Summer snacking and lunches: here we come! Jewel is running a $25 get $10 OYNO sale this week on ConAgra products. The tomatoes aren't much of a deal (regular price of $1.20 - on sale for $1 - I want a bigger price spread than that to make it worth my while), but the popcorn and soup sure are! Here's what I got:



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13 cans Healthy Choice soup (14-15 oz.) regular price $2.00 - on sale 10 for $10, get the 11th item free
Total = $12.04 - get $10 OYNO
Total spent: $18.16 - plus $10 OYNO coupon
Saved: $132.12

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7 Orville Redenbacher popcorn (cheddar, light, movie theater, butter flavors work for sure) regular price $3.59 - on sale for $1.69
$2.14 per transaction - I just rolled the coupon in to the next order.
Total OOP: $8.56
Total Saved: $91.96
plus one $10 OYNO coupon still in my pocket!!

Total Spent at Jewel: $26.72 for 80 items or $.33 per item.
Total saved: $224.08



Butera has some crazy good deals going on, too, right now to celebrate the re-grand opening or remodeling or something like that of one of their stores - I couldn't pass up:

(all are limit one unless otherwise indicated)
$.99 a gallon milk
$.99 64 oz. Dean's Orange Juice
$.39 dozen large eggs (Limit 2)
$3.99 - 3 lb. bag frozen chicken breast (limit 2)
$.29 lb. bananas - (limit 2 bunches)
$1.99 lb. boneless beef rump or rolled pork roast (no limit) - I grabbed one (I'll roast it and slice it with my meat slicer for some amazing deli meat)
BOGOFree Margarine (no limit) $1.05
3/$1 Hass avocados (limit 6)
$.99 head lettuce

Total Spent $27.16
Total Saved: $21.74

Total OOP: $53.88

I heard through a few blogging buddies that Lane Bryant was offering a free camisole (no purchase required), so last night, DaMama and I went out to do a little shopping.

We needed to go to a neighboring town to pick up some thread for a sewing project of hers and conveniently, a Lane Bryant is in that same plaza! We used a coupon for 40% off to pick up the thread (a savings of $2.51), and while we were browsing around, looking at different materials, I found some beautiful denim with cream colored, scrolling stitiching on it - that was 50% off! While that was a good price, we didn't realize until we got to the cutting table that it was ringing up 75% off!! For that price, we took all the fabric that was left. It's going to make some amazingly cute (and sturdy) re-usable shopping bags. I've already placed my order with DaMama for another set of bags. I just cannot seem to have enough of them!

Then we popped in to Lane Bryant and each grabbed a free camisole (regular retail price of $19.50!). The girls at the register we also handing out couposn for 40% off one regular priced item, which came in handy, too. I have been eying their new johnny-colored tee shirts for a few weeks now, and with that extra percent off, I treated myself to a $15.00 splurge of a new, pretty tee.

After Lane Bryant, we popped in to Butera on the way home and I picked up deli-style chunks of cheese for $1.98 lb. (munster and mozzarella), a small package of chicken breast ($1.59 lb.), some chicken leg quarters ($.69 lb.), some $1.69 lb. Italian sausage (bulk or rope style), and a small loaf of garlic bread ($.99). The cheese, chicken, and sausage are great staples to have on hand for making homemade pizzas, and the bread was put to use right away for dinner last night. I also scored a container of heavy cream (8 oz.) for only $.79 - this will come in handy for the chicken and gnocchi soup - I'm doing my take on Olive Garden's classic soup for Mother's Day Brunch.

My total spending for the night was only $37.28 for a camisole, tee-shirt, pizza toppings that will last us 3-4 months (if we make pizza every week), chicken that can double in a lot of recipes, and enough fabric for a fabulous pair of shopping bags that will be able to withstand the use I plan to get out of them.

We had dinner at DaMama's - tomato basil penne with ground turkey and mushrooms (most of ingredients were free from stockpile), watched some TV, and talked to my sister on the phone.

Later on last night, I started a load of laundry after 11pm (cheaper rates - check with your electrical company on what are your off-peak hours are for maximum savings), and started the dishwasher after 11 pm, too.

I'll post pictures of the new bags as soon as they are done (probably in a week or two) - I am so excited to see the finished result!

I stopped into Jewel on my way to work this morning and grabbed one last round of cheap oatmeal and granola bars - check out my amazing savings!

3 boxes Quaker granola bars (regularly $4.19) sale $1.99
4 boxes Quaker Oatmeal-To-Go bars (regularly $3.39) sale $1.99
3 boxes Quaker Instant Otmeal Packets (regularly $4.39) sale $1.99

WYB 5, receive an instant savings of $3 per 5 purchased
-$3/5 Quaker manufacturer coupon - found in Butera's flyer (2)

OOP = $8.19
or $.10 per serving, on average
That's an affordable breakfast or snack for me!

If anyone out there wants some of those amazing coupons, leave me a comment - I've got more than a dozen to share!

This week at work, we have our winter board of director's meeting. This will make for a long and disorganized week if I don't enlist some help. Since the meetings tend to run long (very, very long!) I've asked DH to take over meals for the latter half of the week. What I've got planned for Monday - Thursday, most of the meals are already prepared, so it's just a matter of re-heating. I love it when I'm this on top of things! Now....if that could only last all week long!

Monday - Tacos Carnitas with all the fixin's, refried beans
Tuesday - Navy Bean Soup with rice, salad
Wednesday - Spaghetti and salad
Thursday - Ham and eggs, pancakes, strawberries

Dessert of the week: Brownies
Fruit of the week: Gala apples, strawberries, bananas
Breakfast of the week: Oatmeal and cereal - I'm super stocked up on both!! - in the weekly flyer for Butera, there is a manufacturer's coupon for $3/5 Quaker products - this includes Aunt Jemima syrup and pancake batter, oatmeal-to-go bars, granola bars, captain crunch, canister and single serve boxes of oatmeal - and the price is cheaper at Jewel. I grabbed 5 Quaker items for $.79 each!! What does that mean for me - loads of oatmeal cookies, tons of Captain Crunch for hubby - he loves that stuff!, and super cheap syrup for stacks and stacks of pancakes. I've got more than a dozen of those coupons, so if this stuff goes any cheaper somewhere else - I'm covered.

It looks like our buddies at Butera are trying to imitate Meijer. They're having a 10 for $10, get the 11th item FREE sale. While much on this list doesn't exactly knock my socks off, here are some of the deals and steals I found lurking inside:

8 oz. fresh mushrooms
64 oz. Old Orchard apple juice cocktail
1 lb. baby carrots, peeled
Progresso Soup Classics (select varieties only!)
14-15 oz. cans Del Monte canned fruit, select varieties
1.5 L. Lipton Teas
17 oz. pkg. Racconto Potato Gnocchi - (I'm going to try to make my own version of Olive Garden's Chicken Gnocci soup - I love that stuff!!)
Food Club Graham Cracker Crust (it's half the price that I usually see at Aldi's)
12 oz. can frozen Old Orchard Juice concentrate - select varieties
8 oz. Food Club cream cheese
24 oz. Del Monte ketchup
6 count Food Club English Muffins
11-12 oz. Bagels Forever (probably a 4-6 count pkg.)
200 ct. Valutime Coffee Filters
7-16 oz. Land of Lakes margarine or buttery spread
6 count Food Club toaster pastries
3 ct. Food Club microwave popcorn
5 oz. New York TEXAS TOAST croutons

This is a good price if you need some of the items now, there are a few I'll pick up now, but for some, I'm just going to wait and see if Jewel has a better deals in the coming weeks - a Conagra catalina promo should be right around the corner!

Also on sale at Butera:
3/$1 lb. bananas - limit 1 bunch
$1.69 lb. boneless skinless chicken breast - limit 2 pkgs.
$1.98 lb. unsliced mozzarella (half or whole deli-style block)
$.99 lb. split chicken breasts
$1.98 lb. Bavarian smoked ham, sliced at the deli counter
$2.98 lb. Munster, Quesadilla, or Brick cheese, sliced at the deli counter