Hounding with frugalsuz: Baby Its Cold Outside

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Baby Its Cold Outside

We were supposed to get another foot or so of snow overnight and into this morning, so I went to bed expecting to have a snow day today. Alas, the snow had the nerve to stop early in the morning and the plow guys did their jobs much too well, so my plans were dashed. I was so looking forward to a day of lounging around in my sweats.

ShopRite

2 Mama Rosies Cheese Ravioli $0.99 each, used two $0.50 coupons = FREE
Apples $1.29/lb = $2.37
3 Chef Michael's bags of food $2.99 each ($4.49 reg price), used three $2 coupons (1/9 SS)
16 Chef Michael's cans of food $0.40 each ($0.90 reg price), used four $1 off 4 coupons (1/9 SS)
2 Friskies treats $1.27 each ($1.59 reg price)
Got back $30 in Purina cats (for spending $30) = $22.09 profit
Total was $11.33 with $0.20 bag discount

At another store, I did the pet food deal again - $22.09 profit again

Rite Aid

2 Kellogg's Fiber Plus Cereals $4.79 each, BOGO sale, used two $0.70 coupons, got back two $1 UP's and will submit for TMF rebate (Valid up to $4.49) = $3.10 profit *Also counts towards Buy & Save promo ($1 coupon here - just found this one)
Maalox $5.19 ($6.49 reg price, 20% Wellness discount), used $5 coupon (1/9 SS) and will get back $2 (SCR #10) = $1.81 profit *Also counts towards Buy & Save promo
Used $1 UP and $2 UP, total was $0.58

Got back my $20 Resolution Reward on this account so now I'm done with both accounts. Ahhhh....

CVS - DBF's card

Reese's Minis or Hersheys Drops $1.59, got back $1.59 EB (Limit 1) = FREE
Snickers Singles $0.89, got back $0.89 EB (Limit 1) = FREE
Total was $2.65

Staples

3 packages of ink for my printer - $21.14 (color) and $16.64 (black)
Used $25 and $27 Staples Rewards (for buying Duracell batteries) and will get back $10 Visa Prepaid card for spending $40 on ink (HP, Brother, Canon, Dell, Epson, Kodak and Lexmark, Limit 10). The fine print says you can get your money as a Staples gift card or a check instead of the Visa card if you want.

Plus when I recycle the cartridges at Staples, I'll get back $2 Staples Rewards for each - gotta love that!

3 comments:

Mary said...: Nosy questions since you brought up printer ink - I see you bought Canon, may I ask which Canon you have? Do you think you get a lot of prints for what you pay for ink?

I feel like I'm paying an awful lot for my Lexmark cartridges even though I got a really great deal on it - maybe it's just because all I ever print is coupons! :)

And sorry about your no-snow-day letdown! I know how that feels!; January 13, 2011 at 10:32 AM
frugalsuz said...: I have a Canon MP210. Its a combo scanner/printer and I think it does really well for ink usage. Can you change the settings on your printer so it prints with a lower quality? That will save you some ink. I do that and I've never had a problem using the coupons.; January 13, 2011 at 10:51 AM
Sheila said...: 2 Mama Rosies Cheese Ravioli & used two $.50 coupons = FREE
had these in my cart but opted for the pierogies...dang...nice coupon you found makes me want to travel 35 miles for the free ones LOL nice SR shopping; January 13, 2011 at 6:29 PM