DEAL OF THE DAY!

09-29-10

Free Vaseline Sheer Infusion Lotion at Walgreens!

There is a new printable coupon which makes Vaseline Sheer Infusion lotion FREE this week at Walgreens!

Vaseline Sheer Infusion 6.8oz $5.99
Buy 1, Receive $5 Register Reward
Use $1.00/1 – Vaseline Sheer Infusion – (makinglifebetter.com)
Pay: $4.99, Receive $5 Register Reward
Final Price: Free

Thanks Common Sense with Money!

Today's FREE SAMPLE!

09-29-10

Cottonelle is offering a Give a Tub. Get a Tub. promo!

Wow! *HOT* freebie alert! You and a friend can both score coupons redeemable for a FREE tub of Cottonelle Fresh Flushable Moist Wipes! Just go here and share your mailing info as well as a friends name and email address. That’s it!

(Thanks, Freebie 4 Mom! and YouShouldCouponToo)

Deal of the Day: Free Pantene shampoo and conditioner

09-28-10

This week at Walgreens you can get the newest Pantene line for FREE! Has anyone tried this before?

Buy 2 Pantene Restore Beautiful Lengths $4
One Sale Buy One, Get One Free
Buy 2, Receive a $2.00 Register Reward
$2.00/1 Pantene Restore Beautiful Lengths product, any excluding trial size from PG 8/29
Pay $1.00 each, Receive a $2 Register Reward
Final price: FREE

Q&A MONDAY GIVEAWAY "Back to School Mom" WINNER

Congratulations to Jessica

for being our winner of the Q&A Monday Giveaway

"Back to School Mom"!!!

Jessica, you will be receiving a wonderful gift basket worth over $60!

No matter what kind of day you are having; these items will fit your mood. If you're in a hurry in the morning, you will find Herbal Essences shampoo, Olay Body Wash, a Luffa, Venus Tropical Disposable Razors, and Clean & Clear Facial Scrub helpful to every morning's start!

When you've stepped out of your shower oasis, lather up with Vaseline Sheer Infusion Lotion and don't forget, for your dates out with Hubby or friends, make sure you take a relaxing bath using your Green Tea Soothing Bath Salts and finish with the Mary Kay Sun Care Kit. When you're all dolled up you can step-up your hair style with this Fall Flower Hair Piece and be ready for a night out!

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We have two HUGE Thank You's to hand out:

A Special Thank You goes out to Jennifer Damschen! Jenn is an Independent Beauty Consultant here in the Spokane Area. She has donated the Mary Kay Sun Skin Care kit which includes:

1 SPF 30 facial lotion, 1 Subtle Tanning Lotion, and 1 After Sun Replenishing Gel.

If you are interested in contacting Jenn, please contact her through one of the following:

Home: 509-226-0356

Cellular: 509-993-3122

www.marykay.com/jenndamschen

damschenfamily@comcast.net

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We would also like to send a Thank You out to jennabellisinspired

Jennabellisinspired is a new local boutique specializing in beautiful hair clips. These clips are available in all sizes and can fit every occassion. They have provided Jessica with a lovely Fall Flower. To learn more about jennabellisinspired please visit

facebook.com/jenniferwrightdamschen

or

www.etsy.com/shop/jennabellisinpired

JESSICA- We hope you enjoy your prize and your adventure with coupons!

Happy Couponning!

{ -The Savvy With Savings Team- }

Q&A Monday--LAST CHANCE TO ENTER!!!

Q&A Monday Giveaway!
"BACK TO SCHOOL MOM"



HOW TO ENTER:
1. Ask a question about coupons on FaceBook or HERE on our blog
2. Make sure you're a follower of our blog

You automatically get entered into our "BACK TO SCHOOL MOM" GIVEAWAY!
-Nothing better than a basket of goodies just for mom.
-Enter as many times as you want every Monday.
-Last day to enter is September 27th. Winner will be announced September 28th!
-Anyone can enter, even if you do not have kids or they are not in school!


BONUS ENTRIES!
-Get a friend to become a follower of our blog and you will receive 5 additional entries for you and your friend!
-All they have to do is post under a Q&A that they have become a follower and who recommended them!

New Coupon Books at SAFEWAY!

Make sure you grab a few of these new books at Safeway!

::Manufacturer Coupons


•$1.00/2 Sorrento/Precious brand cheese products
•$1.00/2 Philadelphia Cream Cheese (8oz. or larger)
•$1.00/2 Kraft Shredded Cheese
•$1.00/2 Cool Whip Topping
•$1.00/2 Jello refrigerated Mousse, Pudding or Gelatin Snacks
•$1.00/2 Knudsen or Breakstones Sour Cream
•$1.00/2 Pillsbury Refrigerated Cookie Dough
•$1.00/2 Pillsbury Crescent Dinner Rolls
•$1.00/2 Pillsbury Refrigerated Grands
•$1.00/1 Wanchai Ferry Frozen Entree
•$1.00/2 Frozen Green Giant Boxed or Fresh Steamers vegetables
•$1.00/1 Yoplait Frozen Smoothie
•$1.00/2 Pillsbury Toaster Strudel
•$1.00/2 Go-Gurt or Trix Multipacks
•$1.00/2 Yoplait Delights Multipacks
•$1.00/1 59oz Trop50
•$0.75/1 Bays English Muffins
•$1.00/1 Marie Callender's Meal
•$0.50/1 Healthy Choice Item
•$0.50/2 Banquet Fruit Pies
•$1.00/1 Banquet Chicken 24oz bag
•$2.00/1 Reddi-wip AND One Marie Callender's or Claim Jumper Frozen Pie (992)
•$1.00/5 Michelina's or Michelina's Budget frozen entrees
•$1.00/1 Michael Angelo's Single Serve
•$1.00/2 New York Frozen Products
•$1.00/1 Mrs. T Pierogies
•$1.00/2 pints Starbucks Ice Cream
•$1.00/2 Breyers Smooth & Dreamy bars or sandwiches
•$1.00/5 5.8 oz Skinny Cow Ice Cream Cups
•$1.00/2 Weight Watchers frozen novelties
•$1.00/1 any 1 carton of Smart Balance Milks
•$1.00/1 any Half Gallon of Silk
•$1.00/5 Weight Watchers Yogurt Cups
•$0.50/1 Daisy Brand Sour Cream
•$5.00/5 Weight Watchers Smartones Frozen Items
•$3.00/2 Ore-Ida Potato Frozen Products
•$1.50/1 Ore-Ida Steam n' Mash
•$2.00/1 Van de Kamp's or Mrs. Paul's and any Birds Eye or C&W vegetables (992)
•$0.50/1 Eggland's Best Eggs
•$1.00/2 Dannon Light & Fit 4-packs
•$1.00/2 Dannon Danimals or Dan-o-nino
•$0.55/1 Frigo Cheese Heads String Cheese
•$1.00/1 Nestle Coffee-mate liquid creamer
•$1.00/1 16 count Foster Farms Corn Dog or 6 count Great Bite Mini Chicken Cheeseburger
•$1.00/1 Dovebar 3-pack Ice Cream or Dovebar Miniatures Ice Cream
•$0..50/1 Lean Pockets 2-pack

::Safeway Store Coupons


•$0.75/1 New 2-qt. Lucerne Creamery Fresh or Safeway Select Ice Cream
•$2.00/2 Safeway Select Desserts
•$2.00/1 Safeway Select Party Size Meals
•$1.00/1 Safeway Select Skillet Meals
•$2.00/2 Safeway Select Appetizers
•$1.00/2 Safeway Select Garlic Bread
•$1.00/1 Safeway Waffle
•$2.00/2 Safeway Frozen Fruit
•$1.00/1 Lucerne 6-pack Yogurt
•$1.00/1 Lucerne Ice Cream Sandwiches
•$1.00/2 Eating Right Probiotics Yogurt
•$1.00/2 Eating Right Pudding
•$1.00/2 Safeway Select Orange Juice
•$1.00/2 Eating Right Apple or Grapefruit Juice
•$1.00/1 Safeway Select Pizza (14.25 to 32.7 oz)

{ -Rachel- }
I grabbed 6! ;)

Anatomy of a Coupon

Anatomy of a Coupon:

Expiration Date -- Almost all coupons currently available will have an expiration date clearly labeled on the coupon and officially expires at 11:59 p.m. on the date printed on the coupon.

Value -- This conveys how much the coupon is worth, as well as how many products need to be purchased to qualify for the discount.

Image -- The image pictured on the coupon may or may not include all of the products eligible for the coupon savings. Inexperienced cashiers may incorrectly assume that a coupon may only be redeemed for the item shown, but it's actually the coupon terms that dictate what products the coupon may be redeemed with.

Terms -- The terms or "fine print" of a coupon are what dictate what a coupon may be used for and are arguably the most important component. Key criteria you want to pay attention to are:

• Limit one per purchase. -- Each product in an overall transaction is considered one purchase. A coupon with this language indicates that you may use one coupon per qualifying item in a transaction. Example: You have three $0.50/1 yogurt coupons with the per purchase wording. You may purchase three yogurts and use three coupons.
  


• Limit one per transaction. -- This indicates that only one like coupon may be used in a single transaction. Example: You have three $0.50/1 yogurt coupons with the per transaction wording. You may purchase three yogurts, but you would only be allowed to redeem one coupon. In this case I would split my yogurts into three separate transactions. Or use the coupons on three different occasions.
  


• Limit one per customer. -- One per customer means only one redemption is allowed per person, period. Sure you may be able to circumvent this by returning on a different day, but abusing coupons in this manner may make manufacturers think twice about offering them in the future. Note that most stores will consider each member of your family a customer.
  


• Not valid on travel/trial size. -- If a coupon does not have this language and does not have any language describing specific sizes the coupon is intended on, then you are perfectly within the terms to redeem these coupons on travel or trial sizes of the products described. This is an awesome way to try new products!
  


• Do not double. – Although a coupon says this, stores like Albertsons will still double it with their double promotions. This is because Albertsons is paying for the double. Not the manufacturer of the item the coupon is for.
  


• Barcode -- You can actually gain a lot of information from a coupon barcode. Some information can be useful in determining how a coupon should be used. However, decoding coupons for the purpose of using them on items other than those dictated in the terms is illegal!!!!!!
  

Number System Character --The NSC number on a manufacturer's coupon will always be a 5 or a 9 (or possibly 99). If the coupon starts with any other number, it is a store coupon and eligibly for coupon stacking as applicable. Note that you may find coupons that start with a 5 or a 9 that says "redeemable at" or have a store logo on them. This is suggestive marketing. These are still manufacturer coupons and should be redeemable anywhere.

• Manufacturer Code --This number corresponds to the manufacturer's code will correspond to the first five digits on the UPC code of a product.


• Product Code --The product code is comprised of the family code and the value code. The first three digits are the family code and indicate the family of products the coupon is valid on. The number of zeroes in this code specifies how specific the coupon is. All zeroes would indicate all products, one or two zeroes is more specific, and no zeroes would indicate a very specific product. The last two digits indicate the value of the coupon. You can Google to find the codes and their corresponding values, but 00 and 01 are the most important to keep in mind. A value of 00 instructs the register to "beep" for manual input, and a value of 01 indicates a free item and will prompt the cashier to enter a product value.


• Check Digit -- The check digit is calculated based on the other numbers in the barcode and is a safeguard that verifies that a coupon has been scanned correctly.

Starting Sunday 9/19 at Riteaid

Okay, this doesn't start until Sunday but I just want everyone to get organized and get your coupons together for this one! I am CRAZY excited about this deal!!!!!

Huggies jumbo pack diapers will be on sale for $8.99

• buy one package receive a $2.00 +UP reward
• buy $25.00 in participating Kimberley Clarck products and submit for a $10.00 Riteaid gift card SCR #70

buy 3 packages $26.97

use $5/$25.00 video value coupon

use $1.00 Huggies September video value coupon

use two or three of the following coupons:
$4.00/2 – Huggies Little Movers or Little Snugglers Diapers – (smartsource.com)
$2.50/1 – Huggies Little Movers or Little Snugglers Diapers – (huggies.com)
$2.50/1 – Huggies Pure & Natural Diapers – (huggies.com)
$3.00/1 – Huggies Pure & Natural Diapers – (smartsource.com)
$3.50/2 – Huggies Snug & Dry Diapers – (smartsource.com)

I am probably going to be using the pure and natural $3.00 coupons. If you have never tried the pure and natural diapers, they are a lot like the little movers or little snugglers. I like them!

$8.99 x 3 = $26.97

- $5.00 video value

- $1.00 video value

-$3.00 x 3

= $11.97 out of pocket

receive a $2.00 +UP and submit for $10.00 riteaid gift--card this means.........

FREE DIAPERS!!!!!!!

I will most likely be buying more diapers with my $10.00 so really you could get 4 jumbo packs of huggies for $12.00 out of pocket. Sometimes the +UP reward will only print once per transaction, but sometimes it will print for every pack you buy....I am crossing my fingers for that to happen. that would mean MONEY MAKER on DIAPERS.

I can't wait until Sunday!!!!!

My Albertsons Doubles Shopping trip

@ Albertsons today:

Transaction 1:

3 bags of Tyson chicken nuggets $4.99 each

-3 $1.00 coupons

-3 doubles

1 Gallon milk $2.49

total OOP: $11.46

received $4.00 catalina

Transaction 2:

Betty Crocker pouch potatoes $1.00 x2

-$.50/2 peelie

Betty Crocker pasta salad mix $1.00

-$.33 peelie

Yoplus yogurt $2.50

Pillsbury crescent rolls $2.50 x2

-$1.00/2 from pillsbury.com

Pillsbury grands biscuits $1.50 x2

-$1.00/2 from pillsbury.com

Pillsbury pizza crust $2.00 x2

-$1.00/2 from pillsbury.com

saved $5.00 instantly from GM Promo

-$3.00 doubles

-$4.00 catalina from transaction 1

Total OOP: $.67

received $3.00 Catalina from Pillsbury for buying 6 items

Grand total: $9.13

Now I have a week and a half worth of easy dinner ideas too!

• homemade calzones (with my free tomato sauce that I stocked up on a while back and my free cheese from last week!)
• Chicken and cream cheese roll ups (with the crescent rolls)
• chicken and biscuits
• pizza on the BBQ
• shepherd's pie

What did you get with your Albertsons Doubles??

Q&A Monday Giveaway!
"BACK TO SCHOOL MOM"

HOW TO ENTER:
1. Ask a question about coupons on FaceBook or HERE on our blog
2. Make sure you're a follower of our blog

You automatically get entered into our "BACK TO SCHOOL MOM" GIVEAWAY!
-Nothing better than a basket of goodies just for mom.
-Enter as many times as you want every Monday.
-Last day to enter is September 27th. Winner will be announced September 28th!
-Anyone can enter, even if you do not have kids or they are not in school!


BONUS ENTRIES!
-Get a friend to become a follower of our blog and you will receive 5 additional entries for you and your friend!
-All they have to do is post under a Q&A that they have become a follower and who recommended them!

New Tyson Chicken Catalina

@ Albertsons:
Purchase Tyson Frozen Fully Cooked Bagged Chicken Products or Tysons Anytizers Snacks Between 9/13-10/10

buy 2, receive $2.00 OYNO
buy 3+, Receive $4.00 OYNO


Deal Idea
buy 3 Tyson Chicken Nuggets $4.99
use $1/1 from SS 8/15 or Fall into your savings coupon book
3 doubles
Total OOP: $8.97, and receive $4 OYNO
Final Price: $4.97, or $1.66 each!

How To Shop Appliances!

One of our readers, Laura, recently found herself in need of a new refrigerator. Her story went like this:

"I'm one of those people who buys what I really want rather than looking for the best deal but I get really excited when I get a screaming deal on something I really wanted so here is the deal we got this last weekend.

LG Refrigerator original price $2700
Best Buy sale price $2000

We went to Home Depot because they are doing FREE delivery and take away right now. Did price matching. Learned that they were having an additional 10% off appliances over $400

Savings now +$200
LG promotion rebate +$100
WA State energy rebate +$100

Total Savings = $1100
Giddy Dancing for the last 3 days!!!"

Thank you, Laura, for sharing your story!

So now the question is: How do you shop for appliances? I've done a little research and this is what I have found thus far. I do hope to add to this article in the future as I find more tips on saving on these expensive necessities!

Any store who sells new major appliances will have floor models. When the store receives the latest models they have to get rid of the floor models to make room for the new ones. These floor models are sold at great discounts. To get the best discount on major appliances ask a sales person when the floor models will be sold. This way you have the best chance at getting the best choices.

Most stores who sell major appliances will have a close out store. This is where they will sell major appliances at great disounts. Ask a sales person where their close out store is located. Shop the close out store regularly to get the best discount on major appliances. Give a sales person at the close out store your name and number with the model number to the appliance you are looking for. That way they can give you a call when one comes available.

Sometimes major appliances are returned but are still in excellant condition. Find out where the store sells their returns for another great way to get the best discount on major appliances.

Read more: How to Get the Best Discount on Major Appliances | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_5093874_discount-major-appliances.html#ixzz0z96GR7UU

By { -Rachel- }

Swedish Fish Deal

I ran across this and it made me think of Michelle!

Swedish Fish $0.42 per bag at Walgreens, $0.50 Target!

Swedish fish are my husband’s favorite candy. I’m stocking up this week at Walgreens! The trick will be to hide the bags so they’re not gone in the first week after I bring them home. For a fun kid-friendly project, check out these Swedish Fish Dessert Sushi: Fruit by the Foot, Rice Krispie Treats and Swedish Fish (that’s in all of our stockpiles, right)?!

Walgreens

Buy 6 Swedish Fish, 14 oz $1.50 each
Use $2.00/3 Trident, Dentyne or Stride Gum. . . Swedish Fish, Sour Patch. . . from SS 8/8
And use three B1G1 Free Swedish Fish, avail to zip 78641 – (smartsource.com)
Final Price: $0.42 each, when you buy 6 ($0.03 per ounce)

Thanks, Wild for Wags!

Target

Buy 6 Sour Patch or Swedish Fish, 8 oz $1.67 each
Use $2.00/3 Trident, Dentyne or Stride Gum. . . Swedish Fish, Sour Patch. . . from SS 8/8
And use three B1G1 Free Swedish Fish, avail to zip 78641 – (smartsource.com)
Final Price: $0.50 each, when you buy 6 ($0.06 per ounce)

Thanks Totally Target!

Totally Together Journal

This is a great blog that gives you techniques to making household duties for us moms a little easier! Enjoy!

http://totallytogetherjournal.com/

Q&A Monday Giveaway (On Tuesday! LOL!)

We obviously missed yesterday because of the holiday; so we are doing our giveaway entries today!!!!

Q&A MONDAY GIVEAWAY "Back to School Mom"

Q&A Monday Giveaway!

"BACK TO SCHOOL MOM"

HOW TO ENTER:

1. Ask a question about coupons on FaceBook or HERE on our blog
2. Make sure you're a follower of our blog

You automatically get entered into our "BACK TO SCHOOL MOM" GIVEAWAY!
-Nothing better than a basket of goodies just for mom.
-Enter as many times as you want every Monday.

-Last day to enter is September 27th. Winner will be announced September 28th!

-Anyone can enter, even if you do not have kids or they are not in school!

BONUS ENTRIES!

-Get a friend to become a follower of our blog and you will receive 5 additional entries for you and your friend!

-All they have to do is post under a Q&A that they have become a follower and who recommended them!