Yep – we sure do. 

Do you think we’d be spending hours and hours on this blog since 2008 just for fun!? Do you think we’re crazy?

Sure, we love it (IT being, working on this blog!). If we didn’t, we’d stop! We’ll be the first to admit it is certainly more fun to bring in a little extra cash doing something you enjoy!

Why in sam hill are we telling you this? The FTC came out with new regulations for bloggers effective 12/1/09. If we make money on a post. We’re supposed to let our readers know. We could give you the boring shmoring disclosure you’ve been reading everywhere else. But that just isn’t who we are!

Yes, dearest readers, because of you, we’re ROLLING in the DOUGH! HA!

When Cathy started this site, it was merely to share info with friends and family. Nothing more. About 4 months into it, we tossed around the idea of putting up a few “ads”. We weren’t in it for the $, but we did think if we could pull in a few extra dollars to justify to our husbands all the time we were putting into it, we wouldn’t object (nor would our hubbys). So we went for it.

Here are a few things you should know:

• We are very particular about the “ads” we put up.
• 98% of the time, we try the offer out ourselves to see if it’s really worth it
• We only put up about 1% of the slew of “offers” out there.

We do this because we want you, our fab readers, to know that what we are posting is worthwhile. Our time is precious. We refuse to post every single thing out there (goodness, there is a lot of it!)… and frankly, we don’t think you’d read us if we did. What’s the point of me telling you this? If we post it, we believe in it. If we are a little unsure of the offer, but we post it anyway (because it sounds pretty darn good, but we didn’t have time to try it out ourselves), we’ll let you know!

If you like us and appreciate the hours we spend sitting on our fannys getting bloggers butt, then simply click through our site when heading to coupons.com, or restaurant.com, or amazon.com (to name a few). See the banners over there on the sidebar? They aren’t there for decoration (well, OK – some of them are). Feel free to click on them! You just may send a few pennies our way!

So now on to the nitty gritty. Here is a list of companies we are affiliated with:

Logical Media,
My Savings Media
Escalate (coupons.com)
Amazon.com (we are apart of the Amazon Associates program. We get 4-8% of the purchase you make after clicking through our site!)
Idaho Statesman (yep, if you get the newspaper deal and tell them that Fabulessly Frugal sent you, we get a kickback! Thanks for dropping our name when you subscribe!!)
Idaho Press Tribune (same here – make sure you tell them that you want the Fabulessly Frugal newspaper deal!)
LinkShare
Commission Junction
Google AdSense
eBay
RedPlum
ShareSale

You know who is missing from this list? Albertsons! No, we do not get paid by them, but don’t you think we should? We are always talking about them!

And what about these fab fellas?

• Dr. Olsen gave us some free treatment so we could fairly review his practice. Guess what, after having him work on me twice, I was hooked and would go see him whether or not I paid for the treatment! I take ALL OF MY KIDLETS to him now too! I have to drive 17 minutes to get to him – and it’s WORTH IT!
• Dr. Sam Smith, my orthodontist, kindly wrote off the last portion of my bill in exchange for some advertising. This was pretty nice since my husband had just lost his job. This guy is just all around good!

So thanks for supporting our site

by clicking on links and banner ads…

that’s why this site is still alive and kickin!

As always…

We ♥ our readers!!

We will continue to update this post as we find new deals! Look for the {new} next to the new deals!

Albertsons Double Coupon Deals (or TWICE THE VALUE)  for 1/12-1/15

• New to couponing? Learn our lingo here!
• New to Couponing at Albertsons? Read Albertsons Store Policies
• Understand the power of a catalina
• See Albertsons Current Catalinas
• Never doubled coupons at Albertsons? Read Doubles 101
• Want to know what else is hot this week at Albertsons? Read our Albertsons POST FOR THIS WEEK

Double Deals not found in the Ad

Franks Hot Sauce 5 oz $1.49 {New}
DOUBLE: .75/1 from 12/5 SS
Final Price: FREE

Clorox Disinfecting Wipes to Go $1 {Spotted these 3/$1  at Albertsons Nampa old store}
DOUBLE: $0.75/1 any Clorox Disinfecting Wipes printable Coupon {If you haven’t printed already}
Final Price: FREE

Kikkoman Soy Sauce, 10oz $2.49 {New}
Use B1G1 Free Coupon (10oz) or here
DOUBLE $1/1 printable
OOP: $0.49 each
Get $1.50 catalina
Final Price: $1.01 Money Maker Thanks Amber!

Lance Snack Crackers 2/$4 {New}
DOUBLE $1/1 coupon from 12/5 SS
Final Price: Free Thanks Lavish Living 4 Less

Orville Redenbacher $2 {New}
DOUBLE $1/1 Orville Redenbacher’s Gourmet Pop Corn from  All You Jan 2011
Final Price: FREE Thanks Amber!

Kikkoman Soy Sauce, 5oz $1.29 {New}
DOUBLE $1/1 printable, no size restriction
Final Price: FREE Thanks Amber!

Green Giant Frozen Vegatables $1 {New}
DOUBLE: .50/1 Green Giant Coupon
Final Price: FREE Thanks Fab FruGAL Christina!

Emerald Nut Canister $2 {New}
DOUBLE $1/1 printable Emerald Nut Coupon
Final Price: FREE Thanks Fab FruGAL Jamie!

Lysol Toilet Bowl Cleaner $2.00 (price good through 2/2)
DOUBLE $1/2 Lysol Toilet Bowl Cleaner 1/2/2011 SS Insert
Final Price $1.00

Lysol Complete Clean  Mold and Mildew Remover 32 oz $2.00
$1/2 Lysol Bathroom Cleaner or Mildew Remover 1/2/2011 SS Insert
Final Price $1.00

Lysol Bathroom Cleaner $2.00
DOUBLE $1/2 Lysol Bathroom Cleaner or Mildew Remover 1/2/2011 SS Insert
Final Price $1.00

Halls Cough Drops 40 pack $1.49
DOUBLE $.50/1 Halls Cough Drops 1/2/2011 SS
Final Price $.49

Arm & Hammer Detergent $3.79 {New}
DOUBLE $1.00/1 Arm and Hammer Detergent Coupon
Final Price: $1.79 Thanks Fab FruGAL Carianne

Nature Made BOGO Sale – use 2 coupons for each item and double each coupon to get final price

Vitamin C  100 ct $6.89
DOUBLE (2) $1/1 Nature Made Vitamin C 1/2/2011 SS
Final Price $2.89 for TWO

Vitamin D 90 ct $5.09
DOUBLE (2) $1/1 Nature Made Vitamin D 1/2/2011 SS
Final Price $1.09 for TWO

Vitamin B12 100 ct $6.69
DOUBLE (2) $1/1 Nature Made Vitamin B 1/2/2011 SS
Final Price: $2.69 for TWO

Calcium 130 ct $12.69
DOUBLE (2) $1/1 Nature Made Calcium 1/2/2011 SS
Final Price: $8.69 for TWO

Multivitamin 60 ct $10.49
DOUBLE (2) $1/1 Nature Made Multivitamin, any 1/2/2011 SS
Final Price $6.49 for TWO

Co-enzyme Q 10 30 ct $21.99
Use (2) $5/1 CoQ10 coupons
Final Price $11.99 for 2

Halls Drops $1.19
DOUBLE: $1/2 from 11/7 SS
Final Price: $.19

Wholly Guacamole $2.99
DOUBLE: $1.00 Printable Guacamole Coupon
Final Price: $.99

Coffee-mate Creamer $2.29 (until March 3rd)
DOUBLE: .75/1 printable coupon $1/1 Coffee Mate Coupon or creamer coupon or new coffeemate facebook coupon
Final Price: as low as .29

Dannon Yogurt 6 oz .50
DOUBLE .50/6 Dannon Coupon or $1/6 Dannon Coupon
Final Price: as low as .16 each

Lean Cuisine Frozen Bags $3.29 {New}
DOUBLE $1/1 from 1/5 SS
Final Price: $1.29

Pillsbury Cookie Dough (in the tubes) $1.99
DOUBLE $.55/2 Pillsbury Cookie Dough Coupon
Final Price: $1.44

Rhodes Warm N Serve Rolls $2.50
DOUBLE: $1/1 Rhodes coupon or Warm and Serve Coupon
Final Price: .50

Ronzoni Pasta $1.69-$2.19
DOUBLE: $.55/1 Ronzoni coupon {zip 90210}
$1/2 Ronzoni Smart Taste
$1/2 Ronzoni Smart Taste
$0.75/1 Ronzoni Smart Taste
$0.75/1 Ronzoni Garden Delight
$1/2 Ronzoni Healthy Harvest
$1/2 Ronzoni Healthy Harvest
Final Price: as low as FREE

Blue Diamond Almonds 6 oz can $2.50
DOUBLE: $.60/2 from 12/5 SS
Final Price: $1.90

Truvia sweetener 40 packets $3.79
DOUBLE:$1/1 Truvia Natural Sweetener
Final Price: $1.69

Muir Glen Diced or Crushes Tomatoes 28 oz $3.39 {organic}
DOUBLE $1/2 Muir Glen Coupon or $1/1 Muir Glen Product (IE) Printable (FF)
Final Price: $2.39-$1.39

Jose Ole Taquitos or Mini Tacos $4.49
DOUBLE: $1/1 Jose Ole coupon
Final Price: $2.49

Johnsons Baby Lotion or Wash $3.39 {New}
DOUBLE: $1/1 from 1/9 SS2
Final Price: $1.39

Desitin Baby Diaper Rash Cream $4.89 {New}
DOUBLE: $1/1 from 1/9 SS2
Final Price: $2.89

Scrubbing Bubbles Bathroom Cleaner $2.99 {New}
DOUBLE $1/2 from
Final Price: $1.99

Buy 2 Glade Odor Fighter $4.49 {New}
DOUBLE (2)  $1/1 from 1/09 SS2
OOP: $4.98
Get $2 Glade catalina
Final Price: $2.98 or $1.49 each

Buy 2 Glade Plug-in Refill 3 pk $3.59 {New}
DOUBLE $1/2 from 1/09 SS2
OOP: $5.18
Get $1 Glade catalina
Final Price: $4.18 or $2.09 each

So you can SHOP FROM YOUR PANTRY! You know, your pantry, that place chock full of food you’ve been purchasing? Hopefully you’ve been stocking up (aka: NOT hoarding) when you find an item at a rock bottom price!

Da-da-Daaah!

The Fab FruGAL’s are here to help!

Each week we’ll post recipes that will use many ingredients from recent sales and your stockpile! You will find each weeks list under “Shop From Your Pantry“.

What is your #1 can’t live with out gotta have it always running out of pantry item?!

WELCOME TIP JUNKIE READERS!!
Are you new to this couponing thing? We’ve got all the basics laid out for you in our Couponing 101 post! We’ll show you where to collect coupons, how to organize them, and how to use them effectively! Join in on all our fun and you can be a fab fruGAL too! You can subscribe to our FREE newsletter and join us on Facebook!

Every week we’re talking about how to save loads of money at

Live in the Northwest? Be sure to see all the hot deals at our favorite grocery stores!

Yep – we sure do. 

Do you think we’d be spending hours and hours on this blog since 2008 just for fun!? Do you think we’re crazy?

Sure, we love it (IT being, working on this blog!). If we didn’t, we’d stop! We’ll be the first to admit it is certainly more fun to bring in a little extra cash doing something you enjoy!

Why in sam hill are we telling you this? The FTC came out with new regulations for bloggers effective 12/1/09. If we make money on a post. We’re supposed to let our readers know. We could give you the boring shmoring disclosure you’ve been reading everywhere else. But that just isn’t who we are!

Yes, dearest readers, because of you, we’re ROLLING in the DOUGH! HA!>

When Cathy started this site, it was merely to share info with friends and family. Nothing more. About 4 months into it, we tossed around the idea of putting up a few “ads”. We weren’t in it for the $, but we did think if we could pull in a few extra dollars to justify to our husbands all the time we were putting into it, we wouldn’t object (nor would our hubbys). So we went for it.

Here are a few things you should know:

• We are very particular about the “ads” we put up.
• 98% of the time, we try the offer out ourselves to see if it’s really worth it
• We only put up about 1% of the slew of “offers” out there.

We do this because we want you, our fab readers, to know that what we are posting is worthwhile. Our time is precious. We refuse to post every single thing out there (goodness, there is a lot of it!)… and frankly, we don’t think you’d read us if we did. What’s the point of me telling you this? If we post it, we believe in it. If we are a little unsure of the offer, but we post it anyway (because it sounds pretty darn good, but we didn’t have time to try it out ourselves), we’ll let you know!

If you like us and appreciate the hours we spend sitting on our fannys getting bloggers butt, then simply click through our site when heading to coupons.com, or restaurant.com, or amazon.com (to name a few). See the banners over there on the sidebar? They aren’t there for decoration (well, OK – some of them are). Feel free to click on them! You just may send a few pennies our way!

So now on to the nitty gritty. Here is a list of companies we are affiliated with:

Logical Media,
My Savings Media
Escalate (coupons.com)
Amazon.com (we are apart of the Amazon Associates program. We get 4-8% of the purchase you make after clicking through our site!)
Idaho Statesman (yep, if you get the newspaper deal and tell them that Fabulessly Frugal sent you, we get a kickback! Thanks for dropping our name when you subscribe!!)
Idaho Press Tribune (same here – make sure you tell them that you want the Fabulessly Frugal newspaper deal!)
LinkShare
Commission Junction
Google AdSense
eBay
RedPlum
ShareSale

You know who is missing from this list? Albertsons! No, we do not get paid by them, but don’t you think we should? We are always talking about them!

And what about these fab fellas?

• Dr. Olsen gave us some free treatment so we could fairly review his practice. Guess what, after having him work on me twice, I was hooked and would go see him whether or not I paid for the treatment! I take ALL OF MY KIDLETS to him now too! I have to drive 17 minutes to get to him – and it’s WORTH IT!
• Dr. Sam Smith, my orthodontist, kindly wrote off the last portion of my bill in exchange for some advertising. This was pretty nice since my husband had just lost his job. This guy is just all around good!

So thanks for supporting our site

by clicking on links and banner ads…

that’s why this site is still alive and kickin!

As always…

We ♥ our readers!!

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If you have no idea what this PRINTABLE SHOPPING LIST IS, then you MUST go see our pictorial about using this FABULESS tool!

Time to cash in on the Kraft=FREE Groceries Promo! Buy $25 worth of the following items and get $5 catalina and a rebate form to submit for $20!

Check out Yesterday’s Preview for the HOT POST CEREAL SALE and your meat and produce deals (plus some scenarios and a hint about Sundays ad!).

California Pizza Kitchen For One $2.50
$1/1 CPK in 5/17 Smart Source

Digiorno For One & Flat Bread Melts $2.50
$.75/1 DiGiorno Flatbread Melts 5/17 Smart Source

California Pizza Kitchen (12″) $6.00
$1/1 CPK in 5/17 Smart Source
$1.00/1 CPK from Coupons.com
$1.00/1 bricks coupon
or find some CPK Coupons on eBay

DiGiorno Pizza (12″) $6.00
$1.50/1 DiGiorno Crispy Flatbread Frozen Pizza, any 5/17 Smart Source

Capri Sun Juice Drink $2.00
You can find various tearpad coupons that combine Nabisco/Chips Ahoy and Capri Sun Coupons on eBay

Chips Ahoy! Cookies $2.50
Chips Ahoy Coupons on eBay

Crackerfuls Crackers $2.50
$1/1 in 7/12 Smart Source

Crystal Light Drink Mix (any variety) $2.50-$3.99
$2 off WYB Crystal Light & Wheat Thins on eBay

Jell-O Gelatin snacks $3.00
$.60/1 SS 8/9
$1/2 SS 7/12
$.60/1

Kraft Easy mac or Velveeta Cups $1/1
$1/2 SS 8/9
BOGO FREE SS 8/9

Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Dinner $.49
$1/2 SS 8/9

Kraft Natural Cheese Slices (7-8oz) $3.00
$1/2 RP 8/9

Kraft Natural Shredded or Chunk Cheese (8oz) $1.67
$1 off 2 pounds Cheese (you’ll need to purchase 4 packs in order to use this coupon)

Kraft Singles $2.50
$1/2 RP 8/9

Kraft String Cheese (12oz) $3.00

Nabisco Toasted Chips $2.50
$.75/2 SS 7/26

Philadelphia Cream Cheese $1.67
$1/2 RP 8/9

Ritz Crackers (13-16oz) $2.50
B1 Ritz Crackers, G1 Wheat Thins FREE 5/17 SSOR Find Ritz/Wheat Thin coupons on eBay

Starbucks Coffee (12oz) $6.99
$1/1 SS 7/26

Wheat Thins or Triscuit Crackers $2.50
B1 Ritz Crackers, G1 Wheat Thins FREE 5/17 SS
OR Find Ritz/Wheat Thin coupons on eBay

Have fun getting your FREE groceries!

Look for the
General Mills/Unilever promo: Save $15 on your NEXT shopping trip when you spend $30 or more on these participating products.

P&G promo: Save $5 on your next purchase when you spend $20 or more on participating products.

Which we featured here!

And a new Kelloggs Promo!

Not sure if there are more doubles. Anyone heard?

While I was there I noticed many items on “sale” that I could get for WAY less at Albies right now – because a promo, coupled with coupons AND doulbers makes for a stink load of money saved! I found myself cringing when people put some of these items in their cart!

I DID however, use a few coupons that will be expiring next Wednesday that I wanted to use.

I picked up a pack of Yo Plus (reg price $2.04) and saved a dollar with my IP. I also grabbed 2 California Kitchen Pizza’s. These were the 12″ variety that are NOT part of the promotion at Albies this week. They ARE on sale at Albies for $6.99 (I don’t consider THAT a sale!), so I got two boxes at Winco for $4.78 each. And I used two $1/1 printables that I got from coupons.com a few weeks ago.

ANYWAY – my point is:

FABULESS Strawberries at Winco right now

also

IF you have coupons that are about to expire,

and

YOU NEED or COULD USE the item that you have a coupon for,

and

there isn’t an AMAZING deal going on,

then

I break down and head to Winco or Walmart to purchase the item.