Pharmacy Deals 9/20

Here are the deals at the Major Pharmacy Chains this week:

CVS - Common Sense With Money

Walgreens - Common Sense With Money

Rite Aid - Moms Need to Know

Coupons in 9/27 Paper

This week there are 3 inserts (although MCall's Redplum is pretty pathetic this week). 1 Smartsource, 1 RedPlum, and 1 P&G.

Moms Need to Know has her preview up.

Baby Cheapskate 9/27

Every week Baby Cheapskate posts the best deals in baby related items (diapers, formula, etc..) I've found it a great resource to make sure you haven't overlooked a great deal on Baby items. Check it out!

Nothing too exciting this week that I see, but if you need supplies now you know where to head

Weis & Pathmark

Weis and Pathmark like to make this difficult by starting their sales mid-week. So these deals are half-over, but hopefully you can still get some use out of them.

Weis Deals at For the Mommas

Pathmarks deals at For the Mommas

Babies R Us coupon

Babies R Us - 10% off your purchase, exp 10-21

Babies R Us - 30% off clothing and shoes, exp 10-4

Babies R Us - Monthly coupons

CVS $5 off $25 purchase coupon

CVS wants everyone to get a flu shot this year. If you take this quiz to show your flu knowledge, you can print a $5 off $25 coupon. The expiration date seems to change based on what day you print it, but I don't know how long they'll leave it available.

If you don't want to know the answers to the quiz, don't read the rest of this message.






**** SPOILERS****
1) up to 70%
2) True
3) True
4) All of the above
5) 200,000

Childrens Tylenol Recall

It's a few days old, but there is a recall on Tylenol Baby Meds. Recall details can be found here. Be sure to check if you have any, now before it gets to the point where you need it.

Apologies for last week

Had a long week last week. Power cord on laptop broke (thankfully we had a wal-mart gift card to cover some of that cost) coupled with just slightly more housework to work towards just torpedoed my week and put me so far behind most of the deals became stale. We managed to go food shopping and were about $0.40 below budget and still able to get some treats for us, so that was good. But couldn't even blog about it. I will do better... sorry.

Baby Cheapskate 9/20

Every week Baby Cheapskate posts the best deals in baby related items (diapers, formula, etc..) I've found it a great resource to make sure you haven't overlooked a great deal on Baby items. Check it out!

Pharmacy Deals 9/20

Here are the deals at the Major Pharmacy Chains this week:

CVS - Coupon Savings Game

Walgreens - Common Sense With Money

Rite Aid - Moms Need to Know

• Don't forget the Huggies Deal
  

Coupons in 9/20 Paper

After a huge weekend for inserts last week, this week we have 1 Smartsource and 1 Redplum inserts. Doesn't look like anything great in the inserts, unless we can get the "regional" Target coupons. They almost never arrive in our paper, will have to check the Philly Inquirer *crosses fingers*

Moms Need to Know has her weekly summery and suggestions on how many copies to pick up. Check her out!

Insane Huggies Deal

Ok, so there is an absolutely crazy deal at RiteAid starting tomorrow on Huggies. Assuming your store doesn't give you any grief using the coupons (which for all companies can vary from location to location or even cashier to cashier...), this is a crazy have-your-friends-family-neighbors-do-this-deal type deal.

Buy 3 Huggies Pure and Natural $33
Use (1) $5.00/20.00 Rite Aid Video Values Coupon
Use (3) $3.00/1 Huggies PRINTABLE HERE or HERE at Smartsource.com
Use (3) $2.00/1 from ad perks videos
$13.00 after coupon

Get back SCR of $10.00

$1.00 each!

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For the Mommas is where I spotted this deal, and it looks like she visited a couple of her local stores to confirm this should work but, as they say, you mileage may vary...

This may be worth a trip even though we really dislike Huggies in our house. Perhaps they'd be good to send to daycare though. Hmm....

Target Trip 9/19

Made a quick stop on the way home to get a few good deals this week.

8 Candy Bars @ $0.52/ea - $1/2 MQ x4 = $0.16 (only 2 cents each!)
2 Eggos @ $1.50/ea - $1/2 TQ & $1/2 TQ = $1.00 (only 50 cents each)
4 Cherry Poptarts @ $1.28 (CLEARANCE) - $1/2 MQ x2 & $0.75/1 TQ x4 = $0.12 (only 3 cents each!)
2 Poptarts @ $1.46 - $1/2 MQ & $0.75/1 TQ x2 = $0.42 (only 21 cents each)
5 Kashi Sunshine Cereal @ $2.88 - $1.50/ MQ x5 = $6.90

• Earned $5.00 Gift Card when you buy 5 Kashi; makes it $1.90 (only 38 cents each)

2 Pampers Big Boxes (100 size 4's) @ $28.99 - $2/1 MQ x2 $3/2 TQ = $50.98

• Earned $5.00 Gift Card when you buy 2 Pampers; makes it $45.98 (only 23 cents per diaper!)

1 Bag of Target Pretzels @ $1.99 (wife's been wanting pretzels for a few nights now...)

Also used a $5 off $75 purchase coupon.

Total came to $55.82, paid $14.15 with gift cards from before so was only $41.67 out of pocket (plus got $10 in gift cards back). That would be a great price even if just for the 200 diapers, so all the other stuff is a great bonus! Bottom of receipt says we saved $56.73. Awesome!

Weis deals 9/16

Weis always throws me off with their mid-week sale dates, but thanks to For the Mommas, I can easily peruse their sales and find out if I need to make a trip. Looks like she did pretty well for herself...

Free Potatoes!

We love the Betty Crocker Potatoes. They are one of our favorite sides to go with our meals, and so easy to make. So suffice to say when I saw this promo I had to sign up instantly. Yummy.

Pampers Gifts to Grow Triple Points

Pampers has this program where they print a 15 character code on every pack of diapers and wipes, and depending on the size of the package you get so many points, that you can redeem on their website for toys or giftcards or other stuff. Since we pretty much use Pampers exclusively, we just pile all these codes in a bag/basket/pile and enter a group of them into the computer at the same time. For the price of diapers, might as well get something back on that expense...

According to Common Sense With Money any codes entered from wipes now through 11/5/09 will be worth triple points (3 points instead of the usual 1). That's quite the deal, so much so I'm tempted to open the packages of wipes we have stockpiled to enter their codes before the cutoff.

TODAY ONLY - Free Film Development at Walgreens

So I haven't had or used a film camera since our honeymoon, but I know people still love the format (or just have rolls laying around that need to be developed), so this is the deal for you!

Print the coupon here (may have also been in Sunday's ad or the ad they have sitting out when you enter the store), and get the film developed for free.

Hurry, offer is only good today (9/16)

Belated Grocery Post

Busy weekend with Grandparents Day and Football kickoff (stupid Buffalo and stupid Tom Brady), couple that with a real lack of need to shop this week, and that all conspired to delay posting of Grocery Deals. So without further delay, here they are:

Redners deals - From For the Mommas

Giant (PA) deals - From Moms Need to Know
- Giant Brand Chunk or Shredded Cheese is BOGO
- Soups are starting to go on sale...

Wegmans Deals - From Frugal in Virginia
- Still has good prices on Green Seedless Grapes ($0.99), 90% Meat ($1.99) and boneless Chicken ($1.97)

Wal-mart Deals - From Common Sense With Money

10% off coupon for Gap Outlet Store

Here's a pretty nice coupon if you're hitting the outlets between now and the 24th. An additional 10% off the outlet prices could lead to some really cheap clothes.

Target Deals 9/13

Stretching a Buck has put together a list of deals at Target for the week.

Here are the deals going on my shopping list. See any I'm missing?

Kashi Heart to Heart or Honey Toasted Oat Cereal, selected others - $2.88/ea
Use $1.50/1 here (IE) or here (FF) or
Use $1.50/1 Kashi Honey Sunshine Cereal here or
Use FREE or $1.50/1 Kashi Honey Sunshine Cereal from Vocalpoint mailer (if you rec'd them) or
Use $1/1 Kashi GoLean Crunch here
Final Price = $1.38-1.88/ea; It's like getting these for $0.38-0.88/ea with Gift Card

Pampers Cruisers (72-116 ct), Swaddlers (132-152 ct) - $28.99/ea
Use $1/1 or $2/1 in 8/30 P&G insert
PLUS
Use $2/1 Target coupon in 8/23 Red Plum insert (if you rec'd it)
Final Price = $24.99-27.99/ea; It's like getting these for $22.49-25.49/ea with Gift Card

Kellogg's Pop Tarts - $1.25-1.52/ea (price varies by store)
Use $0.75/1 Target coupon here (print 2 if your store will take 2 in one transaction)
PLUS
Use $1/2 in 8/2 Kellogg's insert or $0.55/1 here and in 9/13 Red Plum insert
Final Price = FREE or $0.22-0.27/ea when you buy 2

Eggo Waffles - $1.50/ea
Use $1/2 in 8/2 Kellogg's insert
PLUS
Use $1/2 Target coupon here
Final Price = $0.50/ea when you buy 2

M&M's Candy (12.6 oz bags) - $2.50/ea
Use $1/2 Target coupon here
Final Price = $2/ea when you buy 2

Baby Cheapskate 9/13

Every week Baby Cheapskate posts the best deals in baby related items (diapers, formula, etc..) I've found it a great resource to make sure you haven't overlooked a great deal on Baby items. Check it out!

Pharmacy Deals 9/13-9/19

Here are the deal lists for next week at the Big Pharmacy chains

CVS - Common Sense with Money

Walgreens - Common Sense with Money

Rite Aid - For the Mommas

Anyone near an Acme?

There is a very good deal on Ben's favorite snack (Kashi's Honey Sunshine Cereal) at ACME this week. To the best of my knowledge, Acme packed up and left the LV years ago. But if anyone is near one and willing/able to do this deal for us we'd greatly appreciate it and be happy to cover the $2, plus maybe trade some other stuff as a "thank you". Details are here. Let me know...

Target Trip 9/11

What a Crazy trip to Target. The Baby was not in the best mood and was very fussy, so we had to hurry and I wasn't sure what would happen. I did notice however, that the Target registers now were compensating for some overage instances (overage is when the coupons are worth more than the item, and they don't adjust the coupon to match the item price). So that added $1.60 to the total I was expecting, but it still ended up a steal.

Item	Price	QTY	Pre-Q Tot	MQ	MQ QTY	TQ	TQ QTY	Total	Total PPU
Renu	$1.52	3	$4.56	$2.00	3	$0.00	0	($1.44)	($0.48)
Dove	$3.64	2	$7.28	$2.00	2	$1.00	2	$1.28	$0.64
Tide	$0.97	6	$5.82	$1.00	6	$0.00	0	($0.18)	($0.03)
Crayola	$0.74	1	$0.74	$0.00	0	$0.00	0	$0.74	$0.74
Meat	$3.04	8	$24.32	$3.00	4	$1.00	8	$4.32	$0.54
Cheese	$0.40	8	$3.20	$0.00	0	$0.80	4	$0.00	$0.00
Philly Cheese	$1.59	2	$3.18	$1.00	1	$0.00	0	$2.18	$1.09
Ice Cream	$2.50	4	$10.00	$1.00	4	$1.00	4	$2.00	$0.50
Cheerios	$0.95	4	$3.80	$1.00	2	$0.95	4	($2.00)	($0.50)
Fib One Cereal	$2.50	1	$2.50	$0.75	1	$0.00	0	$1.75	$1.75
Fib One Bars	$2.50	2	$5.00	$0.50	2	$0.00	0	$4.00	$2.00
Fib One Muffins	$2.69	2	$5.38	$0.40	2	$0.00	0	$4.58	$2.29

Notice the Eddy's Ice Cream is on sale for $2.50 a 1/2 Gal. So if you have any coupons left over from the other ice cream deal it's the same value without the hassle of receiving a gift card for next time.

I was also then able to use a $5 off a $75 purchase. However, she missed one of the $0.40 off a Fiber One Muffin, so that brought my total to $12.63. Plus we earned a $5 Gift Card for our next trip. And we paid with Gift Cards from previous trips so it didn't actually cost us any real money. Bottom of the Receipt Reads "YOU SAVED $99.73" Man, would've broke $100 if she didn't miss that coupon, but I can't really complain. Only complaints will be when the wife realizes she's almost out of freezer space. Oops?

Coupons in 9/13 Paper

UPDATE: Moms Need to Know has posted her coupon preview. I always seem to find this the best matchup for our family and a good gauge of how many papers I need to acquire/purchase.

This weekend is scheduled to have

2 Redplum Inserts
2 Smartsouce Inserts
1 General Mills Insert

not sure exactly which coupons we'll get, as they vary by region, but For the Mommas has a preview

Freebies Freebies Everywhere

So many Freebies today, I'll just put them all in one post:

Free Sample of Total

Quiznos Buy Sandwich and drink, get sandwich free

Sign up for Beachnut's mailing list, get 4 jars free

Free sample of Sun Crystals

Enter to win Free Meals from Lean Cuisine

Weis deals 9/10

For the Mommas has the matchup and deals from Weis for the week. enjoy!

Free Coldstone Creamery

I debated if I should post this "deal" or not, as the local Cold Stones have been shaky on honoring corporate's freebie promotions in the past. I cannot urge enough to call ahead for Coldstone, lest you end up with a big Mother's Day disappointment like we did.

Anyway, 9/24 from 5-8pm for a donation to Make A Wish you get a "free" 3oz Make-a-wish creation sunday. Details are here.

Enfamil Coupon and Sample

There's a $5.00 Enfamil Coupon here. After it prints, press BACK on your browser enough times and you should be able to print it a second time. These can apparently be combined with those checks they bombard new parents with, as well as store brand (Target, Babies R Us, CVS, etc..) coupons (NOTE: Store coupons that state "Manufacturer's Coupon" at the top can not be stacked, as that is just a store branded coupon, not a store coupon).

Also there is a Free Sample here.

If you are using (or will be using) Enfamil, I STRONGLY URGE you to pass these links to everyone you know to have them print coupons and/or order samples for you. More friends/family on the mailing list for you, the better deals you can get.

Nearly Free 8x10 Photo from Wal-Mart

So if you make a purchase from Wal-Mart's 1 hour photo (says they start at $0.15), then they'll email you a coupon or code to get the free 8x10. Seems pretty straightforward. Not as good as some other "free 8x10" deals this summer, but pretty good if you need one cheap.

While you're there, here are some other deals to be found, thanks to BeCentsAble

Two more Freebies

Two More Freebies have been spotted.

Buy one Waffle, Get one FREE at Waffle House (or here if that doesn't work). Doesn't expire until the end of the year either!

Free Carvel Oreo Lil' Rounder on 9/24 from 3pm-7pm.

I recommend calling before you head out to confirm participation to avoid any disappointments. But sounds like a fun afternoon to me.

Free Honey Nut Cheerios Sample and Coupon

There is a new sample of Honey Nut Cheerios and a $1/1 coupon here. Check it out, sometimes these things go quick...

Better Late Than Never...

We'll file this under the "Still new at this Blogging Stuff" heading. Should have mentioned this yesterday (or Saturday even), but there were NO CIRCULARS in this week's newspapers due to the holiday. But it's a good time to catch up on organizing coupons or catch up on clipping, which is what we'll be using this week for.

So sorry for the late info, I'll try to send advance word next time!

Wegmans Ad 9/6

UPDATE: Frugal in Virginia has posted a matchup for Wegmans....


The Wegmans ad is usually a little sparse on items, as there are usually many more items on "sale" than are listed in the circular. But there were some good deals on stuff that I spotted in this week's ad...

Wegmans Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast $1.97/lb
Wegmans 90% Lean Ground Beef $1.99/lb
Wegmans Peanut Butter $0.99 (Limit 4)
Wegmans Fruit on Bottom Yogurt $0.40/ea
California Green Seedless Grapes $0.99/lb

Also, I'm very interested in trying this new Ultimate White Cake they've been advertising the past couple of weeks. Yum.

Still looking for any kind of recap/matchup on another blog about Wegmans. If I find one, I'll update this post.

Redners Ad 9/6

For the Mommas also has the coupon matchups for Redners this week.

Here are some of the good deals I spotted in the Redners ad...

Tastykake Snack Cakes 5/$10
La Yogurt 3/$1
Cantaloupes 10/$10 (other produce seems to be included as well)
Bananas $0.49

There are also coupons in the circular this week

$3.00 off when you purchase 5 Participating Quaker Products
It's a Manufacture's Coupon so you can't combine with other coupons, but you may be able to use at another store if they have a better price on these items

Get Five FREE 32oz Powerade when you buy Ten Powerade
Like the other coupon, it's a manufacture's so the same concepts apply.

I know I didn't spot many. The Redner's ad always seems a little busy and cluttered and difficult for me to spot any sales, good or bad. Spot something I missed? Drop a comment.

Giant (PA) Foodstore Ad 9/6

UPDATE: Moms Need to Know has posted her coupon matchups as well.


For the Mommas has listed the coupon matchups at Giant for the week.

Here are some of the deals I've spotted...

Pepsi 12pks 5/$11
Giant Burger and Hotdog Rolls 10/$10
Giant Cheese Slices $0.99
Apples $0.99/lb
Peaches $0.99/lb
Giant Light Yogurt 3/$0.99 <-- Really good price!! Hamburger, Chicken, or Tuna Helper 10/$10 Stouffer's Red Box 5/$10 Giant Hotdogs 2/$4 Oscar Mayer Hotdogs BOGO (should be approx 2/$4.49) Coke 2lts 10/$10 Vitamin Water 10/$10 Pillsbury Cake Mix 10/$10 Betty Crock Boxed Potatoes 4/$5 <-- Part of the "Buy 6, Save 20 cents on gas" Promo, so becomes a good deal if there are others in that group you want/need and you will redeem the gas points buy next weekend. See anything I missed? Mark up the comments. Also, if you haven't signed up for Giant's website I recommend it. They send you a weekly email with "deals" that are based on stuff you've purchased in the past and sometimes have coupons in the email. They also total your yearly savings on the site and other things like that. Check it out here to sign up.

Free Redbox Rental

So I've yet to get around to trying Redbox myself. I'm waiting for one with Blu-ray discs to show up around here (I hear Wal-Marts will carry them).

But if you use and enjoy Rebox and want a free rental today, try code T46T3Q7.

Happy Labor Day from Redbox, I suppose..

Diaper Deals of the Week

Baby Cheapskate's weekly details of diapers and other baby deals list. Looks like good times to be had if you're a Huggies household.

Target Trip 9/6

So I ran to Target to use the last $5 off a $25 "New Store" coupon I had. I had worked this out so that it should have run me about $2.75 after coupons. However, somewhere along the way I must have dropped the $5 coupon, and spent the entire time in line scouring my person, my coupon file folder, my bag, my cart, everywhere. Thankfully my cashier was able to grant me the $5 coupon I lost toward my purchase, but other stuff went haywire. My pre-coupon total was higher than expected, and then I had to pull a coupon out of the pile at the end to avoid going into the negative and ended up paying only $0.71. So I'm not going to bother itemizing this list because I'm honestly not sure what went crazy here, but I'm happy.

Total Cost = $0.71

Free Chicken Sandwich at Chick fil-A on 9/7

You read correctly, Free Sandwich at Chick fil-A tomorrow just for wearing something from your favorite sports team. I love a Free lunch. Expect a line and it's probably best to call ahead to confirm participation since many of these "free food" deals have ended up being busts at the local level with so many people looking for easy free stuff these days. Enjoy!

CVS Trip 9/6

Today we had a quick after church run (I had some ECBs that were expiring, so I had to get some stuff that generated more ECBs to replace them). Came out pretty well I think...



2 Aussie Shampoo $2.99/ea (earn $2 ECB/ea)
1 Aussie Hairspray $2.99/ea (earn $2 ECB/ea)
1 LifeLock DVD kit $2.99/ea (earn $2.99 ECB)
1 Pack Schick Slim Triple ST3 Razors $6.99 (earn $4 ECB)
1 Reese's PB Cup King Size $1.59
1 Hershey's Almonds King Size $1.59

Coupons Used:
$4/20 Purchase
$3.00 off Schick disposable razors
Buy 1 Get 1 Free Hershey's King Size Candy (up to $1.79)

Spent $12.94 ECBs
Out of Pocket $0.40
Earned $12.99 ECBs

Total Cost = $0.35

Upcoming week's deals at Drug Stores

So the only store I regularly hit is CVS. But I'm trying to learn the other drug stores and prepare to start working them as well. So here are the upcoming deals at the three main chains, see if you can find anything to spark your interests.

CVS

RiteAid

Walgreens

Weis and Pathmark Deals

I very rarely get to Weis or Pathmark. Nothing against them, just not enough time in the day and usually just end up at the closer store. But I'm trying to monitor them and see if we should be swinging by more often.

Weis Deals 9/3

Pathmark Deals 9/3

Hope this helps anyone looking to head that way (and sorry it's a few days late).

CVS Trip 9/4

Quick Trip for easy money

2 Contour Diabetes Monitors on Sale $14.99/ea
2 Bags of M&Ms $2.44/ea

Coupons Used:
(1) $4.00 off $20.00 Purchase
(2) $14.99 off Contour Monitor (coupon reads "Up to $30 off", so they wrote in 14.99)

Total Spent out of Pocket $0.88

Earned $10.00 in CVS Extra Care Bucks

Total Cost = $9.12 PROFIT

Not a bad deal for a couple bags of M&Ms. Plus, I love the irony of buying diabetes monitors with candy :)

Coupons and Freebie

Found a couple good printable coupons today.

Welch's Jelly and Welch's Juice

Klondike Bars

Free MP3 from Amazon (details at Money Saving Mom)

Giant Coupon and Diaper Sample

Just a quick post to point out a sample of Huggies from Wal-Mart (we are Pampers folks, but Free is Free). Also click here to find a coupon for $2.00 off a $5.00 meat purchase at Giant and $1.00 off Festingos Chips from Giant.

Freebies and Cheap Deals

Couple of Freebies came out today. Check them out before they disappear.


Free Bear Naked Granola Bar Sample

Free Scrubbing Bubbles Fall Cleanup Gift Pack

Free Bottle Country Bob's All Purpose Sauce

Free Card from Cardstore.com