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Savings Saturday: CVS ad for the week of 1/11-1/17

January 10, 2009 by


It’s definitely a slow CVS week this week. It would be a good time to focus on some of the monthly deals if you haven’t done them already. The match ups for the monthly deals can be found here.

I do these coupon match-ups myself and it takes a LOT of time. I don’t mind if you share this information, but please make sure you are giving credit by posting a link back to my blog! Thanks 🙂

ECB deals:
Accu-chek Compact Plus Diabetes Monitoring Kit – $14.99, get $5 ECB (free after MIR)

Advil value pack – $9.99, get $1 ECB
$1/1 printable coupon here

Aquafresh white trays – $34.99, get $10 ECB
$5/1 Aquafresh White Trays Or Aquafresh White Trays Pro-Gentle System, Any – 01-04-09 SS

Get $5 ECB when you buy Bengay patches or Motrin IB 50 count
$1/1 Motrin Product, Any Excluding Trial Size – 01-04-09 RP

Bounce lint roller – $7.99, get $2 ECB (month long value pack)
$1/1 printable here

Cheerios twin pack – $7.99, get $4 ECB (these are month long value packs)
.55/1 Honey Nut Cheerios printable here

Cheez-It twin pack – $6, get $3 ECB (part of the month long value packs)

Get $10 ECB when you buy CVS or Life Fitness blood pressure monitor
$3 off any CVS brand printable here

Dove shampoo, conditioner, or styler – 2/$9, get $3 ECB

Excedrin Migraine, Extra Strength or PM value pack – $8.99, get $3 ECB (month long)
$2/1 Excedrin Product, Any 80 Ct. + – 01-04-09 SS
$2/1 Excedrin, Any 80 Ct + – 10-19-08 SS

Glade PlugIns scented oil refills 2 pk or essential oil candle twin pk -$5.49, get $2 ECB (part of the month long value packs)
$1/1 Glade PlugIns Scented Gel refill packs on TWO from 1/11/09 SS
$1 and $2 coupons here (go to pg. 6)

Gold Emblem Almonds twin pack – $7.99, get $1 ECB (part of the month long value packs)
$1 CVS CRT
$3 off any CVS brand purchase here

Kleenex tissues with lotion 3 pk – $3.69, get $1 ECB (month long value pack)
.50/1 Kleenex Facial Tissue – Any (3) Packages Or Any (1) Bundle Pack (Excluding Individual Kleenex Pocket Pack Or Juniors Tissue) – 01-04-09 SS

Kotex value pack – $4.99, get $2 ECB (month long value pack)
$2/1 Kotex Feminine Care Product, Any Excluding Trial Size – 01-04-09 SS

Spend $10 on Maybelline cosmetics, get $5 ECB
$1/1 Maybelline Mascara, Any – 10-26-08 RP
$3/1 Maybelline Foundation, Any – 10-26-08 RP

Maybelline lash stilletto mascara – $6.99, get $2 ECB
$1/1 Maybelline Mascara, Any – 10-26-08 RP

M&Ms Cupid’s mix – 2/$5, get $2 ECB

Spend $10 on Nestle candy products, get $5 ECB: Nestle Crunch/Baby Ruth/Butterfinger 8 pk or giant bar 4/$5, Nestle singles 2/$1, Nestle Butterfinger or Crunch hearts 2/$5

Nature’s Bounty – BOGO free when you buy 2 Nature’s Bounty Co Q-10 Bonus 45 ct. or fish oil bonus 120 ct., earn $3 ECB (month long value pack)
$2/1 printable here
$1/1 printable from the blue coupons.com link on the blog (there is one at the top and one on the sidebar)
$1 Natures Bounty Product, Any 9/7, 9/21, 10/12 RP

Nature Valley or Fiber One twin packs – $6.99, get $3 (month long value packs)
$1/2 Nature Valley granola bars here
.50/1 Nature Valley Granola Bars, Any – 01-04-09 GM
.60/1 Nature Valley printable here
.50/1 Fiber One Chewy Bars, Any – 01-04-09 GM

Pledge with duster – $4.59, get $1 (part of the month long value packs)
$1 printable here (go to pg. 5)

Shout twin pack – $4.99, get $1 ECB (month long value pack)
.75/1 Shout printable here

Soy Joy value pack – $6, get $6 ECB

Triaminic value pack – $11.97, get $3 ECB (month long value pack)
$1.50/1 printable here

Tylenol 8 hour or arthritis pain value pack – $7.49, get $2 ECB
Tylenol Extra Strength, 8 Hour, or Arthritis Product, any $1 (3-31-09) from 1-4 RP insert
$1 printable coupon here

Zyrtec – $18.99, get $1 ECB
$4 Zyrtec Adult, 30 ct.+ or Zyrtec-D, any 24 ct.+ $4 SS 11/23/08
$4 Zyrtec Adult, any 30 ct.+ or Zyrtec D, any 24 ct.+ (exp 1-12-09) SS 10/12/08
$2 Zyrtec Childrens Product, any (exp 1-12-09) SS 10/12/08
$2 Zyrtec Childrens Product, any SS 11/23/08

BOGO free deals:
Colgate toothpaste
Use .75/1 or $1/1 coupon from the 1/4 inserts

Dreyer’s/Edy’s ice cream

Revlon cosmetics
$1/1 Revlon Color Cosmetic Product, Any – 12-07-08 SS
$1/1 Revlon Color Cosmetic Product, Any – 11-16-08 RP
$1/1 Revlon Color Cosmetic Product, Any – 10-12-08 SS
$2/1 Revlon Color Cosmetic Product, Any – 09-14-08 SS

Nature Made vitamins
$1/1 Nature Made Vitamins, Any – 01-04-09 SS

CVS pharmacy batteries
(use $3 off any CVS purchase coupon here)

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Savings Saturday: $40 weekly grocery budget

January 10, 2009 by

I used a few gift cards to help pay for purchases this week. Target frequently has deals (ranging from diapers to razors to cereal) where you can earn a $5 gift card for purchasing certain items. I always try to keep a $5 Target card to “roll” into these deals, which is basically what I did today (I used a $10 gift card I earned from Lila Guide).

I also transferred a prescription to Randalls and got a $30 gift card. If you have Safeway/Randalls, there is a coupon in the paper this week for a $30 gift card with any NEW or transferred prescription. Coupons for new prescriptions are hard to come by, and the coupon is good through 2/7/09, so you may want to pick up a few extra ads 🙂 In my area, CVS, Walgreens, Kroger, and Randalls all accept competitor pharmacy coupons.

Here’s what I got for $32.25 OOP this week. I actually didn’t realize that I was so far under because I did my shopping this morning in a hurry. I will probably go back to Target and get a canister of Instant Breakfast (my husband loves it and it is on price cut for $4.49 right now, so it’ll be $3.49 with the $1 off coupon from last week’s inserts) and 5 more boxes of the Kashi breakfast bars (they are on price cut for $2.75 and there are $2 off coupons from Kashi and Vocal Point). That will bring my total for the week to $39.49 (there are no taxes on groceries in my area).

CVS/Target/Kroger combined –

Target – 3 boxes Electrasol ($3.25 through this week, used 3 $2.50/1 coupons), 1 bag baked Ruffles (used $1 Lays printable from Smartsource.com and $1 Target Lays printable), 6 boxes Kashi breakfast bars (used one free coupon from Vocal Point and 5 $2 off coupons from Kashi), Hillshire Farms lunchmeat (used a $.55/1 coupon and there is a TMF peelie attached, so I will get $ back), bag of boneless skinless chicken breasts, 4 cans chicken broth, 2 packages Old El Paso taco seasoning (used $1.10/2 printable), Sara Lee bread, Kraft cheese sticks (used $1 printable), 10 Sobe Life water (used .50/1 hang tags attached to bottles), Juicy Juice 8 pk (used $1 off coupon), MP heavy whipping cream

Used $10 Target gift card from Lila Guide, spent $20.10 OOP, got $5 Target gift card back (for purchase of Sobe Life water)

Kroger – celery, vanilla wafers, salad mix, bag of grapefruit, bell peppers, cataloupe, enchilada sauce, ranch dip mix, canned pineapple, cucumbers
$12.15 OOP

CVS – 2 bags of kitchen trash bags – $11.35, used $3 off any CVS brand purchase, $8.85 OOP (paid w/ $9 ECB adjusted down) Also, in the picture below, you will see two packages of plastic cups and 2 boxes of CVS Cold & Sinus

**The next few weeks at CVS are looking pretty grim, so I have been “burning” my ECBs (meaning I’m using them to buy things that I need but that are not necessarily generating ECBs). If you haven’t taken advantage of the $3 off any CVS brand purchase coupon yet, you really should. This week the CVS brand items are BOGO 50% off and the vitamins are BOGO free!

Randalls – 5 boxes Pop Tarts (.99/each with super coupon), baby carrots, 2 pounds of bananas, 2 gallons milk – paid $10.92 on gift card from prescription transfer

Here are my updated savings totals:
Baby Emergency fund – last week’s total was $672, I earned $11 from Associated Content this week which will be applied to this fund for a total of $683 (Goal = $1000)
Gift savings – $132.42 (Goal = $1500)
Rolling entertainment fund – $0 (Goal = $500)

Here’s how much I have saved at individual stores:
Total Target savings – $69.70 to date
Total CVS savings – $70.53 (not updated, will update later today once I gather all my receipts!)
Total Kroger savings – $21.34
Total Randalls savings – $21.02

**If you’re looking for spreadsheets to help you track your savings, there are some good ones here on the Mommy Snacks blog

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Target Sobe Life Water deal

January 10, 2009 by

Target has a promotion right now where you get a $5 Target gift card when you buy ten 20 ounce bottles of Sobe Life water. The water is priced 10/$10. There were .50/1 hang tangs on all of the waters at my store.

Here’s how it works out:

Buy 10 Sobe Life water = $10
Use 10 .50/1 coupons – $5

Total OOP = $5, get a $5 Target gift card back

Use your $5 gift card to “roll” into doing the deal again.

The dates on this promotion are 1/4-1/24/09.

If you can’t find the hang tags at your Target store, check for tear pads or hang tags at grocery stores or gas stations.

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Online and in store deals for 1/10/09

January 10, 2009 by

Baskin Robbins – print a $1 coupon here to try out their new BRight Choices flavors with 50% less fat and 20% less calories than regular ice cream.

Bath & Body Works – the semi-annual sale continues. Get $3 anti-bacterial soaps. Antibacterial refills are 2/$10. Wallflower starter sets and refills are 2/$10. Clearance items up to 50% online and 75% in stores.

Crazy 8 – The semi-annual sale is going on now. Save up to 60% off your entire purchase and items are starting at $4.99. Use code FREE10 for an additional $10 off a $30 purchase (if you have already registered on their site, use this link to sign up using a new e-mail address). There are also 20% off codes out there from home mailers.

Disney – save an extra 30% off items for the kids. Use code ROCK30. Enjoy free shipping when your order is $89 or more using code SHIP89. Kid and adult graphic tees start at $4.99. Princess Belle doll for $4.99. Lots of other good deals! Get 1% cash back when you shop through Ebates.

Gymboree – save up to 60% off during the semi-annual big red balloon sale in stores and online. Accessories – .99, tops and knit pants – $4.99, sweaters/jackets/dresses – $7.99. Earn a $25 Gymbuck for every $50 you spend. They are also having the sale at the outlet stores. Remember you can’t use % off coupons at the outlet and you can’t earn or redeem Gymbucks at the outlet stores.

Hickory Farms – get up to 75% off the entire site. The bargains are incredible and definitely worth checking out!! If you use code CLIPPER you get an additional 15% off your order. You can also earn 4% cash back through Ebates.

JC Penney’s Three Day Sale (1/9-1/11/09) – save 70% off original prices during the storewide clearance sale, 30-60% off thermal draperies and shades, 50% off Home Expressions sheets, and 40% off leather furniture. Get free shipping on orders of $69 or more using code HOT. If you signed up for JC Penney Rewards, this is the last weekend (through 1/11) to make a purchase and qualify for your $10 bonus rewards card. Get 4% cash back when you shop through Ebates.

Kohls – Supercharged Savings sale – Early birds shop Saturday (1/10) from 12 am-4 pm (online) and 7 am-1 pm (local time). Save 60-80% during the biggest clearance sale of the year. Get free shipping when you spend $75 or more. Plus, get 8% cash back on purchases when you shop through Ebates.

Macy’s – one day sale (1/10/09) – save 20-65% when you shop in store or online plus an extra 25% off clearance items. Check out their web busters now! Shop through Ebates and get an additional 8% back!

The Children’s Place: Monster Sale – take an additional 30% off clearanced merchandise. Save and additional 15% off your purchase using code CLUBEK81EXAAC8 or print this coupon to use in store here. Enter to win a $1000 shopping spree here (each week until 1/18/09). Shop through Ebates and get 3% cash back.

Victoria’s Secret has tops and tees for $9.99 and up during their semi-annual sale. Get $6 shipping on orders of $50 or more using code SIXSHP. Get $15 off orders of $100 or more using code TAKE15. Get 4% cash back when you shop through Ebates.

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Even more Freebie Friday Freebies

January 10, 2009 by

Sign up to receive Del Monte free 100 calorie fruit here.

.75/1 Del Monte 50% less salt vegetables printable coupon here

Download Suze Orman’s 2009 Action plan for free here (through 1/15/09)

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