Rite Aid tonight

Laugh if you must. I have 3 cats and I will be lucky if this lasts 6 weeks. This represents $51.54 retail. I paid $9.77. That is less than 20%. I am not going to go on and on. Just to say this deal is posted and on the front page of their circular. The spin brushes are awesome stocking stuffers.

As always, if you are not confident about how to utilize drug store rewards, take a class, refer a friend, blah blah... LOL!! The bottom line is that it is cheaper to be ahead of the curve than to keep shopping week to week. The proof is right here.

Throwing away money.

Do not overlook free money in your home. Many people throw things away like broken toasters, old extension cords or adapters, speaker wire etc... These things have metal value believe it or not. The copper in cords is big bucks when stripped down. Now maybe that is too time consuming for some people, and I don’t blame you at all. But the metal and wires are still worth storing, and cashing in as scrap metal (light iron) along with all your vegetable cans and such. They will strip the wires at the steel plant. Although I do want to say that Copper is well over $3 per lb. If you kept this metal in your garage and redeem it twice a year, I bet you would make $50 each time. IDK about you, but it is worth the trip to me.

If you are a soda drinker, remember to crush your cans and separate them from the steel. Aluminum is worth about $1 per pound vs. light iron at $.08 lb.

Obscure coupons and deals 9/20

Domino’s Free Artisan Pizza- Go like their FB page. Today, soon, you will be able to download a coupon.

https://www.facebook.com/Dominos?sk=app_220192758037547

Jolly Time Free Pop Corn on FB page today at 3p.m.

http://www.facebook.com/JollyTimePopCorn?sk=app_232673813450567

Folgers $2 off Filter Packs from Red Plum’s Dash for Deals

http://www.redplum.com/dash/

Pet Smart Friends and family coupons starting 9/22

http://promotions.petsmart.com/landing/friends-and-family/_pdf/coupons-usma.pdf

Target unadvertised $5 gift card on purchase of 2 boxes Playtex tampons. Below is a link to the free sample and the $1 off coupon. Print 2.

http://www.playtexsport.com/Promotions/Tampon_Samples.aspx

Vera Bradley Bowling bag $24.99, today only. This is 66% off.

http://www.verabradley.com/product/Category/Handbags/Bowler/154761/defaultColor/Twirly%20Birds%20Navy/pc/638/c/0/sc/641/p/154761.uts

Free printable lunch notes for inside the lunch box.

http://go.tipjunkie.com/pr/6624/www.chickabug.com/blog/2011/09/free-printable-school-lunch-notes.html

The Sharper Image 50% deal. Buy $30 worth of credit for $14. You can purchase up to 2 vouchers per person and use both on one order upon redemption. Great for Christmas.

http://www.kgbdeals.com/national/deals/45121/53-off-30-worth-of-electronics-and-more-from-the-sharper-image?utm_source=referral&utm_medium=10557866&utm_date=20110920

CVS tonight

Feel free to do the math as always. This is $40.44 retail value. And you know how expensive pain relievers are. Even the generic ones aren’t cheap. I paid $8.70 total. So I don’t need any pain relievers any time soon.

I started out with $10 EB’s from CVS (this is their rewards $$) and got the lip gloss and candy.  You can see that I paid $3.97 for that. Then with my $10.99 in rewards, I got Excedrin galore. I pretty much have one for every different kind of pain a body can conjure. And after the $4.73 OOP for what is almost $25 in pain relievers, I still have $10 in new EB’s for next week.

This is the importance of banking coupons until the sale is right. I also banked a $5 Excedrin coupon from the Magic Red Machine. Had it not been for that additional savings, I would not have purchased this deal.

So let’s do an equation together, shall we? What is my percentage savings? Did you come up with 78.5%? Me too. 

Vista Print Freebies

I love Vista Print!!

For those of you thinking about starting your own business, now is the time to cash in on some serious Vista Print freebies, all for the cost of shipping. Think about your logo, they have a ton of templates to choose from. Or if you choose your own picture, there will be an approximate $3.50 charge for the download, but comparably speaking, this is a great investment.  For approximately $30 in shipping costs, you can get:

250 business cards

1 wall calendar

1 flip note book

1 T-shirt

10 personalized invitations

1 tote bag

There would be an additional fee per unit for your own picture as opposed to their template. But even at $4 each, it would be another $24. That is an approximate $50 investment to look serious and professional about yourself and your business. And of course it would remain on file so you can wait for the next sale to refurbish your stock. Extremely small price to pay. Have I mentioned, I LOVE VISTA PRINT?!

http://www.vistaprint.com/fallfreemulti2011.aspx?AFFID=335&GP=9%2f19%2f2011+2%3a15%3a45+PM&GPS=2184409865&GNF=1&GPLSID=

Next Class

Coupon class Monday September 26.

Location: 485 N.State Street, Formerly Steve’s Music Store, but now Pepper Defense Supply.

Time: 8:15 p.m. duration is approximately 2 hours depending on class size.

Charge: $15 per person. Space is limited. I don’t like to have a class of more than 10 people. I want everyone to walk away ABSOLUTELY understanding everything.

What to bring: Just paper and a pen and an open mind.

Hope to see you there.

My Rite Aid picks week starting 9/18

*Arm and Hammer Products BOGO and buy $20 get $10 in Up+ rewards- You can use the $1/2 laundry products Q from this week’s SS with some corresponding coupon links.

$1.50/1 cat litter http://coupons2.smartsource.com/smartsource/index.jsp?Link=6VE3NNLZAZ7H2

Arm and Hammer Savings center http://www.armandhammer.com/Index.aspx

*Allegra 15 ct. $11.99 Get $2 in Up+ Rewards- Use $2 Q SS site coupon, stack with $2 Rite Aid Video Values Q from adperk.

www.smartsource.com   http://riteaid.adperk.com/offers#vo

*Crest Complete 4oz. $2.99 w/ $2.00 Up+ Rewards- Use P&G $1 Q exp. 9/30 or $2 Scope /Crest/ Oral B Q from SS last week.= possible $1.01 money maker.

*Infusium $5.99 w/ $4.00 in Up+ Rewards (limit 1)- Use $1 from regional SS insert. Mass papers got it, NH did not.

*Samy Fat Foam Hair color $8.99- Use $2.00 in ad coupon with $3.00 Rite Aid video Values coupon “AND” $3 RP insert from July 31. (Yes this is 3 coupons, but the way I read the coupon policy and the way they configure the codes, this should not be a problem.) $.99 OOP.

*Tom’s natural products $3.99 w/ $1 Up+ Rewards- Use $1 coupons from this weeks SS.

*Trojan condoms, Price varies but buy 1 pack get $5 Up+rewards- Use $2 printable.

http://coupons2.smartsource.com/smartsource/index.jsp?Link=2AUVA45RR3Y44

*Neutrogena Buy $30 get $10 in Up+ Rewards and the cosmetics are 40% off retail. There are many coupons on their site.

https://www.neutrogena.com/sp/specialoffer.do

There are a barrage of items to choose from in the Kimberly Clark Promo. If you would like me to look for some links, feel free to ask either on the FB page or blog.