopping for others; How every this year you might thing about treating yourself.  Confidentially Yours is doing a little sale. Check it out.
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=tzne8ocab&v=001BowwB-ubI_EcLZ_Z9brwCaud9R8DMUqCxoTkmpXjl-5DoYYa1GqRvgC-5fDEHgawsZu_e1z3hq0W9yh5Ak_ad1YwIQ5zDWms9Z-jJjfQdXeX9lq9T1PAToLdlt8y60wxUQINGulWTKYC8gO0ZonBXvWAZ3pMUdFz3F0cjXJCY7WvvKZ47cjIaLL6iKfayTrM2r17haOxwjFroLBJeIBHSNx8p_x0jWKaWfbj07yBE6d1rK0ptyfhEoCVyjLjvi8U

Target Black Friday Pre-View...

Here is the link to the pre-view to the target black friday ad.  I have also heard they will be doing hourly specials.

http://weeklyad.target.com/champaign-il-61822/pages?promotion=Target-111123PV&ref=tgt_email_RS111210#1

Kmart - Double Coupon Deal

Kmart is doing a 4 day (Nov 20-23) Double Coupon Deal.  No we dont have a Kmart in Champaign but there is on in Bloomington, Danville and Decatur.  When you go to the store, make sure you go to the customer severice desk and pick up a "Shop your way reward card".  It's required to get the double coupon deal.

Here is the details;

Kmart will double up to $.99 manufacturer’s coupons!

You may only purchase 4 of the same item using double coupons

Only 1 coupon will be doubled per item.

Unlimited coupons will double!

You must scan your shop your way rewards card to get your coupons doubled

Kmart won’t give you overage.

Where to start with coupons....

Some of the things you will see on the blog/facebook page in the coming weeks...

- Where to find coupons.
- Now I have the coupons, now what?
- Ad match and going shopping.
- Binders or full inserts storage.

New Classes for groups 5 to 15 people.  (email to set up a class)

Meijer Thanksgiving day and Black friday Sale.

The big food item on Thursdays sale is the 

Honey Nut Cheerios 12.25 or Lucky Charms 11.5 oz For just . 99 Limit 4. 
     Look at smartsource.com or bettycrocker.com, couponnetwork.com for coupons to bring down the cost of the cereal.

Keebler Town House Crackers or Club Crackers = Buy One and Get one Free.
     be on the look out for a coupon for this one to.  There are 1.00/2 so you would have to buy 2 and get 2  free to use these coupons.
 
The ads are full with other great deals.  I will be looking at them closer in the next few days and posting as much as I can.

http://meijer.shoplocal.com/meijer/default.aspx?action=entryflash&storeref=198

Ice Cream....

I found this on another blog and figured it was to good not to pass it along.

If scroll always down to the bottom the walmart page.  You should find a Ice Cream coupon.  Make sure to print 2 of them.

http://see.walmart.com/groceryguru?adid=1500000000000037754680

Contest Time.....Free Coupons

Lets Grow the Page!

There are 3 ways to get your name in to the drawing.

1. Join Coupon Pro Cu facebook page
2. Join the blogspot coupon pro cu page http://couponprocu.blogspot.com/
3. Refer a friend. ( 2 entries per friend)

2 Lucky people will win over $15.00 in coupons.  Just a few of the coupons are Digirno Pizza, King Hawaiian Rolls, and other high value coupons.

Gift Card Finds

As I was shoping this past week, I grad up a few gift cards.  Im always on the look out for gift cards that come with little extras.  I buy them for my personal uses later.

Panada Express, $25 gift card comes with a 2-entree dinner for free.

Pet Smart - Special holiday gift cards have a book of coupons with it.  You can load it with any amount.  I loaded mine with 5.00 each.  I picked up a book for each of my dogs.  In the book is a discount on grooming packages.  Both of my girls need  a day grooming.  The coupon in the book expire 2/28/12.

Walmart trip... No price matching

I ran over to Walmart to get a few little things today.  I started off with a just an idea what I want to do but I was not sure if it would work.  When I go to a store I always have two plans.  The first plan would be if every thing is in stock then the trip would be under 5.00.  The second plan is aways if things are out of stock and would cost under 10.00.  I got lucky and I was able to go with plan A.

4 - single tide
4- post it tabs
6 - oikos yogurt
1 - small milk
1 - werther's original
Total = $16.92

Coupons
4- $2.00 any tide
1- $2.00 post-it tabs
3 - $1.00/2 oikos yogurts

out of pocket before tax $3.92

Kings Hawaiian Bread

If your family loves King's Hawaiian bread, Join their fan club.  Early this week I join their email fan club.  In The welcome email they sent out to me was 2.00 off the sweet round bread.  The coupon will only print once and it expires in 2 months.

http://www.kingshawaiian.com/offers/

In Need of dry cat or dog food. Try this.

Authority is a new brand of pet food only sold at PetSmart.  Right now they have a $5.00 coupon on their  dry cat or dog food.  It's a great deal on the cat food.  PetSmart has the 4 pound bags on sale until the end of the year for $6.99 with the coupon you pay just $1.99.  The dog food is 11.99 for a 8 pound bag. 

The coupon expires at the end of the year and you can print as many as you need.  I bought a bag for my one girl that can eat any kind of dog food.  The bag stated it good to June 2012.  I would print as many as you need so your furry babies have good food for cheap price for the next 6 months.

What makes this deal extra sweet is you can print as many coupons as you would like.
http://authoritypetnutrition.com/?kw=authority

Thanks to Kim for letting me know about this great deal.

CVS Trip 11/13

CVS has a wonderful Christmas Gift Card Promotion going on right now. Spend $30 in selected products get a gift card worth $10.00.  Today I ran into the Green Street store to get my first gift card for the week.  Here is what I got.

2 - Zicam Rapid Melts = (buy one get one 50% off) 12.99 and 6.49
2 - Comtrex = ( buy one get one 50%).  5.99 and 2.99

2 - Dove Bars 2/$4
total = 32.46

Coupons
2- $2.00 zicam
2- $1.00 comtrex
1- 5.00 cvs email coupon (5 off 25)
1 -10.00 Beauty rewards
 total = 21.00

Out of pocket before tax = 11.46  (it would been lower if I would have found my $6.00 extra care bucks in time)

Plus I earned a gift card for $10.00.

You can earn 5 gift cards per week.  There are some weeks the selected items for this program are better then others.  I get only stuff that I use.  The only time I buy stuff that I don't use is if I can get the stuff for free and donate it.

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Please remember the chances we have to make an other family holiday season happier by donating our free times, extra food and toys.

Spices....

Spices…

As we head into the holiday baking season it’s time to clean out the old spices in the spice rack. If your spice have been around longer then our current president then you need to replace them with fresh ones. As spices age they lose their color, favor and health benefits. Here is a short list of how long they lasts if they are stored in the proper conditions.

Ground Spices = 1-2 years
Whole Spices = 2-3 years
Seasoning blends = 1-2 years
Herbs = 1-3 years
Extracts = 4 years, (pure vanilla lasts indefinitely)

Proper storage

Spices need to stored in tightly capped container and keep away from heat, moisture and direct light. Do not store spices over or around the stove, sink, dishwasher, and windows. Any spice in the red pepper family can be kept in the refrigerator. They will keep their color and freshness longer in there.

So where do you store your spices? I keep mine in small Rubbermaid twist lock bowl. I write the bowl the name of the spice on it. I have a small cabinet in the kitchen as far ways as it can from the stove, sink to hold all my spices. Since I cook Indian food, I have a larger amount of spice then the standard American. My whole cabinet is full of different spices, mixes and spice paste.

There is no reason to buy your spices in little red label bottles at your local grocery stores. Most of the jars are less then an ounce and the price is extreme high. If you look at the spices at the dollar store well, they are pass their prime. The color, favor, and health benefits are gone before they were bottled.

The best place to buy spices is at our local Indian Stores. Mirsung, 49 E Green St. Champaign. Spices are sold as whole or ground in bags. The bags are 3.5 to 7 ounces. For example, the ground cinnamon is 3.5 oz for around 1.49. The bags will have the name of the spice in English and Hindi. If you have any questions the staff is very friendly.

The other Indian store in town is Annapoorna, 505 S Neil St. Ste 11. Champaign. They are in the plaza where Pickles restaurant was for many years.

Off to Shop...

Im off to do my shopping trip at CVS, and Mirsung Indian Store.  It will be fun to see what I can find for cheap.  I will post the trip later tonight.  Plus I will be posting about the best place to buy bulk spices for all your holiday cooking.   Stay tune.

CM early in the week..

This was a quick deal I did early in the week.  This sale runs until Saturday night.
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Chex Cereal 2/5
.60 betty crocker x 2
Free box wb2 in ad coupon
　
Swiss Miss Hot Cocoa 1.29 each x6
1.00/3 10-02 ss x 2

Total = $15.24
Ad, penny pincher, mfq = 13.95
Out of pocket $9.54

County Market trip 11/10... Just love it.

This was a better deal then I thought it would be thanks to coupon on one of my products.  So here is what I did and the ad is still going on so you can do the same.


Chex Cereal 2/5
$1.10/2  Betty Crocker.com
Free box wb2 in ad coupon

Ocean Spray 64 oz $2.99
Penny pincher mailer 1.49 limit 2
1.00/1 on product x 2
Free powered drink mix stick on each bottle
Free 4pk sprinkling juice Smartsource.com

Nesquik pouch .99
.60/1 10-16 ss x3

Bear Creek Pasta 2.69
$1.00/1 10-16 ss x 2

Total = 25.42
Ad, penny pincher, and mfq = 20.04
Out of pocket = 9.74

Food Saver Bag Sale...

Right now on food saver's web site they are doing a great deal.  Buy 5 bags or rolls and recieve $25 off the order plus free shipping.  This deal is exprires 12/31

I love my food saver.  It comes in very hand when the stores do a huge meat sale.  Yes, it takes time to seal  all the meat but it really does save hundreds every year.

http://www.foodsaver.com/category.aspx?cid=88

Meijer Saturday Sale!

Meijer Saturday Sale.

Saturday 12, 2011

50% Brawny Paper Towels - 2 giant rolls Limit 4

Buy 2 Get 2 Free,  6 pk bottles 7-up. A&W Root beer 16 oz
                             8 pk bottles Pepsi, Mt Dew 12 oz
.39 cents Lbs Banana

Buy 1 get 1, Meijer Bagged Chicken

5.99 Meijer Cooked Tail-on Shrimp 36 - 40 count bags.


Buy 1 Get 1 Free, Thomas English Muffins, Plain, Honey Wheat, Original with Whole Gain

5.99 Meijer 10” Pumpkin Pie

Buy 1 Get 1, Alouette Spreadable Cheeses

44.99 Heat & Serve Deluxe Turkey Dinner - Needs to be pre-order

2.99 Crest Pro Health 6 oz, Plus Scopes 8 oz, Whitening Expressions 7.8 oz

69 cents Suave Shampoo or Conditioner

39.00 Reebok Men & Women Solarvibe Save $41.00 per pair

40%  Fall Creek Women Outwear, Simple Pleasure Misses Separates, Men’s Dress,
         Casual and Athletic socks, and All Men’s Woven Shirts
　
　
　

Welcome

Welcome All,

I started this page so I could keep up with all the different blogs with out over loading my personal facebook account.  Many of you are also on my personal account Im glad to see you over here too.  In the past week or so I have decide to use this page for posting local deals that are not always covered by other blogger.  Everyone sees deals different and it's very hard to say what will work for an others family.  My Goal is to update the site will all kinds of deals no matter if it works for my household or not.

Im sure the page will change over time, but it will be fun to see how it changes.  The one thing will not change...it's all about saving money.

Melissa