HT again

This time NO negative balance, but still pretty good. I don't think I could have gotten another $10 off $50 this week, but I didn't have $50 subtotal anyway.


4 boxes of pasta
2 env taco seasoning
1 bag croutons
3 bags mini rice cakes
1 box parchment paper
2 bottles grape jelly
7 pks gum
1 coffee creamer
Total retail: $37.97
Paid: $2.24

HT-Triples NEGATIVE balance

OK, I know I haven't posted on here in FOREVER. But I was just really excited about my trip yesterday. I practically robbed HT! I am sure you all know it is triples week at HT. I have been doing the triples and super doubles weeks recently as well, but none were as good as yesterday. THEY OWED ME MONEY!
Here is the breakdown of what I got and how it worked...

I started off with the free items and added some produce so I would be sure to owe something (because they really won't pay me money :)


2 bags croutons
6 boxes pasta
2 bags mini rice cakes
6 pkts taco seasoning
2 spice grinders
3 Mentos gum
2 coffee creamers
3 tubs strawberries (BuyOneGetTwoFree-$4.99)
2 avocados ($.79 ea.)

Total for all this was
- $2.85
yes NEGATIVE!

Why was this? Because of good ole e-Vic. If you are not a member of e-Vic, here is your motivation. Because I am an e-Vic member, I automatically received $10 off my $50 purchase BEFORE coupons. Usually they send out these mailers for $10 off $50 but the cashier makes you have $50 AFTER coupons or they won't scan it. (Even thought it would work if they did-and it depends on the cashier you get if they pay attention or not:)
This time it was automatic for e-Vic members. So they OWED me money.
So now I have to buy something else, because they won't give me money back. But I already used my 20 coupon limit for the day and I didn't want to buy any of my items that used coupons and waste those triples.

So I returned to produce to buy 4 kiwi (that I never buy because they are $.79 each and they are only as big as a quarter anyway but my kids really LOVE them). My kids got a special treat.

So my final total?
Total Retail: $59.46
Well, TAX on all my items was $.42
I paid $.38
YES, that says "38 CENTS"

I am going back today to see how I do this time. I have another 20 coupons, but I don't know if the e-Vic special will work again. I will let you know.

Now, to explain e-Vic. You just sign up with your email address and link your VIC card to the account. They send the weekly flyer to your email once a week and then sometimes send a special e-Vic flyer over the weekend. There is nothing more than that. But you get weekly specials that are only good for e-Vic members. Click here for more info and to sign up. You can get your $10 off $50 if you sign up now.

Enjoy the Triples!

HT trip and FREEBIES

Well, I know it has been a while. Saving money takes a lot of my time, and writing about it takes even more :)
Here is what I scored at HT tonight...
1 pouch tuna
6 bags veggies
4 cartons broth
6 cans soup
6 cans chicken
8 taco seasoning
2 airborne
2 cartons juice
11 fabric softener sheets (which are FREE for you BTW, see below)

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Total retail cost: $125.78
Total OOP paid: $17.18

Here is where you can cash in on this - These fabric softener sheets were FREE and we are pretty well stocked on them so I am giving away 7 free to the first people who request one, or two, or three. First come, first served :)

Harris Teeter shopping trips

Here are the last two trips I did - one yesterday and one today. I will go back tomorrow for a final (maybe :) trip.

Yesterday:
2 Dial Hand Soap - FREE
2 Baking Powder - FREE
4 Dole Mandarin Oranges - $1.84
6 Swanson Chicken - $4.02
2 Spray and Wash (forgot in picture) - FREE
2 Snyder's pretzel snacks - $.50
2 Grands Tortilla chips - $1.50
2.25 lb. cubed steak (Grands has a $2 off beef coupon on the bag) - $1.16
3 bags Rhodes dinner rolls - FREE
2 boxes Deli Creations - $1.48

TOTAL RETAIL - $76.55

TOTAL PAID - $11.16

Today's trip:
3 Kraft Dressings - FREE
4 Dole Mandarin Oranges - $1.84
6 Whitehouse applesauce - $5.22
5 Chips Ahoy Snak-Saks - $3.70
4 Swanson Chicken - $2.68
1 Wacky Mac - FREE (this would be FREE even with doubles, so if your store is out GET A raincheck for the BOGO price!)
2 Rhodes dinner rolls - FREE
18 Dannon yogurt - $1.26
2 Deli Creations - $1.48
I also took a gamble today and tried to use the $10 off $50 purchase coupon that was mailed to me. It says can only be used after all other coupons and discounts are given. But if you give it to them FIRST, it will take off of the sub-total. It just depends if your cashier will let it slide. Mine did today so that helped bring my total down:)

TOTAL RETAIL - $84.62

TOTAL PAID - $7.50

Bi-Lo Buys

Well, I must say, I usually think of Harris Teeter as my all time favorite store for good deals. But this week, Bi-Lo was really good to me...

4 bottles Kraft dressing
3 bags (5 lb. each) sugar
6 boxes brownie mix
4 boxes UB rice
6 bags croutons
7 bottles vitamin water 10
4 cnt. sour cream
5 Breyers ice cream (ok, I went a little crazy with the ice cream, but EVERY flavor was on sale for $1.88 it was too hard to choose. AND I had a coupon for $.75 off 1 so one of them was only $.38!!!) Oh, how I wish I had MORE of THOSE coupons!!!

Total Retail: $105.19

Total paid: $17.71

Bi-Lo Trip

I had some rain checks to use at Bi-Lo this week and there were a few great deals:

Total Retail: $125.29
Total Paid: $22.09

8 boxes Chinese Family size Meals
8 bottles Dressings
6 boxes Beechnut Cookies
8 boxes Mac-n-Cheese
5 Dial Hand Soaps
12 bags frozen veggies
1 lb. strawberries
2 gallons milk
3 French bread Loaves

Harris Teeter this week

Well, I spent more this week at HT than I usually do. I had to stock up on chicken breasts and juice. So that was the bulk of my cost. But I did get some great deals...

6 bags frozen chicken breasts
9 bottles Old Orchard juice
9 bottles Ocean Spray juice
5 cans Progresso bread crumbs
3 boxes 100 calorie snack packs
3 boxes Celestial tea
5 boxes Fiber One bars
10 cans veggies
1 pack Dentyne Ice gum
3 boxes whole wheat pasta
1 can Rotel tomatoes
3 tubs flavored cream cheese
6 packs Ball Park bun length hot dogs

Total retail: $217.75
I paid: $62.95
I saved: $154.80

How did you do?

How'd you REALLY do?

Ok, so all those deals look great on paper, but how do you really do at the store? Well, some of the items I wanted were out of stock so I didn't get everything. They do restock on Saturdays so I plan to try for the rest of the deals on Sunday evening.

I did three transactions because you can only triple up to 20 coupons per card per transaction. They say it is per day, but I used the same card for all three transactions and had no problem with all my Qs tripling. I also split up some of my like items so I wouldn't use too many identical coupons per order. They sometimes balk at that. Their official policy is 3 identical coupons double or triple per transaction. All others are face value. I haven't had any problems, but that IS their policy.

Transaction #1:
5 Smithfield bacon
2 Colgate kids toothpaste
2 Hungry Jack pancake mix
5 Mueller's whole wheat pasta
2 Honey Nut cheerios cereal
4 Powerade Zero
Retail: $74.14
Paid: $8.54
Saved: $65.60


Transaction 2:
6 Hunt's tomato sauce
6 Hunt's diced tomatoes
6 Hunt's tomato paste
5 Polaner All Fruit spread
3 Hillshire Farms Deli Slice meat
2 Colgate kids toothpaste
1 Softsoap handsoap
Retail: $65.38
Paid: $13.81
Saved:51.57


Transaction 3:
6 Hunt's tomato sauce
3 Quaker quick Oats (Raincheck)
7 Smucker's grape jelly (Raincheck)
2 Polaner All Fruit spread
2 Hillshire Farms Deli Slice meat
Retail: $34.85
Paid: $5.33
Saved: $29.52

Also, you can't see it in the picture, but there is a "Try Me FREE" sticker on the front of the deli meat package. An unexpected bonus. I will send in my receipt and the UPC from this package and get reimbursed my purchase price (which doesn't include coupons :) All the pkgs had this sticker, but you can only do this once per household.

So I paid $27.68 for $174.37 worth of groceries.

I LOVE triples!!!

Harris Teeter Triples

Hey all you savvy shoppers. Harris Teeter is tripling coupons from yesterday through Sunday. I scoured all the blogs and websites that I frequently use and came up with a shopping list for myself. Here are the deals I am going to try to snag tonight...

(BTW - SS means Smartsource insert; RP means Red Plum)

Hillshire Farm Ultra Thin Sliced lunch meat 8-9 oz - $3.50
-.55/1 (1/04 RP1) = $1.85 each

Hungry Jack Pancake mix 28-32 oz - $1.97
-.55/1 (1/11 RP) = $.30 each

Hunts Tomato Sauce 8 oz - $.33
-.40/2 (1/18 SS) = FREE

Hunts Spaghetti Sauce 26 oz - $1.25
-.40/2 (1/18 S) = $.65 each

Hunts tomatoes 14.5 oz - $1.25
-.40/2 (1/18 SS) = $.65 each

Colgate Toothpaste 6.4 oz - $1.75
-.75/1 (2/1 SS) = FREE

Smithfield bacon 12-16 oz - $2.49
-.55/1 (1/18 SS) = $.84 each

Powerade Zero 32 oz - $1.11
-.40/1 (1/4 SS) = FREE

French's Yellow mustard 8 oz squeeze or 9 oz jar- $1.50
-.50/1 (1/18 SS) = FREE

Muellers Whole Grain Pasta $1.69
-.55/1 (1/4 SS) = $.04 each

Wholly Guacamole 7 oz - $1.99
-.50/1 (1/18 SS) = $.49

Polaner All Fruit spread - $2.19
-.50/1 (1/25 SS) = $.69

Softsoap - $.94
-.35/1 (2/1 SS) = FREE

The following use internet coupons, you have to be sure your HT will accept them.

HoneyNut Cheerios - $2.50
-.55/1 (here) = .85 each

Chocolate Chex - $1.94
-.75/1 (here) = FREE

Wacky Mac veggie spirals 12 oz - $1.39
-.50/1 (here) = $.09 each

Also don't forget to use any old rain checks with .99 or less coupons!

Let me know how you do :)

Harris Teeter Happiness

Here are my latest deals from HT.

14 boxes Special K cereal
6 Blistex chapstick
3 jars Smuckers jelly

Total: $16.75 FOR 23 ITEMS - 14 of which are Special K cereal. WOW!

My BiLo Trip

Here is this week's shopping trip:

8 bags Green Giant Steamers Vegetables
8 boxes Eggo waffles
2 boxes Lasagna
9 bags Chex Mix

My grand total was $3.32
However, it should have been $1.73 but I picked up one of the "gourmet" veggie bags by mistake and they are not on sale. I didn't catch it until just now as I was going back over my receipt. Gotta watch those. It cost me $1.59 extra!