The Shaw's Deals are Rolling!
I went to Shaw's yesterday & today, and the deal is working!My first transaction, I didn't get any cats going through self checkout, and the customer service person said sometimes that happens at self checkout. Thankfully, they forced the cats for me. I heard later that the Old El Paso products are NOT producing a catalina, so I think that was the real issue.Today, I went to a different store. I did the deal 2 more times, and it worked both times! I was careful to only buy things that were clearly marked with the big, red, "Get $15" tag. The $15 tags have the UP

So Delicious Coconut Coupons!
When I was printing out some coupons for the Shaw's Deal this week, I noticed 3 So Delicious coconut product coupons are available at Coupons.com. There is alos a LaraBar coupon. Go print them out :) They're on one of the last "food" pages for me, and it allowed me to print them out twice.

Awesome Shaw's Catalina Deal This Week!
Do Not Miss the deals at Shaw's this week! Spend $30 on participating products through November 11 and get a coupon for $15 off your next shopping order!They're fofering the usual cake mixes and frostings, but also soup, broth, taco ingredients, paper towels, cereal, tea, and pasta sauce. Definitely some natural-leaning products available :)Check out Wicked Cool Deals for coupon match-ups. HotCouponWorld

Update on $25 Personal CVS Challenge
Still pregnant (37 weeks!) and still working on my $25 personal CVS challenge. Here's the update :)Transaction #34 (October 6)$2.99: Colgate Total Toothpaste$3.99: Revlon Nail PolishUsed $1.50 off Colgate TotalUsed $.50 ECBUsed $4.98 ECB (adjusted down)Broke even - no OOPI had some ECB's I needed to use, so I went ahead and bought my newspapers with them.Transaction #35 (October 11)$3.98: 2 4-in-1 Pumpkin Carving Tool $.99: 1 Halloween Nylon Treat Bag$.44: 1 bag Brach’s Candy Corn$3.50: 1 Boston Globe$2.00: 1 Boston HeraldUsed $9.99 ECB

Close to Wrapping Up My CVS Challenge
I only have 27 cents left to spend in my $25 personal CVS challenge! In aniticipation of wrapping this up, I've actually been letting the CVS cashiers adjust my ECB's down. I've only lost pennies here & there, but I'm trying to maximize the ECB's I do have. Because of this, my profit margin has decreased. Plus, my transaction today cost $3.80 (the balance when figuring in coupons & ECB's spent versus earned), but it was stuff I needed for after the new baby comes.In other great news, a brand new CVS opened just a few blocks from my house!! They sent out some coupons, which I used in Transaction #33 below. It's quite large and has a different set-up than I'm used to, but I c