Dole Instant Win Game

There is a new Dole Instant Win Game here:

http://www.dolesplashintosummer.com/

The promotion says you can use the code on package or request a free code by email.  I requested the code and haven't received it yet.  It's been almost 2 minutes...I guess you can tell I am an instant gratification type person! 

Yes, I do post a lot of these.  I love to win something, anything really, and it makes a huge impact on my grocery savings.

Starbuck's $1 off a 4 pack Coupon

Get $1 off on Starbuck's here:

http://www.frappuccino.com/drink-builder/bottled#

I haven't found a deal to match this up with yet but when I do you will be the first to know.

Free Krill Oil Sample, Prilosec

Try Schiff MegaRed Krill Oil for free from Walmart's sample link.  Look under the "In Stores Now"  tab.  They also have samples of Prilosec and Pig Ears for dogs.  While you are there, take a look at the free download section.  Enjoy!

http://instoresnow.walmart.com/In-Stores-Now-Free-Samples-And-Tools.aspx

Denver Children's Museum Target Tuesday's/Free Entertainment

The first Tuesday of every month families get in free from 4 to 8 pm.  This would be a really fun and frugal thing to do after going to Fazoli's for an inexpensive dinner.  Learn more here:

http://www.mychildsmuseum.org/calendar/detail.aspx?EventID=190

Find a Fazoli's location and sign up for email specials here:

http://fazolis.fbmta.com/members/UpdateProfile.aspx?Action=Subscribe&InputSource=W

On Tuesday nights kids eat for 99 cents and there are kids activities and a separate area of the restaurant for just kids.

On Saturdays check out the Denver Art Museum.  Kids under 12 are free and adults with a Colorado ID are free on Saturday's.

Go to Home Depot on Saturday, 8/7 to build a back to school pencil organizer.

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ContentView?pn=Kids_Workshops&langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053&navFlow=3&searchRedirect=kids%20workshop

Lowe's has kids building clinics on alternating Saturdays.  

 https://www.lowesbuildandgrow.com/

My daughter and I have had so much fun at these.  It is teaching her to have some much needed patience.  It won't be long before we can take "The Boy" with us and frankly I am NOT looking forward to him having a hammer!

Summer Kid's Movies

My kids and I did this last summer and had a blast!  You do need to get there early as these discount movies fill up fast, especially if you need stroller parking. Here's the schedule:

7/27 Kung Fu Panda

8/3 Spiderwick Chronicles

8/10 How To Train Your Dragon

Click here for locations:

http://www.amcentertainment.com/

Kraft First Taste Club

I love this site.  You will sometimes get an email announcement or will find coupons randomly at different times.  I have seen some really great ones for lunch meats, crackers, cookies, even Kool Aid.

http://www.kraftfirsttaste.com/default.aspx

Denver Pizza Company Pay $5 for $10 Gift Card

Pizza for half off?  Sign me up!
Here's another great deal from Groupon.  Spend $5 to get $10 off anything on the menu

 http://www.groupon.com/r/uu4858383


Highlights


•Locally blended spices

•Gluten-free crusts

•Innovative topping combos

•Two locations

Wine Insider's Online Store Pay $25 for $75 worth of wine

I'm soooo excited about this one.  This deal comes from Groupon which has amazing prices on all things Denver.  Sign up for the daily deal email or select a different city to see deals on places you might be traveling to this summer.

http://www.groupon.com/r/uu4858383

Flavorice

Another instant win game.  This one is from Flavorice.  Eating these out on the patio on a summer's night takes me back to being a kid... and that's been awhile!

http://www.flavorice.com/

M and M Instant Win Game

Enter daily here to win a pack of free M and M's.  You won't know if you have won until the coupon appears in your mailbox.  Much more fun than winning salad, right?

http://www.mms.com/us/couponsweepstakes/

Dole Salad Seekers Taste Adventure

Here's a fun instant win game:
http://saladpromo.dole.com/saladseekers/play_iw

You can play three times per day and might win a free bag of salad.

$5 Free at Babies R Us

If you have already signed up for the Toys R Us or Babies R Us rewards program check your email for a $5 off any purchase coupon valid today and tomorrow.  If you haven't signed up yet here is the link: https://rewardsrus.toysrus.com/enroll.cfm?subprogram=sp

I was able to get three six packs of Snikiddy Cheese Snacks and a pair of boys swim shoes for 83 cents.  They had Seventh Generation toilet cleaner marked down to $1.98 and you could use the $1 off coupon on the site.  I had planned to get the water deal, 2 24 packs for $7 but saw the shoes and figured I should get them now before the boy tosses another pair out the window.  I am 99 percent certain that the next pair of shoes he looses will be his nice $30 Stride Right ones, not the ones I got today for 83 cents. 

There will be a picture up as soon as I can borrow my daughters camera.  I wanted to take pictures at the kids swim class and set my bag down in the sink because the floor was wet.  The sink had one of those sensors and immediately sent a flood into my bag so we had soggy snacks, no pictures and wet clothes to wear home.  Lesson learned, never put your bag in a sink to keep it dry!

 

There is a great new rebate from P and G.  Spend $30 (pre coupon) and get a $10 rebate by mail.  I have a good start on it with the free pantene I picked up at Rite Aid ($7.50 towards $30) and the two bottles of Olay cleanser I got at Safeway, spent $1 and have $11.98 towards rebate.  I especially love the rebates I get from buying things super cheap!

  http://www.olay.com/PublishingImages/offers/rebate/june302010/crossbrand/10_Olay.com.pdf

By the way, for the Safeway deal the Olay cleansers were on sale for $5.99 each.  I used a BOGO from last weeks newspaper, a $3 off Olay from a previous newspaper and a $1 off P ang G ecoupon.  When the BOGO was scanned it came off higher than the price and brought my total to 99 cents for both.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 King Soopers, July Challenge

I spent over two hours in King Soopers tonight between my shopping and the mystery shop. Here's what I did:

Snapple 6 pack $6.99 less freebie from winning kroger game and 50 cent ecoupon 50 cent profit
10 Sobe drinks 88 cents each, less $2 ecoupon from Kroger site and 5 BOGO coupons
A and W Root Beer (not in picture) $1 less 60 cent Kroger ecoupon
Mirra foot files x 2 at 2.49 each -used $5 off 2 IP coupon FREE Kroger coupon
Slim Fast bars (CHOCOLATE!!!) $1 each -used 2 $1 off IP coupons FREE
Spaghettio's 4 x 49 cents  - 4 IP $1/2 Campbell's coupons FREE
Potato wedges x2 $1 ea used Safeway 55 cent coupon-doubled FREE
Philadelphia Cream Cheese x2. $1 each used 2x$1 coupons FREE and MM with Kraft $5 back promotion
Kraft Cheese cubes $1.67 x 3- no coupons available but helped me get $5 (above) so bascially free

Total $8.43 and received $5 off next order from Kraft plus will make $14 for mystery shop.

July 20, 2010 Safeway and Walmart

Another three mystery shops tonight.  Here's what I got:

Walmart
Sister Shubert rolls $2.64 - $1 coupon from All You magazine
Pepperidge Farm Tuscan bread $1.98 -$1 coupon from emailing manufacturer plus has Try Me Free Rebate of $1.98 so this will be a 54 cent profit after postage
Country Crock cinnamon apples-$2.98 less $1 off found in store
Nexcare bandages 3 x $1.50 each less 3 $1 off IP coupons
Reddi Whip $1.93
Total $8.39 and made $14 for shop and rebate means profit of $6.18

Safeway:
Hormel Beef Roast $4.99 less $2 in store peelie coupon
Bananas 90 cents
Strawberries 2x 99 cents
Pineapple $2.99 less 50 cent off IP coupon doubled
Kit Kats 99 cents BOGO

Not too impressive, only saved 63 percent.  After the two other mystery shops and spending two hours at King Soopers I was pretty wiped out.

Total $8.85 plus $14 shop payment =$5.15 profit

Sobe Lifewater Instant Win Game

Sobe Lifewater has an instant win game going right now.  I have won several bottles so far and have been able to print tons of BOGO coupons.  These work very nicely with the Kroger buy 10 get $2 off deal (ecoupon) or when Target gives a giftcard for buying 10. 

http://headsortails.sobe.com/

Free Special K Protein Bar and Coupons

Join here to get special offers and a sample pack with coupons.

http://www.specialk.com/register/offer/protein-shake?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=protein-coupon

Free Honest Tea at Kroger

Single Serve Honest Tea and Honest Ade are on sale for $1 each (check organic foods section) this week.  Use this coupon to make them free if your store doubles.

http://www.honesttea.com/coupons/

Shortcuts E Coupons

I received an update from Short-cuts today on my e coupon usage.  I was pretty suprised to see I had already saved $45.80.  It's super easy to use and can be combined with manufacturer coupons to get a better deal.  Still think coupons are a waste of time?

Trip date: 07/18/10

Card: Safeway

Coupons used: 1

Savings: $1.00 Coupons: 36

Value: $24.10 Coupons redeemed: 75

Savings: $45.80


Join Here:
http://shortcuts.com/

Kroger/King Soopers Summer of Savings

Don't forget to play the instant win game on the Kroger site.  You need a shopper card and they load the prizes directly on the card.  Today I won a free Snapple six pack and will use that with the 50 cent ecoupon from the Kroger site to make it a money maker.  I also won the 32 oz. Powerade last week and a jug of Lipton tea.  Fun!

http://www.softcoin.com/Sites/Kroger_SummerOfSavings/Page/HomePage

Free Snikiddy Snack

Has anyone tried these yet?  I have found them at Babies R Us and think they may be at Kroger stores.  I checked several King Soopers and Safeway's and haven't found them.

http://coupons.snikiddy.com/?bucktownbargains

Update- Bought these at Babies R Us today.  I was able to use three coupons to get three 6 packs of cheese puffs.  I can't wait to get a review from the kids on these.

Joint Juice free?

Here is a link I found for $1 off any Joint Juice.  I found these for 88 cents each at King Soopers this week.  Enjoy!
http://jointjuice.com/coupons.jsp

Free Swim Diapers!

I redeemed my Huggies points tonight for a pack of swim diapers which are going to come in super handy with swim lessons starting tonight.  My daughter is taking classes first then my son so I will have two wet kids at the same time which is much better than going seperately and having wet towels to wash 4 days instead of 2. Diaper value $10.  Getting into the rec center for just the price of the class twice a week, priceless!      Join Huggies Enjoy The Ride at

https://enjoytheriderewards.com/default.aspx?c=us&bhcp=1

Walgreens $10 off coupon, July Challenge

Did you get to use the $10 off Walgreens coupon?  Here's how I used mine.  These supplements were BOGO for $10 each.  Shipping was $5.49 and that was my total for 90 days of this that I could have spent $40 on at the store.  Saved $34.51.

July Challenge, Friday July 17th Kohl's

Fun trip to Kohl's today. We had some $5 Kohl's cash certificates to use and we were excited to find that they were giving out $10 coupons to use next week on kid's clothes. Maybe we will do all our back to school shopping at Kohl's. I have heard that this promotion is only in CO and a few other states. Lucky us. It almost makes up for how we get a raw deal on our drugstore ads here. Here's what we got.
2 Pairs Toddler boy shorts $2.40 ea and added a gift bag for 39 cents to get the total over $5 to use Kohl's cash. Paid 21 cents. Value $10
Bronze ice holder $5.99 less Kohl's cash total $1.07 out of pocket, $20 value
Girl's jeans $7.50 and 4 pk socks $4.80-total $7.89 after Kohl's cash and got $10 coupon, value $20 plus $10 coupon $30 less $7.89=$22.11
Girl's Candie's shorts $6 and socks $4.80 less Kohl's cash $6.27 and got a $10 off coupon
Place mats $2.39 each x 4= $4.93 after Kohl's cash and got a $10 off coupon, value $26
Girl's top $5.20 less $5 Kohl's cash 22 cents out of pocket, $10 value

I calculated the value to us to be about $121 including the $30 to use next time. I would have spent $22.50 out of pocket but had a few returns and a $10 gift card from MyPoints.com.
I was so excited about the place mats and ice bucket for my patio table as I rarely buy anything for our house lately. That is until I put them out there and they blew away.

July Challenge 07/18/10 King Soopers

Another mystery shop and used the pharmacy store credit I made earlier in the month to pay so it was a $13.24 profit plus $93 grocery value and a rebate for $2.99 ($2.55) for $109.23 value less the 76 cents I spent comes to $108.47 for the trip.
Here's what I got:
3 Honest Teas $1 each- 50 cent IP coupon from site-doubled to FREE
1 Odwalla juice $2.50- $1 coupon found on product (this was for the road-cheaper and healthier than fast food!)
Kraft Easy mac x 4- 38 cents each (needed these to get to 10 items on promotion)
Red Baron pizza $2.50 less $2 Facebook coupon = 50 cents then $2.99 rebate $2.45 MM
1 Powerade- free- won on Kroger Summer Instant Win game and ecoupon for $1=$1 MM
4 x Joint Juice 88 cents each less 2 BOGO coupons
1 x mini bagels from mark down rack 1.39
1x Suave antiperspirant $1.00 less 75 cent coupon, doubled to FREE
1 x coffee filter $1
Clif Bars- $6.49 (normally $12) found on marked down rack
2 x Stouffers entrees $1.88 ea less 2 x $1 off Facebook IP coupon (and will get points for Stouffer's Dinner Club)
2X Tombstone pizza's $2.49 each less $2 IP coupons
1 x Muir Glen tomato paste 88 cents, $1 off coupon adjusted to 88 cents

My total would have been $15 but I used the remainder of my pharmacy credit.

July 18, 2010 Safeway and Walmart

I had a few mystery shopping jobs today so I hit Safeway, King Soopers (Kroger) and Walmart. The mystery shops reimburse $7 for the required purchase plus pay $7 for doing the shop. Here's what I got:
Safeway
Chocolate Cheerios $1.99 -used $1/2 found in store
Honey Nut Cheerios $1.99
Nature Valley Nut Clusters $1.99 X 2- used $1 off each plus ecoupons of $1 that came off 3 times
Nature Valley Granola bars $1.99 free when you buy the above 4 products
Oscar Meyer hot dogs $4.49- used freebie coupon from website
Dannon Danactive- marked down to $1.25-used Catalina from previous purchase for $1.50
also got milk, stew veggies and discount pork chops
I did buy cereal during this promotion earlier in the week so most of my ecoupons had been used up or it would have been better.
Saved $29.34, spent $9.25 and will get $14 for completing the mystery shop.

Walmart
Tuscan garlic bread $1.99 with try me free sticker- great deal if you had used a coupon but I forgot I had one! Bought a newspaper and some toilet paper $3.98-$1 coupon. Made $14 for the shop, spent $8.74 and will send in rebate for bread $1.99- 44 cent stamp.

So the math looks like $28 for shops + $1.55 refund on bread less $17.99 spent leaves me with a profit of $11.56 for the trip plus a grocery value of $39.08 for a total of $50.64

July Challenge 7/19/10

I tried the Amazon diaper deal and am happy to report it is working just as expected. I used a $5 Swagbucks gift card and charged $2.59 to my bank card so just $2.59 out of pocket for a 56 pack of Huggies Overnights which will last approximately 2 months since we just use these at night. You will want to get the 20% off coupon code from this month's Parenting magazine and you do have to sign up for their subscription service which you can cancel or keep getting a good deal on diapers indefinitely. You can also get a pretty good deal on wipes or other diapers.

Since these are usually about $20 a box I am going to call it $17.41 towards the July Challenge.

Item(s) Subtotal:
$15.19
Shipping/Handling:
$16.13
Promotion Applied:
-$4.56
Free Shipping:
-$16.13
Promotion Applied:
-$3.04

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Total Before Tax:
$7.59
Estimated Tax:
$0.00
Gift Certificate/Card Amount:
$5.00

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Grand Total:
$2.59Payment