Sorry I didn’t get to my “Saturday errand picks this morning,” I know that they are frequently some of my more popular posts. I was just too frazzled trying to get to the coupon swap at 8 and then the Blogger Expo at 10.

For new readers-what makes a must-do deal for me on a Sunday? Well, either it’s a freebie or moneymaker deal that is going to be really hot, and I expect the stores to run out of merchandise. Or, it’s a deal that although totally legit, is just a little too-good-to-be-true and I’m afraid the stores will pull it.

Tomorrow, I think the only must-do deal would be the Allegra at CVS. It’s $6.99 with $6.99 back in Extra Care Bucks. If you have the $2 printable coupon from Smartsource, you have a chance to increase your Extra Care Bucks by $2. I decreased my Extra Bucks last week by $13, so I am definitely on the hunt for ways to increase them. If the printable is no longer working, check your 3/7 inserts. But, I still don’t think that I’ll get up early and try to get this, although I would expect stores to run out of it. Hopefully not.

Another hot deal will be the Almay deal at Walgreen’s. First, there was a $2 coupon in the 3/6 inserts. Next, there’s a $2 Walgreen’s Store Coupon in the Spring Beauty Guide booklet. I haven’t seen these, check in & around the beauty registers. I only looked for them at the Penn Green Road/Avondale store. A store coupon can be stacked with a mfr coupon. And….Almay is 30% off and each Almay product will generate $5 in Register Rewards!

Remember, Walgreen’s Register Rewards deals WILL NOT STACK. If you get three products in one purchase, you will only get ONE $5 RR. You must buy them separately. And they WILL NOT roll! You cannot use a $5 RR to pay for the next Almay item–your $5 RR WILL NOT print if you do.

Nevertheless, this is a must do deal for me. I have several of those coupons, and with the sale, even if I can’t find the Walgreen’s coupon, I see it as an opportunity to spend much less than $5 to get one Almay item + a $5 RR. And, you all know what I’ll use that for……….diapers!

Another reason I like to wait and not necessarily run out on a Sunday-I like to check hotcouponworld and some of the other blogs, and get the word from the street. Which deals are not working, which deals have better limits than what was published, secret hidden deals, clearance finds, stuff like that. I let others go out on Sundays and hit the pharmacies. Then I look for what else I may want to do and it saves me another trip. But the weather is nicer, the days are longer, it’s not so cold………..I am going to hit the stores tomorrow morning. Look for me! And I hope that the Landenberg store has fixed their magic card scanner/coupon printer-it’s been broken all week!