Giving myself a Raise without getting one!

Saving money and getting things cheap!



Tuesday, December 28, 2010

More FREE Calendars


You can grab these FREE calendars at your favorite CENEX or River Country Coop. These calendars have great monthly pictures for each month in full color.

January Specials at Kwik Trip


Here's the January specials for Kwik Trip. Makes for cheap lunch on Wednesdays! Be sure to pick up their coupons from the Northfield News on the FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH to get their coupons. Use the $1 off coupon for pizza on January 5th for a FREE LUNCH! Match up their other "lunch" coupons for soup or sandwiches throughout the month really cheap.

Do you use Crest Whitestrips?


If you're a Crest Whitestrips user grab the $10 off Walgreens coupon and match it up with the $5 off coupon in the P&G circular to get a great discount on your next supply.
It all adds up!

Pantene at Walgreens 12/26 - 1/1


More great deals at Walgreens this week. Did you spot the $3 off 2 Pantene products in your P&G circular? Match it up with this week's Walgreens sale on the back page of their circular. Purchase 2 for $7 - $3 = pay $5 and get a $2 Register Reward for your next purchases(excluding Proctor & Gamble items). That's $3 for 2 bottles! Not a bad price for two 12.6 oz bottles of shampoo or conditioner.

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Aussie OR Herbal Essence at Walgreens


Clip that BUY ONE GET ONE FREE COUPON in the P&G circular and snag to bottles for $1.99 and walk our with $1 in Register Rewards for your next trip. THAT'S $1.00 PER BOTTLE! Yay!
It all adds up!

Head & Shoulders at Walgreens this week


Clip that $2.00 Head & Shoulders coupon out of the January P&G circular and head on down to Walgreens to snag 2 for a darn good price! Purchase 2 and use the $2 coupon. Instead of paying $5 you'll pay $3 for 2 bottles of shampoo and/or conditioner and walk out with $2 in Register Rewards to use the next time you head into Walgreens. JUST WATCH THE EXPIRATION DATE ON YOUR REGISTER REWARDS.

FREE Tide


You'll find this $1.00 OFF coupon in the P&G circular. Grab a Tide single-wash pack in Target's trial size area and get it for FREE!
Great if you going on a trip or if you only use Tide once in a while, like me.

P&G Brand Saver in this Sunday's Newspapers


The P&G Brand Saver is the only insert in today's (12/26) Sunday paper. P&G issues one of these each month so be sure to grab them. They have lots of great coupons.

Great Deal at Walmart 12/26/10


Did you spot these gift packs at 50% off today at Walmart? If you did you'll note that it offers subscriptions to Allure magazine or other magazines. That's a good deal if you want magazines. BUT! If you go to the web address and read the fine print at the bottom of the page you can ask for a REFUND OF $9.99 instead! Yup, you've got it - spend $5 and get $9.99. Just know that you can only do this once per mailing address AND if you buy more than one gift pack and plan to use more than one address, be sure to buy them in separate transactions because you have to submit the receipt to get the refund. This is a MONEY MAKER!
It all adds up!

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Just posted A Lot of Items

Just want you to be sure and notice that there are about two whole pages of new posts that I just put up today. Also, there will only be a P&G insert in the Sunday 12/26 paper so not worth running and buy more than one. However, with the P&G insert you'll be able to grab FREEBIES in the Target Travel section for things like deoderant and TIDE so be sure and save the circular fromt he recycling bin!

EconoFoods 8 Weeks of Winter


MAKE SURE AND GET A 12/26 NORTHFIELD SHOPPER!
EconoFoods is running an "8 Weeks of Winter Budget Stretchers" promotion and the coupons are in the 12/26 Northfield Shopper. Some of the coupons that jump out at me are the 3 cans of Campbell's Tomato Soup for $1 in week 1, FREE pound of bananas in week 2, Minute Rice for $1.49 in week 4, $.99 Tostitos in week 5, Creamette pasta for $.49 and FREE Chili-O Mix in week 6, and FREE large eggs in week 8. Wow there are some great deals here folks. It might be worth your time to grab more than one shopper!

FREE Hacksaw at Menards next week


So you all know, I'm a fan of FREE things and find myself shopping quite a bit at Menards anyway so I always keep my eye out for their freebies after rebates.
Next week's (12/26-1/1) ad features FREE items after spending $10 includes a 12" Hacksaw (what homeowner couldn't use one of these?) and Forever Food Storage Bags.
It all adds up and it sure did in 2010 so here we go for 2011!

1-Day Sale at HyVee on 12/30


I'm also really liking the 1-Day sale price on these Pagoda Egg Rolls! A box of 4 for $1.49 sounds really reasonable to me plus I like these alot!

HyVee on Thursday, Dec 30th


I'm sure we'll all be tired of cooking by next Thursday so it'll be time to cruise on in to HyVee's 1-Day Sale and grab a rotisserie chicken or 8 piece pack for $4.88. That's a buy price for me! I like using the rotisserie chickens to make soup and salads.

Picante or Salsa at Cub Foods 12/26 - 1/1


I know I eat alot more salsa in the wintertime and here's a great price on Pace next week 12/26 - 1/1 at Cub Foods with their in-ad coupon. 2 16 oz. bottles for $3 is a good price.

Oranges at Cub Foods next week 12/26 - 1/1


Now here's a great deal at Cub Foods beginning on 12/26/10. Buy One Get One on Navel Oranges or Red Grapefruit with their coupon in their circular. It looks like you'll get up to 10 pounds of fruit for $3.99.

Tobacco Field NOW OPEN


There's a new place in town and it's called Tobacco Field. It is accross hwy 3 from Dokmo's. They have some coupons in the 12/26/10 Northfield Shopper for you to use in the shop. I don't know anything about the store and their prices but if you use tobacco products it might be worth stopping in - and don't forget these coupons!

Super America


If you have a Speedy Rewards card from Super America you can always use your points online to try and win gas cards too. I do this most every time I've built up 50 or more points. I'm trying to win a $500 gas card right now. Wish me luck!

Cub Foods Weekly Email


Yum! This week's Cub Foods weekly email is for $1.00 off Jimmy Dean Sausage Crumbles. Have you ever tried these? They are quite good!
Go to Cub Foods to sign up for their weekly email program and they'll send you an email on Thursday's with a coupon!

Cub Foods $5 off Coupon


I hope you all noticed the $5 off a purchase of $50 or more in this week's shopper. Be sure to clip this one if you are stocking up for Christmas meals this week. It is good until 12/25!

Pepsie at HyVee this week


Wowsa! Here's a great deal on Pepsi. HyVee is selling 4 12-packs for $9.88 with the coupon. That's stock up time if Pepsi is your choice! Yay!

Sorry I haven't been posting much lately

Sorry that I haven't been posting much lately. I've been extremely busy but it should ease up now and look forward to a lot more deals and steals as we head into 2011. I hope that you all have saved some money this year because of my efforts! I know I have saved over $2,000 in 2010 because of couponing, rebates and watching the sales for my purchases. Please stay with me as we head into the Holiday clearances too! Merry Christmas!

FREE Calendars


If you're looking for some FREE calendars be sure to look in your favorite ACE Hardware. They have plenty of FREE calendars and note that each month there is a coupon for an item or discount. I particularly like the October 2011 coupon which is Buy One, Get One FREE - on the Ace brand pleated furnace air filters. Yay! Worth grabbing a few calendars just for the coupon you can use in October!

Check you email from Kohl's


Be sure to check you email for this great coupon! Spend $25 and get $10 OFF. There's got to be one more gift that you need to buy, isn't there?

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Winter Walk TONIGHT in Northfield - December 9


Tonight's the night to go to downtown Northfield and check out the scene. There is so much stuff happening its unbelievable. Caroling, Food & Drinks, Design a Button, Model Trains, the Festival of Wreaths, a magician - I know this guy and he is really good, bands, dance performances, free massages, chocolate tasting, guitar music, trombone music, pictures AND visits with Santa.
Bundle up the family as it's going to be cold and head on down town for some family fun tonight!
TONIGHT, December 9th, 2010
Be there or be square! Have a good time!

FREE Halls


Here's a great deal. Walgreen's has Halls on sale this week for $.99. Use this coupon to get one FREE when you purchase one and you'll end up with TWO for $.99.
I have a couple of these coupons on my desk you can have if you like.

Monday, December 6, 2010

Cub 4 Kids on December 11


This looks interesting. Bring your kids to Cub Foods between 11am - 2pm on December 11 and the store will be having some "fun store activities" just for them that day. Sounds like a cheap way for the kids to burn off some steam next Saturday! Pack'm up and head to Cub.

Cub Foods - Time to stock up on cheese


I noticed this cheese price this week at Cub Foods. Cheese prices have jumped recently so I think $3.00 per pound is an excellent price right now. Time to stock up to get you through the holidays!

Another $15 from JC Penney's


I couldn't believe my eyes on Saturday when I found ANOTHER $15 off a purchase of $15 coupon from J.C. Penney's. Now I have two to spend this month. Yay! (I imagine my good luck will end at the end of the year because I have put no charges on my Penney's charge card all year.)

$5.00 Coupons on Hasbro Games


I absolutely love this and I hope that you all got these coupons in this weekends Smart Source circular (12/5). $5.00 coupons off of select Hasbro games!
You should be able to get the Hungry Hungry Hippos travel game for FREE AT TARGET.
You should be able to get the U-Build Battleship for $4.99 at Target.
You should be able to get the Pickureka card game for FREE AT WALMART.
Put these coupons in your pocket if any of these games are on your BUY list - Elefun, Gator Golf, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Pop goes Froggio, Bop It Bounce, Sorry Spin, Twister Hoopla, U-Build Battleship, Funglish, Cranium Scribblish, Scrabble Flash, Pictureka, Electronic Catch Phrase, Taboo, The Game of Things, and Trivial Pursuit Bet You Know It.
P.S. I have an extra set of these and if you want them stop by my desk.

Jingle Cash at Walgreens December 5 - 11


Wow! It's a great week to shop Walgreens if you have some larger purchases to make. Spend $25 and earn $5 in Jingle Cash and on up to a maximum of $20 in Jingle Cash. There's lots of items that have a great sale price this week so worth you time to scan the circular carefully to see what you can come up with to get this 20% OFF deal.
P.S. Did you spot the great deal on Revlon Top Speed nail color? Wowsa! Only $.99 after a $5.00 Jingle Cash. Any girl would like this in their Christmas stocking!

Cheap Toothpaste or Floss


The back page of this week's Walgreen's circular shows either Crest Pro Health Clinical OR Glide Floss for $.99 after Jingle Cash. Grab your $.75 off coupon for the floss OR $.50 off coupon for the toothpaste out of you NOVEMBER P&G circular to get them for cheap.

Nice FREEBIE


Here's a nice little FREEBIE that you can add to Christmas Stockings this year. Walgreens has the Snicker's Nutcracker's on sale at 3 for $1.00 this week. Buy 6 of them and use the Save $2.00 off 3 coupon from this weekend's Red Plum (12/5) to get 6 for FREE. Or, if you're buying other items you can make $1.00 to be applied to something else.
It all adds up!

Friday, December 3, 2010

Salon Synergy in Northfield - TODAY ONLY


You may have seen this poster on the bulletin board. I have called and confirmed that it is a LEGITIMATE DEAL with one of the owners. Yes, for $49 you'll get a massage visit, manicure or pedicure visit, haircut visit, and facial visit.
I love Salon Synergy and go there regularly. They have added a couple of new stylists and thought this would be a great way to promote the shop.
Tell your friends!

Save $5 at Hallmark Stores


Google for this fantastic $5.00 off your total purchase of $5.00 or more at you favorite Hallmark Gold Crown Store. I'm told they issue this one every year so ease on into Hallmark and see what you can come up with! Someone in your life always needs a great card, don't they?

Kit Kat Coupon


I grabbed this great tear pad coupon at Cenex this morning. It's a manufacturer coupon for $.50 off when you purchase a Kit Kat Bar AND Coffee. I'm thinking that if you take this to Kwik Trip and use your FREE coffee coupon and grab a Kit Kat you'll walk out of the store with your FREE CUP OF COFFEE AND $.50 off a Kit Kat. That's a nice little savings.
It all adds up.

Cub Foods Weekly Email Coupon


Just a reminder that you can sign up for Cub Foods' email program and you'll get a different coupon via email each week. This week's coupon is for $1.00 OFF ANY ONE General Mills Cereal.
Hey, who couldn't use another buck in their pocket if their buying this cereal anyway?
Sign up at Cub Foods.com

20% off at JC Penney's


Those holiday coupon deals just keep rolling into our mailboxes. This one for 20% off is only good for Sunday, December 5. Worth tucking in your purse just in case!

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Burt's Bees


Here's the latest FREEBIE from the Walgreen's cosmetics counter! It's the new Burt's Bees cranberry & pomegranate sugar scrub. Sounds delicious too! Grab a couple on your next visit.
P.S. the cosmetics counter lady is THE BEST and really understands couponing and stacking of deals so go to her to check out, especially if you are new to couponing at Walgreens.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Neat idea from the Minnesota State Lottery


I noticed these FREE cute gift envelopes for giving lottery tickets for the holidays at Kwik Trip yesterday. What a great idea if lottery tickets are part of you holiday giving plans. There are several varieties to choose from.
I JUST POSTED LOTS OF POSTS SO BE SURE TO CLICK ON OLDER POSTS TO SEE ALL THE LATEST!

Dress Barn and other mailings


Dress Barn has a great little mailer out right now for 10% off your ENTIRE PURCHASE. Think shopping the clearance to snag some excellent deals for yourself or others and don't forget to take a peek at their clearance shoes!

FREE Shipping


If you are ordering anything online this year be sure to look for FREE shipping offers.
My new Lands' End catalog offers FREE shipping AND NO MINIMUM on your order through December 7th. A great time to search the clearance area of their website for something new and fabulous! I found the women's novelty button turtleneck for $14.99, regularly priced at $29.50. That's the same price that you'll find in stores right now but without driving your car and shopping from the comfort of home. Yay!

Walgreens Online Discounts


There are super on-line specials through Walgreens through DECEMBER 4TH.
Get $5 off orders of $30 or more.
Get $15 off orders of $60 or more.
Get $20 off orders of $75 or more.
Walgreens.com has more than you can imagine including everything that is in the store.

Another $15 from JC Penneys


Just like clockwork I received my $15 off $15 birthday coupon from JC Penneys. I just love this annual gift though I think last year it was only for $10.

Kwik Trip Coupons in Today's Paper


Here are the December Specials for Kwik Trip. Makes for a great "cheap" lunch on the designated days.
But most importantly TODAY, December 1st you should find the Kwik Trip December Coupon circular in the Northfield News. Worth buying the paper today!

Big Savings Day at Walgreens - December 1st


DECEMBER 1st ONLY! Get Shopping!
It's a fabulous day to shop Walgreens! Worth a special trip! It is "Walgreens Friends & Family Day." Everything is 15% off with one of these coupons and 20% off ALL Walgreens brand products. Yahoo! They do this a few times a year and it's well worth your time and Effort.
For example, I'll be going in today to do the buy 4 bags of M&Ms today. The deal is on the front cover of this week's ad. Buy 4 bags of M&Ms for $10 and get $5.00 in Register Rewards. I'll present my 15% off coupon first, then 2 $1.00 off coupons from the 11/14 Smartsource circular and I'll walk away with 4 bags of M&Ms and $5.00 of Register Rewards (they are temporarily calling it Jingle Cash) for just $1.50 after Register Rewards.

Tostitos Artisan Tortilla Chips


Here's a great tear pad coupon I found at Cub Foods! Get a bag of the new Tostitos Artisan Tortilla Chips FREE when you buy a bag of regular Tostitos AND 1 Tostitos Salsa.
Well, I'm pretty sure if you pair this tear pad coupon AND do the deal at Target for a FREE Tostitos Salsa when you purchase any 2 bags of Tostitos at 2 for $5.00 you'll walk away with 2 bags of regular Tostitos, 1 jar of Salsa AND 1 bag of the new Artisan Tostitos. Not bad for $5.00!
It all adds up!
If you would like this coupon it is on the corner of my desk. Happy Holidays!

Monday, November 29, 2010

Enter Oprah's Favorite Things online Giveaway!!!!!

Go to Oprah's website and click on "O Magazine" and fill out the form to win Oprah's favorite things for this holiday season! Enter everyday until December 12th for a chance to win! Wow! Wouldn't that be great. Word is she's giving enough cash to cover the taxes too so you can actually get everything!

I am going to win this!!!! Yes. Yes. Yes.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

BLACK FRIDAY DEALS

I know alot of you will be shopping for the deals this weekend. Good luck and have some fun too. You might even run into me streaking from store to store for a couple of the good deals. I do want to advise you to study the ads closely. Often times that really good deal on a TV is for a TV that doesn't have all of the latest features or isn't as high a quality. The stores have this down to a science. For example. I'm hearing that Walmart is offering a Wii system at a bargain basement price but Best Buy has the higher quality Wii system with more controllers and an additional game for just a few dollars more! So don't go soley on price - study the features!

The bargain that I want to grab is at Target. It is a Oral B Professional Care Toothbrush for $34.99 and there is a coupon for $10 OFF in the 11/14/10 Red Plum circular which will make the toothbrush just $24.99. This is a really good price and my rechargeable toothbrush is getting quite old.

And remember, there is a coupon for most everything. Just Google the item and you never know what will pop up. Money staying in your pocket!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Mushrooms at Walgreens


In this week's Walgreen's circular there is a DEAL OF THE WEEK for canned mushrooms for $39 each. It's stock up time! I put mushrooms in just about everything!

Walgreen's December Coupon Booklet


The Walgreen's December coupon booklet is now available. Look in the bin that holds their regular circulars. These coupons are good until 1/11/11 and you should be able to do a lot of match ups with sales to get some really good prices between now and 1/11/11.
It all adds up!

Ace Hardware 50% off Coupon


I hope you spotted these coupons in your Sunday papers. They are also online if you missed them. On Saturday, November 27 you can get 50% off ONE ITEM UNDER $30. Even if there is nothing on your gift list from Ace Hardware think furnace filters or some other household item. I have begun using their Ace brand furnace filters and really like them.

Gift Card Deal at Cub Foods 11/21-27


I wrote about this late last week but it is truly a REALLY GOOD DEAL so want to mention it again. Cub Foods is offering $20 in groceries if you purchase $100 in select gift cards. The 2 most prominent are Kohl's and Best Buy. I did the deal yesterday. If you plan to go shopping at Kohl's or Best Buy this holiday season and know you will be purchasing at least $100 in merchandise this is a fabulous way to stretch you money even further. You can mix and match and you can purchase up to $500 in gift cards which would make $100 in groceries - THE ONE STICKER IS THAT THE $20 COUPON IS ONLY GOOD FOR ONE WEEK. Think Black Friday shopping?

FREE Country Bob's


I got this great coupon in the mail yesterday. Keep your eyes peeled for it because I have no idea how I got it so it may be a mass mailing. It's for a FREE 13 oz bottle of Country Bob's All Purpose Sauce. The coupon is good until 12/31/11!!! Sounds like a keeper for next grilling season.