Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Chick-fil-a




Chick-fil-A in Tallahassee, FL is giving away free sample brownies on
Friday, Sept. 30, 2011 between 12:00 and 2:00 PM.
Check here to see if your local Chick-fil-A is participating.



Walgreens Super Deal


You can buy a Brita Slim Pitcher at Walgreens for $10
Make a pledge and print out this coupon for $5 off
Then go here and print out this rebate form. Send it in and get $10 back.
That is a $5 moneymaker!!!!


Saturday, September 17, 2011

CVS

Week of September 18 to September 24, 2011
  • Don't forget to bring your CVS card. It is the key to all things CVS
  • You may use one manufacturer and one store coupon per item.
Need more information on shopping at CVS, go here.

We are participating in Kingdom First Mom's $5 Challenge

If you have ECBs from last week this is a good one to invest them in:
Transaction #1
Buy Revlon Moondrops Super Lustrous, Moon Drops, or ColorBurst Lip $6.49 get $5 ECBs Limit 6
Pay $6.49 ( minus ECBs from last week) + tax
Get $5 ECBs
Transaction #2
Buy Colgate Optic White Toothpaste or Toothbrush $4 get $2 ECBs Limit 2
and Gold Emblem Candy Corn, Autumn Mix or Pumpkins 8 oz  $.99  get $.99 ECBs (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday only)
might need a filler to cover $5 ECBs
Use $5 ECBs 
Pay tax only or filler + tax
 Get $2.99 ECBs
or 
Transaction: 
Buy Dial NutriSkin Lotion $4.99 get $1 ECB
use $1 printable (Facebook)
and Gold Emblem Candy Corn, Autumn Mix or Pumpkins 8 oz  $.99  get $.99 ECBs (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday only)
Pay $4.98 + tax
get $1.99 ECBs
or
Transaction:
Buy 1 Aquafresh or Sensodyne Iso-active Toothpaste 4.3 oz $4.89 get $2 ECBs
use -$1 Aquafresh Iso-active printable or
-$1 Sensodyne Iso-active printable
and Gold Emblem Candy Corn, Autumn Mix or Pumpkins 8 oz  $.99  get $.99 ECBs (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday only)
Pay $4.88 + tax
get $2.99 ECBs

Other Good Deals:
Buy $20 Gas-X, 18-50 ct., or Benefiber 28-114 ct., get $10 ECBs (starting at $5.79)
-$1 Gas-x printable
-$2 Benefiber printable 
24-Hr. Prevacid 28 ct. $19.99
-$4.00 printable
Rebate available for difference in price minus coupon: Here
Both of the above make this free!
Mars or Wrigley’s Fun Size Assortment 9.34-11.5 oz. 4/$10 get $5 ECBs
Arm & Hammer Liquid Detergent 25-32 loads, BOGO starting at $6.99

Walgreens


Week of September 18 to September 24, 2011

Reminders:
  • You may use one manufacturer coupon and one store coupon combined to purchase an item.
  • Register Rewards are considered manufacturer coupons.
  • You will not get a RR if you use a RR you received to purchase the same product again. Use it for something else that yields you RRs.
  • You must have the same number of items as coupons you are using.  Use inexpensive filler items to make this work.
Go here if you want to learn more about shopping at Walgreens

We are participating in Kingdom First Mom’s  $5 Challenge!
Transaction #1
Buy Blistex Cold & Allergy Lip Soother $2
Pay $2 + tax
Get $2 RRs
Transaction #2
Buy Colgate Sensitive Pro Relief Toothpaste $4.99
And Filler
Use --$1 printable
And $2 RRs from above
Pay $1.99 + filler + tax
Get $3 RR

Other good deals:
Spend $15 on Garnier Hair Care or Hair Color Get $5 RRs
-$1printable o
r printable
Buy 6, use 6 coupons (will need more than one computer)
Pay $9 (or less if you use RRs, but you will need a filler)
Get $5 RR
Get $2 RR WYB Tom’s of Maine Deodorant 2.25oz, Mouthwash 16 oz, Toothpaste 4.2 or 4.7oz $3.99

Edge Shave Gel 7 oz. $2.79, B1G1 50% off = 2/$4.19
-$.75 printable
Or -$.75 printable
Softsoap Hand Soap 8.5 oz. $3.29, B1G1 free
-$.70 printable (use 2)

Fillers
Royal Gelatin $.20 w/ in-ad coupon
Nestle .77-2.1 oz, Mentos 1.32 oz, or Air Heads 1.5 oz candy $.49 in-ad coupon
Big Roll Bath Tissue 1000 sheets or Tuf Paper Towels single roll $.50 in-ad coupon

Geisha Mushrooms 4 oz or Madam Mandarin Oranges 11 oz $.50 in-ad coupon

Morton Iodized Salt 26 oz or Nice! Baking Soda 16 oz $.50 in-ad coupon



Thursday, September 15, 2011

Blockbuster Express New Codes


Blockbuster Codes

Remember when using the codes that they may not work on the latest releases or blu-rays. If you return it before 9 PM on the next day, there will be no charge. You can go to Blockbuster Express and reserve your movie and use your code ahead of time, so pick up is easy!

These are good til September 16, 2011:

33TTDR8
23PGAR7
52KRVF7
48RMAQ5
79AGSF6
48TPLD5
26MMKC3
99JMMF9

These are good til September 19, 2011

73PGAR8
27KRVF6
54RMAQ6
36MMKC4
39CHAH2

Publix

Week of September 14 (or 15) to September 20 (or 21), 2011
Sorry I have not been too regular with my posts. We are in the middle of a kitchen remodel and it has taken over our lives! Some of these might be regional, so you might want to check your local ad at Publix .
 Reminders:
·         You may use one manufacturer and one store or competitor coupon.
·         You may use two coupons for Buy One Get One deals.
·         Each Publix has their own list of competitor coupons they will accept .
·         You can print most printable coupons twice, by hitting the back arrow 3 to 4 times.

Here are the best deals I see at Publix this week:

General Mills Cereals, 10.7-12.8 oz.,t $3.49 BOGO
Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Trix, Cocoa Puffs or Golden Grahams
-$1.10/2 printable
-$1 GM Trix printable

Krusteaux Pancake or Waffle Mix, 24-32 oz. $2.49 BOGO
$1/2 printable

Progresso Soup 18.5-19 0z., $2.29 BOGO
-$1/4 printable

Nabisco Honey Maid Graham 12.2-14.4 oz., $4.19
-$1 printable

V8 Fusion Vegetable, Fruit, Tea, and 100% Juice 46 oz. $3.99 BOGO
-$1/2 or $2/3 Fusion printable
-$2/3 or $1 printable

Shedd’s Spread Country Crock, 15 oz. $2.49 BOGO
-$.40 Facebook printable

Heluva Good Dip, 12 oz. $2.09 BOGO
-$.50 printable
-$1 Facebook printable

Yoplait Smoothie Mix,  7.6 oz. $3.19 BOGO
-$1 Facebook printable

Birds Eye Voila! Meals, 21 to 23 oz. $5.17 BOGO
Van’s Organic Waffles, 7.5-12 oz. $2.99 BOGO
-$1  Facebook printable

Perdue Short Cuts Turkey or Chicken Breast, 9 oz $3
Dannon Activia Selects Yogurt,  $1
-$1/3 printable

Pillsbury Biscuit or Egg Scrambles, Toaster Scrambles or Strudels, $2.50
-$1 Pillsbury Grands Biscuit Sandwiches, Publix store coupon, Yellow Advantage Flyer
-$1 Pillsbury printable
-$1/2 Strudels printable
-$.50/2 printable
Use store coupon and one manufacturer!
Claussen Pickle 20-32 oz., $2
-$1/2 printable

Barber Foods Stuffed Chicken Breast, 10 oz. $3.49
-$1 printable (sign up)
Juicy Juice, 100% Juice, 64 oz. or 8 ct. $2.5
-$.50 printable  

Keebler Town House Crackers 8-12 oz. 2/$5
-$1/4 printable

Cascadian Farms Cereal or Bars, $2.99
-$1 Publix store coupon, Yellow Advantage Flyer
-$1 printable (sign up)
Use both!
Crunchmaster Multi-Grain Crackers 2/$5
$1 printable

Blue Bell Ice Cream half gallon, 2/$9
$1 printable

Publix Napkins 400 ct. 2/$5
Solo Plastic Cups, 24-50 ct.  Or Plastic plates 12 ct. 2/$5
-$.75 printable

Perdue Shortcuts Turkey or Chicken Breast 9 oz. 2/$6
$1 chicken breast  printable

Some other things you might like:
Boston Butt Roast $1.99/lb
Ground Round $3.99 (not the best price, but ok)
Tomatoes on the vine $1.79 lb
Bartlett Pears $.99 lb
Grilling Vegetables $1.49 lb
Premium Plums $1.49 lb.
Red or White Seedless Grapes $1.29 lb.
Broccoli $2
Birds Eye Voila! Meals, 21 - 23 oz. $5.17 BOGO
Gatorade Thirst Quencher or G2 64 oz. $2.50 BOGO
Ronzoni Pasta 12-18 oz. $1.41 BOGO
Pepperidge Farm Milano Cookies 5.75-7.5 oz. $3.69 BOGO
Pepperidge Farm Deli Flats 12 oz. $2.99 BOGO
Playtex Handsaver Gloves, $1.99 BOGO
Rosetto Ravioli 19 – 25 oz $4.19 BOGO (pair this with the Prego sauce, and you have a meal)
Borden American Singles 12 oz, $3.99 BOGO
Immaculate Baking Co. Cookie Dough $3.29 BOGO
Hunts Tomato Sauce Crushed, or Diced 28-29 oz. $1.99 BOGO
Kettle Brand Potato Chips 8-8.5 oz. $3.69 BOGO
Ken’s Steak House Dressing 16 oz $3.25 BOGO
Bull’s Eye Barbecue Sauce 17.5 – 18 oz. $2.17 BOGO
Prego Italian Sauce 45 oz, $3.49 BOGO
Thomas’Bagels 6 ct. $4.49 BOGO


This week there are some Buy Theirs and Get Ours Free deals:
Kraft Cool Whip Tub, 8 oz, $1.67
Free Publix Whipped Topping
Pam Original Cooking Spray, 5 oz. $3.19
Free Publix Cooking Spray
Uncle Ben’s Long Grain and Wild Rice, 8.8 oz. $1.67
-$1/2 printable
 Free Publix Long Grain and Wild Rice
Nestle Toll House Semi-Sweet Morsels, 12 oz. $3.15
-$.50/2  printable
Free Publix Morsels (I prefer Publix Morsels to Nestle, they are made with real vanilla as opposed to vanillin)
Buy 2 Nestle and get 2  free Publix!





Sunday, September 11, 2011

$7 Zyrtec Printable Coupon




Allergy season is around the corner. If you use Zyrtec, then print out this $7 off coupon.
Keep it around to pair up with a deal at one of the drugstores!

Walgreens



Week of Sept. 11, 2011 to Sept. 16, 2011


Reminders:
  • You may use one manufacturer coupon and one store coupon combined to purchase an item.
  • Register Rewards are considered manufacturer coupons.
  • You will not get a RR if you use a RR you received to purchase the same product again. Use it for something else that yields you RRs.
  • You must have the same number of items as coupons you are using.  Use inexpensive filler items to make this work.
Go here if you want to learn more about shopping at Walgreens.


We are participating in Kingdom First Mom's Weekly $5 Challenge




$5 Challenge

Buy 1 Colgate Sensitive Pro Relief Toothpaste $3.99 get $3 RRs
use -$1 printable

Buy 2 Skittles (1.1 oz-2.17 oz.) at 2/$1 (with in- ad coupon)
use - $1/2 printable (Target printable, manufacturer coupon- does not say Target)
(There are two Skittles coupons, one for $1 when you buy one big bag, and one for $1 off when you buy two smaller bags (1.8 oz. to 2.17 oz. each)….this is the one you want.
Buy 2 Chex Mix 5.5/8.75 oz, $.99
use -$.50 chex mix printable 
and/or -$.50 printable, and/or $1/2 printable 
Pay OOP $3.98 + tax (or use register rewards if you have them from last week)
Get $3 RRs back

and/or

Scrubbing Bubbles One Step Toilet Bowl Cleaning Kit $8.99 get $2 RRs
use -$4 printable
Pay $4.99 + tax
get $2 RRs

Other deals you might like:

Rimmel Foundation, Primer, Powder, Bronzer, Eye or Nail Cosmetics, Buy One Get One 50% off starting at $3.59
-$2 off Rimmel London products, (Facebook) printable (use two)
Scott Naturals Paper Towels, 6 rolls, $5
-$1 off Scott Naturals, September Walgreens coupon booklet
a-$1 off Scott Naturals printable 
Aquafresh Advance, Extreme Clean or Ultimate White Toothpaste, 5.6 - 6 oz., $2.99
-$1 Aquafresh September Walgreens booklet
 and $1 Aquafresh printable
or
-$.50 Aquafresh printable

Playtex Gentle Glide or Sports Tampons, 18 pk, $3.88 get $1 RR
-$1 Playtex printable
or -$1 Playtex printable (sign up)
Fillers:
Arizona Tea 16-23 oz $.50

Mars or Dove candy 1.1-2.17 oz. $.50 w/ in-ad coupon

Russell Stover Chocolate Halloween Pumpkin .88-1.25 oz or Nestles Butterfinger 1.2 oz  $.39 w/ in-ad coupon




Saturday, September 10, 2011

CVS

  • Don't forget to bring your CVS card. It is the key to all things CVS
  • You may use one manufacturer and one store coupon per item.
Need more information on shopping at CVS, go here.

We are participating in Kingdom First Mom's $5 Challenge!

This is slighltly over $5 or you could just do one of the two transactions:
Transaction #1:
Buy 1 Softsoap Body Wash $2.99 (limit 1)
use $.75 Softsoap printable
Pay $2.24 + tax OOP (or use ECBs from last week)
Get $2 ECBs back
Transaction #2
Buy 1 RepHresh Brilliant pH Tampons, 18 ct. $6.79 (limit 1)
NEW****use -$1 RepHresh printable

use $2 ECBs from above
Pay $3.79 OOP 
Get $6.79 ECBs to use next week! 

Friday, September 9, 2011

New Blockbuster Express Rental Codes


New codes out for Blockbuster Express. These codes are good til Sept. 12, 2011:

 75TTDR3
34PGAR2
72KRVF5
38RMAQ4
89AGSF7
83TPLD4
76DMNP2
29SPNF9
68MMKC2

You can go online and reserve your movie and enter your code. This will save you some time. All you have to do is pick up your movie!


Thursday, September 8, 2011

Great Deal Coming Up at Walgreens!

 Go here to print this coupon for $4 off Scrubbing Bubbles One step Toilet Bowl Cleaner starter kit. It is going on sale at Walgreen's starting this Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011 for $8.99 with $2 RRs back. This is a good item for the $5 Challenge for this coming week.

$70 in Savings Booklet Available for Publix


Go here to request your coupon booklet with $70 in savings at Publix only.
The coupons are valid from October 6, 2011 to November 3, 2011.

FREE Arby's 'Shroom & Swiss sandwich



Go here to print out a coupon for a Free 'Shroom & Swiss Sandwich
when you purchase a smal drink and small curlyl fries.
This coupon expires Sept. 13, 2011.

Groupon Flip Flops


Have you joined Groupon yet? It is one of the online daily deal sites. They send you a daily
deal related to your location each day. Sometimes these deals are local and sometimes they are national. Today, I am highlighting a local daily deal. This deal is at the Governor's Square Mall in Tallahassee. You can get $24 worth of flip flops from the Flip Flop Shop for $12. That is a wonderful 50% savings. If you join using my link I will get a $10 credit. When you go there, search for All Deals and click on Flip Flop Shops ad. This deal will end at the end of today! The Groupon expires on Nov. 20, 2011 and is not valid on Rainbow Products. Make sure you read the fine print. I have purchased many Groupons and have never been disappointed! 

Thursday, September 1, 2011

College Textbooks



My college kids get very frustrated when they get their lists of textbooks each semester. It seems that the colleges change editions every other year. This can be very costly. We try to buy used textbooks as much as possible. Here are some ideas for saving some money on those college texts.
  1. Buy used from Craigslist, Ebay, Amazon and a whole host of textbook sellers. Do a google search for used college texts.
  2. If the text required is a new edition, email the professor and ask if the past edition is acceptable for the course. Many times it is.
  3. There are international editions of many of the texts for a reduced price, but you have to be careful with this one. My sister once ordered a book for her son and it was not in English.
  4. Many college bookstores are now renting books. Check around for local bookstores or online sites that also rent books. They can be less expensive than your college bookstore.
  5. If you absolutely cannot find it used for a good price. The last hint is to look for the looseleaf edition of your book. I just found the latest edition of a textbook my daughter needs for the same price as renting. I will pay a little extra to get a spiral binding put on it. Then we will be able to sell it next semester.
A little extra time can make your money go a little bit further!

Walgreens Update


These are on sale this week for $1.50 with $1.50 RRs back!
Now there is a hot little coupon for $.30 off of Carmex lip balm here!
Making this buy a small moneymaker!

Secrets to Happy Couponing #4


This is the last in a four part series on Secrets to Happy Couponing! The other posts can be found here, here and here. I hope this has been helpful. This is a summary of between two and three years of couponing.

  • If you do not have time to clip coupons for a season, shop the Buy One Get One sales and this will still save you some money!
  • Signing up for freebies is another thing you can do to reduce your grocery bill. I will soon post some sites that can get you started in receiving freebies in your mailbox every week! Many manufacturers will send out free samples of new products for you to try.
  • Another thing you can do that can help you is to print out coupons that you know you will use, ahead of time. Keep these well organized so you can have access to them when a sale comes up! I will do another post soon on different methods for organizing your coupons.
  • Lastly, take it all in stride. Do not try to implement everything you have read here all at once. Pick a few things that are doable for you and start there. Also, do not try to do all the deals you see posted. Pick the ones that will most benefit you and let go of the rest. They will come around again. When I first started couponing I was trying to do every deal I could find....I soon burned out. When I restarted I realized that what I was doing was overkill. That is why I am starting out by giving you $5 deals at Walgreens and CVS.
If you have found this series helpful, please leave a comment for me! Thanks!