Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Target- Last minute good Price Matchup

I am sorry readers that is was a local deal and I found out about it very last minute (Thanks Maya!)
A local grocery store (Food Town) had Tyson chicken in the box on sale for .99 a box(no limit). Unfortunately, the store closest to me only takes 2 like coupons, so it was not worth it to me to stop there. The great thing is I am surrounded by wonderful coupon friends that remind me or tell me about deals I overlook and remind me about price matching(another area I tend to overlook)
So, today I got these 12 boxes of chicken wings and Breast tenderloins for .44 a box.
Price match at Target for .99 each - .55 insert from 10-11 SS.
Total cost $5.28!

Thanks Again Maya for telling me about this deal.

Sunday, January 3, 2010

CVS Run Jan 3

I am trying to get back into the CVS game so I don't know all the rules of CVS(since they are notorious for changing them regularly). I had a $5/30 so I needed a store that had several deals and I found one. I found out this store does not adjust ECB's down, so I had to throw in a clearance filler that didn't actually ring in correctly.
Here is my scenario:
2 Oust Surface and Air $3.99 each - bogo insert 1-3 = $3.99
2 SoyJoy 6 packs $6 each = $12
4 Nivea Lip care $2.99 each - 2 bogo insert 1-3 = $5.98
1 Halloween gummies .50 -.40 store coupon(cashier adjusted down 80% but it was supposed to be 90% clearance) = .10
-$5/30
-$17 in ECBS
Cost oop : $0.07

Earned : $6 for Oust($3 for each Oust, Limit 6), $12 for Soy Joy($6 for each Soy Joy, Limit 6), and $5 for Nivea(purchase $10 earn $5, Limit 1)
Profit of $5.93

If you are making a trip this week, you may also want to try to get one of these deals:
*Don't forget to ask for a raincheck if your store is sold out. You can get a raincheck for ECB deals!
Ge Energy Smart bulbs $1.99 - $1 insert = .99
Earn $1 ECB (Limit 1)
Final price: .99 at register but -.01 AFTER ECB

Crave-Nx diet aid spray .64 oz $7.99
Earn $7.99 ECB (Limit 1)
Final price: $7.99 at register but FREE AFTER ECB

Colgate Total or MaxFresh 4.6-6oz toothpaste 2/$5 - 2 $1 insert 1-3 SS
Earn $2 wyb 2 (Limit 1)
Final price: $3 at register but $1 AFTER ECB

Walgreens run Jan 3

Stopped at Walgreens today to get the free Electrosol and what I thought would be free Stayfree and Reach toothbrushes(they were not). Here is my scenario:
2 Stayfree $6.29 each - bogo insert 1-3 - $6 in ad coupon = .29
2 Reach toothbrushes $4.19 each - bogo insert 1-3 - $4 in ad coupon = .38
1 Electrosol $3.49 - $2.50 insert 1-3 = .99
2 Neosporin lip $8 - 2 $3 IP (IE) or (Firefox)= $2
1 Lipton tea $3.59 (there are .50 insert 11-15 RP but I didn't have any with me)
1 Theraflu sugar free $3.99 - $2 IP - $2 diabetes booklet coupon = -.01
2 Deerfield Park Raisins $2
-$8 in RR
Cost oop: $1.05

Earned $4 for the purchase of the Lipton and Theraflu, $3 for the Neosporin and $1 for the Electrosol
Total cost of $1.05

Please also look at this post for the current weekly deals I think are worth noting.

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Upromise members: LOTS of new coupons

Upromise has reset their ecoupons and there are LOTS of good ones, especially if you need baby items.

For those that don't know, Upromise is a college savings program, but if you don't have kiddos, you can use the money to pay down your own student loans or even cash out quarterly for the savings! Even though they call them ecoupons, they are slightly different than other ecoupons.

You still need to load them prior to your shopping trip, but you will not see the savings on your receipt, they will instead be added to your Upromise account at a later date. This are also one time use and can only be redeemed at eligible stores (usually stores with loyalty cards- CVS, Safeway, Kroger etc)

Here is the list of coupons that are good through the end of January.
.50 Bounty napkins
$1 Charmin Fresh mates
$1.25/3 Cabot Cheese bars
$1/2 Fisher Snack Almonds, Cashews, Mixed Nuts or Pecans 5 oz +
$1/3 Beech-Nut Homestyle Stage 3 baby food
$1/8 Beech-Nut Stage 2 baby food
$1 Beech-Nut Let's Grow item
$1 Huggies Snug and Dry diapers
$2 Huggies Little Movers, Little Snugglers or Overnights diapers
$3 Huggies Pure and Natural Diapers
.50 No Yolk Egg Whites pasta
$2 Bounty paper towels 6 ct +
$1 Charmin Sensitive
.50 Charmin Mega Roll
$1.50 Resolve Bright and White
.50 Wacky Mac multi shaped or multi colored pasta
$1/2 Huggies Baby wipes
.75 Krunchers! Kettle Style Potato Chips 9.625 oz
.50/2 Snyder's of Hanover Tortilla Chips 16 oz
.75/2 Snyder's of Hanover Pretzels
.50 Wacky Mac and cheese Dinner
$1 Snyder's of Hanover lunch pack
.50/2 Red Gold Tomato products 14.5oz +
$1/2 Musselman's 4pk or 6pk apple sauce
.50 Instant Krazy Glue
.50 Elmer's All Purpose Glue Stick
.55 Elmer's foam board or project display board
.50 Marzetti refrigerated dip
$3 Konsyl Fiber Supplement
$1 Gold Bond Ultimate hand Sanitizing Moisturizer

Kroger Closeout- Snuggle

I received a reader email today, thanks to Pkowis!
Apparantly Pkowis stumbled upon Snuggle at closeout at her Kroger for $2.57.
The varieties that seemed to be included were Almond Creme and Jojoba Creme ( I am assuming these are the liquid versions)
We have $2 coupons from 12-06 RP that would make these just .57 each.

Special News Announcement to Houston READERS

Sad news today!

Thank you readers for your emails and sadly I found this out myself just after noon today.

The 99c only store and the Houston Chronicle right now cannot come to an agreement on pricing
From rumors:
99c only would still like to sell the Sunday Houston Chronicle for $1 but the Houston Chronicle wants them to sell it for $2.
If/when they can come to an agreement, we will have cheap papers again, until then it looks like the $2 is going to be the new reality.

Note: I did go to CVS today and the Saturday early edition rang in at $1.75. Not sure if this is typical, or will remain, but as of today, the Saturday early edition(with ALL Sunday coupon inserts) was $1.75 at CVS.

Local readers: Please feel free to post in comments where you are able to get the Saturday early edition or Sunday paper cheaper than $2!

*Please read the comments section. Reports are 45/610 area seems to still have $1 papers at 99c only store. (thanks gradstudentwife)