Weekly Deals

Hy-Vee
General Mills Cereal
There is a coupon in their ad (you can pick up one in the store) on cereal if you buy 6 boxes you'll get $10 taken off immediately and a $6 off your next purchase coupon prints out. The cereal I purchased ranged from $3.89 for the Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Lucky Charms to $4.59 for the Honey Nut Cheerios. Not necessarily cheap for cereal, but it ends up being cheaper than what I pay at Aldi. And I had some manufacturer coupons (of course I did) to take off even more. Here's how it worked...

Cinnamon Toast Crunch 3.89
Cinnamon Toast Crunch 3.89
Cinnamon Toast Crunch 3.89
Lucky Charms 3.89
Honey Nut Cheerios 4.59
Honey Nut Cheerios 4.59

Total: $24.74 - $10 Hy-Vee coupon = $14.74
Less $2.55 in coupons = $12.19

I paid $12.19 for 6 boxes of cereal, received a $6 Hy-Vee coupon good on my next purchase, and will get one free movie ticket because I purchased the specially marked box. Look out for those if you do this deal. Unfortunately I only found the Honey Nut Cheerios with this promo.

Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls (ends today....sorry, just read about it and tried it successfully today)
They have the smaller sizes on sale for 10/$10...let's just say $1 each. If you buy 6 a $4 off coupon prints off that is good on your next purchase. I've seen the coupons for $1 off when you buy 3 located right next to these in most of the Hy-Vee stores I've been in. There are also some printable coupons out there that work for this. Here's how it worked...

5 count Cinnamon Rolls $1.00
5 count Cinnamon Rolls $1.00
5 count Cinnamon Rolls $1.00
5 count Cinnamon Rolls $1.00
5 count Cinnamon Rolls $1.00
5 count Cinnamon Rolls $1.00

Total: $6
Less $2.55 in coupons I had = $3.45

I paid $3.45 and received a $4 Hy-Vee coupon good on my next purchase. So I basically made $.55.

Here is the forum I check out for these good deals.

Weekly Deals

If you're not interested in going all in with this couponing thing, Coupons.com gives you 100+ printable coupons to choose from and hopefully you can find one for a product you use. Type in your zip code and get started. Right now there is a free sandwich, wrap, or salad coupon from QT. Also, those Playskool toy coupons that I mentioned last week.

Skippy Peanut Butter
Kansas City Penny Pinchin Mama has some info about snagging it at Target for $.39. I plan on going to Walgreens next week to buy Skippy Peanut Butter. They are on sale 3 for $5 and when you buy 8 jars you get $8 in register rewards, it's like Walgreens cash to use on your next purchase.

A Weekend to Celebrate

Our little guy turned 2 and is doing amazing things. He loves dump trucks, construction equipment, emergency vehicles, hammers, shovels, and flashlights. Those are the types of books he picks out at the library. With some reminding will say please and thank you. He enjoys reading and counting, he'll count up to 9 (whether that's intelligence or a good memory, we're not sure :P). He also is quick to express his frustration with being told no and is familiar with time out. He wakes up around 7 am, naps for 3 hours in the afternoon, and usually falls asleep around 9 pm though he's put to bed at 8 pm. At times he eats more than we do and usually goes for the fruits and vegetables before anything else, unless there are chips on his plate..he loves chips.



With Bruce's birthday being on the 3rd we spread the celebrations out over the whole weekend in between listening to General Conference. It appears that he was very excited over the money he received in a birthday card.


And the cake. It's amazing what you can find on the internet.