Albertsons~

Do you still want to get some Sweet and Salty Nature Valley Bars (I'm addicted) and have depleted your coupon supply for these? Well, I was just at Alberston's today (Argonne&Trent) and they had boxes with peelies! Yay! I was SOOOOOOOO excited (although I'm thinking that my pound weight gain at WW last week had to do with the MANY Sweet and Salty's that I had). Sooooooo, I was able to snag up a few more boxes! Yay for me! I'm going to put some in the freeze so I have to eat them slower rather than just inhaling the whole dang thing. :)

I managed to pick up some Granola Thins, but I'm not sure that it was really worth it. YES! I was soooooo excited that I found them, 'cause I have been looking EVERYWHERE for these things. I got home went to open one up as only one bar (chocolate) has 2 points. Okay, so I'm thinking it is worth it. Well, I open up the box and it REALLY is a little square. :( What?! Two points for THAT! I do have to admit.......I took a bite..............and then another..............and then ..............HA, gotcha, bet you thought I was gonnna say another, but I stopped. Yeah, it was REALLY good! So, my Albertsons (Trent&Argonne) was out of these bars, but they had them out at Liberty Lake.

Thanks!

Cheryl

Kraft First Taste = FREE Homestyle Mac&Cheese

Check your Kraft First Taste account. I did! AND, look at what I got....

FOR FREE!!! I had heard about this a week or so ago and went and checked my account and nada. I had nothing. So, today, I thought I would go and check and viola, it was there. A coupon for a free package of Kraft Homestyle Mac&Cheese (up to $3.99). So, if you haven't signed up yet for Kraft First Taste yet, go check it out. They offer coupons for FREE product often. This is a great way to get freebies and/or sample products you and your family might like.

Thanks!

Cheryll

Free Sample of Cheetos Mighty Zingers

If you missed out on the free sample a few weeks ago for this, you just might be in luck. Go on over here if you missed out. Apparently, the samples have been reset. So, you'd better hurry before they run out! :)

Thanks This Frugal Life!

Cheryl

B1G1 Free Athenos Feta Cheese Product

I love this stuff! AND, it comes in Fat Free too! We use it with a coleslaw recipe that my mother-in-law gave us. I will try to dig that recipe out and share it some day. Anyway, if you go on over to their Facebook page and "like" them you can print this coupon for B1G1 Free Athenos Feta Cheese Product!

Thanks Hip2Save!

Cheryl

Recipe=Easy Homemade Pretzels

I was looking around and found this recipe that looks SUPER easy for some homemade pretzels. Anyway, I got this recipe from Saving A Bundle.  YOU DON'T EVEN NEED A BREADMAKER FOR THIS ONE! :) Okay, here is that recipe......

Pretzels

This picture if from Saving a Bundle blog.

I love breads and these pretzels make the most delicious snack or side item for dinner! I especially like to make them with Sweet & Sour dinner.

1 Tablespoon Yeast

1 1/2 cup warm water

1 1/2 teaspoons sugar

3/4 teaspoon salt

4 cups flour

Dissolve yeast in water and sugar for about 10 minutes then add the salt and 3 3/4 cups flour. Mix until dough leaves the sides of the bowl. Use 1/4 cups flour to light flour the counter to roll the pretzels. You can make any shape you like I like to make a heart and twist the two ends together to make a pretzel.

When all the pretzels are on the pan butter and salt-I like to use a thick coarse salt for the top. Place in oven on 350 degrees and bake about 5 minutes-pull out and brush with butter again. Finish baking about 3 to 5 minutes. We have done many variations of these too: cinnamon & sugar, Parmesan, etc. Enjoy!

Thanks Saving a Bundle for sharing such an AWESOME recipe!

Cheryl

Kitty Litter Cake

If you read my posts last week, you saw that I was buying supplies to make Kitty Litter Cake. Well, I wanted to show you a picture of what I made. Here it is......

No, that is not a little box. I sent my son into the store and he says they didn't have one and so this is what he came back with.......Yes, that is a kitty litter scoop (the serving spoon) AND YES it is clean (IT IS BRAND NEW). :)

Here is the recipe, if you are interested. Unfortunately, I cannot remember where I got it from. I did get this recipe a few years ago. Anyway, this cake is really fun to make.

Ingredients:

1 German Chocolate Cake Mix or Spice Cake Mix
1 White Cake Mix
1 package White Sandwich Cookies
1 Large package Vanilla Instant Pudding Mix
Green food coloring
12 Small Tootsie Rolls

Props:
1 Kitty litter box (NEW)
1 Kitty litter box plastic liner (NEW)
1 Pooper scooper (NEW)

Preparation:

Prepare cake mixes and bake according to directions (any size pans). Prepare pudding mix and chill until ready to assemble.

Crumble white sandwich cookies in small batches in blender, they tend to stick, so scrape often. Set aside all but about 1/4 cup.

To the 1/4 cup cookie crumbs, add a few drops green food coloring and mix using a fork or shake in a jar.

When cakes are cooled to room temperature, crumble into a large bowl. Toss with half the remaining white cookie crumbs and the chilled pudding. You probably won't need all of the pudding, mix with the cake and "feel" it, you don't want it soggy, just moist; gently combine.

Line new, clean kitty litter box. Put mixture into litter box.
Put three unwrapped Tootsie rolls in a microwave safe dish and heat until soft and pliable. Shape ends so they are no longer blunt, curving slightly. Repeat with 3 more Tootsie rolls and bury in mixture (I tend to use more Tootsie rolls than the recipe calls for). Sprinkle the other half of cookie crumbs over top. Scatter the green cookie crumbs lightly over the top, this is supposed to look like the chlorophyll in kitty litter.
Heat the remaining Tootsie Rolls, 3 at a time, in the microwave until almost melted. Scrape them on top of the cake and sprinkle with cookie crumbs. Now spread 5 of the remaining Tootsie Rolls over the top; take one and heat until pliable, hang it over the side of the kitty litter box; sprinkling it lightly with cookie crumbs. Try not to heat them too much or they will melt all over.
Place the box on a newspaper and sprinkle a few of the cookie crumbs around. Serve kitty litter cake with a NEW pooper scooper.

Thanks!

Cheryl

I am still having issues over here,

but I am going to try to post a couple of recipes here. Hopefully, we will get these issues resolved.......

Thanks!

Cheryl

My computer

woke-up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. I am having a hard time with connecting to Internet sites and such. I am in the process of trying to get that fixed, but it may take a while. I am actually typing this from one of my other computers that I try not to use as much. It is a A LOT slower than my cranky one right now. Wish me luck! :( I will let you know when I am up and running though.

Thanks for your patience.

Cheryl

New Shortcuts.com Coupons

There are some new shortcuts.com coupons ready to be loaded to your cards too! Just go on over here to get your cards loaded up.

Thanks!

Cheryl

New Cellfire Coupons

Did you all get your "new" Cellfire coupons? There are a few more loaded. Not very many, but go ahead and go on over here to see if you want them and get them loaded.

Thanks!

Cheryl

Today is

my "couponer" buddy's (Tammy) birthday. So, I just wanted to give a quick shout out to her.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! I hope you have a WONDERFUL birthday, make sure those boys (yes, all three) pamper you!

Cheryl

New Safeway Coupon Policy

We all know that they updated their policy a month or so ago and it has really been beneficial to us consumers. I have had heard rumors here and there about issues that people have been having when trying to use their coupons there. I had NOT come into any of those issues, until last night. I thought I was armed and ready, but my coupons let me down. :( It is official and I have their policy right in front of me (yeah, they let me have a copy of the store's policy, which I thought was VERY nice of them). And it is on the one available on-line. Go here to grab it if you want.

Okay, so anyway, under the section of "Internet Printed Coupons," number "17," it says, "INTERNET COUPONS MUST SCAN AT CHECKOUT."

My pizza coupon, you know the $1/5 would not scan. I had been hearing of this issue of them not taking it if it didn't scan, so I took multiple pizza coupons with me from different sites and NOT ONE of them would scan. So, I left with paying my extra $1. :( Oh well, I guess you win some and you lose some. She was willing to take it off my transaction, but I opted to be the big spender and pay the extra buck. ;) They will, however, push it through if it is a coupon that you get from products, from inserts and all those kind of coupons, just not the ones we print out from the Internet that do not scan. They have had too many people passing counterfeit coupons, and this way they don't have to worry as much. :(

I would like to add that they were very apologetic about it, which I truly appreciate, even the lady that HATES taking my coupons (coupons really intimidate her). They took the time to explain things to me at the customer service and gave me their copy of the policy too (they didn't have to do that). I go in there all the time and chat with them and ask questions and stuff, and they have been REALLY good to me thus far. I just want to say a BIG THANK YOU to them at the Argonne Safeway.

Well, I just thought I would share with you the update that I have, so you can be prepared next time you shop at Safeway. What I did was I put my order together and then I paperclipped extra coupons of the same ones that I had together just in case I needed to try them instead, but like I said NONE of my pizza coupons would scan. I could have used two from a recent insert for $0.50 or $0.55 off of three, but I didn't clip them.

So, if you are going to get the pizza, you might want to clip yours before you go. Although, I think Albertsons has them cheaper if you buy 10. I just wanted to use up my E-coupons for these, which came off. Oh, the price on the pizza was $1.29. I think the price at Albertsons is something like $0.79 when you buy 10.

Thanks!

Cheryl

Rite Aid Shopping Trip

Well, before I hit Safeway last night, I headed on over to Riteaid to see what I could score. This is what I did.....

Yes, that is MORE candy you see in my picture. I like to have this stuff on hand for the school year. I use it a lot for teacher gifts. Faith LOVES to shower her teachers with gifts, so this is what I use it for, and whatever else comes to mind. Okay, enough with my excuses.

So, here is "low down."

M&M Pretzel Candies $2.50 X3
-B2G1 free X1
-$1/1 X1 (used on the buy two part)
-$1/1 X1 (used on the buy two part)
= $3 for all THREE, making them $1 each!

Reeses Pieces $0.50 X1
No coupon. I needed this for a filler, to get up to $25

Rembrant Toothpaste $5.49 X1
-$3.00/1 printable (I can't find it anymore)
-$1/1 Riteaid Video Value coupon
=$1.49

Ziploc Bags BOGO (Buy one get one free) $2.99 X8
-$1.50/2 X4
= $5.96, making them $0.75 A BOX!!

I also used $5/25 and a total of $5 in Up Rewards from previous purchases, and I got back $1 from buying two M&Ms.

Before coupons and Wellness Savings I would have paid $46.31. Ready for this?...... Before tax I PAID........$0.45 (with tax my total came to $2.32).

Not too shabby.

Thanks!

Cheryl

Our Safeway Trips Yesterday (8/12/10)

Wow! We did REALLY good yesterday. I do have to say this was a combination of three different trips. I had my husband go before work (he had to set his alarm early so he could go before work, isn't that sweet?)and after work. Then, I went later in the evening. I was really unsure of my big purchase, as I REALLY don't like to make big purchases, but I wanted to see if my E-coupons were going to work AND I have never been able to load my card with the P&G E-coupons, but IT WORKED! I was REALLY excited about that too! Okay, here is my picture. I don't know why, but I just noticed that is it kinda blurry, so sorry about that. Anyway.....here is my trip......

I didn't have a coupon for the pudding, but needed it for my Kitty Liter Cake. If you can see, right there, way in the back, we got four boxes of the Sweet Moments, three boxes of Glad storage bags, 10 of those pizzas (I would spell name, but I never get it right). AND, I got MORE meat! Oh, I also got the Tide tablets.

Okay, so this shop would have cost us, without coupons $172.50, but with our coupons and savings WE PAID $29.41!!!

Any questions, please e-mail me frugal mom 1 at live dot com.

Thanks!

Cheryl

Recipe=Yogurt Cheese

I just found the most easiest and yummiest sounding cheese EVER! I got this from A Thrifty Mom. Many thanks to them for getting this posted. I will be able to use this in MANY of my WW recipes! Wahoooooo, I'M SO EXCITED!  I think they got this from one of their readers. Anyway, here is their posting....

Recipe – Using Yogurt Cheese

Monica sent us these great tips for using yogurt cheese:

Looking for new recipes I ran across ways to use Yogurt cheese. Since we make our own yogurt most of the time, I was excited to find a new way to use it.

Yogurt Cheese is simply the soft cheese that is left when the liquid is drained from yogurt.

You can use it in place of cream cheese, whipped cream, and vanilla frosting. I’ve tried the whipped cream and it was yummy.

Here is what you do:

First you have to drain the yogurt. Line a strainer or colander with a double layer of cheese cloth or coffee filters. Place the strainer or colander over a bowl to collect the liquid. Pour yogurt in the strainer or colander. Then let it sit overnight in the refrigerator. In the morning you’ll have yogurt cheese. You can use plain or vanilla yogurt

To make the whipped cream topping – add 1/2 tsp vanilla and sugar to taste, mix together or whip with a mixer. This would be great on crepes with fresh fruit.

To make the vanilla frosting – add 1/2 cup powdered sugar and 1/2 tsp vanilla to 1 cup of yogurt cheese, mix together. Refrigerate. Spread on cake just before serving. I haven’t tried this but we have a birthday coming up and I am going to try it – sounds yummy.

Thanks A Thrifty Mom!

Cheryl

Going to be in the Tri-Cities this weekend?

Are you looking for a way to give back? Well, I have just the thing for you.  There is going to be a benefit yard/bake sale there. This will be put on by some of my family members as a couple of my other family members lost their home last weekend to a fire. Luckily, everyone is safe! Anyway, there is going to be a yard/bake sale and they could really use the help.

They will be collecting some personal hygiene items, paper products, and some non perishable foods for the family. So if you have lots of extra of these types of items (as many of us couponer’s do..) your donations would be greatly appreciated.

When: Saturday, August 14

Time: 8am -2 pm

Address: 9125 S. Argent, Pasco

At the yard/bake sale there will be Furniture, yummy goodies, household items, clothes, ski equipment, lots of misc. Thanks for your help!

Thanks!

Cheryl

My Target Trip Today......

Well, off to Target we went this morning and boy I am sure glad we went. Although, my little Blakey was not very well behaved today. Yep, he managed to get himself grounded from the WII for THREE DAYS!!! Boy, that is sure torture for him. We started out the shopping trip with him being able to play the WII today and, well, then we left the store with him being grounded for the next three days. Anyway, this is what we got today........

Okay, so this is how it was laid out....

Merona Flip Flops $3.24 X1

-$3/1 Merona Footwear

=$0.24

Snyders Pretzels $2.59 X1
-$1/1 Synders Pretzels Target Coupon
-$1/1 Synders Prezel Bites from recent insert
=$0.59

Market Pantry Cookies $1.37
(I didn't have a coupon for these, but need them for making a Kitty Litter cake).

Sobe $1.00 X2
-$0.50/1 Target Coupon (I don't know if this is still available) X1
-B1G1 Free from playing the Sobe game X1
=$0.50 for TWO, making them $0.25 each!

Cetaphil Facial Moisturizer $1.64 X4
-$2/1 from last coupon booklet at Safeway (the one with $13 in savings) X4
=FREE

Purell Hand Sanitizer $1.37 X1
-$1/1 Purell (I'm not sure this is still available, but this is where I got it from) X1
=$0.37

Aquafresh Toothpaste $2.64 X1
-$1.25/1 Catalina coupon (Target coupon) X1
-1/1 Aquafresh Advanced X1
=$0.39

Towell Ring $4.99 X1
-$5/1 Room Essentials bath furniture item X1
=FREE

Wall Shelf $13.49 X1
-$10/1 Target Home bath furniture item X1
= $3.49!

My total without coupons would have been....$40.04, but with coupons I ONLY SPENT $7.19 (before tax). THAT IS A TOTAL SAVINGS OF $32.85!

I would have gotten more stuff with my Target coupons, but they now have that limit of one "same Target" coupon per transaction and I really didn't want to have to do multiple transactions. So, I will be going back later.

Thanks!

Cheryl

$1/3 Rice-a-Roni or Pasta Roni

Just go on over here and use zip code 90210, if you can't find it with yours.

Thanks Totally Target!

Cheryl

High Value Coffee-Mate Coupon

Just go on over here to get $0.75/1 Liquid or Powder creamer product.

Thanks Clippin' With Carie!

Cheryl

Tight Wad in Utah

Thanks to Tight Wad in Utah for this awesome recipe post. Go check it out. It looks real fun, easy, and yummy too!

Tight Wad in Utah

Cheryl