Toys R Us $10 Gift Card Offer

Wednesday September 30th through Wednesday October 14th you can get a $10 Toys R Us giftcard when you purchase $30.00 of Tide, Dreft, Always, Bounty, Charmin or Duracell products. This offer was sent to me via email from P&G. There was no website or link with further details, but the fine print says the gift card will be given at the register, and it is only available in stores.

Yankee Candle Coupon

Print a coupon for $10 off a $25 purchase at Yankee Candle here. It looks like there is a sale right now for B1G1 50% off, so I am thinking this would make for some nice teacher gifts, or Christmas Gifts. Happy Shopping!

BTW- Christmas is only 4 months away, yikes!

Price Chopper Trip 7/5

I was not planning on typing out everything I bought today but since you can't see it all I will. First, my total before coupons was $233.35, after coupons and AdvantEdge Savings I paid $138.95 and earned 40 cents off a gallon of gas up to 20 gallons!!!

I bought:
1 pack Bottom Round Steak
2 packs Extra Lean Ground Beef
2 Dole Salad Mix- B1G1F
2 cartons of Strawberries
2 packs Whole wheat Tortillas
1.5 lb bag of grapes
1 Can Chickpeas
1 Lb. Asparagus
4 Kraft BBQ Sauce
4 Healthy Choice Fresh Mixers
4 Uncle Ben's Rice
1 Purex 3 in 1 Laundry Detergent
1 Hefty One Zip Gallon Size Bags
3 Kelloggs Special K Cereal
4 Smartfood Snack 100 Cal Pack
1 Int'l Delight French Vanilla Creamer
4 Kraft Salad Dressing
2 Healthy Choice Entrees
8 Lean Cuisine Entrees
4 Bird's Eye Frozen Vegetables
3 Jell-O Pudding 6 packs
3 Yoplait Yo-plus Yogurt 4 packs
2 Luna Bars
2 Laughing Cow Cheese
4 Smuckers Sundae Toppings
1 Price Chopper Lite Syrup
1 Can Dole Pineapple Chunks
2 Dozen PC Eggs
2 PC Peanut Butter
2 Betty Crocker Brownie Mix

If I get a chance I will update this with the coupons I used and what was free, and under 50 cents.

Free Water from Nestle !!!!!!!!!

Nestle Pure Life Water is Running a Rewards Program this Summer:
Purchase any Participating Nestle Pure Life Product Between 4/1/09 and 9/30/09
Download the Healthy Rewards Request Form
For every 3 UPC’s You Send In, You will receive a Coupon for a Free Case of Water up to a $4.99 Value. There are several other rewards you can choose from as well, including a $10.00 sporting goods gift card.
Go here for all the details & forms
I signed up for VeryBestBaking.com and was able to print two coupons for $1 off a 24 pack of Pure Life Water.

Deals Galore!!!!

I just cannot wrap my head around the tons of deals out there for us right now! Thank God for all of the wonderful bloggers in blogland! You had better get out paper and pen or get a word doc ready to cut and past some shopping lists! I am going to work really hard this week to get some deals and get pictures posted for next week! Here we go!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NWA Deals tells you how to profit $1.03 on One a Day here

Moms By heart is at it again with a HUGE List of 50 cents or less shopping at Walgreen's, CVS, Target, Rite Aid, & Walmart here. I don't know how she does it!!

Grocery Trip April 5th

Ok, I just came back from a grocery shopping trip that has knocked me off my feet! I took my GPS and drove over to Bennington VT, about 40 minutes or less from my house, because they double coupons up to $1.00 in value! What a great trip I had! The picture above is of just a few things because I forgot to take one before I put them away-I am sorry-I always love to see people's pictures and marvel about how little they spent for a ton of food! (I am a geek, I know). Ok, so here is the deal and a few rules I learned-aren't you glad you have me to be marvelous and test these things out for you? I bought $158.93 worth of groceries for $62.88!!!!! Around $20.00 of that is Advantage Card Sale Savings. I bought 53 items-and my last 3 coupons did not double- the receipt says coupon rule- 50% of order reached. I am a bit confused as to what that means- since I bought about 5 products that I did not have coupons for- and I had 39 coupons, so I am guessing once you save 50% of your bill they stop doubling? Kind of lame but I will take it for the savings I did get. This is the best we can do here in Upstate NY so I think I will continue to make a trip once or month or so to stock up on good deals and snacks. I saw no difference in prices from the local area Price Chopper Stores.

Some of my best deals were Fiber One Yogurt for 79 cents a 4 pack; Green Giant Boxed Vegetables are 10 for $10 -I bought 6 and used 2 $1 off 3 coupons so I bought 6 boxes for $2; Quaker Mini Delights were $1.29 after $1 off coupons; Del Monte Superfruit Cups 50 cents after $1 off coupons! I also scored 6 bags of Bird's Eye Steamfresh Brown Rice for $1.94!!!!!!!!! They were on sale for 99 cents ea., and I bought 6, and used 2 $1 of 3 coupons!

Ok, so round trip including shopping time was about 2 hours and 45 minutes. I saved $96.05!!!! I "earned" $34.00 per hour and used about 1/4 tank of gas- about $7.50. I think it will be worth my time to take a trip over there and stock up once a month or so. I went alone today, but it was a nice drive to take with my husband next time, and we have family about 10 minutes from there, and you can't beat visiting the fam too! Also, gas is about 10 cents a gallon cheaper there! Check it out!!!

CVS Deals Week of 3/29

Moms By Heart has a great list of CVS coupon match ups here. I am thinking it might be a great week at CVS! The April monthly ECB items will be out and-oh yeah-My Birthday is April 1st!!! Don't forget that your firs purchase in April should generate your quarterly ECB's, so plan accordingly to maximize your "money." Here are some of the deals that are making me happy:

TWO DAY SALE (Sun-Mon only)

Paas Easter Egg Coloring Kit $1.99 (Limit 2)-$1.99 ECBFinal Price: FREE

Scrubbing Bubbles Action Scrubber Starter Kit $2.99

$2.75 printable HERE

Final Price: $.24

Glade Sense & Spray or Lasting Impressions $5.99 (limit 1)-

$4.00 from March ALL YOU MAGAZINE* or 3/29 SS-

$1.00 ECBFinal Price: $.99

Fantastik 2/$5-$1.00 ECB wyb 2-

$1.00 from 3/29 SS

Final Price: $1.00 each

Super Savings Saturday - Kmart Double Coupons

My money-saving sister and I took a trip to Kmart tonight to get our double-coupon worth and did we ever!!!! I bought all of this- a total of $106.55 for $31.46!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Picture 1

1 Box Fiber One Bars-$2.50 - 50 cent coupon

3 100 Calorie Packs-$2.50ea-$1 coupon

2 Green Giant Veggies-$3ea - $1 coupon

2 Uncle Ben Ready Rice-$2.50-$1 coupon

3 Pillsbury Dinner Rolls $3ea - $1 coupon

1 Pillsbury Pizza Dough -$2.99-$1 coupon

4 EAS Bars-$1.99ea-4 $1 coupons

2 Zone Bars $1.79ea-2 $0.55 coupons

3 Smart Steps Toilet Paper $2.79-3 $1 coupons

1 Success Brown Rice $2.39-$1 coupon

1 Starkist Tuna $2.25-$1 coupon

Picture 2

3 Secret Flawless $4.49ea-3 $2 off coupons

1 Secret Clinical Strength $8.49-$1 off coupon

3 Bic Soliel Razors-on clearance for $2.50ea-3 $2 off coupons

2 Satin Care Shave Gel $2.69ea-2 $1 coupons

2 Nature Source Glass Cleaner $2.50ea-2 $1 coupons

2 Ziploc TwistnLoc $2.50ea-2 $0.75 coupons

1 Ziploc Steam Fresh Bag $1.49 - $0.55 coupon

2 Wet Ones Wipes $2.29ea - 2 $0.75 coupons

I think I qualify for the $25 Kmart Gift Card rebate and I also received about $20 worth of Kmart grocery catalinas!

Check out Money Saving Mom's Super Savings Saturday for More Great deals!!!!

Yankee Candle Deal!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yankee Candle is having a sale!! $1 for Tarts & Votives. Go

here for details. You can either print coupons to use in the store or use XF903A1 online. Discount is applied automatically!!!

Score!!!! A Deal and a Surprise!

*************************************UPDATE*******************************

Today when I returned home there was a message on my answering machine from the Cashier at the Dollar Store!!! My order of 20 more boxes was in!!!!!!!!! Yeah! I went and picked them up as soon as I could. They were still in the cardboard boxes they had been shipped in! Also, they had ordered 60 boxes so would I be greedy if I went in and bought more????
I'd like to take a moment to thank the wonderful Cashier for all of her help!!! Even though I know your name- I am hesitant to publish it since this blog is read locally and wanted to be careful about your privacy-I'll hope you'll be reading this since I gave you the web address!!!! It really does pay(save) to speak up and ask for what you want folks!

Last week I posted about ActiveFrugality and I mentioned I was researching ways to make my favorite Latte at home and making it less expensive. Today I stopped by the Dollar Store to get some dried onion for homemade stuffing and as I went down the aisle guess what caught my eye? My favorite Latte for $1.00 per box- compared to $2.77 I was paying at WalMart. I made the decision to buy all 18 boxes on the shelf and I told the cashier that I cleared the shelf she said I will make a note of that for the next order. I told her I would be willing to buy 20 more or so, so I gave her my informationin case they could order more. So, I found a temporary solution to carry me over until I could a permanent one. Now, I can have Latte for about $0.16 per day instead of $0.46 per day-so I am saving $0.30 per day over the next 108 days or $32.00. It may not seem like much but it is to me!!!! So, the moral of the story is that you never know what you will find at the Dollar Store!!! I am not sure why I stopped visiting weekly to see what they had in stock.