Monroe sales fliers Dec. 27
A lot of shoppers think that right after Christmas is when you can find some of the biggest deals of the season.
This isn’t as good of a trick as it used to be. I did see Christmas merchandise marked half off Saturday. But selections were very picked over. Besides, if you watched the sales when the holiday merchandise first hit the shelves in the fall (and ignored the “I’m not ready for Christmas yet!” rants), you might have seen prices that were as good or better.
My Christmas sale cleanup involved buying three jars of spices that were still on holiday sale – and the coupon was expiring soon.
Here are the sales fliers for the Monroe, Mich., area, as found in the Sunday papers today for the 48162 zip code. These are all from The Monroe Evening News except where I note Detroit Free Press:
- CVS Pharmacy has Charmin, Tide and Duracell for $5.88 each. Look for P&G coupon matches in today’s coupon stack. Lots of CVS brand items on sale. Sweet N Low is buy one get one free.
- Meijer has flannel twin sheets at $9.99. Assorted totes and bins for storing Christmas decorations are featured. Dynamo is buy one get two free – and that deal frequently sells out in Monroe, so do not wait if you want that sale. Center cut half boneless pork loin $1.49 a pound. Pure Protein bars 10 for $10.
- Kroger in Monroe, Milan and Dundee (sale starts Monday) has half gallon milk, buns, bread on 10 for $10 deals. Catfish fillets $3.99 a pound. Buy $25 or more in P&G items with your shopper card and get $5 off at checkout (use today’s coupon packet).
- Kmart in Monroe has all storage bins on sale. Selected toys on clearance. Look for sales on outerwear and cold weather accessories. Buy $25 worth of P&G products get a $10 Visa prepaid card.
- Kmart in Southgate and Taylor (Freep ad) has Kraft mac and cheese at five for $3. Buy one get one free muffins and turnovers. Lots of seafood specials. Small veggie tray for $5.99.
- Walgreens has coupon in flier for diet Pepsi. Puffs at 89 cents. Buy at least $10 in P&G products and get Register Rewards deals. The $1 deals include Noxzema shave cream. Look in flier for photo lab deals.
- Vitamin World has coupons in its flier and information about its Savings Passport program.
- Target has assorted DVDs on sale. School supplies for January semester include notebooks at $1 each. Assorted storage bins on sale – if you’re going to keep something from year to year, it has to be in sturdy bins and not hand-me-down cardboard.
Also look for in the Monroe ad stack: Best Buy, Kohl’s, Elder-Beerman, Bradford Exchange, Durocher’s, Sears and Menards.
Also look for in the Detroit ad stack: Blockbuster, Verizon Wireless, ABC Warehouse and JCPenney.
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Christmas merchandise at Monroe Thrift Shop
This post is for my readers in and near Monroe, Mich.:
The Monroe Thrift Shop, 119 S. Monroe St., Monroe, Mich., is promoting its Christmas merchandise with items such as Christmas decorations, holiday clothing for women, infants and children, toys and housewares.
The shop also currently has a large selection of men’s clothing, shoes for the family, linens and reading material.
The shop is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, except for Tuesdays when the shop closes at 1 p.m.
The Monroe Thrift Shop Association is a volunteer group, with all store proceeds going back to the community through charitable donations.
If you are shopping second hand, I have a sidebar listing the contact information and hours for this and other thrift shops in the Monroe, Mich., area.
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Christmas shopping season has started (Monroe MI sales fliers Nov. 1)
The Christmas shopping season has started.
Now, the Sunday School teacher in me is rolling her eyes. This is still harvest time and Thanksgiving is the next holiday on the calendar. My home won’t be decorated for Christmas until Thanksgiving weekend.
But frugalista in me is watching those sales fliers. There’s nothing wrong with buying stuff whenever you can find a good price for merchandise for your own family, for a gift, to celebrate a holiday, or for a special occasion. It’s smart stewardship of your money to be a smart shopper.
So I will expand my sales flier reports during the next few weeks to include the department stores and Christmas merchandise.
First, starting with the grocery, discount and drugstore fliers that are in my newspaper stack this morning (I live in the 48162 zip code and most of these fliers are in the Monroe Evening News):
- Super Kmart in Southgate and Taylor (Detroit Free Press) has buy a ham, get a turkey free deal. Pillsbury flour is two for $4. Nestle Toll House morsels are three bags for $7. Value Choice peanut butter $1.99.
- Kmart in Monroe has Xtra laundry soap at two for $11. All cold weather accessories for the family are 40 percent off. Joe Boxer women’s fleece $5. A Proctor-Silex roaster is $29.99. All skateboards on sale.
- Dollar General (you’ll find this flier inside a coupon book) has Crisco shortening at $2, Libby’s canned veggies at two for $1, Ocean Spray cranberry sauce at $1. Nestle Toll House morsels are $2.35 a bag. Jell-O pudding mix 70 cents. 20-inch wreath $3.50.
- Meijer has a two-week sale on selected gift items include assorted Barbie dolls for $7.44, Webkinz at $9.99 and Imaginext Dragon World Fortress at $34.99. Buy $10 in any combination of Nabisco cookies and crackers, get $10 off selected Mattel games. The grocery flier has milk at $1.75 a gallon. Buy one get two free Dynamo laundry soap (this deal always goes fast). Pioneer sugar $2.49 for 5 pounds.
- CVS has Tide 2x at $5.96, see coupon in today’s Sunday papers. Buy one get one free Revlon lipstick. The 10 for $10 items include Gold Emblem toffee popcorn. Buy $50 in iTunes cards get $10 Extra Care Bucks back. Charlie Brown’s Christmas tree 18 inches tall $7.99. Spend $20 in selected colf and flu relief such as Ricola’s and Dayquil get $10 Extra Care Bucks back.
- Kroger in Monroe, Milan and Dundee (sale starts Monday) has a 10 Mega Sale that features items such as Coke 2-liters, Edy’s ice cream, Carnation evaporated milk and Kraft singles. Milk is $1.75 a gallon. Del Monte canned veggies two for $1. Buy one get one free Bob Evans rolled sausage.
- Big Lots has mini light sets at three for $10. 13-piece cookware set is $49. Open stock dinnerware pieces $2 each. Harvest floral 30 percent off.
- Walgreens has buy one get one free on NatureMade vitamins. Coupon in flier for Russell Stover boxed candy. Campbell’s chicken soup 50 cents each. 3 cup rice cooker $7.99 (we have that one, my daughter likes it). Coupon in flier for 12-month photo calendar. Milk is $1.89 a gallon.
- Crafts 2000 flier is in the Monroe newspaper today. I already did a roundup on it because I caught the flier at the store. But do note the coupon on the back and the variety of supplies to make handcrafted Christmas ornaments.
- Target has buy two get one free on Wii games with more than 80 titles available. All floor care deep cleaning solutions on sale (think cleaning before the guests arrive). Buy three boxes Kellogg’s cereal get one free.
- Aldi has milk at $1.69 a gallon. Friendly Farms marshmallow mocha and pumpkin spice coffee creamer $1.49. Beaumont gourmet ground coffee $3.99. Kids’ playhouse tent $16.99 assorted designs. Belmont pumpkin pie $2.99 each.
- Toys R Us has buy $75 worth of “qualifying purchases” through Nov. 26 (read that fine print) get $10 gift card. Free Toy Story backpack with purchase $30 or more Toy Story items. Featured items include Playmobile Pyramid at $83.99 (this and the related pieces look cool.)
Items I noticed in the other store fliers this morning include:
- Best Buy has assorted cameras and computers on sale. Get a $5 Best Buy gift card when you buy two selected holiday title DVDs.
- Sears has a Craftsman tool sale this week. A Rival Duo Crock server is $53.99. All men’s jeans are on sale.
- Dunham’s Sports has sale on assorted basketball shoes.
- Menards has mini shatterproof ornaments 24 count at $1.49 each.
- Dick’s Sporting Goods has selected kids’ basketball shoes are on sale.
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Frugal Thanksgiving tips
Thanksgiving is one of those holidays where it’s a little hard to figure out how to cut back on expenses.
The traditional menu is not all that expensive to begin with. The bigger headaches for dinner hosts involve logistics (Who’s cooking what? Who’s sitting where? How do I time the bird in comparison to the side dishes? Who’s doing the dishes?).
And there is little that can be done about travel expenses except hope that you can schedule an off-peak day to avoid the congestion. College kids sometimes get a bye and can bail out to a roommate’s or cousin’s home instead of traveling all the way back home (I went to a college roommate’s home one year); but family loyalties usually just have to be worked around.
But there are tips that the frugal living experts can share on how to deal with Thankgiving costs. Most of them involve planning ahead with menus and grocery purchases, rather than leaving the details to the last minute.
- BeingFrugal’s Frugal Thanksgiving tips.
- SavingAdvice’s Frugal Thanksgiving savings.
- The Frugal Foodie’s 10 steps to a frugal Thanksgiving.
- Creative Homemaking’s A frugal but elegant Thanksgiving buffet.
This week or next will be a good time to make a list of what foods you are expected to provide, or will be asking others to provide, for Thanksgiving. When the holiday feast sales start, and in my area the weekly grocery sales change over on Sunday or Monday, you want to be ready with your shopping list.
Just before or after Halloween is also a good time to look for any remaining fall / harvest decor or merchandise that may be on clearance while the stores move in the Christmas merchandise. I bought a fall wreath today for $5 that was originally selling for $20.
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