Monday, May 24, 2010

A few extra blogs I follow

northerncheapskate.com
mybrainisinsideout.blogspot.com
weusecoupons.com(forums)
hotcouponworld.com(forums)

printing suggestions

Maybe this is common sense, but it may help someone. When printing coupons on paper that do not print and ad, turn the paper around in your tray. Use paper that has little writing on the back. Change your printing settings to grayscale and definately no color. Laserjet printers would be a great investment. 2500+ prints!

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Hello out there!

Well as you can see I haven't posted a lot. Our family has been doing a LOT of projects outside. If anyone is reading this, or even casually checking in, I'll put some small posts once in a while but I never know when I'm going to have much time! :) I have links to a lot of neat blogs in my blog list, that updates a few times a day... which is cool...

I have this idea that when I do grocery store match-ups, like Gordy's, Mega, and Festival, I'm going to only post ones that I can link to printable coupons. This is because here in the wonderful city of Eau Claire, our paper has only a really tiny SmartSource with hardly any coupons in it. The only way to get the other inserts is to buy the Star Tribune, which is a pain... I can't get it delivered and I'm assuming neither can anyone else. Except for the gas station, lol...

Anyhow... hope you are all enjoying this beautiful weather! I sure am! :)

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Just Local Foods

This place is GREAT if you want to spend a little extra and get some high-quality, local, organic food. Try some of the cheeses... you WON'T be disappointed.

http://justlocalfood.blogspot.com/

Eau Claire area coupons

Well here's a great site for finding LOCAL coupons... mostly for restaurants and salons but there are some pretty good ones:

http://www.chippewavalleycoupons.com/

Friday, April 9, 2010

Coupon for 15% off anything at Kohl's!

If you're headed to Kohl's this weekend, print this out! Have a great weekend!!! :)

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Mega Foods week of 04/04/10-04/10/10

Here's what I see for Mega this week. A couple really good ones!

Strawberries 16 oz
$.75 w/ in-ad coupon!

Tide 40-71oz liquid or powder
$4.98 w/ in-ad coupon (use $1/1 from 4/4 PG)

Charmin bath tissue 12 roll/Bounty Paper Towels 6 roll
$4.98 w/ in-ad coupon (use $.25/1 from 4/4 PG for either or $1/1 from 4/4 PG for Bounty)

Pampers Jumbo Pack diapers
$7.98 w/ in-ad coupon (use $1.50/1 from 4/4 PG)

General Mills cereal
4/$9.88 (use $1/2 HERE)
***plus get a free gallon of milk w/ in-ad coupon***

Frito Lay Kettle chips
2/$4.98 (use $1/2 from 3/21 SS)

Gordy's County Market week of 04/04/10-04/10/10

Just a few deals I see at Gordy's this week:

Johnsonville Brats
$2.88 (I don't see any coupons out there for the brats, but this is a good price.)

General Mills Big Box
4/$10 (use $1/2 HERE)
***plus get a free gallon of milk w/ in-ad coupon***

Post cereal
4/$8.88 (use $1/2 from 3/14 SS)
***plus get a free bottle of Simply Orange w/ in-ad coupon***

Betty Crocker potatoes
$1 (use $.40/1 HERE)

Chef Boyardee pastas
$1 (use $1.50/4 HERE )

Dinty Moore Beef Stew
$1 (use $1.50/3 from 3/7 SS)

Fast Fixin' frozen chicken
$5 (use $.30/1 HERE or $1/1 from March 2010 All You)

Cheez-it
$2 (if Italian 4-cheese are included use $.75/1 HERE)

Festival Foods Week of 04/04/10-04/10/10

Here are my picks for Festival Foods this week:

Hot Pockets
$1.48 (use $1/2 or $.50/1 coupons found in many Hot Pockets packages)

Morning Glory Milk
$.98 with in-ad coupon

Simply Orange juice
$1.88 (use $.50/1 tearpad found in many stores)

Chef Boyardee Ravioli
$1 (use $1.50/4 HERE )

Dinty Moore Beef Stew
$1.99 (use $1.50/3 from 3/7 SS)

Hormel No bean chili
$1.59 (Use $1.50/3 from 3/7 SS)

General Mills cereal
$2.50 (use $1/2 HERE )

Post cereal
$1.98 (use $.75/1 or $1/2 from 2/28 SS)

Smucker's Strawberry Jam
$2.68 (use $.25/1 $.55/2 or $1/3 from 3/7 or 2/21 RP)

Betty Crocker fruit snacks
$2.25 (use $.50/2 HERE)

Red baron Pizza
$2.99 (use $1/2 or $.75/1 from 2/28 SS)

Herbal Essence Shampoo or Conditioner
$1.98 with in-ad coupon (use $1/1 from 4/4 PG or 3/14 RP)

Starting over!

Kmart doubles are this week. You can double five coupons per day up to $2 in value with your Kmart rewards card! This makes for some GREAT deals. Yesterday I got two bottles of ALL, four bottles of Vitamin water, and one bottle of Soft Scrub Total for $0.41!!!!! The best resources I've found to help you decide what to get with your five coupon limit each day are....

Common Sense with Money - Kmart deals

There are a lot of deals outlined here that I will try and a lot of good information to know before you head out to get your doubles. :)

My Frugal Adventures - Kmart deals

Also a nice long list of possibilities and a lot of good information about the double coupon event.

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Hope you all have a great experience... the Chippewa Falls and Eau Claire stores are both participating and everyone at the Eau Claire store was very helpful and friendly when I went there yesterday.