Meat Mania!!

I am loving Safeway today! 

I stopped in to Safeway to pick up Welch's grape juice for $.99.  While I was there, I figured I would check out the clearance sections.  Oh, am I glad I did.  I got everything in the picture above for under $40.00.  I actually paid $28.05 because I had $10 in catalinas from the Kraft cheese deal.   

Here's what I got: 

• Cottage cheese 32 oz. $4.69 50% off =  $2.24
• 3 dozen Land o'Lakes eggs $2.99 50% off  = 1.49 used (3) $.75/1 MQ (these were actually on the egg cartons!) = $.50 dozen
• 3 Welch's grape juice $1.99 ea w/in-ad coupon used (3) $1/1 MQ = $.99 ea
• Pork sausage roll $3.59 50% off = $1.79 
• Turkey Store ground turkey 93/7  $6.29 75% off = $1.57
• 2 pkgs Oscar Mayer Boiled Ham lunch meat $3.29 75% off = $.82 ea
• 4 pkgs Foster Farms Italian Turkey Meatballs $4.49 75% off = $1.12 ea
• 1.3 lb Round Steak $5.19 50% off = $2.59
• 1 lb Round Steak $4.84 50% off = $2.42
• .92 lb Round Steak $4.69 50% off = $2.34
• 1 pkg 85/15 ground beef $5.05 50% off = $2.52
• 1 pkg 85/15 ground beef $4.13 50% off = $2.06
• Sanderson Farms Whole Roaster $7.84 50% off = $3.92
• Sanderson Farms Split Chicken Breasts $7.04 50% off = $3.52
• 2 pkgs Boulder Breakfast Sausage $4.99 ea 75% off = $1.25

 I pretty much figured out what I was going to do with everything while in the store.  It started with the eggs and a quest to find some sausage or other breakfast meat.  I wanted to make some egg casseroles to freeze for later.  Freezer cooking has become my new passion.  I'll post later about what I ended up making with my haul.

Target - Time to stock up on razors

I stocked up on razors almost a year ago.  Well, we're finally coming to the end of the stockpile and here comes Target to the rescue.  They had a great deal on the Schick Hydro Silk razors:

Buy two Schick Hydro Silk razors at $9.49 and receive a $5 Target gift card.  Now add in some great coupons and you've got a stockpiling scenario!

Here's what I got:

10 Schick Hydro Silk razors at $9.49 ea.
$94.90 (ouch)
- $40     (10) $4/1 MQ
- $15     (10) $1.50/1 Target Q
- $25     5 - $5 Target gift cards wyb 2
= $14.90 or $1.49 each

Swedish Fish $2.50 - $1/1 Target Q = $1.50

Market Pantry Chewy Granola Bars $1.87 - $1/1 Target Q = $.87

3 Hidden Valley Ranch Dip mix clearance $.98 ea = $2.94

2 Dannon Activia Yogurt 4-pack $2.00 ea - $2/2 TQ & (2) $1/1 MQ = Free


Flashing Princess Wand $2.99 (not pictured)-bribe for cranky 4-yr old)

My final total was $23.20.

Two razors would have been $19.00 by themselves and I got TEN! 

Target 3/3/2012 - Where the @*#$% are my coupons?

I love Target and I had a bunch of different deals I wanted to do today.  Unfortunately, my two precious angels went with me to the store.  No big deal, the 13 year old can look after the 4 year old while they cruise the toys and I do my shopping, right?  You would think.  They weren't too horrible until I'm checking out and the 4 year old starts crying, completely distracting me from my coupons getting rung up.  I ended up having to go back to the store to get $32.00 refunded to me for the 8 missed $4-Schick Hydro Silk coupons.  The kid checking me out swiped them but didn't notice they weren't subtracting from my total.  Enough ranting, here's what I got today:

• 2 McCormick Au Jus $1.17 ea
• Pull-Ups $9.49 - $4.50 ($2 TQ & $2.50 MQ) $4.99
• 10 Schick Hydro Silk razors $9.49 ea  "Purchase deal-Buy two and get a $5 Target gift card"

            Deal Scenario: Buy 10 Schick Hydro Silk razors $9.49 ea
            $94.90  -- 10 @ $9.49 ea
            - $15.00 (use ten $1.50/1 TQ)
            -$40.00 (use ten $4/1 MQ)
           = $39.90 - $25 (five $5 Target gift cards for buying 10)
           =$14.90 for 10 or $1.49 each that's like saving 85% off the regular price            

• 2 Market Pantry Spiced Cider (clearance priced) $1.14 ea - $1.00 (2 $.50/1 Market Pantry juiceTQ) = $.64 ea
• Market Pantry Apple Juice $2.39 - $.50/1 Market Pantry juiceTQ  $1.89
• Market Pantry Tomato juice $2.69 - $.50/1 Market Pantry juiceTQ  $2.19
• 3 Snickers Fun size 8 packs (clearance) $1.07 ea
• 2 Butterfinger Fun size 8 packs (clearance) $1.07 ea

• Goody 40 count hair bands (clearance) $4.50
• Remington 25 count Little girl hair band $2.50
• Pink frog $1.00 (dollar spot bribe)
• 2 two packs Breathe Right strips $.99 ea - (2) $1.50/1 MQ  +$.52 overage
• 2 Kikoman Teriyaki sauces $1.74 - (2) $1.00/1 MQ  $.74 ea
• 2 L'Oreal eye shadows (clearance) $2.03 ea - $1/1 TQ, $2/1 TQ, $1/1 MQ = $.06
• L'Oreal Lip color (clearance) $2.98 - $2/1 TQ & $1/1 MQ = + $.02 overage
• Up & Up dental floss $.87 - $1/1 TQ adjusted down = free
• 2 Up & Up two pack toothbrushes $1.61 - (2) $1/1 TQ = $.61 ea
• 3 Up & Up 50 count Q-tips $.99 ea - (3) $.50/1 TQ = $.49 ea
• 2-pack Up & Up scubbing sponges $.99 - $1/1 TQ adjusted down = free
• 2 Gold Bond hand lotions-trial sized (clearance) $.28 ea
• 2 Up & Up Ibuprofen 20 count $.97 ea - (2) $1/1 TQ adjusted down = free
• 3 Up & Up Femine Wipes 40 count $1.64 ea - (3) $.75/1 TQ = $.89 ea
• 2 Gold Bond medicated powder-travel size $.97 - (2) $1/1 MQ = + $.06
• Purell 8 oz + travel size $2.99 - $1/1 MQ & $1/1 TQ = $.99
• Suave shampoo $.94
• 3 packs Up2U gum $1.29 - $.55/1 TQ & $1/1 MQ = + $.78 overage
• Up & Up Disinfecting Wipes $2.19 - $1/1 TQ = $1.19
• 2 Up & Up facial cleansing wipes $.99 - (2) $1/1 TQ adjusted down = free
• 2 Softsoap 6-packs bar soap $3.99 - (2) $1.50/1 = $2.49 ea
• Up & Up 4 pack magic erasers $2.89 - $1/1 TQ = $1.89

• 4 Freschetta Pizza by the slice (on sale) $1.00 ea
• 2 Swedish Fish 14 oz bags $2.69 ea - (2) $1/1 TQ = $1.69 ea
• 2 Market Pantry sugar-free Concord grape jams (clearance) $.56 ea
• 4 Dannon Activia yogurt 4-packs $2.19 ea - (2) $2/2 TQ & (4) $1/1 MQ = $.19 ea
• Robinson Dairy milk $3.39 - $3.39 MQ free milk wyb 3 breakfast items = free
• Wonder bread $1.89
• Market Pantry breaded fish fillets (clearance) $3.07 - $1/1 TQ = $2.07

Total before coupons was over $220.00!!

After coupons

$95.23 + five $5 Target gift cards

Final cost $70.23 or 68% off

Not too bad since the razors alone would have been $94.90 regular price!

Target 9/17/2011

The kids and I spent some time in our local Target today.  We were there longer than I expected due to their remodel.  Come October, we will have a much larger grocery section and I can't wait.  I got a bunch of good deals today and even got some items for the gift closet.  One of the best deals was this U*Build Monopoly game.  It was originally $10.09 marked down to $5.04 and I had a coupon for $4.00 off any Monopoly game bringing it down to $1.04!

I got some great deals in school supplies marked down 75% and college bedding.  I also took advantage of the current Kashi buy 5 get 1 gree deal and Pup-Peroni buy 3 get 1 free deal.

Here's the breakdown of everything I got today:

Up & Up Wipes 3-pack

$4.99 - $1 off $3 up & up purchase TQ = $3.99

Kandoo Wipes (2)

$1.49 ea - (2) $1 off MQ's = $.98

NFL Notebooks (2)

Marked down to $.74 ea = $1.48

Toy Story 3 Coloring Book

Marked down to $.98

Orbit gum 3-pack

 $2.45 - $1 off 3 pack MQ = $1.45

Wonka Exceptionals Bars (4)

Marked down to $1.73 ea - (4) $1 off TQ's = $2.92

Market Place Swedish Fish 16 oz.

Marked down to $2.96

Trident Gum (6) asstd.

$1.29 (2) $.99 (4) for $6.54

-$.99 & $1.29 Buy 1 Get 1 free TQ's (2)

- (2) $2 off 3 MQ's

= $.26 for 6 packs

Market Place Potato Chips

Marked down to $1.77

Minute Maid juice boxes

$2.99 - $1 off MQ = $1.99

Juicy Juice juice boxes

$1.99 - $.55 MQ = $1.44

Ortega Taco Seasoning (2)

$.72 ea - $1/2 MQ = $.44

Ortega Taco Shells (2)

$1.59 ea - $1/2 = $2.18

Hostess Donettes

$2.04 - $.50 off = $1.54

Gold Peak Tea single

$1.49 - $.75 off MQ = $.74

Simply OJ and Simply Lemonade

$.73 ea - (2) $1 off MQ's = overage of $.54

Axe Body Spray - trial size (6)

Marked down to $.50 ea = $3.00

RE XL Twin Comforter

Marked down to $9.98 - 20% off TQ = $7.98

Kleenex To Go 3-pack

$.99- $.40 MQ = $.59

Beggin Strips

$2.64 - $1 off TQ = $1.64

Corn on the Cob Roaster

Marked down to $1.98

Disney Princess cold pack 3-count

Marked down to $2.98

Visine Advanced Relief (2)

$3.64 ea- (2) $3 off MQ's = $1.28

Index Card Box (2)

Marked down to $.25 ea = $.50

Paul Frank Pencil box (2)

Marked down to $.50 ea = $1.00

Lined Filler paper (7)

Marked down to $.18 ea = $1.26

U*Build Monopoly

Marked down to $5.04 - $4 off MQ = $1.04

Ultra Pro Baseball card inserts

$9.99

Dora Small Thermos

Marked down to $1.24

Dora Lunchbox w/water bottle

Marked down to $1.24

Dora 2-count Ice Packs (not shown)

Marked down to $1.24

Dollar spot sand tools

Marked down to $.30

Pup-peroni (8)

$2.60 ea for $20.80

-$5.20 (2 for free/buy 3 get 1 free)

-$8.00 /8-$1 off MQ's

=$.95 ea or 8 pkgs for $7.60

Kashi deal:

Kashi crackers (2) $2.79 ea

Kashi cookies (2) $2.79 ea

Kashi bars (2) $2.99 ea

= 17.14

- $2.79 buy 5 get 1 free

- $1/2 TQ's (2)

- $2 off MQ's (5)

= $.39 ea or 6 pkgs for $2.35

Lego Star Wars gaming guide for my son

$19.99 - $20 (he had to pay Mom back for that one) 

$10 off $75 Target mailer coupon 

= $81.78 - $20 from my son

= $61.78

The baseball inserts are for me for my coupons.  I've tried to find them on sale with no luck.  I'm sick of waiting for a deal so I broke down and bought them today.  The comforter is for my niece for when she heads off to college next year.  Now is the time to score some great deals on college goods if you have a senior in high school.

  

Target trip 4/17

Here's what I got at Target today.  My subtotal was $23.27 + a $5 gift card and I got some nice deals on shirts for my kids.  I also got some free Similac that I'm going to use in a Baby Gift basket.  Here's the list:

4 Kandoo wipes $1.42 ea

$1/1 MQ from 4/3 P&G

=$.42 ea

2 Similac Sensitive $3.68 ea

$5/1 MQ from 4/3 SS

=$1.32 overage

3 Girls t-shirts $1.25 ea

3 Boys Polos $1.74 ea

1 Mens C9 Long-sleeved shirt $4.98 on sale

$2.50 Target Q

=$2.48

2 Swedish Fish $1.50 ea

$.50/1 Target Q

=$1.00 ea

2 Baby Bottle Pops $.68 on sale

4 Powerade $.79 ea

Buy one get one free

=$.79 for two

Nivea Bath Gel $3.04

$1/1 Target Q

$3/1 MQ from 4/17 RP

=$.96 overage

3 Olay Single Bars $.97 ea

$2/1 MQ from 4/3 P&G

=$3.09 overage

2 Revlon Emery Boards $1.27 ea

$5/2 MQ

=$2.46 overage

Revlon Nail color $3.36

$2 off nail color wyb Revlon beauty tools Target Q

=$1.36

2 Pedigree Good Bites treats $2.96 ea

$2/1 MQ from 3/27 RP

=$.96 ea

Carefree Pantyliners 20-ct $.99

get them for $.01 Target Q from 4/17 SS

=$.01

2 Skittles Blenders $.69 ea

$1/2 Target Q

$.50/2 MQ

=free

3 Always 28-ct (clearance) $2.77 ea

$1/1 P&G saver booklet

=$1.77 ea plus $5 Target gift card wyb 3

Not a bad night.  My cashier did miss a couple of my coupons that I didn't catch until I got home.  Unfortunately, that's the risk you take when shopping with the kids. 

Super Deal on Always Clearance at Target

I found Always Overnight Maxi Pads with Wings 28-ct on clearance for $2.77.  I bought three boxes and used (3) $1/1 MQ from the PG 4/3/11 or the RP 3/20/11.  So, I got 3 boxes for $5.31.  Great deal but it gets better.  These prompted the current $5 Gift card deal, so I paid $5.31 and received a $5 Target gift card! 

Quick Trip to Target 4/16

I took the kids in to Target today on our way to my sister-in-law's for a jewelry party.  I wanted to use some expiring coupons and check on a few deals I had read about.  For a quick trip with no real list, I was actually pretty happy with it.

• 2 Eggo waffles 2 for $4 ($1/2 MQ) = $1.50 ea
• 6 BirdsEye Steamfresh $1.02 ea ( 2-$.75/3 MQ) = $0.77 ea
• 3 Ore-Ida potatoes $2.49 ea (Buy 2 get 1 deal & $1/2 MQ)=$1.33 ea
• Physicians Formula $10.69 ($3.00 TQ & $5.00 MQ) = $2.69
• Ziploc Containers $2.10 ($.50 Target Q & $.75 MQ) = $0.85
• Scrubbing Bubbles Toilet Gel $3.94 ($.50 TQ & $.75 MQ) = $2.69
• Scrubbing Bubbles Fresh Brush refill $3.94 (free WYB gel) = free
• Shout spray $2.49 ($1.00 Target Q & $1.00 MQ) = $.049
• Girard's dressing $2.93 ($2.00 MQ) = $0.93
• 2 Andes Creme de Menthe chips (on sale) = $.087
• 2 Motts apple juice (not shown-put them away) = $2.04 ea

My total was $24.92 before tax; total saved was $30.68 or 56% savings.