Walgreens/Vons 5/31

**Update I forgot to tell you that when you by the U by Kotex, you will get a competitor coupon. If you buy the regular liners, you will get a free up to $5 Always coupon, if you buy the tampons, you will get a $1.50 off playtex coupon. I'm not sure which coupons come with the other products.

Okay, here's a quick shot of what I got, but there's a few more of the same. I'll just give you the run down of the deals because I was having major math issues today--luckily the cashiers were very kind and patient!

Ecotrin $2 get a $2 RR
$2 IP here
$2 from 5/16 RP or
$2 from Vons(Safeway) May coupon book, you can find these in little plastic holders by the toiletries, they are full of manufacturer coupons.

U by Kotex $3.49 get a $2.50 RR
$1/1 IP here (If you've already printed, it has reset!!!) If you got samples, there are coupons in those, as well.

Nuetrogena face soap $2.69 (prices vary by store, one of my stores was $3.19, the other $2.69)
$1.50/1 Same Vons coupon book (grab these before the store takes them down)
Buy 3 get a $10 RR (huge Monemaker) Good deal even if you don't have the coupons.

The foil was my filler of choice today, better than candy because I always need foil. Another good filler is the Royal Gelatin.

**Update not a super deal on the charcoal, it would have been if I had taken the $1 off coupon from the Albertsons ad. There was a super deal at Lowes, but I was too late on that one. Oh well, there will be more charcoal deals for 4th of July!

I'm going to run back later and get some Kingsford charcoal because they are on sale yesterday and today for $3.99. Good time to use those buy Kingsford get free Glad coupons here. The same coupons were also in an insert, but I can't find which one right now, I think it was 5/16 SS.

The Neutrogena deal is a month long deal and the soap will go on sale later in the month, however, I'm not sure that they realized that this would be such a moneymaker, so they may pull the soap from the deal. This was actually tagged in one of my stores.



Vons
Here was the best deal of the day because these were totally FREE!!! I finally remember to ask at the Bakery if they had any extra buckets and they were more than happy to give me what they had. I also checked at Smith's but they had just thrown them out--ugh! These are food grade buckets. How do I know well in this case, it was obvious because they still had the tags on them and they haven't been cleaned--not complaining, but you can also tell if the little recycle number in the triangle is a 2--just learned that yesterday. One of these is missing a lid, but seriously there are so many uses for free buckets. I plan to use these for some pinto beans that I'm going to buy at Sams Club just remeber to put some oxygen absorbers in the buckets. Another good use would be to store all of those freebies from Walgreens expecially things like razors that can go in the garage!

LATE Wags post

Sorry for no Walgreens post this week. I am going to spend my expiring RR tonight. Here's what I'm buying:

Crest Total Toothpaste $2.99
$ .75/1 IP here
or $1/1 Coupon in the Diabetes and You magazine, You can find it by the pharmacy. The coupon is in the summer issue, I finally found these today at the 5th Walgreens store I visited. It's brown w/a picture of a quesadilla on the front.
get a $2 RR

Goody headbands and barretts $2.99 get a $3 RR

Complete Contact Solution $7.99 get an $8 RR
$2/1 RP 5/16 or
$2/1 coupon in the May Savings book found at Vons(Safeway) it is a manu. coupon and you can use it at Wags.
$1 peelie found in store on the product

If I find anything else last, last minute tonight I'll post when I get home.

Yummy Granola Bars

FINALLY! I have finally found the granola bar recipe that everyone LOVES, and it's super simple. This is about recipe #6 and we've liked all of them, they just haven't been exactly right for us. You can find our favorite recipe here The great thing about granola bars is that you can adjust to your taste, the key is to keep the ratio of wet to dry ingredients the same as the original recipe. I used Rice Krispies in place of the nuts and seeds for my kids and actually added in some extra oats. The possibilities are endless, you can add nuts, raisins, craisins, seeds, peanut butter, really almost anything you can think of. These were gone in a day and a half!

Vons Fruit Strips and new Coupon Book

These little 100% fruit snacks are on sale at Vons(Safeway) use the B1G1 coupons here (use zipcode 94553) and they are between $ .24 cents and $1. I think my kids actually liked the $.24 cent snacks the best. There is also a bag called "fruit bits," there's a $1.50 off coupon on those and they should be on sale for $2.50. The two Vons I went to did not carry the fruit bits. You can print 2 of each coupon per computer.

**Mom, go and buy these and you can give them to the kids when they come to visit!



Also, look for these coupon books at Vons(Safeway, Genuardi's, Tom Thumb, Dominicks, Carrs, Pavilions, Randalls) There are a couple of store coupons and the rest are manufacturer coupons which means you can use them any where. I found them by the milk and in the freezer section. Grab a couple, but don't be greedy!

$1 off Las Palmas Coupon

$1 off Las Palmas Enchilada Sauce coupon.

Thanks A Thrifty Mom!

Kraft Sandwich Shop Mayo Sample

More Mayo! Click here to get a free sample of Kraft Sandwich Shop Mayo. Just scroll down to the bottom of the page and get your free sample.

Best Foods/Hellmans Mayo Coupon

**If you need mayo, like I do, you can stack this coupon with the Vons(Safeway) in ad coupon for $1.99 and get a jar of $1.26. Not a super deal, but not bad.
Hopefully this $ .75/1 Best Foods Mayo coupon will come in handy this week for some Memorial Day sales.