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Sunday finds

I'm glad it's a holiday weekend, but I must admit I miss the coupons in the paper. *sigh* I guess I'll just have to wait until next week for my coupon fix. I don't know if this is true of all Sunday papers today, but we got a little freebie with ours this morning: BREAKFAST! There were 2 single servings of cereal inside the plastic wrapper: Cinnamon Toast Crunch & Honey Nut Cheerios. Oh, and coupons for both of course! **edited to add: There was sheet of General Mills coupon in my paper, so not completely devoid of coupons!

I email these deals/match-ups to so many people now that I thought it might be easier to post them in a central location. These are local to North Idaho, so YMMV depending on where you live.

Walgreens 5/25/08

Page 1: Chex Mix: 99¢ - $1/1 IP from Coupons.com = Free!

Page 1: Colgate Toothpaste: 99¢ with in-ad coupon - 75¢/1 MQ = 24¢

Page 3: Ghirardelli Chocolate Bar: 2/$3 = $1.50 ea - 75¢/1 MQ = 75¢ ea

Page 3: Wrigley’s Gum (including Extra): BOGO (2/$1.19) with in-ad coupon – BOGO MQ (there is a Wrigley’s one and an Extra one) = Free Gum

Page 6: Glade Plug-ins $3.99 (buy 3 & get $2 RR)

Page 9: Hawaiian Tropic: BOGO1/2 off – $2 IVC for MAY - $2 IVC for JUNE (must do this on May 30 & 31 to use both) - $2/1 Peelies (I don’t have one, but their have been sightings). Worth checking out.

Page 13: Excedrin: $1.99 - $2/1 MQ or IP = Free!

RiteAid

Nothing this week that I found. :P

Fred Meyer

1/2 Gallon Milk is 5/$5 with in-ad coupon. Yeah!!

 

Glossary of Abbreviations

IVC – Instant Value Coupon (Walgreens Coupon from the EasySaver Catalogue)

ESR – EasySaver Rebate (Walgreens Rebate Program)

7-Day Q – In-ad Coupon from Walgreens ad

SCR – Single Check Rebate (RiteAid Rebate Program)

MQ – Manufacturer’s Coupon

BOGO – Buy one get one free

Peelies – Coupons on boxes that peel off

YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary

Joel: Bargain shopper extraordinaire

My husband, Joel (who is a general contractor by trade), was a local lumber store today buying, of course, lumber. As he was headed to check out, he noticed that a line of high-end doorknobs which regularly ranged in price from $25-$35 each had a sign in front of it that said $1. Thinking it sounded too good to be true, he asked a store employee who replied that they certainly were just a dollar each. That line I guess hadn't been selling so they decided to clearance them out.

My husband, being the well-trained bargain shopper that I've taught him to be, decided to take advantage of the deal and picked up enough for our home (which we are currently remodeling) and for a home that he is currently building.

When he went to check out the checker rang the first doorknob up and it beeped. Uh-oh, bad sign.The employee said, "Oh, I was wrong, these doorknobs aren't a dollar each." Thinking the real price would be much higher than the sign said, he asked, "How much are they?"

"Eighteen cents each," he replied.

After picking his jaw up off the floor, Joel asked if there was a limit on the number he could buy, to which he discovered that there was no limit. So my husband bought them all. $2500 worth of doorknobs, over 100 in all, for $19!!!

Now we not only have plently of doorknobs for our home and the home he is building, but for future projects. What a steal.

I have taught him well.

Summer has sprung?

Where has the month gone? It's been a whirlwind of activity. We're into the last weeks of school, which means all kinds of fun extra activities for the kids. For example, last Friday the kids had a Walk-A-Thon & Family Barbeque. Yesterday was Bicycle Day at school and the kids got to bring their bikes and helmets to school for use during recess. Oh, and there was the school yearbook I got dumped into my lap just 3 weeks before it was needed to be completed. Then there is MOPS which is rounding out the year with our last meeting next week. This weekend we're also hosting one's of my kids' friends while his parents are out of town. Like I said, a whirlwind of activity! I guess that's the life of the mother of four!

Spring has finally arrived. Or should I say summer? The temperature has shot up from a mere 50 degree at the beginning of the week to 86 today. I actually had the heater on Monday & Tuesday. It's quite an adjustment and my body isn't used too it! Too hot, too fast! LOL. There is still snow in the mountains that is flash melting and flooding is a major concern for those near the lake or rivers. What's very noticeable though is that last weekend the trees and plants around our home were still winter-bare; now they are covered with leaves! It's an amazing and magical transformation from brown to green.

Last weekend finally cleared up enough for us to begin spring cleaning. Joel and Lucas emptied out our entire attic into the garage. We're sorting them into 5 piles: keep and bring in the house, keep and re-store in attic, sell, donate or trash. We had stuff in the attic that has been there since we moved 4 years ago! Yikes. Time to purge. We also cleaned the surrounding land around our house of the trash and dead brush that the snow has been hiding throughout the winter and pruned several trees that had broken limbs from the heavy snows this year. We have lots of projects planned for the coming warm months, so this is the jumping off point!

Summer is certainly on it's way in. Garage sales have started. School will be out here on May 29, just 11 days from now. I can hardly wait. I can see that we're going to be homebodies this summer with gas prices what they are. *choke* I rarely read the comics anymore, but I was scanning them this week and this one actually made me laugh out loud, a rarity since the days of Calvin & Hobbs.