Silk Soy Milk Coupons

Get .55 off of any Silk Soymilk seasonal quart HERE.  Then sign up for a Silk account and print a $1 off coupon on any Silk half-gallon.  Silk's holiday flavors include mint chocolate, nog, and pumpkin spice.  Yum!

New Kraft Coupons!

There are several new coupons on the Kraft website.  Hurry on over HERE before they're all gone!  These will print twice so make sure to go back and print your second set!!

Winner!!! Just Dance Kids!

So before I announce the winner, I wanted to explain how I did this.  I used random.org to generate a comment number as the winner.  However since my first commenter had 2 entries in one comment, I counted her comment as #1 and #2 making 21 comments total.  Alright, so without further delay the winner of Just Dance Kids is.....

Kristen Hackney-Redman

Congratulations Kristen!  I will be emailing you soon for your mailing address!  Thanks to everyone for following, tweeting, and blogging this giveaway!  I will be posting pictures of our Just Dance party and my review of the game.  I also have a few leftover coupons for $5 off the game and free shipping from GameStop.com...post here if you're interested and I will get these out to you too!

See Me Shop: Albertsons (Week of 11-17-10)

Albertsons has been THE place to shop for the last few weeks!  I'm pretty proud of this week's shopping trip!

Here's what I got:

12x Swanson Canned Broth

4x Green Giant Canned Veggies

3x Farmer John Breakfast Sausage

12x Ragu Pasta Sauce

6x Sierra Mist 2-liter Soda (there's only 5 in the picture)

3x Barilla Pasta Noodles

2x Chex Mix

2x Wheat Thins

2x Ritz Crackers

2 gallons of milk

1 Reddi Wip Whipped Cream

1 Welch's Juice

1 Food Should Taste Good Cheddar Chips

and a box of Mike & Ikes for my little guy.

I tossed my receipt but my total was $20 and some change.

Here's the breakdown:

Buy 10, Save $5 Promo:

Ragu Pasta Sauce - .99 after promo

- $1/2 Ragu Coupon from Safeway Thanksgiving Coupon Book

Final Price = .98 for 2

Barilla Pasta Noodles - .79 after promo
FREE wyb 2 Ragu Pasta Sauces from 11/14 newspaper insert

Chex Mix - $1.49 after promo
- .50/1 Printable Coupon HERE
Final Price = .99

Ritz Crackers - $1.99 after promo
- $1/1 Coupon from 11/14 insert
Final Price = .99

Reddi Wip - $1.49 after promo
- .50/1 Coupon from 11/14 insert
Final Price = .99

Other Deals:

Green Giant Canned Veggies - 2 for .88 (limit 6)
- $1/4 Safeway Thanksgiving Coupon
Final Price = .76 (.19 ea for 4)

Wheat Thins - $1.99
- $1/1 Facebook Coupon HERE
Final Price = .99

Farmer John Breakfast Sausage - .88 with in-ad coupon (limit 4)
- .75/1 Printable Coupon from SmartSource.com (no longer available)
Final Price = .13

Swanson Canned Broth - .44 with in-ad coupon (limit 12)
- $1/4 Safeway Thanksgiving Coupon
Final Price = .76 (.19 ea)

Sierra Mist - .99
- $1/1 Safeway Thanksgiving Coupon
Final Price = FREE

I got the Welch's Juice and Food Should Taste Good Chips from a free coupon from each brand's Facebook page.  However, I don't believe these are being offered anymore.  BUT keep your eye out and I will post any free offers I see on my FB page.  If you shop Albertsons this week, I would love to hear about the deals you got!  Email me at mritzpark@yahoo.com!

See Me Shop: Rite Aid (Week of 11-14-10)

I *LOVE* good deals on diapers!  This sale at Rite Aid ends on Saturday so make sure you take advantage of it while you can!

HINTS:  Sign up for the Rite Aid Wellness + savings card at RiteAid.com and while you’re there click on the link for Rite Aid Video Values – you watch a commercial and get a coupon to print at the end.  The great thing about Video Values is that the coupons are store coupons which means you can stack these with manufacturer coupons!

Here’s what I got: 2 packs of Huggies Little Movers diapers, 2 Colgate Advanced toothpastes, and 1 Colgate 360 toothbrush.

Here’s the price breakdown:

Huggies diapers - $8.99 sale price
- $2.50/1 Huggies printable coupon (coupons.com)
OOP (Out of Pocket) = $6.49
- $3 +Up Reward
Final Price = $3.49

Colgate products – $6.99/3 sale price
- $1/1 Colgate 360 Video Value Coupon
- $1/1 Colgate Toothpaste Video Value
- $1/1 Colgate Toothbrush printable coupon (smartsource.com)
- $1/1 Colgate Advanced Toothpaste 10/31 P&G newspaper insert
- .75/1 Colgate Product 10/31 P&G newspaper insert
OOP = $2.24
- $2 +Up Reward
Final Price = .24 for all 3 items!!

I also used the $4/$20 purchase Video Value coupon that you earn by watching 20 Video Value ads on the Rite Aid website.  I paid $12.87 with tax and got back $8 in +Up Rewards making my final total $4.87 for everything pictured!

Coupon 101

I've only been couponing for about a month now but I have learned and saved so much and I want to share with you all!  If there are any unanswered questions, let me know and we can find out together!

So first off, we all get coupons in the Sunday newspaper...SAVE THOSE!  Better yet - subscribe to your local newspaper.  I have a subscription for weekends only.  This saves me the hassle of having to go out and hunt down a newspaper with ALL the ads in it.  Plus it saves on printing!

Secondly, there are TONS of online resources for coupons!  (WARNING: You WILL go through a ream of paper in about 2 weeks!  LOL!)  Most of these coupons will print at least twice so make sure you print the max limit.  Here are a few top sites:

Coupons.com
SmartSource
Red Plum

Third, make sure you are a member of your local store's preferred customer/savings card!  I have one for Vons (Safeway), Albertsons, Rite Aid, and CVS.  They come in handy for extra savings!  I'll write up a post about each individual store sometime this week.

And finally, make sure to look through your weekly sales ads.  I get mine in the mail on Tuesday.  There are usually coupons in each store's ad.  If the coupon says "Manufacturer Coupon" at the top then you can use it anywhere.  Coupons that are only redeemable at a certain store are great too because you can stack those!  Here are the stores that have their own online coupons:

Rite Aid
Target
Albertsons

My absolute favorite coupon secret is stacking.  Stacking is when you use more than one coupon on one item.  This is only possible if you have a store coupon and a manufacturer coupon.  You cannot use 2 manufacturer coupons on one item.  

Another couponing secret is catalinas.  Ever notice the box next to the cash register that prints out slips for stuff like discounted oil changes?  Those boxes are managed by a company called Catalina.  Catalinas are received by purchasing a certain amount of a product during the promotion period.  The tricky thing is that these aren't advertised.  However most coupon enthusiasts will share the promotions they find.  Last week at Albertsons the promotion was buy 3 boxes of Pop-Tarts and get a $3 catalina redeemable during your next shopping trip.  These are treated just like cash at the store in which you received it.  So make sure you keep an eye out for those and hang on to them!

I try to remember the prices of items I regularly buy so I can make sure that I'm getting a good deal.  If something is really cheap and my family uses it often then I will buy as many as I can when they are on sale.  In the coupon world this is called stockpiling.  

Trying to figure all of this out on your own is confusing and can seem pretty intimidating.  However, there are TONS of online resources that will help you put together coupons with sales ads.  All of these pages have a Facebook page so you can get your updates all in one place!  Here are a few I like:

Save At Home Mommy
Bargain Blessings
The Original Steals and Deals
Smart Couponing
Tia Saving Cents
and of course, The Ritzy Life

This should get you started on your way to coupon success.  Remember, if there's something you're still wondering about just ask!  If I don't know the answer then we can find out together!  And if you try any of this, please send me an email about your coupon experience!  I love hearing from you guys!

New Wholly Guacamole Coupon!

$1.50/1 any Wholly product HERE
Click on the "Get Coupon" icon on the top right corner.
Expires 11-28-10...don't forget to print this more than once!