I hope all of you were able to get a freezer.  They’re great for people in apartments or smaller homes.  Don’t have room in your kitchen?  No basement?  Think creatively!  Put one in the dining room or living room against the wall and cover it with a linen tablecloth.  Looks elegant and stylish.  Since you should only be opening this a couple of times a week (at most), this arrangement works out really well for those with limited storage.

This year’s promotion, honestly?, there was no promotion, imo.  Prior years they mailed out cards/flyers – this year?  nada.  little tiny ad in the weekly ad.

Having said that, the Lisle Jewel still has plenty of freezers.  This week has the first of the 2fers (Dean’s Churn is BOGO, so get two);  if you don’t get your freezer by Wednesday, you’re SOL.  I’ll update the coupon list with BOGO info and dates as I get them.

Ran another trip to Jewel to pick up more pop (actually, it was a friend who wanted me to accompany her – thought they might limit her on the soda).  I only picked up 5 (she got 10) but grabbed those insanely expensive tortilla chips for PITA Daddy ($4.99!) and a few more of the clearance steaks and a “this store only” $1.99/lb deal on pork loin.  Between this trip and the one earlier today I’m out about $48…so I’ll save the receipts and return tomorrow with 16 $3 RRs from Wags.   thank you all

My Jewel  blew through about 1200 of the 2L soda today – when we left they had maybe 30 remaining.  Told you my store director and her co-directors rock…  Don’t forget that the Igloo freezer deal starts tomorrow morning.  If you’re buying one and using a significant amount of the free coupons, make sure to leave plenty of time to check out.  The price for every free coupon has to be manually entered…

Almost forgot about my free pop!  I only picked up 5 of the Sun Drop 2L, then threw in the Eggbeaters (free coupon in the mail), 20 of the Fisher nuts and 3 packages of clearance steak.  Here’s the skinny on the Sun Drop:  It’s supposed to be like Mountain Dew – it ain’t folks.  It’s a citrus-based soda that tastes like a cross between 7-Up and Squirt.  We all like it, so I’ll probably head on back to my Jewel later, after my mani-pedi (what, you thought I was going to say do the laundry?).  I ran up a huge subtotal here, but after my few remaining Fisher coupons, the free soda, free egg beaters, the three remaining Con Agra cats and the $2 and $3 coupons for the meat (which then cost me about $1.50 each), I was down to $26+, which receipt I will then take in together with eight of tomorrow’s $3 MotrinPM RRs (so I don’t have to pay for ANYTHING!)   mwahahahahahaha. *cough*cough*cough*

Oh, except for the full-price tortilla chips that I picked up after a phone call.  But I obviously picked up the wrong chips and now he has to go to the store because I never listen to him when he tells me what chips go with salsa and I got him the chips that are for baking ’cause see they’re too thick and he wants the thin ones.  and i still say it would be justifiable homicide  the end…

IMPORTANT NOTE:  I’ve received many questions about the time the freezers will be available for purchase.  This varies with each store, but fact is that even if the freezers are available for sale, the coupon envelopes are stored separately (since they are considered cash) in the Coop, the bottom drawer of the safe.  This drawer is automatically locked between the hours of 6 pm and 6 am (in my store, others vary).  NO ONE, not even the store director can access that drawer until the timing mechanism allows.  So please call your stores and not only ask about the time, ask when the coupons will be available.  your stores thank you…

UPDATE:  Here is the complete list of freezer coupons from the $160 deal at Jewel on the 27th.  The way it works is you buy your freezer at the register and the cashier notifies CS to bring over the envelope.  At this point you can either take the freezer and coupons and head on home or, if you are planing on redeeming all the coupons at once:  Fill up the cart with all your “free” items, then stop at the CS desk and tell them you are using all your freezer coupons.  This will allow them to dedicate one cashier to your check-out, as it normally takes about 45 minutes to complete the order.  Your Jewel peeps will thank you.  Any mistakes on this list are purely mine because I’ve just realized that I seem to have lost the ability to type error-free…

FREE up to $7.99 on any President Specialty Cheese.
Save $5 off any Artic Shores Shrimp 2-lb bag
FREE up to $5 on any 1 pk of Energizer Max brand batteries (sizes AA/AAA-4, C/D-2, 9v-1)
FREE up to $5.99 Kitchenmate Ice Cream Scoop 1 count
FREE up to $10.49 Sylvania 13 watt CFL 3 pack
FREE up to $4.69 Betty Crocker Parlor Perfect topping 9 oz.
FREE up to $6.99 any one 1.75 quart Blue Bunny premium ice cream
FREE up to $9.99 one Hormel Snack Tray
FREE up to $3.99 McCain Purely Potatoes, good on any one McCain Purely Potatoes
FREE up to $4.99 Culinary Circle cake:  Chocolate Molten; Caramel Blossom; Pineapple Upside Down
FREE up to $6.99 any one Galbani fresh mozzarella product
FREE up to $5.49 one Fisherboy item 9 oz or larger

The following are the new additions:

FREE up to $1.50 Jose Ole Burrito or Chimmichanga 5 oz
FREE up to $3.49 one package of Kelloggs Eggos Waffles any flavor 5.3 oz or larger
FREE up to $2.29 any one variety of Old Orchard 12 oz frozen juice concentrate
FREE up to $3.29 any Rhodes warm and serve rolls
FREE up to 2.39 any one package of Pict Sweet deluxe steamables
FREE up to $4.79 Gino’s East single serve flatbread pizza 7.1 oz to 7.25 oz
FREE up to $2.99 Reames flat egg noodles 12 oz package
FREE up to $9.99 Uno deep dish or flatbread pizza
FREE up to $2.99 Floresta frozen pasta 11-13 oz
FREE up to $6.99 1.5 quart of Dean’s churn ice cream (BOGO 2/24-3/2)
FREE up to $3.99 One On-Cor Entree 28-32 oz
FREE up to $2.69 Hot, Lean, Croissant or Side Pocket 2-4 ct, 6.5 to 11 oz
FREE up to $3.99 WW Smart Ones Breakfast Item
FREE up to $4.49 Ore-Ida Sweet Potato Fries Product 19 oz
FREE up to $3.99 Lean Cuisine Casual Cuisine Spring Rolls 8 oz
FREE up to $8.49 Palermo’s pizza hand-tossed style or naturally rising (BOGO 3/31-4/6)
FREE up to $3.99 Orv’s Tasty Topping Pizza 15.8-17.1 oz
FREE up to $2.29 any flavor Totinos pizza rolls 15 ct
FREE up to $3.49 DiGiorno small pizza or flatbread melt 5.9 to 10 oz
FREE up to $6.99 Home Run Inn 12″ ultra thin or 10″ classic pizza 16.5 to 20 oz
FREE up to $6.99 Breyer’s Ice Cream 48 oz
FREE up to $2.79 Kid Cuisine Entree

Note:  All coupons show expiration dates of May 31, 2011.

heard a rumor, so naturally had to stop my freezer coupon update and drive over to confirm.  And it’s true!  On Saturday, February 26th only, Jewel will be handing out 2L bottles of Sun Drop, a citrus soda from 7Up, which will be free after coupon (attached to the bottles and/or displays).    While I don’t know the exact number of bottles other stores will be receiving, the store manager at the Lisle Jewel assures me that she will have plenty.

hint:  so if you can’t find any by you, head on over to the store on Rte 53…

Well of course I’m talking about the great deal on Fisher nuts at Jewel.  What did you think I was talking about?   what! pervs…

Picked up another 9 packages of the Kraft string cheese (they had mozzarella and twists) for $2.74 each.  I’ve told the Lisle Jewel to stock up on the Fisher nuts because the price is just fantastic:  2/$5, less the $1 coupons in 2/13 S for 10 oz cans.  So you see pictured here 9 cheese and 10 cans of nuts.  I’ll return tomorrow with the Fischer coupons and pick up some more cans.  The total was $40.53, but I used three of the Con-agra cats, leaving me with the ability to use nine coupons.

Note: Beware of the smoked and the cinnamon sugar almonds:  they are an unmarked clearance, ringing up at $3.99 which is more than the sale price.

This is what the new $10 coupon booklet from Jewel looks like.  I’m too lazy to type out the various coupons, especially since MUM has done such a bang-up job of it.   Expiration dates range from 4/11 to 5/31/2011.  now to put them in my cool new holders…

Peeps have been asking me how I’m going to use up the rather sizable number of Con Agra cats I’ve accumulated (remember, I was rolling the expiring Neuragen RRs).  Trust me, it’s easy!  During a quick wt reconnaissance at Jewel, I came across these Kraft Twists for $2.74.  Picked up eight and lo and behold, there were $1/1 coupons in the 1/23 S.  So paid $1.74 for each and used up a cat.

Note: These are not manager’s special clearances, but the orange tag ones that should mean chain-wide clearance.  Check your local Jewel to see if they’ve been marked down yet.  Each store runs clearance on a different day/night, but usually all within a few days.  Expiration dates have been March 19 and March 26, 2011.