Friday, January 29, 2010

Sunday's Coupons

Head on over to the Sunday Coupon preview to see what coupons we might be getting this week. Keep in mind that we don't get all of them listed. Smartsource. We get the Redplum coupons in the mail, and we only get a small fraction of the ones listed here, but occasionally there are some good ones-Redplum.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Save-A-Lot printable coupons

Do you like to shop at Save-A-Lot? Check out the printable coupons available here. I almost never shop there, so I have no idea what the prices are on any of the items, but if you regularly shop there, you may find coupons for some items you are buying anyway.

Edit: I just looked up this weeks circular online here and it looks like a lot of the coupons and sales match up. Note that there are 2 pages.

Giant Eagle 1/28 to 2/03

Other than the deals I listed below, there are only a couple deals I wanted to point out. Also, the link for Breakstone's sour cream on coupons.com is no longer available, so if you wanted sour cream, I hope you printed them earlier. However, the other link for the Breakstone's coupon appears to still be valid.

Dannon Yogurt multi-packs 2.00 each
Dannon Activia 4pk, Danactive 4pk, Danimal Crush Cups or Danimals 6pk drinks

Buy 4 multi-packs, and get $2 off instantly (makes them $1.50 each)
Use 4/$1.00 coupons from the  1/10 Smartsource insert
or try the $1 printable here (for Activia only- let me know whether or not it works for you.)
$2.00 for 4 or 50¢ each (when you buy 4) page 8

SuperPretzel $1.75 each
use $.50 from 12/6 Redplum insert = 75 cents each  page 3

Solo Squared 18 oz. Plastic Cups- 30 count  $2.00 each
Use $.75 from 1/24 Smartsource insert =50¢ page 3

Marcal Small Steps Paper towels (2 giant rolls) $2.00
Use $1.50 from previous Smartsource 50¢ page 9

There might be more coupons in Sunday's paper to go with this week's deals, as well as some in the Redplum mailer.

Go to cherrypicker or thecouponhigh for a more extensive list of deals.

Coming next week: My list of January freebies and how I got them. So far, the total is well over 30! And some of them, I actually made money buying them!

$5 gift card to Babies R Us

Go to moneysavingmom to see how to get a free $5 giftcard to Babies R Us when you become a fan on facebook TODAY ONLY!

Monday, January 25, 2010

Deals now and later

This week:
Target
RiteAid
Walgreens
CVS

Giant Eagle- coupons to print for sale starting 1/28

Go here to print a 55 cent coupon for Breakstone's sour cream. It will be on sale for $1.25, making it only 15 cents each. You should be able to print 2 per computer. Or go here and print up to 2 more per computer.

Click here for a 50 cent coupon Heluva Good coupon. The refrigerated dip is going to be on sale for 1.50, making it only 50 cents after doubled coupon.

Go here and follow the directions for a 50 cent coupon for French's mustard. It will be on sale for $1.33, making the final total 33 cents

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Preview of Giant Eagle Deals starting 1/21

update: Not the greatest week ever at Giant Eagle. I didn't see any other deals I especially wanted to point out. Go here to see if any of them interest you.

I haven't gotten all the deals together yet, but here are a couple that stood out to me, especially since they are potential money-makers!

Pillsbury
Get $4 off your next shopping trip when you purchase any 6 of the following in one transaction:

Pillsbury Grands!jr
Golden Layers
Grands
Cinnamon Rolls

Buy 6 for $6 (or $1 each)
There are quite a few coupons from the Sunday papers for Pillsbury products
Printables are at coupons.com -the highest value is $1 off 2 cinnamon rolls. You can also get $.30 off 2 Grands biscuits
smartsource also has some, but it's not working for me just now :(
pillsbury also has coupons, including a $1 off 2 Grands biscuits
~sometimes there are even higher value printables floating around- I'll let you know if I find any.

here is a $1 off 1 printable to try. It says I have already printed it, so I can't be sure it works, but it would make the deals here even better!
So the best deal I see is to use buy 6 cinnamon rolls and/or Grands biscuits for $6. Use 3- $1 off 2 coupons.  Your total would be $3, and you'd get a $4 catalina for your next purchase.
-up to $1 money maker (more than that with the $1 printable)   page 6

P &G products
$5 off your next shopping trip when you buy any 4 of the following:

2 for $5
Dawn Dish Liquid 19 or 24 oz.
Mr. Clean Pourables 40 oz
Mr. Clean Spray 32 oz.
Febreze Air Effects Aerosol 9.7 oz

2 for $8
cascade Action Packs 16 or 20 ct.
or Gel or Powder 75 oz.
Swiffer Refills 12 or 16 ct.

there are various coupons from the P&G coupon inserts, or use coupons from HomeMade Simple book. If you've never gotten one, go here to register for a book with over $35 savings. It won't help this week's deals, but it has been very useful to me in the past, and will again be useful this week.

If you have gotten the book, here's what you can do:
Buy 2 Mr. Clean Sprays for $5. Use (2) 75 cent coupons (doubled) and save $3 = $2 out of pocket
Buy 2 Mr. Clean pourables for $5. Use (2) 75 cent coupons (doubled) and pay $2 out of pocket
= $4 total- get $5 catalina on your next shopping trip

If you haven't received those books, check your coupons. I will be on the look-out for printables, but so far, I haven't seen any.
- up to $1 money maker  page 11

Those are the 2 best deals that I see right now. I will be back tomorrow, I hope.

Monday, January 18, 2010

Rite Aid Deals this week

 Go to forthemommas to see this weeks Rite Aid deals.

CVS Deals January 17-23

Go to moneysavingmom to see this week's deals.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Freebies at Walgreens 1/17 to 1/23

Wet Ones Antibacterial Wipes 40-ct  buy 2  for $4
~get a $1 Register Reward when you buy 2
~use the $1.50 printable 
here  when you take the pledge- should be able to print 2 per computer
FREE


Neosporin Lip Health 2 for $8
~get a $3 Register Reward when you buy 2 
~$3 printable here (Internet Explorer)  or here  (Firefox) -should be able to print 2 per computer
 two for FREE- $1 OVERAGE


Hershey’s Candy  4-4.5 oz 2 for $3
~use $1/2 from the Walgreens January Coupon Booklet (look for it right inside the door with the weekly ads)
~also use the $1 from 1/10 Smart Source – good on Hershey’s Extra Dark Chocolate 3.5-oz+

get 2 FREE if you have 2 Smart Source coupons, otherwise, 2 for $1 

  • see a lot more deals for the week at here
  • go here for an explanantion of how Walgreens works if you're not sure.

Tomorrow's Coupons

Go here to see what coupons will be in tomorrow's paper. Keep in mind that not all areas receive all of them, but it will give you an idea of what you might find.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Trouble Printing Coupons?

Here are a few links to try if you are having problems printing coupons:

Smartsource

Redplum

Bricks_coupons

Giant Eagle Deals January 14-20

Here are some of the deals that stood out to me this week. I'll update if I see something else. Please visit the links at the bottom for many more deals. And bear with  me, as I learn how to do this. It was harder than I thought to put this together.  My system needs tweaking, I kept getting interrupted, my computer started acting up... Please let me know if something isn't working, or if you have any questions.

$2.00 Off Instantly wyb(4) Quaker Oatmeal
Quakers Oatmeal $1.50
Use two $1.00 internetexplorer or firefox   =50¢ each
Use four printables = free  page 10

Pillsbury Toaster Strudel $2 each, or 3 for $5
Use .55/2 from 1/3/Smartsource insert  or
$1 printable or firefox - the coupons say that I already printed them, so I can't promise they will workor you, but it is definitely worth a try! If you can print 3 coupons (you'll need 2 computers) you can get them for
 $.67 each  page 6
 
Farmland cubed or diced ham $2.50
$1.00 Eoffer (load onto your Giant Eagle card, should automatically deduct $1 at register)
Use $1.00 from 1/3/Smartsource insert
50¢ after coupon and Eoffer  page 8

 
Old El Paso Heat and Serve rice or beans $1.25
Use .50 from 1/3/Smartsource or
printable - 25 cents each   page 11
 
Ronzoni Smart Taste pasta $1.50
Use .75 from 12/6/Smartsource =FREE

 
International Delight Creamer $1.50
Use .55 from 11/8/S = 40¢
Use .55 printable  = 40¢  page 6


Fiber one yogurt 4pk $1.66
Use $1.00  here and  here 66 cents  page 6


YoPlus 4pk $1.66
Use $1.00 from 1/3/ Smartsource  66¢   page 6


Arnolds soft bread $1.49
Use .55 from 11/1/S= 39 cents  page 10

Bagel Bites $2.00
Use $1.00 printable $1  page 6


 Green Giant Boxed Vegetables 10/$10
$.50/1 any variety Green Giant frozen vegetables printable (I can't print this, since I did in the past, so make sure it's not only for Steamfresh before you print a bunch of them)
FREE after 50 cents coupon doubled  page 6

 Musselman's Healthy Pick or Totally Fruit 4 Pack 10/$10
$.40/1 musselman Totally Fruit printable
20 cents each after coupon  page 10



See more deals here, including a good deal on Cheerios and Progresso soup (pg.11 in ad) thecouponhigh
or cherrypicker

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Just one more thing, if you like to receive freebies and sign up for a number of offers, which sites like money saving mom have a lot of, sign up for a free email account with someone like yahoo or gmail, separate from your regular email, so that your regular email doesn't get cluttered. Some places don't generate spam- but some do. I use my yahoo account for almost everything related to money saving, deals and etc. The other account is for personal use. And signing up for freebies can be worth your time- just today, I got 3 Atkins bars in the mail- Kierra and I had one that tasted like a candy bar- not bad!

Swagbucks

Search & Win

Another program I use to gets points for rewards is Swagbucks. If you do any amount of searching on Google and other search engines, Swagbucks will give you points to redeem for gift cards. After I get 45 points, I redeem them for a $5 gift card for Amazon.com. You can also redeem the points for other things, as well. I usually earn 2-3 points per day, so I get 1-2 cards a month, or $5-10. Not a way to get rich quick, but it is fun to get something back for the searches I do. The only downside is, it's not quite as good of a search engine as google, but seeing that google doesn't reward me, I can live with that. If you are interested, sign up here.

Recycle Bank and Kashless



Go here to moneysavingmom to find out how to get points to redeem for free products and high value coupons. I did the Recycle Bank thing awhile ago and I got a coupon for free Seventh Generation dish soap (I purchased at Giant Eagle) and 5-$1 coupons for any Coke product- just waiting on the 2 liters to go on sale for $1 each now! And this all cost me nothing but a little bit of my time.

***I just checked my recycle bank account- I got the 300 points from Kashless! Off to order some new coupons!***

SC Johnson Rebate

Click here for a printable rebate on any of the following Johnson products purchased by June 30, 2010:

• Ziploc®
• Glade®

• Windex®

• Scrubbing Bubbles®

• Pledge®

• Shout®

• Fantastik®

• Drano®

• Raid®

• Off®

• Saran™

• Nature’s Source
 
This is a great way to make money on some Johnson products you can occasionally get for cheap or free with coupons and sales. You can do up to 3 rebates per household, and it does work- I got my first $5 check awhile back. The main catch I see, is if you buy more than 3 products per transaction, you can't use 2 rebates and only 1 receipt, because you can only send in one rebate in one envelope.

My Giant Eagle Trip

Today I went to Giant Eagle for the last day of this week's sale. Before I went, I made a list of everything I wanted to buy, collected the appropriate coupons, and figured out how much it was going to cost. I like to get within 50 cents, so at the register, I am tipped off immediately if it's not very close to what it what I had in mind. I also picked up a couple items I didn't have figured into the total. Like the lonely bag of rice chips on the clearance table for $1.49- I knew I had a one dollar coupon, so I dug that out- for 49 cents, I would try something new. I thought I double-checked my coupons before I checked out, and I knew my total was supposed to be about $14 plus tax for a couple non-food items. So when my total came to well over $15, I was a little surprised, but I had watched her ringing up everything, and it all looked right.

This is where the crazy coupon lady comes in! I went out to the car, checked my receipt meticulously, then discovered the coupon for the rice chips in my purse! No wonder my total was high! I had put in a couple coupons that I didn't actually use, so I had thrown them into my purse before I got to the cash register, and the coupon I needed accidentally went in, too. :( Oh well, $1 won't put us in the poor house, I guess!

I had 2 freebies today, right up front- 2 bags of Birdseye Steamfresh vegetables for $1 each, minus (2) 50 cent coupons, doubled. The 50 cent Birdseye coupon is usually in the papers about once a month, and GE often runs the $1 sale about that often, too. The other freebie was the 4 containers of Quaker Oats I mentioned yesterday.

I had a money maker today, too. I paid $6 for 2 Glade candles. There had been a coupon to save $3 off 2. I paid $3 out-of-pocket, and got not one, but two catalinas- $3 off my next shopping trip thanks to Glade, and $2 thanks to SC Johnson, the company that makes Glade. So I made $2 buying them, plus I get to submit my receipt for a $5 rebate when you buy 3 Johnson products.   I only have to buy one more item to meet those requirements. I'll try to post the link for those rebates yet today- they go really well with some sweet sales/coupons deals. ***just noticed on my catalina that you can get the $3 catalina until the 24th of this month, even though today is the last day for the $2 one. So it's still might make for free candles, depending on the price,  if you have the 11/22 Smartsource coupon for $3 off 2 Glade products. esp. when paired with the rebate. Go here for more details***

My shopping trip today wasn't the most thrifty ever. I was stocking up on yogurt again. Per ounce, yogurt isn't extremely cheap, but my daughter loves it so much. She is never happier than if she can have cereal and yogurt for breakfast. I also bought 2 boxes of cold cereal for $1.50 each. I know some couponers won't buy cereal unless they can get it for $1 or less, but $1.50 is about the best I can ever do around here. Maybe it's the area? Does anyone know how to get cereal for less than that on a regular basis? I would love to know how and where!

The rest of my purchases weren't anything newsworthy ;)

I'll try to post the Giant Eagle deals starting tomorrow as soon as I can. Stay tuned!

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Free Photos



Go to here, sign in or register,  and add 25 photo prints to your cart. Use promo code FREE25FB at checkout and choose in-store pick up to get 25 prints completely free. This coupon expires January 31, 2010.

Starting With Coupons

My favorite money saving sites:

 http://www.moneysavingmom.com/ -an awesome blog. She is just about the best blogger out there, in my opinion! She's clear, concise, and positive. Covers CVS, Rite Aid, and Walgreens.

http://www.ccherrypicker.blogspot.com/ - covers Giant Eagle

Sites for printing coupons
coupons.com

smartsource

redplum

brick-coupons

Our area gets the direct mail Redplum inserts (not every week). As I hear it, the Plain Dealer seems to have the most Smartsource coupons of the local papers. The Tribune Chronicle doesn't have half as many, I know that from personal experience. The Plain Dealer also has P&G coupons about once a month, and sometimes has General Mills or other coupon inserts. The Sunday paper is better than the Smartsource and Redplum websites. Unfortunately, too often the really good coupons are not published on those websites. Some couponers get multiple Sunday papers so they have a better stash of the good coupons.

I save pretty much all the coupons I get- because you never know when it might help with a really sweet deal! I don't usually print coupons unless I am pretty sure I will use them. And speaking of printables, you can save on printing by doing 2 things- set your printer to black and white- I've never had a problem with those being accepted- and you also can use paper that has been printed on one side, or colored paper. I've never had trouble with that, either, and it helps not to buy new paper all the time just for coupons. And one more thing on the printables- sometimes an ad will print beneath the coupon, hogging ink. I like to stay right by my printer, and if it starts printing an ad after the coupon, I hit cancel on the printer, and it stops the rest of the ad from printing.

A Giant Eagle freebie



***Just a quick bit of information, these are the smaller containers of oats, not the regular large size. I don't know if that makes a difference to you or not. I got them free, so it didn't matter to me***

Want some free or cheap oats? Buy Quaker Quick or Old Fashioned Oats- 4 for $6 (1.50 ea). Get $2 off when you buy 4, equals 4 for $4 or $1 each. Here are links for $1 off each. IE  and firefox. You can print 2 per computer, so if you have 2 computers, you can print 4 and get them free! Otherwise, they are 50 cents each.  This deal is running from January 7-20.
free - $.50