Double coupons are back!

NEVER in my wildest dreams did I ever think that KMART would offer double coupons AGAIN!!!

They will be doubling from October 1-5. This means two ad cycles!!

You can go to Kmart's website and sign up for a $5 coupon.

They did this in early September. I wrote about it here. I think the same rules will apply, but I'm not sure because I can't find anything in writing.

Click here for a list of participating stores.

My return to Ralphs

Ok, I'm going to Ralphs this week. They found two ways to lure me in.

1. Lean Cuisines are on sale 10 for $15. Frankly Ralphs has a better selection of Lean Cuisine's then Staters does. I love the peanut chicken and the orange peel chicken (large box) and I haven't had them since I started my Ralphs strike in June.

Click here and here for some coupons to use on the Lean Cuisine's. I'm pretty sure I can get them for $1 each with the coupons. I eat these for lunch every day, its easier to grab one of these on the way out then to make lunch everyday.

2. They sent me coupons for free stuff!! Here's what I am getting for free:
FREE Electrosol diswasher soap
FREE Gatorade Isotonic Drink 6 pack or 8 pack (not sure what this is, but its free!!)
FREE 3.5lb bag Pet Pride Natural Dog Food
FREE Healthy Choice Fresh mixers microwave meal

Coupon organization

Since I've gotten so involved in collecting coupons, I have found that I need to be organized. The way that I store coupon inserts is by using a crate with hanging file folders.

On Sundays I go through the inserts and clip which ever coupons I know that I will use. I keep the inserts and file them by date. This way I still have the inserts in case I find out about double coupon days some place or find a deal on a coupon that I didn't clip. The files make it easy to grab what I need.

I also have a file for store ads. In the past I had what my husband calls "a rats nest" of inserts, and ads. I had several nests throughout the house and in my car. Now they are all in one file. If I am going away for the weekend or camping, it is easy to throw the crate in the car and always have my coupons with me. Yes, I know I am obsessed I'd grab this crate if there was a fire, after my dogs of course!

It would be easy to add files to meet your needs, for example a restaurant coupon file, etc.

I just picked up to crate files at CVS this week for $0.50. Maybe my mom, Nanny or Marsha would want one....

Pamprin Sample

Walmart is offering a free sample of Pamprin. Click here to sign up!

CVS 9.28.08

I found lots of great clearance items today!

Box of Flavorice $1.49 (originally $14.99)
Flip top storage box $0.28 (on top of flavorice)
Smaller flip tops $0.15 each
Filing crates $0.49 each (great for coupons, Nanny let me know if you want one!)
Downy $5.49 (we needed this, so great I didn't have to buy it at Costco)
Gillette Fusion $9.99
Dawn dish soap $0.99

Coupons:
$1 off Downy (came in the mail this week from Walmart, I was bummed it wasn't a coupon for a free bottle, but it still worked out to be almost free)
$1 off Dawn September Proctor and Gamble
$4 off Gillette October Proctor and Gamble
$3 off $15 (email me if you have ?'s about this, I can't post where I got it anymore, copyright police)
$10 ecb

Total OOP: $0.91
ECBs earned $5.00, I was supposed to get $5 from the flavorice but it didn't print. I'll call tomorrow and I should be able to get it.

Total savings (on receipt) $52.97



Husband's trip:
3 Dawn dishsoap $2.97
1 Gillette razor $9.99
1 Colgate $2.99


Coupons:
$1.00 Colgate 9/28 smart source
$4.00 Schick October proctor and gamble
3 $1.00 Dawn coupons September proctor and gamble (they were out of the hand one, so they let me substitute)
$5.00 ECB
$3 off $15

Total OOP: $0.60
ECBs earned: $7
Total Savings (on receipt): $18.69

And one for the ladies....

Sign up here for a free Schick Intuition razor. Finally something for me!

Del Monte coupons

Sign up for the Del Monte email newsletter and you will recieve $35 in coupons including a couple coupons for free items.

Free Schick razor

Sign up for another free Schick razor! I signed up for this last time and never got my sample, but I know a lot of people who did! Hopefully mine will come this time.

CVS 9.21.08

I made two transactions today. A lot of people have asked me if I do all of my transactions at the same store at the same time. The answer is, NO. I have lots of CVS's near me, so I always do my transactions in separate trips at different stores. For example, on my way home from Kaiser, I pass 3 CVS's!!! I've never had the guts to do 2 transactions at the same time.

Trip 1:
1 Nivea body wash $4.99
3 Kleenex $2.31
1 Loreal wrinkle cream $11.99 (in case my 29 year old face begins to wrinkle :)
1 Adidas deoderant $4.99
1 Skin Effects cleanser $6.99

Coupons:
-$.50 kleenex 8/3 smart source
-$3.oo loreal 7/20 or 9/21 smart source
-$1.oo nivea 7/20 smart source
-$1.00 adidas 7/27 or 9/7 red plum
-$5 off $30 CVS coupon (emailed to me from CVS over the weekend)
-$15 ecb
-$5 skin effects (emailed to me from CVS over the weekend)

Total OOP: $1.28
ECBs earned: $20.98

Trip 2: (my husband made this trip with his card)
1 Kotex $6.00
1 Loreal wrinkle cream $11.99
14 Alpo dog food $8.33

Coupons:
-$10 ecbs
-$1 kotex (from all you magazine, september)
-$3.00 loreal 7/20 or 9/21 smart source
-$2 off 10 (I couldn't use 4 off 20 or 5 off 30, the register said they had already been used :(
-2 coupons by one alpo get one free $2.38 HERE, you have to play the game
-2 coupons by 3 get one free $2.38 9/14 red plum

Total OOP: $6.71
ECBs earned: $11.98
I'll be calling CVS tomorrow about this transaction. The cashier wouldn't let me use one of my dog food coupons and the dog food rang up $1.19 each and the shelf said $.99. I should be getting $2.52 back. It would have been even lower if I could have used my $5 off $30 coupon again. Oh well, I would have paid $6 for the tampons without getting the rest of the stuff before I started CVSing......

I made a couple more trips this week:

Trip 3:

1 Qtip $2.99 (625 ct), this is such a deal, my husband is excited to have real Qtips, not CVS brand which he says "bend"

1 Nivea body wash $4.99

1 Adidas deoderant $4.99

1 Crest toothpaste $2.99

4 Kleenex $3.08

Coupons:

$0.30 qtips

$0.55 kleenex

$0.75 crest

$1.00 adidas

$1.00 nivea

$3.00 off $15.00

$11.99 ecbs

Total OOP $0.77

ECBs earned: $11

Trip 4:

7 Kleenex $5.39

1 Arnicare $9.49

Coupons:

$0.50 Kleenex

$0.50 Kleenex

$2.00 Arnicare

$3 off $15

$9 ecbs

Total OOP: $0.83

ECBs earned $8.00

Want to see more CVS savings? Visit the "Cents"ible Sawyer's CVS Superstars!...

Sign up for a coupon for free downy!

***Update- I just got this coupon yesterday. The coupon I got is for $1 off, not a free bottle. I'm disappointed :( Didn't the website say a coupon for a free bottle?

Sign up quick! Walmart is giving a way a coupon for a free bottle of Downy. Click here, then click on special savings.

You don't have to provide an email address for WalMart samples!(Nanny)

Sign up for free products from Quaker

Join Quaker Moms Care and occasionally recieve samples in the mail of their new products!

Playtex Sport sample

Click here for a free sample of Playtex sport tampons and a $1 coupon. If you have already signed up for this, use another email address for another sample. If you haven't signed up and you are a guy, maybe you could sign up and give the sample to your daughter who always gets you free stuff at CVS.

Free fiber one sample

Click here for a free Fiber One sample of Honey Clusters cereal Oats and Chocolate Bar. By the way, I LOVE the Oats and Chocolate Bar, you should try it if you haven't already. If you have already signed up for this sample, use another email address and you should be able to get another sample.

Free tampax sample

Click here to recieve a free sample of tampax pearl from Walmart.

Free sample Always Infinity

Click here to sign up for a free sample of Always infinity pads from Walgreens.

Free pictures at Rite Aid

Click here to print out a coupon to recieve 25 free prints at Rite Aid.

Get your skippy coupons ready!!

Skippy peanut butter will be on sale Sunday, Monday and Tuesday at Stater Brothers for $0.99. Since So Cal was left out of this deal by CVS this week, I'm very happy that Staters came through!

There were $1 off 2 jars in the 8/17 Red Plum so this will make the peanut butter 50 cents each!

I'll be making my Sunday grocery trip an early one this week because I know this peanut butter will go fast. The sale is just in time, I just opened the last jar in my stock pile!

2 Free chicken soft tacos at Del Taco

Join the Del Taco Raving Fan eclub and you can print a coupon for 2 free chicken soft tacos. It is reported that you can print this coupon mulitple times!!

Thanks dad!

B1G1 Pita snack at Jack in the Box

Click here to download and print a coupon for a free pita snack when you buy one. It expires 9/28/08, not sure how many you can print.

Free reusable tote bag

I love using these for my groceries! I hardly ever have my groceries bagged in plastic anymore. At first it was tough to remember to bring them in, but I started putting all of the bags into one bag, and then I put my coupon book in the bag. I never go into a store without my coupons, so now I always have my bags too!!

Sign up here for a free bag to use for groceries!

Wal Mart freebies

There are several new Wal Mart freebies to sign up for this week:






More pledge multisurface wipes, these are great for the car! Click here










Jergen's lotion sample. Click here









Crest whitening expressions tooth paste. Click here

Free Sample Airborne

Click here for a free sample of Airborne.

More tampax and always samples

Click here for 7 products to try. Make sure you put the birthdate of a teen girl, or you will be ineligible for the samples.

Free Kashi oatmeal cookie

Sign up here for a free Kashi Oatmeal Dark Chocolate cookie.

Free Greenies sample

Click here for a free sample of treats for your dog or cat!

Free Sample Kotex Lightdays Pantiliner

Click here for this free sample from Costco, you don't have to be a member.

Roll em' Roll em' Roll em'

CVS trips week of September 7, 2008

Lots of free and cheap deals at CVS this week. Also, this post is called Roll em' because I rolled my ECBs over and over this week and I'm not done yet. Here is how it went:

Transaction 1: Had to be done on Sunday or Monday

3 Loreal Nail Polish $11.97

Coupons:
-$2 off Revlon
-$2 off Revlon
-$1 off Revlon (I forgot the other $2 one at home :(
-$2 off $10 CVS purchase
-$2 ECB

Total OOP:$3.86

ECB's earned: $9.00!!!

ouch this was a lot, but I'm trying to help my husband get his CVS card going (wink wink)

Transaction #2:

1 Rightguard Clinical Strength $6.99

1 Loreal Face Wash $5.99

Coupons:

-$1 Loreal face wash

-$1 Right Guard

-$2 off $10 CVS purchase

-$9 ECB from transaction 1

Total OOP: $0.14

ECBs earned: $10.99

Transaction #3

3 Fiber one 2 pack bars $1.47 (Fille, I got a sample of these in the mail, taste pretty good)

1 Right Guard Clinical Strength $6.99

1 Loreal face wash $5.99

2 Gold emblem almonds $1.98

Coupons:

-$1 Loreal face wash

-$1 Right guard

-$2 off $10 purchase

-$2 off Gold emblem nuts

-$2 CVS coupon (I'm not sure what this was, maybe a mistake, maybe this is why I needed filler at the last minute)

-$8 ECB

Total OOP: $0.43

ECBs earned: $10.99

Transaction #4:

3 Right guard deoderant $8.97

2 bags gold emblem almonds $1.98

-3 $1 off Right guard

-$2 Gold Emblem nuts

- $5.99 ECB

Total OOP: $0.04

ECBs earned: $6.00

Transaction #5:

3 Right guard deoderant $8.97

Coupons:

-3 $1 off right guard

-$5.99 ECB

Total OOP: $0.22

ECBs earned: $6.00

Summary: Total OOP: $4.69 ECBs spent: $13.15 ECBs earned:$42.98

Want to see more CVS savings? Visit the "Cents"ible Sawyer's CVS Superstars!...

Free 2 year subscription to Parents magazine

Click here to sign up for a free 2 year subscription to Parents magazine.

CVS this week 9/7

Here are some of the things that I will be buying:



Sunday and Monday only: Revlon nail enamel: $3.99
Limit 3
Use $2 off coupon from 7/20 or 8/24 Smart Source
Receive $3.00 ECB


Loreal Age Perfect, Revitalift or Skin Genesis $5.99
Limit 1
Use $1 off coupon from 8/10 Red Plum or 7/20 Smart Source
Receive $5.99 ECB

Right Guard Professional Strength $6.99
Limit 3
Use $1 off Right Guard from 7/13 or 8/10 Smart Source
Receive $5.00 ECB
**Total: FREE when using $5.99 ECB from Loreal above

Right Guard Sport $2.99
Limit 5
Use $1 off Right Guard from 7/13 or 8/10 Smart Source
Receive $2.00 ECB
**Total: FREE when using $2 ECB from Colgate deal last week, repeat deal to roll ECBs

Don't have any ECBs?? Here's how you might make your trips:

Monday:
3 Nail polishes $11.97
- 3 coupons $6
-$2 off $10 coupon
Total OOP: $3.97 plus tax
ECB's earned: $9

Next trip:
Loreal product above: $5.99
3 Right Guard sport: $8.97
-$1 Loreal
-3 $1 Right Guard
-$2 off $10
-$9 ECBs from trip 1
Total OOP: 0
ECB's earned: $11.99

If you don't do trip 1, you can still do trip two. Your OOP will be $9 but you will still get $11.99 back which is a nice profit and you will have a good stash of ECBs to roll next week.

Free Betty Crocker Potatoes

****Update: I tried this at my Staters today (Shandin Hills store) and wasn't allowed to use the printed manufacturers coupons. I explained that I was using the store coupon (in ad) and manufacturers coupons and the manager didn't go for it. I am very upset and will be calling corporate on Monday. I don't think this is cheating, Albertsons runs ads like this all the time and accepts manufacturer coupons on top of the store sale. Has anyone had any luck??

Want 10 boxes of Betty Crocker Potatoes??

Sorry to out of state readers, but this can only be done in Southern California.

Here's the deal: Stater Brothers has 10 varieties of Betty Crocker potatoes on sale for 50 cents each when you buy 10 and use the in ad coupon. Print 5 $1 off coupons and they will be free.

Here's where you can print the coupons: HERE, HERE, HERE. You should be able to get two coupons from each site.

I'm excited, my husband loves these and I've been wanting to try the sweet potatoes. Thanks to Julie for sharing this with me!! Hopefully you can get yourself out of Kmart long enough this weekend to shop at Staters!

Kmart saved the day!!!

Look at what I got at Kmart for $30 bucks!!

4 bags of cat food
4 bags of dog food
2 boxes of Multigrain Cheerios
1 bottle of Grease Lightening
4 bags of mini Busy Bones
2 bottles of Wishbone salad dressing
2 large bottles of Suave shampoo
6 easy macs
3 boxes of Special K cereal bars
3 Glade Plug Ins
2 toothbrushes
1 Ban deoderant
4 boxes of Kotex pantiliners
1 Busy bone 2 pack
1 Cheweeze 4 pack
1 bag of Beggin Strips
4 Dove shampoo
4 Dove conditioner
4 Sunsilk shampoo
4 Sunsilk conditioner
1 Garnier shampoo
2 Garnier conditioner
1 Garnier hairspray

Thats a little less then 50 cents per item!!!!!

Get your coupons and go to KMART!!!

NEVER in my wildest dreams did I ever think that KMART of all places would double coupons, but its true!!! Kmart is doubling coupons!! They will double up to a $2 coupon. Double coupons at Kmart will last until September 8th.

Here are some rules:

• Only 4 like coupons will be doubled per day
• You can double up to 75 coupons per day per person. So you can bring another person or visit the store on consecutive days.
• No internet printable coupons or copies of coupons
• Coupon will be adjusted down if after doubled it exceeds the value of the item
• Click here for more info and possible deals

This is unheard of folks! I haven't seen anything this good since Vons had triple coupon days a couple of years ago. I'm not going to be able to sleep tonight, I wish I didn't have to work tomorrow.....

Free uniball pen

Uniball is giving away a free pen. Take the Secure Your Signature Pledge, and you will recieve a free pen. Click here to sign up. The pen you recieve will contain ink that cannot be washed away. It is perfect for signing checks, tax documents, etc.

New Walmart Freebies

Sign up here for a sample of Cottonelle Flushable Moist Wipes.

Sign up here for a sample of John Frieda Luxurious Volume hair care and a coupon. Once you get to the site, click on get yours.

Another free load of laundry

Enter the Dress for the Sevens Sweepstakes, and Proctor and Gamble will send you a free sample of Tide Total Care. Maybe you'll even win the sweepstakes!

Free granola bar sample

Sign up here for a free Quaker Simple Harvest granola bar sample. These are really good granola bars, I usually have one on my morning break. My favorite flavor is the chocolate!