ARE YOU AS CONFUSED AS I AM WITH THE COUPON INSERTS?

So, I opened my Record this morning and did the happy dance when I saw 4 inserts in my paper. I should have known it was to good to be true. I went up the street to the "Jiffy" mart and bought another Record. When I got in my car, I noticed there were only 2 inserts in there! I marched right back in and checked all the other papers and they were all the same! This store is only about 1 mile from my house...how could they be different?? I tried to explain to him my paper had 4 and his only has 2 and it was like talking to someone from a foreign country...oh yeah, he was from a foreign country! So I paid the extra $.80 and bought a Times Union because it had ALL the coupons.

Next stop, off to Walgreens to do my two Dove Men's Body Wash deal. I had two $5 RR's and I was going to use the paper(s) as my filler items which meant I should have paid just over $1.00 OOP for each transaction. When I picked up the Record, it felt very light. When I looked inside it had NO INSERTS AT ALL!! I mean no Walgreens ad, no Target ad, no CVS ad...NOTHING. I looked at three or more papers and all the same thing. So once again I was forced to buy the Times Union making my OOP $1.97 for each transaction.

I would have paid $2.00 for the paper anyway so at least I walked away with 2 body washes and two $6 RR's to roll into next week.

The moral of the story is ALWAYS CHECK YOUR PAPERS FOR THE CORRECT NUMBER OF INSERTS BEFORE YOU BUY THEM!! HAD I NOT CHECKED, I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT A PAPER WITH NO INSERTS IN IT!! If that happens to you, just go over to the Record and they will give you another insert!

I checked all my Record inserts against the Times Union and there was only 1 difference in the SmartSource. The Jax paper had a Freds insert and we had a Direct TV. Other than that, all coupons and coupon values were the same.

COUNT THEM LADIES & GENTLEMEN!! 16 PACKAGES OF BRATWURTS AND SAUSAGE!!

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT! I paid $3.29 for 8 packages of Bratwurt, 8 packages of Italian Sausage and a gallon of milk! The sausage and bratwurst were actually FREE. I paid $3.29 for the gallon of milk. How did I do it? The Bratwurst and Sausage were BOGO at Winn Dixie. I had 8 BOGO coupons...that means I get all 16 for FREE!! Can we say Sausage for Superbowl???

CVS DEAL STARTING SUNDAY

Be on the lookout for the coupon in this weeks paper that will allow you to get a Gillette Fusion Razor for $.99 after ECB's. There will probably be a limit of one so if you know anyone who is not going to get the deal, use their phone number when checking out to get another deal! Remember, you get 2 refill razors in the package. With the cost of razors, I would call this an awsome deal!

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY INSERTS!!

Be on the lookout for four (4) inserts for this Sunday's paper. I will keep you posted on how many inserts we get in the St. Augustine Record versus the Florida Times Union! Always make sure you get 2 or 4 papers so you can use a coupon on each BOGO deal!

BACK TO WALGREENS FOR ADVIL!

I forgot to bring my coupons to Wags for Advil so here we go again:

1st Transaction:
Started with $10.00 RR

Bought 2 Advil $8.98
Bought 1 Lip Balm $1.99
Bought 2 Suave Shampoo $1.98

TOTAL OOP AFTER COUPONS $1.09
GOT BACK $5 and $2 in Register Rewards

Next Transaction:

Bought 2 Suave Shampoo $1.98
2 Advil $8.98

TOTAL OOP AFTER COUPONS $1.10
GOT BACK $5 RR

GRAND TOTAL OOP $2.19
WALKED OUT WITH:
4 Advil
4 Shampoo
1 Lip Balm

GOT $14 in RR

MY CVS DEALS

Buy:
1 Colgate Toothpaste $2.99
1 Dove Mens Body Wash $5.49
1 Florida Times Union $2.00

TOTAL DUE AFTER COUPONS $.86
RECEIVED $2 ECB & $5.49 ECB to roll

Next Transaction:
Buy 1 Colgate Toothpaste #2.99
1 Times Union $2.00

TOTAL DUE AFTER COUPONS $2.73
GET BACK $2 ECB

Next Transaction:
Buy 2 Dove Mens Body Wash $10.98

TOTAL DUE AFTER COUPONS $1.64
RECEIVED $10.98 ECB

Next Transaction
Buy 1 Dove Body Wash $5.49
1 St. Aug Record $1.25

TOTAL DUE AFTER COUPONS $.41
GET BACK $5.49 ECB

TOTAL OOP $5.64 for 4 Dove Body Wash, 2 Toothpaste and 3 Sunday papers.
TOTAL ECB's to roll into next week $18.47

If I would have gone in and just bought 2 Times Union and 1 Record I would have paid $5.25...I paid $5.64 and walked out with all those items and got $18.47 ECB's!

NEW UPDATE ABOUT ST. AUGUSTINE RECORD INSERTS

I have told many of you there is little difference between the Records inserts and the Times Union inserts. There may be a page that is different but it didn't justify me buying a Times Union for $2.00 over the Record for $1.25.

Did anyone notice there was only 1 insert in the Record this past week? The Red Plum was missing. There were 2 inserts in the Times Union. Apparently, they are cutting back and not putting all the inserts in the Record such as the Target ad and the Red Plum insert. What a bummer!!