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Hot deals this week (8/31-9/6)

August 30, 2008 by

I haven’t been able to shop as much since I’ve gone back to work. I got “caught up” this morning while my husband watched my kids. There are LOTS of good deals this week. I’m grateful that I have Monday off, so I can take advantage of some of the deals this week!

CVS deals: Full ad scans can be found here:
http://s280.photobucket.com/albums/kk172/myfeethurt56/CVS%20Ad%20Aug%2031%20thru%20Sept%206/?action=view&current=cvsadscan020.jpg

ECB deals:
*7Up/Canada Dry/A&W/Sunkist – 4/$12, get $3

*Colgate MaxFresh burst, Total Advanced clean/whitening/fresh – 4 oz – $2.99, get $2 (limit 2). There are coupons in All You magazine for $1.50/1 Total Advanced or you can print them here:
http://www.google.com/url?q=http://offers.e-centives.com/siflo/reg/survey.cfm%3Fs%3DYz0xJmY9MSZjdT0xJmJxPTEmdmlkPTY2MSZvPTE4MTUyMjEmcD0xODE3MDI2JnB0PTEmY289NDAyJmZ3ZWI9MSZzYz0zMjcmY2lkPTEwMDQ3MzQ4OTUmclVSTD0lMkZzaWZsbyUyRnBvc3RyZWdpc3RlciUyRWNmbSUzRnZpZCUzRDY2MSUyNnQlM0QxJTI2cyUzRDEwMjUzNjg2NjIlMjZmd2ViJTNEMSUyNmNvJTNENDAyJTI2c2MlM0QzMjclMjZpZCUzRDdjNmY5YTgzJTJEYzFhMCUyRDRlYjElMkQ4OTJmJTJEYzcyMjY5ZmEyOWY2JnM9MTAyNTM2ODY2MiZpZD03YzZmOWE4My1jMWEwLTRlYjEtODkyZi1jNzIyNjlmYTI5ZjY%253D&sa=D&usg=ALhdy28OE58mVAKKrA3DiTafUU5fXnCdEg

*Non-drowsy Claritin or Claritin D – $8.99, get $1

*Accu-Chek diabetes monitoring kit – $9.99, get $9.99

*Spend $25 on Aveeno, get $10

*Spend $15 on select John Frieda, Jergens, Curel, Biore products, get $5

*Spend $20 on selected Gillette items listed below, get $5:
$3.99 – Gillette 2 in 1 body wash, $9.99 Gillette Fusion razor, $5.99 Gillette shampoo or conditioner

*Gillette Venus or Vibrance razor – $9.99, get $3 ECB

*Pantene Pro-V, 3/$9.99, get $2

*CoverGirl Wetslicks – $5.99, get $5.99 ($1/1 coupon in this weeks inserts or BOGO free – you can only do the deal once though)

*Spend $6 on Suave products, get $2

BOGO free deals:
*Life Fitness vitamins
*CVS supplements
*Kleenex facial tissue
*Tylenol (there are $1 off any coupons that were in the inserts recently)
*Covergirl lip products (mix with BOGO coupon from the inserts this week = FREE)

Other deals:
Dawn – .99 (use .50/1 from P&G insert)
Tide – $5.49 (use $1/1 coupon)
Pop Tarts/Rice Krispie treats – $1.69 ($1/2 from recent Kelloggs insert, $10 MIR if you buy 10 items)

My scenarios (I decided to include these if people are new to CVSing and need ideas):
Transaction #1 – Buy Claritin $8.99 and Colgate $2.99
Use $4 Claritin from last week’s inserts, $1.50 Colgate from All You and $2/10 CVS coupon
Spend $4.48, get $3

Transaction #2 – Buy Cover Girl Wet Slicks $5.99, buy 2 Cover Girl Lip color $5.99 – use Cover Girl $1/1, Cover Girl BOGO free, and $2/10 CVS
Spend $2.99, get $5.99 – I needed new lip stick, so I’m excited about this 🙂
**If you are new to CVSing and have this week’s coupons, this is a nice way to start

Transaction #3 – Buy Tide, 2 Dawn, and Colgate – use Tide $1/1, 2 Dawn .50/1, Colgate $1.50/1 and $2/10 CVS
Spend $4.96, get $2

More scenario ideas (great if you are new to CVSing and don’t want to spend a lot of $$)
Transaction #1:
Buy Cover Girl Wet Slicks $5.99, buy 2 Cover Girl Lip color $5.99 – use Cover Girl $1/1, Cover Girl BOGO free, and $2/10 CVS Spend $2.99, get $5.99

Transaction #2:
Buy Pantene Pro-V Shampoo/Cond/Styling Product- 3/$9.99, Colgate – $2.99

Use another $2/10 CVS coupon, the $1.50 printable Colgate coupon, the free Pantene styling product coupon from this week’s inserts, and your $5.99 ECB from the CoverGirl deal. Spend .16 (plus tax depending on your area), get $4 in ECBs.

Transaction #3:
Colgate – $2.99 – use $1.50 manufacturer’s coupon – OOP $1.49
Dawn- .99 Cents – .50 Cent MFR = .49 cents OOP
Use your $2 ECB (They will have to adjust it down to $1.98), and get another $2 ECB! 🙂

SO……for $3.15 (and possibly tax), you get all of that stuff and still have $4 in ECB to spend next week!

**The CoverGirl Wetslicks and BOGO scenario ONLY works if you can find the Outlast lipsticks for $5.99 (the ad says prices start at $4.99, but my stores don’t have anything under $9.99). If you can’t, you need to revamp the scenario because if you try to buy two Outlast lipsticks for $9.99 and the $5.99 Wetslicks together, it will take the “free” off the $5.99 automatically and then with your coupon, one of the $9.99 will come off, but you will still end up paying $8.99.


Target deals: I haven’t seen the ad (we get the paper on Sunday) or ad scans, but I read about this on a few different sites. Apparently it is not in all areas, so check your ads first.

Kellogg’s products are on sale 4/$9. Buy 4, get a $5 gift card. Items I have seen listed are: Rice Krispie Treats (8 ct), Pop Tarts (12 ct), Special K bars, Fudge Shoppe cookies, and Cheez Its. There are $1/2 coupons for many of these items in the recent Kelloggs insert. There are .50/1 Pop Tart coupons on Afullcup.com. There are also Vocal Point coupons for $1/1 off the Special K bars and the $10 MIR when you buy 10 products if you haven’t done that yet. The beauty of this Target deal is you can buy 8 items (or 12 if you are going for the MIR) and get 2-3 $5 gift cards.

Here’s a Pop Tarts deal: Buy 10 Pop Tarts, use 5 $1/2 manufacturer’s coupons, use 10 .50/1 Target printable coupons. Spend $12.50, get $10 Target gift cards (send in MIR, get $10)

(There are LOTS of Kelloggs coupons on ebay NOW, but there won’t be as people see this deal…and what is available will be way expensive….check NOW!)

Walgreens deals: Full ad scans can be found here: http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dccpgn8g_105gtxpvqc7

Register Reward deals

*Tide or Gain laundry detergent 2/$11, get a $1 RR
(there were $1/1 Tide coupons in August’s P&G and there are $1/1 coupons in some P&G inserts this week, too)

*Excedrin pain reliever – $1.99, get $1 RR
Print a $2 off Excedrin Migraine coupon here: http://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asp?tqnm=rextegr55087634&bt=vi&o=51835&c=EX&p=0SZ5JtO8

FREE RR!
(there were also $1/1 coupons in the 6/8 and 7/13 SS inserts and there is a MIR for the Excedrin Back and Body)
You can only get one per transaction

*Aussie or Herbal Essences Hair Care – 3/$10, get $2 RR

*Pantene Pro V Expressions/Restoratives or Head and Shoulders shampoo or conditioner, 2/$9, get $3
(There will be a coupon in this week’s inserts for $2 off any Pantene Expressions and a coupon for $2 off Head and Shoulders conditioner when you buy Head & Shoulders shampoo)

*Gillette 2 in 1 body wash ($3.99), Gillette or Satin Care shave gel ($1.99), and Gillette disposable razors ($5.99) – buy 2, get $1, buy 3, get $3 (There will be coupons in the P&G insert this week….if your inserts has the $1 shave gel coupon, it will be a good deal!)

*Spend $10 on the following products, get $2:
Downy or Bounce – $3.99, Tide to Go stain remover 2/$5, Mr. Clean cleaner or Magic Eraser – 2/$5 (there will be coupons in the P&G inserts this week)

Easysaver Rebate deals

*Nivea Mens body wash – $4.99 FREE after $4.99 rebate (there was a $1 off coupon in the 7/22 SS insert, so it’s a “moneymaker”)

*Pantene Pro V Beautiful Lengths Shampoo or Conditioner – 2/$9, get $5

*Crest Pro Health Whitening toothpaste – $2.99, get $2.99 (.75/1 coupon in this weeks inserts)

*Revlon Nail Care – $4.49, get $4.49 ($2 off coupon from recent inserts and All You magazine)

*L’Oreal Advanced Revitalift – $16.49, get $16.49 (coupon in recent inserts)

*Lypsyl Lip Moisturizer – $1.99, get $1.99

*Acid Controller Complete – $7.99, get $7.99

*M&Ms – 4/$10, get $5

BOGO deals

*Cover Girl foundation, powder, concealer, or blush is BOGO (there are $1/1 coupons in the new P&G insert)

*Kleenex facial tissue

Other deals:
*Printer cartridge refills 50% off with in ad coupon~
Black refills – $5
Color refills – $15

My scenarios:
Buy 1 Excedrin Migraine $1.99, 2 Bounce 3.99/each, Mr. Clean Magic Eraser $2.50.
Use $2 Excedrin printable, $10 RR, spend .47, get $1 RR

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Hot deals this week (8/24-8/30)

August 24, 2008 by

Here are the deals that are going on this week:

BLOCKBUSTER:

If you’re looking to expand your movie collection, visit Blockbuster.com and click on “Buy.” When you go to check out, use code augappreciation and get $10 off a purchase of any new or previously viewed DVD. They are also offering free shipping on previously viewed DVDs! This offer expires 0n 9/1/08.

CVS:

The CVS deals for the week can be found here:
http://melziemomsbargains.blogspot.com/2008/08/looking-ahead-cvs-week-of-824.html

GYMBOREE:

Today (8/24) is the last day of the Circle of Friends sale (30% off your total purchase). If you are buying anything from “baby” lines (0-3 months through 5T), DO NOT buy anything that is full retail price now. The Baby Sale should start on 9/3 and everything up to $20 will be priced at $10 and everything over $20 will be priced at $20. You can use the 20% off coupon from this month’s Parenting magazine to get an even better deal! Also, the Labor Day sale should start sometime this weekend. You will get an additional 20% off clearance prices.

KROGER:

The $5 off $20 Nestle purchase goes through this week. Other deals can be found here:

http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/kroger-texas-louisiana/151045-8-20-thru-8-26-late-night-look.html

OFFICE MAX:
24 count crayons and pocket portfolios for a penny!

Lots of items for buy 2, get the third for a penny: Crayola crayons/markers/colored pencils, Bic pens/mechanical pencils/markers/correction tape, Sharpie markers/highlighters, Expo dry erase markers
TARGET: I have gotten incredibly cheap now that I have a stockpile of things from Walgreens and CVS, so I don’t see any “screaming” deals that I am going to run out for.

The Pop Tarts that I mentioned last week would still be a good deal (pricing may vary, but at my store, they are $1.79. With the $1/2 manufacturer’s coupons and the .50/1 Target printables, they end up being .79/each) If you have multiple manufacturer’s coupons, you could buy 10 and do the Kellogg’s mail in rebate for $10 and make $2.10 buying Pop Tarts.

All of the kid/adult underwear and socks are on sale, so now is a good time to stock up on those if you need them.

There are Back to School t-shirts for $4, polos for $5, and jeans for $7.

They have lots of storage bins and storage pieces on sale ($3.78-14.99)

You can get a $5 Target card when you buy Viva paper towels (priced at $14), Scott toilet paper (priced at $14), a box of Huggies diapers (priced at $18.99), or Cottonelle toilet paper (priced at $13)

Target partyware is 2/$5 and there is a $3/15 coupon on afullcup.com, so if you need paper plates and plastic cups, it’s not a bad deal.

WALGREENS:

*Dawn dish soap – 99 cents with in ad coupon – use your .50/1 P&G coupon for .49 dish soap

*Edy’s/Dreyer’s ice cream – 2/$5 (not too bad, and better if you have coupons)

*Power Ade – 89 cents – use your $1/1 coupons if you still have them

*Ball Park franks – 2/$4 (use your $1/2 coupon)

*Peter Pan peanut butter – 3/$5 – use your $1/1 from All You magazine = .66 peanut butter!

*Trident Xtra Care – .99 – there were coupons for .75/1 recently

*Reynold’s Wrap – .89 – there are coupons out there for $1/1, .75/1, .55/1 and $1/2 – makes for cheap or free foil!

*Glade scented oil warmer – $4.79 (BOGO store deal) – use the $4/1 Glade coupon and then send in the MIR for $2 for each one. Make $3.21!

*Huggies – $9.49, get $2 RR (use $1/1 coupon) – don’t forget to save your receipt to submit to Caregivers!

**Don’t forget to submit your August EasySaver Rebate receipts! There are “double dip” days this week (8/29 and 8/30). I have never done this before, but the details can be found here:

http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/walgreens/145839-aug-sept-esr-double-dips-aug-29-30-only.html

**If you haven’t gotten your Kellogg’s rebate yet, the RR are still printing through 8/30. There are still cereals on sale 4/$10 and Pop Tarts, Rice Krispie treats, etc. on sale 2/$4. You get a $5 RR when you spend $10.

Many stores also have their Walgreens diapers marked down to $5.99 (they are reported to be in a red and white package). Use the $5/2 coupon in the Easy Saver catalog and get diapers for $2.99/each. I haven’t tried these personally, but people on message boards I visit have reported that they like them.

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CVS $25 gift card give away

August 20, 2008 by

They are giving away a $25 CVS gift card on this blog:
http://newlyweds.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/25-cvs-giftcard-giveaway/#comments

All you have to do is post a comment! Be sure to leave a link to your blog or your e-mail so they can contact you if you win!

Good luck!

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This week’s bargains (8/17-8/23)

August 16, 2008 by

Here are the bargains for this week: (It’s kind of a slow week from what I’m seeing so far, which is kind of a relief for me because between going back to work last week and all of the deals, I’m burned out!)

CVS: (not many ECB, but some BOGO free deals)
**My ad scans this week came from here:
http://iheartcvs.com/2008/08/817-823-weekly-ecb-deals-preview.html

*Buy Ascensia Contour system ($19.99) and Colgate Total Whitening Toothpaste with free toothbrush, get $5. (not a bad deal if you have the $30 Contour coupon, a $1.50 Colgate coupon, and use the $2/10…it ends up being a free $5)

*Buy Oral B indicator toothbrush or Crest toothpaste at $1.99, get $1 ECB. There are .75/1 and $1/2 coupons for the Crest in the August P&G insert.

*Gatorade or Propel 6 pk – 2/$9, get $2 ECB

*Buy $10 of Band-Aid, Neosporin, or Johnson & Johnson, get $5 ECBs – There have been lots of coupons for this recently.

*Maybelline Colossal Volum’ Exprses mascara – $4.99, get $2 ECBs – There were $1/1 Maybelline coupons recently

*Revlon lash fantasy – $7.99, get $5 ECB – there were $2/1 and $1/1 coupons in the paper recently

*Schick Quattro Titanium – $7.99, get $5 ECBs

*Speed Stick 24/7 – $3.99, get $1 ECB – there were coupons for $1/1 and $1/2 in the paper recently

BOGO deals: (*remember you can use two coupons!)
*Dreyer’s/Edy’s ice cream – buy one @ $5.99, get one free – not bad if you like ice cream and even better if you have any coupons

*Glade air fresheners – they are .88, there were BOGO coupons in the paper recently.

*Revlon makeup – there have been $2/1 and $1/1 coupons in the inserts recently.

*Sunsilk (Prices listed at $4.29-$4.49)

*Wet Ones wet wipes – $2.99 – there were .75/1 coupons in the paper recently

GYMBOREE:
Circle of Friends sale is August 21st-24th and you get 30% off your entire purchase (plus your additional 5% if you have the Gymboree Visa). They are giving out coupons in the store right now. If you sign up for their mailing list on their website, you will also get an e-mail with a printable coupon and a code for online use. The Halloween costumes will be in the stores this week!

KROGER:
Deals through 8/19 are here:
http://melziemomsbargains.blogspot.com/2008/08/kroger-deals-week-of-813-819.html

OFFICE MAX: I LOVE back to school sales! I don’t even have school-aged kids (other than preschool, where supplies are pretty much provided), but with young kids, crayons and notebooks always come in handy, so I stock up for the year!

*Bic pens are .25 – there is a $1/2 coupon that was in the paper a few weeks ago. If you use it, you will get .50 “overage”

*Elmer’s glue for a penny!

*Spiral notebooks – 10 cents each

*Crayola crayons, 24 ct. – 20 cents each

TARGET:
They have new printable coupons on their site which can be found here:
http://sites.target.com/site/en/supertarget/page.jsp?title=coupons_specials

There is a .50/1 Pop Tarts coupon. This can be combined with the $1/2 manufacturer’s coupon that was in the inserts a few weeks ago. In my area, the Pop Tarts are $1.79, so if you use both coupons, it ends up being $.79/box. Buy 10 and send in the Kellogg’s rebate if you haven’t done so yet and you will make $2.10 🙂

Gold Fish Crackers are on sale 3/$4. There is a .50/1 Target printable coupon. (see link below) Print 3 and they end up being .83/each 🙂

http://afullcup.com/forums/cmps_index.php?page=coupon_generator

WALGREENS: (also a slow week)
Full add scans are here: http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/walgreens/145563-preview-walgreens-aug-17-aug-23-ad-scans-enclosed.html

*Pantene Pro-V 2/$8, get $3 RR. There is a coupon for $1/2 from the August P&G. If the Restoratives and/or Expressions are included (ad does not exclude them) there is also a Walgreens rebate for $5.99/2

*Pert Plus – $3.79 (free after rebate), use $2 coupon that was in the paper recently, make $1.79

*Ragu or Skippy – on sale 3/$5 – buy 3, get $1.50 RR, buy 6, get $4 RR (there will be coupons for Ragu and Skippy in this week’s paper)

*Lots of .39 items: (with in ad coupon) aspirin, hydrogen peroxide, lip care, toothbrush, erasers, lighters, sticky notes, pencils, Jell-O, cutlery, Sharpies, pork and beans, Bubble mailers, tooth picks, muffin mixes

*Dixie plates – buy one @ $3.79, get one free (with in ad coupon)

Don’t forget your free McDonald’s chicken sandwich:
http://melziemomsbargains.blogspot.com/2008/08/free-mcdonalds-sandwich.html

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The week in pictures

August 16, 2008 by

I wanted to share pictures from my CVS and Walgreens trips this week because I know that sometimes a visual helps!

Here’s what I got at CVS this week: (not pictured is the milk, the 4th Lamisilk and the 2nd Alavert because we’re already using them). I used ECBs and paid $.98 OOP (basically because I would have lost ECBs or hadto buy extra stuff to cover a bigger ECBs otherwise). I spend $52.90 in ECBs and earned $46, so I lost about $7 in ECBs, but it was worth it to get free diapers! Plus, I’ll mail in my receipts from the diapers to Caregivers and get $6 back.
Here’s why I love CVS so much:
Card #1:
YTD savings: $3494.45
Spending: $72.80
(We buy basics like milk and stamps at CVS and also fill all of our prescriptions here because the out of pocket goes toward your 2% quarterly ECBS):
Card #2:
YTD savings: $2816.85
Spending: $138.89
(From what I can figure out, the way that CVS calculates the YTD savings includes what you saved by shopping sale prices, plus your coupon and ECB redemptions)

Here’s what I got for $.99 at Walgreens this week. I also got a catalina for two free movie tickets for buying the Axe body wash and I will get a $2 rebate from Walgreens for buying the Glade Plug-in.

I used a $4 Glade coupon, a .75 Lysol coupon, a $1/2 Bic coupon, a $3 Bic razor coupon, the $2 Bic coupon from the Walgreens Easysaver catalog, the in ad coupon for $.89 Kleenex from the Walgreens ad, a $.50/3 Kleenex coupon, and $21 in Register Rewards from last week.

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