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Freebie Friday: Entertainment book, Home Made Simple coupon book, kids crafts, and more!

July 31, 2009 by

Happy Friday!

Free 2009 Entertainment Book: Get a free 2009 Entertainment book when you buy a 2010 copy. I love our Entertainment book! In addition to having $ off coupons for our local grocery store, there are lots of great buy one, get one free coupons for local restaurants which means that my husband and I can actually justify a night out every now and then and still stay on budget! There are also great coupons for local activities which means we can go out and do things as a family, too. If you haven’t checked out the entertainment book yet, it’s definitely worth it! You can order yours using the link below.

Free Family Fun from Target: Target is sponsoring a number of free, family fun events at parks and museums throughout the country. Click here to find out what is available in your area.

Free Home Made Simple Coupon Book: Click here to get a free coupon book with lots of great coupons for Procter & Gamble products.

Free Kids Crafts: Are your kids starting to feel bored this summer? Are you looking for ideas to entertain them and get you through the next few weeks? Check out the link below for free summer crafts for kids!

Home Depot Kids Workshop: This Saturday (8/1/09) bring your kids (ages 5-12) to your local home depot store between 9 am and noon and they can make their very own message center! Back to school time for us marks the start of soccer season and lots of other craziness, so this would be a welcome addition to our home and the fact that it’s free is an added bonus!! Get more information about this here.

Huggies ETR code: If you read my blog regularly, you know that I am a big fan of Huggies Enjoy the Ride Rewards. I have won 3 $25 gas cards (won the third one this week!) and a $25 Gap gift card so far. There is NO purchase needed! If you’ve already joined, be sure to add the code below which is worth five points:
KCPBH XMNRB TDPGB

If you’re signing up for the first time, you’ll get 10 points for signing up. Be sure to check out these posts here, here, and here for additional codes.

Mars Chocolate: Don’t forget to go here to sign up for your FREE Mars chocolate!

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The Gymboree Back to School sale has started!

July 30, 2009 by


Each year when the Gymboree Back to School sale rolls around, I always have mixed emotions. I think this is one of my FAVORITE sales of the year, so I always look forward to it, but it also is a reminder that the end of summer is approaching that that the time is coming for me to go back to work and that is always hard because I hate having to leave my kids. This year is especially bittersweet for me because my oldest starts kindergarten – where does the time go?

Having said all of that, this sale is awesome. If you haven’t done the Back to School sale before, all of the “big kid” clothing is priced at $10, $15, or $20.

Here’s the breakdown:

*$10 = girls & boys tees, leggings, and shorts

*$15 = girls skorts, girls & boys pants, and woven pants

*$20 = girls dresses, girls & boys sweaters, outerwear, jeans & shoes

Other hot items:

*Backpacks are $20

*Lunch boxes are $10

*Solid socks and knee socks are 4/$10

*Printed knee socks are 5/$15

You CAN use 20% off coupons with this sale! There are several available right now:
*Working Mother Magazine – May/June issue
*Family Fun Magazine – June/July issue
*Parents Magazine – August issue
*Good Housekeeping – August issue
*Oprah Magazine – August issue
*Redbook Magazine – August issue
*Better Homes & Gardens – $august issue
*Home mailer

You also earn Gymbucks ($25 for every $50 you spend!). Gymbucks earning period is 7/29-9/27. The redemption period is 10/1-10/11.

If you are shopping online, you get free shipping if you spend $100 or more.

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Walgreens Friends & Family event – save 15% off

July 30, 2009 by

Click here to print coupons to save 15% on eligible store items and 20% off Walgreens and W brand products.

Some restrictions apply: Use at photo or cosmetics register only Present to cashier at the beginning of check-out. Valid only on 7/31/09 during regular store hours. Not valid on prescriptions, cigarettes, dairy products, liquor, liquor department items, phone cards, newspapers, magazines, stamps, and gift cards or where otherwise limited by law. Limit one card per person per purchase.

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Randalls deals for the week of 7/29

July 29, 2009 by

The Randalls ad isn’t all that great this week, but there are a few things in the ad that I thought were worth pointing out.

*Milk is $1.49!!!! (limit is 2) – this may vary by location, so check your ad to make sure it applies at your store.

**Print the “free chocolate half gallon chocolate milk coupon when you buy a regular gallon of milk” coupon at coupons.com (use zip code 63090) – get a gallon of milk and a half gallon of chocolate milk for $1.49!

*Mrs. Baird’s bread – $1.49 (4 day sale – Wednesday 7/29-Saturday 8/1)

*Rosarita refried beans – $.79 (that’s cheaper than the store brand!)

*There is a coupon for a $30 gift card with any transferred prescription. CVS and Walgreens both accept competitor’s coupons (Walgreens will match the gift card amount plus give you $2 extra at some locations). So, if you have an existing prescription and need a refill, you can either get $30 in free groceries or get a start on shopping at CVS or Walgreens just for transferring it! The coupon expires on 8/4/09.

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Kroger deals for the week of 7/29

July 29, 2009 by


After all the trips I made over the past two weeks during the Mega sale, I’m a bit relieved that this with there are not a lot of “hot” deals.

There is a P&G promotion that starts this week. Here are the details ~

Buy 4 participating P&G (Procter & Gamble) products, get an instant $4 off: this promotion is valid through 8/8/09. The terms are a bit confusing to me because it says “$4 savings is on the non P&G products in your purchase” yet the ad lists items with prices after the $4 off…a bit misleading for sure! I haven’t tried this yet, so I don’t know how it’s going to play out.

There are lots of new loadable coupons on the P&G eSaver site (at this point, you can use the eSaver and paper manufacturer’s coupons together). Click here to load them to your card.

There should be a new P&G insert in this Sunday’s newspaper.

Here are the participating items including in the ad: (I listed items at the pre-discount price)

*Always or Tampax – $2.99/each
.50/1 Always eSaver coupon
.50/1 Tampax eSaver coupon
.50/1 Always Pad, Clean Or Feminine Cleansing Cloths, Any – 07-05-09 PG (expires 7/31/09)
.50/1 Tampax, Any 18 Ct. + – 06-07-09 PG (expires 7/31/09)

*Cascade dish detergent – $3.99/each
.50/1 Cascade eSaver coupon
$1/1 Cascade Product, Any – 07-05-09 PG (expires 7/31/09)

*Charmin Bath Tissue or Bounty paper towels – $6.99/each
.25/1 Bounty eSaver coupon
.25/1 Charmin eSaver coupon
.25/1 Charmin, any – 07-05-09 PG (expires 7/31/09)

*Downy fabric softener or Bounce sheets – $5.88/each (48-60 loads Downy or 105-120 ct Bounce)
.50/1 Bounce dryer sheets eSaver coupon
.50/1 Downy eSaver coupon
$1/1 Ultra Downy, Any – 06-28-09 RP (expires 7/31/09)

*Head & Shoulders – $6.49/each
BOGO free Head & Shoulders Shampoo or Conditioner – 07-05-09 PG (expires 7/31/09)

*Herbal Essence or Aussie – $2.99/each
$2/1 Aussie eSaver coupon
$1/1 Herbal Essences eSaver coupon
$2/2 Aussie Products, Any Excludes Trial Size – 07-26-09 RP (expires 7/31/09)
$1/1 Herbal Essences Shampoo, Conditioner, Styler, or Color Product, any excludes trial size – 07-05-09 PG (expires 7/31/09)
Herbal Essences Styling Product, Any (1) Free WYB (1) Herbal Essences Shampoo, Conditioner Or Styling Product, Any Excludes Trial Size – 07-26-09 RP (Thanks Marci for the heads up that some of the styelrs ARE included!)

*Iams dog food – $16.99
$1/1 Iams dry dog food eSaver coupon
$2/1 P&G Year of Savings booklet
$2.50/1 Iams – Kroger home mailer

*Pantene shampoo or conditioner – $5.99/each
$1/1 Pantene eSaver coupon
Pantene Shampoo and Conditioner (buy any 1) and get any one Pantene Styler or Treatment FREE – 06-28-09 SS – (again, I don’t know if the stylers will be included) – expires 7/31/09
$1/1 Pantene Pro-V Expressions Or Restoratives Product, Any Excludes Trial Size – 07-26-09 RP

*Puffs Facial Tissue – $1.99/each
.25/3 Puffs tissues eSaver coupon

*Secret Flawless – $3.99/each
$1/1 Secret, any one anti-perspirant or deodorant, excludes trial size, limit one coupon per purchase. – 07-05-09 PG (expires 7/31/09)

*Swiffer dusters or refills – $6.99
.50/1 Swiffer duster eSaver coupon

*Tide laundry detergent – $5.88 (20-32 loads)
.35/1 Tide eSaver coupon
$1/1 Tide Detergent, Any – 07-05-09 PG

Here’s my scenario:
Buy 1 Iams dog food – $16.99
Buy 1 Aussie shampoo – $2.99
Buy 1 Herbal Essence shampoo – $2.99
Buy 1 Herbal Essence styler – $2.99
Buy 1 DiGiorno Flatbread melts – $3.19
Buy 1 lb peaches – $.87
Buy 4 Kraft shells & cheese – $1.79/each

Use $1 Iams eSaver coupon
Use $2.50/1 Iams coupon (from Kroger mailer)
Use $2 Aussie eSaver coupon
Use $1 Herbal Essence eSaver coupon
Use $1/1 Herbal Essence coupon
Use free Herbal Essence styler when you buy shampoo/conditioner coupon
Use Free DiGiorno coupon
Use 2 $1.50/2 Kraft Shells & cheese printables
Use $3 Kraft OYNO catalina
Use $1 Kleenex OYNO catalina
Instant $4 off (P&G promotion)

Total before coupons = $37.18

Total after coupons = $12.50 – that’s less than I would normally pay for 1 bag of dog food! (My dog will only eat Iams, but I only buy it when there are sales/promotions so I get it for a good price….it retails for $19.99-$21.99!) – I will also get back a $3 OYNO catalina for the Kraft

OTHER DEALS: These are not ALL of the deals for the week – just some of the highlights that I saw – click here for the full ad

*DelMonte vegetables – 4/$3

*Edge or Skintimate shave gel – $1.99
$1.50/2 Skintimate Shave Gel Or Cream, Any – 07-12-09 SS

*Nature’s Own/Sara Lee/Mrs. Baird’s bread – 2/$4

*Peaches – $.87/lb

*Plums – $.87/lb

*Right Guard deodorant – 10/$10 = possible free (if they have the Fast Break on sale)
$1/1 printable here
$1/2 Right Guard, Dry Idea or Soft & Dri Products, Any – 05-17-09 SS

*Springdale milk – $1.99

*Tropicana orange juice – $2.99

Current catalina deals:

*Buy 4 packages of Kleenex tissue, get a $1 OYNO catalina (I’m not sure about the end date on this one)

*Between 7/17 and 8/9 buy Velveeta Shells and Cheese or Kraft Deluxe Mac N Cheese:

Buy 2 get $1
Buy 3 get $2
Buy 4 get $3

These are priced at $1.79/each. There is a $1.50/2 printable coupon here (you can print 2 per computer).

Buy 4 @ $1.79/each

Use 2 $1.50/2 printables

Spend $4.16, get a $3 OYNO catalina!

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