Brooke Geery

Friday Night at Walgreens!

I really went wild on my Friday night. I had a prescription to pick up and thought, this would be a great opportunity to score some deals while I am there! I also have been slacking and my coupon collection is bursting out its accordion file because I haven't been using them fast enough. I sort of hate the Walgreens on 39th and Holgate for actual shopping (it's small, cramped and usually cleaned out) I figured I'd cross my fingers and hope for the best. To my surprise, everything I wanted was in stock, and although the deals weren't quite as sweet as they would have been if we got…
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Albertsons Double Deals

Every couple weeks, Albertsons drops a few twice the value coupons in the Sunday Paper that will double the value of a manufacturers coupon up to $1. This week you could also get them on Facebook, though I didn't bother. Anyway, this is generally the only time I go to Albertson's, because it's in Milwaukee, and Safeway is so much closer. This week, they were having a buy 10 save $5 promo on General Mills products, so I took advantage of that as well as getting a few other random things. I ended up spending $16.32 for $38.59 worth of stuff, for a total savings of 58%. I got: 4…
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B-b-b-bargains at Safeway

I needed some Bacon bits for a recipe I was making, which required a trip to the store, so I figured, while I was there, might as well score some free stuff. Everything I got started with B, hence my super clever title, and here's the break down. For a total of $2.12, or 68% savings, I got: 2 tubs of Gold and Soft Margarine (Regular price $2.98, on sale $2.58 - 2 $.50/1 MFG coupons - 2 Safeway doubles = $.58 for both, plus I got $.75 back so I MADE $.17 -- I already gave one of these away since I really didn't need FOUR tubs of butter,…
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Viva Argentina!

The rumors are true. I went to South America. I spent most of the time snowboarding, and you can read lots of words about it here and here. This post though, is just a whole lot of pictures. Some from Cerro Catedral in Bariloche, and most from Buenos Aires, most notably Recoleta Cemetery. [nggallery id=43]
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Butter for Blogging

Dear Hipster Couponing fans (all three of you), I deeply apologize for the lapse in posts. I went to South America and was a little busy to try and figure out how to say "do you take coupons" in Spanish. I'm back now, but it's going to take me a little bit to get back in the swing of things. I have a large menacing pile of inserts to clip and I haven't been tracking the sales. But to tide you over, I swung by Safeway tonight and did this deal: Bought: 2 tubs of Golden Soft Margarine (on sale $1.29) Used: 1 $1.50 off 2 coupon and 1 Safeway…
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