Sunday, August 15, 2010
Safeway moneymakers!
This week is amazing at Safeway. Go to frugalivingnw.com for the list of items.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
U-pick!!
Yesterday I went and picked strawberries, rhubarb, and blueberries at Sandy Farms for $1 per pound. I left spending $7 which equated to 3 lbs of strawberries, 3 lbs of blueberries, and 1 lb of rhubarb. I've compared prices at the grocery store and the comparison is shocking. At the stores, blueberries are about $3/lb minimum and rhubarb is over $2/lb. To save yourself some money, take some kids and go picking!
Last week I bought 11 lbs of strawberries and 7 lbs raspberries at, again, $1 PER POUND! SO CHEAP considering the price of most berries in the stores.
Wear close-toed shoes and long pants (if picking strawberries), and bring some water along with containers. Don't forget to have your containers weighed BEFORE you pick. The strawberries at that farm are HUGE and the blueberries are REALLY easy to pick. Next week, I'm picking more blueberries and pie cherries. By next week, they will also have marionberries, loganberries, more raspberries, and more!
An added perk? Somehow there are NO MOSQUITOS over there so I didn't get any bites. However, I did get several by walking out in my backyard to pick strawberries...
Monday, July 5, 2010
How to shop Rite Aid!
This post is for the purpose of helping you be more successful at Rite Aid. Here's an example of what you can achieve:
Saturday 7/3/10 I went to Rite Aid. Paid $8.84 with a $2 rebate after three separate transactions making total cost $6.84. Total before coupons would have been $73.83 so I saved 92% using coupons. This was with last week's Rite Aid deals but I'll give you ideas for what you can do every week.
#1- Look for the FREE items. First, free OOP. Second, free after rebate. Third, free after Wellness Credit (new Rite Aid program). These items will help you reach your $20 total without costing you anything.
#2- Use $5 off $20 purchase coupon by watching some short advertisements with Rite Aid Video Values program. You get a coupon for each advertisement you watch, it's FREE to join, AND every month after you earn 20 credits you get the $5/$20 coupon. Make sure you print all the coupons you will need for the month because you can only use the print option on each coupon once.
#3- After you have the previous two things, get your total up to $20. Depending on how many free items I have, I will try buying things I need that I don't have coupons for. This way it's like the $5 is applying toward that item.
EXAMPLE:
1 Pampers $11.99 (+ $2 SCR)
1 Veet Hair Removal $6.49
1 Playtex Sports Tampons $3.99
Used $5/$20 purchase
$3/1 Pampers Mailer coupon
$3/1 Veet In-ad coupon
$3/1 Veet Video Values coupon
$3/1 Veet IP
$1/1 Playtex Video Values
$1/1 Playtex IP
PAY $3.47
Submit for $2 SCR
Total OOP $1.47
The Veet was a FREE/Moneymaker item. I ended up "making" $2.51 on it. I needed the tampons and diapers. Since I had a high value Pampers coupon and there was a rebate, I chose Pampers brand. That still only made the diapers $6.99 which isn't very cheap until you take the $5/$20 coupon off and the Veet credit. I'm still at -52 cents. Tampons after coupons were $1.99 which is a pretty good price and now we're at $1.47 total.
The point? Manipulate your purchase to your advantage. I normally wouldn't buy Veet but it's a free/moneymaker so it's worth it. So before you go shopping, make a list of items you need, items you use that are cheap, and free items. Then try different combinations to get your total barely above the $20 minimum and making your OOP pocket change! That easy... :)
#1- Look for the FREE items. First, free OOP. Second, free after rebate. Third, free after Wellness Credit (new Rite Aid program). These items will help you reach your $20 total without costing you anything.
#2- Use $5 off $20 purchase coupon by watching some short advertisements with Rite Aid Video Values program. You get a coupon for each advertisement you watch, it's FREE to join, AND every month after you earn 20 credits you get the $5/$20 coupon. Make sure you print all the coupons you will need for the month because you can only use the print option on each coupon once.
#3- After you have the previous two things, get your total up to $20. Depending on how many free items I have, I will try buying things I need that I don't have coupons for. This way it's like the $5 is applying toward that item.
EXAMPLE:
1 Pampers $11.99 (+ $2 SCR)
1 Veet Hair Removal $6.49
1 Playtex Sports Tampons $3.99
Used $5/$20 purchase
$3/1 Pampers Mailer coupon
$3/1 Veet In-ad coupon
$3/1 Veet Video Values coupon
$3/1 Veet IP
$1/1 Playtex Video Values
$1/1 Playtex IP
PAY $3.47
Submit for $2 SCR
Total OOP $1.47
The Veet was a FREE/Moneymaker item. I ended up "making" $2.51 on it. I needed the tampons and diapers. Since I had a high value Pampers coupon and there was a rebate, I chose Pampers brand. That still only made the diapers $6.99 which isn't very cheap until you take the $5/$20 coupon off and the Veet credit. I'm still at -52 cents. Tampons after coupons were $1.99 which is a pretty good price and now we're at $1.47 total.
The point? Manipulate your purchase to your advantage. I normally wouldn't buy Veet but it's a free/moneymaker so it's worth it. So before you go shopping, make a list of items you need, items you use that are cheap, and free items. Then try different combinations to get your total barely above the $20 minimum and making your OOP pocket change! That easy... :)
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Does anyone follow this blog??
I've been thinking about all the posts I wanted to put up here over the last couple of weeks. I've gotten some AWESOME deals that I'd like to share. However, I have little to no motivation to post anything if no one is reading it. Is anyone out there? Anyone reading and using the info?? Pleeeeease let me know. I give it a week. If there are no comments on this blog, I'm going to stop posting and cancel the site.
IF SOMEONE IS READING THIS, please comment and give suggestions on what you would like to see posted. Recently I've just been giving you the deals I actually purchase more for motivational purposes and to give you an idea of how to use coupons best. If there's other information you're wanting, let me know! Or if I should change the layout or something to make it more user friendly, that would be good to know too. Thanks for your input... if there is any!
IF SOMEONE IS READING THIS, please comment and give suggestions on what you would like to see posted. Recently I've just been giving you the deals I actually purchase more for motivational purposes and to give you an idea of how to use coupons best. If there's other information you're wanting, let me know! Or if I should change the layout or something to make it more user friendly, that would be good to know too. Thanks for your input... if there is any!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Save-A-Lot til 6/15
The Save-A-Lot chain has a $5/$25 purchase coupon on their website when you sign up for the Smart Shoppers Club (it's free). Plus, it's unlimited number of prints!! Here's the deal I did today:
$21.98 Frozen Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts
$1.89/lb, Bought 11.5 lbs
$0.44 One Head of Lettuce
$1.10 Bananas, 3 lbs worth (3 lbs / $1!!)
$1.79 One Gallon of Milk
SUBTOTAL: 25.31
-$5 coupon
TOTAL: $20.31
I figure everything except the chicken I would've bought anyway so if I take the $5 off the cost of the chicken alone, I only paid $1.46/lb for it! Excellent price!!
Check out there ad on their website. The coupon is good until June 15th. The closest location to me is 174th and Division. Not the best area, but who cares with awesome prices :)
$21.98 Frozen Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts
$1.89/lb, Bought 11.5 lbs
$0.44 One Head of Lettuce
$1.10 Bananas, 3 lbs worth (3 lbs / $1!!)
$1.79 One Gallon of Milk
SUBTOTAL: 25.31
-$5 coupon
TOTAL: $20.31
I figure everything except the chicken I would've bought anyway so if I take the $5 off the cost of the chicken alone, I only paid $1.46/lb for it! Excellent price!!
Check out there ad on their website. The coupon is good until June 15th. The closest location to me is 174th and Division. Not the best area, but who cares with awesome prices :)
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Safeway 5/12-5/18
AWESOME Deals at Safeway this week!! I looked at http://www.frugallivingnw.com/ and found several things I was interested in. Headed to the store to snag great deals BUT there were some things that weren't as cheap as listed on the blog. Since I brought my Excel calculations with me I knew what prices to expect to be paying and avoided some purchases I had originally planned on making. Here's what I did today:
(See http://www.frugallivingnw.com/ for the cereal coupon links)
BUY 4, SAVE $4 PROMO
Receive $4 savings for every 4 items you buy. If you buy 5 items, only $4 savings. Savings comes off of the purchase price directly.
TRANSACTION #1 & 2 (Just combined to avoid the confusion of coupon removals by cashier and missed merchandise):
$6.00 ($2 each) Frosted Mini Wheats Bite Size (3)
$1.50 Frosted Flakes (1)
$4.00 Frosted Cheerios (2)
$3.00 Golden Grahams (2)
SUBTOTAL: $14.50
-1.50/2 mf coupon
-1.00/2 mf coupon
-1.00/2 mf coupon
-1.00/2 mf coupon
-$2 double coupons
TOTAL: $8.00 for 8 boxes + (2) $3 CATS printed!!! (To get the 2 CATS you have to do every 4 boxes in separate transactions)
FINAL COST: $2 for 8 boxes of cereal... .25/each!
TRANSACTION #3:
$1.50 Honey Smacks
$1.50 Apple Jacks
$1.50 Cocoa Krispies
$1.50 Fruit Loops
$1.00 Wacky Mac Pasta
$4.99 Star Extra Light Olive Oil
SUBTOTAL: $11.99
-$1.00/2 any Kelloggs Cereals mf coupon
-$1.00/2 any Kelloggs Cereals mf coupon
-$.50 off Wacky Mac Pasta mf coupon
-$2.00 Star Olive Oil Hang Tag from previous olive oil purchase
-$2.00 DOUBLES
TOTAL: $5.49 after coupons and doubles + $3 CAT
FINAL COST: $2.49 for 4 boxes cereal, 1 pkg noodles, 1 bottle olive oil!!
TRANSACTION #4:
Buy 2 Classico Pasta Sauces, Get 2 boxes Safeway Pasta free!
$8 (4) Classico Pasta Sauces + (4) Safeway Pastas
$13.98 (2) Scrubbing Bubbles Extend Power Sprayer
$3.50 (1) Scrubbing Bubbles Power Sprayer Refill
SUBTOTAL: $25.48
-$1.50/2 Classico Pasta Sauces mf coupon (NLA)
-$1.00/2 Classico Pasta Sauces mf coupon
-$3.99 Buy One Sprayer, Get Refill free mf coupon
-$5.00 Scrubbing Bubbles Power Sprayer mf coupon 4/11 SS
-$5.00 Scrubbing Bubbles Power Sprayer mf coupon 4/11 SS
-$2.00 DOUBLES
TOTAL: $6.99 after coupons & doubles + $3 CAT for sprayer + $1 for refill
FINAL COST: $2.99!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In summary, I bought 12 boxes of cereal, 4 boxes of pasta, 1 bag of pasta, 4 jars of pasta sauce, 2 bathroom cleaner, 1 bathroom cleaner refill, and 1 bottle of olive oil for $7.48. In other words, the cost of A BOTTLE OF OLIVE OIL alone! 30 CENTS PER ITEM!!!!! Seriously, RUN to Safeway this week!
(See http://www.frugallivingnw.com/ for the cereal coupon links)
BUY 4, SAVE $4 PROMO
Receive $4 savings for every 4 items you buy. If you buy 5 items, only $4 savings. Savings comes off of the purchase price directly.
TRANSACTION #1 & 2 (Just combined to avoid the confusion of coupon removals by cashier and missed merchandise):
$6.00 ($2 each) Frosted Mini Wheats Bite Size (3)
$1.50 Frosted Flakes (1)
$4.00 Frosted Cheerios (2)
$3.00 Golden Grahams (2)
SUBTOTAL: $14.50
-1.50/2 mf coupon
-1.00/2 mf coupon
-1.00/2 mf coupon
-1.00/2 mf coupon
-$2 double coupons
TOTAL: $8.00 for 8 boxes + (2) $3 CATS printed!!! (To get the 2 CATS you have to do every 4 boxes in separate transactions)
FINAL COST: $2 for 8 boxes of cereal... .25/each!
TRANSACTION #3:
$1.50 Honey Smacks
$1.50 Apple Jacks
$1.50 Cocoa Krispies
$1.50 Fruit Loops
$1.00 Wacky Mac Pasta
$4.99 Star Extra Light Olive Oil
SUBTOTAL: $11.99
-$1.00/2 any Kelloggs Cereals mf coupon
-$1.00/2 any Kelloggs Cereals mf coupon
-$.50 off Wacky Mac Pasta mf coupon
-$2.00 Star Olive Oil Hang Tag from previous olive oil purchase
-$2.00 DOUBLES
TOTAL: $5.49 after coupons and doubles + $3 CAT
FINAL COST: $2.49 for 4 boxes cereal, 1 pkg noodles, 1 bottle olive oil!!
TRANSACTION #4:
Buy 2 Classico Pasta Sauces, Get 2 boxes Safeway Pasta free!
$8 (4) Classico Pasta Sauces + (4) Safeway Pastas
$13.98 (2) Scrubbing Bubbles Extend Power Sprayer
$3.50 (1) Scrubbing Bubbles Power Sprayer Refill
SUBTOTAL: $25.48
-$1.50/2 Classico Pasta Sauces mf coupon (NLA)
-$1.00/2 Classico Pasta Sauces mf coupon
-$3.99 Buy One Sprayer, Get Refill free mf coupon
-$5.00 Scrubbing Bubbles Power Sprayer mf coupon 4/11 SS
-$5.00 Scrubbing Bubbles Power Sprayer mf coupon 4/11 SS
-$2.00 DOUBLES
TOTAL: $6.99 after coupons & doubles + $3 CAT for sprayer + $1 for refill
FINAL COST: $2.99!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In summary, I bought 12 boxes of cereal, 4 boxes of pasta, 1 bag of pasta, 4 jars of pasta sauce, 2 bathroom cleaner, 1 bathroom cleaner refill, and 1 bottle of olive oil for $7.48. In other words, the cost of A BOTTLE OF OLIVE OIL alone! 30 CENTS PER ITEM!!!!! Seriously, RUN to Safeway this week!
Friday, April 16, 2010
Slight delay...
My life has turned upside down over the last two weeks! I apologize to anyone who was wanting to find a new savings post on the blog at any point since March. I am currently living in a hotel while my house is completely cleaned and painted due to an oil furnace explosion of sorts. PLEASE continue saving money while I'm away by following the links on the left of my blog! There are some AMAZING deals at Safeway and Walgreens this week. Don't use me as an excuse ;) Get out there and save, save, SAVE!
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