Finally, a store that doubles!

Last Sunday I received a flyer for a store that had some really good deals in it, but I wasn't sure that there was one in my area. It did have a website listed so I checked it out. Fred's is a family discount store that doubles coupons (up to $.70 on Saturdays only). Go here to link to their website to see if you have one in your area. The best way I can describe their store is that it reminds me of Big Lots. It has a little bit of everything, clothes, shoes, groceries, home interiors, drug items and it even had a pharmacy.

I did a test run yesterday and here's what I got:

Pedigree Complete dog food (4 lb bag) - $4.59
Used: $1.50 MQ (did not double)
= $3.09

Angel Soft 4 roll toilet paper - $2.00
Used: $.50 MQ (doubled)
= 1.00

2 Domino sugar (4 lb bag) - $1.99 each
Used: $.50 on two MQ (doubled)
= 1.49 each

Oral B Cross Actions toothbrush - $3.99
Used: $1.00 MQ (did not double)
= 2.99

2 Old Spice deodorant - $1.89 each
Used: $1.00 on two MQ (did not double)
= 1.39 each

2 Zantac 75MG 4 count - $1.99 each
Used: 2 $1.50 MQ (did not double)
= .49 each

2 Revlon Color Silk - $2.50 each
Used: $1.00 on two MQ (did not double)
= 2.00 each

There was a bunch of other stuff that was marked down and on clearance but I had one of my kids with me, and this was a trial run so I didn't do too much digging to see what coupons I had to match their reduced items.

Cheap Deodorant from Target

Target has select varieties of Secret deodorant on sale this week for $4.00.
There is a $2.00 MQ off Secret Flawless or Flawless Touch.
I bought 2 for $4.00. It's like buy one-get one free.

$2.99 Chicken

This week (again) Winn-Dixie has rotisserie chickens for $4.99. If you go in the evening - around 6:00 p.m. or so, they should have a "coupon sticker" on them for $2.00 off, making it $2.99. Not bad for a whole chicken.

I have done this a few times in the past few weeks and again last night.

If we don't eat it for dinner, I will pull it apart and make chicken salad.

Cheap Pizza Rolls at Winn-Dixie

This week Winn-Dixie has the 15 count Totino's pizza rolls 10 for $10. If you have any $.35 coupons, you can get them for $.65 a piece. It's not free, but it's cheap.

Also, they have Ronzoni pasta BOGO. There was a blinky for $.50 off right on the shelf.

CVS Trip - 2/20/09

Being that it's Mardi Gras season around here, I got to leave work early yesterday so I took the opportunity to get in some CVS shopping.

I did 3 transactions in 2 different stores. Here's what I got.

Transaction No. 1:

2 Neutrogena soaps

$2.99 each = $5.98

- 2 ECB

Total: $3.98 + tax

Earned 10 ECBs

Transaction No. 2:

4 Diet Coke 12-packs

1 Tylenol

4/$14.00

$6.00

- 4 $1.00 MyCokeRewards coupons

- 10 ECB

Total: $6.00 + tax

Earned 10 ECBs

***I had a small accident bringing the 12-packs to the register as you can tell by the picture.

Transaction No. 3:

2 Wheat Thins

6 Suave Body Washes

1 Suave Kids Shampoo

2 Herbal Essences Conditioners

2 Herbal Essences Stylers

2/$5.00

$1.99 x 6

$2.00

$2.99 x 2

$2.99 x 2

- $2.00 MQ

- $1.50 MQ

- $1.00 MQ

- $1.00 MQ

- $3.00 MQ

- $3.00 MQ

- $1.00 CVS coupon off Shampoo or Conditioner

1 $10 ECBs

Total: $8.40 + tax

Earned: 8 ECBs

Resolutions?

It's official, one of my resolutions for this year is already busted. I wanted to blog more, I had every intention of blogging more, I even gather all my receipts after my shopping trips to blog about them, but alas, it's not working. One reason, I'm not shopping as much. The second reason, as the title of my blog implies, I'm a Working Hard Mom.

Between being a dedicated employee, attentive mom and dutiful housekeeper, blogging has not been a priority (or even on the list of priorities). I'm trying to find my groove so I can do more of the things that I WANT to do in addition to the things I HAVE to do.

I can tell you that the last couple of times I have gone to CVS, I've gotten compliments from the cashiers on the little bit of money I'm spending for the items that I'm purchasing, so I think I'm following the right path with being frugal - at least so far this year.

Valentine's Day

I wanted to share with you an easy treat that I made last year and plan on making again this year for Valentine's Day. I saw this recipe for Santa Hats and modified it. Instead of shaping the meringue into hats, I shaped them into hearts. They came out perfect.

I just made some home made ice cream which called for 8 egg yokes, so now I can use the whites for this.