Target Toys.......

.....have went 75% off.

Pies and Breads

Fresh Pies (Apple, Strawberry, Peach, Pecan, Blueberry) $9 each

Loaves of Bread (Dark Rye, Whole Wheat, Cinnamon Raisin, White, Flaxseed) $4 each

Round Loaves of Bread (Rosemary Oregano, Rosemary Garlic, Chive Garlic) $4 each

Angel Food Cakes $4 each

Email orders to me!!

Now, I need to try to get an antivirus program off my computer that isn't suppose to be there!!

Flour

I use a lot of flour. Much more than the average person. I buy my flour at Sam's in 25 lb bags. Infact, I just bought another bag today.

While in Rainbow earlier this week, I checked on their baking supplies. They had 25lb bags of flour. The Roundy's brand. The price? $11.56 a bag.

I paid $6.68 today at Sam's. Much better!!!!

Kohls Upgrade Site

This is a site that has Kohls items on it, but they are hidden from the main kohls.com page. Most of the stuff is fair priced and is a SCT (saved cart trick) item. The SCT is pretty simple. Add the item to your cart, sign out, but save your cart, sign back in, and most the time the items have dropped in price.

Upgrade Site

I did screw up today with a return. I had bought a pair of bermuda type dress shorts in the store a few wks ago. I then bought them online with a 30% off code. When I returned them today, I used the online receipt for some crazy reason. So now, I need to rebuy them again with a 30% off code and return on my orginal receipt. It is a $15 difference, so it is worth it in this case.

I haven't had time to look thru any Kohls stuff. Too busy baking and all that. The girls are having a sleepover tonight, so maybe then I will get some Kohls time!!!

Kohls

Kohls 30% off and free shipping starts tonight at midnight!!

30% off Code: HOTBUY30
Free shipping: MVC2776

Happy Shopping!!

July 12th's ads

Cub Foods:
$3.36 Twin pk of milk coupon on the front page. Makes it around $1/gallon cheaper than Target's brand.

$2.50 Kellogg's Cereal. Buy 5, get $5 off your order (cpn on front page).
5 x $2.50 = $12.50 - $5 cub cpn - $5 ($1/1 x 5 mfg insert or IP's) = $2.50 for 5 boxes.
* A while back the printable sites had the IP's. They are now expired, but Cub takes expireds.

.99 Shoppers Value Ice Cream squares (no cpn needed)

.99 18ct eggs (no cpn needed)

.99 Cub shredded or chunk cheese (no cpn needed) (this freezes well)

.99 Cub cereals (no cpn needed)

.99 Hawaiin Punch (no cpn needed)

.99/lb Hormel Always Tender Fresh Pork Roast (there is a $1 off Always Tender expired mfg insert cpn out there to use)

.99 lb Braeburn apples

.99/lb Cub fresh chicken drumsticks or thighs

$3.48 Gold'N Plump boneless/skinless split chicken breasts (20 oz pkg). (There is a $1.50 expired IP for this in PDF form. $3.48 - $1.50 = $1.98)

* Just a price check note:
Today I needed yeast. A jar of Bread Machine Rapid Rise was $3.99 at Target. The same jar was $6.99 at Cub. YIKES!!!

Target:
$6 each Coppertone Sunscreen. There is a $3/1 mfg PDF out there for sure, and possibly a $5/1. Google it!!

$1.99/lb Strawberries. There is a $1/1 TQ to get them cheaper. The 2 lb containers are $3.79 - $1/1 TQ. Now, you could price match to Cub Foods price of $1.50/lb, but I am not sure how they work it with coupons. Sometimes Target gets goofy with their own cpns and their rules.

$3.49 Finish/Electrasol dishwasher tabs. There is a $2.50/1 mfg insert out there. They go for big bucks on Ebay, but if you can find some on a clipping site, they are worth it. Makes them .99 a box!!!

Boudreaux's Butt Paste: It used to be in the travel section for .99. If it is still there, there is a $1/1 mfg insert cpn in the inserts this week making it free.

Kids are falling apart!! Need to get them into bed!

Cabin Trip

We spent a short, but good, weekend at the cabin.

Dead trees came down, brush piles were burned, weeds were cut down, lightbulbs were changed, etc.

We will be heading back the first week in August for a full week. It should be a nice time!!

I am going to try to get this weeks shopping list up tonight. There are some good buys!!!

Kohls

Kohls is at it again!!

July 15-22nd there will be a 30% off code for online purchases.

If you are thinking about ordering something, hold off and wait until that code is valid!

Pampers - Target

Last week, a coupon came out in the inserts for Pampers. It is a Target cpn, but is not printable.

$3 off when you buy Pampers diapers and wipes (160ct).

The expiration date is well into October, so I went ahead and order a bunch off of Ebay. I figured that at some point between now and October, they will do a gift card deal on Pampers Jumbos.

Let's say that the deal is Buy 2, get a $5 gift card.

9.99 x 2 = $19.98
Minus $2 mfg insert x 2 = -$4

That alone puts it at $15.98 for 2 jumbos. Minus the $5 gift card makes it $10.98. Now minus the $3 and you are at $7.98.

You do need to buy the wipes, but there are usually decent wipe cpns out there too.

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!

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

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!

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!

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!

Papa Murphy's Pizza Coupon

Buy One, Get One 50% off.

Print cpn here: http://www.papamurphys.com/eClub_cust_signup/eClub_sign_up_coupon_print.html

Expires 6/15

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.