Frugal Utah

80% off at Restaurant.com

2009-06-22T08:47:00.000-07:00

Click here to visit Restaurant.com. You can see all of the participating restaurants by typing in your zip code, or just search by state. Great if you are planning to travel! You can print out the gift certificate right away or save it for later, but buy now before they sell out!

*You DO NOT need to purchase a $25 gift certificate to get 80% off. Just apply the discount code DISH to your order before you check out and it will discount any amount of gift certificate that you have in your cart.

$10 = $0.60!!
$25 = $2.00
$50 = $4.00

**make sure to look at the conditions for each individual restaurant. I believe all of them require a minimum purchase. It can either be purchasing 2 or more entrees or a certain dollar amount, such as $20.

It's been a while...

2009-06-20T19:38:00.000-07:00

I haven't been doing any posts for a couple of weeks because with the warmer weather comes more activities! Which is good, rather than being stuck indoors. But you would think with all this rain, I would be indoors more... I have also started school, so I am not planning on posting much because of that either. Here are my favorite blogs and web sites where I find most of my frugal info:

Pinching Your Pennies
Grocery Smarts **use passport g83cmm for Utah**
utahdealdiva.com
krazycouponlady.blogspot.com
moneysavingmom.com

Reminder: Get your FREE Orange Julius on June 19

2009-06-17T06:00:00.000-07:00

Here's your reminder to get your FREE Orange Julius 20 oz. Light Smoothie on June 19! You need to print your coupon and bring it in. I'm sure these will go fast, so if you can, be sure to arrive early. If you miss out on the free smoothie, you can print off a $1.00 coupon here.

Click here for locations.

My latest Albertson's trips!

2009-05-27T00:09:00.000-07:00

I made a couple different transactions at Albertson's this last week, thanks to the week-long double coupons in this week's ad! I don't have pictures of the Hefty bags, but I was able to get 5 boxes of Hefty quart-size storage bags for FREE!

I'm not sure how my mom got them, but she got a bunch of coupons for $5 off a $40 purchase with your preferred savings card and I was determined to get my subtotal to just above $40, and with coupons get it down to around $10 so I could use my $10 catalina that I got from a previous promotion and it was due to expire today. I accomplished my goal: my subtotal was $40.11 and after coupons, my new subtotal was $9.14! I actually had to buy a pack of gum as a filler item in order to use the $10 catalina, which is can only be used if your subtotal is equal to or more than the amount of the catalina. So I grabbed a pack of $1.29 gum and after my catalina and tax, I paid $1.85 for the following:

1 pack of gum

4 Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower cleaner (full price: $4.99 each!)

5 Kraft dressings

1 Heinz ketchup

1 20 oz Pepsi (I was thirsty!)

1 bag Kraft shredded mozarella cheese

2 Kraft Cracker Cuts sliced cheese

0.75 lbs bulk mushrooms

TOTAL SAVED: $54.69!

Next, I did these transactions using double coupons and 1 $3 catalina:

2 boxes Wheat Thins

2 Healthy Choice frozen entrees

1 pack of gum (as filler)

Paid OOP: $1.17

Total saved: $16.26

3 Edge Shave Gels (these were completely free with coupons, I only paid tax)

Paid OOP: $0.31

Total saved: $9.57

All in all, I spent OOP $3.33 and saved $80.52! Not bad...

I still have 2 $3 catalinas that expire on June 7. I've already looked at this week's ad (May 27 - June 2) and so far, I'm not really wanting anything special. So I just might wait until the next week after that to use them. And hopefully we will get some more double coupons if Albertson's really loves us ;)

Orange Julius FREE smoothie and $1 off coupon

2009-05-22T12:29:00.000-07:00

Orange Julius is treating us special, just in time for the summer heat!

Click here to print a coupon for $1.00 off any 20 oz. Light Smoothie.

Better than that, click here to get a coupon for a FREE 20 oz. Light Smoothie on June 19. Download & print your coupon now and I will post a reminder a couple days before the 19th.

Click here for all locations.

Remember the Kashi coupons I told you about?

2009-05-20T00:55:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure how much the other flavors of Kashi waffles are at Target, but the Honey Oat Kashi waffles are on sale this week for $1.79. I think I remember a couple weeks ago that the other flavors were $2.29 at regular price. I plan to go to Target tomorrow with my $1.50 off coupons to get boxes of waffles for $0.29 - $0.79 a box!

Click here to see if you can still print off your own coupons.

2009-05-20T00:20:00.000-07:00

Well, the sales are over and a new one begins at 6am Wednesday morning, but I was able to really take advantage of the promos and double coupons going on. I made several different transactions to use the doubles & I put everything into the picture and added up my total OOP (out of pocket) paid and my total savings. Savings include: preferred card savings, manufacturer coupons and store coupons (double coupons).

Bought:

12 boxes of cereal
3 boxes of Bisquick

3 Green Giant frozen vegetables

2 organic yogurt

2 packages Kraft singles
8 4-packs Yo-plus yogurt

1 milk

OOP: $7.56

Saved: $110.48

Bought:
4 Capri Sun

2 A-1 sauce

2 3-packs Apple juice

10 Yoplait yogurt

3 boxes Special K

22 Kraft bbq sauce

1 Listerine

6 Aveeno lotion

5 Johnson's body wash

1 Johnson's leave-in conditioner

1 Neosporin

1 Band-aids

5 children's Motrin

1 Cascade rinse agent

3 Palmolive dish soap

2 Glad trash bags

2 Clorox bleach

1 Clorox wipes

OOP: $45.57

Saved: $243.79 This is not a misprint! I really did save this much money, plus I still have a $10 catalina from one of the transactions to use on a future purchase! I also could have spent less out of pocket and saved even more money because one of the Albertsons I went to would only take 2 internet printables. So with my doubles, I could have spent about $10 less and saved around $30 more.

Total OOP: $53.13

Saved: $354.27

I plan to contact Albertson's corporate to ask them about the internet printable coupon policy. I've been told by a few stores that they can only take 2 printable coupons per product. Period. But, I've had other stores take 12 of the same internet printable coupons in a row (for the Kraft bbq sauce). Once I get a clear answer from corporate, I will post their answer on here and plan to print off the email I receive and carry it with me at all times!!!

Mailbox Monday

2009-05-18T15:15:00.001-07:00

Here are a couple of pictures from the last couple of weeks for Mailbox Monday, since I never got around to posting them before. I won't list everything that is in the picture, but I will post later tonight what I got this last week, and then I will list what I got! Thanks for putting up with the non-pics the last few weeks!

Albertsons Double coupons 2nd week in a row!!

2009-05-17T16:19:00.000-07:00

Ahhh, this is why I wait until the last few days of the sale to go shopping at Albertson: In today's Sunday paper, there were inserts with 3 Albertson's double coupons again. I managed to get a lot of free stuff last week with the double coupons and the promos, plus a $10 voucher good on my next purchase! So far, I'm not planning on using the $10 catalina just yet. I might save it for next week, depending on what the new sales look like. I got 5 papers today, so with the promotions this week, I'll be getting a lot of free stuff again. Listed below is one of the promotions going on that will be great to use your doubles on.

*Remember: You can only use 3 double coupons per transaction, and Albertson's new coupon policy states that you can only use 4 of the same internet printable coupons per transaction. Email Albertsons and ask for their coupon policy because they have recently made some changes and not all of the stores are up-to-date. Print it out and take it shopping with you.

Many Albertson's will let you do 2 transactions in a row with the double coupons, but not with the same internet printables. For example, if I want 8 Yoplait Yo-plus yogurts and I want to use the $1.50 internet printables, I would have to buy 4 one day and come back for the other 4 another day, or go to a different Albertsons. *Pain* but worth it, especially if you are planning on going back anyway to use more doubles.

Albertsons General Mills promo: Save $4 instantly when you spend $10 on participating items. Prices shown are BEFORE/AFTER $4 instant discount. Use the first total to add up to $10. If there is a coupon to match up to the item, it will be listed directly below with the final price. The dates listed are the inserts the coupons are in. For example SS-5/3 means it was in May 3rd's Smart Source coupon insert. There may have been 2 Smart Source inserts that week, so look in both.

SS: Smart Source

RP: Red Plum

Betty Crocker 80 calorie potatoes 3.3 oz. $1.25/$0.75

Betty Crocker Potatoes, any box or pouch excluding Potato buds $0.25/1 SS-4/5

OR Betty Crocker Potatoes, any box or pouch excluding potato buds $1.00/2 SS-4/5

Final price: $0.25 each when you buy 2 - $0.50

Betty Crocker brownie mix 16.5-26.7 oz. $2.50/$1.50

Betty Crocker Box Supreme Brownie Mixes, any flavor 0.50/2 SS-5/10 or printable

Final price: $1.25 each when you buy 2

Betty Crocker brownie mix 18.3-20.5 oz. $1.25/$0.75
Betty Crocker Box Supreme Brownie Mixes, any flavor 0.50/2 SS-5/10 or printable

Final price: $0.50 each when you buy 2

Betty Crocker cake mix 18-19.5 oz. $1.25/$0.75

Betty Crocker cookie pouches 17.5 oz. $2.50/$1.50

Betty Crocker Cookie Mix, any flavor 17.5 oz. or larger 0.40/1 SS-4/5

OR $0.50/1 printable

Final price: $1.10

Betty Crocker frosting 12-16 oz. 3 for $5 or $1.67 each/$1.00

$0.55/1 one tub any flavor/variety Betty Crocker frosting printable

OR Betty Crocker Frosting, any flavor/variety tub $0.50/1 SS-4/5

OR Betty Crocker Frosting, any tub $1.00/2 SS-4/5

Final price: $0.45 - $0.50

Betty Crocker Fruit Shapes 9 oz, Gushers, Fruit Roll Ups, or Fruit by the Foot $2.50/$1.50

Betty Crocker Fruit Shapes, Fruit by the Foot, Fruit Gushers, Fruit Roll-ups, Fruit Stickerz Fruit Flavored Snacks, Any $1.00/3 SS-3/8

Final Price: $1.16 each when you buy 3

Betty Crocker muffin mix 15.2-19.6 oz. $2.50/$1.50

Betty Crocker Muffin Mix, any flavor/variety .40/1 SS-4/5

Final price: $1.10

Betty Crocker potato buds 13.75 oz. $2.50/$1.50

Betty Crocker potatoes 4.6-7.2 oz. 3 for $5 or $1.67 each/$1.00

Betty Crocker Potatoes, any flavor box or pouch except Potato Buds $0.25/1 SS-4/5

OR Betty Crocker Potatoes, any flavor box or pouch except potato buds $1.00/2 SS-4/5

Final price: $0.75

Betty Crocker Suddenly Salad 7.25-7.75 oz. $1.25/$0.75

$0.40/1 any flavor Suddenly Salad Mix printable

Betty Crocker Suddenly Salad Mixes $0.50/2 SS-5/17

Final price: $0.35 - $0.50 each when you buy 2

Betty Crocker Warm Delights minis 2.46 oz. $2.50/$1.50

Betty Crocker Warm Delights Bowls or Minis Bowls, any flavor $0.50/1 SS-4/5

Final price: $1.00

Bisquick Baking mix 40 oz. $3.34/$2.00

Bisquick Original or Heart Smart Baking Mix, 40 oz. or larger $0.60/1 SS-4/5 or 40 oz or larger $0.60/1 printable

Final price: $1.40

Bisquick mix 20 oz. $2.50/$1.50

Bisquick Shake 'n Pour pancake mix 5.1 oz. $1.25/$0.75

Cheerios Snack Mix 7.5-8 oz. $2.50/$1.50

Chex Mix bars 7.4-8.9 oz. $3.00/$1.80

General Mills Chex Mix Bars, any flavor box $0.50/1 SS-4/26

Final price: $1.30

Chex Mix, Chex Mix Selects 8-8.75 oz. or 100 calorie 6 ct. $2.50/$1.50

Fiber One apple cinnamon muffins 15.3 oz. $3.34/$2.00

Betty Crocker Muffin Mix, any flavor/variety $0.40/1 SS-4/5

Final price: $1.60

Fiber One bars 7 oz. $3.00/$1.80

Fiber One bars 7 oz. Chocolate Mocha flavor $3.00/$1.80

$1.35/1 printable

Final price: $0.45

Fiber One toaster pastries 11 oz. $2.50/$1.50

Fiber One Toaster Pastries, any $0.50/1 SS-4/19

Final price: $1.00

Gardetto's or Bugles 8-8.6 oz. $2.50/$1.50

General Mills cereal - Cinnamon Toast Crunch 12.8 oz., Cocoa Puffs 11.8 oz., Honey Nut Cheerios 12.25 oz., Trix 10.7 oz., or Peanut Butter Puffs 13 oz. $2.50/$1.50

General Mills cereals, any $1/3 SS-5/3

Final price: $1.17 each when you buy 3

Gold Medal flour 4.25-5 lb. $2.99/$1.79

Green Giant boxed vegetables 7-10 oz. 3 for $5 or $1.67 each/$1.00

$0.50/1 printable

$0.60/2 printable

Green Giant Frozen Boxed vegetables, any $1.00/2 SS-4/5

Final price: $0.50 each - $0.70 each when you buy 2

Green Giant La Sueur peas 15 oz. $1.25/$0.75 N/A $0.75

Green Giant Specialty corn 11 oz. 3 for $5 or $1.67 each/$1.00

Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers vegetables 12 oz. 3 for $5 or $1.67 each/$1.00

$0.50/1 printable

Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers Frozen Vegetables, any $0.50/1 SS-4/5

Final price: $0.50

Green Giant vegetables 11-15.25 oz. can $1.25/$0.75

Hamburger Helper microwave singles cup 1.5-1.6 oz. $1.25/$0.75

Hamburger, Tuna, or Chicken Helper 5-9.2 oz. 3 for $5 or $1.67 each/$1.00

Nature Valley Granola Bars or Trail Mix bars 7.4-8.9 oz. $3.00/$1.80

Nature Valley Roasted Nut bars or Caribou coffee bars 7.2-7.4 oz. $3.00/$1.80

Nature Valley Sweet & Salty granola bars 7.4 oz. $3.00/$1.80

Old El Paso refried beans 16 oz. or enchilada sauce 10 oz. $1.25/$0.75

Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls 12.4-13.9 oz. $2.50/$1.50

Pillsbury Refrigerated or Frozen Sweet Rolls, any $0.40/2 SS-4/5

Final price: $1.30 each when you buy 2

Pillsbury Crescent rolls 8 oz. $2.50/$1.50

Pillsbury Crescent Dinner Rolls, any $0.40/2 SS-4/5

Final price: $1.30 each when you buy 2

Pillsbury Grands biscuits 16.3 oz. 3 for $5 or 1.67 each/$1.00

Pillsbury Grands! Refrigerated Biscuits, any size/variety $0.30/2 SS-3/15 and SS-4/5

Final price: $0.85 each when you buy 2

Pillsbury Crescent rolls 8 oz. $2.50/$1.50

Pillsbury Crescent Dinner Rolls, any $0.25/1 SS-3/15

Final price: $1.25

Pillsbury Toaster Strudel 11.5 oz. $2.50/$1.50

Progresso Bread Crumbs 15 oz. 3 for $5 or 1.67 each/$1.00

Progresso Broth 32 oz. $2.50/$1.50

Progresso Panko bread crumbs 8 oz. $2.50/$1.50

Progresso Reduced Sodium, Rich & Hearty, Traditional, Light, or Microwavable bowl soups $2.50/$1.50

Progresso Vegetable Classics soup 19 oz. 3 for $5 or 1.67 each/$1.00

Sunkist Lemon bars 16.5 oz. $2.50/$1.50

Totino's pizza rolls 19.8 oz. $3.34/$2.00

Totino's pizza rolls 7.5 oz. 3 for $5 or 1.67 each/$1.00

Yoplait Go Gurt 8 ct. $2.50/$1.50

Yoplait Go-Gurt Yogurt or Go-GURT Fizzix, any flavor $0.75/2 SS-4/19

Final price: $1.13 each when you buy 2

Yoplait Go Gurt 8 ct. $2.50/$1.50

Yoplait Go-Gurt, Fizzix, Kids Cup, Kids Yogurt Drink, Trix Multipack, any $0.35/1 SS-4/19 Final price: $1.15

Yoplait Go Gurt 8 ct. $2.50/$1.50

$1.00/2 printable

Final price: $1.00 each when you buy 2

Yoplait multipack yogurt 6 ct. $2.50/$1.50

Yoplait Yo Plus 4 ct. $2.50/$1.50

1.50/1 printable

OR $1.00/1 printable

OR Yoplait Yo-Plus Yogurt, any flavor 4-pack .50/1 SS-3/29

Final price: FREE - $1.00

Yoplait yogurt 32 oz. tub $2.50/$1.50

$1.00/1 printable

Yoplait Yogurt, any flavor 32 oz. $0.50/1 SS-3/29

Final price: $0.50 - $1.00

I plan on using several if not all of my double coupons on this promo but I will break up my transactions to maximize my savings. For example:

I could use 4 of my $1.50 off coupons for 4 Yoplait Yo-Plus yogurts, save my doubles and get them for free OR I can do the following transaction:

2 Yoplait Yo-Plus yogurts $5.00

3 Green Giant boxed veggies $5.00

Total: $10

Instantly save $4= $6.00

Use: 2 $1.50 Yo-Plus coupons

3 $0.50 Green Giant coupons

Double the Green Giant coupons

Equals: everything FREE! and all I pay is tax

I will do this scenario twice and get 4 yogurts and 6 veggies for FREE

*Tailor the sale to what you will eat and what will make the most sense for you to purchase. Happy deal shopping!

Get the paper this weekend

2009-05-14T14:02:00.000-07:00

Word on the street is that there will be 4 coupon inserts in the paper this Sunday:

1 P&G

2 SmartSource

1 Red Plum

You can also print off a ton of Kraft coupons at coupons.com or by signing up at Kraftfoods.com.

Sick kids = No blog

2009-05-14T13:51:00.001-07:00

So my 2 little babies have been sick for a little over a week now, which is about how long it's been since my last post! After 2 seperate trips to 2 different doctors and then spending a good 4-5 hours at Primary Childrens Hospital last night, it came back positive that my youngest has the flu. Even though my son's test came back negative, they are doing a culture and the doc said he is positive it will come back that he has the flu too because he has the exact same symptoms! So I still won't be blogging very much over the next week, until they feel better. Here is a nice little coupon for you:

Go here to print an Einsteins Bros Bagels coupon for Buy 3 get 3 FREE! Deal expires May 19, 2009 so hurry!

Here is a tip (since I used to work there): Just buy a tub or 2 of cream cheese, it's only about $2 more than a side of cream cheese and you get more than twice as much. You can also ask for your bagels to be sliced & then get a freezer bag at the register to make your bagels last longer!

Speaking of FREE chocolate....

2009-05-07T22:33:00.000-07:00

In the previous post, I talked about how to get Hershey's Bliss bars for FREE. Well, Mars, Inc. wants to give us all FREE chocolate too. Only they're doing it a little different. Every Friday from now until September 2009, they will be giving away coupons for a free candy bar of the following varieties:

Peanut M&Ms
Dove
Snickers
Three Musketeers
Twix
Milky Way

The giveaway starts tomorrow May 8 at 9AM EST through 11:59 PM EST. There will only be 250,000 coupons available per Friday, so act quickly because these will go fast! They will be mailed to you, so allow 6-8 weeks for your coupon. Limit of one coupon per email address per Friday and four coupons per household total. To claim your coupons and get more details, click here.

More reasons to LOVE Target

2009-05-07T21:57:00.000-07:00

There are quite a few freebies & good deals at good ol' Target this week! Check it out:

Check the travel/trial-size section of your Target store to see if they have Banana Boat sunscreen for $0.99. If so, you can use the $1/1 coupon from the 5/3 RedPlum insert to get this for free! The coupon does not state that it has to be used on any certain size.

Also, this week when you buy 4 Fiber One Products, you get a $5 Target gift card. This deal includes the bars and cereals and the toaster pastries and yogurt! The yogurt is reportedly priced at $1.92-$2.39 and the toaster pastries are $1.79.

Here's how to get them free or almost-free:

Buy 4 Fiber One packs of yogurt at $1.92-$2.39 each
Use 4 $1/1 coupons here (you'll need two computers to print 4 coupons as the limit is 2 per computer)
Spend $3.68 to $5.56 plus tax OOP
Get a $5 Target gift card

Or, buy 4 Fiber One toaster pastries at $1.79 each
Use 4 $0.50/1 coupons from the 4/19 SmartSource insert
Spend $5.16 plus tax OOP
Get a $5 Target gift card back

You can "roll" these gift card deals using the gift card you earned on the previous transaction to pay for your next transaction. In addition, you can mix and match Fiber One products depending upon what coupons you have and what products your family likes. I have never tried any of the Fiber One products, but I hope to take this opportunity to start getting more fiber in my body!

This next deal expires May 9, so act quickly! Many Target stores have bags of Chex Mix in the check-out lanes for $0.99. Use the $1/1 Target coupon available to print from here to get them free!

And while you're over at Hot Coupon World printing off your Target coupon for the Chex Mix, print a few of the $1.00 off coupon for Hershey's Bliss. You can use these on the candy bars also found in the check-out lanes priced at $0.99. Free chocolate? Oooohhhh yeahhhhhh

A big thanks goes out to Money Saving Mom and Mercedes for posting these!

Printable coupon roundup

2009-05-06T22:39:00.000-07:00

Click here to get a $1.00 coupon for Wendy's new Frosty flavors:

Coffee Toffee Twisted Frosty

Frosty-cino

*print 2 and try both!

Click here to get $1.00 off on any Wendy's premium hamburgers:

1/4 lb single

1/2 lb double

3/4 lb triple

Baconator

and then click here to get a Buy 1 get 1 FREE coupon for Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaner Refill.

If you sign up for Wendy Mail, you can get coupons like these in your inbox!

Kashi Waffles coupons

2009-05-06T22:27:00.001-07:00

Did I tell you about the great coupons for $1.50 off Kashi GOLEAN Waffles? Well, I am sorry if I didn't, but I am making it up to you by providing another link to print off more! At each link, you should be able to print 2 coupons per computer. So if you have access to more than one computer, you can get several of these and get them for somewhere around $0.50/box. I believe they are priced around $2.00 at Target :) or Walmart :(

Click here!

and then here!

FREE Kiwi magazine

2009-05-05T21:43:00.001-07:00

Click here to get a free subscription to Kiwi magazine and $5 in Earth's Best coupons. You do not have to become a Moms Meet Ambassador, but you will have to sign up for the Moms Meet website. There are more details when you click the link.

Thanks Utah Deal Diva!

FREE meal to KFC!

2009-05-05T21:13:00.000-07:00

You have until 9:59pm CDT (what does that mean?!) May 6, 2009 to print off this coupon to KFC for a FREE 2 piece Kentucky Grilled Chicken meal. The meal includes 2 pieces grilled chicken, 2 individual sides and a biscuit. Once you print the coupon, it doesn't expire until May 19, 2009. The max amount you can print off the coupon is 4 times. For most of you, that can feed the entire family! Enjoy!

FREE FruiTea at Arby's May 6

2009-05-05T14:01:00.000-07:00

Wednesday, May 6 is National Beverage Day! Arby's is helping us celebrate by giving out free iced FruiTea when we say "I'm parched. FruiTea me!". Flavors are:

Passion Fruit

Mandarin Peach

Diet Peach

Diet Blackberry

Check beforehand to make sure your local Arby's is participating. Otherwise, people might look at ya funny when you run in and say "I'm parched!" ;)

Free Town & Country

2009-05-05T13:54:00.001-07:00

Get a 1-year subscription to Town & Country magazine for FREE by clicking here.

Free Haagen-Dazs ice cream May 12

2009-05-04T22:50:00.000-07:00

Häagen-Dazs ice cream and honey bees go hand in hand, because honey bees are an essential part of the all-natural ingredients that you find in Häagen-Dazs super-premium ice cream flavors. Häagen-Dazs wants to help the honey bees by promoting awareness of what honey bees do for natural foods such as fruit, nuts and honey. So, Häagen-Dazs is giving away a free scoop of any of their Bee-built ice cream flavors on May 12 between 4pm and 8pm at any participating Häagen-Dazs locations.

Click here to view flavors and more details.

REMINDER: Cameo College Skin Care Event May 6

2009-05-04T22:15:00.000-07:00

Just a friendly reminder: Cameo College has their annual skin care event this Wednesday May 6. I've never been, but it looks worth it just for the 50% off all gift certificates! Click here for more details.

Mailbox Monday

2009-05-03T22:11:00.000-07:00

So I didn't do Mailbox Monday last week because I literally only got ONE thing in the mail! So I decided to save it & put it with this week's stuff of goodies. Of course, I took the magazines to work with me, so I am not going to take a picture just yet. I want to bring them home later and take the pic. So here's what we have for this week (and last!):

Entertainment Weekly magazine

Metropolitan Home magazine

Jergens Natural Glow daily facial moisturizer with $1/1 coupon

and the 2 magazines I left at work, which I'm not super sure of which ones they are. So I will update this post later. Sorry!

Join us every Mailbox Monday at A Frugal Friend

Playtex Sport sample

2009-05-03T22:07:00.000-07:00

Get 3 free samples of Playtex Sport tampons and a $1.00 off coupon by clicking here.

Another FREE magazine subscription!

2009-05-03T10:22:00.000-07:00

Click here and get a FREE 1-year subscription to Working Mother Magazine from Rewards Gold. Just answer a few questions about handbags and look for it to come in the mail soon!

Still available from Rewards Gold:

Golf Digest

Forbes

Walgreens Deals May 3 - May 9

2009-05-01T23:36:00.000-07:00

Weekly Deals

V-8 V Fusion Juice 2/$6
Use $2/1 printable coupon
Pay $1 each after coupon

Buy any three Aveeno products and get FREE travel essentials Kit (products on sale 20% off)

Deal Idea
$7.89 Buy three 2.5 oz tubes of Aveeno Active Naturals Daily Moisturizing Lotion ($2.62 each after 20% off)
-$6 when you use three $2/1 printable coupons
= Pay $1.89 plus tax out of pocket and get free travel kit

Free 8×10 Photo Enlargement on May 6th with in-ad coupon or when you use code MOTHER online.

Colgate Sensitive Toothpaste $4.49, Earn a $4.49 RR when you buy one
Use $1/1 printable coupon
FREE plus overage after coupon and register reward

Right Guard deodorant $2.99, Earn a $2 RR when you buy one
Use $1/1 coupon from 4/19 SS insert
FREE after coupon and RR

Buy 3 7Up 12-packs (on sale 3 for $11), Get $5 Register Rewards
Use 3 $1/1 printables (the coupons state they are for Cherry 7up)

$1 per 12-pack after coupons and Register Rewards, Thanks Moneysavingmom!

Buy $10 in Conagra products, Earn a $3 RR back

Deal Idea
$7.5 buy 6 Hunts Snack Packs
$3 buy one Healthy Choice Fresh Mixer
- $2 when you use $1/3 Hunts Snack Pack coupon from May All You magazine
- $1 when you use one $1/1 Fresh Mixers coupon from May all You Magazine
=Pay $7.50 plus tax out of pocket and get a $3 RR back

Spend $25 in selected P&G cleaning products and get a $6 RR back

Deal Idea
$18 buy 3 Febreeze Noticeables starter kit
$10 buy 4 packs Mr Clean Magic Erasers
- $12 when you use three $4/1 Febreeze coupons from 5/3 inserts
- $5 when you use two Mr Clean BOGO coupons from 5/3 inserts
=Pay $11 plus tax out of pocket and get $6 in RR back

If you have enough coupons and find enough in stock you could:

Deal Idea
$25 buy ten Mr Clean Magic Erasers
-$12.50 when you use 5 BOGO coupon from 5/3 inserts
=Pay $12.50 plus tax out of pocket and get a $6 RR back

Pert Plus for men 2/$5, Earn a $2 RR when you buy two
Use $1.50/1 coupon from 5/3 inserts
FREE after coupons and register reward
Added Bonus: Find specially marked bottles and use a Try Me free Rebate to get added money back. Check out this post by the Freebie Blogger.

Listerine Total Care mouth wash 2/$9, Earn a $4.5 RR when you buy two
Use $2/1 coupon from 4/26 inserts
Pay $0.50 for two after coupons and register reward

Slimfast 2/$12, Earn a $2 RR when you buy two products (6ct shake or 5-6 ct bars)
Get up to $20 in coupon savings when you register here

Monthly Register Reward Deals

Thermacare Heat Pads $5.99, earn a $3 RR when you buy one (monthly deal, item on sale this week)
Use $3/1 printable coupon
FREE after coupons and register reward

Bayer Breeze or Contour Blood Glucose Meter $14.99, Earn an $5 RR when you buy one
Use $30/1 coupon from 3/1 or 3/22 RP inserts (coupon will need to be adjusted down)
FREE plus $5 in overage from the Register Reward!

Bayer Quick release Crystals $2.49, Earn a $2.49 RR when you buy one
FREE after RR

Thank you to Common Sense With Money for listing these deals!

Rite Aid deals May 3 - May 9

2009-05-01T23:35:00.000-07:00

Johnson & Johnson Swabs 375 ct, Lotion, Powder 9oz, Baby Pack, Oil, Powder 4oz, cologne 6.8, bar 3oz on sale $1.99
-$1/1 In-Ad Coupon
-$1/1 Baby Oil printable coupon
-$1/1 Take Along Pack printable coupon
=FREE

John Frieda Brilliant Brunette, Sheer Blonde, or Luxurious Volume Hair Care $4.99
-$2/1 4/5 P&G
=$2.99 Out of Pocket
But get a $2 SCR #80
=$.99

Always Infinity 28-36 ct $8.99
-$4/1 5/3 SS
=$4.99 Out of Pocket
But get a $2 SCR #34
=$2.99

Physicians Formula Bronzers B1G1F (around $12.99??)
-$10 Using 2 $5/1 Tear Pad Found in SOME Walgreens OR $2 Using 2$1 SS 2/22, OR SS 3/22, OR SS 4/19
=$2.99-Varies

Maybelline Cosmetics Products bogo 50% off
Buy 1 get $1 SCR #1
Buy 2 get $3 SCR #1
Buy 3 get $5 SCR #1
Get a Bonus $5 Rite Aid Gift Card wyb $15 5/3-5/9
=Varies

Pampers Jumbo Pack Diapers or Training Pants $???
-$1/1 Home Mailer Coupon
=Varies
But get $10 SCR #29
=Varies

Pure Shine Stylers 2/$9
=$9/2 Out of Pocket
But get $5 when you buy 2 SCR #72
=$4/2

Thank you Good or Free Deals for posting this!

Go here to see how to get FREE Zyrtec after coupons, SCR (Single Check Rebate) and mail-in-rebates from Krazy Coupon Lady.

Red Mano FREE frozen yogurt May 2

2009-05-01T22:44:00.000-07:00

Stop by Red Mango May 2 between noon and 4 pm to get a FREE Tangomonium frozen yogurt, their newest flavor! I've been looking for an excuse to try them, and this is as good as any!! There are 6 locations in Utah (that I could find, anyway) so click here to locate the one nearest you and get more details about what exactly Tangomonium is.

Dino-O-Round May 1 - May 31

2009-05-01T12:49:00.000-07:00

Spring Dine O' Round May 1-31 (Mother's Day excluded).

Choose from a three-course dinner priced at either $15 or $30 per person or some restaurants offer a special two-course lunch for $10. Downtown Dine O' Round is an ideal way to explore new restaurants or revisit old favorites. There are no coupons, no punch cards, and no strings attached!

Click here to see the list of participating restaurants.

Cheap eat-outs

2009-04-27T15:22:00.000-07:00

A few of our favorite restaurants are hopping on the lowering-prices bandwagon in an effort to bring in more diners. Some are keeping the portion sizes the same, some are shrinking them a little bit, calling them "perfectly portioned". Which, really, is still plenty of food. Check out the links below to see their menu items:

Chili's 10 Under $7

TGI Friday's $5 Sandwiches and Salads (limited time only, check your local restaurant for details)

Mimi's Cafe Just Enough Breakfast
Mimi's Cafe Just Enough Lunch
Mimi's Cafe Just Enough Dinner

Subway $5 footlongs

2009-04-27T12:43:00.001-07:00

Every Monday, Redbox gives a free promo code for $1.00 off your rental. Is you return the movie before 9 pm the next day, your movie is free!

Here is today's code: 4CW33N

You can only use a promo code at the Redbox location. It cannot be used if you reserve a movie online. For all info, visit redbox.com

Finally... Target deals! April 26- May 2

2009-04-27T11:51:00.000-07:00

I've been waiting to find Target deals on some other blogs, I just do not have the time to figure them out myself, so a lot of thanks is owed to the lovely ladies out there that do take the time to figure these out for the rest of us!

**All Target coupons can be printed multiple times on the same piece of paper by going to Hot Coupon World under Target Coupons or A Full Cup under Target Coupon Generator.

Get a $5 Target Gift Card when you buy 2 Glade Fragrance Collection Soy Candles through 5/11:
Glade Fragrance Collection Soy Candles (4.9-oz.)--$5.79 each
Buy 2 and use 2 $4/1 coupons (if you printed these last week--they are no longer available)
Spend $3.58 plus tax out of pocket
Get $5 gift card
Free plus overage after coupons and gift card

Quaker Granola Bites--$1.00 each (hanging by register)
Use $1/1 in 3/29 RedPlum insert
Free after coupon (Thanks, Heather!)

Apples (select varieties)--$0.99/lb
Buy 1 lb. at a time and use $1/1 Target coupon
Free after coupon

Easy Mac and Cheese Single Serve Cups--$0.77 each
Use $1/2 Target coupon
Stack with B1G1 coupon
Free plus possible overage after coupons (Thanks, Heather!)
(If your Target store will not let you use the $1/2 Target coupon on the Single Serve Cups, then you can buy 4 Single Serve Cups and use the B1G1 coupon here plus the $1/2 manufacturer's coupon (**it told me the $1/2 manufacturer coupon had reached it limit when I clicked on the link. Hopefully you saw this coupon earlier while browsing around and were able to print it!) to get the cups for $0.13 each.)

Dove GoFresh Deodorant (trial size)--$0.97
Use $1.25/1 coupon from the 3/15 RedPlum insert (does not exclude trial size)
Free plus possible overage after coupon
**I am holding on to my Dove coupons and waiting for the regular size to go on sale. They don't expire until June, I believe, and then I can stack them with the $1/1 Target coupon that doesn't expire until 5/30/09. I'd rather have a full size deodorant that will last much much much longer than the trial size, even if it means I have to pay a little still.

Kraft Salad Dressing--$1.59 each (Thanks, Laina & SaveAtHomeMommy!)
Buy 2 and use $1/2 Target coupon
Stack with 2 $1.50/1 from 3/29 SmartSource insert
Get both free after coupons

Lysol Spray - $1.69 each
Use $2/1 in 3/15 Smart Source insert
Free after coupon

Dry Idea Deodorant--priced at $2 at many stores (**not in our region, last time I checked)
Use the $2/1 coupon here
Free after coupon

Vitamin Water (20 oz.)--$1.00 each
Use $1/1 from 4/5 SmartSource insert
Free after coupon

AXE Shower Gel (trial size)--$0.97
Use $1/1 coupon from the 4/5 RedPlum coupon insert
Free after coupon

Renu Multiplus Contact Solution (trial size)--$0.99 (**This was around $1.50 in our region. Still cheap!)
Use $1/1 Renu printable
Free after coupon (around .50 here)

Shout Wipes (trial size)--$0.97
Use $1/1 Shout Wipes printable
Free after coupon

3M Command Hooks (2-pack medium)--$2.75
Use $2.50/1 coupon here
$0.25 each after coupon (Thanks, iMommies!)

Get a $5 Target Gift Card when you buy 5 Selected Special K Products:

Special K (11-14 oz cereal, 6 ct. bars, other selected bars, cookies and crackers)--$2.39 each
Use $1/1 or $0.70/1 in 4/5 Red Plum insert or $1/1 Special K Crackers here
$1.39-$1.69 each after coupon
$0.39-$0.69 each after coupons and gift card

Kraft Mayo--price cut to $1.99 at some stores
Buy 2 and use $1/2 Target coupon
Stack with 2 $1/1 from the 4/26 SmartSource insert
$0.49 each after coupons

Kashi Frozen Waffles--$1.99 each
Use $1.50/1 here
$0.49 each after coupon

Wheat Thins (Artisan Variety)--$2.98
Buy 2 and use the B1G1 coupon from the 3/15 SmartSource insert
Stack with 2 $1/1 Target coupons
$0.49 per box after coupons (Thanks, Cents to Save for Moms!)

Target Baby Body Wash - $1.25 each
Use $0.75/1 Target coupon here
$0.50 each after coupon

Electrasol Tabs--on price-cut for $3 at many stores
Use $2.50/1 coupon from the 4/19 insert
$0.50 after coupon

Nabisco Snack Saks (Mini Oreo's, Teddy Grahams, Chips Ahoy, Animals Crackers)--$2.00
Use $1/1 Target coupon
Stack with $1/2 coupon from 3/15 Red Plum insert (I believe it is that insert, I don't have it in front of me. It is in the back, the second to last page I think!)
$0.50 each after coupons

V-8 Fusion - $2.99 each
Use $2/1 here
$0.99 each after coupon

Lysol Wipes - $2.25 each
Use $1/1 in 3/15 Smart Source insert
$1.25 each after coupon

I got this list from Money Saving Mom, who says you can view more Target deals by clicking here.

Cameo College Skin Care Event

2009-04-23T13:36:00.000-07:00

You can click on the picture above and a bigger one should pop up so you can read the fine print better, but it says on May 6 Cameo College is having their 3rd annual Skin Care Event from 10 am - 6 pm. There will be scholarships, free services and exhibitors. Gift certificates will be available for 50% off and products will be 25% off. You can call them for more info at 801-747-5700

The rest of my Albertson's trips + Walmart + Smith's

2009-04-23T00:32:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was the last day to use the Albertsons double coupons. Since my husband bought 12, yes 12, papers so we could get tons of coupons, I was able to make multiple trips and also use up my $25 in catalinas from the Trail Mix Crunch transactions I made earlier this month. (I got 25 boxes of cereal for just a few dollars and got 5 $5 catalinas to use on my future purchases. 2 of them expired on the 20th and the remaining 3 expired yesterday. So I had to go use up all of these coupons!) Even though I had $25 in free groceries, I wanted to make the most out of it, so I used coupons on almost every thing I bought, then I doubled them. I actually had to grab candy bars on 2 of the transactions to be able to use the catalinas. My Albertsons let me do 2 transactions in a row with the doubles. So I made 2 more transactions at Albertsons in the morning before work, then I went to a different Albertsons, who only let me do 1 transaction, so I went to another nearby Albertsons. They let me 2 transactions in a row as well. Luckily, I live near a lot of grocery stores, and I had to go to Smith's before their sale ended at midnight, so I basically just made a circle hitting up all of these different stores. I also decided to go to Walmart to try and find hummus, which Smith's didn't have but Walmart didn't have either!!! but I was able to use up alot of good coupons there. Since it is way late (or early in the a.m.) and I doubled most of my coupons, and the sales expired yesterday, I will just post the picture of everything I bought yesterday and then I will break down the Walmart trip in the morning. But I hope this is a big inspiration to everyone to see what is possible by taking the time to coupon!

Total OOP: $31.67

Total SAVED: $160.77

Free ice cream!!

2009-04-21T00:32:00.001-07:00

Click on the link below to learn more details on getting your free scoop of ice cream tomorrow!

Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream - Scoop Shops - Free Cone Day
Posted using ShareThis

3rd & 4th Albertsons double coupon trips

2009-04-20T23:13:00.000-07:00

I split these up into 2 transactions to A. use 3 double coupons and B. use the $5.00/off any purchase catalinas that I got from my Post Trail Mix Crunch transactions. I was 0.03 short to use the $5 coupon on each transaction, so I grabbed a candy bar to make up the difference. Each transaction was exactly the same, just done twice.

2 bags Cascadian Farm frozen fruit 3.99 each

1 bag Cascadian Farm frozen veggie 2.99 each

candy bar .79

- 3 $1.00 Cascadian Farm coupons from inserts

- 3 $1.00 doubles

- $5.00 catalina

Total OOP each transaction: $1.02 after tax

Mailbox Monday

2009-04-20T10:55:00.000-07:00

Martha Stewart Living magazine

Body + Soul magazine

Maxim magazine

Entertainment Weekly magazine

2 Kellogg's All-Bran Pink Lemonade fiber drink mix
Huggies coupon booklet

a bunch of Kotex pads and tampons with 2 $1.00 off coupons

GoodNites boxers with $2.00 off coupon

Betty Crocker Warm Delights Mini

Roots of Nature Remedies Reconstructing Deep Treatment and Strengthening Oil Moisturizer

Join us every Monday (or in my case, a few days late....) at A Frugal Friend for Mailbox Monday!

1st & 2nd Albertsons double coupon trips

2009-04-19T22:40:00.000-07:00

The first trips I made using the double coupons, I wanted to make sure I squeezed all the savings I could out of them. I used grocerysmarts.com to compile my shopping list of items on sale and the coupons to match with them, then I broke it up into seperate transactions to use 3 of the double coupons per sale.

1st transaction:

Quaker/Pepsi promo: Save $3 instantly when you spend $15 on participating items. Mix and Match over 400 items. These are the only items I wanted from the sale. Prices listed are the sale price before the $3/off promo

6 Quaker True Delights Granola Bars

$2.50 x 6: $15.00

- $3.00 from promo

- 6 $1.00/1 from the 3/1 RP insert

- 3 $1.00 doubles

Final OOP: $3.50 before tax (he only rang up 5 boxes, so I actually did not get the $3 promo, but paid $2.50 per box instead of $2.00 per box if he had rang up 6. Difference of 0.50 overcharged. Not a biggie)

2nd transaction:

6 Sobe Lifewater $1.00 each

6 RiceARoni $1.25 each

2 Aunt Jemima syrup $2.00 each

- $3.00 from promo

- 3 B1G1 Sobe printable

- 2 $1.00/3 RiceARoni printable

- 2 $1.00 doubles

WackyMac pasta $1.89

- $0.50 printable no longer available

- $0.50 double

Albertsons large dozen eggs $1.39

- $1.00 Albertsons coupon received in the mail

Final OOP: $9.78 before tax

SAVED: $41.21!

Albertson's Double Coupons

2009-04-18T21:32:00.000-07:00

UPDATE** There were only 3 coupons in the paper today and you can use 3 per family per transaction. I got 12 papers, and when I went to the store later this evening, there was a stack of them just sitting out by the frozen foods section. I only took 3 more of the ads, giving me 9 more doubles and it made up for the coupons I was using in that trip and then some, and still plenty left over for others! So just keep an eye out at your store, or ask the customer service desk if you can have some.

Thanks to Shopping With Cents, it has been confirmed that Albertson's will have double coupons in tomorrow's Sunday paper. There will be 4 of them and you can usually only use 4 double coupons per transaction. Albertsons will allow you to do 3 seperate transactions in a row, so you can take 12 doubles.

Also, the stores were out of a few items that I wanted to get last time. The double coupons are usually only good for 3 days. So, make a list of which coupons you'd like to double first, then have back-ups ready. Then if they are out of a product, you can still take advantage of good deals & the doubles without running around to different stores.

I like to go through the ad to see what is on sale and figure coupon match-ups with coupons I already have or can print online. Then I see which ones would be best to use to save even more with the doubles. Or, I will go through all of my coupons that are due to expire soon or are $1.00 off so I can take advantage of the double coupons and still get things at a pretty good price, even if the items aren't on sale or a good sale price.

Free Aveeno sample

2009-04-18T16:43:00.001-07:00

Get a free sample of shampoo and conditioner from the Aveeno Nourish+ Hair Care collection. You get to pick which one you would prefer.

Walgreens: Deals for the week of April 19 -April 25

2009-04-18T16:11:00.000-07:00

Weekly Deals

Revlon Cosmetics on sale BOGO (reg Price as low as $4.79)
Use two $2/1 coupon from 3/15 SS insert
Pay as little as $0.79 for two after coupons

Post Trail Mix Crunch Cereal 2 for $5
Use $2/1 printable coupon
Pay $0.50 each after coupon

Johnson’s Body Care (softwash and softlotion) $3.99
Use $2/1 from 4/19 inserts
Pay $1.99 each

Reach Toothbrush and floss $0.99 after in-ad coupon
Use $3/2 coupon from 3/15 SS insert
FREE plus $1 in overage after coupons

Hershey Bagged Candy 4/$10
Get $5 via ESR when you buy 4 bags
Use $1/1 coupon from 3/1 SS insert
Pay $1 for four bags after coupons and ESR

Aveeno Nourish Hair Care 2/$13, Earn $3 in RR when you buy two
Use $2/1 printable coupon
Pay $6 for two after coupon and RR

Skintimate Save Cream $2.99, Earn $2.99 in RR when you buy one
FREE after Register reward

Edge Infused or Energy Shaving Gel $2.99, Earn a $2.99 RR when you buy one (although it’s been printing a $3.50 RR all month long)
FREE after RR

Mitchum Deodorant $2.99, Earn a $2 RR when you buy one
Use $0.75/1 coupon from 3/22 SS insert
Pay $0.24 each after RR and coupon

Pledge multisurface Cleaner 2/$7, Earn a $1 RR when you buy two
Use $2/1 printable coupon
Pay $1 each after coupon and RR

Monthly Deals

One a Day Multivitamin Drink Mix $1.49
$4.47 Buy three One A Day Multi-Vitamin Drink Mix (2 ct) $1.49 each
-$4 when you use $4/2 coupon from 3/22 SS insert
Pay $0.47 plus tax out of pocket and get back $1.49 via EasySaver Rebate #1

FREE plus $1.02 in overage (Thanks NWA Deals)

On sale this week: Buy $10 in Physicians Formula Organics Wear Make up, Get $10 via ESR rebate #6
Physicians Formula Organic products on sale 40% off
Get $10 back via ESR rebate when you spend $10 or more
Use $1/1 coupon from 3/22 SS insert
Pay $1.99 after coupon and rebate

On sale this week: Skintimate and Edge Shaving Cream $2.99-$3.49
Earn a $2.99 or $3.49 Register reward when you buy one
FREE after register reward

Chapstick Natural or True Shimmer Lip Balm $1.99
Earn a $1.99 register reward when you buy one
FREE after register reward

Golf Digest Free subscription

2009-04-18T16:08:00.001-07:00

Get a 1-year FREE subscription to Golf Digest by clicking here and answering a few questions about golf clubs. You will never receive a bill!

Free Latina magazine

2009-04-18T15:55:00.000-07:00

Get a 1-year subscription to Latina magazine for FREE! All you have to do is answer a few questions about nail polish and you will get it in the mail, no bills ever!

FREE Gillete Fusion razor

2009-04-18T15:49:00.000-07:00

Gillette is giving away 500 Fusion razors away every day for a month. These are first come, first served, so hop on early and see if you can manage to grab one.

TONS of great Johnson's baby product coupons

2009-04-18T14:39:00.000-07:00

Go to Johnson's baby site to get these printable coupons:

Save $1.00

Take Along Pack gift set

Baby Bubble Bath & Wash

HEAD-TO-TOE Foaming Wash

Desitin Ointments - original, creamy or clear

Baby Oil - Baby Skin Care

HEAD-TO-TOE Baby Wash

Moisture Care WAsh or Baby Cream

Any Johnson's Shampoo

Save $2.00

Bedtime Gift Set OR 2 Bedtime Products

Save $3.00

Johnson's Gift sets (excluding take along pack)

*Each coupon can be printed twice per computer.

Then use the coupons at Target and combine with the Target printable $0.75 off 1 Johnson' s baby toiletry coupon. Click on the TARGET COUPONS button to print out as many as you want. I have heard that some Johnson's products are ringing up on clearance, but hopefully they will be on sale next week. The Target coupons expire on 4/25/09.

Free Evol burrito

2009-04-18T14:11:00.000-07:00

Click here to go sign up for one.

Free 2-year Parents magazine subscription

2009-04-17T00:32:00.000-07:00

Click here to get your FREE subscription for 2 whole years! Tons of great advice for us moms and dads ready to rip our hair out (but not mine since I just got it cut and dyed....)

2 Free magazine offers

2009-04-14T12:39:00.000-07:00

Click here to get a one-year subscription to Forbes magazine or Metropolitan Home.

Better yet, do both!

Grocery Smarts class this weekend

2009-04-14T10:24:00.001-07:00

Grocery Smarts is how I started learning how to maximize my savings while grocery shopping. It's a great resource for all of Utah's grocery store deals, coupon match-ups, printable coupon links and extra specials/deals such as catalinas (coupons that print at the register with your receipt after your shopping trip).

They also can sell you the Sunday paper at a discounted rate.

I owe all of my grocery savings to them, and I can't imagine much of a better resource for my Utah deals than them. Please join me and many others for a Grocery Smarts class taught at my friend Soraya's house.

Saturday, April 18

12:00 pm

Daybreak, Utah

Please comment on this post with contact information and I will give you the address and a map with directions.

**come just to learn. You don't have to order a paper, and it is a FREE class!!!

Mailbox Monday

2009-04-13T06:00:00.000-07:00

I was hoping this week would be a little better than last week, and it was!

May issue Woman's Day

May issue Real Simple

Entertainment Weekly

Elle Decor

Gain peel & sniff with these coupons:

$1.50 off any size Gain detergent AND fabric softener or sheets

$1.00 any size detergent

Both don't expire until 06/30/2009

Gain fabric softener sample (one load worth)

Cottonelle Toilet Paper and Fresh Wipes samples with $1.00 coupon

Home Made Simple Simply Inspired coupon booklet (there is another coupon for a FREE bottle of Cascade Rinse Agent)

Join us every Monday at A Frugal Friend!

Free Mother's Day card

2009-04-12T13:17:00.000-07:00

Scrapblog is offering a FREE Mother's Day card, and all we have to do is pay a dollar to cover shipping straight to her door!

There are 12 really cute designs, and all of them are different styles, which I love, because anyone can go on there and pick a perfect one for their mom! Make the card unique by adding in your own photos, captions, stickers, etc. These cards are very easy to personalize.

Thanks to Freebies 4 Mom for posting this!

More FREE magazines!

2009-04-12T12:54:00.000-07:00

It seems that for the longest time, the only mail I got was junk or bills. Now that I'm signing up for free samples and free magazines, I look forward to getting the mail again! Here are 2 new free one-year subscriptions to Prevention and BusinessWeek magazines.

Get a free lunch from Wendy's!

2009-04-12T12:40:00.000-07:00

Okay, we're talking about ordering an item from the Super Value Menu, but hey, a free sandwich is a free sandwich! Sign up for WendyMail and get a $1.00 coupon in your inbox within the week.

Huggies sample

2009-04-06T14:15:00.000-07:00

Get a free 3-pack sample of Huggies new Pure & Natural diapers.

Aloe & vitamin E

Organic cotton

Hypoallergenic

Fragrance free

They actually go up to size 5, but the samples are only available in these sizes:

Newborn

Size 1

Size 2

Slim-fast deals

2009-04-06T14:03:00.001-07:00

Want $20 in free coupons to Slim-Fast? Sign up! Here's the details from their website:

Register now. Once you’ve registered, you’ll see a screen that will allow you to:

1. Print electronic coupons that can be redeemed at the store
or
2. Get instant savings when buying online at Amazon.com.

If you print your coupons:
Get your first set of coupons worth up to $8 in savings on Slim·Fast® shakes and meal bars instantly:

One $2 OFF coupon, good on one multi-pack
Two $3 OFF coupons, each good on two multi-packs
After you register and verify your account, you’ll receive an email in two to three weeks that will allow you to print coupons worth an additional $12 in savings:

Two $3 OFF coupons, each good on one multi-pack
Two $3 OFF coupons, each good on two multi-packs

If you buy online:
Get these instant, one-time savings at Amazon.com on all Slim·Fast® products.

Spend $29 or more to save $5 and get FREE delivery
Spend $49 or more to save $10 and get FREE delivery
Spend $79 or more to save $20 and get FREE delivery

DISCLAIMER
Electronic coupons not valid on snack bars, powders and singles. Coupons are only available electronically and can be printed no more than 2 times. Redeemable only in the 50 United States and District of Columbia. Limited time offer while supplies last. May not be combined with any other offer. You must choose either the printed coupons or the online savings at Amazon.com, but you may not choose both.

FREE cereal + $10 overage!

2009-04-06T10:19:00.001-07:00

** UPDATE: I wanted to get more of this cereal so I could get the catalinas, and I was really fortunate to get my hands on multiple $2 off coupons, so my Albertson's let me pre-pay for 15 more boxes of cereal before the sale ended. I'm so glad that they let me do this, because I was tired of going to the store just to see they were sold out of the cereal. So after everything, I spent only a few dollars on tax and got $25 in free groceries on future visits! I have also heard from family that this cereal is amazing.

I finally some Trail Mix Crunch cereals at an Albertson's by my house. I have literally gone to 1-2 different Albertson's every day to try and find some but they are always sold off the shelves. I was lucky enough to grab 10. I only had 5 of the $2/1 coupons with me, but I couldn't risk not getting more. I will get more of the coupons and go back with them to get my $$ back. The sale for the cereal is this:

Post cereal $2.07 single purchase
Save $1.00 when you purchase 2, bringing them down to $1.57 each.
When you buy 2, you get a $2/off catalina
When you buy 3, get a $3/off catalina
When you buy 5, get a $5/off catalina

Catalina's are coupons that print off at the register and are handed to you with your reciept. They are coupons to use on your next purchase, and usually just a dollar amount off of your total. Some may be a coupon for a specific item.

So I bought 10 boxes of cereal in seperate transactions, because after buying the first 5, I decided to go back and get more before they run out.

For my first transaction, 4 boxes of the cereal rang up as $1.57 apiece and the 5th box rang up as $2.07. Even though the coupons were for $2/1, she only took $1.57 off each box. She should have taken the full $2.00 off coupon for the last box, but I think she was on a roll and only took $1.57 off. Not a big deal, only paying $0.50 for 5 boxes of cereal, but since I will be going back anyway with my coupons, I'll just get my $0.50 back too.

So, my total OOP for the 5 boxes of cereal after tax (and a drink): $2.30 - $0.50: $1.80
And then I got my $5 off catalina

2nd transaction:
5 boxes of trail mix crunch
4 at $1.57 each
1 at $2.07
OOP: paid $8.60
And got my $5 off catalina
Will go back today with 5 $2/1 coupons and get all of my money back.

I'm not sure how they will figure out tax, but if they do the same thing and only give $1.57 back for 4 of the boxes of cereal, plus my $0.50 back from the first transaction, I will get back at least $8.78

So all in all, I got 10 boxes of cereal for FREE and got $10 FREE money/coupons to use on my next purchase! Woo hoo!

Mailbox Monday

2009-04-06T06:00:00.000-07:00

Here are the things I got this last week in the mail. I didn't get a lot, but I got some great coupons and a FREE Kashi entree!

2 Entertainment magazines

Woman's Day magazine

coupon for FREE Kashi entree

$1.00 off Downy coupon

Always Infinity pad sample with $1.00 off coupon

Join us at A Frugal Friend every Mailbox Monday and share with us what you get for FREE each & every week! Just click on the button at the top of this post.

Free Quaker Rice Cakes sample

2009-04-06T00:41:00.000-07:00

Quaker rice and multigrain snacks are satisfyingly delicious. They're made with wholesome ingredients such as brown rice, wheat and corn and topped with great tasting flavors like Chocolatey Drizzle and Cheddar Cheese. (yes, this almost-exact wording came from Quakerricesnacks.com) I couldn't have said it better myself! I have not tried either of these flavors (yet. I signed up for my chocolate sample!) but I am a fan of the other flavors. Especially the Multigrain Minis, Cinnamon Sugar flavor mmmmm.

Click here to sign up and get your FREE sample!

Easter presents & everything else for FREE!!!

2009-04-05T21:56:00.000-07:00

See that Leapster Game System in the back there? That is advertised in Target's ad this week for $34, down from the regular price of I think around $49.99. It's ringing up for $29, however. Not a bad Easter present! (See below on how to get a $10 off coupon) That being said, my total for everything in the picture above after coupons and tax: $44.16

2 Glade Lasting Impressions $6.50 each

- B1G1F printable (no longer available)

- $4/1 coupon

$2.50 for 2 (I had another $4/1 coupon but again it didn't scan in. I will have to go back)

4 packs of Doublemint gum $1.02 each

4 packs of Juicy Fruit $1.02

- 8 FREE gum coupons from 3/29 insert

all 8 FREE

Dole bagged salad $1.99

- $1.00 off Target printable

$0.99

8 Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup $0.66 each

- 4 $1/2 printables

$1.28 for 8

10 Pace Salsa 9@$1.92 1@$2.99

- 10 $4/1 printable

FREE + $19.73 overage

3 packets Archer Rice rice $1.99 each

$5.97

Patel rice/lunch packet $2.45

Kashi rice/lunch packet $2.29

10 Tuna packets $1.33 each

$13.30

2 Halls Defense drops $1.39 each

- 2 FREE item coupons

both FREE

5 Dove Go Fresh body wash $3.99

- 3 $1.00 Target printable

- 5 $1.50/1

(2 more Target printables didn't get scanned in, so I will get another $2 back next visit)

$1.89 each (will be $1.49 each when I get my $ back)

bouncy ball $2.59

Leapster handheld $29.00

- $10 printable

$19.00

(there are also coupons for $5/1 Leapster games available to print or Leap Frog Tag books in the 4/5 P&G insert)

We also stopped by Walmart to take advantage of some coupons. We thought we were going to have to buy a filler item because we came to a negative subtotal. But for the above pictured items, we didn't even have to pay all of the tax! Total OOP: $0.18!!

6 Kraft salad dressings $1.58 each

- 6 $1.50/1 manufacturer

$0.08 each

3 Huggies wipes $4.50 each

- 3 $5/1 printable (no longer available)

FREE + $1.50 overage

Here is a picture of everything all together that we only paid $44.34 for:

for the next 24 hours ONLY!

2009-04-05T21:47:00.000-07:00

Thanks to A Frugal Friend for pointing out that All Laundry Detergent is giving out a $2.00 off coupon for the next 24 hours only and then after that it will decrease to only $1.00 off. Head on over to her blog really quick to learn the details, then click on the appropriate link to get your coupon!

Free Bagel Poppers

2009-04-05T14:04:00.000-07:00

I receive coupon emails from Einstein Bagels, and the latest offer I received was a coupon for FREE bagel poppers with any drink purchase. The flavors are:

Sweet Cream Cheese

Blueberry

Cinnamon Sugar

My kids and I went on Friday and tried the blueberry and cinnamon sugar. Very good and Very filling! I highly recommend that you join Einstein's E-club and hopefully you will get this same offer. If not, contact me by posting a comment here and I will forward you the email. I was able to print this out multiple times and it's good until April 14.

Best deals at Walgreens 4/5 - 4/11

2009-04-05T13:56:00.000-07:00

Weekly Deals

Palmolive Dish Liquid $0.99 after in-ad coupon
Use $1/2 from 3/29 SS insert
Pay $0.49 after coupons

Playtex Feminine Care $3.99
Use $1/1 coupon from 3/22 SS insert
Use $1/1 coupon from Easysaver catalog
Pay $1.99 each after coupons

Glade 4oz Jar Candles $2.99
Get $1 via ESR rebate #20 when you buy one (Limit 4)
Use $1.50/2 coupon from 3/15 SS insert
Pay $2.48 for two after coupon and rebate

Garnier Fructis Hair Care 3/$10
Get $10 when you spend $20 via ESR rebate #3
Use $1/1 coupon from 3/8 insert
Pay $4 for six items after coupons and rebate

Hershey’s Candy 4/$10
Get $5 back when you send $10 via rebate #25
Use B3G1 free coupon from 3/15 SS insert
Pay $2.50 for four bags after coupon and rebate

Oust Surface and Air Sanitizer $2.99
Get $1 back when you buy one via rebate #20 (Limit 4)
Use $2/1 coupon from 3/29 SS insert
FREE after coupon and rebate

Register Rewards Deals

Colgate Total Advanced 4oz $3.49, earn $3.49 in RR when you buy one
Use $1.50/1 from March All You magazine
FREE plus $1.50 in overage after coupon and RR

Visine A.C. $3.99, Earn $3 in RR when you buy two
Use two $3/1 coupons from 3/15 RP insert
FREE plus $1.2 in overage after coupons and RR

Reach Ultraclean Toothbrush and Floss 2/$5, Earn a $2.50 RR when you buy two (mix and match)
Use $1/1 coupon from 2/8 inserts
Pay $0.50 for two after coupons and RR

Monthly EasySaver Rebate Deals

One a Day Multi-Vitamin Drink Mix 2ct $1.49
FREE after Easy saver rebate offer #1

Buy $10 in Physicians Formula Organix Wear Make up, Get $10 via ESR rebate #6
Buy Physicians Formula organic Wear Origin Tinted moisturizer $12.99
Use $1/1 coupon from 2/22 SS insert
Pay $1.99 after coupon and rebate

Happy Easter & Happy Savings!

Thank you Common Sense With Money

Here are the best deals at Rite Aid 4/5 - 4/11

2009-04-05T13:47:00.000-07:00

Don’t forget that you can save even more by using this $5 off $25 coupon you can get when you sign up for the Rite Aid Newsletter.

Single Check Rebate Deals

Old Spice Pro-Strength Anti-perspirant/Deodorant; Get $4 SCR wyb 1 at $5.99 (limit 1)
Use $1/1 coupon from 4/5 P&G insert
Pay $0.99 after coupon & SCR

John Frieda(selected products);Get a $10 SCR wyb 4 at $5 each (limit 1)
Use $2/1 coupon from 4/5 SS insert
Get four items for $2 after coupons and SCR

Blink Tears; Get a $7.99 SCR wyb 1 at $7.99
use the $2/1 coupon from 3/1 RP insert
FREE plus $2 in overage after coupon and SCR

Revlon Cosmetics are all BOGO and there are several SCR deals on them
SCR #68: Get $3 wyb Creme Lip Gloss
SCR #69: Get $3 wyb Age Defying Spa Foundation or Concealer
SCR #71: Get $3 wyb Super Lustrous Lipstick
SCR #72: Get $3 wyb Matte Collection Makeup
Use $2/1 coupon from 3/15 SS insert
Shopping Tip: get one lipstick and one lipgloss and use two $2/1 coupons and you will be able to take advantage of both SCR deals…should be free or almost free after coupons and SCR!

Other Weekly Deals

Colgate Total Toothpaste or Toothbrush $0.99 with the in-ad coupon
Use $1.50/1 coupon from March All You magazine or $0.50/1 from 3/29 SS
FREE plus small overage or $0.49 after coupons

Excedrin 24ct $1.99
Use $2/1 printable coupon
FREE after coupon

Halls Cough Drops 2/$3
There is actually a FREE coupon from the 3/29 SS insert
FREE

Mentos Gum $0.99
Use $1/1 from 3/1 SS insert
FREE after coupon

Trident Xtra Care Gum: $0.99
Use the $0.75/1 coupon from 3/8 SS insert
Pay $0.24 each after coupon

Thanks to Moms Need to Know for putting these deals together.

...why I HATE Wal-Mart!

2009-04-04T00:32:00.000-07:00

I promised this post earlier this week, after a very successful trip to Walmart, but still not feeling it was worth my time to ever shop there again. Even though the company likes to portray they have the lowest prices out there or they will match an advertised price, I have found most items to be cheaper or of better quality with a much better experience at other stores. I'm not asking anyone to agree or disagree with me, this is more of a personal vent of my feelings on my own blog. Comments are welcome though!

1. It is RARE to find a nice employee

2. Way too crowded at any time of day or night (and why do parents bring their tired, cranky, sleep-deprived children with them to do their grocery shopping after MIDNIGHT?)

3. Dim lighting

4. The shopping carts always shock me! Literally, my hands always get shocked while pushing the cart & if I touch my kids, then they get shocked

5. Rude people in general, employees & customers alike. No one ever seems happy to be at Walmart

6. Coupons are such a hassle for the cashiers. They seem annoyed & check your bags for every item you have a coupon for, just to make sure that you really bought that item

7. Out of stock on lots needed items

8. Bad customer service

9. PARKING!!! Way to many empty handicap spots & way too many carts not put away or picked up by an employee, so when you do find a spot you have to get out of the car to move the cart, then get back in to park

10. Once you get into Walmart, you're lucky to get a cart sometimes, because they're all out in the ginormous parking lot!

11. Crappy gimpy carts

12. I feel dirty in the store. Its like it never gets cleaned. Which makes me wonder: I've been to Walmart at all hours of the day or in the middle of the night. Have I ever seen anyone cleaning?

13. If you go at night when they are restocking, they fill up all the empty spots down the middle of the aisle, so if you're halfway into the store & you need to cross over to the aisle on the other side, you have to walk all the way down to an opening (finally) and then backtrack

14. They should give us maps so we could effectively & efficiently navigate the store, because even if you think you know where something might be, good luck finding it or finding an employee who knows where it is. The stores are unorganized & poorly laid out, especially during holidays.

15. Why are there like 50 registers but less than 10 are open at a time, and usually the majority of those registers are "speedy checkout" for 20 items or less?

16. Checkout lines are ridiculously long & slow-moving. So you can wait in line for a good 30-60 minutes in the "speedy checkout" lines or get behind the family of 8 with 2 carts full of groceries

17. I think Walmart is falling behind the times on Save Our Planet, because it seems that the cashiers are trained to put a MAXIMUM of 3 items per bag, even if you only have 4-5. Yep, that means it gets put into 2 or more bags. There was a plastic bag caught on a tree branch behind my work yesterday. Guess what store it was from?

18. I once went there to exchange 2 items. Waited in line at customer service. Got money back. Went to aisle at back of store to get items. Waited in line at register. Took me over 2 hours.

19. Fruit & veggies: all produce is expired in less than a week, never fails, no matter how good it looks or how good it smells the day you buy in the store

20. Different prices for the same items. For example:
Yoplait Yo-Plus Yogurt Cherry, Vanilla or Peach flavors: $2.08
Blueberry Acai flavor: $2.53
This is NOT the case in any other store that I've seen
Different flavor = different price? Come on

21. I don't understand the "rollback" pricing. Is it on sale? Is this a new, fixed, cheaper price for the product? I have actually seen "rollback" prices more than what they previously were. doesn't that contradict the term "rollback"?

Also, I did a google search of "I hate Walmart" and a lot of web sites are actually dedicated to this topic. There is even one that seems to be specifically made for Walmart employees. This may be the case with a lot of other stores, but I truly didn't expect to find so many people out there doing the same thing that I just did, lol!

Free samples

2009-04-01T17:00:00.000-07:00

Here are a few new samples to let you know about:
Sign up for all your samples, and join us on Mailbox Monday at A Frugal Friend!

Prilosec OTC

Glad ForceFlex bag

Rachel Ray Nutrish premium dog food

Free Redbox today!

2009-04-01T16:57:00.000-07:00

I heard there's a new code for a Free one-night rental from Redbox, today only!

MMM401

Yesterday's new releases:
Marley & Me
Slumdog Millionaire
Seven Pounds

Home Made Simple coupon book

2009-04-01T00:34:00.000-07:00

A new April Home Made Simple coupon book is available to be mailed right to your door! This is how I got my FREE bottle of Cascade Rinse Agent (regularly priced around $3) last time. Tons of great coupons in there. Sign up here!

Easter Carnival

2009-04-01T00:11:00.000-07:00

Wheeler Farm has a special event on April 11th to celebrate Easter! Here's some info, or you can visit their website wheelerfarm.com

Easter Carnival 09
April 11th 10am - 3pm
$2.00 admission fee all day

Over 20 fun family vendors!
Face Painting
Young Chefs Academy
Scales & Tales Show
Food Vendors
Easter Parade
Pictures with the Easter Bunny (small fee)
Entertainment all day long (check schedule)
Global Skooters Stunt Show
Laser Quest &Tag
Hollywood Connection Mini golf
Fat Cats Bowling
Zany the Clown
Ogden Dino park
Jamba Juice
Trafalga
My Gym tumbling
Jumpin-Jacks Bounce Houses
And so much more!

Mailbox Monday

2009-03-30T11:38:00.001-07:00

I don't have a picture to upload yet, but here's the FREE things I got in the mail last week:

2 Maxim magazines (youre welcome, honey)
Woman's Day magazine
Entertainment Weekly
Tide Total Care 1 load sample
Orville redenbacher's Natural popcorn mini bag sample with coupon book
Ziploc Fresh Shield plastic baggie

Metamucil Berry Burst and Pink Lemonade fiber supplements

KFC coupon booklet

Free Redbox Monday

2009-03-30T11:07:00.000-07:00

Here is your code for a free movie rental from Redbox today only:

89ZQJ3

Tip: this code can be used with each debit/credit card you have. So make Mondays movie night & enjoy! Just be sure to return the movies by 9 pm to avoid any charges. Check your local Redbox kiosk thing or redbox.com for more details!

Walgreens: Deals for the week of March 29-April 4, 2009

2009-03-29T21:18:00.000-07:00

Here are the best deals available at Walgreens this week, with thanks to Mercedes for her help in compiling them. Be sure to stop by her blog to learn how you can get 40% off any one item at Borders right now.

WEEKLY DEALS

Glade Soy Candles--priced at $5.99
Use $4/1 coupon (no longer available but hopefully you found them earlier & printed them)
Stack with $2/1 coupon in the April EasySaver booklet
Free after coupons

Equal Sweetener--on sale 2 for $5
Use the $2.50/1 coupon from 1/4 inserts
Free after coupon

Reynolds Foil--on sale for $0.89 after in-ad coupon
Use $1/1 from 2/8 insert
Free after coupons

Printer Cartridge Refill--$7.50
Submit for $7.50 April Easysaver rebate #28
Free after rebate

Wal-Itin Allergy Relief 30-ct.--on sale for $6.99
Submit for $6.99 April Easysaver rebate #10
Free after rebate

SoyJoy Bars--on sale 2 for $1
Use B1G1 coupon from 2/22 SmartSource insert
$0.25 each after coupon

No Nonsense Pantyhose--on sale B1G1 Free (2 for $2.49)
Use $1/1 coupon from 3/29 inserts
$0.25 each after coupons

Vitamin Water--on sale 3 for $3 with in-ad coupon
Buy 6 and use the $1/2 Vitamin Water coupon from the April EasySaver booklet (should take off $3 total)
$0.50 each after coupons

Halls cough drops--on sale for $1.39 with in-ad coupon
Use $0.75 coupon here
$0.64 after coupons

Bayer tablets (24-36-ct.)-- on sale for $1.99
Use $1/1 coupon from the 3/22 SmartSource
$0.99 each after coupon

Schick Xtreme 3 Disposable razors (4 ct.)--priced at $7.49
Use the $2/1 coupon in the April EasySaver booklet
Stack with the $3/1 coupon from the 3/8 SmartSource
$2.49 after coupons

REGISTER REWARDS DEALS

Buy 1 Edge Infused Energy Shaving Gel at $3.59, Get $3.59 Register Rewards
Free after Register Rewards (Thanks, Stephanie!)

Buy 1 Skintimate Cream Shave at $2.99, Get $2.99 Register Rewards
Free after Register Rewards (Thanks, Stephanie!)

Buy 1 100% Natural or True Shimmer Chapstick at $1.99, Get $1.99 Register Rewards
Free after Register Rewards

Buy 2 Quaker Life Cereals (on sale 2 for $5), Get $2 Register Rewards
Use 2 $1/1 coupons here
$0.50/box after coupons and Register Rewards

Buy 4 Diet Pepsi 12-packs (on sale 4 for $12), Get $3 Register Rewards
$2.25/box after Register Rewards

APRIL FREE-AFTER-REBATE DEALS

Buy 1 One-A-Day Multi-Vitamin Drink Mix 2 ct. at $1.49
Get $1.49 April EasySaver Rebate (offer #1)
Free after rebate

New to shopping at Walgreens? Start here.

Share Your Deals and Scenarios!
Have your shopping trip planned or did you come up with a great deal scenario/idea?

Walmart trip

2009-03-29T20:21:00.000-07:00

I got a lot of stuff from Walmart today, a lot of it FREE! Still not worth it, see my post later on this week as to why I hate shopping there!

2 Pace Picante Salsa $2.52 each

- 2 $4.00 off printable (no longer available)

Free + $2.96 overage

2 Pace Peach Mango Chipotle Salsa $2.84 each

- 2 $4.00 off printable (no longer available)

Free + $2.32 overage

Purina cat food $3.98

- $3.50 off printable (which of course, I forgot to give to them, so I will have to go back to get my $ back)

$3.98 (will be $0.47 after I take coupon in)

4 Halls cough drops 30 count $1.18 each

- 4 FREE Halls cough drops up to 30-count coupon from today's paper

Free

string cheese $0.25 to feed my starving children

Kotex pads $1.00

- $1.00 off any Kotex brand manufacturer

Free

Cascade Rinse Agent $3.13

- FREE Cascade Rinse Agent from coupon book received in the mail

Free

2 Quaker Rice Quakes snacks $1.50 each

- 2 $1.00 off manufacturer (more of these came in today's (3/29) paper as well but I am saving those because I grabbed the last 2 bags that Walmart had)

$0.50 each

2 Yoplait Yo+ 4-packs $2.08 each

- $1.50 printable

$0.58 each

RockStar Energy Drink $1.98 (as filler so I wouldn't go into negative at register, which I would've done if I had given her my $3.50 off cat food coupon!)

My subtotal without that coupon: $3.08 so I still would have been in the negative and I would've had to purchase some gum or something. We will see if they just give me back the cash value of the coupon, or make me purchase something while I am at customer service next time.

TOTAL OOP without that coupon: $4.57!!!

I will get back $3.50 next visit!!!

So my NEW TOTAL OOP: $1.07!!!

Here's what I got at Target last week!

2009-03-29T16:34:00.000-07:00

I managed to get some $3.00 off Pledge coupons before they were all gone from their website. Last time I tried, I got the $2.00 off coupons but for some reason, the $3.00 ones didn't print. So I tried a different computer & it worked! I wish I could've gotten them the first time too, then I would've gotten the last Pledge wipes I bought for free instead of .74! Still a good deal, but FREE is best! I also got 2 more $2.00 off coupons. The $2.00 off ones could be used for the multi-purpose wipes or spray, and the $3.00 off coupons were to be used for the spray only. They both cost the same and I prefer the wipes over the spray, so I figured I'd just try using the coupons anyway. The cashier noticed that the coupons were for the spray but scanned them in, anyway. I think she figured the same as I did about them costing the same either way. She was really nice, I LOVE Target & the employees! Here's the breakdown of my purchases & whether or not they're still available:

Nasal aspirator: $2.49
Glade aerosol spray: $0.87
- $0.87 off any Glade air spray from Target mailing book (it was actually for $1.00 off but it only took off the actual cost of the product)

Free

4 Pledge multi-purpose wipes $3.74 each
- 4 $1.00 off Target coupons
- 2 $2.00 off manufacturer
- 2 $3.00 off manufacturer

2 Free

2 for $0.48 each

2 Litehouse salad dressings $3.99
- $1.00 off 2 any Litehouse products

$6.98 for 2

8 Naked All Natural juice $2.99 each

- 4 $2.00 off 2 printable

$15.92 for 8

2 Archer Farms Artisan bread $0.99 each

- 2 $0.99 off Target coupons

Free

2 Slim Fast shakes $5.49 each

- 2 $1.25 off manufacturer

$8.48 for 2

Purina Dog Food can $1.27

- FREE item manufacturer

Free

Bolt DVD $15.99

- $5.00 off printable

$10.99

**Word on the blogs is that Bolt is the cheapest at Target right now. They also had a deal when you bought Bolt and Lilo & Stitch, you automatically saved $10. Since a new week has started, I am not sure if this deal is still available or not. Either way, when you purchase Bolt, you can get a $4.00 rebate from Ronzoni. All you have to do is buy any one item of these brands: Ronzoni, Smart Taste, San Giorgio, Creamette, American Beauty, Prince or Skinner. Since I already stocked up on American Beauty pasta on my last Smith's shopping trip, all I have to do is send my receipts & UPCs! So it will be like getting the movie for $6.99 after rebate, awesome! Visit this blog here for more info and Ronzoni for the rebate form and all official details.

TOTAL OOP: $49.66

Amount saved after coupons: $38.63

Target Freebies this week

2009-03-26T00:16:00.000-07:00

Target: freebies for this week!

Thanks to DealSeekingMom for digging up a few more freebies which are available at Target right now:

Renu Multiplus Contact Solution (trial size)--$0.99
Use $1/1 Renu printable
Free after coupon

Shout Wipes (trial size)--$0.97
Use $1/1 Shout Wipes printable
Free after coupon

Pledge Aerosol Furniture Polish or Multi-Surface--$2.50 to $3.74
Use $2/1 Pledge Multi-Surface printable
Stack with $1/1 Pledge Target printable
Free after coupons - .74

Prices may vary by region, so double check your store for pricing!

Some freebies

2009-03-26T00:00:00.000-07:00

Click here to get a free sample of Eucerin:

Free mini bottle of Victoria's Secret body lotion:

FREE breakfast at Mimi's!

2009-03-25T23:50:00.000-07:00

Sign up for the Mimi's Cafe eClub and you'll receive a coupon in your inbox for a free breakfast! My favorite entree from there is the french toast. It always fills me up & it's big enough to share with my both of my kids (yes, both!) and they always give children a snack plate of oranges and cheerios while we wait for our food. So I will take this opportunity to go on a mommy and kiddies breakfast date for the cost of drinks for me and Punk (Little Miss has a sippy) & a tip!

2nd Mailbox Monday post

2009-03-25T01:27:00.001-07:00

I promised I would post a picture of the most current items I got for *free* last week, so here it is! I got a lot of back-issues of magazines and that's why there is so many.

2 Family Circle

2 Entertainment

1 Martha Stewart Living

3 Body+Soul

eatbetteramerica coupon book

Betty Crocker coupon book

Cream of Wheat sample and $1.00 off coupon

Starbucks Instant Coffee samples

Albertson's trip

2009-03-25T00:51:00.000-07:00

So I was able to get my hands on a total of 8 Albertson's double coupons (thank you Oma & Opa Pete). I doubled 7 $1.00 off coupons and one .55 off coupon. You could only use 4 coupons per transaction, so I did it in 2 separate transactions as follows:

Kellogg's promo: Save $10 instantly when you buy 10 participating products. Makes it:

6 Kellogg's cereal $1.50 each

- 5 .70 off manufacturer coupons

4 Kellogg's Pop Tarts (LARGE size!) $1.50 each

- $1.00 peelie on each box

- $1.00 doubled each time

Total spent OOP: $3.83

(I just realized that I did not use a coupon for the 6th box of cereal. So when I go back this week, I will take one in and get some $ back)

SAVED after coupons and sales: $40.10!

2-liter Pepsi (feeding the habit...) $1.34

Yoplait Yo+ Yogurt (4-pack) $2.99

- $1.00 off manufacturer coupon

- $1.00 doubled

Tropicana 100% OJ 2/$5

- $1.00 off 2 manufacturer

- $1.00 doubled

2 Red Baron Pizza breads $2.50 each

- $1.00 off 2 manufacturer

- $1.00 doubled

Hormel Natural Choice lunch meat $4.99

- .55 off manufacturer

- .55 doubled

Total spent OOP: $12.69

SAVED (sales & coupons): $14.91

**I looked at the ad before my trip and saw the Hormel meat on sale for $2.38 so I thought WOO-HOO I am going to get this cheap but I didn't pay attention that it was only that price from 3/20 - 3/22. Otherwise I would not have bought it. Little Miss loves ham and I love Little Miss but I do not love paying $4 for lunch meat! So I am not sure if I will take it back or not to get something else that is actually on sale. I'll check the ad that starts on 3/25 and see if it's worth it to exchange.

Double coupons at Albertsons

2009-03-23T22:15:00.000-07:00

I hope you found the coupons in this Sunday's paper from Albertson's that will double any coupon up to $1.00! Any coupon valued at $1.01 or more does not qualify, but this is a fantastic opportunity to get some great deals. There are 4 of them, and they expire March 24, 2009. I plan to browse the grocery ad and match up the coupons with the sales to get the best deals.

Did you know? that Albertson's also accepts competitor's coupons? So even if you can't find a coupon in your coupon inserts for an item you want to buy, check for other coupons from places like Target or even Walgreens. For example, Eggo waffles are on sale at Albertson's 3/$5. An associate once told me that you do not have to buy the amount it says in order to get the sale price. Double check with your store when you go shopping. This means that they are $1.67 each. There are no coupons for Eggo waffles (I rarely see them) but Target has a coupon for $1 off when you buy 2 Eggo waffles. Then you can get Eggo waffles for $1.17 each. Not bad! Keep an eye out for these things, and when certain items go on sale, you can combine a manufacturer coupon with a competitor coupon on top of the sale to get even more of a deal!

Feel free to leave a comment if you have any q's. I will post my shopping trip tomorrow, after I am able to make it to the store.

Frugal Easter present

2009-03-23T22:07:00.000-07:00

Get $5 off any animal $10 or more with a coupon from Build-A-Bear. Many of the animals are priced between $10 - $12, including the cute little bunny. What a great gift for Easter! For locations, visit their website.

Lots of samples to sign up for!

2009-03-23T21:04:00.000-07:00

Wal-Mart has the following free samples:

Cottenelle Fresh Flushable Moist Wipes and mini-roll of Cottenelle Toilet Paper. Your bottom will thank you.

Kotex sample

Gain sample scent
Kellogg's All Bran Fiber Drink Mix
Roots of Nature Strengthening Oil Moisturizer and Reconstructing Deep Treatment
Poise Liner or Ultra Thin
Parent's Choice Milk DHA & ARA or Gentle Formula
Always Infinity

Crest Whitestrips Advanced Seal

Hopefully each sample will come with some great coupons!

Free Redbox Monday

2009-03-23T09:17:00.000-07:00

Every Monday, Redbox gives a free promo code for $1.00 off your rental. Is you return the movie before 9 pm the next day, your movie is free!

Here is today's code: HG7W56

You can only use a promo code at the Redbox location. It cannot be used if you reserve a movie online. For all info, visit redbox.com

Mailbox Monday

2009-03-23T09:03:00.001-07:00

One of my favorite frugal blogs to check out on a daily basis is A Frugal Friend. Every Monday, she posts a picture of all the FREE stuff she got in the mail the past week. It's been a lot of fun getting all of the free magazines and samples in the mail, and I also want to show everyone all of the things you can get too. It's really exciting! This picture is actually from the week before last and I got a second Martha Stewart Living magazine in the mail after the picture was taken. The dish soap and the samples & coupons that came with it are from me becoming a BzzAgent. More on that later!

I do have alot more FREE items that I got this previous week, but I took many of the magazines to work for us girls to look at when it's slow. So I will bring them home later tonight to take the picture and post it.

Free 5 issues of Mine magazine

2009-03-22T21:39:00.000-07:00

Want a magazine made especially for you? It's easy: pick 5 magazines and Lexus will do the rest. Within 2 weeks you'll get the first of 5 issues of Mine. EAch issue will include stories tailored specifically to your interests, whether providing timely financial advice, helping to find the perfect glf club, or inspiring your next vacation.

Get Mine delivered the way you want - to your mailbox or to your email inbox.
And best of all, it's free!

Choose from the following magazines:

Travel + Leisure

Golf

InStyle

Money

Real Simple

Sports Illustrated

TIME

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Mine: My Magazine, My Way, the magazine made especially for you.

Last week's shopping trips UPDATED WITH PICS

2009-03-21T23:35:00.000-07:00

I apologize for being late on my posts for these shopping trips. We've been busy! and plus the Wal-Mart trip was done earlier today, so technically, not late on that one. :)

We made a trip to Smith's last week and since the sales are over, I will just put what we got and what we spent OOP.

2 Dole Parfaits

6 American Beauty pasta

5 Betty Crocker potatoes

5 Frosted Mini Wheats Lil' Bites Cereal

4 bag Quaker Quakes Rice Snacks

After all sales/coupons total OOP: $14.94

I had 2 $1 off coupons for the rice snacks, but since they were on sale for .99 before the sale, the register would not accept the coupon. Otherwise, they would have been free. But they weren't and I had to get 2 filler items to complete the sale Smith's was having. Still, .49 for a bag of rice snacks (that my kids love, by the way) is not bad. Now I can use those 2 coupons at Target or Wal-Mart and actually get them for less than .40 a bag. Each bag of pasta was also .49 each and the cereal boxes were .69 each. They did not have the flavor I wanted, so I will go back to exchange the next time I'm at the store.

We had to go to Target for cat litter, which I tried to print a $1 off coupon for, but for some reason, my printer was unplugged and it lost the connection for the print. Since online coupons can only be printed twice usually, I couldn't try again because it said I had printed the max 2. Oh well... I had other coupons so we got:

2 Pledge multi-surface furniture wipes $3.74 each

- $1.00 off Target coupon

- $2.00 Printable coupon

Chips Ahoy (spur-of-the-moment buy) $2.00

2 Archer Farms bread loaves .99 each

-$1.00 off Target coupon

2 6-packs Mott's Applesauce (yes, more!) $1.69

- $1.00 Target coupon

- .55 off Printable coupon

bananas $1.46

cat litter $7.44

easter basket $9.99

easter basket $7.99

Total OOP: $31.76

Considering that the total of the 2 easter baskets = $17.98,

and the litter was $7.44,

we got all the other stuff for $6.34.

The cost of the 2 Pledge wipes retail is: $7.48.

So to me, that's like getting 2.5 lbs of bananas, 2 packs of applesauce, 2 loaves of bread and a pack of cookies for FREE. With $1.14 left over. Does that make sense?

We also made a trip to Wal-Mart for a few things I had heard would be free or almost free after using certain coupons. This was not the case, but we still made out pretty good, considering my hubby got a Hawaiian print shirt for his friend's wedding (don't ask) for $11 when they were selling for $24 at Smith's Marketplace.

1 Hawaiian print shirt $11

1 Frank's Red-Hot sauce $.87

- .50 off Printable

2 bags Purina cat food $3.98 each

- $3.50 Printable

Total OOP: $13.66. Stupid shirt.

All of the Target coupons can be printed multiple times from hotcouponworld.com. This saves you & our planet!

Pics of the Target and Wal-Mart trip will come tomorrow.

Elase Hair Removal is cheap!!!

2009-03-17T23:11:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure what all the details are on this. The above is all that they have on their website. Make it to the Launch Party March 19-21 to learn more, or call them. It looks like this only applies to the Orem location. But it seems like it may be a really good deal! If I find out more, I will let you know.

Chocolate and Chemistry

2009-03-17T22:58:00.000-07:00

Discovery Gateway, if you've never been there before, is a really fun children's museum at The Gateway. I recently found out that Tuesdays are $2 off Tuesdays and then I got this email, with the best parts highlighted in red:

March 21st, 11 am-2 pm

Celebrate the wonders of chocolate and chemistry!

The American Chemical Society is sponsoring a hands-on, youth and family science event about chocolate and chemistry and how they contribute to our quality of life.

The activities, which will be conducted under the supervision of

area chemists, will offer unique opportunities to experience the

wonder and excitement of doing colorful chemistry experiments, learning about the connections between chemistry and chocolate,

and enjoying the sweetness of chocolate. Two lectures on chocolate will be given and chocolate samples will be available.

Tickets:

The first 1000 attendees will receive free admission to the museum.

Location:

Discovery Gateway Museum, 444 West 100 South

Free Redbox Monday

2009-03-16T12:50:00.000-07:00

Every Monday, Redbox gives a free promo code for $1.00 off your rental. Is you return the movie before 9 pm the next day, your movie is free!

Here is today's code: 2GR4N8

You can only use a promo code at the Redbox location. It cannot be used if you reserve a movie online. For all info, visit redbox.com

Free Always Infinity sample

2009-03-15T23:36:00.001-07:00

Wal-Mart is offering a free sample of their Always Infinity pads.

Click here to get yours in the mail!

Gain detergent sample

2009-03-15T23:29:00.000-07:00

Gain detergent has a new scent and to celebrate, they're handing out free samples and coupons.

Click here to get it in the mail in 4-6 weeks.

More great coupon books

2009-03-15T23:22:00.000-07:00

Here is another site you can go to and receive a book of cleaning tips, recipes and best of all, coupons!

Click on this link here to get it in the mail in 6-8 weeks.

Target trip 1

2009-03-15T00:55:00.000-07:00

We ended up making 3, yes, 3 trips to Target today! We scored some pretty good deals. We originally went because we needed bleach, Downy and dish scrubbers to get us through the weekend. While there I wanted to use up a bunch of coupons that were due to expire today. During the first trip we were trying to hurry and we forgot to grab the things for which the coupons expire and we had to put the kids down for a nap. So I clipped a bunch more coupons while we were home and ran back to Target. They were out of a few of the things that I wanted to get so that's why I made a 3rd trip, to a different Target. Here are the rundowns of each trip, with all of the items we purchased and the coupons we used directly underneath the item. Since so many of the coupons/sales ended today, I won't provide any links/info on where to get them unless the coupons are still available.

We spent the most money on this trip because we got stuff that we needed but didn't have any coupons for. And we got suckered into buying a really cute Easter dress & shorts for our youngest, Miss B.

Shorts $4.00

Easter dress $17.99

Scrubbing brush refills $3.49

Downy $6.99 (on sale)

Clorox bleach $1.94

20 oz Pepsi $1.49

Windshield washer fluid $1.69

Desktop pencil/pen organizer $5.03 (on clearance)

4 Glade Sense & Spray Automatic Spray air fresheners $8.29 each
- 2 B1G1F coupons
- 3 $3.00 off coupons found inside the packages

The cashier accidentally scanned the $1.00 off coupon, instead of the $3 off coupon that came in one of the Glade boxes. They were attached on the same paper and we were tearing them apart right there. So the next time I go to Target I will see if I can get my $2. I also found a .25 off Downy coupon that I can get back too.

Summary

Glade products: $2.65 each

Total OOP: $54.33

Total saved: $27.23

Target trip 2

2009-03-15T00:30:00.000-07:00

2 6-packs Mott's applesauce $1.69 each

- 2 $1.00 off Target coupons

- 2 .55 off manufacturers coupons

3 Venus Embrace razors $7.94 each

- 3 $3.00 off Target coupons

- 3 $2.00 off manufacturers coupons

3 Venus Spa Breeze razors $7.94 each

- 3 $3.00 off Target coupons
- 3 $2.00 off manufacturers coupons

6 Venus Spa Breeze disposable razors $6.59 each (on sale)

- 3 $3.00 off Target coupons

- 3 $2.00 off manufacturers coupons

2 Kids Colgate toothpaste $2.99 each (on sale)

- B1G1F manufacturer coupon from 2/8 P&G coupon book

- 2 .75 off manufacturers coupons from SS 2/22 coupon book

1 Littlest Pet Shop toy for Miss B after she got her finger caught in a sale sign $2.99 (on sale?)

Summary

Applesauce: .14 each

Embrace & Spa breeze razors: $2.94 each

Disposable razors: $1.59 each

Toothpaste: 2/$1.49

Toy: $2.99

Total OOP: $36.02

Saved: $67.59

Now I don't really have any excuse to not shave my legs, lol! The razors and toothpaste should seriously last about a year

Target trip 3

2009-03-14T22:51:00.000-07:00

2 Renuzit Super Odor Neutralizer spray $1.92 each

- 2 $1.00 off Target coupons

- 2 $1.00 off manufacturer coupon

Venus Disposable 3-pack razors $6.59

- $3.00 off Target coupon

- $2.00 off manufacturer coupon from P&G coupon book

Summary:

Renuzit sprays: I made .16! (my first OVERAGE transaction)

Razors: $1.59

Total OOP: $1.80

Saved: $9.00

Target trip

2009-03-12T11:52:00.000-07:00

We went to Target the other night to use a combo of Target coupons and manufacturers coupons. Here's what we got, the prices we paid for each product, and our total OOP (out-of-pocket).

2 packages of pre-packaged brocolli 2 for $3
Used 2 $1 off Target coupons

Total: $1.00 for over 2 lbs

2 packages of Huggies Gentle Care wipes $5.99

Used 2 $5 off manufacturers coupons

Total: 2/$1.98

3 packages of Dodge & Sutton meat, various prices on sale

Used 3 $2 off Target coupons available here

Total: $6.62

2 6-packs of Mott's Applesauce cups $1.69 each

Used 2 $1 off Target coupons

Used 2 .55 off manufacturer's coupons

Total: .28 for 12 cups

Total after tax: $10.97

As you can see in the picture above, the meat alone would have cost us $12.62 and the wipes alone would have been $12. Our total before our coupons was over $32. Not a bad trip!

Free samples

2009-03-12T10:53:00.001-07:00

Request a FREE sample of Caress Evenly Gorgeous Body Wash by clicking here.

Once you fill out the form, you are automatically entered into a sweepstakes they are having, and you can play an Instant Win game card. Good luck!

Click here to get a sample of Kotex Thin Overnight with Wings.

Go here to get a sample of Emergen-C.

And go here to get a sample of TrueLemon Crystallized Lemon Substitute. After you fill out the form, it will take you to some other offers that you can skip through until it says your request for the free sample has been accepted.

Free 2-year subscription to Working Mother

2009-03-09T10:45:00.001-07:00

Go here to get your FREE 2-year subscription to Working Mother magazine - no catch!

Just answer a short survery and claim your magazine!

Free Redbox Monday

2009-03-09T10:43:00.001-07:00

Every Monday, Redbox gives a free promo code for $1.00 off your rental. Is you return the movie before 9 pm the next day, your movie is free!

Here is today's code: F3T9L6

You can only use a promo code at the Redbox location. It cannot be used if you reserve a movie online. For all info, visit redbox.com

Get a FREE Arby's Roastburger

2009-03-09T10:04:00.000-07:00

Click here to get a free Arby's Roastburger sandwich with a drink purchase. Just get a small drink and that's a cheap meal!

Free Ziploc bag sample

2009-03-04T09:24:00.000-08:00

Get a free Ziploc Fresh Shield freezer bag sample from CostCo by clicking here. You do not have to be a CostCo member to get the sample. In the spot where it asks for your CostCo Membership ID, just leave it blank!

Jamba Juice oatmeal for $1

2009-03-04T09:19:00.000-08:00

From now until March 31, with the above coupon, you can get one Jamba Oatmeal item for only $1! Print multiple times and keep going back!