Examiner Article about Fry’s promo this week (ends Tues at midnight, the 9th)  click here

Now through 2/2 they are running a promo where you buy 10 items, you get $5 off.  I did 50 items yesterday to get $25 off and added coupons in.  I ended up with other things (like blueberries), so for 54 items I paid $37 but I actually got over charged $5 and got that back from Customer Service, so I really paid $32.  That includes 10 cans of Rockstar and 6 boxes of Capri Suns, among other things.  There are so many coupons out there for the products, that some items are free or close to free.    Here is a link to an article I wrote about the promo.  Of course, the easiest thing to do is to log in to Coupon Sense, click on the items you want to buy (tells you final prices w/coupons) and push print.  Coupon Sense does all the hard work for you and has the ENTIRE list.

Okay, so the Walgreens diaper deal I posted below is pretty good!  But this is JUST as good!  Target has Pampers AND Huggies (including Pull-ups) for $8.99 a pack.  When you buy 3, you get a $5 Target Gift Card.  There are newspaper coupons for both Huggies and Pampers, so the deal is very much like Walgreen’s deal, except that the Target gift card won’t expire (maybe in a year?) and that it includes both brands.  I did 2 orders:  A pack of Pull ups, Easy ups (pampers brand), and a pack of Huggies.  I paid $23 something and then got the $5 gift card, so the next time around I  bought 3 packages of Pampers, used the gift card too, paid $18, and got another $5 gift card for next time I shop  Please note that I used $2 coupons for all the packs of diapers.  This deal at Target goes through Sat night, 1/30.

I get a lot of questions about CVS’s Extra Care Bucks and Walgreens Register Rewards.  Here is what it is:

CVS Extra Care Bucks

The ad may say, Buy Nivea body lotion for $5, get $4 ECB, it’s “like” paying $1 

What it means:  You pay $5 at the register for the lotion, and get a coupon with your receipt for $4 off your next purchase at CVS. 

A bonus:  You can use coupons from the paper, too!  So, if I have a $1 coupon for Nivea products from the Arizona Republic, I only pay $4 at the register and I get $4 off my next purchase at CVS, so it’s “like” getting it for free!

I like to take that $4 coupon and use it on another ECB item, so that I cycle through and pay less  out of pocket.  ECB coupons are good for one month.  So, only spend time on the best deals.  Not every deal that has an ECB attached is a good deal.  And some weeks are better than others.  So be patient and use those ECB’s when the time is right. 

Walgreens Register Rewards

Very similar to CVS.  The ad may say, Buy this Nivea lotion for $5, get $4 RR, so it’s “like” paying $1.  At the register, you pay the $5 (or if you have a coupon, even less!) and get the $4 off your next purchase. 

Differences:  The RR coupon is only good for 2 weeks.  You CAN cycle through them, but you can’t have more coupons than products.  So, if I try to take that $4 RR and use it on a Huggies deal (like buy Huggies for $9, get $2 RR back), I can’t use the $4 and a Huggies coupon from the newspaper.  That’s 2 coupons and I only have one product in my cart.  But, if I add a pack of M and M’s or something, now I have 2 items and can use the 2 coupons.  Another difference is that CVS limits you how many times you can do a deal with your CVS card, but Walgreens doesn’t have a card so you can do several transactions (be curteous though).

I wrote an article you can find here about money saving websites and ideas when you have a new little one.  By necessity I’ve been a frugal mommy to my 4 kids and we still have nice things and tons of toys/clothes.  I don’t need a $700 stroller to be happy (and yes, they exist!).

You MUST take advantage of this, even if you just donate the fruit snacks to your child’s school or something!  The way I see it, even if each of my children eat one pack of fruit snacks a day, I would need 15 boxes per month  (don’t worry, they only eat about one every two or three days in reality). 

The breakdown:  Safeway has a Mix and Match, buy 4, get an instant $4 off deal going on.  Betty Crocker fruit snacks, fruit rollups, and Gushers are part of it. 

• BEST deal for this: Buy 8 boxes of Betty Crocker fruit snacks and /or fruit rollups.  (use 4 coupons from the newspaper if you have them–came out about 3 weeks ago)  You will pay $8 if you don’t have any coupons or $4 if you do.  THEN, at checkout a $3.50 coupon off your next order will print out.  You can turn around and use it on more fruit snacks and generate another $3.50 if you want  (cycle through them) but that is a LOT of fruit snacks!  J 

There are a lot of “dollar” stores out there, so for this deal make sure you go to www.familydollar.com and find a location near you.  I was in a couple today and noticed that the Tide Stain Release (something you add to your loads to get stains out; you use it along with your regular detergent) is only $4.  Well, there have been a couple coupons recently published for $3 off.  One published in the Dec 26th Proctor & Gamble insert, and another on Jan 9th in the Red Plum insert.  So I went back with my coupons and got them for $1!

This Sunday’s Walgreens Ad (for 1/24) will have a great deal on Huggies. Here’s how it breaks down:
Jumbo packs of Huggies = on sale for $8.99
Get Back $5 Register Reward when you spend $25
So, buy 3 Jumbo pack of Huggies
Use (3) $2 Off Printable Coupons you can only print 2 per computer, so if you have a work computer and a home computer that works. Or, if you’re like me, you get a bunch of coupons (even $3 off ones!) in the mail because you signed up for the mommy club on www.huggies.com

You Pay $20.97 and get a $5 Register Reward back (coupon for $5 off your next purchase at Walgreens)

Final Price works out to $5.32

per pack after coupons and Register Rewards!

I noticed on the front of the Sprouts ad it says that you can buy a $100 gift card to Sprouts for only $89.99  This is a great deal if you already shop at Sprouts regularly and know you’d use the card.  Then it’s like saving 10% extra on everything!  If you shop there a LOT, I’d buy 2 or 3!

I’ve been flying Delta a lot lately, and have racked up some frequent flier miles (yeah!)

My mom has some extra miles from a flight and she knows she will never fly enough to get a free flight. SO, she can transfer me her miles to add to my stash, and right now Delta has a deal where they add 50% to the total miles. So, if my mom gives me 1000 miles, I will actually get 1500. Pretty sweet.

I just wanted to share this for those people out there who probably have a similar situation. Don’t miss the Delta Bonus! Click here to find out more.