I’m making my plan of attack for this weekend–and thought I’d share with all of you!  This isn’t all of the deals out there….just the ones my family with take advantage of.  I usually only go to 2 stores a week.  However, this time I’m going to do a sweep of all 4 stores.  I know it will take me less than 2 hours….probably just a little over an hour since all the stores are very close to each other.  When I go to the store I have my list ready, and the coupons ready, so it’s not a long process.  Here’s my plan.  I have a pantry to pull from for many things, so I don’t need ALL that much

Beverages:

Pepsi/Coke  12pks 5 for $10 @ Fry’s

Country Time Lemonade powder .99 (part of promo) @ Fry’s

Capri Suns 1.49 (buy 8 promo) @ Albertson’s

Milk $1.79 @ Alby’s

24pk drinking water  1.99 @ Basha’s

Meat

Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs, Buy one, get 2 free @ Safeway

Pork Ribs, buy one, get 2 free @ Alby’s

Chicken breast, 1.67 per lb @ Alby’s

Hot Dogs, Ball Park, Nathan’s, or Oscar Mayer 50% off @ Basha’s

Produce

Strawberries, 1lb  .77 @ Fry’s

Mangos .33 ea @ Fry’s

Corn, 8 for $1 @ Basha’s

Whole seedless watermelon, 15 cents per lb @ Basha’s

Roma tomatoes .77 per lb @ Fry’s

MISC

Sunscreen, Banana Boat or Hawaain Tropic 50% off at Basha’s PLUS $1 off cpn from last Sunday’s paper

Lay’s Chips 1.77 @ Fry’s or Basha’s

Colgate toothpaste 6.4oz, FREE @ Basha’s with cpn from last Sunday’s paper

3 Musketeers bars FREE @ Alby’s with cpn from last Sunday’s paper

Try this one out….I haven’t bought one yet–it’s brand new—but wanted to share http://dtmr.co/dvxk?

For those of you who like Kohl’s as much as me, here is a printable coupon to use this weekend for an extra 15% off —even can be combined with sale and clearance!

http://a248.e.akamai.net/f/248/45320/14d/ig.rsys2.net/responsysimages/content/kohls/060211_printpass.htm?om_mid=_20110602_CASP&om_rid=15255817

City deals has a 50% off deal going on, see it here

I’ve used City Deals before, and like it a lot, although I’m not familiar with this Grand Canyon deal in particular.  If you’re going there for a family trip it’s worth looking at!

Saturday, May 14th, if you leave a bag of canned food by your mailbox, your mailman will drop it off at the foodbank for you.  This is a good way to give back to the community!

Free Tacos this week only!

Jack in the Box is giving away free tacos, just print this coupon!

It’s easy to forget about the e-coupons that you can load to your loyalty cards!  Many stores have them these days.  Here’s my advice on them:

• Try to visit the sites about once a month to “reload” coupons to your card
• Count them as a “bonus”….since I’ve found that sometimes they will not trigger at the register as promised, but sometimes they will….they are not consistent.  So, I just consider them a “bonus” if they come off, and don’t get the item ONLY if I’m counting on them to work.
• When loading to the card, why not load all of them?  There’s no limit, so just choose them all, load to card, and do it again next month!

Remember, there is only one deal (unless stated otherwise) per item loaded.  Example: If I load a 50 cent off Tide e-coupon to my Fry’s card, that is for ONE bottle of Tide.  If I buy 3 bottles, it is still just the .50 savings.

Here are the ones I like the best:

www.frysfood.com (log in to load digital coupons to your card)

www.shortcuts.com

www.cellfire.com (haven’t used this one in a while, but used to)

www.safeway.com (if you always use your phone number at Safeway, you may have to call customer service to find out your actual card number to load these)

www.P&Gbrandsaver.com (sign up for free newsletter and they will send you physical coupons, plus you can then log in to download coupons to your cards)

Here is the link

Lowe’s is doing a “Spring Black Friday” sale, good only until 5/2.  Online only, but glancing at the participating items, it looks like a good deal if you garden!  Plus the banner says free shipping if you spend over $49.

If you’ve been wanting to try Coupon Sense, now’s the time!  I’m offering 2 free inserts of coupons (those booklets that come in the newspaper) to anyone who signs up between April 18th and April 20th at midnight.  Since these are coming from “my own stash” of coupons, I have a limited amount on hand, that’s why I can only offer that for 3 days.  Come on, join now…I’ll send you some of my personal coupons   Just put in the code AZGURU in the Coupon Sense promo code box when you sign up.  As always, you can call or email me with questions along the way.  I want you to be successful!