Welcome to week TWELVE of the Iron Shopper Challenge! Every Monday I will set up this post where you can share and brag about the deals you got at the stores you shop. On Sunday morning I will close this thread and name the winner of the Iron Shopper Challenge for the week. The winner will be selected based on the number of votes their entry gets. So make sure to make your entry appealing to get people to vote for it. Share your deal with friends and family to get more votes too. Competing is OK but having fun is what’s important. I want this to be a forum where you can share and brag about the deals you have gotten.
Who will be the winner this time around? Remember that it’s free and fun to play and you get to share your deals plus you also get a chance to win a $20 prize. For a list of the rules and how-to’s check here.
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Have fun!
I hit Kohls last week and got 12 pairs of girls socks for $1.06 by using 2 of Koh;s $5 cash for signing up for their email…
I wish I had a pic to put up, but we are trying to get things sorted in the house so my hubby grabbed / stored everything before I got a chance to nab a photo! It was an amazing trip to my local Price Chopper grocery store. They JUST put up a sign saying that they GLADLY accept competitors coupons….what???? what are the restrictions I asked the friendly clerk??? no restrictions? ANY competitors coupon in our area? No limit on how many you can use or the amount saved?! Well, I needed to go home and get my game together!!!
I got all my coupons for all the stores around me out, the Price Chopper sales paper a pad of paper, a pen and I went into coupon mode….
This what I ended up with in my cart at the register:
2 packages Oscar Mayer Turkey Bologna
7 boxes of Kellogs Mini-Wheats
6 boxes of Kellogs Frosted Flakes
1 Arnold Health Nut Bread
1 Double Stuffed Oreos in Chocolate
1 Double Stuffed Oreos in Peanut butter (how good does that sound???)
2-3 packs of Stride gum
2-3 packs of Orbit gum
1 Glide dental floss
1 Oral B advantage toothbrush
1 tube Crest toothpaste
2 boxes of store brand freezer baggies
1 Glad press and seal (this stuff is seriously, super cool!)
1 box Glad zipper freezer bags
1 container Pampers wipes
1 jar Ragu pasta sauce
1 bonus size Hellmans Mayo
1 Ocean Spray diet Blueberry juice
1 Ocean spray diet Blueberry Pom juice
1 Ocean spray cran-raspberry juice
1 Hidden Valley Ranch salad dressing
1 Gallon of store brand milk
1 container of Bryers ice cream
1 Herbal Essences shampoo
1 Herbal Essences styling cream for curly hair
1 Bar Cetephil daily facial cleanser
1 package of post-it notes with 4 colors (totally cute little ones…)
3 power bars in Oatmeal Cranberry
6 Cans of Chef Boyardee (various flavs)
My total came up to a bit over $150. I handed over my coupons and watched my total get lower…and lower….and lower….and lower….and l.o.w.e.r……all the way down to $13.56
I almost started dancing around in the cashiers lane…but I don’t want to be know as the crazy coupon lady that dances around, so I held back. But the VERY best part was I got a Catalina back with my recite for $10 off my next purchase!! Sooooooooo, it was really like I only spent $3.56 on a ton of groceries that we actually need and use! It was sooooooooo crazy! I loved it. I can not WAIT to see what I can do this week!
Shopping at Safeway (sale price is next to the item)
6 Kelloggs Frosted Flakes 1.99 ea.
3 Kelloggs Fruit Loops 1.99 ea.
2 Kelloggs Apple Jacks 1.99 ea.
5 Safeway Snack Bags 1.00
1 Febreeze Air Freshener 3.00
Total before coupons = $27.90
Total after coupons = $6.05
Total Savings Value (including club card and coupons) 89 % = $42.40
I also got a $10 cat for my next shopping trip making this a $3.95 MM
To make this deal even sweeter, all of my frosted flakes cereals are part of the Toy Story 3 promotion in which wyb 6 boxes you get a FREE movie ticket to any disney movie or touchstone movie.
Thank you Safeway for ‘paying’ me to shop and giving me a free movie ticket along the way.
On side note , I only used ONE coupon from an insert, the rest were from blinkies, peelies, stands inside stores, and mailers. So practically no cost for newspaper either (: !
I have a big weakness for Oreos, so this was a real treat for me 🙂 The first pack of cookies and gallon of milk had a good start on them when I walked in the door. 🙂
At Meijer I bought
10 bags of Kellogs Mix its $.99 each
used 6 x $.75 coupons
and 4 x $.50 coupons
paid $3.40 plus tax got back $10 OYNO for buying 10 Kellogg’s products
Then I got:
2 Gallons of Milk $2 each
2 packs of Oreos $2.50 each
2 packs of Oreos Free with coupon
3 packs of Hanes boys socks $3.99 each (these were all ‘bonus packs’ with 7 pairs of socks and a peelie for $.50 off on front)
used Nabisco facebook coupon for 1 pack of cookies free when you buy one gallon of cookies and one pack of cookies.
Used 3 x $.50 coupons for the boys socks
also -$10 for promotion: Buy $10 of Nabisco cookies or crackers, get $10 off 3 Hanes family basics instantly
and $10 coupon from buying Kellogg’s
Paid nothing but tax!
Yay! Now I’ve got Oreos hidden away for a cloudy day, the Milk is basically gone already but it was something we needed, the kids feel like the cereal is a cool special treat, and I’ve got lots socks for my boys! I’m putting some away for Christmas! Lol exciting, I know!
And all for $3.40 (plus tax!)
I recently went to JCPenney’s yesterday using my $10 off $10 purchase. When I went to the store, I found a $2.97 rack of clearance clothes. I was able to find a blouse with a black cami, a pair of black jeans, and a brown capris all for $2.97 each. Since the purchase was still not quite $10, I was able to find some bracelets for $1.77. Anyways, the total came to 51 cents. I was very excited since I’m an educator looking for back to school clothes.
This week I have been focusing mainly on harris teeter but also took a trip to walgreens. So far I have got:
10 boxes of kelloggs cereal (5 fiber plus 5 corn flakes)
55 boxes of poptarts
15 boxes of nutrigrain bars
4 jars of peter pan peanut butter
10 secret deoderants
1 dial body wash
6 packages of the elastic bands that are different shapes for the kids (i think they call them silly bands?)
5 poster boards
1 pack eraser tips
3 highlighters
1 box mike and ikes
1 pack of gum
I paid oop of 11.98 after tax and got a $10 catlina to use from buying the kelloggs items and a $3 catalina to use from the deoderent.
If I did my math correctly the total would have been 146.8 before coupons.
My best trip to Kroger yet!
I got…
8 Progresso soup – used 4-0.50/2 (doubled)
2 Temptation cat treats – used 2-1.00/1
3 Green giant steamers – used 3-0.50/1 (doubled)
1 Kroger Ice Cream – used 0.50/1 and 0.50 ecoupon
3 Ceaser dog food – used B2G1
10 Sobe waters – used 5 BOGO (cashier took off $1.89 each)
1 Gardettos – used 0.50/1 (doubled) and 0.50 ecoupon
2 Schick Hydro 5 razors – used 2- 5.00/1
2 Schick Hydro shave gel – used 2-free wyb razor peelies
1 Skintimate shave gel – used 0.75/1
2 Fiber One Chewy Bars – used 2-0.50/1 (doubled) plus 2 0.50/1 ecoupons
2 Sweet and Salty Granola Bars – used 2-0.50/1 (doubled) plus 0.75/2 ecoupon
1 Nature Valley Granola Bar – used either a 1/1 or .50/1 doubled plus 0.50/1 ecoupon
I also used a 3/15 health and beauty store coupon and 2 4.00 ONYO catalinas from the cereal deal earlier in the week.
I paid $1.41 (tax was actually $1.85 so I got some overage)
I got back 1 – 5 ONYO from Schick, 1- 3 ONYO from General Mills and 1-3.50 ONYO from General Mills as well (for the soup and the granola bars)
I save $96.46—–%100 !!!
I love Kroger!
I wanted to take advantage of the Fuel for School catalina that includes Morningstar Farms, and it just happened to overlap with a get a $7 wyb $20 catalina going on this week at my local grocery store. Bottom line was about $21 in OOP, still have $24 in catalinas, and will submit for $12 in additional rebates, so I made $13 buying all this:
12 Pop Tarts
6 Keebler Cracker Sandwiches (8 packs)
4 Simply Cinnamon Corn Flakes
5 Morningstar Farms Products
2 Nutra Grain Bars
1 Keebler Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
1 Whole Wheat Hamburger Buns
1 Organic Coffee (store brand)
1 Organic Salad Mix (not pictured)
1 Poise Pads
1 Honest Tea
I shopped at Harris Teeter today for their super double coupon event. I got all that is pictured for $4.29. Waiting on more coupons in the mail to stock up on some more things. Really excited about the ziploc plastic containers since I was just planning on buying something to put my freezer cooking in to better organize my freezer.
4 Large ziploc containers and lids (2 per pack)
2 square ziploc containers and lids (2 per pack)
4 boxes of 120 ziploc sandwich bags
6 medium round ziploc containers and lids (2 per pack)
2 lysol toilet bowl cleaner
2 jack daniels bbq sauce
2 muir glen canned tomatoes
2 wholly guacamole packages
1 johnson’s baby bar
1 johnson’s baby powder
4 mission tortillas
2 kellog’s fruit snacks
3 kraft homestyle macaroni and cheese
1 digorno’s deep style pizza
4 activia dessert yogurts
2 activia 4 pack yogurts
2 dan active 4 pack yogurts
1 bag of kraft 100 calorie packs
1 dannon greek yogurt cup
3 stoneyfarm yogurt cups
paid $4.29 would have been $140.29 (not bad for 39 weeks pregnant)
I took advantage of the Fuel for School catalina and spent $24.81 OOP and brought home $399.06 in merchandise.
It includes: 118 Keebler cracker 8 pks, 12 pk hamburger & hot dog rolls, Romaine & red leaf lettuce, 2 Banquet TV dinners, 5 Eggo waffles, 2 Lender bagels, 2 Keebler cookies, 18 Poptart (12 ct), 8 pk Hamburger thin rolls, 6 J&J First aid kits (trial size), 2 Arm & Hammer laundry detergent, 9 Nesquick flavored milks, 4 Trop 50 Orange Juice, 10 Cheez-It, Hershey Candy Bar, 2 Swiss Tea/Lemonade; Kellogg Snack Gummies & Glitter Ball.
I still have $20 in Catalinas to spend at a future visit. I also gave away 40 packs of Keebler crackers to family/friends.
– 4 bags of Dole Romaine Salad
– 1 Can of Red Kidney Beans
– 1 Can of Black Beans
– 8 Cans of corn
– 2 packages Bic Pens (10 pens each)
– 2 boxes of crayola crayons (not on sale and no coupon but they were on my daughters
school supply list so….)
– 1 Gallon Milk
– 3 Dozen Eggs
– 8 oz muenster cheese
– 8 oz sharp cheddar cheese
– 8 oz finely grated parm
Total came to $45.86, I paid $24.40