Cheap M&M's, hurray

So there's a nice deal at Walgreens this week, the perfect way to get your feet wet with Register Rewards and get started on picking up holiday baking supplies, or holiday overeating, whichever is up your alley. I saw this on Hip2Save, and there's a lot of conversation over there about exactly which varieties of M&Ms to purchase in order to minimize the stress of the transaction possibly not working for you.

M&Ms 9.9-12.6oz bags are on sale for $2.50 each, buy 4 bags and receive a $5 Register Reward (RR) Remember that the RR is a coupon that prints after you pay for the items, can be used on your next purchase, and expires in 2 weeks. There are a few coupons out there that you can use on the M&Ms that will make this deal even better, although even without any coupons it's still a decent price for the candy.

Facebook has a coupon for the new pretzel variety, $1 off each bag. Just like them, and then you can print 2 copies per computer. Yesterday's paper had $1 off 2 bags of the holiday varieties too. I used 2 of the FB coupons, and one of the holiday varieties to get my out of pocket cost down to $7, and I still get the $5 RR to use next time. One note if you're not familiar with the RR, you CAN use that RR to do this transaction again, BUT it won't print another RR, since it's the same manufacturer.

I'm so proud of myself, I already started baking! I used Paula Deen's recipe for Monster Cookies, and they are yummy.

Did you just hear a holler of joy from Piedmont?

Milk will be $1.99 at Walgreens starting Sunday! Hooray!

And I've accomplished nothing today....

So my goal with this blogging thing is to get used to writing, something I've always wanted to work on, organize my recipes, and have a little Momma project to give me something to think about. Other than whether I have to wash diapers today, or if I can make it till tomorrow.

I hope to get into a routine of posting once every day or thereabouts, and what little I've done I really enjoy. But I'm quickly realizing that I'm going to have to fit it into my day a little better, so I'll be working on that. I have some ideas rattling around for near future posts, but today I just wanted to comment that I haven't seen a lot of smoking hot deals, but for one Walgreens deal that made me happy. I mentioned that Wags has milk on sale at 1.99/gallon, which is my goal price. But what makes it even better is that when I stopped in, it was Land O' Lakes milk, and if you are a couponer, you may have a coupon for .55/2. Yeah, that's a great price for milk that's NOT near sell-by (I pay 1.25/gallong when I find that). Not sure if you'll see this deal, as that isn't the brand they usually have, but worth checking out if you're stopping for a good milk price anyway!