I think cashiers hate me...

The mail on Friday and Saturday was lame - no freebies! Monday was better though, I got a free lip gloss from eos - weird little egg shaped thing. I also got my rebate check from Rite Aid for $8.97 and a new discount card from Target, we get an extra 10% off Target brand stuff in October!

Yesterday, I went to CVS and bought a Gillette Fusion razor for Chris. It was 9.99 and I had a $4 coupon so I came to $6.89 and I got $5 back in Extra Care Bucks. Not too impressive, but he needs razors so... Then I used that $5 ECB to buy Vaseline lotion which was crazy priced at $7.99! (who buys that really?) Anyways, after the coupon I paid $3.71 and got $7 ECB back for my next trip.

Walgreen's had many Register Rewards deals this week so I mapped out my game plan which came to 9 transactions total! Even I am a little embarrassed to do that many at once so I decided to split them up. So I did 5 and will do the others later this week. First I got Herbal Essence hair spray for $2.99 with $1 off RR so I paid $2.26. Not great, but I can always use hair spray. Of course I got a RR back too - for $2. I used that to buy some Robitussin To Go for $2.49 which came to $.71 and I got a $2.50 RR. Next, I got a thing of Chapstick for $2.99 with the $2.50 RR came to $.76 and I got another RR for $3. I used that to buy an Oral B toothbrush for $3 and paid $.27 and got a $3 RR. Finally I bought a 2 pk of Emergen-C immunity shots for $3.49 with the total coming to $.80 after the RR and received yet another RR for $3.50 which I will use when I go back. The cashier seemed relieved I was done.

Free Bread!

I almost forgot! I got my free 5 cheese french bread yesterday - yippie! The Schwans guy came and delivered it to my door. This was from a promotion the were doing in August where you could order anything $10 and under and they would deliver it to you all for free! Took a while to get here ( of course my mom and brother got theirs weeks ago, even though I placed all 3 orders the same day!) but I'm not complaining - it came and it was free :)

More Fun with Register Rewards!

Yesterday I went to Walgreen's with a $3 Register Reward I had from the last time.
They had a sale on Crest toothpaste and Oral-B toothbrushes - 2 for $4. I also had a coupon for buy one get one on the toothbrushes, but if I only purchased the 2 brushes with the coupon my total would've been less than my $3 RR. So... I bought the 2 brushes (BOGO) and a toothpaste (.50 coupon) Then used my RR and the total came to .50 + tax! And of course I received another $2 RR.

I then bought a Thermacare Heat Wrap for $2.49 using the RR and the total was .49 + tax. And I got a RR for $2.50

Next, I got an Aussie hair mousse for $2.99 with the RR came to .49 + tax and I got another RR for $2.

Finally, M&Ms were on sale 2 bags for $5. I got one reg and one peanut butter (yum!). I am not sure what happened during the transaction, but I think the cashier maybe made a mistake because my receipt says there were two $2 RR used. I only remember having one at that point? Anyhow the total for the candy came to $1. I also a $1 RR for my next visit.

Summary:
2 toothbrushes
toothpaste
heat wrap
mousse
2 bags of M&Ms
= $3.51
(if it weren't for our high sales tax this would've been an even better deal - one whole dollar of that was tax!)

Mail Call:
Wed: Total Blueberry Pomegranate cereal sample
Thurs: Bear Naked Granola sample and free mags - ReadyMade and Maxim

Tuesday

In the mail: A free Fancy Feast Appetizer. The cats devoured it and I have to say as far as cat food goes, it didnt look too bad! Also got a sample of Burts Bees acne solution - it smells really bad.

At Target: I used some free coupons and got my 18 pack of Always Infinite and a box of Lipton iced tea bags.

Friday, Saturday, and Mondays mail freebies included:
-Free mags: Body&Soul, Better Homes & Gardens, Seventeen, Fitness, and Family Fun.
-A sample of Homey Nut Cheerios
-A sample of ZunSpot - a cream that's supposed to help with sun spots cant wait to try it!
-A letter from the people who are conducting the radio survey I am doing and there were 2 dollar bills in it! So far that's $7 they have sent me for this one survey :)
-A box of cereal for a product test I am doing. Its kinda funny looking because its just a plain white box with a big black letter 'J' on the front. Its a raisin bran, not sure which brand - but its pretty tasty!
-My Aveeno Buzzkit. I am testing and then spreading the word about the new Aveeno Nourish+ shampoos and conditioners. I got a full size bottle of each to try and lots of samples and coupons to pass out to friends. Very nice kit.
-Rebate checks: one was from a Gerber product for $3.49 and the other said it was from Rubbermaid for $3.99, but I dont remember buying any Rubbermaid products?
-Two greeting cards, a sample from Walmart.



Saturdays newspaper came in a bag that had 2 sample size boxes of Cheerios - 1 multi-grain and 1 banana nut.

Tuesday: In the mail I got a big sample pack that had 1 Always Infinite pad, 2 Always liners, 1 feminine wipe, and 3 tampons. Best of all it had a coupon for a free 18 count box of Always Infinite! (these are nearly $8) I cant remember what else I got that day.

Wednesday: In the mail I got a sample of Gain w/ Febreze, another Always Infinite pad and 1 liner - some new kind that can be worn with any kind of undies, and a sample box of Kashi Blueberry Clusters (quite tasty).

Thursday: In the mail I got a Luna nutritional bar - nutz over chocolate. At Target I got a bag of popcorn and a soda for free! The popcorn/soda combo is on sale this week for $1 and I happened to have a coupon for $1 off anything at Target Cafe - it was yummy and free, yeah! Not free, but a good deal... I found a button down linen shirt for my brother (his bd's next month) for only $3!
My mom came over and she gave me her 2 samples of Gain that I had sent to her addresses - she has a HE machine and cant use them, but I will!

Friday: I went to Walgreens to use my Register Rewards...
1st: Bought Marine ear wax removal kit for $6 and used a $4 RR - total was $2.54 got a $6 RR
2nd: Bought 2 Scope mouthwashes (25.40 oz each) for $8 using $6 RR = $2.72 got a $5 RR
3rd: Bought a Colgate toothbrush and Colgate toothpaste for $5 used $5 RR = .45 cents + $1 RR
4th: Bought True North pecan & walnut? nut clusters for $3 used $1 RR came to $2 got a $3 RR

So I paid $7.71 for it all and still have a $3 RR for next time

Mail Call

Wed: Nestle coupon book and two Metamucil samples - pink lemonade and clear
Thur: Kiwi mag, No Doz, and two Emergen-C samples - pink lemonade and cherry pomegranate
Fri: Garden&Gun and Parents mags
Sat: Elle Decor mag and coupons from WinCo - 4 items completely free!
Mon: Blueberry muffin PopTarts (2), survey check for $14.80, Radio survey with $4 in it

Not much really

In Saturdays mail I got a survey about radio stations and they had enclosed a dollar! WooHoo!
Tuesdays mail had a free mag - Ladies Home Journal

What I can remember...

I doubt I can remember everything from the past week, but it has been slow...

In the mail I've gotten several free mags: Interview, 7X7 ( a SF mag), More... maybe some others?

I got a package with a mini Scope mouthwash, Crest toothpaste and some floss picks. There was also a package with a Fiber One bar and cereal sample. I got a coupon for free Lipton tea bags.

I got some some great deals at WinCo. They opened a new store so they sent special coupons out in the mail. I got 3 boxes of Kraft mac& cheese for .38 cents a box. Two bags of Lays potato chips for .98 cents a bag. Canned veggies were like .28 cents a can. A 24 pack of Dr Pepper for 3 something. Quilted Northern 12 pack for $2.98. Bacon was .99 cents a pound. There might have been more, but this was about 5 days ago so .....

I also got some ok deals at Walgreens. In short, I got a Colgate toothbrush, a tube of Rembrant toothpaste, Carefree liners, and Theraflu all for $8.16 and they gave me $7 back in Register Rewards.

We were going to go to the Fresno Met for free admission tonight, but one of the kiddos came down with a cold so we skipped it :(