Kroger mega sale - extra coupon!

I just found another SunnyD coupon for the Kroger mega sale. It's for $1/3, making SunnyD as low as $0.45 a bottle!

$1/3 SunnyD Product printable

Don't forget to hit your back button to print 2!

Kroger trip 8/12/10

Kroger is having another Mega-Sale. $4 off 8 items this time...

I just picked up
6 packages Bumblebee tuna, $0.99 ea (5.94) - Mega
2 bottles Sunny D, $1.28 ea (2.56) - Mega
4 cans Pedigree dog food, $1.38 ea (5.52)
2 dozen eggs $0.88 ea (1.76)
1 gal Milk, $2.00

Pre-Sale this comes to $30.53
After sale price:  $17.78

I had the following discounts
$4 for the Mega-Sale
6 $0.55/1 BB Tuna coupons (3.30 off, from a blinkie machine I found a few months ago)
1 $0.25/1 SunnyD coupon - Doubled (8/1/10 SS)
2 BOGO Pedigree dog food (2.76 off, Kroger catalinas)
2 $2.50 Kroger Catalinas from a previous trip

Grand Total: $2.49!

Notes:
I think this is my best trip ever, percent wise.

I got home and found that Lori had picked up milk somewhat recently. I really could have gotten away with paying $0.49 for all of that. BAH!

The tuna was $0.49 ea after the Mega-sale discount. My $0.55 /1 coupons means they paid me 6 cents for each one I took. Overages are rare but BB tuna has a history of giving overages, that's why I snagged a bunch of Qs when I found the blinkie machine.

Millions of peaches

Here are some highlights from this week's sales.

Marsh:
Pepsi 2L, $0.86 ea wyb 6
Thu-Sat only
5 lb boxes of peaches for $2.99 - I just took up canning so I'm going to give it a try with peaches.
corn on the cob, $0.25 per ear.


Kroger:
Grapes, $0.88/lb
7Up 2L, $0.75 ea wyb 4
the P&G $4 off 4 sale is continuing. Worth noting, but generics tend to be quite a bit cheaper.
Th-Sun only
GM and Quaker cereals are 50% off
Kroger brand peanut butter 18oz, $1 - just as good as any other brand.


Meijer:

Pepsi 24 packs, $3.99
Doritos, FREE wyb 2 Pepsi 24 packs!


Fri-Sat only:
7Up 16.9oz bottle 6 packs, buy 2 get 3 free
Keebler Filled Crackers (peanut butter cheese crackers pictured)$1.25 ea.

Suave shampoo/cond $0.88
Q-Tips, BOGO
All laundry detergent 50oz, $3


Lots and lots of back to school sales over the weekend so check your ads if you have little ones. I personally will probably only make it to Marsh for the produce and maybe the Pepsi. I'm incredibly well stocked on everything else except meat but don't really see any sales I want to take advantage of.

Unexpected DIY project

I haven't done much shopping lately so I haven't had much to post about. I did have an eventful evening though. It was about 88 degrees here today with a very high humidity. Around dinner time I realized that the AC had stopped working. Ugh. Fortunately I had a window AC in to assist my aging central air so there was a little relief from the heat.

Last time I called someone out for the AC it cost about $130 and took 2 days to get anyone here. I don't really have the money to spend on it right now. Also, last time, it turned out the breaker in the condenser unit had popped, so all that really needed to be done was to clean the unit and reset the breaker.

This time around I decided to take matters into my own hands. I disassembled the AC unit, and found it was clogged with dog hair and dirt. I cleaned it pretty thoroughly, and fed about 1000 mosquitos in the process. I put it back together, reset the breaker and the unit started right up again. The whole ordeal took about 2 hours, and I'm feeling pretty proud of myself for fixing it on my own.

A tiny bit of know-how can go a long way towards keeping your hard-earned money in your own pocket!

Brita pitchers on the cheap

This week, the Brita water pitchers are on sale for $9.09. Stack the Lowe's coupon with the $5/1 Brita Water Pitcher printable to pick these up for cheap:
Brita Water Pitchers, $9.09
$5/1 Brita Water Pitcher printable
$2/1 Brita Slim Water Pitcher Lowes printable

$2.09 after coupons!

Deals worth leaving the house for

Kroger (today):
Kroger Peanut Butter 18 oz, $1
Kroger Cheese 8oz, $1.50
Kroger Yogurt 6oz, $0.33

I had a coupon for a free bottle of Suave Professionals, up to $3 (mailed coupon, sign up at their website), and $0.50/2 (7/11 RP) for the same. I bought 4 bottles at $2.17 each. When the cashier rang up the free coupon, the register gave me $3 off! 4 bottles for $4.68...

Another great deal at Kroger is the Soda flavored ice cream topping. I had a coupon for $1/2 (6/13 SS) and bought 2 bottles at $2.99 each. At checkout I received 2 $2.50 catalinas for my next trip. I essentially made $0.02 for buying them.

I also hit the clearance table pretty heavily and got some Uncle Ben's, hot wing sauce, and bagels on the cheap.
Overall, I spent $27.56 and saved $19.74, about 42%

Walmart (today):
I stopped in to pick up dishwasher detergent and some high value spices. I also found that they have canning supplies about 30% cheaper than just about anywhere else I've seen, and I have 20 lbs of tomatoes to deal with. SOON.

Great Value DW detergent 75oz, $2.67
5th Season Onion Powder 3 oz, $0.50
Ball Canning Kit, $10.00
Ball Utinsel Kit, $6.74

I used a coupon for $1/1 Ball canning kits and later found that I had a $2/1 coupon for the same thing in the 6/6 RP. There's also a coupon for jars, which Wal-mart sells for about $8/dozen (Kroger had them for $12/doz)

All tolled, I spent 20.27 and saved $1.

Tomorrow's trips:

Meijer:
Sweet Baby Rays 18oz, $1
Sunny D, $1
Dole Salad, $1
All are included in the 10 for $10, get the 11th free sale. Tons of great items included in this sale, just not much I'm in the market for at the moment. I'll most likely get a few bags of salad, a bottle or two of SunnyD and then stock up on SBR's... It gets used almost like ketchup around here.

Marsh:
Pork Chops, $0.98/lb. 'Nuff said.

Fireworks store craziness is over.

Posting will resume just as soon as I sort out all the coupons I accumulated over the course of the past month...