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Hey kids!
Sorry, I've been so busy these past two weeks and haven't been keeping up on here! School is back in session for my oldest.We had lots to do getting ready for that! My husband found a bunch of great jeans at Saver's on .99 cent Mondays for her that we still need to hem. I'm taking my sewing machine in today to have it serviced so I get busy on all of these sewing projects!
I've done several great shopping trips in the last week. I'll be doing a bit today and tomorrow also and will be reporting on them.
One of the coolest things I've found recently was at the Provo Smith's on Saturday. My baby is on whole milk and milk prices just keep going up! We had stopped at Smith's for their milk special, to get milk for the rest of us. It just so happened that I found 5 gallons of whole milk on clearance for $1.50 each!!! What a blessing! Did you know that you can freeze milk?? Plus it was still a week from expiration!
I also found a gallon of skim for myself for just $1.39! And of course we got 1% for the family for $1.88, the weekend sale price.
This is something that I have praised Smith's (Kroger) for many times before but I feel that they deserve still more praise! I just love that they clearance perishable items rather than just throwing them out when they are days/a week from their best by date!! If only more stores, like Walmart, would take up this practice! Imagine how much less waste there could be!!
Alright then, off to the gym! And then shopping and maybe a bit of hunting at my favorite retail spots! Stay tuned!

A full van!

I just love coming home with a van full of treasures! I went into Provo today to do some shopping and to hit all of the Provo school bins. I ended up only hitting my coupon honey hole bin and then the dumpsters at Provo High. I filled the van there and wasn't able to get all the treasures they had. :( I may go back tomorrow, at least to hit all the other schools. We'll see.

 A project chair, very sturdy! Lovely doors. There were 2 more I didn't have room for. :(
Three fold up canopies!!! Assorted camping supplies. Three big tool boxes.

 So many brand new books!! There were tons more but I couldn't get to them. :(

These two bags of paperbacks were in my couponing bin. I'm excited to look through them and find me a new book to read!

After my hunting, I went to Lolo's in Provo. They are definitely still working out some bugs; they desperately need to have more cashiers on hand and they need some more training, but it was definitely worth the inconveniences for the deals I scored!

 Don Julio 10 ct tortillas .77 ea
6 pre-cooked mini pizza crusts .95 (day old clearance)
Shur Saving whipped topping .95 ea
Shur Saving frozen o.j. .97
Salmon 3.97/lb (2 lb bag)
Big bags Malt o Meal $1.98 (no limits!! They only have wheat puffs and frosted flakes on the deal.)
Don Julio chips .66 (w/in-ad coupon)
Sunbelt Granola Bars $1.25 each (w/in-ad coupon)
Milk $1.97 ea (w/in-ad coupon)

I don't remember the prices on the fruit, but they were good deals. :)

Stay tuned for Double Tuesday tomorrow!!!

Brown Bag Bonanza!

Have you seen the new grocery ads??? I am so excited!!! Let's just dive in to all these great stock up for school deals! I'm especially excited about all the brown bag home lunch deals!

Macey's:

Hot Pockets 2/$3
-$1/2 Hot Pockets or Lean Pockets sandwiches, 8-9 oz, RP 7/28

Pert Plus 2 in 1  13.5 oz $1.88
-$1 off Pert Plus 2-in-1 item, 13.5 oz+, SS 8/18

Suave Deodorant 2.6 oz  .99

Michelina's frozen entrees .69 ea

Macey's 5 qt Ice cream $4.88

Nabisco cheese nips 8 oz. .99
-.75/2 Nabisco cookie or cracker items, 6.5 oz+, SS 8/11

Little Debbie snacks 3/$5

FREE Jif peanut butter & Smucker's jelly wyb 3 Grandma Sycamores bread w/in-ad coupon

WF 18 oz Oatmeal .99

FREE Colgate toothpaste wyb 1 Colgate toothpaste @ $1.99.
-.75/1 Colgate toothpaste 4 oz+

2 Day Sale (Friday & Saturday only!!)

Malt o Meal Giant Size cereal $1.99 limit 2

Snack Caddy Pack $3.99 limit 2

Welch's Fruit Snacks 40 ct  $4.99  limit 2

WF Puddin' Cups 2/$1  limit 10

Capri Sun 30 ct  $3.99  limit 2 (must use in-store coupon on pack)


Fresh Market

Peaches or Nectarines .77/lb

Pineapple .77/lb

Plums .77/lb

Shur Saving Paper Towels 3/$1

FREE Jif peanut butter & Smucker's jelly wyb 3 Grandma Sycamore's bread (w/in-ad coupon)

Nissin Top Ramen 6/$1

Nabisco cheese nips 8oz .99
-.75/2 Nabisco cookie or cracker items, 6.5 oz+, SS 8/11

WF boxed cereals 11-13 oz 3/$5

Nissin Cup Noddles 4/$1

Shur Saving Chunk White Chicken 5 oz  .88

WF 32 oz Grape jelly or 18 oz peanut butter 3/$5

Lolo's

Don Julio 9 oz Chips .66 ea limit 1

Sunbelt Granola Bars $1.25 ea limit 4

Maid o Clover 1%, 2% or Skim Milk 1 gallon  $1.97 each limit 2

Armour Pillow Pack 6 oz Pepperoni $1 each limit 2

John Morrell "off the bone" Asst. 7 oz lunch meat 6/$5 limit 6

Post 18 oz Honey Bunches of Oats cereal $1.89 ea limit 2
-$1/2 Post Honey Bunches of Oats or Pebbles twin pk. or family size cereal, 15 oz+printable
-$2 off Post Honey Bunches of Oats Honey Roasted or Almond cereal, 18 oz wyb Milk, 1 gal, tearpad

Don't miss out on these great deals!!! 

Today!

Don't you hate it when you get done at a store, get home, and realize you didn't even look to see if they had one of your coupon items in stock?! Well, that is why I need to write lists before I go! I will for sure do that next time!
We hit Smith's and Walmart in Payson. I had the fam with me. We didn't get much but we didn't need much either.

At Smith's we got the milk.
(2) 1/2 gal @ .89 each.
(3) Cinnamon Swirl bread @ .59 each on clearance.
NOS 16 oz energy drink FREE w/ecoupon

At Walmart:
2 bags salad .78 each (ad-matched w/Lolo's coupon)
Bananas .45/lb (ad-matched w/Lolo's coupon)
Bic Pens .33 each (ad-matched w/Macey's)
-$1/1 Bic stationary = +.77 each!!!
Enfagrow milk drinks FREE + .53 profit!!!
-$7/1 Enfagrow milk drinks coupon (in the mail)
We used the overage to cover the avacados, cilantro, and onions! They were FREE!

Friday FREEBIE!

Be sure to log in and load today's Kroger ecoupon to your card! You'll get either a 16 oz Full Throttle or NOS drink for FREE!!
Kroger ecoupon

Today's hunt & a quick stop

I got us out the door fairly early this morning to do some hunting before the heat set in. I was feeling like I  was not hugely rewarded for my efforts but did score a few good things, the best of which was catching a couple of workers at one school who were throwing out 2 huge bags of lost and found! It turned out though, that the two bags were a HUGE score!!! Tons of sweaters, coats, lunch boxes, gloves, shoes and odds and ends! Tons of name brands in great condition!! This will be a big money maker for me!

 I also found an awesome, really heavy table/desk thing that I'm going to have to go back for tonight with the hubs.
I picked a silly day to be lugging stuff home as our road is still being paved and we have to park around the corner. Many thanks to the nice man who came over and helped me lug my two very heavy bags to my house. There are still good people out there! :)
I also found a couple of cool things at the city recycling bin. Not sure why these got thrown out... People are silly.

This awesome under bed tote has an insignificant crack. A breathing tester, hair pretties, a clear plastic frame, kids books, a balloon, a paper pad, plastic spoons and forks still packaged, tons of Kellogg's boxes (full of codes for FREE high value coupons!), and these two little surf boards that someone made. They are covered in brand new wash cloths. Just have to take them apart and I've got a bunch of new wash cloths!

I also made a quick stop at Macey's to grab a couple of this week's deals and found a fun clearance item that I decided to try.

The Popped! crackers were .79 each. The kids like them. :)
10 oz WF marshmallows .50 each!!
Shursavings whipped topping .95 ea
WF Peanut Butter $1.49!!!

Blessings!

I am feeling so very blessed today! Well beyond what I deserve! The good Lord has such a funny way of balancing things out in my life. All that sweet with bitter and such.
Anywho, I hit the Payson Smith's and Walmart today and seriously cannot believe how well I did!! Truly the Lord was guiding me!

 At Walmart, all I needed were the sneakers for my daughter and the Mr. Clean erasers. With my double coupons, it would have cost $14 + tax if I had just gotten those. Of course, that's not what I did!
I got (6) Barilla Pasta $1.28 ea
-.50/1 Barilla whole grain (doubled)= .28 ea

(10) Colgate toothpaste .96 ea
-.75/1 Colgate 4.0+ oz (doubled)= +.06 each!

(10) Bic Pens .33 each (ad-matched w/Macey's ad)
-$1/1 any Bic stationary= +.77 each!!!!!

Because of those great items and coupons, I ended up paying less than $5 for ALL of it!!

At Smith's, they have their Bic Pens for .89 each. I got 10. I like that they also have the multi-color set available! So fun! :) And of course I used my $1 coupons on them!
The Cheetos were FREE with the Friday Freebie ecoupon.
The peanuts are on sale 3/$5.
The Progresso soups were on clearance, plus I had the new ecoupon for -$1.50/2 Progresso soups!
I got out of the store paying less than $3.50!!

Now, to balance all this sweetness, my trip to Rancho Market this afternoon was incredibly disappointing! There's a first time for everything!
Their system was down so they were only accepting cash so I wasn't able to get the great cantaloupe deal. Plus, their delivery was late and the awesome 5 doz eggs weren't available! I was pretty bummed.

I got some veggies and some apples but am still pretty bummed. I don't know if I'll make it up that way again this week. I might have to break one of my rules and ad match the melons and eggs... We'll see.

Over all, a very successful, very blessed day of shopping and saving!