John Frieda MM @ Wags

There's some good deals at Wags this week, I found one in particular that I wanted to share with you.

John Frieda products (one of my favorites) are on sale B1G150% OFF.  Most of the products I found were priced around $6.49 each, which means the second product would be $3.25 each; or $9.74 for two.  In the 6/5 SS insert there's some good John Frieda coupons.  There's one for $5.00 off any one Full Repair product.  If you have two inserts, pick up two of these products (pictured above) and use two of the coupons for a .26 MM and some nice FREE salon type products.  Even if you only have one insert, using any combination of those John Frieda product coupons would make for an awesome deal.

Clean & Clear Price Match @ Walmart

The new Clean & Clear body wash is on sale for $5.99/BOGO this week at Wags. There's a BOGO coupon in the 3/27 SS insert so if you use it in conjunction with the sale you get TWO free. The problem is, Wags doesn't usually have enough stock, so if you find that your Wags doesn't have any of the Clean & Clear body wash in stock this week you can still get two free bottles before the sale ends on Saturday. Take your sale flyer and coupons to Walmart where they price match competitor's sales. You shouldn't have any problems getting TWO free there, it worked great for me today. YAY! More FREE body wash! ;-D

Since you are heading there for FREE body wash, why not grab some other deals too?

Bring along your $5.00 off any Just My Size coupon from page 14 of the May All You magazine to get some good overage. I found some JMS items on clearance for under $5. I didn't have a lot of time to search the clearance racks because I had two antsy kiddos, but I did find several shirts priced at $3 each. It's being reported on the blogs that $1 items are being found, so if you have some time to really search, there's some good overage to be had!

You will also want to keep your eyes open for WT's while you are there. My Walmart has been restocking good WT's every week. These have been $1 off produce, $1 off deli purchases and $1 off your total grocery purchase. These tags are awesome since produce and deli are things we don't see a lot of coupons for.

I saw lots of hang tags, peelies and tear pads while I was there so if you have time, there's lots of good coupons to be had. When you are collecting them, think of your frugal friend and grab a feW extras! :-)

Walgreens 4/24 thru 4/30

Happy Easter!  It's a rare occasion that I shop on a Sunday, but since I was out and about for church this morning and I had some RR's that were expiring I decided to stop for a couple quick transactions.  It's a slow week again at Wags, not a whole lot to get excited about.  There is one good MM that you will be interested in, especially if you are a Splenda user. 

Splenda is on sale for $2.99 each this week.  My store had the granulated in a box and the boxes of 100 count packets.  These are FREE when you use the $3 off coupon from the 4/17 SS.  FREE is always good, but you can turn this into a MM if you have multiple coupons.  If you purchase 3 Splenda products in one transaction, your Splenda will be FREE and you will get a $4 RR in return.  If you purchase 2 Splenda products in one transaction, out pops a $3 RR.  A good MM either way!  :)

The Luster toothpaste is on sale for $4.99 each with a $4 RR in return.  Use the $1.50 coupon from the 4/3 SS to get this FREE with .51 overage after RR.  Just be careful not to use the $4 RR from the same toothpaste deal two weeks ago (like I did) in your transaction or your RR won't print.  :(

Select Stayfree products are on sale for $2.99 each with a $3 RR in return.  Use the $1 off coupon from the 3/27 RP to turn this into a $1 MM. 

Lastly, Nexcare bandages are on sale for $2.99 each and they all have a peelie rebate on them to "Try Me Free".  These were not on the regular shelf at my store, they were on an overhead shelf above where all the bandages are.  You can max this out at 3 rebates per receipt if you purchase one of each kind they have.  There is waterproof, active and soft 'n flex to choose from.  Use as many .55 off coupons that you have from the 4/3 SS to turn this into a MM also.  Just remember to separate out into different transactions if you are sending in for more than one, and only get one of each kind in your transactions. 

That's all I've got for this week!

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. 

Excedrin MM @ Wags

With all the headaches over at Walmart and their new coupon policy, I NEED this Excedrin deal!  :)

Excedrin is part of a Register Reward right now.  Spend $20 on Excedrin products get a $10 RR back.  Of course, coupons make this deal happen!

At my store I picked up TWO Excedrin PM 20 count for $5.49 each and TWO Excedrin PM 24 count for $4.99 each.  The 24 count are on sale B1G150% off, so the register will take off $2.50 for this one at the end.  Use FOUR of the $2.50 off Excedrin PM (20 count or larger) manufacturer coupons from the 12/5 SS.  You will pay $8.46 after coupons (before tax) and get back a $10 RR, netting you $1.54 profit and FREE Excedrin to help make your shopping at Walmart tolerable.  :)

Walgreens Clearance - Hanes

My Walgreens store has select women's Hanes panties on clearance.  Certain packages are marked $3.19, but the best part is that there are $1.00 off peelie manufacturer coupons right on the packages making them $2.19 each.  For a package of three that comes to .73 each pair.  This is a great price for ladies high quality panties.  If you can't find them on clearance, all the Hanes panties are on sale 2/$10 this week.  Even with two peelies this is a really good price at $1.33 a pair. 

If you don't see them hanging on the pegs by the other undergarments, take a look around.  I found more at my store in a Hanes display box, up on a shelf above the clothing/undergarments.  Some of these in the box were also the clearance panties. 

A few FREEBIES @ Wags

(This is my first attempt blogging from my iPad so bear with me if things aren't quite right!)

If you are heading to Wags for all the craziness of FREE and MM's this week, I have a couple FREEBIES for you to add to your list.

Wags has small 3 count boxes of Cream of Wheat for $1.00 each. Take along your $1.00 off coupon from the 1/9 SS to get some nice hot cereal for FREE, if you need more coupons you can check out this link here for another $1.00 off coupon and here for $1.00 off Cinnabon flavor Cream of Wheat.  These cute little boxes were not by the regular cereals, so check around - look in other aisles too. 

I spotted small tubes of the new Dial NutriSkin lotion for .99 each at my store.  These were in the cosmetics counter in a small fish bowl type display.  Look low on the shelf on the far end of the counter - these were really hidden well!  Use the $2 off coupon from the 2/20 RP insert to get these FREE, with some possible overage. 

I will try to get my Wags shop posted this week, but I am having a hard time keeping up because the deals are so good this week, so I may not be able to in a timely manner.  :)  I will do what I can!

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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.

Walgreens 1/23 thru 1/29

Hello Frugal Friends!  It's another week of savings with some money making opportunities again at Wags.  Here's my list for this week:

Omega Smart Fish Oil is on sale for $10 each, with a $10 MIR making these FREE.  You can turn this one into a MM by printing off the $2 off coupon here.  This coupon is a .pdf so you can print as many as you have addresses to mail in rebates for.  You also may want to save this coupon to your computer, it doesn't expire until 12/31/2012!  We are sure to see another MM or FREEBIE on this product before the coupon expires. 

There's a really great RR promo running right now on "digestive health" products.  Products included are Maalox, Gas-X, Ex-Lax, Benefiber or Prevacid.  Spend $20 on product, get a $5 RR or Spend $30 on product, get a $10 RR.  These products are all on sale this week, all are 25% off with the exception of Prevacid which is on sale for $20.  There's many ways you can work this to get to the $30 threshold, and what you get will greatly depend on how many coupons you have available to use and what your store has in stock.  The regular price of these products vary by store also, so the 25% off will be different at various store locations, as I witnessed first hand this morning.  Here's the two really great coupons that match up to this deal and makes it a MM:  $5 off Maalox from the 1/9 SS and $4 off Gas-X Prevention from the 12/12 SS.  If I were you I would bring along all of your available coupons for these two products so that if your store has low stock of one product you can mix and match.  You must get to the $30 threshold AFTER the sale price in order for the RR to print.  Just about anyway you work this with these high value coupons you have yourself a MM. 

Vicks drops are .99 each or 2/$1.79.  Use the $1.00 off ANY Vicks product coupons from the 1/16 PG to get these FREE.  If you are lucky you will gain a few cents in overage with these - I wasn't so lucky, but FREE is always good too!  These little boxes of Vicks drops are usually up by the main registers. 

My frugal friends with small kids tell me that the deal on diapers this week is a pretty good one if you need them.  Huggies jumbo packs are on sale for $8.99 each with a $2 RR in return.  If you use the $2 off coupon in the 1/23 SS your jumbo packages will be $4.99 each after coupons and RR's.   **See the comments to this post for more info regarding this Huggies promo**

Lastly, if you are looking for a filler item to roll some RR's, might I suggest Kit Kat candy bars?  These are .49 each this week after the in-ad coupon.   Since I have no plans to head to Jewel anytime soon I needed to do some rolling and Kit Kat happen to be my favorite candy bar - how convenient!  :)

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!

Walgreens 1/2 thru 1/8

My Wags receipts are pretty pathetic this week, not much in stock at my local store and I don't have much time to do a "Wags crawl" to find what I was hoping to get.  However, yesterday when I stopped back in I did work in a nice MM scenario that I wanted to share with you.  This deal goes out to my frugal friend Danielle, who turns 25 today!  Happy Birthday, Danielle, I hope this little MM tides you over until the next deal comes along! ;-)

There's a RR promo running on L'Oreal products - Buy $15 or more and receive a $5 RR in return.  My store had many L'Oreal lip sticks on clearance for $2.59 a tube.  You will need to grab 6 of these to get up to $15.54 ($15 for the RR promo).  You will want to bring along the L'Oreal coupons from the 1/2/11 RP.  There's two L'Oreal coupons in this insert, so clip both, and depending on how many inserts you get will determine how to work this deal the best.  If you get three inserts, use three of the $5.00 off 2 coupons.  Using those three coupons on the 6 tubes of lip stick brings your price down from $15.54 to .54 for all 6.  Then you get back a $5 RR.  That's a $4.46 MM!!   If you don't have three of the $5 off coupons, you can use a combination of the $5 off TWO coupons with the $2.00 off ONE coupons to make this deal work out, you will have a smaller MM, but still a good deal - FREE "expensive" lipstick and the store pays you to take it off their hands.  It doesn't get much better than that!  (Just a side note, the $5 off coupon beeps for some reason.  It's a legitimate coupon so the cashier should push it through.)

I also wanted to point out that some stores have John Frieda products on clearance.  If you printed the $2.00 off coupons that were recently available you could score some cheap John Frieda products.  There was only one bottle of conditioner on clearance at my store and it was marked $2.29.  .29 for a bottle of conditioner is a good deal.  Check your coupon binder for this coupon and if you have it, why not stroll by the John Frieda products to see what they have on clearance? 

If you have been couponing for almost year, you will find a $2.00 coupon in the 1/24/2010 RP for any size Oscillococcinum.  The Children's Oscillococcinum is on sale this week for $8.99 with a $9 RR in return.  Using this coupon turns this into a $2 MM.  If you want to take advantage of this but haven't been couponing for long, you can print a $2 off coupon here.  This is a .pdf so you might want to save it to your computer for future use, it doesn't expire until 12/2012. 

There's also a MM on Finish dish washing detergent, if you can find it!  I wasn't able to locate any at my Wags store, but found a good deal on it at Jewel stores where it's priced at $2.99 using the $2.25 off coupon from the 1/2 SS.  If you do get lucky and find it at Wags you turn it into a MM with the RR promo running this week.

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.

Coffee deal at Hilander and Walgreens

If you happened to have found any of the $4 off coffee/ice wine tags, mentioned here, there is a good deal at Hilander and Walgreen's for cheap coffee.

Walgreens is currently selling Dunkin Donuts coffee for $5.99, with a $1 RR, making it $4.99. Use your wine tag and it's now 99cents.
Note---some cashiers will not accept your coupon. I did have luck using it in Cherry Valley today, but the manager was hesitant.

If you prefer not to go through the hassle of trying to use your wine tag at Walgreens, Hilander has Copper Moon coffee on sale for $4.99. Again, use your tag and pay 99cents. I used 4 of these today (all in the same transaction) with no issues.

Walgreens MIR's

Did you send in for any of the Wags MIR's that they started offering recently?  The first ones I sent in for were the Neuragen and the Similasan MIR's and I am happy to report that both of those came in the mail this week.  You can see my original post on these two here.  I was very happy to receive these since both of them were MM's!  The Neuragen was a $10 MM and the Similasan was a $1 MM - a little extra cash just in time for the holidays!  Neuragen even sent me a $10 coupon with the rebate check!  Keep watch on your mailbox if you sent these in, you should be getting them any day. 

NOTE: the rebate amounts on both of these were NOT reduced by the $ amount of the manufacturer coupons - I received the full rebate amount even though I used the coupons.

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 12/5 thru 12/11

I wish I had a nice long list of super great deals at Wags this week...but really, I've got nothing!  There's only one, maybe two, things that are worth braving this cold to go out to Wags for this week, and even these aren't super great deals.  I only stopped in the store because I had to pick up a prescription from the pharmacy.

First, these cute little guys above are on sale 3/$1.00.  These are in the holiday aisle with all the Christmas candies and goodies.  You can use the $2.00 off 3 (Mars Candies) coupon from the 12/5 RP to get these for FREE, but there's a catch.  You need to actually grab 6 of these guys for each coupon you are going to use.  If you don't, the coupon will beep at the register, and you know what happens when there's beeps at the register...yep, cashier confusion!  If you have 6 Snickers Nutcrackers for each coupon there will be no beeps and you get FREE chocolate.  These are tasty too - I was running tons of errands this morning and these were all I had with me, and I was starving so I tried one - YUM!

Next, I picked up some of the sweatshirts on sale 3/$10.  My store only had adult sized sweatshirts, no sweatpants and no kids sizes.  Still a good deal when you are using your RR's from the Natrol Melatonin deal last week - .33 a sweatshirt is a bargain! 

Lastly, I want to mention the Super Jingle Ca$h promo running this week. These cannot be rolled this week, they have to be used next week and you can only redeem one per transaction.  You will get bonus Jingle Ca$h 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

I can tell you that these DON'T print when you purchase stamps or prescriptions.  I had heard that they may be printing wyb stamps and since I needed stamps for Christmas cards anyway, I thought I would give it a try - no go.