Sunday, July 12, 2009

Sunday of Savings! First stop: Staples deals!

I normally don't look at the Staples deals because I have never had one close enough to make it worth the effort. Well, I checked their website for locations, and one has opened up near me, so I was very excited to stop in to take advantage of their sales and rebates. To check for a location near you, go here.


Ok, this week they have copy paper on sale for 1c, and photo paper for $1 after rebate(limit 2 on each of these). Well, they also have a $5/20 coupon on their online ad. If you click on it, you will see that it says, just click to print the front page and THAT is your coupon. It was that easy and the store I went to was super nice and clean!!!!


Here is my breakdown:


2 Staples copy paper @ 3.69 each


2 Staples photo paper @ 9.99 each


2 8 packs #2 pencils @ 1c each(limit 2 unless you are a teacher)


Total: $27.38 - $5 ad coupon


Tax: $1.85 (8.25%)


Total oop $24.23


Now I can go online and submit the rebate for copy paper(3.68x2) and photo paper(8.99x2) for a total check of $ 25.34 back.

Thanks to shan2321 at HCW for the scenario!


So net for that stop : PROFIT OF $1.11 and now I have computer paper for all those printables.

2nd stop: Walgreens- A little Suprise!

I knew my local Walgreens still had some Pull Ups on clearance so I stopped in. Before I went, I made sure to print the new $2 printables found here. (There are also $3 printables, but I forget to bring these with me)

Well, I had six coupons, so I bought six packs. I was pleasantly suprised to get a $3 RR at the end of my purchase. Apparantly Walgreens is running a Huggies promo(Spend $20, get $5, spend $15, get $3 RR)

Here is my breakdown:

6 Pull Ups Cool Alert $3.19 each - $2 printable

1 Kit Kat .69 (not pictured because I ate it, lol)

-$2 RR (that is why I bought the Kit Kat)

Tax $0.48

Total OOP $6.31 and earned $3 RR

Also will submit my receipt for Caregiver rebate for another $4.50 back)

*If I brought my $3 printables with me, I could have purchased one more package and gotten $5 instead with a cost of only another .19 oop)

Total for this trip:

$6.31 oop + $2 RR - $3 RR earned - $4.50 rebate earned = $0.81 for six packages of Pull Ups!

3rd stop: Walmart

Walmart sells the Nestle Pure Life bottled water 6 packs for $1 everyday. Thanks to cravingthesavings, I found out there is a $1 printable(limit 2 per email and computer-must register your email to print these)

Again, I left some of my coupons at home, so I picked up the two packages I had the coupons for.


Also, Nestle has a great fundraiser program with area schools. Save the wrappers and submit to a participating school and the school earns points they can use to purchase playground equipment. If you do not have a local school that participates, you could always trade these with someone whose school does participate.

4th Stop: Cvs, a milk suprise

CVS has a good assortment of FREE school supplies on sale today-Tuesday only. I also needed milk, and since I had my free coupon from the previous promo I posted about here, I got that too. I was suprised to get a $1 ECB for buying milk this week(must be an un-advertised deal)

Here is my breakdown:

3 Papermate 8 count pens $.99 each (earns .99 ecb limit 3)

2 CVS 1 Subject notebooks $.99 each (earns .99 ecb limit 2)

2 CVS 5" scissors $2.99 each (earns $2.99 ecb limit 2)

2 CVS rulers $.99 each (earns .99 ecb limit 2)

2 CVS school glue $.99 each (earns .99 ecb limit 2)

1 Gillette fusion manual razor $7.99 - $4 P&G 6-28 insert (earns $4 ecb limit 1)

1 package ear plugs on clearance for $.39

1 gallon of milk $2.69 - free milk ecb earned from buy 5 promo blogged about here(earns $1 ecb)

Paid with $2.97 ecb, 4 ecb and 12 ecb

Tax .02

Paid $.30 oop(gift cards from prescriptions) and got back $19.99 in ecbs.

So total this trip: $$2.97 ecb + $4 ecb + $12 ecb + .32 oop - $2.97 ecb - $4 ecb - $ 1.98 ecb - $ 5.98 ecb - $ 1.98 ecb - $1.98 ecb - $1 ecb = Profit of $0.60

Friday, July 10, 2009

Today is the day July 10th

Friday is the day for free food at Chick-fil-A. All stores should be participating in this event. To find a location near you, please go here.

If you come fully dressed as a cow you will get a free combo meal. If you come with a cow accessory(partial costume, even just a headband or purse) you can get a free entree.
This is a fun event that has been going on for 5 years now. To find a starter kit or more information, you can go here.

They also have some contests you can enter! I have my little one entered in the photo contest! She was actually the Chick Fil A cow for her first Halloween(YES! I love CFA that much!!)

Reminder- Free Chocolate Friday


Don't forget today is free chocolate friday again. Go to Mars website to get your free Chocolate. You should receive an email confirming you have won after your registration. Limit 4 wins per household for the duration of the promotion.
Free chocolate FRIDAY.

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Welcome BzzAgents


For those of you coming from the BzzAgent FrogPond, thanks for visiting my blog. I would also like to thank everyone that has posted a review of my blog and appreciate that the criticism has been constructive and polite. I am working on a couple of the points brought up(tags on my post, clarifying my lingo link), because they are some very good suggestions. I would also like to welcome comments from everyone on this post and suggestions you might have to make my blog more user friendly for the readers.
Please keep in mind, this blog is a posting primarily of the deals that I have taken advantage of or plan to participate in. It is not in any means a listing of ALL the deals that are out there. I also may not always do the deals in the cheapest or most optimizing way. I would rather miss out on a money maker way of doing a deal so I can purchase the items I will actually use.
So with that, please feel free to provide constructive critism as to what you think my blog is missing. Keep in mind extremely rude comments will not be posted as I don't want this to turn into a roast!

For those of you who are NOT bzzagents yet. Check it out and sign up! It is free and you get a chance to try some really cool stuff.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Free Hefty One Zip at Walmart

Stopped into Walmart yesterday at lunch and got 10 boxes of Hefty OneZip FREE.
Everyday price for these appears to be $1 and I found $1 off any Hefty One Zip blinkies so FREE.
As you can see in the picture, these are full size boxes(22 and 17 count) NOT trial size.
(Coupons do beep for some reason, but cashier read them and approved)

ETA: Apparantly, there are also coupons in the 5-17 insert for these but I didn't get papers that week. So those of you that cannot find the blinkies in their area stores, check your inserts.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Gerlands Grand Market

In Sugar Land, there is a store called Grand Market. It used to be a Gerland's and still has the name Gerland's on the building. It is typically an overpriced grocery store so I only good when I am near the area and only really to scout out for blinkies I cannot find elsewhere. Well, yesterday I stopped in and they are tripling .50 and under coupons for a limited time(didn't have a date listed) The catch: They will only triple one like coupon and you cannot use internet printables. Also, you do not get overage(coupons adjust down to the cost of the item)
Well, I got the 7 items above for .36 after coupons.
Here is the breakdown:
Worchestershire sauce .99 - .50 insert 5-10SS = free
Casa Fiesta refried beans .89 -.25 taped to can = .14
Lipton tea bags $1.09 - .50 insert 5-17 RP = free
Dawn liquid $1.49 - .50 homemailer = free
Cling free sheets $1.79 - .50 insert 6-7SS = .29
Tony's pizza $1.25* - .50 insert 6-7SS = free
Kraft 2% cheese $1.50* - .50 tearpad = free
Tax -.07
Total paid .36

*The cheese and pizza rang up a different price than the shelf tag so manager came over and manually entered those. He then had to manually enter the coupons for them as well, hence the negative tax.

Monday, July 6, 2009

Randalls- Milk Catalina promo, profit on Huggies

Randalls has a catalina promo going through tommorrow, 7-7-09. Buy 3-5 boxes of GM cereals and get a catalina for gallon milk up to $4.50, buy 6+ and get two catalinas for free gallon milk up to $4.50 each. I had several $1/1 Cheerios coupons for signing up at their website over a month ago(You signed up and they sent you a new link each week to print $1 off regular Cheerios). Also, Cheerios are on sale for $2, so I thought this would be the cheapest way to do this deal. Of course, before I left, I made sure my Randalls card was 100% loaded up with Shortcuts and Cellfire coupons!

(At Randalls, it appears ALL loadables for an item come off if you buy just the min required of the item, so it is VERY VERY important to load ANY/ALL coupons of products you might even remotely consider buying. These coupons usually become unavailable to load weeks before they expire)



I walked the store to find items I could purchase that would provide overage by combining loadables with paper coupons. Here is what I scored:



5 Cheerios $2 each - 3 $1/1 Cheerios and 1 $1/2 Cheerios (printables emailed to me)= $6

1 Total cereal $2 - .75 cellfire - .75 homemailer = $.50

2 Fruit roll ups $2.50 each - FREE wyb 3 GM cereals peelies - 2 .50/2 cellfire - .50/2 shortcuts = -$1.50

1 Pedigree dentastix $3.99 - 3 $2.50 shortcuts loadables - $1 blinkie at Randalls = -$4.51

1 Cascade Crystal Clear drying agent $4.99 - free homemailer - .50 PgEsaver - -.50

1 Lucerne milk(not pictured) $1.99 - .50 in ad coupon = $1.49

2 Starbucks ice cream $1 each - $1 insert coupon 6-21SS($2 coupon adjusted down) = $1

1 Huggies diapers $12.49* - $1 cellfire - $1.50 shortcuts - $1.50 shortcuts - $1.50 insert 6-21SS = $7.49

Tax .87

Total OOP $10.34



*The diapers were marked $9.99 so I was getting them because I thought with loadables, paper coupon, upromise savings and caregiver rebate, they would only be $2.74 for the pack

They rang up $12.49 so I went to service desk and they confirmed the shelf tag said $9.99 so with the right price guarantee Randalls has, I got $13.27 refund($12.49 +tax)



So all in all, I got paid $10.37-$13.27 = $2.93 by Randalls to purchase all this PLUS

I got 2 catalinas for a free gallon of milk and I will still earn $1.50 from upromise and .75 for caregivers rebate form so

PROFIT OF $ 5.18 today

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Snapfish- Prints for Pennies!


To help us print all the wonderful pics we got during the 4th of July festivities, Snapfish is offering prints for just one penny(limit 50- additional prints at 9c each). Just enter the code PENNY at checkout. You have until July 10th to use this code. Normal shipping and handling rates apply.

CVS deals DONE! $1.13 Total Cost

Mom was here visiting for one more night so I decided to hit up CVS and help her out with the scenarios for the week. We found a store that starts the Sunday sales on Saturday afternoons and I just wanted to get the week overwith. Here is MY haul(didn't take pics of hers) and my breakdown:

Trans #1 :
1 Febreze spray $5
1 Febreze Air effects $3
2 Febreze Noticeables $6.50 each
-$3 free Febreze air effects wyb spray insert coupon from this Sunday's early edition
-$8 2 $4 coupons for Noticeables in this Sunday's paper
-$10 ECB from prior deals
$0 OOP and earned $10 for Febreze(Spend $10 and get $5 ecb, limit 5)

Trans #2:
Exact repeat of Trans #1 with another old $10 ecb

Trans #3:
2 Dawn $1 each
1 CVS pantiliners .89
3 CVS invisible tape $1.49 each
3 CVS pencils .99 each
1 Chia pet thingie for my girls .75
-$1 2 .50 home mailer coupons for Dawn(P&G booklet I sent for in Jan)
-$10 ECB earned in Trans #1
$0.09 OOP paid on gift card
Earned back $1 for Dawn, .99 for pantiliners, $2.97 for pencils and $5* for tape
*Tape ecb didn't print and manager confirmed I purchased the correct type via the ad. When she went to force the ecb for $4.47 it rounded up to $5 Woo Hoo

Trans #4:
1 Febreze spray $5
1 Febreze air effects $3
2 Head and Shoulders shampoo $4.99 each
13 St Ives apricot scrub face wash $1.49 each
-$3 free Febreze air effects wyb spray insert coupon from this Sunday's early edition
-$4.99 bogo Head & Shoulders coupon in this Sunday's paper
-13 * $1.50 St Ives coupons 5-10 SS(last one adjusted down)
-$9.99 ECB ($10 ecb from Trans #2 adjusted down)
$0 oop and got back
$5 for Febreze, $4 for H&S
I didn't have to buy $10 worth of Febreze since before the trans, my tally was at $42

I have now reached my limit for Febreze, pencils, dawn, pantiliners and tape and will not have to go to CVS this week unless I find something I missed!

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Cascadian Farm Cereal Score!

Mom and I went to HEB to see what good tearpads and coupons we could find and scored 12 boxes of Cascadian Farm Organic Clifford Crunch Cereal for FREE!
In the clearance bin at the HEB we found these cereals marked down for .50 a box!(Best buy dates of Oct and Dec 2009)
Right on the boxes were peelies for $1/2 any Cascadian Farms cereal or granola bars. How could we pass that up! Took them to the registers and even the manager was excited for us!
12 boxes of cereal = Cost $0 oop (6 peelies :) )
We were so excited, we forgot to ask for our Buddy Bucks, lol.
BUT, we did not forget to pick up the new My HEB Texas Life magazine with $45 in in-store coupons!

Friday, July 3, 2009

Randalls run with my mom

Randalls is having a 4 day sale to celebrate the 4th of July, so I finally made a trip out. The sale ends on the 4th, so if you have the coupons, I suggest you make the run tommorrow. Hopefully this post will not be too confusing.
Randalls has 2 in ad coupons I used for this sale. One for $5.99 Kingsford charcoal (limit 1) and one for $0.99 Kraft singles (limit 2). Both coupons require a purchase of $20 (before coupons are applied) to be valid. For this reason, I will list my items and prices, then coupons at the end.
Here is my breakdown:
Trans #1(my moms transaction):
1 Safeway green beans $1.15
1 KC Masterpiece bbq sauce $1.58
1 Kingsford charcoal $7.99
1 Kraft Velvetta sliced cheese $3.49
1 Kraft Sharp cheddar slices $3.49
1 Pork Loin Roast $6.50
Total : 24.20

Coupons:
-$1.15 Free Safeway veggies from Hurricane maps found in store
-$1.88 Free KC Masterpiece wyb Kingsford charcoal (5-10RP, cashier entered nonsale price)
-$2 Randalls in ad charcoal coupon
-$4 Kingsford manuf coupon (6-28RP)
-$2.50 Randalls in ad cheese coupon
-$2.50 Randalls in ad cheese coupon(you might have to tell cashier they have to ring this coupon twice if you get 2 cheese)
-$1 Two Kraft sliced cheese .50 coupons from dairy booklets found at Randalls
-$6 Pork wyb 1 Kingford charcoal and one other participating product(KC Masterpiece in my case - this coupon beeps and cashier will need to override)
Tax -.49
Total spent $2.68

Trans #2(my transaction):
1 Safeway green beans $1.15
1 KC Masterpiece bbq sauce $1.58
1 Kingsford charcoal $7.99
1 Kraft Velvetta sliced cheese $3.49
1 Kraft American slices $3.49
2 Smithfield bacon $6
Total : 23.70

Coupons:
-$1.15 Free Safeway veggies from Hurricane maps found in store
-$1.89 Free KC Masterpiece wyb Kingsford charcoal (5-10RP, cashier entered nonsale price)
-$2 Randalls in ad charcoal coupon
-$4 Kingsford manuf coupon (6-28RP)
-$2.50 Randalls in ad cheese coupon
-$2.50 Randalls in ad cheese coupon(you might have to tell cashier they have to ring this coupon twice if you get 2 cheese)
-$1 Two Kraft sliced cheese .50 coupons from dairy booklets found at Randalls
-$6 Pork wyb 1 Kingford charcoal and one other participating product(KC Masterpiece in my case - this coupon beeps and cashier will need to override)
Tax -.33
Total spent $2.33

So for about $5 we got ~ 20lbs of charcoal, 2 meals of pork(with green beans) and 4 packs of sliced cheese. I think it was a pretty good run.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Get paid $1 to buy Chiquita Bites


Right now, there is a Chiquita Bites $1 coupon available for printing. These are typically sold for $1 at Randalls, Kroger and most local grocers. Thanks to Mercedes for the heads up on the $1 printable.

Well, before you go using your coupon, go to upromise! They have a $1 loadable coupon for Chiquita Bites. The $1 will get added to your upromise account so you will pay nothing at the register and will earn $1 profit to your upromise account if you purchase at a participating upromise store.

Who says you can't get milk coupons? - Good only for ID and UT readers!

Coupons.com has reset their coupons. Thanks again to thewanderingshopper at Texas Couponers Group, I have been alerted to a milk and cheese coupon.

If you go to coupons.com and in the top left of the screen make sure to enter zip code 83642, you will notice the following coupons show up for your selection:

$0.75/1 gal or 2 half gallons of white or chocolate milk(excluding soy milk)

$1 any 2lbs or more of Cheese as brick, cube or shred

$0.75/1 32 oz or 4 any size yogurt!



You should be able to print 2 of these per computer. Sweet deal!!!!!!!
ETA: I was just made aware the dairy coupons do state only good on the purchase of Dairy products sold in ID and UT. Sorry about that guys, I am bummed now too!
But, the Eggo Bake Shop coupons have been reset and those are good for the deal still going on at Target!

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Kroger and HEB - yet another Beef Recall

For all those that purchased store brand beef at these stores, please check your dates:

From Channel 13 news
Possible E-coli contamination prompts a ground beef recall by Kroger and H-E-B.
This move is connected to last week's voluntary recall of beef by JBS Swift Beef Company in Colorado. Kroger is asking customers to check for the store brand and store packaged ground beef with sell by dates between April 27th and June first.
H-E-B also has several beef products you need to check for.

Nabisco coupon and rebate book

Hurry over to the Nabisco website to request this coupon book/calendar. It comes with 2 $20 rebates and $15 in coupons for Nabisco, Planters, Capri Sun, Ritz Bits , and Easy Cheese. Thank you to thewanderingshopper on Texas Couponers group for the heads up!