March 2009

Hallmark has these great new personalized cards that you can customize to your preferences on their website. Just click here and choose your card and personalized message and they send it for you! The best part – enter the promo code “TRIAL” and it’s completely FREE! I just did one and it’s very easy and turned out great! I entered in the promo code and it’s FREE, you don’t even need to enter in a credit card at all!

Thanks, Hip2Save for finding this GREAT deal!

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I recently bought the Reinventing Beauty Magazine at CVS for $.99 because of the many coupons it has in it. I did flip through it and was happy to see an article on couponing.

There are coupon statistics in the article that I found fascinating. First of all, did you know that there is a Promotion Marketing Association Coupon Council? How cool is that! The statistics quoted there (and here) come from them.

The article says that during an economic downturn like we are experiencing now, companies distribute more coupons and consumers are more likely to use them. In the year 2000, women used coupons at a higher rate (85.3% to 68.6% of men), with everyone using 4.5 billion coupons to save $3.6 billion! It also seems as though people with college and post-graduate educations use coupons at a higher rate than high school graduates do.

It still amazes me that people don’t use coupons. I hear people complain about money everyday and when you ask them if they use coupons, they look at you like you have 2 heads. It is such an easy way to save money. The Internet has made couponing so much easier. You can now print coupons online and look to sites like mine and many others to find the best match-ups and deals at stores all around the country! It only takes a few minutes and the savings achieved can be huge.

I am proud of the fistful of coupons that I carry through the store. I’m the smart one who just paid half of what you paid for the same cart-ful of groceries!

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Cheryl from Southern Living at Home is offering my readers an incredible special. For just forty-eight (48) hours (until 11:59 p.m. eastern time on Wednesday evening), you can get a 2 YEAR (24 issues) subscription to All You Magazine for just $16! Considering that each monthly issue retails for $2.24 and each issue has over $20 in coupons in it, this deal is an absolute steal! To sign up for this deal, you can email Cheryl at finallylarrys at yahoo dot com. The subject of your email should be “Nicole’s Nickels All You Magazine Offer”. This would make a great gift for friends and family as well.

I posted about All You Magazine before and subscribe to it myself. You can see a list of this month’s coupons (and previous month’s coupons) by clicking on Bargain Briana’s All You Coupon database here.

For those of you who are feeling lucky, Debbi at Saving with Mama Nordy is giving away a 1 year subscription to All You – her giveaway ends April 3 so pick up a subscription for yourself from Cheryl (see above) and enter to win a subscription to give as a gift or for Mother’s Day!

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Thanks to Collin at Hip2Save for bringing this great deal to my attention! I signed up on March 14 and received my giftcards on March 27 and 28 – so 2 weeks from start to finish. I have a friend who did the same deals and got hers within a week!

Here’s the deal:

Sign up for the following trial offers:
1. Complete Home – $20 Lowe’s giftcard for $1 trial
2. Buyer’s Advantage – $10 Target giftcard for $1 trial
3. Privacy Guard – $30 Staples giftcard for FREE trial
4. Clever Clubhouse – $20 Blockbuster giftcard for $1 trial
5. Great Fun -$20 Exxon Mobil giftcard (I know it says $10 on the offer but $20 came!) for $1 trial

You can use a prepaid Visa or Mastercard or a virtual credit card number if you are worried about using your real credit card number. Check with your card company as many now offer virtual credit card numbers. I signed up on a Saturday for all 5. I received confirmation emails right away. On Monday I received welcome emails from all 5 companies. On Tuesday, I received an email titled “Here’s how to get the item you requested”. You submit the information (including your membership number so make sure you have that written down) via online form, and for me, my giftcards arrived 11 days later.

The trials are 30 days long and from what I have read on the Internet about these deals, they will offer you more incentives to stay a member and/or extend the trial. Regardless, if you do cancel make sure to get a confirmation number and confirmation email that you have cancelled.

Just a heads up – I’ve been told that these offers come up occasionally when doing a larger online offer (see my Wii/Wii Fit post here) so if you’re thinking about doing more of those type of offers you may want to hold off on doing these.

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Karen from Frugal RI Mama has all the match-ups for this week at Walgreens here. Some of the best deals of the week are:

Chapstick 100% Naturals or True Shimmer Lip Balm or Butter, .15 oz.
On Sale $1.99
Get $1.99 RR
Final price: FREE

Kleenex $2.19
On Sale B1G1 free with in ad coupon
Use $1/4 from 2/8 RP (exp. 3/31)
Final Price: 4/$3.38 or $.85 each

Remember to check out Frugal RI Mama for the other deals!

I went to Walgreens this morning since I had $22 in Register Rewards set to expire today. I had a very successful trip! Here’s what I got:

Transaction 1

Physicians Formula Tinted Moisturizer (came with FREE mascara in package, found in new make-up display area not where the Physician’s Formula products are on the wall)
I debated waiting for a sale to happen on the Physician’s Formula this month since the rebate is good all month but decided to buy this since the mascara was packaged with it for FREE and I didn’t know how long they would have this special package in stock.
On sale for $11.99
Used $1 off coupon from February 22, 2009 newspaper
Paid $10.99 out of pocket
Submitted as rebate online from new April Easy Saver Rebate Catalog and will get $10 back
Paid $1.99 for tinted moisturizer AND mascara!

Pringles Super Stack, 2 for $4
Used in-ad coupon to make it 2 for $3
Used $1 off 2 from 3/15 newspaper
Paid $2.00 for 2 super stacks of Pringles

Softsoap Body Wash
On sale for $3.99
Used $1.50 off coupon from CVS Reinventing Beauty Book for this month (costs $.99 and is full of coupons)
Received Register Reward for FREE Softsoap Body Wash on next visit
(TIP: It is being reported that this deal “rolls” as of right now. This means that when I go to buy my FREE Softsoap another coupon for a FREE Softsoap will print and so on.)

Cottonelle Wipes, 84 ct refill
On sale for $5.29 each
Used in-ad coupon to make them 2 for $5.00
Used 2 coupons for .50 off from today’s paper
Paid $4.00 for 2 84 ct refill packs

Glade Soy Candle
On sale for $6.49
Used 2.00 off coupon from April Easy Saver booklet in store
Used $4.00 off coupon printed when I joined Glade at Home
Paid $.49 for the candle

Edge Infused Energy Shave Gel
On sale for $2.99
Paid $2.99 received $3 in Register Rewards

Total was $10.44 after I used my $16 in Register Rewards. I used my Walgreens gift card from the February Easy Saver Rebates and paid 0 out of pocket. Remember, I’ll still get $10.00 back in rebates from the Physician’s Formula make-up!

Transaction 2

Glade Soy Candle
On sale for $6.49
Used 2.00 off coupon from April Easy Saver booklet in store
Used $4.00 off coupon printed when I joined Glade at Home
Paid $.49 for the candle

Skintimate Shave Gel
On sale for $2.49
Paid $2.49 and received $3 in Register Rewards back

Total was $3.17. I used Walgreens gift card from February Easy Saver Rebates and paid 0 out of pocket!

Why did I do 2 transactions? The Edge and Skintimate Register Rewards deals are related so you won’t get rewards for both if you buy them in one transaction. Remember, you can’t buy the same product with a Register Reward that you got for buying that item. For example, if I wanted more Skintimate (deal is good all month) then I couldn’t use my Register Reward from today for the Skintimate (or the Edge) to buy it again – the Register Rewards won’t print if you do that.

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