Friday, July 3, 2009

Lowes Deals

12 Gallon Shop Vac: $29.97 (reg $79)
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=122486-20097-9304211&lpage=none

4 ft Ladder: $21.00
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=98188-287-354&lpage=none

Use the 10% off Lowes coupon to make things even cheaper!

Eggo Bake Shop items at Target

Currently TPC'd to $1.50 each. There is a $1/1 mfg IP from www.coupons.com and www.kelloggs.com to make them .50 a box.

I believe there are 3 different items. Muffins, twists, and rolls.

Almost Free Edy's at Target

The single serve Edy's ice creams are $1.19 at Target. There is a current $1/1 TQ that is printable. OOP is .19 after the coupon.

* The coupon will beep at the register, requiring the K1, but since the TQ does not state a size, it is all good.

Charcoal at Home Depot

Home Depot is running a special on Kingsford charcoal right now.

It is 2, 21 lb bags bundled together for $9.97. A total of 42 lbs.

We don't have a charcoal grill, but if we did, I would stock up on this. It will keep for a yr or so as long as it is kept in a dry place.

Friday Night Drive-in

This is where we are headed tonight for Ice Age.

http://www.valihi.com/

Looks like a fun time!

Monday, June 29, 2009

Amazon Pampers Sale

Size 4 and 5 are OOS, but the rest of the sizes are available.

Save an extra 15% with Subscribe & Save: Sign up to have this item delivered at a regular interval of your choice, and the current price drops to $24.61. Shipping is always free. No fees, no risks, no obligations. See details

Enter Code PMPRSJN9 at the checkout to save another 15%.

Brings the boxes to around $20 each.

Amazon Link

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Sams vs Cub

In today's ad, Cub has a 3pk of Oscar Mayer deli turkey (27oz) for $8.99.
Sam's Club has the same pk for $6.78.

Cub Foods

Think all the Cub Food's ads are the same in the metro area? Think again.

The front page of my ad has Cub Natural Spring Water 24pks, for $3.50 each. If you pull up the Rogers ad (zip code 55330), the front page has a coupon for that same water. .99 for each 24 pk, limit of 2. The cool part: click on the water on the Rogers ad and add it to your list. Then print your list and the coupon prints out!!

I am going to load up on water this week!

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Books about everything!

There are E-books out there about just about everything. I know, I am up watching the radar and cruising the internet.

Organic Garden Growing

Growing Grapes

Worm Farms

BeeKeeping

Speed Cleaning!


That speed cleaning might take the cake!

Speaking of CAKES!

Chicken Coops

Growing up, we had a chicken coop. Everyone did. It was a common thing. The chicken coop at the farm has now become the trappers shack, but it started as the chicken coop all the same.

With the economy the way it is and constant reports of poison in our processed foods, more people are looking to go organic or at least cut down on their "carbon footprint". Chicken coops seem to be popping up more and more. Not just in rural areas. No one in a rural area is going to build a special chicken coop. The chickens would be tossed into an old out building that isn't being used. But in urban areas, that doesn't cut it. I haven't seen any being built in my neighborhood, but I have read quite a few articles about coops being built.

I stumbled across THIS SITE along the way. For those that don't know how a chicken coop works, plans can be bought online. Crazy!! Too bad we didn't think of it first! We could be rich. Think anyone is interested in trapper shack plans??????

So you have the chickens, now what? No worries!! There is a book about that too!!! Learn everything you need to know about chickens! It is funny to think that there are people out there that don't know about chickens, but I guess it could happen!

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Canning Jars

I am going to need more canning jars. I started looking around for coupons for them, and lo and behold, I found a $3/2 mfg for them!! They don't expire until 10/09, so there is plenty of time to use them and hopefully jars will be clearanced by then!

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Pie Crust Update

What a task!! Or mess!!

The KitchenAid Artesian wasn't big enough. I had to divide the dough in 1/2 and go from there.
I also ended up adding about 1 cup more of flour. The dough was just too creamy without it.

I did get 20) 7.5 oz balls out of this batch. I have 19 of them flash freezing in the freezer. I kept one out to make a pie with.

- The dough did roll out, but not as nicely as I would like. It was sticky. I ended up putting the dough in the pie plate and pushing it out from the middle with my hands.
- I used a 9 inch regular depth pie pan. I think next time I make the dough, I will do 9 oz balls. The 7.5 oz wasn't quite enough. I like a little bit more dough to work with.

All in all, an easy recipe, and it could save a lot of time. At .29 for each ball of dough, I can't really complain. Plus, in looking at the dough, it will be flakey enough to use for a pot pie recipe.

Monday, June 8, 2009

Free Movies at Regal theaters

Every Tuesday and Wednesday Morning this summer at 10am.

http://www.regmovies.com/nowshowing/familyfilmfestivalschedule.aspx

Pie Crust Recipe

I stumbled across a pie crust recipe today that makes 20 crusts.

3 lb can Crisco vegetable shortening (I use Butter-Flavored Crisco)
5 lb all-purpose flour (I sub. 1-2# of the a/p flour with white bread flour)
3 cups ice water
2 Tbsp. salt

Mix in a very large bowl or pan (I use my Bosch with the dough hook).Blend flour, salt, and Crisco together (by hand if necessary).Add ice water and mix all together just until blended.Form into patties weighing approx. 7.6 oz. each (if you have a scale and want to get 20 out of the recipe). Makes about 18 to 20

Price Break Down:
Crisco: $4.49 for 3lb butter flavor (Cub was the only store that had the flavored)
Flour: $1.10 for 5lbs at WalMart
Water and Salt are considered free

$4.49
$1.10
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$5.59 / 20 = .28 each

Compare that to well over a $1 each frozen at the store.

I am going to mix up a batch of this tomorrow morning and will let everyone know how it goes. I plan on weighing them out, forming the chunk of dough into a rough ball and then flattening a bit. I will place them on cookie sheets and flash freeze them right away. Once they are solid, I will combine them all into 1 or 2 Ziploc's. When needed, simply remove from the freezer and let sit for 30 minutes or so until thawed.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Pahls Greenhouse

Tropicals are 25% off
Pottery is 35% off thru June 14th

Pahls Site

Dinner Last Night

Menu:
Grilled Brats
French Fries

$2.54 Brats (5 total in pkg)
$1.32 Buns ($1.99/6 x 4 used)
$ .68 French Fries ($5.44/8 x 1 lb used)
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$4.54 for the meal

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Kohls Codes

Current Codes:
DISCOUNT CODES
NEW4579 (non-Kohls Charge) 10% off Exp. 6/6/09
NEW5696 (non-Kohls Charge) 10% off Exp. 6/13/09
ADVANTAGE15 (non-Kohls Charge) 15% off (Valid for orders $100 or more)
MVCPERK15 (Kohls Charge) 15% off Exp. 6/10/09
MAYMVC15 (Kohls Charge) 15% off Exp. 6/10/09
SAVEMORE (Kohls Charge) 20% off Exp. 6/10/09 (when you spend $100 or more) (as of 6/1, it works on under $100 also)(note: percent-off coupon codes do not stack)

FREE SHIPPING
CODESMVC9155 Free Shipping (Kohls charge) Exp. 6/2
MVC5993 Free Shipping (Kohls charge) Exp. 6/4
MVC8558 Free Shipping (Kohls charge) Exp. 6/6

There is a 30% off code that will begin on 6/11, so if you can hold out on what you need, I would do it. Or, buy now with the 20% off code, then buy again with the 30% off code, and return the 20% off purchase. With free shipping, there is nothing to lose.

If you are expecting or know someone that is, their baby items become quite cheap with these codes.

One tip is to add the items to your cart, save the cart, sign out, and then sign back in. Sometimes the prices drop just by doing that.

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Just some prices ................

I have the Cub ad for next week and will start getting that info together. There are a lot of BOGO items.

Coupon to buy: If you buy cpns, get a hold of some Chinet $2/1 mfg ones. They are on Ebay. The plates are on sale for $2.25 next week at Cub, so .25 after the coupon.

I was out and about today with the neighbor and she had to stop at Rainbow. I don't usually shop there, but I did get a turkey (to deep fry) and a watermelon. I also needed french fries, so I checked on those. They had a 3 lb bag for $5.99. That is $1.99/lb. I passed on them, and I am so glad that I did. After we were done, home, unloaded, and such, I went out to return a pair of jeans to Kohls and a tool to Ace. From there, I stopped at Sam's Club. They had the same cut of french fries in an 8 lb bag for $5.49. It comes to .68/lb. Much better!!!

Have you seen the new Purex laundry sheets that have the detergent and the softener on them? You just toss the sheet in the wash machine.

I priced them today at Target and they were $5.99 for a 20pk of one scent, and $5.99 for a 24 pk of 3 in 1. It will run you about .30 per load.

If you were to buy Tide w/ Downy liquid at Sam's Club, 81 loads would cost you $20.88, or .26 per load.

VS Makeup

Ran into VS in the mall this week and found that they had a round display table full of makeup that was 75% off.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Target Week of May 31st

Buy 2 of the following, get a $5 gift card:
Charmin TP ($14 Mega Pk)
Pampers ($19.99 Big Pk)
Tide ($18.99)
Bounty Paper Towels ($14 12pk)

Buy 10 Smart Ones dinners, get a $5 gift card
$1.80 x 10 = $18.00 - $5 gc = $13 OOP

Coke: 3/$11 or $3.66 each - $1/1 mfg ip = $2.66 each

Starbucks Coffee: $7 - $1.50 mfg ip (or $1/1 mfg ip) = $5.50

Kraft Mayo: $1.99 - $1/1 TQ - $1/1 mfg ip = free

Fusion or Venus Razors: Buy 2 get a $10 gift card.
$7.99 x 2 = $15.98 - $4 ($2/1 mfg insert x 2) = $11.98 - $10 gc = $1.98 OOP on the 2nd set.
I have never seen a $10 gc deal with these razors. They are usually $5 gc's. It could be a typo in the ad.

Week of May 24th

There isn't too much going on this week, but there are deals to be had.

Cub:
Gold N Plump drumsticks or thighs: $3.99 (56 oz pkg, the big one) - $1.50 mfg printable (email me for it, I can't seem to attach it) = $2.49

Strawberries: BOGO cpn on front of ad. 2 lbs will be $3.49. This price is about .40 cheaper than Sam's Club, but Sam's has huge strawberries.

Kelloggs: Buy 8 participating items, get $5 off your order. Items are $2.50 each.
$2.50 x 8 = $20 - $8.00 ($1/1 mfg ip's from below x 8) = $12 - $5 (cub cpn on front of ad) = $7 for 8 boxes of cereal. It isn't limited to just cereal, but that is what I have cpns for.

Ritz or Honey Maid crackers: $2.50/box - $1/1 mfg ip from kraft link below = $1.50/box. Not as good as Target last week, but still a good price.

Coke: $3.33/12pk - $1/1 mfg ip printable = $2.33 each

Wheat Thins or Triscuts: $2.50/box - $1/1 mfg ip from kraft link = $1.50/box. These are on sale at Target for $2.04/box, so if you are at Target, it is cheaper to get them there.

Target:
New Target Coupons came out. Check them out on the Organic Grocery Deals generator.

Poptarts: Buy 5, get a $5 gift card.
$2.33 x 5 = 11.65 - 2.50 (.50/1 TQ x 5) - 2.00 ($1/2 mfg insert on ebay x 2) = 7.15 + a $5 gift card. Next set of 5 would be $2.15 OOP + $5 gc.

Gold N Plump Chicken:
Boneless/Skinless breasts, 38 oz pkg. $6.99 - $1.50 mfg printable - $1/1 TQ = $4.49 (regular price of $10.99)

Kraft BBQ sauce:
$.99 - $1/1 mfg IP from Kraft or coupons.com = .01 overage

Kraft Salad dressings:
$1.59 - $1/1 mfg ip from kraft or coupons.com = .59 each
Not as good as last week, when the $1/2 TQ was valid, but it is still cheap

A1 Steak Sauce:
$2.09 - $2/1 mfg insert on ebay = .09 for 5 oz.

Kellogg's Cereals:
$1.99 - $1/1 mfg ip = .99/box. Not as good as the Cub deal, but if you are stopping at Target and not Cub, it is a good price. Various flavors.

Quaker Oatmeal Pancake Mix:
$2.69 - $2/1 mfg ip from kraft or coupons.com = .69

Nabisco 100 calorie snacks:
$2.04 - $1/1 mfg ip = 1.04/box

Hershey Bliss Candy Bars (found in the checkout lanes)
.99 - $1/1 TQ = Free

There were no coupon inserts this weekend as it was a holiday wknd.
I am pulling up the ad for NEXT week at Target right now.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Target

Golden Plump Chicken Legs:
$2.49 (20 oz pk I believe)
- 1.00 (Target printable)
- 1.50 (mfg printable that I can't attach here for some reason. Email me for it!)
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.01 overage

Now, I am not big on legs, but they are free.

Nabisco 100 Calorie Snack Pks:
6 ct boxes are $2.04 at some stores, $2.79 at others. It just depends.
$2.04
- 1.00 (Target printable)
- 1.00 (mfg IP from the kraft link down there or coupons.com)
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.04 a box

A1 Steak Sauce:
Small bottle is $2.09 at some stores, $2.44 at others.
$2.09
- 2.00/1 (mfg insert)
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.09 a bottle

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Victoria Secret Codes

Extra 40% off all clearance items.
Code: 40EXTRA (good thru Thursday on one item)

Monday, May 11, 2009

Printables

Tons of great printables out there right now!!

Kraft: http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/kraftcoupons.aspx
* You do have to register, but it is quick and easy.

www.coupons.com
www.schnucks.com (click on specials or deals or something)
www.smartsource.com
www.redplum.com

Lots of kraft, crackers, pizza, diapers, general groceries, etc.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Free KFC Meal

Print by 11:59pm May 6th.

Click HERE

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Cub Week of 5/3

Looks like a great week fellow couponers!!!!

Kellogg's Cereal: $1.49 (limit 4 w/ $25 purchase, store cpn is in the ad). $1.49 - $1/1 manufacturer coupons = .49/box.

Sierra Mist 2 liters: .79 (limit 4 w/ $25 purchase, store cpn is in the ad). .79 x 2 = $1.58 - .79 (buy one get one mfg cpn) = .79 for 2.

Jennie-O Ground Turkey: $8.99 for 3 lbs. $8.99 x 2 = $17.98 - $8.99 (BOGO cpn in ad) = $8.99 for 6 lbs or $1.50/lb

Gold N Plump boneless/skinless breasts: 38 oz pkg, $6.99 (save $5.60, so almost 50%).


These are the highlights for me right now. I need to fix a connection with this computer, and then I will outline the rest.

Friday, May 1, 2009

More Kellogg's Coupons!

Go to this LINK

Click on the link in that post.

I was just able to print the 8 $1/1 Kellogg's coupons 2 more times per computer!

My favorite item

I love this thing.

Ikea

Cold pressed coffee is so much better than hot brewed.

www.coupons.com

If you haven't checked in a while, take a look at the coupons on www.coupons.com

They have added a ton of new ones in the last few days.

Highlights:
$1/1 various Kellogg's cereals (I think there are 6 or 7 different ones)
$3/1 Huggie's Pure and Natural Diapers
$2/1 Dry Idea Deo (this is TPC'd at Target for $2 right now, so it makes it free!)

If you don't use these cpns, feel free to mail them to me!!!

I haven't made it to couponbug.com yet, but I am guessing they have the same cpns up right now. I have been having trouble printing from that site though.