Update: Even though the mfr coupon (on the mfr website) reached its print limit, there is RIGHT NOW a $1/1 coupon on Smart Source print here. Print one, then return to the coupons and click and print again – no hitting the back key.  Again, the limit is two per computer.  Thanks for the timely heads up to Jennifer at Meijer Madness.  Her site rocks!  While you’re printing, might as well print out a couple of the GM cereals coupons…

God help me, I’m going back in!  Read on CW last night about free Pompeian olive oil starting next Thursday at Meijer.  (This showed up on a Sun-Sat store ad, so hope, hope, hope).  Sale price is $2.99 so stack the $2 Mealbox and $1 mfr (print limit reached) coupons.  Normally I’d wait to purchase before posting, but realized that since this deal depends entirely on online coupons, they might disappear before the sale actually starts in this area.  Print two per computer for the mfr coupons and unlimited prints for the Mealbox.  The Meijer link is to their Mealbox site; look to the right side and click the tab marked “specials,” which will bring up all their current coupons.

I know I mentioned that the Sunday paper had an extra P&G insert with another $1/1 Gain coupon.  But don’t rush out and grab these just yet…there is a probable dealio coming up later this week where you can score the BIG bottles for free.  The bigger bottles also have more of a fragrance selection.  Update later when I have more info.  The exp date is 11/30, so no hurry…

Figured I had nothing to lose by checking out another Meijer, so headed over and lookie lookie what I got:  18 Fast Shakes; 11 Nivea lip balms; 6 Bakin’ Miracle, 2 Mentos and 3 dozen corn tortillas (for which I did not have coupons).  Total ended up at $2.99, which I first thought was high, but then realized that 1) damned lip balms and gum are high tax and 2) no coupons for the overpriced tortillas.  the cashier was flipped, though.

Boy, all this stuff better be good!  We’re trying the fry stuff on some catfish tonight…

Started off the day with my wonderful FREE Panera breakfast sandwich.  Then off to see what I could scrounge up at Meijer.  Sadly, they were out of the Bestlife buttery spread, but since I still have about 40 between the freezers and refrigerators, I can make it through the drought.  They were also out of the Purina chewy things (.96/each, get 4 for free), but again, got lots last week, so the dogs can wait.  Since I was there, I decided to check the selection of Nivea lip products, the same ones that are on sale at Wags this week for a buck.  Mostly the same selection, but they did have the Rejuvenation Q10 balms as part of the .99 deal.  Took 4.  Also grabbed another of the Good Start ready mix formula since it was $5 and I had another $5 coupon.  What I was really interested in, though, was the Fast Shake pancake mix.  It’s on a 50% off sale, so .49, but then there is a .25 hangtag on some of the containers.  Still not low enough for me, so I checked and there are $1/3 coupons on the Meijermealbox site (If you have never used this site before, the coupons are on the right hand side under specials.  Click and add to shopping list, then print).  So I ended up getting 9, used 6 hangtags and 3 MM coupons.  Note:  If you are unable to find any containers with hangtags, don’t despair:  using the MM coupons will reduce your cost to less than .50/3, an excellent price.)  Because the MM coupons are store coupons, they reduce the entire price, meaning less tax, so could only use 6 of the mfr coupons or I’d go into tax  (this is definitely “Danger Will Robinson” territory).  I ended up with .60 OOP, of which .45 was tax.  Don’t forget that while free is good, the tax’ll eat you alive.  Nivea products are obviously not food and, thus, are high tax – most of the tax I paid was on the Nivea.  Something to always remember when doing your deals.

Grrrrr, hate spending money.  But I guess all this stuff for less than 12 bucks isn’t too shabby.  There are some really good deals out there.  Didn’t want to post before I checked that everything worked the way it’s supposed to work.  I use some sites that reflect Sun-Sat store schedules, so often things don’t go according to plan…

Here’s the breakdown:  Activia yogurt is 2/$4.; buy in sets of 4 and you get instant $2 savings.  Use four $1/1 (9/12 S2) and two Meijer mealbox pdf. $1/2.  Put them all together and you get FREE YOGURT!  Note:  The instant savings does not stack. You must run in sets of 4.  Next up is our old friend, Bestlife buttery spread for .99 (8/29 RP);  Good Start ready-mix formula on sale for $5 ($5/AY Oct); 12 Purina dog treats are .99 each so buy in multiples of 4 ($4/4 RP 9/12); 2 Hidden Valley Spicy Ranch  ($2/1 printable, check coupons.com to see if it’s still available, limit 1 per computer) and Meijer mealbox $1/2.  Lots of other stuff with no coupons :  bananas, organic plums, six dozen various tortillas and a 12-pk hot dog buns.

Well, except for the “buttery spread” most of this trip was a waste.  I wanted to check out the baby formula section since there is a $5 coupon for Good Start in the October AY and other Meijers have it on sale for $5.  (I mean those stores operating on a Sun-Sat schedule; ours is Thurs-Wed.)  They were also out of the Nivea lip balms (sale of .99 and $2/2 printables).  Well, it’s not like I don’t have a stockpile of those!  Hey kids, how about some nice healthy lip balm instead of candy this Halloween?  didn’t think so…