Giant Posts Returning Later This Week

Wheeeew! I (A.) am getting caught up. This year, I got pulled under by the tide that was two Thanksgiving celebrations with each side of the family. Also, I pulled a really doofus move and spilled coffee on my main laptop on Friday night, so my blogging capability (not to mention my Black Friday deals perusing ability) was hampered for a few days for sure.

The result? Yesterday I went into Giant for the first time in ages...with no idea of what was on sale. It was truly surreal to step into the store entrance and be like: "OK, I need to stock up on...um...what, exactly?"

So, all this to say, Giant deals for the coming week will be back in a few days, but for now I'm still  regaining my bearings. Major hat tip to blogging partner Mel for her persistence in covering Safeway deals/happenings and the details on a freebie NOVA kids' concert happening tomorrow and Thursday.

Holiday Tunes for Tots Concerts at W.T. Woodson 12/1 &12/2

Holiday Tunes for Tots Concert

Wednesday, 12/1 at 7 pm and Thursday, 12/2 at 10 am
W.T. Woodson High School
9525 Main St.
Fairfax, VA
Geared for preschool and early elementary students.
Tickets $3
holidaytunesfortots at gmail.com ~ 703.352.7715

Safeway: website enhancements

I logged into my Safeway account recently and noticed some substantial website enhancements.  It was nice to see these, as I've noticed that Giant has had a far better web program for frequent shoppers! I look forward to getting more familiar with what Safeway has to offer on the new "Just for U" site.

Here's what I noticed:

Your Club Specials.
Current Club Card sale prices based on past purchases.  Safeway tracks the purchases using a shopper's Club Card and captures that data on the website.  For frequently bought items, this could be a great way to plan a shopping trip based on sale prices.

Personalized Deals.
Currently unavailable; under construction it seems.

Coupon Center.
Safeway-specific coupons that Club Card members can add individually to the Club Card before shopping.  Safeway claims it has "the largest digital grocery coupon site in North America!"

Shopping List.
An online tool to create a shopping list based on sales and frequent purchases.

Do you use grocery store websites? Do you have any tips or tricks to share?

Tiny Tots Concerts at Robert E. Lee High School 11/30 and 12/1

It's time for free holiday tunes for tots concerts already!

I've taken my toddler to 2 different area high schools in past years for these concerts.  I've been impressed by how professional the music quality has been & how interactive the high school students are.  My son has especially enjoyed seeing & touching the instruments after the concerts.

If you haven't tried your local high school's concert yet with your kid(s), give it a try this year! Sometimes parking can be a challenge, and you'll have to check in as a visitor at the school office.  But I think it's a neat experience, and you can't beat low-cost or free indoor activities now that it's cold!

Tuesday/Nov. 30Tiny Tots Concert. 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. at Robert E. Lee High School, 6540 Franconia Road; Springfield. Holiday music and costumed characters from animated movies and cartoons. Tickets available at the door. $2. Reservations required for 10 a.m. performance. 703-956-0447 or 202-767-2046.

Wednesday/Dec. 1Tiny Tots Concert. 10 a.m. at Robert E. Lee High School, 6540 Franconia Road; Springfield. Holiday music and costumed characters from animated movies and cartoons. Tickets available at the door. $2. Reservations required. 703-956-0447 or 202-767-2046.

Thanks to Connections Newspaper for the posting!

Safeway: more Super Coupons in weekend circular!

I thought Safeway might put out a different weekend circular!

Notable sale prices for through 12/4:
Rancher's Reserve Beef Top Sirloin Steak in the Extreme Value Pack, $2.99/lb.
Florida Red Grapefruit, 4 for $1
Kellogg's Rasin Bran or Apple Jacks Cereal, 5 for $10


On the circular I found in my Washington Post pack, there are Super Coupons for these items:
Hefty Foam Plates or One Zip Bags, $1.99.  Limit 2.
Downy or Bounce Fabric Softener,83 to 103 oz. liquid or 240-ct. sheets, $8.99.  Limit 2.
Hefty Trash Bags, 55 to 85-ct., $8.49.  Limit 3.

All are valid 11/28 - 12/4 and require a minimum $10 purchase.

These Super Price Coupons are good through 11/30 and require a minimum $10 purchase:
Tyson Breaded Chicken Selections, $3.99.  Limit 4.
Lucerne Creamery Fresh or Safeway SELECT Ice Cream, $1.99.  Limit 2.
waterfront BISTRO Medium Raw Shrimp, $3.99/lb. in 2-lb. bag.  Limit 2.
Kellogg's Frosted Flakes or Froot Loops, $1.49.  Limit 4.
Lay's Potato Chips, $1.99.  Limit 4.
Tropicana Pure Premium, 89 oz., $2.99.  Limit 2.

5 Reasons to Visit Safeway This Week, 11/26 - 12/1

Safeway has an abbreviated ad out this week, so I'll be interested to see if there is anything different in the Sunday paper.  I don't see any Super Coupons on the circular, so let us know if you see any additional deals!

Here are 5 Reasons to Visit Safeway this week, 11/26 - 12/1:

1.  Frozen Foods Deal!

In-ad coupon on page 2 for $5 instant savings on purchase of ANY FROZEN ITEMS sold in the store.

Choose What you Save on With minimum $15 purchase of any frozen items. With Card and coupon.

Combine this with other frozen food MFC's and Safeway coupons.

2.  Boneless Pork Loin Roast, $1.99/lb.; Boneless pork loin chops, $2.49/lb.

Hungry for something other than turkey? Here's your chance!

3.  Fresh Express Salads, $.99

9 to 12-oz. Choose from Lettuce Trio, Spinach or Green & Crisp.

4.  Floral Sale

Get 10% off when you buy 6 or more 6-inch or larger poinsettias.  Think hostess or teacher gifts, mantel decorations, etc. and combine the 10% with the $5/$25 coupon available for loading on the Safeway Club Card here.

5.  BOGO Starbucks drinks Saturday morning from 6 - 9 am

Buy any Starbucks beverage with Club Card and get one of equal or lesser value free

Receipt freebies!

I've (Mel) been pleasantly surprised to find a cornucopia(no pun intended!) of register receipt freebies lately.  Have you?

I've received 2 free tall drinks at my local Starbucks lately, thanks to a survey noted on my receipts.  I've gone to the website, taken a 3-minute survey and returned to the store for my free drinks.  That's $3.10 in savings each time! Woot!

I also noticed that Chick-fil-a has started running similar survey freebies on their register receipts.  So don't throw away that paper before you read the bottom! Between my husband and me, we scored 2 free chicken sandwiches this week, thanks to another 3-minute web survey. 

Ah, the thrill of freebies!

Happy Thanksgiving!

May you have a wonderful, relaxing, recuperative Thanksgiving!

(And good luck to those of you with enough energy and fortitude to conquer Black Friday...) ;)

Psalm 34:8-10

Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good!
Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
Oh, fear the LORD, you his saints,
for those who fear him have no lack!
The young lions suffer want and hunger;
but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.




With thanks for photo to flickr's Cameron Nordholm,
under creative commons license.

Restaurant.com: 80% off + 15% cash back through Ebates - expires 11/25!

Restaurant.com gift certificates can be purchased for 80% through tomorrow 11/25!

Enter GOBBLE at checkout to receive the 80% savings. But first, go through Ebates per our link below to save an additional 15% cash back.

As a disclaimer, if you sign up for Ebates under our Ebates link (here), we will receive cash back thanks to you. You'll receive a starting bonus, too!

2011 Chick-fil-a Calendars are out!

The 2011 Chick-fil-a Calendars are out!

These calendars cost $6, can be purchased in the Chick-fil-a restaurants, and feature 12 coupons.  Usually there are a good number of freebies.  Last year I was thrilled to receive 2 calendars as gifts.  If there were a way to put these calendars on my Amazon wish list, I would!

Click here for a sneak preview.

Deals and Freebies Roundup - Hallmark, CVS, Old Navy/Gap/Banana Republic (30% off), and FREE MP3s on Amazon!

The Deals and Freebies are flying quickly and furiously through the blogosphere. Here are just a few that have caught our eye:

• Hallmark $5 off $5 Coupons inside 7 December magazines, and a $10/$10 Hallmark printable, too!
• CVS freebie printable coupon: Bioluxe shampoo or a toothbrush!
• 30% off at Gap, Old Navy, and Banana Republic today with code MONDAY30. Go to any of the three's online stores via ebates to get an additional 2% cash back.
• Free $3.00 MP3 Music Credit on Amazon when you use code GET3MP3S by Monday, 11/29. Gina of Moneywise Moms has the details!

Also, did you know that now 97.1 WashFM is playing Christmas music 24/7? One more "best things in life are free" perk of living in the DC area. :)

Disclosure: if you sign up for ebates using our ebates referral link above, we will receive $5 bonus thanks to you if you happen to make a $20 purchase within 90 days. You'll receive a $5 starting bonus, too!

Starbucks: BOGO Drinks this weekend!

Starbucks isn't typically a place where I've been able to find deals or coupons.  But lately, Starbucks has surprised me!

This weekend,  head to Starbucks and take a friend or love.  Buy One Holiday Drink, Get One Free from November 18-21, 2-5 pm.  Only certain drinks are included, like the luscious peppermint hot cocoa my sister and I adore!

On December 1, Starbucks rolls out its "12 Days of Sharing" with an "exclusive offer each day."

That's all for now, but you can count on me (Mel) for the Starbucks scoop! Leave us a comment if you go.  I'll be interested to see how busy my local store is.

5 Reasons to Visit Giant This Week, Thanksgiving Edition with FREEBIE Canned Veggies, 11/19 - 11/25

1. Woo hoo for Clementine Season! $4.44 for a 5 lb. box!
   
   
2. Loss-Leader Turkeys at Rock Bottom Prices! The cashier at Giant told me this week that anyone also wanting to do turkey for Christmas dinner should buy now for the most savings. I picked up a frozen ~15 lb.'er turkey for around $6.50 this week. (And I could have gotten it for $5.50ish had I remembered the printable - d'oh!)
   Shady Brook Farms Fresh Turkey, $0.99/lb. (Save at least $0.40/lb.)
   Shady Brook Farms Frozen Turkey, $0.47/lb. (Limit 1 w/$25 purchase, not including the price of the turkey, saving at least $0.52/lb.)
   Shady Brook Farms $1/1 printable
   Butterball Fresh Turkey, $1.49/lb. (Limit 1, saving $0.20/lb.)
   Butterball Frozen Turkey, $0.99/lb. (Limit 1, saving $0.30/lb.)
   
   
3. Cheap Green Beans! 2 lb. bag, washed and snipped, $3.99 (Save at least $3).
   
   
4. Spiral Honey Glazed Sliced Ham or Smithfield Spiral Sliced Ham, $1.79/lb. (Save $1.40/lb.)
   
   
5. Sweet Potatoes, 3 lbs./$1 (Save at least $0.66/lb.)
   
   
6. Bonus FREEBIE Reason:Green Giant Vegetables (green beans, peas, or corn), 2/$1 (Save at least $0.90/2)
   $0.50/2, 10/24 SS
   Final price: If it doubles, FREE!

Other reasons to check out Giant this week:

Kraft Cracker Barrel Cheese (wooo! hors d'oeuvres!),2/$5

Land O'Lakes Butter, 2/$5 (Save $1.98/2)
$0.50/2 SmartSource, makes them $2/ea.
$1/2, 10/24 SS, makes them $2/ea.

Hunt's Tomatoes, 10/$10

Lay's Potato Chips, 3/$6

Edy's Ice Cream, 2/$5 (Save at least $3.58/2)
$1/2, All You October
Final price: $2/ea.

Mrs. Smith's 8" Bake & Serve Pies, $1.99 (Save at least $2.50)

Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice Drinks, 2/$4 (Save $1.98/2)

Canada Dry Ginger Ale 12-pack, 5/$10 (must buy 5)

Coke 2 Liter, $0.89/ea.

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This post is part of BeCentsAble's Grocery Gathering

What other Giant coupon matchups and deals did you spot for the coming week? Did we make any deal-calculating hiccups? Post a comment to let us know!  

5 Reasons to Visit Safeway This Week, 11/17 - 11/25

Time to celebrate the harvest! There is much to be thankful for.

Here are 5 Reasons to Visit Safeway This Week, 11/17 - 11/25:

1.  Turkey! (while supplies last)
Safeway Turkey, $.47/lb., Frozen, 8 to 24 lbs.  Limit 2 with additional $25 purchase.
Butterball Turkey, $.89/lb.  Frozen, 8 to 24 lbs.  Limit 2 with additional $25 purchase.
Shady Brook Farms Fresh Turkey, $.89/lb.  Frozen, 10 to 24 lbs.  Limit 2 with additional $25 purchase.

2.  Produce!
Large Beauregard Yams, $.49/lb.
Broccoli crowns, $.88/lb.
White Whole or Sliced Mushrooms, 8-oz., 2 for $3
Crisp Celery, 2 for $3
Safeway Frozen Vegetables, 24 to 32 oz., $1.99
Red Globe or Black Seedless Grapes, $1.99/lb.
O Organics Fresh Herbs, 2 for $4
Tender Green Asparagus, $2.99/lb.

Sweet Whole Pineapple, $2.99
Safeway Russet Potatoes or Yellow Onions, 5-lb. or 3-lb. bag respectively, 2 for $6
Sweet Red Raspberries or Blueberries, 2 for $6
2-lb. Bag Eating Right Peeled Baby Carrots, 2 for $6
Fresh Express Salads, BOGO for around $3.49

Clementines, 5-lb. box, $4.88   ***SOOO glad these are back! and under $5!!!

3.  Baking Items
Nestle or Ghirardhelli Baking Chips, 2 for $4
Betty Crocker Cake Mix, $.99
Betty Crocker Frosting or Cookie Pouches, 2 for $3

4. Lucerne Milk, $2.99/gallon

5.  Super Coupon Items
There are SC's for eggs, Philadelphia cream cheese, Palmolive dish soap, Huggies diapers, etc. in this week's flyer. 

Target FREEBIES Coupon in Today's Washington Post

An oversized Target flyer with a freebie coupon was in today's Washington Post. (Note that you may receive this ad in later Post editions this week, depending on your delivery schedule setup.) The flyer advertises $0.88/lb. for its frozen Butterball turkeys, 11/14 thorugh 11/20

The freebie coupon is for two free bags of Green Giant frozen vegetables with a grocery purchase of $25 or more. There are many competitive loss leader prices advertised on Thanksgiving staples within this ad, too, so take a look to see if you could get those at Target - enabling you to hit your $25 mark for the freebie.

Works for Me Wednesday: Purse Notebook

It's Wednesday, and that means it's time for another "Works for Me Wednesday" tip, as hosted by the blog carnival at We Are THAT Family. See this week's Works for Me Wednesday here.

I(Mel) just got back from 6 days of travel, and I was reminded of how much I use my purse notebook on my trip.  I keep a small, covered notepad in my purse at all times.  It has a pen attached, and I can't tell you how many times it has come in handy! I use it for notes, checklists, calendar reminders since I don't have a blackberry or phone internet service, and all kinds of other things.  I make grocery lists, let my son scribble on it, and on and on!

It's definitely a good idea for a multi-tasker like me to have one central place for writing notes. 

What do you do? This works for me!

Menu Plan Monday - Pre- Thanksgiving Leftovers Edition!

I had a sort of a wacky idea. We're heading to a relatives' house for Thanksgiving dinner later this month, so I'm not anticipating a lot of leftover turkey (or any leftovers, really) coming out of that evening. But turkey is so CHEAP right now; $0.47/lb. at Giant! And why is it precisely that folks don't make turkey more often? Burnout! They're always trying to do it on a day when they have 100 other dishes to cover as well. So I'm thinking of trying to thaw and roast a frozen turkey from Giant, and then putting the cooked leftovers in the freezer for future use in soups.

One other wacky idea: I'm going to bake a whole bunch of sweet potatoes, mash'em, and freeze the leftovers in portions.

Monday:
Breakfast - Pumpkin custards
Lunch - Caprese salad - mozzarella, tomatoes, fresh basil, salt, pepper, olive oil, on top of greens, with a bit of liverwurst
Dinner - Bacon zucchini quiche, salad

Tuesday:
Breakfast - Fried eggs, bananas for the girls
Lunch - Apple slices with almond butter, leftover quiche
Dinner - Slow cooked pork roast with carrots, leeks, potatoes

Wednesday:
Breakfast - Blueberries (on sale at Giant!) with whole fat yoghurt
Lunch - Lunch at preschool with my daughter for a "Thanksgiving Feast"
Dinner - Leftover pork roast; baked/mashed sweet potatoes

Thursday:
Breakfast - Cheesy scrambled eggs
Lunch - Bananamandeln smoothies
Dinner - Shrimp and asparagus over spaghetti squash with a white wine reduction

Friday:
Breakfast - Mixed berries, cottage cheese
Lunch - Packed to eat with a friend; boiled eggs, apples, nuts, raisins, etc.
Dinner - Roast turkey, wasabi asparagus (on sale this week at Giant for $1.99/lb.!)

5 Reasons to Visit Giant This Week, 11/12 - 11/18 - FREE Breakstone's Sour Cream with Printable!

Oooof - I got home last night from a few days' worth of visiting relatives a few hours away, and it was an unintended media fast of a weekend since our accomodations had no Wifi - hence me getting some Giant deals up just now!

1. Shady Brook Farms Frozen Turkey, $0.47/lb. (1 with $25 purchase) As you'll see in the menu plan for this week, I might be roasting/freezing one just to have leftovers for soups and other entrees. Other turkeys range $0.99/lb.-$1.49/lb.
   
2. Blueberries, Blackberries, or Raspberries, 2/$4. Note that these are the smaller half-pint containers.
   
3. Asparagus, $1.99/lb. (Retail ~$3/lb.) You'll see this twice in my menu plan this week. Our family loves asparagus!
   
4. Pepsi 2 Liters, 10/$10. If you have a heavy soda drinking crowd for Thanksgiving these may come in handy.
   
5. 
   Breakstone's Sour Cream, $0.99/ea.
   $0.55/1, might double to make it FREE (bricks)
   $1/2, would make it $0.49/ea. (bricks)

Other reasons to visit Giant This week:

General Mills Cereals, 4/$8, must buy 4
GM Cereals coupons @ Coupons.com
$1/2, 10/31 and 11/07 SS (Final price: $1.50/box)
Includes:
Honey Nut Cheerios
Lucky Charms
Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Fiber One Honey Clusters
Cocoa Puffs
Apple Cinnamon Cheerios
Also: Get a FREE Gallon of Milk when you purchase any 4 participating General Mills Cereals in one transaction with your Giant card (Coupon will print out at checkout for your next purchase, up to $4.50 value. Limit one per transaction.)

Birds Eye Vegetables, 10/$10

Cut Baby Peeled Carrots, 10/$10 

Breyer's Ice Cream, 2/$5. Same as the Pepsi!

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This post is part of BeCentsAble's Grocery Gathering

What other Giant coupon matchups and deals did you spot for the coming week? Did we make any deal-calculating hiccups? Post a comment to let us know! 

Shopping Success: Gap Give and Get Sale!

Big Friday WOOT!

I(Mel) am on the west coast while my husband is here on business this week.  You can only imagine that I was concerned about missing this fall's Gap (and Old Navy) Give and Get sale.  I mean, it's now tradition that A. and I meet at Potomac Mills to capitalize on the sales!

Well, wouldn't you know, there's a Mills mall within a few miles of where I'm staying?! WOOT! A friend and I were able to visit both a Gap Outlet and Old Navy last night, and we scored some serious deals.

I had to behave because I can only fit so many more pieces of clothing in my carry-on bag, but I found these deals at Gap Outlet:
Women's corduroys for $19 (normally $40)
Women's jeans for $22 (normally $40)
Women's layering tank for $4.50 (normally $13)
Girls' corduroy dress on clearance for $7.75 (normally $20)
TOTAL: 4 items for $59! (tax here is steep!)

At Old Navy I found these deals:
Women's Boatneck 3/4 length sleeve tee for $5.60 (normally $14.50)
Women's sleeveless applique tee for $4.90 (normally $12)
Women's layering cami top for $5.95 (normally $8.50)
TOTAL: 3 items for $18!



As a reminder, through Sunday, November 14, you can bring this Gap Give and Get coupon in-store (unlimited use in-store!), you'll save 30% and also simultaneously give 5% to the non-profit of your choice.


If you receive emails from GAP brand stores, you will also get a one-time-use online coupon code that you can redeem similarly. Go to any of the store websites through ebates for 2% additional cash back on your purchase.


Disclosure: if you sign up for ebates using our ebates referral link above, we will receive $5 bonus thanks to you if you happen to make a $20 purchase within 90 days. You'll receive a $5 starting bonus, too!

It's Friday: Earn Mega Swag Bucks today!

Every Friday is Mega Swag Bucks Day!

Never heard of Swagbucks? It's one of our favorite websites because it's easy to earn free prizes by using the Swagbucks search engine. And on Fridays, users have better chances of winning Mega Swagbucks denominations.

The way it works:

• Go to Swagbucks through our referral link by clicking here.
  
• Sign up and create a new profile for yourself.
  
• Search a few times a day, and you'll start seeing points accumulate.

I use Swagbucks to search 2-3 times a day, 3-4 days a week for things I would normally research. I usually cash out my Swagbucks for Starbucks gift cards, but there are lots of other cool prizes in the Swagbucks store.

As a disclaimer, if you sign up under our referral link, we will receive Swagbucks thanks to you.

FREE Seattle's Best Coffee at Burger Kings Every Friday in November!

Every Friday in November, you can pick up a free 12 oz. hot Seattle's Best Coffee during breakfast hours at Burger King! Use the FREE COFFEE RESTAURANT LOCATOR to see which locations near you are offering the free coffee.

DSW: 40% off regularly priced item over $35 + free shipping!

I stumbled across a hot deal last night when looking for a new pair of shoes at DSW.

You may know by now that I really like to buy shoes through DSW because of the savings that are possible through repeat purchases there with the rewards program.  Free shipping, free returns, discounts all the time... this is a pretty sweet deal for a new pair of shoes!

Here are the steps that worked for me:

To get 40% off a regularly priced item, it must be over $35.

Go through Ebates first to get 4% cash back. 

Click here to register for the DSW Rewards program, or log in to DSW Rewards.

Enter promotion code DSWSAVE to save 30% at checkout.

Enter promotion code COMEBACKto save an additional 10%.

Enter promotion code SHIPR to get free shipping.



 
Thanks to Slickdeals for all the details!

Disclosure: if you sign up for ebates using our ebates referral link above, we will receive $5 bonus thanks to you if you happen to make a $20 purchase within 90 days. You'll receive a $5 starting bonus, too!

Old Navy, Banana Republic, Gap Give and Get Promo, Save 30% with Coupon, Plus 2% Cash Back for Online Orders!

This is far and away my favorite regularly-appearing clothing coupon - it comes out about twice annually, and it goes the furthest for me when I'm redeeming it at the Potomac Mills outlet mall Gap Outlet (there's also a Banana Republic Factory Store where this is redeemable!). Thursday, November 11 through Sunday, November 14, you can bring this Gap Give and Get coupon in-store (unlimited use in-store!), you'll save 30% and also simultaneously give 5% to the non-profit of your choice.

If you receive emails from GAP brand stores, you will also get a one-time-use online coupon code that you can redeem similarly. Go to any of the store websites through ebates for 2% additional cash back on your purchase.


Disclosure: if you sign up for ebates using our ebates referral link above, we will receive $5 bonus thanks to you if you happen to make a $20 purchase within 90 days. You'll receive a $5 starting bonus, too!

Menu Plan Monday

Monday:
Breakfast - Warm bananas
Lunch - Leftover spaghetti squash, chicken and Trader Joe's vodka sauce
Dinner - Butter-glazed shrimp, salads, honeydew melon

Tuesday:
Breakfast - Scrambled eggs, sliced pear
Lunch - Apple slices with almond butter, Kerrygold Dubliner cheese
Dinner - BLT salad with boiled egg, dark meat chicken, and avocadoes

Wednesday:
Breakfast - Whole milk yoghurt with honeydew melon
Lunch - Banamandeln smoothie
Dinner - Bacon spinach gouda quiche, leftover honeydew

Thursday:
Breakfast - Pumpkin custards
Lunch - Joyful Abode's Gluten-Free Chocolate Banana Bread
Dinner - Crock pot chicken soup (I know that this was last week, too, but what can I say? It hits the spot with the cold, rainy weather lately!)

Friday:
Breakfast - Mashed boiled eggs
Lunch - Sauteed kale with bacon and mushrooms
Dinner - Steaks, salads

Lands' End, up to 37% Off Your Purchase, PLUS Free Shipping! - Regular, Sale, AND Clearance, Through Monday Nov. 8

Lands' End is running a deal right now that would work out terrifically if you need to buy a lot of clothing - say, a bunch of Christmas gifts in one go, or some legendary Lands' End outerwear for your growing family?

Use code NOV8 and PIN 2639 when you check out to get $20 off $75 or $50 off of a $150 purchase AND free shipping. (This deal is good through 11:59 p.m. tomorrow night, Monday.) Go through ebates to the LandsEnd.com site to get an additional 6% cash back on your purchase! (The Overstocks section also has a bunch of clearanced stuff at up to 65% off, too, so that's another chance for savings.) This way, if you bought $150 worth of merchandise, you'd get $50 off right away, and then $6 back on the $100 you spent if you click to the Lands' End site through ebates.

Disclosure: if you sign up for ebates using our ebates referral link above, we will receive $5 bonus thanks to you if you happen to make a $20 purchase within 90 days. You'll receive a $5 starting bonus, too!

5 Reasons to Visit Giant This Week, 11/05 - 11/11

Lots of great stock-up prices on whole foods and produce this week!

1. Bumblebee Tuna, white, 10/$10 (Save $0.59/can)
   
   
2. Shady Brook Farms Frozen Turkey, $0.47/lb. with any $25 purchase (limit one turkey per transaction)
   Giant notes here that it will match prices on turkeys with any competitor's price - good to keep in mind as you grocery shop in the coming weeks! Details in-ad.
   $1/1 Shady Brook Farms Frozen Turkey Printable Coupon
   The smaller the turkey that is bought with this, the greater the relative value of your coupon in terms of lowering the "per pound" price.
   
   
3. The $1.88 produce deals:
   Russet Potatoes, 5 lb. bag, $1.88. Wash the all 5 pounds in your dishwasher when prepping for a crowd! ;-)
   Yellow Onions, 3 lb. bag, $1.88
   Tomatoes on the Vine, by the lb., $1.88
   Giant European Salads or Dole Salad Blends, $1.88/ea.
   
   
4. Whole Boneless Pork Loin, $1.98/lb. - This is about half price. Great for crockpotting!
   
   
5. Giant Canned Vegetables, 2/$1

Other sales advertised at Giant this week:

New York Strip Steak, $5.99/lb. (Save $4/lb.)

Boneless Tilapia Filets, $5.99/lb.

Extra Large Easy Peel Shrimp, $5.99/lb.

SUPER G Boneless Chicken Breast, $1.98/lb. (Lowest price you're likely to see for a while on chicken breasts.)

Barilla Pasta Sauce, 2/$3

Giant Pasta, $0.66/box

Campbell's Gravy, 2/$1

SmartOnes Classic Favorites, 8/$10

Progresso Traditional Soup, Buy 2, Get 2 FREE (Save $4 on 4)
$1/4 Facebook Progresso Coupon
$1/4, 10/03 GM, 09/12 GM, 10/24 SS
Final price: $0.75/can, half price!

Thomas' English Muffins 6-packs, 3/$3, must buy 3

Kellogg's Cereal, 4/$6, select varieties, must buy 4
$1/3, 10/17 RP - Final price, $1.17/box
LOTS of different $1/2 Kellogg's cereal coupons, final price: $1/box


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This post is part of BeCentsAble's Grocery Gathering

What other Giant coupon matchups and deals did you spot for the coming week? Did we make any deal-calculating hiccups? Post a comment to let us know! 

Stila Cosmetics, Free Shipping, ANY Order, through Nov. 7, Shop 75% off Clearance + 6% Cash Back Via Ebates!

Confession: I have a weakness for a few higher-end cosmetics. Sometimes its a particular color (or color sets) of eyeshadow that I enjoy and haven't found elsewhere, or the quality of a product that doesn't seem to be found in my drugstore, but there are a few brands that I've enjoyed sampling a bit over the years.

One such brand is stila - found at Sephora and in its own online store. I absolutely adore the stila smudge pots - a very highly pigmented, creamy eyeliner that can be smudged to a smoky eyeshadow look or used for fine-tip eyelined precision a la the 1960s cat eye - and anything in between. Works great with a fine-line eyeliner brush or a fine-line push brush. Best part? It doesn't smudge. Goes hours without budging. I've used it with great success at formal events in the past. It's available in a variety of colors, from basic black and brown to cobalt blue.

stila is also famed for its kitten lip glaze (a classic bare neutral color) and its kitten eyeshadow (a classic shimmery nude that works well on lots of skin types/colors). These are versatile items that would be great to have along while travelling during the holidays - festive and flattering!

Through November 7 (That's Sunday!), use the code CHRBPA7JTN and you will get FREE shipping on any order, no minimums! Going to the stila website through ebates will net you 6% cash back on your stilacosmetics.com purchase as well. If you're shopping the 75% off clearance section, that means you could net up to 81% off of the retail price of some stila! Yay for deeply discounted higher-end cosmetics!

As a disclaimer, if you sign up for ebates using our ebates referral link above, we will receive $5 bonus thanks to you if you happen to make a $20 purchase within 90 days. You'll receive a $5 starting bonus, too! In addition your use of this unique free shipping coupon code may contribute to a chance for the Redemption Unlimited girls to win a prize from stila cosmetics..

5 Reasons to Visit Safeway This Week, 11/3 - 11/9

There's a half-page of Super Coupons on the back page of this week's Safeway circular.

Here are 5 Reasons to Visit Safeway this week 11/3 - 11/9.

1. Meat & seafood sale
Safeway Turkey, $.47/lb.
Safeway Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts or Thighs, $1.99/lb. in the Extreme Value Pack
Rancher's Reserve Boneless Beef Top Sirloin Steak, $2.99/lb.
Waterfront BISTRO Large Raw Shrimp, sold in 2-lb. bag, $3.99/lb.
Rancher's Reserve Beef Eye or Round, sold whole in the bag, $3.99/lb.
Rancher's Reserve Beef Porterhouse or T-bone Steak, $4.49/lb.

2.  Produce sale
White Whole or Sliced Mushrooms, 8-oz. package, $.99
Santa Sweets Grape Tomatoes, 2 for $3

Pristine or Scarlotta Seedless Grapes, 2-lb. clamshell, $3.99

3.  4 Day Breakfast Sale - Friday, 11/5 through Monday, 11/8
Safeway Orange Juice, 2 for $3
Lucerne Large Eggs, 18-ct., $1.49,  Limit 2
Gwaltney Sliced Bacon, 16 oz., $1.99, Limit 2
Safeway Raisin Bread or Texas Toast, $1.99
Lucerne Milk, Gallon, $2.69, Limit 2
Yoplait Yogurt, 8-pack, 6-oz., $2.99
Red Raspberries, BOGO (save up to $3.99 on 2)

4.  Lucerne Cream Cheese, $.99 with Super Coupon, Limit 3

5.  Safeway Frozen Vegetables, 8 to 16-oz., $1.25 with Super Coupon, Limit 4

Shoppers Food Warehouse: $10/$50 purchase coupon in this week's circular!

On the front of this week's Shoppers Food Warehouse circular, there is a $10/$50 purchase coupon.  It could make for some sweet deals if you work the coupons and sales right!

Valid 11/4-11/7.  

The fine print states these exclusions:
alcohol, film processing, gift cards and certificates, lottery, money orders, pharmacy products, stamps, sales tax and tobacco.

$/$$ Coupons in the Mail - Target, Lands' End, Toys 'R Us!

BOOM! The holiday season has officially landed. How do I know? The COUPONS in my mail. If you're signed up to receive snail mail ads from your favorite stores and/or get a home paper delivery, you'll find some, too, I'm betting!

Here's some of what I've spotted recently:

• Target "general holiday" green Christmas tree catalogue with a $15 off $150 purchase coupon on the back
• Target "Toy Sale" catalogue with a $5 gift card with any toy purchase of $50 or more coupon on the back. There are a TON of Target toy coupons inside, too, in a coupon booklet - betting they could be combo'ed with a sale price for a good deal in some instances.
• In the Sunday ads from this past weekend: A Toys 'R Us ad featuring a coupon for a $10 gift card when you spend $75 or more
• Lands' End winter catalogue with a $10/$50 purchase coupon

Needless to say, it's time you started spending a little extra time perusing your newspapers, Sunday ads, email inboxes, and catalogues, 'cause in the next 5-7 weeks the deals are going to be SMOKIN'. Everybody wants your dollar, and they know that they'll have to compete to get it! I just love being in a buyer's market!

Have you received some hot coupons in the mail or in your email inbox recently? Tell us all more by leaving a comment! ;-D

Menu Plan Monday

Monday:
Breakfast - Mashed boiled eggs, bananas for my girls
Lunch - Nuts, cheese, carrots - finger foods!
Dinner - Steaks (on sale at Giant!) and wasabi asparagus on the grill

Tuesday:
Breakfast - Pan-fried pears (on sale at Giant!) and cottage cheese
Lunch - Salad: Iceberg lettuce (on sale at Giant!), leftover steak strips, with a buttermilk ranch dressing, courtesy of Nourished Meadow
Dinner - Fish taco salads: seasoned fish, guacamole, salsa, sour cream, and oh, yes: more iceberg lettuce

Wednesday:
Breakfast - Grain-free granola, bananas for the girls
Lunch - Omelettes
Dinner - Chicken vegetable soup (I'll probably crock pot a whole chicken with some veggies and reserve some chicken for Thursday lunch)

Thursday:
Breakfast - Cottage cheese topped with drizzle honey and cacao nibs
Lunch - Leftover chicken on a salad
Dinner - Bacon and onion quiche, autumn pear dessert with cinnamon and whipped cream

Friday:
Breakfast - Warm banana pudding
Lunch - Leftover quiche
Dinner - Crock pot pork ribs, maybe