Target Deals: End Saturday

In this weeks Target ad there is a deal to earn a $5 gift card when you buy 2 1.5liter Listerine mouthwashes. With coupons this can be a great deal!
I went tonight and got:
2 Listerine $5.99 each
2 Reach Floss $.97 each
2 Reach toothbrushes $1.02 each
I used 2 $5/3 items coupon
Totally out of pocket $6
earned a $5 gift card.

CVS Deals for This Week

Once again there are some great freebie school supply deals. While most of them have not been items on the kids school lists, they have been great for mommy's back to college list!
This is a 3 day sale after Tuesday there will be no ECB issued. Limits are 2 unless otherwise noted.

Caliber 10 Pk Pencils 99¢ Earn .99 ECB
Caliber Academic Book Covers $1.99 Earn 1.99 ECB
Poly Portfolio 49¢ earn .49 ECB
Caliber 20 ct Pens 99¢ earn .99 ECB
Caliber Academic Scissors $2.99 earn 2.99 ECB
Caliber Academic Compass/Protractor $1.99 earn 1.99 ECB
Caliber Academic Flexi Ruler 99¢ earn .99 ECB
Caliber Note/Glue stick/Pen Eraser 99¢ earn .99 ECB
1 Softsoap Nutri Serums 15oz 4.99 earn 4 ECB Limit 1

Also there is a $5 ECB when you buy $10 worth of a list of items: Limit 1
Stayfree $5 is on the list
you can use Stayfree Product bogo coupon and get both items free after coupon

I plan on getting all of the above, depending on store stock. Unfortunately, I have run into a lot of issues finding the items for these deals. I also received and email with a coupon for $5/30!

Be on the look out for penny sales at the office supply stores, I hear rumors they should start tomorrow!


****Ended up spending $1.60 oop today, after coupons and 19 ECB. Had to get a rain check for the soft soap, but was happy to get everything else on my list. Earned 22 ECBs to use next week.****

Back to School on the Cheap

Last year


This summer is flying by at lightning speed and before I know it, school will be starting again. For the first time, all three of my boys will in school 5 days a week. (wait! whats that sound? Oh just me sobbing again.) I want my boys to have all the "cool" stuff for back to school that I never had, but could never afford to do it all at full price. So as they get older and need more, I am looking for ways to save money and get quality items.

Last month I scored huge at Old Navy getting almost all of the boys clothes for $103. Before savings it was over $400. I happened to get lucky and catch a 50% off of clearance sale AND had a $45/100 coupon from OldNavyWeekly.com.Have I mentioned that I LOVE LOVE LOVE Old Navy's kids clothes?

Using Kohls rewards for signing up all of my email addresses, I managed to get 10 packs of socks for the boys for free! They were on clearance 90% off for $1.10.

In the past I shopped penny sales for supplies like pencils and glue sticks (why the hell does each kid need to bring like 30 glue sticks?), but so far this year I have not seen any penny sales. While I wait for those sales to pop up again, I am shopping at CVS and Walgreens for freebies and super cheap items.

I found great deals on backpacks and lunch boxes last fall at Target at 75% off and put them away for this year.

The only thing I left til the end of summer is shoes for the boys, their feet grow so fast it is impossible to purchase ahead.

I am always looking for new ways to save, what are your back to school money saving tips?

Just in time for Father's Day

What dad wouldn't want to spend Father's Day at Chuck E. Cheese? Well I am not sure how many dads actually would, except my dh, he is weird like that. But it is summer vacation and Chuck E is a cool place to spend an afternoon. Here are some printable coupons. In my experience you can use multiple coupons and even use more than one of the same coupon in one day.

Great Deals

My local Kmart has double coupons up to $2 today! Check Kmart online for the sale in your area.

Also Old Navy has not reset their coupons for the week yet! Check out Old Navy. Keep refreshing! When they do reset there will be $75/100 coupons hidden!


I will be posting today's CVS and Kmart deals later.

CVS Deals

I am finally beginning to build some Ecb's and I am pretty happy with this weeks deal scenarios.
Here is my plan:

Crest whitestrips 56 ct -$18.99
use $5/1 q
earn 5 ecbs

2 Schick Quattro for Women razor- $8.99
use 2 $4/1 qs
earn 4 ecbs on each

Bayer/Ascensia Contour- $14.99
use save up to $30/1
earn $5 ecbs on each

Bayer Quick release crystals $2
earn 2 ecbs

Total about $69
use 15 ecbs
and a $10/50 CVS q
after coupons total oop $1 plus tax

For other great deals check out Hot Coupon World

ETA: there is also a great cereal deal. Select Kellogs cereals on on sale 2/$4 and using the $1/1 internet printables it makes them $1 a box!

Great Sales are BACK!

And so are COUPONS!!! The holidays left the papers lacking coupons in a major way, but this week they are backkkkk! This Sunday's paper was FULL of coupons, good ones too! Can you tell I am excited? lol
CVS has some great deals this week, also be sure to check the Christmas aisle as they are 75% off and there are some items to match qs with.
I also went to Walgreens to snag some free hair products.

CVS Transaction #1
1 Garnier cond. sale $2.99
used $1/1 q
Earn 2 ecbs
2 mens speed stick sale 2/$6
used bogo q
earn 3 ecbs
4 Childrens Motrin sale 2/$11
used 2 $2.50/2 q and $2/10 pain relief CVS q
earn 10 ecbs
1 Excedrin 124ct sale $8.99
used $2/1q
earn 3 ecbs
2 Palmolive Dish soap sale .97
used 2 .25/1 qs
1 One touch glucose moniter sale $29.99
used $30/1q
2 Gold emblem candy sale bogo 50% $1.49
used $1/1 CVSq
Also used $10/50 CVS q
17.98 in ECBS
total after qs .92 on Gift card!!!!!
saved 138.65

CVS Transaction #2
2 Pantene 75%off $1.37ea
2 Pantene 75%off $1.55ea
used 2 $3/2 qs
4 Celestial seasonings holiday tea 75% off .87ea
used 4 .55/1qs
total $1.82 on Gift card
saved $42

Walgreens
17 Garnier Hair Products sale $2.99
use 17 Easy saver qs $2/1 AND 17 $1/1 manu qs
Total oop $3.40
Did I miss any great deals? Please share your great trips!

Publix Deals

I decided to jump on the Publix bandwagon again. The sale this week was pretty good.
The oldest and I headed out this morning and snagged:
4 Savorings on sale bogo $3.99
used 2 $1/1 ip and 2 .75/1q
4 40ct Totinos sale bogo $3.99
used 4 $1/1 Target ip and 2 $1/2 ip
4 Pop Tart sale bogo $2.19
used 4 .55/1
2 Ben & Jerry Pints $3.79
used 2 $3/1 ip
2 Taco Bell Dinner kits sale bogo $2.69
Loaf white bread sale .89
Also used $5/30 Winn Dixie q
3 Candy bars (oldest wanted to get brothers surprise) .89 ea
spent $11.77
saved $45.43!

Great Deal

The awesome folks at www.Restaurant.com are having a Labor Day sale. Pick a restaurant and and when you proceed to check out enter the code Labor and it will reduce the already discounted price by 60%. This makes the $10 ones $1.20 and the $20 ones $4.00. I have used this site many times and LOVE it! This is a great opportunity to try new places! I have found wonderful restaurants I would have never gone to if I didn't have a gift card. Happy dinning!