Fill-A-Bag GYMBOREE sale

I absolutely love GYMBOREE clothes for my kids! (well, for my son...now that my dear daughter has gotten older she's not a big fan anymore!) I love the quality and they always seem to have different themes that my kids like. They currently have a soccer theme for boys out right now and I think I've gotten every shirt in this line because that's all my little boy wants to wear these days.

Today, GYMBOREE is have an outstanding SALE! Its called Fill-A-Bag (they give you a bag at the door to fill, but you don't have to purchase the bag if you don't want to.) The sale is also on their website www.gymboree.com.

EVERYTHING is 30% off...including sale items. In addition there are 20% coupons out that can be used in conjunction with this sale. I found my coupon in the June/July issue of Family Fun magazine. Also, I received a 30% coupon in the mail a few weeks ago for full-priced merchandise only. I was able to use the 30% coupon too with this sale, but it had to be for items that were not marked down. I just had to do 2 separate transactions to use both of my coupons.

Many of the items I bought today were very inexpensive.

Here are a few of the prices after I used my 20% coupon:

Headband: .27 (yes! 27 cents!) (org. $7)

shirts: $3.91 & $4.47 (org. $14.75-$19.75)

shorts: $ 4.47 (org. $22.75)

boys' briefs: $1.67

PJ's: $3.91 (org. $19.75)

boys' sandals: $12 (org. $24.75 ...this is what I used my 30% coupon for)

I'm unsure how long this sale will last, but its worth checking out!

What a way to end the month!

I've only been blogging for 2 months now and I can truly say that blogging has become a new found passion of mine and I absolutely love sharing all of my great deals.

For us, May has been a great month to stock up for the summer. I've gotten free BBQ sauce, .4 cent boxes of snacks @ Target, .25 cent canisters of lemonade and free cans of tomato sauce just to name a few... and today, FREE Propel Water! My pantry is packed and overflowing...and I love it!

After having dinner with my family tonight, we headed over Kroger so I could finish out a few of this week's deals. The customer behind me in the check-out line even made a comment on how impressed he was with my final total!

For all of the items above, I paid $9.37!

Here's my transaction:

(5) Dannon yogurt cups: .50 ea (used a .50 coupon)

FP: .30 ea

(2) Sierra Mist sodas: $1 (used BOGO free printable)

FP: .50 ea

(1) 3lb. bag of apples: $3.57

(1) 1/2lb Boar's Head sliced turkey: $4.23

(1) Webber grill spice: $1 (used .50 mc)

FP: FREE

(14) Propel Water: $1 ea (used 14 .50 mc's...from a tear pad @ Walgreens)

FP: FREE

Used 3 reusable Kroger buy back bags: -.15

Total before coupons: $27.15

Total after mc's & $1.50 Kroger coupon : $9.05 (.32 tax) = $9.37

How did you do this month and what was your favorite "sweet deal"? Please leave a comment, I'd love to hear! Have a wonderful weekend....see you in June!

FREE Kraft Mayo

I'm loving Target this week!

Target has Kraft mayonnaise for $1.99 this week. When you couple it with a Target $1 printable and a $1 mc from http://www.coupons.com/ or the Kraft website, its FREE!

Here's the link for the Target printable:

http://sites.target.com/site/en/supertarget/page.jsp?title=coupons_specials&ref=sc_iw_l_1_0

50% clearance @ Target

Target has many food and household items at 50% off. I got all of the items above for close to the same price as the little cute "Girls Night Out" gift bag!

Here's how:

(4) Kraft dressing 8 pouch packs : $1.18

used $1 printable from Kraft and http://www.coupons.com/

FP: .18 ea

(1) Taco Bell dinner kit: $1.14

used $1 mc from All You magazine

FP: .14

(1) Bounty designer paper towel roll: .98

used .25 mc

FP: .73

(2) Chinet Cut Crystal dinner & snack plates: $2.38

used 2 $2 mc's

FP: .38 ea

(1) Cottonelle 12 roll: $2.44

used $1 mc

FP: $1.44

(1) Dawn Simple Pleasures: $1.64

used $1 mc from a home mailer

FP: .64

(1) gift bag: .70 ( I love this little bag!)

Total before coupons: $16.38

After coupons: $5.13 (.68 tax)

Used a $5 gift card & paid .81 cents!

Trips to CVS & Walgreens

I really wasn't prepared for CVS & Walgreens today because of the holiday and spending time with family & friends for the past few days. But, after looking at the ads last night, I got my coupons together this morning to try and take advantage of some the great deals. I'm so glad I did, because I only paid $2.79 OP for all of the items above!

CVS:

For the past few weeks CVS has been a little light when it comes to earning ECB's, well this week makes up for the "little slump"! There are many great deals this week where items come out to be free, plus money makers!

This week, if you buy 2 Neutrogena sun care products, you earn $10 in ECB. The 1.0 fl. oz. size of Neutrogena Ultra Sheer SPF 55 ($1.99) actually works for this deals! The UPC code is 070502487921. I had a $2 CVS coupon off any Neutrogena product, which made this deal even sweeter!

Here's the scenario:
Buy (2) Neutrogena Ultra Sheer SPF 55: $1.99 ea
Total: $3.98, plus tax
Earn: $10 ECB
$6.02 MM!

I searched my store for a while and finally found these at the checkout counter in a round tube.

My CVS transaction:
(2) Neutrogena Ultra Sheer tubes: $1.99 ea (used $2 CVS Neutrogena cp)
(1) Tums 72 ct: $2.99 (used $1.25mc & $2 CVS Tums cp)
(1) Band-aids: $2.29 (used .50mc)
(4) SOBE Life Water: 1.59 ea. BOGO Free (used 2 BOGO Free printables)
(2) Life Fitness Energy gum: .62 ea ($1.50 CVS Life Fitness cp)
(1)Speed Stick Pro: $3.99

Total Before Coupons: $17.67
After coupons & $7 ECB used: .24 (.11 tax) = .35 OP
Earned $15.99 ECB's ($10 Neutrogena, $2 Band-aids, & $3.99 Speed Stick)

WALGREENS:

I earned many RR's last week, so I purchased a few grocery items from Walgreens. Plus I was happy to take advantage of the BOGO free Dixie plates & napkins too.

Walgreens transaction:
(2) Dixie plates: $3.79 BOGO free ( used 2 .50 mc's)
(2) Dixie napkins: $3.39 BOGO free (used FREE napkin coupon when you buy 2 Dixie plates from All You magazine)
(2) Reach toothbrushes: $2.50 ea. (used BOGO free mc)
(1) Colgate toothpaste: $2.49 (used $1 mc)
(3) Trident gum: .66 ea after in-store coupon (used 3 .75 mc's)
(2) Bush's baked beans: 1.79 ea.
(1) Milk: $1.79
(1) Eggs: $1.59

Total before coupons: $24.03
Total after coupons & $12 RR used: 1.49 (.95 tax) = 2.44 OP
Earned: $4.50RR ($3RR Reach & $1.50RR Colgate)

Kroger: .25 Country Time Lemonade!

I was excited to find Country Time lemonade for $1 ea at Kroger today. One of my favorite sites, www.coupons.com has $1.50 coupons when you buy 2. I printed my limit of 2 coupons and purchase 4 canisters for .25 ea. $1 for all 4!

I spent $2.90 for the items above!!!!!

Here's my transaction:

(3) Kraft BBQ sauce: $1 ea

(used 3 .75 mc's...I used all of my $1 mc at Walmart last week!)

FP: .25 ea

(1) Hunt Ketchup: $1

(I received a coupon in the mail yesterday for a FREE bottle)

FP: FREE

(2) Kraft Easy Mac: $1 ea

(used a BOGO free mc)

FP: .50 ea

(4) Country Time Lemonade: $1

(used (2) $1.50/2 from www.coupons.com)

FP: .25 ea

Total before coupons minus .10 bag buy back: $9.90

Total after coupons: $2.65 (.25 tax) = $2.90

CVS: 75% cosmetics

CVS has a lot of Loreal and HIP cosmetics on sale for 75% off. They were reg. priced $9.49-$9.99 and with $2 Loreal & HIP mc's out right now these come out to be a great deal.

Here's my trip:

(1) HIP High Drama mascara: $2.49 ( used $2 mc)
FP: .49

(1) Loreal Bare Naturale shadow: $2.49 (used $2 mc)
FP: .49

(1) Loreal Glam Shine lip gloss: $2.37 (used $2 mc)
FP: .37

(1) Loreal Colour Rich lip gloss: $2.25 (used $2 mc)
FP: .25

(1) HIP Shadow Stick: $2.49 (used $2 mc)
FP: .49

(1) CVS Gold Emblem 24ct. drinking water: $3.99 (used a $1 CVS coupon for scanning my card)
FP: $2.99

(2) Dole 6ct. fruit bowls: $1.67 ea (used $1 printable from www.coupons.com)
FP: $1.17 ea

(1) Sunmaid raisins 6 ct. : $1.66 (my son's new favorite snack!)

(1) Olay bath bars 2ct. : $1.75-clearance (used $1 mc)
FP: .75

Total before coupons: $22.83

After coupons & $4 ECB: $5.83 (.66 tax) = $6.49

Walgreens $5 off $25 coupon

Did you receive your $5 off $25 purchase coupon from Walgreens today? Hopefully you did, but if not, here's the coupon link:

http://www.walgreens.com/dmi/instorespecials/default.html?ec=hn1028sr_getcoupon

The coupon is available today and tomorrow only (May 20-21) and can only be used on a $25 purchase or more after all coupons and register rewards have been taken off your total.

I took advantage of a few RR deals and paid $22.12 after coupons and the $5/$25 coupon, and received $17 in RR for my next purchase!

$5.12 out-of-pocket for the items below!

Here's my transaction:

(1) Degree Body Mist $3.50 (used $1.25 mc)

(1) Degree Intrigue Deodorant $3.50 (used $1.25 mc)

(1) Bayer Quick Release $2.49 (used $1 mc)

(1) Colgate Visible White paste $4.49 (used .75 mc)

(2) Water Block Band-aids $2.50 ea (used 2 $1 mc's)

(1) Neosporin $5 (used $1 mc)

(1) Off Clip-on Repellent $8.99 (used $2 mc)

(1) Skintimate shave gel $1.99 (used .75 mc)

(1) Chapstick .99 (I had to grab this for the $5/$25 coupon to go through because my purchase had dropped below $25)

Total before coupons: $34.96

FT after coupons: $20.95 ($1.17 tax) = $22.12

Received $17 in RR's:

$2RR Degree, $2.50RR Bayer, $4.50RR Colgate, $4RR Bandaids& Neosporin, $3RR Off Clip-On and $1RR Skintimate

Please leave me a comment on how you used the $5/$25 coupon. I'd love to hear!

Kroger: Part 2

After clipping my coupons last night, I realized that I had a few more coupons for great match-ups to this week's sale at Kroger. I made a quick trip today, and I got the items above for $7.82!

Here's my transaction:

(1)A-1 Marinade: $2.50
(used $2 mc from last week's insert)
FP: .50

(2) Shamrock Farms milkshakes: $1 ea
(used .50 mc from Sunday's insert)
FP: FREE

(2) Maybelline lipstick: $1 ea (these were sitting in a basket and originally $7 ea)
(found (2) $1 mc on any Maybelline product in the store near a display)
FP: FREE

(3) Webber Grill Mates marinades: 1.09 ea
(used .50 mc from Sunday's insert)
FP: .9 ea

(2) Dial hand soap: $1 ea
(used .35 mc from Sunday's insert)
FP: .30 ea

(2) California Pizza Kitchen: $5 ea
(used $2 printable from www.coupons.com, today $1 coupons are posted on the site)
FP: $3 ea

Total before coupons: $21.77 ($21 toward my fuel points)
Total after coupons , plus .10 off for bag buy back: $7.82 (82% total Kroger & coupon savings)

Let's go Krogering!

There are so many reasons why Kroger is my favorite grocery store! I love the fact that Kroger gives .5 per reusable bag, double coupons up to .50 and you save .10/gallon on gas per $100 you spend each month. Each month I receive coupons in the mail from Kroger which may include a few free ones for items. Kroger also participates in coupons loaded to your card from http://www.shortcut.com/ and http://www.cellfire.com/.

Each time I go to Kroger I take 4-5 reusable bags/trip. This equates to .20- .25/trip off my bill and I usually make 4-5 trips a month which gives me a savings close to $52/year just for taking my bags!

You earn fuel points before coupons are deducted from your total. For example, my total today was $62 (with Kroger savings) which went toward my fuel points, but I only paid $43 OP after coupons.

Here are some of the great deals I purchased today:

Healthy Choice & Marie Callendar's meals: $1.88
(use $1 mc, plus .50 from http://www.shortcuts.com/)
FP: .38

California Kitchen pizza: $5
(use $2 printable from http://www.coupons.com/)
FP: $3

Betty Crocker brownies: $1
(use $1/2 mc from last Sunday's insert)
FP: .50 ea

Minute Maid Lemonade/Fruit Punch: .99
(no coupon, but a great price)

Parkay butter: $1
(use $1/2 mc)
FP: .50 ea

Wisk Detergent: $3.99
(use $1 printable from http://www.coupons.com/)
FP: $2.99

A-1 Steak Sauce & Marinades: $2.50
(use $2 mc from last Sunday's insert)
FP: 50

Colgate toothpaste: $1
(use $1 Kroger coupon from mail last week)
FP: FREE

Dial hand soap: $1
(use .35 mc from Sunday's inserts)
FP: .30

Shamrock milk shakes: $1
(use $.50 mc from Sunday's inserts)
FP: FREE

Nabisco Ritz: $2.50
(use $1 printable from Kraft)
FP: $1.50

Triscuits: $2
(use Buy Ritz get Triscuit free from Sunday's inserts)
FP: FREE

Turkey Hill 1/2 gallon tea: $1
(use $1/2 mc from last Sunday's insert)
FP: .50 ea

Swiffer Deal just got Sweeter!

Yesterday I posted about the great Swiffer deal at Target this week. If you buy 2 qualifying products, you receive an instant $5 Target gift card. Well to make this an even better deal, if you spend $10 in Swiffer refills, you receive a $5 debit card and for $20 in swiffer refill products you receive a $10 debit card. All purchases have to be made by May 15, 2009 and postmarked by May 30, 2009.

Today, I went back to Target to get the rest of my refills to qualify for the $10 debit card and I found .75 Target Swiffer refill coupons hanging near the Tide laundry detergent. Be on the look out for these! Remember, if you have Swiffer refill manufacture coupons you can pair them with the Target ones too!

Here are the details: http://www.swiffer.com/en_US/refillrebate.do?utm_source=swiffer_promopage&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=RefillRebate

Here's a quick scenario for the $10 debit card:

1st transaction:

(2) Swiffer refills 4.04 ea (use 2 .75 Target coupons)

total: $6.58 + receive $5 gift card

2nd transaction:

(2) Swiffer refills 4.04 ea (use 2 .75 Target coupons)

total: $6.58-$5 gc from last transaction = $1.58 + receive $5 gift card

3rd transaction:

(2) Swiffer refills 4.04 ea (use 2 .75 Target coupons)

total: $6.58-$5 gc from last transaction = $1.58 + receive $5 gift card

Now you have $24.24 in Swiffer refills to qualify for the $10 debit card.

Total OP Costs before tax: $9.74 (could be lower if mc's are included)

But you still have a $5 Target gift card & will receive a $10 debit card!

$5.26 money maker!

4 cent snacks & FREE BBQ sauce!

After printing coupons from Kraft foods and coupons.com, I went out today to see what deals I could find. I was able to print 4 sets of coupons yesterday. I paid only $8.62 out of pocket for the items above and I received a $5 Target gift card for buying 2 Swiffer products.

Target transaction:

(4) 100 Calorie snack packs $2.04 ea.

(used a $1 Target cp & $1 mc from Kraft) FP: .4 ea

(2) Kraft dressing $2.29 ea.

(used 2/$1 Target cp & (2) $1.50 mc from Sunday's insert) FP: .29 ea

(2) Swiffer refills $4.04 ea

(used $1mc & .50mc) $6.58 for both plus received a $5 Target GC FP: .79 ea

(1) NYC lip liner .47 (used a $1 mc) FP: FREE + .53 overage

(2) cupcake combo packs .98 ea (perfect for b-day parties!)

Sub Total: $23.25

Total after coupons: $9.22

I used 2 $5 gift cards from last week's Glade candle deal to pay, no OP costs!

Walmart transaction:

(1) Snuggle Creme Fabric Softener $4

(used $2 printable) FP: $2

(4) Kraft BBQ sauce .98 ea

(used $1mc from Kraft) FP: FREE + .8 overage

(1) Glade Lasting Impression $5

(used $4mc from Sunday's insert) FP: $1

(2) Easy Mac cup .82 ea

(used 2/$1mc from Kraft) FP: .32 ea

(4) Velvetta cups .98 ea

(used 2 2/$1mc from Kraft) FP: .48 ea

(1) Planter's Kettle roasted peanuts $2.28

(used $1mc from Kraft) FP: $1.28

(1) Kraft salad dressing $1.58

(used $1.50 mc from Sunday's insert) FP: .8 (much cheaper than Target!)

Subtotal: $22.34

Total after coupons: $7.84 (.78 tax) $8.62

Great Kraft coupons

Go to: http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/home.aspx and www.coupons.com
and print up to $50 worth of Kraft foods coupons.

For example:
$1 A.1 Steak Sauce
$1 Kraft Miracle Whip
$1 Kraft BBQ sauce
.75 Kraft Deli cheese
$1 Kraft salad dressing
$1 Planter's peanuts
$1/2 Kraft Easy Mac
And much more.....

Remember you can print twice on each website!

Paid to Shop!

CVS paid me to shop at their store today! Next week's sale at CVS started today and I wanted to get the Bayer monitors (earn $5 ECB each ...limit 2) before they sold out. I purchased the above items for $1.79 which was my Walgreen's purchase. I didn't have any out-of-pocket costs for CVS plus I didn't used ECB to pay for my purchase, but I earned $12ECB!

Listerine mouth wash is $3 off the original price at CVS . (Many are priced at $4.49 or $5.29 which makes them $1.49 or $2.29. ) I had a $2 mc for the Listerine Total Care, however my local CVS didn't have any more in stock, so the SM said that I could use my $2 coupon on another same size Listerine.



CVS Transaction:



(2) Bayer Contour Monitors $14.99 (used 2 $30 mc..each one adjusted to $14.99) FREE

(1) Children's Benadryl $3.99 ( used $1 CVS coupon & $1.50 mc) = $1.49

(1) Bayer Crystals 4ct. $2 (used $2 CVS coupon & $1 mc) = FREE + $1 overage

(1) Listerine Fresh Burst 1ltr $1.49 (used $2 mc..adjust to $1.98) = FREE + .49 overage



Total Before coupons: $37.46

Total After coupons: .00 (no tax applied....all FREE!)

I received $10ECB (Monitors) and $2ECB (Bayer Crystals)





Walgreen's Transaction:

(1) VanCamp Beans .50 (had a 2/$1 coupon, but my store only had 1 can left, so the SM adjusted the coupon to .50) = FREE

(3) Butterball chicken stock .50 ea

(4) Hunt's tomato sauce .50 ea (used 4/$1 mc from Walgreen's RR machine) = $1 for 4

(1) Essence Magazine $3.99 (part of my auntie's Mother's Day gift ;) )



Total: $7.99

Used $5 in RR

Total after coupons: $1.49 (.30 tax) $1.79
Plus I received a .75/2 mc for Vancamp & .75/2 mc for Hunt's sauce

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!

KROGER: 28 cent Yoplait Yogurt

My kids love yogurt and when I find it at a good price I try to get lots of it! This week Kroger has Yoplait Yogurt for 10/$5 or .50 each.

By using coupons I was able to get each one for 28 cents.

Here's how:

Buy 6 @ .50 ea = $3

Use a .40 mc (doubles to .80)

Add a .50 Yoplait Yogurt coupon from http://www.cellfire.com/ to your Kroger card

Final total: $1.70 for 6... 28 cents each!

FREE 8x10 @ Walgreen's

This offer is good for today only, Wednesday May 6, 2009.

Go to www.walgreens.com and select PHOTO.

Upload your picture and place MOTHER in the coupon code box to receive a free 8x10 enlargement. You can choose store pick up for no additional charges.

Going Green @ CVS

I have reusable bags from every store that I usually shop at except CVS! So today when I scanned my card and got a $4 off $20 purchase, I decided that I wanted to do my part in "going green" so I purchased a green bag for 99cents to help me get to my $20 total. On the bags are .50 coupons for a CVS essential product. I found an CVS essential bath toilet roll for .89cents... good enough!

Also, Adidas deodorant is on sale this week for $3.99 and you receive $3 in ECB (limit 3) for buying one. Well, my local CVS had Adidas Intensive (orange label) on clearance for $1.25. So this is a $1.75 money maker!

My total for the items above was $20.48.

I paid .94 (.37 tax) $1.31 OP (after coupons) for all of the things above!

I received $8ECB ($6ECB-Adidas & $2ECB Cogate) and only spent out $3ECB, so I made $5 in ECB on this trip.

Go Green!!!

TARGET: FREE Glade Soy Candles

These are great smelling candles! You can get them free plus overage. When you buy 2 Glade Soy products you get a $5 Target gift card. My local Taget didn't have signs posted for this deal, so I'm unsure how long this will last.

Here's how:
Buy 2 candles @ 5.79 ea = $11.58
Use 2 $4 mc from this past Sunday's insert
Total: $3.58
Receive $5 Target gift card for next purchase!

I used my $5 from the 1st transaction and bought 2 more.

FREE KFC 2pc. grilled chicken meal

Go Here:http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20090430-tows-kfc-coupon-download
Hurry because this deal ends 5/6....I was able to print 4 coupons!

Sunday Morning!

Well, I'm a little tired today, but nothings gonna stop me from going to get my extra coupon inserts! Its a great week to organize coupons because the deals look a little light this week at CVS & Walgreen's. My only stop this morning was to Walgreen's to pick up my papers and take advantage of the ConAgra Foods RR deal (you receive $3RR when you purchase $10).

Here's my transaction:

(1) Bayer Quick Release 2.49 (used $1 mc)

(2) Hunt's tomato sauce 8oz. 2/$1 (couldn't find my coupons for these!)

(2) Poppycock snacks $2 (used 2 .50 mc's)

(2) Healthy Choice entrees 2/$5 (used $1/2 mc)

(2) newspapers $2 ea

Total: $16.49

Used $10RR, $3 in mc's

Final OP total: $3.49 (.45 tax) $3.94

Received $5.50 in RR --- $2.50RR (Bayer) and $3RR (ConAgra)

Also, when my RR printed, I receive a .75 mc when you buy 3 Hunt's products.

I'll be making another trip back this week for more sauce & Healthy Choice!