Kelloggs Fuel for School Rebate

I have now completed the last of the 4 Fuel for School Rebates. I went to Target, yet again, to purchase my items.

6 boxes Kelloggs fruit snacks $1.75ea
2 boxes Kelloggs Cinnamon bars $2ea
2 boxes Pop-tarts $1.94ea

I used these qs:

(1) $1/2 Pop-tart fuel for school booklet
(2) $.75/1 Pop-tart Target IP
(3) $1/2 Kelloggs Fruit snack fuel for school booklet
(6) $.50/1 Kelloggs snacks - Grain or Fruit Target IP
(2) $1/1 Kelloggs Cinnamon IP
(2) $.50/1 Kelloggs snacks - Grain or Fruit Target IP
used $.44 left from gift card

$6.63 OOP and saved $14.82 and I will get back a $10 rebate. It was an easy money maker!

Harris Teeter & Super K Doubles

I went thru my q's today and these are the high dollar ones I hope to use this weekend at either Harris Teeter or Super K. I'm storming Super K first since they are only a few miles away and Harris Teeter is about a 30 minute drive. Cross your fingers and wish me luck! I really hope to score big with the $2 qs at Kmart. If you sign up online with Kmart then you will get an instant $5 off your purchase of $50 q emailed to you.

$2 off Mucinex 12hr (2)

$2 off Delsym (2)

Nabisco $55 booklet qs

-$2 off Chips Ahoy and CapriSun (10) - obviously the best deal is to use these on the 80z pkg Chips Ahoy. I'm trying to work the Nabisco $20 rebate as inexpesively as possible, of course!

-$2 off Nabisco Multipack and 2 Caprisuns (15) - I have had these for a while and I don't see myself using them anytime soon, but I keep hoping...

-$.75 off any Classic Nabisco cookies (2)

-BOGO Easy Mac single serve cups

$.75 off Magic Erasers (2)

$.75 Mr Clean Multi-surface liquid or spray (2) - Mr Clean Guarantee at http://www.mrclean.com/

$1 off Cascade Action Pacs or Gel (2)

$1.50 off Dawn Direct Foam pump - not my preferred brand, but I can't pass it up if its FREE

$2 off Direct foam refill

$1 off Dawn hand renewal soap

BOGO Arm & Hammer cleaners

$.75 off A&H shower cleaner or scrub free shower cleaner

$1/2 Muir Glen products

$1 peelie off Muir Glen Soup

$1 off Muir Glen tomatoes wyb Muir Glen soup

$2 off 2 bags Capecod potato chips wyb Landshark Lager (3)- only if the price is right

$.75 off any McCormick grinder - need salt

$.75 Synders pretzels lunch packs or pretzel sandwhiches (2) - want to redeem Upromise ecoupon

$1.00 off any Synders pretzels sandwhiches (2)

$1/2 G2 power pks (2) also have (2) $.55 peelies

$1 off any Tabasco

$1 off any Eight o clock coffee

$1 off any Lipton Tea any size

$2 off any Wachai Ferry frozen entree

$1/2 Minute Rice

$1 off Hefty waste bags & $.55 peelie

$1 off store brand eggs wyb 5oz or larger Cholula hot sauce

$.50 off Cherry Blossom Suave body wash (2) - rebate at http://www.suavebeautifulskin.com/

$1 off Red Baron baked pizza (3) - if the price is right

$.55 off Red Baron singles pizza

$1.50 off 30ct Ponds facial wipes

$2 off Scotch Fur Fighter starter kit

$1 off Kashi cereals, crackers, frozen items

$2 off Tylenol

$2 off Dry Idea deo

Free warmer wyb Glade gel plug-ins

$1 off glade plug ins

$1 off Bumble Bee tuna pouch

$1 off Borden Cheese singles sensations

$1 off 24 cans Fancy Feast - if the price is right

BOGO Fancy feast appetizers for cats

$2 on Dryel refill or starter kit

$1.50 on Vaseline lotion

$.75 on Q-tips

August 2009 Freebies

I have only been doing this for a little while, but here is what I have gotten for FREE in the mail so far this month:

1 Fandango movie ticket
Samples of Scope mouthwash, toothpaste, floss picks
1 quart of paint
Samples of Kotex feminine products
4 Qs for FREE Mars candy bars
DVD from Kelloggs
LeapFrog toddler book
Nabisco $55 booklet
Tank sleep shirt from JC Penney
Home Made Simple coupon booklet with qs for Swiffer, Mr Clean, & Febreze
1 Q for FREE Lipton Tea any size box - used it to purchase a 100ct box of tea bags
2 $10 q booklets for Dryel, Febreze, Downy, Bounce, Tide, and Dreft
Samples of head & shoulders shamppo and metamucil with $2 metamucil q
$2.99 Special K rebate check
$5 Energizer rebate check

Not too shabby!

Score one for the home team at Target

I made my plan last night and had all my coupons ready. Olivia the cashier is my new best friend! I used my Pro-dar (profile radar) to pick the most cooperative cashier and hit the jack pot! I am an honest couponer and hate being treated like a criminal because I have a ton of coupons for each transaction. Coupons are there for me to use and, darn it, I'm gonna use them!

4 cans Chef Michaels dog food $.89ea - stacked (2) TQ BOGO & (2) BOGO mfr q = FREE
3 Sense&Spray starter kits$5.69ea - (1) $5 home mailer q, (2) $4 mfr q, (3) $1 peelies = $1.07 for all 3!!
2 Lasting Impressions kits $5.69ea - (2) $3 mfr q, (2) $1 peelies = $3.38 for both
1 Haagen Das single serve $1.02 - $1 register q = $.02
6 Glade candle tins $1.66ea and 2 refill bonus packs $2.50ea = (6) $1.50 mfr q, (2) FREE mfr q wyb candle tin = $.96 for all!!
1 Hannah Montana the Movie DVD for Christmas present $19.96 - $5 IP from sunmaid.com (check out the rebate offer) = $14.96
2 M&M's single bags $.64ea = FREE after Free chocolate fridays home mailer qs
2 Snickers single bars $.64ea - BOGO TQ = $.64
1 Lipton tea bags 100 count - FREE home mailer q

$24.05 OOP ($4.xx was tax!) and saved $74.03
This is what I call power shopping!

Scoping out K-mart for Super Doubles

I am doing a little reconnaissance mission this morning to check out their non-sale prices for the upcoming K-mart Super Doubles event. K-mart will double any q up that has a face value of $2.00 or less - even better than Harris Teeter! Now, I haven't stepped foot into K-mart since last holiday season. That's the only time I go there because the store is normally extremely messy and dirty. I will put up with a little bit of a hassle if it means I can stock up on some items I need at a better price than I would normally get at Publix or Target. I don't expect to become a regular at K-mart though since Corporate stated they are suspending Super Doubles until 2010. So the upcoming event on 8/30 will be the last one this year. I have a bunch of qs for $2 that I want to use to finish up my last Kellogs Fuel for School Rebate and Nabisco Rebate. There is also a rebate for Swiffer products, refills only I believe, but I might do better at Target on that deal since these items are on sale thru 8/29. I guess I'll find out today!

FREE Bag with Coles Bread

Did you pick up any of the Cole's Garlic bread that was BOGO this week at Publix? If you picked up 3 then you can get a free reusable shopping bag! Here's the link for the form and coupons. The printer box will pop-up before you print your q's so you can print several! If you didn't get your 3 this time - don't worry! The promotion doesn't require all the items to be purchased at the same time. Enjoy!

http://www.coles.com/promotions/

FREE Chocolate for Chucktown from Mars Candy

Vote for Charleston to have a FREE Chocolate Friday! You can vote as many times as you want! https://secure.realchocolate.com/CityVote.aspx

Small Trip to Publix

I went back to Publix this morning to see if they stocked up overnight on the yogurt I wanted. I was able to get a few more things on my list and my experience was much better today than the day before.

2 YoPlus yogurt BOGO $1.25ea
1 FiberOne Yogurt BOGO $1.25
1 Publix paper towel $1.34
2 V8 Splash Juice BOGO $1.46ea
2 Natures Own Bread BOGO $1.75ea
1 Tidy Scoop Cat litter $3.50
4 Birdseye frozen veggies $1.25ea
1 Publix frozen mushrooms $1.49
1 Tomato $1.35

I used these qs:
1 Publix penny q
1 YoPlus $1/1 mfr qs
1 YoPlus $.50/1 mfr q which doubled
1 FiberOne $.50/1 mfr qs which doubled
1 Publix $1/2 yellow advantage flyer q
2 V8 Splash IPs $1/1
1 Tidy Cat $1/1 mfr q
1 Tiday Cat $2/1 peelie
$5/25 Rite-aid IP

$8.02 OOP and saved $31.11 with store specials and qs! Happy Dance!
(the Birdseye frozen veggies were a better deal than the Green Giant ones that are on sale right now!)

I'm pretty sure there is a rebate of some type for the FiberOne or YoPlus yogurt so I'm off to hunt it down.

P.O.'ed at Publix!

I am so amazingly ticked off due to my experience at Publix today! I didn't have a huge shopping list since we are pretty well stocked but everywhere I turned, the items I wanted were out of stock 3 WHOLE DAYS before their current sale ad ends!!!!! I had to get rain checks for 4 different items. I needed these items today not days from now. I even went to two different stores! At the first store, I pulled a "Frank," and left my buggy in the middle of the store - groceries and all and walked out. My papaw, Frank, is notorious for doing this in Wally world. The customer service clerk also told me she had no coupon booklets, as I am staring straight at the Fuel for School booklets. Um, okay... Sugar Honey Iced Tea!!!!!

The second store was stupidly busy and was almost sold out of as many things as the first store. Then my cashier treated me like a criminal because I had coupons. She wouldn't ring any of my groceries up until I gave her my qs. WTF? Then she proceeds to lay each and every q out on the counter and then rings my items. The people waiting behind me in line were soooooo mad! They were speaking another language so at least I couldn't understand what they were saying about me. I guess Publix also has a new rule that you can't use more than one penny item per transaction, even though I just did this last weekend! I really wanted 2 of the penny items since they were paper towels. I got a little revenge on my cashier when I made her void the dog snacks I got because she wouldn't let me stack the $1/2 mfr q and the $2/1 redeem only at Publix mfr q to make them FREE. She looked at me like I was the crazy one. Kiss my butt girlie.
AAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! It was not a good couponing day overall. The only thing that made it better was commiserating with my bf - you rock girl!

Here's what I did end up getting:
1 Romaine Hearts $2.99
1 Santitas corn tortilla chips
3 Starkist tuna pouches BOGO @ $1.60ea
Banana $1.77
2 Armour Lunchtrays for kids since they were good for me $1ea
1 - ugh - Publix paper towel roll $1.34
1 Kraft 2% Milk Cheddar Cheese shredded $2.79
3 Hillshire Farm Lunchmeats $3.99ea
1 Bartels and James wine coolers $3.99
1 Publix Half and Half $3.39
2 Mrs Pauls Fish Sticks/Fillets $3.99
1 half gallon Publix OJ
2 Natures Own bread BOGO $1.74ea

Here's my qs:
1 Publix penny q
$5/25 Riteaid
$5/30 Publix home mailer
$1/2 Natures Own bread Publix advantage (yellow) flyer
$1/3 Target Starkist tuna pouches
$1/1 Starkist tuna pouch from bottle water pkg
$.50/1 Starkist tuna pouch IP (doubled)
(2) $3/1 Mrs Pauls Fish IP
$1/1 Salty Snacks wyb Bartels and James wine coolers (was attached to the wine coolers)
$1/1 Kraft shredded cheese IP and there is a rebate for the purchase price so I just made $1 and got FREE cheese
(3) $1/1 Target q Hillshire Farm deli meat
(3) $.55/1 Hillshire Farm deli meat
$3 off $10 any deli purchase FLIP
Rebate tear pad for FREE lunch bag wyb 3 Hillshire Farm deli meats

I only spent $25.35 but saved $41.73. Actually, I saved more than that if you count my two rebates!

Links to qs:
http://www.starkist.com/ play the game and then print a q
http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/view.php?pg=cpngenerator (Target starkist and hillshire farm)
http://www.southernsavers.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/flip-6-10-01.pdf (FLIP off deli purchase)
http://coupons2.smartsource.com/smartsource/index.jsp?Link=QR7W6QB5B2VPW use zip code 30013 for Mrs Pauls q
http://print.coupons.com/couponweb/Offers.aspx?pid=13306&zid=iq37&nid=10&bid=alk0823150817a4f33b46d20912 Riteaid $5/25

I see that Harris Teeter is having a Super Doubles event next week, so I am hoping to take advantage of that. Their store would be a drive for me but if there are good deals then its worth the gas. Anybody wanna car pool?

One Tiny Victory for the Domestic Engineer

I don't know about you but it drives me nuts when I open my curtains and the material gets stuck on the rod, therefore causing the rod to slide out past the bracket. And of course, when you slide the curtain closed the rod does not go back to its original place. So even though I am a tall person I have to grab a stool and push the stupid rod back in place. Generally, the dumb things stay closed because of this. Today, I had enough! I want to open my freakin' curtains without all this hassle. I was trying to think of way to fix this and when I was cleaning out my craft crap I came across some Pop-dots...ding, ding, ding, ding! We have a winner! Pop-dots are basically round, thin dots of glue you can find at Wally world, target, and craft stores. I stuck one dot on the underside of the rod on each side and placed the rod back in the bracket, sandwiching the pop-dot between the rod and the bracket. Voila! That suckers not moving now. Muahahahah!!!!