80% off at Restaurant.com

HURRY! OFFER ENDS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31
Enter Discount Code: TREATS

Cheap Bertolli Bakes - Walmart

It's being reported that several Super Walmarts around the country are clearing some space in their freezers for their holiday food. They have not marked them but if you scan the Bertolli Bakes bags they will scan at $2 rather than the normal $6-$8 price. Good luck finding them! They did not scan at that price in mine though.

SAVE $5 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AT WALGREENS

This looks like a good deal but honestly, I don't bother to use them because there are so many restrictions. Your total must be $20 AFTER your coupons are rung and before tax so if you are spending that much anyway, by all means get your $5 off but print fast because it's going to disappear as soon as the quota is printed off... here are the restrictions

* Valid in Walgreen stores on Friday, October 24 and Saturday, October 25, 2008 only, during regular store hours. Excludes alcohol, postage, stamps, tobacco, prescriptions, prescription copays, gift cards, pre-paid cards, custom frames, contact lenses, transportation passes, charitable contributions and items prohibited by law. Purchase amount of $20 or more must be before taxes and after coupons and discounts. Limit one coupon per customer per offer. Cash value 1/100 of a cent. No cash back. To redeem online, use coupon code SAVEMORE. Visit Walgreens.com/hotbuys for full details.

http://www.walgreens.com/hotbuys/default.jsp?ec=hn613_trouble

60% off at Restaurant.com

Enter Discount Code: SAVOR
Offer ends Sunday, October 26, 2008!

Great Huggies Deal at CVS this week

Buy $25 of Huggies, Wipes, Q-tips, Similac etc... and get $10 ECB back. Loads of coupons out there for these products!

ARE YOU SAVING?

Be sure to post a comment and let me know how you're doing with your savings! How many Pert Plus you got or free paper towels etc.. I LOVE to read about other people saving too!

FREE CANDY AT CVS

The Gold Emblem (CVS) candy bags are .99 cents and when you scan your card it gives you a coupon for $2 off of 2 making them FREEEEEEEEEEEE...

CVS coupon for $1 off 3 rolls (buy combo pack with 3 rolls in it) of CVS brand paper towels still scanning at $2 making them FREEEEEEEEEE

MUCH MORE TO COME

Just super busy and unable to detail it all right now but I WILL... I promise... be sure to check out the Huggies deal at CVS this week too... buy $25 and get $10 in Register Rewards covers Q-tips, wipes and diapers etc... great deal if you use them anyway and better deal if you have Huggies coupons!

CHEAP LAUNDRY SOAP

Found FAB laundry soap (careful there are 2 kinds and one rings cheap the other does not... I think it was the GREEN bottle that rang up cheap). I scanned and it rang up 90% off or .39 cents a bottle! If you have any FAB coupons it could be a moneymaker!

FREE PERT PLUS + MONEYMAKER & FREE VISINE AT WALGREENS

There was a coupon in yesterday's paper for $2 off... then there is a coupon in the little EasySaver catalog that is up front with the weekly sale paper that takes off another $2.50 and it only costs about $3.49 to start with! I got 6 this morning and will be getting more. You only need ONE of the EasySaver coupons and it takes off the total for all you buy so mine was for something rediculous like $15 LOL

Visine is 2 for $8 and the old All You magazine from August had $3 off coupons making them $1 each BUT then it gives you a $2 Register Reward making them FREEEEEEEEE

10-19 sales

LOADS of good deals tomorrow, will detail them all tonight. Be sure to get a couple of papers tomorrow if you use Pert Plus shampoo or Huggies products.

Free Cappuccino at Barnes & Noble

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/email/nav.asp?r=1&PID=24816&r=1

60% off at Restaurant.com

• GET $25 GIFT CERTIFICATES FOR ONLY $4!
Enter Discount Code: MORE
OFFER ENDS OCTOBER 19, 2008

80% off at www.Restaurant.com TODAY ONLY

Enter Discount Code: EIGHTY At Checkout and Hit "APPLY"

Coupon Sources

First and foremost BUY A PAPER EVERY SUNDAY... I buy 4 every week unless it's a crappy coupon weekend, then just 1 and if it's a great one I have been known to get 10 or more...

I also print them online at:
www.coupons.com
www.smartsource.com
www.supertarget.com (I use these and other stores at Publix, they accept competitor coupons)
sign up for weekly deals from www.foodlion.com (I use these and other stores at Publix they accept competitor coupons)

There are a LOT more but this is a really good place to start

I also take coupons every time I shop or am in a store... peelies from packages to use later, coupons all around the store on tear pads, hang/wine tags, and in flyers usually by the front door... don't see them? ASK at the customer service desk until you get comfortable...

SEVERAL GDA's at CVS

Today I bought the Sobe Life Water and some Propel (5 for $5), used 2 of the $1 off coupons. I got back $3 in ECBs.

I also scanned my card and got a coupon for $1 off CVS brand paper towels. They're the junky kind you would normally pass on but I'd heard "things" about this coupon so I decided to try it... I got a 3 pack of the paper towels $1.99 and when the cashier scanned thr $1 off coupon it took off $2 making them FREE.

I also got 3 bars of the CVS brand Beauty Bars Facial Soap (likeDove) which were marked .99 cents. In that same CVS coupon booklet (trifold) there is a coupon for $1 off any CVS Brand skin care product, making the soap FREE... BUT it gets better.... I bought 3 of these and each one printed out an ECB! Not only free but they paid me $3 to take them home! Not sure but I think the limit per card is 5.

Also in that brochure is a coupon for $2 off any Blade. There is a small almost travel sized BLADE Spray (right by the AXE) that is $1.99 so yes, you guessed it FREE...

Gotta love CVS!

GDA Sears on Thursday Oct. 16th

Rumor has it there will be a HUGE clearance sale at Sears on Thursday ONLY... many items marked down to .99 cents and .19 cents...

CVS GDA Propel, Life Water, Sobe

UPDATE: Some stores have peelies on the Propel or Life Water for $1 off of 1. Use one of these and 2 CVS flyer coupons and get 5 bottles free with a $1 money maker!. These are on sale this week (Sunday 12th-Saturday 18th) 5 for $5 with $3 ECBs back. In the CVS coupon flyer in stores there is a coupon for $1 off 2, buy 5, use 2 coupons and get all 5 FREE after you get the $3 ECB back. Limit of one deal or 5 bottles per card.

SUPER cheap food

Check out www.AngelFoodMinistries.com you buy restaurant grade food once a month... initially intended to help lower income families eat well but anyone can buy it... check out the menu for this month and it's only $30. Add on boxes are usually $21. Hurry though if you are ordering this month I think the orders have to be in by Monday! See if there is a location near you...

Free - Pirates Of The Caribbean Disney Collectors Pocket Watch Gold Finish

ONLY GOOD UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.... Sh & H is $3.99 and that's ALL YOU PAY... great stocking stuffer for your Pirate Fan....Free - Pirates Of The Caribbean Disney Collectors Pocket Watch Gold Finish
http://www.1saleaday.com/

70% off at www.Restaurant.com

Someone sent this to me but supposedly from Friday through Monday this code gets you 70% off... enjoy!

http://www.restaurant.com/

The 70% off sale (Coupon Code: SAVE) starts Friday, October 10 and runs through October 13, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. CDT. Beginning Friday, October 10 at 12:01 a.m CDT all $25 Gift Certificates are only $3. Plus, Dinner of the Month packages are 70% off too

21 Regular Followers!

Although only 3 show, I can see from the admin side that 21 people are following the blog. Yeah! Be sure to share the info with friends and family and help them save too without having to call them every time we post a good deal!

$27 in coupons!

http://www.startsampling.com/sm/100322/captureAddress.iphtml?item=100322&pk_guid=75.135.79.79.6871223418045416&source=Cascade

General Mills Pssst (like Bzz Agent)

http://pssst.generalmills.com/join2.php

50% off at Restaurant.com

• GET $25 GIFT CERTIFICATES FOR ONLY $5! Enter Discount Code: DISCOVER

FREE STUFF

Join Zaxby's club and get a free meal! http://www.fishbowl.com/clt/zxbys/lp/join/join.asp

Free reusable shopping bag
http://www.mantraenergy.com/tools-and-utilities/free-bag.html

Free Schick Razor or Trimmer
http://www.schicksamples.com/

WALGREENS European Beauty Club
http://www.europeanbeautycollection.com/ebc/european_beauty_club.php

CVS 90% off Sunday

Sunday I ran by CVS to get some of the grape juice (see previous post) now that I had some coupons. I found a store that had a shelf full but they were still only down to $2.35 each. I bought 6 for a total of $14.10, used 6 $1 off coupons bringing it down to $8.10 and I SHOULD have gotten $9 in ECBs but they did not print SO they just gave me back my $9 meaning they paid me .90 cents to take home 6 bottles... LOL I also found the following items on 90% off so check your stores, they are probably on sale there too... Crest kit with White Strips, a toothbrush and Crest ProHealth toothpaste all in it, retail $39.99 for $3.99, will keep whitestrips and toothbrushes but I'll donate that ProHealth toothpaste to the food bank, Hurricane first aid kit retail $34.99 for $3.49, CVS diapers size small jumbo pack retail $8.99 for .89 cents (these will go to the food bank, just too cheap not to pick up for them), candles retail $2.99 for .29 cents. I also got some Colgate Maxfresh toothpaste spearmint flavor on sale for 50% off at 1.50 and used a $1.00 off any Colgate Maxfresh coupon from the CVS trifold coupon booklet in stores now making these tubes just .50 cents each.

Garage Sale Bonanza

Well today we participated in a community garage sale. It's an event the development holds twice a year and it brings loads of traffic through the neighborhood. I took all of those gift items (perfume gift sets, hair dryers, lotions, lip glosses, etc...) I had accumulated over the past almost year from the CVS 90% off sales and things I had couponed for or traded to get... and made $350.00. It was a long day but well worth it! I'm already starting to look for items for the next one! So when you pick up something from CVS for 90% off and your spouse says "what in the world are you going to do with that???" You'll know how to respond LOL

UPDATE ON CVS WELCHE'S DEAL

I did find them for $1.17 at one store which is 75% off and then they were 50% off at another and only 25% at another... so wait until Sunday if they are not $1.17 at your store yet BECAUSE... this Sunday there is a $1 off coupon coming in the coupon inserts! How SWEET is that????

GDA (GOOD DEAL ALERT)

At SOME CVS stores they have marked down the Welche's LIGHT Grape Juice 75% off making it $1.17 a bottle. When you buy 2 it prints an ECB for $3 making this a moneymaker! If they are marked down to $3something hold off... they will be marked down on Sunday... You can do this a total of 5 times for 10 bottles.

B1G1

I'm pretty sure everyone knows this mean Buy 1 Get 1 free.... wanted to point out that when you happen to have a coupon for a B1G1 item and a store has that item on a B1G1 sale... you get BOTH free.. yes... you JUST pat the tax... why? Because the one you are "buying" is being paid for to the store by the manufacturer and regardless of who pays for it it's bought... hehe I probably like this deal the most...

Clarification for newbies

I've had a few questions that I thought I would share the answers to with everyone... it will help you to understand this "couponese". Sorry... sometimes I just forget I am speaking a foreign language! LOL

Blinkie - a coupon holder attached to a shelf or cold case in the store that blinks and when you take the coupon out it makes a little noise and then dispenses another coupon,,, a hint about those... they dispense 2 and then wait until you are not standing in front of it OR a set amount of time before it dispenses 2 more... so be patient if you want more than 2..

OOP - This is your Out Of Pocket expense after coupons

Register Rewards - Usually from Walgreens this is an extra slip/coupon that prints out based upon something you bought - it's a manufacturer's coupon good on your next or a future order for money off. Be careful though, they DO expire...

ECBs - From CVS - Extra Care Bucks which is money off of your next or future order only good at CVS that prints out on your receipt. Be careful with these too, they DO expire too.

Tear Pad - This is exactly what it sounds like... a pad of coupons that you can tear off to take 1... or 4 LOL

FLIPS - Food Lion Internet Printable Coupons

Wine Tags - Coupons hanging around the neck of a bottle

Rachel Ray

A while back I sent an e-mail to the Rachel Ray show in response to them asking about how people save money and cut costs. Today they called to find out a little more about what I do. As it happend I was taking a very rare and much needed nap! I did the best I could to snap back to reality though and chatted a little about the classes I teach on couponing, this new blog and some of the ways I save a buck.

It's funny, but I started couponing out of dire necessity... I'd been laid off and the unemployment checks were about to end...even when the situation was not so dire, I continued. Someone asked me once why I continued to work so hard at this "couponing thing" and I said... why on EARTH would I pay for it when I can get it for free???? In the past year I have not paid for toilet paper, toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, body wash and a whole lot of food... and I LIKE it... not only does it help to allow us to have money to do family fun things (shoot at the price of gas it may be allowing me to drive!), but it also frees up funds for other things we just might not normally be able to buy.

Yes, I have to admit, when I put together a deal that slammin... my heart races a little... my 13 year old son was with me last week when I found those $5.99 bags of Hershey's candy for .59 cents... when I scanned them and just started laughing out loud - literally - he said... "MOM YOU NEED HELP"... LOL I LOVED it....

A few weeks ago Publix had their Birdseye Steamfresh veggies for 50% off... on top of that I had $1 off the purchase of 2 PUBLIX coupons and $1 off the purchase of 2 MANUFACTURER coupons... this made them .25 cents a bag or LESS each... so I bought 50 ... and yes... my heart raced a little when the cashier bowed... yes, I was laughing ALL of the way home... but everytime I see them in the freezer I still giggle a tad knowing someone, somewhere is paying $2.79 a bag and I didn't...

Using more than one coupon

Did you know that if you have a store coupon AND a manufacturer coupon for the same item you can use them both!

More CVS Clearance

Reading glasses in a plastic box normally $7.99 are .79 cents... strengths from 1.0 to 2.5, Similac formula in a white can 90% off, Scope White mouthwash, Tom's of Maine mouthwash, ALL back to school, ALL Dollar Days items... all 90% off....

RAIN CHECKS

Last night I made a quick run to Publix to get 2 more of the Voila dinners only because I also had 1 $1 off Chex Mix coupons and they were also on B1G1 making 2 bags of them just .63 cents. I noticed some empty spots in the Voila case (jackpot!) so I went to the service desk and got a RAIN CHECK for 10 deals (20 bags) that I can get now ANYTIME whether they are on sale or not... these blinkies are good until well into November so I can restock on these before they expire and still get the B1G1 sale price... wooohhoooo... I LOVE RAIN CHECKS..... my total for 2 Voila and 2 Chex Mix was $2.83

Ziplock Fall Pack

http://www.rightathome.com/offers/OctGiftPack/?sid=email&cid=rah200810&rid=107003002&omrid=BEYSkf&ommid=BI49k-B7WWqfSM& might have to copy and paste this one.. hurry and sign up only 20k to give away

Ziploc® Fall Gift Pack
The first 20,000† people to respond will receive a free Ziploc® Brand Vacuum Freezer System Starter Kit, plus $14.10 in coupons.

Coke Deal at CVS

To make this a little sweeter (buy 4 12 pks for $13 and get $3 ECB back) Use your www.MyCokeRewards.com points (200 points) to buy a printable B1G1 coupon AND (35 points) $1 off any 1 coupon (you can print them both twice)... I did this twice today and got 8 12 packs (2 different cards as limit is 4 12 pks per household) as well as a ton of Hannah Montana pens and some candy, 6 Corn Pops to go packs, 4 Snyder Pretzel 6 packs and some cookies (all items but coke was 90% off) and in TOTAL after existing ECBs and coupons I paid $6.41 cents and got back $6 in ECBs...

Online Discount Codes

One place you should ALWAYS check before ordering anything online is www.naughtycodes.com They try to keep a running list of online discount codes, free shipping codes etc...

Hershey's Candy

Sorry for the numerous posts today but my brain in in overdrive! I've been asked several times about the Hershey's candy deal at CVS so... here you go...

Ok FIRST go to www.smartsource.com and print off the Hershey's fun size coupon $1 off when you buy 3... then get thee to a CVS or 6 LOL On the REGULAR candy aisle usually near the bottom there are BROWN bags of HERYSHEY'S CHOCOLATE MIX (there's one in the Halloween candy aisle that is the same but it's purple NOT brown and is NOT on this sale)... there are Kit Kats, Hershey's, Milk Duds and Take 5 bars in there and they are 16.44 oz stand up bags. Take those to a scanner... they SHOULD ring up at $1.49 or .59 cents now in most areas in spite of the $5.99 shelf tag price... buy 3, use one coupon, buy 6 use two

Coupons & Free Stuff

One of my favorite sites is www.bzzagent.com you sign up for different things and they send you free product and free and money off coupons to use and to share with people to help promote products. It's fun and you get lots of good coupons in the mail!

another one is www.vocalpoint.com same as above pretty much.

Free Jewelry

I've often said that FREE is my favorite number. Check out these places to get "free" things by just paying Sh & H ... fees are usually about $5 on most of them...

https://www.jewelrysavingsplan.com/secure/register_customer.asp?PID=16288&DID=200&clickid=248

http://www.silverjewelryclub.com/

This one sometimes has free and sometimes has just really good deals... today is an MP3-4 player... deal changes every night at midnight.. http://www.1saleaday.com/

Sign Up!

Today I want to encourage everyone to SIGN UP. For anything you can find.. so many good things...

www.focusonservice.com is Longhorn Steakhouse secret shoppers central... you sign up for particular lunches or dinners twice a year and they give you back the money plus a "service fee" to cover tip and gas I think. Simple survey, long but easy and something fun to do...

On the Food Lion website you can sign up for their weekly newsletter and coupons. I rarely use them at Food Lion I take them to Publix because they take competitor coupons, every area has a store that does this... everywhere other than here in FL there are stores that double coupon amounts... Kmart IS doing double coupons again this week though I refuse to shop there...

If you buy ANYTHING online join www.MyPoints.com between clicking on e-mails etc... I have 5000 points and have not bought one thing...you can exchange for prizes and gift cards...

www.Restaurant.com is a great deal to start with but right now if you use promo code FALL you get another 60% off.

Sign up for Captain D's club online and get a free meal, as a matter of fact most of your favorite restaurants or stores have birthday clubs or something similar online too!

I'll post more places as we go along, but if you have a fav thing to sign up for, feel free post it in the comments section and share!