Albertsons Doubler Trip 8/28 - Cheap Fruit Bars and Morningstar

Yesterday I went to Albertsons in the evening and still got every deal, except the free Crest toothpaste was gone. I did get delicious Fruit Bars for $1.00 and Seventh Generation wipes for $0.99.

Albertsons Transaction #1

• 3 Seventh Generation Wipes - $2.99 each
• Used 3 $1/1 coupons from 7/31 Red Plum and 3 doublers

Total out of pocket: $2.97 (60% savings)



Albertsons Transaction #2

• Twizzlers - $1.88
• 2 Dreyer's Fruit Bars - $3.00 each
• Used $0.75 coupon off Twizzlers from 6/26 SmartSource and 1 doubler
• Used 2 $1/1 printable coupons and 2 doublers

Total out of pocket: $2.38 (74% savings)


Albertsons Transaction #3

• 4 Ken's Salad Dressings - $0.99 each with store coupon
• 2 Morningstar products - $3.50 each
• Tropicals Popsicles - $0.99 with store coupon
• Wholly Guacamole - $2.99 on sale
• Used 2 $1/1 Morningstar coupons from QFC booklet and 2 doublers
• Used 4 $1/1 Ken's dressing coupons from 8/14 SmartSource (free dressing!)
• Used $1/1 Wholly Guacamole coupon from Facebook and 1 doubler

Total out of pocket: $4.94 (83% savings, best of the transactions)

How do you get inspired to coupon when you're not feelin' it?

As you may have noticed, I've taken the last few weeks off from couponing. There is nothing we absolutely need, and the deals haven't been that great.

I'm thinking of doing Albertson's doublers and perhaps getting any remaining free Ken's salad dressings tomorrow, but that's all I have planned. We've been eating more summer and garden produce, grilling meat from Costco and generally laying low. Maybe the dog days of summer = a lazy couponer. Any inspirational tips to get back on the coupon train?

Target Clearance Deals and Free Dental Floss!

Target clearance this week was awesome! I scored four clothing items for 50 to 75% off and didn't pay more than $4.00 each! I also got two Reach flosses for free (actually negative 11 cents each!) All the clothes pictured cost a total of $13.22 before tax.

$13.99 out of pocket!

The dental floss was 89 cents, and I had two coupons...one manufacturer's for $1 off any Reach floss and one Target store catalina for $1 off 2 flosses. So I made 22 cents on these! I bought two of the Nivea lip glosses (the other one is in use!) for $0.99 each after a $3 off 2 coupon.

But the best deal is three tops and a pair of sleep shorts for just over 13 bucks! Happy clearance shopping at Target! :)

Albertsons Doubler Trip 8/14 - Free V8 Fusion and Cheap Tillamook

Yesterday I stopped in to Albertsons after church and scored all my planned deals. Yay!! I did three transactions of three doubler (Twice the Value) coupons each, for a total of nine doublers, and I spent $3.00 out of pocket.

$3.00 out of pocket!!

Albertsons Transaction #1

• 4 packages of sliced Tillamook cheese - $2.50 each
• Instant $2.00 savings when you buy $10.00
• Used 4 $1/1 Tillamook from Facebook
• Used 3 doubler coupons
• Paid $1.00 out of pocket!

Albertsons Transaction #2

• 3 V8 Fusion with Tea - $2.00 each
• Used 3 $1/1 V8 Fusion with Tea (printable here)
• Used 3 doubler coupons
• Paid ZERO!

Albertsons Transaction #3

• 1 V8 Fusion with Tea - $2.00
• 2 Kettle chips
• 1 Culinary Circle spinach dip
• Used 1 $1/1 V8 Fusion with Tea (printable here)
• Used 2 $1/1 Kettle chips (from Fred Meyer blinkie, also in 8/7 paper)
• Used 3 doubler coupons
• Received spinach dip free with purchase of 2 Kettle chips
• Paid $2.00 out of pocket

Total out of pocket $3.00 and savings was over 90% I think. Woo!

Safeway Frozen Food Promo - 8/13 Awesome Deals

The Safeway Frozen Food Deal just keeps getting better! The $5 off $15 coupon is valid through Tuesday, 8/16 so get your deals ready!

All the frozen ice cream and popsicles in this photo cost $2.49.

$9.12 out of pocket! 82% savings!

Here are the details:

• 4 Dreyer's Smoothies and Shakes - $1.00 each
• Used 4 $1/1 Dreyer's Shake (printable)
• 3 Dreyer's mini cups - $1.00 each
• Used $1/3 coupon from 6/12 Smart Source
• Breyer's Blasts Reese's ice cream (SO GOOD!) $3.00
• Used $3/1 coupon from Safeway.com (NLA)
• Coconut popsicles $3.50
• Juice push-up popsicles $1.99
• Used the $5 off $15 frozen foods coupon
• Out of pocket for ice cream/popsicles - $2.49!

I got a few other things too:

• 4 Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks ($.99 each when you buy 4)
• Used 2 $.50/2 from 8/7 insert (the one with GM stuff on the front)
• Raspberries - $2.00
• Cranberry juice cocktail - $1.67

My total out of pocket for this shop was $9.12, and I saved $40.23, for a savings of 82%!!

Fred Meyer Trip 8/10

Took a quick trip to Fred Meyer today for salsa ingredients and picked up a few items with printable coupons that are expiring soon. All this for under eight bucks!

$7.63 out of pocket!

• Organic Baby Romaine $1.49
• Jamba Smoothies $1.67 with in-store coupon
• Walla Walla Onion $.78
• Organic Cilantro $.69
• Tomatoes $1.48
• Banana $.27
• Green grapes $.63
• Aussie deep conditioner $2.99
• 3 S&W Beans $.79 each
• Free sample of Starbucks VIA

• Used $1 Jamba Juice printable (NLA)
• Used $.75/3 S&W Beans printable (NLA)
• Used Free Aussie hair product from Facebook

= $7.63 out of pocket!

I also scored a lot of catalina coupons. My own catalinas (with the verbiage "Best Customer Coupon" to make me feel cool apparently?) as well as a bunch left on the counter from the last customer. I asked the checker if I could take them and she said yes! :)

Shopping When My Fridge is Stocked - Target and Albertsons

Last week we bought copious amounts of food at Costco, plus I got my organic box, so I didn't really need anything. Yesterday I wandered around Target at lunch time and ended up with the following purchases for a total of $3.00.

Free sharpies with Target coupon, $1 coupon holder (dollar spot), $2 mixed nuts (sale)

I have been carrying my coupons around in a ratty envelope (or envelopes when needed) for far too long I had just changed to a new envelope the day before I took this photo.

Before - ratty disorganized envelope. Shameful!

And ta-da, the after! I honestly think I need a bigger receptacle, but this will do for now. And it won't fall apart!

After - 7 different pockets! The food category is overflowing though.

Anyway, so I used this coupon holder for the first time at Albertsons tonight. I really just needed to go there to redeem by five "get two free tickets" for 30 tickets, but I still didn't win big. I did, however, win another can of Friskie's cat food. Score for Caesar! I spent $12.98 on the following four items.

Under $13 for everything.

The Prilosec was free with a random Albertsons coupon I got in the mail. The carrots were free with a catalina Emily gave me. The two pounds of prawns were $10 off so $11.98, and the tortillas were on sale for $1.00.

My total haul from the Albertsons Sizzlin' Summer Giveaway was two free donuts and two cans of cat food. Better than nothing I guess!

Super Cheap Ice Cream at Safeway through 8/9

Safeway has the $5 off $15 frozen foods coupon in their ad this week. The $15 minimum is BEFORE manufacturer's coupons but AFTER club card savings. I paid under $4 for everything pictured!

Paid $3.67 for all this! Club card price was $15.96

• Three Starbucks ice creams at $2.99 each
• One Magnum ice cream bars at $2.99
• Four Dreyer's Shakes/Smoothies at $1.00 each
• = $15.96 before coupons

Used these coupons:

• Safeway e-coupon for $2 off one Starbucks pint
• Safeway e-coupon for buy 3 get 1 Dreyer's smoothie free (took $1.79, pre-club card price off)
• Two Starbucks printable coupons (NLA) for $1.25 off one
• One Magnum ice cream bar coupon for $1 off one
• Safeway $5 off $15 frozen foods

Paid $3.67 for everything pictured!

A couple other notable Safeway deals...Trident gum is buy 2 get 1 free. I paired this with the $2 off 3 coupon from the 7/24 SmartSource and bought 6 packs of gum for $.26 each. Also organic milk was only $2.49 each with in-ad coupon! That's way cheaper than the milkman so I cheated on him just to build a stockpile of two. The expiry isn't until September. Also worth noting, my Safeway was surprisingly coupon friendly today. Yay!!

Fred Meyer Trip 8/4 - Used My Walgreens Catalinas!

Coupon blog fail - I forgot to take a photo. Now it's almost bedtime but I really want to share a couple of good deals with you! So it's text only this time...

• Odwalla Juices are $1.99 and have a $.55 off hang tag, so $1.44 each!
• Tillamook Plain Yogurt (big ones) are only $2.00!
• Challenge Butter is $1.50 each...I still had the $2.00 off printable coupon so it was free!

Here is what I got:

• Solo Plastic Plates $3.39
• Organic Lettuce $2.50
• Walla Walla Onion $1.10
• Organic Celery $2.35
• Organic Cucumber $.79
• Tillamook Sour Cream $1.50
• Tillamook Plain Yogurt $2.00
• Odwalla $1.44 (with above coupon)
• Challenge butter $1.50 (free with coupon)
• Rain check for Wisk $2.99 (used three $2 off coupons)
• Cage free eggs $1.98 (every day price!)
• SIX bottles of wine, totaling $38.94 before tax

Thank you Fred G. Meyer for the deals!

Spent out of pocket... only $29.90! Saved almost $40 just with coupons.

I used $27 in Walgreens catalinas and got the 10% wine discount. Major score!!

Albertsons Doubler Trip 8/1 - Decent TTV Coupon Deals

Albertsons reduced the number of doublers per sheet from three to two, but I still found a few good deals on foods I actually like and need. I spent $5.47 and saved $16.34, for a savings of 75%.

Spent $5.47 and saved $16.34

Albertsons Transaction #1

• 4 Atheno's Yogurts @ $1.39
• Used two $1/2 and doubled, so $.39 each (thought they would be free but this is still a good deal!)

Albertsons Transaction #2

• Emerald Breakfast to Go @ $2.99
• Wholly Guacamole @ $3.49
• Used $1/1 Wholly product and $1/1 Emerald and doubled

Albertsons Transaction #3

• Tic-Tacs @ $1.19
• 2 Atheno's Feta crumbles @ $3.99
• Used $.75 off Tic-Tacs, B1G1 Atheno's feta and $1/1 Atheno's feta and doubled

All said, it was a decent trip to use up my doublers... I'm a little bummed there aren't three doublers per sheet, but I don't even know if I could have found nine deals to do this week anyway. I hear Albertsons is still tweaking their policies so we'll see what they change next. Did you use Albertsons doublers this week? What was your best deal??