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Frances | March 31, 2011
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HOT: GUM Printable Coupon
Frances | March 31, 2011
CLICK HERE to get the new $1/2 GUM printable coupon
Use this today at Walgreen’s for $.34 a pack with the 15% discount
Frances Frugal Fairhope Tip: Rolling or Not
Frances | March 31, 2011
Rolling your CVS Extra Care Bucks (ECBs) from week to week is by far the better way to get the greatest amount of savings for your dollar. ECBs are basically store credit that you can use to purchase almost anything at CVS. Rolling ECBs simply means to pay for something with ECBs and get ECBs back. Here is an example of what we mean by rolling your ECBs. Let’s say the CVS has Bausch & Lomb on sale for $2.99 this week and if you purchase this you will receive $2.99 in ECBs.
Bausch & Lomb Multipurpose Solution 2-oz $2.99 Get $2.99 ECBs
The next week CVS has Complete Multipurpose on sale for $7.99 and if you purchase this you will receive $7.99 in ECBs.
Complete Multipurpose Solution $7.99 Get $7.99 ECBs
Here is how this deal would work between the two weeks:
1st Transaction (this week)
Bausch & Lomb Multipurpose Solution $2.99
Out of Pocket: $2.99
Receive $2.99 ECBs
2nd Transaction (next week)
Complete Multipurpose Solution $7.99
-Use $2.99 in ECBs from 1st Transaction
Out of Pocket: $5
Receive $7.99 ECBs
As you can see we used the ECBs from the first transaction to pay down the second transaction out of pocket and received additional ECBs, this is rolling.
Sometimes you may find that you get busy and while ECBs have a three week expiration date, life sometimes takes over and you may not have time to roll these over into another deal or there is just not anything you need. If you decided to not roll your ECBs, you are still getting your money’s worth and more. Here’s how:
1st Transaction
Bausch & Lomb Multipurpose Solution $2.99
Out of Pocket: $2.99
Receive $2.99 ECBs
2nd Transaction
4 Bumble Bee Albacore B1G1 $2.29
-$2.99 in ECBs from 1st Transaction
Out of Pocket: $1.59 or $.40 each
As you can see you are still getting the Bausch & Lomb for free and we used the $2.99 from the 1st transaction to pay for tuna the next week. Of course it is better if you can roll the ECBs into something that will give you more ECBs but you don’t have to do this.
$61.06 Publix Groceries for $16.48
Frances | March 31, 2011
Not our best but this wasn’t really t the best week to go for our family and we wanted to pass around some happies.
We left 6 $1 coupons for the next person looking to buy Log Cabin Syrup, the coupons expire today so have fun and enjoy the happy!
6 Purina Friskies Party Mix Cat Treats B1G1 $1.75
-$1 coupon from bag
-Used 6 $1 Publix printable
Final Price: Free plus $1.75 overage
Grapes 4.29lb $1.69lb
Dannctive $2 (happy for The Little One)
-$1 coupon
Final Price: $1
2 Cliff Bars $.99 (happy for The Big One 
)
Hartz Cat Toy $1.49 (happy for the Other Little One)
-$1 Publix coupon (found in store)
Final Price: $.49
6 Idahoan Mashed Potatoes 3.95oz 1.5oz cup or 4-4.1oz $10/10
-Used 2 $.75/3 printable
Final Price: $.75 each
Tostistos Dip $2.99
Tostitos Artisan Chips $3.99
-Free Tostitos Artisan Chips $3.99
-Used $1 off chips & dip (found at Publix store)
Final Price: $1 each
Chicken Breasts 5lb $12.29
3 Philadelphia Cooking Cream $2.99
-Used 3 $1 Winn Dixie coupon (Philadelphia)
-Free Cream Cheese from VocalPoint
-Used $1.50 from VocalPoint
-Used 4 $1.50 manufacture coupons
Final Price: $1.30 each
-$5 off $25 Winn-Dixie Glove Box coupon
Final Price: $16.48
Don’t Toss Expired Coupons Reminder
Frances | March 31, 2011
The first of the month can be a sad day for “coupon ladies & gentlemen” across the country. This is the day when the majority of coupons have expired. Millions of dollars in coupons are tossed in the trash.
If you have been to our Free Frugal Fairhope Coupon Workshops you have heard us talk about another use for those expired coupons. Military bases overseas can use expired coupons in their commissary for up to 6 months after the expiration date.
We have spent some time overseas, and we can tell you from personal experience it is not cheap. The military bases commissary offers some discounts that can help with the grocery cost but the cost of living in general is expensive. Like those of us living state side grocery costs are soaring with no end in sight, so every little bit counts.
Sending coupons overseas is pretty simple and your are sending the package to a U.S. territory so doesn’t require extra international postage. You can get all the instructions including how and which base to adopt at the Overseas Coupon Program, www.ocpnet.org.
Here are a few tips from the site:
- Sort your coupons by food and non food (we especially liked the calorie tip)
- We placed our coupons in two Ziploc bags (see photo)
- Don’t send anything that has expired over 2 months, by the time it gets there they may not be able to use it
- Keep the package open until you get to the post office in case it is cheaper to send your package by parcel post
- Don’t forget about completing the customs form
- Tally the coupons value by weight or counting the values (optional)
There are several bases to adopt and the site is self serving. Fill out an on line form telling them how much you donated and the base the coupons were sent. This helps them keep track of what base is in need but this is not required.
CVS: Things to Look For
Frances | March 30, 2011
Reinventing Beauty Magazine
This magazine is hard to find and costs $.99 in the store but you get over $30 in manufacture and store coupons. Some stores will tear out the coupons and place them on the shelf in the beauty isle. The Daphne store has done this in the past. Don’t be fooled by the same magazine in the Rite Aid stores, it doesn’t include the coupons (at this time).
CVS Kiosk
Always Always Always scan your CVS card at the kiosk before your purchase, Always. CVS Store Coupons!
Price Matching
If you shop in the Milton, FL CVS store you may find that this store price matches. If you find that a competitor like Rite Aid or Walgreen’s has a cheaper price ask the store manager if they will price match. The sign says it all…”just ask”.
Thanks Reader P… for sending the photos and the information. Oh and Reader P… was able to use a non prescription Target coupon in the same store. Appears that this store is also taking competitor coupons.
Check your email before you shop CVS
CVS routinely issues Glove Box coupons to card holders who have a email address on file with their CVS card. These coupons are routinely sent on every other Thursday afternoon. Glove Box coupons are coupons for $X off $XX that we place in our automobile glove box. In case we run out of them while we are at the store.
Green Bag Tags
Purchase this tag at CVS for $.99, attach it to your reusable bag, and scan with your CVS card to get ECBs. Get a $1 in ECBs for every forth time you use your reusable shopping bag and scan your card. You can find these tags on the end caps or located near the register.
Green Bag Tag Tip
We keep our two CVS cards and Green Bag Tags in our wallet next to our CVS cards. Well we got a little tired of that so we decided to…
tape them together
Quick and Simple, just the way we like it.
Creating Discounts with Ebates
Frances | March 30, 2011
Another great site for getting paid to shop is Ebates.
We talked in the past about creating coupons and discounts on stores that typically don’t offer discounts. Before buying products online, check with your Ebates account first to see if the store is listed. Like the previous post, go to your Ebates account first to search for the store, then click through to get the percentage back.
Ebates will give you a percentage back on your purchases, no gift cards or points just cash!
There are some additional benefits to Ebates, you get $5 (up to $50) for every referral and there are additional prizes for referrals.
CLICK HERE to sign up, of course it is FREE
Oh No, ECBs Expired?
Frances | March 29, 2011
Don’t panic and don’t toss those expired ECBs. They may have some life left in them yet.
We have personally confirmed this with two stores in our local area; they WILL accept expired ECBs as long as you redeem them BEFORE the sale ends that week. For example if your ECBs expire today, you “technically” have until midnight Saturday night to redeem them. Let a Sunday pass on those expired ECBs and you are out of luck. There is one other condition, you have to follow Mamo’s advice and be nice when you ask if they will take them before you get to the register.
Note: There is nothing written that supports this, it is our experience and experience of other readers. CVS does have the right to refuse this to anyone, just wanted to give you a heads up just in case the ECBs expiration dates it slipped your mind. We would not advise doing this all the time or they may stop doing it all together.
Last Minute Publix Peanut Butter Deal
Frances | March 29, 2011
8 Peter Pan B1G1 $2.67
-Use 8 $.50 printable
Final Price: $.85 each
Use this code 63829897 (Thanks Reader M..) to get several $.50 printable coupons
This deal gets better if you have the $1/3 Publix Slam Dunk coupon
8 Peter Pan B1G1 $2.67
-Use 8 $.50 printable
-Use 2 $1/3 Publix coupon from the Slam Dunk coupon book
Final Price: $.59 each
The deal gets better when you use the rebate form inside this book and buy $30 in ConAgra products and get $10 back.
8 Peter Pan B1G1 $2.67
2 Orville Popcorn B1G1 $5.07
$14.25 in Publix Groceries
-Use 8 $.50 Peter Pan printable
-Use 2 $1/3 Publix Peter Pan coupon from Slam Dunk coupon book
-Use 2 $1 Orville printable
-Use $5 off $25
-Receive $10 rebate
Final Price: $7 for ALL!
May not be possible but here is how the “deal gets better” keep hitting that back browser button.
If there is a run on Peter Pan peanut butter, get your rain checks.
HOT: Pinecone Research is Back
Frances | March 29, 2011
PineCone Research is looking for MEN and WOMEN panelists ages 18-24! Register to join the PineCone Panel for an opportunity to evaluate new product ideas in the comfort of your own home and earn cash rewards for your opinions.
CLICK HERE to see if you qualify
VocalPoint: Free Samples & High Value Coupons
Frances | March 28, 2011
This one of our favorite Free Sites. Free to join and you never know what you will get in samples and coupons.
To get in on the fun at Vocalpoint.com, click here to visit the sign up page. It’s free and easy! Soon as you’re in, check out all our great articles, message boards, coupons, and samples. Enjoy! Click Here to Join
CVS Extra Care Bucks (ECBs)
Frances | March 28, 2011
CVS offers an Extra Care Bucks (ECBs) program. Get an application and CVS card at your local CVS store. Use your card for every purchase at CVS. CVS ECBs program is one of the easiest and straightforward programs. You can use ECBs to purchase just about anything in the CVS store. You will receive discounts, coupons, and a % back every quarter on the purchases made in the store.
You will find the ECBs offers and deals posted on Frugal Fairhope every week, which start on Sunday and end on Saturday. We list our CVS deals as follows:
Wisk laundry detergent $10/2 Get $2 ECBs WYB 2
-$2 coupon 3/6 RP
Final Price: $2
Here are some additional tips.
- One household can have two CVS Extra Care Card? You and your significant other can have a card. So this will double your savings.
- CVS ECBs will roll. You can use ECBs to pay for a transaction and receive ECBs for the items you purchased.
- You can use store coupons, Glove Box coupons, manufacturer coupons, pay for your transaction with ECBs and receive ECBs in one transaction.
- If the cashier has the time, you can do more than one transaction in your trip and use the ECBs to pay for the next purchase.
- CVS gives you back 2% on your purchases. Every quarter your ECBs will print after your purchase receipt.
- ECBs must be greater than the purchase amount, no change can be given.
- Always scan your card at the kiosk if your store has one.
- You can print your ECBs on your online account.
- Purchase a CVS Green Green Tag for $.99, attach it to your reusable bag, and scan with your CVS card to get $1 ECBs for every forth time you use your reusable shopping bag and scan your card. You can find these tags on the end caps or located near the register.
- Follow CVS_Extra on Twitter and get a secret discount code for 25% off “nearly everything” on CVS.com.
- Did you know that you can use your ECBs and ECB coupons when ordering products on line at CVS.com? Use your coupons and rewards when you shop online. Here is the information from the site:If you are an ExtraCare cardholder, you know just how rewarding it can be to use the card every time you shop. And now you can take advantage of your Extra Bucks® when you shop online. In your Shopping Cart, click on the Use Coupons/ExtraCare Rewards button at the bottom of the page to apply online coupons and/or ExtraCare Rewards to your purchase. Just enter the relevant codes and your ExtraCare card number in the appropriate section of the Rewards and Coupons page. The coupon value cannot exceed the total value of merchandise in your Shopping Cart.
- Make sure you have updated your CVS cards with your email address, we receive $X off $XX coupons by email 2-3 times a month. We love using these coupons at our local Publix store.
- You can print your ECBs coupons on your online account.
- ECBs are treated as cash in CVS stores but they must be greater than the purchase amount, no change can be given. ECBs also have an expiration date of 3-4 weeks.
- Always offer up the store coupons first then the manufactures coupons. When shopping at CVS always hand the cashier your CVS card first then CVS dollar off transaction coupons, CVS store coupons/manufacturer coupons, and then finally your ECBs.
- Change can not be given for ECBs, so use
More Huggies Coupons $15+
Frances | March 27, 2011
CLICK HERE to get $1.50 off Huggies
CLICK HERE to get $3 off Huggies
CLICK HERE to get $3 off Huggies
In case you missed them here are the others we told you about this week:
CLICK HERE to share this coupon with three friends and get $3 off.
For zip code 90210 get $2 and $3 coupons for Huggies CLICK HERE
The Best Things in Life are Free
Frances | March 27, 2011
We received this beautiful card from Reader B… that really touched us and really made us think about counting our blessings.
The Best Things in Life are Free
When we count our many blessings,
it isn’t hard to see.
That life’s most valued treasures
are the treasures that are free.
For it isn’t what we own or buy
that signifies our wealth.
It’s the special gifts
that have no price-
our family, friends and health.
~Emily Mattews
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