April 2009
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Budget Saving Shopping Trip Today
After my trip to Walgreens, Rite Aid and CVS this week, I bought all of the items above for a total of $5.50 out of pocket. Part of the reason I could get out for so little, was using CVS Pull-Up coupons that had printed on the bottom of my receipt and combining them with [...]
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Walgreens Budget Saving Tips
Walgreens has a couple of ways to save money.
Store Coupons
Walgreens has coupons in their weekly ads that you get in your Sunday paper. You are able to use these coupons and manufacturers coupons on the same item. Using these coupons together when possible helps the saving to add up.
Register Rewards
These are similar to CVS’s extra care bucks, but they are not [...]
New to Couponing – Abbreviations Used
In your quest to save money, I wanted to make sure that all of the new couponers knew what my abbreviations mean.
SS – Sunday Circular
RP – Red Plum (an insert in the Sunday paper)
P&G – Proctor & Gamble insert that is usually in the first Sunday paper of the month
Blinkie – These are found in [...]
Free Stuff By Mail
Here is a list of free items you can have mailed to your home free of charge with no shipping. These offers really do add up. I usually get at least one free item a day in the mail. I only participate in offers that require no follow up to cancel, but are a completely [...]
CVS For Beginners
Getting Started
First, get a CVS card. You can get one in the store immediately or you can apply for a card online.
Always give the cashier your CVS card before beginning your transaction. You must have your card with you to use your extra care bucks and get the deals that are available.
Most weeks CVS has [...]
Harris Teeter and Saving Money On Your Budget
Harris Teeter is another store that I shop at on occasion and can save tons of money. Harris Teeter doubles coupons up to 99 cents every day. Sometimes, they will have sales where they will triple coupons up to 99 cents. I always go there when they have triple coupon sales. Usually I will go [...]
Rite Aid and Saving Money On Your Budget
Single Check Rebates
Rite Aid was the first store where I learned to save money. Rite Aid has a very easy to use program called Single Check Rebates. The first week that I went to Rite Aid they had $144 of free products on sale. While I have not seen that many free items duplicated, they [...]
New to Saving Money on Your Budget With Coupons
Budget saving with coupons can be overwhelming at first. Basic principles to follow are:
1. Using coupons when items are on sale.
2. Stock up on items that you frequently use.
3. Go to more than one store for your purchases.
4. Buy the smallest size you can with a coupon. Often I buy the smallest rice, diaper [...]
Save Money On Budget With Free Laundry Detergent
CVS has Purex on sale B1G1 free. Also, coupons.com has a coupon for B1G1 free. These 2 deals together mean 2 free bottles of laundry detergent. If it doesn’t show up on the website, click on more coupons on the top of the screen, go to household, laundry and the B1G1 coupon. Got to love [...]
