Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Cupcakes anyone?

The Cupcake Couture



Yesterday the sign went up on the former Hansen's on Broadway in DePere for The Cupake Couture. They are opening May 4th.
Check out all of the yummy varieties they will be serving up for a great price- only $25 per dozen! (For a comparision, Georgetown Cupcakes in Washington DC bakes cupcakes up for $33 per dozen.)Looks like a great place to check out this weekend!
http://www.thecupcakecouture.com/

April 28- May 4 Match-ups

Coupon Match-ups for April 28- May 4

Aldi (Starting May 1-7)
Roma tomatoes 20 oz. $.99
Strawberries $.99
Tablecloth $3.99
Gardenline 6- pack solar lights $9.99

Target
Cover Girl eye shadow $1.14 with mfg.
Glade candles $1.49 with store and mfg WYB 2
Market Pantry Pasta/ Pasta Sauce $.67 with store
Schick disposable razors $.21 with store and mfg
New York croutons $.97 with mfg
Benadryl Topical Product $.47 with mfg
Excedrin Extra Strength $.89 with mfg and store
Bounce Dryer Sheets FREE with store and mfg WYB 3

Menards
Nylon pan scraper $1.69 FREE with MIR
Hex key set (7 pc) $2.89 FREE with MIR
Family Safe insect repellant $4 FREE with MIR
Cooler light $4.99 FREE with MIR
Fila socks $6.99 FREE with MIR
Menards camoflage LED light hat $4.99 $.89 with MIR
Royal Oak natural wood charcoal $2.99 with MIR
25 foot coil hose $4.99 with MIR
Entrance mat $3.99 with MIRHarvest Valley canned corn $.33
Black Flag window fly trap or stick $.50
Hand sanitizer $.75
Citronella candles 2/ $.88
Starkist tuna $.88
M&Ms $1.75 with mfg WYB 2
Super Glue gel 3 pk $.50
Bear Creek rice/pasta $.69 with mfg.

Copps
Fresh Express Salad $1
Redi Serv Chicken $1
73% ground beef 3 lb $5.97
Klements brats $2 with mfg. (Do not double)
Kraft Fresh Takes FREE WYB 3 DB
Roundys sour cream$.98
Minute Maid 59 oz. $1
Kraft chunk/Big Slice $2 each WYB 3
Ronzoni pasta FREE DB
Werther's FREE with store and DB
Quaker granola bars $.50 DB
Chef Boyardee $.75 WYB 4 DB
Hunts Snack Pak $.75 DB
Colgate $.48 with store and DB
Smart Balance FREE DB
Wholly Salsa FREE DB
El Monterrey burritos FREE DB
Ortega taco seasoning FREE DB WYB 2
Dole Fruit Crisp $.09 DB
Jolly Time $.29 DB
Fischer Trail Mix $.75each WYB 4 DB



Monday, April 29, 2013

Museum Membership Swap

Membership Swap Day Saturday May 4

 
On Saturday, May 4th, The Neville Public Museum, National Railroad Museum, Green Bay Botanical Garden, and the NEW Zoo will be participating in a membership swap day.
A member of any of these attractions will be able to go to all of the other participating institutions for free on that day as determined by their membership level of their home institution. 
The Neville Public Museum, National Railroad Museum, Green Bay Botanical Garden, and the NEW Zoo got together for this first membership swap day to give their members additional benefits and the opportunity to visit other cultural attractions in the Green Bay area.
All institutions will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
For more information please contact:
Neville Public Museum, Mauree Childress, Childress_MR@co.brown.wi.us
National Railroad Museum, Jacqueline D. Frank, jdfrank@nationalrrmuseum.org
NEW Zoo, Darlene Bourassa, bourassa_dj@co.brown.wi.us
Green Bay Botanical Garden, Maribeth Frinzi, mfrinzi@gbbg.org

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Deal Match-ups for Week of April 21- 28

Deal Match-ups for Week of April 21- 28 (unless otherwise noted)


Festival Foods

Milk Bone $3.59
Tyson Chicken $3.99
Bananas $.28/ lb with store
Honey Nut Cheerios $1.40 with Green Sheet & Mfg.
Prego $1.31 wyb 2 with store and mfg.
Alcam butter $1.68 with store

Copps

Iceberg lettuce $.88
Kale $.99
Strident $.10 with doubled mfg.
Werthers $1 with doubled mfg.
Cucumbers $.50
Gala apples $.99/ lb
Buddig $.15 with doubled mfg.
Bar S franks $.88
Fast Fixin chicken $1.50 with doubled mfg.
Kemps chocolate milk $1.49
El Monterrey burritos FREE with doubled mfg.
On Cor $1.50 with doubled mfg.
Pepperridge Farm cookie cake $2.14 each wyb 2
Hunt's Snack Pack puddings $.64 with doubled mfg.
Hamburger/ hot dog buns $.99
Pepsi Next 2 ltr. $1
Triscuits $1 with doubled mfg.
Arm & Hammer Dryer Sheets $.99 with doubled mfg.
Cascade Rinse Aid $1 with doubled mfg.
All detergent $1.99 with doubled mfg.
Smart Balance butter FREE with doubled mfg.
Ortega taco Seasoning FREE wyb 2 with doubled mfg.
Dole Fruit Squishims $.99 with doubled mfg.

Walgreens

Gevalia K-cups $3.49 with store and mfg.
7 Up 12 pack $1.99 with store
Duracell AA or AAA batteries $1.49 with mfg.
Twizzlers $1 with mfg.

Aldi (through Tuesday, April 30)

Strawberries $.99
Apples, 3 lbs. $2.69
Hula hoops $2.99
Potting soil $3.99
Hanging baskets $3.99
English muffins $.99
Block Cheese $1.79
Bananas $.29
Cheese tortellini $1.79

Larry's Piggly Wiggly (through Tuesday, April 30)

Farmland franks $.99
Piggly Wiggly hamburger/ hot dog buns $.89
Piggly Wiggly gallon milk $1.49 with store
18-ct. eggs $.99 with store
Cottonelle $4.99 with store
Farmland bacon $2.99
Roma pizza $1.49
Food Club Charcoal (16 lbs.) $3.99 with store
Minute Maid lemonade $1.49
Food Club English muffins 6-ct. $.99
Patrick Cudahy pepperoni $1.39
Deli ham $4.99/lb
Minute Maid and Fanta 2 ltr. $.79 wyb 5

Super One Foods (store coupons good through 4/26 in Escanaba, Iron Mtn. and through 4/27 in Marquette and Negaunee, must purchase $10 worth)

Essential Everyday 2 lb. sugar, powdered or brown $1.50
Sunny D Citrus Punch, 64 oz. original or smooth $.99
Albertson's Chicken Noodle or Tomato Soup $.39 with store coupon
Flavorite Turkey or Beef Gravy, 10.5 oz. $.50
Shop'n Save chicken broth, 14.5 oz. 2 for $.99
Ajax laundry detergent, 60 oz. selected varieties $2.99
Renuzit air freshener, 7.5 oz. Raspberry Super Odor Killer or After the Rain $1.00
Green Mountain coffee, 12 ct. K-cup. with coupon. limit 1 $5.95 with coupon
Fisher trail mix, 4 oz. summit or energy 2 for $3
Werther's toffee candy, 5.5 oz. selected varieties 2 for $3
Trumoo chocolate milk, 64 oz. Land o Lakes strawberry or Tru Moo chocolate milk. Limit 2. $1.66 with store coupon
Westfield Farms chunk cheese, 8 oz. $1.49limit 3 items. with store

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

What's this website all about?

I can remember being thrifty and enjoying grocery shopping even as a child. My parents would giggle as they would empty my pockets of free ketchup, salt and jelly packets after dinner at a local restaurant. (No, don’t worry, that didn’t lead to a life of thieveryJ
It was an exciting day when my both of my parents would decide a big grocery shop to Thriftway was in order. Despite my dad’s limited income, the cart would brim with Archway cookies, Honey Nut Cheerios and Popsicles.
As a high school student, I can remember my discovery of the valuable coupons inside the Walgreens ad. And, okay I’m strange, but I would enjoy (and still do) checking out grocery stores when on vacation. Publix and Winn Dixie in Florida were my favorite “exotic” early 90’s grocery stores for they had salad bars and restaurants and even a bank.
Fast forward twenty years to adult responsibilities like mortgages, high gas prices and medical bills and technological advancements such as, well, the Internet.  In the last several years, life has happened to my small family of humans and furry and feathery babies forcing us to simplify and scrimp. At one point a few years back, just before Christmas, we found ourselves living on $125 every two weeks for all “discretionary” items- groceries, gas, pet supplies, and clothing, entertainment and Christmas gifts.
 After fretting for days about how we were going to make it, I walked into the local library (one of my favorite thrifty places) and discovered a book about couponing. I’ll admit I was skeptical about how life changing the practice would be but I thought anything could help at this point. I put the book’s major points into practice and voila! I ended up saving 50 percent off my grocery bill.
That was two and a half years ago and I haven’t stopped saving. Sure, some weeks I get lazy  (or overly busy) and don’t do as well with sticking to my coupon plan. But for the most part, with just a little extra effort and planning, I save between 45- 75 percent off my grocery bill every week. And the couponing goes beyond the aisles of the grocery store. We use coupons for hair cuts, hardware stores, restaurants, home maintenance and even gas!
This blog is meant to allow you, as residents of Northeast Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, to easily save some considerable cash and instead use it to enjoy everything our amazing region offers.