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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

FREE bottled water at Meijer

$1.00 Ice Mountain Aquapods, 8/11 oz bottles (price drop through May 29)
-$1.00/1 Ice Mountain printable couponFree after coupon

You have to "like" them on FB then the coupon option should appear on the left. Use the back button after the first one prints to get two prints per computer/fb account. 





Walgreens

Walgreens and CVS are both having pretty sorry weeks. There are two things worth noting at Walgreens this week; razors and Tylenol Precise.

Walgreen's shoppers program is called Register Rewards,  you purchase a listed sale item and the catalina machine will print a coupon for the amount stated in the sale. The coupon can then be used for anything in Walgreens (with a few exceptions). The program at Walgreens can sound complicated but once you have done it a few times it becomes common sense.

For May and part of June Walgreens has Gilette Fusion Razors on sale for $9.89. That is the handle and one or two blades depending on which package you purchase. The coupons in the 5/1 newspaper had a coupon for $4 off the Gilette Razor and Walgreens is giving a $5 Register Reward(RR). Walgreens RR's don't always roll, meaning the RR won't work to purchase another Razor and get another $5 RR BUT for this razor it is rolling! That's a big bonus in the world of Walgreening!

Example-
Buy Gilette Razor $9.89
Use $4 coupon
Pay $5 and get $ RR

Then-
Buy Gilette Razor $9.89
Add a small filler (pencils are usually $.25 or some other small items)
Use $4 coupon
Use $5 RR from previous transaction
Pay $1ish depending on filler item and tax rate and get $5 RR

Repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat.......

The coupons can be purchased on Ebay. The price for them has gone unusually high because of the Walgreens sale but they still come out to be a good deal. The filler items in the second transaction is because Walgreen's registers require you purchase an item for each manufacturer coupon and the RR is considered a coupon so you have to add a small item. This week I am adding the Kleenex that's on sale, we use crazy amounts of Kleenex here and when I add a filler I always try to make it something we will really use and not just a wasteful filler. If you have a sweet tooth, this week is also $.49 bags of Walgreens candy which make a cheap filler too! The coupons in Walgreens ad for the week don't count towards the required items vs. coupons total, they are store coupons, not manufacturer.

The second deal at Walgreens is a bit easier to understand than the razor deal! Tylenol Precise has a Walgreens $3 off coupon that you can locate in the May coupon book. The Monthly coupon books are in the same wire rack as the sale flyers each week.   Last weeks coupon inserts contained a coupon for $5 off Tylenol Precise (the coupon was regional so not everyone got it). Use both coupons and you get Tylenol Precise for free. Tylenol Precise has muscle rubs or heating pads. You only need one Walgreens coupon even if you are purchasing several Tylenol. Coupons are fairly reasonable on Ebay right now. I have also heard(although not confirmed) that Tylenol Precise is $4.75 at Walmart, making it free with the  coupon too! If the Commissary sells this I am guessing it will be free there as well plus tax free! The coupon is only good for one week though so act fast! If you purchase on Ebay, you can locate coupons close to your home by changing distance on the left side of the screen. I set mine to within 200 miles of my home and received my coupons in one day! I will be able to get 20 Tylenol for around $4 plus tax. My grandmother loves the heating pads so this is a great deal. Going by the Walmart price ($4.75) it's a $91 savings!

Happy Couponing!

Monday, May 9, 2011

Good deal on swim diapers! They will probably sell out fast!

Amazon has a great deal on swim diapers, they will probably sell out pretty fast so order quickly! If you don't have amazon mom, sign up now! It gives you free shipping on thousands of kid related items and amazon is tax free! Sign up for subscribe and save, wait until the diapers arrive, then log back into amazon and cancel it. It's super easy to cancel and amazon doesn't bother about it at all. I have ordered a canceled dozens of times!

Also-if you don't see the coupon the first time, keep refreshing and eventually the coupon will come up.

Amazon has 24-ct size 3-4 Pampers Splashers Diapers or 22-ct size 5 for $5.84 when you checkout with Subscribe & Save + join Amazon mom + available $1.50 in coupons. Shipping is free. Thanks cavalnova
  1. Sign into your amazon account
  2. Join Amazon Mom (free to join)
  3. Click here for coupon page (Note: for some coupon may appear on item page)
  4. Click on "Save $1.50 on Pampers Splashers Diapers
  5. Click on 24-ct Size 3-4, or 22-ct Size 5 Slashers Diapers
  6. Click on "Save $1.50 with this Coupon" and click "Clip this coupon" button on the product page
  7. Select "subscribe now" (right side of page)
  8. Checkout, total should be $5.84 with free shipping

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Our plans for Mother's Day were foiled by Donny's "sick" co-workers so I made the best of the day and went to Kroger :-). Donny is classified an essential state employee and worked the morning but the afternoon guard called in "sick" leaving him to work 15 hours today. The kids, my sister, and I had breakfast with my parents and that resulted in the kids leaving with my parents. Amy and I......no kids...... and no spouses....hmmmm, what to do, it was a dilemma!

We have access to numerous computers between the two of use which resulted in a very good week at Kroger and since we were kidless we packed up and headed out for one last run! Kroger was great this week thanks to mostly printable coupons from coupons.com and other sites. If you haven't used coupon.com, check it out NOW! You want to always put in zip code 90210, it will show all the coupons available to you even when your zip code may not. They are manufacturer coupons and you can print 2 of each coupon per computer. I have three computers and Amy has two plus extended family and such are generally willing to let us do some printing in exchange for a little grocery bounty!

Today's two Kroger runs netted-

27 Reach Flossers or toothbrushes
68  boxes Ronzoni smart taste, creamette or Ronzoni Healthy Harvest Wheat pasta
4 Bags Boulder Natural chips
4 Mom's Best Naturals Cereal
4 Boxes Kim and Scotts Frozen Gourmet Pretzels
6 bags Quaker Rice Cakes
6 packs Kraft 2% cheese slices
1 Ragu sauce
Total cost-$35.79
Total Saved-$225.52

Today's list and total is from both Amy's order and mine. We combined our last order with the rest of our coupons so it was difficult to separate out my own exact savings. The picture is only my stuff minus several boxes of pasta and rice cakes that I gave my parents when I picked up the boys. I keep my parents well stocked in anything I get free plus all their health and beauty items come from my stock piles.  When they come to visit, they usually have a Meijer re-usable bag with them and a list!

Monday starts another mega-savings event at kroger, I will post any deals I find tomorrow. So far just CVS and Walgreens are on this weeks shopping list. I grabbed some fruit and veggies from Meijer on my way home today completing the purchase of anything we need for the week! Krogering has interrupted my spring cleaning so it's time to get back to work!

Happy couponing and Happy Mother's Day to all my savings savvy friends!