Earn giftcards with Swagbucks!

I love Swagbucks! Earn points that you can use to get giftcards for using Swagbucks to do your online searches! Go here to sign up and get started. Use your giftcards for purchasing textbooks, books, gifts for the upcoming holidays, etc. Invite your friends and earn even more Swagbucks.

What is Swagbucks? It is a search engine like Google or Yahoo. You are rewarded points randomly for doing searches through Swagbucks. You can install the Swagbucks tool bar to earn even more Swagbucks! This does work, I have earned many Amazon gift cards through Swagbucks. Other giftcards you can earn include Target and Starbucks....so, what are you waiting for? Go to Swagbucks and sign up now!

Checkout the Swagbucks blog also for more opportunities to earn Swagbucks at the Swagbucks Blog!

$12 for $25 in supplements or name brand vitamins!!!

Eversave has a deal for Vitacost today. Eversave is a deal site like Groupon. You can get $25 worth of products for $12 or $50 worth of products for $25. I will receive $10 credit when you make your first purchase through Eversave. So, click here and go check it out!

Blogs I Love!

By now your school year should be well under way, and midterms are in the mix. Soon you will be looking for books for next semester. I am so sorry for my long absence. My family obligations have kept me away. We have nearly finished up a kitchen project, been away for my college son's rugby game and started back to our homeschooling with the girls. I am going to post some of my favorite blogs right now, so if you see that I am neglecting this blog, you can go check these out!

www.frugalcouponliving.com  by Ashley (local blogger)

www.fiddledeedeemom.com by Sarah (local blogger)

www.couponsavinggame.com by Stephanie (local blogger)

www.kingdomfirstmom.com this is where I upload my $5 deals for Walgreens & CVS

www.moneysavingmom.com this is the first blog I found when I started, still love it

www.iheartpublix.com she lists all the Publix deals available...wonderful

www.southernsavers.com she has a wonderful checklist that you can print out for Publix, Walgreens and CVS and more.

www.momsbyheart.net love seeing all her crafty ideas she compiles for the holidays

www.iheartwags.com specifically for Walgreens has sales flyers up for weeks ahead

www.iheartcvs.com specifically for CVS has sales flyers up for weeks ahead

www.totallytarget.com all Target sales and clearance

Blessings!
Susy

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!!!!

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 or 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

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

Thanks Frugal Coupon Living!

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

-$1 printable

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!

$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!

Thanks, Freebies for Moms!

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

Thanks I Heart Wags!

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! 

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!



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! 

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!