My Dream Week!

I don't usually do a Super Savings Saturday post but this week called for one! For a hair snob like me scoring 6 bottles of FREE Garneir hair spray (my favorite!) was a dream. Then on top of that I scored 6 FREE Ben and Jerry's ice cream! Pregnant (18 weeks for me) or not FREE Ben and Jerry's is always a good thing! This was all at Walgreens!

Those items alone totaled $36 before coupons. After coupons it was all FREE! I also got some other great deals this week too! Be sure to check them out!

FREE Vitamins at Walgreens!
FREE Toilet Paper at Dillons (Kroger)!
GREAT Hy-Vee specific coupons and a FREE Sheriden's cone on the back of my reciept!
FREE Tylenol cold and other products at CVS!

It was a great week! After scoring all the other free items my total savings for this week on these posted items alone was almost $80!!! If you live in this region be sure to check out all the ways you can save $ by shopping at Dillons and Hy-Vee this week. Many items are below the Aldi price!!!

3-day Sale and MARKDOWNS!

I was in Dillons at 21st and Belle this morning and they had many markdowns throughout the store! The most noticeable one was milk! They are pricing a lot of their 1/2 gallons (not due to expire until the 15th/16th) down to 1.20-1.29!!!! Remember milk is freezable!

They are also having a 3 day sale:

• 10 lb. bags of potatoes=2.99 (beats Aldi price of 3.99)
• Ground beef=1.99/lb.
• Saltines=10/10 (Aldi price)

There were a few others that I can't remember but if you need to go to Dillons today is the day to possibly do it!

FREE Toilet Paper!

Did you see the .50/1 Cottonelle toilet paper coupon on the coupons.com widget???? It can be used on any Cottonelle toilet paper product. The best part is that the 4 ct. packs are regularly marked at .99 at most Dillons (Kroger) stores. Our stores here double coupons up to $1! Here is how it works:

• Buy 1 4 ct pack of Cottonelle=.99
• Use .50/1 coupon doubled=-$1
• =FREE toilet paper!

Be sure to check out some other coupons. There was a 1/1 Kellogs coupon I noticed that come in handy for the Kellogs/FREE milk deal going on at Dillons!

Dillons 1/7-1/13

There are definitely a few staple items that make it worth hitting up Dillons this week! Remember my goal is to always find things that are cheaper than Aldi since the reports say they even beat Walmart prices by 20%! If you don't share our same flyer chances are some of your deals are the same but always be sure to double check!

• 12 ct. large Dillons eggs=10/10 (beats the Aldi price of 1.39 this week)
• Kroger 8 oz. shredded cheese=1.88/1 (beats the Aldi price of 2.99/12 oz)
• Boneless pork loin =BIGI free
• 24 oz cottage cheese=1.99 (beats the Aldi price of 2.12)
• Kroger individual cups of yogurt=3/$1 (beats the Aldi price of .43/1)
• 4 lb. bags of Naval Oranges=2.99/1 (GOOD PRICE!)
  
• 5 lb. bags of Grapefruit=2.99/1 (GOOD PRICE!)
• Kroger blocks of cream cheese=1.09 (same as Aldi price)
• Kellogg's Cereal, Nutri-Grain bars or Special K Bars or Bites=$3/8 When you buy 3 you get a FREE GALLON OF MILK! There are 1/1 coupons out for certain varieties of Kellogs cereal. Deal Idea* Buy 3 boxes of Kellogs cereal that the coupons are for=$8. Use 3 1/1 coupons your total is now $5 for 3 boxes of cereal and a FREE Gallon of MILK! Your cereal=1.67/box (beats Aldi price) and your milk is FREE!
  
• Honeysuckle ground turkey 93% lean=BIGI with prices for 1=3.49. When you buy 2 you get each 1 for $1.75.
• Bar S hot dogs are 10/10. Register here for possible coupons making this a better deal!

P&G Saver Event!
When you spend $25 or more on participating P&G products (look for yellow tags in store) you will get an instant $5 off your total- good through 1/13. I am not going to reinvent the wheel on this and am directing you to this blog here for price/coupon match up details. Remember that some of our prices may vary. Be sure to load P&G coupons to your Dillons card here!

One great way to continue to support this blog is to print your coupons from the coupons.com widget I have on this site. You can also be sure to spread the word to friends and family that share our same Dillons ad in these great cities: Topeka, Lawrence, Winfield, Arkansas City, Hutchinson and Wellington.

***Be sure to check out cellfire.com and shortcuts.com for great E-Coupons that can be added to your Kroger card!

If you don't live in this region or are looking for an ad for another store I hope you visit The Grocery Gathering found here.

Stir Fry and Recipe breakdown:

This is my real simple not so organized version of stir fry:)

Chicken Stir-Fry (feeds 3-4)

• 2 chicken breasts cubed (about 1 lb.)=1.99 ( if you buy the bagged kind)
• little olive oil
• 1/2 of red bell pepper (Aldi 3 pack of colored peppers =2.68 so 1/2 of 1 pepper=.45
  
• 1/2 of green bell pepper=.45
• 1/2 of yellow or orange bell pepper=.45
• handful of baby carrots sliced (1lb. bag =.99 at Aldi my guess that a handful=.20)
• 1 yellow onion=.19 (a 5ct. bag at Aldi is usually around .99)
• about 3 tbsp. of teriyaki sauce=pennies
  
• about 1 tbsp . of soy sauce=pennies
• salt and pepper for seasoning=pennies
• 2 cups of cooked rice=.25
  

Cube, season and cook chicken and cook in olive oil until white on all sides. Add in veggies and sauce and cook until chicken and veggies are done. Put over rice.

This is seriously my own made-up recipe and it unfortunately shows:) I just cook it so it tastes good:)

All together this meal costs about $4 to make or $1 per serving. You can add in other veggies if you want. This is the simple most cost effective way that included some variety of veggies that I knew to do. I freeze the other half of the peppers to use in stir fry again or for other meals I plan to make.

Clark Color Labs 50 Prints for .50 cents!

You have until January 8th (Thursday) to claim your 50 prints for .50 cents from Clark Color labs! Use coupon code 1CENT4x6. If you have never signed up with Clark before you will get an extra 2o FREE prints just for signing up!

Hy-Vee Coupons!

I was in Hy-Vee today and I wanted to point out 2 more reasons to visit there this week despite the GREAT SALES they have going on!

1st when I walked in I was handed a coupon booklet of Hy-Vee specific coupons!

2nd they are doing a 3 day sale ending tomorrow along with their weekly sale:

• 12 ct Large eggs=.99 (beats the Aldi price of 1.39 this week)
• 1 gal. of milk=2.99 (Aldi price is lower)
• 5lb. bag of russet potatoes=.99 (beats the Aldi price of 3.99 for 10lbs)

The best part of my trip was the coupon on the back of my receipt for a FREE Sheridan's scoop or single cone!!!!