I know I said no more Walmart………

But I had something to return, honest! And I had no receipt, so I had a store credit to spend. If you go to the back of the store (Kennett Walmart) where the gardening and holiday stuff usually is, they have started to put Halloween stuff out. There also is a huge aisle of all clearanced toys. Remember the Tickle Me Elmo TMXs that were going for hundreds on ebay? Ha ha, now they’re $18 on clearance. Stuff for all ages, so a good time to get some xmas shopping done for relatives or even pick up something for Toys for Tots.

Viva-the single rolls of Viva are $1, so if you have the $0.75 coupon from last week, $0.25. I used all my coupons since I had the store credit, though a better deal may come along. Last time Acme did a “Buy xx, get $xx oyno” and Viva was included.

Electrasol-I’m looking for a good place to use my $2.25 coupon, but this isn’t it. It was $3.67. I’m waiting for a store to have it for 2 for $6 or $2.99. I did hear Target has it on sale for $2.79, but I’m not running down there just for a few boxes of Electrasol.

School supplies-not clearanced yet.

Toddler clothes-most summer items marked down to $1.

Health/Beauty items–nothing great on clearance.

Kotex-if you have the $1 off one coupons that were in the paper recently, also frequently found in magazines, they have $1 packs–free! Also, $1 and $0.75 printables available at coupons.com or smartsource.com.

I should be rich

So yeah, I’m always bragging about getting free this, free that, $0.30 for a box of cereal. With all of these savings, I should be rich, right? I wish.

Right now my savings are going to two places–balance out rising costs and my dogs. I am spending $10-$20 more per tank of gas these days and we all keep hearing reports on how the cost of groceries has increased. With coupons I have been able to keep pace with inflation and our monthly budget for these items has not changed. I just heard a report yesterday that grocery costs have increased 5%. I don’t know if I believe that, most of the price increases I’m seeing are much higher than 5%.

And my dogs. I have two giant (100 lb) geriatric dogs who are on tons of expensive medications and prescription food ($70 a bag!). So I am glad for my coupon savings or we would have some very difficult decisions to make. The way I have it figured now, it costs us about $7-$8 a day to have dogs, which is really the equivalent of a car payment. I participate in some rebate programs for both their food and some of the meds, but it’s only a small dent.

Caregivers Marketplace

One of the rebate programs I participate in is Caregivers Marketplace. It’s a rebate program for lots of different brands, see their eligible list. I only ever get rebates for Huggies, but they give me $1 back for each pack I buy. Not bad, considering I only ever pay for them with ECBs in the first place. Cottonelle is one of the participating brands too, and I’ve gotten free stuff at Walgreen’s then submitted the rebates. Nothing like getting paid to shop.

Website is here. Registration is free and it’s very easy to do. And like my other rebate checks, it’s a nice surprise to get in the mail.

Dansko coupon

When I originally got this coupon, I didn’t post it because some companies don’t like you to do that. But last week at the Mushroom Festival they were handing them out, so I figure they must want lots of people to shop there. If they contact me, I’ll take it down, but until then, here you go.

Dansko coupon

The new outlet store is nice. Not so cramped like before and there are actual places to sit down! And you still have 2 weeks left to use the coupon.