Shop Rite Deals 5/31 - 6/6

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My goal was to get the Shop Rite list up yesterday so I apologize for the delay. There are a few things you need to know about Shop Rite:

• Most Shop Rites run their sales from Sunday - Saturday
• Shop Rite doubles coupons up to $0.99. You will see that I took this into account when listing my final prices.
• When items are B1G1 you should always use 2 coupons, since you are technically buying 2 items.
• Always combine manufacturer coupons and store coupons when possible for additional savings.
• There is an abbreviations key in the right sidebar - feel free to check there if you see any that you don't understand!
• Shop Rite offers $0.02 back for every plastic or paper bag that your bring in and reuse and $0.05 back for every reuseable shopping bag that you use.

- 4 Day Price Break: Wed-Sat only -

Creamette Elbow Macaroni 2/$1 (Limit 2)

Fresh Pound Cake $1.69

Iceberg Lettuce $0.69 (Limit 1)

Shop Rite American Cheese $2.99/lb (Limit 3 lbs)

Blue Bunny Ice Cream $0.99 (Limit 1)

- Weekly Deals -

*Meat*

Boneless Pork Chops $1.99/lb

Oscar Mayer Beef Franks $1.99
- $1.00/2 SS 4/19 or SS 5/10
= $1.49 each wyb 2

Chicken of the Sea Solid White Tuna $0.79/can (Limit 4)

*Produce*

Peaches $0.99/lb

California Cherries $1.99/lb

Baby Carrots $0.84

*Dairy*

Eggland's Best Eggs - 1 dozen $1.77
- $0.35 SS 5/3 (doubles to $0.70)
= $1.07

Country Crock Spread $1.99

Breyers Yogurt - 6oz Cups $0.50
- $0.50/4 SS 4/5 (doubles to $1.00/4)
= $0.25 each

Trix or Go Gurt Yogurt $2.79
- $0.35 SS 4/19 (doubles to $0.70)
= $2.09

*Non-Refrigerated*

Pasta Roni or Rice-a-Roni $1.00 each

Hormel Chili with Beans 2/$3 or without beans 3/$4

Wish-Bone Salad Spritzers 7oz $2.50
- $1.00 RP 5/17
= $1.50

Quaker Rice Snacks $1.67

*Refrigerated*

Pillsbury Grand Biscuits $2.00
- $0.30/2 SS 3/15 or SS 4/5 (doubles to $0.60/2)
= $1.70 each wyb 2

Pillsbury Crescent Rolls $2.50
- $0.25 SS 3/15 (doubles to $0.50)
- $0.40/2 SS 4/5 (doubles to $0.80/2)
= $2.00 wyb 1 or $2.10 each wyb 2

*Frozen*

Eggo Waffles $2.99

Banquet Brown n Serve Sausage $1.33

Hanover Frozen Soft Pretzels - 13oz $1.00

Furlani Garlic Toast $1.24

Stouffer's Corner Bistro $3.00

On Cor Traditionals Family Size Entrees $2.50

Turkey Hill Ice Cream $1.99
- $1.00 RP 5/3
= $0.99 each

Blue Bunny Champ Cones $1.99
- $0.75 All You 6/26 (doubles to $1.50)
= $0.49

*Paper Products*

Sparkle Paper Towels – 6 pack $3.74
- $1.00 RP 5/3
= $2.74 (only $0.46/roll!)

Chinets Casual Plates - 15 ct. dinner (10 3/8") or 36 ct. lunch (8 3/4") $1.24
- $1.00 off any SS 5/3
- $2.00 off lunch plates (36 or 72 ct)
= FREE (lunch) - $0.24 each (dinner)

Hefty Foam Plates $1.67
- $1.00/2 RP 5/17
= $1.17

Hefty One Zip Bags $1.67
- $1.00/2 RP 3/29
- $0.55 RP 3/2 (doubles to $1.10)
- $1.00 RP 5/17
= $0.57 - $0.67 wyb 1 or $1.17 each wyb 2

Hefty Tall Kitchen Bags - 10 to 18 ct.
- $2.00 RP 5/17
= FREE

Reynolds Wrap Aluminum Foil $2.49
- $1.00 SS 5/17
- $0.55 off 100% Recycled SS 4/19 (doubles to $1.10)
= $1.39 - $1.49

Angel Soft Bath Tissue - 12 pack $1.99

*Cleaning Products*

Lysol Disinfectant Spray $2.99
- $2.00 SS 5/3
= $0.99

Lysol Neutra-Air Spray $2.50
- $1.50 SS 5/3
- B1G1 SS 5/31
= $1.00 wyb 1 - $1.25 each wyb 2

2,000 Flushes Bowl Cleaner $1.49
- $1.00 SS 4/5
= $0.49

Spot Shot Carpet Stain Remover $2.49
- $0.55 SS 4/5 (doubles to $1.10)
= $1.39

Softsoap Elements Hand Soap $1.19
- $1.00/2 SS 5/31
= $0.79 each wyb 2

Sun Light Liquid Dish Detergent $0.99
- $0.25 SS 2/22 (doubles to $0.50)
= $0.49

Final Touch Fabric Softener $1.99
- $0.25 SS 2/22 or SS 5/31 (doubles to $0.50)
= $1.49

*Medicine*

Aleve - 20ct Gelcaps or 24ct Tablets or Caplets $2.99
- $1.00 SS 4/26
- $0.75 SS 3/22 (doubles to $1.50)
= $1.49 - $1.99

Bayer Quick Release Crystals - 10ct $2.49
- $2.00 RP 5/31
= $0.49

Tums $3.49
- $1.00/2 SS 4/19 or SS 5/17
= $2.99 each wyb 2

Beano Tabs - 30ct $3.99
- $1.00 SS 5/3
= $2.99

Osteo Bi-Flex Triple Strength - 80 ct $11.49
- $5.00 RP 4/19
- $6.00 RP 5/10
= $5.49 - $6.49

*Beauty Aids*

Colgate Toothpaste (4.6oz Regular, Tartar Control, White Mint or Baking Soda) $0.97

Listerine Mouthwash - 33.8oz $3.99
- $1.00 off any RP 4/16
- $2.00 off Total Care RP 4/26 (not sure if this variety is part of the sale)
- Get a $2.00 RR oyno wyb 2
= $1.99 - a possible $0.99 each wyb 2 after coupons and RR

Ban Deodorant $1.99

Mitchum Deodorant $2.69
- $0.75 SS 5/10 (doubles to $1.50)
= $1.19

L'Oreal Excellence or Excellence to Go Hair Color $6.49
- $2.00 RP 3/92
- $3.00 SS 4/19
= $3.49 - $4.49

Revlon Color Silk Hair Color $3.49
- $1.00/2 SS 5/31
= $2.99 each wyb 2

Share a Little Comfort

If you have one free minute everyday, then you have time to do a really good deed. By going to Kraft's Share a Little Comfort website and clicking the "donate a free box" button, you can send one box of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese to Feeding America - the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief charity. You can click once a day - the goal is 1,000,000 boxes.

While you're there, you can also print out a coupon for $1.50 off one box of Kraft Mac 'n Cheese Deluxe or Velveeta Shells and Cheese and a buy 3 get 1 free coupon for regular Kraft Mac 'n Cheese. There - you just fed America and your family at the same time. You should be proud of yourself.

Celebrate Burt's Bees' Burt Day with a FREE Lip Balm

Burt's Bees is turning 25 this month and to celebrate they are giving away 1,000 free lip balms each day for 25 days. They've made the giveaway randomized so it will start anytime between 9am and 12pm each day between now and June 20. My advice would be to get there early and keep checking back - I was lucky enough to get mine today! Remember, it's one per household. They will mail you a free lip balm coupon in 1-4 weeks if you're one of the lucky 25,000 winners - and if you're as hooked on Burt's Bees as I am, you'll feel REALLY lucky!

FREE Chocolate Fridays!

If you haven't gotten in on this deal yet - you need to go to the Mars Real Chocolate Relief Act website right now! Every Friday through September Mars will give away a coupon for a FREE chocolate bar to the first 25,000 people that go to the site and sign up. You are limited to one per email address per day and four per household total. The site is open from 9am - 11:59pm EST but I would get there early. I already signed up for mine today... did you?

New Blog Design

I am so pleased to be working with Teale of www.tealesdigidesigns.blogspot.com to create a fantastic new layout and design for this page. Teale is a very talented lady - I suggest you check out her page and shoot her an email next time you need a blog/web designer. I will keep you all posted on the ETA of this new design once one has been determined. I can promise that you will love the new look!

Welcome!

Welcome to Young, Fabulous & Frugal! This is a very special new project for me and I can't wait to share my adventures in frugality with you. Through this blog, I hope to be able to teach my readers some great money-saving methods so they can make some extra room in their budgets and have lots of fun doing it. But before we get to the good stuff, I want to tell you how I got started on this journey and show my appreciation to the people who really inspired me to become fabulously frugal.

Just a few years ago, I was working as a waitress and feeling really unfulfilled. I knew I was capable of more, but I was scared to leave my comfort zone and I was really disappointed in myself. I was too afraid to face the situation I had created for myself and instead I would go shopping to lift my spirits. We've all heard of retail therapy, right? Well, I was a pro at it. I was spending mindlessly and panicking when the bills came in. Sometimes I didn't even open them; at any given time you could find a hefty stack of unopened bills stashed under my bed. I was desperate for guidance and got just the push I needed when I was flipping channels one night and saw The Suze Orman Show for the first time. I got hooked on the "Can I Afford It?" segment, and before I knew it I was in my local library checking out a copy of her book "Young, Fabulous & Broke". I would have bought my copy but, well, I was broke (sorry, Suze). I learned a lot of things from that book; one of them being that I could have money and not spend it.. what a concept! I also discovered an interest in finance that I never knew I had. I began reading everything I could find on the topic, and then proceeded to educate all my friends on the importance of emergency funds, a good FICO score, and saving for retirement (you're welcome, Suze).

Fast forward a couple years - picture me slightly older with a new job and a better handle on my finances. It was at this point that I decided I was ready to move out on my own and so my boyfriend and I signed a lease on a new apartment. With my newfound independence came a whole lot of newfound expenses, and we were constantly looking for new ways to cut back and make some extra room in our budget. It was around this time that a night of channel surfing once again gave me just the inspiration I was seeking. This time it was an episode of Dr. Phil and his guest was a woman named Ashley - aka Frugal Coupon Mom (currently located at http://www.frugalcouponliving.com/). Through this segment and some awesome blogs, Ashley's included, I learned how to master the art of couponing and deal hunting. I was so impressed at how much I was able to reduce our spending on grocery and household items that I wanted to share my new gift with others.

I'm so thrilled that you're here! You'll want to be sure to bookmark this page and check back often because I have lots in store for you.