Albertsons Deals 8/2 - 8/8

Did you all see the Albies insert in your paper today? They're having a special promotion that runs today through Saturday. Buy $30+in select items and get $15 off your next shopping trip. That's a 50% savings, and even more if you use coupons!

3/$5 Qualifying items:
Suave deodorant
$0.50 MFQ (RP 5/17)
Suave kids shampoo/conditioner/detangler
Suave professional shampoo/conditioner
$1.00/2 MFQ (RP 8/5)
$1.00/2 MFQ HERE
Wish-bone salad dressing
$1.25/2 MFQ (RP 8/5)
$0.75 MFQ HERE or HERE or HERE
$1 MFQ (RP 6/28)
Ragu pasta sauce
$0.60/2 MFQ (RP 8/5)
$1.00/2 MFQ HERE
Green giant vegetables
Chex mix, Gardettos, Bugles
$0.75 MFQ (SS 6/28)
$0.50 MFQ (SS 7/19)
$0.60 MFQ HERE
$0.50 MFQ HERE or HERE
Cheerios Snack Mix
$0.50 MFQ HERE
Chex Mix 100-calorie
$1.00/2 MFQ (SS 6/7)
Betty Crocker cookie pouch
$0.40 MFQ HERE or HERE
Betty Crocker Warm Delights and minis
$0.50 MFQ (SS 6/28)
$0.50 MFQ HERE or HERE

2/$4 Qualifying Items:
Suave hairspray, mousse or gel
$1.00/2 MFQ (RP 8/5)
Suave body wash
$0.75/2 MFQ HERE
Progresso light soup
Bertolli pasta sauce
Progresso reduced sodium soup
Betty crocker fruit snacks
$1.00/3 MFQ (SS 6/14)
$0.50/2 MFQ (SS 7/12)
$0.50/2 MFQ HERE or HERE
General mills cereal
$1.00/2 MFQ (SS 7/19)
$1.00/3 MFQ (SS 6/28)
$0.55 MFQ HERE or HERE or HERE
Country crock spread
Betty crocker muffin mix
Betty crocker premium brownies
$0.75/2 MFQ (SS 6/28, SS 7/19)
$0.75/2 MFQ HERE or HERE
Skippy peanut butter
$0.60 MFQ (RP 8/5)

2/$5 Qualifying items:
Best foods mayo
$1 MFQ HERE
Dove deodorant
$1 MFQ (RP 6/7)
$1.50/2 MFQ HERE or HERE
Degree ultra deodorant
$1.00/2 MFQ (RP 5/17)
$0.75 MFQ (RP 8/5)
$0.75 MFQ HERE
Dove bar soap
$1 MFQ (RP 6/7, RP 8/5)
$1 MFQ HERE
Caress bar soap
$1 MFQ (RP 8/5)
$1 MFQ HERE
Yoplait yo-plus yogurt
$1 MFQ (SS 6/7)
$1 MFQ HERE or HERE
Lipton tea bags
$0.75/2 MFQ (RP 8/5)
Vaseline intensive care lotion
$0.50 MFQ (RP 8/5)
$1 MFQ HERE or HERE
Pillsbury cookie dough
$1 MFQ HERE
Klondike ice cream bars or popsicle novelties
$1.00/2 MFQ HERE
Nature valley nut clusters
$1.00 MFQ HERE
Chex Mix bars
$0.75 MFQ (SS 6/28)
$0.60 MFQ HERE
Fiber one bars
$0.40 MFQ (SS 7/19)
$0.40 MFQ HERE or HERE or HERE
Q-tips cotton swabs
$0.30 MFQ (RP 8/5)
IBC root beer

If you find any more coupon matchups, feel free to leave them in the comments.

And don't forget to use those double coupons!

School Supply Deals 8/2 - 8/8

B1G3
Marble composition notebook, 100 sheets
Notebook filler paper, 130-150 sheets

BOGO50%
Mead 5-star notebooks, all varieties
Coloring books and Crayola markers
Post-it products
Harvard Square locker accessories (mirrors, shelves, etc)
Duck brand mailing supplies
Fashion notebooks and accessories
3-piece stapler or compass set
Mead index cards




$1.00 (limit 2)
10-pack Foohy Petz assorted monkey head cap erasers
2-pack Staples delta elite retractable gel pens
Westcott 7" bent handle scissors
7-pack Zebra Z-Grip retractable ballpoint pens
4-pack Staples clear glue sticks
5-pack Paper Mate sharpwrite 0.7mm mechanical pencils
8-pack RoseArt washable watercolor paints
Staples 3-hole binder punch
60-pack Staples 4x6" glossy photo paper (after $9 rebate)

$2.00(limit 2)
12-pack 3M Command white poster strips
2-pack OOPS! Retractable correction tape
3-pack Sharpie retractable permanent marker
Post-It 1/2" tape flags
3-pack Pentel EnerGel RTX retractable rollerball pens
2-pack 20ml BIC white-out correction fluid
Staples 3-ring pencil pouches
3-pack Scotch magic invisible tape 3/4" x 300"
12-pack Staples 0.7mm mechanical pencils
6-pack Staples hype pen-style highlighters
Staples 35-piece eraser and grip combo pack

Other deals this week
Get $10 Staples GC when you spend $50+
120-sheet Staples 8x10.5" filler paper for $0.01 (limit 5)
Accel 1-subject 8x10.5" 100-sheet notebook $0.75 (limit 3)

(Will price match!)

$0.40 100-ct ruled or unruled 3x5 index cards
$0.50 Jumbo Target glue stick
$1.00 Fashion 1-subject notebooks
$1.50 6-ct pink erasers, protracters, 6" scissors, 8-ct crayola markers
$2.50 Binder, planner, 3-pack Pilot gel pens, 1-pack Papermate mechanical pencil





$0.09
Penway 2-pocket folders (after in-ad coupon)

$0.19
White poster board 22x28
10-pack Penway yellow pencils
50-sheet corner office legal pad
Splash mini highlighter

$0.29
12-inch rulers
100-pack paper clips
6-pack paper mate highlighters
2-pack pink eraser or 15 pencil cap

$0.39
100-pack white 3x5 index cards
70-pack colored 3x5 index cards

$0.99
3-subject notebook
Pilot easy touch pens
Binder or book cover

(Will price match!)

$1
1-subject recycled notebook

$1.50
Sharpie 2-pack markers
Bic 10-ct mechanical pencils
Bic 5-Pack brite liner highlighters

$2
Crayola 24-ct washable crayons
Crayola 8-ct washable watercolors
Construction paper, 88 sheets

Target Deals 8/2 - 8/8

Buy 3 General Mills Cereals, get 1 FREE! Use:
$0.55 MFQ Honey Nut Cheerios HERE and HERE
$0.55 MFQ Banana Nut Cheerios HERE
$1/2 MFQ Select Cheerios HERE and HERE
$1/2 MFQ select General Mills HERE and (SS 7/19)
= $1.84 - $1.88 each wyb 4

$1.00 Vitamin Water
-$1 MFQ HERE
= FREE

$1.75 Kellogg's Pop Tarts x 10
-$0.75 TQ x 10
-$0.55 MFQ (RP 6/7) x 10
= $4.50/10 (And get back $10 Fuel for School Rebate!)

$1.99 Cheez-it Crackers
-$0.75 MFQ HERE
= $1.24

$2.33 Ziploc Bags x 2
-$1.50/2 MFQ (SS 7/26)
= $1.58 each wyb 2

$2.54 Band-Aid 30 ct
-$1 MFQ (SS 6/28)
= $1.54

$1.69 Lysol Toilet Bowl Cleaner
-$0.75 MFQ (SS 7/12)
= $0.94

$1.00 Kashi Cereal Cups
-$1 TQ
= FREE

$3.64 Degree Fine Fragrance Body Mist
-$2 TQ
-$1.25 MFQ (RP 5/17)
= $0.40

$1.02 Heinz Vinegar
-$0.50 MFQ HERE
= $0.52

$1.29 Johnson's Baby Cotton Swabs
-$1 MFQ (RP 4/26)
= $0.29

Walgreens Deals 8/2 - 8/8

$3.99 Vitamin Shampoo or Conditioner, 13 oz
-$4 RR
= FREE

$3.49 Gum Tootbrush 2-pack
-$3.50 RR
-$1 MFQ (RP 6/21)
= $1 profit!

4/$10 Crest Toothpaste, select varieties
-$0.75 MFQ (P&G 8/2) x 4
(or $1 P&G year of savings x 4)
-$5 RR wyb 4
= $2.00/4 or $1.00/4

$2 Skippy Peanut Butter x 8
-$0.60 MFQ (RP 8/2) x 8
-$10 RR wyb 8
= $1.20/8

$2.99 Hellman's Mayo x 8
-$0.60 MFQ (RP 8/2) x 8
-$10 RR wyb 8
= $9.12/8

$1/2 Jello-Gelatin (with in-ad coupon page 2)
-$1/2 MFQ (RP 7/26)
= FREE


Buy $10+ Kellogg's products, get $5 RR:

$2 Pop Tarts, 8 ct x 5
-$0.55 MFQ (RP 6/7) x 5
-$5 RR wyb $10+
= $2.25/5

$2 Keebler Fudge Shoppe Cookies x 5
-$1 MFQ HERE x 5
-$5 RR wyb $10+
= FREE

Or do it all in one transaction to submit for the Fuel for School Rebate:
$2 Pop Tarts, 8 ct x 5
$2 Keebler Fudge Shoppe Cookies x 5
-$1 MFQ HERE x 5
-$0.55 MFQ (RP 6/7) x 5
-$5 RR wyb $10+
= $7.25/10 (And get back $10 Fuel for School Rebate!)

Rite Aid Deals 8/2 - 8/8

Don't forget about the $5/25 Rite Aid coupon HERE!

Rite Aid made up for the last few weeks of skimpy ads by giving us 10 FREEBIES this week!

$9.99 ReNu MultiPlus Solution, 2-8 oz bottles
-$9.99 SCR
-$2 MFQ HERE
= $2 profit!

$4.99 Zantac 150, 8ct
-$4.99 SCR
-$3 MFQ
-$5 MIR
= $8 profit!

$8.99 Natrol Probiotic, 10 ct
-$8.99 SCR
-$3 MFQ HERE (or $2 MFQ found inside box)
= $3 profit

$2.99 Werther's Original Caramel or Chocolate, 5.2 oz
-$2.99 SCR
-$0.55 MFQ (SS 4/26)
= $0.55 profit!

$2.79 Crest Pro-Health Whitening Toothpaste, 4.2 oz
-$2.79 SCR
-$0.75 MFQ (P&G 8/2) or $1 MFQ (P&G Year of Savings)
= $0.75 to $1.00 profit!

$14.99 Skin Clinic Advanced Wart Remover, 16 ct
-$14.99 SCR
= FREE

$1.49 Duck Brand EZ Start Frustration Free Tape, 22.2 yards
-$1.49 SCR
= FREE

$2.00 Soft White Longlife Light Bulbs, 2-pack
-$2 SCR
= FREE

$2.99 Garnier Fructis Haircare
-$2.00 SCR
-$1 MFQ (RP 7/12)
= FREE

$7.00 Gillette Venus Razor, single-pack
-$5 SCR
-$2 MFQ (P&G 8/2)
= FREE


Glam Bag Rebate (SCR #900)

Purchase any 3 Variety Maybelline, Clearasil, Sally Hansen, got2b, Phisoderm, Love's, Veet, or NYC and receive back by mail a FREE back to school Glam Bag filled with product samples. NYC nail polish is qualifying for this rebate, so purchase 3 @ $0.99 each and get a free Glam Bag!

Glam Bag

The trick this week is to "buy" the free after rebate items (that you may not need or use) in order to purchase other things this week that you do need! Take a look at this scenario:

Scenario #1:
$9.99 ReNu MultiPlus
$4.99 Zantac
$11.49 Huggies Mega Pack
-$5/25 RAQ
-$2 ReNu MFQ
-$3 Zantac MFQ
-$1.50 Huggies MFQ (SS 7/19)
= $14.97 (And get back $9.99 SCR, $4.99 SCR and $5 MIR = $19.98!)

So by buying two of the free after rebate items this week and using the $5/25 Rite Aid Coupon, I will essentially be able to get FREE diapers as well! Good deal!

You can use this concept to buy any combination of free after rebate items this week! Just try to get your total as close to $25 as possible and remember to use your $5/25 Rite Aid Coupon!

Scenario #2:
$7.00 Venus Gillette Razor
$8.00 Natrol Probiotic
$2.99 Werther's Original
$2.99 Garnier Fructis
$4.99 Charmin 9-big rolls
-$5/25 RAQ
-$2 Venus MFQ
-$3 Natrol MFQ
-$0.55 Werther's MFQ
-$1.00 Garnier MFQ
-$0.50 Charmin MFQ (SS 6/21)
= $13.92 (And get back $5 SCR, $8 SCR, $2.99 SCR, and $2 SCR = $17.99 SCR!)

It's like getting paid to buy toilet paper PLUS those other free after rebate items for the week!

Happy shopping!

Inserts Coming This Sunday

Just a heads up - there will be 5 coupon inserts coming this Sunday!

• Smartsource x 2
• Redplum
• P&G
• Kellogg's/Fuel for School

Don't forget to have your friends and neighbors save their inserts for you, or order more coupons from some of these coupon clippers:

• Coupons by Dede (whole inserts)
• Ebay.com (whole or clipped)
• The Coupon Clippers (clipped)
• Clip & Ship (clipped)

Kmart Back to School Freebies

From now until the end of August, Kmart will be giving away free back to school items each week.

August 2 - August 8: free 70-page theme book
August 9- August 15: free woodcase pencils
August 16 - August 22: free Kleenex
August 23 - August 29: free Sharpie

Each of these items are free with purchase, one per person. And first come, first served!

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Home Made Simple Coupons

There's a new link to request a Home Made Simple Coupon booklet!

Remember this is the booklet full of great P&G coupons, including a FREE Cascade rinse coupon!

LINK

Free Chocolate Fridays

Don't forget to pick up your free Mars chocolate coupon HERE today.

6 Free E-book Downloads

Download the free eReader from Barnes & Noble and you'll get six free e-books!

• The Last of the Mohicans
• Sense and Sensibility
• Dracula
• Pride and Prejudice
• Little Women
• Merriam-Webster's Pocket Dictionary

BOGO Jamba Juice Coupon

Buy one get one free at Jamba Juice until 8/9/2009 with THIS coupon.

Store locator.

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Free Mac & Cheese @ Whole Foods

Whole Foods has Back to Nature mac & cheese on sale for $1.00 each this week.

Use this $1 printable coupon to get them free! (Click on e-coupons, then go to page 2. You can print two.)

There are also $1.00 coupons found inside the Whole Deal booklet found in-store.

Printable Coupon Roundup & Reminder

Just a reminder that coupons.com coupons will reset on the first Friday of every month, which happens to be tomorrow. So hop over there and print all the coupons you need right now before they reset.

• FREE gallon of milk wyb $100+ groceries (use zip code 63090)
• FREE half gallon chocolate wyb gallon white milk (use zip code 63090)
• $1.00 off Oscar Meyer Beef Franks
• $2.00 off any Whiskas dry cat food
• $3.00 off any 2 Glade Fragrance Collection
• $2.00 off Honey Bunches of Oats
• $1.50 off any 2 Aunt Jemima mixes or syrup

Walgreens Friends & Family Sale (7/31/09)

Print THIS coupon to get 15% off your entire purchase at Walgreens tomorrow only, July 31, 2009. Walgreens brand items are eligible for 20% off! It's a good time to use up those register rewards.

To check out the weekly deals at Walgreens, go HERE. This would be a great time to get in on their school supply sales as well as the Tide and Nabisco deals this week!

What not to do...

Here is an example of how NOT to gather coupons.

KSL.com - Orem woman cited for stealing coupons from mailboxes...

If you ever need more Albies double coupons, each store will allow you to pick up one ad from their service desk per week. Just FYI!

Smith's Deals (7/29 - 8/4)

Click HERE for a printable list of all sale items matched with manufacturer's coupons!

$1.88 Dannon Yogurt, select 4-packs
-$1 MFQ (SS 5/10)
= $0.88

$1.00 Crest Toothpaste, 6.4 oz, select varieties
-$0.75 MFQ (P&G 7/5)
= $0.25

2/$4 Mission Tortillas
-$1 MFQ HERE (must join mission extras)
= $1.00


P&G Mix & Match Event: Buy 4 P&G products, get $4 off the rest of your order!

$6.49 Head & Shoulders Haircare x 4
-BOGO MFQ (P&G 7/5) x 2
= $12.98/4

$5.88 Tide Laundry Detergent x 4
-$1 MFQ (P&G 7/5) x 4
= $19.52/4

More P&G mega event matchups HERE.

Albertson's Deals (7/29 - 8/4)

Check your ad for three double coupons valid this week! Here are a few good doubler scenarios:

$1.25 Chef Boyardee Pasta, 14.5-15 oz
-$1 MFQ HERE
-$1 doubler
= FREE

$2.00 Colgate Total Toothpaste, 4-6 oz
-$1 MFQ HERE
-$1 doubler
= FREE

$1.00 Darigold Milk Singles x 2 = $2.00
-$1/2 MFQ HERE
-$1 doubler
= two FREE

$1.00 Fresh Gourmet Croutons, 5 oz x 2 = $2.00
-$1/2 MFQ HERE
-$1 doubler
= two FREE

$2.00 Stayfree Pads, 14-60 ct
-$1 MFQ HERE
-$1 doubler
= FREE

$1.00 Kellogg's Pop Tarts, 8 ct ($1.00 each wyb 5)
-$0.55 MFQ (RP 6/7)
-$0.55 doubler
= $0.60/5

$1.99 Nature's Pride Bread
-$0.55 MFQ peelie
-$0.55 doubler
= $0.89

$2.00 Blue Diamond Almonds, 6-8.5 oz
-$0.50 MFQ HERE
-$0.50 doubler
= $1.00

$3.33 Cottonelle Bath Tissue, 12 ct single or 6 ct double roll
-$1 MFQ HERE
-$1 doubler
= $1.33

$2.50 Hormel Natural Choice lunch meat
-$0.55 MFQ HERE
-$0.55 doubler
= $1.40

$2.00 Ronzoni Smart Taste Pasta x 2 = $4.00
-$1/2 MFQ (SS 4/5)
-$1.00 doubler
= $2.00/2

$2.50 Soft Scrub Scrubby Pads
-$1 MFQ HERE
-$1 doubler
= $0.50

Click HERE for a matchup of all weekly sales with manufacturer's coupons!

Free Reach Dental Care @ Family Dollar

Many Family Dollar stores carry Reach dental floss or toothbrushes for $1.00. Use the $1.00 MFQ (SS 3/15, RP 4/26, SS 6/14) to get them free!

Store Locator

Free Scotch Mailers @ Walgreens

Walgreens has Scotch mailers on sale for $0.39 each this week. Use the $0.50 coupons from (SS 7/26), to get them free!

At Walgreens, manufacturer's coupons will beep if they exceed the value of the item. Some cashiers will push them through. If your cashier doesn't push it through, try buying 2 mailers and using 1 coupon, to get 2 for $0.14 each!

Free Chef Boyardee @ Walmart

Walmart carries many Chef Boyardee meals for $1.00 or less. Use this $1.00 MFQ to get them free! Print it twice per computer.

Cellfire Coupons Reset Tomorrow (7/28)

Cellfire will be putting out a new round of coupons tomorrow, 7/28/2009. So don't forget to login today and make sure you've got all the current ones added to your card before they disappear. You don't have to buy anything today, just make sure they're loaded onto your card!

How To Plan A Menu

April emailed me and asked what resources I use to plan my weekly menu, so I thought I'd share my answer on here.

I have a handful of favorite resources:

• Fix, Freeze, Feast - a cookbook full of recipes with bulk portion sizes, so you eat one and freeze one (or two) with each recipe. Fantastic!

• Fix-it And Forget It - a book of nothing but slow-cooker recipes. The crockpot is my friend when I work, and also in the summer when it's hot.

• Recipezaar.com - simply type an ingredient you have on-hand and this site will give you all the recipes you could make with it. Type in 3 ingredients and it'll do the same thing! Complete with reviews and comments and pictures - entirely user-contributed. One of my favorite web sites to "surf."

• OrgJunkie.com - find TONS of weekly menu plans here from other blog moms/wives. Thinking it up is the hardest part, right? See what everyone else is cooking for dinner this week.

{recipezaar.com, #240744}

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Walmart Deals - Huggies Flushable Wipes

I swung by Walmart on Saturday and picked up some Huggies Flushable Wipes with the recent coupon. My Walmart must have already clearanced the "Cleanteam" wipes because they had the "Pullups" wipes already out. But at $1.64 each regular price, it was still a great deal!

$1.64 Huggies Wipes
$1.64 Huggies Wipes
$1.64 Huggies Wipes
$1.64 Huggies Wipes
$1.64 Huggies Wipes
$1.64 Huggies Wipes
$1.64 Huggies Wipes
$1.64 Huggies Wipes
-$3/2 MFQ (SS 7/19)
-$3/2 MFQ (SS 7/19)
-$3/2 MFQ (SS 7/19)
-$3/2 MFQ (SS 7/19)
= $1.12 + tax
(Saved $12.00.)

Fourteen cents each after coupon! Not bad for wipes!