Coupon #2 - Safeway $5 off $50 purchase

Went to Safeway with dear BF to pick up a few things on Thursday as the cupboards were nearly bare and he needed to pack a lunch for work the next day.

Knowing we'd be back on Tuesday to really stock up, since the first Tuesday of every month is Safeway's "Customer Appreciation Day" where you can save 10% (or get 10x the Air Miles), I told him we were only going to spend $50 in order to use the coupon (and still get the equivalent of 10% off).

We parted ways at the deli counter, and met up at the produce section.  I realized that the week's specials were ending (Safeway now has their flyer specials starting on Fridays) and asked him to pick up a few of the  Campbell's Chunky soup (on sale 3 for $5, limit of 6). Bad mistake. He grabbed nine (9!) so of course three were rung in at the regular price (expensive). Arrghh!  by this time there was a really long lineup behind us, so I said nothing and let it go.  The bill came to over $100 (so much for 10% off!) and the only positive thing I could think of was that luckily we weren't being charged five cents per bag. Otherwise it would have been adding insult to injury.

Sidebar:  There is a 5-cent plastic bag levy everywhere, with two exceptions:  Safeway does not charge anything, while Thrifty Foods will give you a 3-cent discount for every bag you bring with you.

E-book savings this trip:  $5.00
Cumulative savings:  $8.89

Score of the day:  I had a $7.00 off Airwick i-motion starter kit, and Safeway had it on sale for $7.99, which means I bought a cool new toy (I mean necessity for the bathroom) for 99 cents!

p.s.  Make sure you take the 10% discount on Customer Appreciation Day at Safeway on Tuesday. (The 10x Air Miles is not worth nearly as much as the discount.)

More Bang for less than a Buck

It's taking longer than expected to get organized! :(   I'm making up my grocery list in anticipation of using the "$5 off $50 purchase at Safeway" coupon from the book.  That's 10% off groceries...not bad. Hopefully I will make it there today or tomorrow.

In the meantime, I thought I'd share my frugal score with everyone:

I was at the Real Superstore yesterday and guess what?  They are price-matching the Safeway deal for Crest toothpaste at 80 cents each. I happened to have a $1 off coupon for Crest, so of course I bought two tubes (didn't want to "waste" the 20-cent difference):

.80 + .80 = $1.60 - $1.00 coupon = .60 for 2 tubes of Crest toothpaste 130 mL whitening + Scope

That's like 30 cents each!  That's as close to free as you can get!

p.s.  I just received a batch of P&G coupons in the mail today, and there's 50 cent off Crest coupon in there.  That's another 30-cent tube of Crest toothpaste! Score!!!

Note:  Run, don't walk, and grab yourself some Crest toothpaste.  It's still a deal at 80 cents.  Also, both the 75  mL and 130 mL tubes are on sale for the same price, so make sure you pick up the 130 mL size to get more bang for your buck.

New Year's Resolutions down the drain

Happy New Year!

New Year's Resolutions:
1. Get more sleep (go to bed earlier).
2. Exercise.
3. Try to eat more healthy foods and less junk food.
4. Stop procrastinating.
5. Start a blog and maintain for at least six months.

Well, it's halfway through January and I can safely say that #1 - 4 are pretty much toast at this point.  I'll confess that I drove to McD's late last night and had a Big Mac, fries and a soda.  Need I say more?

...which brings us to #5. What should I blog about? Well, I ordered two Entertainment coupon books and they arrived yesterday. I thought it might be interesting to track how much value I could get out of them, i.e., how much I could "save" by using these coupons during the course of the year, or at least for the next 9 1/2 months! (The coupons expire Nov. 1, 2011.)


Day 1:  Used coupon E90. McDonald's BOGO Big Mac. Spent $6.93 (6.19 + .74 tx).  Saved $3.89.

Off to a good start...