HOT Pampers Deal @ CVS 8/7 - 8/13

The picture above is from a huge Pampers couponing shop my husband did a few weeks ago (read about that here)

I thought that picture would be appropriate for the upcoming deal at CVS the week of 8/7 - 8/13

Jumbo packs of Pamper's diapers will be $8.99 with $3 ECB (Limit 1)

This Sunday (7/31) there will a coupon for $2/1 pack Pampers Swaddlers diapers in the P&G brand saver insert

Here is what you do:

Buy one pack of Pamper's diapers @ $8.99

-use $2/1 Pampers coupon

Pay: $6.99 + tax

Get: $3 ECB on receipt

The limit is only one so the ECB will not print again but you will still get the sale price with your card.

So go back to the register and do this:

Buy one pack of Pamper's diapers @ $8.99

-use $2/1

-use $3 ECB

Pay: $3.99 + tax

You just got a GREAT deal on Pampers diapers!!

If you have any ECBs by all means use those with your first purchase and you will get the diapers even cheaper!!

New to couponing?  Please read my getting started guide, CVS 101 here

Also check out the Coupon Lingo page here

Remember this is @ CVS the week of 8/7, not this coming week!

Freebie Mail Call

Here is everything I got in my mailbox this week from requesting free stuff!  It was a really FUN week too!!

-10 pacs of Tide stain release (Yes, 10!!  I thought it would just be a little sample when I requested it)
-1 Tide detergent sample
-1 $2 off coupon for any Tide stain release
-1 Neti pot
-1 FREE coupon for Herbal Essence shampoo or conditioner
-1 FREE coupon for Aussie shampoo or conditioner

All of this was 100% free!  I believe most of these were requested through Facebook.  Make sure you "Like" the My Lovely Coupon Life Facebook page here, that is where I will alert you to the Facebook freebies, they usually go too quickly for me to post about them on here!

Great Baby Freebies!

Planning Family is a great sign up for.  I signed up for this several months ago when I was pregnant and I haven't had any regrets.  They will send you little e-mails about great deals on baby and toddler things like diaper coupons, formula samples, baby magazines, grocery coupons, etc.

They don't e-mail bomb you either, so no worries about your inbox getting filled up. 

I got an e-mail through them a while back and I scored a baby sling carrier for $11 dollars shipped!!  It is a nice sling and my baby likes riding in it.  So don't miss out on deals like this!

To sign up you can click the banner box above or click here.

Free Sample of Depends

This deal has expired.

I'll post a free sample for anything!  Click here or click the banner box above to get your free sample of Depends.  Hey, you never know ; )

Quiznos Coupons = great CHEAP lunch!

This deal has expired

Click the banner above or click here to print 4 good Quiznos Subs coupons.  This would make for a great cheap lunch or quick dinner.


The coupons are:
Free Sub (with purchase)
Free Chips or Cookie and Free Soda (with purchase)
2 Meals for $9.99
$1 off Salad or $2 off a Sub

Over $1,000 Saved @ CVS!!!

Take a look at the number in the red box on my CVS  receipt.   That's right, my Year to Date Savings is $1,012.46!!!!   I have been waiting for it to get to 4 digits.   And by the way, I have only been couponing for about 4 or 5 months.

Just wanted to share that.

Couponing is just too fun!

Small Wal-Mart Shopping Trip

I  went out to Wal-Mart with all plans to get the Bengay money makers, I managed to score 6 printables for that (no longer available to print).  Of course they were out, but the coupons don't expire until 9/15 so I've got some time.

I didn't want it to be a wasted trip so I did a little fun deal.  Here's what I got:

(4) Cascade Action Pacs, trial size -$0.97 each

(1) Huggies wipes 64 count - $2.37

(1) Huggies travel wipes - $1.22

(1) Jif To Go peanut butter cups 8 pack - $2.08

The subtotal came to $9.55

Here are the coupons I used:

(4) $1 off any Cascade

(1) FREE Huggies wipes

(1) $1 off any Huggies item

(1) FREE Jif to Go

My subtotal came to $0.10

Hopefully I can get that Bengay deal soon!!!



Realistic Harris Teeter Shop

I did a few shopping trips this week, CVS and Rite Aid of course. I didn't get pictures and before I knew it everything got snatched up by family members. I got four Resolve laundry stain removers for free at Rite Aid and those were a big hit. Since I didn't get my photos I thought I would share what my friend Hayley did at Harris Teeter.

This shopping trip is a great example of how you can save tons of money with coupons and still buy practical things that you would need for the week.

She got a 12 pack of Pepsi Max, Minute Maid juice, Coffee Mate creamer, 1 gallon of milk, 2 boxes of Trix cereal, a box of tampons, one bag of Meow Mix cat food, one Febreeze room spray, one Febreeze fabric
spray, 2 packages of Kraft shredded cheese, and an Oral-B pulsar toothbrush.

Retail value of everything above: $51.38
**Grand Total after VIC saving and coupons: $19.95**

Hayley did a great job! Don't forget to like my Facebook page and follow me on Twitter, I will update you on great deals!!!

Free Pancakes @ IHOP

IHOP is having a Pancake Revolution.  Click here and sign up.

Within 24 hours you will get a coupon for a free pancake meal at IHOP, you will also get a meal on your birthday and on the anniversary of the day you signed up for the pancake revoultion!

I am part of the pancake revolution!

All You Magazine through Ebates

Ebates is an online rebate site. You earn cash back for making purchases you would normally make online and they mail you a check, it is really that simple. It is great and I use it. If you have reservations or questions about using Ebates please read my post about it here.

If you have not yet signed up for Ebates, click here and do it now, they are currently running a promotion where you will receive a $10 gift card on sign up by using my link. 

You can choose from Target, Barnes & Noble, Home Depot, or Magazines.com for your $10 gift card.

To qualify for the $10 gift card you just need to make a purchase of $25 through the Ebates website.  The purchase of a two year subscription to "All You" magazine will qualify you for this.  "All You" is a wonderful magazine filled with coupons (anywhere from $50 - $90 worth of coupons!)

Sign-up and go to Magazines.com through the Ebates site.  Magazines.com offers 26% cash back when you order by going through Ebates.  A 2 year subscription to "All You" is $34, you will get $8.84 back through Ebates plus the $10 giftcard!  That is like getting "All You" for $0.63 an issue!!!

Trust me this magazine pays for itself!

Here are the coupons that were in the August issue (Dates in parenthesis are expiration dates):

A+D ointment, $0.50 (10/31)
AmLactin body lotion, $3.50 (9/30)
Butterball turkey burgers, $1.50 (10/30)
Carapelli olive oil, $1.00 (9/11)
Carnation breakfast, $1.00 (9/19/11)
Case-mate cases, $1.50 (9/30)
Cottonelle tubs or refills, $1.00 (10/30)
Country crock, $1.00 (10/14)
Dole fruit jars, $1.00 (10/31)
Dove hair care, $1.00 (9/30)
Dr. Scholl’s insole, $2.00 (9/30)
IHOP frozen breakfast, $1.00 (11/26)
John Frieda frizz-ease, $1.00 (9/30)
King’s Hawaiian rolls, $0.50 (9/16)
Kleenex bundle pack tissues, $0.50 (10/30)
Lane Bryant, 30% off purchase (8/26)
Marathon multi-pack, $1.00 (12/31)
Mezzetta or Napa Valley bistro, $0.50 (12/31)
Milk-Bone dog snacks, $1.50/2 (9/22)
Nature’s path and Envirokidz products, $0.50 (10/31) (These are organic products.)
Nivea women’s body wash, $2.00 (8/31) (Rite Aid often has good promotions on Nivea products.)
Nivea men's body wash, $2.00 (8/31)
Neutrogena cosmetics, $2.00 (10/01)
NYC New York color, $1.00 off item $1.72+ (8/31)
Philips Norelco hair clipper, $5.00 (10/31)
Playtex gentle glide, $1.00 (10/31)
Pure protein powder, $3.00 (12/31)
Pure Protein bars, $0.50 (12/31)
Rango blue-ray or dvd, $3.00 when you buy 3 Tombstone pizza (8/31)
Reshaping it all + All You's shopping guide, $1.00 (11/15)
Reynolds wrap lining paper, $1.00 (10/31)
Sally Hansen tool, $3.00 (8/31)
Sally Hansen salon effects, $1.00 (9/30)
Scott bath tissue, $1.00 (10/31)
Scott naturals wipes, $0.50 (10/31)
Scott towels, $1.00 (10/31)
Seattle’s Best coffee, $1.00 (10/21)
ST. Joseph aspirin, $1.00 (12/01)
Viva napkins, $0.50 (9/15)
Viva paper towels big roll, $0.50 (10/31)
Zegrid OTC 42, $5.00 (09/30)

Not only does "All You" have all these great coupons, but there are some really wonderful articles as well as recipes!  It is defiantly worth it!

High Value Weight Watchers Coupon

There is a new high value Weight Watchers Smart Ones Coupon.   It's for $3.00/10!!  I am not on Weight Watchers but these Smart Ones are actually really good.  They are a great quick lunch.

New at Coupons.com

Here is what's new at coupons.com  (note: if you scroll to the bottom I tell you how to use some of these coupons)

$5.00 off Your $25.00 Order at Vistaprint


$1.00 off on Phillips' products


$1.00 off ANY NEO-SYNEPHRINE PRODUCT


Up To 75% Off On Prescription Medication


Up To 75% Off On Prescription Medication


$1.00 off ON ANY TWO TRUE CITRUS PRODUCTS


$2.00 off any NASALCROM allergy product


$100 Visa Gift Card for Joining ADT


$5.00 off on any can of Enfagrow™ Powder


$1.00 off HP ColorLok Paper


$0.55 off on any Bagel-fuls (4ct)


$1.00 off two V8 100% vegetable juice


$1.00 off one V8 V-Fusion + Tea beverage.


$1.00 off 1 Box of 14 count Instead Softcups


$5.00 off Any ROGAINE product


FREE Collage & EXTRA 20% OFF! NO SESSION FEE


$1.50 off any (1) 11oz package of Natural Fusions


$1.00 off 2 GERBER GRADUATES PUFFS


$1.00 off 1 GERBER GRADUATES LIL' ENTREES


$1.00 off any L'Oréal Studio Line Styling Product


$1.00 off Dr. Scholl's Odor-X™ Product


$1.00 off Dr. Scholl's Freeze Away


$0.75 off one Efferdent PM 78 count


$1.00 off eight cans Purina ALPO brand DOG FOOD


$0.40 off Yoplait Yogurt


$1.00 off any ONE (1) POISE Liners


$1.00 off Dr. Scholl's Clear Away Products


$1.00 off any ONE (1) POISE Pads


$1.00 off any BENADRYL Anti-itch product


$1.00 off (1) NIVEA Good-bye Cellulite Product


$1 off Any frame up to $159 + 50% off Lens Options


$0.75 off 1 Minute Maid Enhanced 59oz, any variety


$1.00 off 2 GERBER GRADUATES YOGURT MELTS


$0.55 off 1 GERBER GRADUATES PASTA PICK-UPS


$2.00 off the August issue of ESSENCE


$1.00 off (1) Nivea Express Hydration Lotion


$1.00 off (1) package of Vanity Fair Hand Towels


$1.00 off Hartz Home Protection™ Training Pads


$0.75 off 1 Kashi Frozen Entrée or Pizza Product


$0.75 off 1 Breyers Blasts!™ (48 oz.)


$1.00 off any Urinozinc Prostate Formula


$2.00 off Florastor probiotic


$1.00 off (1) package of ATHENOS Feta Cheese


$2.00 off ONE Glidden Brilliance Paint Testers


$1.00 off ON ANY ALKA-SELTZER ANTACID


$3.00 off ALKA-SELTZER ANTACID AND ALKA-SELTZER


$1.00 off ANY SKINTIMATE MOISTURIZING CREAM SHAVE


$1.00 off (1) Nivea Sun-Kissed Radiant Product


$1.00 off any Revlon Beauty Tool


$1.00 off any Mitchum Product


$1.00 off Hillshire Farm Lower Sodium Lunchmeat

Now you may ask, which coupons are worth the ink?  I'll tell you!

Hillshire Farm lunch meat is on sale @ Kroger this week for $3, use the $1 off  coupon to make it $2!!

Mitchum deodorant is $3 @ Walgreens this week.  Buy 2 deodorants, use 2 $1 off coupons.  Your total will be $4 and you will get $4 in Register Rewards (Wags store credit) so that makes them FREE! 
(this coupon says available at Wal-Mart, but its a manufacturer coupon that can be used anywhere. Wal-mart just paid to have their name attached to it)

Starting Sunday at Walgreens there will be an in-ad coupon for Skintimate shave gel or cream $1.99.  You can pair this with the $1 off Skintimate coupon to make it $0.99

$5 in Kellogg's Coupons!

This Deal has Expired

Click the banner above to recieve $5 in Kelloggs coupons!

Saving Star - No clipping, no printing!

I have been using Saving Star for a while now and it is so worth it!  If you are not that big into couponing or don't have the time, this is the site for you!  All you have to do is load your grocery and drug store loyalty cards onto this site and then click the coupons!  It's really that simple and stores all over the country participate!

The savings is NOT taken off at the register, but it will accrue in your online account.  Once you get to $5.00 (which is not hard at all) you can cash out or you can let the savings build in your online account until you are ready to use it.

It gets even better, you can use coupons that you clip from the newspaper or print online for the exact same product you activated a Saving Star coupon for at check out to take money off at the register and you will still get the money deposited in your account!  That's double savings!

Saving Star tracks your purchases when you load your grocery store or drugstore loyalty card on to their website, so get your cards handy and sign up now, click here.  You can load as many cards as you want.

Here is some of what Savings Star has this month:

Grocery
Any two Lean Cuisine - $1
One Skinny Cow multi-pack -  $1
One Digiornio Pizza (12 in or larger) - $1
One California Pizza Kitchen (12 in or larger) - $1.50
Two Nestle Toll House Morsels (10-12 oz bags) - $0.50
One Dannon Greek Yogurt 5.3 oz cup - $0.50
Any two Juicy Juice All Natural 100% Juice - $1
Two Nestle Pure Life water multi packs - $1
One Sunny D - $0.25
One Nescafe Tasters Choice and one Coffe-mate - $1
One Fischer Fusion Snack Mix - $0.55
One No Yolks product - $0.40
One Wacky Mac Veggie Pasta - $0.40
Once Wacky Mac and Cheese Dinner - $0.40
And more....

Other

Fisher Price diapers - $5 (only @ Food Lion)
Any Bayer Aspirin - $1
Any one Aleve 20 ct or higher - $1
Any One-A-Day multiple vitamins (excludes kids) - $1
Two Elmers School Gule, Gule All, or Glue Sticks - $0.75
Purina One Cat Food 3.5 lb+ - $2
Purina One Dog Food 4 lb+ - $2
And more...

See how easy it will be to get $5 in your account?  These are things you buy all the time!  The list is changed monthly.  All you have to do is sign up, load your store loyalty cards, and shop!  Just be sure to check back each month so you can activate the new coupons and see what you have saved.  I suggest activating everything, you never know what you will buy.  For example I never buy those Nestle chocolate morsels but I grabbed two bags at Food Lion to make some desserts for a picnic.  I didn't even remember loading those onto my card but a few weeks later I looked and I have another 50 cents in my Saving Star account! 

Money Makers!

Head over to Coupons.com and print this high value coupon for Bengay!  Go to the healthcare section and print  the $5 off any Bengay coupon.

This is a money maker at Wal-Mart since Bengay is regularly priced $4.23

You could also save this coupon to use on 7/31 there will be a $2 off in ad Rite Aid coupon to pair with this high value manufacturer coupon.

While you are at coupons.com go to the office supply section and print the $1 off Bic for a money maker at Target.  Bic Cristal pens are 50 cents this week!

Hurry, these coupons won't last!

Best Back to School Deals

I have combined a list of the best "Back to School" deals beginning 7/17.  This is also a great list for teachers!  Enjoy!

Target

Bic 10-pack cristal pens - $0.50 each
-$1/2 Bic products, printable (tip: choose another coupon to print with this one or you will get a big ad)

Scotch Magic Tape - $0.50
-$1 off Scotch Magic tape, printable

Walgreens

Penway or Wexford 2 pocket folder - $0.09

Splash mini highlighter - $0.09
(these are really cute!)

Penway 10-pack #2 pencils - $0.19

Paper Mate 5-pack mechanical pencils - $0.19

Penway 1 subject notebook - $0.39

Penway 24 pack crayons - $0.39
(*get a 24 pack of Crayola crayons @ Office Depot for $0.25
or get a 24 pack of Schoolio crayons @ Office Max for $0.25 see below)

Penway or Wexford 1"  poly binder - $0.49

Rose Art School Glue or Glue Sticks - $0.49

Corner Office or Penway 10-pack Sheet Protectors - $0.49

Corner Office or Penway 5-pack Tab Dividers - $0.49
(these are GREAT for organizing your coupon binder)

Expo 6-pack Washable Dry Erase Markers - $5.99
-$3 off Expo washable dry erase markers, July Walgreens Coupon book
(makes it $0.49 per marker)

CVS

Paper Mate 10-pack WriteBros pens - $0.50

Staples

Sharpie Accent highlighters - $0.01
(min. $5 purchase)

#2 Pencils 8-pack - $0.01
(min. $5 purchase)

Staples 3x5 white index cards - $0.01
(min $5 purchase)

Staples Photo Plus 4x6 Paper 60 sheets - $9.99 (limit 2)
-Staples Easy Rebate $9.49
(This would be a great buy to qualify for the 1 cent deals above!)

Pentel RSVP Pens - $4.00
-Staples Easy Rebate $4.00

Hammermill 8.5 x 11 Copy Paper - $5.99
-Staples Easy Rebate $4.99
(Another great buy to qualify for the 1 cent deals!)

Office Depot

Office Depot 10 pack stick pens -$0.25 (Limit 5)

Office Depot plastic ruler - $0.25 (Limit 5)

Office Depot notebook filler paper - $0.25 (Limit 5)

Crayola Crayons 24 count - $0.25 (Limit 5)

3M Post-it sticky removable label pads 100 count - $0.99
-$1 off Post-it removable label pads, printable

Office Max

Office Max Filler Paper - $0.01
(with $5 dollar purchase)

Schoolio crayons 24 pack - $0.25
(with $5 dollar purchase)

Just Basics 10 pack ballpoint pens - $0.25
(with $5 dollar purchase)

Office Max clear zippers binder pocket - $0.25
(with $5 dollar purchase) - I use these to hold my calculator and scissors in my coupon binder

Schoolio composition books - $0.75
(with $5 dollar purchase)

Hammermill 8.5 x 11 Copy paper, 500 sheet - $6.99 (Limit 2)
-$5.99 MaxPlus Bonus rewards
(this will qualify you for the above deals)

Scotch Magic Tape - $1
$1 off Scotch Magic tape, printable

Great Savings On Pampers!

While I was at work my husband took advantage of a sale Food Lion was having.  Yes, FOOD LION!  There is a 3-day sale on jumbo packs of Pampers diapers for $7.99.  We had (20) $1.50 off Pampers coupons (P&G 6/5).  This sale price combined with coupons beats the price of Pampers at Sam's Club or diapers.com. 

He bought 20 packs.  They are regularly priced $10.99 at Food Lion.  We saved $90 (41%) in total.  Basically we got 3 months worth of diapers for the cost of 2 months!  I am excited about that.

It gets even better, I calculated out that those 20 packs are worth 720 Gifts to Grow points!  Read more about the Pampers Gifts to Grow program here.   You don't have to buy diapers to participate!

This sale ends on Sunday (7/17/11), so if you have a baby in diapers or need a baby shower gift, don't miss out!

Sample and Freebie Roundup!

As all of you know, I LOVE going to the mailbox.  Use this list to make going to your mailbox fun too!  All of these samples were workings as of 7/13/11, I know because I requested all of them!  Have FUN!!!

Home Made Simple $35 Coupon Book - click here
I was super excited about this one!!

Tub O Towels - click here
These are suppose to be some heavy duty wipes (but don't call them wipes), when you sign up for the sample please say you heard about them here!  Choose other and put in my web address please http://mylovelycouponlife.blogspot.com

Quaker Oatmeal Squares cereal - click here
This is a Facebook sample, just like their page and request your sample!

Purex Complete with Zout laundry detergent - click here
The best part about this sample is, if they run out of samples for the day you can still print a coupon!

Free Crochet Pattern for a clutch purse - click here
I don't crochet, but this is an instant freebie since you can print the pattern.  No waiting for it in the mail.

Beech Nut Starter Kit - click here
I'm excited about this one since my little boy will be starting rice cereal soon!

Beech Nut Toddler Welcome Kit - click here
Samples of Stage 4 toddler foods.

Sample of Parent's Choice Baby Formula - click here
You can choose between Premium or Advantage types

Free bottle of Evamor Water - click here
This is a Facebook printable coupon for a FREE 20 oz bottle of Evamor water, they even list the stores where it is sold.  (note: check your store's coupon policy as some do not accept internet printables for FREE items)

Shout Wipes Sample - click here
This is great to throw in your purse for emergency stains!

Free Arby's Roast Beef Sandwich - click here
Just sign up for the Arby's newsletter and get a FREE Roast Beef sandwich

Breath Right Nasal Strips Sample - click here
Click "Try Breath Right Free" on the right of the screen

Sample of Carolina Herrera perfume - click here
You need to smell nice while couponing don't you?  ; )

U by Kotex Sample Pack - click here
Sample pack includes 2 tampons, 1 pad, and a coupon!

Wal-Mart Steals!!!

Here is a list of Wal-Mart Money-Makers, Freebies, and Cheapies!  Hopefully your Wal-Mart carries all these products!  I have done some of these deals myself, but the rest are ones I have gathered from various sources.

Money-Makers

Country Crock Honey Spread - $0.98
-$1 off Country Crock, May "All You" magazine (See below to learn more about "All You" magazine)

Cascade Action Pacs (3 count) - $0.97
-$1 off Cascade, P&G 7/03

Black Flag Fly Swatters - $0.98
-$1 off any Black Flag product, RP 6/26

Noxema Bikini Razors - $1.97
-$2 off Noxema razors, RP 7/10

Freebies

Nesquick Powder (7 servings) - $1
-$1 off Nestle Nesquick, RP 6/05 (This was a regional coupon)

Cheapies

Zyrtec (5 count) - $5.25
-$5 off Zyrtec printable
($0.27 is a GREAT price if you use this product)

John Freida Full Repair - $5.97
-$5 off John Freida Full Repair, SS 6/05 (this was a regional coupon)
(not free but $0.97 for John Freida products is GOOD!)

Scotch Magic Tape - $1.22
-$1 off Scotch Magic Tape printable
(makes it $0.22)

**A great source for coupons is a magazine called "All You". This is a really fun magazine and each issue has between $50-$90 worth of coupons!!! It has some really great articles, savings tips, and recipes as well. You can purchase this using magazines.com, but go through Ebates to do so! For a two year subscription, which is 24 issues, you will pay $34.00. By going through Ebates you will get 26% ($8.84) back at magazines.com which makes it $1.05 an issue. There are some great coupons in this magazine and it will pay for itself. You can sign up for Ebates by clicking here.  By signing up through my link you will receive an additional $5 back with a purchase of $25 or more, if you bought "All You" as your first purchase you would get $13.84 back!!!  With all that money back the magazine comes to $0.83 an issue. If you want to know more about Ebates or have reservations about using the site read my blog post about it here.

The Ever Growing Stockpile!!!

37 deodorants, 28 toothpastes, 26 bodywashes, 24 razors.....you get the idea!  Just wanted to share the fruits of my couponing labor.   Enjoy.  Images can be enlarged by clicking on them.

Great Rite Aid Trip 7/10

We had an EXCELLENT Rite Aid trip this week.   I purchased (4) 4-pack Noxema razors, (3) Old Spice deodorants, (3) Old Spice bodysprays, (2) Crest toothpastes, (2) Crest mouthwashes, and (4) Softsoap body washes.  (Note: Toilet Paper was a separate transaction, I will get to that next).

All of those items would cost $86.82, which my wellness + card, coupons, and +UP bucks I reduced the price to a subtotal of $3.67!!!!  Even better our receipt printed $20 in +UP for me to use next week!

This is one of my favorite shops, it was just so fun to watch the coupons bring down the total!!!

The toilet paper was a separate transaction.  We bought (2) 12-packs of Scott's toilet paper and paid $12 total, so we got each roll for $0.50.  This is my husbands favorite toilet paper so he was excited about that. 

I am currently working on instructions for getting started at Rite Aid so you can do this with me.  Will try to post them soon.

Little CVS Trip 7/10

There weren't very many things at CVS this week, but I did get diapers and having a 3 1/2 month old, I need diapers!  I was previously purchasing diapers from diapers.com but have found that CVS and Rite Aid are the best for purchasing diapers.  My goal is always $0.15 or less per diaper.

I purchased 1 large box of Pampers diapers, 1 Bic Soleil razor, and 1 Complete contact solution.  Before my store card and coupons the total was $41.97 and I reduced that to  a $12.47 subtotal with coupons and ECBs.  Here is the best part...my receipt printed $16.99 in ECB for next weeks trip!  So I bought diapers and made money!!!

Look for posts on my Walgreens and Rite Aid trip in a bit.

Wal-Mart Money Makers

Just got back from a quick little shopping trip at Wal-Mart which could not have come at a better time.  As I was doing dishes Thursday I noticed that I only had two of the detergent packs left for our dishwasher.  Lucky for me the P&G insert from 7/3 had $1 off any Cascade product.  Wal-Mart sells trial packs which have 3 detergent packs each for $0.97 and that equals a money maker (remember you are allowed to use the overage on your total bill at Wal-Mart).  I had 8 coupons, I bought 8 which is 24 detergent packs for FREE + profit!!

I also had 4 $1 off any Black Flag product coupons and Wal-Mart sells Black Flag fly swatters for $0.98 each.  Another money maker.  With the few cents in overage I had a bought a few bananas (not pictured) and my subtotal came to $0.12!!

Pretty fun little shop and it's not even Sunday yet!

Mail Call...

Going to the mail box these days is very exciting for me!  I thought I would start a little weekly post to show everybody what I get.  Here is what I received this week: a coupon for one FREE Suave Creamy Body Wash, 2 coupons for $5 off any Bounty product (one was actually sent to my parents house, but I sent it there so it's technically mine), and a really cute little sample of Secret deodorant.

I got most of these through Facebook.  Make sure you "Like" my Facebook page here, I generally post freebie links there.  Hope you get something great in the mail too!

CVS Trip in NY 7/4

I spent a week in New York visiting family and of course my husband and I could not resist couponing while we were there.  This is our CVS trip.  Tax was a little higher but we still did great!

We purchased Herbal Essence shampoo and mousse, a Gillette Fusion Pro Glide razor, Tampax Perle tampons, 2 Oral B manual toothbrushes, and 2 Oral B electric toothbrushes.  Our subtotal was only $0.45!!

I used coupons and 15.50 in Extra Care Bucks (ECBs) from previous trips to pay for the items and at checkout I received $15 in ECBs for my next trip!   The savings was 99.1%  for this trip!  You can't beat that.

If you want to get started couponing at CVS see my page for step by step instructions here.

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Deal Alert: Flip Flops as low as $4.22 with cash back!!!

JC Penny is having a sale on flip flops!   They have Mixit 2 pack flip flops on sale for $4.99 with FREE shipping at jcpenny.com.  If you shop through Ebates you will recieve 6% cash back on your order!!

It gets better, you will also recieve an additional 10% off when you use the code EBATES10 at checkout.

I just did this and my total was $4.49 with NO shipping cost for two cute pair of flip flops and I will be getting 6% back through Ebates making the total $4.22!!!!

If you have not signed up through Ebates do so through my link here.  By signing up through my link you will receive $5.00 cash back with a qualifying purchase.  Ebates is a wonderful site and if you want to know more about it see my post here.

**There are 32 options with these flip flops, to find them go to JC Penny's website (go through Ebates!) and then click shoes at the top.  Once you are at shoes click the word "sale" that is in red at the bottom of the left side bar.  Then further narrow your search by choosing the less than $5.00 option on the left side bar.

Rite Aid trip 6/26

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Here is what we got at Rite Aid Sunday: (1) Coppertone sunscreen, (1) box Veet wax strips, (4) Stayfree Maxi pads, (4) O.B. tampons, (5) Old Spice deodorants, (1) Secret deodorant, (2) Excedrin pain relievers, an (2) Crest toothpastes

How much did we pay?  Subtotals before taxes were $1.41 and taking into account retail prices we saved a total of 97.5%!!!  And we left the store with $28 in +up bucks (store credit) to use next Sunday! 

I have the receipts in front of me and I would give you more of a breakdown of how we did it but we had such a rough time at checkout it is confusing.  We used a store that was not our regular Rite Aid (we were out of town) and the cashier did not understand coupons.  At one point she needed to manually put in a coupon and the subtotal started going up!  We had to void two transactions and start over, it was a disaster.  After we got home we realized two of our 75 cents off coupons did not get used, it was just so complicated.  Still we did great and we will not be going back to that Rite Aid.

I will explain how I got the sunscreen though.  The Coppertone sunscreen was on clearance for $5.24.  I had a store coupon for $1 off and a manufacturer coupon for $1 off.  You are allowed to pair these for a single item so I got the sunscreen for $3.24 and used +up bucks from a previous trip to cover the rest!  I have done this several times this summer and it has been wonderful not paying $8 or more for a single bottle of sunscreen.

Make sure to always go by the clearance section when you are shopping.  If you don't have your coupon notebook just jot down what you see and the prices, then check for coupons when you get home.  You can find some amazing deals this way.  Most people over look the clearance sections so don't worry if you don't grab it on the first trip, chances are it will be there when you are headed back that way in a day or so.