Save Big on Melissa and Doug Toys

UPDATE: Hope you got in on this deal while it was available! It ended early because they sold out!
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Hot online deals aren't my normal thing (I leave those to The Bargain Sleuth!) but I just HAD to share this deal! I love Melissa and Doug toys and I had several of these items on my shopping list. This morning I'm really glad I procrastinated ordering because Amazon has several Melissa and Doug toys on sale 50% off today only!

Most items are $10 and several are even less than that! Don't forget to sign up for the Amazon Mom (not just for moms!) program and to get a free three-month Prime membership. Prime membership gets you free 2-day shipping with no minimum! If you don't have a Prime membership most items still ship free when your order is over $25.

Here are a few of my favorite deals:

Melissa & Doug Pizza Party only $10

Melissa & Doug See & Spell only $10

Melissa & Doug Birthday Party Birthday Cake

To see all the Melissa and Doug toys available for 50% off, click here to enter Amazon's Gold Box.

Home Depot Kids Workshop 12/4

The Home Depot Kids Workshop for December is the 6th. Head over to make a picture frame. These workshops are free and no registration is required, just show up between 9am and noon. All Home Depot stores participate in the workshop. Participants are also given a little Home Depot apron just like the employees wear and a pin to show they completed the project.

Larry's Piggly Wiggly Holiday Open House

Larry's Piggly Wiggly stores are having a holiday open house this Saturday. Times vary by store location. There will samples, activities, and deals throughout the store, including free cookie decorating for the kids!

If you do a lot of shopping at Piggly Wiggly you might want to take advantage of this deal: Save 5% when you buy Piggly Wiggly gift cards ($25, $50, and $100 amounts).

Here are the details for the DePere location:

Come and get your picture taken with Santa 10:00 - 1:00
Kid's decorate a cookie FREE 9:00 - 1:00
Hey Kids! Enter our Coloring Contest!
Get ideas for holiday parties & gifts
Many drawings throughout the store
Many demos throughout the store

For the details at other locations click here.

Copps Coupon Booklet

In today's paper is a Copps coupon booklet--prices good Thursday, December 2 through Saturday, December 11. Limit of one (1) unless otherwise stated. Extra special thanks to GB Savers reader Dolly for taking the time to type this list!!

$0.98 Gold Medal Flour, 5 lbs.

$1.48 Nestle Morsels

$0.38 Imperial Spread

$1.18 32-oz. tub Yoplait Yogurt

$0.98 Joseph Campione Garlic Bread, Toast or Bread Sticks

$1.28 Thomas' Original English Muffins 6 ct.

$4.48 Roundy Ice Cream or Sherbet - 5 qt. pail

$4.98 Sara Lee Mini Cream Puffs or Chocolate Eclairs

$0.78 Creamette Pasta

$1.68 Prego Pasta Sauce

$0.98 Fresh Express Salads

$1.48 Santa Sweet Grape Tomatoes

MC $0.60 off 3 boxes Jell-O Gelatin or Pudding

MC $1.00 off 2 Betty Crocker or Cake Mate Decorating Products

MC $1.00 off one Ensure Multipack

MC $1.00 off any Goody Hair or Styling Accessory

$0.98 Butterball Turkey Bacon 6 oz.

$2.88 Jennie-O Turkey & Gravy in Roasting Pan

$5.88 Roundy's Jumbo Coconut Shrimp 12 oz.

$8.88 Roundy's Lemon Pepper Tilapia or Lemon Butter Salmon 40 oz.

$4.98 Rotisserie Chicken 3 lbs. or more

2/$4.98 Laughing Cow Cheese Wedges 6 oz.

BOGO Fresh Baked Cookies

$0.88 Mars 8-Pack Candy Limit 3

$1.98 Orbit, Eclipse, Doublemint, or Juicy Fruit Big-E Gum Bottles

$2.98 Pantene Shampoo, Conditioner or Styling Products

$0.98 Colgate Toothpaste 6.4 oz. Limit 4

$8.09 Pampers Jumbo Diapers, Baby Dry, Swaddlers, Swaddlers Sensitive, Cruisers or Overnites

$2.98 Playtex Gentle Glide or Sport Tampons

$5.18 Icy Hot Patches

$8.18 Prilosec OTC 14 ct.

$1.00 of 2 Hallmark Greeting Cards

$3.98 Rayovac 12-15 pk. AA or AAA, 4-pk. C or D or 2-pk. 9-Volt Alkaline Batteries

$0.88 2-liter bottle 7-Up, A&W or Sunkist

$1.88 Townhouse Crackers

Walgreens Friends and Family Discount

Walgreens has a "Friends and Family" coupon available to use tomorrow, December 1st. This coupon will get you 15% off everything you buy and 20% off Walgreens brand items. Be sure to give this coupon first since they will process your order like you are receiving an employee discount.

Free Christmas Devotional

If you are looking for a wonderful way to make Christmas meaningful I highly recommend a Jesse Tree. Our family has been doing this for several years now and we love it!

You can download a free Jesse Tree Advent Devotion when you subscribe via email or RSS to Ann Voscamp's blog (which is wonderful by the way!). The download includes readings for each day as well as printable ornaments.

Our Family's Jesse tree
(from a couple years ago)

What is a Jesse Tree?
It's simply a Christmas countdown. You can start with Advent (first Sunday of Advent was yesterday) or you can just start on December 1st. Each day read a short Bible passage and devotional then hang an ornament. There are many websites out there to give you ideas and there is no "right" way. Each family does it a bit differently.

There are "kits" you can buy, but it is easy to just make your own. The ornaments can be printed (like from the download above) or if you get real creative you can buy items to hang as ornaments that are a bit more three dimensional (like a mini-globe, twine, etc.). The tree itself can be a branch that is secured in a pot or you can use a mini-Christmas tree. That is what we do and it works well. Some people just put the Jesse tree ornaments on their regular Christmas tree.

If you are interested, here are some additional links:
Jesse Tree Instructions, Devotions, and Printable Ornaments
Jesse Tree with Printable Ornaments
Additional Advent Resource (including Jesse Tree)

Freebie link via Money Saving Mom. Her post can be found here.

CVS 20% off Entire Purchase In-Store

"Like" CVS on Facebook and get a pass for 20% off your entire IN-STORE purchase (offer good through 12/3, coupon good through 12/5). This offer is similar to the free item coupons they've been sending out. To get this coupon emailed to you click on the "Holiday Pass" tab and fill out the form with your Extra Care Card number and email address. There are some exclusions so read the fine print.

Red Gold Tomatoes Giveaway Winner

Thank you to everyone who entered the

Red Gold Tomatoes prize package Giveaway

and special thanks to Red Gold Tomatoes for providing the prize!

I used a random number generator to pick the winner.

The number chosen was #26, so the winner is...

Joe P.

Congrats!!

Thank you for reading GB Savers.

We are almost at 200 "likes" on Facebook!

Spread the word and tell a friend!

The more people we have looking for deals, the more we'll all save!

Ordering Gifts Online?

If you plan to do any shopping online this holiday season here are a few must have sites to help you save some money...

RetailMeNot--before you order from any website at least just stop by this site and put the retailer site name in their search box. You will find all sorts of coupon codes for everything from a % off to free shipping. (They also have printable coupons and deals on gift certificates from Restaurant.com)

Amazon's Free Super Saver Shipping--Amazon carries just about every product under the sun and has great deals. If you haven't already, be sure to sign up for Amazon Mom (not just for moms!) program and to get a free three-month Prime membership. Prime membership gets you free 2-day shipping with no minimum! If you don't have a Prime membership most items ship free when your order is over $25. Some items that don't qualify so keep an eye out. If you need to get to that magical $25 mark and don't know what to get head over to this site to see what filler items you can get for your remaining amount.

Swagbucks, MyPoints, or Ebates--all of these sites give you a little "rebate" back when you order online. They all have a huge list of online retailers. MyPoints gives you "points" which you can turn into gift cards. Ebates gives you cash back. Swagbucks earns you SwagBucks which you can use to purchase items for gift cards. You can combine the money back rebate programs with coupon codes (see above) and sales to get the best deal possible.

CVS Deals 11/28 - 12/4

If you took advantage of the Black Friday deals at CVS you probably have a few ECBs to spend. I hope the next couple week's deals are better than this week!

Complete Multi-Purpose Solution $9.99 (Limit 1)
-9.99 ECBs
=Free

Dawn (Regular and Hand Renewal) $.88
- $0.50/1 Regular or $1/1 Hand Renewal from P&G HomeMade Simple Mailer
=as low as FREE

Revlon Cosmetics or Beauty Tools psa $1.99 (Limit 1)
-$5 ECBs
=Free plus overage (depending on what you buy)

Suave Deodorant $.89
-$0.75/1 (11/14 RP)
=$.14

Puffs $.97
- $0.25/1 (10/31/2010 P&G)
=$.72

Infusium 23 Hair Products $5.99 (Limit 1)
-$2 ECBs
-$2/1 coupon from the December ALL YOU
=$1.99

There are a few candy deals:
Spend $10 in Nestle Candy products get $3 ECBs - $1/2 Nestle Candy (bag) printable
Hershey's, Nestle, Mars novelty candy $.50

Possible Hidden Deal:

EOS Lip Balm $2.99 (limit 1)
-$2.99 ECBs
=FREE

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

Updated! Festival Foods Deals 11/28- 12/4

Baking deals but not much else at Festival this week.

GBPG Online only Festival coupon:
Bananas (up to 3#) $.29 per lb. with $5 purchase

Weekly Coupon Items
Flavorite Granulated Sugar $.98
Flavorite Powdered or Brown Sugar $.98
Nestle Baking Chips $.98 - $1/2 printable (not sure of regular price?)
Festival Gallon Milk $.98
Flavorite Butter $.98
Flavorite Large Eggs $.88
Festival Take & Bake Bucket of Cookie Dough $3.48


Weekly Sale and Green Sheet Items
Flavorite All Purpose Flour $.99
Pepsi, Mountain Dew or Sierra Mist 2L $.88
Flavorite Biscuits $.69
Flavorite Crescent or Cinnamon Rolls $.99
Frigo String Cheese $2.99 - $1/1 (10/3/2010 SS)
Hefty One Zip Bags $2 - $1/2 printable
Whole Chickens $.98 per lb.
Scotties Tissue $.99 - $0.50/1 printable or $1/5 from newspaper

Quaker Deal 5/$7 (with in-ad manufacturer's coupon)
Includes: Cap'n Crunch, Life, Chewy Granola, Instant Oatmeal
Update! There is a $.40/1 Money Board (red-box) store coupon for the Quaker Oatmeal which CAN be used with the $3 coupon to get oatmeal for $1 a box.

Read the shopping guide and coupon policy for Festival Foods here.

Piggly Wiggly 5 Day Deals 11/26 - 11/30

Short 5 day ad this week due to the extended ad through Thanksgiving last week.

SPECIAL SAVINGS Store Coupons (w/$5 purchase):
PW Gallon Milk $.99
Yellow Onions (3#) $.69
Ground Chuck $1.69 per lb.
Boneless Skinless Chicken breasts (3#) $4.49

PRODUCE
Navel Oranges 4 lb. $2.49
Wisconsin Apples $0.99 lb.

FROZEN FOODS
Hot Pockets, $1.49 (limit 4) - $1/1 printable (if SideShots are included)
Roma Pizza $1.67

DRY GOODS
Campbell's Chunky Soup $1.25 - $1.50/3 printable
Hunt's Ketchup $0.99
Food Club Pasta Sauce $0.99
Hershey's Baking Chips $1.49 - $1/2 (11/14/2010 SS)
Campbell's Spaghettios $0.79
Piggly Wiggly White Bread $0.79
Nabisco Chips Ahoy! $1.99 - $1/1 ALL YOU Jul 2010 (if Reese's/Heath included)
General Mills Cereal - Selected Varieties $2.50 - $1/2 printable or $1/2 (11/14/2010 GM)
7-UP or Diet 7-UP $0.99

MEAT
Tyson Whole Fryer $0.69

Exclusive Internet Store Coupon (w/ $10 purchase) this week:

• FREE 24 oz. Hunt's Ketchup
  

These are available here for Larry's PW and here for Olsen's PW. Click here for more helpful information about using coupons and shopping at Piggly Wiggly.