New month, new coupons!

The beginning of the month means all of the printable coupon sites are reloaded, and some new coupons are up.  Here's a quick rundown for you, with many thanks to Michelle at I Heart Saving Money for the list of Upromise coupons.








 Coupons.com
The best thing about Coupons.com right now is that there are a LOT of coupons for Hasboro games/toys with high values--$70 total.  Here is a list of those, but remember that there are lots of great grocery coupons over there too!
$5/1 Mr Potato Head Silly Suitcase toy
$10/1 Playskool Dance Cam toy
$5/1 Playskool Tumble 'N Twirl Top toy
$2/1 Mr. Potato Head or Mrs. Potato Head toy
$10/1 Playskool Musical Sit 'N Spin toy
$3/1 Playskool Lullaby Gloworm toy
$5/1 Mr. Potato Head Spud Buds toy
$5/1 Playskool DinoRoars Hatchlings toy
$10/1 Playskool DinoRoars Stompers toy
$5/1 Playskool Swing 'N Score Baseball toy
$5/1 Playskool Activity Ball toy
$5/1 Playskool Step STart Walk 'N Ride toy
$5/1 Playskool Busy Ball Popper toy

  
Red Plum
One great coupon that I just spotted on Red Plum is $1/1 New England Coffee, which Publix has on BOGO this week! 20 other good coupons show up for me, remember to put in your zip code for more coupons!

Smart Source
7 pages full of great deals to choose from!

 UPromise

Upromise is where you can save money for college for your kids, yourself, or whoeveer you want.  These coupons don't save you money off the purchase, but put that amount in your Upromise account.  The coupons for the month of October are:
-$1/1 Gold Bond Ult Powder  Buy any 1 Gold Bond Ultimate® Powder (excluding trial size),
-$1/1 Gold Bond Med Powder  Buy any 1 Gold Bond® Medicated Powder (excluding 1 oz. trial size), 
-$2/1 Gold Bond Ult Sooth  Buy any 1 Gold Bond Ultimate® Soothing Lotion, sav
-$2/1 Gold Bond Anti-Itch  Buy any 1 Gold Bond® Anti-Itch Lotion,
-$1/1 Chiquita Bites  Buy any 1 Chiquita Bites Singles, located in the produce section
- $1/1 Gold Bond Lotion  Buy any 1 Gold Bond® Lotion (excluding trial size),
-$1.50/1 Chiquita Bites  Buy any 1 Chiquita Bites Multipack or Family Pack, located in the produce section, 
-$.55/1 Fisher Fusion Snack  Buy any one of 8 delicious Fisher Fusions Snack Mixes, 
- $1/1 Krunchers! Chips  Buy any Krunchers! Kettle Style Potato Chips 9.625oz,
-$.50/1 Snyder’s of Hanover  Buy any Snyder’s of Hanover Sourdough Hard Pretzels 13.5oz,
-$.75/1 Lime Away  Buy any 1 Lime Away,
-$1.50/1 Spray’n Wash B&W  Buy any 1 Spray ‘n Wash Bright & White, 
-$.75/1 Glass Plus  Buy any 1 Glass Plus, 
-$.50/1 Spray’n Wash  Buy any 1 Spray ‘n Wash,
-$1/1 Elmer’s Krazy Glue  Buy any 2 Instant Krazy Glue,  Krazy Glue comes in convenient single use tubes — so you can always have Krazy Glue when you need it! For an instant bond that stays strong, nothing beats Krazy Glue!
-$1/1 Gold Bond Baby Powd  Buy any 1 Gold Bond® Baby Powder
-$5/2 Infant Formula  Buy 2 Similac Infant Formula,
-$1/1 Huggies Diapers  Buy any 1 package of HUGGIES or HUGGIES Supreme Diapers,
-$1/1 Blue Bunny Sedona  Buy any one (1) box of Blue Bunny® Sedona Frozen Yogurt Granola Sandwiches
- $.50/1 T. Marzetti  Buy any 1 New York Brand Frozen Product, 
-$1/1 Blue Bunny Aspen  Buy any one (1) box of Blue Bunny® Aspen Frozen Yogurt Granola Bars,
-$.50/1 Wacky Mac  Buy 1 Wacky Mac Multi-Shaped and Multi-Colored Pasta, sav
-$1/2 Weight Watchers  Buy any two (2) Weight Watchers® Ice Cream Multi-Packs, 
-$.50/1 Wacky Mac & Cheese  Buy 1 Wacky Mac & Cheese Dinner,  Look for Wacky Mac & Cheese Dinner in the Kosher aisle of your grocer.
-$1/1 Weight Watchers  Buy any one (1) Weight Watchers® Frozen Novelty,
-$.75/1 No Yolks  Buy 1 No Yolks Egg White Pasta,
-$.55/1 Sun Belt  Buy any 1 package of Sun Belt Hearty Grain Cookies,
-$.75/1 Little Debbie  Buy any 1 package of Little Debbie Double Chocolate Chip Muffins, 
-$1.25/3 abot  Buy 3 Cabot Cheese bars in your grocer’s dairy section,
-$.45/1 Little Debbie  Buy 1 Little Debbie® 100 Calorie Cakes, save $0.45 for college. Nine varieties available (may not be available in all locations)
-$1/1 Krusteaz  Buy any box of Krusteaz Waffles, Pancakes or French Toast featuring CoroWiseTM For A Healthy Start To Your Day, 
-$1.50/1 Tully’s Coffee  Buy any (1) Tully’s® variety in a 12-ct K-Cup® pack or 10-12 oz bag, 
-$.50/1 King Arthur Flour  Buy King Arthur Flour Unbleached Cake Flour,
-$1.50/1 Green Mountain  Buy any (1) 12 K-Cup pack or (1) 10-12 oz bagged coffee, sav
-$2/1 BIC Soleil  Buy any 4 blade Soleil System or Soleil Shimmer System handle or cartridge refill,
-$2/1 Gold Bond Pain Rel  Buy any 1 Gold Bond® Pain Relieving Foot Cream,
-$1/2 or $2/3 BIC Comfort 3  Buy any BIC Comfort 3® Men’s or Women’s Pivot 4 pack,  OR Buy any (2) BIC Comfort 3® Men’s or Women’s Pivot 4 packs, 
-$1/1 Charmin Plus Lotion  Buy 1 Charmin Plus Lotion,
-$.50/1 Bounty Napkins  Buy 1 Bounty Napkins, 
-$1/1 Charmin Fresh Mates  Buy 1 Charmin Fresh Mates,
-$1/1 Bounty Paper Towels  Buy any one (1) Bounty Paper Towels six (6) count or larger, 
-$1/1 Charmin MegaRoll  Buy any 1 Charmin MegaRoll,

Shopping trip to Target--FREE cat food!

Hey everyone, I'm super proud of my trip to Target today!

20 Fancy Feast Appetizers
--(10) Manuf. BOGO coupons
--(10) Target BOGO coupons
Total Savings: $25.80 (100%!)
Out of Pocket Total: $0.85 (tax)

I still have 30 of each of these coupons, which means 60 more cans of FREE cat food.  I didn't want to do it all at once and have them freak out. so I'm doing it a little at a time. :)

Free rental codes for Blockbuster Express

There are two new codes being given out at my Publix for the Blockbuster Express kiosks.

PT99A (expires 10/15/09)
PTPX91X (expires 10/31/09)
GSNX9X8 (expires 11/15/09)

Just enter a code during the rental process and the movie will be free.  If you don't return the movie by the next night, you will start to incur charges, so remember to take it back!

New Publix General Mills printable coupons

General Mills has some new Publix store coupons out that are available to print here.  Briana, over at Bargain Briana, has paired each of these coupons up with the available manufacturer's coupons here so you can stack them and increase your savings!  Be sure to check out that page to get the most for your money!

Today's buy

I had a coupon that expired tomorrow that I wanted to use today, so I got a BIG bag of cat food at Publix today before my shift started.

1 16lb bag of Friskies dry cat food
--(1) $3.00 off Publix coupon
--(1) $3.50 off manuf. coupon
Total Savings: $6.50 (53%)
Out of Pocket Total: $6.33

I also got more of those manuf. BOGO coupons for the Fancy Feast Appetizers that I mentioned a few days ago to pair up with the printable BOGO coupons from Target.  My girls will have food for a year at the rate I'm stockpiling with these deals! :)

Today's shopping trip (Target and Publix)

Publix
4 plastic things to put under my potted plants
10 Marie Callender meals
6 Publix yogurts
2 16oz Cottage Cheese
--$1/2 cottage cheese coupons
--(10) $1.50/1 M.C. coupons
Total Savings: $16.00 (35%)
Out of Pocket Total: $30.26
~~Not that great of a trip today, but it was more of things that we needed than stocking up on things that were on sale.

Target
12 boxes Pop Tarts (12 count)
1 box Blueberry Pop Tart (8 count)
4 Fancy Feast Appetizers
--(6) $1/2 Pop Tarts Target coupon
--(1) $1/2 Pop Tarts coupon
--(1) FREE blueberry Pop Tarts coupon
--(2) $0.55/1 Pop Tarts coupon
--(2) BOGO Fancy Feast Appetizers Target coupon
--(2) BOGO Fancy Feast Appetizers coupon
Total Savings: $24.73 (61%)
Out of Pocket Total: $16.08
~~This trip was pretty good.  I'm really excited that I was able to get the Fancy Feast Appetizers for my cats for FREE! We got a free sample of this in the mail a while back and the girls just LOVED it and devoured it! lol.  At $1.29 for a 2oz package, this will be one of the rare occasions that I actually buy it for them.  Thank goodness for coupons.


Remember, Pop Tarts are included in Kellogg's list of participating products for the $10 mail in rebate.  I already sent in mine, and unfortunately I can't send in for another one.  The application, in pdf format, is here at their site.

Updates at Nicole's Nickels

Nicole over at Nicole's Nickels made a few posts today that I wanted to share with you.

First, she wrote about K-mart's double coupon days.  She is working on making a list of the participating locations, and will update this post as she gets more information.  She has the rules of K-mart's double coupon days, as well as some tips.  The double coupon days are September 27-October 3 at participating locations.

Secondly, she posted a list of the coupons.com coupons available to print right now.  This is a full list!  There are a bunch of new coupons available, so be sure to check out her list here.

Another way to organize your coupons

I just read Shellie's post on how she organizes her coupons.  She uses the 'folder' method, and explains her entire process.  You can read all about it here at Saving with Shellie.  I always thought this method seemed too difficult, but with her step-by-step instructions, it isn't quite as daunting as I thought!

A few of the great resources she uses and mentioned are A Full Cup's printable coupon database, and the weekly coupon list at Sunday Coupon Preview.

You can see other methods on organizing your coupons in my previous post.

Today's shopping trip

I stopped at Publix today to pick up dinner, and while I was there I got some granola bars.  Quaker granola bars are BOGO this week, plus I had three $1/2 coupons!

6 boxes granola bars
Total Savings: $11.97 (66%)
Total:  $5.97

It was a great deal, coming out to less than $1/box :)

CVS coupon policy

I finally received an email back from CVS regarding their coupon policy.  What follows is the email they sent, but I am putting the main points in bold.  As always, if you have any questions or problems, contact the store's customer service department or speak with your local store's manager.





Thank you for contacting CVS/pharmacy.  We have received your e-mail requesting our coupon policy.

Our registers are set to allow one CVS coupon and one manufacturer coupon per item.  However, the staff should be allowing customers to use ExtraBuck coupons in combination with other CVS coupons since these are coupons you have "earned."  In the addition, similarly they should be allowing the use of "offer at the register" coupons which would be an open offer of $3.00 off of $15.00 or a certain dollar amount off of a specific item.  Since our registers are programmed to only accept 2 coupons (1 CVS, 1 manufacturer) per item if the number of coupons exceed the items purchased a member of management will need to assist the cashier in processing the coupons.  I apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause you.

You can use coupon towards clearance items but the coupon will be adjusted if it is more than the price of the item.

CVS/pharmacy will accept coupons printed from the Internet obtained from an approved Web site sponsored by the manufacturer.  They must have a legible barcode that will scan at the register.  If the coupon does not scan at the register, the cashier should politely inform you that we are unable to accept your coupon.  We do not allow manual overrides at the register for coupon printed from the Internet.  CVS/pharmacy will not accept offers printed from unauthorized Internet postings or reproduction, copies, or facsimiles.

Please feel free to visit www.cvs.com and go to the "Save With In-store Coupons" box and click on "start printing now".  To print coupons, check the box next to the Clip! icon, (or click "Select All Offers") and then click "Print Now".  Please note that these coupons can be redeemed at CVS/pharmacy stores only and all manufacturer requirements must be met. 

In the case where a particular item is on sale for “buy one get one free” (BOGO), you are only allowed to use one manufacturer’s coupon.  For instance, if Revlon lipstick is on sale for BOGO, you can use one manufacturer’s BOGO coupon and both items will essentially become free. Customer will be responsible for any taxes, if applicable.


Also, two manufacturer coupons can be used on a buy one get one free purchase as long as two items are scanned at the register.  The system logic sees two items scanned and will allow two coupons.  The Store Manager can limit quantities.

If we can be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.  Again, thank you for contacting CVS/pharmacy.

Sincerely,  



CVS/pharmacy
Customer Relations Representative