Free Kraft dressing with peelies found in store - great for donating!

Kraft Ranch and Italian dressings are still marked at $1.34 at Albertsons and now there is a great Catalina to boot!  If you need dressing or are headed to Albertsons to shop anyway and would like to pick up some dressing to donate this is a great opportunity!

Buy 5 Italian or Ranch dressings $1.34
Use 5 $.35/1 peelies found on the bottles
OOP = $4.95, receive a $5 Catalina

If you have the $1/1 Kraft dressing coupons from the Safeway sandwich coupon book this is obviously a LOT better, but if you don't and just want to get some free product to give anyway, this is a great chance!

AND if your store has the tearpads with $1.00 off Produce wyb 2 Kraft dressings you can use 1 of those per transaction as well (coupon says ONE PER TRANSACTION so even though you're buying 5 you can only use 1.)  This is what I'll be doing.  How cool is it to give AND save yourself some money?!

Tax free couponing fun in Oregon!

Ok, so I have a confession to make - I have become unbelievably cheap while learning to coupon.  I once put back 2 Scrubbing Bubbles Shower Sprayer refills ($6.99) at Target because even though I could get them totally FREE with coupons I had with me, it didn't seem worth it to pay the $.66 tax on each one.  Now, dear fellow coupons, before you laugh, my reasoning was sound:
1. I had enough bottles already to keep my family's showers sparkling clearn for months to come
2. I didn't just want to donate a refill container and count on someone happening to have a starter sprayer lying around to attach it to.
Later a friend (who doesn't coupon) told me that sounded just crazy - after all, it was only $.66!  Oh well.  And you know what?  A week later I score 6 Shower Sprayers for Better Than Free AND used the overage on them to pay for other stuff I was buying.  That's the day I ended up with a cartful of goodies and a negative total at Target before tax.  After tax I think I paid $3 and change for over $100 worth of stuff, then I was able to donate 6 sprayers!  Glad I didn't spend the $.66 the week before. :)

All of that to say I do occasionally think, as I read other blogs where they declare that a bunch of stuff at Walgreens or Rite Aid is "free" that week, that I wish we didn't have such outrageous sales tax here so more stuff was a little closer to free after tax for us!  Soooooooo, since I was headed to sales-tax-free Oregon last week I thought I'd make good use of the recent Schick coupons and Walgreen's RR deals.  The result (done in 5 transactions so I could get the RR on each razor):

5 Schick Hydro 5 razors (on sale for $7.99)
5 Schick Hydro shave gels (on sale for $1.49)
= $47.40
used (5) $5/1 Hydro razor SS 8/8
used (5) free shave gel when you buy a Hydro razor
OOP = $14.95, plus receive 5 $2 RR (one for each razor)
= $4.95

If I bought it all at home it still would have been a PRETTY good deal at $9.45, but saving an extra $4.50 (and getting to use up some of my about-to-expire RR doing it) made my vacation just the tiniest bit funner!  LOL!  I'm not the only one having fun couponing, right?  Ladies?  :)

Great Clearance Deals at QFC

Hello!  I'm back from the Oregon Coast and back shopping!  :)

I saw on Coupon Connections NW that QFC has some great stuff on clearance right now so I headed on down to the bottom of the hill this morning.  While I didn't find any of the Little Swimmers like I was hoping, I DID score some packs of Pull Ups for $5.  Use the $1.50/1 coupon for SS 8/22 and they're just $3.50!

I also found Oil of Olay SPF 15 moisturizer for $4.39 and used a $3/1 coupon I got in an Olay mailer.  SPF moisturizer for $1.39?! Yay!

I also noticed a ton of Garnier products in the clearance bins, but didn't have any coupons for those with me so I didn't look too closely - but I know there have been loads of Garnier coupons in the Sunday inserts over the past month, so if you use it I'd suggest grabbing your binder when you head to the store.

Post a comment here or on the FB page to let us all know if you find other great stuff!

P.S. One more note - on Coupon Connections NW Amber mentioned that she was able to use the $2/1 Sun Crystals coupon from RP 7/25 to get some great overage (Sun Crystals are on sale for $.99 this week.)  I tried this and the register only took off $.99 for each $2 coupon, just FYI.  If you were to have your order rung up before entering your QFC card number I imagine it would work like did for her, but my checker specifically asked me to enter mine before he rung up my coupons.  Oh well, free is good enough for me.  I don't use Sun Crystals and don't go in for Stevia so probably won't try them, but this a good FREE opportunity to bless others by picking some up at no cost to you and donating it, which is what I'll be doing!  Happy Shopping!

FREE Bic Soleil disposable razors at Walgreens!

I stumbled on this deal tonight while searching for something to spend my about-to-expire Register Rewards on in a rather dull Walgreen's week.  Since these were FREE they didn't help me with my RR problem, but they were fun to get for nothing!  Walgreen's has these on sale this week Buy One Get One 50% Off which works nicely with some recent coupons

Buy 2 Bic Soleil disposable razors 3 or 4 ct, any of the Soleil variety  $5.99ea (Soleil Bella is $6.99)
Use Bic Disposable Shaver BOGO Free (up to $6.99 value)  from SS 8/1 (exp 8/29)
Use $3/1 Bic Disposable Shavers 3, 4 or 8pk  from SS 7/11 (exp 8/22)
= 2 FREE

Note: you'll want something else to absob the couple pennies of overage so the register won't beep.  If your cashier tries to make the 50% off one the BOGO Free one you can politely point out that it should work on the full price one you're purchasing.  I double-checked with the manager who checked me out at my store and he said yes, that should be clear to all the cashiers. :)

Happy shopping!

Nearly free Kraft dressing AND produce at Albertsons!

I went to Albertsons today to use my doublers and scored some GREAT deals!  I used them on the Nature Valley Grahams, Nature Valley Nut Clusters, Tuna Helper, Betty Crocker Potatoes and got a bunch of Green Giant vegetables (no coupons on those, but also part of the $5 off 10 items promo).  If need any of those and haven't checked Coupon Connections NW yet to see her doubler deals you should definitely do so!

I also did one more deal that I haven't seen posted anywhere yet I wanted to mention.  Albertsons has Kraft Zesty Italian or Ranch dressing marked down to $1.34 right now (just those two flavors for whatever reason).  If you grabbed a couple of the Serve Up a Sandwich coupon books at Safeway right now you'll have a $1/1 Kraft dressing coupon in each.  Use those and the a coupon you should be able to find in the Albertsons produce department Free Produce When You Buy 2 Kraft dressing (up to $1.00), add a double and score nearly free dressing AND produce!

Buy
2 Kraft Zesty Italian or Ranch dressing $1.34
Produce (at least $2 worth)
Total = $4.68

Use
(2) $1/1 Kraft dressing
(1) Free Produce WYB 2 Kraft dressing + doubler
OOP = $.68

If you have extra doublers you could also use them on the Kraft dressings to bring your OOP to $0 (assuming your store adjusts the 2 extra doublers to only take off $.34.

Free at Fred Meyer

I needed to go and do a decent-sized shopping trip tonight at Fred Meyer. This used to be my primary store to shop at before I started couponing but I just haven't seen that many great deals there since I started.  This week was my first time back there for more than one or two things and I was not disappointed!  There are some great deals to be had right now by combining store sales, regular coupons and e-coupons. Here are my two favorite scores - free sunscreen and free Tide!

There are in-store coupons right now for $4 off any Banana Boat suncare product excluding lip balm.  These Sport Performance sticks are $4.99.  Use the in-store coupon plus a $1/1 from 6/27 SS (or Albertsons summer coupon book) and you get FREE sunscreen!  Yay!

I also found Tide trial size boxes for $.99 at my store.  The $1/1 any size Tide coupon from 7/4 P&G makes these FREE too!

Those aren't the only great deals available, either.  Thanks to Amber at Coupon Connections NW for her hot deals on hummus, Tampax, Luvs and more! Check out what I scored for $39 and change.

The only things in the photo I didn't have store, manufacturer and/or e-coupons for were the bread, milk and bacon.  Hope you get some good deals too!  Before you go shopping remember to add coupons to your Fred Meyer card on the Fred Meyer site, Cellfire and Shortcuts.

Rite Aid Sunscreen Sale plus SCR = Moneymaker!

This week's big sunscreen sale at Rite Aid makes for some fantastic savings opportunities! Banana Boat suncare items are BOGO Free and Neutrogena ones are on sale for $7.99. AND both brands are included in the Skincare 2010 Single Check Rebate (spend $25 get $10 Rite Aid gift card, spend $50 get $25 gift card)!! If you haven't qualified yet you can get some great deals now on sunscreen!

Deal idea:
Buy 6 Banana Boat Continuous Spray $9.99 BOGO
Use 6 $1/1 coupons SS 6/27 or $1/1 Albertsons Sizzling Savings coupon book
Use $5 off $25 Video Values coupon
Pay $18.97
Submit for SCR #555 ($25 gift card) AND #655 ($5 gift card bonus)
= $11.03 Moneymaker!

Or, if your family really loves to have the Neutrogena around for sunscreening faces like mine does, check out my personal deal. You can only use 1 $5 off $25 Video Values on a single transaction, but because splitting this into two transactions gives you 2 over $25 you can actually use 2 of the coupons. You'll do 2 of the exact same transaction:

Buy 2 Banana Boat Continuous Spray $9.99
Buy 1 Neutrogena Ultra Sheer $7.99
Use 2 $1/1 Banana Boat SS 6/27 or $1/1 Albertsons Sizzling Savings
Use 1 Neutrogena $2/1 from June Safeway coupon book
Use $5 Video Values coupon
Pay $8.98
Total for both transactions = $17.96

Submit for SCR #555 ($25 gift card) AND #655 ($5 gift card bonus)
= $12.04 Moneymaker!

Remember that you can only submit for the rebates once, so if you qualified already buying Nivea or other included items since 5/30 then you won't get to factor it in to get these crazy savings on the sunscreen.

The promo period for this SCR runs a few more weeks and there are enough items included that even if you only need a couple sunscreens you might look at what else qualifies and decide if you'll hit the $25 or $50 level by then with other items included.

Have fun!