Thursday, April 30, 2009

Free 2 oz sample of BabyGanics All Purpose cleaner


You can also snag a 2 oz. sample of BabyGanics All Purpose Cleaner HERE.

Home Depot $ 100 Gift card Giveaway!

Did you know that if you have outdoor/gardening questions, you can get answers within 24 hours at www.homedepotgardenclub.com? Not only that, but you can get valuable information about your region, gardening advice from pros and updates on local gardening events.

You can visit www.homedepotgardenclub.com to join The Home Depot Garden Club for FREE, and you will get exclusive coupons, tips and DIY advice on gardening, lawn care, landscaping and outdoor living projects.

And to help you out with your outdoor projects, Home Depot has graciously offered to give away a $100 gift card to one of www.thethriftymama.com readers. How awesome is that??

How To Enter: Visit www.thethriftymama.com and find the Home Depot post on 4/30/09 and make a comment in the comments section on how you would use the gift card. That’s it!


Winner will be picked using random.org. Contest ends Friday, May 8th at 6:00 PM EST. Open to U.S. and Canada residents.

(Psst… Don’t forget about the Free Gardening Workshop that is coming up on May 14th as well!)

****I just signed up for the workshop at the Cumming, Ga location. May 14th, Thurs 7-8:30 pm. This workshop is for women!

Friday, April 24, 2009

FREE 2 oz Axe shampoo Sample and Coupon

http://www.startsampling.com/sm/100779/captureAddress.iphtml?item=100779&source=email

This is a link to an offer by BJ's while supplies last. Notice that the 1st line of the form asks you for your BJ's account number, this is NOT a required field, so you do NOT need to be a BJ's customer to take advantage of the sample and coupon offer.

CellFire ecoupons

Don't forget to load your e-coupons onto your Kroger card from www.cellfire.com this week before you go shopping.

4/26/09 Newspaper Inserts

This Sunday you should have (1) Smart Source and either (1) large Red Plum or (2) Red Plum inserts (depends on whether the Purina coupons are separate or not).

Thanks Southersavers.com

Free Schick Razor!!

Sign up to get a FREE Schick Razor and Trimmer!

Thanks Southernsavers.com

Cheerio's coupons

Get $1 off any Cheerios coupon emailed to you each week in June. Go here to sign up.

These are part of the “Essentials” sale at Publix right now, and probably will be for most of June, for $1.99 - after coupon .99 cents a box!

Thanks Southernsavers.com

Monday, April 6, 2009

Publix Trip 3/16/09

This Trip, I Spent $ 48 and SAVED $ 81 - $ 129 groceries for $ 48

This Trip, I am going to explain what I did and what coupons I used per Item. If the item has an asterick * beside it, the item was on sale by being marked down for the week or B1G1. As you can see, 99% of the items I bought were on sale which made most products 50% off and then if I had coupons, it even sweetened the deal further! Notice the FREE items (MEAT !) and how much I got the 4 packs of Bertolli Spaghetti Sauce and the 2 Bottles of Spray Lemon Cleaner for.


*Ground Beef $ 2.21 - $ 3 Peelie coupon found on Charcoal in Publix = FREE + made .79
*Pork Chops $ 4.81 - $ 6 Pork Coupon printed from Internet = FREE + made $ 1.19
*Case of Deer Park Bottled Water $ 3.99 - $ 2 MQ found at Kroger in Blinkie - overage from above = FREE
2 Packs of Ball Park Hot Dogs $2.79 x 2 = $ 5.58 - (2) .35 MQ - .35 doubled - .35 doubled =
$ 4.18 ($ 2.09 ea)
*Banquet Chicken Tenders $ 2.75
*Roterisse Chicken $ 7.50 - $ 7.50 = FREE (I always shop late, store was about to close, so they walked up and gave it to me)
*2 Gallons of Milk $ 2.50 x 2 = $ 5
*2 Gallons of OJ $ 2.49 x 2 = $ 4.98
*19 Publix Yogurt $ .40 x 19 = $ 7.60
*4 Packs Bertolli Spaghetti Sauce $ 1.35 x 4 = $ 5.40 - (4) $ 1 MQ coupon found in blinkie underneath item in Publix = $ 1.40 (.35 each)
*2 Packs of Dixie Paper Plates $ 2 x 2 = $ 4 - $ 1 MQ = $ 3 ($ 1.50 each)
*Planters Nut/Chocolate Snack bags $ 1.50
*2 Bags of Lay's Classic Potato Chips $ 2 x 2 = $ 4
*Kraft American Cheese slices $ 1.67
Gallon Publix Apple Juice $ 4.19
*2 Boxes of Uncle Ben's Rice $ 1.25 x 2 = $ 2.50 - $ 1 MQ = $ 1.50 (.75 each)
*2 Boxes Frosted Flakes Cereal $ 1.99 x 2 = $ 3.98 - $ 1 MQ = $ 2.98 ($ 1.49 ea)
*Cheerio's Cereal $ 2.50 - .55 MQ = $ 1.95
*2 Lysol Lemon Spray Cleaners $ 1.35 x 2 = $ 2.70 - (2) .50 MQ - .50 doubled - .50 doubled = $ .70 (.35 ea)
*Vlasic pickles $ 1.45
*Publix Tortilla Chips $ .01 Basically FREE, Penny item at Publix
13.5 Bag of MatchLite Charcoal $ 10.99 - $ 3 Competitor Food Lion Coupon = $ 7.99 (Had a coupon that required me to buy Charcoal and Hot dogs to get $ 6 off a Pork Product. )
*Electrosol Dishwashing Detergent $ 2.20 - .50 MQ - .50 doubled = $ 1.20
Publix Shopping bag $ .99 - $ 1.00 MQ = FREE
Wrigley Big Red gum $ 1.09 - $ 1.09 MQ = FREE
-Used $ 13 Walgreen's RR that I had earned earlier (they are Manufacture coupons)

Publix Trip 3/9/09

This trip only cost me $ 18.44 for $ 85 of Groceries! Let's see what I got!

Publix shopping bag
3 Del Monte Pineapple and Peach slices (snack packs)
2 Boxes Frosted Flakes Cereal
2 Boxes Nature Valley Granola Bars
Cheerio's Cereal
Bananas
Bag of Red Delicious Apples
Bag of Green Seedless Grapes
2 Bags of Salad
Texas Toast
Hellman's Mayo
2 Gallons of Milk
Gallon of OJ
Ruffles Chips
Family Pack of Ritz Crackers
Oscar Meyer Honey Ham
Oscar Meyer Turkey

Publix Shopping Tips

These are Tips for Publix Shopping borrowed from www.southernsavers.com
She matches coupons for you on the Sale items to help you with your shopping plan.

1. You do not have to buy 2 of the B1G1 items to get the sale price
2. If you do buy 2 items that are B1G1 make sure you use 2 coupons to get the best deal
3. Publix accepts competitors coupons (you can stack with a manufacturers coupon and a Publix coupon too)
4. You can use a store coupon and a manufacturer’s coupon on the same item
5. Most Publix locations double manufacturer coupons that are .50¢ or less

**1 & 5 do not apply to Florida stores**

*If there is any coupon that you have a question about, ask your store's mgr or customer service dept before shopping.

Note: What makes Publix shopping so GRAND is they have Buy 1 Get 1 Items on Sale each week. If you primarily buy Publix Sale items matched with coupons, you are saving anywhere from 50-100% on each item.

1st trip to Publix 3/03/09

Bananas
Strawberries
Bag of Red Seedless Grapes
Bag of Red Delicious apples
Bag of Red Potatoes
6 - Yoplait Yogurts
2 - packs of Yoplait Trix yogurts
12 roll of Bounty paper towels
2 - Toaster Strudels
Frozen Pillsbury biscuits
2 - bags of Kraft mozzarella cheese
Tropicana OJ
4 boxes of Pop Tarts
Quaker Squares Cereal
Kellogs Raisin Bran Crunch Cereal
Kellogs Corn Flakes
Captain Crunch Cereal
Special K Cereal
Kraft Velveta Mac - Cheese
Betty Crocker Au Gratin Potatoes
2 Boxes Quaker Instant Oatmeal
Bag of Dorrito's
Martha White Cornmeal
2 packs Ground Beef
Round Roast
2 Bags of Hershey's Bliss chocolate
2 Classico Spaghetti Sauces
6 Cans Progresso Soups
2 Dozen eggs
2 Mueller boxes of pasta
Can of Del Monte Diced Tomatoes
4 Bags of Idaho Instant Potatoes
Voila Frozen Garlic Chicken Meal
Publix Ice Cream
Lysol Cleaner
20 Cans Green Giant Corn & Green Beans
Spaghetti Sauce
Can of Hormel Chicken
3 packs of Angel Soft Toilet Tissue
Gallon of Milk
Publix Tall Trash Bags
2 Boxes of Betty Crocker Brownies
4 Bags of Gorton's Shrimp
Box of Fish Sticks
3 Pillsbury Crescent Rolls

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Total Spent $ 142.13

Total Saved $ 133.77 !!!

$ 276 groceries for $ 142 - This was my 1st Grocery Store Shopping Trip using Coupons the correct way. Believe me, I was amazed and I was HOOKED!! I have never bought as much as I did this night as far as quantites - 20 cans of vegetables, 4 boxes of pop tarts, 5 boxes of cereal, 3 packs of toilet tissue, along with Meat, Seafood, Fruit, Produce, and cleaning supplies.

Rite Aid 3/26/09 & Rite Aid Deals

Transferred 2 prescriptions to Rite Aid - Received 2 - $ 25 Rite Aid Gift Cards!
(these coupons are in AJC and they have at Rite Aid Pharmacy also - good until May or June)

So for March, I will get a rebate check for $ 57.44 from my 3/06/09 and 3/21/09 trip and I have received $ 50 in Rite Aid Gift Cards!

Also, on http://www.nba.com/media/cavaliers/riteaid_coupon_3.pdf and when you register on http://www.riteaid.com/, you can print a $ 5 off $ 25 purchase Coupon at Rite-Aid.

So, can you say FREE money! to buy FREE products that you need!

Rite Aid 3/21/09

Secret Flawless Deodorant $ 3.99 - $ 1 MQ - $ 2 Rite Aid March Rebate = $ .99

Walgreen's 3/14/09

This Walgreen trip, I completed several deals in different transactions (like I explained in the earlier Walgreen post)

Transaction #1

Sambucel Cold & Flu Medicine $ 12.99 -$ 10 WalGreen's Coupon - $ 4 MQ = FREE + made
$ 1.01
Right Guard Deodorant $ 2.99 - .55 MQ - $ 2 RR = .44
4 oz Colgate Toothpaste $ 3.49 - $ 2.50 WalGreen's Coupon - $ 1 MQ = FREE + made .01
Skintimate Shaving Gel $ 1.99 - $ 1 RR = .99

Total $ 21.46
- $ 12.50 Walgreen's coupon
- $ 5.55 MQ
- $ 3 RR

New Total - .41

Transaction # 2

Kotex regular tampons $ 3 - .75 MQ = $ 2.25
Kotex pantyliners $ 3 - .75 MQ = $ 2.25
2 - packs of Huggies diapers $ 10 x 2 = $ 20 - (2) $ 5 MQ - $ 10 RR = FREE

Total $ 26
- $ 11.50 MQ
- $ 10 RR

New Total - $ 4.50

Transaction # 3

Electrasol Dishwashing Tablets $ 3.99 - $ 1 Walgreen's Rebate - .50 MQ = $ 2.49
Edge Shaving Gel $ 1.99 - $ 1 RR = .99
Right Guard Deodorant $ 2.99 - .55 MQ - $ 2 RR = .44
4 oz Colgate Toothpaste $ 3.49 - $ 2.50 Walgreen's Coupon - $ 1 MQ = FREE + make .01

Total $ 12.46
- $ 3 RR
- $ 1 Walgreen's Rebate
- $ 2.05 MQ
- $ 2.50 Walgreen's Coupon

New Total - $ 3.91

Transaction # 4

4 - Garnier Styling Gel $ 2.99 ea x 4 = $ 11.96 - (4) $ 2 Walgreen Coupon - (4) $ 1 MQ = FREE + made .04
Irish Spring Body Wash $ 4.49 - .50 MQ = $ 3.99 (plus prints out a coupon for a FREE Irish Spring Body Wash at time of purchase)
2 - 12 packs of Coke $ 3.00 x 2 = $ 6 - $ 1.50 RR = $ 4.50
2 - 12 packs of Coke Zero $ 3.25 x 2 = $ 6.50 - $ 1.50 RR = $ 5.00
(for a total of $ 2.375 a 12 pack!)

Total $ 28.95
- $ 3 RR
- $ 4.50 MQ
- $ 8 Walgreen Coupons

New Total $ 13.45

Transaction # 5

Irish Spring Body Wash $ 4.49 - $ 4.49 MQ printed from above transaction = FREE
(so got 2 - 18 oz Body Washes for $ 1.99 each)

Total $ 0.00

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TOTAL BEFORE SAVINGS $ 88.87
TOTAL AFTER SAVINGS $ 22.27
TOTAL SAVED $ 66.60

*Note - Did a LOT better this time. Notice on the Sambucel Cold medicine, Colgate toothpaste and the Styling Gel, I used Walgreen coupons and Manufacture Coupons and got ALL those products for FREE! And along with Walgreen's Register Rewards, I had great coupons on the Huggies 2 packs of Diapers, so I got them for FREE! Any questions, please ask.

March FREE items from Drugstores


This is a picture of an assortment of products I got FREE at drugstores in just 2 weeks!

WalGreen's 3/9/09


From what I have learned, when there is a Diaper sale, you RUN, you do not walk!
Even if you don't have kids, do the deal once to have on hand for baby shower gifts.
I bought alot of Cokes for my Scrapbook Retreat that I was hosting at the end of March.

1-Walgreen's Headache tablets $ 2.99 - $ 2.99 Walgreen's Rebate = FREE
2-Excedrin Menstral Relief tablets $ 5.99 ea = $ 11.98 - (2) $ 4 Walgreen's coupons - (2) $ 2 MQ = FREE
8-12 packs of cokes $ 3.25 ea = $ 26 - $ 6 RR = $ 20 ($ 2.50 a 12 pk)
3-packs of Huggies refill wipes $ 6 ea x 3 = $ 18 - (3) $ .50 MQ = $ 16.50
4-packs Huggies Diapers $ 10 ea x 4 = $ 40 - (3) $ 1.50 MQ - $ 3 MQ = $ 32.50
2-packs of Pullup's $ 10 ea x 2 = $ 20 - (2) $ 2 MQ = $ 16
- $ 30 RR for 3 Diaper/Wipes Deals (Deal was, Buy $ 25 in Huggies products, get $ 10 RR)

Total $ 118.97
-$ 2.99 + (10%) $ 3.29 Walgreen's Rebate
- $ 36 Walgreen's Register Rewards
- $ 25 MQ or Walgreen's Coupons
NEW Total $ 54.68

**Note: Notice on the Excedrin, I used 2 types of coupons. The RULE is you can use a store coupon (Walgreen's) and a MQ (Manufacturer Coupon) on the same product. This is called STACKING. You can do this at any drug store or Kroger or Publix with their store's coupons.

**Important Note: Most Walgreen and CVS deals say 1 coupon printed per offer or per household. This means if you can do 3 deals, you will have to get each deal rung up as 3 different transactions to get the RR to print for each. Also, important, if you complete 1 deal and get a
$ 10 RR, you can't do the 2nd deal and use the $ 10 RR to help pay for your transaction, BECAUSE the rule is - you can't use RR from 1 deal to pay for the same deal in the next transaction. It will NOT print a new RR for your current deal if you use the diaper RR from the last transaction. Now if you earned a RR from the cokes deal, you could use it for helping pay for the diaper deal. (Just using the diaper deal as an example) Are you confused yet? It will take a few shopping trips to get it right, but I'm here to help. Always ask your store's mgr to credit and re-do the transaction if you don't get it right the first time.

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Walgreen's - 3/07/09



2-12 packs of Mtn Dew $ 4 ea x 2 = $8 - $ 3 RR = $ 2.50 each

1-Walgreen's allergy tablets $ 3.99 - $ 3.99 Walgreen's Rebate = FREE

1-6oz Colgate $ 3.29 - $ 3.50 RR = FREE + made .21

1-Tide detergent $ 5.99 - $ 1 RR = $ 4.99

2-Clorox wipes $ 2.50 ea x 2 = $ 5 - $ 3.79 MQ for 1 free Clorox wipes, was a get 1 free when buy 2, cashier deducted original cost of wipes, not sale price = $ 1.21 (.605 each)

2-4oz Colgate $ 1.79 ea x 2 = $ 3.58 - 2 Walgreen's coupons $ 1.79 each = FREE

1-Vaseline Lotion $ 2.69 - $ 1 MQ - $ 2 RR = FREE + made .31

1-Clorox spray cleaner $ 2.50 - $ 1 RR = $ 1.50

1-Axe men's hair paste styling product $ 5.99 - $ 5.99 Walgreen's Rebate = FREE

1-Cottonelle wipes $ 3.59 - $ 1.60 Walgreen's coupon = $ 1.99

-Had $ 6 MQ for 6 -Johnson & Johnson products I bought for $ 3.36 ea., deal didn't print RR so I returned products next day, Kroger had sale going on for $ 2.50 ea, so decided to re-buy there. When WalGreen's returned items, they didn't adjust for coupons, so $ 6 remained off my total.

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Total $ 44.62
-Earned $ 10.50 in Walgreen's Register Rewards
-Earned $ 9.98 + (10%) $ 1 in Walgreen's Rebate - will receive rebate check at beginning of April
-$ 10.79 MQ
-$ 5.18 Walgreen's coupons

Total for Products $ 7.17

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* Note - RR is Register Rewards that print at the end of the transaction when purchasing the products. You can use these in Walgreen's as cash when you purchase other products or use them at Publix as a MQ (Manufacture Coupon). Ask your local Publix if they accept Walgreen's Register Receipts as coupons. You can submit Walgreen's rebates online from info from your receipt. At the end of the month, request your rebate check OR request your rebates in the form of a Walgreen's Gift Card and they add 10% to your total! FREE money! **FYI, Walgreen's last month for Rebates is April, so try to get some good deals this month and earn 10% extra.
** Another Note - You may think I did good this trip, I could have done SOOO much better. This was only my 2nd experience "working the deals", so what I learned is this. You can break up your purchases in several transactions, so that when you earn RR, you can use it to purchase the products in your next transaction without having to pay OOP (out of pocket) for items. Also, since I was starting with only 1 Sunday's paper, I didn't have many coupons, but now only a month later, I have a coupon for every product I bought this trip, so I could have gotten ALL these products for about $ 2.50!!! Learning each trip!

1st experience - Trip to Rite Aid 3/6/09


1-Ocean Nasal Rinse $ 8.99
1-Snore Stop Extinguisher - $ 12.99
1-Soothe Eye Drops - $ 7.49 - found a $ 3 peelie on box! = $ 4.49
1-Novitra Cold Sore Medicine - $ 7.99 - $ 3 Rite Aid coupon printed off internet = $ 4.99
1-Snore Stop Fast Tablets - $ 8.99
1-Sinus Buster - $ 8.99
- $ 5 off $ 25 Rite Aid coupon printed off internet
Total with tax - $ 48.32
All products part of Rite Aid's Monthly Rebate Program - will receive a check from Rite Aid for Total of $ 55.44 (cost of products before coupons!) at beginning of April = Profit of $ 7.12 + ALL these products for FREE
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*Note - this was my FIRST trip out trying all of this COUPONING/DRUG STORE DEALS (Thanks to Debbie Hudson and her friend Sonya for teaching me how to get started!) . I learned later that these are monthly deals, so I didn't have to run out and buy all of this at the first of the month. Now, I could have submitted this receipt the same night and received the check soon after, but I was taught to wait until the end of the month in case I wanted to do another deal. Rite Aid only issues a rebate check ONCE per month. Another tip, these rebates are entered online from info from your receipt, NO need to mail original receipts as proof of purchase! But PLEASE hold onto your receipts until you receive your check in the mail in case your check is the wrong amount. You DO have to tell Rite Aid online that you want your check to be issued though, they don't do it automatically.