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I kind of forgot about this blog Budget Help$ and then happened upon it last night. That's where I found the Kashi coupon. There is also a $1 off and 2 Nabisco crackers coupon among other deals. Check it out.

Kashi Cereal Bars

Just found this coupon for $2.00 off Kashi soft baked cereal bars. Not sure how much the bars are, but $2.00 off one box is a pretty great coupon.

Grocery finds this week

I found a couple of good deals when grocery shopping this week.

Target:

TGI Fridays frozen snacks - on sale for $1.84. There is a $3 off coupon (scroll down the page to the "t" section). Make $1.16!!

Lipton Tea - various ones on sale. I got the Lipton to Go. It was on sale for $2.00. There was a $0.60 off coupon from the paper and combine this with $1.00 off Target coupon. There are other teas that are less than $2.00 so you could potentially get it for free.

Ocean Spray CranEnergy - on sale for $2.50 for either a 4-pack or a large bottle. There were $1.00 off coupons that could be printed awhile ago. I don't think they're available anymore, but if you got them back when, then you're good to go. Pretty cheap energy drink.

Walmart:

Hunt's tomato sauce - on sale for $0.36 for the small cans. Use this $1.00 off 2 coupon to make a little bit of money. (I have a fear that this may not be a coupon that is printable anymore, so you will only be in luck if you printed this one previously.)

Ortega taco seasoning - costs $0.58 per packet. There was a $0.75 off coupon in the paper a little while ago and I believe it is getting close to expiring. This would give you both seasoning packets for $0.41. Not too shabby.

Kmart double coupon week

Okay Iowa ladies, most of you know that our Kmarts are not doubling coupons this week like many other Kmarts in the nation. We (central Iowans) may be in luck though. According to the Kmart on University Ave. in WDM we should still be able to get double coupons this week. My advice would be the following:

1. Print off this page of the Kmart circular from Joliet, IL
2. Print off the email I received from the WDM Kmart's store manager stating that they would honor the deal/advertisement.

If you would like me to forward you the email from the store manager just email me or leave a comment on this blog.

Weekend Deals

Did a little shopping this weekend. Stopped at Hy-Vee and picked up some more cereal. I was able to get 7 boxes of cereal for slightly under $7! You can find $1 coupons for Kellogg's cereal at the Slick Deals site listed over in the side bar.

Also made a spur of the moment stop at Walgreens and picked up some razors, used the $3 coupon in the Nov. easy saver catalog + a $2 coupon I had so the razors only cost me $.99! Also picked up some air fresheners with 2 B1G1 coupons = free! And not pictured in the candy bar I picked up b/c I had the munchies. Got out of there for about $2.

Kellogg's Cereal for $1

HyVee is having a sale on Kellogg's cereals. They're $2 a box. There are mutiple coupons on sites like coupons.com and couponbug.com (link on sidebar) that have $1 off any Kellogg's cereal. I haven't gone yet, but it should be a good deal. I'm heading there tonight.

KMART Customer Friendliness

For the few that ventured to K-Mart on Thursday and were meet with the best customer services ever. (Tongue in cheek). Fear no more!!! I wrote my first complaint letter (email) ever. Melissa is such a bad influence. Well, we will all be getting "FREE" gift cards in the mail from the Manager at the Kmart store we went to. By the way, the managers name is STEVE, and if you have any trouble at all when you go there, just ask for him. He even gave me his direct email if any of you need anything. SM3447@searshc.com. He was extremely nice and apologetic. I think the poor weathered lady I had will no longer be working at Kmart. WOW, now I have even done my first post on here!!

Kmart Deals

I appologize for the crazy format. I can't seem to get it to work right.

All coupons were doubled unless otherwise noted

Command Hooks (2)

Reg. price $2.29 x 2 = $4.58

2 $1 ($2) coupons

= $.58

Zest soap

$2.19 - $1 ($2) coupon

= $.19

Dove shampoo & conditioner, regular size (3)

3 @ 3.79 – 3 $2 ($12) coupons

= $.63 overage!

Dove shampoo, large size

$5.49 - $2 ($4) coupon

= $1.49

Herbal Essescence (2)

$7.58 - $3 (not doubled, over the $2 coupon limit)

= $4.58

Beneful dog treats

$4.99 - $1.50 ($3) coupon

= $1.99

Busy Bone dog treat

$3.49 - $1.50 ($3) coupon

= $.49

Better Than Ears dog treat

$3.19 - $1 ($2) coupon

= $1.19

Chew-Lotta dog treat

$3.29 - $1 ($2)

= $1.29

Kit Kat & Reeses candy

3/$7 - $1/3 ($2/3) coupon

= $5.00

Smart Start cereal

$3.99 - $1 ($2) coupon

This was a "try me free item" so I will also get a $3.99 rebate

= $2.00 overage!

Mini wheats cereal

$3.99 - $1 ($2) coupon

= $1.99

Welches grape juice

$3.99 - $1 ($2)

= $1.99

Evaporated Milk

I had a coupon for this but when I was in line I noticed I had to buy 2 so didn't use it

= $1.00

Evian water

I was thirsty, no coupon

= $1.00

KMart Double Coupon Buys

The KMart Double Coupon extravaganza wasn't as much as I was hoping for, but I did get some free stuff. This was my first double coupon experience, and the disgruntled cashiers didn't do much to make it a happy checkout experience, but the shopping part was a lot of fun. Here's what I got:

Dove Shampoo & Conditioner $3.79 each

• - coupon for $2.00 off (doubled to $4.00 off)
• = FREE!! (this was my favorite because I really wanted this after the free sample)

Pert Shampoo $3.00

• -$1.50 doupon (doubled to $3.00)
• = FREE!

Covergirl Masara $4.49

• - $1.00 off coupon (doubled to $2.00)
• = $2.49

Ziplock Bags $2.19 each

• -$1.00 off 2 (doubled to $2.00)
• =$2.38 for both or $1.19 each

Hersey's Extra Dark $2.50 each

• - $1.00 off (doubled to $2.00)
• = $0.50 each

Jack Link's Jerky $3.00

• - $1.00 off coupon (doubled to $2.00)
• = $1.00

KMART - O MY LANDS!!!!!

I had heard that some KMart stores were honoring the double coupon deals even if they weren't on the "list". I just called the KMart on University in Clive and THEY ARE HONORING THE DOUBLE COUPONS!!!! WHOOO HOOO!!!! Here comes some free and/or nearly free stuff. I am planning a trip tomorrow and I can hardly wait. If you haven't heard about this promotion, a good blog is Money Saving Mom. You can go to KMart's website to see their flyer and see what kind of deals there are. The deal is from October 15 - 18. Not a ton of time, so don't miss out. I think it might be a good idea to call the local store before heading over. It sounds like it's somewhat hit and miss as to which stores are participating.

I can hardly contain myself. I'm on a coupon high and have caffiene jitters. This is great!!

Walgreens on 10.8.08

If you are still not hooking up the Walgreens deals, I implore you. Go forth and do so! Mindy and I went together tonight and both got some sweet finds. Hopefully Mindy will also post because posting is fun.

Here's the breakdown:

- Crest Toothpaste (2)

• on sale for $1.99,
• Easy Saver Coupon for $1.00 off
• P&G coupon from Sunday paper for $1.00 off
• = free
  

- Oxi Clean

• on sale for $5.99
• no coupons, but I will get this for free

- Airborne to go (6)

• $0.99 each
• manufacturer's coupons for $2.00 off
• = made $6.00 profit

- Glade Wisp Candle (2)

• on sale for $5.99
• manufacturer's coupon for buy one, get one
• $5.00 off coupon from Sunday paper
• $3.00 register reward
• = $2.01 in profit

- Glade Candles (2)

• on sale for $1.99
• coupon from Sunday paper for $1.00 off
• $1.00 rebate
• = free

- Glade Scented Oil Candles (2)

• on sale for $3.99
• $2.00 off coupon from Sunday paper
• $2.00 rebate
• = free

- L'Oreal Towelettes

• free after rebate

- Windex (2)

• on sale for $2.50
• $1.00 manufacturer's coupon from paper
• $1.00 off rebate
• = $0.50 each

That is some good stuff. I don't care who you are.

So I am on vacation in Minnesota and have seen the following deal at a handful of gas stations. To me it seems like a great deal and if I ate more cereal I would totally hook up this deal!

Hy-Vee - Oct 2, 3 & 4

Hy-Vee is having some Founders Day Specials. A lot of these deals are only October 2, 3 & 4.

- Strawberries are $1.99

- Froze Tyson Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts are $4.95 for 2.5 lb bag

- Chex Mix is $1.00. There are $1.00 and $0.60 off coupons. FREE!!!

- Dole Premium Classic Salads are $1.50

- TGI Fridays Snacks are on sale for $3.00. There are $3.00 off coupons. FREE!!!

- Bertolli Oven Bake Meals are $5.88. There are $2.00 off coupons and $1.50 off coupons.

- Blue Bunny Single Serve Ice Cream is always $1.00 at Hy-Vee. There are $1.00 off any novelty and these work for these. FREE!!!

These are just some of the things that I am going to pick up. They seem to have quite a few sales. You can always check out their flyer on the Hy-Vee website.

Some Target & Wal-Mart finds

Yesterday my husband got sad about all the Kashi cereal that we have. He said he just can't eat it every day. He really really likes Life cereal, but it's expensive so I haven't been buying it. We also had run out of syrup so he wasn't able to enjoy any of the Kashi waffles that we had purchased. We were out of eggs. His breakfast time just wasn't making him happy. I fixed that problem today.

Target

- Life Cereal on sale 2 for $5. There is a $1.00 off 2 boxes of Life from the coupon flyer in the Sunday paper.

- Grapes are on sale for $1.00 per lb. Target has a $1.00 off at least 1 lb of grapes.

- TGI Fridays skillet dinners are on sale for $6.00. There have been $2.00 off Target coupons in the Sunday paper.

- Coke Zero is on sale for $2.75 for a 12-pack. There are $1.00 off coupons.

- Cheeze Its are $2.89 and there are $1.00 off Target coupons.

- Cascade Rinse agent: the Home Made Simple book has a coupon for a free 8 oz. bottle. I couldn't find that size at Wal-Mart, but Target has it.


Wal-Mart

- Green Giant Steamers are on sale for $1.20 - 1.23. There are $1.00 off coupons and here.

- EZ Mac individual cups are on sale for $0.75. There is $1.00 off 2 coupon.

- Northwoods Syrup is $1.64 and they have $0.75 instant coupons on each bottle has one on it which makes this $0.89 syrup. Mark and I have had this brand before and we really like it.

- Macaroni Grill dinners are supposedly really good and I've been waiting for a sale on these. The best price I find is at Wal-Mart. They are $3.50. And there is a $1.10 coupon.

- Dutch Country Bread has been on rollback for some time now. It's $1.68. It's really good bread and it doesn't have any high fructose corn syrup.

I'm back at Walgreens

I took a two week hiatus from Walgreens while waiting for my gift card to come. It finally did yesterday with almost $60 on it, so I figured out what I wanted to purchase. And here it is. Can I tell you how much free stuff makes me smile inside. Not all of this was free, but that's fine. It was still a super great deal and I needed the stuff that I actually "paid" for.

This was the first time that I did multiple transactions. I don't know what the rules are, so I just brought my first purchase to my car and then went back in for more.

So the first transaction was all that Soft Soap body wash. It is currently on sale for $3.49. There are $1.00 coupons you can print. These are a little tricky though. I ended up with 4 of them. Then there is a $1.00 off coupon in the Easy Saver book that will go towards each of the bottles. You get $10.00 register rewards when you buy 5. So I paid $9.50 with my gift card and got a $10.00 register reward. FREE!!!

Then for the second transaction. This one wasn't quite as sweet because I got stuff that I wanted. Here's what it all is:

Dove Chocolate bars are on sale for 2 for $3.00 (normally $2.39 each). You can use the coupon in the Walgreen's flyer to buy one, get one. Then I got $1.00 off coupons from a nice lady at Target one day and used those, but allegedly there are other $1.00 off Dove coupons floating around out there. So those were $0.40 total.

Then there is a coupon in the Walgreens flyer for buy one, get one envelopes for $0.99 so I hooked that up and got 2 boxes of 40 envelopes.

The Gillette shampoo is on sale 2 for $10. There are $2.00 off coupons that came in some flyer in the paper some time. And then these are also rebate items that I will get $5.00 back on. Total spent was $0.99 for 2 shampoos for the hubby.

Then for the big purchase. I really like Swiffers and we were in need of refills. The refills are on sale for $3.49 right now, which is actually a pretty decent price. I had a couple coupons from the Home Solutions book. $1.00 off any two refills and then two $0.50 coupons off one refill. And then by purchasing 4 of those items, I got $5.00 in register rewards. I was able to use $10.00 of register rewards from my first transaction. And then I will get $5.00 rebate for the shampoo. So it wasn't completely free, but I think I got a really good deal on Swiffer stuff ($1.75 per each Swiffer item I got) which makes it worth it to me.

This may have been confusing...because that's how I am. You can always ask questions if you need more clarity. I'm just happy to be back at Walgreens and having successful shopping there.