Speaking event at FBC Oxford next Thurs.
I will be speaking at FBC Oxford on Thursday, July 14 from 6-8 p.m. There is no cost but I do ask that you bring a canned good for the Baptist Service Center food banks.
Please register on the FBC Oxford Facebook page here. If you are not on Facebook, you may email me and I'll forward it to the church. Feel free to email me questions as well. tshadrix@annistonstar.com.
Thanks so much!
Walgreen's Trip
I've been asked by readers about shopping at drugstores and reader Stephanie asked about Walgreens. First, before you even step foot in the store, you need to read the coupon policy.
One of the main points in shopping Walgreens is that you can't have more coupons than items purchased. That number includes store coupons, manufacturer coupons and Register Rewards. If you need another item, you have to get a "filler" item, which is normally the cheapest thing you can find in the store.
While some folks call couponing the grocery game or drugstore game, to me it is simply the math game. So, always take your calculator so you can sort out your out of pocket expense and how many transactions you will need in order to purchase your items.
Drugstores are good to find deals but I'll have to be honest in telling you that often by the time you get to the store, the item is out of stock. And, at Walgreens you can't get a raincheck on an item that has Register Rewards. You really have to take stock in the expense you have in running from store to store and the cost of gas.
I made a quick run yesterday to see what items they had that my family members would actually use. They still have items on clearance and so I focused on matching coupons with the clearance items. Here is what I bought:
Transaction 1:
Gillette Fusion Power Razor, $9.99
Used $4 off Gillette Fusion Razor (June P&G)
Received $5 Register Reward
Total out of pocket: $5.99 plus tax=$6.89
Transaction 2:
Gillette Fusion Power Razor, $9.99
Used $4 off Gillette Fusion Razor (June P&G)
Received $5 Register Reward
Total out of pocket: $5.99 plus tax=$6.89
Transaction 3:
Plackers Orthodontist Floss, Regular $2.99, clearance $1
1 Soft Soap Refill 56 oz, Regular $7.99, clearance $3
1 U Kotex, Regular $7.99, clearance $4
Hawaiian Tropics Sun Tanning Lotion, Regular $9.99, clearance $4
John Freida shampoo, Regular $6.49, clearance $3
Right Guard deodorant, Regular $4.49, clearance $2
Tom’s of Maine toothpaste, Regular $4.99, clearance $2
Reese candy, $.69
- $1 U Kotex printable from here
- $2 Hawaiian Tropic Lotion or Creme SPF 15 , (Walgreens Summer Beauty Guide
- $1 Hawaiian Tropic Suncare Product, 4 Oz. , Any (06-26-11 SS)
- $2 John Frieda Product, any (06-05-11 SS)
- $1 Right Guard product, received in mail
- $1 Tom's of Maine Toothpaste or Mouthwash, any (06-19-11 SS)
- $10 Register Rewards
Total before coupons: $19.69
Total Coupons: & Register Rewards: $18.00
Total out of pocket: $1.69 plus tax = $3.28
Total trip out of pocket: 15.84
That’s almost $64 in savings!
P.S. I bought the Reese's because the cashier at Walgreens is amazing and it helps her quota for the items sold at the register.
Food Outlet 7/6-7/9 ad
Pick 5 for $19.99 for selected meats
Lean Ground Beef family pack, $1.89 lb
USDA fresh Boneless Chicken Breast tenders family pack, $1.39 lb
Star Ranch Angus Beef, Boneless NY Strip Steaks, $5.87 lb
Star Ranch Angus Beef Boneless Bottom Round Roast, $2.24 lb
2 lb Bag Top Chick Chicken tenders, $4.99
Gwaltney meat weiners, $.69
20 pack cans Coke, flavors and Classic Coke, $4.99
Gain liquid detergent, $3.99
Mr. P's pizza's, $.59
Ore-Ida French Fries, 2 lb bag, $1.99
12 oz pack 2% Borden American Cheese singles, $1.67
Kool Aid Kool Burst, $.88
Ripe Banana's, $.38 lb
Large Iceburg California Lettuce, $.89
Store Coupon: Large Grade A Eggs FREE with coupon and additional $20 purchase. (Coupon found in The Jacksonville News today)
Winn Dixie BOGO's 7/6-7/12
Winn Dixie Buy One Get One Free deals. Courtesy of The Jacksonville News. Prices in parenthesis are "save up to price" listed in the ad.
Meat/Poultry/Fish
WD Brand Beef boneless top round London broil ($5.39 on 2lbs)
WD All Natural boneless center cut prokchops ($5.69 on 2 lbs)
WD All Natural assorted boneless pork chops ($4.99)
WD All Natural boneless pork loin country style ribs ($5.69)
WD boneless chicken breats or tenderloins
Sanderson Farms split chicken breasts ($2.99 on 2 lbs)
Hormel Natural Choice ham or turney ($3.99)
Hormel pork shoulder roast with BBQ seasoning ($9.99)
Fisherman's Wharf flounder, perch, grouper, cod, whiting fillets ($7.99)
Fisherman's Wharf easy peel 51-60 ct medium white shrimp ($9.99)
Sea Best breaded butterfly or popcorn shrimp, breaded clams, scallops, calamari ($6.99)
Ocean Cafe crab cakes ($8.99)
Grocery
Nature's Own sandwich ournds ($3.29)
Thomas bagel thins ($3.69)
WD long grain rice ($2.99)
Balsamic vinegar or classic or extra light Pompeian olive oil ($5.99)
Peter Pan peanute butter ($2.69)
WD BBQ Sauce ($2.39)
WD seasonings, sauces or gravies ($10.99)
Taco Bell dinner kits or salsa ($3.29)
Reisen, Werther's (5.5 oz) or (1.6-2 oz) of Dove, Twix, 3 Muskateers, Milky Way, m&ms or Snickers candy bars ($1.99)
Blue Bird sugar donuts ($2.99)
Welch's 100% grape juice ($4.99)
Van Camp's beans ($2.29)
Del Monte vegetables ($1.99)
Household
6 foot beach umbrella with tilt or steel quad chairs (no price listed)
open gazebo (no price listed)
Bamboo torches, selected varieties (no price listed)
Melamine tumblers, selected varieties (no price listed)
Toys, selected varieties (no price listed)
Hefty foam plates ($4.99)
Cleaners
Lysol toilet bowl cleaners, Scrubbing Bubbles aerosol ($3.49)
Health & Beauty
Nature's Bounty or Disney vitamins ($40.99)
Wet 'n Wild cosmetics ($6.99)
Arm & Hammer or Close-Up toothpaste ($3.79)
Double Play
Get (1) FREE 12 ct fresh bakes dinner rolls when you pruchase (1) rotisserie chicken in a single transaction.
Get (1) FREE 18.25 oz Pillsbury cake mix when you purchase (1) 15.6-16 oz Pillsbury frosting in a single transaction.
Get (1) FREE 16 oz Blue Bell pint ice cream when you pruchase (1) 10-11 oz Michael Angelo's dinners in a single transaction.
(Get (1) FREE 16 oz WD mayonnaise or sandwich spread when you purchase (1) 12.5 oz Valley fresh white chicken in a single transaction.
Make-A-Meal
Buy 3 particpating General Mills cereals (Lucky Charms, Cookie Crisp, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Trix, Honey Nut Cheerios, Cheerios and get
- Seneca 100% apple juice, 48 oz
- 12 oz Simply buttermilk biscuits or 8 ct Pillsbury Grands
- gallon WD milk (excludes chocolate)
- Smucker's grapy jelly, 20 oz
What-A-Deal
Buy any (2) participating Pantene shampoo or conditioner 2/$11 and get
- 4 bar Ivory Soap
- 3.5 oz Crest toothpaste
- 2.6 oz Secret deodorant
- 200 ct TopCare cotton balls
Other Deals
WD pharmacy Store Coupon: Save $1 Take Away Environmental Return System package
Purchase $20 in participating P&G items and recieve $5 off instantly on your fresh meat purchase
- Gain detergent 48-64 load, $9.99
- Downy fabric softener, Febreeze fabric spray, $4.99
- Puffs facial tissue 3-4 pack, $4.99
- Cascade dishwasher detergent, 2/$9
- Dawn or Ivory dish detergent, 2/$5
- Swiffer Duster kit, $6.99
- any Pampers bag diapers, $8.88
- Bounty napkins 160 or 200 ct, 2/$6
- Iams dry dog food, $16.99
- Prilosec OTC, $9.99
- Alway feminine pads, Tampax tampons, 2/$5.49
- Crest toothpaste, 2/$6
SavingStar July ecoupons
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DON’T TELL me I’ve nothing to do.
From the window of my barn I see Ozzie coming through the hedgerow from next door. I like Ozzie a lot, but I’m not sure he feels the same. Efforts to pet and feed over the years have been a flop at best.
What Ozzie likes to do is hunt. I mean really hunt.
You see, Ozzie is a brindle, bob-tailed, three-legged cat and he loves to feed on whatever he can find in the hedgerow across my back yard, including field mice and squirrels.
Ozzie is flat out deadly, too.
Since losing his right front leg to a tumor a couple of years back, he has taught himself a new way to hunt. He keeps stalking to a minimum. But with the patience of Job, he settles down and waits for a meal to come within striking distance.
When the meal does, it’s “Wham” and Ozzie heads for the dinner table.
He’s a wonder to watch ...
^^^
IT IS A typical day at the Smith Estate. I am out in my barn kicked back in what I call “Archie’s Recliner.” I am reading a book, listening to Merle Haggard on the stereo, and watching TV (how’s that for multi-tasking, huh?) The blonde is out and about.
The phone rings. It is from the blonde. She is at Sears in the Quintard Mall ...
“Sweetheart, I’m at Sears looking at vacuum cleaners. I can get a small one to go with a regular one. What do you think I should do?”
Recovering from the shock of her asking my permission for anything, I agree to the double dip and then make a mistake with “What’s going on, you asking my permission?”
From the other end, there is a happy laugh with:
“It’d be different if it were shoes and a dress.”
I managed a quiet goodbye (without choking), hung up, and went back to singing along with Merle. It seemed fitting he was in the middle of “I’m Gonna Sit Right Here And Drink” at the time.
^^^
JOE ESTEP deserves a standing ovation. Joe runs the Calhoun County Sports Hall of Fame and, this past Saturday night, put together another classic.
Held at the “new” Oxford Civic Center, the 2013 induction played to a near packed house.
Outstanding Joe, outstanding.
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FOR THOSE asking, the Peach Man’s tomatoes are a week away, but Ken Easterling will be at Regions in Oxford on Friday morning at 6 with another load of Chilton County peaches.
If no sell-out in Oxford he heads for the Anniston post office along about 8 . . . but don’t bet he gets there.
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IF YOU’RE lining up at the Walmart deli at Lenlock, I hope you get lucky and a young lady by the name of Vanesa Durham waits on you. She did for me a few days back and while I’ve had an unpleasant moment or two there, Vanesa left me feeling pretty good.
Walmart could use more like her.
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BIRTHDAYS: June 12 – Annette Vice; June 14 – Sage Snow; June 15 – Twins Brettnie and Dakota Smith; June 17 – Aiden Lloyd; 11; June 18 – Don Beabout.
And Jeff Jones, June 17. A member of a vanishing breed (The Great Generation), Jeff drove a “weasel” jeep ashore at Normandy, June 6, 1944.
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QUOTABLE: “My doctor tells me I should start slowing it down - but there are more old drunks than there are old doctors so let's all have another round.”
--Willie Nelson
Thanks for visiting ...
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George Smith may be reached at 256-239-5286 or email: gsmith731@gmail.com.
