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CVS-August 10-16

August 9, 2008 by · Leave a Comment

I’m posting these deals a day early because I’m going to be offline for a few days. Another slow week, but here’s what I see:

Cover Girl Lip Color: bogo, and there were $1 off coupons in last week’s paper. On a bogo, you can use a $1 coupon for each item, so pretty cheap if you like this product.

The candy deal is back. Buy $10 worth, get $5 ECBs. There were Werther’s coupons in the paper during the past few weeks, but that’s the only corresponding coupon that I see to go with this offer.

Skin Effects skin care: Buy 1 item, get $5 ECBs. There are Skin Effects cleansers that cost $6.99, and there are sometimes $2 coupons available in store. So pay with the $2 coupon and $5 ecb, get $5 ecb back-free! The only store where I have found these coupons is Jennersville–on the table in the beauty dept. And they were out of the cleanser the last time this deal ran.

Bic Soleil: $4.99, no ECBs. It says to look for coupons in Sunday’s paper, but I didn’t get any Soleil coupons. I have already rec’d my inserts for today. Sometimes it is a $4 coupon, so $0.99 is a good deal. I like this razor.

Baby: Buy $25 worth of select products, get $5 ECBs. I generally like to start out with a better return on my ECBs, because a $20 difference is hard to make up with coupons. But I can never resist a diaper deal, so I’ll be doing this one. There have been $1 Huggies blinkies spotted just about everywhere–CVS, Giant, Acme, Walgreen’s. And there are plenty of J&J printables:

Johnson’s buddies

Johnson’s buddies 2

Johnson’s $2 off 2

Johnson’s soothing naturals

If you have a wee one at home on formula, Enfamil is included in this deal, so if you use/have formula checks, this could work out to be a good deal. Remember–you need to meet the $25 threshhold before all coupons or formula checks.

Lamisil: Buy 2, get $10 ECB. There were $3 and $4 coupons in the paper a few weeks ago, so this could work out to be a free or moneymaker deal. The foot creme, called Hydrate, is really good.

Alavert: Moneymaker! It’s on sale for $5.99 with $3 ECB. Print your $4 coupon here. Pay with coupon and $2 ECB, get $3 back.
Alavert

Don’t forget to look at your receipt to see what you get as your free gift. And the monthly booklets are at the front of the store. The Children’s Advil is the only Free after ECB offer this month, but there may be other products in there that you use.

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Happy Harry’s in Hockessin-Grand Opening

August 8, 2008 by · Leave a Comment

Happy Harry’s in Hockessin–say that three times fast! It’s the new one at 41 & Brackenville Road. They are having their grand opening deals right now. Normally I wouldn’t go out of my way for something like this, but I had to pick some things up at my vet, who also is on Brackenville Road, so I was going that way anyway. I also still had some RRs to use and needed water to take to the beach.

Here are the deals, pick up a circular at front of store:

$3 off a $10 purchase-coupon on front of circular. You can use this coupon before your mfr coupons, so it’s a good deal. exp 8/16

$25 gift card with a new or transferred prescription; other pharmacies will often take competitors’ coupons, so even if you don’t use it there, save it and consider using it elsewhere. I know CVS takes competitors’ coupons. I had a prescription to fill anyway, and it has no co-pay, so it was a free $25 for me. Coupon expires 8/30.

20 FREE 4×6 prints from your digital camera, exp 8/9

FREE DVD–transfer a home video that you have on VHS to DVD for free. exp 8/9

Here’s what I got:
7.69 pack of 40 diapers (on clearance)
2.99 Glade pet odor remover
3.99 case of water
1.25 mesh bag full of rubber ducks (Kevin is in a rubber duck phase because of Ernie)
0.00 prescription
15.92 total
minus
$3 off $10 coupon
$1.50 Glade printable
$1.50 Glade coupon from Walgreen’s booklet
$5.00 register rewards
$4.92 final total
Got back: $25 Walgreen’s gift card, plus a catalina coupon for four FREE 8×10 photos
Oh, and it isn’t my intent to keep this Rx at this location. When it’s time to refill it again, I’ll look for another transfer coupon and get another gift card to transfer it back to my regular pharmacy.

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Acme ad–Aug 8-14

August 8, 2008 by · Leave a Comment

Got my Acme ads yesterday. I just went on Tuesday, so I probably won’t be going, but here are some decent deals that I see. In addition to the weekly ad, the new Big Book of Savings, the book of monthly deals, also arrived.

Weekly deals:

Chicken breasts: $1 a pound, but you have to buy 10lbs. Good deal if you have the freezer space. Still plenty of good grilling time left in the summer. Bobby Flay has some good recipes for bone-in-breast grilling.

Hatfield bacon: bogo; this is my favorite bacon and it freezes well.

Eight o’clock coffee: is 3 for $10 and there are printables on smartsource for $1. It will probably let you print 2, so get 2 for $6.66, minus $2, $4.44.

Friskies cat food: on sale and there was a coupon in last week’s paper. I don’t have a cat.

General Mills: good GM deal going on. Buy 4 items, get $2 off at register. Combine that with the IPs available on their website. There also are more coupons coming this Sunday for GM items.

Yoplait: kids is 2 for $5, which is good. It’s usually 2 for $6, and there are $1 coupons on the website above.

Ben & Jerry’s: bogo. There used to be $1 off 2 printables available for this, but I can’t find them online. Still half-price isn’t bad if you like it. There have been tearpads spotted at various stores, so keep your eyes open.

Deals from monthly booklet:
Wishbone: on sale 2 for $4; there were $1 coupons in last week’s paper

Ragu: 2 for $4; last time this went on sale I also had e-coupons and clipped coupons, making this almost free. I’m glad it’s a monthly deal, hopefully some coupons will show up this Sunday.

Kashi: several items 2 for $5, if you haven’t already printed your $2 coupons from their website, do so and get your items for $0.50 each.

Stroehman: potato bread is bogo if you like it. Half price is good, bread seems to be $3 or $4 a loaf these days.

San Giorgio pasta: $1 a box. Keep your eyes open for coupons, hopefully some will show up. All we need is a $0.50 one, and it’s free!

Mott’s for Tots juice: 2 for $5 and there are $1 coupons coming this Sunday.

Wild Harvest organics: lots of items on sale, print your two $1 coupons here.

Stonyfield farm: yogurts are 2 for 5 also. Lots of printables here.

That’s all I see for right now and my coffee cup is empty. If I see or hear more, I’ll edit this.

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How much time does this take?

August 7, 2008 by · Leave a Comment

Many people have the misperception that all this couponing takes a great deal of time. It doesn’t. Yes, it does take some time, and as I’ve said before, if you don’t enjoy it, don’t do it. But once you get into a routine, it’s easy. This is a rough estimate of how much time I spend doing this.

Thursdays & Fridays: I spend maybe 15-20 mins online, checking the various websites, to see what deals others have found. Thursdays and Fridays are usually the days that the following week’s circulars are out. Acme starts their sales on Fridays and CVS on Sundays. Those are the two main stores I’m interested in. Thursday is also the day I get my new circulars in my mailbox, so I spend about 15-20 mins perusing them.

Saturday mornings: My inserts are always in my driveway by 6 am. I get them and clip them, sort them, while I’m having my morning coffee. I also get my circulars back out, since my new coupons are fresh in my mind, and see what deals I can combine with what coupons I’ve just received.

Sunday or Monday: I go to CVS. When I’m working (Sept-June) I have to pass by the Landenberg CVS twice a day, so it’s not out of my way to stop. I also have written down on a notecard which items I’m interested in getting, so the whole trip rarely takes more than 10-15 mins.

Mondays: I pick up my extra inserts from Avon News (thank you!) and I clip from them. I usually do this in the evening after Kevin has gone to bed while watching tv. I clip all the coupons that I know I’ll use and file them, and I keep the rest of the inserts in a drawer in our office. That way if a good deal comes along, I can go back and get the coupons for it.

Once every 7-10 days: I grocery shop every week to 10 days. In addition to my list of things we need, I have a list of items that are super-cheap that I want for my stockpile. I have my coupons organized in a way that is easy for me to use, once you develop a system, it makes shopping with them much easier. I can grocery shop, monitor my coupons and feed Kevin his free chocolate chip cookie all at the same time!

I hate that some people think that moms who are extreme couponers are quirky weirdos who have no life besides couponing. That just is not true. I probably actually spend less time shopping for my family because I have it down to a system and am organized. Plus, having a stockpile means rarely running out of anything, so no extra trips to the store.

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