Kmart Deals

Currently, Kmart is offering a 10% discount on all food, health and beauty purchases to their Rewards members. I have been working on cleaning out the freezer, so since I was going to pass by my nearest Super K as I was out running errands today, I decided to stop by and pick some things up.


3 - Nestle Morsels
1 - Bisquick Mix
1 - Morton Sea Salt
2 - loaves Bread
1 - Arizona Tea, drink sticks (for my husband to try)
3 - bananas
1 - Peach Rings, bulk candy
1/2# - Turkey, luncheon meat
16 - packages of Jennie-O Turkey - ground, sausage, Easy Meals
3 - Whipping Cream
1 - Better'n Eggs
1 - Beau Monde seasoning
3 - packages Chicken Patties
1 - 20 oz Coke
1 - loaf Bread

-$8.80 10% Rewards discount
-$1.25 $1.25/3 Nestle chips coupon
-$.50 Bisquick mfg coupon
-$51 17x$3 Jennie-O mfg coupon (free turkey!)

Total $26.50 OOP. Not bad for enough meat to provide the protein at about 30 meals, plus some stuff I needed for baking. The third loaf of bread and the Coke were actually in a second transaction, I got register coupons for both free! If I had known I would get free bread, I wouldn't have bought two at the beginning, but since the store is about 45 minutes away, I figured I should redeem it while I was there.

Retail Therapy

I'm not sure what it was about today, but I did a lot of shopping. Some with the whole family, some with just my daughter and some on my own.

We started our trip at Kohl's. We had a $10 on $10 coupon that a friend had given us and a 20% off catalog. We wound up with a pair of shoes and a shirt for my son, a dress and a pair of shorts for my daughter, and 4 shirts for my husband.

We made a few other stops, including lunch at Steak 'n Shake, where we spent only $13.50, because the kids eat free on the weekend.

CVS
After dropping off my husband and son, my daughter and I headed to CVS.

4 - Glade Sense and Spray refill
2 - Coppertone Spray Sunscreen

-$1/2 Glade Sense and Spray refill mfg coupon
-$1/2 Glade Sense and Spray refill mfg coupon
-$3 $3/$15 Suncare CRT
-$1 Coppertone IP
-$1 Coppertone IP

Paid with $21 in ECBs (including a $5 ECB I had gotten for completing a CVS advisor survey) and $5.14 OOP ($1.66 was tax). I earned $5 and $10 ECBs. Of course, I came home and found a $2 Coppertone IP that I had printed earlier and didn't find when I was looking. Oh well!

Rite Aid

Our next stop was Rite Aid. Luckily before leaving, I had checked out the video value coupons and watched the one for Clearasil and I got a $3 coupon.

1 - Lubriderm (had to get the big one, not free but still a good price)
1 - Clearasil Foaming Face Wash
1 - Rite Aid Kids Toothbrush, 2 pack
1 - Jergens Natural Glow Lotion
1 - Blink Tears

-$5 $5/$25 Rite Aid coupon
-$3 Lubriderm in ad coupon
-$2 Lubriderm IP
-$3 Clearasil Video Value coupon
-$1 Clearasil mfg coupon
-$2 Jergens Natural Glow mfg coupon
-$2 Blink Tears IP

Total $9.86 ($1.21 was tax). I will submit for the $7.99 Blink SCR at the end of the month, for a net cost of $1.87 for everything.

K-Mart

Next we drove to Kmart to take advantage of the Super Double Coupons and to get some Turkey! Unfortunately, I failed to read some coupons and had to put some stuff back because they were do not double and without doubling, it just didn't make sense. Also, the chest freezer where the Jennie-O Turkey is normally sold was completely empty. I asked about the unseasoned breast meat and the worker couldn't find any. He was able to find me some of the ground turkey, so I picked up some of that as well as a few other things.
(dairy and frozen were already put away)

10 - Jennie-O turkey items - ground, tenderloin, bacon, deli and So Easy meal
1 - Jergens Natural Glow facial moisturizer
1 - Jergens Natural Glow moisturizer
1 - Secret Deodorant
1 - Whiskas Cat Food
2 - Fancy Feast Appetizer
1 - Arm & Hammer Detergent
1 - Ziploc Vacuum Bags
2 - Gushers
1 - Taco Bell Sauce
1 - Taco Bell Taco Seasoning
2 - Ritz Bitz
1 - Digiorno Deep Dish
1 - Red Baron Deep Dish
1 - Tornados
1 - Loaf Wonder Whole Grain White

Total $33.43, paid on a gift card I had received for free. Saved $68.79 (or about 70%).

We stopped home to drop off all of our frozen items and headed out to pick up pizza for dinner (not a stellar eating day, but it was easy!) and a quick stop at a grocery store.

Acme
Acme frequently features 2 day sales on the weekend. This weekend, they were having a special on Capri Sun 2/$3, since we like to freeze these and tuck them in our bag when we go to the park or a game, I couldn't pass up this sale. They also have their Berry Bonanza going on with all the berries at $1.48/pkg.

2 - Capri Sun (10pk)
5 - packs of assorted Berries
4 - bananas
1 - gallon milk
1 - 12pk Sunkist
1 - Powerade

Total $16.27 OOP.

After the kids were in bed and I realized that it was a day later than I thought, I headed out to use some coupons that were going to expire today.

Target
Target didn't have the wipes I was looking for, but I had some Target coupons that were expiring, so I picked up some deals.

2 - kids Band Aids
2 - kids Nexcare Bandages
1 - Neosporin to Go
1 - First Aid Bag (free with 3 first aid items)
2 - Bottles of Water
1 - Hamper
1 - Wet Ones

-$.75 Target Band Aid coupon
-$.75 Target Band Aid coupon
-$1 BandAid Mfg coupon
-$.50 Band Aid Mfg coupon
-$.50 Target Nexcare coupon
-$.50 Target Nexcare coupon
-$1 Nexcare mfg coupon
-$1 Nexcare mfg coupon
-$.50 Neosporin mfg coupon
-$.50 Target Wet Ones coupon

Total 19.27 ($10 was the hamper), paid on two free gift cards. I'll also submit the BandAid/Neosporin for a free first aid kit (with $15 in coupons).

Giant Eagle

I headed to Giant Eagle to pick up some groceries, after all of the shopping today, I didn't want to think about going out tomorrow. I picked up yogurt for me (3 Greek yogurts) and for the kids (2 - 6pk Trix), burrito and soft taco shells, enchilada sauce and taco seasoning, lettuce, tomatoes, pablano peppers, and grapes, wipes, Snuggle dryer sheets, 2 tubes kids toothpaste, My total was $17.97 with a savings of $15.46 or 46% savings. I put $7.30 on a gift card and the remaining $10.67 OOP.

Walmart

Since I couldn't find the Huggies Pull-ups wipes anywhere and my coupons expired today, I headed out to Walmart before going home.

4 - Huggies Pull-Ups Wipes
3 - Pampers Wipes (for a friend)
1 - Welch's White Grape Juice
2 - Silly Bandz (some other brand, but those shaped rubber bands)
1 - Johnson's Safety Swabs

-$4 4x$1 Pull-Ups Wipes mfg coupon
-$6 3x$2 Pampers Wipes mfg coupon
-$1 Welch's 100% Juice IP
-$1 Johnson's Baby product mfg coupon

Total $8.14 OOP.

It was a busy day for me. Aside from Kohl's and lunch, I spent $50.08 OOP (plus $60 on gift cards) for everything and saved $181.12 with coupons and sales. Not too bad. So, for only $50.08 cash OOP, I got $291.20 worth of product (83% savings). I will also be submitting for a $7.99 SCR and a free first aid kit with $15 in coupons, further increasing my savings.

This post shared at Super Savings Saturday.

Kmart Deals - 5/16

In reviewing my ads last week, I noticed that Kmart was having a deal on Jennie-O Turkey again, so I new it was a good opportunity for me to pick up some more turkey (as part of my year's supply of Jennie-O Turkey prize).

I combined the trip to Super Kmart with a trip to Portrait Innovations to get 3 1/2 year old pictures of my daughter. She had a lot of fun and even pulled me into a few pictures. Of course, we got more pictures than we intended - I think that's why they take so many. It's difficult to not choose more than just the one for the portrait package special. We got the package of her, a set of sheets with her and I and an extra special picture for her. She had to have the one of her with the big fake flower. It's one of those pictures that always turns out cute, but never the one that I want to get a full set of pictures of. She had her heart set on it, so I got one sheet and will put it in her room.

But, I digress...

I asked in the meat department about the unseasoned breast meat and the oven ready line. They told me to call back during the week and talk to the manager to see if it is in their catalog. Evidently, if it is, they might be willing to order it for me. I sure hope so, I would like some additional variety. It seems that we are mostly eating the ground turkey and turkey burgers these days. Of course, I had every intention of calling this week, but it just never happened - so it is on my list for next week now.

Here's what I got: (normally there would be a picture here, but it got deleted)

3 pkg 20oz 93% Lean Ground Turkey
2 pkg 4 Seasoned Turkey Burgers
1 So Easy Turkey Meatloaf
1 So Easy Turkey Salisbury
1 So Easy Turkey Southwest Style
1# Turkey Bacon
1 Turkey Sausage Patties
1 pkg of 12 1/4# Turkey Burgers
1/2# Turkey Breast from the deli
1 Old El Paso Enchilada Sauce
1 Taco Bell Taco Seasoning
1 Old El Paso Taco Seasoning

-$5 $5/$25 Kmart register receipt coupon
-$.60 $.60 on two Old El Paso products
-$36 12 x $3 Jennie O Turkey Mfg coupon

Total $1.93 OOP. Not bad for 15 meals worth of turkey!

For more deals, check out Super Savings Saturday and Shopping Superstars.

Guess What...

A while back, I did a post here sharing with you a new site that was being launched called Wellness Daily. This online community is a collection of the latest news, healthy living blogs, expert opinions, recipes, and videos on topics from weight loss to mental well-being. At the time, you could register on Wellness Daily to get a rebate form for a free product. In addition, to help spread the word about the site, they ran a Twitter giveaway. To enter, you simply had to copy and paste a Tweet and send it.

Guess who won? I did! I won that Twitter Contest. The prize for is $750 for a gym membership and coupons for a year's supply of Jennie-O Turkey. I was shocked that I won. In fact, when they contacted me, I asked if I had actually won THE prize, thinking maybe it was some other prize. It was such a simple giveaway to enter and there had to be thousands of entries, I just couldn't believe that I was lucky enough to win.

When I found out that I won, one of the first things I did was check out their website for a list of products. I was amazed at the number of items that Jennie-O offered. I also was glad to see recipes available on their website, including recipes from the Biggest Loser. I figure I can substitute turkey in a number of my recipes, but also think it will be a great opportunity to explore some new recipes.

I still have to figure out what to do with the gym membership. For the past 8 years, we have belonged to our local community center, which featured an indoor and outdoor pool, aerobics - both land and water, basketball/volleyball, weight room and more. Unfortunately, on May 31st, they are closing. They are rebuilding, but won't be open for two or so years. So, I will have to see if there is another gym around to join - or maybe I invest in a home gym.

As for the turkey, I knew some local grocers carried it. I have been buying the Turkey Roasts for a while now. Unfortunately, as I learned, most local stores carry one or two items only. I did find out through some calling that the Super Kmart (about 35 minutes away) carries much of the line. The other night, my daughter and I made a run to the Super Kmart while my son was at soccer practice. We picked up 15 packages of turkey products (I had to be cognizant of freezer space) and are trying 11 different items - ground turkey (93% lean), breakfast sausage patties, breakfast sausage links, breakfast lovers sausage links, bratwursts, 3 flavors of their turkey breast tenderloins - savory, lemon garlic and teriyaki sesame and ginger, turkey franks, and 2 So Easy Entrees - Turkey Parmesan and Turkey with Gravy. I had hoped to find their unseasoned breast meat, but I didn't see it at the store - I will have to ask about this one. I got everything for just $6.02 after coupons. Not bad for the main course for 15 meals (plus leftover lunches).

So, you will notice that my weekly meal plans will be including some new things and some new recipes. Of course, I will still make many family favorites, substituting turkey where I can.

Jennie-O Turkey $5 Rebate - first 25,000

The Jennie-O Turkey store has developed a new website to help people achieve and maintain a healthier lifestyle. When you sign up now at WellnessDaily.com, you can print a full product rebate (up to $5 value). This online community is a collection of the latest news, healthy living blogs, expert opinions, recipes, and videos on topics from weight loss to mental well-being.

The full product rebate offer is limited to the first 25,000 that sign up. I probably will use mine to get their Turkey Roast.

Also, if you tweet about this promotion, you’ll be eligible for a chance to win a prize package which includes coupons for a year-long supply of Jennie-O Turkey and a gym membership (valued at $1250). More info here.