Lives Lived Frugaly: February 2009

Grocery Deals 2/25-3/3

Click http://www.pinchingyourpennies.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=20 to see grocery deals. Fry's has a really good sale this week where lots of stuff is just a 1.00 minus the coupons. They are just doubling right now. I believe safeway and bashas double as well.

Free Food & Resturaunts.com

In case you didnt know today you can get free pancakes at IHOP until 10:00 tonight, two free tacos at Jack-in-the-box, and free sub at quiznos with an online coupon. Also I got two giftcards for $25 at resturaunts.com for 4.00. Its a super good site.

This Weeks Shopping & CVS

Well I didnt do much shopping this week but I did get a few things that were good deals.

*I ordered 20 free prints today from Walgreen's with the promo they were running. I also got two things of lysol wipes because they were on sale and we have coupons. I used my previous rebate giftcard to pay so it was FREE.

*I also went to fry's and got:
6 Mentos gum-Free
3 Dial Hand Soap - Free
Comfort Diapers - 2.99
Cottonelle TP - Free

*I went to Wal-Mart and the best deal I got was the free bread and lunch meat. I decided to get a thing of hot dog buns with one coupon and then two loaves of bread with the other two. I also got three things of lunchmeat and the best part was that it was all FREE! I also got 4 things of mini-wheats for 3.00 which was pretty good because they are usually expensive.

*Also I am finally starting to learn CVS a little. I went there today for the first time. Here is an example of something you could do there. They have a Extra Care Bucks (ECB) system which is money to use on your next purchase.

Get two things of Neutrogena face lotion for 5.? and get 10 ECB. You actually make about 4.00 on the deal. Then do a separate transaction and get two things of triaminic medicine for kids and use your 10 ECB from previous purchase to help pay for it and use 2(1.00) off coupons. You also get 10 ECB from buying the 2 things of medicine so it turns out to be a pretty good deal. Hope that makes sense. I went today to do just that and I couldnt find the face lotion that was supposed to be there and my baby was sick so I was trying to hurry. Hopefully it works out better for you!

The Coupon Class is Canceled

I cancelled the coupon class for Saturday. It turned out to be a really bad weekend. Many people are going to be out of town and my stake is now doing a woman's conference Saturday which eliminated many people as well. I am not sure if I will try doing another class in the future or not but if you have questions or want to share your good deals just post a comment on my blog. This also means most of the information I come across will be on my blog. I know I was going to send many people the information from the class but now that I am not doing it I wont be typing up a lot of the information. Good-luck to everyone with their coupon shopping! I will continue to post good deals as I see them.

Free Bread and Lunch Meat

At Albertsons they have little booklets that show their sales for the entire month. On the back there are two coupons for SaraLee soft and smooth bread and Hillshire Farm lunch meat. Up above it says you need to buy the DVD to get it free but the coupons are manufacturers coupons and you do not have to buy the DVD to get it free. So go pick up some Alberstons booklets, as many as you want, clip the coupons, and go to any store to get your free bread and lunch meat. Lunch meat and bread can both go in the freezer too so I stocked up especially on the lunch meat.

Preview

Sadly Fry's is just continuing their sale they had last week and I dont see anything super great you can get there this week. If I do see something I will let you know. I will update with new sales info on Wednesday once we get the ads.

Good Deals this week

Here are some good deals I saw for this week. I will post again once I actually go shopping with updates. Also courtesy of Bailey Michael, Wal-Mart is doing portraits for 3.99 which is really cheap for kids pics and they are good quality.

Walgreens
Theraflu - .50 to .75 each after coupon
Excedrin- 100ct 3.99 each after coupon
Advil - Walgreens coupon ($4 off) Manufacturer coupon ($1off) final price =?
Pert Shampoo - .99 after coupon
Revlon Lip Gloss - +1.00 after rebate and coupon
Fructis Hair Care - +? after rebate and coupon
Age Defying Spa Concealer - Free after rebate
ThermaCare Heat Wrap - Free after rebate
Zucol - Free after rebate
Club Crackers- Free after coupon

Wal-Mart
Price Matches from CVS -

Degree Deodorant = .27 after coupon and price match
Dasani Water =3.99 after price match

Price Matches from K-Mart -

Wisk 2 for $8 - coupon =6.50 for two

Price Matches from Safeway-

Fresh Express Lettuce = 1.98Fritos= 1.00
Cheetos=1.00
Kellogg fruit snacks=1.00
Suave body wash - coupon = Free
Nature's own bread = 1.50
Colgate toothpaste - coupon = Free

Price Matches from Bashas

Dole Classic Isberg lettuce=.69
Prego= .88
Barilla Pasta = .88
Hershey's Candy bars 2 for 1 - coupon = .50 for two

Fry's
Dial Hand Soap - coupon = Free
Cottonelle TP - coupon = Free
Pillsbury cake mix - coupon = .50
Green Chili's = .50
Pillsbury Pie -coupon = 1.00

The way I posted this might be confusing so if you have questions just post them and I will clarify.