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Walgreens Double Dip Days

For the next 2 days… well, today and Saturday, Walgreens has coupons and rebates in their EasySaver Catalog (monthly booklet of coupons and rebates that they put out) that overlap. By overlap I mean you might find 2 coupons for the same products, one in the August EasySaver and one in the September. When you do two deals together, a coupon and then a rebate, we call it a double dip.

An example this week is this:
Buy 6 Garnier Fructis items at $3.99 each
Use $1/1 coupon from August EasySaver booklet (this should take off $6-computer takes off $1 for each one)
Use 6 $1/1 coupons (from 05/04 and 06/22 RedPlum inserts) or 6 $2/1 hangtags that are being found at Dollar General
Spend $12 plus tax out of pocket (or approx. $6 out of pocket if you have the $2/1 coupons)
Get $10 rebate from September EasySaver booklet
$2 out of pocket (or free plus overage with $2/1 coupons) after coupons and rebate!

There are several deals to be done this time around and I’ll leave it to Money Saving Mom to give you the details. She has it all laid out in great format to walk you through it.

Keep in mind the $10 off $40 coupon and the John Freida hair care deal if you think you may spend that much.

If you’ve never done Walgreens rebates before they are great! They recently put them online which makes them even better because now you can sometimes do even better than a double dip because with the online forms you don’t have to send in your receipt. This makes it easy to send in for a manufacturer rebate as well if there happens to be one.

During these 2 days you can use coupons and buy things for both months worth of rebates, so if you haven’t done the ones for August yet you still can.

Be sure when you do the rebates online you that you save your form until you are sure you have purchased everything that you were going to for that month. Once you click to submit your rebate to Walgreens you can no longer add any rebate purchases to it, so don’t submit it until you are sure!

Another great thing about Walgreens rebates is that if you get a gift card from them and choose to continue to get Walgreens gift cards instead of an actual rebate check they give you an extra 10% bonus for choosing the gift card option. It’s good for them because they want to keep you coming to the store, good for you because you get extra $ back!

I will be posting a Walgreens 101 shortly….

Formula for pennies…

I didn’t use much formula with my child because I chose to breastfeed my little guy. We did have to supplement with a little formula when he got older and I was working and couldn’t keep up the supply. I remember signing up for all the new baby deals and getting lots of coupons and a few samples. I did use the formula coupons a few times, but wasn’t on the coupon scene fully at that point so I never found where the best savings were for formulas.

You can sign up to be on mailing lists for Enfamil, Similac and Good Start and they all send out coupons if you’re on their list. I do remember getting bombarded with coupons!

Stacey at Frugal, Faith & Family has a good blog explaining where to get the best buys on formula these days. If you’re at this point in life and formula is a necessity, please check out her post. It could save you bundles. Thanks Stacey!

CVS this week 8/17

Just a reminder... there are a few areas that will have different dates for their sales this week as CVS is testing certain areas with the thought to change their sales. Check your flier to see if this might apply to you so you don’t miss your deals.

This week:

Glade is on sale for $.88 and there are B1G1 free coupons from the 8/3 SmartSource =$.44 each

Sunsilk Hair Care is on sale B1G1 free. Use 2 $1.50/1 coupons from the 8/17 Red Plum insert to get both for under $1.50 with the sale and 2 coupons.

Natures Bounty Vitamins are B1G1 free. Use 2 $1/1 coupons from the 6/1 and 6/29 RP insert. Should make for some cheap vitamins.

Pond’s/Momma Mia sale: Buy 2 Ponds products get Momma Mia soundtrack sent to your home (must have registered your card).
Pond’s towelette boxes on sale for $5.99 each, use 2 $1.50 coupons. Total would be $11.98+ tax. There aer $1.50 coupons out, use 2 of them, brings total to $8.98+tax for 2 boxes of Ponds, free Momma Mia movie soundtrack shipped to you, and 2 free movie tickets (look for the packages that have a sticker on them).

Plus… if you purchase just the 2 Ponds towelettes you can use the $2/$10 CVS coupon that has been floating around on one order to make for a great deal by itself- there is a link to this at the bottom of this post.

Another good deal this week is on Band-Aid bandages, Neosporin & Johnson & Johnson products. If you purchase $10 of qualifying products you get $5 back in ECB’s (limit 1).

Buy 2 boxes of Band-Aid bandages ($2.99 each)
and 1 box of Band-Aid Ultra Strips ($4.49 each) = $8.47 + taxes

Now for making it really work…. Use your $2/$10 coupon from the link below. Then any combination of ECB’s that you might have that are = or less than $3.47.

Then use these Band-Aid coupons…

2 $1/1 Band-Aid coupons from 5/18 SmartSource insert

1 $1/1 Band-Aid Ultra Strips coupon from 6/22 SmartSource insert

You total will be $5.47-your ECB’s and you will get a $5 ECB back

Now… How to get your hands on one of those coupons… $2/$10, Thanks to Thrifteemomee! Click here to go to the latest issue of Richmond Parents magazine. Scroll to page 30 and highlight and select the CVS $2/$10 coupon. Print and have fun saving even more money at CVS! This coupon is good through 9/28/08!

Meijer

I have been shopping Meijer for some time and find that of the grocery stores in my area they are one of the best for shopping for deals.

My local Meijer doubles two like manufacturer coupons up to $.50, beyond that they are face value.

You can find Meijer printable coupons at mealbox for various items; some Meijer store brand and also some name brand. To get to these coupons click on my link above, and when the page loads find the box to the right. In that box you will find a link toward the top that says “specials”, select that and then from there select “coupons”. You can then scroll up and down through the coupons available. If you find one that you want just select it and you will then be asked how many you want to print.

These coupons print on one corner of the page and are quite small. One thing I’ve been doing to save on paper is to plan on printing four of each of the coupons I want and then rotate the paper in the printer after I print each coupon. This way you use four sheets of paper for sixteen coupons instead of sixteen. You’ve also got like coupons stacked to cut together this way as well. Less paper, less cutting and time saved! If you want more/less of the coupons, adjust accordingly.

Pay attention to the coupons available. If there is one there that you think you may use, print it right away. These coupons do change at times and I’ve been caught without the coupon I wanted because I waited to print it.

Mealbox coupons typically expire two weeks from the date that you print them, so you have some time to potentially use them.

Sometimes these coupons will coordinate with a current or future sale that Meijer is having, so do keep that in mind as well if you see a coupon for something you might purchase if it came up on sale.

Also, mealbox coupons are Meijer store coupons. If there is an item you have a Meijer coupon for and an item you have a manufacturer coupon for you can use both-this is called stacking coupons.

Happy shopping!

Meijer this week Starting 8/17

Dole Premium Classic Salad, Classic Romaine Salad, Just Lettuce or Greener Selection on sale $1- $1.00/2 coupons found in Meijer recipe book (usually found on turnstile w/free recipe cards in my store) = $.50 each

Eggo Waffles are $1.15 – $1.00/2 coupon= $.65 each
Pop Tarts are 3/$4=$1.33 – $1.00/2 coupon = $.83 each
Nutri-Grain bars 5/$9 = $1.80-$1.00/2 coupon =$1.30 each

Buy any 3 Post cereals listed below, get $3 off one gallon of Meijer milk (excludes chocolate & organic).

Post Cereal Grape Nuts 32oz., Raisin Bran 25 oz., Honey Bunches of Oats Almond or Honey Roasted 19 oz., Honecomb 18.5 oz, or Cocoa Pebbles 17 oz These are all on sale 3/$7

There are $1/2 Post cereals manufacturer coupons out there. Also check mealbox for Meijer store coupons $1/2 Cocoa Pebbles or Honey Bunches of Oats.

I haven’t talked about Meijer yet, or their coupons. I mentioned mealbox for the Post cereal/milk deal. Click on the link I provided for the mealbox site, then look in the box to the right of the page, it has tabs towards top… click on specials, then choose coupons. Then it will show you the coupons available. Click on the one you want and it will automatically ask you how many to print. These usually expire 2 weeks from your print date and do change at times so be sure if there is one you may use print it today. It may not be there when you come back!

Kool-Aide Jammers on sale 3/$5, mealbox coupon available for $1/2.

Meijer sour cream 16oz on sale $1.29, mealbox coupon avaiable for $.50/1.

Buy $10 in Pepsi products get $10 off purchase of denim jeans.

Buy $10 in Coca Cola products get $10 off athletic shoes.

Buy $10 in any combination of Nabisco cookies/crackers get 10 off Hanes products

That’s the list of what I see so far. If I find anything more I will update this page.

Have fun saving!

Coupons 101

I told you we’d get to this! This is a subject that gets me excited! I can’t wait to start sharing deals and sales with you on a regular basis but have to give you the info to get started first… so here we go!

Be on the hunt for coupons! Coupons are a big help to gaining real savings while shopping for groceries and household supplies. When you get one you may think it’s only worth a few cents, but think again. If you combine that coupon with a sale on something you would be purchasing anyway, you’ve done even better with your money. If your store doubles or triples the value of a coupon you can do even better. The best way to find out how your store handles coupons is to look at the back page of the flier, oftentimes at the bottom of the page, or just ask about their coupon policy.

I have saved thousands in just the year and a half or so that I have been doing this!

I will soon begin sharing shopping tips and sales that correspond with coupons that have generally come in the newspaper. In the meantime be on the lookout for coupons and start collecting them… even the ones you don’t think you would ever use, they come in handy too.