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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Paul's Market Deals 11/09


Paul's Market has been suprising me with all the good deals they have been having lately. Here are some of my favorites:

Celery Small Stalk 3/$1.00 ( I like to buy a lot of this, cut it up and freeze it.)

Western Family 2lb. Brown or Powdered Sugar $.98 first 4

Sara Lee 9" Pies $2.98 first 4

Fresh Cranberries $.98

Progresso Soup $.97
use $1.00/4 from 10/24 SS or 10/03 GM
final: $.72

Good Deals with Price Cutter Points:

Western Family Evaporated Milk $.39 with 6 point redemption

Western Family Premium Frozen Corn or Peas 16 oz. $.28 with 6 point redemption

Dole Pineapple 20 oz. can $.68 with 5 point redemption

Wide Pan Farm Bread $.98 with 5 point redemption

Caramel Popcorn In A Jar!


When I saw this cute idea from Little House on the Prairie Living I knew that it would be a perfect Chritmas gift to make for one of my neighbors. It's caramel popcorn in jar and it looks so easy to make. Go here for directions. It also goes along great with the sale at Albertson's this week on Eagle brand sweetened condensed milk. Here's the deal:

Eagle Sweetened Condensed Milk $ (part of the Spotlight savings buy 10 get $5.00 off)
use $1.00/2 from 11/07 RP or $.55/1 here
double it (there should be doublers out on Sunday)
final: as low as $.39 each (if you get the spotlight savings discount)

It should make for a really cute and inexpensive homemade gift. Which just happen to be my favorite kind.

Toys R Us Hasbro Game Deal.


I have been hesitant to post anything about this deal because well I wanted to see how in stock my local store was before I got everyone's hopes up. I went yesterday and they were low on stock with most games. I wasn't able to get all the games I wanted but was able to get different games and my deal worked. I talked with the manager and he said that they should be getting in more games in on Friday. I have however not had the best luck with what they say actually being accurate so I would call before going just to be sure they have what you want.

Here's the deal details you should know:

Buy $35.00 worth of Hasbro games at Toys R Us get a $10.00 gift card and through Saturday there are lots of games on sale this week.

There are rebates for select Hasbro games that corrispond with this sale. Go here to look at and print the form or get it on tear pads in the store. I found mine right by the games. You must buy the games at Toys R Us between 10/21 to 12/31/2010 to qualify.

Here is a list of games that qualify:

BOARD GAMES Bop it – $3 Hi-Ho Cherry O – $2
Battleship – $3 Bop it Bounce – $3 Chutes and Ladders – $2
Operation – $3 Cuponk – $3 Cootie – $2
Monopoly – $3 U Build games (all versions ) – $3 Candy Land ( All Versions ) – $2
Scrabble – $3 Guess Who – $3 Don’t Spill the beans – $2
Connect 4 – $3 Gator Golf – $3 Don’t Break the Ice – $2
Sorry – $3 Hungry Hungry Hippos – $3 Ants in the Pants – $2
Trouble – $3 Elefun – $3 VIDEO GAMES
Twister – $3 Pop Goes Froggio – $3 Monopoly Streets(Wii, PS3 & Xbox) $5
Life – $3 Memory ( All Versions )- $2 Family Game night 3 (Wii, PS3, & Xbox) $5


To get the rebates you must buy what is specified on the rebate and there is a limit of one kind of game rebate per household. So you can't just go buy 10 of one kind.

This is the deal that I did:
1 Candyland $3.00
1 Chutes and Ladders $3.00
1 Ants in the pants $5.00
1 Memory $5.00
1 Don't Spill the beans $5.00
1 Cootie $5.00
1 Connect 4 $10.99
total out of pocket: $36.99

I then got a $10.00 gift card. And I will get back $15.00 in rebates. So it is like getting each game for $1.72. Great price. If you don't want to get that many games then you could do this deal:


1 Candyland $3.00
1 Chutes and Ladders
pay: $6.00
Get back $4.00 in rebates. Final cost only $1.00 per game.

There are lots of games included in this promo so if you want you could easily come up with a great deal scenario. The only problem I have found is that they don't always have everything that I want in stock. If you don't want to get the gift card you could also wait and see what sales they will be having in the next few weeks and then do the rebate.

Free Blooming Buddy Stickers!


Head over here to get four Blooming Buddy Stickers. This offer is only good until November 15th.

I love to order little freebies like this and give them to my kids when they come in the mail. It makes them feel special and well it's free.

Four Day Sale At Fred Meyer!


In my Press Tribune today there was a full page ad from Fred Meyer with lots of great coupons for thier four day sale. My favorites include:

Fred Meyer Brand Stock or Vegetables 3/$1.00 Limit 9

Campbell Cream of Mushroom or Chicken soup 2/$1.00
use $1.00/4 here
final: $.25

Tillamook Butter 2/$5.00

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Albertson's Preview 11/9


On Pinching Your Pennies they have this next weeks Albertson's ad up here. It starts tomorrow and looks promising. Although there were doubler unexpectedly on Sunday, I am hoping that we will see another round of them this weekend. (Keep your fingers crossed.) With them there should be some really sweet deals to be had.

Monday, November 8, 2010

My Rite Aid Trip And This Weeks Deals!


Did I mention I have been so busy this past week? Well it is Monday night and I still have not put together the Rite Aid deals for this week. Since I don't forsee that happening any time soon; head on over here to Mavin of Savin and check out the deals she has come up with (this is one of my favorite sites).

Although I haven't had time to post the deals I did make it over to Rite Aid today. I totally forgot a coupon that would have made it cheaper but I still think I did pretty well. Here's what I did:

1 Maybaline Eye Studio Makeup $3.72 (on sale 40% off)
1 Electrosol Gel $2.39 (on sale 50% off)
2 M&M Pretzal 9.9 oz. bags $3.99 (Bogo on sale)
1 Skittles $.50
2 Bags Sugar Free Werthers Originals $1.50 each
2 Nexcare Bandaids $1.99 each
1 Lady's Speedstick $1.99
Clearanced Decorative Pumpkin $.49
total: $20.13

coupons used:
$4.00/$20.00 Video Values coupon
$2.00/1 Maybaline Video Values
$2.00/1 Maybaline eye studio from magazine
2-$1.00/1 M&M Pretzal Variety coupon from here
$.25 Skittles Video Values coupon
2-$1.00/1 Nexcare coupon here
$.75/1 Lady's Speed Stick here
$1.00/2 Werthers from 10/3 SS

I paid with a $1.00 +Up Reward from last week and four of the coupons wouldn't scan so they gave me $.25 extra off (it's a long story).
Total: $4.88
And I got back another $1.00 +Up reward for buy the Werthers.

If I had remembered my $1.00 Lady Speed stick Video Values coupon I would have saved even more. But oh well not every deal can be perfect.