where day becomes night…You just know those freezer trucks are not going to be full of the cheaper frozen stuff, don’t you?  Figured I’d hit them up one more time (or maybe more later in the week).  Pictured is four transactions run so that each had a 7 frozen set:  14 Banquet turkey pot pies; 12 Birds eye white rice (most with vegetables – the brown rice had vanished) and 2 Birds eye broccoli ($1/3 1/23 S); 12 Dentyne Pure 3-pks ($1/1 2/13 s & .75/1 Target printable); 3 Maalox chewable tablets ($5/1 1/9 S); 8 The Goodlife cat food packs $1/1 1/2 r).  The Maalox and Goodlife gave me a total of $6.07 in overage, so total OOP was $4.49; I got 2 additional gift cards, so now have a combined Target gift card worth $20.

Ran separate transactions, but they’re all grouped in one picture.  First transaction was for the Banquet pot pies, which did not trigger the $5 gift card (No problem, got one at customer service).  Each transaction of frozen was at least seven:  7 chicken burritos; 7 steak and cheese burritos; I ran 8 on the frozen to use the Target veggie coupons; 12 on the Smart Ones to stack the $5 Target and $5 mfr coupons.  Bought 13 of the Quantum Finish stacking the $1.50 Target and the $1 mfr coupons.  Total OOP was $22.68 and I got back 2 $5 gift cards.

I’m not quite certain that all the Target coupons were applied on the Finish packages since Albert Einstein was not available to interpret their stupid receipts.  I’ll bring the entire receipt back to customer service next time I’m in the store.  and since we’re talking about $6 it won’t be long.

Ok, so I have rain checks for 24 quarts of Chobani yogurt expiring tomorrow…the problem is not that I need/want 24 quarts of yogurt (smart ass), but that I have been unable to buy more than a couple at a time during any of my trips throughout the past six weeks.  Except for one time when I snatched up eight and relinquished one rain check.  But still, six weeks?  The cooler at the SuperTarget in Warrenville was stocked, but still not enough to  finish off the rain checks.  CS was unable to extend the dates (register kept spitting it back out), so instead substituted the plain yogurts (my choice), then sent someone to the register as I was checking out to make certain everything went smoothly.  Which it did.  So my total for the yogurt came to $29.30, a considerable savings from the original $150 price.  woot!

Called to check on the Chobani yogurt situation – – they had strawberry!  Flew out the door and picked up eight.  Tossed in a couple of the International Cafe cans ($1/1 target q here stacked with $1/1 mfr q here) for .33 cans.  sadly, i was actually hoping for the cheaper clearance stuff…

Just read the receipt and that damned cheating register didn’t take off the second $1 Target coupon. Well, I’m saving my receipt for next time and I will get my money then.  you betcha.  Probably because just when I was ringing up PITA did one of her frolicking detour disappearing acts and I was distracted.

Whiny people in the house complaining about lack of cereal variety.  Like it’s my fault there haven’t been any free/cheap deals?  Jeez, louise, call the manufacturers and tell them to start up the cats again.

Made do with the following stacks at Target:  7 Kelloggs Crunch Nut cereal and one Special K.  There was a $1/1 Crunch Nut in the 1/23 rp and a $1/1 Special K 1/p.  I stacked those with the BOGO Crunch Nut Target coupon (on Target site, no longer available), which ended up costing me $2.18 for the whole order (.25 x 8 and .18 tax).

Had no Chobani yogurt at all – signs up all over citing distribution problems (probably due to the blizzard).  Well, I still have my 32 original rain checks for the $1.20 Chobani quarts…..

Many thanks to the OP on CW.

I just ran into Target because I was next door at the Woodridge Dominicks, and boy, do you know how odd that sounds?  Picked up four more quarts of Chobani yogurt, 11 packages of Eveready batteries and 3 packs clearance Friskies.  Used the $1.20 rain checks for the Chobani, the $1/1 coupons on the Eveready and 3 $1/1 coupon on the Friskies.  Spent just under six bucks.  Remember, this was mostly high tax stuff.

So I make the usual Target call to check on the restocking of the Chobani quarts for which I hold rain checks for 32 at $1.20 each.  “Yes!” from dairy/frozen guy → to customer service → to me.   Raced over with visions of dancing Greek gods running through my head and encountered reality:  3 strawberry Chobani (2 $.50 ip) and 2 Garnier make-up remover wipes ($2/1 Target coupon stacked with $2/1 12/5 rp).  OOP was $3.09.

Stopped at cs to find out what went wrong.  They called dairy/frozen guy who said that there was a lot of Strawberry on the shelf, maybe 3 or 4 quarts, but no vanilla.  So from now on the drill is to call and ask to speak directly with grocery/frozen mgr and learn just what and how many Chobani quarts they have on the shelf and in the back.  ’cause, seriously, even i won’t take a drive for 3 yogurts.

Was thinking of making a run to Target to feed my yogurt jones, but decided to call ahead.  The Warrenville SuperTarget showed none of the quarts on the shelves but the computer did not indicate that either flavor had been discontinued.  Checks of local stores showed that there were a few at Naperville (Rte 59) and -4 in Woodridge (hmmmm?).

I’ll keep checking every couple of days, although the rain checks are valid through 2/18, and I sure as shit am not paying more than the $1.20 a quart rain check price.  do i look rich? Oh, that’s right, gotta buy a lottery ticket.