no good deals this week!

Sorry folks. I don't see anything worth mentioning. Seems stores are being snobby right now. If you see any deals worth reporting let me know. And if I can ever figure out mr linky you can post them here.

$5 off at five below

I hope this link works! no min. purchase good thru 1/30!

http://www.fivebelow.com/5B

my cvs score this week

I spilt mine into 3 transactions:

T1:
1 listerine 2.99
1 bandaid .99
2 halls naturals at 2.59 ea
1 right guard pro 6.00
1 crest rinse 2.99
2 cvs face wipes 1.99 ea
total before tax 22.13

coupons used:
.50/1 right guard pc
bogo halls 2.29
.50/1 halls
.75/1 crest
1/1 cvs makeup
3 off cvs brand purchase (found on p2 richmond parents mag)
16 ecb's
oop 1.09 b/c apparently ecb's don't cover tax, bummer
ecb's earned 2.99, 2.59, 6.00, 2.99 (14.59)

T2
1 crest rinse 2.99
2 cvs face wipes 1.99 ea
2 listerine 2.99 ea
total before tax 12.95

coupons used
3.00 cvs brand
9 ecb's
.34 oop
ecb's earned 2.99, 5.98 (8.97)

T3
2 listerine 2.99 ea
1 bandaid .99
clearasil 5.29 (should have been 2.67, going back for my $)
total 12.26

coupons used
1/1 cvs clearasil
10 ecb's
1.09 oop

summary: $50 for $2.50 ish plus 14 ecb's left over

didn't find the 1/1 listerine coupons in the cvs diabetes book until later that day. Could have saved me another $5. Look for them by the pharmacy.

CVS 21-28

2 day sale (sorry for the delay)

TWO-DAY MEGA ECB SALE--Good December 21-22, 2008

Buy 1 Benefiber Drink Mix 16-ct. at $7.29, Get $7.29 ECBs (Limit 1)
Use $2/1 from the 9/21, 10/19, or 11/16 SmartSource insert
Free plus $2 overage after ECBs

Buy 1 Excedrin Express Gels 20-ct. at $3.99, Get $3.99 ECBs (Limit 1)
Use $2/1 printable here or $2/1 coupon from the 10/19 SmartSource insert
Submit for full product rebate from the 10/19 SmartSource insert
Free plus overage after coupon, rebate, and ECBs


Buy 1 Zantac 150 8-ct. at $4.99, Get $4.99 ECBs (Limit 1)
Use $1/1 printable here or $1.50/1 or $1/1 from the 11/09 SmartSource insert
Send in for the $5 mail-in rebate from the 11/09 SmartSource insert
Free plus overage after coupon, rebate, and ECBs

Buy 1 L'Oreal HIP Metalic Eye Shadow Duos at $6.99, Get $6.99 ECBs (Limit 2)
Use $2/1 or $1/1 from the 10/05 or 11/2 RedPlum insert
Free plus $1-$2 overage after coupon and ECBs


Buy 1 ThermaCare Neck to Arm Heatwrap 1 ct. at $2.49, Get $2.49 ECBs (Limit 3)
Use $1.50/1 or $1/1 from the 11/30 P&G insert
Free plus $1-$1.50 overage after coupon and ECBs

Buy 1 Arm & Hammer Essentials Starter Kit at $2.99, Get $2.99 ECBs (Limit 5)
Use $1/1 printable here or $1/1 coupon from the 12/14 SmartSource insert
Free plus $1 overage after coupon and ECBs

Buy 1 Listerine Antiseptic 16.9 oz. at $2.99, Get $2.99 ECBs (Limit 5)
Use $1/1 from the CVS Diabetes book or $1/1 from the 09/28 RedPlum
Free plus $1 overage after coupon and ECBs

Buy 1 Right Guard Professional Solid 1.8 oz. or Aerosol 6 oz. at $6, Get $6 ECBs (Limit 5)
Use $0.50/1 printable here (You'll need to register and entering "rightguard" in the code box to receive your coupon via email.)
Free plus $0.50 overage after coupon and ECBs

Buy 1 Sally Hansen Lacquer Shine Nail Color at $5.99, Get $5.99 ECBs (Limit 2)
Use $0.50/1 from the 9/28 SmartSource insert
Free plus $0.50 overage after coupon and ECBs

Buy 1 Sleepinal 32 ct. at $8.49, Get $8.49 ECBs (Limit 5)
Free after ECBs

Buy 1 Slimquick 2-pk. at $4.99, Get $5.99 ECBs (Limit 1)
Free after ECBs

Buy 1 Zipfizz Energy 3-ct. at $5.99, Get $5.99 ECBs (Limit 1)
Free after ECBs

Buy 1 Alteril Sleep Aid 30-ct. at $9.99, Get $9.99 ECBs (Limit 1)
Free after ECBs

Buy 1 Halls Naturals 25-ct. at $2.59, Get $2.59 ECBs (Limit 1)
Free after ECBs

Buy 1 Iceland Health Joint Relief 60-ct. at $29.99, Get $29.99 ECBs (Limit 1)
Free after ECBs

Buy 1 EAS AdvantEdge bar 2.11 oz. at $1.69, Get $1.69 ECBs (L1)
Free after ECBs

Buy 1 EAS AdvantEdge shake 4-pk. at $7.49, Get $7.49 ECBs (Limit 1)
Free after ECBs

courtesy of moneysavingmom

CVS dec 13-20

Clairol Natural Instincts hair color $5.99
Get $1.00 ECB
Final price: $4.99

ThermaCare pain relief heat wraps 2-3ct 2/$11.98
Get $5.99 ECB when you buy 2
Use 2 $1.00 sic
Final price 2/$3.99
(Limit 1)

Colgate Total toothpaste $2.99
Get $2.00 ECB
Use $1.50 Q from Sep All You magazine or $1.50 PC
Final price $0.51 overage
(Limit 2)

Crest Spin Brush $4.99
Get $2.00 ECB
Use $2.00 PC OR 1/1 AND 3/1 SIC
Final price: $0.99
(Limit 1)

Schick Quattro Titanium Razor $7.99
Use $4.00 Q from Dec All You magazine
Get $3.00 ECB
Final price: $0.99
(Limit 1)

$200 Target Gift card giveaway!

Fellow bloggers I am new to giveaways but this is such a great one I have to mention it. The BlogFrog is giving away a $200 Target gift card in 4 days!! All you have to do is write a short post about them (like this one) and give them your email and your in! To make it better you get the gift card before christmas!!! Love it!

Target deals Dec 7-13

*Many Target stores have Rayovac 4-packs of batteries in their Dollar Spot section for only $1 per pack. Use this $1/1 printable coupon here or the $1/1 coupon in the 12/07 insert to get these free!

*Airwick Lumin Airs are priced at $4.99 at Target this week. Use the $5/1 coupon from the 12/07 inserts to get these for free!

*Buy five Keebler Club crackers or cookies (selected varieties) at $2.50 each, Get a $5 gift card. Use this $1/1 coupon to get five packs for $2.50 after coupons and gift card. The coupon should print both a $1/1 coupon on any Keebler cookie and a $1/1 on Keebler Sandies. The Sandies should included in the deal.

note: there have been problems printing the coupon. I only got it one time thru email and have not been able to access it elsewhere. Good luck!

*Suave kids shampoo is on sale $1.50 this week. Buy 2 and use 1/2 sic. Get 2 for $1 each!

CVS Dec 7-13

As I don't have my CVS mailer this week ( I think my delivery man hates me) I'm gathering this week's deal from moneysavingmom.

Here's what she has:
******ECB DEALS******

Buy one Powerade (32 oz.) at $1.59, Get $1.59 ECBs (L1)
Free after ECBs

Buy one Theraflu Warming Relief at $5.99, Get $2 ECBs (L5)
Use $2/1 PC or $2/1 sic
Send in for $3.99 MIR (purchase price minus $2 Q) SIC
Free plus $2 overage after Q, MIR, and ECBs!

Buy $15 worth of Duracell Batteries, Get $5 ECBs (Limit 1)
*Deal (if you're able to find the $5/2 tear pads and you are doing multiple transactions)*

Buy 2 Duracell battery packs at $3 ea
Use $5/2 tear pad coupon
Spend $1 OOP

Repeat above deal 2 more times in separate transactions and on your last transaction you'll get a $5 ECB. So after the coupons and ECBs, you'll have spent $3 out of pocket and made $5 to make this a $2 money-maker!

Buy $20 Worth of Hershey's Candy, Get $10 ECBs (L1)

*Deal*
Buy 7 bags of Hershey's Bliss candy at $3 ea
Use 3 $2.50/2SIC
Use $1/1 PC here
Spend $12.50, Get $10 ECBs
$2.50 after Q'S and ECBs for 7 bags of Hershey's Bliss! (These would be great to stick in stockings or gift baskets for Christmas!)

Buy $25.00 Worth of Huggies Products, Get $5 ECBs (L1)
There's a $2/2 jumbo pack Q here and a $2/1 Pull-ups Q here

******NON-ECB DEALS******

Buy One Visine at $3.99, Get One 50% Off -- Buy 2 and use two $3/1 Q'Sfrom the August All You magazine (there were also $2/1 SIC). Get both free after the $3/1 Q'S!

Johnson & Johnson "trial" sized First Aid Kits are $0.99 -- Go here to print a coupon for $3 off any two J&J first aid kits. You should be able to actually purchase three of the $0.99 kits for free using this coupon--or you might be able to get $1 overage if you only purchase two. Also, if you got a copy of the CVS Diabetes booklet, you can use the $1/1 J&J coupons in there off these kits as well to get them for free.

Super saturday!!!

my cvs trip was super simple this week. (sorry no pic...my computer is on strike...again) I got:

2 pantene hair spray 3.49 ea
6 J&J first aid kits .99 ea
bday card 1.99
total after tax 15.16

coupons used:
3/15 cvs
2 3/2 J&J pc
1/2 pantene
5.99 ecb's

somehow she messed up my ecb's and I actually had to pay .35 in tax. Don't know how that happened since I only owed her 5.50 oop and I gave her 5.99 in ecb's?!?! Just the same still a good deal. And I got 2 ecb's back.

magazine subscriptions $5!!!

Go here and get some of your favorite magazine's for only $5!! These make great holiday gifts for someone on a budget. Some titles inluded: the food network, cosmopolitan, good housekeeping and house beautiful. Enjoy!

Food for thought

I caught this post at one of my favorite sites (moneysavingmom) and thought it was good enough to share. We are already implementing many of these tips and building our own stock pile of food storage at home. These are easy ways to be prepared.

Guest Post: Building an "Emergency Fund" of Food
by Hannah and Abby from Safely Gathered In

Syndicated radio host Dave Ramsey advises his listeners to set up an emergency fund that consists of three to six months of living expenses. The fund is for "just in case" situations like job loss and medical or auto emergencies--basically a source of cash for unexpected tough times.

Along this same line of thinking, it is also smart to consider setting up an emergency fund of food. Thinking of your long-term food needs is not only for "gloom-and-doom" situations. By systematically storing food that your family enjoys eating, you will be able to purchase the food on your plan when it is at rock-bottom prices, learn to plan and budget better, and give your family peace of mind.

Building a three month supply of food can seem daunting at first—it is a lot of food! But it can be done. The first step is to plan meals you want to store. It won't do you much good to just store random food items.

Make a menu plan and post it on your pantry door for easy reference. Ideally, you want to plan meals that only use non-perishable items so your food storage isn't ruined if you lose electricity and your freezer food thaws. Spaghetti, rice and beans, chicken pot pie, and vegetarian taco soup are some excellent meals that can be made completely from pantry (non-perishables) items.

Once your meals are planned out, write down all the ingredients you need on one "Master List." Each time you visit the grocery store, look at what's on sale and stock up reasonably on the things from your list. Or, you can just buy one extra full meal every time you shop. Soon you will have a week of extra meals, then a month, and so on.

A supply of food should be built up slowly according to both your budget and plan. Do not go into debt building your food storage—that's neither frugal or responsible. Don't "hoard" food either. Only buy what you need and what your family will enjoy eating. Then use it when you need it.

The third important step in creating your emergency fund of food is rotation. Even non-perishable food can spoil. This is why it's so important to "store what you eat and eat what you store."

In order to avoid wasting the money that you spent purchasing the non-perishable food items, pay close attention to expiration dates, and devise a system for rotation. For example, if you have cans of veggies or fruit in your food storage, eat them. Then, when you replace the items you've taken out, put the new food in the back so the old food gets eaten first. Food storage is a constant cycle of buying, storing, rotating, eating, and replacing.

Do we only serve food storage meals to our families? Of course not! We like to try new food storage recipes weekly and we also like to eat a lot of fresh foods in the summertime. We rotate our supply, usually eating at least one food storage meal per week, sometimes more. Because the foods are non-perishable, there is not any pressure to use them immediately. At the same time, if we don't feel like cooking what we had planned for dinner, we can fall back on one of the food storage classics, and no one will complain.

Just recently, Abby and her family had a tight month financially with some car issues. The one expense they could confidently cut was their food budget. She stopped going to the grocery store completely except to get a few things like milk, eggs, and a little produce. Did they starve? Not at all! They ate delicious, nutritious meals. In fact, no one even noticed she hadn't been shopping as long as they didn't look in her fridge.

Remember, don't be overwhelmed when it comes to building an emergency fund of food--take it one step at a time. Start by making small goals like storing one week of food, then two weeks, and so on Then when you hit those bumps in life, feeding your family will be something you don't have to think about.

Vocal point strikes again!!!

If you haven't joined vocal point yet you are seriously missing out on some great freebies, samples and coupons. I got yet another mailer today that had 6 great coupons for del monte fruit cups. Everytime they mail coupons you get multiple high dollar coupons. And when you visit their site you can get great tips and freebies. So just do it already!

Can you say stocking stuffer?

Get some free J&J first aid kits at Walmart or CVS. J&J "trial" sized First Aid Kits are $.99 at Walmart and CVS. Go here to print a coupon for $3 off any two J&J first aid kits. You should be able to actually purchase three of the $0.99 kits for free using this coupon--of you might be able to get $1 overage. Also, if you got a copy of the CVS Diabetes booklet, you can use the $1/1 J&J coupons in there off these kits as well.

These are perfect for diaper bags and glove compartments so stock up!!!

Did ya hear? Free sammie!!

I love me some Einsteins!!! Refer a friend to the Einstein Bros E-Club and you will receive a coupon for a free breakfast or lunch sandwich. As soon as you friend signs up for the club BOTH of you will receive the coupon for free sandwich, no purchase necessary.

FREE razor

You must request a sample of this razor. I have and my hubby loves it. It's a full size sample and it's great! Go here to get your's.

New Keebler coupons!

I just got my new keebler coupons 1/1 any cookie and 1/1 sandies. These are great savers especially when you stack them!! Go here to print yours. I think you can print 2 per printer.

This reminds me to remind you that it's so quick and easy to sign up for email stuff for your favorite brands and restaurants. They always send good coupons and the restaurants give you free stuff for your birthday!