An Open Letter to Manufacturers...& Triples News!

Dear food and household item manufacturers:

Yes, you've discovered coupons as a marketing tool. And for that, us savvy shoppers thank you wholeheartedly. But, please please please enough with the coupons that require a purchase of multiple items. We've become quite good at math and those of us fortunate enough to live in areas with stores that double (and sometimes even triple!) coupons, well these types of coupons don't make for much of a bargain at all.

I'm talking to you Kellogg's with your new penchant for $1.25 off 3 of your popular cereal items! These coupons sit in my filing cabinet gathering dust- no one wants to trade for these and seldom smart shoppers actually use these coupons. Where I once would buy dozens of boxes of PopTarts to stockpile over the course of a month or so, I now only only buy one or two during that same time frame. Why oh why did you decide to switch from your 55 cents off one to these and why do you think I would buy three at a time to save roughly 41 cents on each when I used to be able to save $1.10 off each thanks to coupon doubling ($1.65 during a triples event)???

On to a brighter topic, and since we've mentioned triples in this last sentence...Harris Teeter will be having triples again this coming week! Break out those binders and get ready! I'll post a link to match-ups as we get closer.

April Showers

Finally, we got some rain to wash away all the pollen that has had our eyes itching and noses sneezing for the past week!

I haven't posted in a bit because (a) there really haven't been too many rave-worthy deals thus far in April and (b) I've been busy bonding with and training our new Boxer puppy, Lily. She's so sweet- I just have to share a pic...

She weighs a little over 7 pounds now and is so cute and tiny. It's hard to believe she'll likely weigh over 60 when she's all grown up. We think she's going to be a big girl judging by the size of her paws. The kids are smitten!

I've been out and about gathering up free Mighty Dog cans thanks to well-timed sales and the recent $3/5 insert q's that are out. Food Lion, Harris Teeter and Lowe's Foods currently have these on sale for 10 for $6- making these free after coupon! The Harris Teeter sale is a long term VIC special that should last through June. I haven't even had to start using the FREE coupons that were in the same insert yet!

We're feeding her primarily Puppy Chow and mixing it up with wet Mighty Dog cans once a day as a treat. She really likes the Mighty Dog and seems to tolerate it well, so that's been a relief.

What good sale finds have you lucked upon in April?