I Remember...

Light Week (for me at least!) 9/14 - 9/20

As always, my deals all come from the wonderful folks at HCW and Erica at iheartcvs.com, iheartriteaid.com and iheartwags.com (and once in a blue moon, from my very own noggin'!). If I've missed anything, please let me know! You can post a comment or email me at frugalsuz@hotmail.com. Here we go...

CVS

• Hidden Monthly Deal - Ambi bar soap is $1.99 and is generating a $3 ECB (Limit 3) = $1 profit
• Excedrin Express $3.99, use $2 Excedrin PM coupon (7/13 SS) or $2 Excedrin Migraine coupon and get back $3.99 ECB = $2 profit (Limit 1)
• Purex $2.99, use $0.50 coupon (8/10 SS) and get back $1 ECB (Limit 5) - this is a September monthly deal
• Just for Men or Touch of Grey $7.99, use $2 coupon and get back $2 ECB (Limit 1) -- also, submit for Try Me Free offer here = $4 profit (after rebate & ECB)
• Aleve D Sinus & Cold or Sinus Headache $3.99, use $1 Aleve coupon or $1 Aleve D coupon and get back $3 ECB = FREE (Limit 1)
• Powerade 32 oz $0.88, use $0.75 (6/8 SS) or $1 coupon (7/13 SS) = Close to free, FREE or overage depending on Q and store
• Possible good deal - Flex A Min vitamin supplements are BOGO and there were $5 coupons (use two b/c you'd be buying 2 vitamins) in the 9/7 RP - might stock up on glucosamine for DBF depending on prices...

Rite Aid

• L'oreal Facial Cleanser $5.99, use $1 coupon (7/20 SS) and get back $5.99 (SCR #23) = $1 PROFIT
• Cover Girl makeup is BOGO - if you got the BOGO Q's (8/31 P&G) - that equals free makeup for you!
• Crest Pro Health, With Scope, Whitening Expression or Sensitive $2.99, use $1 coupon (8/31 P&G) and get back $2 (SCR #90) = FREE

Walgreens

• Colgate Max Fresh toothpaste $2.99, use $1 coupon (click "Back to Coupons" to print 2nd) or 9/7 SS (some areas $0.75) or from All You Mag (Sept. Issue #9) and $2 in-circular coupon = FREE or $0.25 w/$0.75 Q Limit 2

Hot off the presses (beep, beep, beep!) WAG Rebate News
Pert Plus was free after rebate during August and it looks like they've extended the rebate into September! You can do this rebate even if you did the August one since its a new month. Its rebate #43 and is good for up to $4.29. Use the $2 coupon from the 8/3 SS or $1.50 coupon from the 9/7 SS for a $2.42 profit w/$2 Q or $1.92 profit w/$1.50 Q (Q + 10% gift card bonus). BUT WAIT IT GETS BETTER! Wait until the October Easy Saver book comes out (starts 9/26) - they're will be a $2.50 coupon in there that you can combine with the $2 or $1.50 manu. coupon for a..(wait for it...) $4.92 or 4.42 profit!!

And don't forget about all the September rebate items:

• Nivea for Men Body Wash $4.99, use $1 coupon (7/20 SS) and get back $4.99 rebate (Sept. ESR #2) = $1 profit
• Revlon Nail Color or Nail Care $4.79, use $2 coupons (7/20 or 8/3 SS) and get back $4.79(Sept. ESR #7) = $2 profit
• Loreal Advanced Revitalift Antiwrinkle Concentrate $16.49, use $3 coupon (7/20 SS) and get back $16.49 (Sept. ESR #3) = $3 profit
• Crest Pro-Health toothpaste $3.79, $3.79 ESR = FREE
• Chemistry shampoo/conditioner $7.99, $7.99 ESR = FREE
• Lypsyl lip gloss $1.99, $1.99 ESR = FREE
• WAG acid controller complete (25 chewable tablets) $7.99, $7.99 ESR = FREE
• Walgreens brand Brita filter $6.99, $6.99 ESR = FREE

Don't forget that if you get your WAG rebate back on a gift card instead of check, you'll get an extra 10% bonus on each item.

Makin' Some Dough - $5.35 Profit!

I had been hesitant to try the Robitussin deal at WAG's this week because I read on HCW that some folks were only able to use one coupon. Then I saw on Frugal and Fabulous that she bought three with no trouble, so I figured I'd give it a shot. It worked! Here goes:

• 2 Chex Mix $0.99 ea, used two $0.60 coupons (printed, link no longer works) = $0.39 each
• 2 Dove bars 2 for $3 w/in-circular coupon, also used $1 coupon from Sept. Easy Saver booklet and two $1 coupons from 9/7 RP = FREE
• 5 cases Diet Coke for DBF $4.25 and $4.24 each, used 5 freebie coupons from Coke Rewards = FREE *I'd been saving these for a ECB deal at CVS, but they expire soon so I had to use them up - watch, they'll be a great sale next week with my luck! :)
• Crest Pro Health rinse 500 ml. $4.49 and got back $4.50 RR = FREE
• Crest Pro Health toothpaste + whitening $3.79, used $1 coupon (8/31 P&G) = $2.79 and I'll get back $4.16 ESR #4 ($3.79 + 10%) = $1.37 profit
• 3 Robitussins $3.99 each, used three $3 coupons (have to use a different email each time you sign up so you'll get three different coupon codes and use these correctly - just printing three is apparently coupon fraud and they may beep at the register) = $2.97 and got back $10 RR = $7.03 profit!
• Coupons used: $10 RR from previous deal plus coupons listed above
• Total was $3.31 and got back $10 RR for Robitussin and $4.50 for Crest plus will get back $4.16 rebate for toothpaste = $5.35 profit overall

A Little Pick Me Up!

Ahhh, here is your daily dose of my new favorite website (thanks to emhalf!) http://icanhascheezburger.com/:

What a Weekend

This was so me this weekend - sorry again honey! Ugh, this was one of those weekends where if it could go wrong, it was gonna. It started on Saturday when DBF and I went to Pathmark. They have a promo going now where you spend $30 in General Mills stuff, you get back $10. So off we went with my coupons in hand. I had planned on buying cereal, cookie mixes and brownies. Well, the first store was totally out of brownies and I didn't plan well and have alternate Q's with me. So DBF and I headed over to another store. They only had 4 brownies, so I bought some other stuff that I didn't have coupons for. Sigh, now the problems began. All but two of my Cheerios Q's were expired (oops! totally didn't realize this), I totally forgot about limits on certain items so only some items rang up the sale price and rest rang up regular price, other things rang up the totally wrong price and my $10 Q didn't print. I had expected to spend around $13 and get back $10. Instead, it cost me $25 - ouch! I ended up returning almost everything today and that was a hassle too. But I just couldn't stomach spending $25 on stuff I didn't need. I should have just voided the order last night, but oh well. I'd been such a hassle at that point, I felt bad asking her to void the order, but I really should have. Sigh, here's what I actually ended up keeping:

• Chock full o nuts coffee $1.88, had $0.75 coupon that doubled (printed from coupons.com a while back - wish 'd printed more!) = $0.38
• Totinos pizza rolls 10 for $10, used two $1 coupons = FREE
• 5 Warm Delights $1.39 each (forgot to put in pic), used two $0.55 coupons or here - doubled to $1.10 each and three $0.50 coupons - doubled to $1 each (7/13 SS) = $0.39 and $0.29 each
• Total was $2.13

So along comes Sunday and I'm thinking, ok today should can't be worse than yesterday. Hmm, shouldn'ta said that! :)

CVS - DBF and I were checking the papers (like we always do) to make sure all the coupon inserts were in them. When I checked out, the cashier/shift supervisor questioned me about it and had a tone to his voice like I was trying to steal something or do something shady. I told him I was just making sure all the inserts were there (we did find one paper that didn't have all of them, which is why I always check). That was strike one.

Then I was buying Revlon nail polish and using a $2 coupon good on any Revlon color cosmetic item. The coupon beeped and he would not override it (strike two). His logic was that there was no picture of nail polish on the coupon. I could not talk sense into him and was ticked off at this point so I just kept the coupon. He then scanned my Soft n Dri coupons which also beeped - but these he overrode without a problem. Explain me that! And he jipped me a dollar (strike three!) so I had to back after the transaction was done to get my money back. Grr, frustrated was frugalsuz! Anyway, here's what I ended up buying:

Transaction 1:

• 5 papers $10, used $2 off $10 coupon and $8 in ECB = $0

Transaction 2:

• 3 Soft n Dri deodorants $2.99 each, used three $1 coupons (8/10 SS) and got back $6 ECB ($2 each, limit 5) = FREE
• Revlon nail polish $3.99, used $2 Revlon coupon from scanner and shoulda used $2 Revlon Q (GRR!) from 7/24 or 8/24 SS and got back $3 ECB = $1.01 profit *Sunday & Monday only
• Loreal Skin Genesis face wash $5.99, used $1 coupon (7/20 SS) and got back $5.99 ECB = $1 profit
• 2 Honey Bunches of Oats cereals, BOGO sale and used freebie coupon from MIR - ended up paying $0.79 because the cereal was $4.58 each and the coupon was only good up to $3.79
• 2 Malt o Meal cereals $1 each, used two $1 coupons = FREE
• Coupons used: $2 off $10, three $1 Soft n Dri, $2 Revlon, $1 Loreal, Honey Bunches freebie, two $1 Malt o Meals, $5 ECB and $4 ECB
• Total was $3.03 (ouch! that seems so high to me for a CVS purchase) and got back $6 for Soft n Dri, $5.99 for Loreal and $3 ECB for Revlon

Was planning on buying these items again on DBF's card but since I knew he wasn't going to accept the Revlon coupon, I said forget it and we left. I'll figure out a new scenario and go to a different CVS during the week.

Walgreens

• 3 Scrubbing Bubbles Action Scrubbers $3.79 each, used three $2.75 coupons and will get back $3.79 for Try Me Free rebate (7/20 SS)
• 2 Windex $2.49 each, used two $0.75 coupons (7/20 SS)
• 2 Scrubbing Bubbles cleansers $2.49 each, used two $0.75 coupons (7/20 SS)

So I spent $10.08 on cleansers (really $6.29 after the rebate) and I got back a $10 RR

• Crest Pro Health rinse (500 ml) $4.49, get back $4.50 RR = FREE
• 4 puddings and small Lindt chocolate (fillers so I'd have enough items to use my RR's) = $1.73
• Coupons used: five $3 RR's, plus cleanser Q's from above
• Total was $3.14 and I got back a $10 RR for cleansers and a $4.50 RR for Crest

emhalf - you're killin me!

I so have a new favorite website thanks to emhalf. Oh my lordie, these are cracking me up! Some of my favs:

That's how I roll
When vacume cleaners go bad
You blow on my tail, okay?
Pocket protector
Der somting in mah closet
Dis ur kid?
Cheeeeezzz
Teleport machine need work
Look dad!
No PMS
iz foundz remote
iz mouse gone?

Coupons Make the World Go 'Round - Week of 9/7 - 9/13

As always, my deals all come from the wonderful folks at HCW and Erica at iheartcvs.com, iheartriteaid.com and iheartwags.com (and once in a blue moon, from my very own noggin'!). If I've missed anything, please let me know! You can post a comment or email me at frugalsuz@hotmail.com. Here we go...

CVS - don't forget about the $2 off $10 printable coupon at iheartcvs (Coupon Links)

• Sunday & Monday Only: Revlon nail polish $3.99, get back $3.99 ECB, use $2 coupon (7/20 or 8/24 SS) = $2 profit (Limit 3)
• Loreal Age Perfect, Revitalift or Skin Genesis cleansers $5.99, get back $5.99 ECB, use $1 coupon (tons out there - 6/22 RP, 7/20 SS, 8/3 RP or 8/10 RP) = $1 profit (Limit 1)
• Right Guard Sort or Xtreme or Soft n Dri deodorant $2.99, get back $2 ECB and use $1 coupon (7/13 or 8/10 SS) = FREE (Limit 5)
• American Greetings cards - Buy 3 get 1 free, combine with BOGO coupon (you can print more than 2 per computer with this coupon) to get (help me out here!) = 3 free? 4 free?
• Chex Mix $1, use $1 coupon here or here = FREE

Walgreens - be sure to use your RR's whenever possible! Check out my Hounding 101 section for tips on how to use these puppies

• Crest Pro-Health mouthwash (500 ml) $4.49, get $4.49 RR = FREE
• Chex Mix $0.99, use $1 coupon here or here = FREE
• Robitussin $3.99, buy 3 and get $10 RR, use $3 coupon (register w/different email addresses to print multiple copies) = $2.97 and get back $10 RR = $7.03 profit

*Heads up on the Robitussin deal from dancinmama - word on the street is that the registers will beep when you use more than one Robitussin Q in the same transaction. So I'm not sure if this deal is going to work.

• Cleaning products: $2.49 each: Shout $1 Q 7/13 or 8/10 SS, Scrubbing Bubbles $0.75 or $1 Q 7/20 SS, Fantastik and Windex $0.75 or $1 Q 7/20 SS, or $3.79 each: Pledge spray $1 Q 7/20 SS or dusters, Drano or Scrubbing bubbles shower foamer $1 Q here, action scrubber $2.75 Q here and TMF offer in 7/20 paper, fresh brush max kit or toilet gel $1 Q here. Buy 2, get $2 RR, Buy 4, get $5 RR, buy 7 get $10 RR.

One scenario is to buy seven $2.49 items and use seven $1 coupons. You'll pay $10.43 and get back $10 RR. Or throw in some action scrubbers at $3.79 a pop and use the $2.75 coupon (depending on how many you can print) and save even more!

• Pond's Towelettes 2 for $9 and get back $3 RR - good item if you're looking to use up some RR's. I also found $1.50 tearpad Q's for these at CVS.

And don't forget about all the September free or moneymaker after rebate items:

• Nivea for Men Body Wash $4.99, use $1 coupon (7/20 SS) and get back $4.99 rebate (Sept. ESR #2) = $1 profit
• Revlon Nail Color or Nail Care $4.79, use $2 coupons (7/20 or 8/3 SS) and get back $4.79(Sept. ESR #7) = $2 profit
• Loreal Advanced Revitalift Antiwrinkle Concentrate $16.49, use $3 coupon (7/20 SS) and get back $16.49 (Sept. ESR #3) = $3 profit
• Crest Pro-Health toothpaste $3.79, $3.79 ESR = FREE
• Chemistry shampoo/conditioner $7.99, $7.99 ESR = FREE
• Lypsyl lip gloss $1.99, $1.99 ESR = FREE
• WAG acid controller complete (25 chewable tablets) $7.99, $7.99 ESR = FREE
• Walgreens brand Brita filter $6.99, $6.99 ESR = FREE

Don't forget that if you get your WAG rebate back on a gift card instead of check, you'll get an extra 10% bonus on each item.

Rite Aid

• Colgate toothpaste $3.99, use four $1 coupons (8/24 SS) and four $1 RA coupons and get back $10 (SCR #605) = $2.04 profit *RA coupons are technically supposed to be one per person so you may have to break this up into four transactions.