Coupon Insert Preview: 12/14/08

This is the last scheduled coupon insert of the year and it is a good one! 

I’m bummed because I will be in Connecticut this weekend and unable to get my newspapers for $1 (I actually went to the Dollar Tree website to see if there was a store near where we are staying….I seriously need to get a life!)  Ah well – the last time we stayed at that hotel there were about 5 copies of the Sunday paper laying in the hotel lobby in pieces.  Maybe I can snag a bunch of inserts from those complimentary “lobby copies” to offset having to pay full price for newspapers.

Anyway…..

Here’s a link to the coupons this week

Coupons of Note

Airwick Warmer FREE (up to $3.19) wyb any refill:  I’m waiting for an Airwick Catalina Deal!

Betty Crocker Cookie Mix:  $.40 (these can be found on sale for anywhere from $1 to $1.66 and are usually part of a Catalina Deal)

Betty Crocker Frosting:  $.50 (these have been going on & off sale at 10 for $10, which makes them free after doubling)

Betty Crocker Box Muffin Mix:  $.40 (can usually be found at 3 for $5 on sale and is also often part of a Catalina deal)

Betty Crocker Potatoes:  $.35 (another one that goes 10 for $10 all the time, making the $.30 after doubling)

Campbell’s Coupons:  they are all “off 2″ or “off 4″, but you can combine them with a BOGO sale to maximize your savings after doubling. 

Daisy Sour Cream:  $.50 (since there is no size restriction, you can use this to get the 8 oz size for free when it goes on sale 10 for $10, as it often does)

Heluva Good Dip or Cheese:  $.50 (quite possibly the best French Onion Dip ever made and it goes BOGO all the time)

Pillsbury Coupons:  the standard ones, but if you hit a good sale on the refigerated cookie doughs, you can easily freeze them!

Progresso Broth:  $1 (this goes on & off sale at $2 each.  The last time I had a bunch of $1 Progresso coupons, I got paid $2 to take $175 worth of groceries. The Progresso coupons were a big part of that deal and I expect to see the return of similar GM Catalina deals after the first of the year)

Russell Stover & Whitmans Coupons:  many stores will start offering these BOGO soon, as people pick them up for last-minute hostess gifts or stocking stuffers.

Keebler Crackers:  $1/2 (they don’t put out coupons very often, so these are always a good thing)

Variety of Kellogg’s coupons:  it looks like many stores are running Kellogg’s deals this week (instant savings, drastically reduced prices, etc)

Duracell Copper Top Batteries:  $.75 (we have about another 2 weeks of stores offering great deals on Batteries)

Pantene:  $2 (I just hope it isn’t one of those that turns in to an “off 2″ when I get my paper).  CVS has a deal with the 25oz size that starts on Sunday (it is buy $5.99, get $2 ECBs) and this will come in handy

Tide:  $1 either use this to simply buy Tide, or Target has a single-use packet in the travel-size section that is $1

So how many copies of the paper would I buy?

If I were building a Stockpile:  8-12

Now that I am in stockpile-maintenance mode:  6-8

(the reason it is so high?  Because there will be no more coupons out until after the first of the year….and because of the good General MIlls coupons)