What I’ll do differently next year? Run the game first thing in the morning. Stop after 5 or 6 plays, log out and in to avoid getting kicked off and losing something good. Zip to pick a $$ deal after completing all lands – coupons go fast and if you stop to think (or take a screenshot), you’ll lose out on a big chunk of cash.
Pick luckier tokens, ’cause Cheese and Sushi seemed incapable of winning mini-games 🙂
Out and about when we decided to check the Downers Grove Jewel for more clearance coffee. Worked out the ratio: 25% flavored mixed into dark roast plus an extra scoop for a great taste. There was a Boars Head sampling and they had a huge assortment of food – that was lunch 🙂 Got 12 cans (2025 date) and four bottles of the Field & Farmer ranch dressing (11/23 date). We’ve had this brand quite often and for something that’s normally $5, I’ll take it. They had lots of those, but since it requires refrigeration, we’re limited. OOP was $29.51.
On the way back we saw a Lisle garage sale, so naturally we had to stop. Everything in the pictures came to $8.50. While I still have lots of hair color I’ve been donating to the food pantry, Pita likes the super-light blonde shades and the CHI one is a new brand for us. The green screen is 5×7 so between this and the ring light I might have a whole new side hustle 🙂 I’ve been looking at wireless chargers and the one patio cushion exploded its guts out, so a $2.50 new replacement fit nicely in the budget. New cell case with slot for cards. I’m telling you, this was a garage sale filled with everything I could ever need. Even tap and jazz shoes, although they were size 5, which is even too small for Pita!
Not Lisle, so check your local Jewel for clearances on plant-based milks – obviously oat milk is cheaper with Jewel deals & a $5.99 Goodwill SoyaJoy machine, but almonds aren’t cheap enough to use. Finding these at such low prices meant Pita grabbed (and paid!!!) for them all the unsweetened/flavored ones she prefers. Dates were well out (some in 2025), lately a Jewel novelty.
Have you ever heard of drinking hydrogen peroxide?! I do not even want to Google it, but looks like it’s going bye-bye at Jewel.
Been a nice ride so far on Jewel’s Flavor Adventure game. Last day is 8/1/23, so keep that sushi (or whatever token you’ve chosen) dancing every day until then. Last year I won the $10, $20, $30 and $40 cash prizes, but not the $50 one (Pita got it). This year I ran through all the lands and got two meat/seafood coupons before it crapped out. Also got the never-ending deli coupon (which ended when a customer service person took down my number & first name to notify Flavor Adventure – boo!); Pita got one, so we’ll see how long we can ride it – got sushi yesterday :). Oh, and both of us got a free year of Fresh Pass, so bonuses throughout the year.
Remember, $1 chips = free little cans of Pringles, $1 frozen was giving me .25 frozen Snicker bars (tasty!) & $1 spices meant free gravy packets. We have until the end of August to use them all, so let’s see what the future sales look like. Unless they have $1 potato salad, in which case I’ll need another fridge.
Stopped at a different Jewel today for something that was supposedly on the shelf – it wasn’t and had been OOS for over three weeks. According to this article in Coupons in the News, I would have then rolled through an aisle or two and picked up something else. I walked through the coffee aisle and saw they had more of this coffee marked down to $2, but rings up at $1.50. Way too flavored for us as-is, but mixed with 75% unflavored coffee it tastes great. Also picked up 2 Cheep Chicken bags with the never-ending $10 deli coupon. Am I going to hell for this? Probably, but at least I’ll know most of the inhabitants. See you there 🙂
Pita found the coffee in the regular coffee aisle, both varieties marked down to $2! When I checked out the 8 cans actually rang (after discounts) at $1.50. Mott’s was a freebie as was a tiny can of Pringles and the taco seasoning. I picked up 11 Nathan’s hot dogs as my contribution to a block party, but even though they rang as deli, the $10 deli coupon from Flavor Adventure didn’t come off – customer service refunded the amount plus tax to me. Total for everything was $13+ (subtracting the $10 deli), so I’m pleased.
Quick run to Jewel to use a few Flavor Adventure coupons – I really don’t trust digital coupons to work in my favor since there have been too many times in the past when they disappeared. Gimme a paper coupon any day of the week! Bought two sale Puffs packs to use the $15 paper coupon, then Pringles and Cheez-Its with the $1 chips coupon, $1 spices coupon brought two seasoning packets into the fold and I threw in the frozen Snickers bar. OOP was about $6.50. I ran one chips and seasonings in a second transaction because I never know if more than one will work. I used three $5 floral coupons on clearance plants, but only one of the $1.50 pork tenderloin coupons came off when I bought two a few weeks ago. Better to be safe.
Oh, and the clearance cart was out – lots of empty space where 75% off coffee had been, while the rest was only 50% off, so easily passed 🙂
