Fun Freebies & Shopping excursions

Well, the shopping excursion without my friend Tina and with 2 little people attached at the hip was not necessarily the fun part, especially when I realized I needed to go back into the store to right a potential wrong!

I went to King Sooper's today to take advantage of their 3/$1 Kroger brand canned veggies (my favs are the corn and green beans). Well, I loaded up with 30 cans of each and then went on to get my $15 savings for buying 30 various items I would normally buy anyway. Well, 16 boxes of cereal (5 on clearance for have bent up boxes...like I care - my kid sits on them anyway!), 60 cans or corn/green beans, 1 mini lint remover from Scotch (free after coupon), 2 Orville Redenbacher 3 packs of popcorn, 3 cans of Hunt's petite diced tomatoes (on clearance for some minor dents...and I plan on using them immediately anyway), 1 can of Kroger brand diced tomatoes, 3 boxes of Betty Crocker Blueberry muffin mixes, 2 Glade scented candles (with my coupon I paid $1.25 each), Blueberry yummy bread from the bakery on clearance, almost 3 lbs of apples, 2 things of Tylenol (after coupon I paid 50 cents for each), 2 Ocello scrubbers, 6 Quaker mini rice cake snacks, + a pack of Skittles and M&Ms for the short people...my grand total was only $70.41 (actually I saved another $2.94 because I went back in because I miscounted and thought I had enough items for all $15 dollars back, I only got 28 items instead of 30. NO WAY was I walking out without making my money work for me! So, back in I went and managed to get 2 more things (2 of my 6 Quakers rice cakes) and they paid me $2.94 - I got the $5 reward - cost of the goodies)

I saved 59% off my order (without counting my extra $2.94 now in pocket) -

$26.20 (mfg coupons)

$3.55 (multiplied coupons - they double I guess we found out last time :))

$69.03 (King Sooper rewards card savings)

= $98.78! 

Did I mention that because I use Shortcuts I also saved money buying one of my boxes Kix cereal? I got $.75/box of Kix (I bought 6 boxes for $2.49/ea...well, actually $2/each when you figure in the Mega Deal with the extra $15 savings). I should have only spent $1.25/box for one of my boxes

So, this excursion would have been even better if, like I said before, my friend Tina was in tow. She was busy working today though. But, we went out at the beginning of the week and this was what my goodies supply looked like from that day!!

At King Soopers, I took advantage of the canned veggie deal again and got 48 cans of corn, 36 cans of green beans, 4 boxes of Orville Redenbacher popcorn, 4 boxes of Lucky Charms, 3 boxes of various brands of General Mills cereal, 5 boxes of Swiss Miss Hot Chocolate mixes, 3 boxes of Trix, 2 Fruit by the Foot boxes (one was free with a coupon I had pulled off one of the cereal boxes in the aisle, + I had $.60 of one from Shortcuts + another manufacturer's coupon - can't remember the amount off hand, probably $1/2), a Macaroni Grill boxed meal (on clearance for $2.49 - $1/1 coupon I had = $1.49), 2 Ocello scrubbers, 2 Hunts diced tomato cans, 3 bags of candy corn/pumpkins for $.33/each, 1 10 pack box of PopSecret popcorn on clearance for $3.39, 4 boxes of Tylenol caplets (with 3 coupons for $2/1), 3 Pez candy dispensers for $.39 each, 2 bags of old fashioned hard candy ($.69 each), 2 bags of Halls cough drops (had a BOGO free coupon +$1/2 coupon to add to it), a canister of Quaker Oats, a bottle of V8 fusion (on clearance for something like $1.25), a box of Kellogg's Raisin bran on clearance for $1.59 and I had a coupon for $1/1 (so only $.59 for the box), 2 bags of Quaker mini rice cakes, & 2 cans of Carnation evaporated milk.

I had a coupon for practically EVERYTHING I bought but now I can't remember half of it. In short, here was my breakdown on what I saved:

$41.89 (mfg coupons)
$5.25 (multiplied coupons)
$98.17 (Sooper Card coupon savings)
= $145.31
*I saved 70% of my order!!

We then headed to Walmart to catch some deals. By this point, my short people were tired. But, we pressed on! Over there I got 12 boxes of cereal (6 of which were Chex for only $1.66/box without coupons!), 2 bags of Halls cough drops ($1.18 to start with plus my BOGO free coupon and my $1/2 coupon to boot = $.18/each bag), 1 box of Bisquick, 5 boxes of Betty Crocker potatoes in a box for $.98/each + some coupon amount that I can't remember), 2 taco seasoning mixes (needed), 6 Pillsbury cookie mixes, q-tips (needed), 1 dolphin sandwich cutter (had to for the kids :)), 1 loaf of bread, 3 Goodie hair accessories (with 3 $2/1 coupons), 2 cans of mandarin oranges, 4 spagettios, 2 bags of frozen chicken breasts, 2 trial size J&J first aid kits, and 3 cans of frosting for a grand total of....$57.73 ($25.78 off of original total in mfg coupons)

Overall, I think the initial day out on the town with Tina went great! And yes, she is available to join you on your shopping trips out too for a nominal fee of $150/hour :) She's well worth every penny!

So, on to the freebies!



Tic Tac and BMG are giving away four free mp3 downloads for leaving your email address. Just click HERE



And Oriental Trading company is giving away a free calendar that sounds like it might have some coupons in it. Just fill out your information HERE

Thanks to My Good Cents for the great information on those~!

And Walmart has a new downloadable song HERE as does iTunes (just scroll down to the bottom and you will see that one of the images says "FREE"). And Borders is out with a new download for Christmas! Just click HERE for that one!

*a couple notes to remember, looks like all new downloads for mp3s come out on Tuesdays. The other thing about iTunes, you DO NOT have to own an iPod in order to have iTunes on your computer. Well worth having!

Okay and here's a fun sample!



Check it out HERE