• “I wish I could use coupons, but I just don’t understand how you get those savings.”
• “All of that math just confuses me.”
• “I’m not smart enough to use coupons like that.”

And, my personal favorite:

• Stunned look on face – “I don’t know how you figure that stuff out.  I’m confused just listening to you.”

No kidding!  I hear it all the time from my friends in real life, friends on facebook, and friends posting on my blog.  But, I’m here to say that you don’t have to be a genius to be a couponer! (But, thank you for the compliments!  LOL!)

• If you can add and subtract, you can become an extreme couponer.
• If you can read a blog, you can become an extreme couponer.
• If you can use scissors, you can become an extreme couponer.
• If you can click the print button with your mouse, you can become an extreme couponer.

You really can.  You just have to DECIDE to do it, and then determine that you are going to give it your best shot for at least a month.

Stay tuned to find out how I transformed from a coupon virgin to an extreme couponer.

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I had to buy the basics this morning.  You know. BACON.

I miss free bacon!  Remember when I got free bacon?  Bacon is NOT CHEAP, people!  Oh, and I had to buy syrup.  Does this stuff EVER go on sale?  WHY is it so expensive?  Good grief.  If syrup ever goes on sale, I’m stocking up, because $3.39 for the store brand is ridiculous.

I’m posting about this shopping trip just to show you some highlights.  I’m not terribly impressed with the bottom line, though.  UGH.

So, I bought the bacon (2 for $4.99 – it’s on BOGO sale), and the syrup.  That ALONE cost me $8.38.  Grr.

The highlights:

Lays Kettle chips are on sale with an in-ad coupon for $1.79 each.  There are tearpads right next to the chips for $1/2 (double-able).  Plus, I had a Buy 2 Lays, get Rold Gold pretzels free coupon.  That means the 2 bags of chips and bag of pretzels cost me $2.08. Snacks for camping are a must.

The Coffeemate creamer is on sale with an in-ad coupon for $1.99 each.  I printed off (2) 75¢/1 coupons (linked up at KCL) which were doubled to make the creamer only 74¢ each.  We desperately needed creamer for our camping trip.  Camping coffee is always questionable.

The Best Foods Mayonnaise is on sale with an in-ad coupon for $1.99 each.  I had 2 ecoupons loaded onto my card, plus 2 MCs from the MDA coupon book (which was out in stores last month).  Add the doubler in there and my mayo cost me 49¢ each.  Oh, thank goodness.  I’m not freaking out about stocking up on mayo so much anymore!

The French’s mustard was free a couple of months ago, but I missed the sale.  I actually thought my boys preferred the brown mustard, so I didn’t worry about stocking up.  However, now I know that they love the yellow mustard, too, and prefer to eat it on their hot dogs.  I actually PAID for mustard a couple of months ago.  Live and learn, I suppose!!  This time, I took advantage of the sale!  French’s Mustard is on sale for $1.50.  I printed off a coupon 50¢/1 MC from frenchs.com, which doubled, plus I had a 50¢ off coupon from the Get Out and Grill coupon book.  FREE mustard!

Kraft cheese is on sale for $1.69 with an in-ad coupon.  I bought 2 bags of cheese at a time (I did this in 2 transactions) and used a $1/2 printable, which could be doubled.  I ended up paying 94¢ a bag. (If you live near an Albertson’s there are MUCH better deals going on over there on Kraft stuff, but I don’t have the energy to drive for 30 minutes to shop with two little boys.  When school starts, though, I might just have to try Albertson’s again!  I’m a sucker for free cheese!)

Hot dog buns are 50¢ each with in-ad coupon.

Watermelon is $2.99 with in-ad coupon.

Remember how I earned a $3/$10 produce Catalina last week?  I took advantage of that, and all of my produce (overpriced apples, bananas, onions, potatoes and watermelon) cost me $6.94.

I bought canning supplies and clearance ground beef this week, so I was worried that we wouldn’t have enough to cover groceries for camping.  Thankfully my grand total for this trip was $24.52. Not shockingly good, but decent!

What do the Ratzlaff’s eat on a camping trip?  Here’s my menu:

Thursday -Dinner:

• Hot Dogs in buns
• Watermelon
• Chips
• Smore’s

Friday -
Breakfast:

• Scrambled Eggs
• Bacon
• Canned Peaches
• Coffee/Cider

Lunch:

• Tuna Sandwiches (with curry and apple) in homemade whole wheat pita bread (Requested by my son. I really need to post about the homemade pita bread, huh?)
• Clam Chowder
• Fruit

Dinner:

• Marinated chicken thighs cooked over the fire (we tried this last time and it was delish!)
• Zucchini grilled over the fire
• probably chips and fruit
• Smore’s and hot chocolate

Saturday -
Breakfast:

• Pancakes
• Scrambled Eggs
• Coffee/Cider

Lunch:

• Peanut Butter and Peach Jam Sandwiches
• Bananas
• Chips

We try to keep it pretty simple, but I do LOVE cooking on camping trips!!  For me, camping is about moving from meal to meal with a little bit of hiking/fishing/beach combing/reading/board games/bike rides/etc. thrown in for good measure.  Oh, and it MUST include bacon.  Just sayin’.

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I’m kind of new to coloring my hair.  The first time I did it was the week I turned 30 (I’m now 34).  I try to be pretty low-maintenance, so I didn’t want to get into a habit of going to a salon and shelling out lots of money on a regular basis just to get rid of my grays.  Don’t get me wrong.  I have no problem if YOU do it!!  In fact, I might envy your cute highlights.  I just have a hard time forking over the cash.  It makes me sick to my stomach to think about it.  LOL!

I read an article in a magazine a few years ago about what the best brands of hair color are for different types of hair.  It recommended Garnier Nutrisse for my hair, so I went out and bought a box and have never looked back!  I typically get the kind with Avocado Oil and go with the darkest color with a white gal on the box.  Actually, one time I went with a box with a black gal on it, and my hair turned out cute with that color, too!  Every once in a while, I go with a little lighter color, but most of the time I stick with Dark Natural Brown.  My hair stylist is a hair color diva (that’s her email address, actually!), and she says that it’s working great for me, so to just keep doing what I’m doing.  Whew!

Okay, so like I said, I NEEDED hair color.  I usually buy it at Safeway when they are having a BOGO deal, but I haven’t seen one lately.  THEN, on Saturday night I started seeing Rite Aid match-ups on my coupon blogs that listed Garnier hair color!!  Wheee!

I ended up with this:

The Garnier hair color is on sale for $5.99 at Rite Aid this week!  AND, there are coupons for this variety – the HerbaShine!!  PLUS there is a $5 +UP reward when you spend $15 on Garnier.

I only have 1 computer, and you can print 2 copies of the same type of coupon from a single computer.  To get the second coupon, you just wait until the first one has printed and then use your browser’s back button to print again, or just go back to the site and check the little box and click “print” again.  There will be different numbers on each coupon to ensure that they are legit.  (NEVER make a photocopy of a coupon.  That is fraudulent!!)

Buy 4 Garnier HerbaShine Hair Colors $5.99
Use (2) $2.00/1 – Garnier HerbaShine (redplum.com)
Use (2) $3/1 – Garnier HerbaShine  (coupons.com)
Use (1) $2.00 off any Garnier Hair Color – (Rite Aid Video Values)

Buy 2 Pepsi 20 oz. bottles from cold case ($1.69 + .05 deposit in Oregon)
Use Buy 1 Get 1 Free Manufacturer’s Coupon (facebook)
Use Buy 1 Get 1 Free (Rite Aid Video Values)
(linked up at Hip 2 Save)

Your subtotal will be $27.44
-$5/$20 Rite Aid Coupon (Video Values) or $5/25 (redplum.com)
-$4 (redplum coupons)
-$6 (coupons.com coupons)
-$2 (Garnier video values coupon)
-$1.69 for MC for BOGO Pepsi
-$1.69 video value for BOGO Pepsi

Pay $7.06 OOP, PLUS earn a $5 +UP reward to be used on your next purchase! And, if you have 2 computers in your house, you could actually print the $3/1 coupon from coupons.com 4 times (and don’t use the $2/1) for even bigger savings!!

All that hair color for only $6.96!  That’s $1.74 per coloring!! (I could probably do it for less if I went to a beauty store and bought the ingredients and blah, blah, blah.  I know.  However, I like having directions to follow.  LOL!)

Want to see more great Rite Aid coupon match-ups?  Check out Frugal Living NW, The Krazy Coupon Lady and Hip 2 Save!

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I DO NOT need salad dressing.  I have so much of it that I’m starting to feel like a hoarder.  However, when it makes me money, I’ll (kinda reluctantly) buy it.  (And, I have plans to donate some, because OH MY GOSH.  It’s sick.)

(Sorry about the blurry pic!  My son made popcorn while I went shopping and daddy mowed the lawn.  Talk about a mess on the counter!!  However, I’m proud of his independence.)

Kraft Salad Dressing is on sale for $1.29 this weekend. Good price for regular folks, but obviously ridiculous for extreme couponers.  Can I get an amen?  Couponers don’t PAY for salad dressing!  The very thought makes us laugh!!

Anywho!  Like I said, Kraft was on sale for $1.29.  I used:
$1/1 Safeway Store Coupon from the Get Out and Grill coupon book
$1/1 Manufacturer’s Coupon from the Make it a Sandwich coupon book (DND) (and I can’t find a link to the picture for you!)
(Both coupon books are still available on the seafood counter at my local Safeway.  The coupons in the Sandwich book expire 8/31, and the ones in the Grill book expire 9/7.)

It’s the classic Double-Dip scenario.  You CAN use a store coupon with a manufacturer’s coupon.  Even without the doubler, I still made 71¢ per bottle.

What else?

Carrots are $1.09.  I used the $1 off any produce item store coupon from the Sandwich book (min $5 store purchase – this is before coupons but after club card savings).  So, carrots for 9¢. Cole will be quite happy.  The child HAS to have his carrots or he gets grumpy.

The Del Monte smoothie thingies were another moneymaker for me. The Krazy Coupon Lady told us about the free smoothies today, and since Oregon Safeways double MCs (up to 50¢ and 4 per transaction), I made 50¢.  (I only had her double one.  You’ll see why in a sec.)

I am paranoid that I am going to run out of mayonnaise before next spring, and there haven’t been any good mayo sales.  Mayonnaise is expensive, people!  And, my kids are meat and cheese sandwich eaters rather than PB&J eaters.  My 4 small containers of peanut butter will last me until next summer.  Mayonnaise is another story.

SO, since the coupons from the Sandwich book are expiring on 8/31, I felt like I should use the $1/1 Kraft Mayo MC (DND) now.  Plus, the Grill book has a $1/1 Store coupon.  Double dippin’ again!

The big things of Kraft mayo are $2.99 (good grief!).  The squirt Olive Oil kind are $2.49.  The Sandwich Shop kind are $1.99.  Since the MC is Do Not Double, you would only take $2 off.  Do the math here.  The Sandwich Shop is free (and the hot and spicy is good!).  However, I needed regular stuff.  However, with ranch dressing in my cart and staring at the mayonnaise, I was starting to feel fat, so I went with the light version.  Please tell me this light kind doesn’t taste all sour like the light version from the 90s!!  I’m taking a risk here.

With the overage from the cursed dressing, the whole transaction went like this:

2 Kraft Mayo – $5.98
2 Kraft Dressing – $2.58
2 Del Monte Smoothie thingies – $2
1 bag of carrots – $1.09
- (2) $1/1 MC for dressing (Sandwich book)
- (2) $1/1 MC for Mayo (Sandwich book)
- (2) $1/1 Store coupon for dressing (Grill book)
- (2) $1/1 Store coupon for Mayo
- $1/1 Store coupon for produce
– (2) $1/1 Del Monte Smoothies MC (printable linked up at KCL)
- 50¢ – Safeway doubler
= 15¢  FIFTEEN CENTS, people! If I had tossed in a couple of oranges to absorb the overage, I could have had her double both Del Monte MCs.  However, I figured it would be awkward to have her PAY me 35¢ (and against store policy), so I had her take the second doubler off.  Hee, hee!

Yes.  All of that for fifteen cents out of pocket.  Now do you see why The Grocery Isle is My Catwalk?

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Angela from Frugal Living NW is out of town this week, so she asked her readers to scope out the Safeway ad to find the great match-ups.  I didn’t have my ad, so I couldn’t contribute much, but the other readers found some great deals!  I love the Frugal Living NW readers.  Seriously.  No matter which coupon blog you read, be sure that you check out the comments on the posts.  Often, the blog readers will find great deals, too, or warn you away from bad ones.

I also depended on The Krazy Coupon Lady, although I’ve noticed that the prices are varying from region to region, which is a total pain.  However, most of the time the readers will mention their local price in the comments, and often the deals are similar.  If you want to learn how to coupon, read their 10 Days to Become a KCL series!  I can’t say enough about it.

ANYWAY, this is what I purchased at Safeway today:

I paid $22.93, and $14.06 of that was for the chicken.

That means that I paid $8.87 for all the rest!!

We needed meat.  At 99¢ a pound for chicken thighs, drumsticks and quarters, it’s not a great sale, but it’s meat and we needed it.

The eggs are on sale for $1.49 with the in-ad coupon, and the spinach is 99¢.  Bananas, milk, blah, blah, blah.

The deals:

2 boxes of GoGurt (2/$4) cost me 25¢. I had 3 ecoupons that came off, and a $1/2 MC that doubled (I got the MC from the inside of the lunch box.)

I did the VandeCamps/Birdseye deal, and I ended up paying -42¢. Oh my word?  WHAT?  Let me look at that again . . .
Steamfresh Veggies: $2.29
Fish Sticks: $6.79
=$9.08
-$2 ecoupon
-$2 ecoupon (it was loaded twice)
-$2 MDA Manufacturer’s coupon
-$3 Buy Fish Sticks, get Veggies Free coupon (she just scanned it instead of putting the price in . . . just noticed that)
-.50 doubler
= -.42  Wow! I just impressed myself.  I wasn’t expecting that!  This is a total YMMV situation because the cashier probably should have read my coupon and just adjusted it down to $2.29.  And, I figured that I didn’t need the in-ad coupon since I was going to get the veggies for free anyway, so I didn’t even look at it.  Might have made it a sweeter deal . . . but, I’ll take it!  (The $3 coupon was mentioned in the comments under the KCL Safeway match-ups and can be found at smartsource!)

I bought the snack sized Oreos!  After my little rant about 100 Calorie Packs, I thought it appropriate.  By the way, 9 little cookies is 130 calories.  And they are CRUNCHY, and they have gooey good stuff in them.  Oh, yeah!!  Plus, they cost me 36¢ a bag. I used the in-ad coupon to get them for 99¢ each, then I used a 75¢/2 MC that could be doubled.

I did the Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Milk + cereal deal! I’ve never had this before, but it sounds yummy, plus it could be wonderful in smoothies.  Plus, I had a coupon for a free box of Cheerios.  I won the giveaway that they mention on the front of the box!  So, the Almond Breeze was $2.99 (even though the vanilla was marked higher on the shelf), plus I used a 55¢/1 MC (which doubled), and the Cheerios were free.  Then, because I bought the milk and the cereal in the same transaction (for a whopping $1.94), a $3 Catalina printed!  SCORE!  (I also earned a $3/$10 produce coupon!!)

I used the $3 Catalina to pay for my transaction #2 – The Motts + Quaker deal:

6 Motts @$2
5 Quaker ($2.49 each, but you get 2 free when you buy 3 drinks)
Used (3) $2/2 Motts MCs
Used the $3/5 Quaker coupon from the Albertson’s ad (YMMV here!)
Used the doubler to -$2.
The subtotal came to $3.49, then I used my $3 Cat.
I had them round it up to 50¢ for MDA, so I spent 50¢ out of pocket!  I’m generous like that. LOL! (Okay, I really do round up quite often, so no mean comments!)

And, of course, I had the butcher “deal” with the meat for me (read the comments on this post for more info).  They took the family packs and divided them in half and added marinades to each bag.  I added some spice to the leg quarters.  I popped them in the freezer for quick crock pot meals or to thaw in the refrigerator for an even deeper marinade before grilling.  We’ve been loving this lately!

Did I miss anything?  I might go back for cheap ice cream later this week, but what else am I missing?

Just so ya know, my friend has been generous with the veggies, so we’re all balanced like that.  I know that my trips look a little funny, but I had to change my mindset when I started couponing, and now I can have it all (fruit/veggies/milk/eggs/meat/junk) and stick to a $200/month budget, too!

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Anywho!  So, I shopped today.

Yes.  That would be “junk pizza”.  Go ahead and judge me, but I love that stuff. Brings back memories of visiting my sister in her off-campus apartment in college.

The Totino’s Pizzas are 99¢ this weekend. Now, YES you can make your own pizza for just a few bucks (I’m actually making my wonderful BBQ Chicken Pizza with whole wheat pizza dough for dinner tonight!), however . . . Totino’s is just so yummy!  Those perfectly square bits of Canadian Bacon melt in your mouth.  Hee, hee!  It has been years since I’ve had this stuff, and I’m not sure that my children have ever had it, so I’ll be corrupting their taste buds for lunch sometime soon.

Anyway.

Totino’s – 99¢ each
Buy 5
Use (1) $1/5 Manufacturer’s Coupon from the Target site (KCL has it listed as .50/1, but that is a typo), because it CAN be doubled (some of the other ones can’t) and it doesn’t have the Target logo, BTW (not that it matters, since Safeway should take it anyway if it is a MC).
Use $1/5 ecoupon (cellfire.com)
Use $1/5 ecoupon (shortcuts.com)
The most you should pay OOP is $1.45, however I had THREE ecoupons on my card, and they ALL came off!  So, I ended up paying 45¢ total, for all 5 pizzas!

If I had bought one pizza – 99¢.  Hmmm . . . it pays to know what you are doing. 

(By the way, this lady in the checkout lane next to me had Tony’s pizzas in her cart.  First off, yuck.  Second, makes me wonder if she thought they were the pizzas on sale!  Or, maybe she has fond memories of visiting her sister at her off-campus apartment and eating Tony’s pizza.  Whatev!)

Other deals worth mentioning: The Nabisco Saltines were also on weekend only sale for $1.50 each.  I had some $1/1 coupons (do not double) that I got from a tearpad a couple of weeks ago.  Wish I had picked up more coupons!  Oh, well.  SO, the crackers were 50¢ each.  By the way, don’t ever pay more than 50¢ for a box of Nabisco Saltines, if you can help it.  This is not a very unusual deal.  We’ll be seeing more cracker deals as we get closer to the holidays.

The grapes were 98¢ a pound. Sweet.  Those will be gone before we go to bed tonight.

The Sargento sliced cheese is on sale with an in-ad coupon for $1.99.  Use a 55¢/1 MC + a 55¢/1 ecoupon + doubler and the cheese cost me 39¢.

My final bill came to $6.75 for everything show above. When you consider that the milk, grapes and onion cost me $4.91, that means that the pizza, cheese and crackers cost me $1.84 (and $1 of that was for the crackers).

I’ll take it!

Did I miss any great deals at Safeway this week?

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Hi Frugal Living NW readers!  What a treat to have so many visitors!  Thanks for stopping by!

I’m not a coupon blogger.  I’m just a regular mom who loves a good deal.  I shop almost exclusively at Safeway and feed my family of 4 for $200 a month (with $ left over to eat out!).  You might be interested in seeing more of my Safeway deals (just for some inspiration), or you can check out my popular post about the cash envelope system that I use (and made!).

Remember how I earned a bunch of Catalinas on my shopping trip last week?  I was excited to see what I would do with those this week.  I figured I would just spend them on my regular ol’ shopping.  However, an opportunity to roll the Catalinas presented itself to me.

Safeway has an in-ad coupon which makes Nabisco 100 Calorie packs $1.65.  Plus, there is a manufacturer coupon for 75¢/2 (some areas got $1/2), which could be doubled.  AND, there is a Catalina (which can be used like cash on your next purchase) that is printing.  See the details over at Frugal Living NW, if you are interested.  In the coupon world, we call this the perfect storm!

There is also a sweet deal on the taco shells (99¢ each), if you have your e-coupons loaded to your club card.  I had (2) 60¢/2 e-coupons loaded to my card, plus there was a peelie on the taco shell boxes for $1 off a can of Old El Paso refried beans, which could be doubled.

SO, on my first transaction, I purchased 6 boxes of 100 Calorie Snacks (which I dumped into the big “lunch treat” jar for Grant’s school lunches – he gets to pick one a day).  I also purchased 2 boxes of taco shells and a can of refried beans. (All the stuff on the right side of the photo next to Cole.)  The taco shells and beans cost me 28¢ TOTAL.  The 6 boxes of 100 Calories Snacks cost me $6.71 (and that was AFTER coupons, people!  Such a rip off!). HOWEVER, I used my Catalinas to bring that total down to $1.93 Out of Pocket.  And, I earned a $3.00 Catalina!

I did my second transaction (everything on the left by Grant) this evening during soccer practice.  Incidentally, Frugal Living NW reported a new Shortcuts ecoupon for the taco shells, which I loaded onto my card before I left the house.  This time, the two boxes of taco shells and one can of refried beans cost me 88¢.  I’ll take it!  I grabbed two $1/2 Skippy Peanut Butter Manufacturer’s Coupons from the Albertson’s ad (which CAN be used at Safeway, since they are just regular ol’ MCs!), and the 25¢/1 Kleenex coupon from the Albertson’s ad.  Safeway had the Skippy on sale with a store coupon for $1.49 each.  The Kleenex was 79¢ each with the store coupon.  SO, after the store coupons+manufacturer’s coupons, the Skippy was 74¢ each, and the Kleenex was 29¢.  I used my Catalina from transaction #1 to bring my total down to $1.13 Out of Pocket.

So, everything you see up there cost me $3.06 Out of Pocket.

I gotta take a sec to rant about 100 Calorie Packs.

OH MY WORD, people.

100 Calorie Packs are designed so that those of us with very little self-control will be able to hold ourselves accountable by only eating a small amount of a bad thing rather than an entire bag or box of a bad thing, right?  Instead of an entire row of double stuffed Oreos, I will limit myself to the itty-bitty, teeny-tiny, soft and not so stuffed Oreos that come in the inky-dinky little package.  Or, maybe I’ll decide that I’m just not satisfied with that little taste, and it was only 100 calories anyway, so I’ll just go ahead and help myself to another little pack.  And maybe another.

100 Calorie packs are SUCH a rip off if you are paying full price!!  They are regularly on sale for $2.50 a box (although they are typically $3.59).  For 6 teeny snacks.  RIP OFF!  Just buy yourself a package of double stuffed oreos and some snack sized bags.

I can’t believe people fall for this stuff.  {sigh!}

Of course, none of this rant about senseless spending applies to me.  I mean, I bought 6 boxes for $1.65.  That makes each box only 27¢ or about 5¢ per pack.  Perfect for school lunches.  OH, plus the whole “they earned me money” thing.  The Catalina.

Anywho!

Tell me you don’t fall for the 100 Calorie Snack thing.

Now I have a craving for double stuffed Oreos.  Shoot.

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Spending Those Catalinas! (And a 100 Calorie Pack Rant!) is a post from: Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs

My first “coupon high” moment of the week happened on Tuesday night while Mitch and the boys were at soccer practice.  Cellfire had just re-released some ecoupons, which meant double the ecoupons for a few items, so I purchased:

2 squeezies of Vlassic Relish

1 package of tortillas

2 KC Masterpiece BBQ Sauces

2 fourty count Glad Storage Bags

a package of Marshmallows (which I paid full price for)

And . . . they owed me 19¢.  (Not that they give it to you, but I should have popped a lime in there or something to absorb overage.)

I didn’t take a picture because of rushing around.  Be impressed, though, because I certainly am!

On Thursday, I did my really-real grocery shopping, since we are going camping this weekend and I needed to pick up some necessities.

I got this:

I paid FULL PRICE ($3.99) for the bacon, if you can believe that.  However, we need bacon.  We are going camping.  Enough said.

Highlights: the mayo was $1 each, the nut clusters and gushers made me money.  Otherwise, if you just shopped the loss leaders, you were gonna get some pretty good deals!

THEN, I took the Catalinas that I earned with the above deal and rolled them into this morning’s shopping trip:

Oh, yes!  I spent $1.25!  And, it could have been even more impressive, but I paid full price for the cilantro (69¢).

I’m excited to use those Catalinas on next week’s deals!

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