Couponing in Real Life: When to Coupon vs. When to Costco

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In the past, whenever I purchased something at Costco, I assumed that because I was buying in bulk at Costco, I was getting a great deal, but one toilet paper purchase made me reverse that assumption.

After a bulk purchase of toilet paper (the super soft kind--my husband is kinda picky) I decided to work out the price per unit for the TP I just bought: .63/jumbo roll (I don't work out the price per sheet, that's a little too extreme for me).

I then picked up the weekly circulars and in EVERY SINGLE AD there was a similar quality TP on sale for .55 a roll or lower. Most were at .50/roll. This was without coupons.
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New Printable Coupons (Updated)

Fire up your printer for these new printable coupons:

$1/1 Hidden Valley Ranch (facebook)
Scotch Tape--various amounts (pdf)
Fruit Source BOGO (coupons.com)
Sun Rype Squiggles BOGO (coupons.com)
.75/3 Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks (coupons.com)
.50 off Bisquick (coupons.com)
.75/2 Nature Valley Granola Bars (coupons.com)

$0.55/1 – Coffee-Mate Liquid or Powder, 15 oz or larger  (coffee-mate.com)
.75/1 Sargento Natural Blends (coupons.com) Reset--you can now print two more!
$1/1lb Sara Lee Deli Meat (coupons.com) Reset--you can now print two more!
.75/1 Newman's Own Dressing (coupons.com) Reset--you can now print two more!
.55/1 Bagelfuls (coupons.com) Reset--you can now print two more!
$1/1 Garnier Fruictis product (coupons.com)
.75/2 Yoplait Gogurt (coupons.com) Reset--you can now print two more!
.75/Cascadian Farms (coupons.com)
.40/Fiber One bars (coupons.com)
.50/Honey Nut Cheerios (coupons.com)

Weekend Roundup: Coupons, Freebies, and Steals!

Howdy and Happy Weekend! I'll be updating this post with the best deals of the weekend to save us all a little time, so keep checking back!

Printable Coupons

From Coupons.com (use area code 90210)
Save .75 WYB Sargento Natural Blends Sliced or Snack Size Cheese (coupons.com)
Save 1.00 on a 12 oz bag of Seattles Best Coffee
Save $5 on any can of Enfagrow Powder
Save .75 on any one Newmans Own Salad Dressing
Save .55 on one Pillsbury Frosting, Cake Mix, or Brownie Mix

From around the web
$5/1 Bengay Cold Therapyb (bricks.coupons.com)
$2/1 Pull Ups Training Pants
$1/1 Cream of Wheat (creamofwheat.com)

Freebies

Get a free sample of Splenda Essentials with B vitamins or Splenda Essentials with Antioxidants: Click Here
Free Tampax Pearl Sample for Costco members, membership number required

Sweeps Worth Entering
I won a free full sized Twix on my first try from the Twix Pick you Pause game so you can probably get a twix for free, too!

Coupon of the Day: $.55 off Pillsbury

This Pillsbury coupon makes for a great deal, especially if you are lucky enough to have a store in your state that double coupons, which we don't have here in CA. But I do see Pillsbury products go on sale for under $1 all the time making a box of cake mix under $.50!

Don't forget, you can print out two coupons per printer!

For more great coupons visit coupons.com.

Raley's / Nob Hill / Bel Aire Online Coupon Roundup

Raley's Shoppers get your printers ready! Customers who register on Raley's/Nob Hill/Bel Aire website have access to free e-coupons. Raley's has an extensive natural and organic section and usually features one or more coveted natural or organic coupons. Here's the roundup of current e-coupons for the week of June 22:

This week's Freebie coupon: Spend $20, get one Nob Hill Trading Co. Cheese Cup 5 oz. FREE with this coupon. Fri, Sat, @ Sun only.

$1 off EVERY TIME YOU BUY 5 Hot or Lean Pockets 6.5 oz. to 9 oz

1.99 Emerald Dry Roasted Peanuts 16 oz. with coupon Limit 2

4.49 Red Envelope Fully Cooked Asian Entrée 22 oz. with coupon Limit 4

Hot Printable Coupons

Get your printer ready and print up these high value coupons before they're gone:

.75/1Newman's Own Salad Dressing
1.00/lb Sara Lee Deli meat
1.00/1 Smucker Low Sugar or No Sugar Fruit Spread
.55/1 Pillbury Brownie or Cake Mix
3.00/Lysol Clean Flip

New Coffee Coupons at Coupons.com

If you don't start your day without a cup of joe, you'll be happy to know that two new coffee coupons have appeared at Coupons.com.:

$1.50/1 Dunkin Donuts Turbo Package Coffee
$1/1 Folgers Black Silk Coffee 10.3 oz or Larger

To get the best value, print them now and keep an eye out for sales to maximize your savings value.

$5 Off Coupon to Supercuts!

Head on over to this site and enter for a chance to win a trip to the 2011 ESPYS in Los Angeles. Once you enter you can check the box that says "Click here to receive a valuable coupon." Be sure to temporarily enable pop ups to receive a $5 off coupon for super cuts, exp 7/31/11.

Stock Up for Summer: French's Mustard Coupon, Frank's Hot Sauce Coupon, and More

Stock up on summer cooking condiments at Frenchs.com. French's website has several coupons right now, including:

$0.50 off one French's Mustard, any variety

(Redeem at Target where Mustard is currently $1.09 for a final price, after coupon of $0.59)

$0.50 off one Frank's Hot Sauce

$0.50 off one French's Worcestershire Sauce

$0.50 off one French's Fried Onions

$0.75 off one French's Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce

$1 off one French's Dijon Mustard

Click Here to print these coupons.