Free Museum Day

This Saturday, September 29, Smithsonian magazine is sponsoring a free museum day. Museums throughout the country are offering free admission to one person plus a guest (so, two people, right?). Use this link to find a participating museum. You'll need to fill out a form and then you will get an email link to print out the tickets. This is in the spirit of the Smithsonian museums that are free. In college, I did an internship in Washington, DC and lived a few blocks from the National Mall. I tried to go to one of the Smithsonian museums every weekend and still did not make it through everything that I wanted to see by the end of the semester. My favorites of the Smithsonian museums are the National Air and Space Museum and the Museum of American History. Enjoy your free museum admission!

The Week of 9/28 to 10/4 7 Days of Ways to Save Deals

Here are the Roche Bros. 7 days of ways to save deals for the week of September 28 through October 4:

Friday: Seafood Surprise day, a different fish item is on sale for the week. This week, it's Live 'n Kickin' chicken lobsters for 4.49/lb.

Saturday: "5 Buck Chuck" 85% lean ground beef, $5 each. The circular doesn't specify the quantity.

Sunday: Roche Bros. premium hearty bread, 24 oz. loaf, $1.49 each.

Monday: Chiquita bananas for $0.49/lb.

Tuesday: Double $1.00 coupon day. You can double up to five manufacturer's $1.00 coupons per customer per week with a minimum $25 initial purchase.

Wednesday: Is Wacky Wednesday. This Wednesday's deal is smoked shoulder for $0.59. Limit one with an additional $25 purchase.

Thursday: 5 Buck Cluck Rotisserie chicken for $5.00/each.

Free Small Coffee at McDonalds

McDonald's is giving away a free small Newman’s Own® Organics coffee from 9/23/1 –9/29/12 in honor of National Coffee Day. Enjoy!

This Week's 7 Days of Ways to Save Deals

Here are the Roche Bros. 7 days of ways to save deals for the week of September 21 through September 27:

Friday: Seafood Surprise day, a different fish item is on sale for the week. This week, it's Foley's Fresh sea scallops for $13.99/lb.

Saturday: "5 Buck Chuck" 85% lean ground beef, $5 each. The circular doesn't specify the quantity.

Sunday: Roche Bros. premium hearty bread, 24 oz. loaf, $1.49 each.

Monday: Chiquita bananas for $0.49/lb.

Tuesday: Double $1.00 coupon day. You can double up to five manufacturer's $1.00 coupons per customer per week with a minimum $25 initial purchase.

Wednesday: Is Wacky Wednesday. This Wednesday's deal is for Food Club ice cream, 54 oz. for $0.49. Limit one with an additional $25 purchase.

Thursday: 5 Buck Cluck Rotisserie chicken for $5.00/each.

This promotion ends on November 8.

Roche Bros. Double Coupon Results

From now until November 8, Tuesday is double $1.00 coupon day at Roche. Bros. I went shopping tonight. Here is the result of my haul:

Two boxes of Special K cereal, $1.69/each for $3.38. I had two $0.50 coupons from kelloggs.com that doubled to $1.00/each for $2.00 total. I spent $1.38 for two boxes.

Roche Bros. single size potato chips., $0.33. I had a free coupon for these from Roche Bros. website.

Roche Bros. English muffins, $1.50. I also had a free coupon for the English muffins from Roche bros. website.

Four cans of Progresso Soup, $0.88/each for $3.52. I had a $1.00 off four coupon from the SS 09/09/12 insert that doubled to $2.00. The total was $1.52 for four cans of soup.

One can of Food Club tuna for $1.19. I had a $1.00 off coupon from Roche Bros. website. The total was $0.19.

Five containers of Yoplait Greek yogurt for $0.99/each. The total was $4.95. I had a $1.50 coupon from the SS 08/19/12 insert. The total was $3.49.

Two containers of Dannon Oikos Greek yogurt for $1.00/each. The total was $2.00. I had a $0.50 coupon from the Oikos website that doubled to $1.00. The total was $1.00.

Two boxes of EGGO waffles for $1.19/each for a total of $2.38. I had a $1.00 coupon from the RP 08/05/12 insert that doubled to $2.00. The total for both boxes was $0.38.

Two half gallons of Florida Natural orange juice for $1.00 each for a total of $3.76.

Roche Bros. eggs for $1.29.

Roche Bros. pretzels for $1.49.

The grand total was $14.50 for $32.98 worth of groceries.

It's Back: Roche Bros. 7 Days of Ways to Save

Roche Bros. is once again running a 7 days of ways to save promotion with a special item on sale for each day of the week. 

Here are the deals for each day of the week:

Friday: Seafood Surprise day, a different fish item is on sale for the week. This week it's medium raw shrimp 41-50 ct. lb. farm raised, previously frozen (2 lb. bag - $9.98) for 4.99/lb.

Saturday: "5 Buck Chuck" 85% lean ground beef, $5 each. The circular doesn't specify the quantity.

Sunday: Roche Bros. premium hearty bread, 24 oz. loaf, $1.49 each.

Monday: Chiquita bananas for $0.49/lb.

Tuesday: Double $1.00 coupon day. You can double up to five manufacturer's $1.00 coupons per customer per week with a minimum $25 initial purchase.

Wednesday: Is Wacky Wednesday. This Wednesday's deal is a 10 lb. bag of all purpose potatoes for $0.29. Limit one with an additional $25 purchase.

Thursday: 5 Buck Cluck Rotisserie chicken for $5.00/each.

This promotion ends on November 8.

Saving Money on Sporting Goods

Now that school is back in session, fall sporting season is starting up. If you are a parent with an athletic kid, you are inevitably faced with buying expensive sporting gear. One way to save money on sporting equipment is to buy used. Alex starts skating lessons in a couple of weeks. Since this will be his first time on skates and his feet are growing at an alarmingly quick rate, we didn't want to shell out a lot of money for brand new skates. We visited Play is Again Sports. We found a great pair of skates for him in excellent condition for $25. We also got him a helmet. We bought the helmet new.  We didn't want to risk buying a used helmet that may have been damaged and not as effective. Some things are worth splurging on like a helmet that prevents brain damage. If you are in need of sporting equipment, consider buying used for any items in good quality that don't jeopardize safety.