I am an Extreme Couponer. No, I’ve never gone into a store and gotten an entire pallet of cereal for free. But I do get multiple inserts each week, know all the policies and promos of my stores and have a decent enough stockpile in my basement that gives me enough ‘street cred’ with the other extreme couponers.

But it’s not for everyone, heck, some people never, ever want to clip a coupon! That doesn’t mean that there aren’t decent deals to be had. I used to do a regular feature called “No coupons, no problem” but have gotten away from it. Thank you to my new friend Alissa at Fun Finds for Families for reminding me that clipping coupons isn’t for everyone. So here you go, here are a few quick easy deals without clipping any coupons.

Acme-Acme is running a promo this week where you buy 10 items from a select list (on back page of flyer) and they’ll deduct $5 total, or $0.50 from each item. Propel is on the list. Propel is $1, so if you buy ten, only $0.50 per. And, many shoppers have spotted $1 off 2 peelie/sticky coupons stuck to the bottles of Propel. Tip: the Avondale Acme was completely wiped out of Propel yesterday, so methinks that the bottles had the peelies on them. After all, it’s not rocket science. If you’re staring a sign that is advertising the item for $0.50 and you spot those coupons………well, easy math! If you’re going to Acme anyway, can’t hurt to look. Deal runs through Thursday.

Another Acme deal: Log your Acme card into your e-savings. Ok, this might be a little bit of work, sorry. But it’s not clipping coupons! Look at what offers you got loaded on to your card. Did you get the $0.50 or $0.75 off Fresh Express? Guess what? It’s on sale for $1 this week, so you’ll only pay $0.25 or $0.50 per bag. I wish spinach had a longer shelf life! So I got some yesterday, and I’ll go back on Thursday, the last day of the deal and get more. We’ll be out of milk or bananas by then anyway.

Walgreen’s: This week at Walgreen’s, Almay cosmetics are 30% off. In addition, if you buy one, you’ll get $5 back in Register Rewards. So, if you needed to purchase something there anyway this week, look for an Almay item first, one that is on sale for $5 or less. Pay for it, get your $5 RR. Now, go get the item that you came in for, and pay for it with your $5 RR.

CVS: Got allergy problems? CVS has Allegra on sale this week for $6.99. Buy it with your CVS shopper card, get $6.99 back in Extra Care Bucks. Same premise as the Walgreen’s deal–if you need something there anyway this week, get the Allegra first. Then grab your $6.99 and go use that to purchase whatever it is that you needed.