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Update: Walgreen’s Almay deal

March 22, 2011 by · 1 Comment

I wanted to go to the Walgreen’s at Longwood/Kennett Square. A reader told me that location has the beauty booklets and I was unable to find them at the Avondale store. Sure enough, they do. Sitting right there on the beauty counter. And there are plenty, I only took three or four.

Recap of the Almay deal: Select Almay items are 30% off, and Almay items are producing a $5 Register Reward. There is a $2 Almay coupon in the beauty booklets which can be stacked with Almay manufacturer coupons. They were in the 2/13 ($1) and 3/6 ($2) inserts. There are not any printable coupons available that I could find.

I chose the $5.99 items, which is eyeliner, mascara and eyeshadow. There are even bonus packs that include both an eyeliner and a mascara for $5.99. After deducting both coupons, I paid $1.69 and got $5 back. Did it twice so now I have two new eyeliners and a new mascara, plus $10 to spend at Walgreen’s. All for only $3.38. Hoping for a diaper deal to use them on!

That was a slow insert week for me and I only got four of the Almay coupons and promised two to a friend. That’s ok, I have plenty of makeup and I want her (she’s a couponing newbie) to experience a good (what we call in the extreme couponing world) moneymaker!

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No coupons? No problem! Acme, Walgreen’s, CVS-March 21

March 21, 2011 by · 3 Comments

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.

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Any Sunday must-do deals? YES!

March 20, 2011 by · Leave a Comment

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!

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