Sorry for not posting in a while. I’ve been busy with work, and honestly, there haven’t been any deals anywhere to get super excited about. The Acme ad that started yesterday stinks. I don’t see even one good deal. For a change though, Giant is advertising some decent deals, so I think I’ll go there for what I need.

Dollar doublers: In the ad there are four $1 doublers, so make sure you pick out four $1 coupons you have (with items that you need) and use them. Perhaps the $1 GM cereal coupons, coupled with the sale (three for $6) will make for some cheap cereal.

Perdue whole chickens: $0.89/lb. These freeze well and make nice dinners for colder weather. I love comfort foods. I roast 2 at a time, as I have this great recipe thing from Rachael Ray. I have searched & searched online and can’t find it. It’s called Chicken 5 ways or something like that. Basically you spend one afternoon in the kitchen and then you have 5 different meals for the week. One is the roast chicken & mashed potatoes, shepherd’s pie with chicken, chicken enchiladas and I don’t remember the others–I haven’t made it since last winter. Admittedly, by Friday I was really sick of chicken, but it makes my week easier with working full time.

Hatfield bacon: bogo, this is my favorite bacon and freezes well.

Campbell’s soup: 5 for $3, coupons coming out this Sunday.

Green Giant steamers: $1 each, coupons coming out Sunday. EDIT: There are $1 off coupons at bettycrocker.com! FREEEEEEEEEEE!

Hatfield pork items: on sale and there are $1 coupons out.

Dannon yogurt: some varieties on sale and there were coupons out 2-3 weeks ago.

Pillsbury: lots of items on sale and coupons were out a few weeks ago or online.

Maier’s bread: bogo. Freeze it!

Ronzoni healthy harvest pasta: four for $5, $1 coupons out

Dole classic salad: $0.85!! Great price for a bag of salad.

$0.85 sale–see insert for other special $0.85 items. Also in that ad–buy 8 items (see what is listed) and get $5 oyno. Lots of corresponding coupons for those items will be out this Sunday.

As always, don’t forget to check the online printable sites before you go: coupons.com, smartsource.com, eatbetteramerica.com, pillsbury.com or do a search for “xxx printable coupon” for your favorite items–you’ll be surprised at what pops up sometimes.

Here is a list of some random free stuff if you have the coupons:

Dawn at CVS: The new Dawn that is supposed to be good for your hands is $0.99 at CVS. There were $1 coupons in Sunday’s paper.

GUM toothbrushes: These are $1 at Acme. There were either $1 or $0.75 coupons, depending on which newspaper you get, in recent weeks’ papers. The $0.75 will double to $1.50 for a small overage.

Excedrin: On sale at Walgreen’s for $1.99 and there were $2 coupons for this out recently. It also is giving $1 back in RR. Even if you choose to not go to Walgreen’s for the RR, it will be free at Walmart after coupon.

CVS ECB deals: If you have some ECBs at CVS, here’s a way to increase them by a $1. Kiss/Broadway nail stuff is buy 2 items, get $5 ECB. Until Saturday only. The little things of nail glue are $1.99, so two is $3.98. Spend $3.98 of your ECB, get $5 back. I tried this yesterday and it did work.

Cheerios: at Acme, must buy 10 boxes and have 10 coupons. On sale for 1.99, but if you buy 10, the price drops to $1.49. There were $0.75 coupons, which will double, out in the paper about 2-3 weeks ago. Even if you don’t have 10 coupons, $0.50 is a good price for a box of cereal. Make sure you’re getting the correct size & variety.