Stamps on Sale Before the Increase

  The price of stamps is set to significantly rise in the upcoming year. By March 31 stamps bought in a 10 pack will cost $8.50 plus tax. Individual stamps will cost a $1. Even though we mail less and less, we still find we need stamps. How about you? We mail birthday cards, MIRs, and our health plan receipts need to be mailed in, just to mention a few things I can think of off the top of my head.
  This week Rexall is offering stamps at 10% off (starting Friday). When I talked to Rexall they said that all permanent stamps have been taken off the market until stamp prices increase!(However, Shoppers still has them.)  So, if you were to buy non permanent stamps this week a book of 10 would cost you $5.67 instead of $6.30(plus tax). This works out to one free stamp per pack. However, if you could get these as permanent stamps it would save you $2.83 come March 31! Even spending full price on permanent stamps right now will save you $2.20/pack come March 31. 
1. The best deal for your dollar right now would be to be able to get the permanent stamps at 10% off at Rexall. However, this probably isn't possible(check anyway if you are near a Rexall). 
2. The next best deal is to buy the 100 pack at Costco for $59.99(not permanent)this will save you $25.00/100 come March 31. This is going to be some hassle come March 31 when you have to buy $25.00 worth of stamps to bump each .63 stamp up to .85!
3.Buying permanent stamps at Shoppers or wherever you can find them will save you $2.20/10 pack come Mar 31, without the hassle of buying extra stamps and without having to lay out $60. If you do buy these at Shoppers they are not in the post office but at the front tills. Remember to buy a Shoppers gift card getting points on your Optimum card and then paying for the stamps with your gift card.See explanation here.
  Here's a final thought. It might be a good idea to keep the permanent stamps you have now and buy the on sale ones at Rexall to tide you over until the increase. Say a book of 10 .63 stamps will last you till March 31, use them between now and then, keeping your permanent ones for after March 31.

 This may be the last time you can get stamps on sale before the increase.

This Week's Sales in Pictures

It's snowy up in the mountains now.

Rexall has some good deals to combine with coupons and Checkout 51 this week. Why not price match at Target and say 5% more?

Dawn dish washing detergent is $1.88 there is a coupon for the 709 ml size buy 2 save $1. Making it $1.38 for 709 ml. (London Drugs has it for $1.67 if you buy 3)
Stamps are 10% off. Now's a good time to stock up as Christmas is coming!
Stayfree, Carefree and OB are 2/$5 there is a coupon for buy 2 save $5, making them free!

Revlon nail polishes are $2.99. There was a smartsource $2 off coupon and Ch51 is giving $2 cash back making it a money maker! Good stocking idea?

3 Day Sale at Safeway
Lucerene 2L of milk 2/$4 limit 4

3 Day only Sale
6 Roses $5

Safeway has Tostios $3 each. Price Match at Target and use the $1 off coupon from the Walmart magazine.(Oct?)

2 Day Only Nov 8-9
PC Cheese 500g $4.77

2 Days only Deals Nov 8-9
Tortillas are 2/$3
Romaine pk of 3 is $1.76
Fake crab(if you are making sushi)$1.98

Superstore
Robin Hood Oats $2-$1 coupon from Walmart magazine in Oct?
I am going to see if Target carries this brand and price match it there to get an extra 5% off with my Red debit card.

Save On and Coopers
Boneless Pork Loin $1.99/lb

Costco till Nov 10
2.27kg for $19.99

Old  Town Market Nov 6-11
Bananas .59/lb
Zucchini .49/lb
Pears .79/lb
Mushrooms $1.99/lb

This Week's Sales

Superstore April 5-11
 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts $2.98/lb 4Kg box $26.28 limit 2 Package of 3 English cucumbers $2.28(works out to .76ea)
 Basa, Cod, Sole Frozen 1.36Kg $10 
Ginger .76/lb 
Harvest Crunch Granola Bars $2-.50 coupon(was in Superstore in the past few weeks) 
Buy 3 Participating Quaker or Aunt Jemima products and get a free Tropicana Orange Juice. (If you were to buy 3 of the granola bars and use the coupons it would cost you $4.50 for 3 boxes of granola bars and one orange juice!)
10lbs navel oranges $3.98
Mushrooms 454g $1.98(this is a better deal than the ones at Walmart)

Walmart 5-11
Mushrooms 8oz $1.27
Kraft BBQ sauce 455ml $1
Special K Crisps $2.50-$1 coupons from Websaver
Special K Granola 553g $3-$1 coupons from Websaver

Rexall has stamps 10% off limit 3.

This weekend at Shell is Bonus Air miles
Spend minimum $20 on gas and $50 total.
Buy bronze gas get 25 bonus air miles
Buy VPower gas get 50 bonus airmiles
25 Airmiles are worth $2.63 in Air Miles Cash
50 Airmiles are worth $5.26 in Air Miles Cash
My plan is to spend $25 on the VPower gas and buy a $25 Gift card, probably for Shoppers.

This Week's Sales

Rexall has Colgate toothpaste and toothbrushes for .88. As you can see there was an insert coupon for $1 off any Colgate Total Advanced toothpaste. Making them free! The Royale I circled when I thought I could combine the $1 off coupons from Gocoupons. They, however are for 12 or 24 packs. This deal is for 8 or 16 packs. :(

Safeway
3 day sale has eggs 2/$4. If you have the get cracking coupon from websaver shown above you could get them for $3 for 2 dozen! Now, when we went to actually do this, I noticed that the bill said $4.91-1.00=$3.91. I pointed it out to the teller she said that since I used a manufacturer's coupon, the register only gives 50% of the coupon value! It had been happening all day and they didn't know why! So, she had to give us the difference. All this to say watch your bill!
 The 4 Ls of milk are $1.50 off(Feb 22-24) with coupon code 54158. It's on sale for $4.39-$1.50=$2.89
All week the Kellogg's Flatbread Sandwiches are $3 with the websaver coupon for $2 they are $1.
Save On Foods
yams .59/lb!
20 lbs potatoes $4.99
Earthbound Organic Salad 142 g $1.99-$1.50(Checkout 51)=.49
Walmart 
8 oz mushrooms $1
Cauliflower $2
1 lb kiwis $1.47
Asparagus $1.88
Minute maid OJ 1.75 L $2(Checkout 51 $1.50)=.50
Classico Pasta Sauce $2(Checkout 51 $1.50=.50)
Danetello's pizza $3
Superstore
Boneless Blade Roast AA $2.28/lb limit 4
Strawberries 2 lb $3.88
Lettuce .96
Mushrooms 454 g $1.98
PC Chunky Salsa 1.85 L $4.98(limit 4)
Degree deodorant $1.48(limit 6)

This Week's Sales Update

The stamps at Rexall work out to be .55/stamp. If you were to buy them at Costco(you have to buy 100)they are .58/stamp. As, they always increase in price and these are the ones with no price on them, now is a good time to get some!

Safeway's milk deal includes buttermilk! $2 for 2L!
Also, the potato deal is buy one get 2 free. One is $3.99, so you get 3, 5lb bags for $1.33 each!

Safeway receipt

Quality Greens has red, yellow and orange peppers for .99/lb!

Quality Greens receipt

Thought you might need a laugh. These majesta toilet papers are on sale this week for $1. There are $1 off coupons out there. So for these 2 packages, which are extremely teeny, it cost .12 in tax!

Canadian Tire receipt.
If you are a Checkout 51 member, the Praeventia  cookies are $3.47 at Walmart so with your $3 back you'd get them for .47. If you bought the Craisins at Costco, you can use your receipt for Check out 51, it's only .50, but better than nothing! Shoppers has the Werther's on for $1.99, PM at Extra Foods on Tuesday and get  them for .25(at 12% off). Tampax Pearl(18s) are on for $3.84 at Walmart. Checkout 51 gives you $2 and there are $1 coupons out there, so you'd pay .84. Are you a member of Checkout 51?(You can get on a waiting list for new members by emailing them your email address on their site, checkout 51.com). I'd love any suggestions on combining coupons that you are doing. You can email me at savingyoumoneysueatgmail.com, or comment here on the blog.

Upcoming Deals

This flyer doesn't start until Friday but I got it today and had time so I thought I would post some fun deals!
As you can see the turkeys are on again. If you wait until Tues to buy it, you'll get it for .89/lb! But make sure you go early, I have noticed that they don't put out very many, at least at our store. Fresh cranberries and Broccoli are .99/lb(.89/lb)
Avacodoes are .99 each(.89)
Yams are .49/lb(.44/lb)

This is the FRIDAY ONLY deals.
Milk for 1L is $2(limit 2) which is the equivalent of 4L $4, which is an unheard of price for milk nowadays, unless you can do the PM at Walmart for the Lakeview milk $1 off coupon.  I get my milk for $3.65.

This is an interesting deal. Combine it with 10% off day and it could make sense! Buy  5  participating Kraft products and get a free 600-700g Cracker Barrel Cheese!
1.Cheez Whiz Spread 1Kg
2. Cool Whip aerosol 225g or 1L topping
3.Parmesan grated cheese 250g
4. Kraft salad dressings 414-475 ml
5. Kraft peanut butter 2kg
6. Maxwell House instant coffee 340g or roasted and ground coffee 910-925g
7.Nabob coffee 350-400g
8.Velvetta Process Cheese
In the flyer it shows some of the prices, so let's say you bought 5 Kraft Salad Dressings. That would cost you $12.50, get it on 10% off day and you spend $11.25. The Cracker Barrel Cheese is in the flyer for $9.99. So, if you were going to buy cheese anyway, you would pay $1.26 for 5 dressings!!!!

Black Diamond Cheese strings are on for $2.99 if you buy 2 or more. Combine it with the $1 off coupons and 10% off and you get it for $1.79.

Buy 3 340-680g Post Cereals and get a free 4L of milk.

Windex is 2/$6, so on 10% day it would be $5.40-$3 or $2.40 for 2, if you have a buy one get one free coupon. Or $3.40 with the $2 off coupon. As a side note SC Johnson is offering a free issue of Canadian Living if you buy 2. The details are here.

Starting Friday  10 packs of stamps are 10% off at Rexall, limit 3.

As you can see there are lots of coupons out there for Advil. Rexall has selected varieties on for $3.99 Friday-Sunday only. With a coupon you'd pay .99.

I don't know why this Safeway picture ended up below all the others. But as you can see celery is .79 a  stalk, or .71 on 10% off day!

Free!!

Rexall has Stayfree for $1.99 this Friday, Sat and Sunday.



Use this printable coupon and get them free! I price matched at Walmart.



This Week's Sales

Costco has Kraft Mozzarella cheese on sale 907g $8.49 only until Sunday Feb26.

Salsa is $4.98(lowest price is $3.48)

NN  Frozen Vegetables 2Kg $3.68(lowest $3.48)

Royale TP 40 doubles are $16.97

Staples has 16GB flash drive for $9.98.
SAT DOORCRASHER.

Lakeview Market is having a 4 day sale.

Haven't had a chance, or couldn't find any Physicians Formula
make up? Don't worry They have it on sale this week at Rexall.


Shoppers is having 20X the points this Saturday.
The deals? 
Everyday Market tuna is .69(limit 4)SAT ONLY
Milk 4L is $4.39
Eggs are $2.49
Walmart 
Lettuce is .77
Donatello's pizza 395g-715g $3!(are you getting some Cory?)
 

Quality Greens