New Coupons Available From Pillsbury

Be sure to log in today to Pillsbury's website and print off all the new coupons they have available.  Many of them will go fast.

A few of the ones currently available....

• $1/2 Pillsbury Crescent dinner rolls
• .50/1 Pillsbury cookie dough
• $1/2 boxes General Mills cereals
• .50/2 Betty Crocker fruit snacks
• $1/2 Muir Glenn tomato products
• $1/1 Oscar Mayer cutting board meats
• $1/1 A1 Steak Sauce 
• $1/1 Garnier Fructis

And many more. The Pillsbury coupons reset the first day of each month so grab them today then check back in a month.

The Coupon Thief

A mail carrier in NY is being accused of stealing thousands of coupons that were intended for patrons on his route and then selling them on Ebay.  Read the full story here.  This actually makes me glad that 99% of our coupons in this area show up via the newspaper, at least then all I have to worry about is people stealing the inserts out of the papers they didn't buy!

Win a FREE Keurig

Those who know me, know I wouln't survive most mornings without my Keurig, so I'm letting you know about a give-away that I juts found where you can have a chance to win one of your very own..  I love these so much that I helped a guy sell a couple one at Bed, Bath & Beyond last weekend (they never would have been happy with that little Tassimo thing).

So if you are not on board the Keurig train yet, go enter this contest and hopefully we can get you there.

New Coupons Posted on Redplum.com

It's about time (IMO)!

Redplum has quite a few new coupons posted for printing, including....

• $1 Off Tums
• .55/1 State Fair product (like corndogs)
• $1 Off Quaker Oatmeal Squares
• $1 Off Jimmy Dean fully cooked sausage
• .75/ 1 Jimmy Dean sausage roll

Spending Goals: January Spending

Our budgeting month officially ended on Thursday, in my household. We run with our payroll on two week cycles (with a month being 4 weeks) and ending on Thursday (with payday being on Friday).

Again, it seemed as though my grocery budget just kept stretching last month and I really don't know where it all came from (although I am starting to think that some of it may have come out of my own cash fund... I'm really not sure).  I seem to be somewhat bad about "donating" my personal cash to other areas of the household (even when they don't need it).  I think it's just habit to reach into that one envelope sometimes; something I need to watch for and work on.

So the rest of the months shopping trips:

• Target -  $4.31 (for $4.31 worth of groceries - Apples are expensive!)
• Publix -  $1.8.05 (for 82.53 worth of groceries)
• Publix -  .45 profit (for $16.90 worth of purchases - my favorite trip ever! Yes, he actually gave me back .45 and I gave him nothing but coupons).
• CVS - 4.33 (for $51.80 worth of purchases)
• CVS - $5.94 (for $15.98 worth of purchases)
• Walgreens - $4.24 (for $25.52 worth of purchases)
• Rite Aid - .98 (for $8.74 worth of purchases)

End of Month Totals:
Paid: $253.60 for $767.02 worth of purchases
Saved: $568.98 (or 74.18%)

So far I'm not starting the new month out very well.... but that's another story.

Free CoffeeMate Friday

Just a reminder that Friday is Free Flavor Friday and CoffeeMate will be giving away coupons for FREE bottles of CoffeeMate on their Facebook page starting at Noon EST.  So be sure to log in, RSVP and get your coupon!

Kmart Doubling Coupons up to $2 This Week

If you have the Kmart Shop Your Way Card and spend at least $25, Kmart will double your coupons up to $2.

January 30 - February 5

You can see the details on their in-store circular, here.

Yankee Candle $10 Coupon

Yankee Candle has a new coupon available on their website for $10 off a $25 purchase. These coupons are good not just at Yankee Candle stores but also at other retailers that sell Yankee Candle (like Bed, Bath & Beyond).

Get the Coupon here.
Good till 2/27/11

Valentine Deal from Redbox: Rent 2 Get 1 FREE

When you rent 2 movies from Redbox in the same transaction they will send you a code via email to get a FREE Rental.  Click here for details.

This promo is good from 2/1/11 to 2/14/11

A Little Retail Therapy Today

After months of feeling like we up North, we had a beautiful day today with sunny skies and temps above 60 degrees.  Perfect weather for a drive.  We ended up at the Summit in Birmingham and found a couple of really great deals.

Who'd be thinking shorts sale in January? Evidently, Lucky Jeans.  They had a rack of ladies shorts out front with a sign that said "$19.99/pair wyb 2".  I love Lucky Jeans but I hate their prices, so I try to buy more often at the outlet or when I can catch a really good sale.  This was it.  We dug through the rack and I ended up in the dressing room with two pairs that were the wrong size (lucky me, they were too big).  I asked the salesgirl for help and she came back with 2 more pairs, one of which I liked the other not so much.  She wasn't have any luck finding the sale shorts in my size but she returned with 2 pairs in the next size down... as a ruse.  Her real reason in handing me those shorts was to tell me that she had another style not on the sale in my size that she'd hand me to try on and if they worked she'd give them to me for the deal price! WOOHOO!  Oh and yes they fit.

Next we went to Bed, Bath & Beyond.  We were actually looking for some ideas on how to organize this really annoying hall closet we have (it's like 17"w x 24"d - it fits the CostCo size bulk paper towels perfectly but not much else).  I didn't find anything for that but they did have the under the Keurig K-cup storage drawer.  As luck would have it I also had my coupons.  So we headed back to the car to grab the coupon to buy the drawer only to come back in and have my hubby get sidetracked by pans.  He found a set of 2 Calphalon pans.  Once upon a time I had a full set of Calphalon and I will tell you they are worth every penny.  I really hope my ex-husband is still enjoying that set of cookware.  As we looked around to see if we could find lids for these pans, I stumbled across a set of Racheal Ray Anodized cookware clearanced down to $150.  My coupon just found a new purpose.

The good news is that on the way home I think we might have finally figured out a way to organize that closet without spending any money.  At least I'm hoping so.