State Fair Corn Dog Coupon

If you love a good Memorial Day "meat-on-a-stick," gotta go here to download a coupon. Click your back button to print it a couple times!

Betrayed by words

Sometimes things sound fantastic, when they are not really that great. For example, I have been purchasing 'extra lean' ground beef from a particular store and was so excited because it tasted so good and was super cheap! Then I decided to make some taco meat with it and as I was browning it, I was shocked at the amount of grease in the pan for 'extra lean' meat. I decided to check the package and there was no indication of the fat content. So I called the store. I was informed by the butcher that the 'extra lean' is 85/15 and the 'super lean' is 90/10. I had been trained to think that extra lean was the 90/10 and the super lean was 96/4 as it is at other stores, but that is not the case at this particular store. I thought I would share that story to illustrate that sometime the wording on "deals" is all just words. Do you research and determine if it is really as spectacular as it says it is before you buy!

I Scream, You Scream, We all Scream for....

ICE CREAM!!!

Yep, fire up that freezer because ice cream is CHEAP right now!! Here are some of the deals around town:

HEB Plus Round Rock: Creamy Creations is on sale 2/$6!!

Randalls: Blue Bell is $3.79 (with their card)!!

Walgreens on 79 & Georgetown: Blue Bell 2 for $8! It may be on sale at other Walgreens, but my experience has been that it's varies by store. Call before you go!

It won't last long...they are just getting us addicted since it's starting to heat up, so stock up now!!

Target Smore's Deal

For those going camping, check out Target's S'mores deal!!!

Buy Hershey's 6pk & Honey Maid Graham for $2.79/each and get Marshmallows Free. Plus you can use the $1 off purchase of all three above items to get all the stuff for s'mores for $4.58. I checked this deal out at HEB and the Target deal is WAY cheaper than trying to buy the items at HEB.

Also, Target has Kellogg's Cereal on sale for $2.59/each and if you buy 3, you get 1 gallon of milk free. This is really only a good deal if you can pair it with a kellogg's cereal coupon.

Coppertone Sunscreen is $7.99 and you can print coupons for $1/1 coppertone to make it $6.99

CVS Deals

Here are a few CVS deals:

Kellogg's Raisin Bran, Corn Flakes, Corn Pops, Apple Jacks, Froot Loops, Cocoa or Rice Krispies $1.66/each (limit 3)

Pringles 2/$3 and you can add the $1/4 from this last sunday's newspaper to save more.

Crest 3D White Vivid Toothpaste $2.99 + $1 Extra Care Buck

Gillette or Old Spice $4.00/each + $4 Extra Care Buck = FREE. If you have a coupon, use it on top of that to have overage. (there are some BOGO Old Spice coupons from the 4/18/10 RP or $1/2 from the 5/2/10 P&G in the sunday paper) Also for Gillette body wash, there was a BOGO in the 5/2/10 P&G).

Walgreens Deals

Here are a few of the Walgreen's deals this week...they last until the 29th (Sat).
2 for $1 Encore gourmet spices (limit 4) -- when can you get spices for $.50!!
$.69 Kraft Mac & Cheese 7.25oz (limit 3)
Gum 3 for $2 (Wrigley, Extra or Trident)
Huggies Little Swimmers 10-12pack for $4.99 ($6.99 - $2 instant coupon)...if you were lucky enough to snag a $1.50/1 coupon from Coupons.com, use it here!
General Mills cereal $1.99/each

Go here to access the Walgreen's ad for Round Rock...it'll have the coupons to get the deals above!

Round Rock Express:

Tues, May 25th is Military Appreciation Night at the Dell Diamond in Round Rock. TexVet will have a table by the right- field entrance for military personnel and veterans to pick up comp tickets.
If you are not military personnel or a veteran, a table will be set up at the home-plate entrance for donations of travel-sized shampoo and/or body wash in exchange for a free berm ticket.
You can pick up any travel-sized shampoo or body washes for about $1 at Target, Wal-Mart, Walgreens, CVS, etc.
The Round Rock Express will be playing the Las Vegas 51s at 7:05pm

Wed, May 26th is "Fill the Cable Truck" Night, presented by Time Warner Cable. Fans can bring a canned food item in exchange for a berm ticket. They are playing the Los Vegas 51s at 7:05pm.

Bass Shoes

Bass Shoes at the Round Rock Premium Outlet is having a buy 1 at regular price, get 2 free sale. Basically, you pay for the highest price pair of shoes and get to pick out 2 other pairs for free. The rest of the store is on sale as well if you like their clothes (70% off) and belts (buy on at 50%, get a 2nd for 75% off).

target toy clearance

the target in georgetown has some toys marked down significantly (toys that are normally $24 are now $3-$4)! It would make a great birthday party stash.

Free/Cheap Summer Fun in Central Texas

I've started putting together my annual "summer fun" calendar of all the fun things going on in the Austin area that are free or cheap. Most of the events are kid related, but there are some good ones for all ages (ie--Annie at Zilker, stargazing, etc). I still have things to add, but thought I would put this out there and if you know of something that's not on here...please let me know!! I'm also finishing up my listing of 'kids eat free or cheap." Last year I had trouble with the calendar link, so if it doesn't work (I'm sooooo sorry)...just let me know and I'll try again.

View Summer Fun in Central Texas calendar


Some other fun free/cheap things you might think about for this summer are:
Texas Nature Challenge 2010: http://naturechallenge.tamu.edu/
The LCRA has some free events (already listed on the calendar), but they do have some other events that are reasonably priced...you might check out their website: http://www.lcra.org/parks/parks_calendar.html


Free Summer Movies...there are too many of them to put them all on the calendar, so if you are interested, here are the links:
Regal Cinemas Free Family Film Festival: http://www.regmovies.com/nowshowing/familyfilmfestivalschedule.aspx?state=TX
Cinemark Round Rock Movies 8 Summer Movie Clubhouse (10 for $5 or $1/show): http://www.cinemark.com/summermovieclubhouse/SMC2010_58.jpg
Alamo Drafthouse Free Summer Kids' Movies (Alamo Village and South Lamar locations): http://www.originalalamo.com/Signature.aspx?id=10

Scholastic Warehouse Sale

If you are looking for cheap books, check out the Scholastic Warehouse Sale this week in Austin. These have been hit or miss for me, but mostly hits.

It runs Mon, May 17-Wed, May 19 at the Norris Conference Center (2525 West Anderson Lane Austin, TX 78757)

Monday & Tues it runs from 8am-10pm and Wed it runs from 8am-6pm

If you want to pre-register, it makes check out a lot quicker. Just go here to pre-register and print out some coupons for $10 off $50 and $25 off $100.

HEB: My Life Coupons

HEB puts out a monthly publication that has coupons in it. It's a free publication.

Here are May's coupons (these expire 6/1)
$1 off Generations California EVOO
Buy Johnsonville Sausage or Bratwurst links, Get Head Country BBQ sauce free
Buy HEB Mootopia Milke Get Powerbar free
$1 off Best Maid Dilly Bites (60oz)
$1 off Fischer & Wieser Razzpotle 20oz
$1 off HEB Milk with DHA Omega-3 64oz
$1 off 2 Adolphus Rice Latin Selections
Buy Ricos Queso Blanco Cheese Sauce, Get Ricos Round Tortilla Chips Free
$1 off Walden Farms Item 12 oz
$.75 off Mazola Cooking Oil 40oz
$1 off Best Maid Jalapeno Relish or Sweet Jalapenos
Buy HEB Fresh Garden Salsa, Get HEB Tortilla Chips free
$1 off 2 Yogi All Natural Cereals or Granola Crisps
$1 off Success White or Brown Rice
$1 off Lucini Flavored Olive Oil
$1 off Nature's Path Granola Bars
Buy Fiber One Cereal Get Yoplait Fiber One Yogurt Free
$1 off Texmati Rice 28oz
$2 off Riceland Extra Long Grain Rice
$1 off Cascadian Farm Cereal
$1 off Cascadian Farm Granola Bars
Buy Splenda No calorie Sweetener Packets, Get Tetley Family Size Regular Tea Bags Free
Buy McCormick Almond Extract, Get Martha White Blueberry Muffin & Hill Country Fare Slivered Almonds Free
$1 off 2 General Mills Milk'n Cereal Bars Variety Pack

There are also two coupons for Red Diamond:
$.25 off 1/2 gallon Lemonade (expires 7/31)
$.50 off Any Gallon Tea (expires 7/31)

HEB Coupon Deals

Buy Oscar Mayer Lunchmeat (various varieties) & Kraft American Singles 12oz and get Mrs. Baird's Honey Wheat Bread & Jennie-O Jumbo Turkey Franks 16 oz Free. (expires 6/1)

Buy Stouffer's Lasagna (90-96oz) or Enchiladas, Get Sara Lee Cheesecake Free (expires 6/1)

Buy Nestle Toll House Morsels (23-24oz) and Get Glad Ware Containers Free (expires 5/18) Combine this with a coupon from here (you have to sign in to get coupons).

$1.00 off 2 Pillsbury Toaster Strudle (expires 5/25)...combine with the in-ad coupon for Buy 2 Pillsbury Toaster Strudles, get a 3rd Free (expires 5/25) to get 3 toaster strudles for $2.76

$1.00 off two Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Extreme Explosions 5.5 oz -- these are onsale for $1.16, so it would bring the cost down to $.66 each. If you can do the 5.5 oz, might be a good time to stock up...offer expires 6/1

Buy KC Masterpiece Marinade, Get KC Masterpiece BBQ sauce Free. Combine this with the coupon that was in the newspaper for a better deal (expires 6/1)

Buy HEB Tortilla Chips, Get Rosarita Salsa Free. Combine this with the Sunday newspaper coupon for Rosarita Salsa to make $.50!

Sprouts Deals

Sprouts has some great deals this week, including:
Sweet Cherries for $3.99/lb
Navel Oranges $.69/lb
Bell Peppers (Red, Yellow & Orange) $.88/lb
Seedless Watermelons $1.99/each!!
All Organic Beef is 40% off
Boneless Chicken Breasts are $1.99/lb

Gulten-Free Jubilee is continuing until June 2...you get 25% off all gluten-free items!

If you can get there today, you can take advantage of last weeks sales also:
Yellow Corn 10 for $2!!
Red Seedless Grapes 2lbs for $3

And they have their monthly deals going on:
Garden of Eating Tortilla Chips 2 for $5
Food should Taste This Good tortilla chips 25% off
Back to Nature Juice $3.99/10 pack

Lots of other great deals!! Go to http://sprouts.com to check it out!

Michael's Friends & Family Event

Michael's is having their Friends and Family Event Thurs, May 13-Sat, May 15. Click here for 20% off your entire purchase (including sale items)!

Sucker for The Place!!!!

So, I have been meaning to post here ever since I was granted the privilege, but instead have been content to passively enjoy. No more, I say. I shall post my finds. Yes, oh fellow Thrifties, I shall post.....Here is #1....

I am a sucker for sales at The Children's Place Outlet. They make me a little giddy because my Thrifty self likes stuff I can hand down kid-to-kid (or to nephew) that will stay looking good even after millions of washes.

Today I happened upon am awesome clearance. Little girls dress (< 3T) $2.99 (the ones that were $40 at Easter). Big girls dresses $4.99 (yeah, the $40 ones again). Skirts, summer sweaters, shirts, shorts, capris---lots of options for less than $5.

For boys they had awesome polo shirts for $2, button-up long and short sleeved shirts (great for church) for $5 or less. Even their non-clearance rack stuff was great....all shorts (ALL of the them) are $10 or less with a lot <$5. Even for the big kids.....and they all come with adjustable waists!!!

Confession----I've been there twice today. Don't judge me.....