Are You All Signed Up?

I've been encouraging all of you to sign up for at least two of the blogs that I follow and I'm checking in again to see how you're all doing!

DealSeekingMom is a superblogger - she posts new deals on a daily basis. Occasionally she will post deals that are long term and I think can benefit everyone. Those deals I try to list here for any of you who have been checking in. She also posts deals that change weekly, some even limited to the same day. That's why it's important to sign up to follow her blog. There is a quick index inside each of her emails, so you can quickly tell if there's anything of interest to you. MomsNeedToKnow is very similar. These two gals often list the same deals, but sometimes one gets the message out earlier than the other. That's why I'm signed up to follow both.

The other major benefit to following these two blogs is that they both cover a variety of stores/brands and sometimes come up with different deal scenarios. I really love getting a good deal on the stuff that I need. I recently paid $2.22 for more than $20.00 worth of grocery items - which made it feasible for me to buy Spencer a school T-shirt!

Sometimes you find great deals on items that you may not need yourself. My thoughts on these items are this: if you don't need it, don't get it - if someone else may benefit from it, get it and donate it. I don't mind paying tax only on items that can be donated to the church, local shelters/charities or even my neighbors.

I'm going to try to get more active again on posting good deals as I come across them. If you have any bargain tips please shoot me a message!

Another free DVD for your girls!

Yay - Free stuff for the kiddos! It looks like a cute one - similar to the Barbie movies that my daughter is in love with.

Click on the following link to order your free princess dvd: http://www.fisher-price.com/pages/v6/default/preciousplaces/landing.asp

Another free DVD for your boys!

It looks like we have a new free Geotrax DVD from Mattel! This one is “Steamer & Samuel Save the Day”

Click the following link to sign up for your free DVD and allow 12-14 weeks for delivery: https://store.mattel.com/transition.aspx?TransitionID=155

Rite Aid Chocolate BOGO

Hey all -

If any of you have been getting those Chocolate Relief Act coupons from the Friday freebie (see the post in the archives) - Rite Aid has a great deal going - so it's a good time to use them! If you have a nearby Rite Aid they are offering BOGO on their Mars candy - use one Chocolate Relief coupon on the two items and you end up getting both items for FREE! Yay!

More Free Chocolate - Godiva

When you join the Godiva Rewards Club you get a free chocolate every month. I know, you still have to go to a Godiva store - but if you happen to go to a mall once a month why not grab a free treat while you're there? As a rewards member when you spend $10.00 in any one transaction you qualify to receive another gift each month (please don't take that as me encouraging you to spend money haphazardly!)

Go here to join the club: http://www.godiva.com/welcome.aspx

Free Floss

I've already printed and done this deal. For any of you who are in need of dental floss, head to www.coupons.com to print out a couple of the listerine coupons. If you read the fine print on the coupon, the last item it's good for is Reach Floss (which is only $1.00 at our local WalMart.) The coupon is good for $1.00 off - making your floss FREE! Yay! Who doesn't like free stuff? Remember, you can print the coupon two times from each computer you have access to - so stock up if it's something you use!

Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Coupon

Here's a link for a good coupon for your Kraft Mac n' Cheese (if you hate the store brand!) Give it a try and let me know how it works for you: Buy 3, Get 1 Free Kraft Mac & Cheese 5.5oz or larger printable (IE) or printable (FF). This is called a Bricks coupon - you can usually print Bricks coupons twice from each computer - it doesn't matter if they are printing from the same printer!

Free Chocolate Fridays

Hopefully many of you already know that Mars candy is offering free chocolate coupons on Fridays. Here's the link: https://secure.realchocolate.com/ Let me know if it doesn't work for you! You can get up to four coupons throughout the promotional period.

Enjoy!

Kmart Coupon Doubling

So, I was crazy disappointed about couponing at Kmart. First, corporate Kmart told me all Colorado locations were participating, which was apparently not true. I called the Loveland location who told me they were participating - which was only partly true. Finally, when I arrived at the Loveland Kmart - which was 30 minutes away, toting my three kids with me, they were sold out of many of the products I was looking to purchase. I settled on: six Dove deodorants ($3.99 each), two bottles of Snuggle fabric softener ($3.49 each), two containers of Wet Ones wipes ($2.29 each) and one bottle of Cascade Rinsing Agent ($3.99). I had coupons for each of the items. The store policy was that they would double up to ten coupons per customer per day (strict - and Amy had no limit at her Kmart!) The coupons did not automatically double in the system since they weren't really a participating location. The cashier had to scan each coupon twice. They wouldn't double the Snuggle coupons since they had a no doubling restriction on them, and they tried couting the couopn for my rinse agent (which was for one free bottle) which I argued should not count since it was not being doubled. The manager was very irritated with me! She missed doubling one of my coupons, and when I pointed it out she wouldn't even look at me any more! I walked out of the store having spent $5.11 - not bad for everything I got, but leaving with a bad customer service experience makes me feel like it's not worth my time. That store had a max of ten cars in the parking lot - I'm sure half of them were for employees! It's no wonder they are all going out of business! I haven't decided whether I'll go back tomorrow for another batch of freebies. I guess I'll wait and see how I'm feeling in the morning!

Wednesday Bargain Hunting

It's Wednesday - which means I'm scouring the ads for our grocery deals for the week. I subscribe to a couple of feeds worth watching: www.dealseekingmom.com and www.momsneedtoknow.com. They both give great deal advice. For any of you who live here in Colorado with me http://simplysavingcolorado.blogspot.com is a great resource as well. I was stoked this morning when I scored a free Burt's Bees lipgloss! Yay for bargains! So far, my favorite deal is cereal at Albertsons - General Mills for $1.67, with printable coupons for $.55/1, they are only $1.12 a box (not as great as $.60 a few weeks ago - but still a great deal!)