Are you Swaggin'?

Have you heard of Swagbucks? Neither had I until I came acrossed it on another couponing blog. Basically it's a free site. You use it as a search engine (just like google only I downloaded the toolbar so I don't have to type in an address) and you randomly win "Swagbucks." You can cash in these "Swagbucks" for rewards. 45 Swagbucks=$5 Amazon Gift Card! I signed up yesterday afternoon and I already have 5 Swagbucks and haven't really used the toolbar that much. So, if you want to persue this avenue, PLEASE click on the banner on THIS blog. Then when you win, I'll win too (supposedly). It really hasn't been any hassle so far for me.

CVS Diaper Deal starting tomorrow

:: Diaper Deal
Pampers Jumbo Pack Diapers or Easy-Ups, $8.99
Get $5 ECBs (limit 3)*
$1/1 Pampers Diapers or Pants, exp. 7-31-09 (P&G 6/7/09)
$2.99 ea. after coupon and ECBs!

*I recommend printing this page and taking it with you since this is not advertised in the weekly ad.

Decent Meijer Week

I made it to Meijers tonight and it was a REAL stress free trip. I've read that Meijers is now excepting more than one Mealbox coupon per order for like items and so tonight I managed to get ALL my stuff in one transaction which I find WAY easier. I'm sure I'll go back for more free water and cheap Crystal Light. The deal is that you use the $1/1 or $2/2 and the $1/1 Mealbox to get the Crystal Light for $.88 each and then you get a free 24 pack of Meijer water! Some have reported that if you buy 4 Crystal Lights in one order that you get a $2.00 OYNO but I wasn't that lucky. The Chex Mix was also free with printable coupons (which I did only get to get 2 of since I only wanted to do 1 transaction and only 2 coupons double. The Ritz deal was pretty sweet to. Use $1/1 Ritz printable and $1/1 Meijer Mealbox AND the coupon for a free Wheat Thin if you buy a Ritz cracker and get BOTH the Ritz and the Wheat Thins for $.50! I had also found a tearpad in the center aisle of Meijers a couple weeks ago for $1/1 Ritz and picked up three coupons then so I'm set! I can do this deal one more time too!

Spent $28.00

Saved $68.00

Coupon Book

Get over $30 in coupon savings from Home Made Simple with this new link! Booklet includes a coupon for a FREE bottle of Cascade Complete, so this is definitely worth the 30 seconds it takes to request it.

Meijer deals this week

I tried to upload pictures of my trip(s) but for some reason I can't upload tonight so I'm just going to give you a list of what I found that was a good deal. (Not NEARLY as many things as the past couple weeks)

Vitamin Water=$1.00
-.55/1 printable coupon (I'm not sure where I printed this but it was a PDF so I printed 25 and got them all FREE! (but it took A LOT (12) of transactions and a lot of 3 trips but this price drop has been going on for awhile so I just stuck 2 in every transaction I did for the past 2 weeks.)

Chi Chi's Salsa=$1.00
-.55/1 coupon from the 5/17 Smartsource
=FREE!

Airwick I-Motion=$2.99
-$4.00 coupon from 5/17 Smartsource (and older insert and printables too!)
=Free (I had to get a raincheck for this)

I also took advantage of a deal (3 times) for Nabisco 100 calorie packs..but that ended today.
It ended up that I was able to get a box of them for .19 each.

AWESOME Kroger Pull Ups deal

Get 2 Packs of Huggies Pull-ups for 99 cents!
Here is the breakdown:
2 Pull-ups 8.99 each = 17.98
minus $3 Kroger instant savings =14.98
minus(2) $5/1 home mailer coupons = 4.98
minus (2) $2/1 Shortcuts coupons = .98

AWESOME DEAL!!
Or if you need diapers:
2 diapers 8.99 each = 17.98
minus $3 Kroger instant savings = 14.98
minus (2) $3/1 home mailer coupons = 8.98
minus (2) $1.50/1 Shortcuts coupons = 5.98 or 2.99 each

Of course I don't' have 2 $5.00 mailer coupons so my breakdown isn't as good. I also haven't been keeping up to date on loading my shortcut coupons on my Kroger card (which I HIGHLY recommend because sometimes they have the same coupon at different times with different expiration dates and they BOTH would come off during the same purchase) Anyways, my breakdown will be like this.

2 Pull Ups=$17.98
-$3.00 Kroger Instant Savings
-$5.00 mailer coupon
-$2.00 mailer coupon
-$2.00 Shortcuts coupon
=$5.98 for two packs. Not too bad!

If you haven't made it to Meijer this week...GO NOW!

This was BY FAR my BEST Meijer trip EVER. They paid me .92 for each bottle of Kraft dressing PLUS I got free produce with each bottle I bought! (Most of) The Ragu was free. The water was free, as well as the Country Crock, A1 (actually I got free meet because of the A1 too!),and frozen veggies. AND I got to use my rainchecks from last week and got more Mac and Cheese and got a $2.00 OYNO!An AWESOME stockpile week. I spent about $30.00 on all of this and saved $140!

My Meijers List-Week of May 10th

It's still a work in progress..but so far this is what I've got.

Transaction #1 (Remember to do different transaction so your mealbox coupons come off!)
2-Hunts Ketchup-$1.00
-.20 coupon
Final price=.60 each

2-Oscar Mayer wieners - 4/$5
- $1/2 from the 5/10/09 Smart Source insert
- $1/2 Meijer Mealbox coupon here
Final price - $0.25

1 Miracle Whip-$2.00
-$1 5/10 Smartsource
-$1 Meijer Mealbox
Final Price-FREE!!!

Bananas-.27 lbs

Milk-$1.75

4-Kellogg's Cereal=5/9
-$1.00 printable coupons
Final price=.80 each!

Aunt Millie's bread - $1.19
- $0.35/1 from the 4/26/09 Red Plum insert and 5/10/09 Red Plum insert
Final price - $0.49

Electrasol - 2/$6
- $2.50/1 from the 4/19/09 Smart Source insert
- Final price - $0.50

2-Softsoap elements hand soap - $0.99
- $0.35/1 from the 4/26/09 Smart Source insert
- Final price - $0.30

2-Softsoap elements hand soap - $0.99
- $0.40/1 printable coupon
- Final price - $0.20


4-CapriSunrise-$1.89
-$1.00 coupon
Final price=.$89

3 Jello Ready to Eat Pudding-$2.00
-.50 coupon
Final Price-$3.50 (the last coupon won't double)
BUT...I will get a $3.00 on my next order CAT!!!

Other things I need...
Dole orange cups
-$.75 coupon

6 Kraft Macoroni and Cheese Dinners
Buy 6 boxes and pay $3.00 out-of-pocket. Receive a $2.00 coupon off your next order at checkout. Submit your receipt for one Kraft reusable tote.Final cost: 6 for $1.00 ($0.17 each!), plus a free grocery tote by mail (limit one per household)! Mac & Cheese also makes a great charity donation!
Transaction #2
2-Hunts Ketchup-$1.00
-.20 coupon
Final price=.60 each

2-Oscar Mayer wieners - 4/$5
- $1/2 from the 5/10/09 Smart Source insert
- $1/2 Meijer Mealbox coupon here
- Final price - $0.25

1 Miracle Whip-$2.00
-$1 5/10 Smartsource
-$1 Meijer Mealbox
Final Price-FREE!!!

Transaction #3
2-Oscar Mayer wieners - 4/$5
- $1/2 from the 5/10/09 Smart Source insert
- $1/2 Meijer Mealbox coupon here
- Final price - $0.25

1 Miracle Whip-$2.00
-$1 5/10 Smartsource
-$1 Meijer Mealbox
Final Price-FREE!!!

6 Kraft Mac and Cheese Dinners
Buy 6 boxes and pay $3.00 out-of-pocket. Receive a $2.00 coupon off your next order at checkout. Submit your receipt for one Kraft reusable tote.Final cost: 6 for $1.00 ($0.17 each!), plus a free grocery tote by mail (limit one per household)! Mac & Cheese also makes a great charity donation!

CVS Transactions

I think I'm back in the saddle. The sales have been SOOOO crappy I haven't had the motivation to post much because really...there hasn't been much to post about. This week is looking promising.

Here's my plan. I haven't actually went yet. (so I'm sure it won't go down like this)

Transaction #1
2 Schick Razors $8.99

Total=$17.98
-(2) $4.00 coupons
=$9.98 =tax
-$10 ECB from previous week
Total OOP=(close to) $0.00
GET $8.00 ECB

Transaction #2
2 Contour Meters-$14.99
1 Bayer Rapid Release-$2.00
6 Colgate Toothbrushes-$11.94
1 Schick Razor-$8.99

Total=$52.91
-$29.98 coupons for meters
-$1 tearpad for Bayer Rapid Release
-$6 Colgate toothbrush coupons
-$4 Razor coupon
=$11.93+tax
-$8 ECBs from previous transaction
-$4 ECBs from previous week
Total OOP=(close to)$0.00
Get $17.00 ECBS!!!!

Free Candy Bar

That’s right – FREE chocolate! In conjunction with their Real Chocolate Relief Act, Mars is giving the first 250,000 people each Friday through September a coupon for a free Mars chocolate product of their choosing.

Limit: 250,000 Coupons per Friday (9:00:00AM ET to 11:59:59PM ET).

Country Bob's Sauce

Country Bob's Sauce is sold in Kroger, IGA, Cub Foods, Dillon, Food Giant, Walmart, etc. Get a coupon for a free bottle here.

This cracked me up!!

My shopping day starts off like any other
Till the cashiers see me and say "Oh, Brother"

I scan the aisles looking for deals
With the manager sometimes hot on my heels

It took hours of work to sort and clip
Only to have my teenager say "Mom, your not hip!

I look in vain ~ Where is that Grey Poupon?
I've got an awesome dollar off coupon!

I hit every store in town, looking for that rare find,
Sometimes I feel like I'm losing my mind!

I get to the checkout with my bulging coupon binder
The other shoppers are surely thinking~ I'm not getting behind 'er!

After hours of shopping, I make it home with my stash
But, hey, it's all good~~I still got most 'my cash!

I'm looking over my receipts~can't believe my good luck
Til I realize~ Oh no, I forgot to use my Extra Care Buck!
, Deanna Melton, TN

$4 Glade Fragrance Coupon

This is clearly STRAIGHT for Cincy Cents but for those of you that don't look there...print these coupons!

Glade has released a new $4 Fragrance Collection Coupon here. This coupon can be printed a total of two times per computer. You'll want to print these quickly, as they disappeared quickly the last time they were available. Once you print these coupons, you have two opportunities to pick these up for FREE:

Walgreens:
- Buy the small Glade Soy Candle priced at $5.99 each
- Use $4/1 printable coupon
- Use $2/1 Walgreens EasySaver Coupon from the April EasySaver booklet
Final price - Free after coupons (remember to hand the cashier your manufacturer's coupons BEFORE the EasySaver coupon in order to prevent any beeps). If you shop at Walgreens today, don't forget to use the 15% off coupon here for even greater savings (overage!).

Target:
- Purchase (2) of the small Glade Soy Candles priced at $5.79 each
- Use (2) $4/1 printable coupons
- Receive a $5 Target gift card when you buy (2) Glade Fragrance Collection Candles
Final price - Free plus overage after coupons and Target gift card. Plus, with the Target gift card deals, you can roll the gift card to repeat the same deal. So, if you have access to more than one computer, you have the potential to snag quite a few free candles.

Free Reynolds Wrap

This Earth Day, Try Reynolds Wrap® Foil from 100% Recycled Aluminum Free with mail-in rebate (up to $3.99)Go to http://reynoldsrecycled.com/rebate.aspx for more info!

Other (Better) Websites

Since I'm doing a horrible job keeping this blog up to date I wanted to make sure not to leave anyone high and dry that might want to be doing more. I added a link to one of my favorite blogs (Cincy Cents). She has coupon match ups, freebies, and all kinds of great stuff. That's the site where I got the idea for Week In Review.

But the MOMMA of ALL coupon sites is www.afullcup.com. ANYTHING you want to know about couponing can be found there.

I'm not saying that I'm not going to keep updating TTSAB (Trying to Save a Buck) because as soon as I find a free second I will do so. But for some reason...I'm running shorter on time these days than normal. (Not that I ever have an ABUNDANCE of free time.)

I haven't made a REAL grocery run for over 2 weeks. My stockpile is dwindling.

Check out A Full Cup. It's what I read daily. (okay...it's what I read after Rhylee goes to bed if I'm not too tired myself)

Confessions

I shopped without coupons. I ran into Walmart and picked up about 5 things...didn't look for coupons (they were actually in Rhyan's truck and he was at work) I spent WAAAAY too much money and felt horrible.

There will be no week in review for last week because I went over budget with extra spending for the Easter basket and didn't even take pictures of every grocery purchase.

I haven't even got my lists together for this week because things have been too hectic.

I've neglected this blog...as soon as my kid is feeling better and off my lap for more than 3 minutes...I'll get back on things. That's a promise.

Caregivers Marketplace

I haven't done this myself yet, but I'm researching. If you go to www.caregiversmarketplace.com you will find more information on a rebate program. Basically you print the form and send the receipts for stuff that you bought for free or almost free and get even more money for eligible items. I know Huggies diapers are eligible.

Here's the printable form
http://www.caregiversmarketplace.com/CashBackForm/CashBackForm09.pdf
(I really inserted that on here so I could have easy access myself.)

Free coupon book (with free ketchup coupon)

Another FREE coupon booklet is available on Walmart's site! Receive a $10 Coupon Booklet from ConAgra Foods! The best part-You will get a coupon for a FREE 24 oz. bottle of Hunt's Ketchup! Just go to http://instoresnow.walmart.com/enhancedrendercontent_ektid69184.aspx
and click on the 'Get special savings' link. You will then need to click on 'Request your coupon book now'. To request your coupon book either sign in or register on SimpleandDelicious.com.

The Beginning of the Week in Review

CVS

Total OOP=$7.16

But I screwed up and got the wrong "free" Easter grass I think. I've gotta go back and figure out what I did or return the ones I got. The baskets were free after ECBs so I just got those to donate. The diaper deal worked nicely with those Internet print coupons. I found ONE more wipe coupon but if you had 5 wipe coupons it would make the wipes free PLUS you could get $10 in ECBs!

Meijer
Total OOP=$14.65

The $1 off your next order helped me A LOT from the Excedrin deal (I had to split this stuff up into 5 transactions so I could use 1 on each order). The Frenchs mustard is .40 each but I got a $1 CAT off my next order. The Kraft Salad dressing was only .16 (after using $1.50 coupon) and then on the display in the middle aisle there is a $1.00 off produce coupon (although my cashier took off the FULL amount of my broccoli and carrots, which saved me $5.00!!!)

CVS Diaper Sale

Buy $25 worth of qualifying baby items get $10 ECBs.

My plan
Buy 2 packs of diapers-$20.00
Buy 1 Mega pack of wipes-$5.00
Total $25.00
- 3-$3 off Natural fit diaper coupons
-$10.00 ECBS from last week
TOTAL OOP=$6.00
GET $10.00 ECBS back