Again?!

Ok, I shopped the commissary again yesterday since I got some new coupons in and I wanted to get some deals I didn't get on Sunday. I watched the cashier scan everything, so I thought it was good. I went over my receipt when I got home and realized one of my $4 coupons were missed again! So between my last two trips, I'm out $7! I was going to go back today with my receipts, but my youngest is sick again. Her symptoms are pretty much the same as they were last time she got sick and she had pneumonia then. I really hope it's not pneumonia again! I will take her in tomorrow to get checked out again.

Here's my trip to the commissary:

I got 3 boxes of Cheese nips for $.29 each
3 cans Planters-$.79 overage on each
5 KY- $1.16 overage on each (found a few more coupons in my purse)
1 V8 Fusion for DH- $1.10
2 Kraft salad dressings free
2 Motts apple sauce- $.49 each
8 Schick Intuition razors- $.40 overage on each (except one-coupon not scanned)
2 boxes Little Debbie donuts- $1.35 each (I'm hooked on these)
5 lbs potatoes $1.34
3 lbs bananas $.60 (used $1 off wyb kraft dressing)
3 lbs apples $1.91 (used another $1 off produce wyb kraft dressing)
4 Betty Crocker corn muffin mix $.08 each
2 South Beach frozen pizzas $.11 overage on each
15 packets koolaid $.15 each- used these for the free dressing and planters deals
Total paid: $7.65 (Should have been $3.65) Surcharge was $3.62.

I also hit Walgreens for a few deals:

I got 3 packs Walgreens pullups, 4 Sure deodorants, 2 rolls TP, 3 packs notebook paper, 3 packs mechanical pencils, and a slip-n-slide for the kids. The slip-n-slide was marked down to $5, so it was a fun and cheap indulgence for the kids. Especially since it's about 500 degrees here everyday. (Ok, only 112 degrees) I paid $12.18 total and $2.72 of that was tax.

Meat-stocking up!

I haven't posted in a week as there's been a lot going on here. We've had kids coming and going to camps, family visiting, birthday parties, and a motorcycle accident. (The accident was DH and then I had to ferry him around for about a week.) I've done a few little trips and gotten some of the deals, but I haven't really been shopping that much lately.
We were running low on meat, so I decided to hit the commissary today and stock up. I used up the last of my KY coupons for this trip, so I'll have to look for more to trade or just wait until these come out again to get more.



I hit the meat freezer for the marked down meats. We got about 30 lbs of meat-mostly pork and beef. They didn't have any chicken marked down today, so I will grab some at Albertsons later this week. I grabbed a few snacks for me and the kids-the Nabisco single serve packs that were free with my coupons, but didn't do any of my other coupon deals today. I just wanted to get the meat today. The cashier did miss one of my KY coupons, so I paid $3 more than I should have. I didn't go back in, though I normally would. But I had the two little ones with me and they had not had any naps today, so they were a little too bouncy and I just said forget it by the time we were finally done.
With the $3 extra I paid $11.64 total, so it should have been $8.64. $4.94 of that was the surcharge and I saved $92 with coupons. I did not add up how much I saved with the mark downs. Not bad, and now I'm stocked on meat. Well at least for a week, LOL. Well, maybe a little longer. Two of my children went to stay with their grandparents for a few weeks, so the meat should last a little longer han normal. They just left this morning and I miss them already. :(

Free Chicken at Chick-fil-a Day

Today was Cow appreciation day at Chick-fil-a. We were missing two kids tonight, but the rest of went out. Since we used stuff we already had for the costumes, it didn't cost us anything! The kids made their own spots and dressed up, I helped the little ones tape their spots on. (They looked much cuter in person.) :) We had gotten them some of the cow hats a couple of weeks ago, but of course they were all torn up when we looked for them tonight. We didn't make ears or anything because we were going to use the hats. :(
I had a white shirt with black spots and DH actually wore one of the cow hats they handed out. (We found one on the way in.) It was a lot of fun and we all got free dinner! DH got a free sandwich for wearing the hat and used a coupon for free nuggets when you buy a drink-so we spent $1.71. The rest of us all got a free meal. The kids played in the play area after we ate and when we came home they went to sleep without any hassle! Thanks Chick-fil-a for the free food and a fun family night out! Picture was taken outside Chick-fil-a right before we went in. If we had waited until we were inside to take the photo, they would have all looked like they were bleeding. (ketchup stains) ;)

Back in the Saddle

I was sick last week and after visiting the ER, my husband went out and picked up four prescriptions for me and got 4-$30 gift cards! So I have $120 to spend at several different stores.
I spent almost a week in bed and missed a lot of deals, but I got back out today and did a couple of quick trips to Albertsons and Fry's. Thank goodness Albertson's great deals are going on this week too!



At Frys I got:
10 Lawry's marinades free
10 Cattlemem's BBQ sauce free
4 McCormick seasonings grinders free
10 Betty Crocker suddenly salad free
4 Bar-S hot dogs $.02 each
2 Angel soft tp 4 pks
@ 4 lbs Nectarines
I paid $5.05 cash which was basically the nectarines, toilet paper, and tax.

At Albertsons I got:
1 Heinz ketchup 36oz
3 packs Hot dog buns
4 Cool whip in a can-used 4-$1 off coupons
10 Vlasic relish-used 10-$1 off coupons
3 Arrowhead 3 liter water-used 1-$1 on 3 coupon
2 Kraft american cheese singles- used 2-$1 off cheese wt's
1-18 ct cookies reduced to $.99
1 Cherry pie reduced to $1.99
1 candy bar-I was hungry $.50
I used one Fresh & Easy $5/$20 and used the 10% military discount and I paid:
$1.08 on a gift card!

Today's Commissary deals

I got some great deals today at the Commissary! The shelves were stocked with KY-my money maker, so I could do some shopping. Here's what I got:
20 KY-$23.20 in Overage applied to other groceries.
8 bags Pictsweet frozen veggies- $.54 each after coupons
@ 4 lb Pork roast
5.26 lbs of Bananas
3.86 lbs Apples
1 loaf wheat bread
2 Chex Mix $.22 in overage after coupons
12 Nabisco snak saks-all free
3 Oscar Mayer hot dogs-free (used coupons for free hot dogs when you buy 3 Kraft,nabisco, or OM products-I got the nab. snak paks for free with $1 coupons and for every 3, got a free hot dogs)
1 Planters cocktail peanuts $1 in overage after printable $3 coupon on Planters when you buy 3 Kraft/Nabisco/OM products-used snak paks again for this one
2 Betty Crocker cornbread mixes $.11 for both after coupon
1 Kraft Mayo $1 after $1 peelie on product
10 rolls Pillsbury biscuits 5ct $.09 each after coupon
2 jars Motts apple sauce $.79 each after coupon
2 always liners- no coupons
1 Little Debbie donuts-I just wanted these. :)
Total cash paid: $3.86 All of which was the surcharge (Surcharge was actually $4.41 so the overage took off some of that too)

I also found more great coupons that I will use on future trips:
Free Kraft salad dressing wyb 3 Kraft/Nabisco/OM products
$3 off whole watermelon wyb Ball park franks or hillshire sausage and Sara lee hot dog buns

I also stopped at Fry's and picked up my prescription. I paid $7.99 cash for it and got a $30 gift card!

A few older shopping trips

Here's a few trips I made that didn't get posted yet.

The first photo is from the Military Commissary:


They did not have any of my money makers on the shelf, so I only grabbed a few things that were free or cheap, and we need the dog food and the buns were for dinner.
The 4 Nabisco snak saks were free with $1 on any Nabisco coupon.
2 Trix yogurts $1.69 each and I had $1 coupons off each one, so $.69 each.
The relishes were $.75 each and I had printable coupons for $1 each, so I made $.75 on each of those. I got 15 total, so I had $3.75 in overage from those.
The Chex mixes were $.89 and I had $1 coupons for each, so I had $.44 more overage.
I had a $1 coupon for the dog food, so it was $5.99 No coupons for the buns.
Total spent after all coupons was $6.93




This trip was CVS and Albertsons.

I hit CVS for Charmin (I need to go back to get more to finish the deal-spend $20, get $10 back), colgate, CVS aftershave, and tissues (we were out). I spent $17.48 in ECB and $.64 cash. I got back $7 in ECB.
At Albertsons, I stocked up on meat. I got pork ribs, chicken, and ground beef. (about 32.7 lbs of meat) I also grabbed some eggs that were $1, Orange cream pops (dreamsicles!) for $1, and 7 tubs of Challenge butter for $.45 each after $.55 coupon that was right in front of these. I also grabbed 4 Sunday papers @ $2 each. I used a $10/$50 that was in their ad, a $5/$20 competitors coupon, and a $5.50 catalina from Walgreens. I paid $25.61 in cash after all coupons. Not great, but that's about $.78 a pound for just the meat alone! (and everything else free!)

CVS, Fast Food, and the dentist!

The kids have VBS this week at church in the evenings. They go about the same time we would normally have dinner, so we have to eat early. We've barely gotten dinner ready in time to eat the last two days and today I just ran out of time. So, I decided to grab some burgers from Jack in the Box. I ordered off the value menu, but still was amazed at how little you get for your money with fast food. This is what we got for $12.05:

5 JR bacon cheeseburgers

1 large fry- they all split these as I knew they'd get a ton of junk at church

1 order of cheese sticks for me

I could have made 24 hamburgers (big ones!) at home for the $12 I spent here today and they would have tasted so much better. It's ok once in a while, but I'm really not into fast food anymore. (Even the kids weren't impressed with the food, though they were very excited at first when I brought it home.)






I headed to CVS while they were in VBS since we were actually out of toilet paper! This is the only store I had $ to spend in coupons (ECB) so that's where I went for the TP. Of course, I grabbed some deals there too. I did 3 different orders at two different stores. Neither store had the Nivea I was looking for, so I will have to go back before the end of the week to try and get some. Here's what I did get:


1 Dove shampoo

1 Dove conditioner

1 Kotex pantiliners

3 Listerine smart rinse for the kids

4 Garnier Nutrisse face scrub

3 Johnson's buddies bath bars

1 Spongebob folder- on clearance, used as a filler

1 4pk CVS TP-these are the 1000 sheet rolls


I spent $20.98 in ECB and $5.77 in cash. One of my $1 off coupons was missed, so it should have been $1 less in cash. I got back $31.96 in ECB on all three orders.









I will also be going back to CVS for more of the Listerine as I need to max this deal out and stockpile these. My youngest daughter visited the dentist today for the first time. She learned how to use the mouth rinse, so we'll be using it more at home now. She was so excited and she did a great job! Now I'll have to listen to her begging to go to the dentist for the next six months. They have no concept of time. LOL

Today's deals

I ran a circle route today to hit all the sales ending today. I ended up skipping one store as I had to head home to pick up one of my DD to take her somewhere. I wanted to track how much I spent in gas going to the stores also. I drove 11 miles total at @$.21 a mile right now (I already broke down my miles/gallon with the $4 gas price). So my total spent for gas was $2.31.



Bashas:

At Bashas I got 4 more packages of bacon for free.




I also got 3 boxes of Barilla whole grain pasta for free.




And I picked up this without any coupons because it was marked down to $.99 and it looked so good!



It was dessert for tonight:






Fry's

I grabbed 10 dial hand soaps for free,





and three cartons of eggs for $.99 each. I also got 1-24 oz Kroger syrup and 4.44lbs of red grapes.
I had some of my RX rewards left, so they applied that to my balance and my total actually came out negative. The cashier just gave me the change instead of me having to buy something else to cover it. They paid me $.67 to buy all these groceries! They were out of the free sausage, so I got a raincheck for those.





I then hit Walgreens and grabbed 3 more Sunday papers since I didn't get them on Sunday. I also got 2 Nivea men's shave gels, 4 Reynold's aluminum foil, and 1 scoth tape 3pk. I paid $10.05-$6 was for the papers. I then went to Albertson's, but they didn't have anything I wanted, so I grabbed more rainchecks. But I did happen to find some great wine tags! I snagged some $2 on fresh produce and $1 on crackers and $1 on cheese, all NWPN.



I went to the commissary earlier today when I took DD in for a dr's appointment. I had to grab some chicken broth for her since she has been throwing up and can't have solids today. I picked up 2 cans of broth at $.65 each and grabbed these as well:
4 Corn muffin mixes $.06 each
1 Blueberry and 1 Banana nut muffin mix $.25 each.