Pampers codes

Here is a new pampers code:

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Prilosec Rite Aid Deal

For those of you you use/need Prilosec - here is a great deal at Rite Aid: (Thanks for the Mammas!)

P&G has released a $25.00 Prilosec mail-in-rebate. Buy (2) Prilosec OTC 42 ct in a single transaction between 12/26/10 – 2/15/11 and get a $25.00 Mastercard Giftcard.

You will need to mail an original cash register receipt(s) dated between 12/26/10 and 2/15/11, with your retailers name, the date, and the purchase price of each product circled AND the TWO UPC symbols cut from the label of each product purchased together with the completed Prilosec Rebate Form. Forms must be received by 3/31/11.

You can get the following deal at Rite Aid this week – through 1/1/11:

Prilosec OTC 42 ct $24.77
Get $6.00 UPR
$3/1 Prilosec 12/26/2010 P&G Insert (exp 1/31/2011)
$7/2 Prilosec OTC 11/28/2010 P&G Insert (exp 12/31/2010) EXPIRES TOMORROW
$15.77 after coupon and +UPR

Buy 2 Prilosec OTC $49.54
use $4/$20 Rite Aid Video Values JAN (or $3/$20 VV Dec)
use $7/2 Prilosec coupon or $3/1 Prilosec Coupon
Get $12.00 UPR
$26.54 after coupon & UPR
Submit for $25 MIR

as low as $1.54 after coupon & MIR

If you use this, and don't have the coupons, I have them and would be willing to part with them. I have the ones that expire TOMORROW, if anyone want to pick them up :) (just email me first)

Free Flossers

Go over here and sign up to get a free 36 ct of Plackers Flossers!

Save the Children groupon

I LOVE Groupon. I LOVE them even more now that they are doing so much with Charities lately! First Kiva, and now Save the Children!

Go sign up for Groupon and then you can buy a $30 Donation for Save the Children for only $15! Do it before the end of the year and you can claim this on your taxes!!

3 Years of Parents Magazine for $5.99

I am not a big fan of Parents magazine - However, they tend to have some great coupons! Like the 20% off diapers at Amazon (seriously, I have gotten some REALLY cheap diapers with that coupon!)

So you can go here to Tanga and get 3 years for $5.99

Enter the coupon code: PARENTS (along with your email)

that will drop the price to $5.99 for the 3 years!

This is only a good until it is gone deal, so hurry if you want it!

Shop thru Ebates for an additional 2.5% back!

Rite Aid Steals for the week

I didn't do a Rite Aid Match up this week because most of the deals to be had, you would need coupons from the paper, and I am not a fan of coupons from the paper - I much prefer just printing them off when I need them. The one exception is the P&G insert, which comes once a month and usually has some great coupons (often comes on the last Sunday of the month).

If you want a full match up of coupons go here to the Krazy coupon lady!

I went to Rite Aid twice today - I didn't think that I would do the Nivea deal (buy $20 in Nivea, get a $10 up-reward), but then I realized that my daughter had a birthday in a couple of weeks and these would work great in the goodie bags, so I went back this afternoon. So they are not pictured in the picture, but here is what I did.

Bought 10 Nivea Lip Care

Used 5 $2/2 coupons from facebook (a perk of having so many computers in my house - many to print coupons from!)

Used 1 BOGO FREE coupon from Red Plum 12/5

Used $3 off $20 purchase (from last month Video Value)

Used $1 off $1 Video Value

Got a $10 UpReward

$6 MONEYMAKER!! and some good stuff for goodie bags :)

I also used up my $20 Gift of Savings and bought new LED Christmas lights for our house (12 boxes!!) at the same time (Also not pictured), on 50% off clearance - lower our power bill next year!

Here is what I got this morning:

My goal was to use up my last 2 Redplum.com $5 off $25 purchase coupons (I am so sad it looks like they are not doing these any more :( ) before they expired later this week. I am adding to my donation pile with all this deodorant (I haven't dropped the second batch off yet... so now they will get more!)

Transaction #1

2 Packages of Pampers Cruisers - $8.88 each

Gillette Fusion Razor - $9.97

1 Old Spice Deodorant -$4

1 Old Spice Body Wash - $4

1 Gillette Clinical Strength Deodorant - $7.99 (this was a moneymaker!)

Coupons:

$5 off $25 redplum.com

$1 off $1 Video Value

2 $1.50 off Pampers coupons from the P&G insert

$4 off Gillette Razor coupon from the P&G insert

$1 off Old Spice Deodorant from the P&G insert

BOGO Free Old Spice from the P&G insert (worth $4)

$3 off Gillette Clinical from the P&G insert

$3 off Gillette Clinical from Rite Aid Flu Shot coupon book

$5 Up Reward from Razor

2 $1 Up Reward from the Diapers

2 $3 up Rewards for the Old Spice and the Gillette

$6.72 total

Transaction #2

4 Chex Mix - $6 for 4 (I LOVE this stuff)

2 Old Spice Body Spray $8 for the 2 (this is headed to the youth shelter)

2 Old Spice Deodorant $8 for the 2 ($4 each)

4 Gillette Deodorant $16 for the 4

1 Pantene Shampoo $3.5

1 Pantene Conditioner - $3.5

1 Vicks Sinex - $5 (Moneymaker!)

2 Sundown Calcium Supplements $5.19 for both (I wanted Vitamin D, but they didn't have it, but Calcium ones have it in it too) They are BOGO FREE

Coupons:

$5 off $25 Redplum.com

$1 off $1 Video Value coupon

3 $.50/1 off chex mix coupons I printed before (They are others out there too - see the Krazy coupon lady post)

1 $.50/1 off chex mix coupons from the paper (I am not sure from when)

2 $.50 off Chex mix Video Value Coupon (one this month and one from last)

$2 Up Reward from Chex mix

2 $1 off Sundown vitamins from coupons.com

$2 Up Reward from Sundown Vitamins

1 $1 Video Value Sundown vitamins coupon

$4 off Sinex from the P&G insert

$2 off Sinex from the Rite Aid Flu Shot Book

$ 2 Up Reward from Sinex

2 $1 off Old Spice from the P&G insert (this month and last)

1 BOGO Free Old Spice Body Spray from the P&G insert ($4 value)

1 BOGO Free Old Spice Deodorant from the coupons Duracell Batteries I bought last week ($4 value)

2 $3 Up rewards from Old Spice

BOGO Free Gillette Deodorant from from the P&G insert ($4 value)

Buy 2 get one FREE from the P&G insert last month ($4 value)

$2 off Gillette Deodorant from the P&G insert last month

2 $3 up Rewards from Gillette

BOGO Free Pantene - from the P&G insert last month ($3.50 value)

$3/2 Pantene from the P&G insert

$1 up reward from Pantene

$4.71 MONEYMAKER!!!

So I spent about $2 total for my morning trip (combining both transactions), but then with my afternoon trip ($6 moneymaker), I made about $4 for the day! SWEET!! That is including Diapers and Christmas lights :) Plus I now have one party favor down - hopefully I can get some others at this good of a deal!

Huggies Enjoy the Ride Code

A new Huggies Enjoy the Ride Code

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Pampers Codes

Here is another new code

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$1 off Cream Cheese and Ritz

Go Print this coupon before it it reaches it's limit! It will mean some FREE Philadelphia Cream Cheese. It often goes on sale for $1, in fact, this week at Fred Meyer it is $1 with the in Ad coupon! It will print both a coupon for the Cream Cheese and the Ritz Crackers on the same page...

I am thinking so Cheesecake is in our future....

Investing in the new year

I got an email from my dad this morning reminding me that with the new tax bill that was just passed, the government will be taking 2% less of your salary this year for Social Security (FICA). YAY! Since I doubt it will be around when we retire, I would much rather invest it myself.

May I suggest that (especially if you didn't know this was coming) you invest this 2% in your retirement and jump start or pad your savings!

First, if you have a work retirement plan (401K, TSP, 403B, whatever is available) where they MATCH your contribution, you BETTER be putting money into that account (but only up to the match, unless you have lots of extra $$). You are THROWING away FREE money if you are not! Seriously go sign up for it NOW (don't wait) if they match any amount of your contribution! You can't pass up free money and you won't be able to make that return on your money anywhere else!

If you already contribute to the plan up to the match, or your work does not match it, then open up a ROTH IRA at any discount brokerage (we personally use Fidelity, but there are MANY good ones out there!). We are still at historically low tax rates, so take advatage of them NOW and get tax free money in your retirement. If you have kids, you are in a lower tax bracket then you will be in retirement! We know the tax rate will have to go up, so take advantage of the low rates and pay it now, and live a tax free retirement :)

Take that extra 2% and have it AUTOMATICALLY withdrawn from your account into a Roth IRA (or into your work's retirement account). Then you will never realize the extra money you have and spend it. You also don't have to make the conscious decision to save it either.

If you have maxed out both your work retirement match and your ROTH IRA's (you can have 2 if you are married, one for each), then I want the kind of money you are making! Just kidding :) Then, if you have kids, open or contribute more to their 529 accounts for college. Here in Oregon, you get a nice little tax deduction if you contribute for your children into the state's plan. So you get tax free money for college and a tax deduction for contributing.

So please do not consider this money extra money to spend - look at it as extra money for your future and get saving (or adding to) for your retirement!

BOGO Free at Fandango

Go here and get BOGO FREE tickets at Fandango

Enter code SAMSUNGTAB to get the FREE ticket at checkout

if you have a visa signature card go here and buy Fandango bucks at 20% off FIRST, and then you get 20% off the first ticket and the second ticket FREE with this promotion (there is also a BOGO FREE ticket promotion for TRON legacy on the Visa signature page)

I missed out on the $5 off coupon earlier this week because I took too long to buy and the promotion ran out early :P So I am taking advantage of this one right away :)

FREE $2 MP3 Credit at Amazon

Use this code:

GIVEMP3S

Go here to enter it

ENJOY!

Remember to GIVE

This week, we were able to clean out alot of this stuff I have been picking up at stores. I manage get many things for Free or make money almost every week - it adds up and I have managed to accumulate many items. When it is free, but a brand or something we don't necessarily use, I set is aside to give away. I figure it is free (or a moneymaker) and I am out anyway, I might as well get it and give it away. Plus I love doing all this couponing and shopping stuff :)

So in the spirit of the Holiday, we gathered up the stash of things to give away - that I started when I really got into couponing about 7 months ago (it all started with getting cheap diapers for our soon to be baby, that is now 5 months!! I have ALWAYS been a frugal/bargain shopper, but I REALLY got into it about then). We were able to donate over $150 worth of items today and we have another bag of stuff to go to another charity in town tomorrow that is about another $100 worth of items. All this stuff cost me nothing, but the time to go to the store and pick it up (and cut the coupons, but some, with things like Up Rewards, don't even require coupons!)

Remember to get a Tax donation slip when you drop this stuff off - I makes and EXCELLENT deduction on your taxes!! So make sure to go through your stashes before the end of the year and donate them so you can get a nice little tax deduction!!

You get to shop and get things for free, then you get to help out charities and people that can REALLY use the products, and you get a nice tax deduction!! It is a win, win all around :)

I hope you all have a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and are safe, happy, and enjoy the holiday with your loved ones :)

My Rite Aid trip this week

I am really late with this... I probably won't be blogging to much in the next two weeks - our whole family is on vacation from school and work and I am spending very little time at the computer and lots and lots of time as a family :) It is wonderful!

But here is my BIG score at Rite Aid this week. I used up a bunch of my FREE coupons that I have gotten from various promotions, so I could be sure to get my Gift of Savings over the $100 mark, which I did, so I am getting another $20 back (I got $10 from this trip alone!). If you haven't already, be sure to add ALL your receipts from this month (since thanksgiving) to be able to get money back through their gift of savings program!! The program ends on Christmas day

Transaction #1 -

2 Duracell Batteries - $8.77 each

$17.54

Coupons:

$3 off $15 purchase I got in an email (sign up for their emails if you haven't already)

2 $1.50 Duracell Battery coupons from the paper

$5 SCR

2 $1 up Rewards

$4.54 for 40 AA Batteries (they were packs w/ an additional $20 P&G coupon book and a Free travel Tide to Go pen!)

Transaction #2 -

Hershey's Pot Of Gold - $3.99

2 Hershey's Kisses - $5

2 Hershey's miniatures - $5

4 Cheerios - $10

2 Ghiradelli Chocolates - $5

4 Candy Bars - $2

Gain Dish Soap - $.88

Clearasil Overnight - $7.59 (w/my 20% discount

Clearasil Wash - $4.63 (w/ 20% discount)

Herbashine Hair color - $6.39

Huggies baby Wipes - $2.95

Advil - $3.75

Benefiber - $8.99

Cottonelle Wipes - $1.99

$68.16

Coupons & Up Rewards received: (yes it took FOREVER to scan all the coupons and then I used previous Up rewards to pay... ya, it took awhile :P)

$5 off $25 coupon from Red Plum

Free Cottonelle Wipes Coupon (from their website awhile ago) - $1.99

Free Baby Wipes - $2.95 (from the Huggies Enjoy the Ride program!)

Free Advil - $3.75 (from a internet promotion a few months ago)

Free Herbashine hair color - $6.39 (the promotion from a few weeks ago)

$1 off Garnier Hair Color Video Values Coupon

$4 off Benefiber coupon from coupons.com

$1 off Benefiber Video value coupon

2 $2 off Clearasil coupons

$2 off Clearasil Ad coupon

$5 off Clearasil overnight Ad coupon (both clearasil's were moneymakers with my 20% discount!)

$1 off Gain Dish Soap from the P&G booklet from here

BOGO Free Reeces coupon from newspaper

$.50 off 2 Milky Way coupon

$1 off 2 Ghiradelli Coupon

$1 off Hershey Miniatures Video Value coupon

$1 off Hershey Kisses Video Value Coupon

2 $1 Hershey Candy coupons from coupons.com

2 $1 off GM cereals coupons from coupons.com

$1 off Pot of Gold coupon from the paper

3 $1 Uprewards from the 4 Hershey's and 2 Ghiradelli

$1 Up reward for the Candy Bars

2 $2 Up rewards from the Cereal

2 $2 Up Rewards from the Clearasil

$2 Up Reward from Pot of Gold

$2 SCR for Benefiber

$64.08

$4.08 Total

So $8.62 total for ALL that stuff, plus I got another $10 for my Gift of Savings (I had $10 before and it pushed me to over $100, for another $10 back!!), so it was a $1.38 Moneymaker if you count the Gift of Savings!!

I didn't pay anything out of pocket either from the previous Up Rewards I had from last week (I had lots from getting all that moneymaker tape last week) and have $14 in Uprewards from transaction #2 for next week ;)

2 New Pampers Codes

These were new for me:

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