Monday, March 30, 2009

Yeseterday and today's deals

Target, Publix, CVS and Walgreens...

Target
5 12-packs Mountain Dew
3 Almay make-up remover pad packs
2 Band-Aid travel packs
1 Johnson & Johnson First Aid kit
2 Quaker Oatmeal (each box has $4 of coupons inside)
Total oop: $5.48

Publix

Publix was not as good as last week- this cashier/manager refused to take two of my competitor coupons, and denied overage. I could have had an additional $20 off my total oop and another 18 Gerber two-packs, but still got some decent deals.
8 Morningstar Farms products
6 Uncle Ben's Rice
2 Gerber Organic 2-packs
3 jars Pace
2 Coffeemate
1 bag fun-size Twix
1 bag fun-size Nestle Crunch
1 dozen eggs
3 boxes Gorton's tilapia
2 bags romaine lettuce
2 containers egg salad
Total oop: $29.63
plus coupon cost (purchased Morningstar coupons from ebay): $6.50 = total oop $36.13
Total saved: $84.23

CVS
2 boxes Scrubbing Bubbles Action Scrubbers
2 PAAS Egg coloring kits
total oop: $.54
ecb's earned: $3.98

Walgreens

2 Glade soy Candles
2 Natural Shimmers Chapsticks
2 Softsoap Coconut Body Scrub
2 easter duck bubbles
2 One-A-Day vitamin packs
1 Skintimate Raspberry Rain
Total oop: $5.60
esr's to receive: $3.28

Thursday, March 26, 2009

What $4.84 buys you at Publix


Publix trip today:
10 3lb bags Goodlife cat food
2 big bags Doritos (one not pictured- Doug was hungry)
2 Pace salsa (one not pictured- see reason above for doritos)
2 Coffeemate
1 pack strawberries
1 canteloupe
1 mini-watermelon
1 gallon milk
4 Kellogg's mini strawberry delight Frosted mini-wheats
6 boxes Uncle Ben's long grain wild rice
2 bags Pretzel crisps
5 2-packs Gerber organic baby food

Total oop: $4.84
Total savings: $118.54

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Free stuff!!

swiped this from another site...

http://www.newdeofromdove.com/index.html
That's to sign up to get a test deodorant from Dove sometime this Spring... Says it's limited to the first 1,000 people, so I'm not sure if that has been met yet, but I am thinking at least a coupon would be sent!

http://www.dove.us/#/haircare/free_sample.aspx?utm_source=MARDDSITE
Dove shampoo / conditioner sample.

New Walmart Free Samples up including Poise liners or ultra thins, Cottenelle (BOTH moist wipes AND "normal" will be sent), Crest Whitestrips, Tena pads, and Always Infinity (which ALSO has a coupon).
http://walmart.triaddigital.com/In-Stores-Now-Free-Samples-And-Trials.aspx

Free BIG box of Glucerna cereal (coupon for $5 off a box)
https://glucerna.com/offer/coupon.aspx?s=ruby

Monday, March 23, 2009

Learning the Publix ropes

I tried my hand at Publix again. :) I used a $5/50 HG Hills coupon (Thanks Starbucksgirl!) to lower my amount, so I padded my total with some items that were free with coupon, like Mentos and Wrigley's gum, to get above $50, before coupons. I think I did pretty well!

8 4-pack Yo-Plus yogurt
2 Bolthouse Farms Mochacchino
2 boxes Post Trail Mix Crunch Vanilla Cranberry Cereal
1 Fresh Express Bagged Salad
1 packet Hidden Valley Ranch dip mix
2 Mentos gum
2 Wrigley's gum
1 Publix Hand Sanitizer, 2 oz
7 2-pack Gerber Organic Baby Food
2 Tropicana Trop50 orange juice
1 bag Dove dark chocolates -penny item ;)
2 containers Publix deli Egg Salad
5 bags 5-pack Lender's Bagels
1 Extra Strength Tylenol 50ct (for Mamu)
1 Kingsford Mesquite Charcoal 17lb (a gift for Mamu and Papa, we have a gas grill)
1 3-pack boneless pork chops (a gift for Mamu and Papa)

oop $18.00, will get $5 back for Lender's bagels purchase from The Real Meal Deal
Total saved $88.63

Total oop: $18.00 - $5 rebate= $13.00

$25 Kmart Gift Card Offer

Spend $50 and get a $25 gc!!

http://www.commonsensewithmoney.com/2009/03/25-kmart-gift-card-offer-from-glamour-magazine/

My little monkeys!





...and Food Lion

almost forgot my yummy Food Lion deal

4 boxes Wheat Thins Artisans

total oop: $1.76


this is due to the fact that Food Lion's computer's automatically register the "free" price when you use a BOGO coupon as the regular price, not the sale price. Good to know!

Sunday, March 22, 2009

KMart, Target and Toys R Us hauls

Here's what we got at KMart today- price to the side is what we paid for each item, after coupons, before tax

7 6-packs Boost: $2
2 Old Spice deodorants: Free
4 Listerine (purple): $.29
1 Iams Dog Food: $9.99
4 Goodlife Dog food: $.99
5 Bounce 40ct dryer sheets: $.79
1 Spot Shot: $.19
4 Pringles: Free
3 Dove deodorant: $.69
1 Men's Aerosoles inserts: $2.01
1 KY jelly: free
3 Garnier Nutrisse hair color: free
2 Nature's Source spray cleaner: $.50

Total oop: $51.17
Total saved: $113
and the money I spent on the large things, Iams, shoe inserts and Boost, were things we needed

AND! I will get back $25 with the KMart/Glamour gift card offer! so, let's change that oop to $26.17 after gift card, savings of $139.

Target
went to Target last night for some more Quaker granola bars and Buddies Bars
5 Buddies Bars
5 Quaker chewy Granola Bars

oop: $8.71 ($1.96 on gift card) and received another $5 gift card
Total oop minus gift card: $1.75

Toys R Us
1 Sir Handel train (for DD's Train set to go with Thomas)
1 chiclets

Total oop: $.54 (because I felt guilty just getting the free train so I added on the gum!)

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Possible KMart deals

Here are some items and coupons I matched up for some pretty awesome deals at KMart next week!

Now I just need to find out if they give overage on coupons. I have gotten overage before, but I don't know if they'll be different next week.

Hershey’s Kisses/ Miniatures 19.75 oz : 2 for $1.98
Spot Shot : $.19
Luden’s 30ct : -$.51 (free+)
Band-Aids : $.19
Soft Scrub Scrubby Pads : $-.21-.01 (free+)
Nature’s Source cleaner : $.50
Dove deo : $.69
KY jelly 4 oz : -$.01 (free+)
Garnier Nutrisse Hair color clearance : -$1 (free+)
Listerine Total Care (purple) : $.29
Old Spice deo original scent : -$1.31-.01 (free+)
Pringles : -$.11 (free+)
Bounce 40ct : $.79

GoodLife Recipe dog food 4 lb : $.99-1.99
Iam’s : $9.99
Boost : $2-2.99

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Zachary wants milk

Well, now I know when he's hungry!!

Today he started this: I was holding him on my hip and he leaned forward, sucking on my shirt above my breast, as close as he could reach and put his hand on my breast, patting and gently opening and closing his hand over my breast. :) There was no questioning the motives there.

He's getting so big!!

KMart Super Doubles

Next week starting Sunday 3/22 many K-Marts will be doubling coupons $2 or less, again. To see if your area is participating this week go to Kmart's home page and click on "weekly ad" - look on the front cover of your ad for a big red box about it. Mine is and I am thrilled!! $4 off on dog food!!

A few rules:
1. 25 coupons per person per day.
2. No internet printables.
3. Can only buy 4 of the same item in each transaction.

For a great K-Mart price book with coupon matches check this out! There are tons of freebies!!

https://heidi.dabbledb.com/page/hotcouponworldkmartsuperdoublespricebook/DMHgjyGD

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Today's deals

After the zoo, we zoomed by Publix and Target...

Publix
2 Mentos gum
6 Knorr's pasta sides
2 Pop Secret popcorn
3 Spray 'N Wash
3 Gerber 2-pack organic carrots
1 Smart Balance spread
1 Smart Balane sticks

total oop: $9.17
total saved: $30.82

Target:
4 6-pack Mott's applesauce

total oop (on giftcard): $.77

A trip to the Zoo

Today we went to the Zoo- it was gorgeous! We didn't know it was also Spring Break week, so it was jam-packed, but we had a lot of fun anyway. :) Mamu was able to go with us, and it was a blast.

Natalya entertained us with a song on the way to get something to eat after the zoo. It was all about corn growing. It lasted about a minute or so and had me rolling. I asked her, "Where'd you hear that song honey?" thinking she'd maybe seen it on PBS or something, and she said "In my head".

!!

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Deals from today

Target
5 boxes 10 pack Quaker Granola Bars
1 Johnsons Buddies Bar
1 Aveeno Baby Body Wash
2 Motts 6-pack applesauce

oop $9.46 with $2.73 left on gift card earned for granola bar purchase
Total oop: $6.73
(I would have gotten more applesauce but they were out!)

Rite Aid
7 rolls Bounty Basic paper towels
2 boxes bandaids
1 bottled water
2 large bags M&Ms

oop: $9.14 (1.02 on RA gift card)
will get back $2 mir for bandaid purchase
total oop: $6.12

Walgreens
(here there was drama. I went to the Wags I don't love b.c the one I like was out of Reach products. my son was screaming, the manager didn't want to take my rr's because the ink was faded - printed that way- i forgot to use the es coupons. sheesh. I am going back tomorrow to the Wags I like and straighten it all out, so this is what I will have spent after I get it all straightened out. I will still be out about $1.07 because the cashier entered my free item coupon wrong and it can't be fixed because the total was so little after coupons that it will be in the negative and can't be refunded. grrr.)

12 boxes Kleenex
4 Reach floss
2 Reach toothbrushes
1 double pack Reach toothbrush
1 Benadryl 12 ct adult
1 Benadryl children's 4 oz
1 Pantene Shampoo
1 Pantene Conditioner
1 Pantene Hairspray
2 large bags M&Ms
2 tubes Sensodyne
1 19.2 oz bag Bold Diamond Almonds

oop (after mistakes are corrected) $10.25
RR's left: $5
Total oop minus rr's: $5.25

Grand Total for today oop: $18.10

From yesterday:

CVS
6 bags TrueNorth Natural nuts
2 Irish Spring Bodywash
1 Dry Idea Roll-on
1 Aveeno shave gel

oop: $13.37 with $9.99ecb left
Total oop: $3.38

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Doritos for $1 at Food Lion

If you have a Food Lion near you, this is a deal to good to pass up: Go here:
http://www.southernsavers.com/food-lion-coupons/

And print some of the Food Lion Doritos $1/1 coupons. Doritos are Buy One Get One Free at $3.99, making them $1 per bag (for the big bags!)

Enjoy!


There are some other great coupons here, especially if your grocery store takes competitor coupons (like Publix).

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Along the lines of...why didn't I think of that?...

http://www.mymilkies.com/






brilliant. just brilliant.

Friday, March 13, 2009

Target deals

Today I hit up Target :)

2 6-packs individual Mott's applesauce
3 boxes Kashi granola bars
2 buddy bars
1 pack 500ct computer paper (needed to print my coupons!)
1 $1 bunny for N

oop: $5.70
saved $14.55

would have had 2 bottles of Natures Source cleaner for an additional $.65 but they were sold out. boo

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

This week's deals...

Walgreens:

15 packs Huggies dipes
2 carmex (filler)
7 Glade Sense and Spray [free]
5 Glade Lasting Impression [free]
2 easter pencils (filler)
4 Dove deos
7 Garnier Fructis Shampoo [free]
2 Garnier Fructis Conditioner [free]
3 Garnier Fructis hairspray [free]
3 Garnier Fructis Smoothers [free]
2 Coffeemates [free+]
1 chapstick (filler)
4 Post Grape Nuts
3 Right-Guard deo [free+]
1 Easter light thingee
3 Nutrisse Hair conditioning colors [free+]
5 Johnson's Body lotion, trial size [free]
Newspaper
4 Colgate Total [free]
2 6-packs emery boards [free+]
5 30ct Lansinoh disposable nursing pads (needed these!, used some of those rr's, and there's a $2/1 coupon in the easysaver catalog)

110.75 oop with $34rr's

saved: $408.43


CVS
3 Herbal Essences shampoos
3 Herbal Essences conditioners
3 boxes Cheerios
1 gum

$5.88 oop with $2 ecb left


Publix
3 bags Birdseye frozen broccoli
3 bags Birdseye frozen green beans
4 Oceanspray Cran-Grape
2 boxes Ritz crackers
1 large Huggies wipes refill
2 Planters daybreak granola snacks (these were $6 of my total! we just like them)

$17.16
(I could have had 4 free boxes of banana-nut cheerios, but they were sold out)


Target
1 17lb bag Good Life dog food
2 boxes Huggies Natural Care wipes [free+]
1 bath puff
1 Curious George dollar item (that's what happens when you take your three-year old!)

13.02


I also got some great deals at Kroger today using their mega-item sale and a ton of coupons! My total was $60ish and I got a whole cart-ful of groceries :)

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Plant Sunflowers

Plant some sunflowers with free seeds:
http://www.greatsunflower.org/en/four-easy-steps-participate

More love from walgreens

I hit my favorite Walgreens today to get some diapers for super cheap and some other free items, but the Huggies register rewards weren't printing. Grr. The manager and I went round and round trying to figure out the problem and finally, we figured out they just plain weren't printing. So after thirty minutes he gave up and handed me ten dollars in cash. (I think I ended up with a free pack of diapers too? I'm so confused. Lol) So I only did one Huggies deal (three packs of dipes) but wanted to do three. I will go to another Walgreens tommorrow to see if they are working there. Fingers crossed!
I also want to get some more Dove deals using the trial deodorants and soaps, which the other wags was out of. I also want to get the free Coffeemate which they were out of.

Anyway, here's what I got (not including the confusing diaper issue)

3 Garnier Fructis shampoo
3 Garnier Fructis conditioner
1 Garnier Fructis hair detangler
3 Garnier Fructis hairspray
1 Garnier Fructis other hair care items
2 Revlon emery boards 6-packs
3 Glade Sense and sprays
1 newspaper
1 Easter pen
4 Colgate Total Advanced

Used
4 $1/1 Colgate manufacturer coupons
3 $4/1 Glade Scents spray manufacturer coupons
2 $1/1 Revlon nail care product manufacturer coupons
11 $1/1 Garnier Fructis
$4/1 Walgreens easysaver coupon for Glade Sense and spray x3
$2.50/1 Walgreens easysaver coupon for Colgate x4
$1/1 walgreens easysaver coupon for Revlon nailcare x2

Total oop: $8.29 (basically, cost of tax b/c I saved over $90)

Thursday, March 5, 2009

I love Walgreens

I made a lovely trip to Walgreens today. :)
I purchased the following:

4 bottles Vaseline lotion
5 tubes Colgate FreshMax toothpaste
3 boxes Puffs Plus lotion Tissues
8 bars Dove soap
1 bag trail mix
2 bottles Blink Tears



I paid $26.74 (on a Walgreens gift card) and $1.42 on an additional MC giftcard- and have to use for future purchases $29.50 in register rewards, which I intend to use toward the Huggies deal going on next week to get free diapers!

I love it when they pay you to shop there!

I intend to go back and get another 8 bars of Dove soap- there's a secret deal this week, buy 8 participating Dove products and get $10 in register rewards (their tags say $8, but it's printing 10). The Dove single bars of soap are working for this rr deal, even though they're not tagged, and with the in-ad coupon this week, these single bars are only $.99/each. That means you buy 8 bars for $7.92 plus tax and get $10 back in rr's.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Same baby??

What do you think?? Are these pictures of the same baby?




The answer? Nope. The fist one is Natalya at three and a half months, and the second is Zachary at three months. Crazy huh?

Monday, March 2, 2009

Good to be back!

It is good to be back- Internet up and running. I can't believe how much I missed it- on so many levels. Mostly for my coupon and deals though! Craziness.

We're doing good. The kids are getting so big. We measured Natalya in front of her growth chart yesterday and she's up another inch. That's over four inches since we put it up a year ago!

And Z has his 4 month well baby appt on Monday, but as of his appt Thursday (poor baby has a cold), he is amost 17 lbs and 25.5" long! Yeah. He's a big boy. And sweet! He has the best smile and giggle that puts a smile on my face any time. And boy does he love his sister. She entertains him constantly- makes him laugh and she loves his smiles almost as much as I do. :)

Natalya is doing awesome- she's writing her letters- capital ones, and learning her lowercase ones. She can write her name, but, let's face it, it's got a lot of letters, and she forgets how to spell it, but when you help her remember the letters, she writes them pretty well. She likes to write them HUGE though. LOL. Like, signing a card, she writes the N half of the whole space them tries to squeeze the rest in. :) And loves to sing. And...her memory is phenomenal. She remembers the words to books that I have only read her a couple of times. All the words. Unbelieveable. She is also great at sorting and series things, anything workbook related, she has several, she is great at it. It blows my mind.

Zachary is showing signs of being just as precocious and brilliant. He already can scoot himself into a circle- I put him in the crib while I was folding clothes and when I came back, he was facing the other direction so he could get a beter look at his crib toys and mobile. He watches Doug eat very intently and already is trying to grab things off my plate. He loves to reach out and snag toys and papers, and he has an odd habit of gripping things in his hands- he either grips his shirt, or my shirt, or just grips his hands together. And his grip is super strong! He almost cuts off the circualtion to my fingers when he grabs on.

Natalya is doing great at gymnastics. Her teacher recommended moving her up to the next level of class because she is so far ahead of her age group. We're also going to get her into soccer this year - a seven week program- and see how she likes that. She is so physical and loves being active. I have a hard time keeping up with her!

Doug is still at Pepsi, but just got his doubles/triples, haz-mat and tanker endorsements, so perhaps there are new things on the horizon there. And I am still working on my book, and also thinking of starting an online store...so we'll see! Lots of interesting and new developments for us.

Thanks for checking in with us...