Coupon Inserts 5/1

This week is a great one to get out and grab some extra copies of the Chicago Tribune.  There's loads of great coupons in the inserts this week, and lots of inserts!  There's two that I wanted to point out so that you don't over look them.  Make sure you don't toss these in the recycle bin thinking they are just ads. 

There was an extra insert called "Moments to Save" with manufacturer coupon in it, and here's a pic of it:

Then, to my surprise I received ONE of these Target store coupon inserts in the 5 papers that I got inserts from this weekend:

All of these are store coupons, great for stacking, which it advertises right on the front of the insert.  I am just really perplexed that I only got one of these, with 5 papers.  Anyone else get these? 

Walgreens 4/17 thru 4/23

There's not a whole lot of fantastic deals at Wags this week.  Here's what I shopped for:

Goody hair accessories are priced at $3.00 each with a $3 RR in return.  These make a great "filler" item because there are no current manufacturer coupons available right now.  You get the free item, and you can roll a RR from a previous deal.  I found packages of barrettes with 5 bonus hair ties included. 

Scotch Magic Tape is on sale for $1.99 each, B1G2F!  There's an in ad coupon that you have to use to get the 2 FREE.  Use this .pdf coupon (save it to your computer for future use too!) to get these dirt cheap.  If your store allows overage you will get these FREE, but if your store, like most Wags, doesn't allow overage, you will pay about .33 each for these.  Remember back to school is just a few months away and the kids ALWAYS need/use lots of tape!

Softsoap is on sale for .99 each with the in-ad coupon.  If you have the coupon booklet from the boxes of Huggies diapers there's a $1 off TWO manufacturer coupon in there.  That coupon makes these .49 each. 

Dove chocolate candy bars are on sale for .39 each with the in-ad coupon.  If you scored some of these .35 off coupons from a tearpad you can get these for .04 each. 

My store was out of the other items on my list, so if I get out to another Wags this week I will post my other goodies.  (Air Wick, Splenda, NasoGel, Captain Crunch). 

Good News for Local Wags Shoppers & Weekly Deals

I stopped in over at Wags (Belivdere, IL) this morning to grab a few of the weekly deals and had a nice chat with my favorite cashier, Rodie.  She told me that her store's District Manager sent an e-mail to all of his stores embracing the fact that the Extreme Couponing show on TLC would most likely cause an increase in their sales of the weekly specials (RR's, etc.) and that the stores need to boost their stock to have plenty available for shoppers.  That certainly is refreshing, especially for Wags!  Maybe the days of empty shelves in the local Wags stores are coming to an end - we can certainly hope so!

Here's what I was shopping for this week:

Carefree panty liners are .99 each with a $1 RR in return, use the .50 off coupon from the 3/27 RP to turn this into a MM - .51 each to be exact!

Luster White Toothpaste is on sale for $4.99 each with a $4 RR in return, use the $1.50 off coupon from the 4/3 SS to turn this one into a .51 MM also!

Bic disposable razors are on sale B1G1 50% off.  The cheapest ones I found this morning were the sensitive disposables for $3.79 each.  Grab two of these, and use TWO the $2.00 off coupons from the 3/27 SS and pay only $1.68 for 24 disposable razors, or .84 a package of 12.   The Flex 3 are also included in this sale so you could stock up on some more with the $3 off coupon from the 4/10 SS.  The cheapest pack I found was $3.99, so grab 2 and turn this into a .02 MM.

Hefty One Zip bags are on sale for $3.29, B1G1 FREE with the in-ad coupon.  Use the $1.00 off two coupon from the 2/20 RP or 4/10 RP.  That makes these $1.14 a box with the stacked coupons.  A good price for bags, we don't see deals on these too often. 

Lastly, the Snickers Cream Eggs are .29 each.  You can use the $1.00 off two coupons from either the 3/20 RP or 4/10 RP to get these CHEAP.  The coupon will beep if you only grab two.  If you only have one coupon, grab 4 and pay only .16 after coupon.  If you have two coupons, grab 7 and pay .03 after coupon.  If you have three coupons, grab 11 and pay .19 after coupons.  This makes a great filler to roll RR's from last week since you aren't using coupons that attach to all the eggs. 

Lots & Lots of Coupons @ Woodmans!

I went to Woodmans yesterday to pick up some groceries and I couldn't believe how many coupons there were all over the store!  I was in a frenzy collecting them, I just kept shoving stacks of them in the diaper bag and once I got home I realized just how many I had grabbed.  I was collecting for myself and some of my couponing friends too. 

Most of these are manufacturer coupons so they can be used anywhere, but a few are "retailer" coupons with the Woodmans logo on them.  Remember, just because you pick up manufacturer coupons at Woodmans doesn't mean you have to redeem them there, the idea is to hold onto them to match with a sale to get the maximum benefit from them. 

If you are heading to Woodmans anytime soon you are going to want to watch for this new Woodmans coupon booklet:

There's "retailer" and manufacturer coupons in there as well.  I also found this GM coupon booklet and grabbed some of these as well. 

Now, if you are going to Woodmans to look for wine tags, that's another story.  My store has completely remodeled and changed around the liquor department so there's no wine tags on anything, with the exception of a few MIR's.  :(  Woodmans is usually my source for WT's so I hope those liquor reps get over there quick and load up all those bottles! 

Dollar General 50% off Coupon Update

I had a rough day on Thursday and needed some retail therapy on Friday to set my mood straight again.  I don't normally shop at Dollar General but with the 50% off coupon I mentioned here I figured I had to check it out.    

There are some really awesome deals to be had with this coupon and I wanted to report back on some of the items that I found worked with this coupon.  There's no list of items included so it's all pretty much trial and error.  Here's some things that worked for me:

Hampers
Laundry Baskets
Storage Containers
Hangers
Photo Frames
Cleaning Products (Clorox Toilet Wands and Refill Heads*)
Kitchen Items (colanders, etc)
Towels/Wash Cloths
Buckets/Storage Caddys
Aluminum Disposable Pans
Kids Water Bottles

Here's a list of what I found that was not part of the 50% off coupon:

Garden/Outdoor
Anything you use a Manufacturer Coupon on

You may also want to check out the clothing.  Several items are on clearance and with the Dollar General low prices, clearance items are dirt cheap.  I picked up some sweat pants for my hubby for $4.25 each and long sleeve layering V neck t's for myself for $3 each.  I also spotted some infant/toddler Fisher Price clothing sets (shirts and pants) for $3 a set. 

Remember this coupon expires on the 27th so you need to jump on this one.  You can print the coupon 5 times per computer.

*Look for boxes of Clorox Wands that have a $5 rebate on them.  These are priced at $10, so $5 after the 50% off coupon and then the rebate makes them FREE!

Jewel Freezer Sale 2/27 *UPDATED*

The Jewel freezer sale is scheduled for 2/27.  You will be able to purchase a chest freezer for $159.00 this year, which is a $10 increase from last year.  Included with your purchase is $160.00 in coupons for FREE freezer food items.  If you hold onto these coupons and watch for a B1G1F sale, you can double the value of those coupons.  In the past, many of the items that were part of the freezer sale coupons went on sale B1G1F.   I don't have a list of the coupons included yet, but if I see one soon I will post it.  Jewel has changed the rules a bit for purchasing these freezers. This year you will only be able to purchase one freezer per customer and you will only be able to use one store coupon (example:$5 off $50 purchase) and one Catalina coupon (example: $XX OYNO) when paying for your freezer.  The quantities are limited so if you intend on getting one of these, make sure you are at the store early on the 27th!

Here's the current list of coupons available: (courtesy of CW)

FREE up to $7.99 on any President Specialty Cheese
Save $5 off any Artic Shores Shrimp 2-lb bag
FREE up to $5 on any 1 pk of Energizer Max brand batteries (sizes AA/AAA-4, C/D-2, 9v-1)
FREE up to $5.99 Kitchenmate Ice Cream Scoop 1 count
FREE up to $10.49 Sylvania 13 watt CFL 3 pack
FREE up to $4.69 Betty Crocker Parlor Perfect topping 9 oz.
FREE up to $6.99 any one 1.75 quart Blue Bunny premium ice cream
FREE up to $9.99 one Hormel Snack Tray
FREE up to $3.99 McCain Purely Potatoes, good on any one McCain Purely Potatoes
FREE up to $4.99 Culinary Circle cake: Chocolate Molten; Caramel Blossom; Pineapple Upside Down
FREE up to $6.99 any one Galbani fresh mozzarella product
FREE up to $5.49 one Fisherboy item 9 oz or larger
FREE up to $1.50 Jose Ole Burrito or Chimmichanga 5 oz
FREE up to $3.49 one package of Kelloggs Eggos Waffles any flavor 5.3 oz or larger
FREE up to $2.29 any one variety of Old Orchard 12 oz frozen juice concentrate
FREE up to $3.29 any Rhodes warm and serve rolls
FREE up to 2.39 any one package of Pict Sweet deluxe steamables
FREE up to $4.79 Gino’s East single serve flatbread pizza 7.1 oz to 7.25 oz.
FREE up to $2.99 Reames flat egg noodles 12 oz package
FREE up to $9.99 Uno deep dish or flatbread pizza
FREE up to $2.99 Floresta frozen pasta 11-13 oz
FREE up to $6.99 1.5 quart of Dean’s churn ice cream
FREE up to $3.99 One On-Cor Entree 28-32 oz
FREE up to $2.69 Hot, Lean, Croissant or Side Pocket 2-4 ct, 6.5 to 11 oz
FREE up to $3.99 WW Smart Ones Breakfast Item
FREE up to $4.49 Ore-Ida Sweet Potato Fries Product 19 oz
FREE up to $3.99 Lean Cuisine Casual Cuisine Spring Rolls 8 oz
FREE up to $8.49 Palermo’s pizza hand-tossed style or naturally rising
FREE up to $3.99 Orv’s Tasty Topping Pizza 15.8-17.1 oz
FREE up to $2.29 any flavor Totinos pizza rolls 15 ct
FREE up to $3.49 DiGiorno small pizza or flatbread melt 5.9 to 10 oz
FREE up to $6.99 Home Run Inn 12″ ultra thin or 10″ classic pizza 16.5 to 20 oz
FREE up to $6.99 Breyer’s Ice Cream 48 oz
FREE up to $2.79 Kid Cuisine Entree

All coupons show an expiration date of 5/31/11

Dollar General Printable Coupons

My frugal friend Dawn found a great deal at Dollar General that she shared with me today.  Right here are some printable coupons for Dollar General store. There's one coupon for 50% off Decor, Housewares and Domestics.  This coupon is only good from 2/1/11 thru 2/27/11 and appears to be an unlimited print coupon - I printed it three times.  This coupon is good for 50% off your ENTIRE purchase of all Home Decor, Housewares, Kitchen, Bed Pillows, Sheets & Rugs. 

Dawn mentioned that she was able to use this coupon for 50% off all storage bins/containers.  She scored some for as low as $1.25 each!  If one of your New Year's resolutions was to be more organized, this just may be the best deal to get you on your way.  She also mentioned that there were file bins/totes and those would be great for storing all those dated coupon inserts.  If you take advantage of this coupon, come back and let us know what you found!  I plan on stopping there tomorrow.

Thanks, Dawn!

Walgreens 2/13 thru 2/19

Walgreens is really quite blah this week.  Since there's not much in the way of Register Reward promos, I headed over to Jewel to spend my time and RR's on the ConAgra Catalina promo running thru Wednesday.  The only spectacular deal I spotted at Wags was for diapers, which we now are constantly in need of since our new daughter's nick-name is "Princess Poops-A-Lot"!  :-)

Walgreens brand premium diapers are on sale this week for $8.99 a pack, B1G1F.  The B1G1 sale brings the price down to $4.49 a pack, which I have learned is a pretty decent price for a package of diapers.  You can turn this into a great price by using the $2 off coupon in the new Walgreens Infant Care coupon booklet.  If your store does not have this coupon booklet out yet, most cashiers will let you give them the code of the coupon to use, and this code is 2844.  At my store, the Wags store coupon took off $2 for each pack, even the FREE one.  I have read that some registers are not taking off the $2 on the FREE package so you will want to watch for this.  Anyway, with the store coupon your price per package is reduced to $2.49 a pack.  Now that's a diaper deal and surely a stock-up price! 

I had never used Walgreens diapers before so when I got home with my first couple packs I gave them a try right away.  They are similar to any other store brand diapers.  I wouldn't say that they compare to the brand names, but they are worth it to use during the day when you are just staying home and not out and about.  I wouldn't trust them overnight or if we would be out for any length of time when I had to rely on a good diaper to hold up.  I will be going back for more and will stock up on several sizes at this price.  My only recommendation on this one if you are going to take advantage of this deal, don't stock up too much on these because the $2 Wags coupon does not expire until 12/31/11. With an expiry date like that, we are sure to see another deal on these before it expires, and who knows, it may be a BETTER deal! I have read that in the past, these diapers have been FREE - FREE is good!

I have read that some of the Wags wipes (which are also part of the B1G1 sale) tubs have peelie coupons on them for $2 off Wags diapers.  I did not look for these when I made my purchase, but I will check for these when I head back today to grab some more diapers.  I will report back what I find out!

Walgreens 1/30 thru 2/5

With this blizzard on it's way, I decided to do ALL my weekly shopping yesterday.  I was tired by the end of the day!  I made it to two Wags stores, Hilander/Kroger, Sam's Club and Wal-mart - and I helped for an hour in my son's Kindergarten class.  WHEW - talk about exhausted! 

There's lots of good MM's and deals at Wags this week so lets get started:

With Valentine's Day just around the corner I have some "sweet" deals to report! Bags of Hershey's Mini's or Drops are on sale 2/$6.  In the 1/30 SS insert there's a manufacturer coupon for $2 off TWO bags.  There's also a Walgreens store coupon for $2.00 off TWO bags in the February monthly coupon booklet.  Stack those and that brings the price of these down to $1.00 a bag, and that's a great deal!  If the shelf is empty, look around the store.  I found some on hang pegs up by the registers too. 

My frugal pal Renea reported that she tried this Russell Stover Private Reserve candy deal and it worked out perfectly.  She used the $1 coupon from 12/12 S and got these candies for $1.24.  The boxes are actually ringing up $2.24 (regular $9.99) so with the coupon this is a STEAL!  If you are concerned that it won't ring up $2.24, just have a cashier price check before you buy. 

Next, here you can print a $1.00 off TWO Butterfinger Snackerz coupon.  These will ring up 2/$1.59.  Use the $1.00 off manufacturer coupon and stack that with the in-ad Butterfinger store coupon to turn this into a small MM.  Hand over the manufacturer coupon first which brings your cost down to .59 for TWO.  Then hand over the store coupon which will take off .82 for each TWO on your receipt.  Turns this into a .23 MM for each TWO that you purchase. 

If you were lucky enough to print the $2.00 off Cottonelle printables that were available at Common Sense With Money earlier in the week (no longer available) you have a really great deal on TP.  The Cottonelle 12 BIG roll packs are on sale for $5 this week.  Use that $2.00 off coupon stacked with the $1.00 off coupon from the new monthly coupon booklet and get 12 rolls for $2.00.  That comes out to .17 each double roll, well below my target price of .25 a roll.  Even though Cottonelle is my least favorite TP, for that price I will use it. 

There's an under-advertised MM this week that I want to share with you.  If you have the right coupons you can turn this product into a $5.01 MM for yourself.  The Neuragen is on sale right now for $14.99 each, with a $10 RR in return.  If you have the current Diabetes and You Wags Magazine there's a $10.00 off coupon in there for this product...you see where I am going with this!  If you don't have the magazine, there's still hope.  Read on....if you participated in the previous Neuragen MM that was with a MIR here back in November, you should have already received your rebate check and with that rebate check was a coupon for this product, you guessed it - $10.00 off!  See how your original MM deal can turn this into another great opportunity?  Neuragen, the manufacturer that keeps on giving!! :)

There's a few various other MM this week:

Arnicare Gel, $5.99 with a $6 RR in return.  Use this $2 printable which turns this into a MM.  This is a .pdf that doesn't expire until 2012 so save this one for future use!  (this coupon beeps, but the cashier should push it through)

Blink Tears, $7.99 with a $8 RR in return.  Use the $1 coupon from the 1/2 SS for another MM. 

Natrol Melatonin is again on sale for $3 with a $3 RR making them FREE.  Use the $2 coupon from the 10/10 RP to make $2 on this one.  There were also some coupons that were in previous boxes purchased, so check your other packages if you got in on this one before...another product that keeps on giving!

Icy Hot No-Mess Gels are on sale for $3.99 with a $3 RR in return.  Use the $1 coupon in the 1/30 SS to get these for FREE.  Note that the kids version is also part of this promo and these were located in the same area as the cold and cough medicines. 

There was a new $1.00 off ANY Vicks product coupon in the 1/30 PG insert to get you some more free Vicks drops.  These are usually up by the front registers. 

I needed a few fillers to roll some RR's this week so here's what I added into my transactions: 

* Green Giant canned veggies are .79 each with in-ad coupon, not the super best price, but when I use fillers I like them to be something that we will actually use.

* Van Camps Pork and Beans are 2/$1 with in-ad coupon.  Not the best beans but if you "doctor" them up with brown sugar, mustard, ketchup and garlic or onion powder they are pretty good!

* .99 Hallmark card (needed it)

* A-Jax powder cleaner is .33 each with in-ad coupon.

Woodman's Store Coupons 1/23/11

It's a pretty rare occasion that we get a Woodman's store flyer in the newspaper so I wanted to be sure you don't overlook it!  In today's paper there is a Woodman's flyer with store coupons!  YAY!  Here's what you will find:

$1.00 off Dairy Products (with $4 purchase of dairy products)
$1.00 off Produce (with $4 purchase of produce products)
$1.00 off Meat Product (with $4 purchase of meat products)
$1.00 off Frozen Pizzas (with purchase of 4 frozen pizzas, 12 inch or larger)
$1.00 off Paper Products (with $4 purchase of paper products)

These all expire 2/5/2011 - be creative with what you use these on!  Since these are pretty vague, I am sure you can get some great freebies or really cheap products.  Think outside the box!! :)

**NOTE**:  This flyer appears to be regional so you may not have received it in your paper.  If you didn't get it, keep your eyes open at Woodman's for the flyers out in the store.

Walgreens 1/16 thru 1/22

Sorry I am so slow with sharing my Wags run with you this week - I feel like I am going in ten different directions at the moment! 

Here's what I got this week:

ThermaCare Heat Wraps(neck, wrist, shoulder) are on sale for $2.50 each with a $2.50 RR in return.  Turn this into a MM by using the $1.00 off coupon here.  This coupon is an unlimited print so go to town with this one!  The stores that I have been to are well stocked with this product. 

Gillette Fusion razors are on sale for $9.99 with a $5 RR in return.  Use the $4.00 off coupon from the 12/26 PG insert to get these "expensive" razors for .99 each after RR and coupons. 

Oreos are on sale 2/$5 this week.  If you are having an Oreo crisis, as we were in our house, this is a pretty good sale. :) There's no manufacturer coupons to match up, but normally these packages run just around $3 each.  These would be good items to add in if you like them and you want to roll some RR's. 

Lindsay Olives are .99 a can after in-ad coupon.  We were starting to get low so I grabbed a couple cans.  This is the large can and it's a good price if you need them.  No manufacturer coupons available right now for these either. 

Planter's Flavor Grove skinless almonds are on sale this week 2/$5.  If you have any of the $1.00 off tearpad coupons that have been out at some stores, you can combine two of them with the $1.00 off TWO packages in the Wags monthly coupon booklet to get these for $1.00 each.  We love nuts so I always try to grab some when I see them this cheap.  I was curious about these flavored nuts, but they are pretty good! 

If you are signed up at the Just For Men website, you may have received a mailer coupon for a FREE Just For Men product.  Check your binder, and if you have it now is the time to use it!  These are on sale for $5.99 each at Wags this week with the in-ad coupon.  They will ring up as $7.99 each.  Use the "FREE" coupon first, and then scan the in-ad coupon to gain $2.00 in overage.  This would pay for your almonds above if you were getting those - just make sure you have something in your cart to cover the overage.  Next, you will want to submit for this rebate to get your $7.99 back in the form of a rebate check.  That turns this into a grand total $9.99 MM deal!

Lastly, the Kraft Home-Style Mac n Cheese is on sale 3/$5 this week.  This doesn't happen that often at Wags, but these are actually ringing up $1.67/$1.66 each.  Normally the register won't take off the discount until the third item is scanned.  There's a $1.00 off coupon in the 1/16 SS, and if you only got two of these (like me) you can still take advantage of this deal.  Pick up TWO, use TWO $1.00 off coupons and then scan the $1.00 off TWO coupon from the monthly coupon booklet.  Makes these only .33 for TWO or about .17 each.  If you still have those FREE coupons that were mailed out by Kraft you could use that here to make this even better!

I had also planned to grab some of the Carefree panty-liners that are .99 each after the in-ad coupon.  I was going to combine that with the .50 off coupon from the 1/9 SS to make these only .49 a package, but my store was out of these.  There was a spot on the shelf but it had a clearance label there so I am wondering if this is a discontinued item...if I can get to another Wags before the sale is over I will grab them, otherwise these are .99 quite often at Wags and I should be able to get them later on because the Q doesn't expire until 3/31.

Walgreens 1/9 thru 1/15 - Advice on using the B1G1F Special K Coupon - Please Read! **Comments Updated!**

I have to admit that I have been a bit off my couponing game the past couple weeks.  Too much to do and not enough time in the day to get it all done.  At least there has been a lag in deals and I haven't really been missing out on too much.  Wags is a bit slow this week with only a couple things that drew me into the store. 

First, Nature Valley Granola Bars are on sale 2/$4.  There's a couple .50 off coupons here and here and a $1.00 of TWO here.  You  will need a minimum of coupons for 5 boxes to work this deal to your best advantage, so be sure to print two from each link.  There's a RR promo running right now on these bars that gives you back $1.50 wyb 3 boxes, $2.50 wyb 4 boxes or $3.50 wyb 5 or more. 

Then there's the Special K cereal.  In my rush to put together my deals and list for the week I realized after I shopped yesterday that I had used an incorrect coupon on one of the blogged about deals.  Many of the money saving blogs are listing that you can use the B1G1F Special K coupon printed from here to get Special K this week for .25 a box after coupons and RR's.  Well...after reading the fine print on these coupons today, this is not proper coupon usage and I think that we should all refrain from working this deal any further so that we don't abuse the system.  You see, when the coupon prints, it specifically states "Buy any one box of Kelloggs Special K cereal and get one 12 oz. Special K Original or 13.6 oz Multi-grain Oats & Honey cereal FREE.  The problem with this deal that I have is that the only one on sale as part of this RR at Wags is the Special K Red Berries cereal.  You should not be getting a FREE box of Special K Red Berries using this coupon.  Yes, it may work and yes, the cashier might accept it because she/he doesn't read the fine print, but it's still not right.  I made an honest mistake and my cashier did not catch it, but knowingly, I cannot advocate using this coupon again for this deal.  Instead I am going to take the rest of my B1G1F coupons to Hilander and get them for .43 a box, as Tara blogged about here.  I hope that you will refrain from using these coupons as part of this deal also.  **Please see the comments section for more details about using this B1G1F coupon at Wags this week**

I wanted to grab some of the Go! Kids Multi-Vitamin Gummies on RR for FREE this week, but my local stores were out of stock.  Maybe they will have more later in the week.  These are a great way to roll some RR's to extend expiration dates since there's no recent manufacturer coupons for these out. 

Keep your eyes out for clearanced items at Wags stores, there's been loads of things I have seen that are being marked down, from make-up to toothbrushes. 

I also had planned on picking up some FREE toothbrushes with the $2.00 ff 2 Reach coupon listed here, stacked with the $2.00 off in-ad coupon, but I did read that there were lots of beeps when trying this scenario out and since I have enough toothbrushes to last until I am 50 I decided to pass on this one. 

I am planning on heading back to take advantage of a Maalox RR promo running right now.  Buy $30 in participating products, get a $10 RR.  With the recent $5.00 off 1 Maalox coupon we had in the inserts this will make for a great deal.  This is a product that we actually use at our house too!

*UPDATED* Wal-mart policy change?

Could Wal-mart possibly be getting their act together and start to be more coupon friendly?  Did you notice that there was some new wording on this week's Wal-mart ad?  Go grab your ad, I will wait.....OK, take a look in the upper right hand corner.  There's some wording in black that is very interesting.  It's in regard to their price match policy, but they have added something else that's new.  It states "We'll match the price of any local competitor's printed ad or coupon for an identical product."  WOW!!!  I need to start paying more attention to the Target and Walgreen's coupons - this could be good! 

As with any coupon usage at Wal-mart, I remain skeptical about this, so hang onto this ad and bring it with you if you are going to try to use competitor coupons at Wal-mart.  They will most likely give us a hard time about it until the stores realize this has changed.  I also remain skeptical that Wal-mart will let us "stack" a manufacturer coupon with a competitor store coupon.  If you get to try this before I get out to Wal-mart please come back and let us know how it worked out for you.  Good Luck!! :)

UPDATE:  I e-mailed Paul over at Iheartthemart.com to get his opinion on this policy change since he seems to be the expert Wal-mart deal seeker.  He must have had quite a few readers contact him because he's got a post up now about it.  Check out what he has to say about it here.

Walgreens 12/19 thru 12/25

In addition to the Dunkin Donuts coffee that my frugal friend Renea mentioned here, there's only a couple other items this week at Wags that were on my list. 

Colgate Advanced toothpaste is on sale for $2.49 a tube, with a $1.50 Jingle Ca$h RR in return.  Use the $1.00 off Wags store coupon from the Winter Diabetes & You Magazine (usually found back by the pharmacy) to get this FREE and make .01 on this one.  You can also stack the manufacturer coupon for this same toothpaste which is also in the Winter Diabetes & You magazine to turn this into a $1.01 MM after coupons and JC RR. 

Kellogg's Rice Krispies are on sale for $1.99 a box.  Use the $2.00 off TWO manufacturer coupon here and grab two boxes for $1.98 or .99 a box.  This is a little more than what I like to pay for cereal, but there hasn't been many cereal deals in awhile and I wanted to add some variety to our stockpile - I have also been craving Rice Krispie Treats! 

Since I also had two $5 Super Jingle Ca$h store coupons from last week to spend this week I also picked up some Angel Soft toilet paper, 9 double rolls are $4.00 and then I used the .50 off coupon from the 11/14 RP.  I also grabbed some Kellogg's Pop Tarts on sale for $1.99 a box (no current coupons).  Neither were great deals on their own, but the Super Jingle Ca$h store coupons made them worth it, especially since we needed them.

There's a mid-week 4 day sale starting tomorrow and you can see the ad preview here.   There's nothing that is jumping out at me on this ad so I probably won't be heading back to Wags again this week.

Walgreens 12/12 thru 12/18

The Hallmark RR is running this week again, with an in-ad coupon that makes this a $1 MM!  The promo is buy 2 Hallmark cards, get a $2 Jingle Ca$h RR or buy 6 cards get a $5 Jingle Ca$h RR.  The Hallmark Christmas Money Holder cards are included on this promo and there's an in-ad coupon to get 3 for $2 (page 13 of the ad).  So, buy 6 Hallmark Christmas Money Holder (make sure to pick up money holder cards and not gift card holder cards - UPC codes start with 70000) cards and use the in-ad coupon, pay $4 get back $5!  This was a really great one for me this week because I had several $4 P&G RR's that were expiring soon.  I paid with the RR and .27 in change to get back a $5 Jingle Ca$h RR.  It was an easy way for me to extend the expiration date on my RR's.  Note: the in-ad coupon is not scanning properly so the cashier will have to manually adjust the price on these - as long as they put them in as 6 cards you will get the RR, even with cashier intervention.  (As of today this was working, sometimes these MM's get corrected overnight so it may not work later in the week)

Various Goody Hair accessories are $2 with a $2 JC RR in return - FREE!  These are a good "filler" if you are trying to roll RR's since there's no manufacturer coupons out for these. 

Activ-On Joint or Arthritis are $7.99 with a $8 JC RR in return - FREE! and another good filler to roll some RR's. 

Bic Comfort 3 Disposable razors (men's & women's) are $3.99/B1G1F.  Use TWO $2 off coupons from the 12/12 SS to get these FREE with .01 in overage.  Remember with a B1G1F sale, you can use a coupon on each item.  The "free" one is the store sale and the coupon is from the manufacturer. 

Listerine Whitening mouth wash is $3.99 with a $1 JC RR in return.  Use the $2.00 off printable coupon here to get these for .99 after coupon and JC RR. There have also been coupons for $2 off recently from the Catalina machine so check your coupon binder, you may have them.  For each one that I purchased today I received TWO $2 off Listerine Whitening coupons from Catalina!! 

Toblerone candy bars are on sale 2/$3.   There's a $1.00 off TWO coupon in the 11/21 SS and a $1.00 off TWO store coupon in the December monthly coupon booklet.  Stacking these two coupons gets you these fancy candy bars for .50 each. 

M&M's are part of a JC RR running again, buy 4/$10 and get a $5 JC RR in return.  Use 4 of the $1 coupons I mention here to get the pretzel M&M's for .25 a bag after coupons and JC RR.  If you still have it, you could also use the $1 off 2 coupon from the 11/14 RP insert to get these for .75 a bag, still a steal!

Lastly, I want to mention the Super Jingle Ca$h promo running this week again. These cannot be rolled this week, they have to be used next week and you can only redeem one per transaction. You will get bonus Jingle Ca$h, in the form of a store coupon, for spending the following:

Spend $25, earn $5 in Super Jingle Ca$h
Spend $50, earn $10 in Super Jingle Ca$h
Spend $75, earn $15 in Super Jingle Ca$h
Spend $100, earn $20 in Super Jingle Ca$h

These threshold limits are calculated AFTER store coupons, but BEFORE manufacturer coupons.  You could easily combine some the above deals into a transaction to earn some Super Jingle Ca$h for next week!

Walgreens Wrapping & Tissue Paper MM thru 12/11

**UPDATE** - it's being reported that this deal is NO LONGER producing the RR for tissue paper or wrapping paper!!  Walgreens and Catalina corrected this overnight.  I hope you got this while you could - I am glad I got out yesterday!

As it turns out, there is a reason to head into Wags this week!  There's a MM going on right now with Hallmark wrapping paper and tissue paper. 

There's a RR promo going on right now for Hallmark cards.  Buy 2 get a $2 Jingle Ca$h RR, buy 6 get a $5 Jingle Ca$h RR.  These RR's are printing on other Hallmark products as well.  It prints when you purchase 20 ct. Hallmark tissue paper and 50 sq. ft. Hallmark Color Studio wrapping paper. 

The Hallmark tissue paper is .99 each, but there's an in-ad coupon to bring this price down to 3/$1.00.  If you buy 6 tissue paper you pay $2.00 and get back $5 Jingle Ca$h RR!  $3 MM!! 

The Hallmark Color Studio wrapping paper is on sale this week $1.99 each/B1G1F.  The best way to work this one is to buy two of these at $1.99 and get back a $2 Jingle Ca$h RR to make these FREE with .01 overage.  To make this deal even better, use this .50 Walgreens store coupon for the wrapping paper.  :)  This coupon does beep at the register but it is a valid coupon and the cashier will honor it.  The may only take off .50 or take $1.00 for 2 rolls - cashier discretion.

Here's another scenario to try:

Buy 2 wrapping paper = .99 after sale and store coupon (assuming $1 taken off for store coupon)
Buy 4 tissue paper = $1.33 after in-ad coupon
Pay $2.32 plus tax
Get $5 Jingle Ca$h RR

Now, you have until the end of the day on Saturday to take advantage of this deal, but remember sometimes Wags catches these glitches and stops the RR's from printing.  This deal could end at anytime, but they usually correct the problem overnight.  This is confirmed as working today so tomorrow might be a different story.

A big Thanks to my frugal pal, Renea for trying this one out this morning and reporting back.  I am home with a sick child and can't get out until my hubby is home from work - please save me some wrapping and tissue paper! :)

Walgreens 11/28 thru 12/4

There's only a couple goodies at Wags this week worth stopping for. 

First, the M&M deal has returned this week.  Purchase 4 bags priced at 4/$10 and use TWO $1.00 off 2 coupons from the 11/14 RP.  This brings your price down to 4/$8 and then you get back a $5 Jingle Ca$h RR making them $3.00 or .75 for each bag.  All varieties of holiday M & M's are included.  If you were lucky enough to print the $1.00 off 1 pretzel M & M's coupon from Facebook you have yourself a better deal. 

Next, 2 pack trial size Breath Right Advanced are .49 with the in-ad coupon.  There's a $1.50 off Breath Right (12 ct. or smaller) coupon in the 10/17 RP.  Stacking these two coupons will get you FREE Breath Right strips and possibly some overage.  The regular price of these trial size packs are .99 so the coupon beeps at the register.  If you have a cashier that is paying attention they will reduce the coupon to .99.  When you stack the in-ad coupon you should get .50 overage for each one you "buy".  Remember to hand over manny Q's first.  I located these trial sized packs by the front register. 

Salonpas pain relief patches are on sale for $5.99 with a $6 Jingle Ca$h RR in return.  No coupons available, but a good way to roll some RR's so you can extend the expiration date.

Scotch packing tape is on sale 2/$3.  Use two of  the .50 off coupons I mentioned here to lower the price on these to 2/$2.  Not a bad price if you need it right now.

If you are looking for a good "filler" item to roll some Jingle Ca$h from the Black Friday sale, the Butterball Chicken Broth is on sale 2/$1 with the in-ad coupon.  Not a spectacular price but if you need something useful for filler it's a good way to go. 

Remember there's a one day only Friends and Family event on Wednesday and you can get the coupon here.  There's also a 4 day sale starting Wednesday that you can read more about here.

Lastly, I located this WT at my local Wags store on Yellow Tail wine:

You might want to keep your eyes open for this one!

Walgreens Friends and Family Sale

Click here to print your Walgreens coupon for the Friends and Family employee discount event on Wednesday, December 1st.  This coupon will get you 15% off all general merchandise and 20% off all Walgreens W brand merchandise.

$5 off $5 PetSmart Coupon

If you have a PetSmart PetPerks card here's a $5 off any $5.00 purchase printable store coupon.  Another reason to {heart} PetSmart!! :)  There's a $5 minimum purchase required and it expires on 11/28/10 so you will have to hurry with this one.  This coupon is in .pdf format so you might want to save it to your computer in case you need to print more later.  If you can't get it to open, send me a note and I will e-mail it to you.  This link goes right into a download and if your computer doesn't allow it, you may have problems opening the link. 

Sunday 11/14 Coupons

I want to point out a few things about the newspapers today so that you don't miss out on some good coupons. 

First, it was being reported that there was going to be 3 coupon inserts this week, but all my newspapers had 4!  YAY!  It's great when you get more than expected.  There's 2 RP, 1 SS and 1 GM - a good week to grab an extra paper if you can.  Don't accidentally recycle your GM since you weren't expecting it.  There's a lot of Unilever coupons in one of the RP which will pay off big time if Jewel gives us a Unilever Catalina promo sometime soon (we are due for one is what I am trying to say!). 

If your paper has the USA Weekend magazine, on the back cover you will find a manufacturer coupon for 2 FREE 5x7 HP photo greeting cards.  Just in time for the holidays. 

If your paper has the Parade magazine, inside there's coupons there too.  There are two manufacturer coupons for Theraflu products.  These are sometimes a MM at Wags or other stores so clip these and hang onto them - unless you actually NEED Theraflu now (I hope you don't!). 

Lastly, page 9 of the Chicago Tribune has some Jewel store coupons that you are going to want to check out.  Last year, right around this time we saw crazy deals on turkey and ham that are unheard of.  I think I remember picking up a whole turkey and a whole spiral cut ham for about $6 OOP.  YES!  So just clip these out and hang onto them, we may see some similar deals like that come around again.  (I certainly hope we do!)  You might want to consider playing "freezer tetris" to get ready for a nice big turkey or ham just in case. 

I just have one more item to point out in what was included in our Sunday paper today.  It's not a coupon, just an observation with a commentary.  I had a good laugh this morning at the Wal-mart propaganda ad showing a 19% savings over Jewel.  Really Wal-mart?!?!?  If you didn't see it, the ad compares TWO identical grocery carts with a cost of $108.65 @ Jewel and $87.57 @ Wal-mart.  Sorry, Wal-mart, the proof is in the pudding - you can't fool me!!  :)