Deals at Steve and Barry's

Steve and Barry's is going out of business and has lots of great deals. I didn't know that they had smaller size children's clothes. Jerry was able to get several shirts for our gang for less then $3 an item. They had some really nice stuff. Sizes range from infant to adult. No exchanges or refunds.

Prepare Now--CVS is doing it again!

Just a quick heads up...looks like CVS will be giving us a little early Christmas present. Here is a sneak peek!

And I just "spent" a bunch of ECBs because I didn't want them to expire! Ugh!

Rebate Troubles

It appears one of the larger companies who process rebates has filed bankruptcy. Here is a link that lists some known companies. The list however is not complete, as I had a rebate check (in the amount of $1.79) for a product called Fresh Sacks (not listed) that was affected.

The most important thing is: if you get a rebate check PLEASE verify it is not from this company BEFORE you cash the check! Associated Bank charged me an $8 fee for cashing a bad check. I called the company right away and they said they would issue me a check for the rebate amount plus my bank fee. This was about 2 weeks ago and I have yet to receive anything.

I am a bit irritated as they must have known the bankruptcy was coming and they still issued these checks. And I hope this isn't a sign of things to come and that this doesn't prevent companies from issuing rebates in the future. What strange times we are living in!

Free Music from Amazon

Amazon.com is giving away a free song download each day from the 1st through the 25th of December. Looks like it will be a fun way to make a Christmas music CD. If you missed the previous songs you can still download them for free as well.

Speaking of Amazon.com, if you shop there do me a favor and click through the Amazon box on this blog or my blog. Jerry (my dh) signed up to be an Amazon Associate and gets a (very) small percentage of each purchase made through that link. It is for any product they sell, new or used. Thanks!

Walgreens spend $25 get $5

I just saw this... I haven't see Walgreens do this before. It's not a coupon. You get a $5 register reward when you spend $25. This deal ends Saturday December 6th.

Register rewards expire in 2 weeks, not one month like ECBs, so be sure and spend them before they expire!

Speaking of register rewards, they changed the wording on register rewards again so you can only use one per transaction. So if you have more than one register reward to spend, break up your order into however many transactions you need to be able to use them. If you happen to get a survey at the end of your receipt go online and fill it out and be sure to mention how inconvenient that is for both you, the customer, and the cashier.

Good News

Piggly Wiggly (at least the one in DP) is now accepting internet printable coupons up to $2 in value. I haven't tried it myself yet so I'm not sure how picky they are about it. :)

Double Coupons at Kmart

Kmart is having their double coupons again this week! Same rules as last time. Coupons up to $2 will be doubled. Limit of 75 coupons per person.

If you get any great deals...please share them!!

Holiday Weekend

It's a holiday weekend...

REMINDER: NO coupons on holiday weekends!

Theresa told me there will at least be a P&G insert but that is it. So buy a GBPG and skip the CT and MJS this week!

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!

~Shelly~

My Pillsbury Deal :)

So...last week at the Pig they had the Pillsbury Pie Crusts on sale for 1.49 - their regular price is $2.99 - so they were half off. Let me stop here and tell you that I never use them to make real pies because I make my own pie crusts but I got a terrific recipe years ago to make homemade Chicken Pot Pie - which I always make two whole pies with tops - so I need a total of 2 boxes for each "meal" that I make - although we get two nights of dinner out of them for now!

Okay - so I go to the Pig to buy some 1.49 pie crusts and what do I realize but that they all have peelie coupons attached - 1/2 of the coupons were for refrigerated cookie dough but the other 1/2 were for...you guessed it...$1.00 off 2 pie crusts - then the Pig had a deal if you bought ANY 5 Pillsbury items you got a free butter (on sale this week for $1.69) - sooooooo.....

I bought 12 boxes of pie crusts for $1.00/box.
I have 6 more coupons, good til April, for more pie crusts.
I did two transactions and got 2 free butters.
I have until the end of January to use up my 12 boxes so we will have chicken pot pie (or turkey) every other week til they are gone!

YEAH! Vivian

CVS - Black Friday

Hi Friends - So, did some of you go to CVS on Thursday instead of Friday? I didn't really realize that the sales started on Thursday since I was focused on cleaning and having company but both CVS and Walgreens told me they were super busy on Thursday! Well, I didn't get everything on that FREE after ECB sale on the back page but i got a lot of it - I was most disappointed about the Bic Soleil razors with my two $3 off coupons but I did get a raincheck on that one and the Velp store said they expected a truck either later Friday or Saturday. The bottom line was that I made $16. How did everyone else do? I took advantage of a few sales at Walgreens also but I didn't make any money. I did just enter all my receipts for rebates online - almost missing tomorrows deadline! Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. Vivian

CVS Black Friday Deals

CVS will be having a TON of free after ECB items this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. It looks like these deals will be available starting Thursday. So get your coupons ready...because you can make over $20 profit!

Here is a link with a sneak peek at the deals and where to find the coupons! I'm not normally a Black Friday shopper...but I think this year I'll make an exception and head over to my favorite store!!

Piggly Wiggly Deals through Tuesday

Just wanted to share that Piggly Wiggly has some good deals this week - Nestle's Chocolate Chips are $1.69 and there are lots of coupons for them in the past few weeks. They have turkeys for .48/lb, sugar and eggs for cheap - can't remember - all with a $25 purchase. I'd tell you the others I thought were great except I lost my ad - you can find it online if you don't have one!!!
Vivian