Great SC Johnson Deal

http://www.scjohnson.com/en/products/coupons.aspx

Go here to download a rebate form for SC Johnson products. Those include Glade, Ziploc, Windex, Scrubbing Bubbles, Pledge, Shout, Fantastik, Drano, Raid, Off, Saran, Nature's Source. Buy 3, send in your receipt dated no earlier than 10/1/09 (yeah, kick yourself like I did for buying a bunch of them on 9/30) with the UPC written on the form. You can send up to 3 of these $5 rebates per household, separate envelopes. Since I save all my receipts from everything, I found this morning that I already had enough for $10 in rebates. Went to Target and did the Glade deal today. Got enough for another $5 rebate, received a $5 Target GC, and pretty much just did a great deal on Glade, especially the Christmas fragrances.

The Target deal, in case you're just getting up to speed like I am, is buy 5 of the Christmas fragrances, get a $5 Target GC free. You can do several of these. You can also use all those great Glade Qs you're holding onto.

So, yeah, I spent some of my precious money that I have left on the Glade stuff today, although, in my defense, I also had to have cat litter. I didn't really spend too much on the Glade and I'm getting $15 back. I hope I get that back before the end of the year to help my totals.

There are, according to my fingers, exactly 10 weeks left in this year. I have $105 left to spend on groceries. I know I'll have to have more cat litter, so, I'll actively be looking for a good deal on that. I may have to buy one more large bag of cat food before the end of the year. Otherwise, milk, bread, coffee cream, and a few fruits and veggies. I'm gonna make it.

I Think It Was A Smart Buy

I went to Food Lion this morning to get in on the great deal on sirloin. What I found was that it was priced at $1.77 per pound, but, you had to buy a whole one. I found a 9 lb. + size for $16.XX. They also had boneless, skinless chicken breast for $1.99 per pound. I picked up a couple of packages of that, as well. In all, I spent $24.36 and saved $29.97 with my store card. Now, I just have to spend the rest of the day portioning, frying, packaging, and finding space in my freezer for all of this!

I also did well at CVS today. They had 12-pack cokes for $13/4. That's not a great buy, but, I had 3 free Qs and I got $3 ECB back. I also used a $3.50 Q on the Glade candle which was $6.99 and got $6.99 back in ECB.

My favorite CVS does not yet have the bag tags to receive ECB credits. Th assistant manager told me that she was expecting them any day and had already made an empty space on the front counter for them.

Sirloin Tip Roast

I thought I got a great deal on sirloin tip roast @ $2.99 per lb. Food Lion has it for $1.87 per lb. this week. Wow! I'm going to have to dip into my remaining $155 for the year and buy some and have it ground. Who can walk past this deal?

Just An Update

I went a little crazy on some BOGOF stuff this week at my local grocery. They had All laundry detergent BOGOF and there are $1 and also .40 coupons out there. I ended up buying 6 bottles (32 load size) at a cost of $2.16 ea. I probably could have talked myself out of doing it if I'd just gone into the pantry room and looked at all the bottles and boxes of detergent I already had! Anyway, I'm admitting to some stockpiling. I know, some days I fall off the wagon on this challenge.

I only have $155 left to spend for the rest of the year. Of course, there's only about 11 weeks left in the year. If I completely ignore the Walgreens and CVS ads, I think I can do it. Of course, I have about $35-40 in CVS GC right now. I still have about $5 in Rite Aid GC. Other than those GC, I'm having to actually pay for stuff. Doesn't that bite?

I'm pleased to tell you that I've used $2,722 in Qs, store cards, and non-purchased GC so far this year. That looks pretty good next to the $1,045 I've actually spent.

I'm still able to refer a few people for the "GC for junk mail" program. If you would like to get in on this, please email me at vickiburtonlives@bigfoot.com, giving me your name, address, and email address.

Oh, yeah, I was able to redeem my Accumul8 Rewards points for a coffee free coupon. I guess that's all I'm going to get out of the program before it shuts down Dec. 31.

Walgreens: Good Deal Alert

With an in-ad coupon from the Walgreens sales flyer this week, you can get Campbell's cream of mushroom or chicken, buy one at $1.59, get one free. There is a printable Q out there somewhere (I am so bad about not remembering where I get my printables) $1/2. This makes them an excellent buy this week. Even without the $1/2 Q, .80 per can is pretty good.

Enrollment Open Again

I was able to wrangle a few more referrals for the GC for junk mail program. If you are interested in joining, email me at vickiburtonlives@bigfoot.com with your name, address, and email address and I will get you signed up. I just redeemed my September points for a $20 O'Charley's GC yesterday. When I went on vacation earlier this year, I don't think I spent any money at restaurants. I was flush with Olive Garden, TGI Fridays, and Chili's GC.

I mentioned that I'd been holding onto all my free Qs for the turkey promotion. Since my store is not doing the turkey thing this year, I had to get busy redeeming these Qs. A lost of them expire Oct. 31. I shopped yesterday, spent $5 and used $29 in Qs. The $5 was mostly tax. The cats got a whole lot of treats! I'v been flooded with trades and I guess I have about a dozen of the free Friskies treats.

Just for laughs, I'll tell you that I'm back on the taco merry-go-round again. You know how it goes. You open a box of tacos, and the meat you've prepared doesn't fill all the taco shells. So, you make more taco meat. This time, you have to open another box of taco shells to use up the rest of the meat. Now, you've got leftover taco shells again. You have to keep the merry-go-round going because you are still trying to use up the sour cream and diced tomatoes before they go bad. By the time I can ever get all of it to work out and use up the last of all the ingredients, I should be able to converse in Spanish!

I have a question for someone out there. I found a sirloin tip roast for $2.99 lb. last week. Now, I don't buy that too much, but, I knew in my heart that $2.99 was a sweet deal. You can't even get hamburger meat for $2.99 lb. anymore, can you? Anyway, just wondered if I should take the roast to the meat market at my store and get them to grind it. Ground sirloin is certainly usually more expensive than that. I use ground beef a lot more than roasts because of my esophageal spasms. I usually get choked on meat, that is, dense meats like roast or pork chops, those kinds of things. So, grind it or take my chances with a crock pot roast with veggies?

"GC For Junk Mail" referral is closed.

I have referred all that I am allowed in the "GC for junk mail" deal. If there is an open enrollment again, I will post it for you. I've made $240 in GC in the past year. I'm kind of partial to restaurant GC, although I think I have gotten Macy's and CVS as well.

Sorry to all of you who thought about it but didn't submit your information. Hopefully, you will get another chance.