Deals, Freebies and Coupons

Walmart:

Cascade Rinse Agent - Free with coupon from Home Made Simple Coupon Book. Get it here. I got 2 because my mom gave me her coupons.

Travel Size Tylenol - Free after $1.00 coupon here.

Country Bob's All Purpose Sauce - Free after coupon from the company's website.

Travel Size Edge Shave Gel - $.50 each after printable coupon here.

Travel Size Clean & Clear Deep Action Cream Cleanser - Free plus $.50 overage after coupon here.

HP Printer Paper - $3.97
$3.00 off HP paper here.

Johnson's Buddies Soap or Johnson's trial size shampoo or lotion - $.97
Use $1.00 off here.

John Freida Frizz-Ease Mouse - $.97 Travel Size
Use $1.00 off any Frizz-Ease product from May All You magazine.

Kotex Pantyliners 16ct - $1.00
Use $1.00 off here or from May or June All You magazine.

Honey Bunches of Oat Chocolate Clusters - $2.32
Use $2.00 off here, here, here and here.

Clean & Clear Deep Action Cream Cleanser - $.97 Travel Size
Use this $2.00 off coupon and get lots of overage!

Edge Shave Gel - $1.49 Trial Size
Use this $1.00 off coupon to get it pretty cheap.

Freebies:

Free Sally Hanson Lip Inflation
When you get to the website, take the quiz. When you finish you will fill out a form for your free product!

Dove Shine Therapy Shampoo
I'm not sure if this is just the shampoo or shampoo and conditioner but every time I have gotten haircare from Dove they have always sent both. Register here to get yours!

Purex Laundry Detergent
Get a free sample here.

Gillette Body Wash
Your free sample is here.

National Geographic Free Safari movie
National Geographic is showing a free kids safari movie on Saturdays in June. Go here to print your free admission ticket for kids ages 2-8 or to locate a participating theater in your area. This program continues all summer long, next month is a Thomas the Tank Engine film. And I am excited to see our Galleria 14 is participating too!

Get a free Schick Quattro Razor. Just upload a photo to make a movie, and then when you click "save" a form will come up where you can check a box to receive your free razor!

CVS:

Also go here to print cvs beauty handbook coupons, warning they print huge so shrink them down to 50%!

Accu Check Compact Plus (Limit 1)
You pay $9.99, get $9.99 ECBs

Physicians Formula Mineral Wear Mascara (Limit 1)
You pay $7.99, get $7.99 ECBs

Banana Boat Sun Care (Excludes Lip, Limit 1)
Prices start at $6.79, get $2.00 ECBs

Coppertone buy 2 and get $10 ECBs (Waterbabies Sunsticks 4.49)

Bic Soleil Razor & 4ct Cartridges (Limit 4)
Buy both razor and refill (prices start at $6.99), get $5.00 ECBs
Use this $2/1 printable or $4/1 from the 6/2 SmartSource insert.

Carefree Pantiliners (92-120ct), Stayfree Pads (28-40ct) or OB Tampons (40ct) (Limit 1)
You pay $4.49, get $1.50 ECBs
Coming in Sunday's RedPlum insert: $1.50/1 OB coupon, $1/2 Carefree coupon
Other coupons: $2/2 Stayfree from the 4/27 RedPlum, this $1/1 Stayfree or this $.50 Carefree printable

Swiffer Sweeper Starter Kit or Refill (Limit 1)
Buy $10.00, get $5.00 ECBs

Here are the July monthly ecb's that are free or close to it.

cvs pantiliners $.99, get $ .99 ecb (limit 2)
cvs plastic tampons 5 count $1.49, get $1.49 ecb (limit 2)
buy cvs cleansing towlettes get $1 ecb (limit 5)
buy 2 Sure deodorants get $3 ecb (limit 3) use b1g1 6/29 paper, $1 coupon from 5/11, $1 coupon here
Buy any lactaid get $3 ecb (limit 1) use $1 lactaid 6/22 paper

Pampers jumbos will be $8.99 at CVS next week. Get a free 24 pack of bottled water when you spend $20 on P&G products (including Pampers). The next P&G brandSAVER insert (Pampers) comes out July 6.

Free CVS Brand Skin Care Items (Or Really Cheap)

Use the $2 off any CVS Brand Skin Care coupon from Reinventing Beauty magazine and you can receive the following items free. It doesn't expire until 8/31/08!!!

FREE Items

• CVS Beauty Bar soap 2-pks were $1.99 and in the following varieties – Exfoliating, White, Cool Moisturizing, Sensitive Skin
• CVS Emerald Mist Deodorant Soap 3-pk in Aloe Vera or Hydrating Burst
• CVS Aloe Cool & Fresh Light Moisture Lotion 3.3 oz $1.49
• EOB loofah bath sponge $1.99
• CVS Advanced Healing Fragrance Free Lotion 97 ML $1.49
• CVS Mild Hypoallergenic Baby Oil 4 oz $1.49
• CVS Total Moisture Dry Skin Lotion 3.3 oz $1.49
• Many types of CVS hand sanitizers and liquid hand soaps are priced $1.19-$1.99

CHEAP Items

These items were a little more than $2, but they end up being cheap after the coupon, and could make good fillers.

• CVS Kid's Body Wash $2.99
• CVS Sunblock lotion SPF 30 2 oz- $2.19
• CVS Medicated Apricot Scrub $2.99
• CVS Hydrating Body Wash w/ essential oils 12 oz $2.99
• CVS Moisturizing Body Wash 12 oz $2.99 in the following scents – Ocean Breeze, Cucumber Melon, Milk & Honey, Lavender and Chamomile, Pure Silk

The coupon does say it cannot be combined with other CVS, so YMMV with $3/$15 and any of the above, but it has been confirmed that the registers don't beep when you use them in tandem. Thanks to AFullCup.com

Coupons:

Go here for minute maid coupons1

$1 off Bertolli pasta sauce here sauce is usually $1.50-2.50 depending on your retailer.

$.50 off 1 I can't believe it's not butter spray here watch the short clip and enter to win the presidents salary.

$.50 off Mrs.Dash marinades, these are excellent and salt and msg free go here

Get a free 2 oz Body Lotion with any purchase at Bath & Body Works using the printable coupon here (expires 7/16/08)

Lowe’s has a 10/25 coupon here when you use your Visa CC or Check Card

Sign up here to receive the Home Made Simple coupon booklet with over $31 in money-saving coupons.

Click here to print 2 - $1/1 Skinny Cow Ice Cream Novelties coupons.

Organic Valley Farms' website has printable coupons for $1 off a half gallon or gallon of milk, $1 off a four pack of single serve milk boxes, and more. Want to know where you can buy this brand? Here 's their store locator.

Hey, would you like a coupon for $5 off a pack of Luvs diapers? I thought so. Click here to go to Luvs' site and click on "Revolutionary Rewards." do it NOW because they're not going to leave it up for long. Quantities are limited. You'll receive the coupon in the mail.

CVS Shopping-Finally!

So I finally took the plunge and decided to start CVSing! I think I did rather well today! (Actually I tried once a few weeks ago and bombed LOL). But then I found some really great blog posts about small deals to start out with, and now I can get going each week. Here's what I got:

First transaction:
1 Oral B Cross Action 2pk 6.99
1 Aussie Shampoo 2.99
1 Listerine Smart Rinse 3.49 and used $1 off coupon here
2 CVS Sheer Bandages 1.99 each 3.98
1 Colgate Total 2.99 with $1.50 off coupon here
1 Huggies Wash 3.49 with $1.00 off coupon here
2 Natures Bounty Vitamins B1G1 free with 2 $2/1 coupons here
(My CVS had them priced at 4.99 each)

Total 21.42+tax (23.06)

I recieved $20.47 ECBs

2nd transaction:
1 Oral B Cross Action 2pk 6.99
1 Listerine Smart Rinse 3.49 and used $1 off coupon here
2 CVS Sheer Bandages 1.99 each 3.98
1 Colgate Total 2.99 with $1.50 off coupon here
1 Huggies Wash 3.49 with $1.00 off coupon here
1 CVS After Shave 2.59 with $2.00 coupon here
2 Aleve 24ct Caplets 2.99 each with 2/$1.00 off coupon here

OOP .33 cents
ECBs earned: 17.47 to spend next time

Ok this is fun! Wanna learn to get CVS steals too? Check out MoneySavingMom.com for more info! Then visit FishMama for a simple plan to start CVSing!

Now here are some deals I found at Walmart:

Cheerios Snack Mix 1.50, $1/1 coupon at Coupons.com

Kashi products (most were 2.98) use coupon here or join the kashi community and get a coupon for $2.00 off

Huggies Clean Team Wipes , use $3/2 coupon from coupons.com

Honey Bunches of Oats Chocolate Clusters 1.98, use $2off coupon

Yoplait YoPlus Yogurt 4 pack ($2.12 minus $1 printable coupon)

And some great deals at Kroger:

Excedrin Migraine 24 ct. FREE (on sale for $1.99 (regular price $4.19), use the $2 printable here)

3 boxes of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese .71 each, and save $3 on Planters Cocktail Peanuts (My Kroger had them for 3.49) so they weren't free but were only .49 cents.

Totinos Pizza Rolls on sale for .99 each, use coupon on Coupons.com for .55 off and get them .44 each.

Gatorade .oz .79 each (Hubby drinks these A LOT!)

Other Kroger deals:
Muir Glen Tomato Paste FREE (on sale for $0.79, use $1 coupon on Coupons.com)

Pasta Roni Nature's Way FREE (regular price $1, use $0.50 coupon (doubles) on SmartSource)

*Sadly I can't get anything to print from the SmartSource.com website from either of our computers. If you can print those coupons, email me! I would love to have them and will pay shipping + thru paypal. Would like to have at least 2 of each. Thanks!

More Summer Fun Ideas for the Kids

Fruity Play Dough

1 tablespoon cream of tartar

Mix all dry ingredients in bowl then oil, then pour boiling water in and mix thoroughly. Wrap in cellophane or air tight container and store in fridge. The play dough should last a few months.

Frozen Grape Pops
Supplies for Frozen Grape Pops:

* Grapes - any color or size, washed
* Lollipop sticks - preferably 8 inches long, but any size will do. You can buy these at Walmart, or any cake/candy supply place. (We tried these with popsicle sticks and they are too wide for the small grapes.)

First, wash your grapes and dry them as best you can with a paper towel. Then pick about 6 grapes per 8 inch stick. Using the hole side of the grape, push your grape onto the stick. Go down about 1-2 inches from the bottom. Now pile the rest on.

Place your grape sticks in a freezer safe plastic bag. It’s best to wait over night for really good frozen grapes, but we could only wait till the afternoon. Even then, they were cold, mostly frozen, and delicious.

Check out THIS LINK for more great frozen fruit recipes!

Slushies
* 2 cups ice water
* 1 packet fruit-flavored drink mix (use your favorite flavor)
* 2/3 cup sugar
* 4 cups or 1 full tray of ice cubes

You need a blender to prepare this recipe. Put all of the ingredients into your blender. It will be about 2/3 to 3/4's full. Put the lid on. Process the mixture on high for a full minute. Stop the blender, use a spoon to stir it a bit. Look for unchopped ice chunks. If all the chunks are grated up, then go ahead and serve it. You may need to process it for another full minute though. Serve immediately. I usually have to spoon this out of the blender with a measuring cup because the mixture is so thick. Makes 4 - 8oz servings.

Finger Paint Wall Art
Click HERE for easy instructions on how your little ones can make these masterpieces!