The Penny Pinching Mom

Bath and Body Works

2009-07-09T08:46:00.000-07:00

Go HERE to print a coupon for a FREE TRUE BLUE SPA ITEM (up to $15) with any $15 purchase! Currently the Power Pedicure Set (pictured above) is on sale for $15! You can pick up 2 of those for $15 - makes a great gift!

Cow Appreciation Day = Free Meal

2009-07-06T13:46:00.000-07:00

Here's a great family event!

Come into any Chick-fil-A^® restaurant
dressed as a cow and receive a free meal.

Show your appreciation for the cows while eating more chicken. Put on your best cow costume and join us on Friday, July 10. Don't have a costume? Make your own using our starter kit.

Free Movies - Redbox Rental Codes

2009-07-06T12:48:00.000-07:00

Enjoy a FREE one night DVD rental on Redbox! Take these codes to any RedBox and receive a free DVD rental.

*Don't forget to return the movie by 9pm the next day to avoid the $1 per night charge.

4J7LF6--Good through July 6, 2009

7HE79B--Good through July 7, 2009

FREE ICE CREAM!

2009-07-06T08:26:00.000-07:00

YUMMY! Starbucks is giving away free ice cream!

Through July 19, those with a Facebook account can sign up to share a coupon for a free pint of Starbucks ice cream with a friend (you can send it to yourself, too, if you'd like!). Starbucks has promised to give away up to 20,000 coupons per day (a maximum of 800 per hour), so everyone should be able to get in on this great deal!

Go here to request your free coupon.

(thanks MoneySavingMom)

Borders/Waldenbooks Coupon

2009-05-23T22:39:00.000-07:00

Borders and Waldenbooks offers 40% off any one book with this Printable Coupon which may be used through Monday, May 25, 2009.

Note, you must be a Borders Rewards member to be eligible for the coupon, you can register for free HERE.

$1 Flip-Flops from Old Navy!

2009-05-22T13:49:00.000-07:00

Old Navy is having their annual $1 Flip-Flop sale tomorrow (Saturday, May 23, 2009)! All solid color flip-flops will be on sale for only $1 each. Limit of five per customer.

FREE Lettuce Wraps at PF Changes

2009-05-18T22:43:00.000-07:00

To celebrate the chipping skills of PGA tour pro Briny Baird, P.F. Chang’s China Bistro will offer everyone in America a free order of the restaurant’s signature lettuce wraps with the purchase of an entrée.

Just go HERE and enter your email, you will recieve the coupon instantly!

Target Trip - $17.86

2009-05-12T16:00:00.000-07:00

Kraft has come out with some great printable coupons found HERE (you will need to sign in or register)that can be matched with Target store coupons HERE (scroll down). There are some really great deals to be had! For some matchups check out Hip2Save.

Target & CVS - $15 profit

2009-05-12T15:27:00.000-07:00

Yes, I made $15! I spent $24 in extra care bucks and got back $39!

$2 Profit

2009-05-03T19:19:00.000-07:00

I don't have time to post all the info for the below items, other than just the list. Maybe if I find time tonight I will post how I got all this stuff and made money!!
16 - 6pks Ozarka water
8 - Fiber One bars
6 - Avocados
3 - Kellogg's Mini-Wheats
3 - 12 pks Charmin toilet paper
3 - 8 pks Bounty paper towels
2 - Adidas deodorant
2 - Breeze2 monitors
1 - single Bounty paper towel

$24 Profit!

2009-04-29T20:54:00.000-07:00

I tell ya, there is just nothing better than getting paid to shop! I went to CVS and Walgreens today and got the items below. This is why I love couponing and love searching for deals, the stores paid me to 'buy' items we need. How cool is that?

To break this down:
4 - Breeze2 Glucometers - currently earning 5 RR's, I had coupons for each one so my cost was $0 and got $20 in store cash to use on future purchases.
2 - Nivea bodywash
3 - Nivea lip care items - when you spend $15 you get $5 ecb's back, I had newspaper coupons for each item as well as a store coupon.
12 - Command Hooks - when you spend $15 you get $5ebs's back, they were $2.50/package, I used coupons from here which made them all free plus a money maker.
1 - Charmin 16 roll toilet paper - $9.99 and produced $2 ecb's.
1 - candy item (needed a filler item).

By using manufacturer coupons and store coupons I made a nice little profit. Couponing is well worth the time you put into it. I will have to take pics of my laundry room and garage - I have a nice stockpile going on!

Yummy!

2009-03-13T21:40:00.000-07:00

Popchips - you have to try them! These are all natural 'popped' potato chips. Only 120 calories and 4g of fat per serving - and the serving size is 22 chips! My sister and I picked some up at Target (of course I had a coupon for them), and they are quite good. What a healthy alternative to regular chips! To get your coupon for buy 1 get 1 free, go here.

Kroger Mega Event

2009-03-13T20:16:00.000-07:00

Kroger is having a "10 item mega event' - buy 10 participating items receive $5.00 off instantly - up to 3 rewards per transaction. This is a great sale!! When combined with coupons you can walk out of the store with lots of free and very cheap stuff! I got everything in the picture for $8.29!

6 - country crock butter tubs
3 - softsoap handsoap
3 - chex mix
2 - synder's pretzels
2 - welch's grape juice
2 - froot loops
2 - fruit by the foot
2 - buitoni pasta
2 - betty crocker potatoes
2 - suave deodorant
1 - quaker qakes
1 - ziploc bags
1 - purex detergent
1 - advil liquid gels

Today's $1 trip

2009-03-10T18:28:00.000-07:00

Yes, I only spent $1 on the dot on the above items! By using manufacturer coupons, store coupons and digital coupons I can really 'stretch a buck'! For those of you that shop at stores that have customer reward cards - sign up (if you haven't already)!! You can load digital coupons on to them from 3 different sites, PG Esaver, Shortcuts and Cellfire. Many times shortcuts and cellfire will have coupons for the same product, so when you buy that 1 item both digital coupons come off. It's an easy way to save!

2 - packages Huggies Diapers
2 - glucose monitors
3 - boxes Pepperidge Farm toast
2 - boxes Toaster Strudel
4 - Lean Cuisine meals
1 - Stouffer's meal
1 - Propel water

Free or Inexpensive steak at Target!

2009-03-04T16:02:00.001-08:00

Target has a coupon out for $2 off any Sutton and Dodge steak or roast. I just got back from grocery shopping there and found steaks (london broil) from $1.77-$2.31. I used 2 coupons and had no problems! While I don't eat meat, my hubby and kids do so this a great score! Of course, they had lots of varieties of meat in all sizes and price ranges.

You can print as many coupons as you desire.

FREE COTTON PANTY FROM EXPRESS

2009-02-27T08:57:00.000-08:00

Click HERE for your printable coupon for a FREE ESSENTIAL COTTON PANTY from Express. Hurry, this offer expires March 1st!

Thanks slickdeals!

Contacting companies

2009-02-04T08:39:00.000-08:00

I had a great letter in my mailbox this week from Welch's. I had purchased a box of their fruit snacks from Costco, about 5-7 bags either were empty or only had 1 or 2 pieces of fruit in them. So I called the number on the box to let them know. Guess what they did? They sent me 3 coupons for FREE boxes of fruit snacks, 2 coupons for $.50 any product and $.75 off any juice. How nice! It took me no more than 3 minutes to make that phone call. I love when companies appreciate their customers!

Point of this post - contact companies. Not just to complain but to show your likeness for their products as well. I contacted Method (they make baby wash, laundry detergent, soap, etc) to let them know how much I liked their baby wash and asked if they ever send out coupons. Well they did, I received some within a week!

You can find most contact info on the companies website or packaging. Take a look and contact them, you don't know what you will get! :)

FREE SUAVE - TODAY ONLY

2009-01-14T07:52:00.000-08:00

Go HERE to sign up for a free Suave product, they will send you the coupon by mail. This expires at 11:59 pm tonight (January 14th) so hurry!

Shopping Trips

2009-01-10T23:01:00.000-08:00

I made a few shopping trips, and came out with some great deals! My out of pocket for everything in the two pictures below was $4.69!

12 packs cottonelle
16 rolls paper towels
4 skin effects sun screen
2 baby wipes
2 laundry detergents
5 assorted crackers
2 apple juice
1 gallon milk
2 hand soap refills
1 face wash
2 packs ball point pens
1 bag cat litter
1 muscle ointment
12 bags of veggies
and of course 1 double edition newspaper!

Sam's Club

2009-01-09T21:51:00.000-08:00

Sam's is running a promotion January 15th-21st - sign up for a new membership and receive a $25 Sam's gift card. I believe membership is $40. So, if anyone has been thinking about joining now is the time to do so!

Some CVS tips

2009-01-08T22:17:00.000-08:00

1. When you first walk into CVS head to the price scanner/coupon machine!! Scan your Extra Care Card and wait for your coupons to spit out the side. Now once they have, scan your card again. Repeat until the screen on the machine says "no coupons available".

2. Be organized. I most always make a list of what I plan on getting, I match up my coupons to that list and paper clip them all together.

3. Take all your coupons into the store with you - you never know what you might find that you will be able to get for very little, free or even make money on!

4. Know how to hand over your coupons! This is the fun part (for me anyways). Always hand over any CVS coupons that are $/$$ of a purchase first (such as $3 off $15 purchase), then hand over your manufacturer coupons. If you do the reverse you will be costing yourself valuable dollars!

I made a quick CVS trip tonight, here is what I did to give you all an idea of how to shop wisely.

My objective was to get lysol wipes since they are on sale and I had coupons for them. Malcom had run into the store quickly before I went in and saw something he needed that was $10.50 and I did not have a coupon for. No problem! I picked up his item (just antiseptic wash for the curious) and then went to get the lysol wipes. Well, CVS had their brand of the exact same wipes but with more in the container for buy 1 get 1 half off which made the total for 2 $4.50. Then I went over the makeup because I heard that had stuff on clearance. I picked up 4 Maybelline lip glosses for $4 a piece. So my total was $31, I paid $5.47 - of course when I mean paid I mean used my extra care bucks so nothing came out my pocket. Here is what I did when I got to the register:

First gave a CVS coupon for $3 off a $15 purchase
Then gave a CVS coupon for $3 off a $15 cosmetic purchase (that the wonderful coupon machine spit out)
Next was a CVS coupon for $3 off any CVS brand item
Last was 4 Maybelline coupons for $4 off any lip item

So, the lip glosses were free with my manufacturer coupons, and since I bought 4 of them I got to use the 2 $3/$15 coupons which gave me $6 off my purchase of the other items. How fabulous! I'm sorry if my post is confusing, I'm not so good at explaining 'couponing' but oh how I'm addicted to it!

Ordering Coupons

2008-12-21T22:00:00.000-08:00

I know some of you don't like to clip coupons! It can be time consuming, I agree. I like to 'buy' coupons from places such as Ebay and Coupons by Dede. I search for products we frequently use and have gotten some great deals. Now, ebay can get a tad expensive. I have found that Coupons by Dede has the best pricing. For just under $6 (that's the minimum amount required for purchase) I got 28 coupons which will breakdown has follows:

10 - Cottonelle toilet paper - this is going to allow me to get 10 4 packs for $1.90.

10 - Green Giant Fresh Steamers - this is going to get me 10 bags of fresh steamer vegetables for $0!

8 - Maybelline makeup - this will score me some free or very close to free makeup!

If you don't include the makeup, because the price varies and I will probably wait to use them on a b1g1 sale, for $5.10 I will get 40 rolls of toilet paper and 10 bags of veggies. I call that a great deal!

So for those of you who don't want to clip coupons, or want to buy a bulk amount I would try buying online!

Thank you to a reader who pointed out that Coupons be Dede offers a referral program! If you choose to purchase coupons through her site, at checkout please enter my name and email (lisa chakery/lisa@chakery.com) to help build referral bucks for me. THANK YOU!

Great deal on greetings cards!

2008-12-21T21:49:00.000-08:00

Time to stock up on some greeting cards! Here is a coupon for 3 $.99 cards for $1! You will need to sign up for their Crown Rewards program in order to use this coupon. You can sign up online and print your card out to take with you.

Bath and Body Works - Great Deals!

2008-12-05T13:18:00.000-08:00

BBW emailed this coupon to me today for a free lip product with any purchase. The Bargain Shopper Lady has this coupon for a free product (up to $13) with a $10 purchase on her site. If the store will allow you to use both coupons at the same time it can make for a great deal! Even one coupon at a time is great deal. Before the lip coupon came out I used the free product coupon and got a free wrapped basket with lotion, body wash and a loofah when I purchased 3 hand soaps! Great deal!

Card Cubby Giveaway

2008-12-01T14:02:00.000-08:00

The Coupon Divas are having a great giveaway - check it out!

Card Cubby Review and Giveaway

Written by Kitty on November 30, 2008

I know you will love this product as much as I do! The Card Cubby was invented by mom, Wendy Krepak, and will organize your coupons, gift cards, rewards cards, business cards, shopper cards, and on and on. I have at least 30 or so different coupons and cards that I whip out and shuffle through like a big pack of playing cards when I would go shopping, so this has definitely helped me out.

Ok, so I admit, I am the girl in front of you who can never find my shopper loyalty card (yes, the one you roll your eyes at). These cards are from my purse; gift cards, rewards cards, coupons, whatever I collect I shove in the zipper part of my purse. I also tried the little see through pouches, but that never worked because the cards weren’t organized. I have been through countless plastic files that eventually crack and fall apart.

The Card Cubby measures just 5″ wide by 3″ high and can hold approximately 80 cards! You could even use it as a wallet, there is a clear pocket in the front where you can put Drivers License and inside you could put some cash, credit cards and even a cell phone would fit. It has the cool magnetic closure so you know your items are securely tucked away. You can take just your Card Cubby or it will easily fit in your purse with plenty of room to spare.

Now, you know I am a Diva to the Core and pink is my thing, some of you may want to match your coupon organizer to the color of your purse. You are in luck because the Card Cubby is available in eight different colors and designs. It is made of a soft, buttery material that is wipe-able and durable enought to stand up to all the use it will get. There is even a Wedding Edition Card Cubby which is available in simply silver (a very cute idea!).

Additionally, there are Kool Tools you can also purchase to go along with your Card Cubby like the Picopad or Mini Brag Book.

With the holidays just around the corner, I am thinking this would make the perfect gift for moms, grandmas, teachers, aunt, sisters, friends. The Card Cubby retails for $24.95 ($28.95 for the Caramel Leather). Guess What? Wendy is offering a 10% discount and FREE Shipping to anyone who orders by December 10th. Just use the code: CC209.

Free Batteries!

2008-11-30T20:31:00.000-08:00

HERE is a coupon for $1.00 off Rayovac Alkaline batteries, these are at most Target stores in their dollar spot section (at the front of the store). Use the coupon to get free batteries - great for this time of year!

You can crop the image using the snapshot tool in adobe, and then paste just the actual coupon into word and put several on a page. I have done this, but can't figure out how to post the word doc into the blog, if you want the doc leave a comment with your email address and I will send it to you.

(thanks to lilacvi at AFC for finding this coupon!)

Feed It Forward

2008-11-27T07:11:00.000-08:00

I got a great email from Restaurant.com today - below is what they sent. This is so awesome and will be such a blessing to many families!

Right now, many people wonder how the economy will impact their lives. Will people be able to give holiday gifts to everyone on their list? A down economy has the potential to do more than take gifts away from the deserving. A down economy has the potential to deprive people of one of the greatest gifts of all, the gift of giving.

The gift of giving lifts spirits, spreads joy, and strengthens community.
Restaurant.com is beginning the holiday season by launching a giving site - www.Restaurant.com/FeedItForward - stocked with $30 million in free restaurant gift certificates. You can pass on 3 Free $10 Restaurant.com gift certificates, every day until Christmas-as part of our initiative called, Feed It Forward™.

To give free gift certificates

To simplify your giving experience, use your Restaurant.com email and password when prompted to sign in.

So, please join us. Give to friends. Give to neighbors. Give to families in the military. Give to grandparents. Give to co-workers. Give to working moms. Give to those that would not otherwise make your holiday list, but most of all, give.

Happy Holidays from all of us at Restaurant.com

Cary Chessick
President and CEO
Restaurant.com

Our Gift House

2008-11-19T18:16:00.000-08:00

Our Gift House is offering a free $10 gift card when you register on their site. Go HERE and sign up then email them and tell them you signed up and would like their current offer for a free gift card. They emailed me back within a couple of hours with a code to be used online!

*Update-I just checked my gift card balance on their website and it is for $10, not the $25 I originally posted - sorry! However, my Mom called customer service earlier today about a product and they emailed her a $25 online gift card code.

Progresso Soup at Walgreens

2008-11-09T07:25:00.000-08:00

If you haven't used your Progresso Soup coupons yet (see post below), Walgreens has a coupon in their weekly circular for 4 for $5.00 (1.25 a piece). Combine this Walgreens coupon with the Progresso manufacturer coupon and get soup for $.15 a can!

Target Toy Coupons

2008-11-03T09:29:00.000-08:00

Target has some great toy coupons out, all expire 11/26/08. Be on the lookout for the toys when they go on sale and then use the coupon, can make for some great priced Christmas gifts!

Click HERE for the coupons.

Goody Brand Hair Accessories

2008-11-02T20:32:00.000-08:00

Goody has a line of hair accessories called Ouchless, the line includes clips, barrettes, headbands, wraps and elastic pony tail holders. They are offering a coupon HERE for $2.00 off any item from the Ouchless line. I have been using the elastic holders for a while, I really like them, so this coupon is a sweet deal for me! I just picked up a pack of 17 at target for $.19! Hope some of you can find some great stuff too!

Kroger Shopping Trip

2008-10-29T09:18:00.001-07:00

I had a great Kroger run! I spent a whopping $1.57 for everything pictured! I stacked manufacturer paper coupons with ecoupons from Cellfire, Shortcuts and P&Gesaver. Here's the breakdown:

3 Packs Cottonelle = $.07
4 Green Giant Veggies = $.50
1 Lifestyle Oatmeal = free
2 Herbel Essences = free
2 Softsoap = $1.00
1 Pepperidge Farm Bread = profit of $.08
1 Febreze Noticeables = profit of $2.81
1 Dora Cereal = $2.49

Progresso Soup

2008-10-28T11:49:00.000-07:00

Here is a great coupon for $1.10 off 1 can of Progresso Soup. Once the 1st coupon has printed you can click your back button in your web browser (you will get a page cannot be refreshed, but keep clicking and then the printer icon will appear again) to print your 2nd coupon. Combine this with the ecoupon over at Shortcuts for $.50 off 2 cans at Kroger and you will get $2.70 off 2 cans if you purchase them at Kroger!

Cellfire.com

2008-10-28T11:44:00.000-07:00

CELLFIRE is similar to Shortcuts, you add ecoupons on to your Kroger card (and possibly other grocery stores in other areas). The added bonus is if you have the application on your cell phone you can view a coupon code to show to a cashier to receive an instant discount at stores and restaurants. I recommend checking out their site and reading all about their service.

Both Cellfire and Shortcuts have duplicate coupons, such as $.50 off Cottonelle toilet paper at Kroger. So you can add both to your Kroger card and use a manufactuer coupon to get free or almost free toilet paper!

(For IPhone users, go to the App Store and you can download the Cellfire application for free - it is very user friendly!)

Restaurant.com - 80% Off

2008-10-27T07:21:00.000-07:00

I received this email from Restaurant.com early this morning and was so excited to share - 80% off all of their certificates. This promo runs through Friday, the 31st. Last time they offered this I got $45 worth of gift certificates for $3.20!

Visit their website, add certificates to your basket and at checkout use discount code TREATS. Enjoy!

Walgreens Coupon

2008-10-23T18:23:00.001-07:00

Click here for a $5 off $20 purchase at Walgreens, good Friday and Saturday.

St. Ives Elements at Walgreens

2008-10-22T22:25:00.000-07:00

Right now Walgreens has the St. Ives Elements line of facial cleaners on sale for $4.99 and each one (only 1 per transaction) produces a $5 Register Reward (good for your next purchase).

About a month ago there was a $2.50 off coupon in the Sunday paper and a couple of months ago there were Buy1Get1 coupons. If you don't have any of those you can go here and print a coupon for $2, making this deal a money maker! I personally like this line of facial cleaners, so it's a great deal for me!

This promotion ends Saturday, October 25th.

Omaha Steaks - updated

2008-10-21T20:51:00.000-07:00

Some of you have had trouble with the link for Geico, here is the actual link:
http://www.geicoprivileges.com/members/home.php?sid=26XXdKrlo2601

When you go to that page, on the right side under 'new to geico' is an orange rectangle that says 'register and save with omaha steaks' click on that and fill out the form. You will receive an email with a code in it within a few hours.

I found this on SlickDeals and just did it myself:

FREE $25 gift card for signing up with GEICO Privileges. (It took a few hours for the code to get to my email.)

-Sign up for Geico Privileges by clicking HERE. It's free and does not require credit card information. You also do not have to be a Geico customer to sign up.

-You'll soon receive an email from Geico Privileges thanking you for signing up and giving you a $25 Omaha Steak Gift Card! They will give you the Gift Card code in this email which is usable only once.

-Click HERE to access Omaha Steak's website. You must click on this specific link in order to get your FREE cutlery set with cutting board.

-Select any item from their menu with a total of $12 or more (anything above $12 will be out of pocket). Shipping will be $13 and will be covered by your gift card code.

-Go to Checkout. You should see the FREE 6-piece Cutlery Set and Cutting Board showing up at this point. (Shipping will not be added yet.)

-You'll need to Pay via Paypal or Credit Card. (Don't worry, you're going to apply the Gift Card next.)

-Enter your Billing Information - Click on Continue Checkout

-Enter Shipping Information for "Myself" - Click on Continue Checkout

-Here's the Gift Card code Time! Enter the code given in the email (no pin is needed). Click APPLY. The total should change to reflect the gift card at this point.

-Finally, enter your credit card information to pay the remainder of the balance, if any.
Click on Place Order at bottom! You're done!

I just got 8 steak burgers for $1.98 shipped!

Great CVS Trip - free diapers!

2008-10-18T22:28:00.000-07:00

I am so happy over my CVS trip tonight, I got 6 packages of Huggies diapers for ZERO dollars! Everything in this picture 'cost' me $4.85 in ExtraCare Bucks (I spent $64.71 in ecb's and earned $59.86 back in ecb's). What is even more fabulous is that I have mail in rebates for the men's hair color, for a total of $16.00. So in summary, I profited $11.15 (if you think of the extra care bucks as cash). I got paid to buy diapers! Woohoo!

Here's what I got:
6 packages of Huggies diapers
6 bottles of Apple Juice
3 Eucerin face cremes
4 2pk GUM toothbrushes
2 Touch of Gray men's haircolor
4 Pumpkin pails
4 Glowsticks

FYI - Kroger

2008-10-18T22:16:00.001-07:00

Kroger:
*If you don't already have one, request a Kroger card. The advertised specials are only good if you use their card.
*Register your card at Shortcuts and P&G Esaver. At those 2 sites you can download ecoupons on to your Kroger card. What is so fabulous is that you can combine an ecoupon with a paper coupon, making some items free and even allowing overage!
*Kroger triples and doubles coupons - they will triple a coupon with a face value up to $.35 and double a coupon with a face value up to $.50.
*They will accept 4 like coupons per transaction, after that they only deduct the face value.

Quick Trips

2008-10-18T22:10:00.000-07:00

I did a few quick shopping trips this past week. Below is what I purchased, I paid $1.42 for everything except the Robitussin. I paid $8.97 for the Robitussin and got back $30 to use on my next purchase. Summary: spent $10.31 received $30 in coupons for future use, total profit of $19.69!