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Happy Sunday, Dolls!

I went a-doublin’ at Albertsons this week and I’ll be goin’ a-doublin’ this week too as there are doublers in the paper again today!  *whew*  Saving money wears me out.  Anywho – let’s have a looksie at the highlights of my adventure.

Life’s uncertain, eat dessert first.  Which is why we’re startin’ with chocolate.  Mmmmm…chocolate.  All these Ghiradelli chocolates – bags and bars – were on sale for $2.14.  I had 75-cent off coupons, doubled them…some were off (2) and some were off (1).  So I got some of these for $1.39 and some for 64-cents.  Regular price on these was $4.29 by the way.  I love decorating these Ghiradelli bars for sweet little gifts (pun intended-heh).

Cereal – if you are paying regular price for cereal can I just scold you now?  Cereal is the most overpriced thing there is.  $4.29 a box.  FOUR DOLLARS AND TWENTY-NICE CENTS.  Stop it.  Stop it now.  Cereal coupons are the ones that I print out and clip out of the paper the most – and I just wait for the big sale.  And kids – my kids anyway – will eat pretty much any kind of cereal.  This week the Lifes and Cap’n Crunch’s were $1.99 each.  You can buy it at $1.99 and I won’t be mad atcha.  However, they were also part of a promo where you buy (10) boxes and you save $5 instantly.  So we’re at $19.90 less $5 = $14.90, right?  That’s even better.  But now let’s bust out my coupons – cha-ching!  I had (5) $1 off 2 coupons…I was allowed to double (3) of them per transaction so that took off another $6 taking us down to $8.90, and then I got my other (2) $1 offs taking us down to $6.90.  69-cents per box.  You see why I’m shakin’ my head at folks payin’ $4.29 a box?!  I bought (20) boxes to add to the stash.  I typically have between 75-100 boxes of cereal on-hand.

I like how my husband put the guacamole and the gum in the same picture – 2 things that do not go together.  The guacamole I had coupons from Facebook – a great place to score coupons from the food companies – for $4 off any (1) item.  They were $3.49 – NOT on sale – but it didn’t matter because my coupon was for $4 off anyway.  Got those free.  They only had spicy and me no likey spicy, so I gave ’em to my mom…early Christmas present *giggles*  The Trident gums were $1, and I had coupons for $1 off – double those and we’ve got a bunch of free gum. 

Crackers.  Probably the second most overpriced food item after cereal.  $3.79 regular price.  On sale for $2.49.  I had $1 off coupons that I doubled making them 49-cents each.  That’s a stock-up price in my book because I don’t know about your kids, but my kids eat allll dayyyy longggg so I need things that they can just go and help themselves to.

Look at that – we started with dessert and we’re gonna finish with dessert.  Sara Lee pumpkin pies were buy 1, get 1 free.  I had coupons for 75-cents off (1) – which I doubled.  So for each (2) pies I got $1.50 off.  Follow me on this one….$6.39 each for (2) pies x 2 = $12.78 for (2) pies.  Less $1.50 = $11.28; less $6.39 for my free one = $4.89 for (2) pies.  And then these lil’ Banquet fruit pies – have you had them?  Get the peach ones – they are soooooo yum!!  They are like those little old school pot pies, but with fruit.  They were on sale for 69-cents each, I had coupons for 35-cents off which I doubled and got these free.  Note I only got the apple ones on this trip so that I wouldn’t eat them 😉

GIVEAWAY WINNERS

Winners of the Burt Bee’s travel kits and $5 Starbucks cards are:  Heather, and Emily W.  Heather, I have your address, Emily – send me yours and I’ll get your packages out sometime this week.  Congratulations, girls! 

Hallmark is giving away $10 off your purchase.  So spend $10 and get $10 off = free.  Go HERE to get your coupon.  Says you have to be a mom because you have to put in your kid’s birthday, but if you’re a mom to your niece or a friend’s kid, it’s all good, right?