June Totals

I did better this month than last. My total came to $341.94. Plus, today I sent in $100 worth of rebates. Can you say AWESOME?

I got the following FREE or for SMOKING deals in June:
1 box Quaker Granola Bars- FREE
4 bottles V8 Juice- FREE
10 boxes Kashi Frozen Waffles- $.27 each
1 Kraft Mayonnaise- FREE
5 Trial size Banana Boat Sunscreen-FREE
5 Trial size Johnson & Johnson Lotion- FREE
5 Trial size St Ives Lotion-FREE
2 pkgs Kraft shredded cheese-FREE
2 3pks Treetop Apple Juice-FREE
1 Quaker Pancake Mix- FREE
2 Skippy PB- $.30 each
6 Wishbone dressing- FREE
2 All detergent- $.70 each
3 Bertolli Pasta sauce- FREE
1 Breyers ice cream- FREE
1 GM cereal- FREE
1 BC cake mix- FREE
6 pkgs Wacky Mac noodles- $.25 each
4 Kelloggs cereal FREE
1 4 pack DanActiva Yogurt- FREE
1 Digiorno Flatbread Melts- FREE
1 box Expecta Lipil Vitamins- FREE
1 Kraft BBQ Sauce- FREE
5 pkgs Chinet paper plates- $.36 each
10 cups Kraft Easy Mac- FREE (I wouldn't pay for this!)
2 boxes Planters Peanut Bars- FREE
4 bottles Propel drink- FREE
5 12 pks Diet Dr Pepper- $.60 each
3 Snyders Pretzels- FREE
1 pkg Mission Tortilla chips FREE
15 packets of Starkist Tuna fish- $.05 each


Here is my spreadsheet for the month

Mmm...Raspberry Jam

The only thing better than homemade strawberry jam is raspberry jam, of course.


Last week I bought a flat of raspberries from Reams. I love raspberries. Why oh why do they have to be so expensive? Anyway, a flat of twelve 6 oz containers was $9.99. I made two batches of freezer jam and the kids and I ate the rest.

10- 6 oz cartons of raspberries= $8.30
2 pkgs of pectin= $2.90
3 cups of Sugar= $.48
30 minutes of my time that would have been wasted otherwise= $0
Total $11.68 for 9 cups of Jam ($1.30 a cup)

Free Movies at the Spanish Fork Theater

The following shows are FREE:

June 16 - 18 Ice Age
June 23 - 25 Ice Age 2
June 30 - July 2 Bugs Life
July 7 - 9 Ratatouille
July 14 - 16 Lion King
July 21 - 23 Incredibles
July 28 - 30 Toy Story
August 4 - 6 Toy Story 2
August 11 - 13 Monsters Inc.
August 18 - 20 Over the Hedge

The showtimes are 10:30 and 1:30

Buy Low Market

I have been under utilizing this grocery store. It is a little out of the way for me, but I was in Provo for a Dr. appointment and we were in serious need of produce so I carted the kids there. I got a great deal on peaches, red potatoes, carrots, celery, bulk pinto beans, ground beef ($.78 a pound!!) and chicken thighs.

Anyway, if you are in the Provo area go there. Wednesdays they have additional produce sales, and on Friday they have additional meat sales. On-line AD

May Spending Report

I'm sad to say that I spent a lot of money on groceries in May. My excuses are: Memorial Day, Cabin trip, and soda pop. It also could have been Albertsons double coupon promotions that got me into their stores more often. You can see my price list for this month HERE.

My Grand Total was $423.53, but does not take into account the $28 of additional savings I got at the register (3 coupons for $5 off a $30 purchase, 1 coupon for $8 off a $70 purchase, and 1 coupon for $5 off a $60 purchase).

Anyway, the good news is that I got the following for screaming deals:
5 pkgs Scotts scratchy T.P.= $.15 each
2 Tostitos Salsas= FREE
5 boxes Cereal= FREE
1 Right Guard deodorant= FREE
1 Toothpaste= FREE
2 Soft scrub cleaner= FREE
6 Kraft BBQ sauce= FREE
4 Cream Cheese= FREE
1 Bayer pkg= FREE
3 Breyers ice cream= $1.00 each
7 candy bars= FREE
4 Big bags of charcoal= $2.49 each
10 lbs boneless pork chops= $3.00 total
5 12pks of diet dr pepper= $.60 each
2 12 pks 7 up= $.60 each
4 pkg Huggies diapers = $3.75 each

Albertsons Double Coupons

If you get the Sunday Deseret News or Salt Lake Tribune there were 3 double coupons. In the Deseret News they were on A8 and in the Tribune they were on A10.

You Win Some You Lose Some

I try pretty hard to get the best deal whenever I can. Sometimes this is not easy. However, I find that the time I put into it is often well worth it in savings.

One of my favorite deals is to use a prescription transfer coupon like this:


You can find these in the ads usually in the Sunday papers. Rite Aid often puts them out or has them at the store. The deal is, "Transfer your RX to our store and we will give you a $25 gift card." It gets tricky at times using these. You have to keep track of where your RX is and where you last transfered it. Also, the coupons are often not good on new RX, though I found a couple stores that will honor a coupon anyway, despite the wording. Back in the good ole days I use to transfer RX's between Shopko (who would accept a competitors coupon and add $2) and Albertsons (who also would accept competitors coupons plus add $5). Those days are gone as Shopko started limiting coupon usage to every 6 months and Albertsons did away with accepting competitors coupons all together. Well, despite the "inconvenience" of keeping track of transfers, policies, and available coupons I still found it worth it to play the game. After all, my RX were only $4 and I was receiving a $25 giftcard.

Today, I was not successful though. I transfered my prenatal RX from Rite Aid to ShopKo with my RX transfer coupon in hand. My total came to $10. I said, "You guys are more expensive than Walmart and RiteAid. This RX is only $4 there." The cashier re-rang my ticket and I paid and handed her my RX transfer coupon. She then informed me that they couldn't price match and take a competitors coupon as well. I totally lost today, and I'm having a hard time getting over it. Had I paid $10 for my RX I would have come up $15 ahead with the gift card. As it turned out I paid $4 and got nothing.

I'm still going to continue playing the transfer game, but I will probably be avoiding ShopKo.