How I Pinch A Penny

It is a beautiful sunny day here in south central Pa.  I want to be strawberry picking but I think I am going to just take the afternoon to do nothing.  Simply soak up the sun and enjoy that I am not sweating.  But before I do that there are coupons to be matched!!  As always I am using a Giant Food flyer from south central Pa.  Many of my readers have found many similarities with the Martin’s add.  I ‘think’ they are sister stores.  As always coupons vary from area to area and your add may not be exactly like mine.  Please check with your local store as to the sales they are running.  I am hoping this will make your penny pinching easier.  So here we go:

• Smart Ones Entrees or Desserts  $2 each
• $4/10 printable coupon found HERE ( print twice!)
• 10/$16

• Dole Special Blend Salad or complete kit  $2.50
• $1.50/2  05-17-09 RP
• 2/$3.50

• Nestle Lil Drums Drumstick   $3.79
• $1/1 printable found HERE
• $2.79 each

• Eskimo Pie Ice Cream Bars  $3.29
• $1/1  05-31-09 SS
• $2.29 each

• Haagen-Dazs Snack Size bars  $5.39
• $1/2  04-26-09 SS
• 2/$9.78

• Marie’s Dressing  $3.79
• $1/1 printable found HERE  (Print 2!)
• $2.79 each

• 4C Green Tea Mix  $5.49
• 4C Stick, Any (1) Free WYB (1) 4C Tub or Stick, Any – 05-17-09 SS – valid up to $5.99

• Windex Window Cleaner  $2.79
• $.55/1 05-10-09 SS (varies by area) will double
• $1.69
• See my post HERE on how I make my own window cleaner.

• Tyson Fully Cooked Entree  $3.99
• $.55 /1  05-31-09 SS
• $2.89

• Apple & Eve 100% Juice  $1.99
• $.50/1   04-05-09 SS (varies by area)
• $.99

• Seattle’s Best Coffee  $5.99
• $1.50/1 printable found HERE
• $4.49

• Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ sauce 28 oz.  2/$5
• $1/1  05-10-09 SS ( use 2!)
• 2/$3

• $4 off your total purchase when you buy 4 General Mills Cereals
• $1/3 GM cereals  05-31-09 SS

• Birds Eye Voila  $3.99
• $1/1 printable found HERE  Print 2
• $2.99 each

• International Delights Flavored Coffee Creamer $.99
• $1/1 Printable found HERE  (print 2)
• FREE

• Yoplait Yogurt  10/$5
• B6g1F  05-31-09 SS
• 7/$3

• Pillsbury Grands! Cinnamon rolls or Flaky Twists $2.49
• $1/3  04-05-09 SS (varies by area)
• $6.47/3

• Tropicana Pure Premium OJ  $2.99
• $1/1 printable found HERE (print 2)
• $1.99 each

• Shed’s Spred Country Crock  $2.69
• $.25/1  05-17-09 RP (doubles)
• $2.19 each

• Angel Soft Bath Tissue  2/$10
• $1/2  04-19-09 RP
• 2/$9

If you have a coupon match up that I missed please post it in the comment.  Happy penny pinching!

For more details click HERE

Here is how I go through a Sunday paper. I gather my supplies.

Paper
Marker
Hole Punch
Coupon Book. ( I use a photo book that I had left over from when I use to get prints.)

Then I pull out ALL the coupon flyers, punch holes in the and put the date on the fron with the parker.

THIS WEEK THERE WERE 5!!!!! ( get 2 papers so I can double my coupons for when the item is B1G1F)

And I pull out the store flyers that I shop.

Giant
BJ’s
Wallgreens
Rite Aid
CVS
Target
Walmart

All the flyers go in the 3 ring binder and the adds go in a pile for me to leaf through at my leaser.  Simple to me. I hope you have a system that works for you!!

I can’t tell you how excited I am that Blue Avocado has teamed up with HIPAP to bring you this weeks giveaway.  They have the most wonderful reusable shopping bags.  They cut down on the amount of bags that end up in our landfills, streams and oceans.  If you can do all that AND look cute while you pinch your pennies … what is better than that!?

More from Blue Avocado:

WHAT CAN I DO?

Assess Your Carbon Footprint

Awareness breeds change. The average American household emits 55,000 pounds of CO2 each year. Find out how big your impact is on the planet and start reducing it today. Click here to start

Use Alternative Energy

Electricity production is the leading source of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion. Switching to green power, made from sources like wind and water, can dramatically decrease your household’s carbon footprint.

Take Public Transportation

If the number of Americans taking public transit to work increased by 10% we could reduce CO2 emissions by almost 6,000,000,000 pounds per year.

Recycle

For every pound of office paper recycled, CO2 emissions are reduced by 4 pounds.

Reuse

The BlueAvocado line of bags invite you to use them again and again — in fact at least 100 times a year. Invest in products that help you shift from a “disposable” to a “reusable” way of life. It feels good.

Excerpts taken from: *The Good Sheet, September 11 — 17, 2008, Good Magazine and Iconologic. GreenMountain Energy BeGreenNow.com and The Down—to—Earth Guide to Global Warming by Laurie David and Cambria Gordon.

Now for the giveaway:

To enter this giveaway I encourage you to take the billion bag pledge.

Check out this Youtube video:

Billion Bag Pledge

Go to THIS link, come back here and comment on how many bags you pledge to save each week.  Be sure to also comment on which of the vibrant colors you would like your prize to be.

In honor of this giveaway you notice that I will be posting in blue all week!  Think of it as a reminder to take the pledge and enter the giveaway.

You will have till Friday, June 5 to take the pledge and post how many bags you are going to save each week.  I usually pick the winner before noon on Fridays.  So if you want to be SURE to get your entry in be sure to get it in before then!!

It is friday and we have a WINNER in out latest giveaway!!!  Congratulations to DIANE also known as dwalline on twitter.  I have messaged you asking for your ground address….stay tuned for the NEXT giveaway.  It is SOOOO AWESOME!!!  I wish I could win it!  Think BLUE….  More to come shortly….

My DD’s and I went to Arby’s for lunch.  It was an impromptu trip so I didn’t have coupons in hand.  :( BUT I did discover Wednesday FREEbies.  Of course it varies by location and restrictions apply BUT this is a list of what you can get for FREE from Arby’s on Wednesdays in JUNE.  Here is what I have discovered:

June 3: FREE FruiTea with any Sandwich purchase

June 10: FREE Roast Chicken Club with any Soft Drink Purchase

June 17:  FREE Regular Sidekicker with any Sandwich Purchase.

June 24: FREE Regular Roast Been with Soft Drink Purchase

Don’t forget to enter for a chance to win this week’s Giveaway. DETAILS HERE.

Sorry it took me till Tuesday to get the Coupon match ups but it was a holliday weekend and I was spending time with my family.  I hope you were too.  So here we go:

• Del Monte Whole Pineapple  $2.99
• $.75 printable found HERE   Print it twice!! 
• $1.49 each

• Bryers All Natural Ice cream  $3.99
• $.75 05-17-09 RP (varies by area)
• $2.49 each

• T. Marzetti Dip  $3.69
• $1/1 04-05-09 RP
• $2.69 each

• Del Monte Jared fruit  $3.99
• $1/1 found HERE
• $2.99 each

• Shedd’s Spread Country Crock Quarters  $1.29
• $.35/1 05-17-09 RP (varies by area)
• $.59 each

• Ball Park Franks B1G1F
• $1/2    05-17-09 RP  
• $2.99/2

• Hillshire Farm Smoked Sausage Loop B1G1F
• $1/2  04-19-09 RP
• $2.99/2

• Suddenly Salad 10/$10
• $1/2  05-17-09 SS
• $1/2

• Naturally Delicious Salad Dressing  2/$4
• $.50/1   05-03-09 RP  (use 2)
• $1 each

• Buy any 4 kelloggs’s cereal and Get $4 off your purchase.

• Yoplait Go-Gurt   $2.32
• $1/2  04-19-09 SS  varies by area
• $1.32

• Healthy Choice natural meals  6/$9 (MUST buy 6)
• $1/2  - 05-17-09 SS  use 3 coupons
• 6/$6

• Renuzit Crystal Elements  $4.99
• B1G1F  05-17-09 SS – valid up to $6.99
• 0r
• $1/1  found HERE
• 2/$4.99 OR $3.99/1

• AirWick Mini Freshmatic Kit  $7.99
• $4/1  found HERE
• $3.99 each

• Suave Shampoo or Conditioner  $.89
• $1/2  05-17-09 RP
• $.78/2

• Colgate Toothpaste  $2.99
• $1/1  05-17-09 SS
• $1.99 

• ACT total care mouth wash  $3.99
• $2/1  04-19-09 SS
• $1.99

** I am sure I have missed a match up or two. If you find one please comment so we can all pinch pennies together!!**

We did this last year and the year before and it is WONDERFUL!!!  Our theater filled up FAST so I am going to go earlier this year so we can get a seat in the theater that is showing the movie that we want to see.  In my Penny Pinching ways I don’t have the AC on all the time in the summer, so this is a refreshing treat for me and the kids. PLUS we NEVER go to the movies.  The kids are so excited to see the HUGE screen and the seats that flip up and down.  Here is an excerpt from the website about the program: 

REG’s Free Family Film Festival is Now Showing!
When school’s out, kids around the country visit selected Regal theatres for the Free Family Film Festival. It’s a fun-filled nine weeks of movies for kids and parents. Since 1991, Regal has provided this service to the community, and best of all it’s FREE!

Selected G & PG movies start at 10AM each Tuesday and Wednesday during the festival. First-come, first-served seating is limited to theatre capacity. The Free Family Film Festival is safe, lots of fun and a great way for kids to spend a weekday morning in the summer.

HERE is the link.  I hope you have a theatre near you.

It is Wednesday in June so that means you get something FREE from Arby’s…Of course it varies by location and restrictions apply BUT here is what you can get TODAY!

June 24: FREE Regular Roast Been with Soft rink Purchase