Deals of the Week for December 15, 2009

Hello, Super-Couponers! Christmas is just TEN days away… and this week’s deals will help ease your grocery spending — as well as putting your Christmas dinner on the table for even less money than you may imagine! There are even a few great, inexpensive gift ideas scattered throughout here as well…

As we get close to Christmas, I’ve had so many people write about the wonderful savings they’ve enjoyed over the past year and to share that they’re getting Super-Couponing DVDs as gifts too! Orders placed before noon each day will ship the SAME day via Priority Mail, so there’s still plenty of time to have them in hand before the holiday :)

This week’s 12/13 newspaper contained three inserts – SmartSource, RedPlum, and General Mills. And, don’t toss that paper yet… you’ll also want the $9 Jewel ham coupon on page 11 of the Chicago Tribune, as well as the Fannie May ad with gift cards that many editions of the Trib received as well.

And, if you remember the great dairy, cheese and yogurt coupons from a few weeks ago, they’re back! Print these $1 off milk, $1.50 off cheese, and .75 off yogurt for use in future deals…

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If you’re new to the site, take a quick minute to read Using this site and bring yourself up to speed on all the coupon lingo and abbreviations. It’s a good idea to save the grocery and drugstore flyers from both Wednesday and Sunday each week to have on hand & refer to too as you go through the deals! And, if you’re new to couponing in general, check out my Super-Couponing® website for a list of coupon classes (most are FREE!) and easy instructions on how to start using coupons effectively!

AND… my Super-Couponing® class is now available on DVD! Own the 72-minute class and watch it whenever you like! Click for a video preview & learn how to order!

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Unless otherwise noted, GROCERY store deals run through WEDNESDAY of this week, and the drugstore/general merchandise store deals run through Saturday.

Jump to: Jewel | Dominick’s | Meijer | Hilander | Target | Kmart | Walgreens | CVS | Free

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Grocery Deals

Starting at Jewel, let’s take home some FREE coffee creamer! 16oz. Coffee-Mate is on sale for $1 a bottle. Visit www.coffeemate.com to print a $1 coupon, making this FREE! There’s also a $1.50 off 2 coupon there which will get you two more bottles for .25 each!

Then, after you print, follow the link on the site for Send a Cup of Confidence, fill out a short form and get another $1 printable coupon link! Remember to click that Back button, as you can print all of these great printables twice…

Now, if you did the Jewel Preferred Card Update promotion earlier this year, there is also a $1 off 2 Coffee-Mate STORE coupon in the Update coupon book. Buy 2 and stack that coupon with this deal for serious Coffee-Mate overage..!

There is also a .50 Coffee-Mate coupon in 11/1 RP if you’d like to take even more home at a great price… and Target’s site also has TWO $1 off 2 Coffee-Mate printable manufacturer coupons as well. (These will have the Target logo on them, but they are manufacturer coupons.) All in all, you should be WELL stocked on coffee creamer for several months… if you’ve got the fridge space! I’ve also frozen these bottles without a problem.

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Continuing again this week, Gillette Foamy shaving cream is on sale for $1, and there’s a $1 coupon in the 11/29 PG insert. I have long said that the personal care items are some of the easiest products to get for free with coupons, and this is no exception. Enjoy this FREE shaving cream!

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Now the BIG meat deal of the week is so good it will make your wallet spin… at how little this will cost! You’ll need that $9 off ham coupon from page 11 of Sunday’s Chicago Tribune. Buy a Cook’s spiral ham… and to minimize your out-of-pocket, stay as close to $9 in price as you can on the ham.

Then, look in the meat department for store coupons for “Buy Cook’s Spiral Ham, get FREE Jennie-O Turkey Breast!” The Jennie-O breasts range in size from 5-8lbs… so depending on the size of your ham, you could have all of your Christmas dinner meats covered for next to nothing! One of our Forum readers picked up a $9.73 spiral ham, and with coupon, took home both the ham and turkey breast for a whopping .73!

(I could not find hams quite that small when I went – I ended up with a 8.7lb ham priced at $19.07. With the coupon, it was $9.07, plus the free turkey breast — and I also had an $8 off $80 coupon to work in here too, which essentially brought the price for both down to $2.07! [Incidentally, I thought I’d -never- use up that $8/$80 – my pre-coupon is rarely that high anymore — but keep in mind that the pre-coupon price of my ham, plus the (free) $23.35 turkey breast brought me to $42.42 alone..! I filled in the rest with milk, produce… and LOTS of coupons for FREE items that were expiring 12/31 :)

Note that the ham coupon also requires a $20 Jewel purchase… but almost every turkey breast I saw was priced at $21 or above! Remember too that all of those free Coffee-Mates will count, as well as anything else you work into your deals this week! So, just remember… small ham + large turkey breast, and you’ll get the best deal possible!

AND… A DIFFERENT WAY TO DO THE DEAL: If you have no interest in buying the turkey breast, you’re not limited to using this coupon on a Cook’s spiral ham. Use it on a shank ham and purchase just the ham very cheaply! I saw shank hams on sale for $9.49 at my store… that’s just .49 with coupon!

$15/$5 CATALINA DEAL: Jewel is currently running a $15/$5 promotion on selected products (see back page of week-long flyer) 12/16. Spend $15 and get a $5 Catalina for your next trip. Here are your included products and matchups. If you’re a spreadsheet person who likes to see every single UPC, flavor and item, you can also find that here… Green Giant canned vegetables – .69 Green Giant Boil-in-Bag (boxed) – $1 – .50 off 2 – printable, printable – .60 off 3 – 12/13 GM Betty Crocker Bisquick – $1.79 – .60 off – 11/15 GM, 12/13 GM, printable, printable Betty Crocker Cookie Pouches – $1.79 – .40 off – 10/25 SS, 12/13 GM, printable, printable General Mills Cereals – $2.50 Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Golden Grahams, Kix, Cheerios, Trix – $1 off – printable – $1 off 2 – 11/8 SS, printable – $1 off 3 – 12/13 GM, 11/22 SS Nature Valley Granola Bars – $2.50 Nature Valley Nut Clusters – $2.50 – $1 off – printable, printable Betty Crocker SuperMoist Cake Mix – $1 Betty Crocker Premium Brownies – $2.29 – .75 off 2 – printable Betty Crocker Ready-to-Spread Frosting – $1.69 – .50 off – printable Pillsbury Grands, Crescent or Cinnamon Rolls – $1.79 – .30 off 2 Grands – 10/4 GM, 11/8 SS, printable – .50 off 2 Crescents – 12/13 GM, 12/6 SS, 11/22 SS, 11/15 GM, 11/8 SS, 10/25 SS, 10/4 GM, printable, printable – .25 off Crescents – 12/13 GM, 11/22 SS, 11/15 GM – .40 off Cinnamon/Grands – 11/8 SS, 10/25 SS, 10/18 SS, 10/4 GM, printable, printable Pillsbury Ready-to-Bake Cookies – $2.50 – $1 off Simply Cookies – 12/13 GM – $1 off 2 – 12/13 GM, 12/6 SS, 11/22 SS, 11/15 GM, printable, printable – .55 off 2 – 12/13 GM – .55 off Simply Cookies – 10/4 GM – $1.50 off 2 in Blinkie dispenser too Pillsbury Pie Crust – $2.50 – .55 off 2 – printable – .35 off – 10/4 GM Gold Medal Flour – $2 Chex Mix – $1.69 – .50 off – 10/25 SS, printable, printable – .50 off 2 – 12/13 GM, 11/15 GM Old El Paso refried beans – $1.50 Old El Paso dinner kits – $3 Pillsbury Savorings or Bread Bowl Bites – $3.50 – .55 off – 10/4 GM, printable, printable – $1 off 2- 12/13 GM, 11/15 GM Green Giant Steamers – $1.99 – .50 off – printable, printable – .40 off – 12/13 GM, 11/15 GM Betty Crocker boxed potatoes – $1.69 – .40 off – printable, printable – .35 off – 12/13 GM, 11/22 SS, 11/15 GM Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, or Mountain dew 6-pack 24-oz. bottles – $3.33 Lipton Teas 12-pack .5 liter or 6-pack 16-oz. bottles – $5.99 SoBe, No Fear, Rockstar or Amp energy drink 4-packs – $5.99 Starbucks Frappucino 4-pack – $5.99 SoBe or SoBe Lifewater – $1 – .25 off – printable Aquafina 24-pack water bottles – $4.99 NOT in the ad, but included in the Catalina deal: Progresso soups and broth – $1.10 off 3 – printable – .50 off broth – printable, printable – .50 off 2 – 12/6 SS, 11/15 GM, 11/8 SS, 10/25 SS – .25 off – 12/6 SS, 11/15 GM, 11/8 SS, 10/25 SS – Jewel Preferred Card update book has a store coupon to stack too…

Mixing and matching any of the items above to get to a $15 total, (PRE COUPON!) will generate a $5 Catalina at checkout.

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My black belt couponers know that these deals typically work differently at Jewel than at any other store.

VERY IMPORTANT: If you have never done a high-level Catalina deal at Jewel before, please read this short overview of the way the price structure works. In a nutshell, if you base your dollar-spent mark on the non-Preferred prices, you can save even more money and spend less out of pocket. It is entirely up to you if you would like to work the deal in this way, but understand that IF you do, and the Catalina does not print, you can NOT go to the service counter and ask/demand that they reimburse you. You are working this sale in a different way than the ad specifies, and you’re on your own if you choose to do this. Know that you are accepting ANY outcome, including getting NO Catalinas. You can mix and match any items in the list to get to that price mark. It’s important to remember that the non-preferred prices vary at EVERY store, and in some cases there are three prices (shelf, sale, and Preferred) on each item. If there is a fourth price (“Big Relief,” this is the price you use.) If this makes no sense or is the least bit confusing to you… do NOT do the deal in this way. These high-level Catalina deals can be very confusing, especially when you’re new at this. If you are new, use the PREFERRED price only, and you’ll get the Catalina every time. But if you’re a “black belt” couponer and want to maximize your savings… here are some of the best deals. Again, if you use these scenarios and do not get your Catalina, DO NOT go to Customer Service and ask them to make it right for you. You WILL NOT have purchased what the ad states that you must. Again, YOU are taking the risk on these deals. You must be willing to accept ANY outcome without complaining, even if it means not getting any Catalinas at all. An AMAZING all-vegetables deal Buy 7 Green Giant boxed (boil-in-bag) vegetables at $1 each. Use two .60 off 3 coupons from above. Pay $5.80 and get $5 back! That’s about .11 a box! (Who says coupon shoppers don’t eat healthy?) Another all-vegetables deal Buy 6 Green Giant Steamers (larger bag) vegetables at $1.99 each. Use 4 .50 printables and two .40 insert coupons. Pay $9.14 and get $5 back. 6 bags for $4.14 – that’s .69 each… An all-soup deal Buy 13 $1 cans of Progresso Soup Use two $1.10 off 3 coupons, three .50 off 2 coupons, and one .25 coupon Also, receive two instant $2.49 discounts (broth price is autodeducted.) Pay $4.07 and get $5 back! FREE soup and a small moneymaker! The $2.49 savings is meant to cover a free Progresso broth, but you don’t need to buy the broth. If you want it, it too is FREE… and you can use the .50 broth coupon on it too..! A Pillsbury Crescent Roll deal Buy 5 Pillsbury Crescent Rolls Use two .50 off 2 and one .25 coupon Pay $7.70 and get $5 back. $2.70 for 5 cans of crescents! An all-cookie dough deal Buy 4 Pillsbury ready-to-bake cookie dough (To use these coupons, make sure 2 are “Simply Cookies” variety) Use $1 and .55 coupons for Simply Cookies Use $1 off 2 coupon for other two packages Pay $7.45 and get $5 back! 4 packages of cookies for $2.45, or about .61 a package! An all-SoBe or SoBe Lifewater deal Buy 9 SoBe ($1 bottles) Use 2 .25 printables from above link. Pay $8.50 and get $5 back! 9 SoBe for $3.50, or about .39 each! A Nature Valley Nut Cluster deal Buy 4 Nature Valley Nut Clusters Use four $1 printables. Pay $6 and get $5 back. Four for $1! A Pepsi products deal Buy 3 6-packs Pepsi bottles and 1 Green Giant box vegetable ($1 – filler) Pay $11.00 and get $5 back! $6 for 3 6-packs, plus the vegetables isn’t too bad if you want the pop. An all-cereal deal Buy 6 General Mills cereals included in the sale. Use two $1 cereal printables from above, plus two $1 off 2 cereal coupons. Pay $11 and get $5 back… $1 a box. We’ve certainly seen it much, much cheaper than this, but it’s not bad if you NEED it. The price spread is not large enough to make this one truly worthwhile though. Note that you can do this deal with 5 cereals and one “filler” too ($1 GG vegetables or cake mix works well) if you want to minimize your out-of-pocket. In that case… use two $1 printables and one $1 off 2. Pay $10.50 and get $5 back. REMEMBER… ALWAYS, ALWAYS verify prices at your store at the price-checker BEFORE using the above scenarios. You are using these matchups at YOUR OWN RISK. And remember to roll those Catalinas! Use the $5 you got to help pay for your next round, and so on…

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Lastly, we are nearing the end of 2009! If you did the Jewel Freezer Deal this February and still have coupons for free items, don’t forget about them. Of course we want to use them during those good Buy One Get One Free sales, but if they haven’t lined up with any, better to use than lose.

Another good way to use them? To “pad up” your total and use a money-off coupon! Jewel recently mailed coupons out ($4 off $40, $8 off $80) to customers, and any free coupons make good fillers to get you up to that top dollar amount so you can use the dollars-off coupon — and of course, they’re great ways to pad up to $20 to use the $9 ham coupon too!

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Over at Dominick’s, did you see the AMAZING set of coupons inside this week’s flyer? They are offering a FREE product every day with a minimum $20 purchase*. The products are:

Dec. 15 – FREE Lucerne large dozen eggs
Dec. 16 – FREE Hillshire Farm Lil’ Smokies
Dec. 17 – FREE Safeway brown or powdered sugar
Dec. 18 – FREE 2-liter 7-Up
Dec. 19 – FREE 5lb. bag Russet potatoes
Dec. 20 – FREE Safeway 12oz. breakfast sausage links
Dec. 21 – FREE Safeway semi-sweet baking chips
Dec. 22 – FREE Dominick’s mini muffins – 12 ct. pumpkin, chocolate chip or orange cranberry
Dec. 23 – FREE Butternut Brown N’ Serve Rolls
Dec. 24 – FREE Safeway 2-liter club soda

Now, if you like these coupons but plan to hit Jewel this week too, you may wish to take a look at this discussion on Jewel’s policy on competitor store-brand coupons…

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Clementines (mmm! Clementines!) are CHEAP at Dominick’s this week too. A 5lb. box is $3.99, the cheapest we’ve seen at any of our major stores so far this season. Make them even cheaper with this $1 coupon! $2.99 for the 5-lb. box really is a STEAL for Clementines… do I need to mention again that these are my FAVORITE fruit? :)

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Lucerne shredded or chunk cheeses are .99 a bag or brick, limit 3. Good price even without a coupon… and depending on the sizes of your cheeses, you may be able to work the $1.50 cheese coupon from www.dairymakessense.com in here too.

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Dominick’s has a cracker deal going on many varities of crackers. It’s a “Buy 5, save $5,” and the prices shown assume you are buying in quantities of 5. You can buy many multiples of 5 in the same transaction too (5, 10, 15) to get the prices. Here are your items and matchups…

General coupons to use with any of the following:
– 11/8 SS – $1 off Nabisco crackers
– 12/13 SS – $1 off 2 Nabisco crackers
– 8/23 SS – .75 off 2 Nabisco crackers

Nabisco “Back to School” coupon book found in stores in September has MANY coupons for these as well.

.99 when you buy in quantities of 5:
Cheese Nips
Kraft Macaroni and Cheese Crackers

$1.49 when you buy in quantities of 5
Wheat Thins
– Buy Ritz, get Wheat Thins free – 5/17 SS
Triscuit
Ritz Toasted Crisps
Premium Saltines

$1.99 each when you buy in quantities of 5
Ritz
– Buy Ritz, get Wheat Thins free – 5/17 SS
– Buy Ritz, get Crackerfuls free – 8/23 SS
Honey Maid Graham Crackers
Stoned Wheat Thins

Also included in the ad (without prices – check at your store)
Ritz Crackerfuls
– $1 off – 7/12 SS
– Buy Ritz, get Crackerfuls free – 8/23 SS
Wheatsworth
Wheat Thins Toasted Chips
Wheat Thins Flatbread
Triscuit Thin Crisps
Vegetable Thins
Better Cheddars
Chicken in a Biskit
Sociables

Mix and match any way you like here… but any way you look at it, you’re getting some CHEAP or FREE crackers! :)

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Dominick’s has some Super Coupons in their ad again this week. These can be stacked with manufacturer coupons for even bigger savings, though some of them are great on their own too. Best bet this week?

Huggies or Pampers jumbo packs of diapers. We saw this deal within the past month, but here it is again!

With the Super Coupon in the Doms ad, Jumbo packs of either are $7.99. Bring this down even more with coupons:

Dominick’s ad has a store coupon on the back page that makes jumbo packs of Pampers and Huggies $7.99 each, limit four. We’re going to multi-stack this deal with some electronic and manufacturer coupons as well to really bring this down!

Head over to Cellfire and load the coupon for $1 off Huggies…

Then, go to Shortcuts and load the coupons for $1.50 off Huggies and $2 off Pull-Ups…

Then, go to PGEsaver and load the THREE $1 coupons for Pampers (Pampers diapers, Pampers Extra Protection Diapers, Pampers Swaddlers – regardless of what you end up using, I’d load them all, in case one variety is out at the store once you get there.

Now, let’s get some manufacturer coupons together to go with these electronics…

10/25 RP – $2 off Pampers Extra Protection
11/29 PG – $2 off Pampers Cruisers
11/1 PG, 11/29 PG – $1.50 off Pampers
11/1 PG – $1.50 off Pampers Easy Ups
10/25 SS AND 11/15 SS – $3 off Huggies Pure and Natural
10/25 SS – $1 off Huggies
11/15 SS – $1.50 off Huggies
11/15 SS – $1 off Huggies Pull-Ups
June All You – $2 off Huggies

Also, check your home mailer coupons – both Huggies and Pampers have sent out good coupons lately (if you’re on their mailing lists) – I’ve got some $2 and $3 coupons for each.

So, let’s put a diaper deal together. For example, you could buy:

2 Huggies and 2 Pampers (you choose varieties)

At $7.99/pack with the Dominick’s coupon, your total is $31.96.

Electronic coupons will take $1 and $1.50 off for the Huggies, plus $1 and $1 off for the Pampers.

Your total is now $27.46.

With the highest-value coupons here (two $3 Huggies coupons and a $2 and $1.50 coupon for the Pampers) pay $17.96 for four, or $4.49 each! Considering it’s been a few months since we’ve seen a really great diaper deal, this does cut the price almost 50% per pack…

A note on Dominick’s Super Coupons: All of the Super Coupons require a total purchase of $20 or more to use. But, the “Minimum $20 purchase” applies to the REGULAR, non-sale price of those items. Really! It’s even spelled out very well on Safeway’s corporate site:

What does “minimum $10 (or $20) purchase required” mean? To use store coupons that include a minimum purchase requirement, you must spend a minimum dollar amount on that shopping trip. You will reach the minimum purchase amount based upon total purchases before your Club Card discount is applied. This total will include the coupon item’s regular price, not the discounted price. For example, the regular retail price of a box of Cheerios (before coupon and before Club Card discounts) will count toward the minimum purchase required in order to use the Cheerios coupon.

So, knowing this, getting over that $20 mark isn’t as hard as it seems…

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Lastly, note that some stores are offering 10% off any Safeway house brand products from now until the end of the year! I don’t have a complete list of which stores are participating (saw the signs at the Crystal Lake store) but it comes off automatically at the register when your Fresh Values card is scanned… and is a good way to bring prices of meats, dairy and other house-branded items down even more!

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At Meijer, how about some cheap or FREE Vitamin C to ward off those winter colds? EsterC 60ct. 500 milligram Vitamin C is on sale for $8.69, Buy One, Get One Free. Use the $5 coupon from 11/8 RP to take two home for $3.69! Now, if you are a multiple insert person and have two of this coupon, use another on your second bottle and get BOTH for free…

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Meijer is running a “Buy 10, get the 11th free” sale through Wednesday too. There are many items included in the sale… but honestly, not too many of them line up with current coupons, and the ones that do aren’t that hot of prices. (.66 Green Giant boxed vegetables? MUCH better at Jewel this week, etc.)

So… we’ll move on…

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Note that Meijers in other states are on different schedules. The Illinois Meijers are about a week behind on the sales vs. Indiana/Michigan. If you’re in Illinois, these Meijer deals run through Wednesday. If you’re reading from another state, they ENDED Saturday at your store… Confusing? Yes.

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For my Rockford-area readers, Hilander has some good deals this week too. Kroger 1/2 gallons milk and shredded or brick cheeses are on sale for $1.25 each.

The milk and cheese coupons from www.dairymakessense.com would work well here. If you’re buying 2 gallons of milk (4 half-gallons,) use the $1 off chocolate milk coupon to get a 1/2 gallon of chocolate for a quarter!

And, the coupons for $1.50 off 2lbs of cheese can be applied to multiple bags of Kroger cheese here too.

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Continuing this week, want free pizza? Tony’s frozen pizzas are on sale for $1 each, already a GREAT price. But with the .50 coupon from 10/4 SS (which will double to $1) they’re FREE!

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Idahoan instant potatoes again are a good deal. They’re on sale for $1, and with this .40 coupon, which will double to .80, they’re just .20 a package…

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Hilander has a good deal going on sausage and eggs this week too. Buy 2 Jimmy Dean sausage products at $2.50 each and get a free dozen Grade A Kroger eggs. Use coupons to bring the price of the sausage down too! With the $1 coupon from 11/1 RP, pay $4 for all! With two $1 coupons, you’ll pay just $3 for two pounds of sausage AND eggs!

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I love hot chocolate when it’s cold outside (and truthfully… even when it’s not!) and this is pretty cheap… Swiss Miss is $1 a box. Buy 2, use the .50 off 2 coupon from 11/15 SS (which will double to $1), and pay $1 for 2, or .50 each!

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Off to Target… my longtime blog readers may remember a crazy deal last winter on RayOVac batteries. During that sale, Target had RayOVacs in the Dollar Spot… at the same time that RayOVac had a $1 unlimited printable on their site.

Think about that for a moment. Oh yes. Many of us didn’t buy batteries for a very, very long time.

Wish you had gotten in on that?

Incredibly, the deal is back. Visit www.rayovacbonus.com and enter coupon code 74016761. You’ll get an unlimited-print $1 RayOVac coupon!

Keep in mind this coupon is for ALKALINE batteries only (Target Dollar Spot has other RayOVac varieties too.) And… enjoy those free batteries!

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We’ve seen some really good deals at Target over the past few weeks on children’s movies! A few weeks ago, many people picked up “Santa Buddies” incredibly cheaply with a great coupon stack… and here’s a similar deal!

The Disney movie “G-Force” is on sale for $15.99 on Blu-Ray DVD. Print this $10 manufacturer coupon and stack it with this $5 Target coupon for any Blu-Ray DVD… and you will take G-Force home for just .99!

Now, even if you don’t have a Blu-Ray player, you can take advantage of this deal, because just like the Santa Buddies deal, the G-Force set comes with 3 discs – a Blu-Ray DVD, a regular, standard DVD, and a digital copy to play in the computer. Not bad for under a dollar!

G-FORCE DEAL UPDATE: Now that I’m back from trying this one at Target, they get this week’s thumbs-down award for “most confusing advertisement.” The Blu-Ray version of G-Force is ringing up at $22.99. If you look at the ad, the ad shows a “deluxe version” priced at $22.99… under the photo of the regular non-Blu-Ray disc, stating that the Blu-Ray disc is a “low price.”

I asked my cashier, in looking at this ad, what price she would expect to pay for the Blu-Ray. She called a manager and both agreed it was confusing, and they adjusted the price to $15.99, at which point I used my coupons. But be aware of this issue before you try…

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The great deal on Swiss Miss that will not only net you FREE hot cocoa, but overage too continues this week… Swiss Miss is currently selling for .97 a box at many Target stores. Use the $1 off Swiss Miss Target coupon (already making it free) stacked with the $.50 off 2 Swiss Miss coupon from 11/15 SS. Buy 2 boxes and pay nothing… with .06 overage! If your Target will allow you to use a second $1 Target coupon on the second box (some stick tight to one Target coupon per transaction) you’ll get $1.06 overage for your two.

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Every winter we see good and crazy deals on Glade products, and this winter is no exception. Target’s got a promo running on Holiday Glade products, now reportedly through 12/26. Buy any 5 Holiday Glade products at $2.50 each and get a $5 Target gift card.

The 11/1 SS and 12/6 has MANY more Glade coupons for you to work into this deal too, including B1G1Fs for candles, scented oil warmers, and more… And, many of the candle tins have $1.50 coupons inside too. (DON’T open the tins before you buy them… buy first, then use the other coupons to do another round…)

There’s also a $5 rebate you can work in this too for buying any 3 Glade products! You can send this rebate in 3 times, but you do need 3 separate receipts, so split orders up if you’re planning a crazy candle stock-up!

Here’s a possible scenario:

Buy two Glade Scented Oil tin candle holders
Buy 3 Glade Scented Oil candle refills
Total: $12.50

Use two “Buy Scented Oil Holder, get Refills Free” coupons from 12/6 SS and 11/1 SS. Then, use the “Buy 2 Scented Oil refills, get a 3rd free” from 11/1 SS. After coupons, pay $5 and get a $5 gift card back! FREE candles… AND you can send in for the $5 rebate too…make it a moneymaker!

You could use this scenario if you prefer the small, glass jarred candles:

Buy 5 Glade jar candles
Use the $1.50 off 2 coupons from 12/6 SS and 11/1 SS.
Pay $9.50 and get a $5 Target gift card back. You’ve now paid $4.50 for your jar candles… and you can send the receipt in for a $5 rebate. Even with the cost of the stamp, your candles will still be FREE!

Remember, you MUST buy holiday scents to receive the gift card. You can scan the candles at the price checker in the store to verify they’re holiday scents and part of the gift card deal.

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Let’s talk Kmart! I’ve been getting email from people wondering when their super double coupons are coming back. I’ve even heard some stores are running doubles every day through mid-December.

So here’s the scoop. Some Kmart locations are indeed running double coupon promotions through December 19th. The bad news for my Chicagoland audience..? This is currently a Michigan-only promotion.

But if you happen to be reading from Michigan… here’s the deal. You can double up to 5 coupons per day, up to and including $2 coupons. You also need to sign up for the free Shop Your Way card at Kmart. The cashier will need to scan your card at the beginning of the transaction to enable the doubling.

So there you go… I’ll keep you posted if I learn of any more Kmart doubles promotions!

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Drugstore Deals

Heading to Walgreens, Complete Multi-Purpose Solution is free after Register Rewards! It’s $7.99 with a $7.99 RR. Make it a $1 moneymaker with the $1 coupon from 10/25 RP!

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Walgreens has a good deal going on Huggies diapers too this week, which I didn’t get posted late last night (Monday!) Here it is…

Jumbo packs of Huggies are on sale for $8.99 with a $2 RR. Use a $2 coupon (printable) to bring it down to $4.99 a pack. If you have the Walgreens coloring book, there’s a $1 store coupon inside that you can stack to bring these down to $3.99!

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Gillette Fusion razors are CHEAP this week too. (Yes, I know they’re often FREE too, but when you’re a new couponer, a usually-$10 razor for .99 is a big deal!) The Gillette Fusion is on sale this week for $8.99 with a $4 RR. Use the $4 coupon from 11/29 PG and you’ll end up paying just .99…

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Cheap Wags filler alert! Walgreens votive candles are just .17 with the coupon in this week’s Walgreens ad. These are GREAT cheapies to throw into your transaction if you have extra Register Rewards to use up and need an item for that extra coupon to “attach” to.

Wags coupon lesson of the week: Walgreens won’t allow you to use more manufacturer coupons than you have items — so, if you wanted to use a $5 RR to buy a $7 item, plus a $1 manufacturer coupon for that item, the register wouldn’t allow it. Hence… the art of the filler. Throw in a cheap filler, like this .17 candle, and you can use your $5 RR with your large item. Easy!

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Keep an eye on Wednesday’s paper too. These past few weeks we’ve seen mid-week Wags ads with great offers too, which is pretty typical for this time of year… so keep your eyes open :)

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And finally, over at CVS, they’ve got some through-today-only Tuesday ECBs you may like… (do you see a theme here?)

– Merry Brite red and green tissue paper is $1.99 with a $1.99 ECB, making it free…

– Merry Brite gift tags are $1.99 with a $1.99 ECB, making them free too…

– Merry Brite 12-ct. bows are $2.99 with a $2.99 ECB, making them free too…

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– Complete Multi-Purpose eye solution is $9.99 with a $9.99 ECB. Make it a $1 moneymaker with a $1 coupon from 10/25 RP!

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Revlon eye shadows are a good deal this week too. They’re $4.99, Buy One, Get One Free. With two $2 coupons from 12/13 SS and 11/15 SS, pay .99 for two, or less than .50 each!

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Bic Soleil 4-packs of razors are cheap this week too. Priced at $4.99, you get $4 back in ECBs when you buy, making them just .99…

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Brut deodorant is also a steal. It’s on sale for $1.49, and with the $1 coupon from 11/22 SS, it’s .49!

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FREE coupons that are still current:

9/13 RP – $1 off Johnson’s Baby product. Buy “Buddies” single bars of J&J baby soaps at Target, Walmart for $1 (exp. 12/15/09)

11/8 RP – $1 off Johnson’s Baby product. Buy “Buddies” single bars of J&J baby soaps at Target, Walmart for $1 (exp. 1/15/10)

11/15 SS – FREE roll of Marcal toilet paper, paper towels, or facial tissue (exp. 12/25/09)

12/13 SS – FREE roll of Marcal toilet paper, paper towels, or facial tissue (exp. 1/31/10)

8/2 SS – FREE jar Beech-Nut Stage 3 Fruit baby food (exp. 12/31/09) [regional insert for NON-Tribune newspapers – a rarity]

9/13 SS – FREE Freshpet Select Homestyle refrigerated pet meal (exp. 12/31/09) [regional insert for NON-Tribune newspapers – another rarity]

P&G $120 Year Of Savings coupon book (direct-mailed in January 2009) – $1 off any size Tide and Downy. Target sells travel sizes of both for $1.

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FREE STUFF:

Free $10 Fannie May Gift Card – many editions of Sunday’s Chicago Tribune had these attached to the Fannie May one-sheet ad.

FREE California Flatbread open-face sandwich at Jamba Juice TODAY ONLY

FREE Palermo Classics Pizza:
CRYSTAL LAKE, IL area and WISCONSIN residents only:
Open Pantry food marts are offering a free Palermo Classics pizza to anyone registering for their Ring Thing promotion. Visit their site to register and print a free coupon! The Ring Thing is a free keychain you can scan on future trips to Open Pantry to receive food discounts.

For my Illinois readers, the Crystal Lake Open Pantry location is inside the Shell gas station at the corner of Rt. 14 and Rt. 31… and I had no problems whatsoever presenting my coupon and getting a free pizza! Free is good :)

$5 off any $5 purchase at Hallmark stores

Free travel size Johnson’s Baby Shampoo
(Coupon is $1 off any Johnsons’ Baby Shampoo – Walmart and Target sell for $1!)

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As always, these deals are guidelines for shopping. I can make no guarantee that these items will be on sale, in stock, or available at your area store. I can also not guarantee your Catalinas will print, your cashier will smile at you while you check out, or that your shopping cart won’t have a broken wheel. But I CAN teach you how to save money :)

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* (All You magazine is not a requirement for using the site, but if you like coupons, you will probably really enjoy it. It’s a cheap ($2.49 an issue) magazine that is absolutely filled with coupons each month — typically 20-30 of them. Many websites are now tracking the All You coupons and matching them to deals, just as they do with the newspaper coupon inserts. You can subscribe to All You online and save about $10/year off the cover price. And depending on the values, if you use 2 or 3 coupons alone from each issue, you’ve recouped the cost of the magazine, and you’re on your way to even bigger savings.)

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Do you like these deals? Want to learn how to get deals like this on almost EVERYTHING that you buy? Attend one of my Super-Couponing® classes and learn all the tricks of the trade — or OWN the 72-minute class on DVD and learn in the comfort of your home, at your pace! You’ll be slashing your bills in no time!