As You May Have Noticed...

Posted on 3/19/2011 3:07:54 PM  •  Comments (2)  •  Full story

This blog is no longer active. I stopped "hard-core" couponing in August 2010 to dedicate my time to wedding planning. Since then, and even after the wedding, I have not returned to the hard labor involved with scoring all these crazy deals. I have a great stockpile that allows us to not need to buy health and beauty items for a good few years. And as far as the food deals, I am no longer interested in getting the processed foods found at Kroger, Randall's or HEB for free or cheap.

Please do feel free to take a look at the posts from the past, as you may be inspired to start or continue couponing in the future. I may return to it someday once I run out of my 150 bottles of body wash or 300 rolls of toilet paper.... but until then, I had a great time!

Target Deal week of 3-16

Posted on 3/16/2010 10:33:04 PM  •  Comments (2)  •  Full story

Every so often Target has a deal on Gillette Fusion/Venus razors for buy two get a $5 gift card. So at $7 each and $4 coupons on each, two Fusion razors cost $1 after tax and gift card. I did this deal 3 times.

 

Then I did a more complicated deal with the Venus razors and Olay Body wash (bonus packs) that are also on an endcap with their own $5 gift card deal when you buy 3.

6 Venus razors - 6 $2 off Venus coupon
6 Olay body wash - 6 FREE bodywash wyb Venus
= $30

I used a $5 gift card from the previous transaction, paid $25 in cash and got $25 back on gift cards.



total cost after gift cards and tax = $3.27

staying afloat

Posted on 3/14/2010 1:01:47 PM  •  Comments (4)  •  Full story

As you may have noticed, anyone still visiting my site (thank you!), I have been on quite a hiatus from posting lately. Between a new job, planning a wedding, and getting another new job, couponing is still in the picture for me, just on a smaller scale! I do my deals mostly on Sundays but sometimes the last day of the sale week. I haven't been able to get as many coupons lately because our paper prices went up again, but at least I have a few people who keep contributing to my hobby.

 

On that note, I plan to post again a few times this week. One with deals I am getting today and another post on my stockpile..... so stay tuned  :)

kroger deals

Posted on 11/8/2009 10:13:00 PM  •  Comments (1)  •  Full story

Almost two weeks into this Mega Deal sale, I finally got in on the action today! Here's what I got so far. Unfortunately all but one store had no Ricola mixed berry, and the coupon expired today, so I missed out on that overage :(



The above was from tonight, but earlier in the day I had gone to another Kroger and got the following:


 

40 Kleenex $.99 each - $.50/3 doubled - 4 b3g1 Qs(tearpad) =11.82
40 Bumblebee Tuna $.50 each - $.55 MQ = overage of $1.1
2 Quaker Granola Bars $1.49 - $.75/2 = $2.23
16 Carnation Milk $.50 each - $.50/2 doubled = FREE
16 Rolaids $1.19 each - $4/2 (for major overage!) = $-12.96
2 Simply Orange $2.49 each
2 Krusteaz $2.50 each -$.50/1 doubled = $3
12 ricola $.50 each -b1g1 (overage that deducts $2.19 each)
3 Snuggle $1.99 ($3 MQ 104RP) = FREE
1 Pepperidge Farm Crackers (try me FREE peelie) $2.49
1 odwalla bar (filler not to go negative) $1
= 135 items

Non mega deal items
2 Sara Lee (tearpad of buy bread, get mini bagels) $1.99
ground beef

= $13.63 TOTAL OOP, get back $1 cat for Krusteaz and $2.49 for Mail in Rebate on the Pepperidge farm crackers, sooo.... $10.14 for 138 items.... NOT BAD!




money maker mega deal free!! Kroger

free iPods & itunes giftcards!

Posted on 10/27/2009 8:35:00 PM  •  Comments (12)  •  Full story

I've gotten a lot of questions about how I got my iPhone for free lately. For almost a year now I have been working on earning myself some free iPods and giftcards. I have earned FOUR iPhones so far! When you "cash out" on the site for an iPhone, they actually just send you a giftcard for the amount. You can save these up and buy whatever you want at the Apple store.

 

 Now anyone can do this. It just takes a little time every day, and depending on the item you want (any iPod- shuffle, classic or touch, iPhone or iTunes Giftcards), it may just take a couple weeks.

Just click my graphic below to get started.

You will definitely want to create a new email at gmail or yahoo just for this site because you will get a TON of spam. I don't do any of the paid offers, just the small point few line forms and it's completely legit!







online deal free!!

ways to roll ECB @ CVS 9/27

Posted on 9/27/2009 11:10:47 PM  •  Comments (607)  •  Full story

With the right coupons, this week can be a good way to roll quite a few ECB. Here's how this scenario played out:
1 Accu-check $14.99 - $10 Q(8/23 SS) = $4.99 get $5 ECB (FREE)
1 Vaseline Sheer $7.99 - $1.50 IPQ (print here) =$6.49 get $7 ECB (overage!)
1 Fusion razor $9.99 - $4 Q (9/27 PG) = $5.99 get $5 ECB (cost $1)
25 Dawn $1 each - 22 $.50 Q (PG ) - 3 $1 MQ = $11, get $10 ECB (cost $1)
5 Glade - FREE coupons
- $5/$25 coupon

= $23.47 in ECB and got back $27 ECB!


Total Profit: $3.50



money maker overage CVS free!!

free gum @ kroger

Posted on 9/21/2009 9:30:41 PM  •  Comments (7)  •  Full story

This deal is great for anyone because the coupons are IN the stores down the candy aisle! Look for the blinkie box with B1G1 Dentyne Ice coupons. The gum is on sale B1G1 until 10/13, so use one coupon for every 2 packs of gum, and all is free! I got 48 packs in the past few days, with many more blinkies to use!


Total Cost: $0



B1G1 free!! Kroger

the kroger deals continue this week

Posted on 9/10/2009 11:12:23 PM  •  Comments (1)  •  Full story

While this week has the continuation of many of the $1 items, be on the lookout for another mega-deal next week! A new deal this week is a b1g1 sale on 3 packs of Wrigley or Extra gum. With the tearpad coupons found in the past few months at Kroger, also for b1g1, both packs are FREE! Here's my haul from yesterday and today:



10 Hefty bags: $1 -$1 blinkie = FREE
3 Hefty ZooPal utensils: $1 - $.50 Q = FREE
3 Fruit2O water: $1 - $1Q= FREE
3 Mission Tortilla $1 - $1 Q (got in trade) = FREE
12 Dial soap: $1 - $.35MQ tripled = FREE
14 3packs of gum: $2.49 each - b1g1 tearpad - b1g1 sale = FREE
5 Reeses $.50 - $.55 MQ = FREE



Total Cost: ZERO

total savings: $106

10 for $10 free!! Kroger

free scotch tape

Posted on 9/9/2009 5:32:41 PM  •  Comments (3)  •  Full story

I stopped in my favorite Walgreen's by the place I just moved from and found these guys on the clearance end cap with clearance tags. $.99 each and you bet there's a coupon for $1 off 1 in the 7/12 RP!
This made all 9 packs, 27 rolls, FREE.



There is a rebate for a free sack with 4 Scotch items by mail, found here.


clearance! free!! Walgreens

kroger 10 for $10 freebies!

Posted on 9/7/2009 10:36:57 AM  •  Comments (7)  •  Full story

This was between 3 stores and 6 transactions:
29 Hefty freezer bags $1 each - $1 blinkie = FREE
11 H20 fruit water $1 each - $1 MQ (8/23 SS) = FREE
18 Dial soap $1 each - $.35 MQ tripled(8/16 SS) = FREE
12 Hefty Zoopals plates/bowls $1 each - $.50 MQ doubled(5/17 RP) = FREE
11 Bounty paper towels $1 each - $.25 MQ tripled (9/09 P&G) = $.25 each
3 Horizon Milk singles $1 each - $.25 MQ tripled (8/2 SS) = $.25 each
1 Mission tortilla $1 - $.55 MQ (8/9 SS) = $.45
1 bread $.99
1 kaukana cheese $3.99

= Total OOP of $9.15




I also ran back in after finding these boxes of Band-Aids marked from $3.99 to just $.50 each!! With the Qs in the 8/2 SS, all 10 boxes were free.


10 for $10 good deal alert! free!! Kroger

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about me

I love a good deal just a little bit more than the next person. ;) I spend my spare time collecting coupons and finding where I can get my stuff for next to nothing. Couponing has become more than just a hobby- it is an all out addiction- running to stores 5 times a week, or at midnight just to get a great deal. Feel free to ask questions if you see a deal you are interested in!

Help

Sometimes it is just easier to abbreviate than spell it all out. This guide should help any newbie understand better! 

AC - after coupons
BC- before coupons
BOGO, B1G1- buy 1, get 1 free
ECB- extra care bucks (CVS)
ESR- easy saver rebates (Walgreen's)
ESQ/ESC- easy saver coupon (found inside Walgreen's monthly rebate books, these can be used combined with MQs)
FYB- free when you buy
GC- gift card
IP - internet printable coupon
IVC - instant value coupon
MIR- mail in rebate
MQ- manufacturer's coupom
OOP- out of pocket (payment)
Q - coupon
RR- register rewards (print alongside receipts at Walgreen's)
TQ- target coupon
WAG- walgreens
WYB- when you buy