01 Nov 2010 3 Comments
Ok ladies! Please email me at couponfanatics@yahoo.com and claim your $25 Mesa Mall gift card! Thank you for being so loyal!
27 Oct 2010 4 Comments
When I started “couponing” a year ago, I never imagined that my desire to save $100 a month would land me where I am today. I am addicted to a bargain, obsessed with a great deal, determined to help others, and by golly… I am a COUPON FANATIC!!! These things will NEVER change!
I consider “couponing” like owning a dishwasher (I know its odd… but stick with me here!). Washing dishes is a must, but a CHORE at the same time! I hate washing dishes just like I HATE grocery shopping. Don’t get me wrong, when the dishes are clean and the cupboards are full, I feel like SUPER MOM!!! BUT… once you own a dishwasher, it is IMPOSSIBLE to go back to handwashing every single fork, glass, bowl, etc. This is how I feel about couponing. No matter what, I have to grocery shop. But… once you shop with coupons, it is IMPOSSIBLE to go back to your old ways!
Once I caught on to this “game” of couponing, I felt an overwhelming desire to spread my knowledge to Egypt and back. I couldn’t believe that anyone could shop without my the little pieces of paper that saved me a FORTUNE!!! I began telling friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, and then anyone who would listen! This moved to classes, group shopping trips, and www.thecouponfanatics.com. I love the circle of people that I have had the priveledge to share my hobby with and it delights me when I hear how I have “changed” lives.
Though I will continue to coupon, score FANATIC finds, and share my “hobby” with anyone who will listen, I have realized that as I struggle to keep you up to date with the millions of deals out there, there are so many others who can do just the same! Though this blog was a little short lived, the reason for it will never go away. We did it “For the LOVE of Coupons!!!!”
We hope that you will understand that somewhere between full time jobs, 5 kids in various schools, sports and activities, church, family, friends, and everything else in between, we had to let something go. Therefore… we are closing this blog. The pull that we feel is tremendous, but ultimately we know that as we feel more overwhelmed, this blog will become less reliable to you.
All that being said, below you will find the outstanding blogs that we rely on for top notch deals, reliable sources, and FANATIC finds!!! Please visit them often!
Bargain Blessings
Mom’s Thrifty Deals
Krazy Coupon Lady
Money Saving Mom
Also… we want to be a continual resource to you! We will still have our email address and will look forward to hearing from you! We are also still available to teach classes, etc. as the needs arise.
LAST… we have THREE more Mesa Mall gift cards to give away! Mesa Mall has been so good to us and we would like to send a shout out to them! Their Facebook page ROCKS and they are so good at posting amazing deals. This is the best time of year to become a fan and stay connected with the holidays right around the corner. Every Friday from Nov 16th through Dec 17th, they are giving away $10 gift cards! Also, they will be posting their Holiday Savings Guide from Nov 16th through Dec 24th!
SO… Who wants one of these THREE $25 gift cards??? We will be giving ALL three away this Saturday morning! Here’s how to enter…
Become a FAN on Mesa Mall’s Facebook page AND leave a comment on their page about why you LOVE to shop at Mesa Mall!!! We will have someone select 3 winners Saturday morning! So… get out there and become a FAN!!! You have until Friday at midnight to enter!!!
Thank you fellow Fanatics for your encouragement, excitement and devotion to our blog as well as to saving your family money each time you step inside a store!!! We are SO proud of you!!!
Best Wishes…
Stacy and Tina
22 Oct 2010 Leave a comment
in Albertsons, City Market, Safeway
SAFEWAY
Assorted Pork Lion Chops $1.49 lb
Rancher’s Reserve Boneless Beel Round Steak $1.99lb
Lloyd’s Shredded Pork or Beef Tubs 18oz. $2.88 (Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday only!)
Gala Apples .77lb
Chef Boyardee Pasta or Green Giant Canned Vegetables .79 with in-ad coupon
→ .75/2 MQ (SS 10/3)
= .19
Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks 9oz .99 with in-ad coupon
→ .50/2 MQ (GM 9/12)
→ .50/2 MQ Target coupon
There is also a $2.00 catalina for purchasing 4 boxes
= 4 Boxes for FREE
Quaker Instant Oatmeal 10.1- 15.1 oz. $2.50
→ $2 Quaker Coupon
= .50
Fage Greek Yogurt 5.3- 7oz $1.25
→ $1 Fage Coupon or .50 Fage Coupon
= .25
CITY MARKET
Gala Apples 5lb bag $2.99 (this is a better deal than at Safeway!)
Athenos Hummus 7oz $1.00
→ $1 MQ (SS 10/10)
= FREE
Crest Toothpaste 4.6oz $1.00
→ .75 MQ (PG 10/10)
= FREE
The following are part of the “Frozen 10 item Mega Event” and prices are assuming you are purchasing 10 participating items.
Banquet Family Entrees 26-28 oz. $1.78
→ .75 MQ (SS 9/12)
= .78
Healthy Choice Dinners or Steamers 8.5-21oz. $1.68
→ $1/2 MQ (SS 10/17) or also found in the October issue of All You Magazine
= $1.18
Marie Callendar’s Dinners or Steamers 8.5-21oz $1.68
→ $1 MQ (SS 10/3) or also found in the October issue of All You Magazine
= .68
Hungry-Man Dinners 14-18.1oz $1.78
→ $2 Hungry Man Coupon
= FREE
Tombstone Pizza 17.5-29.5oz $1.99
Pepperidge Farm Frozen Desserts or Breads 8-19oz $1.99
→ .55 MQ (SS 10/17)
= .99
Gorton’s Grilled Fillets or Tenders 6.3-11.4oz $2.99
→ $1 Gorton’s Coupon
→ $1 MQ (SS 9/12) regional coupon
= $1.99
ALBERTSONS
THEY ARE DOUBLING, TRIPLING AND QUADRUPLING THROUGH 10/26! YAHOO!
Chicken Breast $1.88lb
Broccoli .69lb
Dole Bananas .55lb
Chips Ahoy Cookies and Kool-Aid Jammers .99 each with in-ad coupon
McCormick Grill Mates $1 each (through 11/23!)
There is a $3 Catalina wyb3
= $3 oop, FREE after $3 Catalina!
McCormick Vanilla (small ones) $1.99
→ $1/1 MQ (RP 10/3)
= $2.97 oop, FREE after $3 Catalina!
The following are part of the “Buy 4, Save $4 Mix&Match Event” which makes each item $1.47 wyb4! Limit 1 reward per transaction!
General Mills Fiber One Toaster Pastries 6ct. $1.47
→ .50 MQ (SS 9/19)
= 47
Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks 6-18ct. $1.47
→ .50/2 MQ (GM 9/12 or 10/3)
= .97 each wyb2
Cinnamon Toast Crunch $1.47
→ .55 MQ Target coupon
= .47
Kix $1.47
→ $1/2 MQ (SS 9/19)
= .47
Trix $1.47
→ $1/2 MQ (SS 9/19)
= .97 each wyb2
Cocoa Puffs $1.47
→ $1/2 MQ (SS 9/19)
= .97 each wyb2
19 Oct 2010 Leave a comment
Old Navy has had some FANATIC “One Day Wonders” recently! This one is my favorite so far! This Saturday ONLY they will have fleeces for the whole family for just $5! My guess is that you will need to get there early! They are limiting each person to 5, so hopefully they won’t fly off the shelves before I get there! Become a FAN of Old Navy’s Facebook page and stay up to date on all these deals!
19 Oct 2010 1 Comment
in Albertsons, Coupons, Hints and Tips, Safeway
WOW!!! I have been having a hard time keeping up with the recent changes out there with stores and their coupon policies. I have been waiting to post anything until I was able to verify them myself and am finding what everyone says… is TRUE!!!
ALBERTSONS and DO NOT DOUBLE Coupons:
I have had so many people ask me what it means when an Internet Printable coupon says DO NOT DOUBLE across the top. Essentially what that means is that the manufacturer will NOT reimburse the store for the “doubling”. If the coupon is for .50 off Nature Valley Granola Bars and the store doubles it to $1.00, the manufacturer will only send them .50. It is up to each store whether or not they will double the DO NOT DOUBLE coupons. I have never had a problem with this… UNTIL yesterday!!! Of course it was the store that I had trouble with last time (Albs) and I should have learned my lesson by now, but I was SO excited to snag some of the freebies! Anyways… when I handed the cashier my stack of coupons, she separated them into two piles: internet printables, and other coupons. The “other” coupons she scanned and they automatically doubled. The internet printable ones she hand entered and told me that they were not allowed to double any DO NOT DOUBLE coupons. Needless to say, I did not save anywhere near the amount I should have and was frustrated all together! We are so fortunate here in Grand Junction that our City Market and Safeway always double. I have yet to run into this problem there and hope that it does not come up. Be sure to keep an eye out for this situation and try and structure your coupons so that they will benefit you in the long run.
SAFEWAY
I have seen a lot of hype today in regards to changes that Safeway is making to their coupon policy. I have NOT been able to verify any of this information and have yet to see an update policy, BUT I do think that we need to be prepared for the changes. Thanks KCL for the heads up… here are the highlights:
KCL has a great write up on this! Visit their page for greater details!
13 Oct 2010 Leave a comment
in City Market, Safeway
Safeway
Campbell’s Condensed Chicken Noodle or Tomato Soup .50
→ .40/2 (SS 8/29 or 9/12)
= .10 each
General Mills Multi-Grain or Banana Nut Cheerios $1.99 with in-ad coupon
→ .75 Cheerios Coupon
→ .75 Cellfire eCoupon
= .24
Pillsbury Cookie Dough or Sweet Moments 5.6-16.5oz $1.99 with in-ad coupon
→ $1.50 Sweet Moments Coupon
→ $1 Cellfire eCoupon
= .51 Money Maker!!
Progresso Vegetable Classics Soup 18-19oz .88 with in-ad coupon
→ $1/4 Progresso Coupon
→ $1/4 MQ (GM 9/12 or 10/3)
→ .50/2 Cellfire eCoupon
→ .50/2 Shortcuts eCoupon
= .38 each
Green Seedless Grapes .99lb
City Market
Mountain High Yogurt .50
→ .50/2 MQ (SS 9/26)
= FREE
Organic Jonagold Apples .68lb
Asparagus $1.49lb
Red Seedless Grapes $1lb
Cascadian Farm Organic Cereal or Chewy Granola Bars $2.99
→ $1 Cascadian Farm Coupon
= $1.99 great deal for organic!
Blue Diamond Almond Breeze 32oz $2
→ .50 Blue Diamond Coupon
= $1
Another week of their Buy 10 save $5 Mix and Match Event! The prices below assume you are purchasing 10 participating items…
Fuze Flavored Beverage 18.5oz .75
→ $1/2 found in the October issue of All You Magazine
= .25 each
Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese 5-8oz .99
→ $5/5 Kraft Coupon
= FREE
Oscar Mayer Meat Bologna or Salami 16oz $1.49
→ .50/2 MQ (GM 9/12 or 10/3)
= .99
Halloween Laffy Taffy, Nerd or Wonka Mix-Ups Candy $1.50
→ $1/2 Wonka Coupon
= $1 each
Jell-o Pudding or Gelatin 6pk $1.79
→ $1/2 MQ (SS 9/19)
→ .50 MQ found in September issue of All You Magazine
= .79
Juciy Juice 100% Jucie 64oz or 8pk $1.99
→ $1 Juicy Juice Coupon
→ $1 MQ (RP 8/1)
= .99
Nestle Cookie Dough $1.99
→ $1 MQ (RP 10/3)
= .99
Coffee-mate Flavored Creamers 16oz $1.29
→ $1.50 Coffee-mate Coupon
= FREE
12 Oct 2010 Leave a comment
in City Market
Head over to City Market’s website for a chance to kick a field goal and score some fabulous prizes!!!
Let me know if you WIN!!!!
11 Oct 2010 Leave a comment
in Fanatic Finds, Rite Aid, Uncategorized
There was a GREAT coupon in this weekend’s P&G Insert for Gain Dish Liquid Soap!
Take your $1.00/1 Gain coupon to Walmart or Rite Aid for some FREE soap!!!
Walmart has their soap regularly priced for under $1.00
Rite Aid has it on sale this week for .89
11 Oct 2010 Leave a comment
in Albertsons
I just HAD to take advantage of Albertsons Quaker Deal that they have running through tomorrow. I was able to score everything on the table for $20.00. Not too bad for some great stockup items! Have you grabbed your Albertsons Ad and stocked up on some of these Fanatic Finds???
09 Oct 2010 Leave a comment
in City Market
So… I must apologize that this week’s Weekly Fanatic Grocery Finds never made their appearance. We have definitely felt the struggle between work, school, last week of baseball, first week of cheerleading, birthdays, etc… Here is what I managed to find worthwhile at the grocery stores this week!
City Market was my store of choice! Have you taken advantage of their “Buy 10, Save $5” deals yet? I found some FANATIC buys!
I purchased a total of 30 items that were a part of the PROMO and had $15.00 come off my total at the end. The above picture totaled around $32.00 and included a few items from Walgreens as well.
These were some items included in the PROMO:
Cream Cheese – FREE
Kraft Sliced Cheese – $1.49
Oscar Meyer Lunch Meat – $1.99
Capri Suns – $1.49
Fuze Drinks – .29
Hot Pockets – .99
Wonka Halloween Candy – $1.49
Nabisco Snak Paks Cookies – FREE
“Coke” Brand 2-Liters – .79
Juicy Juice – $1.49
Ritz Crackers – $1.49
Quaker Quakes Snacks – .49
I plan on swinging by Albertsons tomorrow to take advantage of their current Quaker PROMO. I am not exactly sure how the scenarios will play out, so I will post a picture and tell you how I did. This way you can take advantage of it as well!
Enter the code FANATICS at checkout to save 10% off your order!!!
Coupon Fanatics 
