Sick and tired of being sick and tired

ick! I hate the sickness...I'd rather just puke and be done, but nooooooo! I have to have the stuffy nose, itchy throat, watery eyes kinda sickness. Day 2 and hoping that day 3 brings an end to it! I have stuff to do dang it!

Speaking of stuff to do. Uh, I haven't been doing so much of the P90X. One, because I have felt like doo-doo - two, our copy of the program is all fricked the frack up and works when it damn well feels like it and three, I've been down right exhausted getting used to the single parent schedule again.

So, I ordered a NEW copy of P90X and it arrived TODAY *jump for joy* and on MONDAY I will be starting ALL OVER! Which is fine with me, BRING IT beotch. I am also going to try my darndest to get on board with the meal planning they provide, but with just the boys and I home for dinner 4/5 nights during the week it's hard to cook salmon, tilapia and lemon pepper chicken when they'd just as soon have a bowl of froot loops or some grilled cheese. We'll see how that progresses.

I need to take more pictures. Random thought.

And I'd like to take this opportunity to thank not only all those blogs listed down there on the side for helping me understand this whole "super-couponing" thing but more specifically the ladies over at Couponers Wanted. They are full of information and resources! They really know how to make you feel welcome and give you the help that you ask for. Thanks gals!

Onto tonight's shopping adventure. I think I missed posting an adventure..oh yes, one to CVS. It wasn't grocery related so that's probably why.

Let me share my abbreviations before we get started.
Shelf=the regular selling price.
Card=preferred card price.
MQ=manufacturer coupon.
SQ=store coupon.
CAT=catalina coupon that prints at the end of an order at some grocery stores for $XX off your next order.
Instant=instant savings when you buy a certain # of a product
EQ=electronic loaded coupon, which you can find here, here and here. Also, if you have a Upromise account you can load coupons and the savings will go into your account instead of coming off you bill (at least that is how I understand it.

Buckle up, here we go!

Jewel-Osco
$1.39/ea when you buy 5 participating Quaker products; here's what I did

6 granola bars
Shelf: 19.14
Card: 11.94
MQ: $3
4 boxes instant oatmeal
Shelf: 15.96
Card: 7.96
MQ: $4
Instant on 10items = $6
I paid 6.90

2 skippy peanut butter
Shelf: 6.50
Card: 3.00
MQ: 1.00
I paid 2.00

2 I can't believe it's not butter
Shelf: 5.90
Card: 3.00
MQ: 1.00
I paid 2.00

Coffeemate
Shelf: 1.79
MQ: 1.00
I paid 0.79

Wheatables
Shelf: 4.29
Card: 1.88
MQ: 1.50
I paid 0.33

Sara Lee bread
Shelf: 2.99
Card: 1.69
I paid 1.69

Slim fast bar
Shelf: 0.99
Card: FREE
MQ: 1.00
I paid: -1.00 :)

Mountain High vanilla yogurt
Shelf: 3.59
Card: 2.19
MQ: 1.00
I paid: 1.19

I also had a $5 CAT and a $2 CAT.

Total Shelf Price: 60.15
Total card savings: 33.70
Total MQ: 20.50
I paid: 6.95 not including tax; 88.63% savings.

Moving right along to Dominick's

Trix cereal
Shelf: 3.49
Card: 1.88
EQ: 0.55
MQ: 1.00
I paid 0.33

Lucky Charms
Shelf: 3.99
Card: 1.88
EQ: 1.10
MQ: 1.00
I paid: -0.22 (yes, they gave ME $ to buy the cereal)

2 Doritos
Shelf: 7.98
Card: 5.98
SQ: 4.00
I paid 1.98

4 Ragu
Shelf: 7.96
Card: 5.00
SQ: 2.00
MQ: 2.00
I paid: 1.00 (or 0.25/ea!!)

4 La Victoria Salsa
Shelf: 11.96
Card: 8.00
MQ: 8.00
I paid: 0

Angel soft
Shelf: 1.79
I FORGOT MY MQ!!!!
I paid: 1.79

2 Milk
Shelf: 4.98
Card: 3.98
I paid: 3.98

1 choc milk
Shelf: 1.99
Card: 1.99
MQ: 1.99
I paid: 0

2 Trop50 OJ
Shelf: 6.78
Card: 5.00
MQ: 2.00
I paid: 3.00

Shelf: 49.92
Card: 14.42
SQ + MQ+EQ: 23.64
I paid: 11.86 not including tax; savings of 76.24%

ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN DOLLARS & EIGHTY SEVEN CENTS OF GROCERIES FOR

$18.87

Saving money is my new hobby

it makes me giddy like a school girl.

Tonight I went to Jewel-osco and Dominick's to scoop up some deals..this is what I got for $41.78:



And this is how I got it:

I have started following coupon/savings blogs and printing coupons at home from internet sites. I match up my coupons with good sales in the stores and only buy what is rock bottom or free. I'm spending WAY less than at the commy. I'll get links up in my blog roll to the blogs I am following and I'll do another post with links for places to print coupons.

First I went to Jewel-Osco. At Jewel-Osco I do separate transactions to take advantage of the catalinas I earn. Catalinas are the little coupons that print out at the end of your transaction telling you that you can save $xx.xx off your next purchase. I went to the back of the line twice when people got behind me so I didn’t make a big scene at the checkout.

I did this deal b/c I heard it generated a catalina, I didn’t realize it was select products purchased get you the catalina. I didn’t buy the right stuff BUT I did get a $2 customer service survey coupon on my receipt so it all evened out!
The deal was supposed to be buy $4 in Contadina get $3 catalina for next purchase
4-contadina
Reg 4.06
$1 MQ
I paid $3.53 w/tax

Then there is another catalina deal for Kraft products, buy 5 qualifying products get $5 catalina off next purchase.
5-Breakstone doublers (cottage cheese/peaches)
Reg 1.24/ea=6.20
Pref 1.19/ea=5.95
I paid $6.05 with tax and got a $5 catalina for next purchase

20-Yoplait
Reg 0.68/ea=13.60
Pref 0.50/ea=10.00
$5 catalina (from kraft deal)
$1 MQ
I paid $4.18 w/tax and I got a $2 catalina for next purchase
TOTAL SAVINGS $9.60

Jewel is also running a 10 for $10 promo on certain items
Mission tortillas
Reg 1.98
Pref 1.00
$0.75Q

4-Lunchables
Reg 1.20ea=4.80
Pref 1.00=4.00

5# clementines
Reg 7.99
Pref 3.77

1.89lbs Gala apples
Reg 1.95/lb=3.69
Pref 1.00/lb=1.89

1.58lbs Fuji apples
Reg 1.95/lb=3.08
Pref 1.00/lb=1.58

Regular price $21.54
Pref price w/tax $12.45
2-$2 catalinas (from above Yoplait and previous trip Yoplait)
0.75 MQ
I paid $7.70
TOTAL SAVINGS $14.05

JEWEL-OSCO report
Regular price $45.25 without tax
I paid $21.46 with tax - over 50% off and ALL THINGS WE USE REGULARLY

Dominicks
They don’t do catalinas, at least I haven’t seen any yet..but I just started!

Quaker granola bars
Reg 2.99
Pref 1.99
Super special 0.99

2-True delight bars
Reg 3.49/ea=6.98
Pref 1.99/ea=3.98
I forgot to get two other super specials coupons!!
$1 MQ
I paid $2.98

Caribou coffee
Reg 9.99
Pref 4.99
$2 ecoupon
$2 MQ
I paid 0.99

18ct eggs
Reg 2.29
Pref 1.89
Super special 0.99

Kids smoothie
Reg 1.39
Pref 0.69

Healthy life bread
Reg 2.99
Pref 1.99
$0.55 MQ
I paid 1.44

6-Jennie-O 20oz ground turkey
Reg 5.49/ea=32.94
Pref 2.50/ea=15.00
6-$1 MQ
I paid $9.00

3-Avocados
Reg 5.97
Pref 2.64

Reg price $66.09
I paid $20.32 (should have been $18.32!!)
TOTAL SAVINGS VALUE $45.77 or 70%

So tonight, I purchased $111.34 worth of groceries and I paid $41.78…
TOTAL SAVINGS 63%

Uh huh, I feel good.