CVS red box printing free $2 ECBs

I went to CVS today and found out the red box printed me a FREE $2 ECB. It printed on both of my cards, so it might be a deal that everyone is receiving?? Either way, if you do get it, it only lasts for 3 days, so be sure to use it right away.

Festival Foods Deals 6/6 - 6/12

Online only Festival coupon:
36 ct. Mini Cookies for $1.88 with $5 purchase(from GBPG site)

Festival store coupons (from newspaper, limit 1 unless otherwise stated):
Festival Gallon Milk $.98
Pepsi, Mountain Dew, or Sierra Mist 12 pk. 3/$8.88
Keebler Crackers $1.98 (limit 3) - $1/1 Wheatables here or here or $1/2 Town House (6/6 RP)
Kemp's Cottage Cheese $.98
Steve's Cheese 1 lb. block $2.88 (limit 2)
Cedar Crest Ice Cream $1.98
Blueberries $1.68 (limit 2)

Special 4 Weeks of Savings...Week 1 (limit 1 unless otherwise stated):
Super Chill Soda 2L $.48 (limit 2)
Shopper's Value Vegetables $.28 (limit 6)
Nabisco Oreo Cookies $1.68
Flavorite American Cheese Singles $.98
Oscar Mayer Fun Pack Lunchables $1.48 (limit 2)
Strawberries $1.48 (limit 2)

Sale and Green Sheet items:
Post Cereal $1.68 (limit 4) - $1/2 (5/16 SS)
Flavorite Biscuits $.69
Kemps Light Yogurt $.40
Kemps Sour Cream $.88
Morning Glory Chocolate Milk(half gallon) $.98
Sargento shredded cheese $1.67 - $.50/1 (4/18 SS, if low sodium is included)
Orv's Tasty Toppings Pizza $1.68
Ground Chuck $1.98 per pound
Ronzoni Healthy Harvest or Smart Taste Pasta $1.44 - $.75/1 printables listed here
Malt O Meal Bagged cereal $.99 -$.75/1 Mini-Spooners here
Flavorite Ketchup $.88
Koop's Yellow Mustard $.88
El Monterey Burritos (32 oz) $2.50 - $.55/1 (4/18 SS)
Homelife Paper Towels (8 rolls) $4.88

If you're new to shopping with coupons, you'll need to know:
RP= Red Plum, Sunday newspaper coupon insert
SS= Smart Source, Sunday newspaper coupon insert

For more information on deal shopping and using coupons at Festival Foods click here.

Pinecone Research--Now Accepting!!

I got an email with this referral link to refer friends to Pinecone Research. Click here for the link.

Pinecone is one of the better survey companies out there. They pay $3 per survey. You take a survey and a week later you get a check for $3 (or they will deposit to PayPal). Hurry if you're interested, these spots don't stay open long.

Double Double Daze this Wenesday 6/9!

Just a heads' up in case you missed it in the ad. Copps is doing Double Double Daze AGAIN! This Wednesday only you can double 10 coupons per $25 order. Copps is still doubling on Saturday as well, but that will be the usual 5 coupon limit. I will be posting deals later. There is a great Kellogg's deal this week and some other great sale items too.

My Festival trip today

Here is my Festival Foods deal from this week.

Gallon of White Milk $0.98 with in ad coupon

1/2 gallon of chocolate milk $0.98

Angus ground beef $1.98 lb = $5.80

Oreo cookies $1.66 with in ad coupon

Blueberries $1.68 with in ad coupon

Brownie cookies $1.88 with GBPS coupon here

Cedar Crest Ice cream $1.98 with in ad coupon

Total OOP = $14.88

Saved $15.60 (51%)

My CVS deals for this week

I was lucky enough to go shopping yesterday and had at the end of my receipt a coupon for $5 off $15 purchase. It expired on June 8 so I had to get there fast.

Here are the deals I got. I have 2 cards, so I was able to do some deals twice.

Here is what I got for card #1:

4- Degree Deodorant @ $2.50 each = $10

2 - Dove Deodorant @ $2.50 each = $5

1 - Dawn Hand Renewal dish soap = $0.97

1 - Gillette Fusion Razor = $9.97

4 - Windex Antibacterial Cleaner @ $2.50 = $10

2 - Rolaids @ $3.99 = $7.98

Total before coupons = $43.92

Coupons used:

1- $5 off $15

4 - $1/1 off Windex coupons, (5/9/10 SS) or IP here

2 - $2/1 Dove deodorant IP coupon here

2- $3/2 Degree deodorant coupons here or here

1- $4/1 Gillette Fusion razor (6/6 PG)

1 - $4/2 Rolaids coupon (6/6 RP - Not in GBPG paper)

1 - $1 Dawn coupon rounded down to $0.97 (mailer from P&G, not from home made simple mailer)

Total MC coupons = $27.97

Subtotal = $15.95

ECBs used = $1, $4.99, $4, $4, $2 (rounded down to $1.96)

Total OOP = $2.09 which was all tax

Earned $19 in ECBs

Just a note: Normally when you receive a $/$$ coupon, you want your total before coupons to be just over $15 so that you OOP will be the lowest possible it can be. However, I had $13.99 in ECBs that were expiring this week that I wanted to get used up, so I did it all in one transaction.

Here is transaction #2, done on second card.

1 - Gillette Fusion ProGlide Razor = $9.97

2 - Rolaids @ $3.99 each = $7.98

1 - Venus Razor = $8.99

1 - Dawn Hand Renewal = $0.97

Total before coupons = $27.91

Coupons used:

$5/$15 CVS coupon

$4/1 Gillette Razor

$4/2 Rolaids

$2/1 Venus razor (6/6 PG)

$1/1 Dawn hand renewal (Home made simple home mailer) - Actually took full $1 off

Total coupons = $16

Subtotal = $11.91

ECBs used = $7, $4.99 ($11.99 total) which actually gave me a subtotal of negative 8 cents. Occasionally this does happen, but normally not. I haven't been able to figure out when and why this happens.

Total OOP = $1.18

ECBs earned = $5, $4, $4, $1 (green tag) = $14

I also discovered today that the Gillette Fusion Razor has published a limit 1, but that is NOT the case. There is at least a limit of 2, but I don't know if that is it.

Where is that coupon?

Are you wondering why sometimes you can't find the coupons listed here or on other money saving blogs? Don't worry you probably aren't missing any inserts! There is a "secret" to getting better coupons! Big city papers (in our area this would be the Chicago Tribune or the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) have better and MORE coupons than the Green Bay Press Gazette offers.

The downside to buying these papers are: not every store carries them, they are a bit more expensive, and they do not contain our local store ads so if you want to look at the ads you will still need to get a GBPG.

Coupons are regional and larger markets get better coupons. Even if you buy these big city papers you may occasionally come across a coupon that you didn't get. That's because I use a national database to search for coupons and I have no way of knowing which coupons were in which paper. Believe it or not, I don't even buy a Sunday paper! I get multiple coupon inserts and ads from family members who don't use them. So sometimes I type up my deal lists before I even see what coupons we got!

A couple years ago, one of our GB Savers (Vivian) did a coupon count and this is what she found:

A Smart Source in the GBPG vs. the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel had:
Food coupons 8 vs. 14
Household/toiletry coupons 7 vs. 24
Medication/vitamin coupons 2 vs. 10

And the Chicago Tribune vs. the GBPG:
Total coupons: CT = 196 and GBPG = 79

Food - 78 vs. 36
Toiletry - 43 vs. 16
Pharmacy/Meds - 22 vs. 6
MakeUp/Beauty -16 vs. 5
Cleaning - 17 vs. 7
Pet - 11 vs. 0

Click here for more information on where to find coupons.

CVS Deals 6/6 - 6/12

Be sure and scan your card at the red box... LOTS of people are getting a $5 off $15 coupon!!

If you need diapers... CVS brand diapers are on clearance for $2.24 and double pack wipes are $1.32!

Windex $2.50 (other household cleaning products included as well)
-$5 ECBs when you spend $10... buy 4
-$1 (5/9 SS) or $1/1 Windex printable use 4
=$.25 each OR make $4 if you fill out this $5 Mail-In Rebate

Rolaids $3.99
-$4 ECBs on two
-$4/2 (6/6 RP)
=TWO for FREE

John Frieda $5
-$3 ECB when you spend $10
-$3 (6/6 SS) or $2.50 printable
= as low as $.50

Degree or Dove Deodorants
-$5 ECBs when you spend $15
-$3/2 Dove coupon and/or $3/2 Degree coupon
=as low as $1 for 6

Dawn dish soap $.97
-$1/1 Hand Renewal from the Home Made Simple mailer or $.25 (6/6 PG)
=FREE for Hand Renewal or $.72 for regular

Gillette ProGlide Razor $9.97
-$5 ECB
-$4/1 (6/6 P&G)
=$.97

Kellogg's cereal/snack bars 3/$10
-$5 ECB when you buy three
-$1.50/3 (5/23 RP) or $1.50/1 printable or $1/1 printable
=as low as $.66 each

Honest Tea (single) $1
-$.50 off printable or $1/2 printable
=$.50

Tampax Pearl $2.97
-$2 (6/6 PG)
=$.97

Sweet Baby Ray's 2/$3
-$1/2 (5/23 SS)
=$1

If you're new to shopping at CVS, you might want to read this and you'll need to know:
ECBs= Extra Care Bucks
RP= Red Plum, Sunday newspaper insert
SS= Smart Source, Sunday newspaper insert

CVS Diapers for $2.24

Theresa just called me to let me know that CVS brand diapers are on clearance for $2.24! Some are NOT marked but are still ringing up at that price so do a quick check of the price at the scanner.

If you can get there today, the $2 ECBs do print out when you buy a package so you can get diapers for $.24!!!

Free Subscription to Woman's Day

Want a free subscription to Woman's Day magazine? Just head over HERE and fill out the form.

They will ask your profession (homemaker is a choice under "other industries" and for the job function "general management" pretty much sums it up! Remember, if you homeschool you are an educator. If you blog that is considered a business.)

I have signed up before and the magazine does really come and it is truly free!

Continuing Education Saturday Video

Here's a video featuring America's Cheapest Family (the Economides). They wrote the book America's Cheapest Family Gets You Right on the Money. I don't agree with everything they say in their book but it is full of helpful information and definitely worth reading! Check it out from the library.

This video shows them in action...

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To learn more read: What is Swag Bucks?