FREE Cool Whip at Albertsons!!

Starting tomorrow (9/1) through 9/7 you can get FREE Cool Whip at Albertsons, no coupons needed.

Cool Whip is on sale for $1.00 and is a part of the Buy 5, Save $5 Catalina promo

Buy 5 Cool Whip $1.00
Pay $5.00 OOP, get $5 Catalina
= FREE

So, what yummy recipes are you going to use yours in?

"Holy $.12 Mac & Cheese, Batman!!!" (Albertsons Doublers deal)

Yes, you heard right - Kraft Mac & Cheese for $.12/box!

Mac & Cheese is on sale at Albertsons this week for $.79.  The in-store Fall Into Good Things coupon book contains a coupon for $1/3 boxes (these coupon books just finally appeared at my 2 closest Albertsons on Friday).  Combine them and this week's doublers for a hot deal!

Buy 3 Kraft Mac & Cheese $.79
Use 1 $1/3 from Fall Into Good Things coupon book + Doubler
= $.37 for 3 boxes!!!

Why I always take my whole coupon binder to the store! (or...Pillsbury Grands Bisbuits for $.04!)

I'm a coupon planner...I prefer it if everything is organized BEFORE I go to the store.  I have my coupon binder, plus a bunch of envelopes marked with the names of store I shop frequently that I store inside my binder.  When I'm going shopping I plan out my trip, pull the coupons I'm planning to use out of my binder and put them in the envelope for that store.  Geeky, I know, but that's how I roll. :)

However, after a couple disappointing trips where I saw great deals I knew I had coupons for...at home...I started carrying my big binder with me everywhere.  I still pre-plan, but now the envelope just gets tucked into the front pocket of my binder and I bring the whole thing.

Last week it paid off at Albertsons!  My store had one variety of Pillsbury Grands Biscuits on an unadvertised Bonus Buy for $.99/can, and they were marked as part of the GM promo (buy 10 items, save $5 instantly).  I happened down that aisle, saw the sign and thought "I know I've got coupons for those!"

And because I had my binder with me, I ended up with 10 cans for $.40 TOTAL.

10 Biscuits at $.99 = $9.90
Save $5 instantly
Used (3) $.75/3 Pillsbury Rolls or Biscuits printables + 3 Doublers
= $.40

They don't expire for a couple months, so in the meantime we'll be having biscuits with dinner, making Monkey Bread, mini-pizzas with the biscuits as dough, maybe some Mini Taco Bowls.  Yum!

All that to say I encourage you to clip all the coupons you know your family would use if you got the product for free (or nearly so), organize them and take them shopping!

Free Kraft dressing with peelies found in store - great for donating!

Kraft Ranch and Italian dressings are still marked at $1.34 at Albertsons and now there is a great Catalina to boot!  If you need dressing or are headed to Albertsons to shop anyway and would like to pick up some dressing to donate this is a great opportunity!

Buy 5 Italian or Ranch dressings $1.34
Use 5 $.35/1 peelies found on the bottles
OOP = $4.95, receive a $5 Catalina

If you have the $1/1 Kraft dressing coupons from the Safeway sandwich coupon book this is obviously a LOT better, but if you don't and just want to get some free product to give anyway, this is a great chance!

AND if your store has the tearpads with $1.00 off Produce wyb 2 Kraft dressings you can use 1 of those per transaction as well (coupon says ONE PER TRANSACTION so even though you're buying 5 you can only use 1.)  This is what I'll be doing.  How cool is it to give AND save yourself some money?!

Tax free couponing fun in Oregon!

Ok, so I have a confession to make - I have become unbelievably cheap while learning to coupon.  I once put back 2 Scrubbing Bubbles Shower Sprayer refills ($6.99) at Target because even though I could get them totally FREE with coupons I had with me, it didn't seem worth it to pay the $.66 tax on each one.  Now, dear fellow coupons, before you laugh, my reasoning was sound:
1. I had enough bottles already to keep my family's showers sparkling clearn for months to come
2. I didn't just want to donate a refill container and count on someone happening to have a starter sprayer lying around to attach it to.
Later a friend (who doesn't coupon) told me that sounded just crazy - after all, it was only $.66!  Oh well.  And you know what?  A week later I score 6 Shower Sprayers for Better Than Free AND used the overage on them to pay for other stuff I was buying.  That's the day I ended up with a cartful of goodies and a negative total at Target before tax.  After tax I think I paid $3 and change for over $100 worth of stuff, then I was able to donate 6 sprayers!  Glad I didn't spend the $.66 the week before. :)

All of that to say I do occasionally think, as I read other blogs where they declare that a bunch of stuff at Walgreens or Rite Aid is "free" that week, that I wish we didn't have such outrageous sales tax here so more stuff was a little closer to free after tax for us!  Soooooooo, since I was headed to sales-tax-free Oregon last week I thought I'd make good use of the recent Schick coupons and Walgreen's RR deals.  The result (done in 5 transactions so I could get the RR on each razor):

5 Schick Hydro 5 razors (on sale for $7.99)
5 Schick Hydro shave gels (on sale for $1.49)
= $47.40
used (5) $5/1 Hydro razor SS 8/8
used (5) free shave gel when you buy a Hydro razor
OOP = $14.95, plus receive 5 $2 RR (one for each razor)
= $4.95

If I bought it all at home it still would have been a PRETTY good deal at $9.45, but saving an extra $4.50 (and getting to use up some of my about-to-expire RR doing it) made my vacation just the tiniest bit funner!  LOL!  I'm not the only one having fun couponing, right?  Ladies?  :)

Great Clearance Deals at QFC

Hello!  I'm back from the Oregon Coast and back shopping!  :)

I saw on Coupon Connections NW that QFC has some great stuff on clearance right now so I headed on down to the bottom of the hill this morning.  While I didn't find any of the Little Swimmers like I was hoping, I DID score some packs of Pull Ups for $5.  Use the $1.50/1 coupon for SS 8/22 and they're just $3.50!

I also found Oil of Olay SPF 15 moisturizer for $4.39 and used a $3/1 coupon I got in an Olay mailer.  SPF moisturizer for $1.39?! Yay!

I also noticed a ton of Garnier products in the clearance bins, but didn't have any coupons for those with me so I didn't look too closely - but I know there have been loads of Garnier coupons in the Sunday inserts over the past month, so if you use it I'd suggest grabbing your binder when you head to the store.

Post a comment here or on the FB page to let us all know if you find other great stuff!

P.S. One more note - on Coupon Connections NW Amber mentioned that she was able to use the $2/1 Sun Crystals coupon from RP 7/25 to get some great overage (Sun Crystals are on sale for $.99 this week.)  I tried this and the register only took off $.99 for each $2 coupon, just FYI.  If you were to have your order rung up before entering your QFC card number I imagine it would work like did for her, but my checker specifically asked me to enter mine before he rung up my coupons.  Oh well, free is good enough for me.  I don't use Sun Crystals and don't go in for Stevia so probably won't try them, but this a good FREE opportunity to bless others by picking some up at no cost to you and donating it, which is what I'll be doing!  Happy Shopping!

FREE Bic Soleil disposable razors at Walgreens!

I stumbled on this deal tonight while searching for something to spend my about-to-expire Register Rewards on in a rather dull Walgreen's week.  Since these were FREE they didn't help me with my RR problem, but they were fun to get for nothing!  Walgreen's has these on sale this week Buy One Get One 50% Off which works nicely with some recent coupons

Buy 2 Bic Soleil disposable razors 3 or 4 ct, any of the Soleil variety  $5.99ea (Soleil Bella is $6.99)
Use Bic Disposable Shaver BOGO Free (up to $6.99 value)  from SS 8/1 (exp 8/29)
Use $3/1 Bic Disposable Shavers 3, 4 or 8pk  from SS 7/11 (exp 8/22)
= 2 FREE

Note: you'll want something else to absob the couple pennies of overage so the register won't beep.  If your cashier tries to make the 50% off one the BOGO Free one you can politely point out that it should work on the full price one you're purchasing.  I double-checked with the manager who checked me out at my store and he said yes, that should be clear to all the cashiers. :)

Happy shopping!

Nearly free Kraft dressing AND produce at Albertsons!

I went to Albertsons today to use my doublers and scored some GREAT deals!  I used them on the Nature Valley Grahams, Nature Valley Nut Clusters, Tuna Helper, Betty Crocker Potatoes and got a bunch of Green Giant vegetables (no coupons on those, but also part of the $5 off 10 items promo).  If need any of those and haven't checked Coupon Connections NW yet to see her doubler deals you should definitely do so!

I also did one more deal that I haven't seen posted anywhere yet I wanted to mention.  Albertsons has Kraft Zesty Italian or Ranch dressing marked down to $1.34 right now (just those two flavors for whatever reason).  If you grabbed a couple of the Serve Up a Sandwich coupon books at Safeway right now you'll have a $1/1 Kraft dressing coupon in each.  Use those and the a coupon you should be able to find in the Albertsons produce department Free Produce When You Buy 2 Kraft dressing (up to $1.00), add a double and score nearly free dressing AND produce!

Buy
2 Kraft Zesty Italian or Ranch dressing $1.34
Produce (at least $2 worth)
Total = $4.68

Use
(2) $1/1 Kraft dressing
(1) Free Produce WYB 2 Kraft dressing + doubler
OOP = $.68

If you have extra doublers you could also use them on the Kraft dressings to bring your OOP to $0 (assuming your store adjusts the 2 extra doublers to only take off $.34.