Fresh to Frozen, Wed. 7/28

Here's a quick update of the top dairy and produce deals at Fresh to Frozen today:

1. Seedless watermelons $1.00 (these are GOOD! We had one for dinner)
2. Blueberries .65 cents/ pint
3. Strawberries, 3 pounds for $2.00
4. Hanover tomatoes, .50 cents/ lb
5. Sorrento mozzarella cheese $2.00 for a 1lb block
6. loose apples, .88 cents/lb
7. Honeydew melons $1.00

That's all that sticks out in my brain~ either the other stuff there wasn't that great of a deal, or I just missed it.

Over and out!

There are good shopping trips, and then...

I had a Kroger high yesterday morning. It was a great trip: I got:

2 Welch's Grape Juice 100%
1 Gatorade 32 oz
1 Wishbone Dressing
5 Kraft shredded cheeses
1 Dixie Ultra plates
2 Philadelphia Cream Cheese Minis
4 Dan-o-nino yogurts
2 bags of Tyson frozen chicken
8 Quaker Rice cakes
1 L'Oreal hair detangler
2 Motrin PM's

And I paid $8.xx out of pocket, and got $7 in Catalinas back to use on my next order.

Better yet, the check-out clerk was nice, all my coupons scanned without beeping, there was no line, AND I got to go without kiddos! The trip couldn't have been better!

Let's contrast that to tonight when I went to the FOREST HILL TARGET.

I had coupons for about 10 different things. (Merona shirts for D, C9 apparel for me, Red Baron Pizza-by-the-slice, Granola bars, Nexcare tattoo bandaids, etc.). The only things I came to the register with was 8 Sobe (I DID find 4 of my favorite flavor~ Orange Tangerine!), and 2 Stride Gum. I had b1g1 Target AND Manufacturers coupons for both items, which would have made everything free.

I knew I was in trouble when after successfully scanning all my coupons the total was .54 cents (tax), and the check-out girl said, "Hold on, I have to go check these with the manager" and she walked off with all my coupons. Oh boy. This is the SAME store where the manager stole my coupons last week (see below post). I had done nothing wrong, but when cashiers start acting as if I have, it always makes me nervous. She came back with the grumpy manager who said I could only use ONE Target coupon per transaction, AND they weren't going to give me free products, so I couldn't use both the Target and Manufacturers coupons at one time on the Gum (That is NOT correct, I've done it before numerous times at other Targets, but whatever.). I was determined to remain pleasant, I put 4 Sobe's back, let her run my 2 transactions separately, gathered up all the coupons I wouldn't be using, and I went on my way. Feeling like a criminal.

I did ask her why some Targets will allow this and some (they) won't, and her reply was that "We strictly enforce Target coupon rules here.". Mental note and lesson learned: don't go back to the Forest Hill Target with coupons.

The bigger lesson, though, is this: How should we react when the cashier is blatantly wrong, or we have been "wronged" with our deserved savings, or someone is unpleasant behind us in line, or ...or...or.....I'm sure you guys could come up with other similar scenarios. I came away reminded that in ALL things the savings doesn't matter~ but my witness for the Lord does. So, I ate $2.34 cents at Target last night, but I hope my attitude toward the grumpy manager and suspicious cashier was worth much more.

But today I'm going back to Kroger.

Free Kraft Shredded Cheese at Kroger!!

I love free. I love cheese. I love Kraft cheese (NOT the 2% though...Yuck). This is a deal made in heaven!

Here's how to get your Kraft cheese for FREE through Saturday at Kroger:

1. Buy 5 Kraft 8oz shredded cheeses for .99 cents each. I've heard that some of the weird ones won't work~ like the Fat Free, etc. You gotta get the real, full-fat stuff, or the nasty 2% if that's your thing. You *could* also get Philadelphia cream cheese bricks~ those are also included in the deal.

2. Buy 5 other items that are part of this week's "mega" sale. My current (cheap) favorites are the Pasta-Roni for 49 cents, or the 32 oz Gatorades for 49 cents. There are lists and lists available to peruse if you're interested in the forums at afullcup.com.

At check-out, your total will be approx. $7.50 (if you buy 5 of the .49 cent items also), and you will get a Catalina coupon right there on the spot for $5 off your next order. That basically makes the cheese FREE!!

I tried doing two transactions today and rolling the Cat I got from the first transaction onto the second and it worked like a charm. My second transaction total for 5 cheeses and 5 gatorades was approx. $2.50.

.50 cent Tombstone Pizza @ Kroger

There's a $2/1 coupon on Facebook right now for Tombstone Pizza. Unfortunately you have to "post" a brief comment about what you'll be doing this summer to your, and your friends, pages~ but I just went and deleted it immediately so hopefully it won't be too pesky. :O)

Anyway, Tombstones are part of the Mega Deal at Kroger this week~ which means if you combine the coupon with the purchase of 10 items from the Mega Deal list, you can get the pizzas for .49 cents each!

Happy Slurpee Day!

One of my most favorite days of the year is here! Stop in to any 7-11 store to get a 7.11 ounce Slurpee for FREE!

Savings

I don't wanna tell the world on FB because some of "them" just wouldn't understand...but I knew you guys would. We're trying to budget no more than $150 a week for groceries/diapers/toiletries & stuff, and so far for this week I've only spent $70. Included in that is today's shopping total of $28. When I added up the ORIGINAL value of what I bought today, it came to over $235! I'm definitely on a coupon-high tonight. I didn't take a picture of my "pile"~ 'cause I wasn't sure if anybody would care, but I will if you're interested. YAY COUPONS!! :O)

Target Special K & Fiber One deal

There is a Target deal going on right now that will basically give you cereal, granola bars, AND a Toy Story 3 toy~ and it is a money maker. I'm not even going to try to explain it~ they do a much better job here. I'll give it a try today and let you know how it goes!

UPDATE: Worked like a charm! I did the "5 cereals and 5 granola bars" scenario mentioned in the post above, and everything worked just like the post said it would. The Midlothian Target was well stocked with all the Special K and Fiber One Antioxidants, so have fun! :O)

Staples Coupon + 1 cent specials next week!

I can hardly believe that it is "Back To School" shopping time again, but Staples is starting their 1 cent and $1 specials next week.

Under the 1 cent items I see:
pencils
folders
1 ream of paper (after Easy Rebate)

Under the $1 items I see:
nice Bic pens
staplers
pencil boxes
highlighters
scissors
glue sticks
post-it notes
colored pencils
tape
8 1/2 x 11 dry erase boards (oooo....these look fun!)
envelopes
photo paper

There are also several coupons.....two that look interesting are a 20% off binding coupon (anybody working on their homschool planners yet?) and a $5/$30 coupon, which can be printed.

My Favorite Rita's special!

Tomorrow (Wednesday, July 7) Rita's in Midlothian will be having their "buy now, free later" promo! This means, you go in tomorrow (Wednesday) and purchase anything from their menu...take your receipt back in next Wednesday (July 14) and get the SAME order for FREE!!! We did this last month and they will let you order different FLAVORS of the same item on your second visit, but you DO need to get the same menu item. See you there!