Well, after all these weeks of winning more useless Monopoly pieces, I finally won something:  10-pk Dunkin’ Donuts K-cups.  Notwithstanding the fact that 1) this is probably the only coffee I dislike and 2) I don’t own a Keurig machine.  I would much rather have had  the $8.99…

So, Rachel, this one can go to you and yours with my blessing!

In addition to the deals on Lucerne eggs and milk and the Cuties/Halos with the store coupons from the Sunday Trib, today only you can score a free Kickstart when you say PUPPYBABYMONKEY at checkout.  Yeah, seriously.  I found that saying “gimme the damned can or I’ll get violent” worked as well, although ymmv.  They had lots of different flavors, but I liked these three best.  but now i’ll probably obsess over the strawberry/kiwi one i didn’t take

Yup, this $2 coupon, combined with the current sale at Jewel, will give you free sticky white or veggie rice! Actually, you’ll have a penny overage on each box, so put something else in your cart.  I’m going with egg foo young for DH.   These products are frozen, so hit those freezers!  $2 any InnovAsian Cuisine product.

CREDIT AND HUGS TO MUM

Check your local Jewel/Osco for clearance deals on Almay – these items were all under three bucks, so overage towards cart items with the 1/24 S $3 and $5 Almay coupons!  You can also use them for overage at Walmart on the small size eye makeup remover (Walgreens also has the small size and a B1G1 50% off Almay promo this week).  Lots of possibilities…now to find inventory.

Drove around to a few Jewels today, checking out their clearance sections. Really huge price differences on some stuff (like Ranier cherries in a jar for $1.64 at one store, but $3.64 at another). My favorite find was Twinings Christmas tea for $1.25…so I took all the black tea and a few of the herbal one (PITA and DH like herbal teas – meh).  Stinks that Twinings never has coupons, but I guess you can’t have everything…

Had an appointment in Lombard, so hit up the Dollar Trees along the way for more freebies and almost-free Lime-A-Way. Stopped at a Jewel and found a clearance cart full of these Glade twin-pack refills for a buck.  Coincidentally, there is a $1 coupon in the 10/25S that expires on the 17th (you can also buy coupons for under a dime from one of the trusted sellers on the right sidebar)!  The shelf-stable breads were all vacuum-sealed with dates over a month out, so grabbed those, too, for a buck!  Rosemary, sour dough and plain baguettes.

And yes, the Glade deal made me feel Loved, at Peace and Cherished!

This smoked basmati rice was only $2 a 2lb bag, so I took ’em all.  Basmati is my favorite type of rice and smoked sounds different. which is kinda me, i guess.

Check for O Organics, Open Nature and Lucerne coupons, all a buck off one item.  Fine print say limit one per transaction and $1.99 minimum purchase, which technically means you can’t use two Lucerne coupons on the cheese sale that starts tomorrow (2/$3).

Hit up another Jewel while out and about – this one wanted $1.64 for the clearance Febreze and $1.99 for most of the Celestial Seasonings teas…management must be delusional.  However, I was able to find these teas marked 99¢ (black tea, which I prefer), which gave me an overage problem which I solved with a Snickers bar…if only all of life’s problems could be solved so easily!

Clearance cart had 18 Celestial Seasonings seasonal herbal teas marked $1 each. Use the 12/6 S or 10/4 S $1 coupons and they’re FREE! There was a shelf tag for a chai black tea variety, but it was gone…damned shelf-clearers!

Febreze marked a buck on the clearance cart so naturally I also checked the shelves and scanned some other varieties and got lucky! Use the $1.50/2 Febreze coupon in the January P&G.

Remember, you can post-redeem your coupons at Jewel for up to 60 days, even if the coupons have expired in the meantime, as long as they were valid on the date of purchase.