And Happy Sunday. I've been browsing the paper and here's what's on my list for CVS this week:
Crest Toothpaste Free after ECB limit 2
I know there are coupons out there for this from the paper in the past few weeks
Glade Soy Candles
$6 ea
Buy 2 Get $4 ECB
Coupon $3 off 2 from coupons.com
Sobe Water
Buy one get one free
use 2 Buy one get free from Sobe's web site.
Get 4 Free!!
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Think Coupons aren't worth it? Check this out!
An article in the Wall Street Journal equates couponing to a part time job Coupons win!
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704820904575055392244583592.html?KEYWORDS=coupons
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704820904575055392244583592.html?KEYWORDS=coupons
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Walgreens Tomorrow-Friends and Family Discount!!
Tomorrow Walgreens is having a friends and family day. Go To Walgreens Website to print out a coupon that will give you 20% off all Walgreens brand items and 15% off all other eligible items (generally it’s all but prescriptions, stamps and stuff like that).
I thought I was done with Walgreens this week, but I think I’m going to go tomorrow and get the following
Rembrandt teeth whitening system
$9.99 with wags coupon from their Ad. Regularly $21.99 Yikes!
-$5 printable coupon from Rembrandt’s web site
Dove Men’s body wash (I tried to get this at rite aid but they were out)
$5.99 (get $5.99 register reward)
-1.25 coupon from the Sunday paper
I wasn’t sure if Andrew would use this…generally he’s a bar soap kinda guy, but I asked him and he said he would give it a shot because of the register rewards (my sweetie is very supportive of my hobby!) so we’ll give it a shot.
Three Musketeers Bars
.49 with Wags Coupon
Buy 4 get $1.50 register reward.
These can go in the treat basket on my desk at work!
I thought I was done with Walgreens this week, but I think I’m going to go tomorrow and get the following
Rembrandt teeth whitening system
$9.99 with wags coupon from their Ad. Regularly $21.99 Yikes!
-$5 printable coupon from Rembrandt’s web site
Dove Men’s body wash (I tried to get this at rite aid but they were out)
$5.99 (get $5.99 register reward)
-1.25 coupon from the Sunday paper
I wasn’t sure if Andrew would use this…generally he’s a bar soap kinda guy, but I asked him and he said he would give it a shot because of the register rewards (my sweetie is very supportive of my hobby!) so we’ll give it a shot.
Three Musketeers Bars
.49 with Wags Coupon
Buy 4 get $1.50 register reward.
These can go in the treat basket on my desk at work!
CVS and the danger of impulse purchases
I went to CVS today. I had $13 in Extra Care Bucks expiring tomorrow, so I needed to use them. I put together a plan for very little out of pocket (oop) expense. I went in knowing that typically at CVS I need to be flexible, since they are often out of sale items. Not the case today. However…I got caught in the IMPULSE PURCHASE TRAP!!! Boo! One of the potential hazards of this “hobby”
Here’s how it went.
I stopped first at the coupon machine and scanned my card. (most CVS’s have these. It is the price scanner that now gives you CVS coupons…before you shop…excellent!)
I got $1.00 off any CVS skin care item (excludes trial sizes) and $1.00 off CVS facial tissues. Big fat stink... But then I decided to go see if they had a good price on facial wipes (as I stated in a previous post, I love these things! They are great to travel with because they can go in a carry-on bag and are neither a liquid nor a gel. They are also great for those nights when you are just too tired to wash your face. Sleeping in makeup is BAD. With these it’s just swipe/swipe sleep. They were on sale buy 1 get 1 half off. OK, I figure, I’ll grab these in case they don’t have the things on my list cause I need at least $13 pre tax at the end to use up my ecb’s. The 2nd thing I decided to get was the Venus razor. I had a P&G coupon for a free Olay body wash (which I DO NOT NEED!!) with purchase, plus a $2 coupon off the razor. OK good deal. Into the cart. THEN I attacked my list…
4 boxes of Cheerios (BOGO)
4 boxes of Kleenex (BOGO) (2 are not pictured. They went to the office!)
1 Gillette Razor ($4 ECB with purchase
I used these coupons:
2 x$1.25 off chocolate cheerios (yes. I know…but Andrew likes both chocolate and cheerios, so I am taking a chance!)
2x .75 off any cheerios
$1 off 4 Kleenex
The aforementioned impulse purchases
1 Venus Razor
1 Olay Ribbons
2 CVS Anti-aging face wipes (not just wipes..ANTI-AGING wipes! I need all the help I can get!!)
I used these coupons :
Free Olay Ribbons w/purchase of Venus razor (7.49)
$2 off Venus razor
$1 off CVS skin care
Then I used $13.00 in ECB for a grand total of $17.13 Boo!!
I mean according to my receipt I saved $50.65 and it is a lot of stuff, but pretty much what I paid was the total of my impulse purchases and I really didn’t need any of it. My stockpile on these items is pretty good.
Ah Well…Live and Learn.
From now on it needs to be list first, then other stuff if list stuff isn’t available. Yes. I will do that. I promise!! I’ll try anyway.
As a side note…between this purchase and my rite aid yesterday, I already have enough P&G purchases to send in for the $100 in coupons. This deal will be in the paper on 2/21 (you’re gonna start getting the Sunday paper…right??) but you can send in receipts dated after 2/1. Awesome.
Details about this, as well as some good scenarios for the P and G $35 gift card at Rite Aid can be found at www.hip2save.com. I recently discovered this site and so far I am very impressed.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Great Deals this week!
This is a great week for deals. I am pretty behind in posting, and I haven't shopped at all yet (except for a quick trip to Walgreens to use a register reward that was expiring on Monday)
Here is an overview of my favorite deals at the various stores in our area.
TARGET
Gather up your Healthy Choice and Quaker coupons and get to target!!! They have 2 gift card promotions going. Buy 10 healthy choice meals get $5 target card. These are lunch for me pretty much eveyday at work and I have a ton of coupons from various sources so this is going to be great. I am limited only by what my freezer can hold! Although, the fresh mixers are included, so I'll get some of those as well. If you don't have any coupons, go to Healthy Choice's website http://www.healthychoice.com/ and you can print $1 off 2 (you can print it twice) and get started! Quaker is select products, buy 5 get a $5 gift card. if you like oatmeal and granola bars, go for it.
RITE AID
My goal for rite aid this week is to finish the Proctor and Gamble gift card deal that has been going on this month. There was a P&G coupon insert in the Sunday paper (you got the paper right? You've go to get the paper on Sunday!! well, you can do ok with printable coupons, but the ones from the paper are really good. Seriously, get the Sunday paper delivered. 8 weeks is like $10 and you'll make that back many times over!)
But I digress.
Use the P and G insert to get yourself a visa gift card though single check rebates this week. I've been working the deal all month so I need $15 to earn the top gift card.
I'm going to get Tide $10.99 and Tide Stain Release5.99 (free with coupon) to put this thing to bed.
There are a lot of BOGO Coupons in this insert, so even if you are just starting this week, you can get a bunch of things, use the coupons to reduce your out of pocket, and get started at rite aid.Don't forget to get your $5 off a $25 purchase coupon at http://www.redplum.com/. Other printable there as well. You can print each twice.
I'll post what I get later today
WALGREENS
I needed to use up a $2 register reward so I bought 2 hefty ziplock bags and 2 extra gum. Both were Buy One Get One (need walgreens in ad coupon for the bags. they have the ads in the store) and I had a $1 manufacturer coupono my total out of pocket was $1.98 for all/
CVS
I have $13 in Extra Bucks that are going expire this week! I have to go spend them. The best things I'm seeing are Cheerios BOGO, Kleenex BOGO and some razor deals. I'll post my deal after I go. This one is going to be put together on the fly.
TOPS
Dollar Doublers this week. This should be interesting. I need to figure my strategy out for this. Stay Tuned!!
OK thats the round up. Stay tuned for what I end up with!!
Here is an overview of my favorite deals at the various stores in our area.
TARGET
Gather up your Healthy Choice and Quaker coupons and get to target!!! They have 2 gift card promotions going. Buy 10 healthy choice meals get $5 target card. These are lunch for me pretty much eveyday at work and I have a ton of coupons from various sources so this is going to be great. I am limited only by what my freezer can hold! Although, the fresh mixers are included, so I'll get some of those as well. If you don't have any coupons, go to Healthy Choice's website http://www.healthychoice.com/ and you can print $1 off 2 (you can print it twice) and get started! Quaker is select products, buy 5 get a $5 gift card. if you like oatmeal and granola bars, go for it.
RITE AID
My goal for rite aid this week is to finish the Proctor and Gamble gift card deal that has been going on this month. There was a P&G coupon insert in the Sunday paper (you got the paper right? You've go to get the paper on Sunday!! well, you can do ok with printable coupons, but the ones from the paper are really good. Seriously, get the Sunday paper delivered. 8 weeks is like $10 and you'll make that back many times over!)
But I digress.
Use the P and G insert to get yourself a visa gift card though single check rebates this week. I've been working the deal all month so I need $15 to earn the top gift card.
I'm going to get Tide $10.99 and Tide Stain Release5.99 (free with coupon) to put this thing to bed.
There are a lot of BOGO Coupons in this insert, so even if you are just starting this week, you can get a bunch of things, use the coupons to reduce your out of pocket, and get started at rite aid.Don't forget to get your $5 off a $25 purchase coupon at http://www.redplum.com/. Other printable there as well. You can print each twice.
I'll post what I get later today
WALGREENS
I needed to use up a $2 register reward so I bought 2 hefty ziplock bags and 2 extra gum. Both were Buy One Get One (need walgreens in ad coupon for the bags. they have the ads in the store) and I had a $1 manufacturer coupono my total out of pocket was $1.98 for all/
CVS
I have $13 in Extra Bucks that are going expire this week! I have to go spend them. The best things I'm seeing are Cheerios BOGO, Kleenex BOGO and some razor deals. I'll post my deal after I go. This one is going to be put together on the fly.
TOPS
Dollar Doublers this week. This should be interesting. I need to figure my strategy out for this. Stay Tuned!!
OK thats the round up. Stay tuned for what I end up with!!
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Waiting for the paper
My Sunday paper is SUPPOSED to be hear by 8 am on Sunday. It's 9 and so far, nada!!
I am going to post my deals when I get a chance to look at the ads, but with Super Bowl prep today, It would have been nice to get a jump on it. Sigh!
I am going to post my deals when I get a chance to look at the ads, but with Super Bowl prep today, It would have been nice to get a jump on it. Sigh!
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Cleaned out the linen closet
That's where I keep a lot of my loot! It is official. We do not need any more of the following for quite some time!!
Shampoo
Conditioner
Soap (bar, hand or bodywash!!)
lightbulbs!! (I have soo many...want some?)
Chapstick
lipstick
cleanser and moisturizer
feminine supplies.
Contact lens solution
I'm not going to buy anyof this stuff until I get down to 1 left for any of them. At this rate, we could potentially go a year without buying some of this stuff! (maybe I exagerate...who knows? 6 months at least!!)
At least now I know what we have! I need to do the same in my kitchen and freezer...
Gettin' my house in order!! God knows how much it needs it!!
Shampoo
Conditioner
Soap (bar, hand or bodywash!!)
lightbulbs!! (I have soo many...want some?)
Chapstick
lipstick
cleanser and moisturizer
feminine supplies.
Contact lens solution
I'm not going to buy anyof this stuff until I get down to 1 left for any of them. At this rate, we could potentially go a year without buying some of this stuff! (maybe I exagerate...who knows? 6 months at least!!)
At least now I know what we have! I need to do the same in my kitchen and freezer...
Gettin' my house in order!! God knows how much it needs it!!
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