Thursday, July 30, 2009

Coupon Preview for 8/2/09

I am reading that this Sunday's paper will contain FIVE inserts! Two Smart Source, a Red Plum, a Kellogg's insert, and August's P&G! I will definitely be buying several papers! So grab a couple papers yourself, but make sure you get the largest paper for your region. It's much more likely that you will get better coupons this way, and more of them!

If you want to check out a preview of which coupons are to come, go to www.taylortownpreview.com.

Get ready for a ton of great sales next week at CVS and Rite Aid! I'm very excited to hit Meijer's 10 for 10 sale this weekend too!

Monday, July 27, 2009

Rite Aid Deals Week of 7/26/09

Rite Aid is pretty slow this week, but next week has tons of FAR items! So hold on, and next week I'm sure we can get paid to shop! Here's what I see this week at Rite Aid.

Clairol Herbal Essences Shampoo, Conditioner, or Stylers 2/6.00
2.00 SCR WYB 2
Use B1 Shampoo or Conditioner, get 1 Styler free
Use 1.00 coupon from the 7/5 P&G insert.
Final Cost: FREE after both coupons and SCR

Be sure to request your July rebate checks, because Sunday started the August rebate period! Get your check so you can roll it into August SCR offers. I promise they will get better! The other Rite Aid tip I have is--don't shop without a /25 coupon! I found one at coupons.com, and there are several others available online, some which don't expire until December! Obviously this week it's not necessary, bur next week it is! Can't wait!

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Hello??? Is Anyone Still There?

I am very sheepishly and ashamedly returning to this blog after about a six week absence! Life has been so crazy busy, and I have not had much time to do anything! Especially blog! I apologize profusely, and hope to return to blogging a couple times per week. I hope that you have found other great blogs to read while I have been on the QT. Here are a few of my favorites.

www.moneysavingmom.com
www.dealseekingmom.com
www.thethriftymama.com
www.southernsavers.com

I have been couponing and finding some good deals once in a while this last month. I had not shopped at Rite Aid at all in July until yesterday! And yesterday was the last day in the July rebate period! How sad! I have been shopping more at CVS, and Kroger while I am at the lake! CVS has a great monthly special for July. When you buy a Bayer Glucose Meter for 19.99 you will receive 5 ECB. If you don't know what ECB's are, follow one of the above links for a CVS tutorial. I have multiple coupons for these meters that will take off up to 30.00, so the meter itself ended up being free! I then received the 5 ECB's, for a total of 20.00 in ECB's without spending a dime! (The limit on the meter special was 4.) I have been rolling those ECB's on school supplies, which have been free after ECB's every Sunday through Tuesday. It is my goal to not spend any money on school supplies this year!

One deal that I did yesterday at the Kroger in Angola, IN was for Kleenex. Kleenex are on sale for 0.99 WYB 10 mega event items. I purchased 2 boxes of Anti-viral Kleenex and used a 0.50/2 coupon which tripled. So I paid 0.25 per box. I used this coupon several times and ended up buying about 12 boxes of tissues. Imagine my surprise when I received a catalina for 1.00 off my next shopping order courtesy of Kleenex. Not one, but 3 of them. Had I only bought the Anti-viral tissues they would have all been free after coupons and catalinas! I had bought regular Kleenex as well, for school, as the kids usually need to take several boxes!

I did great yesterday at Rite Aid too, getting tons of stuff for about 2.18 out of pocket. The value of the items that I purchased was 56.00, with most of them being on sale and having a partial rebate attached to them. I paid 35.93 OOP and will receive 33.75 in SCR. I rolled my May and June rebate checks to pay for today's purchases!

On a non couponing note, my kids have had a busy baseball and softball seasons, and we spent a week at the lake with really yucky weather! We had a great 4th of July, welcoming our new nephew/cousin Grayson Michael. Our niece/cousin Emersyn is due to arrive any day now! I have been trying to help my sisters out with their existing children while they grow and deliver these new children! It has been such a blessing, and I can't wait to watch these kids grow up together!

So there's a little highlight of what I've been doing. I am going to try hard to blog as much as I can, although when my classes resume in August I fear they will occupy most of my free time. I hope I am wrong though! Hope everyone else has had a great summer too!