I spent $9 at yard sells this morning:

$2.75 for the bench – my mom owns  a paint store so imagine the bench once its painted.  Should I put it on the front porch or near the vegetable garden in the back yard?

$2 for the big white board - I’m doing neighborhood pre-school this year and that will definitely get its use! Plus it will be fun for pictionary.

$1 for the BYU seat - These are $5 TO RENT at the games! This was the only item my husband was excited about when I got home – we go to every home game of BYU’s so he was stoked.

Instead of showing you my trip, I want to see yours! Upload your shopping trip pics from this week below.  Did you do the Smith’s Double Coupon Event?

New feature!  Now you can upload your shopping trips below. Just below the comment area, click on “Browse” and upload a picture.  Then in the comment area tell us where you went shopping, and what you spent & saved! Pus if you have  a blog, leave  a picture and a link to your own “Guess What I Spent & Saved”!

I went to shopping to Rite Aid this week and remembered why its my favorite store for non-grocery deals!

How you can win:

• First person to guess what I spent OOP will win a SS 06/06/10 insert & a SS 06/13/10 insert
• First person to guess what I saved after all coupons and rebates will win a 06/06/10 insert & a SS 06/13/10 insert

Good luck! And make sure to share your deals below in the comments area – I love seeing your shopping trip pics.

Throughout the week you can also go to the Cuckoo Deals Map, select your state, and then “Your Shopping Trips & Pics” and see shopping trips by people in your state and upload your own pictures with details!

UPDATE: Lindsey guessed with $5 – I spent $68 – so I have emailed her for mailing info!

Winco is better then the best.  I was scared to go because it is a 20 minute drive from my house, and I couldn’t justify the savings due to using extra gas to get there.  I finally broke down and took the trip there today, mostly because I needed produce and I’ve heard its the ‘go-to’ for lowest produce prices.    As you saw in the Winco Deals this week & next week, they were also offering 4 products completely free.  So they lured me in.

I already want to go back.   Their prices were drop-dead low and their variety was fantastic.   I got 8 lbs of Strawberries for only $5.96.   I’ll be making my super-simple, yet foul proof Strawberry Freezer Jam tonight!  I usually add in Huckleberries but they aren’t in season yet.  I go to the mountains in Idaho and pick them myself, since they are too expensive to buy anywhere.

I normally do Guess What I Spent & Saved, but since my kids were climbing out of the shopping cart and I was in a hurry, I didn’t use many coupons.  Their food is about 50% off regular prices, so I did save a lot, but it’s impossible to guess how much I saved.

So it’s just Guess What I Spent day:

Leave a comment: Guess within $5 how much I spent and get $30 in clipped coupons!

If no-one guesses by Sunday night, I’ll just tell you.

Hint: their meat wasn’t that cheap – I spent $15.50 on fresh steaks and fresh cut ham alone! This was the only area of the store I didn’t see prices lower then regular grocery store prices.

Also, the diapers and Coppertone were from Rite Aid.  I always buy diapers from Rite Aid.  Stack a $5/25 coupon with a few $3/1 manufacturer’s and $1/1 video values coupons, and you can’t get much lower.  There’s a $3/1 Coppertone coupon on Rite Aid Video Values right now, plus I had a $2/1 coupon.com I’d printed awhile back (it’s only $1/1 now), plus it’s on sale (I think $8.99) so it was  a great deal.  It ends tonight, but if you do it, look for the Baby Coppertone spray bottles, it has 50 SPF and is a “bonus” package with 50% bigger bottle.

Score any deals this week? Link up your shopping trips or guess what you spent & saved trips below!

UPDATE: Since no-one guessed within $1, but people were close, I decided next week to go back to guessing within $5, what do you think?

Here’s my receipt:

I enjoyed the Smith’s Double Coupon Event, even though I wasn’t able to get the Wacky Mac.  So here’s my loot.  Some things I didn’t get the greatest deals on, such as grapes and string cheese, but I’m not going to hide things I don’t buy on sale – some things you just want.

Guess within $1 what I spent OOP and win $30 in random coupons – including 4 $4 off Glade Sense and Spray coupons (these are $4-$5 at most Walmarts, so free -$1 with coupon!)

Guess within $1 what I saved after sales, coupons, & catalinas that printed out and win $30 in random coupons.

If no-one guesses by the end of today, May 22nd, I will close the giveaway and announce what I spent  & saved.

UPDATE: Giveaway has ended. Kimberly McLean Flack guessed within $5 of “Saved”.  I saved $63.12 + I got $10 back in catalinas.  No-one guessed spent – I spent $45.88 OOP – I didn’t have any previous catalinas to roll into this deal    Thanks for playing – see ya’ next Saturday for another round!

I haven’t done a Guess What I Spent & Saved for a few weeks!  This week I still haven’t made it to Walgreen’s to get my free razors, I’m guessing they are gone already.  But I still want to go!  I don’t need them; maybe I’m just a slight couponing addict? If its free, its calling to me…

Anyways, you know how this works:

• First person to guess within $5 how much I spent OOP get $30 in clipped coupons.
• First person to guess within $5 how much I saved (including catalinas) gets $30 in clipped coupons.
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First of all, my 100% free shirt from The Company Store arrived in the mail!

Second, my mom mailed me a $10/10 JcPenny coupon, and I got the cute skirts and t-shirt at the bottom of the picture for $2.12!  My daughter’s 3rd birthday is tomorrow, what a cheap gift! If you have that coupon, stop by the little kids department, tons of shirts and shorts are only $3.99 each.

Third, I went to Staples and got (2) 20-packs of FREE batteries, and 2 reams of paper for $1 each.  You can sign up for the rewards card in-store.  See how the deal works here, but in short I paid $35.18 OOP, and I am getting $31.18 back in rebates.   If you live in a state without Sales Tax, this is an even better deal for you – I paid $2.12 in sales tax+ $1 for each 500 sheet ream of paper.   My husband hates high rebates because he worries about getting the money back, I have heard great things about Staples program though so I’m trying it out for the first time.

Fourth, I went to Walmart and did the following deals, and not one single coupon beeped! It’s a miracle at Walmart when that happens!

UPDATE: 2 People have guessed within $1 – she spent $14.20 after OYNO coupons, and saved $69.74

Coley Schlief sent in her great shopping trip to Meijer this week:

5 – 5-packs of Kraft Mac n Cheese (25 ind. packs)
4 – Capri Sun Roaring Waters
2 – Nabisco Snack Packs
6 – Nature Valley Granola Bars
6 – Fruit Roll Ups
7 – Kraft Shreeded Cheese
2 – Kraft 100 calorie bites
4 – Breakstone Cottage Cheese Doubles
2 – Nasico Oreo Stix
1 – gallon of Milk
3 – Ritz Crackers
2 – Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Ham
1 – Miracle Whip

Guess within $5 what she spent after factoring in OYNO coupons for a coupon for Free Sun Chips and $30 in other  clipped coupons

Guess within $5 what she saved after factoring in OYNO coupons for a coupon for Free Hall’s Cough Drops and $30 in clipped coupons

First person  to guess each wins, please only guess once.

Link up your shopping trips from this week too!

I spent 47.95 this week on groceries and this is what went to food storage!  Never before did I think it was possible to add to my food storage while lowering my budget.  Coupons have changed me…changed me deeply

Go here for a recipe using the beans, and here for one using peanut butter.  Anyone know a recipe using both? lol

I had some fun shopping this morning.  I will let do a “guess what I spent & saved” on Saturday to have you guess my totals and win freebies as usual, I just wanted to post the great deals that I verified are working, so you can get them before they end next Tuesday:

Smith’s:

Buy (10) boxes: Quaker Oatmeal, Cap’n Crunch, or Life Cereal $1 each
Use (2) $3/5 and Quaker products coupon from the Macey’s and/or Fresh Market circular ad this week (I got both of these in my mail, so I had 2 $3/5 coupons)
Final Price= $.40 each plus a catalina will print with a FREE movie ticket! These are valid at lot’s of theaters, I’m using mine at Provo Towne Center theater.

Here’s some printable coupons that would make the Quaker items free:

$1.00/1  Quaker True Delights Instant Oatmeal on Red Pum site
$1.00/1 Quaker True Delights Instant Oatmeal on Quaker site
$1/1 Quaker Instant Oatmeal or Old Fashioned Oats on Quaker site
$1/1 Quaker Instant Oatmeal or Old Fashioned Oats! (it was on page 7 for me, can only print once, thanks Utah Deal Diva!)