Whats In Your Mailbox ?

February 7, 2012

I got some nice goodies in my mailbox the last few weeks.

See the list below for all of the freebies I received:

Are you getting your freebies?

I hope you are taking the time to request these great samples! Make sure you follow FTM on Facebook for all the heads up!

So did you have a great mailbox week? Tell us what you got or even better, send a photo! Email me here.

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Reader Success: Laura & Leslie’s CVS Trips

February 6, 2012

Reader Laura did a great job at CVS last week .  She was able to find a clearance sale on the Right Guard and also took advantage of the Physician’s Formula Mail in Rebate/ECB offer.

Here is what she did.

RightGuard TDS PowerPlay Deodorants for $1.14 each, bought 2
$1/2 Right Guard Coupon
Paid $1.28
Got $2.00 ecb
$ .72 moneymaker after coupon

Olay Body Bar w/Massaging Design 4-pack for $3.24
$1/1 Olay Bar, Body Wash or In-Shower Body Lotion, exp. 2/29/12 (P&G 01/29/12)
Paid $2.24
Got $2.00 ecb

Physicians Formula Booster Lash Boosting Felt tip Eyeliner Marker Serum $10.99
Got $7.00 ecb
Submitting the Try me free Physicians Formula Rebate

Check out Leslie’s free trip to CVS last week.  After coupons and ecb, she had a profit of $.28.  Nice job Leslie.

Transaction  1
4 Skintimate  $15.16
Used (4) $.55/1 Skintimate Shave Gel (SS 1/15/12)
Paid $12.96
Get $16.00 ecb

Transaction 2
(6)  Ragu $10.00
Skintimate $3.79
(2) Skintimate  $7.98
(3) Children’s Advil $13.47
(3) Hallmark Cards  $2.97
Reese’s Egg  $.87
Used (2) $1/2 Ragu Pasta Sauce (RP 1/29)
(3) $1/1 Pfizer product from 1/29 inserts
Used $16.00  ECB from Transaction 1
Paid $17.58
Submit for $10 Pfizer rebate
Got back $22.00 ECB

TRANSACTION 3
(2) 3pk Irish Spring $6.00
(7) Colgate $19.18
Used(5) $1/1 Colgate coupons (SS 1/15) and All You
$1/2 Colgate coupon (SS 1/29)
$1/2 Irish Spring bar soap multipack (SS 1/29)
Used $18.00 ECB from Transaction 2
Paid $.18
Submit for $5 Colgate Palmolive rebate
$12.00 ECB for Colgate deal

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Reader Tip’s Roundup: Kroger, CVS & More

February 4, 2012

Some of the best deals come from my mailbox, here are a few of the tips.  If you have a tip to share, leave it in the comments or email me at shannons@forthemommas.com.

Tip from Sarah in Cincinnati (Kroger Store)

  • Sarah spotted Disney PJ’s on clearance for $1.50 (marked down from $13.99) at her Kroger store

Tip from Peggy in Pennsylvania

  • Check your Dollar General stores for more Christmas Clearance. Everything at Peggy’s store was marked down to just $.10 each.

Tip from Brandy in Pennsylvaina (Weis)

  • Weis has a few sales worth mentioning. Huggies Little Movers Jeans Diapers 25 pack  on sale for  $7.99, there is a $1.50 Huggies Coupon available.  Also, check inside the package for another $2/1 Huggies Diapers Coupon.
  • Gevalia Coffee is priced at  $6.99 and there is a in-store display with $1/1 Gevalia Coffee Coupons.  Not a bad deal for Gevalia.

Tip from Celeste (CVS)

  • CVS has Physican’s Formula Mascara for $9.99.  When you spend $10.00 on Physicians Formula, you’ll get $7.00 ecb.  Don’t forget to submit your try me free Physicians Formula Mascara Rebate. 

Tip from Deb (Weis)

  • Weis  has Digiorno frozen pizza on sale 2/$9.00.  Check the freezer door for a $3/2 DiGiorno Pizza Coupon.  Makes them just $3.00 each.

Tip from Mary A. (Wegmans)
I just saw that my Wegmans prints Manufacturers coupons on the back of our receipts now. I got coupons for pepsi ,rold gold deal. Also I got a Crest 3D for Wegmnas $1.00 off.

 

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Stockpile Price List | Dairy Items

February 2, 2012

 

This week I will be posting my 2012 Stock Up Price Lists.

You can see the stockpile price lists for toiletries here.

I want to make sure you are aware that these prices are based on national averages. I believe that 85% of the readers of FTM are able to obtain these prices using coupons, combined with sales and store rewards. Many of these prices are obtained by shopping sales cycles and require time and effort. These price points may not be the prices that you are willing to shop at. They are to give you a starting point to creating your own.

You will notice some drastic increases from my early 2011 price lists. This is due to several things:

  • Increased awareness of couponing
  • Increased cost of food
  • Decreased values of coupons
  • Tightening of coupon policies
  • More people using coupons
  • Less BOGO sales and less BOGO coupons

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Stock Up Price List – Tolietries

January 31, 2012

This week I will be posting my 2012 Stock Up Price Lists.  This series started last year  and you can see the prices I listed here.  Don’t worry about printing all of these, at the end of the week there will be a complete stockpile price list.

I want to make sure you are aware that these prices are based on national averages. I believe that 85% of the readers of FTM are able to obtain these prices using coupons, combined with sales and store rewards.  Many of these prices are obtained by shopping sales cycles and require time and effort.  These price points may not be the prices that you are willing to shop at. They are to give you a starting point to creating your own.

You will notice some drastic increases from my early 2011 price lists.  This is due to several things:

  •  Increased awareness of couponing
  • Increased cost of food
  • Decreased values of coupons
  •  Tightening of coupon policies
  • More people using coupons
  • Less BOGO sales and less BOGO coupons

The buy price is the max I will pay for the product – unless I have a dire emergency .  The stock up price is my normal buy price – meaning this is what I would normally pay and I would buy more than 1. Of  course, there are always opportunity to do better than these prices. You will also notice that this years Buy Price may be higher than last year. This is due to decreased opportunities to save. Since sales are less frequent lately and less stock available, you may have to purchase products in between stock up opportunities.

 

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Reader Success: Laura’s CVS Trip

January 27, 2012

Laura went shopping at CVS and found some clearance items with matching coupons.

Revlon Ultimate Color Stay Liquid Lipstick
Reg. $10.99
Clearance 75% off making it $2.75
Used: $1.00 Revlon Lip/Eye coupon from 1/15 RedPlum

Sally Hansen Quick Care Cuticle Treatment
Reg. $10.99
Clearance 75% off making it $2.75
Used: $2.00 coupon on any Sally Treatments from CVS Coupon Machine

Clairol Nice Easy Color Blend Foam
Reg. $9.99
Clearance 75% off making it $2.49
Used: $3.00 coupon from the 1/1 P&G insert
$.50 profit

Nice job Laura! Do you have a shopping trip to share?  Email shannons@forthemommas.com

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Reader Tips Roundup : CVS, Target & More

January 26, 2012

Some of the best deals come from my mailbox, here are a few of the tips.

If you have a tip, send it in – to be entered to win $100 worth of prizes each month! Your tip doesn’t have to be published to win!

Tip from Lisa in Pennsylvania (Rite Aid)

  • At Giant Butterball turkey bacon is 2 for $3.00 and with $.55 coupon from the 1/15 SmartSource insert (it doesn’t double) they are $.95 each.
  • Nivea lipcare is B1G1. They are $2.59 each so with $1.00 off Nivea printable coupon they are about  $.80 a piece.
Tip from Lisa (Kroger)
  • I was at Kroger today doing their $5 of 10 items deal when I came across the Cool Touch Kleenex. They were not advertised to be part of the deal, yet they were. They are $.99 with the 10 item deal. And there was a $.50/1 coupon in the 1/1 SmartSource – which Kroger will double for free Kleenex!
Tip from Karen (Weis)
  • Tonight I found Cover Girl makeup for 75% off!  To make it even better I had quite a few of the $2.50 off 2 coupons from the 1/1 P&G insert and $1 off 1 coupons from the 1/1 P&G insert.  Value of the makeup before discount?  Approx. $136.00.  Out of pocket?  JUST $18.67!
Tip from Laura (Giant)
  • There is a $1/1 Wholly Guacamole product (no size restriction) coupon from the 1/1 SmartSource that expires on 1/29/2012. The 100 calorie pouches are $ .69 at Giant Food this week making them free after coupon!

Tip from Jessica via Facebook (Target)

  • At Target they have 4.8 oz Desitin on sale (not advertised) for $2.48 and $5 GC WYB 3 and use you $1/1 Desitin coupon. I bought 9 boxes and got 3 GC so I don’t think there is a limit!

Tip from Michelle via Facebook (CVS)

  • Huggies PullUps Mega Packs on clearance 50% off at CVS.
Tip from Mary via Facebook (Acme)
  • Just wanted to let Acme shoppers know that the Kleenex catalina is confirmed. *doing happy dance* This week, Acme has a promo of spend $10.00 on Kleenex ($1.50 each) and get a $3.00 catalina back. Match up with the $.50/1 Cool Touch coupon from the 1/1 SmartSource or $.50/3 coupon from the 1/1 SmartSource. In addition to that, there is a Catalina running – wyb 7 boxes, you get $2.00 back too.

Do you have a tip to share?  Email your tip to shannons@forthemommas.com or join the discussion on Facebook.

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How to Find Free Kindle Books

January 26, 2012

Many of you have been asking where I find the Free Kindle Books, like Gooseberry Patch’s Savory Pie Recipes.   There are two ways.

Amazon has a list of classics that are always free. You can download them at any time for free. In addition, Amazon has a limited time promotional area of the website that lists books that are free for a limited time. Sometimes this books come and go in a matter of a day

You can bookmark this page to quickly check in on free Amazon Kindle Books. As of today, there are 279  titles available.

Hopefully this will allow you to find books quickly! No worries, I will continue to post the free books as they pop up, specifically the more popular titles.

If you are using a Nook, check out how to get Free Nook Books here.

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Payless: Clearance & BOGO Sale

January 25, 2012

If you have a Payless Shoe Store, you may want to check out the clearance sale, that can be combined with buy one, get one 50% off sale.  Heather was able to save about 75% off her purchase. Here is what she did,

Two woman’s sneakers at $9.00 each (originally $34.99). Combined with the bogo sale, she paid just $13.50 for both.

Both pairs of sunglasses were  clearanced to $2.00, so she paid just $3.00 for both after clearance  and bogo sale.

The Payless BOGO sale is also available online, with free shipping to store.

Nice job Heather!

 

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