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Coupon 101

Vocalpoint: Free Hair Specific Pantene Shampoo

March 30, 2010

Update: I received this sample, in a pretty box, with (4) coupons from $1.5-$1! Request a Free Sample of the new Pantene shampoo specific to your hair type! For Vocalpoint members only. I don’t normally post free samples but Vocalpoint is different. Every sample I received contained either a full sized products, coupons for a [...]

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Seattle’s Best Coffee Latte Mocha: Free at Target!

March 29, 2010

Target has the new Seattle’s Best Coffee Latte, Mocha cans for .99. Use the $1/1 Seattle’s Best Coffee Iced Latte Coupon to get those FREE! Update for Locals: The Woodland Target carry those, I haven’t seen in Davis. I took pictures of the coupon, and which Smartsource (SS) 3/28 Sunday Coupon Inserts (there were two [...]

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How to Confirm a Target Gift Card Deal

March 28, 2010

Many occasions you’ll see a Target $5 gift card deal (buy a certain number of specific brand(s) products, get a $5 Target Gift Card). How do you confirm whether a product is included in a gift card deal? Here’s how: 1. Check for the “Free $5 Gift Card tag” advertised on shelf tag (Left – [...]

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Safeway 3/23 Trip: $0.72 Challenge (saved 98%)

March 27, 2010

My Safeway trip from 3/23 – one of the best, “unplanned” trip. $0.72 is what I paid (less $4 catalina) including tax. Originally only wanted to get the butter (4) Kashi Heart Cereal buy 4, $2 each Chocolate Chip $2.5 Land-o-Lake Butter $2.99 Yoplait Yo-Plus $2.5 Sara Lee Bagels $2 Bananas $1.06 Total = $19.05 [...]

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Kohl’s $10 off $20 – Sacramento Bee (Rummaging Needed)

March 26, 2010

Sacramento Bee Kohl’s $10 off Any $20 purchase coupon, sticker on the March 23 (Tuesday) paper. valid for ANYTHING from 3/24-4/3. Another unexpected place to look for coupon – I was organizing our newspapers and saw this sticker. Obviously I didn’t pay any attention to it when I first got the paper (they need to [...]

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My (non-existent) Coupon Organizing System

March 24, 2010

How to organize coupons? Answer: Best way is to not have too many coupons to organize! Yes, I don’ t really organize my coupons – I organize the coupon inserts, but don’t clip many coupons. I found that I saved time not only on the clipping, but the organizing. My entire coupon system consist of [...]

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Safeway E-coupons, Printable, Store Coupon: FAQ, Guide and Clarification

March 23, 2010

All of you dear ladies have prompted me to do this investigative work here, LOL! Here’s the low-down on the Safeway Coupon Site. There are two choices with Safeway e-coupons (Note: Safeway e-coupon site is different than the other e-coupon sites. My advice: load everything you could to your club card! Printable coupons E-coupons you [...]

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CVS Free Aussie Shampoo WK 3/14: My experience with $1 and $2 off coupon

March 18, 2010

CVS has the free Aussie, Herbal Essences Shampoo and Hair Care deal this week of 3/14, if you still haven’t done it yet and you have the Aussie coupons, I wanted to let you know of my experience (Note: the .99 cost is regional, valid in N CA so check your store ad) Aussie Shampoo, [...]

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E-Coupons FAQ: How and When to Use

March 10, 2010

I’ve had a number of questions on e-coupons and so I thought it’ll be useful to do an E-Coupon FAQ! You can also look at the faq from shortcuts and cellfire, this guide is meant to be a summary. Safeway and affiliates stores (Safeway, Carrs, Dominicks, Genuardis, Pavilions, Randalls, Tom Thumb and Vons) have access [...]

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How to chase deals while being environmentally friendly

February 16, 2010

This is first of the Savvy Shoppers series. BYOB (bring your own bag) Safeway, Target and your local food co-op offer $0.05 to $0.01 bag credit. CVS has a $1 “green tag“. Scan the tag and get $1 ECB every forth time you shop. I also take this shopping basket (Container Store) to stores, farmers [...]

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What To Do if Your Catalina Doesn’t Print, & How to Get one

February 2, 2010

I found the letter from Catalina Marketing which would be perfect to explain Catalina with all the Safeway Catalina deals (Pillsbury deal valid till 2/21!) Update: See Catalina Marketing’s E-mail address! What is a Catalina? It is a coupon, either in dollars off purchase (e.g. the Safeway Pillsbury Catalina deal), which would be similar to [...]

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Coupon Booklets By Mail: Pillsbury, Conagra, P&G

January 28, 2010

Roundup for all the coupon booklets available to request by mail – one of my favorite coupon sources! $17 Conagra Coupon Booklet (Hunt, Snackpack, Banquet, etc). Copy and paste this address into your browser http://startsampling.com/sm/101044/captureAddress.iphtml?item=101044&source= $10 Pillsbury Coupon Booklet (new e-mail sign-ups) $35 Refresh Your Nest Coupon Booklet (P&G Cleaning Products)

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I Made Money at Safeway Today and you could too! Fruit Snacks Deal Illustrated

January 21, 2010
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This is the transaction that I did at the S. Davis Safeway, using one computer, with the catalina and receipt scans. Total for the two transaction: 12 FREE boxes of fruit snacks and made $2.3. See the Safeway Fruit Snacks and others Deal post for more info. See tips at end of post. See other [...]

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Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs DVD: $3 off, Rebates, Coupon matchups at Target

January 4, 2010

Get Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs DVD at Target at a deal with 4 products adding on! Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs movie DVD is to be released on January 5. It’s selling for $15.99 at Target.com and in store, with rebates and coupons this is how the deal goes: Buy the Following [...]

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