Target Olay & Ivory deals through 7/31

There are a few coupons that you can still use through today.

Coupons ( all expire 7/31)
Olay Total Effects Body Wash - $4.00 off one bottle
Buy one Total Effects Body Wash get one Ivory Soap Bar Pack Free up to $4.00
Buy one Olay cleanser and get one free
1.00/2 or .50/1 Ivory Bar Soap

So I combined them all together to make for a very sweet deal

Bought:

(4) Total Effects Body Wash = $6.64/each = $26.56
(4) 10 pack bars of Ivory Soap = $3.97/each = $15.88
Total Before coupons : $41.72 plus tax

Used coupons in this order:
(2) .50/1 Ivory Bar Soap = $1.00
(1) $1.00/1 Ivory Bar Soap = $1.00
(4) Total Effects Body Wash $4/1 = $16.00
Buy one Get one Free Olay Cleaner = $6.64
Buy one Total Effects Body Wash and get one Ivory Soap Bar up to ($4 value each) = $15.88
Total After Coupons: $1.20 plus tax

Forty bars of soap, I am so excited!! These will be directly put into the Bags of Hope - I may even have enough to put two in each bag

Happy Shopping.

A big, huge donation Thank you!!!!

We are visiting with family and I mentioned what I was doing filling up the Bags of Hope - my sister in law, Melissa and my brother in law, John just donated $100 to my cause.

Thank you guys so much - it means the world to me that you support me, you are the best!

The money is going pay off a large chunk of the actual shoulder bags that I purchased to fill.

Stay tuned for some great deals this week, including more free paper at Staples, free Sobe at Target and much more...

Coupon Program for Military Families Overseas

Time to send those unused and expired coupons for use by military families that serve throughout the globe.

This month you can send them to :

KCL Overseas Program
Carly Romano
11357 Visby Ave
Port Charlotte, FL 33981

Please separate coupons into food and non food items and pace them in separate Ziploc baggies.

United States Military families can use coupons for up to 6 months after they expire.

Coupons can be any manufacturers coupons or Internet coupons that are printed.
Please do not send any coupons from specific retailers such as Target/Food Lion as these will not be accepted.

Thank you Carly for collecting them!!

Rite Aid - Oral Care $8 Moneymaker!!

Great deal this week at Rite Aid that will qualify for the Oral Care Rebate #556.

Here is the deal I have worked out:

Buy:

(1) Colgate Total Advanced or Sensitive Toothpaste 4 - 6 oz. - $3.00

(1) Rembrandt Toothpaste - 2.6 - 3 oz - $5.49

(2) Reach Toothbrushes - Single packs - $3.98/each = $7.98

(2) Oral B Pulsar - Single Pack - $6.99/each = $17.98

Total Before Coupons = $30.45

Use the following coupons:

$5 off $25 Rite Aid Purchase - hand the cashier this first

$1 off Colgate Toothpaste

$3 off Rembrandt

$1 off Rembrandt printable from watching Rite Aid Video Values

Buy One Get One Free Reach Toothbrush Coupon

$2.00 off Oral B Pulsar Toothbrush

$.75 Off Oral B Pulsar Toothbrush

Buy One get One Free Oral B Pulsar Coupon

Total After Coupons $7.97 plus tax

For me I will use two Up Rewards of $1 each I earned last week and pay

Final Total $5.97 Out of pocket plus tax

Then - this is important to do:

Submit your receipt online for the Single Check rebates at Rite Aids site - super easy

Get Back:

Single Check Rebates for:

(1)Oral B Toothbrush - $2.00

(1) Reach Toothbrush - $2.99

Oral Care Rebate spend $25 of participating items and get $10 gift card

Get back Up Rewards (like cash to be used on your next purchase, printed on your receipt):

$2 from Rembrandt

$3 from Colgate

$1 from Reach

Total after coupons, single check rebates and Up rewards: $8.02 Moneymaker minus tax.

Happy Shopping!!

Bags of Hope delivered today!!!

Super excited, me and my kids were able to deliver 8 Bags of Hope today.

We took them to Interact.

Interact, is a private, non profit United Way agency that provides safety and suport to survivors of domestic violence and rape/sexual assault.

Interact is the only confidential domestic violence prevention program serving our county.

Coupon Request Please!!

Anyone who can print these coupons - please help.



I am trying to put First Aid Kits in the Bags and also trying to get some kids bags put together.

With these coupons I can get the First Aid Kits Free at Target and the kids toothpaste for .12



Just follow these links - and don't forget to hit your back browser, it will say web page expired but hit it a second time and each coupon will print twice!

Toothpaste:

Target Coupon for Aquafresh Toothpaste can be found at
http://www.target.com
Go to the bottom of the page to coupons and under the category personal you will see it.


Aquafresh Kids Bubble Mint Toothpaste can be found here: http://www.wealthoforalhealth.com/Coupons.promo?sessioncheck=true

First Aid Kits:

Johnson and Johnson coupon is here: $3.00 off two items
http://www.jnjfirstaid.com/special-offers.jsp

Thanks so much.



I will be posting pictures of the Bags of Hope that we delivered today t0 Interact - a Shelter for domestic violence victims.

Walgreens Deals 7/25 - $2.29 for $34 worth of items

Great trip to Walgreens today for some supplies for The Bags of Hope.

I am going to show you with this post that using coupons is not time consuming.

Today I bought:

Pure Silk Shaving Cream - Regular $2.29

Use Walgreens In store Ad coupon - $1.29 each (limit 4)

Bought 4

Hand Sanitizer_ Regular $2.99

On sale for $1.00

Bought 1

Memo Notebook Pads - Regular $.99

Use in Store Ad Coupon .19 ( Limit 3)

Bought 3

Chapstick - $1.99

Use In store Walgreens Coupon - $1.00 (Limit 2)

Bought 2

Reach Toothbrushs - Regular $4.49

Use in Store Ad Coupon for $1.99 Price (Limit 3)

Bought 4

Used all the in store ads first for the best savings and then used

(4)Reach Toothbrush Coupon for $1.oo off any Reach product

(2) Buy One Get One Free Reach Toothbrush Coupons

It is important to hand the cashier the coupons in the order above for maximum savings.

Use the coupons for $1 Reach toothbrushes first and it brings down the price to .99 each.

Then hand the ones for Buy One get One Free and it will deduct $12.99 which is the sale price with the Walgreens Ad, so this will deduct $1.99 times 2.

If you hand them the Buy One get one Free coupons first you will not be able to use 4 of the $1.00 coupons , you will only be able to use two $1 coupons.

Total Before Coupons: $37.06

Total After Walgreens In Ad Coupons: $16.88

So even if I didn't take the time to clip any coupons I would still have had an instant $20.18 in savings at the register.

All you do is bring the weeks ad to the register and point put the items that qualify for the instant coupons

Total after Walgreens Coupons and Manufacturers Coupons: $8.90

I then used two Register Rewards each $3.50 and one that was $1.00 for another $8.00 off.

Tax was $1.60 so grand total out of pocket $2.29 for $34.06 worth of product!!

The Register Rewards I earned the week before with two purchases of Colgate Toothpaste.

I bought one at $3.49 and received $3.50 Register Reward.

I did this twice, as buying two at the same time would not produce two Register Rewards just one, so you need to do a separate transaction for each one.

I got the two toothpastes for free and applied the money towards this weeks shopping trip.

It is important that if you do not use the Register Reward that it is like losing money because you have already put the money out first.

Happy Shopping!!

New Survey Site.

Sorry for the slow posts but good sales have been hard to come by lately as most stores are getting ready for back to school.

One new survey site that I have had some luck with is called Dollary Survey. net.

You have the opportunity to take several different surveys a day and payment comes to your paypal account.

Great School Supplies FREE at STAPLES starting 7/25!

Staples has a few great deals for those getting in gear for back to school shopping - and at these prices why not pick them up and donate them to a local school.

Free after Rebate

Staples Backpack

Free after Rebate which is a gift card for use to be used at Staples

**I would suggest checking out this deal first and if the rebate is an instant one than you can use the card to score the deals below - I would double check **

Deals 25 cents and under after rebates

Zebra Retractable Pens - $4.99

Limit 1 per household

Rebate $4.74

Final Cost: .25

Paper Reams - $4.99

Limit 2 per household

Rebate _ $4.98

Final Cost .01.

Staples Highlighters, 6 pack 

Limit 2 per household

Final Cost .25

As I said before Staples rebates are super easy!!! Happy shopping!

Back to School Deals!!

Here are some hot back to school deals - so grab your kid's supply list and start shopping.

Staples

Staples in one of my favorite stores for supplies because there rebate process is so incredibly easy, it is all printed out on the receipt and you can just enter the info into your computer and your done.

Hammerhill Copy Paper - 500 sheets  - $4.99

Rebate $3.99 - Total Out of Pocket $1.00 - Limit 2 

Westcott 5" Microban Scissors - $1.00 

Limit 2

RoseArt Washable Art Markers 10 count - $1.00

Limit - 2

For 25 cent you can get:

Slider Pencil Case

3 x 5 Ruled Staples Index Cards - 100 count

Bic Matic Grip Mechanical Pencils, Assorted 5 packs

Happy Shopping.

Neutrogena Clinincal - Free plus Profit!!

I forgot to mention a great deal on Neutrogena Clinical Facial Lifting Treatment.

You can purchase it at any drugstore/retailer because there is a rebate that will refund you the full purchase up to $39.99. Find the rebate here http://www.neutrogenaclinical.com/tryitfree

Product must be purchased by 7/18!

To make the deal sweeter use your coupons to make it the best deal possible.

Neutrogena Clinical bought at Rite Aid - $39.99
Used - $5 off $25 purchase
Used - $5/1 Neutrogena Coupon for signing up at their website
Used $12 in UP Rewards from last weeks previous purchases.
Total Out Of Pocket: $13.99

$13.99 Out of Pocket plus $39.99 Rebate = $26 PROFIT!!

Hopefully, I will be less wrinkly as well.

Bags of Hope

These are all the items that will be going into the Bags of Hope that I am bringing to the shelter tomorrow. This is only enough things to fill eight bags!

Only 92 more to go.

Each bag will contain:

Toothpaste

Toothbrush Holder

Dental Floss

Soap

Soap Holder

Shampoo

Hairbrush

Ponytail Holders

Nail Files

Pens

Notepad of Paper

Shaving Cream

Package of Disposable Razors

5 pack of Underwear

Pair of Socks

Hand Sanitizer

Benadryl Anti Itch Sticks

SPF Lip Care

Carefree Pantyshields

Tampons

Super Absorbant Pads

Regular Pads

Cosmetic Case

All of these are full size Items you would buy off any drugstore shelf.

Retail Price for all 8 bags: $80.00

Total I paid for each bag: $1.49

Thank you so much to everyone who has given me coupons so I was able to purchase these items for such little money and for supporting me along this journey.

I will continue to update the blog as I go and post great deals along the way!

5 Pack of Underwear - $1.25 at Walgreens!!

Wasn't really looking for his but on my trip today I saw a Clearance sign

Regularly priced 5 pack of women's underwear was $9.99 was on sale for $6 and then reduced to $3 and then 75% off of that. Grand total $1.25 for a 5 pack.

They also had boys/girls socks as well as baby 3 pack of onesies and sock for the same price.

I grabbed all that they had which was about 12 packages.

First I bought Gillette Fusion Razor for the men on sale for $9.99 used a $4.00 coupon and payed $5.98 out of pocket and received a $5.00 RR to use on my next purchase.

So I bought four razors and 12 packages of underpants for $7.02 out of pocket!!

I am really excited to be able to put these in the bags or the ladies. Personal items like that are hard to come by at a decent price.

I will be posting pictures later of the actual bags that were finally delivered - all 100 of them.

I will be filling 8 of them tonight so my family room looks like a drugstore exploded.

SOBE - FREE at CVS!!

OK, so this is my true addiction as I am trying not to drink so much soda.

Sobe is a water/vitamin drink that comes in about 20 flavors.

CVS has a Buy one Get One Free (BOGO) Sale this week and it is one of the few store that allows a BOGO sale to be paired with a BOGO coupon.

Pair up the sale with the Sobe BOGO coupon you can win from the playing the Heads or Tails Game here: http://headsortails.sobe.com (no purchase necessary) - and you have yourself some free drink!!!!

I am happy - I got 36 bottles!!!!!

And just to show some good karma I gave the girl in front of me a few coupons!!

Wahoo - got paid $25.70 from Surveyhead!!!!

I have talked before about making money online by taking surveys.

Yes, there are legit site and there are non legit sites.

Your best bet is to ask friends and family for the sites they have used and been successful with.

I got a payout today to my Paypal account from Survey head - I am so excited.

it took approx 2 weeks to get the money from when I cashed out but they have a lower cash out rate than most, I believe it is $20 or $25.

I also love Swagbucks which you earn digital bucks and can redeem for gift cards or money into your Paypal account.

I am off to pick up the actual bags tomorrow so this tidy sum is going right to them!

Kmart Deals - Free Toothbrushes

OK - so I tried my luck at Kmart with two kids in tow.

Probably not the best idea I had all day.

I had to speak to the manager and then the store manager - because they said they were not doubling coupons, then they said that they would only double them if the register rang it up like that..yada yada yada...anyways.

I was able to get:

Reach Toothbrushes (two packs) - $1.59

Used $2/2 Coupon - out of pocket FREE

I got 6 packages - so 12 FREE Toothbrushes

Tampax Pearls Tampons - $4.79

Used $2/1 Coupon - doubled to $4.00 off

Total out of pocket : 1.58

Grand total: $2.59 ( Gotta love tax) for 12 toothbrushes and two packages of tampons

I would call your local Kmart ahead of time to make sure they are participating in double coupons.

Kmart - Double Coupon Days

Kmart is not my favorite place to shop because they tend to have serious issues with coupons.

None the less - If you sign up at the service desk for a Shop Your Way Reward card, you can participate in their double coupon program.

This last only till Sunday.

The great thing about it is that you can double any coupon up to a $2.00 value. Potentially saving yourself $4.00

For example:

Use a .75 manufacturers coupon - save $1.50

Use a $2.00 manufacturers coupon - save $4.00

Each shopper may use as many coupons as they want, but only the first five coupons you hand the cashier each day will be doubled

So if you have some high value coupons, and can get to a Kmart easily I would suggest going each day - and using 5 coupons per day.

Call your local Kmart to make sure they are participating in this promotion!!

Have fun!

Bags of Hope - Understanding the homeless

I have spent a lot of time thinking and researching about the homeless and what items I should place in the bags.

I try to think if I were homeless what would be important to me - but upon researching more about it there seems to be such a need that it can seem overwhelming.

Here are the things that I can realistically buy and put in the bags, these bags are for women:

• Soap
• Soap Holder
• Toothpaste
• Toothbrush
• Toothbrush Holder
• Feminine Hygiene Items
• Hand Sanitizer
• Brush/Comb
• Nail Files
• Gum/Mints
• Razors
• Shaving Cream
• Qtips
• Lip Care

Items that I would love to put in the bags but don't have any resources for:

• Washcloth
• Towel
• Underwear
• Socks
• Bras
• Sunscreen
• Weater blanket keeps them cool in the summer/warm in the winter

The bags I am getting are great but I am also thinking of using backpack because of the durablility and theirability to hold mare things.

The more I research the subject of homelessness, the more I find need.

Many homeless can not find a job because they have no address, so they can not apply for a job or other benefits because there is no where to send the benefits.

Many things seem to be a catch 22 - many homeless work, therefore they can not get in line or the few beds at the shelters because they are working. Also, due to to lengthy check in and out procedures they can not afford the time to be late or leave work early.

Other factors that affect the homeless is that many shelter are set up for only women or women with small children or men. Women who have children who are boys that are a certain age need to be separated because they wont allow boys of a certain age to be in those shelters.

I can not imagine being able to take one of my children and have the other try to navigate a men's shelter at the tender age of twelve.

That is why many families decide to stick together, sleeping outside in the woods, in cars or on the street.

Many shelters also have no handicap access ability for wheelchairs and won;t allow people to being in walking devices such as canes.

Many people who have medical conditions are dependent upon one of their family members for care and to be separated from them is unthinkable - so they too stay on the streets, in cars or outside in the woods.

There has got to be a place where families no matter what can stay together.

I do realize that these shelters do the best they can but thee has to be a way that families can stay together.

My dream would be to open a shelter to help families that are homeless until they can get into there own independent living. These people would have jobs, the kids would attend school. There would be a security system in place. No drugs or alcohol would be permitted as no violence of any kind.

Can you imagine a safe place where you could be with your family, bath, clean your clothes, have an address so you could recieve benefits, and not have to worry about the few possession being stolen, or having to leave work early or put your job in jeopardy because you have to wait in line to get a bed.

There seems to be no easy fix, but it does seem that many of the agencies that are providing services do not have any way to coordinate their services to maximizes the potential for these families.

These families need a safe place to stay at night, a place to bath so they can be presentable to go to work, a mailing address so they can receive benefits, a place to wash their clothes and someway to access transpportation to get to various agencies and work.

Giing these Bags of Hope may seem a very small gesture but it is a place to start.

Thanks for all the positive feedback and for all those that have donated coupons I really appreciate it.

If you can think of any other otems that you think would be useful that I could include, please email nme.

If you have any ideas of where I could obtain some of the other items I would like to include please let me know.

My supportive husband thinks I should apply for a grant but that seems a bit overwhelming right now - but it is in the back of my mind.