DiGiorno Rising Crust, 2/$13
Coupon: Save $1.10 when you buy 2 (use zipcode 90210)

California Pizza Kitchen Thin Crust Pizza, 2/$13
Coupon: Save $1.50 when you buy 2 (use zipcode 19606)

Hinode Rice, Selected Varieties, 5 lbs., $3.99
Coupon: Save $0.55 when you buy 1 (use zipcode 85254)

Catalina Offers (Your Bucks) - these print at the register after your transaction is complete.
Jell-O or Pudding, Ready to Eat, Selected Varieties, 6 pack, $3.99
Save up to $4.00 in future savings when you buy three or more refrigerated JELL-O Snacks
Buy 3: Get $2.00
Buy 4: Get $3.00
Buy 5+: Get $4.00

Don't forget to check out printable coupons here: Karen's Printable Coupons. Change zipcodes to possibly see different items - even if it's not offered in your region, you can print and use coupons from other zipcodes! And, you can print each one twice per computer.

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter.

Kelloggs is also running a gas card promotion where you send in the form and 10 UPC codes from select boxes of cereal and they will send you a $10 card good for gas. Basically, with my $5/5 coupons, I got 10 boxes of cereal for free.

So happy I got to use those coupons, they expire today!

Edit 3/17/12: It's not register rewards, there is supposed to be a mail-in rebate in the 3/18 paper. Sorry - I have the ad in my hand now, and I see it is not register rewards.

However, as I'm reviewing my receipt, I swear the competitor coupon I gave her was for $10 off of $50, but I see a $5 credit. Maybe I was wrong, and there's no way for me to tell now. I also had a coupon for the dog treats, B2G1 and the store was also running a BOGO, so I should have gotten two of them, no, three of them for free. Don't think that happened. I see strange vendor coupon credit amounts, but none match the dollar amount of the treats.

Oh well. In all, I saved 70% on my groceries today, paying $41.95 (not including tax) for value of $142.60. Too much money in my book, but still a decent amount to save considering I had fresh produce, CFL bulbs, and some meat. Yes, had a coupon for the meat and the bulbs, but not the produce.

Best Deals: Kraft Philadelpha Indulgence White Chocolate, which were 2/$4, and I had store coupon for $2/2 and also 2 $1/1 coupons... FREE! Also the Kraft Philadelphia Cooking Creme containers, 2/$4, and I had the $2/2 store coupon and $1/1 and $0.55/1... so, that was 2 for $0.45!
Also scored 4 bottles of Purell, 8oz for $0.50 with a competitor coupon $1/1 and manufacturer coupon $1/1.

My iffy purchases were the International Delight creamers which were BOGO $2.15 -- I couldn't find my MQ (manufacturer's coupon)s for $0.55/1, but I opted to just buy them anyway since the flavors sounded so good and they were working out to be $1.075 each. Found my coupons, by the way... sitting at home, on my desk, taunting me...

In all, 70% is nothing to be sad about... just wish I had more control over the coupons at checkout.

Country Crock Spread, $4.69 -- Coupon: $1/1 Country Crock Spreads, excludes Honey an Cinnamon Flavored Spreads)

Ouch! Tropicana 59 oz., $3.99 -- This past weekend there was a Pepsi "Moments to Save" insert in the 3/4 Sunday paper. There is a $1 off of 2 Tropicana 59oz. bottles. (I say "Ouch" because Tropicana is expensive, but we are paying "only" $3 for the same bottle here in FL). I just used my coupon to buy 2 bottles at Walmart for $2.97 each, less the $1 on 2. Sorry, no link, you need the paper coupon for this one. Dig it out of the recycle stack!!

FYI: Here's the Times Supermarkets Coupon Policy

Now for some good deals effective for the current flyer:
I did see on their insert that they have an awesome $3 coupon when you buy 3 Kraft cheese items, which is on sale 2/$6, both the bagged shredded and single slice variety. Make sure you cut the coupon out of the ad and take it with you! I think you will also get a nice Catalina coupon from the register when you buy 3 or more Kraft cheese items. No way for me to confirm this, but supposedly:
Buy (3), Get $2.00 OYNO (off your next order)
Buy (4), Get $3.00 OYNO
Buy (5) Get $4.00 OYNO
Here is the link for the Coupon Network by Catalina offer for Kraft

Other note-worthy items that have good coupons:
Stouffers (Banquet) Family Entrees, $3.99 w card - there was a $2.00 manufacturers coupon in the 1/29/12 Red Plum insert - would make this $1.99. You can sign up for coupons on their Facebook page: Stouffer's Facebook page Right now, they have $2.00 off any one Stouffer's Sautes for Two product. Also, when you register they are giving a 0.50 coupon for Pepperidge Farm Frozen Stone Baked Artisan Rolls or Texas Toast. Signing up is going to allow you to get a few coupons over the next few weeks. These are good for the lazy nights, I suppose. I bought a few of the family sized entrees and plan on using them when my husband is out of town and I want to spend more time with the kids than in front of the stove. "Mommy, can you play with me?"...

Silk Coconut Milk, 2/$8 -- $1 any Silk Pure Coconut Milk.
There is also a $1 off Silk Fruit & Protein.

Listerine, $4.49, $1/1 Any Adult Listerine Mouthwash

Robitussin Cold and Cough, $4.99 -- $1.00 off any Robitussin product

FYI, you can print the coupon twice from the same computer.

A final note: Can I just say that I am JEALOUS that you can get a 20lb. bag Hinode rice for just $10.99?? I pay around $18 for a 20lb. bag of Botan rice.

That's all I have for now. Time change is about to hit us, which means instead of it being almost 2am, it's almost 3am. *sigh*

Happy saving, people!

I've been nabbing a lot of free items just by watching sales and using the coupons. Not only free... sometimes you make money on items, and the overage carries over to the rest of your purchase. Latest one was using a $1 Reach Dental Floss coupon at Target, where it was priced for $0.97. I've heard that Target adjusts the coupon amount to the actual sale price, but in this case, it was not. So, who knows? I've had good moneymaking deals at Walgreens, but I am coming to hate shopping there since 99.9% of the time my purchase requires management intervention since the registers are troublesome.

Anyway, my family and friends, I'll try to keep you in the loop for some good coupons and some sales that will make it well worth the ink and paper you use to print the coupon. Hang on to your coupon inserts from the newspaper and use them! Or, send them to me, ha ha. When I have the chance, I plan to do a little research on the stores in Hawaii. Figure if I can make one or two good deals for you, you'll see... it's worth it! :-)

The babies are tag-teaming me with crying and wails for attention. For now, I am enjoying peace and quiet while the dryer takes care of the only two (semi-)uniforms B has for school.

This whole uniform thing has me annoyed and PO'd.

The latest is that when I placed the order a month and a half ago, they didn't tell me that it was missing a Style # for the shorts... there is no spot on the order form for style #!!! So, I finally receive the order, and it's missing half the items (the shorts), with a note jotted on it that they cannot complete the order. Hello?! Couldn't someone have TOLD ME THAT WHEN I GAVE THEM THE ORDER?!! So when I called today, they said come to the office and take a look at the shorts and give them the style number. I did just that, went down to the school office to look at the shorts and select the style. And what happened? THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE SHORTS AVAILABLE FOR ME TO LOOK AT. They continuously do a horrible job at communicating and I'm about fed up. But, I guess it should get better if there's a next year at the school, when we know what to expect from them. So, enough complaining about the uniforms.

I'm trying to find a new way to journal - where it's not so wide open and I can tie it in to this site without a lot of work. God knows I don't have time to monkey with it. Not even spending a lot of time on my FB apps - who has time?! Sleeping very little, but maybe I found a solution by bundling the babes in one of those sack things. She looks like a little burrito. Too cute. She hasn't budged since her bath, over 3 hours ago.

Ah well, hope all is well with you and yours. Until next time...

We're still alive and kicking. Busy busy busy. Summer is just upon us and the heat is already here.

Just thought I'd drop in and say hello after junking a bunch of junk comments. And now that that's done, I have a bunch of floor to mop. Fun stuff.

Meanwhile, you know kids... Billy was so intrigued by what the woman was doing. He stood behind the husband and tried to look in the stall (they left the door open, since they both can't fit in the stall while she was puking). I ushered him on and then once we were in the stall, he proceeded to kneel and try to peak underneath....

I can tell you she probably had eggs for breakfast, because that was what appeared to be in chunks on the bathroom floor in our stall.

Good times.... Good times.

There just isn't enough time in the day. Little B started pre-school and this week (and next) Big B is out of town (country) so I get the morning ritual all for myself. Ritual of getting Little B off to school on time. Once I drop him off, it seems like I blink and it's time to pick him up again, 6 hours later. Where does the time go? Three infant feedings, my breakfast, lunch, dishes... if I'm lucky a little down time. Right now I want to sleep. I opted for coffee instead.

I have a bubble on my eye. Huh?! Seriously. I looked in the mirror yesterday because I could feel that something was in there. It's a little bubble on the white of my eye. If it doesn't go away soon I'm going to be really annoyed.

Absolutely love that Netflix has the Watch Instantly available on the Wii. I have watched four seasons of Bones and then ran out. Waiting anxiously for season 5. Love it. Tons of stuff in our queue, they even have some Thomas and Caillou.

I better cut this short. Tick tock, it's almost time to leave the house again! Things to do!

B started his pre-Pre-K -- two two-week summer sessions before officially starting preschool. Not a tear was shed when he went to school. He loves it, but probably because they have trains and tracks there. Unfortunately the playground is one for mosquitoes too. His second day of pre-K, I picked him up to find he had about 12 bites, 4 of which were on his head. That and he carried a pound of sand home on his head, in his hair.

So anyway, the little guy is starting school. Enter our newest addition. She joined us early in June and it's been wonderful, but hard to get used to the whole infant thing again. Wow. She has to eat AGAIN? LOL. Eat, cry, sleep, change diaper. Heavy on all except for the sleep part! Though she is starting to sleep longer through the night, which is wonderful. She also has started smiling in response to funny faces or cooing, so the fun times are right ahead of us!

Other than that, it's been all about the business. The dog is driving me crazy. I need a maid. I hate spiders.

That's all for now, don't want to overload you or anything. ;-) Have some things to do before things get moving again for the day (baby wakes up and time to pick up the little guy from school).

Made an apple cranberry pie tonight, which was supposed to be part of tomorrow's dessert, but it was so good only one small dish of it is left. Ha! We're having a pretty traditional meal tomorrow. Roasted turkey breast, stuffing, green bean casserole, a little bit of mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce (canned jellied and a dish of fresh cranberry sauce).... And rice, of course. I seem to have forgotten about the gravy though. Oops. I'm sure we'll manage to whip something up. Oh, and a pumpkin cheesecake. It all sounds good, but I can't wait to eat that stuffing. My favorite part of the meal!!

Happy Thanksgiving!