Sunday's Coupon Preview 07-03-2011

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7-3 P&G coupon insert (should be in my local paper)
Sunday coupon preview
Regional coupon inserts & value differences are to be expected!

(x) before coupon = multiple of same coupon
ETS = excludes trial sizes

P&G Insert Coupons(All Coupons Expire 7/31)
Always $.50/1 Pads, Clean or Feminie Cleansing Cloths
Always $.50/1 Pantiliner 30ct+
Always $1/1 Infinity 14ct+
Bounce $.50/1 dryer bar
Bounce/Downy $.35/1 sheets
Bounty $.25/1 napkins
Bounty $.25/1 towels or napkins
Cascade $1/1
Cascade $1/1 rinse aid
Charmin $.25/1
Clairol $1/1 hair color
Clairol $3/1 Nice ‘n Easy color blend foam or Perfect 10 hair color
Covergirl $1/1
Covergirl $2.50/2
Crest $.75/1 4oz+ toothpaste
Crest $.75/1 rinse 440mL+
Crest $5/1 3D White Advanced Vivid, Stain Shield, or Gentle Routine Whitestrips
Crest $7/1 3D White Professional Effects or 2 Hour Express Whitestrips
Downy $1/1 liquid fabric softener
Duracell $.50/1 Coppertop, Ultra Advanced, Ultra Photo Lithium or specialty batteries
Duracell $1.50/1 rechargeable batteries or charger or 6-pack+ hearing aid batteries
Febreze $.50/1 air effects
Febreze $.50/1 Set & Refresh
Febreze Buy one fabric refresher, get one air effects free up to $3.29
Febreze Buy one NOTICEables refill, get one NOTICEables warmer free up to $3.29
Gillette $1/1 body wash
Gillette $2/1 deodoratn ets
Gillette $2/1 Mach3 disposable 3ct, Sensor3 4ct or Custom Plus3 4ct
Gillette $2/1 manual or power Fusion ProGlide razor
Gillette $3/1 Mach3 cartridge
Gillette $3/1 Mach3 disposable 6ct, Sensor3 8ct or Custom Plus3 8ct
Gillette $4/1 Fusion cartridge including ProGlide 4ct+
Head & Shoulders B1G1 free shampoo or conditioner up to $12.99 ets
Herbal Essences/Aussie $3 off styler when you purchase any product ets
Ivory $.50/1 bar or bodywash or Safeguard bar or liquid handsoap
Metamucil $1/1
Olay $1/2 bars, body washes, in-shower body lotions or hand & body lotions ets
Olay $3/1 Pro-X, Regenerist or Total Effects facial moisturizer or facial cleanser ETS
Old Spice $1/2
Old Spice Buy one Fresh Collection or Red Zone product, get one body spray free up to $5.39
Oral-B $.75/1 floss or floss picks 30ct+
Oral-B $2/1 Pulsar, CrossAction, Advantage, or 2 Indicator or Cavity Defense manual toothbrushes
Pampers $1.50/1 limited edition prints diapers or splashers swim pants
Pampers $1.50/2 bags or 1 box of diapers or pants
Pantene $1/2 ets
Pepto $.50/1
Secret $1/2 ets
Tampax $.50/1 18ct+
Tampax $1/1 Pearl or Compak Pearl 18ct+
Tide $.35/1 Tide To Go
Tide $.50/1 detergent
Tide $.50/1 washing machine cleaner
Tide $1.50/1 Stain Release 26-50oz powder, 15-34ct duo pac or 36-68oz liquid
Tide $.50/1 stain release
Venus $2/1 razor or disposables razor
Venus $2/1 refill

"How do they get so many?"

So I have had a lot of people ask me how people get so many coupons. Well there are many ways. Other than buying newspapers you can print them out (limit is usually 2 per computer via www.coupons.com), ask friends and family to save the coupon inserts for you, you can even dive in those paper recycling dumpsters to get them. But what some people don’t know is that you can buy them..Yeah I know what you’re thinking, “Why would I buy them?” I think the same way right now.  There are numerous clipping services (i.e www.thecouponclippers.com) that will actually clip coupons and sell them for minimal handling fee depending on the value of the coupon.  There are also companies out there that sell the whole insert such as www.wholecouponinserts.com . This is actually a good idea as coupons are regional. There may be some coupons that you want but they are only coming out in the northern parts of the US and this is a way to get coupons that you can def use.  

Almost had a hemmorage!

Ok so i was at CVS getting the deal that i previously posted about. I just picked up the last few things that i needed and i was going thru my list to make sure that i wouldn't have to use my check card and as i was doing this i saw that my total was a little more that the cash that i had on me. I was like crap! So i dug in my purse to get my wallet ready and my heart sank! My wallet was NOT in my purse. I started to has a freak out session in the middle of the CVS isle. Then it dawned on my that i had my ECB's from last week. So that was a  little sigh of relief but i wasn't out of the woods just yet. I had only $21.00 in cash on me and an emergency $1 in the car. So i am walking to the counter, heart pumping thru my chest. No one was in line so i was like "YES" this should go thru just fine. So i get to the counter i show the lady my employee discount extra care card and start loading up the counter. As she is ringing up my items i see the total rising. $20...$30...$40..so on and so forth. So it reaches somewhere in the 50's and by this time i am going cross-eyed. I hand over my coupons and the total starts dropping. Little by little i start to breath a little easier and by this time there are two people waiting behind me and one of them start that deep sigh. You know, the one where the person is probably thinking to themselves," damn i wish this chick would hurry the hell up". So i thought to myself, " sorry, not my fault that this associate is the only one at the register since the store JUST opened". So she finishes scanning my coupons and i am now at like $34 something. I then hand her my ECB's, all $11.99 of them, praying that the total comes under $21. By this time i swear that i am sweating bullets because i do not want to have the lady void my order so i run home to get my wallet just to come back and do it all over again. As i watch the price drop slowly my heart starts beating 100mph. FINALLY she is done and my total is under $20.00..Whoooo... I was going crazy but all in all it was a good trip.

Moral: Don't leave wallet at home

CVS Coupon Haul 06-26-2011

This was my morning trip to CVS - Items purchased: 

2 Wisk laundry detergents
2Palmolive dish liquid
40ct Band-aid's
Schik Intuition refills 3ct
3 Tortilla Stuffers quick meals
2 more Pantene shampoo & conditioners
Speed Stick deodorant
2 grab& go Pringles
5 more bottles of Powerade.

Total retail price w/tax -$72.91 Final Price after sale promotions, coupons and $11.99 in ECB - i paid $19.79 and rec $9.00 in ecb's back.. for a savings of $53.12

Trip 06-21-2011

Walgreen's Trip - 2 boxes of Kleenex - Buy 1 Get 1 Free....2 Hormel Compleats micro meals. - Total Retail cost was $10.68. After coupons & register rewards, i paid $3.87------

CVS Trip - 5 bottles of Powerade and Pantene Shampoo & Conditioner - Total Retail cost was $18.65. After coupons and a $6.00 ECB i paid, $2.14 plus i got back $4.00 in ECB. 

So for both trips the Total retail cost was $29.33 and after coupons, rr & ecb's i only paid out of pocket $6.01 but with the $4.00 in ecb's i got back i only paid out of pocket $2.01 For all the items above.

Trip #2 06-15-2011

OK..soooo here is the break down -
Trip #1 to CVS- Schik Hydro 3 Kit & Refills - Before sales price : $17.98. After sales price,coupons & extracare bucks from prev visit to CVS - I paid $0.00 = FREE and walked out with 8$ in ECB.

Trip #2 to CVS (different store) - Schik Hydro 3 Kit & Refills, 2 Motrin PM 20ct, Dial NutriSkin body wash & lotion - Before sales price: $43.04. After sale price, coupons and the 8$ in ECB from trip#1 - I paid $7.00 and walked out with $6.00 in new ECB's. 

Walgreen's - Bayer Advanced Aspirin 24ct - Before sales price - $4.49. After sales price & coupon - i paid $1.00 plus walked out with $1.00 in register rewards. 

Total before cost of all items : $65.51 
I paid $8.00
Total Savings of $57.51 

If you take in to count the $6.00in ECB and the $1.00 register rewards from Walgreen's that i can use on my next shopping trip i only spent $1.00 for all the items you see above

First try @ couponing,

I got this deal for a really good price. Walgreen's was running a special - buy 1 get 1 free. Got these for .99 cents a peice.

The age of the New Couponer!

So the new craze is Extreme Couponing that has been popularized by the TLC show that shows women and men going to the “extreme” when it comes to coupons. Some will buy like 20 news papers just for the coupon inserts. Some will also go to recycle centers and rummage thru the dumpsters, have friends and family save their coupon inserts or order that much needed coupon online in order to score 100 (insert product name here) all for free.

Now don’t get me wrong, if I had the space, time, patience I probably would go just as extreme. I guess I would call myself a normal couponer. In the past when my husband was in the military I used coupons, but i didn’t know the true art of couponing as I do now and I wish I had.  I thank the universe everyday that I stumbled upon that show and an online website www.coupondivas.com  that have taught me how to effectively use coupons to maximize my savings now since my husband is out of work and we are only on my income..So I figured I would start a blog and talk about my weekly deals that I have been able to get and the savings I accumulate and anything else that I feel like talking about. I am 2 weeks into my “effective couponing” so I will post next my 2 different trips I have done with a breakdown of each trip total cost.