Crazy Healthy Safeway Score!!
I just got back from Safeway and I am GIDDY.
Seriously giddy.
Look at what I picked up today for only $24.44:
Hey, did you see that? I said, “ONLY $24.44!!” Oh, AND I earned a $10 Catalina for my next trip!! Wahoooooooooo!
I’ll kinda break it down for ya:
I took advantage of the Frozen Food month promotion: Spend $25 in specially marked frozen foods and earn a $10 Catalina (coupon that prints out) for your next visit.
I bought:
3 Freschetta Pizzas (yum!)
2 Toaster Strudels (turns out the kids love them!)
2 El Monte Tornados (I have no idea what these things are, and they sure don’t look healthy, but they were practically free and they got me up to $25)
1 Old Orchard Cranberry juice
I used a ton of coupons, none of which could be doubled. I also had e-coupons loaded onto my card for the Toaster Strudels. To see some amazing match-ups (with printable coupon links) go check out this post by The Krazy Coupon Lady. It is awesome.
I also took advantage of this week’s awesome deals on the salad dressing, mushrooms, bagged salads and bagged veggies (Buy 5, Save $5 instantly, which makes them all .99¢ each). I used lots more coupons, which doubled, making the salad dressing a $1.50 money-maker (three $1/1 coupons, which doubled) and I was able to use the pdf printable $1.50/1 salad coupon (I only used one – didn’t want to push my luck) , so I made money on the salad, too!
And, finally, there is a promotion going with the cereal, too! I wasn’t going to buy any cereal because the ad just shows sugar cereals, however there are a LOT more cereals included in the promotion. My Safeway had $1/1 peelie coupons on most of the Kelloggs boxes (which coincides with the Kelloggs sugar cereals Catalina promotion if you are interested), so I ended up paying 50¢ a box for the Rice Krispies and I had a coupon for the Kix (I paid .50¢). Oh, and you can pick up free Corn Flakes with that coupon! I would, but I already have about 6 boxes of free Corn Flakes in my pantry . . .
I made a LOT of money by buying the Nut Clusters. I had no idea. They are on sale for $1.50 when you buy 4, but I just realized that, so I paid $2.50. However, I had a $1/1 IP and $4.40 worth of e-coupons loaded onto my card. I could have bought 4 bags for .60¢, but I missed that one, plus I already have about 10 bags in the pantry, so I’d rather have the overage!!
My total before club card and coupons was $100.60 (this was all in a single transaction).
I paid $24.44 AND earned a $10 Catalina!!
Ahhh, yes. So much fun!!
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Hey Kelleigh -
I’m just getting into couponing, and still a bit overwhelmed and out-of-the-loop, so I really appreciate you breaking it down for us. Thanks!
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Kelleigh Reply:
March 10th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
Well, just know that you don’t have to figure it all out on your own!! There are SO many great coupon blogs out there to break down the scenarios for you!!
I just LOVE posting my scores, though. It makes me feel like I’m showing others what is possible.
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woo hoo!!! You got some AWESOME deals!!!
Seeing all your great deals got me inspired to try a few catalina deals today. 5 boxes of fruit snacks and they paid me to buy them!!! I’m hooked again!
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Yay! You should see my Rite Aid post on facebook. It was fun! I am using the men’s fusion razors for me because I don’t have a good razor supply and Steve will be able to shave until the end of time with how many I have for him, but I couldn’t help it! After I get my gift card for the P&G thing, it will have cost like $6.48 for $71 worth of stuff!! I love BOGO weeks and BOGO coupons!
I am going to Safeway on Saturday to get our Fritos (we have to have them for 2 meals and they are Steve’s fave for snacking…I go crazy when they are cheap!) anad then some other good deals with the produce.
No freezer space left…SO SAD…
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Cris Reply:
March 11th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Hi…don’t know you but I would love to hear your Rite Aid deal for razors! I need some for my hubby, and they are soo expensive…if you could e-mail me that would be great ctaylortennis@hotmail.com. Thanks.
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did the salad pdf coupon go thru on its own or pushed thru?
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Kelleigh Reply:
March 10th, 2010 at 7:04 pm
It was pushed through, I think.
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You do so great with couponing! if that’s a word..?
do you think it’s worth it to “buy” coupons of sites such as collectablecoupons.com ?
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Kelleigh Reply:
March 11th, 2010 at 3:29 pm
It’s funny you should mention that! I never have, however I think I might start doing that. I was just talking to my husband about it the other day!! I’ve even signed up for an account, just in case. I think that if I really want to stockpile, I need to start buying coupons.
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Awesome, Kelleigh! Although I have to confess my head hurts trying to wrap my brain around all the deals you got. I swear I could never keep any of that straight! LOL
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Hey Kel,
You’ve got me totally hooked. Totally. This is a fun addiction!!! It has actually helped me focus on getting other home affairs in order so that I can accommodate the wealth of stuff coming into my pantry and storage closet. Thanks for the information and inspiration!
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Kelleigh Reply:
March 11th, 2010 at 9:27 am
Yay! Heather, I miss you! I don’t get to see you around very much, and it’s WEIRD. I’m so glad you checked in with me!! I’m happy to provide the inspiration! LOL!
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The jealous Canadian is back! LOL. I love your coupon posts and I so wish we had even 1/10th of these coupons.
I went grocery shopping after work tonight and I spent $105.24 and got 24 items (mind you one was a $24.99 dvd and another was a $9.99 pack of 12 batteries) but still it’s expensive…oh, and that does not include any meat. There was a cereal sale but the prices were $1.89, $2.97 & $3.32 on each of the 6 boxes I bought. And that is a really really GOOD price for cereal here. I am going to keep my eyes peeled for sales and do my best that way but girl….you should be thrilled with your scores! Way to go!
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Kelleigh, I see your comments on my cousin-in-law Alysun’s website all the time as well as several couponing blogs we both frequent (i.e. frugallivingnw, the krazy coupon lady, etc), so I thought I’d stop by and take a look at your blog. Way to go on you Safeway trip – I so wish we had Safeway doubles here in the Puget Sound!
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Kelleigh – great job at Safeway! Our Safeway does not double coupons but I have definately stocked up this past few weeks on frozen foods as well as cereal and fruit snacks. I never think to take pictures of my scores though, I often feel like I have spent enough time getting the coupons together and doing the shopping that posting is just one more thing! I love thefrugalfind.com as well as some I saw you mentioned. Julia – is a local (to me) blogger so it is kinda fun in that respect as well.
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