Red Rover, Red Rover, Send Savings Right Over

I'm sure you've heard the jingle at least once on the radio... and if you've heard it once you've likely heard it a zillion times. As pesky as it can get, it holds some truth, "My dollar goes far at Save-a-Lot"... and yours will too!

Most of you probably don't realize that Save-a-Lot has special buys on name brand products for the same or less than you can find the at your local supermarket, AND they accept printable and manufacturer coupons, they even periodically offer printable coupons for some of their private label brands on their website. You should head on over there and sign up for the Smart Shopper Club, you'll get a $5 off $25 purchase coupon instantly and can refer up to 5 friends and receive a $5 off $25 coupons for each one that joins.

Here are just a few of the awesome deals this week at Save-a-Lot, but HURRY they end tomorrow!

Special Buys

Michelina's 90 count Pizza Snack Rolls $3.99 (yum!)

Red Gold Tomato Sauce 2 for $1.00
Use $1.00 off 4 from coupons.com (look under zip code 43210); pay $0.25 each when you buy 4

Hungry Jack Potatoes assorted varieties $1.00

Hamburger or Tuna Helper assorted varieties $1.00
Use $0.50 off 1 printable http://www.helpersmostpopulardriver.com OR $0.75 off 3 printable at couponnetworks.com OR $0.75 off 3 from Jan 2 GM insert; pay as little as $0.50 each

Chex Mix assorted varieties $0.99
Use $0.50 on 2 printable on smartsource.com or coupons.com; pay $0.75 each when you buy 2


Smokin' Hot Fresh Meat

Ground Chuck (2lb+ pkg) $2.49/lb
Italian Sausage or Brats 19.7oz $3.29
Chicken Thighs or Drumsticks family pack $0.89/lb
Half Boneless Pork Loin Roast $1.99/lb

The Art of a Deal

Early this morning husband and I went to CVS to score some Coke products before the sale ends tonight. We spent a total of $40.65, "saved" $73.80, and I have $5 in Extra Care Bucks (ECB) left to spend another day. I thought since most of the time I only share how much I spent and saved on my shopping trips, today I would tell you how I saved what I saved.

I started with buying a bottle of Complete Multi-Purpose contact solution using my FSA card, so no direct out of pocket expense, and I received a $3 ECB.

My next purchase didn't work out quite like I expected since they were out of the Ragu, so I improvised and bought a lot of peanut butter... anyone know where I can find a ton of peanut butter recipes?

Items Purchased	Sale Price	Coupons Used	ECB Received
8 Skippy Peanut Butter 1 Ragu Pasta Sauce	$13.33 $1.67	3 x $0.50 -	$5.00
2 M&M Bags	$5.00	$1.50	$1.00
2 Reese's Mini Cups King Size	$1.98	B1G1 Free	-
5 Coke 12 packs	$15.00	$3 ECB	$5.00

I also applied a $5 off $30 purchase coupon I received in my email for a total spent of $26.06. This total would have been $2.50 less if they had more Ragu in stock so I could use my Ragu coupons.

Next Purchase

Items Purchased	Sale Price	Coupons Used	ECB Received
5 Coke 12 packs	$15.00	$5, $5, & $1 ECB	$5.00

Total Paid: $4.17

Final Purchase

Items Purchased	Sale Price	Coupons Used	ECB Received
5 Coke 12 packs	$15.00	$5 ECB	$5.00

Total Paid: $10.42

Four Walgreens and a Target

As you may have gathered from my last post, I got really excited about the Walgreens deals this week! So excited that I stayed up all night Saturday checking out all the other store's deals, making lists, printing coupons, clipping coupons, and planning my transactions.

I slept most of the day Sunday and did not feel like shopping. I almost forgot I had a lot of coupons that expired on Jan 31! Major coupon foul!!! I made sure I grabbed all my coupons Monday morning, and despite all the weather reports, I had to get my shopping done. The weather actually wasn't all that bad.

Four Walgreen's later... I got a huge bag of stuff! You can read about the contents in my last post. I didn't feel like setting it all out, so here is a crappy picture. I got an extra box of turtles and several Valentine novelties and candies, but haven't bought the pillow yet but I have $20 in Register Rewards!! I don't remember my exact totals but I saved something like $125, I will check the receipts and update this later, I had $25 cash and I have some change left so I was pretty much right on target.

Speaking of Target... I dont remember everything I bought, but I know I got a lot of candy for Valentine's day, a couple Garnier face items, cereal, lots of cheese, trash bags, chips, free salsa, 5 Olay body wash, 4 free Secret deodorant, Pringles, a goodie for me, fabric softener sheets, and a bunch of other stuff. I spent $91.73 and saved $73.06!