Lives Lived Frugaly: April 2009

Target Giftcard

If you havent gotten the Target gift card make sure you do that. Go to nicolesavingsadvantage.com and sign up for 1.95. They will send you a 25.oo target gift card. Cancel before 30 days is up and you will make 23.05. Also the smartsource.com has new coupons available and so does shortcuts.com. I have also heard Walgreen's is going to stop doing rebates and just stick with register rewards next month so we will see what happens.

Resuraunts.com 80% OFF!

Resuraunts.com is 80% off right now. That means 25.00 giftcards are 2.00 right now. Just make sure to check the terms of the giftcard before you purchase them because some of them arent worth it. Enter the code LUCKY at checkout. Offer ends April 30th.

Shopping this week (K-mart is the place to go!)

For those of you who may not have heard k-mart is doing their super doubles deals. They will double coupons up to 2.00 in value. This means that any two dollar coupons will be worth 4.00 at checkout!! For all you St. Johns folks this is a really great since you don't have all the options that are here in the valley. I did check and Show Low stores are participating. The deal ends Saturday.

Here is how my shopping trip went yesterday.

K-Mart

(2)Visine Eye Drops-Free
(1) Aveeno Baby lotion - Free
(3) Johnson buddy bars - Free
(2) Kellogg Rice crispies- Free
(2) Apple Jacks cereal - free
(1) Post Trail Mix cereal - Free
(2) Gillette after shave - .69
(3) Adidas deod - Free
(3) Right Guard Deod - .50
(2) Lysol Toilet Bowl Cleaner - 1.00
(2) Pine Sol Cleaner - 1.00
(2) Pledge Multi-surface - 1.19 (You can get this for .19 with printable coupon on their website I had just already printed it for another pledge product)
(2) Oust -Free

As you can see it went pretty well but there were still tons more free things or really cheap stuff that the two k-marts I went to were out of so I didnt get everything I wanted. I did make it out of both stores spending less that 20 dollars on items that are usually 3+ dollars each. Just make sure to take your high dollar coupons and check for sales on those items. I also got a 5.00 k-mart giftcard for buying four boxes of Kellogg's cereal so at one store I only ended up paying like 3.00. My husband has my other receipt so I know there are more deals and if I get a chance I will post them later. Oh and also make sure to check if your coupons doubled. None of my 2.00 coupons did so I had to go to customer service and get my money back.

Bashas
(4) Sunny D - .50
(3) Airhead Sour Candy - Free
(2) CH Brown Sugar - .30
(2) CH Powder sugar -.30
(8) Mentos Gum - .20 (You can get these free I was just to lazy to go to another store and wanted to get rid of my coupons)
(6) barilla pasta - Free

Paid 7.00 total

Fry's
(3) McCormick marinade - Free
(14) Gerber Stage 3 -. 77 each and I had 3.00 off Gerber baby food

Total: 7.78
* They also have capri suns for .77 a case, free angel soft tp, and free suave deodorant but I had to get rain checks.

CVS Today

My first trip to CVS went really well. Here is what I did and hopefully it will give you an idea as well.

1st transaction: Colgate TP 3.99 get 3.99 ECB ( Used 2.99 previous ECB & .75 off coupon and paid .34 OOP)

2nd transaction: Colgate TP 3.99 get 3.99 ECB (Used 3.99 ECB from previous trans & .75 off coupon) There is an overage so I got mentos and paid.16 OOP)

3rd Trasaction: Softsoap 4.99 get 4.99 ECB (Used previous ECB from trans 2 & .75 off coupon) I paid .34 OOP and came home with 4.99 ECB for my next trip.

Total I paid .84 for all four items but came home with 4.99 ECB.

They also have Pantene on sale and we have coupons for it too. You also get ECB when you buy. Good-luck!

A Few Good Deals

A few other freebies this week are craft salad dressing at Albertsons and Colgate Toothpaste at Safeway. The other good deal is the miracle whip for .50. You can price match this at wal-mart if you would like. Its on sale and Bashas for 1.50 minus your 1.00 off coupon. Also Dole fruit is on sale at several stores this week and after coupons it is also .50. Fry's also has mustard for .50. The other deal I thought was really good was the Swanson chicken broth at Walgreens for .50. One last good deal is the vanilla extract at Bashas for .50. There are a lot of other things for under 1.00 this week so make sure to go through the ads. These are just the best deals for our family and things I need to get stocked back up on. There were no coupons in today's paper due to the holiday and remember sales expire on Tuesday!