$6 AMC Movie Tickets

Here is a good deal from BuyWithMe, another daily deal site. But this offer is good for almost a week, so you have time to think it over.

OFFER

**Please, please, before you buy-make sure your state is eligible. PA is an eligible state, but I know I have readers everywhere!

Acme Store Brands coupon, expires Thursday

Just a reminder, if you have the Acme coupon for 15% off store brands, Thursday is the last day to use it. Take a look at your pantry & see if you need anything. Don’t forget to check your e-savings to see if you can stack those offers with the coupon. I have several Acme brand items on mine.

What else can we cut in half?

One item that I’m pretty brand/product loyal to is Olay Cleansing Cloths. I really, really like them and thankfully last year I found an awesome deal at Kmart, so I’m set for the next year or so with them. But another thing I do to make them last longer is that when I open a new package, I cut each one in half before putting them in my bathroom. This automatically doubles my supply!

Recently I was talking with some other couponers, and one said that she cuts dryer sheets in half for the same reason. I had one of those “D’oh!” moments and now I do that too.

When I give my kids juice, I also cut that by more than half. Usually it’s about 1/3 juice and 2/3 water per cup. This is more for sugar/calories and training their young palates to not get used to sweets, but there is a secondary cost-cutting benefit.

Whenever I find deals on Bounty, I try to find the select-a-size rolls. Those are the ones with the smaller perforated sheets and I definitely find that those rolls last longer in the kitchen because the sheet you’re taking is smaller.

What else can we cut in half to save money?

Diaper Sales/Prices this week, March 27

Need diapers? Going to try a new weekly feature where I highlight diaper prices at the big stores. Going to focus on Huggies & Pampers, will post Luvs or store brands if there is a deal. If it says “no ad” behind it, it means that there is no special advertised for the week, and unless we see otherwise, should assume they will be regular price.

Current coupons:

Huggies- Printables (high value ones too, $2 & $3!); 3/20 inserts, also many home mailers & such listed in database

Pampers-P&G hardly ever ever does printables; 2/27 inserts

PRICES

Kmart-advertising both brands-Pampers Cruisers value pack or Huggies Supreme 72–116-ct. diapers for $29.99, through 4/2

Genuardi’s (Safeway)-big box of Pampers/Huggies, $17.99 with $10 minimum purchase and in-ad coupon

Walgreen’s-store brand jumbo packs on sale for 5.99-use the $2 coupon from the Baby Booklet, get them for $3.99-remember, ask if you can have the coupon back after they scan it, they are allowed to hand it back to you for re-use, but it’s still very much YMMV (your mileage may vary) as far as whether or not they’l give it to you. Ends 4/2.

Walgreen’s-Big Packs, no count listed, both Huggies & Pampers-$19.99, through 4/2.

Walgreen’s-Huggies tubs of wipes, 2 for $5, through 4/2.

Walgreen’s-big refill packs of store brand wipes, $4.99, through 4/2.

Target-no diapers in ad, through 4/2.

Superfresh-highlighting several baby items, including a $5 catalina offer when you spend $50 on Pampers/Luvs diapers & wipes; also lots of e-savings on Zavers to stack with mfr coupons, through 3/31.

Pampers big packs-19.99, Pampers wipes refills-5.99; America’s Choice Jumbo pack diapers-6.99, wipes 1.99; don’t forget to check your e-savings for additional offers-I frequently get Pampers/Kandoo items on there, through 3/31.

Big Lots-none advertised, they don’t take mfr coupons but generally run a dollar or two cheaper than the other stores, so if you don’t have coupons, I’d buy them here. No end date listed.

Giant, through 4/2: Pampers jumbo packs listed for $8.99, these are also a part of a “Buy 4, save $.20 per gallon” gas deal.

Acme- Big boxes of Huggies & Pampers, all varieties-19.99; Huggies & Pampers wipes refills 5.99

CVS-no deals/sales listed.

Diapers can be one of the most expensive household expenses for a grocery budget. Bring a calculator to the store with you (or if you have one on your phone) and see what you’re paying per diaper. From this Extreme Couponer’s point of view, these are the prices I aim for-

Anything under $0.10 per diaper-that is my stock up price and I would max out on the deal.

$0.10-$0.18 per diaper-good price, I’d get pretty many at that rate, depending on how many I had in my stockpile and what I needed.

Higher than $0.18-only if I absolutely needed them, and would get just enough to last me until I find a deal.

Wipes-I really try to stick to a penny per wipe or less. A penny to 1.5 cents per wipe, I’ll get some if my stockpile is running low. Any higher than that, only if I absolutely need them. To put it into perspective–your average tub of 72 wipes, I really don’t want to pay more than $0.75-$1.00 for it.

Amazon diaper deal-Old posts here and here, if you want to learn how to do that offer. Or ask! But from what I’m reading, it appears that the newer issues of the various parenting magazines that carried the diaper codes, they are not in the new issues. So this deal may be ending 3/31. Get what you can at those low rates–I know that via that offer, I paid about $0.04 per diaper, shipped!