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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Free detergent at Walmart

Here are a few deals that you can get at Walmart.



These are great for vacations where you may have a wash machine where you are staying and you do not want to lug a full jug of detergent, or having to go to the laundry mat if your machine breaks down.



Granted we are lucky that the later has never happened, but what about people who do not have wash machines? What about people who have no soap to wash their clothes?



What about people who have one only one or two sets of clothes to their name?



Maybe it would be a great idea to pick these free items up and donate them to a local shelter.



I doesn't cost anything but time!!!



Walmart:



Tide Detergent: Travel Size .97

Use $1/1 Coupon from this past Sundays Smart Source Insert

Final Cost: FREE



Detergent - Travel Size

Use $1/1 Coupon

Final Cost: FREE

Monday, August 30, 2010

Paper Money Maker at Staples

Some places received a coupon for Hammerhill Paper for $2 off 1 package.

If you were lucky enough to get these in your Sunday, Smart Source insert, have I got a deal for you.

Staples:

Hammerhill Copy Paper Plus - 500 Sheets - $4.99 each
Buy 1 - Total - $4.99
Use $2/1 Coupon = $2.99 out of pocket
Receive $4.39 easy Rebate from Staples (takes approx. 6 weeks)
= $1.50 Money Maker in your pocket

These deals are great for the kids when they are in school, the teachers love paper.

Consider each class has 20 students, say each student gets one paper reminder in their backpack a week, and the teachers use 4 other sheets within a day per student (which is not a lot).

A ream of paper is only going to last only the teacher 5 weeks.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Walgreens Deals starting 8/29

Here are the highlights for Walgreens starting tmorrw:

Carmex Moisture Plus Lip Balm 0.7 - 0.75 oz
Price $2.00 - receive $2.00 Register Rewards - FREE

Walgreen's Perfection Tampons 8 Pack
Price $2.99 get $2.99 Register Reward = FREE

Tampax 20 Pack or Always Maxi ads 14 - 22 pack
Cost: 2.99 Use $1.00 Manufactures Coupon = $1.99

Deal Idea:

Transaction#1
Carmex Lip Balm Pay $2 - get $2 RR
Total Cost - $2 Out of Pocket

Transaction #2
Walgreen's Perfection Tampons pay $1.99
Total Cost - $1.99
Use $2RR from transaction 1 to pay for transaction #2
Final Cost - FREE

Total Out of Pocket for Lip Balm and Tampons $2.00

Believe it or not that is actually a bit high to pay for em as there are no coupons to use for those products - I will be posting some other deal scenarios soon.

Friday, August 27, 2010

More Bags to The Raleigh Mission!

I have to say again how much I love, love The Raleigh Rescue Mission.

They are always so sweet when we go and grateful what we bring.

The sweet ladies even remember my kids names.

It makes bringing the Bags of Hope to he needy women of the triangle that much more rewarding.

Please consider making a donation to the Raleigh Rescue Mission or bring them gently unused household item, food, clothing, medicine and more.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Rite Aid Deals 8/28!

There are some great deals on feminine product at Rite Aid.

If you do separate purchases and roll your UP rewards you can basically get on to pay for the next transaction.

Transaction:

(2)Playtex 18 Count - $4.99/each = $9.98
Huggies Diapers Jumbo pack - $8.99
Schick Extreme razors - 4 count - $5.99
(2) Carefree Pantyshields - .99/each = $1.98

Total before Coupons: $26.94

Used the following coupons:

Rite Aid Coupon $5/25
Schick Razors $5.00
Huggies Coupon - $2.00
Huggies Video Values Coupon - $3.00
Carefree - $1/2
Playtex $2.50/2
Playtex - Buy One get one Free - $4.99

Total After Coupons: $3.45

Plus I used my 10% coupon I earned for using my wellness coupon
Total after all coupons: $2.99

I also earned the following Up rewards which can be used like cash on my next purchase:
$2 for the purchase of Playtex
$2 for the purchase of Huggies

Total after using my ups reward on my next purchase : FREE plus $1.01 overage

I love it when stores pay me to buy their products.

These are great products that go into the 'Bags of Hope' and the Diapers are for the Raleigh Rescue Mission.

Hopefully I will be delivering more bags to the Mission tomorrow.









Friday, August 20, 2010

Rite Aid Freebie and Deals starting 8/22

There are some great deals and freebies this week at Rite Aid:

Freebies:

ArthArrest Topical Analgesic $14.99
Get back $14.99 SCR (Single Check rebate)
Final Cost: FREE

Kerasal Exfoliating Foot $6.99
Get back $6.00 SCR
Final Cost: .99

Carefree Pantyliner - .99
Use 1/$2 Carefree Coupon
Final Cost: 2 for .99

U by Kotex or Kotex Pads 2/$7
Get back $3 Up reward on purchase of 2
Use (2) $1/1 U By Kotex MFC Coupon
Final Cost: 2 for $2 or $1 each

Playtex Tampons - $4.99
Use: Buy one 36 Ct Playtex Get One 18 Ct Free
Use (2)$1 Playtex Coupon
Get $2 UP Reward purchase on one
Final Cost: .99 for two boxes of Tampons

Combine several of these offers with a $5/25 Rite Aid Coupon and you could have a money maker on your hands.

Remember to UP Reward are usually limited to one per transaction.

For example if you are buying Playtex Tampons you must purchase each box in a separate transactions to receive the $2 Up Reward for that product.

Happy shopping!!

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Womens Clothing Clearance at Target.

I was pleasantly surprised today when I ran to Target for a few things to see a lot of clearance signs in the women's department.

There were many. many racks at 75% off and many at 50% off.

Kids, men's and sleepwear were mostly at 30 - 50% and not as much was to be found.

Unfortunately, toy clearance at my Target was non existant.

I am working on match ups for Rite Aid next week so look for some upcoming freebies.



Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Kmart Double Coupon Days are here till 8/21.

I was about to give up for the week as the drugstore deals do not seem to be so great when I stumbled up Kmart doubling coupons up to a face value of .99.

This means that if you have a coupon for .75 of Suave Deodorant they will double it to take off $1.50,

You need to sign up at customer service for a hop Your Way rewards Cards, no cost to you.

Kmart allows usually five coupons to be doubled per day after the first five they will be deducted at their normal face value.

You can find a list of participating Kmart stores here : https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/248/47562/14d/ig.rsys4.net/responsysimages/kmart/__RS_CP__/20100818_KM_MBD%20-%20KM%20Double%20Coupon%20Stores.pdf?sid=IOx20100818KMSoloMBD&eml=92856505&rioptype=KC&ruid=1001417

I will get better at this blogging where the whole IP address doesn't show - I promise.

I am working on match ups for next week - but have a feeling things may slow down until Labor Day as parents get ready to send their kids back to school.

Happy Shopping.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Yeah for new friends!!

I finally got meet Stephanie today who I have been emailing back and forth with about Coupons for Change.

She is so awesome and her 4 year old is a such a cutie!

We talked about couponing and she has awesome ideas and she has gone to her church to recruit help.

So in September I will going to her church women's group and giving a couponing class..I am super excited - thank you so much Steph!!!


Sunday, August 15, 2010

Raleigh Homeless Statistics

The more I read about the plight of the homeless the more I am shocked by what I find.

Let me share with you these sobering statistics.

Locally in Raleigh:

In Wake County each night approx. 2000 persons are homeless in the with an average of 1200 people in Raleigh.

This includes mens, women and children.

Family homelessness in Raleigh is growing by 11% every year.

Nationally:

Of the 3.5 million people that experience homelessness each year 1.35 million of them are children.

The fastest growing segments of the homeless population is families with children.

It amazes me that in a nation that has so much greed there are so many with so little.

It increase my resolve to provide a small amount of respect and dignity to those who have nothing and look forward to when my children are in school so I can donate more of my time at one of the Missions.


Friday, August 13, 2010

More Bags to The Raleigh Rescue Mission!!

The kids and I delivered 7 more Bags of Hope to the Raleigh Rescue Mission today and it felt so good. Each bag contained personal hygiene products for the women of a retail value of $64.

One of the bet things is that the products in the bags are full size and should last the women a month or more.

I estimated that it cost between .50 - .75 to fill each bag using all the coupons that people have so generously donated to me.

We were able to get everything in the bags that we wanted including a package of new underwear for each one. That is really exciting because it is almost impossible to find coupons for those.

The ladies there are great and know me and the kids by name - they are so grateful so everyone is happy.

I am scouting out some new deals for this weeks because we need to load up on some feminine products, shampoo and shaving cream.

I received my 10% coupon for using my Rite Aid Wellness card (yes that means I shop there way too much) so I will be trying to combine that with the $25 gift certificate I got from them for one of their skin care rebate.

I will try and see how much I can score with those together - happy shopping.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Amazon - amazing diaper deals!! Pull Ups .17 each delivered to you!

There is am amazing deal for diapers going on now at Amazon.com

Head over to the diapers area and if you sign up for the sign up and save program you will be given free shipping and a one tome 30% off coupon for you order.

You can cancel this membership at anytime - I plan on cancelling mine right after I get my order. The sign up and save program allows buyers to have diapers delivered to there door at certain intervals such as once a month, twice a month...

You can buy Pampers, Easy Up and I believe Luvs.

You can also sweeten the deal by using coupon codes fund in Parents Magazine (September issue); each coupon code can only be used once.

This gives you free 2 day shipping and and extra 20% off diapers.
it was a bit confusing but I looked at the total and was wiling to pay so little for Pull Ups that it seemed fair to me.

I bought 1 Package of Pampers Easy Up, girls size 3T - 4T- 66 count
Price - $23.46 plus Shipping and Handling - $16.42 = $39.88

Promotion applied through ship and save program Minus $7.06

Shipping and Handling - removed due to sign up and save program - minus $16.42
Promotion Applied 20% Off Diapers from Parenting magazine - minus $4.69

Total After Coupons - $11.73 for 68 Pull Ups delivered right to my door

Total Savings - $28.15

The average price is $11.99 for 23 Pull Ups or .52 each
Amazon Deal - $11.73 for 66 Pull Ups or .17 each

This deal is suppossed to go on till August 28th - but I wouldn't guarentee it will last that long.

Target Food Coupons

There are some great new coupons from the Target Website for $$ off bakery items, vegetables and cheese.

These do not come around often and usually don't last on the site to long, so I would print while they are still available.

There are also two new coupons for $ off kids jeans - if you can find some on clearance you may find a sweet deal.

We are headed to bring a few Bags of Hope to The Raleigh Rescue Mission today.....yeah!!

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Secret Clinical Deoderant better than FREE at Walgreens.

Two kinds of the Secret Clinical Soothing Effects Deodorant are on clearance right now at Walgreens for $2.79 each and offering a $3 Register Reward.

This literally makes them free with .21 of overage for you to use on other items.

The best part is this is a Rolling Register reward.

Register Rewards usually only print out when you purchase the qualifying item(s) and then you can use that Register Reward on your next transaction, but generally if you try to use the RR that you got on the same product you will not get another RR.

Roiling means that not only will you get a RR for buying the first item, but you can purchase another Secret Deodorant on your next purchase use the first $3 RR as payment as long as you add a small item to make you r total $3 before tax.

They are having great sales on folders, memo pads etc.
These are terrific fillers for .09 to .29.

I was ablr to buy a lot of deoderant for the Bags of Hope and used the RR's to buy Hanes packages of underwear which have peelie coupons on them for $1. Use those and the buy one get one free deal they have gpoing on for Hanes underwear and you can score some great deals.

They did have packages of underwear for kids, men and women. The price is $5.99 and buy one get one free. Use the $1 peelie on each package, so even if you do not have any RR you can get two packages of underwear for $3.99.

These are goiing right into the Bags of Hope - I love getting deals on underwear because they rarely have coupons.

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Better than Free Razor and Dulcolax at CVS this week.

Schick Hydro 3 Razor or 4ct cartridges - $8.97
Use Schick $5/1 Coupon
Get $4 ECBS
Final Cost: .03 Profit

Dulcolax - $9.99
Use Dulcolax $4/1 Coupon
Get $9.99 ECB
Final Cost: $4 Profit

Happy shopping.

Friday, August 6, 2010

Raleigh Rescue Mission - dropped of Bags today

The kids and I took four bags stuffed with feminine products, personal care items and toiletries to the newly opened location of Raleigh Rescue Mission on Corporation Drive Drive in Raleigh.

Each 'Bag of Hope' contained $50 worth of personal hygenie items for women in need.

How did couponing help me on my goal to fill these bags?

I was able to estimate the out of pocket cost of each bag to be approx. $1.60 and the retail value to be $50 per bag.

So 4 bags with the retail value of $200 I was able to fill for $6.40 with the use of coupons.

It is a very clean, big warehouse where they collect everything from food to clothes and personal items to furniture.

The women that work there are wonderful. They were very kind and offered us a tour of the inside so the kids could see exactly where their donations were going.

They had things separated so when a shelter calls and says they need "X" they are able to go over to the appropriate area to collect the items.

It was wonderful to see a lot of baby items, such as diapers and wipes as well as household items for when the women transition into permanent housing.

One of their largest needs right now is larger size undergarment. Please consider picking up even one package of underwear or find a Buy One get One Free sale at a local mall and buy yourself a bra and donate the other.

Either way it is a win win solution.

My favorite thing about The Raleigh Rescue Mission is that they provide all items free of cost to the women in need. Many of these women have small children and other family members.

If you live in Raleigh please condsideer donating your used household items, clothing or furniture here.

The Raleigh Rescue Mission provides:
Emergency Overnight Services
Recovery and Rehabilitation Services
Medical Respite Care
Mental Health Stabilaztion Services
Adult Education Center
Children's Development Center
Medical Clinic

Please check out their website here - http://www.raleighrescue.org/about-us

This is where we can really make a difference.

Thank you to all who have donated their copouns to me so I may put these bags together.
Seeing this warehouse gave me so many ideas of what other uses my couponing skills for..of to shop.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Walgreens Cheap Playtex and Bic Razors.

I finally got out today to Walgreens to take advantage of the 15% Family and Friends coupon that ran through today.

Bought:

(2) Boxes of Playtex Tampons - 36 Count - $8.49/each = $6.98

(1) Box Playtex Tampons - 18 Count = $3.79

(2) Packages of Bic Soleils Disposable razors - 4 ct each - $5.99/each on sale for buy one get one 50% off = $8.98

Total Before Coupons = $19.75 + tax



Used the following coupons:

$2.50/2 Playtex Tampons
Buy One 36 Ct Tampons and get one free 18 Ct Playtex Tampons
$3.00 off 1 Bic Razor
Buy One Bic Disposable Razor & get one free Bic Disposable Razor

Earned $3.00 Register Reward for buying 2 Playtex Tampons

Total After Coupons = $7.47 plus tax out of pocket

Total After Coupons and Register Rewards = $4.47 plus tax

Not the best I have ever done but OK .

The kids and I are off to drop off some more bags tomorrow.

Happy Shopping.

Monday, August 2, 2010

Kelloggs Cereal ~ $1.25 Box at Target.

Target has a great deal going on Kelloggs Cereal - 2/$5
By 5 and get one box free.

Targets website has some printable coupons for $1/2 boxes of cereal.

Stack that on top of Kelloggs coupons from various inserts for this deal

Buy 5 boxes of kelloggs Cereal @ $2.50 each = $12.50
Use (2) $1/2 Target Coupons from Website
Use (2) $1/2 Kelloggs Coupons found here: http://coupons.redplum.com/offers/default.aspx?Id=Hip2Save&DefaultZipCode==
One box is Free when you buy five.

Final Cost for 5 boxes of cereal = $5.00 or $1.25 each

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Another Big Thank you!!

A great big thank you to Stephanie M. and Margaret V. for sending me all their coupons - they will be put to great use.

Also another big thank you to Ruth W. who sends me a stack of amazing inserts.

Another thank you to Stephanie B. who is working with me 'behind the scenes' and I will be posting later about her hard work!

I could not fill these bags with the coupons that I get alone, you ladies are making my dream come true to help these ladies - thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Stay tuned for some great deals that are fixing to come our way in the next day or two.