Archive for April, 2009

We have talked about this subscription offer before, but it’s worth repeating! For all of you coupon virgins on the quest to slashing you grocery bill, the first step is to get the Sunday Paper. I suggest between 4 and 6 Sunday papers to make all this “kraziness” worth your time and effort. Luckily for us, The Idaho Press Tribune makes it easy and affordable.

Here is where they deliver as of today:
All of Canyon County, Emmett, Melba, Star,
and In Ada County as far East as Eagle Road…
If you are East of Eagle Road don’t fret! Still Call Greg (208.870.2784) and let him know that you are interested and if enough people call in your area- they will open it up!!! It’s definitely worth the Call!!

I just printed out 3 pages of coupons that I’m SOO excited about. I wanted to make sure you all had noticed the great new coupons too! First, I get really excited when I see a coupon for any produce and the first coupon I printed this morning was Save $0.75 on ANY one Fresh express complete salad kit. I’ve heard reports of $2/2 tearpads in front of the bagged salads too! You wouldn’t be able to stack since they’re both manufacturer, but keep an eye out on the Fresh Express bagged salad when you’re out.
I also printed all of these great Kellogg’s cereal coupons. I’m going to use them with the movie ticket promo, when Albies doubles or hope for a better sale before they expire at the end of May. The Post cereal sale is my favorite, but my husband prefers the sugary Apple Jacks!

Dear Krazies,

I was going to write a short report last Monday after a couple of shopping trips on Sunday and Monday morning. However, I witnessed thing at Albertson’s that made me rethink my paltry efforts, the potential for couponing, and your kind humouring of me on your website for my little purchases.

While doing recon at Albertson’s Monday morning, I witnessed a lone female (didn’t get her name) as she was finalizing the purchase of at least 5 full carts of items that matched up with the $4 off $10 sale and the Conagra $10 off $25 sale. She had the exclusive attention of 2 young male cashiers (Heather?) and had multiple stacks of coupons in some semblence of order as she verified that all was in order. It is a guess, but I suspect she had at least $500, maybe $600, in the carts. If she was as good as she appeared to be, it is unlikely she would have spent more than $50 OOP on her load.

I left to find a table at Arby’s to get a sandwich and a free flavored ice tea (with coupon) and to compare Albertson’s sales flyer with my coupons and make a list.

When I returned, the first Koupon Kween had departed and another Kween with her Lady in Waiting were there recreating the size and type of purchase I had witness just an hour before.

It is a miracle that Albertson’s didn’t have to close down and restock after these 2 Kweens finished.

Now, much humbled, I quietly completed my shopping trip focusing on the Conagra specials. My first purchase was $25.00. I had $10.00 in manufacturers’ coupons which made the purchase $16.50 with tax returning $10.00 in Catalinas. Second purchase was $25.00. I had $8.00 in manufacterers’ coupons, $10.00 in Catalinas from the first purchase, and paid $8.50 with tax returning another $10.00 in Catalinas. So, OOP of $15.00 on purchase of $53.00 with tax. Receipt said savings of $85.66 off full list price.

Pretty good I thought. Or would have thought had I not witnessed, with mine own two eyes, the two miracles earlier that day. There are some big high heels out there for me to fill. While not needing to fill a semi as these Koupon Kweens did, I was – and am in – awe of their purchases.

My Walgreens visit today was a little better today. I had coupons for glucose meters which made them free. I got 4 (but only received 3 Catalinas). I also got 2 Rembrandts tooth pastes, 2 Bayer Crystals, 2 GOT2B gels, and the last box of Ecotrin. I also threw in some small Walgreen tissues that were $.25 each to round things up to maximize the Catalina coupons I used to pay for things. The meters are not in the attached photo as I dropped them off at an Assisted Living center on my home from Walgreens. Walgreens was also out of some items that I will pickup this Friday when I am in TF doing other things.

I walked into Walgreens with some Catalinas ($5.00) and some cash. I paid $17.41 in cash, rolled some Catalinas, and walked out with the products listed above plus $27.00 in Catalinas. I believe I was “shorted” $7.50 in Catalinas because I inadvertently used Catalinas from the same manufacturer (Bayer) during a purchase with several items, some of which were Bayer products. Not the identical product that earned the Catalina but the same manfucturer. Even though they were not the same product, additional Catalinas did not print. I should have purchased the meters alone so as not to confuse either the register or the poor cashier.

I am sure I would have learned this nuance if I had attended any of the KCL classes.

Also shown from today is my Wal-Mart purchase of 5 salad dressings ($.08 after coupons) and 10 boxes of Crunch & Munch ($5.00 after coupons).

My brother Pete from Wisconsin has been teaching the Walgreens in our hometown how to maximize the RR’s there by rolling alternating products. I suspect he will open his own Walgreens discount store soon. He said he would send photo and description later this evening. As of noon he said he had started the day with $6.00 in RR’s , spent about $7.00 OOP on $78.00 worth of purchases, and had $17.00 in RR’s in his pocket as he was traveling to the next Walgreens.

KCG Rick

Did you know that the Idaho Ronald McDonald house has a wish list for food and toiletries that they are in need of? Right now they need breakfast and granola bars. I’m so excited that our reader, Rebecca let me know about the wish list. I can’t wait to have another place to donate when I find a great deal. Don’t know what the Ronald McDonald house is? It is a home to families of children facing many pediatric illnesses, from the relatively minor to serious and life-threatening. The majority of families staying at the House have premature babies being treated in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; children in the critical care/trauma unit; or those undergoing treatment for cancer or leukemia. Check out their wish list here and keep them in mind next time you’re building your stock pile!

The Make-A-Wish foundation (which grants wishes to children with life threatening conditions) here in Idaho needs your help! Right now Betty Crocker is doing a Stirring Up Wishes Campaign…in which they are going to grant twelve wishes in twelve weeks. At last check Idaho was in fifth place for their respective category and we are hoping that if everyone will go on this website and place a vote that we can change that! Thanks Amanda for making sure that we were aware of this important campaign!

One last do-gooder spot for Tiffany Reeder Photography. Tiffany is passionate about adoption and she wrote in to let us know that she gives $100 off her photo sessions for all adoptive families. If you know someone who’d be interested visit her blog.

Ladies,

I have made a small, but possibly important, alteration to the new header on your website. It is possible that when your artist created the original image, the object flying in the background was too fast for either his/her shutter speed or it had blurred and was removed.

I’ve done my best to recreate the scene and place the UFO in its proper location.

KCG Rick

Erin
The Parade of Homes (Boise) is completely free this year! So… we’re going to go tour some homes today and then stop for $.31 scoops of ice cream… Doesn’t that sound like a fun Wednesday? http://www.bcaswi.org/ Just thought I’d share! My family enjoys going every year, and this year is so much better because its FREE!

Laura:
I love your site! I was in Albertson’s (Twin Falls) last night to take advantage of the conagra and Kraft sales before they ended and I found excellent toy clearance.
In the frozen food aisle on top of the cases there are several toys marked down 75%. I was able to get 7 toys for $28 and now I have tons of birthday gifts for the year.
I got:
Diego craft kit: $4.25 (they also had dora)
Dora talking star toy: $3.75
15″ stuffed doll that came with lots of other stuff: $5.75
Disney princess fashion bag set: $3.50
Backyardigan instrument set: $2.50
Construction playset: $4.25
Disco toys electronic keyboard: $3.99
They also had Hannah Montana Dolls, Hannah Montana camp chairs, High School Musical camp chairs ($5) and a few other toys!

Krista:
just thought with mother’s day coming up, that this is a KRAZY deal.

Costco has 2 $25 gift cards ($50 total) to the Godiva store or online Godiva store for Only $19.99. I know a lot of moms
who would love some good Godiva chocolate for mother’s day! just
wanted to share.

Hallmark is offering free Mother’s Day cards that you can personalize online. Click here and it will take you to Hallmark’s website. You choose which card and style you want and then can edit the text and add your own. At checkout, enter the code CARD4MOM. It will ask you to create an account (which I did using my junk email address). Then your balance is reduced to $0!!! The card is sent to you and you can give or send it to your Mom. Hurry, though, I ordered mine today and it is supposed to get to me on May 6th. Mother’s Day is May 10th so don’t wait too long to order! When it comes, I will tuck in my 80% off restaurant.com gift certificate and have Mother’s Day for only $2!!!! Click here to find out about ordering from restaurant.com.

The Chevron at the Idaho Center is going KRAZY! They still have Press Tribune Sunday papers with 2 inserts in stock and ready to sell for ONLY $0.50 each! This unheard of price is effective all week or until the papers are gone. The convenient store owner is selling these for less than he paid- all because he loves to meet Krazy Coupon Ladies! Here are just a few highlights of the tons of coupons inside each paper. In addition to these pictured coupons there are TONS of PURINA coupons for dog and cat food. And LOTS more LYSOL. This is a great insert to prepare for free/cheap Lysol cleaning supplies the next time KMart double.
For you newbies: We suggest buying 4-6 copies (Can you believe it will only cost $2-3.00?!) to start your coupon collection!
This is BAR NONE the CHEAPEST you’ll see any Sunday paper in the Treasure Valley EVER!