I dressed like a cow for free Chick-fil-A

Its true. I couldn't find anyone else to dress up with me, so I went alone...and got almost $7 worth of food for free...and John ate leftovers for supper:) I hate this picture but I will put it here anyway to prove that I did it. You can't see the white pants and black shoes I have on either.

I did buy the AWESOME cow purse at a Habitat for Humanity thrift store for $1 that morning...but I plan to use it every year for "dress like a cow-get free chicken" day:) Let me know if you want to join me next year.

A lot of my blogging friends did it too. Check out THIS POST by Money Saving Mom and the links at the bottom if you want to see some other cow costumes.

The other thing I learned is that there is a K-mart in Loveland. They had 50% off the already reduced price for toys, and I had a $5/20 of Toys coupon for K-mart. I also found a toy reduced at Target for 75% off. I got $86 of toys for around $18. These are GOOD electronic- sound making toys. I choose not to picture them because nephews and our niece might be receiving them:)

Safeway doubles coupons in CO?

My biggest surprise in my shopping trip yesterday was when my local CO Safeway doubled my .25 coupon and added .45 to my .55 coupon. When I asked the cashier about it, she said they were doubling coupons up to .50 but it might not last long. In the meantime...I am VERY EXCITED about this new development...because I have often wished Safeway would double coupons.

Also, Target had 50% off the black dot $1 items in the front of the store. I got some really cute gift bags and packs of thank you cards for .50 each.

Walgreens had exactly what I wanted this week.

I got some cute pencils for prizes for .05 each.
Listerine (and floss) was $3 each and buy 3 get $3 RR. I used 3- $2 coupons to get them for free.
Headband $3.99, used $1 coupon from coupons.com and after purchasing a rebate form printed out= 1.00 overage
Starbucks Ice cream buy one at 4.79 get one free. Used a $2 coupon and a $1.50 coupon. = .65 each.
Shave Gel $2.79 used $2 Catalina coupon = .79 each

15 stop shopping...

15 stops (but not all of them were shopping)- and one of them was to drop food off at the local food bank. A lot of my friends with kids say to take advantage of the multiple stop shopping while I can. Well I did today. I have been gone for a week, and I hope to not go to town again until next week, so here are the "deals" I snagged.
Since my family seemed to LOVE the free mouthwash I got them, I decided to snag some more.
Rite Aid

Rite aid had some super rebate deals last month, and this month they continue. They get kind of complicated, but with the $5 off $25 coupon on coupons.com and the rebate deals, they make for some good deals.
Stayfree Pads $3.99, BOGO store deal, and BOGO coupon = both for free AND qualifies for rebate #160
Pampers Feel and Learn...If potty training doesn't work this month (Lori) you can try again after mom and Dad visit with these. These were on clearance for $2.87. I used a $1.50 coupon and it should qualify for a $2 rebate= .63 overage
Listerine whitening was on clearance for $2.99 I used a $2 and a $1 coupon so total for 2 bottles was= $3 Plus it qualifies for a rebate, and if I take $1 off each because of my $5/25 coupon it would be .50 each!
Tylenol was on clearance, I used coupons and they qualify for rebate.

Walgreens

Listerine (the big size) $4.50 each.
Buy 2 get $3 RR. I used a $4 Catalina I got earlier and a $2 printable coupon to get both for free.
Pringles were .99 each and I used a $1.00/2 MC = .50 each

Bath and Body works had some things 90% off and I had two coupons, so I got all this:

(Sticker price would have been $50) I paid $3.50

Safeway had some great deals, but most of the coupons said you had to have a $20 minimum purchase, so I had to get creative.

I bought 5 Dr. pepper 12-pks (only one is pictured) for $1.99each. I also got Kraft cheese for .50 after coupons, Duracell batteries for 1.99 or 2.99 (I can't remember if the e-coupon came off), and some other fillers that I used coupons for. Luckily I only had to get $20 before coupons:)

Target was fun.

I found some Shaving sets, and after coupons they were around $3.50. Christmas gifts!!!!.
Hair color was on clearance for $2.17 each. I found a $4 off 2 Target coupon on the box, and used 2- $1 MC to get = $1.66 overage
Irish Spring was $2.99 and I had a $1 Target coupon and a $1 MC =.99
Degree was on sale for $3.29, I had a $2 Target coupon and a $1 MC = .29
Pace specialty salsa was on markdown for $2.09 I used a $1 MC and .50 Target coupon = .59 each
The Keebler cookies were 2.54 each. I used 3- $1 MC and got a $5 gift card for buying 5 = .90 each (I take these to church for snacks a lot).

King Soopers was good to me too.

Cheerios (the biggest box) $2.50 used 4- $1 coupons, and as part of the $3 off 10 deal got .30 off each one. = $1.20 each
BBQ sauce .99 used .50 MC which doubled AND took .30 off each because of the promotion =90 overage
Gatorade 1.00, took .30 off each =.70 each
Country Crock butter (the big tub)$1.99, used .50 MC which doubled =.99
Light and Fit Yogurt $1.99, used .60 coupon which took .40 off bc of double coupons to $1.00 = .99 for 6 yogurt cups.
Organic lettuce $2.99, used $1 MC (from flyer in the mail)= $1.99
Kraft Cheese $2.99, used 4 $1 MC and got $4 Catalina for buying 5 =$1.19 each
Jennio ground Turkey $3.99 (I thought it was $4.99 because that is what the sign said) and I used my $5 MC from the biggest loser promo =$1 overage
Tomatoes and green pepper were cheap.

Now I can make my mom's enchiladas =tortillas, salsa, ground turkey, tomatoes, lettuce, cheese:)

Rite Aid and King Soopers deals from this week

This afternoon I went to one store and had coffee with a friend. Then I picked up my free cookie from Subway.
You can find out how to get free cookies from Subway HERE.

I went to Rite Aid to get some deals:

Listerine was $4.39 each. Tylenol was $6.99 and Visine was $4.99.
I used 3- $2.00 coupons for Listerine
A $2.00 in-add coupon for Tylenol
and a $3.00 coupon for the Visine.
I used a $5 off $25 coupon.
There is a $5 rebate for 3 Listerine bottles
There is a $10 rebate when you buy $25 of Johnson and Johnson products.
I got Starbucks candy $2.50 and used a $1 MC.
Total out of pocket= $10.65
Expecting $15 in rebates = overage of 4.35

I also went to King Soopers:

At King Soopers there was a deal where if you get 4 Kellogg's items, get free Milk, Eggs and Bread.

I got 3 boxes of cereal, and one bag of Sandies Cookies for $10. I used 4-$1.00 coupons to get 3 boxes of cereal, a bag of cookies, milk, eggs and bread for $6. I also had a coupon for $1.50 off Oreos when you buy a gallon of milk, so the Oreos were $1.15. The Dole fruit was $1.00 each and I had $.50 coupons which doubled=free. Suave Deodorant was $1.00 and I had .75 coupons (which doubled up to $1.00)=free. Scotch paper cutter .99 (clearance) and I used a $1.00 coupon. The Velveeta cups were free because I signed up for Kraft First Taste. I had a BOGO free coupon, a $1.00 off 2 coupon, and a cellfire coupon that all seemed to work for the Mac and Cheese cups= free. Doritos were $1.98 each. I had a FREE coupon and a $1.00/2 e-coupon which made them .49 a bag. Bounty paper towels were $1.00 and I had 3- .25 coupons which doubled making them .50 each. The scrapbooking embellishments were .89. In total this was $9.63. With sale prices but without coupons it would have been over $34.

Before I went home, I picked up a free taco from Del Taco with a coupon that was in the newspaper. Nothing beats FREE:)

I went to Denver and I love Supertarget!

See title line:)

I needed to get some food for John while I am going to be in Iowa...so I went to Super Target to check out their pizza, chips and soda. I also got some other deals.

Heres what I got: This might get confusing because some deals overlap.

DiGiorno Pizza 5.50, buy 1 get a free 2-liter coke soda. I used a 2-$1.00 MC and got 2 sodas and 2 pizzas for for $9.00. Then there was a coupon on the soda that said buy 2 coke sodas and 2 Archer farms bag of chips and get $2 off. I combined the 2 chips offer with the buy 2 bags of chips get salsa free- and used 2-$1 off Target coupons for the chips so that 2 bags of chips and 1 container of salsa was $2.66 (that's .88 each). If I combine that with the $2 coupon I got off the soda, it is .66 total. I also found coupons in the tins of the candles and paid .16 each for them. The Softsoap deal: $6 each. Buy 2 get a $5 gift card. Used 2-$2 Target coupons, 1-$2 MC and 1-$1 MC= all for free

I also got the Dove deodorant and Axe body wash free after coupons.

Pepsi Product 12 pks are $2.50 each. Use $1 Target coupons to get each 12 pk of soda for $1.50 WOW.

The Ritz and Wheat Thins were $2.00 each. I used a BOGO free and a $1.00 coupon to get them for .50 each.

After the $5 gift card I got all this for $16.11.

Today I went to my local target and got more soda and trial size Almay and Vaseline.

I get a lot of my Target Deals from Money Saving Mom's site.

I find my target coupons HERE.

I also went to Walgreens.

I got Oreo Cakesters 2/$5, buy 2 get $3 RR, used 2-$1 MC = Free.

St Ives body wash $2.99, used $1.50 MC, got $2.99 RR= $1.50 overage

Right Guard Deodorant $3.29, Used $1.00 MC then they scanned the in-add coupon for .99 for the item. =.01 overage

Cover girl Nail polish $3.99, ( I received a Catalina for a free bottle of nail polish, so I redeemed it:). =Free
I also bought two filler items from clearance so I spent about $2.20 total (only on my filler items):)

King Soopers and Target

I had some fun shopping the other day. I went to King Soopers and got some cheese and pineapple:)
Kraft Natural Cheese is DELICIOUS. If you get a chance to try it- see for yourself. It was on sale for 1.67 a bag. I had a bunch of .50 coupons that doubled to 1.00 = .67 a bag, and I had some $1.00/2 coupons = 1.17 a bag
I also got 4 pineapples for FREE! They were on sale for .99 each, and I had .50 off coupons from coupons.com which doubled. Last I checked the coupons were still there- you can print them too!

I also went to Target.

Target is awesome because you can combine Target printable coupons with manufacturers coupons. You can find Target coupons HERE (scroll down)

Colgate Maxfresh Toothpaste (3 pk) 2.48 Used $1 target coupon and $1 MC = .48 for 3 or .16 each. I also got Dixie plates for .99 each after ($1 target coupon and .50 MC). The Ziploc bags were 2.29 and I used a $1 target coupon and a $1/2 and .40 MC =.79-.89 each. Joint Juice was free after coupons, and the Dish washing detergent was too good to pass us, even though I have a lot at home. 2.48 for 32 tabs, and I had a .75 MC for each one = $1.73. Do you pay $1.73 for 32 dishwasher cycle washes??:) I also got free mayo, energy saving light bulbs for 2.48, and Dove body wash for .98. How fun.

Birthday week and Shopping

I have gotten TONS of restaurant deals in my e-mail lately for signing up for their newsletters. Yesterday we got 3 meals at Noodles and Company for the price of one. Today I picked up my free chips and queso from Qudoba...

And made chicken nachos with tomatoes.
I am so full!

Earlier today I went to Safeway.

I got 23 items for $17 (and I only paid $13 because I had a $4 catalina from before).
They have a deal going where if you buy 10 items from the sale, save $5. Here are some of the deals.
Cheerios $2.00, $1.00MC, .50 off for buy 10 items save $5 deal = .50 each
Crystal Light 2.99 each, BOGO coupon, and $2.00/2 coupon, .50 off each =free
Sierra Mist $1.25, BOGOfree coupon printed from earlier this month, .50 off each, = .50 for all 4
Prego $1.99, .50 off each = 1.49 each
Febreze $2.99, .50 MC, $1 P&G e-saver coupon, .50 off =.99
Eggs $1.49
Rotisserie Chicken $5
Lettuce .48
Apple Juice $1.99, $1.00/2 MC, .50 off each= .99 each
Pudding $1.00 each $1.00/3 MC, .50 off each =.17 each
Good Deals! Although the lady behind me in the grocery store thought I had a strange selection of groceries:)

I stopped at Rite Aid:

Contact Solution $7.99 $7.99 rebate = free

Starbucks chocolate (50% off on clearance) $2.50, $1 MC = $1.50

Mars Chocolate .88 (BOGO free), used 2 FREE candy bar coupons (from the signup on Fridays) = 4 candy bars for free!