Martin's Deals for this Week!

I can only find about 4 or 5 deals that I will be taking advantage of this week, as Joe and I start another month long Pantry challenge, however, there are a lot of nice sales this week...

Pantry:
- Ritz Crackers 13.66-16 oz 3/$6 (Must buy 3) - Various $1/1 or $1/2 MC (past newspapers) = as low as 3/$3
- Nabisco Snack Crackers 5.5-10 oz $2 ea - Various $1/1 & $1/2 MC (past newspapers) = as low as $1 ea
- Martin's Kettle Cooked Chips 9-9.5 oz $3.59 ea - BOGO Free Sale - $1/2 MC (this week's newspaper) = $2.59/2
- Snyder's Pretzels or Tortilla Chips 13.5-19.2 oz $1.89 ea
- Heinz Ketchup 40 oz $1.79
- 4-12 pk Coke products + 2 bags 10-10.5 oz with in-ad C (pg 2) = $12 Total
- Rotel Diced or Chunky 10 oz $1 ea - $0.55/1 MC (last week's newspaper) Doubled = $0.90/2
- McCormick Taco Seasoning 4/$2 - $1/4 MC (last week's newspaper) = 4/$1
- Lipton Recipe Secrets 1.8-2.4 oz Box $1.25 ea - $1/2 MC (this week's newspaper) = 2/$1.50
- Ken's Steak House Marinades 16 oz All 2/$4 - $1/2 MC (past newspaper) = 2/$3
- Old El Paso Heat & Serve Sides $1 ea - $0.50/1 MC (past newspaper) Doubled = FREE!!
- Old El Paso Dinner Kits 2/$4 - $0.55/2 MC (past newspaper) Doubled = $2.90/2
- Old El Paso Shells$1.25 ea - $0.55/2 MC (past newspaper) Doubled = $1.40/2
- Old El Paso Refried Beans 16 oz Can $1 ea - $0.55/2 MC (past newspaper) Doubled = $0.90/2
- Ragu Pasta Sauce asst. varieties 16-26 oz $1.69 ea - $1.25/3 MC (this week's newspaper) = $3.82/3 (about $1.27 ea)
- San Giorgio Pastas $1 ea
- Campbell's Chunky Soups 2/$3 - $1.50/3 or $1/3 MC from Here = 3/$3 or 3/$3.50
- Campbell's Condensed Soups (All) $1 ea - $0.25/3 Cooking Soups MC (past newspaper) Doubled or $1/4 MC from Here = 3/$2.50 or 4/$3
- Select Post Cereals 2/$4 - $2/1 MC from Here = FREE Cereal!!!
- Special K Bars 3/$6 (Must buy 3) - $1/2 MC (past newspaper) = 3/$5
- Select Kellogg's Cereals BOGO Free - $1/3 MC Kids (past newspaper) or $1/2 Rice Krispies (past newspaper) = ?
- Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks 2/$4 - $1/2 MC from Here = 2/$3

Breads:
- Martin's Sandwich Rolls 8 ct $2 ea
- Giant Italian Bread, Hot dog & Hamburger Bun 12pks $1 ea
- Arnold Country Breads 2/$5
- Thomas' English Muffins 6 ct BOGO Free = $3.39/2
- Stroehmann Breads (All Varieties) BOGO Free

Beverages:
- G2 (Gatorade) 7/$6 (Must buy 7) - $1/2 MC (past newspaper) x 3 = 7/$3

Produce:
- Red & Green Seedless Grapes $1.49/lb
- Giant Baby Bella Mushrooms 8 oz whole or sliced 2/$3
- Bosc or Anjou Pears $1.49/lb
- Nature's Promise Organic peeled Baby Carrots 16 oz bag 2/$3
- Wholly Guacamole 8-12 oz/Salsa 12 oz - BOGO Free Sale - $1/1 MC (past newspaper) x 2 = ?

Meat/Dairy:
- Kraft Shredded Cheese 3/$5 (Must buy 3) - $1/2 MC (last week's newspaper) = 3/$4
- Cracker Barrel Cheese 3/$6 (Must buy 3) - $1/2 MC (last week's newspaper) = 3/$5
- Breakstone Sour Cream 16 oz $1.09 ea - $1/2 MC (last week's newspaper) = $1.18/2
- Philadelphia Cream Cheese 8 oz Bricks $1.25 ea - $1/2 MC (coupon booklet on a Nabisco Cracker display in the front of the store) = 2/$1.50
- Heluva Good Dip 2/$3 - $1/2 MC (past newspaper) = 2/$2
- Land O Lakes Spreadable butter Light or Canola Oil Varieties $0.99 ea
- Dannon Light & Fit Yogurt Cups 6 oz $0.50 ea - $1/6 MC (no longer available to print) or $1/10 (past newspaper) = 6/$2 or 10/$4
- Classic/Thin Pillsbury Pizza Crust 3/$5 - $0.35/1 MC (past newspaper) Doubled x 3 = 3/$2.90 or $0.97 ea
- Pillsbury Dinner Rolls & Bread Sticks 3/$5 - $0.40/2 MC (past newspaper) Doubled = 2/$2.54
- Giant Beef Top Round London Broil & Top Round Roasts BOGO Free @ $5.99/lb
- Giant Chicken Thighs & Drumsticks Bonus pks $0.99/lb
- Giant Fresh Pork Spareribs $1.99/lb
- Giant Whole Turkey Breast $1.99/lb
- Giant Home style Roaster $0.99/lb
- Giant Fresh Whole boneless Pork loin $1.99/lb
- Oscar Mayer Bacon BOGO Free = $5.99/2 lbs
- Oscar Mayer Bologna 12 oz BOGO Free = $2.89/2
- Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs BOGO Free = $3.19/2
- Hillshire Farms Smoked Sausage Rings BOGO Free = $3.99/2
- Hormel Pepperoni 8 oz or Turkey 6 oz 2/$5 - $1/2 MC (last week's newspaper) = 2/$4

Frozen Items:
- Digiorno Pizzas 2/$10 - $1/1 MC (last week's newspaper) x 2 = 2/$8
- Steak-Umms 10.05 pkg BOGO Free = $4.99/2
- Giant Pizza Snackers Pepperoni or Combo 7.5 oz Pkg $1 ea
- All Ore-Ida French Fries & Tots 3/$6 (Must buy 3) - $1/2 MC (All You Magazine) = 3/$5
- Select Mama Rosie's Stuffed Pastas $1 ea
- Super Pretzels $2 ea - $0.50/1 MC (past newspaper) Doubled = $1 ea
- Banquet Frozen Value Meals $0.88 ea - $0.60/6 MC (from old Banquet Dinner Box) Doubled = 6/$4.08

Household:
- Hefty Easy Grip 16 oz 20 ct Cups $1.50 ea - $0.75/1 MC (past newspaper) Doubled = FREE CUPS!!!
- Wisk 2X 50 oz Detergent BOGO Free = $6.59/2 - $2/1 MC (this week's newspaper) x 2 = $2.59/2

**There is a large variety of items on pgs 18 & 19 of the ad Here, that will earn you additional cents off per gallon of gas you buy them, with a coupon of course :-)

The Final week in the Official Eat From the Pantry Challenge

Well, the ballots are in and tallied, and it seems that we went over budget for the month, but only by $0.09, so I am SO OKAY with that :-) Even though this is the final week in the 'Official' Eat from the Pantry Challenge, our challenge will continue through February. Joe and I are going on a stock-up mission on Monday for some basics that we are out of (cat food, litter, flour, sugar, etc), and then we will have a set budget again for February to see if we can completely clean out our 2 freezers!!!! I will be super excited if we can accomplish this!!!
Totals for Week #4:
Food - $3.29
Health & Beauty - $5.34
Household - $2.12
Total: $10.75 - $10.66 remaining budget = $0.09 Over! (But I still think that we did a wonderful job!)
Eating Out: (different budget, but I'll share anyway) $6.78 for 1 lunch out at BK for Joe and I.

A Delicious One-pot Meal using a.... Rice Cooker?!

This was dinner today, and it was all made in one pot, the rice cooker to be exact. Jasmine rice was cooking in the bottom of the rice cooker, while the foil wrapped Salmon and broccoli florets steamed in the steamer tray. I think it all turned out beautifully! My rice cooker is quickly making it's way up to the top spot in most used appliances :-) We also had fresh spinach with some red onion dressed with the same homemade dill sauce that is on the Salmon. The cookies are fresh today too; a delicious dessert that should last until the end of next week, maybe, Joe is in the house you know..... ;-)

FREE Hershey's Pieces Candies

Just send a Candy Wrapper with a UPC & the completed form found Here to Hershey's, and they will send you a coupon good for a FREE Regular-size bag of their New Pieces Candy -- But Hurry, offer ends February 17th!!!

Save 15% at Staples this week

Go Here to print a 15% off your total purchase coupon good at Staples until this Saturday 01/30!!!
You can view the weekly ad Here, there are a LOT of Dollar Deals going on + 15% off on top of that!!!! Sounds like a SWEET Deal to me :-)

Reynold's Coupons -- possible FREE Foil & Parchment at Shopper's this week!!!

Go Here to grab some awesome Reynold's coupons, including:

$1/1 Aluminum Foil (excludes 20, 25 & 30 ft) -- but use it this week at Shopper's and it will double up to $2/1!!!

$0.50/1 Recycled Foil

$1/1 Parchment Paper -- Also will double up to $2 at Shopper's this week!!!!

I would advise you print these now, as I'm sure they won't last long....

Martin's Rain Check Trip?!

Well, just about everything that I wanted to get today at Martin's was out of stock, hence the rain checks. But I did manage to get a few good deals while I was there...
2 boxes Shake & Bake $1.95 ea - $0.28 ea Sale = $3.34/2
1 Hidden Valley Dill Sauce (for our salmon) $1.19 - $0.19 Sale = $1
1 Coffee Pot Carafe (ours broke a month ago, so I was thrilled to see this one on clearance!) $7.11
+ Tax $0.43
NO COUPONS -- Gasp! :-)
Total OOP: $ 11.88 - $7.54 (Coffee Carafe, different Budget) = $4.34 + rain checks for the $1.25 New York Croutons & the $2.99 Cream of Wheat -- Hot sellers I guess... I also stopped into Walgreen's to get a rain check for 2 of the $2.99 Kraft Mayo that they were sold out of and that I forgot to get yesterday (D'oh)...

Walgreen's RR Run!

Stopped in Walgreen's after work today to roll my RR's and I think I got some pretty good deals...
1 Dr Pepper + 2 - 7UP 3/$4 - $2 RR = 3/$2
1 Olay Quench Body Lotion $7.99 - $2/1 MC - MIR = FREE + $2 MM
1 Olay Quench In-Shower Lotion $4.49 - Promo (Free wyb Body Lotion) - $2/1 MC - MIR $4.49 = FREE + $6.49 MM
2 tubes Neosporin Lip Care 2/$8 - $3/1 MC x 2 - $3 RR wyb 2 = FREE + $1 MM
5 Reach Flosses $1.79 ea - in-ad C $4 - $1/1 MC x 5 = FREE + $0.05 MM
2 Pert Plus for Men Shampoos 2/$5 - $1/1 MC x 2 - $2 RR wyb 2 = 2/$1
2 Ghiradelli Pecan Pie Chocolate Bars (Christmas clearance) $1.49 ea = $2.98
+ Tax $1.61
- $9 RR's used to Pay
Total OOP: $8.32 - $7 received RR's - $12.48 expected MIR = Net OOP: ALL FREE + $11.16MM!!!!!!!!!!

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CVS Trip this Week -- Cheap H2O & (more) Sodas!!

Joe and I stopped into CVS yesterday to take advantage of the SUPER cheap bottled water ($2.88/24 pk), not frugal in itself, but when your water is full of rust because the pipes are from the 1930's, it's necessary :-) We got a few other deals there as well...
4 - 24 pk Gold Emblem bottled H2O (not shown) $3.99 ea - $1.11 ea Sale = $2.88 ea or 4/$11.52
3 - 12 pks Pepsi products (not shown) $4.99 ea - $1.65 x 2 & $1.66 x 1 Sale = 3/$10
1 - 4 pk Amp $5.99 - $0.99 Sale = $5
1 - 4 pk Starbuck's Coffee Drinks $5.99 - $0.99 Sale = $5 + Earned $10 ECB for purchasing $20 in Pepsi Products = $10 total for Amp, Starbucks & Pepsi cans
1 Crest Toothpaste $2.49 - $0.50 Sale - $1/1 MC (last P&G newspaper insert) - $1 ECB = FREE
1 CVS Cetirizin (Zyrtec) 30 ct $14.99 - $5 Sale - $4 ECB = $5.99
1 CVS Naproxen Twin pk (100 ct total) $4.99 - $0.50 Sale - $1/1 CVS pain relief CVS C - $1 ECB = $2.49
1 Almay Eyeshadow $7.99 - $2 Sale - $1/1 MC from here - $4 ECB = $0.99
1 Dulcolax 14 dose $12.99 - $2 Sale - $3/1 MC (hang tag on bottle) - $5 ECB = $2.99
2 Gold Emblem Cashews $0.99 ea - $1/2 CVS C = $0.49 ea OR $0.98/2
2 pks Extra Gum 15 stick $1.29 ea - BOGO Free CVS C = $1.29/2
+ Tax $2.13
- $29 ECB's used to Pay
Total OOP: $34.38, paid on FREE gift cards + Earned $25 ECB's for next time :-)