Before I start on my pictured deal, I want to make sure that everyone has been able to get their stockpiles filled.  My Lisle Jewel on Rte 53 has stocked up on all the best Con Agra products (well, for our purposes, anyway!).  The end caps are filled with Wolf chili and Healthy Choice soup in addition to the regular shelf spot.  They also have Pam, Swiss Miss, Hunts snack packs, Snapple 6 pks and Peter Pan pb.

Pictured here are three transactions broken down as follows:

One:  2 Wolf chili 1 Poppycock, 1 Snapple, 4 Swiss Miss.  $1 Snapple coupon, $3 wt and $10 RR.  OOP .52 and got $10 cat.

Two: 1 Snapple, 5 Gulden’s spicy brown mustard, 4 Swiss Miss.  $1 Snapple coupon $3 and $10 RRs.  OOP .52 and got $10 cat.

Three: 1 Snapple, 2 Wolf chili, 1 Poppycock, 4 Swiss Miss. Used $1 Snapple coupon,  .75/2 Wolf’s chili coupon, $3 and $10 RRs.  OOP $2.77 and got $10 cat.

DH sees the pile on the dining room table and says “Ah, jeez, more Swiss Miss?!”  I actually wanted to roll some RRs that were expiring today.  Even though there weren’t coupons out on the mustard, it’s the kind of thing that it makes sense to stock up on when it’s a deal.  Like mustard is ever going to go bad…

Honestly!  I was on my way to somewhere else, when I said to the PITA “Let’s just run in to Jewel for few quick cats.”  and so we did. Ran 4 con-agra cats, then remembered that the Nature’s Farm milk goes off BOGO on the 13th, so figured I’d throw four of those in as well.  Here’s what I got:  20 boxes Swiss Miss (.36); 4 Nature’s Farm (.14); 8 Wolf chili and 24 cans of Hunts tomatoes ($4.45).  So total OOP was $4.95.  Actually, on one of the chili cats, I was at $3.45 and was planning to just pay with cash, but the cs person was horrified.  “You can’t pay money; use up one of your Register Rewards!” so I did… apparently I have a reputation to defend.

Update note:  My Jewel has placed large orders for HC soups, Pam, 6 pk Snapple and Hunts tomatos and snack cups.  If your Jewel has bare shelves, keep the Lisle (on Rte 53) Jewel in mind.   and let’s hope the Jewel warehouse gods are smiling on us…

Picked up PITA and thrilled her to the marrow when she heard me say those words from long-ago days:  “Let’s run a few Con-Agra’s at Jewel.”  Yes, it’s the little things in life…

Ran three transaction in a row, mainly to get the Snapple rebates out before I forget.  My total OOP for three transactions was $3.20, but that did include a few of the Wags $10 Neuragen RRs, some HC coupons and the $1 coupons for Snapple.  I found another $1/1 Garden Delight coupon and wanted to use up the last 3 of the Free Sobe coupons from that botched game.  Since we’re having steak tacos tonight (con ¡Porterhouse!), I threw in two cans of Rosarita spicy Jalapeño refried beans.  olé.  Was planning on going back with my receipts and HC and Rosarita coupons, but decided to keep them for another go-round.

For those of you who have not yet received your Jewel gift cards from the Kimberly-Clark deal, here’s a picture of what they look like:  they’re purdy!  There doesn’t seem to be any order to the way they’re being mailed.  The form for the card pictured was mailed about a week after one that has not yet been received.

Decided to stop at the “Hispanic” Jewel on 75th.  You know, the one that always has all the pierogi flavors – real Mexican, that Mrs. T!  Wanted to see if perchance they had the Nature’s Farm milk with the $2 coupons attached…they did!  Unfortunately, they only had the fat free (yuck!).  Picked up two of the milks and one Ronzoni Garden Delight so OOP was only .10.  I did get one of the new coupon booklets (with the strawberries on the cover) and the last four of those pesky milk coupons which jumped ship into my purse.  quel surprise!

It’s kind of freaky, walking into Jewel lately.  Especially since I’m very limited in what I can buy…well, take for free, OK?  Case in point:  9 boxes of the Ronzoni Garden Delight pasta, on sale through, I believe April, at 10/$10…which pairs up nicely with the $1/1 coupon in 1/23 S.  There were only a few of the Nature’s Farm milks left and only one had the $2/1 coupon attached, although there was a tearpad of $1/1 coupons on the side of the cooler.  as if that could tempt me! So, here we have the entire order:  2 milks (BOGO, $1/1 and $2/1); 1 hot giardiniera and 2 El Ranchero tortilla chips.  Total after coupons came to $13.19, so handed over a $10 RR and the rest in cash….I would have used a $3 RR, but that would have gone into tax…nononononono never.  don’t ask.

nuttin’.  you already got your pot.  go back to bed…or Dominicks.

Notice:  this post will be repeated until the February cats start, ’cause there ain’t no party happening here.

Who says you can’t go home again?  I visited the old homestead today to say hello (and to pick up my pots).  It’s a source of major amusement to management that I can accumulate pots when I DON’T SPEND ANY MONEY!! Well, isn’t that the extreme couponer’s game plan?