Friday FREE For All (5/9/08)

All You magazine, 2 issues – remember to return the cancel card (to purchase 2 yrs + free tote for $20, click HERE.)

 

Asics socks – TODAY ONLY (May 9^th) by signing up for the Self Challenge.

 

Celine Dion Sensational perfume

 

Cook’s Champagne recipe book

 

Crib sheets safety packet

 

Crystal Light On-The-Go drink mix

 

Decade Of Data (consumer data report) (by mail or download)

 

Degree Women’s Ultra Clear deoderant (in Spanish)

 

Dove Go Fresh Body Mist (in Spanish)

 

Dove Sensitive Skin savvy pack

 

Dunkin Donuts 16 oz Iced Coffee (May 15, 2008 only!)

 

Families For Depression Awareness brochures (by mail or download)

 

Go Green Racer Educational Fun Packs

 

Haagan-Daz - free scoop of Vanilla Honey Bee - May 13, 2008 4-8 PM only – mark your calendars!  Check here for locations.

 

Honey Baking Kit

 

J-Lo Deseo perfume

 

Kotex Ultra Thin Compact pads

 

Kraft Live Action Cereal (This $3 coupon makes it free @ some places! Hit the back button to print twice.)

 

La Cucine Italiana magazine (authentic Italian recipes) (possibly expires may 15, 2008)-

 

Nad’s (24) hair remover strips – US & CAN – limited supply, hurry!! 

 

NanoGreens & NanoPro supplements

 

Nature Made Calcium vitamin

 

Nature Made Multivitamin

 

Nature Made Multivitamin For Her

 

Nature Made Super B Complex vitamin

 

Nature Made Vitamin C

 

Nature Made Vitamin D

 

OneTouch diabetic monitor

 

OpenSolaris 2008.05 Live CD

 

Parent Institute Quik-Tips brochures for educators to give to parents (minimum order required, but they are all free).

 

Pephoto.com – 60 free prints – code FE4625PS (Expires Dec 31, 200 (possibly free shipping on $0 order!)

 

Perrier @ RaceTrac (free w/ coupon, expires 6/2/0

 

Pocket Constitution & Declaration of Independence

 

Ponds Anti Wrinkle Cream (in Spanish)

 

Prevention Basics For Families kit

 

Red Mango – free yogurt for mom’s on Mother’s Day – May 11, 2008 3-5 PM only.  Check here for locations.

 

Redwood Creek posters

 

Solutions For Struggling Students (Learning Disabilities CD & info)

 

Tips For Parenting In A Confused Culture (sign up & you can request a hard copy).

 

Unique unisex fragrances (refer 2 friends on form to get a 2^nd sample!)

 

Why-Gel-Works product samples

 

Women’s Adventure magazine (one issue) US & CAN

 

Window & Door Replacement Guide DVD

 

Ziploc gift pack (2 big bags + $24 in coupons!) (first 10,000 – HURRY!)

 

 

Downloads & Printables

 

Grandfather’s Wisdom Lapbook – Interview Series

 

Greatest Mom Award – printable certificate

 

Mary’s Christmas Gift by Jack Zavada (inspirational novel)

 

Talking With Kids About Tough Issues booklets

 

Free + Shipping

 

Cell phone headsets (shipping = $3.94) (US & International!)
 

 

Wordless Wednesday

 

 

For more Wordless Wednesday, click HERE. 

 

What Doesn’t Work For Me

A little switch-up on theme this week over @ Rocks In My Dryer. 

 

What DOESN’T work for me… good blogs… you know the ones.  And then they have a link to something ELSE good… and suddenly I go from doing something productive and needed to being engrossed by these GOOD BLOGS…

 

I was minding my own business, writing dates and notes in my new makeshift page-a-day calendar (which I’ll post about NEXT week because it is something the DOES work for me, lol) and working on a couple of blog entries when somehow I noticed something on an open window, clicked, read, noticed something else, clicked, read, and 15-20 minutes later I realized I was no longer working on my schedule or posts.

 

Another thing that does not work for me are these black lines in my posts today!  I copy from MS Word and they are there b/c I mistakenly allowed it to use the line as a divider when I input a few dashes and now everything I copy from there has those lines!  One thing I’m not crazy about with WordPress is that I can’t adjust the font, color, etc of my posts, so sometimes it just ignores the properties copied over form MS Word, which also DOES NOT WORK for me, but alas I have to deal with it anyway.

 

If you want to check out what ISN’T working for others, visit this week’s Works For Me Wednesday (opposite day, lol!). 

Tackle It Tuesday

As it turns out, the only Tuesday tackling I did was shopping, but since I hit several stores and got some really great deals, I am going to count it!  A great tackle I think!!

 

Winn-Dixie (Mon night): Spent $0.96 & Saved $10.96

 

Publix: Spent $30.71 & Saved $84.49

 

Kmart: Spent $8.04 & Saved $54.00

 

Walmart (18 packs of Huggies Cleanteam Wipes for 32 cents each!!): Spent $20.42 & Saved $36.12

 

CVS: Spent $1.60 & Saved $48.97

 

Totals for Mon night & Tuesday = Spent $61.76 & Saved $234.54

 

Hey, if I saved 2 more cents it would have been 2 3 4 5 6….  LOL!

Wednesday Redbox Code: 14LRL9

It’s unofficially movie night!!  Go get your FREE movie rental & grab some popcorn if you don’t have any @ home. 

 

TODAY ONLY – Code for FREE Redbox movie rental - 14LRL9 - Expires @ midnight!

 

I have plenty of popcorn, thanks to yesterday’s deal @ Publix, but our McDonald’s doesn’t do the Redbox movie rentals.  Oh well!  Go get something good, then come back and tell me about so I can live through you. 

My Deals @ CVS

~  TOTAL SPENT: $1.60  *  TOTAL SAVED: $48.97  ~

Wooo hooo!  More toothbrushes!!  There is a deal on the CVS brand too, so I’ll be getting even more!  LOL!!  I did 2 transactions, but for the sake of simplicity, I am just going to combine it here…

 

(5) Colgate 360 toothbrushes @ 3.99, $1 coupon, $3.99 ECB each

(1) Venus Breeze razor @ 9.99, $4 coupon, $5 ECB

(2) Mints (Yorks & Breath Savers) @ $1.50, $2 ECB total

(1) Zephyrills water @ $3.49 (awesome price!!!!!), no ECBs

(3) Cards, no ECBS

(1) Tote @ 2.99 wyb 3 cards, no ECBs

(1) Granola bars, small pack, no ECBs *HEY!! Just noticed this rang up @ 49 cents, “saved 51 cents”!  I love surprises like that!  Tought it was $1!!

 

ECBS Spent: $15.00, $7.98, $4.00 = $26.98

ECBs Earned: $11.97, $7.98, $5.00, $2.00 = $26.95

 

OOPS!!  Looks like I went the ECB hole THREE CENTS!!!  Wow!  Can’t believe I actually rolled it so close!  That’s just about perfect and it was completely unintentional! 

 

I have $8.00 in ECBs that I didn’t use tonight, so that brings my ECB total to $34.95!  I’m thinking about trying the Revlon deal later in the week (Spend $20 & get $10 ECBs).  I have a lot of beauty tool coupons (I think! LOL!) plus other coupons, so I should be able to make a decent deal with that (throwing in a $4 off $20).  And I’ll grab more water too – that’s the lowest I’ve seen the 24 packs, plus it has 4 extra bottles, so it’s actually a 28 pack!

My Deal @ Walmart (18 Cleanteam Wipes @ 32 Cents Each!!)

~  TOTAL SPENT: $20.42  *  TOTAL SAVED: $36.12  ~

I didn’t include tax in this transaction (tax = $3.96) since Walmart doesn’t breakdown how much you saved and there wasn’t tax calculated on the subtotal before coupons.  Clear as mud?  Haha!  Anyway, the breakdown on the goods….

 

(18 ) packs of Cleanteam wipes @ $1.64, (9) $1 coupons + (9) bogo coupons = 32 cents each!!

 

(18 ) Alpo (13 oz) @ 58 cents, (6) b2g1 coupons = 39 cents each

 

(9) Alpo (22 oz) @ 98 cents, (6) bogo coupons = 49 cents each

 

(3) Buddies soap @ $ 94 cents, (3) $1 coupons = FREE

 

(2) Reusable shopping bags @ $1 each!!  I bought 2 @ Publix also, so that makes 4.  I’m going to pick up a couple here and there… now if I can just remember to use them!!

 

My Deal @ Kmart

~  TOTAL SPENT: $8.04  *  TOTAL SAVED: $54.00 ~

(6) Airwick Minis @ $4.99 = $29.94 minus (6) $4 coupons = 99 cents each plus tax

 

I am assuming $54.00 savings because the receipt says:

 

Your total savings: $30.00

Coupons redeemed: $24.00

 

Are these usually $9.99 each or are they usually $5.99 and the “total savings” includes the coupons?  I don’t usually do deals @ Kmart, so anyone that knows, please share.  Thanks!!

 

My Deal @ Publix

 

~  TOTAL SPENT: $30.71  *  TOTAL SAVED: $84.49  ~

 Highlights:

* Snuggle dryer sheets, 104 ct @ $5.49, coupon for “free” up to $4.30 = $1.19

* (2) Friskies cat food @ $2.99, (2) $4 Purina coupons = FREE

* (4) Jose Ole Taquitos / Quesidillas @ $4.99, bogo sale & (4) $1 coupons = $1.50 each

* Yoplait yogurt drink 6 pk @ $2.50, “free” coupon = FREE

* Ground Chuck @ $1.99/lb

* (2) popcorn 6 pks @ $3.89, bogo sale, $1 off 2 coupon = $1.45 each

* (2) Old El Paso dinner kits @ $2.59, bogo sale = $1.30 each

* Old El Paso taco seasoning packet @ $1, “free seasoning wyb 2 Old El Paso products = FREE

* (2) Fiber One cereal @ $3.99, sale $2.00, (2) $1 coupon = $1.00 each

* (2) Honey Bunches of Oats cereal @ $3.59, bogo sale, (1) $2 coupon = 80 cents each

* Bakery cookies @ $4.29, Food Lion free cookies coupon = FREE

* (3) Buddies soap @ 99 cents each, (3) $1 coupons = FREE
* Kingsford Matchlight charcoal (13.5 lb bag) @ $9.99, sale $6.99, $2 manuf coupon + $2 Food Lion coupon = $2.99

 

I also picked up bread, eggs, Cottonelle, 2 reusable bags, strawberries, watermelon chunks, bananas, and apple juice (it was full and sealed when I bought it – promise!).

 

Savings Breakdown:

 

$17.04 Store Coupons

$30.93 Vendor Coupons

$35.94 Advantage Special Savings

$00.58 Advantage Buy Savings
 
$84.49 TOTAL SAVINGS!

My Deal @ Winn-Dixie

 

~  TOTAL SPENT: $0.96  *  TOTAL SAVED: $10.96  ~

I purchased ( 8 ) boxes of Ronzoni Angel Hair pasta @ $1.49 bogo & used (5) $1 coupons.  I had 6 coupons, but since she had no idea about adjusting the last coupon, I just paid the 96 cents and kept the coupon.  Still a great deal!