Coupon Roundup

So we had to put the blog on the backburner for the weekend for birthday celebrations. Trying to catch up here, but hopefully this week I can get up pictures of my awesome birthday gift.

20% off the entire check at Denny's exp 10/24

Various coupons for Duraflame logs



Moms Need to Know has her weekly coupon preview up. I realize that it's a little late for a "preview" but this should still give a good look at what came out this week. Look for 3 inserts, a Redplum, Smartsource, and Proctor & Gamble.

Printable Coupons and Cheap Paper

20% off your purchase at Children's Place

$1/1 12pk of Dr. Pepper Target Coupon

Pop Secret coupon for $1/2. Moms Need to Know has a good matchup for this at Target and Acme and links to the coupons.

For the Mommas has details on a Ream Paper at Office Depot for 99 cents

Weis Deals starting 10/8

For the Mommas has a list of the deals at Weis this week.

I may have to find time to head there for a change. I pulled up their ad on their website and there are some really good deals.

Boneless skinless Chicken Breasts $1.69/lb

10 for $10
- Pepsi 2 Lts
- San Giorgio Pasta
- Progresso Vegetable Soups
- Pillsbury Cake Mixes
- Tony's Pizza Single Serve
- Hamburger Helper

What's better than Free/Cheap food? When it's delivered to your door, that's what.

So a few months ago I heard about a deal where the first 500,000 people who hadn't used Schwan's food service would get $10.00 off a purchase with no minimum. I decided to get a large tub (1 gallon) of ice cream that was priced at $9.99. I figured that free ice cream would be great, and if it wasn't great I'd always eat chocolate ice cream and I wouldn't force the family to finish it. Well it was great and is long gone (except for the tub. Ben loves playing with the plastic tub), but the deal is still apparently going on. Head on over to Schwan's website and give it a try. Promotion ends at the end of October.

PS - For what it's worth, the ice cream was pretty good.

A few coupons and deals worth checking out.

Here is a coupon for $2.00 off Huggies. I recommend visiting this now if interested and possibly save the pdf to your computer. PDF coupons have a way of disappearing well before expiration dates, and this is good until the end of 2009.

I'm not sure if any of the LV Ruby Tuesdays have Sunday Brunch, but if they do this could be a tasty morning out with a BOGO coupon on their 4 course brunch. Moms Need to Know has the details

Who can't use free rubber gloves? Coupon Savings Game has info and links on how to get free gloves at Walgreens

Target Deals for the Week

Stretching a Buck has a pretty comprehensive list of the deals at Target. Looks like a good week to stock up on Apple Juice.

And Money Saving Mom has details on freebies for some Ponds Towelettes at Target. I find these kids of coupon matchups are great when you have a $off$$ coupon, which our Targets have been printing a few of lately.

Redner's & Wegmans Deals 10/4-10/10

For the Mommas has details on possible deals at Redners this week. Could be a good way to get a pile of General Mills stuff for cheap.

Frugal in Virginia has the list of deals at Wegmans for the week. There may be some regional deals but usually most of these deals have been in our stores as well.

Giant Deals 10/3-10/10

Moms Need to Know has her matchup for this week's Giant ad.

For the Mommas has a couple of Giant coupons ($2 off $5, $2 off Purinia cat or dog food, $1 off Giant Granola Bars).

Protecting the good name of couponers everywhere...

UPDATE: I wish I hit publish on this post last night instead of accidentally hitting the draft button. But Moms Need to Know took my tip/story and spelled it out so much better than I did (getting to her level is an aspiration of this blog). With so many great, easy, and legit ways to save money and stretch your money out, "tips" like that are unnecessary.


So I apologize in advance for getting a little preachy. Last week's Sunday Morning Call had its weekly Cheapskate column, this time advocating confusing, distracting, and deceiving fast food workers in an effort to avoid having to surrender a coupon. This is essentially coupon fraud, because while some places may not need to collect coupons, many places need to submit them for reimbursement to cover the cost of the promotion. This now only hurts the business owner/franchisee, but it also paints coupon users in a bad light as sneaky or trying to "pull one over" on cashiers. If you're doing everything honestly and using everything correctly, it can still become a complex and confusing transaction without the cashier worrying that you're trying to get away with something.

In this Sunday's edition, they acknowledges some backlash (there were two letters to the editor published) but stops short of acknowledging being wrong. there is a poll on the website for the followup article from today asking "Is it unethical to only give a drive-thru restaurant cashier your coupon if asked for it after you already get the discount?" I was hoping you and any other couponers you might know might be interested in voting in the poll to help show that the majority of couponers are honest people, and try to push the columnist and paper to retract the original story.

Ok, off the soapbox on one with the show...

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!