Walmart Shopping ProTip

When I was getting milk today at Walmart, the checkout lady stopped and told me that if I ever brought in an ad from Save-A-Lot that has their store brand marked lower than Walmart's store brand, they'd match the price.

So, a gallon of $1.99 whole milk... Because as long as the ad says the milk is on sale but isn't specific, Walmart has to match the lowest price.

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Awesome Pepsi Sale at Family Dollar!

Get the ad and take it to Walmart or Target or anywhere else that does price matches too. If you have any coupons, then all the better. (I couldn't find any in my binder though!) Get them while you can!

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Spoil her for Mother's Day, May 13th.

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Today's Specials

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New Printer! / Omg, Why?!

Finally got a new printer over the weekend. Retailed $70 at Target, on sale for $50 there and Walmart. The ink for 400+ pages is $18 at our local Walmart, compared to the 200+ pages of black ink for $15 in my in-laws printer. Yeah, I think I'm fine with the cheaper stuff.

So, no real problems installing the printer on our main laptop as soon as we got home Saturday night. Worked just fine. Awesome. Wireless ran smooth, printer is a heck of a lot quieter than the HP, etc etc etc. My husband even downloaded Epson (which, btw, stands for Son of Electronic Printer) app for his phone and printed that way. Nice right?

Skip to the next day, Sunday. We have another laptop. A broken one--

--that I use to print off additional coupons.

It's my old one that broke within the year warranty when I did little more than touch the top one day. (The plastic is pretty flemsy and bent in, cracking the screen.) The horrible customer service at Asus hardly spoke English and just had me repeat the same things over and over again until they finally told me it had to have been my fault because that couldn't have possibly happened. Yeah. Sure. Whatever...

Anyway, as you can see, I don't have a whole lot of the screen to work with. Well, today is Tuesday and I have just now gotten the printer to work on that laptop. Had to install, reinstall, update, Windows update, download, download, uninstall, reinstall, update, find, install, Windows install... It was a never-ending cycle that ended today.

I've been working on it since Sunday. I'm surprised I didn't rip out half my hair over these past few days. Shesh!

Lost several coupons in the process of getting it to work too, but at least it finally does work! I've been so frustrated with it, I've wanted nothing to do with the damn thing. Now that it works now, it's a lot better than having to hook it up on either computer just to get something printed out!

I'd also like to share with anyone that has an Asus Eee PC: If you cannot get your wireless to work at all and can't figure out why, press the Function button and F2 at the same time. It might be disabled and the software never shows that it is.

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Possible Money Maker at CVS Today ONLY

CVS has a sale on Nature Made products: BOGO & they are part of the Spend $30 get a $10 CVS card deal.

Online price (may vary by store): $5.99

If you print off the $5 off any Nature Made product 160ct+ coupon I posted yesterday here then add a $1 off any Nature Made product for the second product (per CVS' new BOGO coupon policy), you should be getting these for about free. (Math: Coupons; 5+1=6 / Price; 5.99 / You will still have to pay tax on everything though!)


Here's what coupons I've got so far:

• Nature Made Vitamins 160ct+ $5 x4*
• Nature Made Product $1 x4*

*I have two computers. You can only print two of these at one time. You can print more than me if you have more computers!

CVS ad for BOGO on Nature Made products plus the Spend $30, Get $10 special.

• Buy four Nature Made Folic Acid 400mg 250ct, using $5 off coupons.
• Get four additional, cheaper than $5.99 Nature Made products for the freebie, using the $1 off coupons.

$5.99 x 4 = $23.96.

That means I only have to find an additional $6.04 in participating Spend $30, Get $10 and I'll have an extra $10 CVS card!

Obviously, it'd be a moneymaker for people that actually have the ability to print more than two sets of coupons. Alas, I am not one of those lucky individuals. Still, it's a pretty good deal!


This ends TODAY! The last day of the sale is the 18th, today! The coupons probably won't last long either, so hurry in and get this great deal while you still can!

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Quick List for Friday Shopping.

Here's what I've got for a grocery list thus far for tomorrow. Still have to double-check coupons and offers, then hope the stores actually have this stuff in stock.

• Holiday Foods

1. Bread & buns - Store brand on sale for $0.99
2. Chef Boyardee - 5/$5 +coupon
3. Praire Farms Dips - $0.99 for 8oz +coupon

• Target

1. Luv's Diapers - Buy 2, Get $5 Gift Card +coupon
2. KY Yours & Mine - $10 Gift Card with any 2, +coupon
3. Fructis Shampoo & Conditioner - $4.99 each. Buy 2, Get Treatment Free. +coupon

• CVS

1. Pespi - 12pk 3/$11, $3 ECB
2. Starbucks Frappuccino - 2/$10, $2 ECB
3. Glade Spray - $0.99, +coupon
4. Schick Hydro Silk - $9.99, $4 ECB, +coupon
5. Fructis Shampoo & Conditioner - 2/$5, +coupon
6. Zarbee's - $6, $6 EBC = FREE

• Menards

1. Glade Scented Candles - $2.49 +coupon

• Save-A-Lot

1. Butterball Turkey Bacon - $1
2. Hamburger/Tuna/Chicken Helper - $1 +coupon
3. Chef Boyardee - $1 +coupon
4. Pillsbury Grands Biscuits - $1 +coupon

• Dollar General

1. Dr Pepper 2lt - 3/$3
2. Hawaiian Punch - $2 per gal
3. Glade - Assorted +coupon
4. Pampers Jumbo Diaper Pks - $9.50 +coupons

• Walgreens

1. Cheez-It - $1.99
2. Glade Automatic Spray Kit - $9.99 + Free Refill +coupon
3. Mars Chocolate - Valentine Candy Sale +WAG coupon +coupon
4. Gillette Razors - $9.99, $4RR +coupon
5. Pampers Diapers - $9.99, $2RR +coupon

• Walmart

1. Benefiber - +coupon
2. BreathRight Strips - +coupon
3. KY - +coupon
4. Vaseline - +coupon
5. Kikkioman - +coupon
6. Hidden Valley - +coupon
7. HP Printer Ink - $14.95 for Black 901.

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Deals: 1/1/12

Walmart:
Oral B Floss Essentials, 55 yd  $0.97
Use $1.00/1 Oral-B Floss or Floss Picks from PG 1/1 (exp 1/31/12)
Final Price: Free plus $0.03 Moneymaker
Target:
Stouffers Lean Cusine Frozen Entrees $2.00
Use $1.00/5 Lean Cuisine Varieties from SS#2 1/1 (exp 3/31/12)

Buy 10 Stouffers Lean Cusine Frozen Entrees $2.00
Use 2 $1.00/5 Lean Cuisine Varieties from SS2 1/1 (exp 3/31/12)
Pay $18.00, Receive a $5.00 Target Gift Card
Final Price: $1.30 each when you buy 10

Kashi Soft & Chewy Bars Multipack $2.99
Use $2.00/1 – Kashi Product – (recyclebank.com) 75 Recyclebank Points
Or $1.00/1 – Kashi Soft & Chew Banana Chocolate Chip Bar, Box – (coupons.com)
Final Price: $0.99

Mentos UP2U gum, single pack  $1.27
Use $1.00/1 Up2U Pack from SS2 1/1 (exp 3/1/12)
Final Price: $0.27
Oscar Mayer Lunchables, 4.15-4.5 oz  $1.00

Starkist Chunk Light Tuna Pouch  $1.09
Use $0.50/1 Starkist Tuna Pouch Product from RP 1/1 (exp 2/12/12)
Final Price: $0.59
Softsoap Liquid Hand Soap, 5.5-7.5 oz  $1.00

Target Digital in-store prints, 4×6 inch $0.10
Use $2.00/20 – Digital Prints, 4×6”, Target Coupon – (target.com)
Final Price: FREE when you buy 20
Walgreens:
Select General Mills Cereal, Fiber One Bars, or Nature Valley Granola Bars $2.50
Buy 4, Receive $3.00 Register Reward
Use 2 $1.00/2 – General Mills Cereal – (coupons.com)
Or $1.00/2 – General Mills Cereal – (smartsource.com)
Or $1.10/3 – General Mills Cereal – (pillsbury.com)
Or $1.10/3 – General Mills Cereal – (eatbetteramerica.com)
Or $1.10/3 – General Mills Cereal – (boxtops4education.com)
Or $1.00/3 – General Mills Cereal – (couponnetwork.com)
Or $1.00/3 – General Mills Cereal, Manufacturer Coupon – (target.com)
Or $1.00/2 – General Mills Cereal, Boo Berry, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Cookie Crisp, Count Chocula, Dora the Explorer, Franken Berry,  Golden Grahams, Kix, Lucky Charms, Reese’s Puffs or Trix-b(bricks.coupons.com)
Pay $8.00, Receive $3.00 Register Reward
Final Price:  $1.25 each when you buy 4
Progresso Soup $1.25
When you buy 4 with in ad coupon, limit 4
Use $1.00/4 – Progresso Soups – (progressosoups.com)
Or $1.00/4 Progresso Soups any flavor from GM 11/13 (exp 1/7/12)
Or $1.00/4 Progresso Soups, any flavor cans from SS 12/11
Final Price:  $1.00 each when you buy 4

V8 Vegetable, 64 oz., V-Fusion, 46 oz., Mott’s Juice, 64 oz., or Juicy Juice, 8 pack $2.50
When you buy 2, limit 4
Or $0.55/1 – Juicy Juice 100% Juice, 8pk – (facebook.com)
Or $1.00/3 – Juicy Juice Products – (juicyjuice.com)
Or $1.00/3 – Juicy Juice Products – (juicyjuice.com)
Use 2 $1.50/1 – Mott’s Applesauce or Juice – (facebook.com)
Or $1.00/2 – V8 100% Vegetable Juice, 46oz or Larger – (campbellskitchen.com)
Or $1.00/2 – V8 100% Vegetable Juice, 46oz or Larger – (v8juice.com)
Or $1.00/2 – V8 V-Fusion Juice, 8oz 6pks or 46oz Bottle – (v8juice.comFinal Price:  $1.00 each when you buy 2

DiGiorno Pizza, 12 inch $5.50
When you buy 2, limit 4
Use $2.00/2 – Digiorno Pizza, 12.6-36.8oz – (bricks.coupons.com)
Final Price:  $4.50 each when you buy 2

Geisha Mushrooms or Madam Mandarin Orange $0.59
With in ad coupon, limit 4

All Detergent or Snuggle Fabric Softener $3.99
Or $0.50/1 – All Laundry Detergent, 28 Loads or Larger – (redplum.com)
Or $0.75/1 All laundry detergent, 28 load or larger from RP 12/4 (exp 1/15/12)
Or $0.50/1 Snuggle fabric softener liquid or dryer sheets from RP 12/4 (exp 1/1/12)
Use $1.00/1 All Laundry Detergent, any 28 load or larger from RP 1/1
Or $0.50/1 Snuggle Fabric Softener Liquid or Dryer Sheets, any from RP 1/1
Final Price:  $2.99

Mead Five Star Portfolios, Binders, or Notebooks
Buy 1 Get 1 Free
Pilot Pens
Buy 1 Get 1 Free
Lysol No-Touch Hand Soap System $8.00

Triaminic Thin Strips, Liquid, or Fever Reducer $5.00
Buy 2, Receive $5.00 Register Reward
Or $1.00/1 – Triaminic Fever Reducer pain Reliever Product – (coupons.com)
Use $3.00/2 – Triaminic Products – (coupons.com)
Pay $7.00, Receive $5.00 Register Reward
Final Price:  $1.00 each when you buy 2
Tylenol, 24 count, or Liquid, or Children’s Sudafed PE $5.00
Buy 2, Receive $5.00 Register Reward
Or $1.00/1 – Tylenol Product, Any – (tylenol.com)
Use 2 $2.00/1 – Sudafed Product,  Excludes Trial Size – (sudafed.com)
Pay $6.00, Receive $5.00 Register Reward
Final Price:  $0.50 each when you buy 2

Buy 2 Enfagrow, 24 oz. $17.00
Pay $34.00 , Receive $6.00 Register Reward
Final Price: $14.00 each when you buy 2

Via TheKrazyCouponLady.com.

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Sunday Papers...

This week is the first time that I've bought two Sunday papers for the coupons. We've finally gotten to the point that we aren't just shopping and using coupons for what we need, but what we will need and are starting to stockpile. (Must be because it's winter--I'm used to doing that!)

It's the same price to buy papers from the store as it is to have them delivered out here. So, I've just been saving either RR's or ECB's to get them free Sunday mornings when we go out shopping for the week. That also gives us all the ads to figure out what we need to get "right this minute" as well as the ability to price match at Walmart so we don't have to drive 40 miles to the closest big city with lots more shopping options.

How many papers or inserts do you get each week?

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Infant Advil Drops .5 Oz Deal at Walgreens: $0.78 for 2!

If you have the $1.10 manufacturer's coupon, Walgreens has a coupon in their ad this week for $2 off. They are normally $4.99, but that makes them $1.89 a piece!

Major bonus: If you buy two--at least at our store--you'll get $3 RR's back. So that's like paying $0.78 for two if you stack the coupons with both of them! What a steal!

Remember: Most Walmart's will accept RR's as a coupon, because it is a manufacturer's coupon, and you can use it on anything and even get cash back! So you don't just have to spend it at Walgreens!

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Shopping Today

Got $3 EBC's at CVS twice today. Buy 7 oz. Combos for $4 for 2 and get $2 EBC back. Buy 2 64 oz. Ocean Spray juices for $5 and get $1 EBC back. Used my card and my husbands.

Walgreens was a mess. Their computers weren't ringing up the store coupons for the ad automatically (they haven't been for two weeks now) and some of the prices on stuff on the shelf was wrong. Did manage to get Infants Advil .5 oz. drops for $1.89 after a $2 off store coupon and a $1.10 manufacturers coupon. Their sale on Axe body spray is pretty good too, with the $1 RR. Used the $5 Jingle Cash from yesterday (because it started today) and got another $5 JC we get to use next weekend.

Since Walgreens had already had their Maalox gone for the BOGO sale that started today, headed over to Walmart to pick those up. Did a price match and used two manufacturers coupons of $1.50 to make them only $?1.79 for 2!

Only problem being that the woman on the register was rather rude to my husband (who had all three kids and was doing this while I was getting other stuff) because she wasn't used to doing price matches. Once she called her manager and had them explain it to her, she refused to add the coupons because "I already did this [the price match]." My husband told her if she didn't want to do it, he'd just go to another lane. Hehe. She gave up arguing after that. Thankfully, there are very few people at our Walmart that don't enjoy people that coupon. (Same thing at Walgreens! The managers are so nice even though we've had a ton of trouble at the registers lately!)

Bad thing though: The car died at Walmart. Hopefully it's just the battery and nothing major. (We need a new transmission and can't possibly afford it!) It didn't want to start later this evening either, but started up just fine a couple of minutes later. If it will only last until Friday, we'll have enough money to get a new battery!

Shouldn't have to go shopping again until this weekend, unless we happen to be out because we missed something--like potatoes, I know we need potatoes--but I am thinking about getting a phone this weekend for pretty cheap, at least compared to what my husband paid for his on sale a few months ago!

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Great Dollar General & Walmart Deal on Glad Trash Bags!

I did not see this before:

The Dollar General Ad this week has Glad Force Flex Tall Kitchen Trash Bags for $5. It has a picture of the 65 ct. on the ad, and it excludes Family & Mega Sizes. This is a super deal that takes more than 50% off at Walmart!

Thanks to Deal Seeking Mom!

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