Vocal Point

If you want to sign up for Vocal Point, here is the link for you! They send out coupons monthly for various things. I joined just a few months ago and have gotten Coke coupons and the Kashi coupons. Theresa has been a member a bit longer so maybe she could tell us what other coupons she has received.

If you want to do the Kashi deal (see post below) I just checked MoneySavingMom and it looks like there are Kashi printables. She worked it out to be free cereal with the printables!

Kashi Cereal Deal at Target

Kashi cereals 4 for $11 and get a $5 Target gift card if you buy 4

Use coupons from the Vocal Point mailer if you got them. Get four boxes ($11) and use one $2 off coupon and three $1 off coupons. Get $5 gift card. End price: $1 for four boxes of cereal!!

If you haven't tried any Kashi cereals....Jerry really likes the Go Lean Crunch and I think the Mountain Medley granola is really good!

Getting better...

I had heard that the deals would get better after summer...looks like that may be the case. If you haven't checked MoneySavingMom's deal lists yet be sure and do that! She has a big money maker listed for Robitussin at Walgreens using a printable coupon. If you don't use cough medicine you may want to consider getting it anyway and donating it.

Four coupon inserts in today's paper too! Pretty exciting! If you want multiple copies of the Press Gazette they do sell the Sunday paper at Dollar Tree for only $1. Too bad they don't sell the Chicago Tribune. :)

FYI: I did try the Crest Pro-Health Rinse deal at Walgreens and it worked with no problems. This deal lasts all month so you can get as much free mouth rinse as you want! There is a coupon out for 75 cents that makes this a small moneymaker.

FUN Shopping Day!

I'm SO excited! I had a GREAT shopping day at Copps & CVS. As you probably know, today is double coupon day at Copps. Since I've been wanting to take a picture of one of my successful shopping trips, I decided to do it today. Unfortunately, my totals weren't .25 or $1, or anything like that, BUT they were good totals for our family and I got really great deals. Here's the scoop (pictures attached): COPPS 10 boxes Hamb Helper (sale 10/$10) 10 bags Chex Mix/Bugles (sale 10/$10 + (3) .50/1 coupons) 5 boxes GM Cereal (sale 5/$10 + $1/3 coupon doubled = FINAL 5/$8) Febreze Starter Kit (sale $7.49 + $5/1 coupon = FINAL $2.49) 2 Tide (sale $8.99ea + $2/1 coupon = FINAL $15.98 for both) 4 El Paso Taco Seasoning (sale .59ea + BOGO free = FINAL $1.77 for 4) 2 El Paso hard shells (sale $1.29ea + $1/2 coupon = FINAL $1.58 for 2) 4 - 12pks Diet Coke (sale 4/$10) 6 jars Prego sauce (sale $1.88ea) Scott bath tissue (sale $9.99 + $1/1 coupon doubled = FINAL $7.99) 2 Roundy's ice cream (sale $3.88ea) 2 Totino's pizza rolls (sale $2.99ea + (2) .35/1 coupons = FINAL $5.28 for 2) Huggies mega-pack wipes (sale $5.99 + .50/1 coupon doubled = FINAL $4.99) Huggies Pull-ups (sale $12.99 + $2/1 coupon = FINAL $10.99) Oscar Mayer weiners (sale BOGO free = FINAL $2.29 for 2) 7lbs ground beef (sale $1.89/lb = FINAL $13.23) Chuck roast (sale $2.29/lb = FINAL $9.11) (2) whole chicken fryers (sale .69/lb = FINAL $6.76 for 2) Family pak chx breasts (NOT on sale - EEK! $14.80) (2) Kotex pads (sale 2/$5.50 + (2) $1/1 coupons doubled = FINAL 2/$1.50 - YAY!) Gillette disposable razors (sale $5.99 + $2/1 coupon = FINAL $3.99) Gillette shave gel (sale $2.24 + $1/1 coupon = FINAL $1.24) Nexxus shamp/cond (NOT on sale, but generated $10 coupon - $20.38 for both) Vidalia onions (NOT on sale - $1.57) Romaine lettuce (NOT on sale $2.25) Peanuts (NOT on sale ($3.26) Butter (sale .98) (3) Roundy sliced cheese (sale $1.79ea) 20lb container cat litter ($5.79) FINAL TOTAL w/tax = $206.28 SAVINGS = $108.03 YAYYYYY!!! PLUS I got a $10 coupon for next time; a $1.25 coupon for Pampers; a $1 coupon for Pampers wipes; AND 100!! bonus box tops for GBACH (+the ones on the boxes - a lot of which have extra bonus box tops + an entry for a chance to win 250,000 box tops) CVS Pantene deal (3/$9.99 + (2) BOGO coupons for FREE styling aid + $2ECBs) Pantene Expressions Shamp ($4.50 + $2/1 coupon) Pantene Expressions Cond ($4.50 + $2/1 coupon) Suave deal (3/$6 + $2ECBs) Pampers pull-ups (sale $9.99 + $1/1 coupon) (2) Dawn (sale .99 + (2) .50/1 coupons) (2) Colgate (sale 2.99 + $1/1 and .75/1 coupons + $4ECBs) (2) 4-pk Duracell Power-pix batteries (sale $2.99 ea + (2) .75/1 coupons) Covergirl powder ($5.49) Covergirl foundation (sale 50% off for buying powder, so $2.74) (2) Rubbermaid laundry baskets ($5.99 + (2) $1/1 coupons) (2) CG Wetslicks gloss ($5.99ea + BOGO free coupon + $5.99ECBs) (2) birthday cards (NOT on sale, no coupons, but needed - UGH!) Play cash drawer (yes, I brought the kids with - $4.99) I was watching the screen while items were being scanned. The total before coupons was $103.??. After coupons . . . . $54.15!!!!! YAYYY!! I know it's not .25 or $1, but still a GREAT deal in my book. If I hadn't needed the b-day cards or had the kids w/ me, it would've been only about $43. PLUS, I have $13.99 in ECBs for next time. Woo-hoo!! From Anne Tess

I was FLOATING with excitement...

Okay - For the record, I did not go back to get the FOUR 1.75 qt's of Ice cream for this picture so pretend it is there, okay....and I'm not an expert at the whole "listing each item thing" so bare with me.
First, I went to CVS, not pictured here and spent $15 in cash (Shelly and Theresa, don't cringe that I spent more than one dollar) but I got back $28 in ECB's - I felt really good about that, then I went to Walgreens...

This picture is from my $90 purchase at Walgreens - minus the ice cream. So, here is the rough breakdown...
My total started at right around $90, but my subtotal with all of my coupons taken off (including the $10 off $40) was 52.34; when i got home I found 4.34 in errors (plus tax) but when I went back today to get it corrected, they totalled them up as $7.53; plus I have $34.76 so far in rebates coming back so with tax I paid $12.99. WOOOOOO HOOOOOOO

I had to call Shelly that evening because I was so excited and so confused as to whether or not I should have gotten more FREE after Rebate Items right away. I think she straightened me out and I was back there today getting my refund and two more rebate items - but Theresa probably took the last Excedrin :))))))) Shelly, I forgot all about the whole Glade thing when I went today so maybe I missed out on that deal.

I felt like a really frugal wife and mother after this trip. I did find every coupon I was supposed to to make it all work out - thanks to now buying TWO Chicago Tribunes each weekend. I was also excited to just FIND the items that I was looking for - I took the one and only Pert - after trying all month to get it, plus I took the last two Spray and Wash - this all made me just tickled as I walked around the store. So I still do love Walgreens too!
Vivian

REBATES

Hey all - don't forget to send in your REBATES - for Walgreens and Kelloggs and, and.... watch those deadlines -especially if you are new to this REBATE thing.

How to change printer setting?

Dear Ladies - I have my installed Coupon Printer set to a printer that no longer works and I have no idea how to change it...I have missed out on all sorts of coupons b/c I forget about it and then hit the print and and it never prints but the company says "thanks for printing your coupon" and I got nothing (cry!)...anyone know how I can fix this?

My other sad story for the week is that I let me latest $5 RR go to waste b/c I didn't shop at Walgreens for 2 weeks and found it the day after it expired. That is maddening...so much for taking a break from saving and not feeling bad about it!

Printable coupons

Here are some printable coupons

Minute Maid
Arm & Hammer - good for several different products
$1.25 Slim Fast

Rebate for FREE Arm & Hammer Essentials

Here is a link for a rebate you can download for Free Arm & Hammer Essentials. Here is also a $1 off coupon which can be printed twice.

Bought almost $134 worth of groceries for less than $52 at Copps

Hello everyone

I just wanted to show you some deals I made at Copps today. Thanks to Shelly for letting me know about the coupons for FREE items that were available at the Pig in De Pere. I went there yesterday and got about 5 sets. I then took a lot of the coupons today to Copps because I knew they were having some good sales.

They have Kool-Aid for $0.10 each which is a Kraft product. I bought 9 packets and got 3 items for free.

They also have Kraft Mac and Cheese on sale for $0.48, so I bought a lot of those (15 boxes) and got 5 more items for free.

I also bought 3 pkgs of Kraft Cheese singles which were on sale for $1.88 and got one more free item. The free items were: Crystal Light, Oscar Meyer hot dogs, Kraft dressing and Wheat Thins.

Another great deal going on this week at Copps is Huggies Clean team refills are on sale 2/$3. If you have a coupon from the paper a few weeks ago (sorry, don't remember which week), you can get 2 packages for FREE!!!

Good First Try at CVS

If you are new to CVS and want a simple deal for your first trip....try this moneymaker:

1 Alavert on sale for $5.99 get 3 ECBs back and use this $4 off printable coupon
1 Children's Advil for $5.79 get 5.79 ECBs back and use this $1 off printable coupon
Total=$11.78
-2 off 10 CVS coupon (email me if you need this)
-4 off Alavert coupon
-1 off Advil coupon
Spend $4.78 plus tax OOP
Get $8.79 back in ECBs making you just over $4 in ECBs

Great Coupons

You know those great coupons in the All You magazine that are buy 3 Kraft items get a FREE Wheat Thins/Dressing/Hot Dog/Crystal Light/Kraft Singles? Well, I was going to try one out at Piggly Wiggly since Kool Aid is on sale there for 15 cents. Guess what was right in front of the Wheat Thins?? A tear pad with the same exact 5 coupons!!!!! The only difference is they expire a bit sooner (8/31).

I bought 3 Kool Aid lemonade packets for 45 cents and got a free box of Wheat Thins with the tear pad coupon and saved my All You coupon for another time. It worked flawlessly! I grabbed 2 of each coupon and will try and use them before they expire. As much as I wanted to grab the whole tear pad...I restrained myself and left some for the rest of you! :)

So keep an eye out for that tear pad. I'm guessing they could be by any Kraft/Nabisco/Oscar Mayer product. But at the DP PW they are right by the Wheat Thins.