.76 GALLON MILK!

This week Kroger is having their gallon milk on sale for $1.99, but I went to Meijer last night and their were plenty mark downs on 2% and Vitamin D galllon milk for .76 ! They have an expiration date of 3/4/09, plenty of time to drink it. I thought $1.99 was a good price, but you can't beat .76.

FREE FROZEN KASHI

Go to http://www.kashi.com/to get a coupon for a FREE frozen entree!!

THIS WEEK AT MEIJER

I frequently get a coupon with my receipt at Meijer that is $6.00 off an $80.00 purchase of groceries. Today my total was $81.00 , so I used that coupon first, then all my others and the total came down to$62.37!

Had I not used the $6.00 off $80.00 coupon first, the machine would not have let me use it. So keep that in mind when you insert your coupons.

Here are a few of the highlights from my recent trip.....

Heluva Good French Onion dip (used .50 coupon from Meijer receipt)= FREE

Betty Crocker potatoes $1.00 (also 10 for $10.00 item get 11th FREE) (used .35 coupon Feb inserts)= .30 a box

Healthy Ones Lunch Meat $1.69 (used $1.00 coupon)= .69

V8 Splash Juice $1.66 (used $1.00 coupons Jan, Feb inserts)= .66 each

V8 soup $2.00 (used $1.00 coupon Jan inserts)= $1.00 box

Chi Chi salsa $1.69 (use .50 coupon Feb insert)= .69 each

They also ran their buy 10 items for $1.00 each get 11th FREE, lots of produce and other goodies.

COUPONS ARE BACK THIS WEEKEND

Don't forget to pick up your Sunday paper, im heading to Meijers and I will post my great deals later this evening.

GREAT DEALS AT MEIJER

This week at Meijer they are hosting their buy 10 for $10.00 get 11th item free. So their are lots of $1.00 finds. Here are some that were great or FREE.....

Green Giants frozen boxed veggies $1.00 (use .50 coupons Dec, Jan, Feb inserts)= FREE

Totino pizza rolls $1.00 (use .40 off 2 coupons Jan. Feb inserts)= $1.20 for 2 boxes

Lysol cleaners $2.00 (use .50 coupon Feb inserts)= $1.00

Knorr pasta or rice $1.00 (use.60off 2 Feb inserts)= $1.40 2 bags

Chunky soup $1.50 (use .50 off 2 Feb inserts)= 2 for $2.00

Of course they had baby carrots, mini bananas, mushrooms all for $1.00

.67 MULTIGRAIN CHEERIOS- AGAIN!

Again this week at Kroger Multigrain Cheerios are on sale for $1.67. There are plenty .50 and $1.00 coupons floating around out there from the last few months, making these $.67 a box. I just stocked up again on 3 boxes tonight with my oldest daughter in tow and she was pretty impressed, she said "mom, we just got 3 of these for the price of 1". It will be fun to teach her the ropes on bargain shopping:)

NO COUPONS THIS WEEKEND

I thought I would save everyone the dollar you might be spending on the paper this Sunday. There were no coupon inserts. Maybe they will have a special on Monday for Presidents Day. We just need to be thankful for the 4 inserts that were in last weeks paper:)

Take advantage of the coupons you can print on my sidebar to the right. I will update later and match up the coupons to the store sales.

SOMETHING I JUST LEARNED

I just recently found out that the Kroger coupons that come to you in the mail, can be used with a manufactured coupon as well. Example $1.00 off Sargento cheese (kroger coupon) .55 off Sargento cheese (coupon inserts) = $1.55 off Sargento cheese!

I guess I never realized beforehand that this could be done. I thought I would share it with all of you.

If you do not have a Kroger card sign up for one, and you will receive wonderful coupons in the mail. I just recently got a FREE Private Selection brand 1/2 gallon of ice cream and a Private Selection Pizza, $10.00 value!

FRUGAL SNACKS

With the rising cost of food lately, it has left me getting creative for snacks, especially after school. I usually alocate a certain amount of money weekly for meat, dairy, drinks, snacks etc...

Buying snacks can take a huge hit on any budget, so here are a few of my kids favorites that are actually quite inexpensive, and most of these items go on sale frequently.

Crackers and butter or flavored cream cheese. (Any saltine cracker)

Pretzel sticks dipped in mustard- flavored mustard or original

Carrot sticks dipped in ranch

Pretzel sticks dipped in ranch

Peanut butter toast

Apples dipped in peanut butter

Celery dipped in peanut butter.

Anything that has a "dip" is always a hit. There you have it, after the boxed items are gone for the week, these staples come in handy for snacks.

Does anyone else have any frugal snacks you would like to share?

MEIJER DEALS

There is a great special at Meijer this week, I bought 3 boxes of Fiber One bars for $2.00 a piece, I had a .50 coupon for each one making them $1.00 a box, then at the register I got a $1.50 coupon for my next visit because I bought 3 General Mills products of granola bars. So I basically got 3 boxes for $1.50!!

Also there is Chex mix on sale for $1.00, use a .50 coupon and stock up on some FREE Chex Mix, I love doing that. Check out the coupon printables on the right side of this page, there may be a Chex Mix one left.

Another deal worth mentioning is the Hormel Chili this comes in a glass jar and is quite good, it is on sale for $2.50 and there is a .50 coupon in Jan inserts making this $1.50 a jar.

HOME DEPOT FREE WORKSHOP TODAY

Hey parents, grab your kids and head out to Home Depot today.

Saturday, February 7th: Home Depot Kids Workshop from 9am-12pm, kids can make a trinket box.

FREEBIE FRIDAY

GET YOUR FREE Playskool Growth Chart

GET Freebies from Juicy Juice

GET CHOCHOLATE TURTLE CHEX MIX here.

.67 FOR A BOX OF CHEERIOS

This week at Kroger, Multi Grain Cheerios are on sale for $1.67, there is a .50 coupon from Jan coupon inserts making a box of Cheerios=.67 a box!

FREE TOILET PAPER

How does FREE toliet paper sound? If you are interested check out the coupon bar on the right hand side of this page and scroll through until you find .50 off Cottonelle.

Kroger has a four pack of Cottonelle on sale for .99, use the coupon above and they owe you a penny. (they double upto .50)

Im sure a free pack of toliet paper does not sound too great, however it is this type of deal multiple times a week on different item s that make coupon cutting worth it. Like I have said before, I don't pay for toilet paper, hair products, most make-up, deodarant and most soaps, because I know the lowest prices these items go on sale for, then I use a corresponding coupon on that item.

MEIJER WEEK OF FEB 1

I just got back from Meijer to pick up a few things and they had their Meijer brand 10 for 10, 11th is FREE.
This is a great way to stock up on....
pretzels
bag of onions
cookies
lunchables
popcorn

Luckily I had stocked up last week, because other than the 10 for $10.00 deal I did not feel that my coupons matched up on many already sale items. I do recommend you look in the refridgerated juice section, my Meijer had marked down Tropicana Tropical Punch for .60, with an expiration date of Feb 7.

Don't forget to pick up a paper!