Sunday, April 22, 2012

Earth Day

Today I went on an Earth Day "treasure hunt" and my hubby came along!  
It was totally fun and we got some great goodies!

The game plan:

Starbucks: FREE Drink on Earth Day, when you bring in your reusable mug or tumbler. You can choose from Hot Tea, Iced Tea, Hot Brewed Coffee or Iced Brewed Coffee. (4/22 only)

Target: Free Reusable Bag – one bag per guest while supplies last.(4/22 only)
- 2 Free handheld Foodsavers w/coupons - Out of Stock until Tuesday

Bath & Body Works: Free Malibu Heat lotion (4/22 only, FB promo)

Origins: Bring your current skincare (full or empty) to any counter and trade it for a full-size of Origins’ moisturizers. (4/22 only)

Aveda: Free B-Day gift, Free shampoo, Free Hand or Foot Relief Cream w/coupons (Join Aveda club)

Dollar General: Free $10 to spend (GC from past promo)

We also stopped and had lunch at the mall since we were there, and I [FINALLY] found some cheap, cute sunglasses I like! Also, on the way out of the mall there was a lady doing balloon animals outside of a Body Shop and hubby got me a free pink duck!  

As you can see from the picture, we got 5 Target bags.  We went to 2 Targets to look for the Foodsavers, and at the first Target the lady handed us an extra bag for our unborn baby!  We also got extra goodies from the girl at Aveda. I didn't ask for extra stuff, the ladies were just really nice!

The treasures!

All the treasures
(except the Starbucks coffees)

2 Origins Perfect World moisturizers w/spf 25
1 Malibu Heat moisturizer
Aveada: Hand Relief,
Smooth Infusions and Damage Remedy Trio,
Personal Blends Body wash,
and new Invati  hair treatments
(And my sunglasses... not free, but "freapy" and awesome!)

Dollar General:
2 packs of baby socks
and a 3 pack of onesies


My balloon duck :)


Friday, April 20, 2012

Priceless...


So, you can't put a price on a well stocked coupon binder?  I can!  
Right now I have the most FREE product coupons I have ever had all at once! 

Value of ONLY the FREE product coupons 
I have in handat this very moment is $97.82!!

Coupons include:
  • FREE $1.25 OYNO at Fry's (special in store promo)
  • FREE Tena product, up to $7.00 (online promo Tena.com)
  • FREE Extra Gum, up to $1.49 (Extra instant win, over)
  • FREE Zone Perfect Nutrition Bar, up to $1.49 (FB giveaway, over)
  • FREE Craisins, up to $3.25 (FB giveaway, over)
  • FREE Kraft Fresh Take, up to $3.99 (Kraft First Taste Club)
  • FREE Smucker's Uncrustables, up to $3.50 (Smucker's instant win, over)
  • FREE Great Grains Cereal, up to $4.49 (FB promo, over)
  • 4  FREE Coffee-mate, up to $3.99ea (Coffee-mate promo, over)
  • 2  FREE Van's Natural Foods, up to $3.50ea (Reward for trying and reviewing a new Van's product, no longer available)
  • 7  FREE Voskos + Crunch Yogurt (online promo, over)
  • FREE 2 Beech Nut Jars, up to $1.50 (BeechNut.com)
  • FREE 1 Beech Nut Cereal, up to $2.00  (BeechNut.com)
  • FREE Comforts Diapers, no $ limit, apx $14 (FB promo, over)
  • FREE Comforts Wipes, no $ limit, apx $3 (FB promo, over)
  • FREE Comforts Cereal, no $ limit, apx $4 (FB promo, over)
  • FREE Comforts Accessory, no $ limit, apx $4 (FB promo, over)
  • 3 FREE Kraft Mac & Cheese, up to $1.60ea ( FB promo, over)

And there are so many more [just FREE product coupons] I have recently redeemed (March) that would bring the value of this stash easily over $150!!!  
It absolutely pays to sign up for loyalty clubs, be a FB fan, play sweepstakes and instant wins, and do surveys and product review!


Wow!

I just need to document this week in my little online diary here... so many fun goodies, ALL FREE!!!  And what I am listing here are just some examples!

You guys can get stuff too! I try to always enclose links for those sitting there going, "I wish I could get all that!" Don't just wish, go get it!

This Weeks Loot:
  • 3 Bottles VitaCraves Gummy Vitamins (VitaCraves FB instant win game, over)
  • Reese's NCAA T-Shirt (Hershey's NCAA, Final Four® and March Madness)
  • FREE Reese's Candy Coupon   (Hershey's NCAA, Final Four® and March Madness
  • 2 Movie Tickets to see Battleship (Nestle Battleship Hit of Miss
  • Ipanema Flip Flops (Seventeen Magazine Giveaway, over)
  • $10 Amazon GC (Keynote survey reward)
  • $5 Amazon GC (Swagbucks reward)
  • 3oz Vaseline Total Moisture Lotion (Vaseline FB Giftaway)
  • Bling Crystal Extensible Ring (bornprettystore FB Giveaway)
  • Hugo Boss 3D Glasses (movie promo, over)
  • Gillette Venus Razor (FB Gillette Goddess Worthy Giveaway, over)
  • 1oz Dr. Talbot's Diaper Rash Ointment (Nuby USA, FB)
  • 2 Nuby Gripper Sippy Cups (Nuby USA, FB)
  • 1 Nuby Section Plate (Nuby USA, Twitter)
  • Third Prize. Access to ten (10) Marvel Avengers Classic Digital Comics online. ARV: $5.00 each -and-
  • Fourth Prize. One exclusive HERSHEY'S branded Marvel poster. ARV: $1.00 each (Hershey's Saves The Day)
  • K.O. Ketchup (FB Giveaway, over)
  • 4 FREE Coffee-Mate Creamer Coupons (FB Giveaway, over)
  • FREE Zone Perfect Bar (FB Giveaway, over)
  • 7 FREE Voskos Plus Granola Yogurt Coupons  (FB Giveaway, over)
  • 2 FREE Vans Natural Foods Product Coupons  (Reward for doing product trial and review, over)
  • Hunter Small Room Humidifier (Amazon.com, FREE w/more GC's earned from Swagbucks)
  • FREE 2liter Pepsi Next (Fry's digital coupon)
  • An entire box of P&G Samples (P&G Everyday Solutions)
Ipanema Flip Flops
Bling Crystal Extensible Ring

K.O. Ketchup
Coffee-Mate Creamer Coupons
Dr. Talbot's Diaper Rash Ointment  

P&G Samples
Voskos Yogurt Coupons 










Nuby Section Plate

Nuby Gripper Sippy Cup
VitaCraves
Hunter Humidifier


Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Pump Up the Savings


On sale right now on Amazon for 20% off ($159.99 instead of $199.99) 
PLUS, you can get another 30% off of that with code** 
L5R8-BYZZPW-ASJT4G  (one time use, good through 3/26) 
making it only $111.99 with FREE Super Saver Shipping and no tax!!!  

And in case you change your mind, this item says it is eligible for "Free 365-Day Returns on Baby items fulfilled by Amazon.com in the Amazon Baby Store" in unused and unopened condition
Also, if you have any Amazon gift cards you can apply them too! 

I paid less than $100 for it!
** UPDATE - Sorry, looks like you have to get a code sent to you by signing up for Amazon Mom first (free to do, can do with or without Prime).  Sign up for their emails and hopefully they will send it out to you ASAP! Codes are good all week still!

Monday, March 19, 2012

Stroller Savings

I researched strollers like crazy to find the one I REALLY wanted and settled on the Chicco Cortina Keyfit 30 Travel System in Bella.  Then, I looked at the price...  These are not cheap!

Anyone buying this item in Tucson is crazy... they are paying DOUBLE what they could be!!!  It really does pay to be a savvy shopper!

Here's how to score this item for almost 50% off!:

Regular retail cost for this is $349.99
I found a website that sells it for $278.00 (BabyCatalog.com)
You get 4% cash back when you shop that site through FatWallet
You get a $5 e-gift card off $50 or more when you sign up for their email newsletters for the first time
They have a 110% Best Price Guarantee
I found the same item for $219.99 at AlbeeBaby.com
All sites have NO TAX and FREE SHIPPING

I placed my order through FatWallet to BabyCatalog.com for $273.00 ($278- $5 e-gift card)
Got 4% cash back on $278 = $11.12

Submitted Best Price Guarantee:
Difference = $58.01, 10% = $5.80
219.99 -$5.80 = $214.19
- $5 e-gift card = $209.19
-$11.12 cash back = Final Price $198.07!!!  That is a savings of $151.92!

If I had to buy it at full price in Tucson and pay tax, the tax would have been an additional $31.84, making this online purchase a total savings of $183.76!!!

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Birthday Fun!

Every year it has become a birthday tradition to go out and enjoy all the fun birthday goodies I get from deal collecting.

This year's goodies included:
(*You get to pick one at the store.)



** This was a "quick click" promo that popped up one night on Facebook (3/7).  I won 2 certificates, one for me and one for my hubby, each for one free t-shirt.  When we got to the store the tees were on a special BOGO promo, so I asked a manager to see if I "bought" one and got one free, then applied the certificate to the one I "bought" if they would both be free... she tried it and it worked!  I got my 2 and hubby got his 2 for a total of 4 FREE shirts, retail value of $40!

A Baby Deal

Babies R Us is NOT the best place to bargain shop, but if you are not into online shopping deals can be had here in the right set of circumstances.

Yesterday, Babies R Us (BRU) had a "One Day Only" sale with a promo where you could get $25 off when you buy 2 value cases of Pampers diapers.  And the value wipes were on sale (3/17 only too) for $16!  

I also had the following coupons to use with it: 
  • BRU $8 off wyb Pampers Value Box Diapers and Pampers Value Box Wipes
  • 2 MFG coups for $1.50 off 1 box of Pampers
  • 1 MFG coup for 0.75 off 1 Pampers wipes 
Since we can combine BRU and mfg coups, and it worked with the sale items, 

I got  2 boxes of size 2 (186 diapers per box) 
and 1 box of 640 wipes for $70 + tax!!!
(This is a great deal considering each box of diapers is 
reg $45.99 each and the wipes are reg $19.99!) 
Regular price = $112 + tax.  I saved $42!
That is another whole box of full price diapers!


That breaks down to each box of diapers being $27.99, or $0.15/diaper.  
And the wipes $15.25, or $0.02/wipe. 
Diaper stock up prices guide.
(Anything $0.02 or less is stock up for wipes.)