CHEAP Aquafina at Walgreens

There is a Pepsi promotion going on at Walgreens during the month of January. Buy $20, get $10 RR back. Aquafina water is included in this deal.

Buy (4) Aquafina 12 Packs - $5.99
Use in-ad coupon to bring price down to $3.99 (will deduct $8.00)
Pay $15.96 plus tax out of pocket, get a $10.00 RR

$3.00 Neosporin Lip Health - Profit at Walgreens

There is a great deal on Neosporin Lip Health - and you can make a little profit!

Buy 2 Neosporin Lip Health - 2 for $8.00
Use (2) $3.00 printables coupons HERE (IE) or (FF)
Pay $2.00 OOP, Get back a $3.00 RR
= FREE + $1.00 Profit

Baked Lays $1.45 at CVS

CVS has their Baked Lays on sale for $3.00 this week.

Match this sale with
$1.00 Frito Lay CVS coupon -AND-
$.55 Baked Lays MFQ (1/3 SmartSource)
Total = $1.45

*Note, some areas received a $1.00 Baked Lays coupon, resulting in chips for $1.00.

2009 Total Savings/Earnings - $8550.72

Well, I have officially had a full year of couponing!!

I started October 2008. Once I saw some of the things I could do, in January 2009, I started a tally of all my savings, including rebates, online surveys, couponing, etc.

Here are my totals for 2009:

Savings - $8207.28
**This number includes my savings shown on the bottom of my receipts-coupons from the newspaper inserts, printables, coupons I asked for from different stores, Passbook coupons, money I found on the ground, and any giftcards I won or received. Obviously, if I paid for the GCs myself, that’s not really saving.
***This number DOES NOT include savings from gas. I got $.10 per gallon at Kroger throughout the year, and did not include that in my totals.

Surveys - $9.33
**I could have been paid a TON more money than this, however I just didn’t have the time to do surveys. Oh well, $9.33 more than I did have!

Rebates - $1480.86 -- $334.11
**This number includes manufacturer rebates, Walgreens EasySaver rebates and (2) $500 giftcards I won. I included the $1,000 worth of GCs to my savings, because I paid bills, bought groceries, etc with the GCs. I also requested my WAGS rebates in giftcard format ($146.75 worth), so those are also reflected in my "savings" tally. So for simplicity sake, my rebates only totaled $334.11 ($1480.86 - $1000 - $146.75).

These rebate are awesome! Not only can I use coupons to get my out of pocket expense as low as possible, but I can submit a rebate to make a profit! Here are a few examples of those:

1-12-09 - When the EasySaver was still going, there were times I could "double dip." On this trip I was able to get the EasySaver WAGS Rebate and $8.00 Orajel & $4.00 Windex rebate.

3-14-09 – Not only was I able to get 4 FREE boxes of Cereal, I got a $7.00 RR at WAGS and got a $1.00 rebate on each box purchased.

6-20-09 – CVS had the Vitamin Shampoo/Conditioner on sale Buy One Get One Free, and some of them had "Try Me Free" stickers. So after the rebate, I was able to get 2 free hair products.

6-23-09 – Just like CVS with the Vitamin hair product, Walgreens had Organix S/C on sale BOGO Free with "Try Me Free" stickers. I got 2 for FREE.

7-14-09 – Kellogg’s $10 Fuel for School - nothing like free cereal

10-27-09 – I profited $3.24 on Ziploc bags with this SC Johnson Rebate

10-29-09 – Kroger had a huge Mega Event, where Tombstone Pizza was included. Plus I had MFQs. I was able to profit $7.38 after all was said and done.

11-24-09 – I was able to profit HUGE with the new Kraft Rebate from buying 10 boxes of Wheat Thins.
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Grand Total Savings/Earnings - $8207.28 + $9.33 + $334.11 = $8550.72

$10 GC with new or transferred Prescription at Target

Go HERE to print a coupon for a $10 Target gift card with any new or transferred prescription!

Eat from the Pantry Challenge

Several bloggers have started an Eat from the Pantry Challenge for the month of January. I was just thinking I needed to do this - then I came across this blog entry. What a coincidence!

As you know, Brian and I are trying to save up for a house (HERE). That is one of our 2010 goals! One of the ways we plan to do this is to eat from the pantry during January, and only buy the staples that we need like milk, cheese, fruit, etc. I think we can manage it. I will have to get creative, but I'm up for the challenge.

By doing this, we can save the money that we would spend to go towards saving for the house. We do have quite a stockpile and can live off of that for a while, so if we do this for several months, we can save quite a bit of money.

With that being said, we are also going to try to not eat out this month. This is SUPER hard for us to do because I come from a family that eats out ALL the time, and we don't have any kids, so it's easy for us to want to go out on "dates."

So if you have been stockpiling for a while, and have some food you need to use up, DO IT! You will be able to save a lot of money this month.

Walgreens: Killer Deals!!

Buy 1 Bayer Contour Meter @ $14.99 (UPC: 3 0193 715101 9)
Buy 1 Breeze 2 Meter @ $14.99 (UPC: 3 0193 144001 0)

Use (2) $30.00 MFQ (10/25 RP) *will be adjusted down
= $0.00 Out of Pocket!

Then out spits (2) $5.00 RR and (1) $3.00 RR when you buy both in 1 transaction. I personally tried this, and paid $0.00 OOP, and got back $13.00 in RR. Definitely look at the UPCs though, you don't want to get the wrong one.
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Revlon Age Defying Conceler - Buy 1 @ $10.49, get 1 FREE
-$10.49 for the Buy 1 Get 1 Free Sale
-Use (2) $2.00/1 Revlon Color Cosmetic Coupons (12/13 SS) -AND-
-Use $3.00 Walgreens Coupon from the January Coupon Book (Will Deduct $6)
= $.24 each after coupons and sale!!!

Revlon Cream Gloss - Buy 1 @ $9.99, get 1 FREE
-$9.99 for the Buy 1 Get 1 Free Sale
-Use (2) $2.00/1 Revlon Color Cosmetic Coupons (12/13 SS) -AND-
-Use $3.00 Walgreens Coupon from the January Coupon Book (Will Deduct $6)
= FREE
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Olay Regenerist Cleanser is 20% off this week, making it only $5.83. There is a new Olay Regenerist Rebate, making this deal a moneymaker!

Buy 2 of the Olay Regenerist Cleansers @ $5.83 = $11.66
-Use (2) $3.00 Olay Facial Cleanser Coupons (11/29 PG Insert x12/31)
= $5.66 after Coupons

Submit for $15 Olay Regenerist Rebate
= $9.34 Money Maker after Coupons and Rebate
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Buy 3 Pepto Bismol Insta Cool @ $4.99 = $14.97
-Use (2) $.50 Pepto MFQ (11/29 PG x12/31)
-Use (1) $1.00 Pepto Coupons from the P&G Year of Savings Book
-Use (1) Walgreens $1/1 Pepto Insta Cool from Healthy Savings Book (will deduct $3)
= $9.97, get back $10 RR when you buy 3

Similac Deal at Wal-Mart

There is a great deal reported on Similac Formula at Walmart this week. You will have to hurry because some of these coupons expire on 12/31.

Buy 2 Similac Advanced Formula @ $21.00 = $42.00
Buy 1 Similac 16 Ct. Right Now Stick Pacs

-Use (2) $2.00 Similac Infant Formula (SS 11/15/09) x12/31/09
-Use 1 of the FREE Similac Right Now wyb 2 Similac SimplePacs (SS 12/13/09) x1/15/10
= Just 12.66 each!

You can also get a $5 Upromise Deposit when you sign up for Upromise and load the coupon onto your card before you shop. If you do that...it would make it $11.00 each - NOT BAD!!

Thanks, NWA

FREE Dawn at CVS

CVS has the Dawn Hand Renewal with Olay on sale for $.99 this week. If you have the Home Made Simple coupon booklet, there is a $1.00 coupon - making it FREE!!

If you don't have the booklet, there is a $.50 coupon from the 12/27 P&G insert, which makes it only $.49. Still a good deal!

FREE Ivory Soap 3pk

The Ivory 3ct pack of soap is $.99 at CVS this week. There is a $1.00 coupon from the 12/27 P&G insert. This makes it FREE!!

I don't use bar soap, but I put them in the Operation Christmas Child boxes each year.

I also saw these same soaps on sale 10/$10 at Kroger. They were on the endcaps.