Sharing my deal-finding adventures in the land of no CVS

Thursday, August 21, 2008

New Wags Coupon - 8/22 & 8/23!

Another $5/$20 coupon that is good for 2 days this time! Friday and Saturday! Now I just might be able to finish up my FAR items for the month!

Here's what I might pick up:

Bic Mark-It Permanent Markers - use $3 Coupon here

Here is a moneymaker from SlickDeals:

Durex Play Foam Lubricant .38 oz $6.99
Use the $5/1 Durex Play item Q
Use the $3/1 IVC in the August easysaver book
$1.01 Overage!

Get some RRs:

Buy 6 Ragu/Skippy
Use recent Qs ($1/2???)
Get $4 RRs

Cheerios are $1.99, use $1 printable here = .99

Stock up on Prep H!

Buy stamps!

Buy 5 bags of Dove DARK chocolate (I would do 2 diff. transactions to earn 2 - $1 RRs) = submit for free movie ticket when you buy $12 worth of chocolate (#39 ESR)

Albies Deals 8/20

Sorry, but I only have a minute before I need to clean-up the house for the hundreth millionth time! So a few quick deals from this week's ad.

Albies:

Time to pull out those $2 Ken's Dressings Qs - the spritzer and reg. dressings are $2, so free after the Q!

There is a Kraft/Nabisco promo where when you buy 5 items you get a free Nabisco Snack tray. I need to buy one more All You magazine and then here's what I'm doing:

2 Kraft singles (free after All You Q)
2 Wheat Thins (free after All You Q)
1 Kool-Aid to go (.50 Q from a free sample in the mail)
20 Kool-Aid packets
2 Kraft dressings (free after All You Q)
1 Oscar Mayer hot dog (free after All You Q)

Total = $5.50, I'll get the free snack tray plus there is a Kool-aid catalina going on:

Buy any Kool-aid powdered drink mix product between 8/15 and 9/7:

Spend $6, get $2 OYNO
Spend $10, get $3 OYNO
Spend $14, get $4 OYNO

Otherwise, there isn't that much that I'm jumping for joy for.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

I Heart Overage!


Rite Aid #1:

3 John Frieda hairsprays .89 each (used $3/2 Q) = -.33 (Note: if you haven't done the $5 rebate, you can get $5.33 overage!)

2 St. Ives lotions .99 each & BOGO (used 2 $1/1 Qs) = -$1.01

3 BeFine packets $1.99 each (used 3 $5 Qs) = -$9.03

1 Crest $2.99 (used .75 Q and it's FAR) = -.75

1 Infant Tylenol $9.99 (used $1 Q, this is what I really needed, I just used the overage to get it free!) = $8.99

Total = $2.85 and I'll be getting $2.99 back in rebates and I got my expensive baby medicine free!


Rite Aid #2:

Found 3 more John Frieda hairsprays .89 each (this time they scanned both the $3/2 and the $1/1 Qs!) = -$1.33

3 BeFine $1.99 each (used 3 $5 Qs) = -$9.03

4 Trident Extra Care gums $1.49 each (used 2 Rite Aid BOGO Qs and 2 BOGO MQs) = free!

2 Floaties $2.49 each = $5.98 (for my sister!)

1 Dora sippy cup = $6.29

1 Baby Wipes = $1 (my baby decided she was done shopping and spit up on me!)

1 Princess ball = .99

Total = $4.82

Walgreens:

5 Prep H wipes $3.99 each (used 5 $3 MQs and $2 ESC Q - takes $2 off each one -) = -$5.05

4 Crayons .39 each = $1.56

1 Disney Baby boat = $6.69 (I accidently packed our other one!)

Total = $5.68, which I put on my gift card, so no oop!

Free Cards at Safeway + Possible Overage!


Update: Slickdeals is reporting that it is actually Buy 4 cards, Get $5 off - that means overage when you buy the .99 cards! Let me know if your store actually has signs to back this up!

Thanks to Mommy Making Money for the heads-up on this one! Here's the deal:

Buy 5 of the .99 Hallmark cards and get $5 off your order = 5 free cards, no tax even!

I tried it today and at my Safeway it wasn't marked as a promo, but it totally worked! I did it twice! 10 free cards! This deal goes until 9/20, so stock up!

I also scored at Rite Aid and Walgreens with my overages today - I'll post pics and details later!

Monday, August 18, 2008

Overage Opportunities This Week

So, I had another open house and after looking at all the ads, I just wasn't pumped to type up all the not-so-great deals this week. Instead, I'll share some little overage secrets:

Walgreens:

There are Preparation H travel wipes alongside the other Prep H products that are priced $3.99. Go here and print off as many $3 MQs as you would like. Then pull the $2 ESC Q out and you have overage!

Prep H pack = $3.99
MQ = -$3
ESC Q = -$2

Total = $1.01 overage!

Rite Aid:

Today I found the travel size John Frieda hairsprays were on clearance at my store. Use with the $3/2 tearpad Qs:

3 - John Frieda hairsprays = $2.67
$3/2 MQ = -$3
Rite Aid rebate when you buy 3 John Frieda products = -$5

Total = $5.33 overage!

I couldn't find the St. Ives (Elements?) that has a BOGO Q in the paper, so I bought 2 of the .99 St. Ives lotions and used 2 $1/1 Qs = 2 free lotions and $1.01 overage!

The FAR Crest toothpaste has a .75 P&G Q, so that is .75 overage. Plus, FAR items are a great way to hide your overage!

Of course, the BeFine thing is still working - so get them while this coupon still works!

Please remember to be kind to other couponers and make sure to cover your overage with other products and don't go overboard with your purchases, so that the cashiers don't tattle on us for our good finds.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

A Few Great Resources...

I totally meant to remind you about these gems last month!


Caregivers Marketplace:

This is just a site where you sign up, then print off a cash back request form for lots of items that many of us buy anyway and you'll get cashback just for submitting receipts. I don't get any kickback for this, I just want to remind you that you could be getting some cash! For example - remember the Nature Made FAR item last month? The Rx Essentials vitamins? Yep, once you have submitted your receipt online you can attach it to your Caregivers Marketplace form and get $1! Same for those Huggies diapers or Pull-ups or Little Swimmers! It's like free money!

NatureMade Wellness Rewards:

While we're discussing NatureMade vitamins...you can enter the codes on the packages and earn points towards really great NatureMade coupons ($5+) - these come in super handy when they are BOGO or a FAR item = $$$$

Grocery Deals 8/13

Albies:

Not alot to jump up and down for, but there are a few things:

I'm super excited about the Buy $10, Get $2 off promo on the Yoplait items:

Here's the best scenario:

Buy 5 Yo-Plus yogurt packs = $10
Automatic $$$ off = -$2
Use 5 - $1 Qs (here, here, here, here, here or from last week's box tops insert) = -$5
Total = .60 for each 4-pack, not bad since that is about what one container usually costs!

There is also a Spend $20 on Unilever products, Save $5 instantly promo:

The most exciting thing is probably the Wisk/All detergent scenario:

Buy 6 Wisk/All = $20
Automatic $$ off = -$5
Use 6 $1 All coupons from here or from this month's All You issue = -$6
or use 6 $1.50 Wisk coupons from 7/13 RedPlum insert = -$9

So, depending on your Qs, you could be paying $9 or $6 for 6 detergents. This isn't as sweet as this deal, but still not a bad stock up price. I had to get a raincheck, since they were totally out of my favorite type for a few weeks - but well worth it in the end!

You may also want to mix in some Wishbone dressing, since that has some .60 Qs out there or Lipton has a $1 Q here or in the May paper inserts (long time ago!)

Albies also has Goldfish crackers BOGO, they end up being 2/$2.49.

Note: If you haven't done your Kellogg's $10 rebate, I might suggest using the Safeway Super Coupons, along with the Albies Kellogg's coupon to get a great deal on some cereal.

The back page of the ad with all of the produce is hilarious - just read the 1 or 2 words under each item (Sweet, Ripe, Juicy Sweet, Solid Head, Good for You) - just made me giggle a little.

Safeway:

Honestly, I'm probably skipping Safeway this week. Looks pretty lame.

If you haven't used up your free 12-pack vouchers from mycokerewards.com, then you could use them this week, since they're B2,G2 free. By the way, mycokerewards isn't offering the free 12-pack vouchers right now, I've heard that it is a cyclical thing, so maybe later in the year it will come back.

I would use the Kellogg's super Qs with the Albies Kellogg's Q, so that you can actually get close to 10 products at the really good sale prices for the $10 rebate.