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Buy One Get One Free Throat Cooler coupon, exp 3/15/09

Bob Evans FREE Mini Fruit & Yogurt Parfait ($2.99 value), exp 2/28/09 – Free Bob Evans Fruit Parfait

Sign up for Auntie Annie’s Perfect Rewards to receive monthly coupons – Auntie Annie’s Perfect Rewards

Get a FREE 14-day supply of Multi For Her Liquid Softgels from Nature Made – Free Nature Made

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$5 off ANY Olay Regenerist Product (coupon is sent via snail mail in 4-6 weeks)

Arm and Hammer $1 coupon

Anbesol $1 off coupon

V8 Fusion $1 off coupon

Sign up for your Minute Maid Coupons. Coupons will arrive within 6-8 weeks. Minute Maid Coupons

.55 Banana Nut Cheerios Coupon

Free Solid Advice Booklet By Beech-Nut

Free Sample of Pretty Good Popcorn

Free Sample of Carmex

Free Sample of Beyond Seven Condoms

Free Sample of Trojan Condoms

Free Sample of Astroglide

Olay Samples and Offers

Free Sample of Yogi Tea

Nature’s Bounty Fish Oil sample and $1 off coupon

Gerber Childrens Wear coupons

Free Sample of Johnsons Baby Soothing Naturals

Free Sample of Sleep Reform

Free Sample of Kickbutt Amped Energy Ballz

Free Samples (maximum of 3) from Paul Oxman Publishing

Dove Cream Oil Body Lotion Coupon

SoyJoy $1 off 5 coupon

I made several stops this week. I did several transactions at Walgreens because I wanted to stock up on drinks and chips. I popped into Target this week hoping to find the toys marked down to 75% off. No such luck! I did find some really good deals:

Target

Burts Bee’s Set – reg 24.99 – clearance – 6.24
Toy Pet Carrier – reg 7.99 – clearance – 1.98
(7) Gillette Shampoo – reg. 3.99 – clearance – 2.14 – 14.98
(4) Ludens 30 ct – 4.48
(4) Ricola – 5.48
(2) South Beach Bars – 2.88
(2) Coffee Mate – 3.00
Subtotal – 39.04
- 28.00 – coupon total
Subtotal – 11.04
Tax – 2.34
Total OOP – 13.38
Total Savings – 65.64

Walgreens (Transaction 1)

(2) Frito-Lay Tostitos Scoops – 5.00
(5) Pepsi 12 pks – 15.00
Total – 20.00
Tax – 1.01
Total OOP – 21.01
Received back $10 cat.
Total savings – 8.95

Walgreens (Transaction 2)

(3) Ragu Sauce – 5.97
(1) Dove Shampoo – 3.50
(1) Sunsilk Defrizz – clearance – .99
(2) Sunsilk Conditioner – clearance – 2.18
(1) Sunsilk Conditioner – clearance – 1.99
Subtotal – 14.63
- 6.50 – coupon total
Subtotal – 8.13
Tax – .70
Total OOP – 8.83
Received $10 Cat! $1.87 MM!!!
Total Savings – 21.82

Walgreens (Transaction 3)

(2) Oil Of Olay Facial Cleansers – clearance – 4.14
(1) Bio Conditioner – clearance – .49
(2) Hawaiian Tropic Sunscreen – clearance – 4.98
(3) Banana Boat Sunscreen – clearance – 7.11
(4) Maybelline Blush – clearance – BOGO – 2.24
Subtotal – 18.96
- $5 Cat from previous transaction last week
- $4 – $2 IVC Hawaiian Tropic
- $6 – $2 IVC Banana Boat
- $2 Maybelline Q
- $2 (2) Oil Of Olay Q
Subtotal – .30
Tax – .90
Total OOP – 1.20!
Total Savings – 29.72

Walgreens (Transaction 4)

(5) Pepsi 12 pk – 15.00
(2) Frito-Lays Tostitos Scoops – 5.00
Subtotal – 20.00
- 10.00 cat
- 10.00 cat
Subtotal – .00
Tax – 1.01
Total OOP – 1.01
Savings – 28.95

Harris Teeter

(1) Chex Mix – sale – 1.44
(2) Crunch N Munch – 2.58
5.36 lbs Ckn Leg Quarters – sale – 1.98
(2) Bags Garden Salad – 3.94
(1) Bread – .99
(1) Country Crock butter – sale – .79
(1) Country Crock w/calcium – 1.19
(1) Sargento Cheese – sale – 1.89
(1) HT Tortillas – sale – 1.50
Subtotal – 16.30
- 9.10 Coupon Total
Tax – .24
Total OOP – 7.44
Savings – 18.37

Food Lion (I RACKED UP!!!)

(15) Healthy Choice Steamers – reg. 45.75 – sale 15.00*
(1) Gallon Milk – sale – 2.99
(1) 3lb bag Apples – sale – 2.99
(1) Jamestown Sausage – sale – 1.50
2.37 lbs Bananas – 1.54
(1) Lg Vegetable Oil – 4.15
(1) Promise Active – sale – 3.00
(1) Jamestown Bacon – 1.99
Subtotal – 33.16
- 17.00
Tax – .58
Total OOP – 16.75
Savings – 51.93
* The steamers were supposed to be on sale for 2.79 each but they had the wrong tag on the endcap. Of course I was there with my coupons and used ALL I had in my binder.

CVS (Transaction 1)

Cottonelle tissue 20pk – 12.97
- $2/1 CVS coupon
Total 10.97
Tax – .74
Total OOP – 11.71
Earned $4 ECB
Savings – 2.02

CVS (Transaction 2)
 
Nutra-Trim Gum – 3.99
- 3.99 ECB ($4 ECB from above trans)
Total OOP – .00
Earned 3.99 ECB
Savings – 4.99

CVS (Transaction 3)

Nutra-Trim – 3.99
- 3.99 ECB
Total OOP – .00
Earned 3.99 ECB
Savings – 4.99

CVS (Transaction 4)

(2) Maybelline Mineral Powder Foundation – 18.98
- 2.00 – CVS coupon
- 6.00 – (2) $3 manu q
- 3.99 – ECB
Subtotal – 6.99
Tax – .88
Total – 7.87 – 3.71 on gift card
Total OOP – 4.16
Earned $10 ECB
Savings – 11.99

Total Available To Spend $2,302.73
Year To Date Savings – $944.57

I have been searching for some great freebies, samples and coupons this week and have come up with quite a list. I hope you enjoy!

FREE SAMPLES AND OTHER FREEBIES

1. Sign up for Hansen’s Junior Juice mailing list and receive a coupon for a FREE 4-pack of Organic Junior Water! (No Purchase Necessary) FREE 4-Pack Coupon
2. “Nestlé will mail to you a coupon for a free trial offer of BOOST® Kid Essentials Nutritionally Complete Drink multipack. This offer is limited to the first 25,000 registrants and is valid between January 5, 2009 and April 30, 2009. Limit ONE (1) free trial coupon per household. Each mailed coupon is valued up to $14.99 USD and is redeemable at select local retailers.” FREE BOOST
3. Free package for families considering homeschooling. FREE PACKAGE
4. Sign up for Heinz Baby Club and receive a free reusable shopping bag, which includes a growth chart, newborn feeding guide, and a full size sample of Heinz Nurture (Canadian Residents Only) Heinz FREEBIE
5. Free sample of Lysol® Power Toilet Cleaner With Bleach LYSOL SAMPLE
6. Very limited quantities available. “2008 Reserve Gift Box includes 3 cans of the special Reserve, along with specially developed recipes to best enjoy these tomatoes. Included is a can of Muir Glen Fire Roasted tomatoes — created using a blend of natural hardwoods in an open-flame searing and smoking process. The 2008 Reserve are not available in stores — only here.” Sign up for Tomato Connoisseurs’ Club for your chance at getting this exciting freebie! Muir Glen’s Freebie
7. Free Quaker True Delights Sample – Quaker True Delights

INTERNET PRINTABLE COUPONS

1. Dove Coupons - $1 on one Dove Beauty Bar 4-pack or larger; $1.50 on Dove Cream Oil Body Lotion
2. Betty Crocker Coupons - Lots of great coupons to choose from!
3. Muir Glen Printable Coupon
4. $1 Tide To Go
5. Join the Blizzard Fan Club and get a coupon for Buy A Blizzard Get A Blizzard Free – Dairy Queen Blizard Coupon
6. Save $1.50 on any one Coffee-Mate 15oz liquid creamer or powder creamer – Coffee-Mate Creamer
7. $3 on any two Scrubbling Bubbles products, $6 on one Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaner Starter Kit, $2 on two Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower cleaner refills – Scrubbing Bubbles Coupons

Rebates and TMF FORMS

1. TMF Sure Products

Other Great Finds

1. Free printable price log – Price Log

The above kids sunglasses were sold at discount dollar stores, party stores, and hardware stores. They were sold from May 2007 through August 2008. The paint is feared to contain excessive amounts of lead. Go HERE to read up on this recall and find out what you should do if you are one of the 5,300 customers that purchased these.

My family LOVES peanut butter. In light of the recent recalls of peanut butter I decided to do a little pantry reasearch. I wanted to know what my family can and can not eat. *Please note this is information that was located on January 20 so if there are companies listed in the NOT impacted section that releases new recalls after January 20 please be aware of it. You may want to research it just to be sure! Also note that you need to be careful of vending machine snacks as well. The owners may not realize/care that a recalled product is in their machine and you may trust in the fact that they removed the prodcuts and YOU may end up very sick or dead because of this oversight/lack of caring. So far, as of January 20, 2009, this is what I have found:

Companies NOT impacted:

~ J.M. Smucker Company products ARE safe for consumption. This company includes these brands – Smuckers, JIF, Smucker’s Uncrustables, Adams, and Laura Scudder. J.M. Smuckers PB is Safe!

~ Hershey Co – NOT affected LINK and/or LINK

~ ConAgra – NOT affected LINK and/or LINK

~ Lance Products NOT affected – Lance Press Release

~ Girl Scout Cookies NOT affected – LINK

~ Sara Lee products are safe and are NOT affected – Sara Lee

~ Kraft Products are safe and are NOT affected – Kraft Products

~ Mars Snackfoods are NOT affected and are safe for consumption – Mars Snackfoods

~ Harris Teeter – While Harris Teeter was affected in that their stores carried some of the products that were made with the tainted peanut butter they have provided a list of products they carry that have not been affected by the recall. Here is that list taken from their site:

“Products that are sold by Harris Teeter that are NOT impacted by this recall:
1. Harris Teeter’s private label peanut butter crackers
2. Hunter dairy products
3. Jars of peanut butter
4. Lance products
5. Little Debbie products
6. Mars Candy (M&M, Snickers, Twix, Kudos and Ethel M)
7. Smart Balance
8. Unilever (Slimfast shakes, Slimfast bars, Breyers, Ben & Jerry’s, Skippy, Klondike and Good Humor)
9. Kraft (Nabisco and Planter’s peanuts)
10. Tastee cakes (Tastee baking)
11. Moon Pie
12. Smucker’s (Jif, Smucker’s Uncrustables, Adam’s and Laura Scudder’s)
13. Atkins
14. Keebler (Chips Deluxe Chocolate Peanut Butter cookies, Chips Deluxe Peanut Butter Cups cookies, Fudge Shoppe Fudge Sticks Peanut Butter cookies, Fudge Shoppe Peanut Butter Filled cookies, Grahams Sandwich Bites Peanut Butter and Soft Batch Peanut Butter cookies- 16.9 oz)
15. Kellogg’s (Crunchy NutTM Sweet & Salty Chocolatey Peanut granola bars, Crunchy Nut Sweet & Salty Granola Bars Peanut Butter, Nutri-Grain Fruit & Nut Bars Cranberry, Raisin & Peanut, Rice Krispies Treats Chocolatey Peanut Butter bars,  Special K Protein Meal Bar Chocolate Peanut Butter, Special K Protein Snack Bar Chocolate Peanut, Pops Chocolate Peanut Butter Cereal)
16. Murray (Sugar Wafers Peanut Butter and Sugar Free Peanut Butter cookies)
17. Famous Amos Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies
18. Kashi (GOLEAN Original Peanut Butter & Chocolate, GOLEAN Caramel Peanut Roll, GOLEAN Chocolate Peanut Roll, GOLEAN Fudge Sundae Roll, GOLEAN Oatmeal Walnut Roll, GOLEAN Chocolate Turtle Roll, GOLEAN Crunchy, Chocolate Peanut Protein & Fiber Bar, TLC Happy Trail Mix Chewy Cookies, Oatmeal Dark Chocolate Chewy Cookies, TLC Oatmeal Raisin Flax Chewy Cookies, TLC Chewy Granola Bars Peanut Peanut Butter, TLC Chewy Granola Bars Honey Almond Flax, TLC Chewy Granola Bars Trail Mix, TLC Fruit & Grain Bars Dark Chocolate Coconut, TLC Fruit & Grain Bars Pumpkin Pie and TLC Fruit & Grain Bars Raspberry Chocolate)
19. Blue Dog Bakery (Premium All Natural Low Fat Dog Treats, Peanut Butter Softies, Peanut Butter Doggie Paws and Peanut Butter & Molasses)
20. Russell Stover
21. Whitman’s
22. Pangburn’s
23. Ghirardelli”

~ Smart Balance is NOT affected by the investigation – SMART BALANCE

~ Tastykake products are NOT affected – TASTYKAKE

~ Unilever products are NOT affected – The Unilever family of product includes the following brands: Skippy peanut butter, Slim-Fast shakes and bars, Good Humor-Breyers, Klondike and Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream none of which are affected by the recall. UNILEVER

Companies that ARE Impacted:

~ CLIF and LUNA branded bars recalled – CLIF Bars (link has products and upc number of products being recalled)

~  Kroger recalls certain Ice Cream products – Kroger Recalls

~ Abbott Nutrition announces product recalls – Abbott Nutrition 

Products impacted are:    

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  • ZonePerfect Chocolate Peanut Butter bars, all sizes and quantities    
  • ZonePerfect Peanut Toffee bars, all sizes and quantities 
  • NutriPals Peanut Butter Chocolate nutrition bars, all sizes and quantities    

~ Meijer recalls some of their brand name peanut butter crackers and ice cream products – Meijer Recall

~ Complete list of Peanut Corporation of America recalls (This is bulk items list. If you work for a company that may distribute/use the 5lb to 1,700lb or tanker size products then you will want to see this list for the lot numbers affected.) – PCOA Recall

~ Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products recalls the following products:

•  Wal-Mart Bakery Brand Peanut Butter Cookies – A complete list of the items recalled can be found here – Wal-Mart Cookie Recall
• Lofthouse Peanut Butter Cookies, Chuck’s Peanut Butter Cookies, Pastries Plus Gourmet Cookies – Recalled items list can be found here – Lofthouse, Chuck’s and Pastries Plus Gourmet Cookies
• Food Lion Bake Shop Peanut Butter Cookies – Food Lion Recall

~ South Bend Chocolate Company recalls different candys containing peanut butter – South Bend Chocolate Company Recall

~ McKee Foods Corp. recalls Little Debbie® Peanut Butter Toasty and Peanut Butter Cheese Sandwich Crackers – Little Debbie Recall

~ Perry’s Ice Cream Company recalls select peanut butter ice cream products – Perry’s Ice Cream Recall

~ Hy-Vee Inc. recalls bakery products in seven states containing peanut butter. Hy-Vee recall

~ Kellogg Company recalls various products containg peanut butter. – The products included in recall are Austin® and Keebler® Branded Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers and Select Snack-Size Packs of Famous Amos® And Keebler® Soft Batch Peanut Butter Cookies. To view the complets list of recall products go to Kellogg Company Recall.

~ King Nut Issues Peanut Butter Recall

~ General Mills recalls LARABAR and JamFrakas Peanut Butter Snack Bars. General Mills Recall

~ H.E. Butt (H.E.B) Grocery Co. is recalling all of its H-E-Buddy snack packs that contain peanut butter. H.E.B. Recall

Please feel free to leave me a comment if you know of anymore recalls that are not listed here. I will be sure to update the list and give you credit for the information.

Post Update: This deal ended on Jan 19 at midnight. 

If you have not already been made aware of it Hickory Farms is having a huge sale on their site right now. 75% off pretty much everything on the site! If you enter the code “SIZZLE” you can get an additional 15% off your order of any amount.

I ordered the following:

 Cheese Ball Set reg. $25 (includes the following):

(2) Beef Summer Sausage (10oz each)
(1) Golden Medley Cheese Ball (6oz)
(1) Cheddar Cheese Ball (6oz)
(1) Sweet Hot Mustard (1.35oz)
(1) Golden Toasted Crackers (1.3oz)
(1) Cheese Spreader
(2) Strawberry Candies

Ham Smokehouse Collection Set reg. $30 (includes the following):

(1) Ham Summer Sausage (10oz)
(1) Big Barn Cheddar (4oz)
(1) American Dijon Mustard (size unknown)
(1) Creamy Swiss Blend (4oz)
(1) Sweet Hot Mustard (size unknown)
(1) Smoked Bacon & Cheddar Blend (4oz)
(1) Beef & Pork Summer Sausage (10oz)
(4) Strawberry Candies

I used the code “SIZZLE” at check out and this is how my order turned out:

Cheese Ball Set – reg. 25.00 – sale 3.75
Ham Smokehouse Collection – reg 30.00 – sale 4.50
Subtotal – 8.25
- discount – 1.24
Tax – .54
Shipping – 5.99
Total OOP – 13.54
Savings – with shipping – 75%  without shipping – 86%

Now I just hope it gets here before Super Bowl Sunday. I was accepted into the Velveeta Game Day House Party and I got the email today that my package has shipped via Fed Ex so if I have both of these packages I will be able to throw an AWESOME party for very little money! YAY ME!

Total Available To Spend $2,362.58
Year To Date Savings – $695.20

I am trying to get caught up on all of my posts. Here are the deals I took advantage of over the last two weeks. Sorry it is so long.

01/09 – CVS

Transaction 1 (card 1)
Nutra-Trim Gum – 3.99
- 3.00 ECB
Subtotal – .99
Tax .07
Total OOP – 1.06 (paid w/gift card)
Earned 3.99 ECB
Savings – 4.00

Transaction 2 (card 1)
Nutra-Trim Gum – 3.99
- 3.99 ECB from previous transaction
Total OOP – 0
Earned 3.99 ECB
Savings – 4.99

Transaction 3 (card 1)
Nasogel – 7.99
- 3.99 ECB
Subtotal – 4.00
Tax – .27
Total OOP – 4.27 (paid on gift card)
Earned 7.99 ECB
Savings – 3.99

Transaction 4 (card 1)
Ritz Cheese Crackers – .40
Nazogel – 7.99
Coke Zero – 1.49
Coke Zero – 1.49
Ritz Bitz bag – .99
Subtotal – 12.36
- 7.99 ECB
Subtotal – 4.37
Tax – .23
Total OOP – 4.60 (paid with gift card)
Earned – 7.99 ECB
Savings – 7.99

Transaction 5 (card 1)
24/7 Lip Plumper – clearance – 10.00
- 10.00 off any 24/7 product CVS coupon
Total – $0
Savings – 19.99

Different Store

Transaction 1 (card 1)

Infusium 23 Conditioner – clearance – 1.87
Gillette Fusion Power razor refills – 14.99 (dh needed them)
Gillette Fusion Shave Gel – 4.19
Subtotal – 21.05
- 4.19 – Free shave gel wyb razor refills
- 1.87 – $3 Infusium q adjusted to make product free
- .50 – Shave gel q
- 3.99 – ECB’s from previous transaction
- 4.00 – Gillette Razor coupon
Subtotal – 6.50
Tax – .84
Total OOP – 7.34 (paid for with gift card)
Savings – 20.17

Transaction 2 (card 2)

Nutra-Trim gum – 3.99
Tax – .27
Total OOP – 4.26 (paid for with gift card)
Savings – 1.00
Earned $3.99 ECB

Transaction 3 (card 2)

Nutra-Trim gum – 3.99
- 3.99 ECB from previous transaction
Total OOP – $0
Savings – 4.99
Earned $3.99 ECB

01/10 First Stop – WALMART:

Dove Chocolate Bar (because we were standing in line 30 min!) – .64
Aquafina Water (Again because we were in line 30 min!) – 1.38
Whole Wheat Tortillias – 1.92 (will show pic and explination later)
Kraft Shredded Cheese – 1.90
Kraft Shredded Cheese – 1.90
Fried Apples – 1.22
Loaf Italian Bread reduced – .90
(2) cans peaches – 2.00 (will make peach cobbler)
BHG Tea gift set – clearanced in Christmas section (was $10) – 2.00*
Total – 13.86
Tax – .28
Total OOP – 14.14 (Yep you are not seeing things…I did not use the first coupon.:})

* Not only did I get a great deal on my hot tea but it also had a card in it for a FREE year subscription for Better Homes and Gardens!

Here is what I did with the tortillas. We wanted to have tortilla chips with chili and when I looked on the side of the bags I did not like what I saw. For every 9 chips there was 8g of fat and the wheat tortillas only contained 1g fat. For each wheat tortilla I was able to make 8 chips. To make them all you need to do is cut each tortilla just like you would cut a pizza. Lay them on a baking sheet and I like to spritz a little cooking spray on them to help make them brown and crisp up (the cooking spray does not contain any fat or cal). Pop them in a 350 degree oven for 8-10 min until golden brown. VOILA! You have tortillia chips. Each pack of 8 tortillas would make about the same number of chips as in a good bag (the cheapest I found on sale at Walmart was $3). By making them this way not only are they better for you but they were $1.08 cheaper! If you wanted to you could sprinkle with low sodium salt or sea salt and eat them just as they are. We chose not to do this because the wheat tortillas are a bit sweet. PERFECT with the Taco salad and chili we made.

Second Stop – ALDI SUPERMARKET

(2) Gallons 2% Milk – 3.98
(4) Vienna Sausage – 1.72
(1) Graham Crackers – 1.29
(1) Saltines – .89
(1) Kit Kat Bar – .59 (darn thing jumped in my buggy!)
Subtotal – 8.47
Tax – .20
Total OOP – 8.67

Third and Fourth Stop – WALGREENS

1st Transaction
(4) Flinstones Gummy Vitamins – sale 20.00
- (4) 1.00 mfg coupon – 4.00
- 4.00 Walgreens IVC
Subtotal – 12.00
Tax – 1.35
Total OOP – 12.35
Savings – 19.96 

Got back $10 cat on this transaction!

Second Transaction
(3) Loreal Lip Gloss – clearance – 6.57
(2) Benefiber – sale – 10.00
Subtotal – 16.57
- $10 cat from first transaction
- $6 – (3) $2 Loreal lip product q
Subtotal – .57
Tax – 1.12
Total OOP – 1.69
Savings – 39.98

01/12 HARRIS TEETER
*Note – NEVER take your kids to the store with you right after school. It blows the budget!

(1) Cookies and Creme Hersheys bar – .79
(1) Kit Kat Bar – .79
(1) Coke – 1.39
(2) Arnold Bread – BOGO sale – 2.78
(1) Harris Teeter Thin Ham – 3.99
Subtotal – 9.74
- $1 Harris Teeter ham q
Total 8.74
Tax – .34
Total OOP – 10.49
Savings – 3.80

01/12 SMITHFIELDS CHICKEN & BBQ
My lazy day! I was trying to get rid of a HORRIFFIC headache so I decided not to cook. Smithfield’s has their Stew BOGO so I went there.

(2) Pints Stew – 4.99
(2) Doz Hush Puppies – 3.98
(1) Sweet Tea – 1.49 (thought maybe the caffeine would help with headache)
Subtotal – 10.46
Tax – .71
Total OOP – 11.17
Savings – 4.99

01/16 First Stop HARRIS TEETER
*Again DO NOT take your kids with you directly from school!

Pepsi 2 ltr – reg 1.79 – sale – 1.59 (DH wanted a 20 oz but this was just a few cents more)
Kraft Easy Mac (4-pk) – 3.95
Spring Water – 15-pk B1G2 Free – reg 14.37 – sale 4.74 (.11/bottle)
Dr Pepper 20 oz – 1.39
Sunkist Orange 20oz – 1.49
Subtotal – 13.16
Tax – .47
Total OOP – 13.63
Savings – 9.83

Second Stop – FOOD LION

Food Lion has some really great printables out right now and if you play your cards just right you can really get some great deals!

Here are the printables I used:

$2.00 off Any $5.00 Purchase From The Produce Dept. Expires January 27, 2009 – LINK
On The Go Bistro – Create Your Own Meal Deal (Select one entree, two sides and one pack of rolls or bread. Save $3.00 on your meal deal!) EXP 12/29/09 LINK
$1.00 off any Healthy Accents Cough or Cold medicine Expires January 20, 2009
$2.00 off $5 purchase in the Deli Dept. Expires January 20, 2009
$1.00 off Three (3) bottles of Food Lion Vitamin Water Expires January 20, 2009
55¢ off NESTLÉ TOLL HOUSE Refrigerated Cookie or Brownie Dough Expires February 28, 2009
LINK (You will need the $2/$5 Deli coupon)

2.40 lbs White Grapes – reg 4.78 – sale 2.38
.82 lbs bananas – reg .53
Alpo Prime Cuts 17.6 lbs – reg 10.99 – sale 5.49
.46 lb Sara Lee Cracked Pepper – reg 3.49 – sale 2.75
8pc Fried Chicken – 6.99
Parisian Bread – 1.99
On The Go Bistro Sweet Sauteed Apples (YUMMY!) – 2.99
OTGB Cream Spinach – 2.99
OTGB Macaroni/Cheese – 2.99
Subtotal – 29.10
- $2 – $2/$5 Produce
- $2 – $2/$5 Deli
- $3 – $3/$10 Deli
- $3 – $3 IP off Alpo Dog Food (NLA)
- $1 – $1 Chicken WT
- $6.99 – FREE Rotisserie or 8pc Fried Chicken WYB 3 OTGB sides
Subtotal – 11.11
Tax – .56
Total OOP – 11.67
Savings – 26.63

To make the $2/$5 deli coupon work with the other coupons I had to purchase something else in the deli. Since the Sara Lee meat was on sale and we needed lunch meat I decided to go with that. It put my deli purchase at $6.48 which met the $5 min for that coupon. Now it would have been an even better deal if I would have purchase the rotisserie chicken because on Friday they take an additional $1 off. My family prefers the fried chicken where I prefer the rotisserie chicken but majority rules around here.

01/17 Stop One – KMART

(3) Tylenol Regular – 2.97
(3) Tylenol Rapid Release – 13.47
(1) Maalox Child – 4.49
(3) Tums – 5.67
(1) TBonz dog treats – 2.50
(1) Arm and Hammer Essential – 2.99
(2) Pledge Wipes – 5.00
(2) Trident Gum – 4.00
(4) Hormel Compleates – 6.00
(1) Pam Olive Oil Spray – 3.00
(1) Box Turtles – 4.29
(1) Hormel Compleate – 2.59
Subtotal – 56.97
- 50.17 – coupon total
Subtotal – 6.80
Tax – 2.03
Total OOP – 8.83 (paid for with a gift card!)
Total Cash OOP – $0!
Total Savings – 83.85

Second Stop – WALGREENS

Transaction 1

Revlon Matte Lipstick – 7.99
400 Sheets Printer Paper – 3.99
Berenstain Bear Stuffed Animal – reg 9.99 – clearance 5.00
Subtotal – 16.98
- 1.00 Wags Paper IVC
- 2.00 Revlon Lip q
Total – 13.98
Tax – 1.08
Total OOP – 15.05
Total Savings – 16.79 (including rebate and bonus)

I entered the receipt to get the rebate back on the lip stick. That brings my total down to $6.26 (includes 10% bonus).

Transactions 2 and 3

Transaction 2

(4) Halls Breezers – 10.00
(1) Aquafresh Toothpaste – sale 2.99
(4) Colgate Toothpaste – 11.96
(2) Equal – 8.98
(3) Loreal Lip Gloss – 6.57
Subtotal – 40.50
- 4.58 – (2) BOGO Halls q’s only allowed for 2.29 each bag
- .75 Aquafresh q
- 6.00 – (3) $2 Loreal Lip q
- 6.00 – (4) 1.50 Colgate q
- 5.00 – (2) 2.50 Equal q
- 6.38 – Walgreens BOGO Colgate IVC (2/2.79)
- 6.04 – Wags Hall’s Breezers .99/each IVC
- 2.00 – Wags Aquafresh $2 IVC
- 3.98 – Wags Equal 2/$5 IVC
- 3.98 – Wags Equal 2/$5 IVC (I am not sure why this is duplicated?!?)
Subtotal – -0.23
Tax – 1.39
Total OOP – 1.16
Savings – 58.93

Transaction 3
(1) Revlon Nail Clipper – BOGO – 1.99
(1) Revlon Emery File – BOGO – 3.29
(2) Revlon Lip Stick – Clearance – 4.38
Subtotal – 9.66
- 1.99 – Nail Clipper BOGO
- 2.00 – (2) $1 Revlon Tools q
- 4.00 – (2) $2 Revlon Lip Product q
Total – 1.67
Tax – .52
Total OOP – 2.19
Savings – 17.60

This transaction is a good example of purchasing items you do not need in order to get something you do free or at a reduced price. I needed the nail file which was originally 3.29 but by purchasing both the nail file and the clippers I was able to use (2) $1 q’s. Since the clippers were free because of the buy one get one free sale this meant the $2 came off of the nail file bringing its price down to $1.29. That is a savings of about 63% and I got the clippers free on top of that!

I had a very busy week as you can see! I was not able to take advantage of all of the deals I wanted to but you that will happen at times.

Total Available To Spend $2,370.13
Year To Date Savings – $647.21

Tuesday, January 20 will be a historic day. In celebration of our new President several companies will be offering freebies. Here is what you can look forward to:

• Krispy Kreme will be offering a free doughnut of choice to every customer. Free Doughnut
• Berry Chill is offering free Berry Obama chilled yogurt to customers all day on Tuesday, Jan. 20. FREE BERRY OBAMA
• From Jan 21-25 Starbucks Customers who fill out a Pledge Card in-store to volunteer 5 hours to a cause of your choice will receive a Free tall brewed coffee. GIVE BACK GET FREE STARBUCKS COFFEE!
• Free Cosmetics - “As part of a class action settlement, $175 million worth of free cosmetics products will be distributed to members of the class for a maximum of seven days, while supplies last, on a first come, first served basis, beginning on January 20, 2009. No rainchecks will be issued. The products will be distributed at stores owned by the Retailer Defendants.”  Stores included in the distribution are:

Bergdorf Goodman
Bergner’s
Bloomingdale’s
Boston Store
Carson Pirie Scott
Dillard’s
Gottschalks
Herberger’s
Macy’s
Neiman Marcus
Nordstrom
Parisian
Saks Fifth Avenue
Younkers

• MoreHouse Records will be offering a free download on Inauguration Day Jan 20, 2009 from 12am – 11:59pm. FREE DOWNLOAD
• Oren’s Daily Roast is will be giving away free coffee while the 44th president is being sworn into office from 10:44a to 12:44p. at all nine Manhattan locations. FREE BLEND 44 COFFEE
• Fairfax Connector will provide free rides for all passengers on Tuesday, Jan. 20. FREE RIDES

If/When more freebies are announced I will be sure to post them. If you know of any that I am not aware of please feel free to comment about them!

Suave is giving away free bottles of shampoo TODAY ONLY to every woman in America! GO HERE NOW!

* Register on suave.com to receive a coupon for one (1) bottle of Suave Shampoo, Conditioner, Hair Spray, Styling Aid, BodyWash, or Body Lotion (good up to $3.00) by mail. Registration begins at 12:00:01 a.m. ET on January 14, 2009 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. ET on January 14, 2009. Open to all legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, age 18 years or older. Limit one coupon per household. Coupons will be mailed 2 – 4 weeks after registration close and can be redeemed through February 28, 2009.

Here are some noteable deals for the week of 01/11 at Walgreens:

 ~Register Reward Deals~

 Pepsi Products – Buy $15 get $5 RR
Sale 5/$15 and send in for Pepsi MIR – HERE
$2/each after sale and RR; get back great coupons for Pepsi and Frito-Lay products

Dark and Lovely Hair Color – sale $5 get $5 RR = FREE!

Fiber Choice – Buy 2 get $5 RR
Sale 10.99 x 2 = 21.98
- (2) $3 IP found HERE
= $15.98 get $5 RR
= 10.98/2 or 5.49/ea

Buy 6, Get $2 • Plus, Get 10 Bonus Box Tops
Sale 3/$6 : Includes 5 pk Fiber One Bars • 6 pk Fiber One Toaster Pastries or Chex Mix Bars
Sale 3/$10 : Includes 10 pk Fiber One Bars • 12 pk Nature Valley Bars • 6 pk Curves Bars
If you already joined Vocal Point and received the pack a while back with the Chex Mix coupons for $1.50 off one then this will be a great scenerio for you.

(6) Chex Mix Bars – 12.00
- (6) 1.50 – 9.00
Total – 3.00 Get $2 RR
Total for 6 boxes after sale, coupons and RR is $1!

If you do not have the above coupons then here is a scenerio you could do:
Print 2 $1 off one Fiber One Bar from HERE
Print 2 $1 off one Chex Mix Bars from HERE
Print 2 $1/2 Chex Mix Bars From HERE

(4) Chex Mix Bars – 8.00
(2) Fiber One Bars – 4.00
Total – 12.00
- (2) $1/1 Fiber One bars – 2.00
- (2) $1/1 Chex Mix bars – 2.00
- (1) $1/2 Chex Mix bars – 1.00
Total – 7.00 get back $2 RR
$5/6 boxes or .83/each

~Coupon Deals~

Natures Bounty Vitamins BOGO Free
$1/1 any Nature’s Bounty Product exp. 01-31 (10-12-08 RP)
Free Or Cheap after sale and coupons

Revlon Cosmetics or Beauty Tools BOGO Free*
*Excludes Matte Finish Products
$1/1 Revlon Beauty Tool, exp. 1-14 (9/14/08 SS)
$1/1 Revlon Beauty Tool, exp. 1-31 (10/19/08 SS)
$1/1 Revlon Beauty Tool, exp. 2-12 (10/12/08 SS)
$1/1 Revlon Beauty Tool, exp. 3-16 (11/16/08 SS)
$1/1 Revlon Color Cosmetic Product, exp. 2-12 (10/12/08 SS)
$1/1 Revlon Color Cosmetic Product, exp. 3-16 (11/16/08 SS)
$1/1 Revlon Color Cosmetic Product, exp. 4-7 (12/7/08 SS)
$2/1 Revlon Color Cosmetic Product, exp. 1-14 (9/14/08 SS)
FREE or cheap after sale and coupons!

Kashi Cereal BOGO Free 4.49/ea
Go HERE and flip to the last page. Print off $1/2 Kashi Products coupon.
$3.49/2 boxes Kashi Cereal or $1.75/each

Bounty Basic Paper Towels .89 w/in-ad coupon
.25/1 Bounty Towels, one any size – exp. 01-31 (12-28-08 PG)
.64/each after in-ad coupon and insert coupon

Oust Air Sanitizer BOGO Free $3.79
Oust Surface Disinfectant & Air Sanitizer, Any BOGO Free valid up to $4.25 exp. 02-28 (01/04/09 SS)
Get 2 cans free after coupon and sale!

Colgate Toothpaste B1G1 Free $2.79 with In-Ad Coupon
Includes Total or Regular, 4.2 or 8.2 oz
Colgate Total Advanced Whitening, Colgate Total Advanced Clean, Or Colgate Total Advanced Fresh Toothpaste Only, Any 4 Oz. + exp. 01-24 (01-04-09 SS)
FREE after in-ad coupon and insert coupon!

Equal Sweetner 100 ct. 2/$5 (w/ in-ad coupon)
$2.50/1 Equal Packets, 100 ct.+, exp. 4-4 (1/4/09 SS)
FREE after in-ad coupon and insert coupon!

Celestial Seasonings Tea 20 ct. BOGO Free $3.49
$1/1 Celestial Seasonings Tea Bags, Any 20 Ct. + exp.4-11 (01/11/09 SS)
$1.49/2 or .75/each after coupon and sale

Glade Air Freshener Spray .89 w/in-ad coupon
$1/2 Glade sprays, Any (excludes Air infusions) exp. 02-21 (01/11/09 SS)
(2) .89 – 1.78
- $1/2 q
.78/2 or .39/each after in-ad coupon and insert coupon

Aquafresh Toothpaste .99 after EasySaver coupon
Includes Advanced, Extreme Clean or White n’ Shine, 5.6 or 6 oz.
$1 IP found HERE and $2 EasySaver coupon
FREE after Coupons!

Halls Cough Drops .99 w/in-ad coupon
If you have the tearpad for BOGO Free and the .50/1 insert coupon from the 01/11 SS insert then you can do the following scenerio:

(2) bags Halls .99/each – 1.98 (w/in-ad coupon)
- BOGO tearpad
- .50/1 insert q
.49/2 bags or .25/each

Kleenex Facial Tissue .89 w/in-ad coupon
If the w/lotion is included then the following will apply:
.40/1 Kleenex Lotion Facial Tissue, any package – exp. 02-28 (01-04-09 SS)
.49/each with in-ad coupon and insert coupon

~Walgreens Rebate Deals~
Sale 14.99 less Walgreens MIR of $5 = $9.99
$3/1 Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaner starter kit – exp. 03-08-09 (01-11-09 SS)
$6.99 after MIR and insert coupon

Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Kit
Sale $14.99 Less MIR $5 = $9.99 after rebate
$3/1 Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaner starter kit – exp. 03/08/09 (01-11-09 SS)
$6.99 after MIR and insert Coupon

Here is another great coupon to go with the Scrubbing Bubbles Kit: BOGO Refills