8/5 - 8/11

Staples

• Post-It Multiuse Labels (2" by 3", assorted colors) $2.99, get back $2.99 Easy Rebate (Limit 2) = FREE

CVS - should get a $5 off $15 cosmetics purchase coupon from the red coupon machine this week

• Herbal Essences Sham/Cond two for $5.97, buy ten and use five $3 off 2 coupons (coming in Sunday's paper) and five $1 off 2 CRT's (printing this week) and get back $10 EB (WYB $30, Limit 1) = $0.15 profit

CVS Monthly Deal

• Accu-Chek Nano SmartView Blood Glucose Monitoring System $9.99, use $9.99 coupon (7/29 RP) = FREE

Rite Aid

• Bic Razors BOGO 50% off, buy 4 Silky Touch women's disposable razors $3.99 + $1.99 + $3.99 + $1.99, use four $3 coupons (8/5 SS) and get back $4 UP (WYB $10, Limit 4) = $4.04 profit
• Colgate MaxFresh, MaxClean or MaxWhite Toothpaste $2.99, use $1 coupon (7/15 SS) and $2 circular coupon = FREE/$0.01 profit 
• Mentos Gum (45 - 50 ct) $1.99, use $1 coupon (coming in Sunday's paper) and get back $1 UP (Limit 4) = FREE/$0.01 profit
• John Frieda Sham/Cond BOGO 50% off, buy two at $6.99 + $3.49 and John Frieda Hair Color $9.79 (20% discount price), use two $1 sham/cond coupons (coming in Sunday's paper) and $10 off hair color WYB sham & cond coupon (coming in Sunday's paper) plus $3 RA coupon (July Video Values), get back $3 UP (WYB 2 sham/cond, Limit 2) and $2 UP (hair color, Limit 2) = $0.28

Rite Aid Monthly Deals 

• Luster Now Mouthrinse (16 oz) $6.99 regular price/$5.59 with 20% discount, use $1.50 coupon, $1.25 RA coupon (Oral Health coupon booklet) and get back $6 (SCR #28, Limit 2) = $3.16 profit 
• Sting Ease $3.99 reg price/$3.19 with 20% discount, get back $4 UP (Limit 3) = $0.81 profit
• Gracious Living Accessory Boxes $2.99/$2.39 with 20% discount, buy two and get back $5 (SCR #44, $5 WYB 2, Limit 3) = $0.22 profit  **25% off sale 8/5 - 8/11 so $0.51 profit

Walgreens

• Lipton Naturals Iced Tea with Lemon (20 oz) $0.99, get back $0.99 RR = FREE
• W Perfection Tampons (8 ct) or Multipack $1.50, get back $1.50 RR = FREE
• Lanacane Spray with Aloe (3.5 oz) $6, get back $6 RR = FREE
• Renew Life 3 Day Diet Cleanse (2 oz, 6 ct) $10, get back $10 RR = FREE
• Carmex Skin Care Healing Lotion (5.5 oz) or Cream (4 oz) $4.99, use $1 coupon (or tearpads found at CVS) and get back $4 RR = FREE/$0.01 profit *Heads up - the coupon may scan as $0.50 off instead of $1

Printable Rebate Offers

• Arm & Hammer Simply Saline Neti Pot TMF up to $14.99 Exp. 7/13/13 (Email me at frugalsuz at hotmail.com and I'll forward you the form)
• Cremo Shave Cream TMF *Must include TMF label from packaging along with rebate Postmark by 12/31/14  Pic of form here
• Hill's Science Diet Ideal Balance dry pet food TMF up to $12.99 Exp. 12/31/12
• Mars Movie Cash - buy three specially marked packages and get $9 towards a movie ticket or DVD OR buy two specially marked packages and get $15 Exp. 9/28/12 or while supplies last
• MorningStar Veggie Burgers up to $4.99 Exp. 11/30/12
• Olay Products - spend $30, get back $10 Exp. 8/31/12
• P&G Spend $25 of participating P&G Items, get back $5 prepaid card Valid 7/30 - 9/16
• Physician's Formula Cosmeceutical Youth Boosting Concealer, Foundation or Powder - buy one and get $5, buy two and get $10 or buy three and get $25 Valid 5/1/12 - 4/30/13 *Have to submit a "Try Me Free" label for each item
• Physician's Formula Organic Wear Lash Boosting Mascara TMF Up to $9.95  Must include "Try Me Free" label from product to qualify Valid 11/1/11 - 10/13/12
• Physician's Formula Cosmeceutical Youth Boosting Concealer TMF Up to $12.95 Must include "Try Me Free" label from product to qualify Valid 1/1/12 - 12/31/12
• Physician's Formula Cosmeceutical Youth Boosting Foundation TMF Up to $14.95 Must include "Try Me Free" label from product to qualify Valid 1/1/12 - 12/31/12 
• Pyramid Ale NBPR rebate $10 off $10.01 of qualifying items Exp. 12/31/12  Valid in all states EXCEPT for: AL, AR, DE, FL, IN, KS, LA, ME, MN, MS, ND, NH, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, VT, and WV.  NBPR in CT, MA, MD, MO, NC, NJ, NY and UT.   *IL, NY, and VA residents: Food Pairing ingredients cannot be private label store brands.  LIMIT THREE!  See this link for qualifying items.
• Secret Clinical Strength - buy four (send UPC's OR receipts) and get a coupon for a FREE box Exp. ??
• Stim-U-Dent TMF Rebate Exp 8/31/12. $0.50 coupon here
• Stouffers Farmers' Harvest Steam Perfect Bags Satisfaction Guarantee Exp. 9/1/12

• Zyrtec10mg Tablets (3, 5, 14, 30 or 40 ct), 10 mg Liquid Gels (12, 25 or 30 ct), Children’s Zyrtec (any size) or Zyrtec-D (any size) Satisfaction Guarantee Exp. 12/31/12

Hangtag/Peelie/Tearpad Rebates to Look For - please let me know what you find as well!

• Arm & Hammer Single Use Laundry Detergent Power Paks sticker (hot pink color) TMF up to $9.99 Exp. 12/15/12
• Bandit Packaging Tape TMF Exp. 12/31/12 *Found at Walmart
  
• Dickinson's Facial Cleanser Hangtag TMF Exp. ?
• Freeman Facial Anti-Stress Mask Hangtag TMF Exp. 12/31/12
• Marc Anthony Easy-Lites Peelie TMF Exp. 8/30/12
• Oxi-Clean Dishwashing Booster TMF Exp. 12/1/12
• True North Snacks TMF or $5 worth of coupons Peelie Exp. 8/30/12

Free Diapers!

Walgreens

• 4 Huggies Slip On Diapers (size 3) clearanced to $3.19 each, used $4 WAG coupon (monthly coupon booklet, took off $3.19 each) = FREE

Checked out one other store that didn't have them on clearance at all and another that was sold out.  As always, clearance deals vary greatly from store to store.  This store had a sign up saying they were $10.79 a pack.  Just to be thorough, I brought one to the cashier and asked for a price check.  I did a very enthusiastic happy dance (on the inside of course) and then went back to the aisle for the other four packs. I gave two to my friend at work who just had a baby and kept two for my stockpile.


Rite Aid - more of the same mostly.  We're into the August SCR's now - 

• 4 Duck Rugged Mailers $1.19 each ($1.49 reg price, 20% discount), will get back $6 (SCR #51, $3 WYB 2, Limit 2) = $1.24 profit 
• 4 Gracious Living Accessory Boxes $2.39 each ($2.99 reg price, 20% discount), will get back $10 (August SCR #44, $5 WYB 2, Limit 3) = $0.44 profit
• 3 Office Expert Thumbtacks $0.29 each, will get back $1 (SCR #54, WYB 3) = $0.13 profit
• Super Poligrip Denture Adhesive Cream (0.75 oz) $1.99, will get back $1.99 (August SCR #585) = FREE *waited too long to print the $1 coupon - its out of prints now!  Boo
• 4 Visine (15 mL) $4.23 ($5.29 reg price, 20% discount), used four $2 coupons (7/29 RP) and four $2 circular coupons = $0.23 each

The Visine purchases now give me $25.38 towards the $30 I need to get back a $10 UP.  I've only spent $1.38 so far!  Two more to go....


Just realized there's another SCR in August for Revlon beauty tools!  Wish I'd waited to make my final purchases.  Its $2 WYB $5 or $4 WYB $10 (#30, Limit FOUR!).  


My Rite Aid stores got catalina machines!  I got an ad for Cover Girl foundation (boring) and $1 off a denture thing.  Fingers crossed that I get better coupons going forward!

Another Big Profit Day at RA

Rite Aid - finally found the accessory boxes!  Not every store carries these.  I found them in the seasonal aisle with a bunch of other Gracious Living items (laundry baskets, plastic totes, etc.)


First trip - 

• Revlon Tweezers $2.49 and three emery boards $1.25 each, BOGO 50% off sale so two emery boards were $0.62 each, used $2 eye beauty tools RA coupon and four $1 coupons (6/24 or 7/29 SS) and got back two $4 UP's ($4 WYB 2 tools, Limit 2) = $9.02 profit
• 2 Bob's Mints $5 each, got back three $3 UP's (one weekly deal, other two from monthly deal ending 7/31) = $1 or $0.50 each 
• Used two $4 UP's, total was $2.03 

Repeated this same transaction on another card.  The mints are really tasty!  I left a bag at work to keep in a candy dish for students and I'll save the other bags for Halloween.


Third trip -

• 2 Gracious Living Accessory Boxes $2.39 each ($2.99 reg price, 20% discount), will get back $5 (July SCR #86, $5 WYB 2, Limit 3, valid through today 7/31) = $0.22 profit
• Snapple 6 pack $4.79 ($5.99 reg price, 20% discount), will send away for TMF peelie rebate = FREE
• Visine for Contacts $4.23 ($5.29 reg price, 20% discount), used $2 circular coupon and $2 coupon (7/29 RP) = $0.23 *Counts towards spend $30, get $10 promo this week
• Used two $4 UP's, total was $2.77

Fourth trip of the day - 

• 2 Crest Pro Health Rinses $5 each (one 946 mL or larger, one 473 mL), used BOGO coupon (7/1 P&G) and got back two $3 UP's ($3 each, Limit 2) = $1 profit
• 2 Gracious Living Accessory Boxes $2.39 each ($2.99 reg price, 20% discount), will get back $5 (July SCR #86, $5 WYB 2, Limit 3, valid through today 7/31) = $0.22 profit
• Visine for Contacts $4.23 ($5.29 reg price, 20% discount), used $2 circular coupon and $2 coupon (7/29 RP) = $0.23 *Counts towards spend $30, get $10 promo this week
• 2 Bob's Mints $5 each, got back three $3 UP's (one weekly deal, other two from monthly deal ending 7/31) = $1 or $0.50 each 
• Used six $3 UP's, total was $4.02

If you can't find the accessory boxes right away, never fear.  There's another SCR for these in August (#44, $5 WYB 2, Limit 3).  I found the Oral Health coupon booklet in the store too.  There's a coupon inside for Crest Pro Health items that I'll use on another set of mouthwash.

Here's the UPC in case that helps.  Other folks (like Sheila) have found green ones too.

This is where I always seem to find Gigi nowadays, stretched out in front of the slider, gazing outside at the birds and bugs.  Thank goodness she has no interest in actually going outside, we'd never be able to use the door!

ShopRite Trip

ShopRite - got four coupons in my circular and I used all but one - $0.38 for a cantaloupe.  Figured I should play that one safe with the recall going on.

• 4 Turkey Hill Ice Creams $2.50 each, used two $1 off 2 coupons (7/29 SS) = $8 or $2 each
• 2 Hebrew National Hot Dogs $1.77 each, used two $1 printable coupons (no longer available) = $0.77 each
• $12.64 of cold cuts, will use towards $10 Heineken NBPR rebate on fresh/prepared foods (HKNNA038) = $2.64
• 7 Crystal Lites $2.49 each, used $1 off 2 tearpad coupon and four $0.50 tearpad coupons (found these at Walgreens) and got back $3 catalina and catalina for FREE reusable bag = $9.43 or $1.34 each
• Pepsi 2 Liter $0.38 with super coupon
• SR Dozen Eggs $0.98 with super coupon
• SR Tuna $0.28 with super coupon
• Milk $2.29
• Shaving soap $1.09
• Used $10 catalina from chips purchase yesterday, total was $29.46

We were totally out of bread so da boyfriend and I drove to a nearby Entenmann's/Arnold outlet.  We got six loaves of bread and three Entenmann's desserts for $9 total!  I love this outlet.  They have a great selection every time I've gone.  Its hard to beat $1 for a loaf of Arnold bread.

Rebate Trading Post

Wanna trade rebates with me?  

Here are the rebates that I have:

• Heineken $10 off $10.01 Fresh and/or Prepared Foods HKNNA038 NBPR in AL, AR, CT, HI, KY, ME, MO, NC, NJ, NY, PA, UT and WV Exp. 7/31/12  (Postmark by 8/15/12)
• NEW! Budweiser $4 off $4.01 water or ice #32763 NBPR in AL, AR, HI, KY, ME, MN, MO, NC, NY, SD, UT, VA and WV. Exp 8/18/12  (Postmark by 9/1/12)
• NEW! Snapple 6 pack of bottles Try Me Free (up to $6.99) peelie rebate Exp. 8/15/12
• Hefty and/or Reynold's $5 off $15 of Hefty Slider Bags, Hefty Waste Bags, Reynolds Wrap Foil and/or Hefty Plates, Cups or Bowls Exp. 8/31/12 
• NEW! Shock Top $4 off $4.01 of oranges NBPR in AL, AR, CT, HI, KY, MA, ME, MO, NC, NJ, NY, RI, UT and WV Exp. 8/31/12
• NEW! Heineken $10 off $10.01 Nonalcoholic Beverages and/or Ice HKNNA040 NBPR in: AL, AR, CT, HI, KY, ME, MO, NC, NJ, NY, PA, UT and WV Exp. 9/30/12 *Found more of these!  Gone
• NEW! Kellogg's $2.50 off any two Sunshine Cheez-It Baked Snack Crackers (6 oz or larger, any flavor, mix or match) or any salty snack purchase (min. $5 salty snack purchase) Valid in following states: AL, AR, HI, ME, MO, MN, NC, NJ, NY, UT, VA or WV Valid 8/1 - 10/3/12 Gone

Here are the rebates that I'm looking for:

• Newcastle Brown Ale $10 on $15.01 Fresh Produce Exp. 8/31/12  
• Guinness $4 off $4.01 Deli Products NBPR in AR, HI, KY, ME, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NY, PA and VT Exp. 9/4/12 
• Smirnoff $4 off Salsa, Chips or Hot Dogs Offer # DGUSA0335 NBPR in AR, HI, KY, ME, MN, MO, NJ,NY, NC, PA, VT Exp. 9/4/12
• Pabst Summer Essentials $5 off $5.01 of  Water, Ice, Salty Snacks, Chips, Disposable Cups and/or Napkins Offer #PBR001 and/or #PBR002 NBPR in AL, AR, CT, HI, IN, KY, ME, MO, NC, NJ, NY, UT and WV Exp. 9/30/12  Got it!
• Heineken $20 off $70 of Groceries (nonalcoholic items only)  HKNNA041 NBPR in AL, AR, CT, HI, IN, KY, ME, MO, NC, NJ, NY, UT and WV Exp. 9/30/12   Got it!
• Dos Equis $6 off $6.01 Deli Sandwiches and/or Ice DOSNA015 Exp. 9/30/12 
• Dos Equis $10 of $15.01 Prime Cuts of Beef and/or Pork DOSNA016 NPBR in AL, AR, CT, HI, KY, ME, MO, NC, NJ, NY, PA, UT, and WV  Exp. 9/30/12 

If you don't have any rebates to trade but are interested in the ones I have, never to fear.  Cash is always king.  Send me 10% of the rebate's value (ie. $1 for a $10 rebate, $0.50 for a $5 one) plus $0.45 for a stamp via Paypal and the rebate is all yours.  

If you're new to NBPR rebates or heard the term floating around but never knew what it meant (I did that for a couple years!), let me run this down for you.  NBPR stands for "no beer purchase required" meaning that if you live in one of the NBPR states, you don't need to purchase beer to qualify for the rebate.  The valid states vary a bit from rebate to rebate.  If you look on ebay for "NBPR" or "beer rebates" you'll find tons of various forms.  Here are a couple I have right now: Heineken $10 off $10.01 of fresh/prepared foods (with purchase of Heineken), Smirnoff $4 off $4.01 frozen dinners (with purchase of Smirnoff),  Busch $5 off $5.01 of water, ice, coolers or salty snacks (with purchase of Busch).  But here's the fun part - since I live in NY, I don't need to purchase the beer to qualify for these rebates!  So they become $10 off $10.01 of fresh food, $4 off a $4.01 frozen dinner, $5 off $5.01 of water (and so on).  

These rebates are a wonderful way to buy groceries for free or cheap.  And they're often very open-ended, so you can usually purchase whatever brands you like.  Now that I've moved to NY, I'm able to find a lot of these rebates in my grocery stores (never found them in Jersey), but you can buy them on ebay or trade for them here or other places. 

Helpful Tips 

• Make sure to note the rebate ID number (ie. HKNNA040) so when you get your check, you'll know what its for (they write this # on the check).  
• Always make a copy of your documentation (receipt, completed rebate form, UPC's if required) before mailing.  
• Most rebates don't require the UPC's of the items, just the rebate form and the receipt(s).  Pabst rebates and the printable Pyramid Ale rebates are the exceptions to this rule.
• Always read the fine print.  Some rebates require that your purchases be made all on one receipt, some just require the same day.

Sunday Shopping

Rite Aid

• 4 Revlon Emery Boards $1.25 each, BOGO 50% sale so two were $0.62 each, got back two $4 UP's ($4 WYB 2 items, Limit 2) = $4.26 profit *Will also submit these for $4 (SCR #79, $4 WYB 2 items, Limit 2 offers, valid until 7/31)
• 2 Crest Toothpastes $3 each, used $1 off 2 coupon (7/1 P&G) and got back two $3 UP's (Limit 2) = $1 profit
• U by Kotex Liners (18 ct) $1.19 ($1.49 reg price, 20% discount), used $1 coupon (7/8 SS) and will get back $1 (SCR #30, valid until 7/31) = $0.81 profit
• 2 Duck Rugged Mailers $1.19 each ($1.49 reg price, 20% discount) and will get back $3 (SCR #93, $3 WYB 2, Limit 2 offers, valid until 7/31) = $0.62 profit
• 3 Office Expert Thumbtacks $0.29 each, will get back $1 (SCR #91, WYB 3, valid until 7/31) = $0.13 profit

Bought all this stuff again on a separate card.  The single Revlon nail files were $1.99 each, so $2.04 profit before coupons.


There are $1 Revlon beauty tools coupons in today's paper and the 6/24 SS.  There's also two $2 Video Value coupons as well (one for nails and one for eyes), but my printer is out of ink and I didn't want to wait to buy these until I get some.  The stores in my area sell out quickly on big moneymakers like this.


Walgreens

• Vitali-T-Aid Caps (60 ct) $20, will get back $22 WAG rebate ($20 + 10% bonus for getting the rebate money back on a WAG gift card) = $2 profit
• Cortaid Max Strength 1% Cream (0.5 oz) $2.99, used $1 coupon (or here or here or 6/10 RP *Expires 7/31) and will get back $3.28 WAG rebate ($2.99 + 10% bonus for getting the rebate money back on a WAG gift card) = $1.29 profit 
• Paid with $19.80 gift card from previous rebate and $2.19 cash

The offer code for these rebates is W0812.  The Vitali is #11 and the Cortaid is #10.

ShopRite

• 8 Bags Ruffles Chips and 2 Bags Rold Gold Pretzels $2.50 each, used four $1 off 2 Ruffles coupons (7/22 Moments to Save coupon insert) and got back $10 catalina (WYB 10 qualifying items) and catalina for FREE reusable bag = $11 or $1.10 each

I don't have the rebate form in hand yet, but I'm going to save this receipt for a $5 Pabst NBPR rebate on $5.01 of salty snacks.  That will bring the cost down to $0.60 a bag!  Pabst rebates require UPC's (one of the very few beer rebates that do) so I'll have to be sure to save them.

Halloween in July

 

Just doing a quick post in between thunderstorms. Its been so hard to get anything done lately, we've had a storm almost every day this week. A $1 off 2 Mars bars coupon was printing every day this week at CVS from the coupon machine.  I stopped in every day to get my coupons and saved them to make one big trip per card so I could combine them with other deals and use a $4 off $20 coupon (from ebay).  Here's a condensed list of what I got:

• A whole lotta Mars candy bars $0.50 each, used $0.50 off 2 tearpad coupons and $0.75 off 2 Milky Way coupons = FREE or profit 
• Revlon Nail Polish $4.99, used $1 coupon (6/24 SS) and got back $3 EB each (Limit 6) *Combined with $5 off $15 beauty CRT on one card for $2.03 profit 
• Infusium 23 $3.67 (clearance price), got back $4 EB (Limit 1) = $0.33 profit 
• 2 AMP Energy (16 oz) or Starbucks Refreshers (12 oz) $1.50 each, got back $3 EB (WYB 2, Limit 1) = FREE 
• Stayfree Pads (14-24 ct) $2, used $2 coupon (7/22 SS) = FREE
• Conair Bobby Pins $2.19, used $2 hair accessories CRT = $0.19
• CVS Men's Body Wash $3.99, used $3 CRT for CVS body wash
• Cheez Its $3.59 each
• 5 Vitamin Waters $1 each, got back $1 EB (WYB 5, monthly deal) - had to get a manual print on this

Rolled a bunch of soon to be expiring EB's and got a huge stash of Halloween candy for free!  

Stop & Shop - there's a gas promo this week where you get $0.30 off a gallon when you buy four Revlon beauty tools.  They're on sale for $1 less than normal price.

• Emery Boards $1.29 and $1.49 each
• Nail Clippers $0.89 and $1.49 each
• Tweezers $1.49 and $1.99 each

Your store's selection will obviously dictate which ones you buy, but keep to the cheapest ones you can find.  I used the $1 off beauty tools coupon from the 6/24 SS to make this an even better deal.

$0.30 a gallon for 35 gallons is $10.50 - so as long as your four items are less than this, you've made a profit!

Happy shopping dear friends