Kroger deals for the week of 1/20


Many of the Kroger deals are the same as they were last week which is a bit of a bummer in my opinion because I was REALLY hoping for a Mega sale like they had at this time last year!

My Kroger stores double three “like” coupons with a face value up to $.50 and triple three “like” coupons with a face value up to $.39. Your market may be different. Check with your store for details!

Don’t forget to load your coupons to your Kroger card:
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Here are the Kroger deals for the week:

FREEBIES (There are lots of items that will be free after coupons this week!):

Birds Eye vegetables – 10/$10 (you don’t need to buy 10) – free after coupon!
.50/1 Birds Eye Steamfresh vegetables, rice, or pasta – 12-6 SS (expires 1-17) and 1-10 SS – this coupon will double making these free!

*Colgate toothpaste, toothbrush, or Wisp (2 ct) – 10/$10 – Wisp is free after coupons!
.50/1 Colgate Wisp printable here (will double making them free!)

Gatorade Sports drink – 10/$10 – free after coupons if you buy G2!
.50/1 Gatorade G2 – 1-3 RP

Healthy Choice frozen entrees – These are priced between $1.88 and $2.25 at my stores. Load the $5/5 coupon to your Kroger card here and if you have the $5/5 printable, which is no longer available, you can get 5 meals for free (with possible overage if you buy the $1.88 meals) or $.25/each (if you buy the $2.25 meals)

Hormel pepperoni or salami – 10/$10free after coupon! (these are located in the deli area)
.35/1 printable here (must register) – this will triple making these free!

Pillsbury Grands biscuits, crescents, or cinnamon rolls – 10/$10 – free or very cheap with coupons!
.25/1 Pillsbury crescent rolls – 11-15 GM, , 11-22 SS, 12-13 GM (will triple)
.40/2 Pillsbury crescent rolls – 12-6 SS (will double)
$1/1 Pillsbury crescent rolls printable here (makes them free after coupon!)
$1/2 Pillsbury Grands Sweet Rolls printable here
.50/2 Pillsbury crescent rolls printable here (will double)
.30/2 Pillsbury Grands refrigerated biscuits printable here (will triple)
.35/3 Pillsbury Grands Jr biscuits printable here (will triple)
$1/2 Pillsbury Grands Sweet rolls loadable on shortcuts.com
$1/2 Pillsbury crescent rolls loadable on shortcuts.com
.30/2 Pillsbury Grands refrigerated biscuits loadable on shortcuts.com

SCENARIO:
Buy 2 Pillsbury crescent rolls – $1/each
Buy 2 Pillsbury Grands sweet rolls – $1/each
Buy 2 Pillsbury Grands refrigerated biscuits – $1/each

Use 2 $1 crescent rolls printables
Use $1/2 sweet rolls printable
Use .30/2 refrigerated Grands printable (will triple to $.90)
$1/2 Crescent rolls loadable
$1/2 sweet rolls loadable
.30/2 refrigerated biscuits loadable

This ends up being a $.20 moneymaker after coupons!

Starkist tuna pouches – 10/$10 – free after coupon!
$1/1 printable here

OTHER DEALS: (grocery)

*Aunt Jemima and Banquet breakfast items – 10/$10 – $.75/each after coupons when you buy 3!
.75/3 Banquet loadable on shortcuts.com

*Blue Bell Ice Cream – $3.99 – $2.99 after coupon!
$1/1 printable coupon here (must register)

*Broccoli crowns – 10/$10

*Campbell’s soup – 10/$10 (selected varieties) – $.75/each after coupons when you buy 3!
$.25/3 Campbell’s “Great for Cooking” soups – 1-10 SS (should triple)

*Chef Boyardee pasta – 10/$10 – $.65/each after coupons when you buy 3!
$.35/3 Chef Boyardee cans or microwaveable cups – 1-10 SS (should triple)

*Driscoll’s blueberries – 2/$4 – $1/each after coupons!
.50/1 Driscoll berries printable here (should double)

*Fresh Selections or Dole salad mixes – 2/$4

*Hunt’s Manwich – 10/$10 – $.50/each after coupons when you buy 3!
.50/3 Manwich loadable at shortcuts.com
$1/3 printable here (must play game)

*Hunt’s Snack Pack pudding – 10/$10 – $.67/each after coupons when you buy 3!
.50/3 printable here (pg. 5 for me) – should double!
$.30/2 Hunts Snack Pack Pudding or Gel – 1-10 SS

*Kroger boneless, skinless chicken breasts – $5.99 (3 lb bag)

*Kroger cottage cheese, sour cream, or dip – 10/$10

*Kroger drinking water (24 pk, 16.9 oz bottles) – 2/$5

*Mini peeled carrots – 10/$10

*Pillsbury brownie mix – 10/$10 – $.20/each after coupons!
$.40/1 Pillsbury brownie mix – 11-8 RP (says “do not double” but it starts with a “5” so it should double automatically)

*Quaker instant oatmeal – $1.88 – $.88/each after coupon!
$1/1 Quaker instant oatmeal printable here

*Rice a Roni, Pasta Roni, or Knorr side dishes – 10/$10 – $.75/each after coupons when you buy 3!
$1/3 Rice a Roni or Pasta Roni – 1-3 RP2

*Sara Lee bread – Buy One, Get One Free (I usually freeze one!)

*Sunny Delight – 10/$10 – $.45/each after coupons!
.55/1 printable here
.55/1 printable here (click on coupons)

*Swiss Miss Hot Cocoa mix – 10/$10 – $.50/each after coupons when you buy 2!
.50/2 Swiss Miss hot cocoa – 1-10 SS (will double)

*Texas grapefruit – $2.99/bag

*Tony’s pizza – 2/$4

*Totino’s pizza rolls – 10/$10

*Tyson boxed chicken – 2/$5 – $1.95/box after coupons!
.55/1 Tyson frozen breaded chicken (box) – 10-11 SS

CRAZY MEAL DEAL: Buy 1 35 ct. boneless wing bucket, get free Kroger Ranch dressing, Big K soda, Mini Peeled carrots, and Bakery French bread (save $3.79 with card)

OTHER DEALS: (home/health & beauty)

*Cottonelle bath tissue – $5.99/each – $4.99 after coupon!
$.50/1 Cottonelle printable here (should double)

Weight Loss Wednesday: Sticking to it

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Saturdays are my Weight Watchers meeting days. I lost 2 pounds, which isn’t a lot by “Biggest Loser” standards, but I also have a full time job and can’t work out all day, so for me, it was great news!

As I was sitting in my meeting, I started thinking about what keeps me from sticking to a weight loss plan “long term.” I HAVE successfully done Weight Watchers in the past and even made it to “Lifetime” status, but after I started having babies, sticking to it has been difficult for me. I have re-started Weight Watchers and tried other new diets along the way more times than I can count and I’m always really excited and motivated when I first start and then a few weeks into I lose that momentum and so I was trying to figure out why….

The conclusion that I came to is that “life happens.” I’m sure many of you are well acquainted with life. It looks something like this ~ you get home from work, and your kids have soccer practice, so you all pile in the car for that and then you get home and there is still homework to be done and you can’t wrap your mind around what you want for dinner, so you decide to go through a drive thru. You know there’s nothing there that’s on your “diet” but that’s OK because tomorrow’s another day. Except tomorrow, at work, someone decides to bring in donuts and they’re in the breakroom and they look so good and just one won’t hurt, and it’s OK because you can get back on track “tomorrow.” And then tomorrow comes and you were up so late the night before that you’re too tired to follow through with your exercise plan. And then tomorrow turns into tomorrow which turns into weeks and months of excuses.

One of the reasons I decide to blog about my experiences this time around is so I have accountability and I don’t lose momentum and follow in the same pattern (it also helps that one of my best friends is getting married in June and I not only want to be able to fit into, but I also want to look halfway decent in, the bridesmaid dress!).

In Mama Notes “Body After Baby” challenge, she has a weekly question. This week’s question is: Why do you you want to lose weight and/or get healthier? What is your motivation?

I have known I needed to lose weight for awhile now, but I think that having to wear that bridesmaid dress in June is the motivation that kicked it into gear for me! My long term motivation, though is that I am doing this for myself and for my family. There are a number of health concerns in my family’s history and I want to make the changes now so that I can be healthy for my family long term.

Having said all of that, here’s how I’m doing so far this week on my “plan” to meet my goal of losing 10 pounds by 2/14/10:

*Commit myself to Weight Watchers ~ I tracked like crazy this week and it has been awesome! Through tracking, I have been able to stop and think about different foods and ask myself if something is really “worth” 2 or 3 points when I can eat something else that is only 1 point? A couple of times this week, I have actually had a hard time eating all of my points and I haven’t touched my flex points yet!

*Drink more water ~ I have forced myself to make sure I get in all my water this week and what a difference it has made! (Sugar free chewing gum has helped a lot, too!)

*Create an exercise plan for each week ~ I’m back on track with my “Couch Potato to 5K” plan. I’m hoping I’ll be ready to run (not walk) a 5K in the spring! I’ve also continued to use the work-out generator at Spark People to generate strength training work-outs for me.

How did your week go? Feel free to link up and share below!

Potty training? Get free training pants (and earn a little cash, too!)

If you’re in the process of potty training and your little one is a size 3T-4T (at least 30 pounds) and wearing training pants during the day and night, you can qualify for a training pant study from Arquest!

I have done diaper studies for Arquest in the past. I had to complete a simple questionnaire for each week of the study and I got a $10 check when I was finished!

Here’s the number that you call (if you don’t get a “real” person, leave a message…even if they are full, they will put you on their list and call you back when there are openings):

1-888-342-7372 – extension 364 (Cheyla)

Tip of the Day Tuesday: Check out MyPoints!

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In my Menu Planning Monday post, I shared that I cut our “eating out” budget to $50 for the month. To be honest, since I’ve been focusing on counting my points for Weight Watchers and eating better, I don’t really have a desire to eat out, but one of the ways that we are able to eat out without spending very much money out of pocket is by using gift cards that I have earned from sites like My Points.

If you’re looking to earn gift cards to supplement your 100% cash Christmas budget or you’re looking for an easy way to earn gift cards to supplement other budget categories, My Points makes it very easy! I joined the site about 5 years ago and in that five years, I have earned gift cards to places such as Chili’s, Target, Rainforest Cafe, Amazon.com, and CVS.

Here are some easy ways that you can earn points through My Points:

*Read the e-mails you receive – You will get 1-2 e-mails per day with various offers (I have not gotten any additional spam from this site, but you may want to sign up with a different e-mail address). Click on the “get points” icon in the e-mails that you receive and they will be added to your account! I usually earn 150-200 points each month just by doing this!

*Print and redeem coupons – you can print your coupons through MyPoints and you earn points each month when you redeem them!

*Earn points for your Bzz Agent reports – If you are a member of Bzz Agent (and if you’re not yet, you should join that, too!), you will typically earn 50-100 points for every Bzz report you submit. These are added to your My Points account!

*Shop through the links on their site – I usually do most of my shopping through Ebates, but if a retailer is not listed with them, I always check out My Points next!

Your points will add up before you know it and with 1,500 points, you can cash out for gift cards from several popular retailers including:

*Barnes and Noble
*Bass Pro Shops
*Bath and Body Works
*Borders
*Chili’s
*Gap/Old Navy
*Panera Bread
*Red Lobster/Olive Garden

Get free Nivea body wash at Target!


Here are the weekly Target deals.

You can also get Nivea body wash for FREE this week using coupons!

Here’s are the coupons you need to make this deal work:
$2/1 Nivea Body Wash – 1-3 SS
$1/1 Nivea Skin Care (Target printable)

The Nivea is $2.99 at Target this week. Use the coupons above (make sure you give the Target coupon LAST) and get it for free! This results in $.01 “overage” so make sure you are buying other items, too, so you can avoid a hassle at the register!

This post is part of Becentsable’s Grocery Gathering.