Retail Therapy: A Cure for Cabin Fever

No this isn't my car. LOL. I would need more than Retail Therapy to deal with that. But this is how it feels here in New England. The snow is never ending. It is so bad right now, that the weight of the snow and ice on roofs has resulted in over 90 roof collapses in Massachusetts. It's so scary around here. So with all this snow and bad news, I need a way to feel better. What better way than heading to the mall with my Mother. She needs some new clothes for her upcoming April Cruise and I need some clothes for our May Disney Trip.

I love all the bargains I can get at JCPenney. We will definately be heading here. From what I hear they have a ton of childrens clothing on clearance, so I will be taking a peek at those for the kiddos.

Up To 20% Off Coupon valid February 6-7 and is a printable coupon

15% Off expires 2/27/11 and is a printable coupon

$10 Off $50 valid until March 10, 2011 and is a printable coupon

If your feeling Cabin Fever taking over, print off these coupons and have a good time shopping this weekend.

My Shaw's Trip 2/3

Most of you reading this blog already know that buying multiples of an item when its at its cheapest, is the BEST way to stock up on item's you use all the time so you NEVER have to pay full price for them. If you shop like this, yes you will put out more money at the beginning but it will pay off after time. You will have enough of that product to last you until the next sale. This is how I shop.

As I posted previously Shaw's was having a CAT deal. Purchase $20 in select products and recieve a $10 Coupon to use on your next order. This deal is calculated on Pre-Sale Prices and before any coupons are used.

I did 3 transactions

Transaction 1

6 Skippy Peanut Butter

French's Spicy Mustard

3 Del Monte Diced Tomato

Coupons Used:

(3) .75/2 Skippy (DOUBLED)

1.00/1 Frenchs Mustard

Total: 9.87

Got back $10.00 CAT

Transaction 2

8 Yoplait Light Yogurt Cups

8 Yoplait Original Yogurt Cups

12 Del Monte Diced Tomatoes

Coupons Used:

(2) .50/4 Yoplait Original (DOUBLED)

(2) .75/4 Yoplait Light (DOUBLED)

$10.00 CAT Coupon

Total: 2.72

Got Back $10.00 CAT

Transaction 3

4 Skippy Peanut Butter

10 Contadina Sauce

Coupons Used:

(2) .75/2 Skippy

$10.00 CAT Coupon

Total: 2.90

Got Back $10.00 CAT

So I paid a total of $15.49 Out of Pocket and still have a $10 CAT Coupon to use on next week's sale.

I have to give a BIG THANK YOU to my Sister In Law for giving me some of her Skippy coupons, cause the ones I was waiting on never arrived.

THANK YOU

P&G Home Made Simple Coupon Book

Some of you may wonder how I get my coupons. I get most of them through the newspaper inserts. But there are also other great ways to get coupons. One, is requesting coupon books when they are offered online. P&G (Procter & Gamble), periodically puts out coupon booklets, like the one pictured above. You can go HERE to sign up and recieve yours in the mail.

It has coupons for the following products:

Dawn, Cascade, Febreeze, Ziploc and More. It has $35 in Coupons.

Shaws: 2/5 Kraft DEAL

Starting Friday Feb 5, Shaw's will be having yet another great deal. This time it includes many Kraft products. Purchase $20.00 worth of select items and get $5.00 OFF your order Instantly.

These are the products included

-Velveeta 16 oz. $3.99
-Oscar Mayer bacon 12-16 oz. $3.99
-Kraft Shredded Cheese 5-8 oz 2/$4
-Kraft Cracker Barrel Cheese 7-10 oz 2/$6
-Capri Sun or Kool Aid Jammers 10 packs 2/$4
-Oscar Mayer Bolgna or Classic Weiners 2/$4
-Starbucks 11-12 oz $7.99
-Maxwell House ground coffee 31.5-34.5 oz $7.99
-Nabisco Chips Ahoy 9.5-15.25 oz 2/$4
-Kraft Philadelphia cream cheese 8 oz. 2/$3
-Shaw's hot dog or hamburger rolls 8 count 2/$3
-Kraft salad dressing 16 oz 2/$4
-Stone Ridge Creamery ice cream or frozen yogurt 32-48 oz $2.99
-Kraft Philadelphia Cooking Cream 10 oz 2/$4
-Shaw's natural spring water 24 16.9 oz bottles $2.99
-Kraft Singles 10.7-12 oz 2/$5
-Planters peanuts 16 oz 2/$4
-Breakstones sour cream 16 oz 2/$3
-Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh lunch meat 8-9 oz $3.49
-Planters mixed nuts or cashews 9.25-11.5 oz $2.99
-Kraft Mayo or Miracle Whip 30-32 oz $2.99
-Homelife 24-54 count cups, plates or 250 count napkins 2/$4
-Super Chill soda 12 pack $2.99
-Shaw's 12 inch frozen pizza $2.99
-Nabisco Ritz Crackers $1.99
-Nabisco Snack Crackers $1.99

Use coupons to match up with these items and you can get some good deals.

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!!