Cheap Dixie Plates and Bowls

This week Walgreens has their Dixie plates and bowls buy one get one free which is fantastic. It's even better when you get them at Wal-mart with a price match because they sell them even cheaper. Add in the $1 off 2 coupons we got from an insert awhile back that expire today makes the deal even better. Walmarts price is $2.48 each for the plates and the bowls. With the coupon that brings it down to $1.48 for 2 or $.74 each! Great price.

Wal-mart Solo Clearance

Been awhile since I've posted. Thought I'd let you know about a good clearance find I found in Walmarts Christmas clearance. They have their green solo cups that were around just for Christmas marked down to $1.25 a bag. If you get 2 bags and then use the $1.25 off of 2 coupon we all got a little while back, it makes them about $.63 each.  If you use alot of throw away cups its definately a stock up price!

Afrin Deal At Walgreens and Bzzagent Review

This week at Walgreens they have Afrin on sale 2 for $10. There is a store coupon for $2 off the no drip variety in the Nov. savings booklet. On Ebay people are selling $3 manufacture coupons or on coupons.com they have $1 coupons making them either free or $2 a piece. For this product I'm also a Bzzagent and Afrin is also my current campaign. They sent me a bottle to try and normally I use a different brand so this was a great opportunity to try Afrin instead. I had some mild congestion from the change of weather and Afrin helped fantastically. I used it just twice a day for 2 days and it cleared me right up. Was very pleased with the results. After using it and seeing how well it worked I was curious how comparable its pricing was with my other brand. I was pleased to see there are several kinds that are lower in price and only the severe kinds cost as much as my usual brand, but the less expensive 12 hr Afrin is the kind I had used that had worked so well. This winter I truly hope that I won't get a bad cold, but if I do, I'll be getting Afrin instead. Thanks for reading!

20% off Pei Wei tomorrow!

20% off Pei Wei tomorrow!  Sorry I didn't see this in my email this morning... but the offer is good tomorrow still!
1) Build your order online at www.peiwei.com
2) Create an account or log into your existing account
3) Use promo code: GIVEBACK.

CVS Pre-Black Friday Haul

There would be one more Starbucks Doubleshot but I drank it in the car!

I went to three CVS stores to find most of what I wanted.  There are some items that I couldn't get, that were sold out.  I was able to do the deal twice for most items due to having access to two CVS cards (for two separate households).

Card #1

Bought $150.51 worth of products.
Spent $39.85 out of pocket.
Earned $38.43 ECBs.
Saved 99%.

Card #2
Bought 94.87 worth of products
Spent 49.29 out of pocket.
Earned 32.56 ECBs.
Saved 82%.

Check out the savings available at CVS until Thursday.
Watch a cool video about it!

Tums Freshers Sample

Head on over to Target.com for their sample of Tums Freshers.

Free Cheer Laundry Detergent!

Went to Walgreens today and found at my store the had marked down the Cheer detergent 32 load bottles to $1.99 on clearance. Used my $2 coupon and just paid tax! They only had one left so it wasn't a huge freebie, but freebie none the less.

75% off Cardstore.com until 12/11/12

I've sent cards from cardstore.com before.  They're good quality cards that are nice looking and they ship quickly.  Right now you can save 75% off your order and have free shipping by using the code:  THANKS4U at checkout.  This offer expires 12/11/12.

My $5 Thanksgiving!

 In truth I spent $5.69 on my Thanksgiving Dinner for three, but it doesn't have that nice ring to it.  So I'm calling it My $5 Thanksgiving!

Turkey - $1.11
I bought a Jennie-O 13 lb frozen turkey at Food Lion this week.  They are on sale for $0.99/lb.  They have a deal going that if you spend $35 on groceries (before the bird, and before coupons), the price drops to $0.47/lb.  This means my turkey cost about $6.11.  I had a $5 of  $35 of groceries catalina for Food Lion, bringing the cost of my turkey to $1.11.

Dessert - $1.98
Cool Whip $1 - On Sale at Harris Teeter
Pie free from work!
Cranberries $0.98 - On Sale at Harris Teeter

Stuffing, Potatoes, Cornbread & Gravy $1.31
Stove Top Stuffing $0.98 - On Sale at Harris Teeter
Potatoes - free from Food Lion due to online coupon for $2 off $6 produce purchase.
Gravy - making from the turkey broth for free.
Betty Crocker Cornbread Mix $0.33 on sale with instore coupon at Walgreens.

Veggies $1.29
Green Giant Green Bean Casserole - On sale 2/$1.85 - $0.55 mfc doubled = 2/$0.75, only using 1 = $0.38
Green Giant Honey Glazed Carrots - On sale 2/$1.85 - $0.55 mfc doubled = 2/$0.75, only using 1 = $0.38
Green Giant Antioxident Veggie Blend - On sale 2/$2.15 - $0.55 mfc doubled = 2/$1.05, only using 1 = $0.53

Free Dannon Yogurt at Harris Teeter!

I got free yogurt yesterday!

It's not my favorite yogurt, but for free I'll take it!

I stopped by Harris Teeter on Leesville yesterday and looked at their wall of Yogurts.  There are Dannon 4-packs that Harris Teeter has separated into individual yogurts to allow their customers to mix and match the flavors that they want.  The cost for the individual yogurts is $0.80.  The 4-packs had peelies on them for $0.50 off.  By grabbing only the individual yogurts that had the peelies on them, they become free.  The peelies still ring up for the individual yogurts.  Harris Teeter will double the peelie up to the cost of the product, making them free!

CVS Trip

Hellmanns Mayo 30 oz, on sale $3.50
Skippy Peanut Butter 16.3 oz x 2, on sale 2/$5
Lipton Black Lemon Tea, on sale $3
On Sale for $11.50 total, Earns 3 ECB, Coupons for each item as well


Crest Pro Health Enamel 4.2 oz $3.49
Glide Floss 50m $4.29
Crest Pro Health Mouth Wash 500ml $4.89
Earns 5 ECB, Coupons for each item as well.
Spent:
$16.00 ECB's and Beauty Club Discounts
$ 0.64 in tax (out of pocket)
$16.64

Gained
$14.00 ECB's and Beauty Club Discounts
$30.27 in products (including tax)
$44.27

Total Result = + $27.63

Quick CVS Lunch Trip

I ran to CVS on my lunch break.  I started with one $10 ECB coupon.

Saved $34.99 per receipt

5 small lumen facial moisturizers $4.19 each
5 lumen $4 mfc
Moisturizers $0.20 each or $1.00 total

Suave Deodorant on Sale $1.00
I didn't have a coupon for this.
Suave Deodorant $1.00

Aussie Shampoo & Conditioner, 2 for $5.97
2 Aussie $1 mfc
Aussie Shampoo/Conditioner 2 for $4.97 (and 1 ECB back)

Burt's Bees Tinted Lip Balm on Clearance $3.49
I did not have a coupon for this.
Burt's Bee's Lip Balm $3.39

I recieved another $10 ECB's for reaching the $30 mark on Lumens again.  I received $5 for reaching the $50 Beauty Club mark again.  I recieved $1 ECB for buying the shampoos.

Spent:
$10.00 ECB's
$ 2.12 in tax (out of pocket)
$12.12

Gained
$16.00 ECB's
$32.53 in products (including tax)
$48.53

Total Result = + 36.41

Walgreens Free and Money Maker

Short post here. Walgreens has a $.99 Carmex hand lotion bottle that you can use the $1 coupon we got a few weeks ago to get for free. If you buy 3 of them you get 1000 pts. So money maker if you got enough coupons otherwise still free! Happy shopping!

Post Halloween Clearance Bakery Items

I picked up Pillsbury Cake Mix for $0.90 per box at Walmart on Clearance last night.  There were also many sprinkles, cup cake liners and other bakery items on clearance.  The items have a Halloween theme.  My cake mix is orange and comes with bat and pumpkin shaped sprinkles.  As long as your friends and family don't mind eating orange cake after Halloween, why not pick some up while it's cheap?

CVS Raincheck Alert

Here are some rainchecks you might wanna run get today or tomorrow before sale ends. The Arm and Hammer laundry detergent is on sale for $2.99 this week. On the 18th they will be on sale buy one get one free so with the raincheck you'll spend $2.99 for 2 of them. The Lays chips are on sale 2 for $6 get a raincheck. Then on the 18th they will be buy one get one so you'll get 2 for $3. Get a raincheck for the Lumene at one of your stores that is out and later in the month if you find more use the raincheck to spend $30 get $20. Good double dip there. Lastly get a raincheck for the Nexxus shampoo and conditioners that are spend $20 get $10. Same sale on 18th so you'll be able to spend $20 and get $20. Happy Rainchecking!

Crazy CVS deal

Ok this sounds like a super awesome deal but very detailed so I'm just going to reference Rob's video to save confusion and typing :p Rob's video The clam is couponlikeaman.com . You can do this deal 14 times per card so its insane how much ecb's you can earn and all of it goes to the beauty club earning you $5 more in ecb's for every $50 worth of product before coupons! And that coupon you can print as many times as you want! Month long deal so get out there!

Rite Aide Free Condoms Plus Money Maker

Ok this week starts out the month with new monthy deals and weekly deals that can combine for awesome rewards! First start out by going to couponlikeaman.com and printing off a pdf coupon for $5 off a Contour USB. Then at the store pick up their diabetes coupon booklet and there is a $20 store coupon in there to stack with the pdf. The Contour USB is on a monthy deal of $20 off making it only $9. with coupons that's a $15 moneymaker that takes off your transaction total. Here's a great filler to use that $15. Go to Trojans website and print off 2 $1 coupons. Trojans are on a weekly AND monthy deal this week. Monthy is buy 2 get a $10 up reward. Weekly is Buy 1get 1 50% off and  get a $5 up reward for EACH one. So that's $20 back in  up rewards just for buying the 2. Now they have one kind that is $10.99 a box. This box if you buy 2 use your $1 coupons will be $14.49 for both. This means with the overage from the Contour the will be free you just need to add something thats at least $.51 into your cart to eat the rest up. So yeah you'll pay whatever tax is applied in your state and get the meter, 2 boxes of condons, and $20 in ups free or virtually free. Happy shopping!

Green Savings: Dryer Balls

What if I told you that there was a way for your household to dry your clothes with no fabric softener whatsoever? By using dryer balls (small plastic balls with little nubs) you can skip fabric softener sheets, dryer bars and liquid fabric softener.

I bought a pair for myself and a pair for my boyfriend!

• Your clothes will be healthier for your household (no fake, harsh chemical smells). 
• Your clothes will not have static cling issues and they will be soft!
• You will never have to buy fabric softener products ever again!
• Best of all, dryer balls are CHEAP!  I see them priced at dollar stores and drug stores for around $1 per pair.
• They last practically forever.
• They save the environment by eliminating the need for excess packaging from many boxes of fabric softener sheets or bottles from liquid fabric softener.   It's better for the earth to not throw away so many fabric softener sheets either!
• They are very easy to use.  Toss them in with your clothes before drying them.  Then you can just leave them in the dryer for future loads.  Don't bother taking them out when you remove your clothes. 

Target and Walgreens Freebies and Money Makers

Today I made 2 really small trips to get stuff that was almost nothing out of pocket. Frirst I went to Walgreens for the  Advil PM 4CT. they had on sale for $1 and I had the $1 off any Advil PM coupon from todays Redplum making all 5 I got 100% free no tax here even.  Next was my more frustrating trip to Target. I got in separate transactions 4 Gillette Fusion Power Proglides, 2 Venus Embraces, and 2 Satin Care with Olay shave gels. First transaction I got 2 of the Proglides which were on sale for $9.89 each and when you buy 2 you get a $5 gift card for free. I used 2 of the $4 manufacturer coupons we got last month and 2 of the Target coupons for $5 off that we vot this week in the Redplum. Making them $.89 a piece.  My total was $2.11 and I got a $5 gift card back so really they were free. Next transaction was the same but I paid with the $5 gift card from the first transaction. Last transaction was the 2 Venus Embraces at $7.94 each and the 2 Satin Care shave gels at $2.24 each. Iused 2 $3 off Gillette disposable manufacturer coupons, 2 $5 Target coupons that were in this weeks Redplum for the razors, and 2 Target Bogo coupons for free Satin care when I buy a Venus razor. My subtotal was $0, and I paid $.07 tax and got another $5 gift card. So yeah, paid $2.11 to start and got the rest all free and left the store with almost $13 left in gift cards. Not bad at all. Only bad part was the cashier being a bitch about giving us gift cards when we were paying so little and about letting me use the free satin care coupon when I was getting the razors free but its in their store policy! I had to have the manage out rule her twice for the whole thing and had to voice what the policy was to the manager even so yeah frustrating but they had to do it because I wss following the rules and knew it. Happy shopping!

Tresemme Review

I got the Tresemme 24 hr finishing spray and foaming moouse yesterday for the first time, and just thought I'd share what I think about them after using them for the first time today. I used them both so I'm not sure if one is better or if its both that are good, but the combination did work very well. My curls are nice and stayed all day as well as the volume. Only semi bad thing I have to say is I didnt love love the smell like I do some of my more normal brands. They smelled alright I guess it was just more of a salon kind of smell the a sweet or fruity smell. But all in all good products definately combined work good.

Good Coupon Database

Hey I just wanted to come on here quick to post about a real good coupon database that was really good when I checked it out. It's www.southernsaver.com. When you go to the website you can type in whatever product you're looking to see if there is a coupon for. It'll list every coupon there is for it right now and either where to find it or gives you the option to print the printables. Very handy. Happy shopping!

Target, Walgreens, and Walmart 10/25

I did  3 more little shopping trips today to get some clearance I had spotted before and a few food needs. Ok, I started at Target for some clearance and to grab a rain check for the tombstone. I found a disposabe Venus embrace for $4.18 and I used a $3 coupon. They also had tresemme shampoos and conditioners on clearance for $1.74 each. I picked up 2 of each so I could use the buy a tresemme shamp and cond and get a styler free. I needed moouse and also got a finishing spray. They each cost $4.49 and the 2 Bogo coupons each took $6 off which pretty much paid for alot of the cost of the shampoo and conditioner as well. Last thing I picked up there was some olay facial wipes for $4.99 and used a $2 coupon. Now I'm not sure what happened they lady at checkout was pretty confused but my subtotal was only $2.11 which was less than what I owed for just the wipes but I wasnt gonna complain.  So yeah $3.84 after tax. Next I went to Walgrens and mostly just picked up food we needed. Got 2 of the Nice! chicken wings on sale for 2/$5, 2 of the Nice! shredded cheeses 2/$3, and I wanted to redeem so I needed at least $2 more so I picked up the  jack's link jerky for $3.99 and used the $1 store coupon to get it for $2.99. After redeeming all I paid was $.99. As the cashier said all shocked, "Only $.99 for chicken wings!". Lastly I made my way to Walmart where I knew I was going to spend the most. I had to pick up some Bologna ring and a chunk of cheese that dad had wanted for with crackers. No coupons just together cost about $6.50. Also got some cheap $1.88 eggs. Land o lakes sour cream $1.88 had a $.55 coupon, refried beans $1.08 and taco sauce $1.78 both from Ortega used a $.50 off 2 Ortega coupon,  4 el monterey steak and cheese chimi's that were free with coupons and a slight money maker. They were $1 each and the cashier took off the $1.29 max price of the coupon for each. And last thing I got was 12 yogurts from yoplait at $.58 each and used 2 coupons for $.40 off 6. So not great savings but my subtotal went from about $22 down to $16.83. Thanks for reading and happy shopping!

Free eGift Cards!

I can't remember who told me about this but there is a really awesome app that you can download for you Android or iPhone. It's called Shopkick. It's really a fabulous app for couponers or really anyone who loves to shop and get free stuff for looking around the store and scrolling through ads for the different stores on the app. To sign up just click this link http://get.shopkick.com once you download it and get signed up its pretty easy. You pick what gift card you'd like to work towards earning and then head to your stores! At stores like Target, Best Buy, and Old Navy you can start earning by just walking in the door! How cool is that right? Besides that you also eatn pts or "kicks" for looking at the list of idems in the store that it wants you to find and scan. This is really pretty easy just try and remember where each idem is as you go around the store anyway so it'll really not take much of your time to do. Also earn more kicks by inviting friends to get the app. If you get someone to join for their whole first month you get match kicks for all the points they scan just for being the one that got them into it! So the more the you get the more gift cards you can get rolling in! Really try it , it's awesome love it for helping keep my bill down at stores I love to shop at. Happy shopping!

My Walgreens Shopping Trip 10/24

Hey thought I'd just pass on what I did today at Walgreens for their 2day sale. For every transaction of $30 or more you get an extra 5000 pts which is like $5 back. Sale ends today so if you wanna do this you'll have to run! Ok I did 3 separate transactions to get the most for my money with this promotion. First transaction I got 2 of the mitchum deodorants that were on sale for $1.99 each and when you bought 2 you get 2000 pts back. I also had a $1.50 off 2 coupon making them 2/$2.48 and then got the 2000 pts back making them essentially $.24 each. I also got 2 of the EOS hand creams on sale 2/$6 and got back 3000 pts, 2 of the nivea lip balms 2/$5 with a $3 off 2 coupon making the $1 each. Next I found on the clearance shelf always panty liners on clearance for $.98 each so I grabbed 2 and used a $2 off 2 coupon making them 2 off $.96.  Picked up 4 of the Glade solid air freshners on sale 2 for $1.99 used 2 $2  coupons making them all free and gave me 1000 pts. Got 2 Cascade dish gel packs on sale for 3.99 had 2 $1 coupons making both only $2.99. And last for the first transaction I got 4 cases of Pepsi that I used the in ad coupon for 4/$10.92 along with a $2 off 3 manufacture coupon I found in our local EconoFoods ad making them 4/$8.92. After everything I paid just over $28 and got 11000 pts back so not bad but could of been less if I didnt add more than planned into my cart. Second transaction almost identical but I didnt get the always liners instead I got 3 Hallmark cards for $.99 each and used $2 off 3 coupon making all 3 $.97 and I got back 1000 pts. This transaction cost me a lil over $29 and I got 12000 pts back. My last transaction I did a lil different I got 4 of the Scott Naturals paper towel 6 packs on sale for $5. I used the store coupon for $1 off each and a $.75 coupon for each making them only $3.25 a piece, so not bad. I also got my parents their Scotts toilet paper 12 pack on sale for $7.99 and it had $1 peelie on it making it only $6.99. Got  2 more of the always liners on clearance with coupon. Picked up 6 off the Nice! throw away spoons, forks, and knives for $.99 each. And lastly got 2 Revlon tweezers that were on sale buy one get one 50% off. They were $2.99 and $1.50. I had the $1 off Revlon tools from the Oct book that took off $1 each and a coupon that I stacked with it to take off $2 more making both $.49 and I got back 1000 pts. This transaction ended just over $29 as well and I got back 7000 pts. So I total I spent about $87 and got 30000 pts back which is almost $35 making all of it esentially $52 after tax. So I spent some money doing all this but I didnt get each transaction as low as I could have if I'd have got things that I could of got cheaper after coupons. But instead I got alot of things that also got me points and other things that we need around the house alot that helped get my totals up to $30 easily to get the 5000 pts back. I'm pretty happy with all of it, the retail of it all was a lil over $190 worth kf stuff so just thought I'd share what I picked up. As always happy shopping!

cheap cookies and light bulbs @ target!

Hey there thought I'd do a quick post on two Target deals I found on www.totallytarget.com so you'd know! If you go to the coupons at Targets website there are 2 coupons to print and you can print 2 of each. First one is $1 off 2 Pillsbury baking items. Second is $2 off 1 GE lightbulb item. Now after you have those coupons printed off, go to coupons.com and print off 2 of there $1 off 2 Pillsbury cookie dough coupons. Also in Sept. we  got a $1 off GE Bulbs in one of our newspaper inserts. All of these will stack great at Target! Some of their cookie doughs are as low as $1.29. That means when you buy 2 and stack the 2  coupons (1 target and 1 manufacture) the price can be as low as $.29 each! They also have 4 packs of GE lightbulbs for as low as $3.89. Stack the $1 and $2 coupons on that price and you can get it for as low as $.89! Really thought these were some great prices to pass on.  If you're like me, I actually really need the lightbulbs, so was very happy to find this deal! Happy savings!

Introduction!

Hey everyone welcome to our new blog!  I  wanted to start this blog to help others with getting freebies and saving money with couponing. By no means am I a pro yet but we all start somewhere, and I really think for only being at this 2 months I'm doing alright. I've got a stockpile that seems to be multiplying bigger and bigger everyweek and freebies that keep coming in the mail! I really hope to be able to help others out by posting for you what deals I find or hear about so please check back often and best of luck saving money :)