Possible stocking stuffer? Even though its nearing 70 degrees here in Des Moines AND its the last day of October, Christmas shopping is beginning to enter my mind. Its hard not to think about it as I was shopping at Target today and saw Fall items being clearance and red and green decor moving its way in. Bring it on! I love the holidays! By the way...click here for the lotion coupon.
You know how you are reading a magazine and you hear about a great new website and you think, “I really have to remember that!” Then moments later, as you put the magazine away, that website thought goes away and it is forgotten forever.
I want to introduce you to a site called Buzzilions.com. Have you heard of it? It is a site put together by people like us for people like us. In other words, its a product review site, but the nifty thing is that the people who write the reviews aren't paid advertisers. They have no vested interest except to rant or rave about a toy or product they have purchased.
With the holiday season just around the corner (I know, I know, it is way early but don't act like you haven't seen the Christmas trees and decorations up at the stores already) this site will help you make informed decisions and avoid buyer's remorse. Happy reviewing and shopping!
I've never tried Starbucks food, but am already contemplating if there is a Starbucks on the way to dropping the kids off at school. Ahhh...I probably won't make it, but let me know if you do! Offer valid 7-9 am on Wednesday, October 22.
Here it is from a year of crockpotting:
Besides just the normal store sale, Walgreens has three different types of deals to take advantage of:
1) Rebate Booklet - This is most commonly known to most deal shoppers: The Walgreens EasySaver catalog. These are usually located next to the weekly store flier displays at your local store. You'll want to make sure and grab one on your next shopping trip. Actually, grab three or four while you're at it (I'll tell you why in a minute).
The monthly EasySaver catalog usually includes a few free after rebate items for the month and also a number of other rebates they are offering for the month. Some of the items listed in the booklet which are not free after rebate at their normal price will usually go on sale one week during the month and will then be free after rebate at the sale price.
In order to take advantage of the rebate deals, you'll need to go to the store and buy the items listed, paying out of pocket. Then, you'll fill out the simple rebate form and send it in along with your receipt with the price you paid circled.
You can choose to have the rebate sent back to you in the form of a check or a gift card. Unless you are not planning on shopping at Walgreens more than one time, you should always choose to have your rebate put on a gift card. Why? Well, for one, you get 10% extra for choosing a gift card so this will usually cover the cost of the stamp to send in the rebate, plus any tax you paid on the items.
Best of all, once you've sent in your first rebate request and gotten your gift card with the rebate plus 10% on it back, you will never need to spend a penny more out of pocket at the store! You can just use your gift card to buy the rebate items, send in your rebate form and they'll recharge your gift card with the rebate amount plus 10% and you can roll it over and over month after month.
It usually takes around 4-6 weeks for your first rebate to be processed and for you to receive your gift card. Once you have the gift card and just need them to recharge it, it normally takes 2-3 weeks. They'll send you a postcard saying your rebate $$ have been added to your gift card. You can also always log in to their website at any time to check on the status of your rebate.
In order to take advantage of the other great deals at Walgreens, you want to try - as much as possible - to "grow" your dollar amount on your gift card. How do you do that? The best way is to use a manufacturer's coupon on the free after rebate items. Using coupons, plus the 10% you get back each month, you'll slowly be able to grow your gift card to where you can do the rebates every month, plus take advantage of some of the other Walgreens deals, and never pay a penny out of pocket except for the initial money you paid the first time you bought the rebate items.
The EasySaver catalog also includes a number of store coupons which are good all month (see next point). You can see the October Easy Saver catalog here.
2) Coupon Stacking - The EasySaver catalog and the weekly store fliers always include a number of store coupons which are good all month or all week, depending upon which flier they came from.
Since these are store coupons, they can be stacked with manufacturer's coupons. Often, you'll be able to get a really great deal by stacking a store coupon, a manufacturer's coupon, and a store sale.
This is the reason I told you to grab more than one of the EasySaver booklets. You'll want to have extras of these when you plan your shopping trips. That way, you can plan out your transactions and put all of the coupons you'll need for each in an envelope along with your shopping list.
3) Register Rewards - The Register Rewards program is a brand-new program that Walgreens has recently started. Similar to the CVS Extra Care Bucks Program, when you buy a certain item, you will get a printed coupon after you checkout called "Register Rewards" which you can use like cash on your next purchase. They usually only have a few of these items per week, and many times it is not completely free. However, by adding on a store coupon and/or a manufacturer's coupon, you are often able to get the item for free or almost free after the Register Rewards.
Unlike CVS, the Register Rewards (RR) are not tied to a store card. Instead, they just print out for everyone who buys that particular item or items that week. Because of this, there is no limit on how many of one deal you can do. That said, they have recently tightened their system so that you usually cannot roll the same RR over and over again on the same deal.
For instance, a few weeks back, they were running a Proctor and Gamble Buy $25, Get $10 in RR promotion and they were also running a Unilever Buy $20, Get $10. With store coupons, manufacturer's coupons, and the Register Rewards, I was getting most of these items for almost free (and paying with the out-of-pocket from my gift card, of course!). However, I couldn't do the P&G deal over and over using the $10 RR to pay for my transaction after coupons, since the computer is programmed to not print out another $10 RR on P&G products if I paid for with the $10 RR I got from purchasing them last time. Make sense?
So, you can either just do the deals once, or you can do the deals multiple times and pay out of pocket and then save the RR's you collect each time and use them on groceries or other items later. Or, your best option is to do what I did: Do multiple transactions and alternate between the P&G deal and the Unilever deal. This way, you can keep rolling the RR's over and over and paying very little out of pocket (well, out of your gift card!).
*Deal*
Buy 3 Dimetapp at $3.99
Use 3 $2/1 Dimetapp coupons
Free plus $4.03 in overage when you buy three
Culver's is celebrating their 24th anniversary by offering their single ButterBurgers for $1 each. More details here.
Ever been there? Sometimes I get the feeling that we are eating the same series of dinners over and over. I do like to hear about and try new recipes, but they can’t be anything that involves standing over a stove, stirring and timing. It just does not work with adventurous one year old, Max, and when I just want to be with my kids after school. Here are some things that we have tried lately and am loving:
Mexican Chicken:Take thawed chicken breast and cover them with salsa (We LOVE the Jack's salsa from Costco). Put on a layer of frozen corn and top with mexican cheese. Bake at 350 for an hour. Fast, super easy and delicious! Thanks, Liz!
Pork Chops with Apples and Stuffing: Only 3 ingredients and so yummy! My husband loved this! Click here for recip. Thanks, Michelle!Breakfast for Supper: We love this! There is nothing like having waffles with our favorite Reddi Wip, strawberries, powdered sugar or peanut butter at night.
Crockpot: This is my favorite utensil in the Fall and Winter. I get recipes out of Fix and Forget it Lightly and try my best to make a pencil notation next to the ones we like because I can never remember from time to time when I open that cookbook.
I love finding out something new and I am so excited about this!!! Probably because it has to do with one of my favorite foods: Ice Cream! Right now Wendy's has these Halloween Coupon books for Free Jr. Frosty's! The coupon books are $1 and you get 5 free frosty coupons. I think the plan is for people to buy them and pass out at Halloween, but I think I will just use them for fun little outings, rewards and surprises for the kids (soccer goals, a job well done at school, helping out at home, because Mommy wants one...)!
