I've been using coupons for quite some time but one thing I've found is that the coupons are regional and sometimes so are the sales. This makes using a lot of sites difficult and even depressing sometimes. Those who are lucky enough to live in areas that have CVS pharmacy, Super Target and other stores that have great sales and are really competeing with each other....well, I guess you could say I'm a little jealous! LOL!
In our area, we have the choice of Walmart (Arkansas is Walmart country), Sam's Club, a small Target, Walgreens and a couple of regional stores called Harps/Price Cutter and CV's Family Foods. Thankfully we now have an Aldi's that does save us a little money as well.
Anyway, I've also noticed our coupons are not always the same as other regions of the country which makes this site even better. It only has coupons that were available in our area. It's new and growing so be patient but if you live in the Arkansas/Oklahoma area....it might help you too! It's called River Valley Steals & Deals. Check it out....you might like it.
Have a great day!
Mavis D.
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Saturday, September 26, 2009
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Score!
I have been checking my favorite haunts online for great deals in my local Walgreen's store. One deal this week is on Walgreen's brand maxi pads...yeah, yeah, I know I should get out more but this was a great deal!
First, they were buy one get one free. Not a great price at 4.99 for the cheapest package (the size I use) but when you combine it with the fact they listed a rebate on them in the Easy Saver book...you get them free!
If you buy 2, you get a $5 rebate and if you buy 3, you get a $10 rebate. You can get one of each. So I "bought" 4 the first trip...they ring all four up and then take off two...there's my $10 rebate. On the second trip I "bought" 2...they ring up both and then it takes one off...there's my $5 rebate.
Now, I'm pretty new to this stuff so I'm not 100% sure it will work but I spent $15 for 6 packages and I will definitely get the $10 rebate so I really spent $5 for all 6 of them and if I get the $5 rebate then I got them all free!
Of course, I paid for it with my gift card that had money refunded to me for past rebates. I also purchased many of the other "free after rebate" items that they have available for June and used coupons in junction with sales to get very low cost laundry detergent.
I know some of you hate dealing with rebates but you should really check out Walgreen's. They have made claiming rebates so easy...everything is done online so you do not even have to use a stamp to send it to them!
Have a great day!
Mavis D.
First, they were buy one get one free. Not a great price at 4.99 for the cheapest package (the size I use) but when you combine it with the fact they listed a rebate on them in the Easy Saver book...you get them free!
If you buy 2, you get a $5 rebate and if you buy 3, you get a $10 rebate. You can get one of each. So I "bought" 4 the first trip...they ring all four up and then take off two...there's my $10 rebate. On the second trip I "bought" 2...they ring up both and then it takes one off...there's my $5 rebate.
Now, I'm pretty new to this stuff so I'm not 100% sure it will work but I spent $15 for 6 packages and I will definitely get the $10 rebate so I really spent $5 for all 6 of them and if I get the $5 rebate then I got them all free!
Of course, I paid for it with my gift card that had money refunded to me for past rebates. I also purchased many of the other "free after rebate" items that they have available for June and used coupons in junction with sales to get very low cost laundry detergent.
I know some of you hate dealing with rebates but you should really check out Walgreen's. They have made claiming rebates so easy...everything is done online so you do not even have to use a stamp to send it to them!
Have a great day!
Mavis D.
Friday, May 9, 2008
Something I've Noticed
Since my journey into the coupon world started I have found a few interesting things happening. First, we are now fully stocked on both toothpaste and detergent for our dishwasher.
The other thing is that some of our coupons for the area are a little different than those others are reporting on their blogs. For example, a few weeks ago there was a Suave coupon that everyone was talking about that was for $1 off but our coupon was only $0.50 off. Another one someone listed (I forget what product it was) a coupon that came in a certain paper but I searched mine and found no coupon.
Therefore ladies, keep that in mind with surfing the net and looking for the coupon deals everyone else is doing...some of them may not work in your area.
Have a great day!
Mavis D.
The other thing is that some of our coupons for the area are a little different than those others are reporting on their blogs. For example, a few weeks ago there was a Suave coupon that everyone was talking about that was for $1 off but our coupon was only $0.50 off. Another one someone listed (I forget what product it was) a coupon that came in a certain paper but I searched mine and found no coupon.
Therefore ladies, keep that in mind with surfing the net and looking for the coupon deals everyone else is doing...some of them may not work in your area.
Have a great day!
Mavis D.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Walgreen's Lesson
Today I made a couple stops at Walgreen's. I wanted see if I get do more great deals. Well, I learned something.
On Sunday, I bought Cascade (P&G products) that gave me $20 in Register Rewards, plus $3 for the Zantac and $6 for the Venus razors. Today I had planned getting more Cascade and use one of the $10 Register rewards to pay for most of it. Well...that's when I learned that you would not get more reward dollars if you use those you got before on the same product. Therefore, Cascade produced rewards you should not be use toward more purchases of Cascade...but they can go toward other purchases.
This is what I figured out. At the beginning of the month, I buy things that have the register rewards or things on sale that we use anyway. Save the register reward dollars to purchase the items that I'll get free after the rebate (they're in the EasySaver catalog) or things that are on sale and I also have a coupon.
You must remember to use the Register Rewards before they expire...they are only good for about 2 weeks. Hope this helps!
Have a great day!
Mavis D.
On Sunday, I bought Cascade (P&G products) that gave me $20 in Register Rewards, plus $3 for the Zantac and $6 for the Venus razors. Today I had planned getting more Cascade and use one of the $10 Register rewards to pay for most of it. Well...that's when I learned that you would not get more reward dollars if you use those you got before on the same product. Therefore, Cascade produced rewards you should not be use toward more purchases of Cascade...but they can go toward other purchases.
This is what I figured out. At the beginning of the month, I buy things that have the register rewards or things on sale that we use anyway. Save the register reward dollars to purchase the items that I'll get free after the rebate (they're in the EasySaver catalog) or things that are on sale and I also have a coupon.
You must remember to use the Register Rewards before they expire...they are only good for about 2 weeks. Hope this helps!
Have a great day!
Mavis D.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Great Deals at Walgreens
Well, I check all my favorite websites and checked my coupons and the savings this week at Walgreen's was outrageous! Although I didn't get everything on my list I did get quite a bit. Here it is (I'll add a picture tomorrow).
Gillette Venus Embrace razors $9.99 - produces $6 in Register Rewards used with $4 of 1 coupon from today's paper = FREE
Zantac 150 8ct. $3.99 - produces $3 in Register Rewards used with $1 coupon from here = profit of $0.01
Dawn Dish liquid $0.79 with in-ad coupon used with $0.25 coupon from 4/6 coupons = $0.54
EARinse Ear cleaning spray 1oz - $9.99 - Easy Saver mail in rebate (9.99) = FREE
Oral B Cross Action Toothbrush - 4.99 - Easy Saver mail in rebate (4.99) = FREE
Nexcare Cold Sore Treatment .07 oz - 8.99 - Easy Saver mail in rebate (8.99) = FREE
There was also a cool thing going with Proctor and Gamble items. You earn register rewards (coupons that work like cash at Walgreen's) for certain number of items purchased.
Buy 3, get $4
Buy 4, get $6
Buy 5, get $10
Buy 9, get $20
So this is what I did. I bought the following items using coupons I had plus Walgreen's coupons where applicable.
Cascade action packs $2.50 - $0.50 coupon from 4/6 PG coupon sheet
Charmin Freshmates 2 @ 1.99 (using Walgreen's coupon) + $0.25 coupon from 4/6 PG
Crest Toothpaste 2/$5 - I bought 3
Cascade 45oz Gel 2.50 - coupon
Febreze Noticeable 2 @ 6.99 - Buy one, get one coupon (6.99)
Here are my totals not counting taxes.
Total products - $72.09
Manufacturer coupons - 16.64
Register Rewards - 29.00
Rebates expected - 23.97
Total I'll end up spending for $72.09 worth of stuff = $2.48
Moreover, I'm probably not done for the week. Check back on Saturday to see the rest.
Have a great bargain-hunting week!
Mavis D.
Note: Covergirl products are included in the Register Rewards earnings. There are more coupons for Covergirl in Kmart's "Beauty's In Bloom" savings booklet (look for it at their customer service counter). Many of these coupons can be used anywhere...not just at Kmart so they could be used in combination with the sale at Walgreen's.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Free Honey Bunches Cereal
I had found coupons for $2 off a box of Honey Bunches of Oats Chocolate Cluster cereal. The problem was FINDING the cereal. All the stores I had been in didn't have that flavor. Finally, I found it. You must look at the larger Walmart Super Centers...for my local readers, those are Van Buren and Rogers Avenue stores.
So you'll need to go here, here, here and here. Click the link...print the coupon...close the window and go to the next link. You should be able to print 4 coupons which means you'll get 4 boxes of free cereal.
Thanks to Sarah at Fiddle Dee Dee for the info.
Have a great day!
Mavis D.
So you'll need to go here, here, here and here. Click the link...print the coupon...close the window and go to the next link. You should be able to print 4 coupons which means you'll get 4 boxes of free cereal.
Thanks to Sarah at Fiddle Dee Dee for the info.
Have a great day!
Mavis D.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Free Kellogg's Cereal
There is a coupon for Kelloggs cereal at
http://www2.kelloggs.com/healthybeginnings/
You can print two coupons for $1 off 2 boxes of cereal.
Then there is a rebate for $10 Gift check by mail in the "New You!" magazine I picked up at the pharmacy in Kmart.
So you'd buy 4 boxes of cereal at $10 minus 2 $1 coupons for a total of $8 OOP...then you'd get a $10 rebate earning yourself $2...minus the cost of the stamp and sales tax. :)
Later,
Mavis D.
It has been brought to my attention that the rebates are only good at the store where you picked up the magazine. So use your manufacturers coupon there and still get free cereal. You could also see if they will price match the Walgreen's ad. I'm not sure if Kmart does this or not.
http://www2.kelloggs.com/healthybeginnings/
You can print two coupons for $1 off 2 boxes of cereal.
Then there is a rebate for $10 Gift check by mail in the "New You!" magazine I picked up at the pharmacy in Kmart.
So you'd buy 4 boxes of cereal at $10 minus 2 $1 coupons for a total of $8 OOP...then you'd get a $10 rebate earning yourself $2...minus the cost of the stamp and sales tax. :)
Later,
Mavis D.
It has been brought to my attention that the rebates are only good at the store where you picked up the magazine. So use your manufacturers coupon there and still get free cereal. You could also see if they will price match the Walgreen's ad. I'm not sure if Kmart does this or not.
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