Its October!

I can't believe its October already! Fall is such a wonderful time of the year. I love to see the leaves change and feel the crisp of the fall air. Plus its a busy time of the year for me and my family. Football season (my husband's 2nd love!), school & cheer competitions for my daughter and lots of soccer for my little boy! Its also my mother's birthday month (she taught me everything there is to know about finding the right deals!) Before you know it the holidays will be here so I try my best to take it all in. The deals and bargains will really begin to kick in high gear...I can't wait!

I'll be away from my blog for most of the weekend. I'm coordinating a wedding on Saturday for a friend (congrats Sherry!) Therefore, I decided to have a little giveaway while I'm away! On Monday, October 12 @ 10 am (EST) I'll pick a name using http://www.random.org/ and one lucky reader will receive a $5 gift card to CVS or Target...your choice! To register, leave me a comment on why you like or love this time of the year. Also, if you're not a follower...please join below!

Have a great weekend and Happy Fall!

Ayanna

***The winner is Terri! Thanks so much for your posts!****

BOGO FREE dozen of eggs!

Who doesn't like FREE eggs??? We go through eggs like milk in my home. Go HERE make a pledge to join America's farmers in the fight to end hunger and eating healthier and receive a coupon (print twice) for buy one get one FREE dozen of eggs. Can not exceed $1.50. This promotion is only available to the first 20,000 who make a pledge...so hurry!

FREE Glade candles plus a $5 rebate

I love the new Glade Fragrance Collection candles...especially when I can get them for FREE! My local Walmart has the 4.6 oz candles for $3.00. When you use the $3.50 coupon from here, they are FREE, plus a 50 cent overage. I purchased 2 candles today and one reed diffuser. The Glade Fragrance Collection reed diffusers are $4.50 at Walmart. You can get these for $1 (after the $3.50 printable) or $1.50 after the $3 mfc from this past Sunday's insert.

To make this deal even "sweeter", go here to print a $5 rebate form when you purchase 3 Glade products. The rebate form states 3 $5 rebates per household can be submitted...a $15 moneymaker!

Kroger Mega Sale

This week Kroger has their Mega Event when you buy 10 participating frozen items and receive $5 off. The $5 off equates to 50 cents off each item. Based on the same deal in the past you can purchase up to 30 participating items and have up to $15 taken off in one transaction. My sales flier for this week only shows a few participating items, but once I got into the store I noticed there were many other frozen items that qualified. Today I purchased 10 of the participating items, plus 2 nut clusters and only spent $7.99 for the items above. I had a total savings of 77%.

Here's my transaction:

(2) Nature Valley Nut Clusters @ $3.79 (these were not a part of mega deal)

used (2) $1.60 printables here

minus $1 from cellfire.com and 40 cents from shortcuts.com

FP: $1.49 ea

(2) Healthy Choice meals @ $1.46

used $1/2 mfc from All You magazine

FP: 96 cents ea

(2) Marie Callendar's meals @ $1.77

used (2) 75 cent printables

FP: $1.02 ea

(1) NY breadsticks @ $1.99

used 40 cent mfc (doubled)

FP: $1.19 ea

(5) Green Giant Steamers @ $1.49 ea

used (5) 50 cent mfc (doubled)

FP: 49 cents ea

Total before coupons: $23.48

Total after coupons: $10.58

minus $3 Kroger coupon

minus .10 bag buy back

Final total: $7.48 (.51 tax) = $7.99

Personal Movie Photo DVD for $1

HURRY...Today only, Wednesday October 7 Walgreens is offering a personal movie photo DVD for $1 with the in-store coupon located in this week's sale filer. The regular price is $19.99. I purchased mine today and it was very easy to create. You can choose up to 100 photos to place on the DVD. Great music to choose from...have FUN!

FREE Snuggle @ Food Lion

In this past Sunday's insert there were $3 off coupons for Snuggle fabric softener. The 32 oz size is on sale for $3 at Food Lion this week. I had 3 coupons and purchased 3 of the Snuggle Creme softeners today and paid 45 cents in tax!

Great deal on Tylenol & Benadryl @ CVS

Have you taken the CVS flu quiz yet? If not, go here take the quiz and receive a $5/$25 CVS purchase. Also, there are 3 different links to take the quiz so you can actually get 3 different coupons. (You can only print and use each coupon once. They have unique codes.) This week, if you buy $20 worth of Tylenol medications you receive $10 in Extra Care Bucks. The $5/$25 coupon comes in handy for this purchase.

Here's what I got today for $1.05 out of pocket, plus received $13 in ECBs!

(2) Tylenol cold medications @ $6 ea

used (2) $2 printables here

(1) Children's dye-free Benadryl @ $4.50

used $1 mfc

(1) Benadryl @ $4.50

used $1 mfc

(1) Colgate toothpaste @ $2.99

used $1 mfc

(1) Tone soap 2 pk. @ $1.88

used $1 printable here

Total: $25.87

used $5/$25 CVS coupon

used $2/$10 CVS coupon from scanner

used $10 in ECB's from last week

minus $8 in mfc coupons

Final total: .87 (.18 tax) = $1.05

Received $13 in ECBS....$10 (Tylenol), $2 (Colgate) & $1 (Tone)

FREE makeup & cheap Purell @ Walgreens

Many of the RR's deals at Walgreens from last week will continue through the entire month of October, so I plan to stock up on more Robitussin to Go, chapstick & lotion. My area stores were depleted from last week, but I was assured by the mgrs that they will be replenished soon. This week is pretty "light" compared to last week's, but I did manage to get a few good deals.

I paid $1.13 for the items above after coupons, plus received $5 in RR. Here's my transaction:

(2) newspapers @ $2 ea

(1) Purell Hand Sanitizer with Aloe @ $2.99

used 50 cent mfc

FP: $2.49...49 cents after $2 RR

(1) Dentek floss @ $2

used $1 mfc from May issue All You Magazine

FP: $1...FREE plus $1 overage after $2 RR

(2) Trident gum @ $1 ea

FP: $2/2...$1/2 after $1 RR

(2) Rimmel mascara @ $7.49 BOGO FREE

used BOGO FREE mfc from October issue All You Magazine

FP: FREE for both

(2) liquorice sticks @ 19 cents (not pictured...my husband ventured out with me this morning!)

Total: $18.86

minus $8.99 mfc's

minus $9.50 in RR's from last week

Final Total: .37 (.76 tax) = $1.13