Well, my bubble is burst a little bit, but there’s still hope. I was so excited about getting a gas deal only to find there are no Exxons around here. I figure at some point I will earn a gas coupon, so I’m holding out hope that I can use it at a Mobil station. Obviously Acme is trying to get us to do all of our holiday grocery shopping at Acme, which is a smart strategy. I’ll continue to bounce between Giant and Acme depending on who is having a better week. This week’s ad is still ok, not great, just ok. Overall it does look better than Giant.

Perdue-whole chickens are bogo, I like having one or two in the freezer.

Nestle/Stouffer’s-there are items on sale and there were coupons last week. I ditched my coupons–I do not buy Nestle items, because of this.

Hamburger Helper-if you eat it, it’s $1 and there are almost always printables for this at bettycrocker.com or the other coupon printable sites.

Chef Boyardee–also a $1 and I saw coupons in Good Housekeeping that I received yesterday.

Soda-select sodas are $0.79 for 2-liters and they are brands that occasionally pop up on my Avenu savings. Keep checking yours–could be free, or good time to get some soda to have on hand for holiday guests.

Acme brand baking products-good coupons, good prices on front cover of circular.

Green Giant steamers-if you didn’t get your free ones at Giant, you can get them this week at Acme for $0.50 with coupon.

General Mills deal-spend $25, get $5 off instantly at checkout. Lots of coupons to go along with this in recent weeks.

Edy’s-on sale 3 for $10 and it is still showing up on my Avenu occasionally, would be $1.33 after Avenu savings.

Kleenex-$1, there are $1 off 3 coupons out there from recent weeks.

Stroehmann bread-$2.50 which sadly is a good price for bread these days.

But I had something to return, honest! And I had no receipt, so I had a store credit to spend. If you go to the back of the store (Kennett Walmart) where the gardening and holiday stuff usually is, they have started to put Halloween stuff out. There also is a huge aisle of all clearanced toys. Remember the Tickle Me Elmo TMXs that were going for hundreds on ebay? Ha ha, now they’re $18 on clearance. Stuff for all ages, so a good time to get some xmas shopping done for relatives or even pick up something for Toys for Tots.

Viva-the single rolls of Viva are $1, so if you have the $0.75 coupon from last week, $0.25. I used all my coupons since I had the store credit, though a better deal may come along. Last time Acme did a “Buy xx, get $xx oyno” and Viva was included.

Electrasol-I’m looking for a good place to use my $2.25 coupon, but this isn’t it. It was $3.67. I’m waiting for a store to have it for 2 for $6 or $2.99. I did hear Target has it on sale for $2.79, but I’m not running down there just for a few boxes of Electrasol.

School supplies-not clearanced yet.

Toddler clothes-most summer items marked down to $1.

Health/Beauty items–nothing great on clearance.

Kotex-if you have the $1 off one coupons that were in the paper recently, also frequently found in magazines, they have $1 packs–free! Also, $1 and $0.75 printables available at coupons.com or smartsource.com.