FREE $10 Gift Card from Ebates

Look what I just got in the mail.... yup, my $10 Gift Card for Home Depot from Ebates. Well, ok.. it's going in Paul's wallet, but I earned it!

You can get one too, just go to Ebates and sign up and after your first purchase through Ebates (which gives you a % of your purchase back), you'll get a $10 gift card of your choice (to Home Depot, Target, Barnes & Noble, Overstock.com or Ebates) - which begs the question of why I decided to get a Home Depot card....

Click Here to Sign Up!

The more I look at the deals for this coming week, the more I'm thinking this is going to be a multiple paper week. At this point I'm thinking 4 copies just for the Maalox coupons (at $5/1 to go with the CVS deals, it will be well worthwhile).

This Week's Totals

So evidently I'm not going to be shopping one week out of this month (or going to be doing a lot less for the next 3), since I spent 2 weeks worth of money out of my grocery envelope this past week.  It was evidently my first trip to Publix (early this past week) that did me in; that and the trip to CostCo (which alone was almost a full week's grocery money).

So here are the trips we did this past week:

• CostCo - $32 (ish - I sent hubby and I never actually got the receipt from him)
• Publix - $43.90
• Rite Aid - $1.68 OOP (used $11 in +UPs, got back $2+UPs)
• CVS - $3.60 OOP (used $6.50ECB, got back $10ECB)
• Kroger - $13.11 (also got a Catalina for $1 off next purchase)
• Publix - $12.66

Total for the Week: $106.95

I did manage to stay within my plan to keep my total OOP at the drugstores at under $5 total.  I'm hoping to continue that this week.

It's scary to think that that's half my cash for the month, so I guess I really have to tighten my spending belt for the rest of the month.

2 Good Shopping Trips Today

I wish all my shopping trips went as well as my two today (despite fighting the crowds of bread and milk "OMG it's gonna snow" shoppers).  I think the fact that the stores were so busy helped me stick to my plan that much more.  First I hit Kroger....

• 2 Carnation Instant Breakfast @ 4.99 each = 9.98
• 3 Old El Paso Refried Beans @ 3/$4 = $4
• 2 Old El Paso Taco Seasoning @ $1.09 each = 2.18
• 2 Athenos Hummus @ .98 each = 1.96
• Flatbread = $2.50

- used $2/2 Carnation Instant Breakfast
- used (5) .50/1 Old El Paso product (doubled to $1)
- used $2/2 Athenos

Total after tax: $13.11


From there I headed to Publix (which wasn't nearly as busy for some reason), and bought....

• 2 Old Spice antiperspirants @ 2/$6
• Old Spice body wash @ $3

• 2 Yoplait Smoothies @ $3.19 BOGO
• 2 Swiss Miss hot chocolate @ $1.99 = $3.98
• 2 Publix Yogurt @ $1.89 = $3.78
• 1 Deli Yo-Yo Cookie @ $1.99 (couldn't resist)

- used $1/2 Old Spice antiperspirant
- used B1 Old Spice antiperspirant G1 body wash
- used (2) $2/1 Swiss Miss
- used (2) $1.25/1 Yoplait Smoothie

Total: $12.65 after tax


These were both pretty small trips and hopefully I can keep them small for the most part now that we have a decent stockpile of most (non-perishable) items that we use regularly.  The best thing about both of these trips is the items I got totally FREE at each store.  I almost forgot about the Swiss Miss until I was in line.  I had to go back for those (they weren't even on sale but just the fact that they were free after the coupons made it worth getting out of line).

More Extreme Couponing

Evidently TLC got the response they wanted out of the show Extreme Couponing and they will be bringing us more of the Extreme fun.  According to Entertainment Weekly, Extreme Couponing will be returning for at least 12 1/2-hour episodes.

Thinking another potential title could be "Organized Hoarding".  I actually hope that in the new episodes they pare down the focus a little bit and just do one couponer per episode (since they will be shorter episodes), so we can get a broader view into each one.

Drugstore Deals Week of 1/9

In Addition to the Stayfree deals that I already posted, here are my favorite deals for this coming week at the drugstores.

Walgreens

• Pantene 2/$7, get $2RR wyb 2
  -use $3/2 coupon (from 12/26 paper)
  =2/$4, get $2RR = 2/$2
•  Dove for Men $3.99, get $2RR

CVS

• $10 ECB wyb $20 Lsyol, Finish or Air Wick Products
  -several Lysol & Airwick coupons in the 1/2 paper
  - printable coupons for Lysol
  - printable coupons for Airwick
  - printable coupons for Airwick
• ALL Laundry detergent $4.99, get $1ECB
  - $1/1 coupon in 12/5 paper
  - printable for $1/1 ALL oxi-active
• $10 ECB wyb $20 Maalox/ Gas-x / Prevacid / Benefiber

Order Your P&G Samples & Coupons

Be sure to head over to the Proctor & Gamble website to order the latest batch of samples & coupons in the P&GbrandSampler.

Just Click Here.

It gave me options for a sample of Head & Shoulders and a Cheer coupon. What did you get?

Stayfree Deals This Week

All 3 Drugstores are going to give you some good deals on Stayfree next week when you stack the BOGO and $1 Off Coupons available on Coupons.com and the Stayfree website.

Walgreens $6.49*
Buy 2 @ $6.49/ea = $13
use in-ad $3 off Q = - 6
use 1 BOGO coupon = - $6.49
use $1 Off coupon = -$1
= 2/FREE - .50 MoneyMaker

CVS $5.99* B1 G1 50% = $9
use BOGO coupon = - $5.99
use $1/1 coupon = -$1
= 2/$2

Rite Aid 2/$5
Get $2+UP wyb 2
use BOGO coupon = - $2.50
use $1/1 coupon = - $1
= $1.50 plus get $2+UP (=.50 moneymaker)

*prices based on online prices on each drugstore website.

Weekend VOD Specials on Amazon (last day to use your $5 Credit)

Today is the last day to use your $5 Amazon VOD credit (if you got it from hooking up your Twitter account to Amazon a couple of weeks ago). And here are some of the good deals you may want to check out:

Weekend VOD Deals

$1.99 or Less Deals:
The Back Up Plan
The Expendables
Date Night
Night of the Demons


We downloaded "Date Night" last weekend and it was quite funny.

Free Sample of PurinaONE cat food

Target is offering up a free sample of PurinaONE brand cat food,
grab it here.