Snow, Snow Go Away!!

This is looking off our Condo balcony. Here in MA, we have been hit with 4 snowstorms already. We have gotten 60+ inches of snow so far since right after Christmas. It just keeps coming and coming. Piling up more and more. To make matters worse they are calling for an additional 15-20 inches tomorrow into early Thursday morning. SERIOUSLY? We have no more room for anymore snow.

This is the awning on our front steps. I am surprised it is even still attached to the building. Notice the icicle. We have so many icicles hanging down from the roof of our building, someone is bound to get struck by one when they decide to fall. Its scary.

Our parking lot. 4th time having to find our van underneath all the snow.

My children have not had a normal school week in over a month. My 3 year old son is so confused and miserable with all this interruption, which then makes Mommy very miserable. Hubby is missing days of work (he drives for his job) cause he can't get his truck out of the parking lot. I am also missing valuable days to get to the stores and get my deals for the week. Will this ever end???

I am dreaming of being anywhere but here.

How much snow have you gotten this winter?

Rolling my UP's for FREE Ice Cream & More!

I decided that I am gonna try to keep rolling my existing UP Rewards into FREE items that produce more UP Rewards. I have been Rolling my UP's every week this year.

This week I scored some FREE Edy's Ice Cream, Lays Stax and 2 packages of Dixie Plates.

I Started with $15 in UP's and a $5 GC

Edy's on sale for $2.99 and giving back a $2 UP

Lay's on sale for $1.00 and giving back a $1 UP

Dixie Plates BOGO at $3.99 and there is a $3.00/2 Dixie Video Value Coupon

PLUS BONUS:

Spend $15.00 and get back $5 UP on Select Items. All of what I bought qualifies for the $15.00

5 Edy's $14.95

 Lays Stax $1.00

2 Dixie $3.99

Total: $19.94

-$3.00/2 Dixie Plate VV Q

-$15.00 in UPs

-1.94 off GC

Got back

$16 in UP's

Check back often to follow me and find out how I am ROLLING my UP's.

4 Yoplait Yogurts for just .25 at Shaw's

Next week just keeps getting better and better.

At Shaw's Yoplait Cups are on sale 2/$1.00

Use this .75/4 Yoplait Light  *Says DO NOT DOUBLE but will double if you use Self Checkout or if you are lucky enough to have a cashier who will double it*

After it doubles you will get 4 cups for just .25 each. WOW!!

Stocking up on SKIPPY at Shaw's 1/28-2/3

There are certain things I will just never substitute and Peanut Butter is one of those things. I grew up on Skippy and my kids are growing up on Skippy as well. It's the ONLY peanut butter I purchase, no matter what I have to pay for it. But thankfully I can usually find great deals on it and stock up on it until the next great deal. Well this is probably one of the BEST deals I have seen on it and on some of these other great products.

Shaw's is having another CAT Deal. Spend $20.00 on select products and recieve a coupon for $10 off your next order. Gotta love these

Details:

Back page ad for 1/28-2/3 says: Buy $20 of these participating products, get $10 off your next shopping trip with your Shaw's Rewards Card.
*Coupon will print at register. Minimum purchase requirement calculated after manufacturer coupons **This usually is not the case, they seem to always print this but it is usually off shelf price and coupons dont matter**

Listed products:
Barilla Pasta (12-16oz., select varieties) 10/$10
Wish-Bone Dressing (16oz) or Ragu Pasta Sauce (16-26oz.) 2/$4
Post Cereal (15-19.5oz. Shredded Wheat, 15oz. Fruity Pebbles or 25oz. Raisin Bran) 2/$5
Skippy Peanut Butter (15-16.3oz) 2/$4
Del Monte Tomatoes(14.5oz) or Contadina Tomato Sauce(15oz) $.79ea
Sorrento Mozzarella (16oz) or Ricotta Cheese(32oz) $3.49ea
Dunkin' Donuts Ground Coffee(11-12oz) $6.99ea
Pillsbury Classic Cake(18-18.9oz) or Brownie Mix (19.5oz), select varieties 10/$10
Contadina Tomato Paste(6oz) or Sauce(8oz) $.59
Ben & Jerry's(16 oz), Breyers Ice Cream(48oz), Dove Bars or minatures(8.67-10.5oz) $3.49ea
I can't Believe It's Not Butter, Promise or Brummel & Brown Spread or Lipton Tea Bags (15oz tub, 8oz spray or 1 lb. baking stick or 100 ct. Lipton) 2/$5
Pillsbury Frosting(12-16oz) or Cookie(17.5oz) or Premium Brownie Mix(13.5-19.5oz), select varieties 2/$3
P.F. Chang's Home Menu Meal(22oz) or Bertolli Dinner(21-24oz) $6.99ea
Dial Body Wash(16-18oz) or Bar soap(8pk, 4oz bars) $3.99ea
Arm & Hammer Laundry Detergent(55-68.75oz) $3.99ea
Renuzit Air Freshening Pearls(3.52oz) or Soft Scrub Cleaner(12-28.6oz) 2/$5

How am I gonna stock up on Skippy you ask?

Shelf Price at the Groton Ma store for Skippy Peanut Butter is $2.69

Sale Price is 2/$4.00

Barilla Pasta Shelf Price is $1.47

Sale Price is $1.00

This is what I plan on doing
7 Skippy Peanut Butter Shelf Price $18.83 Sale Price $14.00
1 Barilla Pasta Shelf Price $1.47 Sale Price $1.00
Total Shelf Price $20.30
Total Sale Price $15.00
Coupons:
(7) $1.00/1 Skippy Peanut Butter
Total: $8.00
Get Back $10 CAT **$2.00 MONEYMAKER**

There are so many different scenarios to do with all of these items to make for some really cheap or FREE groceries. I plan on stocking up on Skippy, Ragu, Contadina Paste and Del Monte Tomatoes.

Just keep rolling your $10 CAT Coupon into your next order and see what you can score.

Check out some more scenarios HERE

FREE Edy's Ice Cream @ Rite Aid 1/30

You all know just how much I LOVE shopping at Rite Aid. It's my all time favorite store to score some of my most profitable items. Rite Aid seems to get better and better.

Starting Sunday 1/30 they will be having some AWESOME deals. Like this deal to score some FREE Edy's Ice Cream

Buy $15, get $5 UP - LIMIT 1 PER HOUSEHOLD:* Edy's Ice Cream, $2.99 sale, $2 UP, Buy & Save qualifier (Spend $100 on select products and get $20.00 UP Reward)

* Lay's Stax, 2/$2, $1/1 UP, Buy & Save qualifier (Spend $100 on select products and get $20.00 UP Reward)* Dixie plates, BOGO

Check out this Scenario:

5 Edy's Ice Cream $14.95

1 Lays Stax $1.00

Total $15.95

PAY WITH Previous UP Rewards (or just pay the $15.95 cash)

You will get back $10.00 UP ($2 UP for each Edy's you buy) $1 UP from Lays Stax and $5 UP for buying $15.00 worth of products.

**PLUS Earn $15.95 towards the $100 Winter Rewards Promo to get $20 UP**

FREE ICE CREAM

There are also some awesome MONEY MAKER Deals for the Heart Healthy UPs.

Check out the Scenarios HERE 

I am not posting them all, cause honestly I haven't figured out what I am doing for these scenarios yet for myself.

If you wanna check out the Rite Aid Flyer and see the deals for yourself you can see the flyer HERE *Thank you IHearRiteAid for the flyer*

Olive Garden FACEBOOK Giveaway!

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Sunday Shopping with My Mom

We are gonna be getting an ARCTIC Blast and the temp's may only hit -10 below tomorrow. We are also gonna be hit with yet another big snowstorm on Wednesday. Lovely. We have more snow than we know what to do with around here. So with all this wonderful weather, I decided to do some shopping today to hit the stores before I am snowbound. I also got to show my Mom what it's like when I go shopping.

First we hit Roche Bros. I only had 3 things on my list to get at Roche Bros. My Big Score for this trip

12 Pack Pop Tarts for only .90 after the Sale and Coupons.

My kids LOVE Pop Tarts and I can never have enough in the house. So I bought 4 of the 12 packs.

On sale for 2/$4.00 for a total of $8.00

I was lucky enough to have found peelies at Walmart yesterday for .55/1 Pop Tarts. Roche Bros is one of the grocery stores in my area that DOUBLES coupons. So I got $1.10 off each pack. So I only paid .90 for each. WOW.

I also picked up 4 10pk Capri Suns for $1.77 each. We normally use juice boxes in this house, but for that price I couldn't pass them up. Hopefully Mr J has no issues with these.

Finally I snatched up 2 boxes of Jolly Time Popcorn for .50 each.

Total at Roche Bros: 11.68

Off to Shaw's we went. I was crossing my fingers that certain items were included in the 4/$7.00 GM Deal. I also got to explain to my Mom why it is that I use the Self Checkout. LOL.

My Big Score at Shaw's was

4 boxes for .65 each. For most people this is an AWESOME Deal, maybe even an unheard of deal, but for the regular couponer this is actually on the high end of the price we pay for cereal. But whats so great about this for me, is this is our FAVORITE Cereal in this house, so anytime its on sale I stock up.

It goes like this.

4/$7.00 on Sale

(4) .55/1 Cinnamon Toast Crunch Internet Printable Coupon DOUBLED

Total = .65 each

I also grabbed 4 boxes of Chex Mix Snack Bars for .75 each. These were also included in the 4/$7.00 GM Sale. I used .50/1 Coupons that doubled.

Lastly I picked up 2 bags of Wise Potato Chips. These were on sale with BOGO. So they were 3.79 for two bags of chips. Then I used (2) .50/1 Coupons that doubled. So only 1.79 for 2 bags of chips.

Total at Shaws: 7.39

I love stocking up on items, makes me get a sense of peace..how sad does that sound LOL.