$ Store Stop

Stopped into the $ Store this week, but you will notice no papers in my picture, that is because there are NO COUPONS in this weeks papers (unless they come in a store ad) due to the Labor Day Holiday... I'm still a little upset about it all, but it does give me an extra week to catch up on my clipping and filing, so I guess there can be good in all situations, even no coupons :-) Anyway...
2 Utz Chips (Also for the Steam Show this weekend) $2.00
1 Raisin Snack Pk Minis $1.00 (this UPC will get me a FREE Blue's Clues book for me to tuck away in my collection of children's books)
Total, no tax: $3.00 (the value of the book is $3.99 alone)

Shopper's Trip 09/05/09

Stopped into Shopper's to get some of the really cheap bologna (that I secretly love, especially on white bread with cheese and mayonaise - drool..., but I digress) and kraft singles...
2 Kraft Singles on sale 2/$4.00 - $1.00 in ad C on 2 = $3.00/2
2 Oscar Mayer Bolognas on sale 2/$4.00 (originally $4+ EACH!) - $2.00 in ad C on 2 = $2.00/2
Oatmeal Cream pies $1.25 on sale (these are for the Steam show coming up, better to splurge on snacks then buy the overpriced food there...)
2 Cream Cheese Tubs $1.89 ea - $1.00/2 MC = $2.78/2
3 Yoplait Yogurts $0.75 ea - $0.60/3 MC - $0.60 Double = $1.05/3
Blue Ribbon Sandwich Bread $1.99 on sale
Some Salad Bar veggies for salads this week $1.93
Free 6 pk of Coke Zero Bottles (my mom bought 4 - 12 pks of Coke and got a free 6 pk, so she gave it to me - YAY!)
Total: $14.00 + Tax

When life gives you tomatoes, you make pizza & pasta sauce with them...

Our garden has been doing a lot of tomato producing, so we are a little overrun with them, so I decided that we just couldn't eat them all, so... I made 3 Pint & 3 Tall Jelly jars of pizza sauce as well as, 6 pints & 1 quart of Marinara sauce. They were both really easy and I just made the sauce in the crock pot, and poured it in the jars, put the lids on and turned them upside down until they sealed (which all of them did!). If anyone would like the recipes just post a comment and I'll type them up and post them on here... YUMMY!

Target Stop -- Emergancy Run for cat litter :-(

Stopped into Target yesterday evening to get some almost free cat food and some much needed cat litter, and to see what else I could get free after coupons...
Fresh Step Litter (Not pictured) $10.99 on sale - $3.00 MC from rewards program = $7.99
Purina One Cat Food $5.99 - $2.00/1 Target C (TC) - $3.50/1 MC = $0.49
3 Honey Nut Cheerios Cups of Cereal $1.00 ea - $1.00/1 TC x 3 = 3 Free
Total with Tax ($0.72): $9.20

Aldi Trip -- Have I mentioned that I love this store...

I would just like to say that, I, well, LOVE ALDI! All right, now that I have got that into the open, on to the deals...
2 White Vinegars $0.79 ea = $1.58/2
1 Bag Tortilla Chips $0.99
1 Parmesan & Romano Cheese Shaker $2.39
1 Jar Minced Garlic (for homemade spaghetti & pizza sauce) $1.19
3 lbs Yellow Onions $1.89
Total (no tax): $8.04

Frugal Fall Decoration

I just had to share my newest addition to the house and what a super cute table centerpiece it made. I bought the pip-berry with rusty star wreath up in Lancaster at a wholesale craft outlet for like $1.50 and thought that is was really adorable and bought it not really knowing what I was going to do with it. So I came home and started searching for something to deocrate with it, and low and behold, I found it. The candle dish I bought was on clearance years ago and had been shoved in the back of a cubboard along side a large collection of jar candles that I had forgotten I had.
Moral of the story: 1 pip-berry wreath + 1 Jar candle + 1 old candle dish = 1 Really super cute affordable table centerpiece!

Walgreen's Run!

Had a lot of RR's that were about to expire and of course my store was out of everything, so I tried to roll them the best I could...
Transaction #1:
2 Reese's PB Cups 2/$1.59 - BOGO Free MC $0.89 = $0.70/2
1 Coke Zero - Free coke 20 oz wyb 2 Hersheys candies Promo = Free
1 Deerfield Popcorn Kernals clearanced $0.50
2 Trident Fruit layers Gum 2/$2.00 - $1.00 RR wyb 2 = 2/$1.00
1 Carefree Ultimate Liners $1.99 - $1.99 RR = Free
- Used $5.00 RR to Pay
Total OOP with Tax ($0.22): $0.41

Transaction #2:
2 Trident Fruit Layers Gum 2/$2.00 - $1.00 RR wyb 2 = 2/$1.00
2 Reese's PB Cups (1 not shown because my husband is faster when he is hungry than I am with the camera...) 2/$1.59 - BOGO Free MC $0.89 = $0.70/2
1 Coke Zero - Free 20 oz wyb 2 Reese's Promo = Free
1 Carefree Ultimate Liners $1.99 - $1.99 RR = Free
Tea 4 pk Clearanced to $0.75
- Used $5.00 RR to Pay
Total OOP with Tax ($0.22): $0.66

Food Lion Trip 09/01/09

Stopped into Food Lion while I was on that side of town to go to CVS and got some SUPER Bargains!!!
2 - 10 pk Pop-Secret Popcorns $5.99 ea - BOGO Free Sale - $1.00/2 MC = $4.99/2
1 can Bush's Hominy $1.20 - $1.00 FL C = $0.20
1 can FL Mushroom pieces $1.09 - $1.00 FL C = $0.09
Total, no Tax: $5.27 (That's less than one of the Popcorns at full price!!! - Saved 63%

CVS Stop #2

Stopped into CVS to pick up the first prescription & used a coupon for a free $25.00 GC & to drop off the second prescription of Joe's to be filled and decided that since I was already at CVS I might as well roll some ECB's...
2 Gold Emblem Wafer Cookies $2.00 ea on Sale - $1.00/1 CVS C x 2 = $1.00 ea or $2.00/2
2 Gold Emblem Cookie Dough Bites Movie Candy $1.00 ea - $1.00 wyb 2 ECB = $1.00/2
3 Match Light Charcoals 7.2 lbs clearanced to $1.87 ea = $5.61 (Saved $16.86) - Not Pictured
2 Reese's Size 8 pks $0.77 ea on Sale - $0.55/1 MC x 2 = $0.22 ea or $0.44/2
2 Febreeze Noticables refills Clearanced $1.25 ea - $1.00/2 MC = $1.50/2
2 Glade Gel Refills Clearanced $1.17 ea - $1.00/2 MC = $1.34/2
4 Bumble Bee Tunas $0.98 ea on Sale = $3.92/4
1 Bounce Dryer Bar $$3.99 - $1.00 ECB - $2.50 MC = $0.49
- $4.00/20.00 Purchase CVS C
Total with Tax ($0.79): $4.11 (paid with ECB & Giftcard = Free!)

CVS Stop #1

Stopped into CVS to get a prescription filled for Joe and thought I would roll some ECB while I waited...
2 CVS Gums 2/$6.00 - $3.00 ECB = 2/$3.00
1 Aquafresh Toothpaste Travel Size $1.49 - $1.49 Free item MC = Free
1 Aquafresh Iso-Active Toothpaste $4.99 - $3.00 ECB - $1.00 MC = $0.99
1 Glade Reed Diffuser $6.99 - $2.00 MC - $6.99 ECB = Free + $2.00 MM
- $4.00/20.00 purchase CVS Coupon
Total with Tax ($0.93) after ECB's: All Free + $1.08 Overage in ECB - So I made $!!!