Walgreens: $5.00/$25.00 (Valid Nov. 22 and 23)

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Saving Our Cents Saturday

I had a decent trip to CVS this week where I found the mini sized bags of play-doh from Halloween for $.69.

Not only do I love to share my weekly deals and steals, but I also love to see everyone else's deals and steals.

Feel free to share any and all deals and steals you snagged throughout the week. All that I ask is that you link directly to your deal posts and not to the main page of your blog. If you don't have a blog, feel free to leave your deals in the comments section.

Coupon Compilation

$1.00/1 Coffee-Mate Holiday Flavored Creamers

$1.00/1 Puffs (request to get one by mail)

$1.50/1 Wet Ones

$2.00/1 Healthy Choice Frozen Meals

Hot Coupon: $.75/1 Kleenex

$.75/1 any Kleenex (excludes pocket size)

It states redeemable at Kmart, but is a manufacturer coupon and can be used at any store. Kleenex is on sale for $.99 this week at CVS. Use this coupon to get them for $.24.

Keychain Giveaway Winners

Congratulations to Chrissy, Jennie, and Shelly!

You are the winners of the Wholesale Keychain Giveaway.

I have contacted you via email. Be sure to check your spam box if you did not receive it. If I do not hear back from you by Friday at 10:00 p.m. (CST), I will pick a new winner.

Thanks to all who participated.

Here are your random numbers:

8 7 10

Timestamp: 2009-11-18 03:16:48 UTC

CVS Weekly Trip: 89% Savings

I went to CVS this week to do the Glade and Ragu/Skippy deal. Here is the breakdown of what I got:

Transaction #1
2 Gallons of milk @ 2.49/ea. - 4.98
6 Ragu @ 3/$5.00 - 10.00
2 Glade Sense & Spray @ 6.00/ea. - 12.00
1 Scope Outlast - 3.49
2 Halloween Play-doh @ .69/ea. - 1.38 (90% clearance)
Total 31.85

$5.00/$30.00 CVS coupon
(2) $1.25/3 Ragu
(2) $4.00/1 Glade Sense and Spray
$1.00/1 Scope Outlast
$15.00 Extrabucks

Total after coupons - .35
OOP - .35 + tax 1.42 = 1.77

ECB earned - 9.00 (2.00 Scope, 3.00 Ragu, 4.00 Glade)

(ECB used 15.00 + OOP 1.77) 16.77 - ECB earned 9.00 = a total cost of $7.77.

After sales, coupons, and ECB that is a savings of 89%! But, the best deal by far was the mini play-doh sets for $.69 each.

Kohl's Cares for Kids

I'm not sure if I have ever mentioned this, but I am a HUGE fan of books and reading. I am always looking to expand our children's library and almost always take advantage of the scholastic book orders (and fair) that Drew and Ali's school offers.

While at Kohl's last Saturday (picking up basketball shoes for Drew and my hubby, they got matching pairs and both look very cute!), I saw that they had the "If You Give...." book series by Laura Numeroff (one of my favorite authors) as part of their Kohl's Cares for Kids program.

If you are not familiar with this, Kohl's offers children's books and accompanying merchandise at an extremely reasonable price ($5.00) with all net profits going to support children's health and education initiatives nationwide.

I of course snagged up all 4 books and let the kids each pick a stuffed animal of their choice (they both chose the pig). These would make great gifts for the little ones on your list or also for any Angel Tree/Toys for Tots donation you plan to make. For $10 you can buy a book and a stuffed animal to go along with it and all net proceeds will go to charity. It's like giving two gifts in one!

Click to Give: Make a donation with the click of your mouse

Are you looking for an easy way to give back? Then, I have a simple, easy way to do so.

Click to Give is a website that offers you the opportunity to help your favorite cause with just the click of your mouse.

You can help the fight against cancer, shelter the homeless, stop child abuse, end animal cruelty, and feed the poor.

With the click of your mouse, you can donate to the following organizations:

The National Alliance to End Homelessness
Susan G. Komen For The Cure
Childhelp
Feed The Children
ASPCA

Thanks, Amy

$15.00 in Campbell's Coupons

Go here to print $15.00 in Campbell's Coupons:

$1.00/4 Campbell's Condensed Cooking Soups

$1.00/2 Swanson Stock Cartons

$.50/1 French's French Fried Onions

$1.00/2 Pepperidge Farm Bag Stuffing

$1.00/4 Campbell's Gravies

$1.00/1 Pepperidge Farm Cookie Collection, Holiday Cookie Bites or Pirouette® Rolled Wafers

$1.50/3 Campbell’s Chunky soup (can or microwavable bowls)

$1.50/3 Campbell’s Select Harvest soup (can or microwavable bowls)

$1.00/2 Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry Turnovers

$1.00/2 Pepperidge Farm Frozen Bread

$1.00/2 64 oz. V8 100% Vegetable Juice or V8 Splash beverages

$1.00/1 46 oz. variety of V8 V-Fusion Juice

$.50/2 Campbell’s Condensed Tomato soup.

$.50/2 Campbell’s Condensed soups (excluding Tomato, Chicken Noodle & Creams).

$1.50/3 Campbell’s Healthy Request soups

A time for giving

With the Holiday's fast approaching, I wanted to be sure that my kids understood the meaning behind each of them and why it is so important to be thankful for what you have and also conscientious of others and what they may not have. I thought the best way was to lead by example, so here are few ways we were giving back this week.

Drew and Ali's preschool was doing a lesson last week on sharing and giving thanks. Each class at the school has a donation box in their classroom. The kids are encouraged to bring in non-perishable items that will then be distributed throughout the community in "sharing baskets." Families in need can request a basket through our local Community Needs Agency.


Drew and Ali were very excited to pick through our stockpile and each choose a few items to donate. Ali chose some canned soups and cereal, while Drew chose some pouches of tuna.

I wanted to take this lesson one step further, so we gathered up even more items from our stockpile and mailed them out to Amy who is organizing Operation Santa Claus for our troops overseas.

We also finished up our shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child. November 16-23, 2009 is National Collection Week. If this is something that you may want to do, it is not too late to put one together. For more information, you can visit Samaritan's Purse.

I have been collecting items all year with Operation Christmas Child in mind. Aside from a trip to Dollar General with Drew and Ali to pick out a few items of their choosing to place in the box, everything that I included were items that I had gotten free or next to free with coupons.

School supplies, Buddies soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and small toys (McDonald's Happy Meal toys are perfect for this) are things that you can get rather cheap or free. The kids also wanted to include their favorite candy (it must be hard candy, no chocolate!). For Ali, it was Double Bubble gum and for Drew, it was Ring Pops.

Although I try to teach my children about giving all year round, around the Holiday's, there are numerous opportunities to give back. It is so nice to see all my teachings start to pay off:

I took Drew to rent a game at our local video store. Since Grandma had generously given him some of her spare change over the weekend, I asked him to pay for it. While checking out, he noticed the Salvation Army Red Kettle. He asked what is was and I explained. As we were walking out the door, he reached into his bag of change, and dropped a few coins into the kettle. My heart melted! He really does understand!

This week's Target, Walgreens,Walmart, Kroger, and Menards Deals

Check out Stretching a Buck for this weeks Kroger Deals and Target Deals.

Check out Deal Seeking Mom for this weeks Walmart Deals.

Check out It's Hip2Save for this weeks Walgreens Deals.

Check out Daily Essentials and Deals for this weeks Menards Deals.

AND, be sure to check out BeCentsAble for the Grocery Gathering.

Please note that ads vary by region and may not run on the same schedule. For example, the Kroger deals listed above start on Monday and run through Sunday; however, my ads run from Thursday through Wednesday. So, I get an extra early preview of my ad thanks to Marcy.

CVS Deals and Coupon Match Ups 11/15/09-11/21/09

Looks like a great week at CVS. I'll be doing the Ragu/Skippy deal and Glade deal for sure.

WEEKLY ECB DEALS

$10.00 ECB wyb a $50.00 Dinner and a Movie or Tee Time gift card Limit 2
$40 for a $50 gift card after ECB

$10.00 ECB wyb Covergirl buy Simply Ageless Foundation @ $13.00 and Blush @ $10.00 Limit 1
B1G1 Covergirl P&G 11/1/09
$1.00/1 Covergirl P&G 10/11/09
$1.00/ea. after coupons and ECB

$1.00 ECB wyb Dry Idea or Right Guard @ $2.99 Limit 1
$1.00/1 from the CVS $100 Flu Booklet
$.99 after coupons and ECB

$1.00 ECB Duracell Batteries @ $2.99 Limit 1
$1.00/1 Duracell P&G 11/01/09
$.75/1 Duracell P&G 11/01/09
$.50/1 Duracell Coppertop Batteries P&G 11/01/09
$.99 after coupons and ECB

$4.00 ECB wyb $12.00 worth of Glade products Limit 1
Sense & Spray Starter Kit $6.00
$4.00/1 Glade Sense & Spray Starter Kit SS 10/18/09 or printable
$4.00/1 Glade Sense & Spray Good Housekeeping or Better Homes & Garden (October Issue)
Plug-Ins Lasting Impressions $6.00
$3.00/1 Glade Plugins Scented Oil Lasting Impressions Holder SS 11/01/09
Essential oils candle refills or holder $3.00
FREE Glade Refill wyb Glade Scented Oil Candles Holder SS 11/01/09 or printable
B2G1 Glade Scented Oil Candles Refill Packs SS 11/01/09
Sense & Spray refill or Plugins Refill $3.00
$1.00/1 Glade Sense & Spray Refill SS 10/18/09
$1.00/2 Glade PlugIns Scented Oil Refills SS 11/01/09 or printable
FREE Glade Warmer wyb Glade Plugins Scented Oil Refill SS 11/01/09 or printable
Free after coupons and ECB (wyb Glade Sense&Spray)

$2.00 ECB wyb Scope Outlast or Crest with Scope Outlast toothpaste @ $3.49 Limit 1
$1.00/1 Scope Mouthwash, 710 ml+ P&G 11/01/09 P&G 10/11/09
$.75/1 Crest Premium Toothpaste, 4 oz+ P&G 11/01/09 or P&G 10/11/09
$1.00/2 Crest Toothpaste or Liquid Gel P&G 11/01/09
$.49/ea. after coupons and ECB (wyb Scope Outlast)

$3.00 ECB wyb $10.00 worth of: Limit 1
Hellman’s Mayonnaise 30 oz. $3.00
$.50/1 Hellman’s RP 11/15/09
Lipton Green Tea 30 ct. or Regular 100 ct. or Decaf 48 ct. $3.00
$.60/1 Lipton tea RP 11/15/09
Ragu Pasta Sauce 3/$5.00 or $1.66
$1.25/3 Ragu Sauce RP 11/15/09
$.60/2 Ragu Sauce RP 11/15/09
Skippy Peanut Butter 3/$5.00 or $1.66
$.40/1 Skippy Peanut Butter, RP 10/04/09 or RP 11/15/09
Price varies after coupons and ECB