Melissas Bargains

Target deals for the week of 12/7

December 7, 2008 by Melissa

I just have to say that I absolutely LOVE Target. I know that some people are partial to Walmart, and I understand, but honestly, I save so much money at Target. In the past month, I have gotten:

*A “free” $25 e-certificate from them because the Britax deal didn’t pan out. I forgive them because I was able to get a Leapster for my daughter for $3 using my E-certificate.

*Free broccoli

*Free ham

*Cheap Pop Tarts

*Lots and lots and lots of Glade candles and warmers (hopefully my co-workers, neighbors, and kids teachers will all be grateful, too)

*Enough razors to last my husband for 5 months and I only paid $15 OOP for all of them 🙂

Thye have even more gift card offers this week! 🙂

*Buy 5 Keebler or Sunshine crackers or cookies ($2.50/each), get a $5 gift card
There is a $1/1 Keebler cookies printable here: http://bricks.coupons.com/TAF.asp?tqnm=rlasbae1507105&o=54390&c=KB&p=6Fjeqazt&cl=&cp=&eb=&ci=&bq=&r=&lang=&cista=0

Here’s my plan: Buy 3 Cheez-Its (my kids love them) and 2 cookies. Use 2 $1 printables. Use $5 gift card. Spend $5.50, get a $5 gift card back.

FYI ~ Some of the cookies are priced at $2.33, so you save even more money!

*Buy 2 Schick razors, $7.99, get a $5 gift card
Use 2 $4 All You coupons and a $5 gift card. Spend $2.98, get a $5 gift card back
(these will be free at Walgreens this week if you have the All You coupon)

A few other non-gift card deals:
*Airwick Lumin’Air flameless candles are on sale for $4.99 (There are $5 off coupons in today’s paper!)
*Hyper Dash, which is supposed to be a very fun kid game, is on sale for $14.99
*Leap Frog Tag Touch reading system – $49.99

The following new printable coupons are also now up on Target.com:

$1 off 1-lb. or more Archer Farms® deli cheese

$2 off Sutton & Dodge® steakhouse quality choice Angus beef Steak or Roast

50¢ off Archer Farms® artisan bread Bakery Dept.

40¢ off 6-pk. Propel fitness water

50¢ off Archer Farms® • Nuts or • Trail mix

$1 off With purchase of ten individual 6-oz. Archer Farms® yogurt cups

55¢ off Splenda Sweetener item

75¢ off With purchase of both • Reusable Target bag and • Betty Crocker baking mix

$1 off 40- or 90-ct. Totino’s Pizza Rolls

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Scenario Sunday: for the week of 12/7

December 7, 2008 by Melissa

This is a slow week at CVS. There is one freebie and one moneymaker. I’m happy to say that next week has a few deals that are “better” and the week of Christmas (starting 12/21) will be absolutely fabulous (like the Thanksgiving sale) with SEVENTEEN freebies! With coupons, you should be able to make $20 and there is a $4.99 mail in rebate as well 🙂

On my other scenarios, I will lose money, but I am OK with that because I gained so many during the Thanksgiving sale and it would be hard for me to keep up with them anyway. Plus, I’m buying things I need.

So, here are my CVS scenarios for this week:

SCENARIO #1:
Buy Theraflu warming liquid – $5.99 (they have $2 off blinkie coupons right above the Theraflu in my store)
Buy 1 PowerAde – $1.59

Use $2 Theraflu coupon – spend $5.58, get $3.59
There is a MIR for the Theraflu, so when I send that in, I will get an additional $3.99, so I will end up making $2

SCENARIO #2: my diaper deal
Buy 2 Huggies diapers – $10/each
Buy 1 Huggies Pull Ups – $10/each

Use 2 CVS $2 Huggies CRTs (they have different bar codes and expiration dates!), use $2/2 Huggies diapers coupon (you can print this from the blue coupons.com link at the top of my blog or on the sidebar), and $2 off Pull Ups coupon

Spend $22, get $5 back
(if you wanted to spend less $, get 2 packages of wipes at $3 each instead of the extra bag of diapers Pull Ups…I just don’t need more wipes because I still have a huge stockpile from the Target deals last year)

SCENARIO #3: detergent
Buy Tide – $12
Buy Duracell Batteries – $3

Use $1 Tide coupon and $.75 Duracell coupon
Spend $13.25, get $5 ECB back

WALGREENS:

SCENARIO #1:
Buy 3 Reynolds foil – .99 w/ in ad coupon
Buy 3 Robitussin – $3.99/each (use $3 printable)
Buy 4 Hershey’s 4/$10 (use $1.50/3 printable)

Use 3 $1/1 Reynolds foil coupons, use 3 $3 Robitussin printables, use $1.50/3 Hershey’s coupon, $6 RR from the Reach deal and $2 RR from the Colgate deal

Spend $3.44, get $5 RR and $5 MIR (from Hershey’s)

**If you are having trouble with the foil coupons (or to avoid trouble), give the manufacturer’s coupons FIRST and then the store coupon!

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: CVS, scenarios, Walgreens

Savings Saturday: deals for the week of 12/7-12/13

December 6, 2008 by Melissa

Here are the “deals” for the upcoming week. Coupon match-ups are not 100% complete. I basically went from memory so there are not insert dates. I will try to clean this up later today:

CVS:

ECB deals:
*Craig 2 GB MP3 player w/ 1.5” video screen – $24.99, get $5 ECB
*Spend $20 on Hershey’s, get $10 ECB: Hershey’s Bliss 2/$6, Hershey’s miniatures/Reese’s/Kisses – 2/$7, Twizzlers – 2/$3, Hershey’s Pot of Gold – $8.95, Hershey’s miniatures and kisses 2/$4
$1.50/3 printable Hershey’s coupon on Smartsource.com
*RTH appliance hand mixer, mini chopper, can opener, 2 slice toaster, steam iron, or rice cooker – $7.99, get $2
*Spend $20 on Energizer batteries, get $10 ECB
*Buy Kiss or Broadway artificial nails, get $5 ECB
*Buy Dove SkinVitalizer facial cleansing massager – $9.99, get $3 ECB
*Spend $25 on Garnier Nutritioniste, get $5 ECB
*Spend $20 on Nexxus products, get $10 ECB
*Buy Schick Quattro or Intuition razor for women – $8.99, get $4 ECB
$4 Schick coupon from December All You magazine
*Buy Gillette Venus or Fusion cartridges or razor – Spend $15, get $5 ECB
$4 Fusion coupon from 11/30 P&G insert
*Spend $25 on Huggies products, get $5 ECB
$2/2 Huggies printable from coupons.com (see blue banner at top of page or on side bar to print your coupons)
*Spend $20 on Neutrogena men’s face wash/scrub/shave cream/razor defense lotion, get $5 ECB
*Buy Oral B CrossAction or Stages power toothbrush – $5.99, get $1 ECB
*Buy Theraflu packets, vapor patch, caplets, warming syrup, Triaminic liquid, thin strips, or vapor refill – $5.99, get $2 ECB
$2 off Theraflu coupon on Theraflu.com
Theraflu MIR
*Buy Zyrtec – $18.99, get $1 ECB
*Spend $20 on selected products, get $5 ECB: Nyquil – $10, Metamucil – $10, Prilosec – $25, Pepto Bismol – $5
*Spend $15 on these products, get $5 ECB: Tide 2X or Gain 2X – $12, Duracell – $3
$1/1 Tide manufacturer’s coupon and .75/1 Duracell manufacturer’s coupon
*Spend $15 on Planters nuts, get $5 ECB
$1/2 CVS coupon from the pharmacy book (you can only use one per transaction)
*Powerade 32 oz. select varieties $1.59, get $1.59 ECB

BOGO deals:
Campbell’s or Swanson’s soups
Holiday gift wrap
Maybelline lip color – There is supposed to be a $4 off coupon in this week’s paper which will make this a “hot” deal!
Merry Brite lights
Merry Brite white gift tissue (90 sheets)
Nature’s Bounty vitamins
Revlon foundation, powder, blush, concealer, lip

Other deals:
Pepsi 12 packs – 5/$10
Hershey’s kisses – 2/$4

WALGREENS
RR deals:
*Buy 3 12 pack Coca Cola products, 3/$10, get $2 RR
*Appliances – buy 1/get $3 RR, buy 2/get $7 RR, buy 3/get $10 RR (all priced at $9.99): 3 cup rice cooker, tall can opener, 5 speed mixer, slow cooker, food processor, single burner, 4 cup coffeemaker, 10 cup coffeemaker, popcorn popper, omelet maker, waffle maker, 2 slice toaster, steam iron, water filtration pitcher
*Gillette Fusion gift set – $12.99, get $3 RR
$4/1 manufacturer’s coupon from 11/30 P&G insert
*Colgate toothpaste/toothbrushes: buy $5, get $1 RR, Buy $10, get $3 RR, by $15, get $5 RR
*Crest/Oral B dental care – 2/$6, get $2 RR
$1/1 manufacturer’s coupon from 11/30 P&G insert
*Buy 3 or more products, receive $5 RR: Sudafed PE – $3.99; Imodium – $10.99, Tylenol allergy/cold/sinus relief – $4.99, Zyrtec – $18.99, Pepcid – $14.99, Benadryle – $6.49
*Buy 2, get $2, buy 3, get $5: Theraflu – $3.99, Robitussin/Dimetapp – $3.99
$2/1 printable Theraflu coupon on Theraflu.com
$2/1 Theraflu “blinkies”
$3/1 Robitussin printables: https://j.ovm1.net/wch1/UniversalCoupon/UniversalCouponMM.aspx?i=18554336&c=1373&p=ROB06019&s=01&e=
*Buy 2, get $5 in RR: Mucinex – $9.99 or Claritin – $16.99
*$3 printable coupon on Claritin.com
*Excedrin – 3/$12, get $3 RR
$2 printable coupon on Excedrin.com

Easysaver Rebate deals:
*Buy Hershey’s holiday candy 4/$10, get $5 rebate
*Scotch tape – 2/$2, get $2 rebate
*Vicks UV PureMist humidifier tower – $59.99, get $10 rebate
*6 pack Pine Mountain logs – $24.99, get $5 rebate
*Signature collection appliances (Priced at $29.99), get $10 rbate: LED steam dry iron, 12 cup coffeemaker, Panini grill, 5 speed chopper/blender, electric griddle, blender, sewing machine

BOGO deals:
*Russell Stove chocolates (w/ in ad coupo)
*Walgreens Ultra Alkaline batteries
*L’Oreal lip color
*Wet ‘n Wild cosmetics
*Jane cosmetics
*Sinful colors professional nail color
*Maybelline cosmetics

Other deals:
Lots of .39 items w/ in ad coupon: tissue paper, curling ribbon, mini stocking, salt & pepper shakers, waterball, velvet ribbon, taper candle ring, mini candy container, gift tags, bows, mini Christmas candle, vinyl place mat, gift bag, light set and cord organizer, Disney mini puzzle, and mini sticker book, Van Camp’s pork & beans, Palmer candy, Jell-O, tooth picks, Nestle holiday candy, Jiffy Muffin mix, plastic cutlery, Pure American water, Armour Vienna sausage

*Reynold’s foil – $.99 w/in ad coupon – FREE w/ $1 off Reynold’s manufacturer’s coupon

Campbell’s soup 2/$1

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: CVS, Walgreens