EXTREME COUPONING ON TOMORROW NIGHT

Get your snacks ready for another great night of TV...
Are you ready for another episode of Extreme Couponing? Ready or not, here it comes...

Back to back episodes will air on TLC tomorrow, April 6th starting at 9/8c for your viewing pleasure. This will surely be entertaining on many levels, so if you are not going to be home for this, make sure you set your Tivo. I don't know about you, but I'm curious to see how they will top the last one.

I think they should rename this series Coupon Hoarders! OMG, please don't put me into this catagory because I bought 30 boxes of kleenex! We really do use a lot of kleenex and I am sooo happy to have them in my stockpile...and I didn't even empty the shelf. There were plenty left for others to get the same deal!

Let's just hope the show doesn't give us couponers a bad name. We are not "Extreme Couponers"...we are smart couponers!!

I AM EXCITED ABOUT GRAPES!

That is pretty sad when you get excited about grapes. Grapes have been consistently $1.69 a lb. at Publix and, in fact, still are starting with next weeks ad on Thursday. You can bet that I will be making a quick stop to Winn Dixie (or Food Lion if that is closer to you) to pick up some green seedless grapes for $.99/lb. FL has the red grapes for $.99/lb. also.

My husband was pretty excited about the $.25 a box price for kleenex and he didn't even complain that I bought 30 boxes! The total came to $7.50 when you do the multiplication but when you see my receipts you can tell I didn't even pay that much for them. After I deducted my WD $5/30, it brought that total down even further. When the cold season hits at my house I will be prepared!

MARY KAY 50% OFF

If you or anyone you know uses Mary Kay makeup, Angela C. is selling the remaining part of her current inventory at a 50% savings! If you are interested, please contact Angela at acarpenter007@yahoo.com and just reference Mary Kay and she will e-mail you a list of what she has in stock.

This is a great buy for any of you who use Mary Kay or want to try it!

HOW DID I MISS THE KLEENEX DEAL??

I don't know how I missed the kleenex deal but that sent me back to the store today to get some! In the Start Your Year Out With Big Savings AND in the Get a Bundle of Savings Booklet, there are $2/2 coupons for kleenex. Both of these coupons are Publix coupons. One is an expired PQ but the Get a Bundle coupon expires 4/30. The kleenex are on sale for $1.25 each. When you buy 2 with the coupon, you will pay $.25 per box!! That is what I call a stock-up price!! I am always reaching for a box of kleenex. I bought four earlier in the week with just MQ's. This shopping trip I bought the following:

1 pkg. Ground Round (used 2 FLIP's and got $6 off my meat!)
2 packages of Pork Chops
2 Thermacare
14 boxes of kleenex

My total was $11.37. My meat alone was $16.08!! After my meat FLIP coupon and my kleenex coupons along with my $5/30, my total was brought down to $11.37

So later on tonight my daughter asked if we could go out and get clippers for her nails. Not just regular clippers, but special "nippers". By this time, I found 6 more coupons for the kleenex! So off we go together and I realize why you don't bring your teenage daughter with you shopping. In the cart goes hair dye, tweezers,3 pkgs of emery board and 2 boxes of cocoa krispies as well as 12 more boxes of kleenex. OMG! I have coupons at home for the cereal and I don't have them with me! OK...I tell myself. I will live. It's OK not to use a coupon every once in a while!!! My total before coupons was $38 and after coupons and the impulse buys by my daughter, my total was $8.39!! Both of these shopping trips I saved 82%

PUBLIX 4/3/11, SPENT $3.71, SAVED 97%

Holy Moley! I didn't think this was going to be a good week at Publix...but the Smart Balance Milk and the meat coupons put it over the top! First, I bought my groceries and then bought my meat on a separate transaction. This is what I bought:

10 Smart Balance Milk (used $2Q and exp. PQ for $5 overage
2 Pepperidge Farm Bread
Romaine Lettuce
Bananas
Bag of Navel Oranges (were $4.49)
Cantelope
Fresh Corn
6 V-8 Spicy Vegetable Juice
2 Knorr Mexican Rice
4 Kleenex Tissues
4 Friskies Cat Treats (free plus overage)
2 Febreeze
2 Lysol Pourable Cleaner
1 Frozen Spinach
OptiFree Replenish (was $8.59)
2 Reynolds Foil Heavy Duty (sells for $5.99 each)
10 Uncle Bens Ready Rice (used BOGO RC and 10-$1.00 q's)

I spent $3.71 for all the above items, a savings of 97%. The milk is dated June 2 so I will not have to buy milk until June!!! I also was able to get a raincheck so I can get 10 more for FREE when I use these!

I did the meat in a separate transaction. I have been wanting bone-in pork chops so no better time to buy them when I can get a deal on meat. I bought $24.78 worth of pork chops. I used three FLIPS to get $9 off and then used a $4 competitor coupon and paid $11.78 for $25 worth of meat! Sorry, I forgot to take the picture so I got them out of my freezer to snap the picture. In there are 10 beautiful pork chops! I just love pork!

I also did my CVS run this morning and had ECB's that expired on 3/30. My CVS will take expired q's for a few days past expiration so I waited until this week because the deals were better. I spent $1.75 OOP and got the following:

1 Complete Contact Solution
2 Gum Flossers
2 Body Wash

I then received back $8.99, $4 and $3 back in ECB's! Who says this can't be done?? I will gladly pay $1.75 OOP for the above items that my family uses everyday and then get back another $16 in ECB's to spend on whatever I want in the next 4 weeks!

TIME TO STOCK UP ON BLACK OLIVES

We are an olive eating family. Now I am not saying we open a can of olives and eat them with dinner, but when I make certain things that call for olives, I don't want to pay $2.49 a can. When they go on sale at Walgreens for $.99 each I take that opportunity to stock up on my black olives. Often times I use them as my filler item!

Well, for those of you who like olives or need olives, this is the week to go to Walgreens. They are on sale for $.99 with in-ad q. If you have any of the coupons from the magazines, you will get even a better deal!

Lindsay Olives 5 or 6 oz (limit 3), $.99 (with in-ad coupon)
$1/2 Lindsay Olives Product, exp. 4-30 (Better Homes & Gardens, Feb)
$1/2 Lindsay Olives Product, exp. 4-30-11 (Family Circle, Feb)
$0.55/1 Lindsay Olives Re-Closable, exp. 12-31 (Peelie on Product)
As low as $.44 each!

MAKING YOUR RAINCHECKS WORK FOR YOU

I like to go back to Publix on Wednesday before the sale ad ends. Often they are out of specific items and that is when I get a raincheck. I may not even need that item right now, but I may want it in 3 weeks! For example, I have a raincheck for Progresso Bread Crumbs and Old Orchard Juice that were on BOGO. Coupons.com introduced their new coupons for the month today and guess what...Progresso had a coupon for $1/1 which should make for some pretty cheap bread crumbs when paired with my raincheck. The Old Orchard Juice should also be a good deal with my BOGO raincheck. Publix rainchecks say "Use within 30 days" but I have NEVER had a problem using them after the 30 days. Sometimes it has been as much as 6 months or more and they always accept the raincheck. Make the sale work for you. If it is an item you use and they are out, get a raincheck. Even if there are 4 left on the shelf and I buy the last ones, I go to the customer service desk and get a raincheck!!

But here is my newest favorite deal to use with my raincheck. Last week I got a raincheck for Oscar Mayer Carving Board Meat which was on sale for 2 for $7. I was able to print two $2/1 coupons and will stack with my $.75/1 Target coupons to get the Carving Board Meat for $.75 each!!