Free tape measure and fabric samples

I can't tell you how many times I've needed a tape measure around the house, especially when selling clothing on eBay and responding to questions from buyers about the measurements. As for the free fabric samples I am not sure how big they will be but the picture on the website shows 4x4" squares. If anything they'll be great for scrapbooking!

Click here to get yours!
http://www.cottonwork.com/cw/starterkit/

Free Suave Starter Kit!!!

Sign up here to get a free Suave starter kit from Walmart. I've gotten many free things from Walmart in the past five months that I've been couponing, and they often come with coupons for that product. There's nothing to lose!

Click the link below to get your kit!
http://see.walmart.com/suave/

Free Jewelry at Express!

Ok Guys, this is a MAJOR win for me. Today I got three pieces of jewelry at Express for $0.02. I kid you not. Basically, FREE. Here's how I did it.

All Jewelry Buy 2 get 1 Free!
1 necklace @ $22.90
1 pair earrings @ 19.90
1 pair earrings at $16.90 (this became my free item since it was the lowest price)

- $30 gift card (Courtesy Brian Chin, thank you very much!)
- $15 off $30 purchase coupon (get yours here!)

After tax, coupon and gift card my total was two pennies.

Even if you don't have a gift card, this is still a stellar deal. But get to the mall fast, ladies because this offer ends Sunday!

Free Toothpaste and a Couponing Tip

Today I went to Price Chopper because I had to pick up a few things for work and I remembered that they have Colgate toothpastes on sale for $1 this week. Since I had two $1 off Colgate toothpaste coupons, I brought them with me and picked up two tubes.

When I got to the register, I realized that I had forgotten to read the fine print on the coupons and didn't pick up the type of toothpaste specified. I let the cashier know that the coupons may not work since I didn't get the right kind of toothpaste, but that we could try anyway. She scanned the coupons and much to my surprise, they worked! This was definitely a win for me, because not only did I get two tubes of free toothpaste, but I learned that sometimes coupons can be used on slight variations of the specified items.

What I don't know is how many stores this would work at, or if it's simply due to the fact that I notified the cashier in advance that she just didn't care. Had I not said something and then she noticed on her own, she may not have let me use them. So this is a great couponing lesson: if you pick up the wrong type of item, or if that specific type isn't available, tell the cashier and ask politely if s/he can try the coupons anyway. You never know, you might just get something for free!

Cheap Pantene & toothpaste

My most recent couponing adventure took place at Price Chopper and CVS. Price Chopper has a great deal on Pantene shampoo and conditioner this week. Normally that brand is too expensive for my small budget, but when I saw this sale I knew I had to jump on it. Yes, I already have plenty of shampoo and conditioner in my closet, but still, I had to have it. So at Price Chopper this week Pantene products are on sale 2/$7. There is an in-ad coupon for $3 off 2, and a P&G coupon in this week's newspaper for $3 off 2 as well. Since you can combine one manufacturer and one store coupon, I was able to snag 2 bottles for $1! That's $.50 each, or pretty much as cheap as it's gonna get! I plan to go back later this week to snag more, but the trick is that you need to have a different Advantedge Card, since the offer is only valid once.

At CVS select toothpastes are on sale for $2.79, and when you purchase it you receive a $2 ECB coupon on your receipt. I had two $1 off coupons for these toothpastes. Therefore, I paid $1.79 each and got $4 back. I literally just MADE $.42!

Other great deals this week seem a little scarce but I'll keep you posted if I find any :-)

Another day of free stuff!

Went to Price Chopper again today as they had some great deals on Cheerios and Pierogies advertised, only to find that they were out of every single variety of both. SO I asked for a raincheck. It was the first time I've ever done that; turns out rainchecks can be used at any time even after the promotion ends. Now I'll do it every time since it was extremely easy.

While I was there I scoped out other items that I could purchase using some PC Catalinas I had saved up. I had two $2.50 off any size laundry detergent, one $1.50 off any shampoo or conditioner, and two $2.00 off any bathroom tissue catalinas. Here's what I bought:

2 Xtra detergents @ $3.29 each
2 4pk Price Chopper Bathroom tissue @ $1.00 each
1 Shampoo & 1 Conditioner (no name) @ $0.50 each (on sale 2 for $1)
Total before coupons: $9.58

- (2) $2.50 off laundry detergents
- (2) $2.00 off bathroom tissue
- (1) $1.5o off any shampoo or conditioner
Total after coupons: - $0.92!!! That's almost $1 in my pocket that I was able to use towards another item (I bought a lean cuisine frozen dinner @ $2.00, minus the $.92 and minus a $1 off frozen dinner PC Catalina = $0.08 for this entire order! I saved 83% today and paid just a few cents!

My Walgreens Trip

Today at Walgreens I picked up a few things and also had my first bad couponing experience. In all, I made three transactions. This is because certain items print Register Rewards - coupons that can be used on your next purchase, so I separated my orders. On my last order the cashier was having trouble scanning my Register Rewards coupon since she had already scanned a coupon that was for $1 off two cereals. She tried telling me that the coupon was acting as TWO separate coupons, and you can only have one coupon per item. First of all this is not true in any store I've been to; you can have one manufacturer and one store coupon per item. Second of all the coupon does not function as taking $1 off of each item but rather the total of the two items. She called her manager over and the manager rudely explained this again. I asked the cashier to simply scan the coupons again, only this time to scan the Register Rewards coupon first. That time, it worked. WIN!

Here's what I did today:

Transaction #1
Gillette Fusion Proglide Razor Kit $9.89
- $4 manufacturer coupon
Paid $6.68 Out of pocket, received $5 Register Rewards

Transaction #2
Bic Soleil Razor 4-pack $5.99
Reach toothbrush 2-pack $2.50
2 Rimmel Lip Glosses $0.99 each
- (2) $1 off any Rimmel product coupon
- $3 Bic soleil coupon
- $5 Register Rewards from Transaction #1
Paid $1.31 out of pocket, received $2 Register Rewards

Transaction #3
(2) Kellogg's Special K Cereals: 2/$5
- $1 off any two boxes of Special K (kelloggs.com)
- $2 Register Rewards from Transaction #2
Paid $2 out of pocket, or $1 per cereal!

As you see in transaction #2 I did not have a coupon for the toothbrushes. Well, I did, but it turns out I couldn't use it because I had accidentally picked up the wrong kind. However, I purchased them anyway because without them, I wouldn't have been able to use the $5 register rewards coupon since it would be more than my pre-tax total. Without the toothbrushes and the $5 coupon I would have spent ~$3.50 on this order, but buy using the toothbrushes as a "filler" item I was able to actually pay less!!

My total today was $9.99. Without coupons, I would have paid $25.36, or a savings of about 60%. Not bad!