Who wants to know what's on sale at MJs?

It frustrates me a little bit that I cannot see what is on sale at Mama Jean's before I go shopping. I am a plan-it-out kind of girl. I want to hunt up my coupons. Well, I have thought about seeing if they would email me an informal list. But, if I am going to ask, I would like to let them know who might benefit from such an effort on their part. If you would like something like this posted here, leave a comment. If I can get a response from, say, 10-15 of you, I will stick my neck out and ask them. =)

Target: week of 4/1

I was at Target today:

Kashi cereal, granola bars, and cereal bars $2.66 So if you still have coupons for the cereal bars, they would be only $.66/box!

Archer Farms organic frozen fruit was on sale. I bought a bag of raspberries for $2.60

Newman's Own Spaghetti Sauce $1.75 I used $.50/1 coupon from the 3/29 SS (last sun. paper) I think this was even less than marked, otherwise I would have gotten another!

Kiss My Face Orange U Smart products were on sale. Not as cheap as Frontier, though. (and I bought some! guess I'll be returning that.)

Kids N Pets Enzyme Stain Remover was priced at $4.74. I used THIS $2 off coupon (good at either walmart or target). I really like this stuff. I have used it to clean up cat pee, kid pee and vomit. It also seems to work well on laundry and carpet stains. (I would not use it on diapers, as enzymes can be very irritating to sensitive skin)

If you got the Target Baby mailer this past week, it included a couple nice coupons:
$2 off California Baby (still pricey, but if you are buying it already!)
$.50 off Earth's Best organic baby food I used this today to get the smallest jar for $.04
$1 off Johnson't baby care toiletry This will get you a Buddy Bar free--you can always donate it.
If you didn't get the mailer, but would like to, you could probably go sign up on the target website.

Did you find something I missed?

$1 Reams of Paper at Staples

I found out that Staples was offering printing paper in store for $6.99 with a $5.99 rebate...$1/ream!! I flew in to town today to check it out. They had not even unpacked the promotion yet. So, if you have been printing out as many coupons as I have, treat yourself to some dirt cheap paper. Also, I should be getting back about $5 in Staples Rewards, so it will be even less. They do accept competitor coupons, so take one with you if you have one. I printed an Office Depot coupon, but they said it couldn't be a printout or copy. They got in 60 reams today (and I bought 8), so these won't last long if that is all they get.

Earth Day at the Discovery Center

Springfield Earth Day
April 18, 2009 10am-5pm
Presented by Springfield/Greene County Choose Environmental Excellence and Discovery Center of Springfield and Sponsored by Partnership for Sustainability. Springfield Earth Day focuses on sharing and educating the variety of environmental resources in the community. Celebrate Earth Day by enjoying educational displays and hands on activities and demonstrations from a variety of community organizations. Plus enjoy the Discovery Center of Springfield’s hands-on exhibits and walk through the 1st LEED Gold Certified building in SW Missouri.

This public “green” building allows visitors to understand what it takes to be sustainable and how you can make a difference at home. Admission is free for the day. Children 16 and under must be accompanied by an adult. 12- 4pm Recycle life and give blood. Give Blood and you can get a free recycle life t-shirt. Community Blood Center of Ozarks Blood Mobile will be in Discovery Center parking lot.

Taken from the Discovery Center website.

Little Clothesline

Speaking of cloth diapers, have you found our very own cloth diaper outlet here in SW MO?
Lotta carries so many wonderful things: diapers, covers, pockets, Charlie's Soap, Klean Kanteens, Breezecatcher Clotheslines, and tons more. If you live in SW MO, she may even save you shipping and get it to you. Check it out!

If you know of another favorite or local biz that might look nice here, email me!

Easter bumGenius Cloth Diapers

Limited Edition Easter Mixed Up bumGenius cloth diapers were made available tonight at Cotton Babies.
They won't last long! See all the colors and order HERE.

Don't forget! The Just Between Friends consignment sale started today! It will be open Thu and Fri 9-6pm and Sat is half-price day from 9-3pm. Happy Shopping!

Eat In Season

Part of eating sustainably is eating local food in season. Here is a great site that lets you pick your state and the season to see what is growing right now. NRDC: Eat Local



And following that information, I want to remind you that the Springfield Farmers' Market is about to begin again!!!
The 31st season coming up: Saturday, April 11 - October 31
They provide a harvest calendar HERE to let you know what you might find there.

Looks like the Marshfield Farmers' Market will begin May 1st.

Good Earth Coffee

Good Earth is offering a coupon good for $2 off its organic, premium coffee -- available in three varieties: medium roast, dark roast and decaf. Yum. (ok, I don't really drink it unless it is sugary and chocolatey, but I LOVE the smell!)

While you are there, you might want to sign-up to win $25,000. And, note that if you win, the prize money will be split between you and your favorite charity! Don't have a favorite charity? Put in "New Life Evangelistic Center" in the box! That's mine.

Dillons: Week of 4/1

I just got back from Dillon's today. Me and the three kids. Wowzers. I won't go into details.

So, I think I will just note things of interest--rather than tell you everything I bought. I felt a little naked doing that. I mean, we definitely have our compromises with food. Did you notice that we are chronic "snackers"?

Barbara's Shredded Wheat Cereals on sale $3.79, use $1/1 coupon printable on coupons.com (click on icon in upper right corner)

Near East Couscous and Pilaf mixes were $2.19 each

Imagine Broth on sale for $2.99-- use $1.50/2 printable

Kellog's Raisin Bran on sale for $2.18-- $1/1 printable (says any Raisin Bran)

Organic Salad mixes on sale 2/$6 (this sale has been running for awhile) while you wait for yours to grow! =)

Celestial Seasoning Teas were $1.79-- I know there are some $1/1 coupons out there.


There is a big P&G promotion this week-- Buy 3 participating items and get $3 off.
If you have a Dillon's card, be sure to add PG e-saver items before you go shopping. These were just reloaded today with all new coupons. Also, match them up with coupons you received in previous PG inserts from the paper. All of these coupons expired 3/31, but I called Dillon's, and they said they would accept coupons that were recently expired (and not in mass quantities--I mentioned I might use 5 and they said no problem).

What I did: *price reflects -$1 for promo ($3 off 3 items)
Gillette Body Wash $2.50*, esaver coupon -$2, man. cp. -$2 (moneymaker!)
Oral-B thbrsh twinpack $2.69*, esaver -$.50, mc -$2
Iams Cat Food $12.99*, esaver -$3, mc -$5
(all mc's I got from expired PG inserts)

Be aware, that after all that, my $3 credit did not show up on my receipt. My toothbrushes may not have qualified, although they had a sign over them. It was actually one of several issues during my transaction. I just went to customer service and they handed me cash pretty easily.

Not part of the promo, but I also got free toothpaste!
Colgate Max Fresh on sale 2/$5 (don't have to buy 2), cellfire e-coupon-$1.50, mc- $.75 (store makes it $1) Great to donate!

There is a special one-day only sale on Thursday, April, 2. Eggs, butter and tons of other things will be on sale.

Oh, and they do not have the Go Organic coupon books. I am checking to see when/if they will get them.