5/16 - 5/22

As always, my deals all come from the wonderful folks at HCW, Slick Deals and Erica at iheartcvs.com, iheartriteaid.com and iheartwags.com.

CVS - thanks to Desert Diva for this great tip! Here's how to get a $5 off $30 coupon for CVS mailed to you: login or create an account with Recycle Bank and enter in UPC's for Nature Made bottles (I'm sure we all have tons of those! or use this code: 031604013028). You can enter in the same code up to 5 times and you get 10 points each time. Once you accumulate 50 points, you can redeem them for a $5 off $30 coupon (once per month). I've requested coupons with them before and they arrive in the mail pretty fast.

• Blade 5 Razor System $6.99, get back $6.99 EB (Limit 1) = FREE
• Aussie or Herbal Essences Sham/Cond/Stylers $2.99 each, use BOGO Aussie coupon or $1 HE coupon (5/16 RP) and get back $2 EB (Limit 2) = $1.01 profit on two Aussie's or $0.02 profit on two HE's
• Spend $10, get back $3 EB (Limit 1) - Includes Act II, David Sunflower, Chef Boyardee ($1.50 off 4 coupon) or Hunt's $1.25 each or Poppycock or Orville Redenbacher's $2.50 each.
• Pepsi four for $12, get back $3 EB (Limit 1) = four for $9

CVS Monthly Deals

• J&J Reach Floss (55 yard) $1.99, use $1 coupon (3/7 RP) and get back $2 EB (Limit 2) = $1 profit

Rite Aid - $5 off $20 available here or $5 off $25 here. I love Slick Deals!! Here's a link to all the current Video Values coupons (no movie watching necessary!) No good deals yet...

Walgreens

• Old Spice or Gillette Body Wash $4.49, get back $4.50 RR = FREE/$0.01 profit. Variety of coupons out there: Old Spice BOGO coupon (4/18 RP), Gillette body wash FREE WYB antiper/deo and $2 deo coupon (5/16 RP), Old Spice Fresh Collection deo FREE WYB body wash (5/2 P&G) or BOGO coupon (5/2 P&G) One of the best scenarios for these coupons: buy Gillette body wash and odor sheild deodorant ($5.49), use the FREE body wash coupon (5/16 RP) and the $2 deo coupon (5/16 RP) and get back your RR = $1.01 profit
• Dulcolax Balance 7 Day (4.1 oz) $6.99, use $5 coupon (May All You magazine) and get back $2 RR = FREE/$0.01 profit
• Stride Gum $1 each, buy two and use BOGO coupon (5/16 SS) and $1 off 2 Walgreens coupon (from monthly coupon booklet) = two for FREE

Printable Rebate Offers

• Aveeno Ageless Vitality Elasticity Recharging System Product $10 rebate and $5 coupon Exp. 5/31/10
• Brawny Paper Towels Satisfaction Guarantee Exp. 60 days after purchase
• Caregiver's Marketplace - many rebates for a variety of items
• Clorox Toiletwand System $5 rebate Exp. 2/1/11
• Dawn Plus Vinger Alternative Satisfaction Guarantee Exp. 3/14/11
• Feline Pine Scoop Kitty Litter (3.8 - 4.1 lb box) TMF Exp. 6/30/10
• Hershey's Kisses, Reese's PB Cup Miniatures, Hershey's Miniatures Chocolate Bars or York Peppermint Patties - buy four and recieve one Fandango Promo Code good for one movie ticket valid up to $12 Exp. 6/30/10
• Hill's Science Diet Pet Foods 3 Bag Challenge - get $5 and coupons
• Just for Men Touch of Gray Haircolor TMF up to $9.50 Exp. 12/31/2010 *This rebate appears to be once per lifetime (pooey on you Just for Men!)
• Kellogg's Bonus Bucks - buy three specially marked cereals, enter codes from box online and get $10 Bonus Buck certificate via mail. No limit on how many you can redeem. Exp. 9/30/10
• Land o Lakes Butter with Olive Oil - buy ICBINB or Smart Balance, send in UPC and receipt and get coupon for free LOL Exp. 5/31/10
• Method Laundry Detergent with Smart Clean Technology Satisfaction Guarantee Exp. 6/30/10 $2 coupon available here or $4 coupon here
• Olay Pro-X - spend $50 on facial moisturizers and/or cleansers, get back $20 Exp. 6/4/10
• Oxy-Strength Pet Odor & Stain Eliminator $1.50 rebate Exp. 12/31/10
• P&G - buy $30 of qualifying items, get $12 rebate (details in fine print) Valid while supplies last or until 6/30/10
• Pantene ProV Satisfaction Guarantee - 2x your purchase price (up to $12) Exp. 12/30/2010
• Physician's Formula Bamboo Wear Compact, Mirror & Brush Exp. 12/31/10 *Have to include Try Me Free sticker from the package to qualify
• Physician's Formula Shimmer Strips Custom Eye Enhancing Mascara Duo $10.95 rebate Exp. 12/31/10 *Have to include Try Me Free sticker from package to qualify
• Roc Brilliance Product $20 rebate Exp. 6/30/10 $3 coupon also available on same link
• NEW LINK! SC Johnson - Buy three, get back $5 (Limit 3 rebates per household) Exp. 6/30/10 ***Although you can do this rebate three times, each $5 rebate has to be mailed separately (yuck). Be careful how you purchase your items so you have enough receipts.
• Swiffer Refills - buy $20, get back $10 prepaid rewards card Exp. 6/30/10
• World's Best Cat Litter TMF up to $12.99 Exp. 12/31/10

Hydro Profit

I would have made a higher profit buying these razors at Walgreens, but I didn't feel like doing all those transactions. Instead, I headed off to Target:

• 6 Schick Hydro Razors $6.99 each (Hydro 3 is $6.99 and Hydro 5 is $7.99), used six $5 coupons (5/9 SS) and six $1 Target coupons (direct link here) and get back $5 Target gift card for every 2 that I bought ($15 total) = $9.06 profit
• Got $0.05 reusable bag discount, total was $8.33, overall profit = $6.67 after tax

Marathon Monday

Today was my first day at a new campus at work. This is now the fourth campus I've worked at during my 2 1/2 year tenure at this school! Its a drastic change of pace for me, now I'm back to having free time during the day to peruse message boards and HCW. Since last August, I've barely had time during the day to make a personal phone call, let alone scope out a great deal, so I'd been doing all my research at home. I know that's how it should be, but its tough to sit there on the computer at night after having been on it all day as well. Plus my home computer is old and veeeeerrrrrryyyyyy slllloooowww.ShopRite - sign up for a $2 catalina here. Says it takes 2 days to process and will print at checkout.

• 4 Carolina Rice Mixes four for $3 or $0.75 each, used two $0.75 off 2 coupons (2/7 or 4/25 RP) = FREE
• 2 Butterball Ground Turkey $1.99, used $0.75 coupon (use zip 30013) = $0.49 each - will use this plus the kielbasa I bought yesterday for a $10 Dos Equis rebate on meat
• Total was $0.98

Working on a $10 Dos Equis NBPR rebate for $20 of produce. The rebate requires that you include UPC's, which I think is an odd requirement for a produce rebate. Anyhoo, I was trying to buy produce items that have UPC's so I won't hit any problems (fingers crossed).

• Red Seedless Grapes $3.34 ($0.99/lb) - these are deeeelish!
• Pineapple Core $2.99
• Baby Carrots $1.50
• Celery $1.99
• Total was $8.70

A&P

• 2 Fresh Express lettuces $2 each, used two $1 tearpad coupons = $1 each

CVS - my card

• 4 Nature's Bounty Vitamins - three at $4.99 each and one at $6.29 each, used four $5 coupons = $8.72 profit
• Bayer Contour or Contour USB Meters $19.99, used $10 coupon (4/25 RP) and got back $15 EB (Limit 1) = $5.01 profit *Cashier had to manually print $10 EB, it only printed $5 for me
• U by Kotex Pantiliners (50-60 ct), Pads (14-18 ct) or Tampons (18 ct) $4.99, used $1 coupon (or April All You magazine) and $1 CVS coupon and got back $4.99 EB (Limit 1) = $2 profit
• J&J Reach Floss (55 yard) $1.99, used $1 coupon (3/7 RP) and got back $2 EB (monthly deal, Limit increased to 2!) = $1 profit
• Crest Prohealth Toothpaste (4.2 oz) $3.50, used $0.75 coupon (5/2 P&G) and got back $3.50 EB (Limit 2) = $0.75 profit
• 2 Carefree Body Shape Pantiliners $1, used two $1 coupons (4/25 SS) = FREE
• Tostitos $3 - this finishes out a second Dos Equis NBPR rebate for $5 WYB three bags of tortilla chips
• Used $10 EB, total was $1.38, got back $1 EB for green bag tag, overall profit = $15.11 (not counting the rebate)

New Card

• 6 Nature's Bounty Vitamins - five at $4.99 each and one at $5.79 each, used six $5 coupons = $14.23 profit
• Bayer Contour or Contour USB Meters $19.99, used $10 coupon (4/25 RP) and got back $15 EB (Limit 1) = $5.01 profit *Cashier had to manually print $10 EB, it only printed $5 for me.
• U by Kotex Pantiliners (50-60 ct), Pads (14-18 ct) or Tampons (18 ct) $4.99, used $1 coupon (or April All You magazine) and $1 CVS coupon and got back $4.99 EB (Limit 1) = $2 profit
• 2 Crest Prohealth Toothpastes (4.2 oz) $3.50 each, used two $0.75 coupons (5/2 P&G) and got back $7 EB ($3.50 each, Limit 2) = $1.50 profit
• 2 Right Guard Total Defense Deodorants $2.99 each, used two $1.50 coupon (now prints as $3 off 2) and got back $4 EB ($2 each, Limit 2) = $1.02 profit
• J&J Reach Floss (55 yard) $1.99, used $1 coupon (3/7 RP) and got back $2 EB (monthly deal, Limit increased to 2!) = $1 profit
• 2 Carefree Body Shape Pantiliners $1, used two $1 coupons (4/25 SS) = FREE
• Used $4 off $20 coupon, total was $5.06 and got back $1 EB for green bag tag and another $4 off $20 coupon - I'm loving having a new card! Overall profit = $28.93

Walgreens

• EOS Ultra Moisturizing Shave Cream (7 oz) $2.99, got back $3 RR = FREE/$0.01 profit
• 2 Axe Detailers and one Axe Body Wash $3.99 each, got three codes for FREE Redbox codes - DBF loves the detailers and since I had RR's to burn, might as well get some free movies out of the deal.
• Walgreens Spearmint Leaves $0.39
• Used $5 RR and $10 RR, total was $1.43

Free Kitten Chow to Donate

Stop & Shop - register your S&S card here and get a coupon loaded to your card for a FREE dozen S&S eggs and a FREE pound of S&S butter.

• S&S Dozen Eggs $1.69 = FREE - left these at DBF's
• S&S Butter $2.99 = FREE
• Pace Picante Sauce $2.79
• Laughing Cow Cheese $3 - thought the satisfaction guarantee was still going on but its expired, oops!
• Total was $5.79

Then I bought:

• 4 Hillshire Farm kielbasas $4.39 each, BOGO sale, will use these towards $10 Dos Equis NBPR rebate (WYB $20 of meat, Exp. 5/15)
• 6 Purina Kitten Chow $1.50 each, used six FREE coupons (5/2 SS) = FREE
• 3 Mighty Dog cans $0.69 each, used three FREE coupons (3/28 SS) = FREE
• Milk $1.99
• Total was $11.54

Walgreens

• Schick Hydro Razor $7.99, used $5 coupon (5/9 SS) and got back $5 RR = $2.01 profit
• EOS Ultra Moisturizing Shave Cream (7 oz) $2.99, got back $3 RR = FREE/$0.01 profit
• Walgreens Gum Drops $0.39
• 2 Sodas for DBF and I $1.59 each
• Used $2 RR, $3 RR and $3 RR, total was $2.41

BPR

Finally did a BPR rebate - beer purchase required! I wanted to take advantage of the $2 Smirnoff rebate in the 5/2 RP so my sister and I headed over to Bottle King to pick up these six packs for $7.99 each. I'll send away for one rebate at my address, one at DBF's address and one in my sister's name since she paid for one.

Target

• 6 Scrubbing Bubbles Extend a Clean or Daily Shower Sprayers $7.99 each, used six $5 coupons (4/11 SS) and six coupons for a $5 Target gift card WYB a sprayer (5/2 SS) = $12.06 profit ($2.01 profit for each one you buy)
• Greenworks Detergent $12.99, used $1.50 coupon (4/18 SS) and will submit for rebate = $1.50 profit
• Used $11.35 in gift cards I already had, paid $20.25 OOP

I'm going to hit another Target today to use up my three last SB coupons. Love deals like this!

Darn that Glare

Sorry (again) for the glare. I hate to put all the groceries away, then take them out again when the light is better. I need to find a better spot for afternoon photo shoots.

ShopRite

• 2 Mission Tortillas $1.49 each, used two $0.75 coupons (select Kroger, then don't enter in a zip code) = FREE
• $21.46 worth of Perdue chicken breasts, will submit for $10 Dos Equis rebate (WYB $20 of fresh meat or seafood) = $11.46 OOP
• Broccoli $1.19 ($0.99/lb)
• 10 bags SR shredded cheese $1.66 each
• Oscar Mayer hot dogs $2.50
• Used three $3 catalinas and two $1 catalinas, total was $31.31

Second transaction

• 4 cans Mighty Dog food $0.69 each, used four freebie coupons (3/28 SS) = FREE
• 2 Sorrento string cheeses $3.99 each, used $3 off 2 coupon (5/2 SS) and will submit for $5 peelie rebate (Limit 5 per household!) = FREE
• Got $0.10 bag discount, total was $5.07

Nuthin Fancy

Yikes, sorry about the glare.

CVS - did this on my new card

• Depends Variety Pack (6 ct) $6.99, used $2 coupon and got back $6.99 EB (Limit 1) = $2 profit
• J&J Reach Floss (55 yard) $1.99, used $1 coupon (3/7 RP) and got back $2 EB (monthly deal, limit 1) = $1 profit
• Colgate Total Advanced or Enamel Strength Toothpaste (4 oz) $2.99, used $1 coupon (April All You magazine) and got back $2 EB (Limit 2) = FREE/$0.01 profit
• 4 DiGiorno Pizzas $6.99 each, used raincheck for BOGO for $0.01 and then used two FREE coupons (from previous rebate) = $0.02 for all four
• Used $4 off $20 coupon and $2.49 EB, total was $1.80

Walgreens

• 5 bags Walgreens shredded cheese $2 each
• 2 Solo Cups $5 each
• Used two $10 RR's, total was $0.70