Free Toilet Paper next week at Kroger

Here's how you can get 8 free rolls of TP at Kroger next week.

Cottonelle 4-roll packages are priced at .99 every day at Kroger.

There will be a .25 coupon for Cottonelle in Sunday's paper. That will double to .50 at most Kroger stores.
Then, go here to load a .50 coupon onto your Kroger card. Your savings will automatically be deducted from your card when you use it to shop. That equals a dollar. Free TP.

Now if you want another package for free, go here to print a coupon for .50 off Cottonelle. That will double, and you can get your second package for free.

More Super Doubles At K-Mart

I just got word that K-Mart will be doing Super Double coupons again from this Sunday, Oct. 26 through Nov. 1. They are doubling all coupons up to and including $2 coupons (so a $2 coupon would actually be worth $4), so this is a great way to get lots of free or nearly free items to donate! For a list of coupon match-ups visit Hot Coupon World.

EDIT: To see if your store is participating, go to this link at Hot Coupon World and look at the third post on that page. It's a pretty comprehensive list.

Kroger this week

This was my highest grocery savings EVER.
(2) Celestial Seasonings Tea- FREE
(1) Cottonelle 4 pack
(1) Pampers wipes
(6) Green Giant frozen boxed veggies
(1) Dole bagged spinach
(2) raspberries
(3) Annie's mac and cheese
(1) Puffs tissues
(2) Garden of Eatin blue chips
(1) Lightlife soy dogs
(1) Lightlife soy sandwich slices
(1) sour cream
(1) organic fruit spread
(4) Scotch Brite sponges- FREE (donate)
(2) Brut deodorant- FREE (donate)
(1) Healthy Choice Fresh Mix meal- FREE

Total spent: 22.57
Total saved: 53.73

That's a savings of 70%!

Here were the deals of note (the ones not listed in this post).
Lightlife products are on a special right now. If you buy two of them, you will get a coupon for $1 off your next shopping trip. There are $1/1 coupons in the Whole Deal coupon book at Whole Foods. So I bought 2 products at 2.99 and 3.99, used (2) $1 coupons and got $1 back. Not bad.

The Cottonelle is .99 every day at Kroger (even though it's marked at 1.11 at my store, it's not). You can go here to load a .50 coupon onto your Kroger card, making it .49 this week.

Dole bagged spinach is $1.

Raspberries are also $1. (I'm making freezer jam to get us through the winter.)

Green Giant boxed veggies are still on sale for $1. I'm trying to use up all my .25/1 and .50/2 coupons.

Puffs tissues are .50 after .25 coupon doubles.

Garden of Eatin chips are buy one get one free.

Cascadian Farms organic fruit spread is 2.99. I used the $1/1 coupon from the paper to get it for $1.99. You can also go here to sign up and print a $1/1 coupon.

Jack's salsa is buy two get one free.

The random free Healthy Choices meal was a coupon my mom gave me. Thanks, mom!

$3/$15 CVS coupons?

According to I Heart CVS there are $3/$15 coupons available at some CVS stores. You can try looking in the store lobby or by the pharmacy. Hallelujah! This makes it a lot easier to get the good stuff for free.

Whole Foods $5/$25 Coupon

I went to Whole Foods dot com to check out the calendar, and imagine my surprise to find a printable $5 coupon! Yee-haw.

I had a $20 budget to buy flowers for our open house tomorrow so I was pretty excited to find that I would be able to throw together a quick deal. Here's what happened:

I bought some beautiful hydrangeas and gerber daisies totaling $19.XX. Then I took a stroll through the aisles, looking for sales and coupons on products. I ended up in the juice aisle where Knudsen juices had $1/2 hang tags on them. I've been wanting to try their Mega Green juice, and the 32 oz. was 2.99; I picked up two of them. My total was just over $25. I used the 5/25, then the $1/2 which brought my total to $19.XX (so the juice was free. Yay!)

If you have Whole Foods shopping to do, print a coupon, grab your Mambo Sprouts Whole Deal flyer and get thyself to Whole Foods STAT. The Q expires on the 22nd.

Next week's diaper deal at CVS. (Is this heresy?)

Okay. So we all know disposable diapers are soooooo not environmentally friendly. I love my Bum Genius and Fuzzi Bunz as much as the next hippie but a gal's gotta have some 'sposies for emergencies and long outings, especially with heavy wetters such as mine. Oy. So that being said, I want to tip you off on a great diaper deal coming up next week at CVS.

If you buy $25 worth of specific baby products you will earn $10 ECBs. This will be a great deal for you if...
-you need diapers and wipes.
-you have Huggies coupons.
-you have 10 ECBs just a-layin' around, ready to roll.

Here's how it goes down:

Buy:
2 jumbo packs of Huggies @ 9.99 each
2 Huggies wipes @ 2.79 each

Your pre-tax total is 25.56.

Use your Huggies Qs (there are $1/1 and $1.50/1 floating around, and there may even be some .50/1 wipes Qs available from home mailers.)

Assuming you use (2) 1.50/1 coupons, your out of pocket (OOP) will be 22.56 + tax. BUT WAIT. Since this deal generates 10 ECBs, you can use 10 ECBs to bring your OOP to 12.56 for two packs of diapers and two boxes of wipes.

If you have a $/$$ coupon, this would be an even better deal.

If you don't have any Huggies coupons but want to give this a whirl, then this could be your lucky day... I happen to have two $1.50/1 Huggies diapers coupons sitting around, collecting dust. The first person to leave me a comment on this entry gets them.

Value Tour at Whole Foods

From WholeFoods.com. This is for the Ann Arbor Cranbrook location but be sure to check the website for value tours in other areas as well.

Wednesday, October 15th
Value Tour
3:00 p.m. (Free)

Though some people think higher quality always means higher price, think again! What we offer is real food, free of artificial ingredients and hydrogenated fats at the best price possible. We'll help you find real deals throughout the store to help you stretch your food budget without sacrificing quality. We'll help you navigate store aisles to find the best in-store specials and bargains. Join us for value shopping tips, budget-friendly recipes and to discover great buys available every day!

Please pre-register online.

How on earth did I miss this?

If you did the Always Infinity and/or Bic Soleil deals this week I just found out that you can roll those ECBs you earned to buy more of each.

Always has a limit of 2 and the Soleil has a limit of 5. So tonight I printed one more of the $2/1 coupons and got myself some cartridges for the razor I purchased on Sunday. Paid with the 4 ECB I got for buying the razor, paid .12 in tax and scored 4 more ECBs.

I was going to do the same thing for the Always but both CVS stores I tried were wiped out of them. It may be worth a shot though if you're a new CVSer and want to practice rolling, or if you had a really really long day with non-napping kids and a sick husband and a broken car and just need a CVS fix to get your spirits up.

(Ahem.)

Meijer surprises

A couple of deals I wasn't expecting to find at Meijer today...
Stoneyfield Farms milk and YoBaby yogurt are still on sale. ($3 each) Go to their website to find coupons.

While perusing with my Deal Radar (we'll just call it Dealdar) I found little booklets called "Meijer Healthy Living". Inside were a few coupons for good stuff. The bad news is, three of them were already expired because the booklet was marked as the July/August issue. The good news is, the coupon for R.W. Knudsen Just Juice doesn't expire until December, and the other good news is that I'm assuming there are September/October booklets floating around somewhere now. When I sniff those out I'll let you know where to find them. (I located these in the meat department of all places).

Also. Clorox Green Works is on sale for $2.50. When you buy any Green Works product you will get a coupon for .50 off Green Works dish soap. And I haven't tried it but I'm wondering if, when you buy the dish soap, you get another .50 coupon... could be an okay deal if you need eco-friendly dish soap.

OH, and I completely forgot to tell you that Band-Aids are free this week if you have the .50 coupon from the paper a few weeks ago. They are .99 and the coupon doubles. Hooray for free first aid kit supplies!

Now onto my shopping adventure. I'm glad it was a slow week for sales because I had a few things I needed to get so the lack of deals gave me some wiggle room in the budget for the things that *gasp* weren't on sale (the syrup, the hooks and the tortillas).



(My picture is missing my 4 lb. box of baking soda. Oops.)
(2) packages of BandAids- FREE
(1) dozen cage-free eggs
(1) tortillas
(1) maple syrup
(1) sour cream
(1) meijer naturals dish soap
(1) Green Works cleaner
(1) sliced cheese
(2) recycled bath tissue
(1) adhesive hooks

Total: 28.12
Total Saved: 14.04

I'm 1.64 over budget for the week, but not too bad considering I had to buy those stupid hooks for my wreaths. (And they didn't even work. Grrr.)

Whole Foods Coupon Alert!

Whole Foods had coupon books at the front of the store today. I'm assuming they are available at all/most WF stores since they were chock full of manufacturer's coupons for brands like Organic Valley, Back To Nature, Traditional Medicinals, Nasoya, Biokleen, R.W. Knudsen, Kashi and lots more! Get 'em while you can.

Super Doubles at K-Mart!

This is the best news ever. Select K-Mart stores are doing super-double coupons through Saturday. This means they will double all coupons up to and including $2... so lots of free and nearly free stuff! This is the time to load up on donation items for shelters, charities and ministries. And maybe also time to score some free chocolate for yourself...

I'm heading there in the morning and will post if I find any particularly good eco-deals.

Almost free Tom's at CVS 9/28

Here's a quick scenario to get you Tom's of Maine toothpaste, mouthwash or deodorant for around a dollar out of pocket (if you have ECBs) this Sunday only.

Purchase:

(1) Covergirl Clean Liquid Makeup @ 5.49

(1) Tom's toothpaste (5.2-6 oz), mouthwash or deodorant @ around 5.50

Use:

$2/$10 coupon (it expires on the 28th)

$1/1 Covergirl product coupon (will be in this Sunday's paper)

Pay with 7 ECB, pay around .99 out of pocket + tax, earn back 6.99 ECB

New Whole Foods in Ann Arbor!

The kids and I went to the new Whole Foods on Eisenhower (across from Briarwood Mall) this morning and WOW did we hit the jackpot! Going in the door we were given a free reusable shopping bag, and the doors then parted to usher us into Free Sample Land. The kids and I grazed on fresh fruits, veggies, cheese, bread, chips and juice and I got some free samples of hand lotions (paraben-free and totally delicious smelling).

I scoured a few aisles for coupons and there were quite a few to be found on frozen foods, baby bath products and in the juice aisle. I'm sure there were more but Ocean kept trying to break into his "potty treats" (yogurt covered raisins from the bulk bins) and we had to get out of there quickly.

As I was checking out I noticed a stack of coupon books by the register. The cashier threw a couple of them in my bag and there are some pretty good $/$$ coupons as well as coupons for free "when you buy" products (like a free pound of potato salad when you spend $25... stuff like that). I would consider them really good coupons if you shop at WF anyway... if not you may not find much use for them.

If you're in the Ann Arbor area in the next day or so head over that way. It's a nicely laid-out store and it's worth the trip for the free shopping bag and delicious samples (plus parking is a lot better than the store on Washtenaw... *shudder*).