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My Shopping Trip

My Farm Fresh Shopping Trip (10/26)

by Dana Zeliff on October 26, 20112011-10-26
in Farm Fresh Weekly Ads, My Shopping Trip

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I have a smallish trip to post for Farm Fresh today.  A nice surprise was a $10 promo code to Plum District printed out.  I’m not seeing why but it might be the Prego or candy???

They didn’t carry the Rhodes Warm n Serv and were all sold out of the skittles & starbursts.

Milk
Bread
Red Grapes
2 Milk Duds FREE
WhoNu cookies $2 – $1/1 from the 10/23 SS insert = FREE
2 Fleischmann’s Yeast $0.58
4 Prego $2
Corn Starch $0.69
Baking Soda $0.69
2 Pilly Cream Cheese = $3.38 (needed for LuLu’s school)
-$4 CAT from last week

Total Paid $11.44
Total Saved $18.20

I also went to Harris Teeter on Monday for items such as milk, coffee creamer, bread, fall squash, zucchini, mushrooms etc. and spent $32.04 (with no coupons!)

How did you do?

 

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My Farm Fresh Shopping Trip 10/19 (With an Oops)

by Dana Zeliff on October 19, 20112011-10-19
in Farm Fresh Weekly Ads, My Shopping Trip

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I wasn’t thinking clearly in Farm Fresh today, so I lost out on my Catalina for the Post Pebbles cereal.  Why I grabbed 2 pebbles and 2 other cereals is beyond me (shaking my head).  Also, they didn’t get the bag of oranges in so I’ll have to go back later in the week.

Milk $3.59
Grapefruit $1.29
4 Post cereal (2 not in pic) $4
2 Yoplait 4-pk $2
2 Yoplait Parfait $1
2 FF creamer $1.39 – $0.50/1 reduced peelies = $1.78
2 V8 smoothie FREE

Total Paid $14.14
Total Saved $14

After realizing my mistake on the cereal and Stacey’s comment about the Wholly Salsa ringing up $1.50 – I went back to the store.

2 Wholly Salsa $1.50 – $1/1 printable = FREE
1 Tortilla chips (since I now had salsa) = $1.79
5 Post Pebbles cereal = $6

Total Paid $7.11
Total Saved $8
Earned $4 CAT for cereal

Not a great saving but just over 50%.  How did you do?

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My Farm Fresh Shopping Trip 09/21

by Dana Zeliff on September 21, 20112011-09-21
in Farm Fresh Weekly Ads, My Shopping Trip

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I’m not sure why I’m even posting this (nothing fancy), but I know many of you will be wondering where it is.  I went to HT yesterday to see if they restocked and picked up the e-VIC bread.  After my many trips last week – I’m done.

I didn’t really need anything today.  I picked up mushrooms and celery plus a bag of salad to use my last $1/1 Vocalpoint coupon.  I had a bunch of free product coupons expiring at the end of the month, so I used some of those as well.

Mushrooms $0.99
Celery $0.99
Fresh express FREE
Garnier Hair Color FREE product coupon
4 Tombstone Pizza FREE product coupon
2 Pantene FREE product coupon
1 Skintimate FREE product coupon

Total Paid $3.43
Total Saved $43.02
Basically I spent almost as much on tax as I did for the veggies

I also went to Walmart to get my free plus overage Schick razors – gone by 9am 🙁

How did you do?  Or did you skip shopping this week?

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My Farm Fresh $2 Doubles & Harris Teeter Triples Shopping Trips

by Dana Zeliff on September 18, 20112011-09-18
in Farm Fresh Weekly Ads, Harris Teeter Weekly Ad, My Shopping Trip

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Farm Fresh Super Doubles was great this morning.  I got to the store by 7:45am and was able to get everything I wanted.  I love getting $2 Tide, cheap Starbucks coffee & FREE fruit.

Total Paid: $12.37
Total Saved: $71.15
Earned $5 Starbucks Gift Card

Harris Teeter Triples Trip #2

Total Paid $24.37
Total Saved $39.71
Included $7 Beef Roast in the bag

Harris Teeter Triples Trip #3

Total Paid: $7.38
Total Saved: $38.64

Harris Teeter Triples Trip #4

Total Paid: $17.54
Total Saved: $44.65
Include gallon of reg & organic milk

How did you do this week?

 

 

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My Shopping Trips (09/14)

by Dana Zeliff on September 14, 20112011-09-14
in CVS, Farm Fresh Weekly Ads, Harris Teeter Weekly Ad, My Shopping Trip

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I have lots of shopping trips to post.

Harris Teeter Triples – boy was I excited.  My coupons were ready last night, got up nice and early to do the Farm Fresh ad.  Get to Harris Teeter and the freebies are GONE 🙁

My first trip looks like a 2nd or 3rd trip.  If anyone knows how to prepare Tofu – please let me know!  This is the first time I’ve ever purchased it.

2 Tofu FREE
2 Tetley Tea FREE (whoot)
1 Mahatma rice $0.05
Krunchers Chips $0.25
3 Campbells Soup $0.60
2 BC Cake Mix/2 BC Frosting $0.82
Dial Soap $0.84
2 Smuckers Squeeze $0.35 and FREE
Chock Coffee $1.74
2 Smart Balance milk $3.48
2 Land o Lakes creamer  $1.88
1 International Delight creamer $0.22
4 Yoplait Greek $1

Total Paid $11.86
Total Saved $49.46

I picked up a few things at Farm Fresh:

2 Minute Maid Juice Box $1.98
3 Pop Tarts $3
Grapes $2.43
Asparagus $1.77
Baby Carrots $1.79

Total Paid $11.30
Total Saved $3

CVS was fantastic this week.  I can’t even remember the last time I shopped at CVS.  I had a $5 off $25 purchase coupon emailed to me and $5 ECB’s that I earned from taking a survey.  I changed my trip up when I got to the store, so I made a math error.   I also had 2 awesome coupons print at the magic coupon machine.  Overall, I was tickled with my trip.

Transaction 1
2 Air Wick iMotion
1 Air Wick Freshomatic
1 Soft Soap
1 Finish detergent
1 Dove bar (my oops)
Newspaper $2
– (3) $4/1 Airwick coupons
– $0.75 finish coupon
– $0.75 softsoap coupon
-$3 ECB – print from machine
-$5/$25 CVS coupon
– $5 ECB’s for taking survey

Total Paid $1.33
Total Saved $47.50
Earned $13 ECB’s ($1 from green bag)

Transaction 2
Ritz Crackerful
CVS Allergy
Rephresh
Bengay
gum
-$2.50 Ritz – printed from kiosk
-$5 bengay coupon
-$1 Rephresh coupon
-$10 ECB’s from transaction 1

Total Paid $1.57
Total Saved $22.79
Earned $10.48 ECB’s

Went in store with a few manufacture coupons, $5 ECB’s and a CVS coupon and left with $13.48 in ECB’s and only $2.90 OOP – with a mistake.

How did you do?

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My Farm Fresh Shopping Trip (09/07)

by Dana Zeliff on September 7, 20112011-09-07
in Farm Fresh Weekly Ads, My Shopping Trip

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I was pleased with the GM Promo this week.  I was able to get some freebies to make the kiddos happy.  Plus, I now have everything I need for our meals this week.

Get your Farm Fresh coupon matchups

Ground Beef $3.11 – $1/1 meat CAT = $1.11
Doritos $2.14
Peta Bread $1.99
FF 1/2 gal milk $2.69 – $1/1 peelie = $1.69
2 Fresh Express Salad mix $2 – $1/1 from Vocalpoint = FREE
2 Trix cereal = FREE
4 Totinos = FREE
1 BC cake mix = $0.24
1 BC  frosting = $0.74
2 Pillsbury breakfast biscuits = $0.98

Total Paid $9.91
Total Saved $24.99
73%

I forgot to buy eggs, again.  I have to go back for eggs so I’ll do the GM deals again with 6 Hamburger Helper, 2 BC Frosting & 2 BC cake mix.  My total will be $1.96 plus the cost of eggs.  Hamburger Helper is a great donation item.

How did you do?

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My Quick Walgreens Shopping Trip (09/03)

by Dana Zeliff on September 3, 20112011-09-03
in My Shopping Trip

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I made a quick stop into Walgreens to get my FREE Simply Orange Juice and another pack of FREE Crayola Crayons. I wasn’t expecting the Carmex to be in-stock but Hanbury has a separate display with a bunch of them.

Transaction 1
Carmex lip $1.50
-$1 RR from Crayons – earlier in the week

Final: $0.50
Saved: $3.58
Earned $1.50 RR

Transaction 2
3 Simply Orange Juice/Lemonade
1 Crayola Crayons
– (3) $1/1 Simply printable coupons
-$0.99 each Simply Orange in-ad coupon

Final: $1.09
Saved $6.89
Earned $1 RR

My total cost $1.59 OOP, saved $10.47 and have $2.50 in RR for Sunday.  Not a fantastic trip but that was all they had in stock on Friday.

*You can see more stores to use the $1/1 Simply Orange coupon on this post.

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