Even Better Deal on Diapers! Only $1.82/pack!

This week Walgreens is having a sale on their store brand diapers for $5.99each plus a special where they say that if you buy two packs they will give you $5 Register Rewards. For the uninitiated, Register Rewards print out at the end of your receipt and can be used just like money at Walgreens. In addition to that, they have Instant Value Coupon in their monthly ad booklet for $5/2. In the past, Walgreens registers take off the amount for the third item as well.

Here's a photo of the coupon from the IVC monthly ad booklet. You need to have the original booklet, I believe, compliments of irishlass on Hot Coupon World. So don't bother to print this.

So here's how you can get 9 packs of diapers for $1.54/pack + tax.

Transaction #1
Buy 3 packs Walgreens Diapers
5.99
5.99
5.99
____
17.97 + tax
-7.50 (Instant Value Coupons from monthly ad booklet available in stores)
____
10.47 + tax
Get back $5 Register Rewards

Go to the end of the line or make a different, separate purchase. The register will not issue the diaper Register Reward in two consecutive transactions.

Transaction #2
Buy 3 packs Walgreens Diapers
5.99
5.99
5.99
____
17.97 + tax
-7.50 (Instant Value Coupons from monthly ad booklet available in stores)
-5.00 Register Rewards from Transaction #1
____
5.47 + tax
Get $5 Register Rewards

Again, go to the end of the line or make a different, separate purchase.

Transaction #3
Buy 3 packs Walgreens Diapers
5.99
5.99
5.99
____
17.97 + tax
-7.50 (Instant Value Coupons from monthly ad booklet available in stores)
-5.00 Register Rewards from Transaction #1
____
5.47 + tax
Get $5 Register Rewards

Now spend those Register Rewards on something you need anyway like milk or bread or wipes.

So you will get 9 packs of diapers for $16.41 assuming you've spend your last Register Rewards on something you would have bought at full price anyway! That's only $1.82/pack!

A couple of words about the Walgreens brand diapers. They work about as well as any store brand diapers. Not as good as Pampers but pretty well, especially for the price! They are definitely better than the most cheaply made diapers. if you're worried about it, go ahead and buy a pack or three and see how they are before buying nine packs.

Keep in mind that the Walgreens brand diapers tend to run small. So buy the next size up than you normally use.

Happy shopping!

Momoften

Diapers for only $3.33/pack!

Want to spend $3.33 on a pack of diapers? How about $1.00 on an 80-count pack of wipes? It’s within your reach. CVS is having a special promotion for their CVS diapers and wipes the week of July 20. You just have to do a little prep work for it first.

First, go to your nearest CVS and get yourself a CVS member card. You could do this online but it wouldn’t give you enough to get everything done. You need to have your ducks in a row by July 20. While you’re there ask when their truck comes each week and when they are finished stocking their shelves with fresh stock each week.

Second, register your card online at www.CVS.com. You should receive a welcome email from CVS that has a printable coupon worth $4 on any $20 purchase. Print it and keep it in a safe place.

Third, visit a CVS that has a coupon printer/price scanner. These are small red machines somewhere in the store that allow you to check the price of something as well as print coupons for your use. It usually spits out three coupons, one of which is a $3 off any $10 CVS Brand purchase. You will need two of these coupons. Unfortunately, it won’t spit out more than one of these coupons in a day so you will need to go on two separate days to print them twice.

So, now you’ve got your CVS card, your $4/20 welcome coupon, and your two $3/$10 CVS Brand coupons. Here’s how you use them:

The week of July 20 confirm that the diapers and wipes are indeed on sale with ECBs in your area. (Some promotions are regional only but most are nation-wide.) Plan to go to your CVS within a few hours of when their shelves are freshly stocked.

Once there, put three packs of CVS brand diapers and 1 80-count pack of CVS brand wipes into your cart. Take them to the cashier. Hand over your CVS card and the merchandise. Let her scan them and give you the total. Then hand over all three coupons. And the final price should be $10.00 plus tax. BUT you will get $5ECB which you can turn right around and use in your next transaction on diapers and/or wipes. Or you could buy bread, milk, whatever else you like.

Momoften

Free $10 Gift Card to Outback Steakhouse!

(Image by Diamond Hog at www.flickr.com)

Outback Steakhouse is having a Father's Day promotion. If you went to their restaurant on Father's Day you were to have received a promotional certificate with activation code which you can enter on their website for a $10 gift card. But they will send you a promotional certificate if you write to them. And you can write to them every day! So that's a $10 gift card every day! Now, I'm guess that these gift cards can only be redeemed one at a time. But still, $10 is $10!

Here's the scoop from their website:

OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE FATHER’S DAY $100 GIFT CARD
OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING
1. ELIGIBILITY: Open only to residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older at the start of the promotion. Void where prohibited by law. Employees, directors, officers, and agents of the Sponsor and the Promotional Participants their immediate family members (mother, father, sister, brother, husband, wife, daughter, son, step-son, step-brother, step-sister, half brother, half sister) and/or those living in the same household are not eligible.

2. PROMOTIONAL CERTIFICATE: Available two ways.
a) Visit a participating Outback Steakhouse on June 15, 2008 to receive a Father’s Day promotional Certificate with purchase (while supplies last).
b) By Mail. No Purchase Necessary. To request a promotional certificate send self addressed stamped envelope (VT residence may omit postage) to: Outback Steakhouse Fathers Day Certificate Request, 2202 N. West Shore Blvd. Tampa, FL 33607. Requests must be received by July 5, 2008. Limit: One (1) per envelope. One (1) request per day. Illegible, incomplete or mechanically reproduced requests are void. Not responsible for lost, late, damaged, delayed, postage due or misdirected mail/requests.

And when you're ready to enter your activation code go here.

Mmmmmm.
Momoften

How About Some Free Pickles or Relish?

Oh, don't those jars of homemade canned goods look like the picture of security and domesticity? Not too many of us can anymore. But we can still have that same feeling! If we stockpile when we find great (read: free or nearly free) deals. We can store them on a shelf in the basement. Then whenever we need something we just go shopping in the basement for free! It's not quite as picturesque but it works for me!

So here's how you can get some free relish. Go to the Vlasic website and register to play their silly and thankfully very brief game, "Crunch in the Fast Lane." Look at the bottom of the next page for a link for instant savings. Even if you don't win you will still get a link to a coupon for $1.00 off any Vlasic product in PDF form. Print as many as you like. There's no stated limit. And they don't expire until 12/31/08.

Now go shopping! You can find small jars of Vlasic relish at Walmart for about $1.00. They were $1.08 in Culpeper, Virginia. Dollar General has small jars of pickles for $1.00. Free pickles!

Momoften

Want some free soap?

Johnson and Johnson's Buddies soap has become our favorite soap since we can get it for free! Want some? Go here to print the coupon. If you get a message that says "We're sorry..blah, blah, blah" then hit the backspace bar until you get to the page that says in small print at the top if you're having trouble printing this coupon CLICK HERE and click it. It isn't up for very long so you'll only have about two seconds to click it. If you miss just hit backspace and try again. Once you click it it should print. Once it prints, hit the backspace button until it starts printing again. You should be able to get two coupons. That is all it will allow.

Now take your J&J coupon to Walmart or CVS and use it to buy your free soap!

Happy bathing!

Momoften

Free Satin Care Shave Gel

If you have a Walgreen's close to you, then heads up. From June 1 through June 7 you can get free Satin Care Shave Gel. Here's how it works:

Collect 10 $.55/1 Satin Care coupons from the P&G insert of the 6/1 newspaper. Ask your friends to save them. Get them out of your neighbors recycle bin. Somehow get them!

Buy:
10 Satin Care shave gel for $20
- $10 June Instant Value Coupon from the Walgreen's weekly ad
- $5.50 (10 x $.55/1) Manufacturer's coupons Q from 6/1
Total Out of Pocket: $4.50 + tax
Get back: $5 Register Reward which you can use as cash to buy anything you need (with a few exceptions) at Walgreen's.

What are you going to do with ten bottles of shave gel? Store them under your bed or on the top shelf of your closet in a box. Whenever you need some you can get out a bottle knowing you got it for free! Once you have two or three left you can start looking for another freebie deal like this one! Or you can donate them to a charity and deduct the regular retail price from your taxes! Or give them directly to people in need. Or stocking stuffers! Or sell them at your next yard sale!



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Happy shopping!

Momoften