Did Some Shopping!

Whew..it has been awhile since I went out to the stores to “coupon” !
I have had family here this month for a few weeks, and then went out of town for a week.
So I really needed this little couponing getaway tonight.. :)

Can I just whine a little to you all..my dear readers.. Whilst in Vancouver last week my purse was stolen! (I left purse in car, they broke window and stole it) Now, I was probably most upset about the coupons,Register Rewards, gift cards and catalinas inside..I had lots of good ones in there. Some Rainchecks too.. (waaaaahhh…) I knew you would all understand my pain….I have the attitude of “Take Anything but the coupons!!!” lol!

Anyhoo…on to my shopping.

Oh thats right..wait. You may not want to see.

I did it again.

Just close your eyes..okay? You never saw this.

I bought that item I am not supposed to buy.

Cereal. My cheap arch enemy. Always beckoning me to buy it. Remember this week and this post? Yeah, the stockpile hasnt really gone down much.

You know I dont have any more room. But I couldnt help myself!

I did it all for the movie tickets. I love the movies! Speaking of which, I just reached $3,000.00 in savings so you all know what that means..giveaway time! So stay tuned. Hmmm..Anyone need cereal?..LOL..just kidding.

I purchased 16 boxes Kelloggs cereal -used $1/1 coupons
2 boxes cheez-its – used $1/2 coupons
1 packages keebler cookies – -used $1/2 coupons
6 Vitamin waters — drank one -used $1/1 coupons
Got BACK 2 Vouchers for 2 movie tickets EACH! So I added the $36 that I will save when I go to the movies to my savings totals!

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Then Safeway was REALLY fun. The Living Well promotion sure takes a lot of thought!

Here is what I purchased
1st Transaction:
2 Arrowhead Waters
5 Capri Sun sunrise -used $1/1 coupons
10 Vitamin waters-used $1/1 coupons
1 Electrasol tabs-used $2.50/1 coupon
1 Bright green bleach – used $1/1 IP and store coupon
2 Tropicana50 OJs – used $1/1
1 California Pizza – used $2/1
-used $10 living well catalina
=total $7.53 got back $10 catalina and $2 water catalina

2nd Transaction
8 electrasols-used 8 $2.50/1 coupons
-used $10 living well catalina
-used $2 Arrowhead catalina
=$1.97 got back $10 catalina

I am updating my main totals now.

2009 Year to date Spent: $912

2009 Year to date Saved: $3086

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Restaurant.com

 

Restaurant.com is this cool website that has partnered with tons of Restaurants to offer deep discounts when you dine out. What you do is type in your zipcode and it will show you the participating restaurants  in your area. Then you choose one you like and purchase a certificate to get a GREAT discount on your meals.

Before you order, I would like to explain their program, as it is kinda tricky.

When Restaurant.com has sales like 80-90%  off that is when you will want to purchase the gift certificates. Normally that will make them only $1-2 for a $25 gift certificate. You purchase online and print them out on your computer to take into the restaurant.

These $25 Gift Certificates for $2 are a good deal, but these work more like coupons than gift cerfificates. Yes, you heard me right, they are more like COUPONS: And why would I say that you ask?

If you buy a $25 gift certificate, please read the terms first. For example, a restaurant by me has the terms that I must make a purchase of $35 to use the $25 gift certificate. See what I mean about being more like coupon?

Right now, in my area of Tri-Cities , the RF McDougals restaurant is listed on here and has a $25 Gift Certificate for sale for $2 with a promotional code! BUT, you need to purchase $35 to get that $25 off.   So, essentially, you need to spend $10 plus the $2 for your Restaurant.com certificate.  So, $12 for $35 worth of food. This is still a great deal! But, as you can see, it is essentially a coupon, as you have to worry about spending a certain amount first. 

These are still a great to use to save yourself money. Some people use these if they are planning a vacation out of town(as you can just type in the zipcode of where they are going and look for deals in that area) or some use them  if they have a are just planning a nice dinner out.  The cool thing about these too is that you can print them out and use them right away or save them to use within a year.

As I go to my local areas and review the restaurants I will post the reviews below. Check back for updates!

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Local Tri-City Restaurant.com review: Went to RF McDougals (Sept 2009)

 

I took my mom, dad, sister and our 3 kids to RF McDougals.  The atmosphere was kind of dark in the restaurant, and more for adults it seemed.  However, we went outside to eat on the deck overlooking the river. It was  nice looking at the river, however there was a tons of wasps out bugging us.  We ordered one kid meal for the three kids to share (they had already eaten lunch) and each of us ordered a lunch item that was priced around $8 each . The kids meal was $5.

Food: We all chose sandwiches like French Dip, Reubens, and one of us had Chicken Strip Basket.  The food was pretty good – -my sister said the chicken strips were especially great! They all came with fries or soup, and tasted great. I think one of us got a pop, the rest had water.

The total came to $39.00 for everything,  so I handed them the $25 Gift Certificate, and they minused that amount. I paid $14 for 4 adults and the kids!  Add the $1 for the Restaurant.com certificate (that I bought when they went 90% off) and the total was $15 for a whole “out-to-lunch” with 4 adults at a restaurant. I would have spent less if it just was me and my husband.  So I saved $25 this time, and spent $15. Not too bad!

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Weekend Walmart Shopping

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Todays Shopping to Albertsons:

Went to two stores today.

Safeway :
Purchased 20 boxes of Ronzoni pasta with raincheck
.75 each
-used .50/1 blinkies (20)
=$4.94

Albertsons:
10 Skippy peanut butters – used (10) .40/1 from 4/5 U
20 Knorr sides -used (13) .75/2 from 4/5 U
4 Taco Bell shells boxes
2 Oscar Meyer bacon pkgs
2 Gallons Milk – used 2 FREE milk ONYO [from this deal here]
15 powerades – used (7) .75/2 from tearpad
2 loaves bread .99
=24.18

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::March Month End Review::

March total spent: $271.31
March total saved: $710.05

Some shopping in March I havent mentioned:
Walmart :eggs,milk,butter, grapes, cheese 2lbs –spent $11.57 (used safeway match qs)
Target: 5 pkgs fruit snacks–spent $2.50 (used 5 $1 coupons)
Went to food storage cannery: bought lots of canned food: spent– $71.00

Over Spring Break had way too much fun and went out to eat a lot:
–mall 2 trips–$18.25 cinnabon/pretzel time
–Pen Thai — best food ever eaten in Bothell –$38.50
–McDonalds 2 times on trip–$37.06
–Mercedes & Family mexican food in Yakima –$16.42
–Safeway (bought lunch we all took to the zoo)–$28.60

plus all other shopping in the month with couponing -$76.01

Total Spent $271.31 (yes a little over budget, but I am a wild spender when I go vacation)
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April spending thus far: $70.17
April savings $137.72

Costco:(2) 12 pks green beans,apple sauce,tortillas, bread,lettuce, hamburger patties, pirates booty popcorn–spent $60.58
Albertsons doublers shopping– $9.59

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Albertsons Doubler Shopping!

Had some serious fun today doing all my doubling at Albertsons! I did 7 separate transactions.

Here are the transactions all written out for you to see. The first few were the post cereal deal ones. Now I know I am not supposed to be buying MORE cereal as I have way too much [read about this here on this post], but I just could not help myself!! Cheap cereal plus makin money on the catalinas!! All in all I came home with 19 more boxes of cereal..*sigh*

For this post deal I did this one twice(for a total of 10 boxes of cereal):

5 post cereals $8.35
-used (5) $1/1 coupons from 4/5 inserts
-used (3) doublers
=.35 and each time it printed $5 on your next order catalina

Next I did the Knorr Lipton sides deal: spent $1.49 here:

And then some Kelloggs cereal.

With this first transaction I wanted to use up my $5 coupon from the post cereal into some deli sliced turkey. So..I was so excited to see deli turkey was on sale BOGO at $6.49 per pound.

Details:

3 Kelloggs special K $2.49 ea
12 ct eggs $1.59
Turkey 2 lbs $6.68
-used (2) $1.50/1 and (1) $1/1 from 4/5 inserts
-used (3) doublers
-used free eggs albertsons in ad coupon (-$2)
-used $5 catalina coupon from post
=$1.74 plus a catalina for a FREE milk printed out

Details:

3 Kelloggs special K $2.49 ea
12 ct eggs $1.59
-used free eggs coupon in ad (-$2)
-used 3 $1/1 coupons from 4/5 inserts
-used 3 doublers
=$1.06 plus Free milk coupon printed

And one more Kelloggs transaction..this one was FREE!

For my last two transactions I purchased 3 propel fitness waters on sale for $1 each. I found a tear pad while in Seattle at a 7-11 gas station. So with the doublers they provided me with $1 overage each. I thought I would finish off my lunch sandwich combo with some cheese slices.

Total spent on this transaction was $2.98

For this last transaction I wanted to use up my other $5 catalina plus I had another $5 coupon from the quaker mir I did awhile back. I am going to surprise my hubby tonight with some LOBSTER baby! I have never in our 12 years of marriage made him lobster before..mainly because I hate all seafood.lol. So he will be so thrilled I am sure. I bought 3 tails as they are on sale for $4.99 each.

Details:
3 propels $3
3 lobsters $14.99
-used 3 $1/1 tearpad coupons
-used 3 doublers
-used $5 post catalina
-used $5 quaker mir coupon
total spent on this transaction=$1.97!!

Were you able to score some sweet deals this week?
Feel free to post your link to your doubler deals!!

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