$0.50/1 Dole canned fruit--new coupon

The $0.50/1 Dole canned fruit coupon is back! Go here to print it (or here in IE). Use your browser's back button to print it twice. If your store doubles $0.50 coupons, this should make for free canned fruit when coupled with a sale.

I used this coupon last time it was available to get 2 cans of Dole mandarin oranges for free plus overage as they were on sale for $0.79 each.

Thanks, Freebies 4 Mom!

Giveaways Galore

The winner of the year's supply of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese is:

Charlotte (kandccruse@)

And the winners of the five gift bags from Frito-Lay are:

Dela Prado (butterfligrl072@)
Deb S. (dart1stein@)
Kathryn M. (themcclains7@)
Lindsay (ltcheng@)
Mindy (bigmelw@)

Details on claiming your prizes have been emailed to you. If you failed to receive this email, please contact me.
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Are you giving something away on your blog this week or have you found a great giveaway elsewhere on the web? If so, post your link below and let all the readers here know so they can get in on the action!

Your giveaway must be family-friendly and no-strings-attached. In addition, to make it easy to navigate, your link must go directly to your giveaway post. Links going to the homepage of your blog or any other part of your blog besides the direct link to your giveaway post will be deleted.

CVS: Milk for $0.99 (possible hidden deal)

Megan just emailed me to say she had gone to her CVS this morning to pick up milk since it was on sale for $1.99. She bought three gallons and when she checked out, she received $3 ECBs for buying the milk. There is an Oreos and milk ECB deal running this week so it looks like it might be possible that the ECBs were triggered because of this--only she didn't buy any Oreos!

If you need three gallons of milk and you have a CVS nearby, you might consider stopping in there to buy your milk to see if it generates $3 ECBs, too. I can't guarantee that it will, but it's worth a shot. Megan has more details posted here.

If you try it, let us know if it works for you, too.

Free trial pairs of contact lenses

If you have an eye appointment soon and you wear contact lenses, you can sign up for a free trial pair of Focus Dailies. Just click on the link above and answer a few questions and you'll then be able to print a certificate for a free trial pair.

More free trial pairs of contact lenses available:
Acuvue Oasys
Acuvue Oasys with Astigmatism

I've never tried printing certificates like these and taking them into my eye appointments. Have any of you? I'm just curious if they fulfill them easily or if they want to charge you extra money or give you some hassle. I suppose it depends upon your eye doctor but if any of you have had experience with these, I'd be interested to hear how it went for you.

Free travel-sized Aquafresh Extreme Clean toothpaste

I've mentioned this coupon before, but it's still available so I wanted to mention it again for those of you who haven't had a chance to print it.

Go here and click on "Free Sample" and you'll be able to print out a coupon (use your browser's back button to print it twice) for a free travel-sized Aquafresh Extreme Clean toothpaste (up to $1.25). These are usually priced at $1 and are available at a number of stores in their travel size section.

Thanks, Freebies 4 Mom!

Babies R' Us: 4 6-packs of Wateroos for $0.47

Have you heard of Wateroos before? They are kid's juice-box-type drinks only they are all-natural fruit-flavored purified water. As a mom, I was especially excited to learn that they do not contain any artificial anything.

If you've not tried these before, this week is the time to do so because you can get 4 6-packs of them for $0.47 at Babies R' Us. Here's how:

Buy 4 6-packs of Wateroos for $3.49 each--on sale Buy One, Get One 50% off (prices might vary slightly around the country)
Send in your receipt and this rebate form here to receive a $10 gift card to Whole Foods or Babies R' Us
$0.47 plus tax for 4 6-packs after the sale and gift card

Thanks, Coupon Geek!

Target: Deals and freebies for this week

It's another great week for bargains at Target! Thanks to Mercedes for her help with compiling these:

*****WEEKLY DEALS*****

Buy 5 selected Keebler or Sunshine products, Get a $5 Target gift card. Items are reported to be priced around $2.49-$2.89. If you still have the $1/1 Keebler Pecan Sandies coupons which were available on Coupons.com a few weeks ago, you could get the packages for $0.49 each after coupons and gift card if you had 5 $1/1 coupons. There are also $1/2 Fudge Shoppe cookies coupons available here. (Thanks, Melissa's Bargain Blog!)

Bounty Basic Paper towels (single roll)--$0.99
Use $0.25/1 manufacturer's coupon in 6/7 P&G insert
Stack with $0.50/1 Target coupon from the 6/21 Smartsource insert
$0.24 per roll after coupons (Thanks, Mercedes!)

Pepperidge Farm Hamburger Buns--2 for $4
Use $0.55/1 manufacturer's coupon from the 5/17 SmartSource insert
Stack with $0.75/1 Target printable coupon
$0.75 after coupons

Driscoll Strawberries--$1.99/lb
Use $1/1 Target printable coupon
$0.99 per pound after coupon

DanActive or Activia Yogurt (4-pk)--$2
Use $1/1 manufacturer's coupon from the 5/10 SmartSource insert or $1/1 printable coupon here
$1 after coupon

Edy's Ice Cream--3/$7
Use $1/1 Target printable coupon
$1.33 each after coupon

*****ONGOING DEALS******

Pace Specialty Salsa--$2.09 each
Use the $0.50/1 Target printable here
Stack with the $2/1 in 4/26 Smart Source insert
Free plus possible overage after coupons

Rayovac Batteries (2-4 ct.)--found in the $1 spot at Target
Use $1/1 coupon from 6/21 SmartSource insert
Free after coupon

Vaseline Aloe Fresh lotion (travel size)--$0.99
Use the $1/1 coupon here
Free after coupon

Nexcare bandages (travel size)--$0.99
Use the $1/1 coupon here
Free after coupon

Cottonelle wipes (travel size)--$0.99
Use $1/1 coupon from the 06/07 SmartSource insert
Free after coupon

Crystal Light On-The-Go 3-packs--$0.99
Use the $1/1 here
Free after coupon

Joint Juice (single serve bottles)--$1
Buy 2 and use B1G1 coupon and $1/1 coupon here or from the 4/26 SmartSource insert
Get two free after coupons

Coppertone Suncare Product (trial size)--$0.99
Use $1/1 coupon here
Free after coupon (Thanks, Erika!)

Banana Boat Sunscreen (trial size)--$0.99
Use $1/1 in 5/3 SmartSource insert
Free after coupon (Thanks, NWA Deals!)

Dove GoFresh Deodorant (trial size)--$0.97
Use $1.25/1 coupon from the 3/15 RedPlum insert (does not exclude trial size)
Free plus possible overage after coupon

AXE Shower Gel (trial size)--$0.97
Use $1/1 coupon from the 4/5 RedPlum coupon insert
Free after coupon

Johnson's Soap Buddies--$1
Use $1/1 coupon from the 3/8 or 4/26 RedPlum insert
Free after coupon

A1 Steak Sauce (small bottles)--$2.09
Use $2/1 from the 5/10 SmartSource insert or here
$0.09 after coupon

Single Serve Cups of Edy’s Ice cream--$1.19 each
Use $1/1 Target printable coupon
$0.19 each after coupon

Kashi Frozen Waffles--on price cut at many stores for $1.79
Use $1.50/1 here or here
$0.29 each after coupon

Ziploc Evolve Sandwich and Snack Bags--$1.77 each
Use $1/1 Target printable here
Stack with the $0.40/1 in 5/10 SmartSource insert (or B1G1 if your area got this)
$0.37 each after coupon (or $0.19 each with B1G1 coupon) (Thanks, My Frugal Adventures!)

Dry Idea Deodorant--$2.49
Use $2/1 here
$0.49 after coupon

Dawn Pure Essentials Soap--$2.49
Use $1.50/1 in the 6/7 P&G insert
Stack with the $0.50/1 Target coupon in 6/21 SmartSource insert
$0.49 after coupons (Thanks, My Frugal Adventures!)

Bare by Solo Cups (24 ct) and Plates (15 ct.)--on sale for $1.50/each
Use $1/1 printable coupon or $0.75/1 printable coupon
$0.50-$0.75 each after coupon

See more deals at Target this week here.

Freebies for today

Go here to get a free sample of Tide Total Care plus a coupon for $1.50/1 off Tide Stain Release or $1/1 Tide to Go. (Thanks, ChaChing on a Shoestring!)

More freebies:

Free sample of Drinkables liquid supplements

Free furniture polishing cloths (Thanks, Deb!)

Free Calcia trial kit

If you've recently adopted a pet, you can get a month of free pet food. See the details here.

Menards: Deals and freebies this week

Go here to see the deals and freebies at Menards this week.

CVS: Post Trail Mix Crunch money-maker next week--print your coupons now

Next week, there will be a money-making deal on Post Trail Mix Crunch cereal at CVS if you have the $2/1 coupons here. Since it's rare that you land a money-making deal on cereal and since the deals at CVS have been a little dry recently, I'm guessing this will be hot item. So, just in case the print limit has been reached before next week and the coupons are no longer available to print, you'll want to go ahead and print them now.

Here's how the deal breaks down:

Buy 3 Post Trail Mix Crunch cereals (on sale 3 for $10), Get a $5 ECB (Limit 1)
Use 3 $2/1 Post Trail Mix Crunch coupons--you should be able to print at least 3 per computer
Get 3 boxes of cereal free plus $1 overage after coupons and ECBs

Please remember that this deal is not good until next week. Print and hang onto your coupons until then!

Thanks, Freebie Blogger!

Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf: Free Ice Blended Drink (Wednesday, July 1, 2009)

From 3-7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 1, 2009, participating Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf locations in California and Arizona are giving away a free 12 oz. Nutty Creme Caramel Ice Blended drink. More details here.

As always, I recommend you call your store ahead of time to confirm that they are participating in this promotion.

Meijer: Deals and freebies for this week

Meijer has some more sweet deals and freebies this week. Check them out here and here.

VG's: Triple coupons up to $0.99 through July 19, 2009 (Michigan)

For those of you who live in Michigan, you'll definitely want to head to your local VG's store because they have triple coupons (up to $0.99!) through July 19, 2009. See more details and a long list of coupon match-ups here.

Free products and coupons from General Mills

I mentioned Kraft's First Taste program a few weeks back and how they send out great coupons for free products to their members. Well, General Mills appears to be jumping on the bandwagon, too! They started their Pssst... program last year but I'd not heard much from it. However, just this past week, they sent out a coupon for a free product to all of their members and they are promising more such coupons.

So, if you like trying new products make sure you are signed up for not only the Kraft First Taste program, but also the General Mills Pssst... program, too. I say the more freebies, the better!

Printable coupon round-up

Go here to print a coupon for $1/1 Blueberry Special K.

More printable coupons:
$1/1 Starbucks ice cream
$0.50/1 GreenWorks cleaner
$0.40/1 Viva paper towels 2-pack or larger
$1/1 Special K crackers
$1/1 Fast Fixin' or Fast Classics product 20-oz. or larger
$1.50/1 Pond's Wet Cleansing Towelettes
$1/1 Colgate MaxWhite coupon (this only showed up for me when I typed in my zip code at the top of the page)
$1/1 Nature Valley Granola Clusters
$1/1 Degree Men's Absolute Protection

24-Hour Giveaway: Five Gift Bags from Frito-Lay

Do you like to try fun snacks? Well then today's giveaway is just your thing!

Frito-Lay and A Woman's World have teamed up to offer five yummy gift bags to readers here. These gift bags include: Smartfood Popcorn Clusters; Baked Lays; Flat Earth Veggie Chips; and some 100-Calorie packs. All of these snacks have less fat and fewer calories and more fiber and calcium than most snacks currently out on the market.

To enter to win one of these gift bags all you need to do is leave a comment on this post in the next 24 hours. Once the 24-hour period is up, I'll close the comments and randomly choose five commentors to receive one of the Frito-Lay gift bags.

Free Fourth of July crafts and recipes ebook

Looking for some fun and easy craft or recipe ideas for the Fourth of July? Then you'll definitely want to download a free copy of this ebook from FaveCrafts.com here.

Bath & Body Works: Free Anti-Bacterial Hand Sanitizer with any purchase

Yay! Another free with any purchase coupon at Bath & Body Works!

Go here to print a coupon for free Anti-Bacterial Foam Hand Sanitizer with any purchase. This coupon expires July 5, 2009.

Remember that you can use these coupons to literally buy anything in the store--even a $1 gift sack or clearance item--and get the free hand sanitizer.

Thanks, Thrifty Mama!

Rite Aid: Corrected Huggies Scenarios

I posted the Huggies scenario on the Rite Aid weekly deal post late on Saturday night without double-checking my facts and discovered this morning that it was incorrect. However, the deal scenarios are still plenty sweet.

Here is the updated (and hopefully accurate!) information:

There is a promotion running at Rite Aid through the end of July (see rebate #61): Buy $50 in participating products and get a $25 Rite Aid gift card.

Items include: Huggies Supreme or Huggies Snug and Dry diapers (34-60 count); Pull-ups Training Pants (33 count); GoodNites Underpants (27 count); Little Swimmers swim diapers (10-12 pack); Huggies Wipes (184-232 count), among a number of other products. Go here to see the entire list.

There is also Rite Aid rebate for $2 when you buy a Huggies Mega Pack (see rebate #53). Plus, there is another Rite Aid for a free pack of Huggies when you buy 5 packs of participating Huggies packs (mega packs and swim diapers--see rebate #800). You can submit for all of these rebates to really sweeten the deal!

Here are some scenario ideas which Heather (the Krazy Coupon Lady) graciously compiled and shared with me. Please note that according to Charlene, some of these products will be on sale during the week of July 12 so if you're willing to hold off until then, these could be quite a bit cheaper or even a money-maker deal.

*Pull-Ups Scenario*

Transaction #1:
Buy 1 mega pack of Pull-Ups at $19.99
Buy 1 large Huggies wipes refill (184-ct.) at $6.99
Subtotal: $26.98
Use $5/$25 Rite Aid Coupon
Use $3/1 Pull-Ups coupon here (or $2/1 from the 5/17 SmartSource insert)
Use $1/1 wipes coupon from the 4/19 SmartSource insert

Transaction #2 (same as above):
Buy 1 mega pack of Pull-Ups at $19.99
Buy 1 large Huggies wipes refill (184-ct.) at $6.99
Subtotal: $26.98
Use $5/$25 Rite Aid Coupon
Use $3/1 Pull-Ups coupon here (or $2/1 from the 5/17 SmartSource insert)
Use $1/1 wipes coupon from the 4/19 SmartSource insert

Final out-of-pocket for both scenarios: $35.96 plus tax
Submit for Rebate #61 to get $25 Gift Card and submit for Rite Aid Rebate #53 for $2
Final Price after Rebates: $8.96 plus tax for 2 mega packs of Pull-Ups and 2 wipes refills after rebates!

*Little Swimmers Scenario*

Transaction #1:
Buy 2 packs of Little Swimmers at $9.99 each
Buy 1 large Huggies wipes refill (184-ct) at $6.99
Subtotal: $26.97
Use $5/$25 Rite Aid Coupon
Use 2 $2/1 Little Swimmers coupons from the 4/19 or 5/17 SmartSource insert
Use $1/1 wipes coupon from the 4/19 SmartSource insert

Transaction #2 (same as above):
Buy 2 packs of Little Swimmers at $9.99 each
Buy 1 large Huggies wipes refill (184-ct) at $6.99
Subtotal: $26.97
Use $5/$25 Rite Aid Coupon
Use 2 $2/1 Little Swimmers coupons from the 4/19 or 5/17 SmartSource insert
Use $1/1 wipes coupon from the 4/19 SmartSource insert

Final out-of-pocket for both scenarios: $33.94 plus tax
Submit for Rebate #61 to get $25 Gift Card
Final Price after Rebate: $8.94 plus tax for 4 packages of swim diapers plus 2 large wipes refills

*Huggies Diapers Scenario (with thanks to Kay)

Transaction #1:
Buy 1 Mega pack of Huggies diapers at $19.99
Buy 1 Jumbo pack of Huggies diapers at $11.49
Use $5/$25 Rite Aid Coupon
Use 2 $1.50/1 coupons from the 6/21 SmartSource insert

Transaction #2 :
Buy 3 Jumbo packs of Huggies diapers at $11.49
Use $5/$25 Rite Aid Coupon
Use 3 $1.50/1 coupons from the 6/21 SmartSource insert

Final out-of-pocket for both scenarios: $48.45 plus tax
Submit for Rebate #61 to get $25 Gift Card, submit for Rebate #800 to get a free package of diapers, and submit for Rebate #53 to get an additional $2 Rebate
Final Price After Rebates: $21.45 plus tax for 1 mega pack and 5 jumbo packages of Huggies diapers
Plus, you should be able to submit your receipt to The Caregiver's Marketplace for an additional $3.00-$4.50 rebate, depending upon what qualifies.

I think the math and products on these scenarios should be correct. Let me know if you see any mistakes.

This week's menu plan (and simple and inexpensive vacation food ideas wanted!)

I'm excited that this week is the Fourth of July! We're heading to Kansas City for a few days for a family vacation and very much looking forward to that.

Since our family is still small and eating out is still fairly economical, we usually "splurge" on vacations and bring very little of our own food. Instead, we eat out or get quick-fix foods at the grocery store while we're gone. It makes it much more relaxing for me to not have to worry about planning, packing, and fixing food for a few days and it truly makes it more of a vacation for me! Because of this, I'm only planning four days' worth of meals for this week:

Breakfasts
Strawberry smoothies, toast
Waffles, cantaloupe, yogurt
Banana bread, scrambled eggs, fresh carrot/apple juice
Oatmeal, fruit

Lunches
Homemade pigs in a blanket, cucumber slices, apple slices
Homemade Pita Pockets with melted cheese, peas, fruit
PB&J, carrots
Tossed salad with hard-boiled eggs, crackers and cheese

Dinners
French Toast with fresh-whipped cream and homemade strawberry syrup, cantaloupe
Chicken Tetrazinni, homemade bread, green beans, grapefruit
Meatballs, homemade bread, sliced cucumbers, baked potatoes, green beans
Homemade BBQ Chicken Pizza, fruit

Snacks
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
Blueberry Streusel Muffins
Crackers and cheese
Apples
Carrot sticks
Granola bars

For those who may have missed it, you can see what we purchased at the store this past week here. However, do remember that that is not all we're using to make the above food and meals since we shop using the "Buy-Ahead Principle".

Do you bring your own food when you go on vacation or do you splurge and eat out/buy quick-fix foods or a little of both? If you bring your own food, I'd love to hear what you bring and how you pull it off. It seems like a lot of work to me, but I'm guessing that as our children grow older, eating out is going to be much less feasible and much more expensive so I'd love to hear your ideas and suggestions!

Caribou Coffee: Free drink on your birthday

If you have a birthday coming up soon, you can print this coupon and take it to your nearest Caribou Coffee location for a free drink on your birthday!

Thanks, Frugal Living and Having Fun!

Free week of Stroller Stride classes

Did you know you can get a free week of Stroller Stride classes right now? Just go here to print your coupon. It can be used anytime before August 1, 2009.

Thanks, Freebies 4 Mom!

Free Organic Valley Kids Activity Booklet (and coupons)

Go here to order the Organic Valley Kids Activity Booklet which comes with a welcome kit and coupons.

Thanks, Coupon Cravings!

Rite Aid: Deals for the week of June 28-July 4, 2009

It appears Rite Aid is the place to be this week! You'll want to consider stocking up on extra newspapers, too, if you're considering doing the incredible Stayfree deal!

Thanks to Shannon from For the Mommas for her help in compiling these. Be sure to stop by her blog and enter her giveaway.

**Don't forget to use the $5/$25 coupon here to further sweeten these deals!**

SINGLE CHECK REBATE DEALS

Buy 1 Degree or Dove Clinical Protection deodorant at $6.99, Get $5 Single Check Rebate (Rebate #139--Limit 2)
Use $2/1 printable here, here, here, or here or $1/1 coupons from the 5/17 or 6/7 RedPlum insert
Free plus possible overage after coupon and Single Check Rebate

Buy 1 Wet Ones at $1.99, Get $1 Single Check Rebate
Use $1/1 printable (or $0.75/1 coupon from the 5/17 SmartSource insert)
Free (or $0.25) after coupon and Single Check Rebate

Buy 2 Secret Deodorants at $1.99 each, Get a $1 Single Check Rebate
Use 2 $1/1 coupons from the 5/17 P&G insert
$0.49 each after coupon and rebate

Buy 1 Glade Sense & Spray at $6.99, Get $2 Single Check Rebate
Use $4/1 from the July All You magazine or from the 05/10 SmartSource insert
$0.99 each after coupon and Single Check Rebate

OTHER DEALS

Stayfree products--on sale Buy One, Get One Free
Buy 2 and use B1G1 coupon from the 06/28 SmartSource insert
Get both free after coupon and store sale

Old Spice Deodorant--on sale for $1.99
Use $1/1 from the 6/7 P&G insert
$0.99 after coupon

SCENARIO IDEAS

This month, Rite Aid is running a deal: Purchase $25 Worth of Participating Products Get a $10.00 Rite Aid Gift Card or Purchase $50.00 Worth of Participating Products, Get a $25 Rite Aid Gift Card.You can see a listing of all the participating products here. 

Here is one scenario idea:

SCENARIO #1--You would need to do two transactions:

Transaction #1
Buy 10 Stayfree Pads at $3.99 each--on sale B1G1
Buy 2 Band-Aid Adhesive Antibotic at $4.49 each--on sale B1G1
Buy 1 Listerine Blue Agent at $4.49
Use $5/$25.00 printable
Use 5 B1G1 Stayfree coupons
Use 2 $1/1 Band Aid coupons from 04/26 SmartSource insert
Use $1/1 Listerine Agent Cool printable
Spend $0.98 plus tax out of pocket

Transaction #2:
Buy 12 Stayfree at $3.99--on sale B1G1
Buy 1 Degree Clinical Strength at $6.99
Use $5/$25.00 printable
Use 6 B1G1 Stayfree coupons
Use $2/1 printable for Degree
Spend $0.01 plus tax out of pocket

After these two transactions, you would qualify to get back a $25.00 Rite Aid Gift Card, $5.00 Degree Clinical Single Check Rebate, and a $1.00 Agent Blue Listerine Single Check Rebate making this a HUGE money-maker scenario!

There are also some great diaper scenarios posted here.

******Share Your Deals and Scenarios!********

Do you have your shopping trip planned or did you come up with a great deal scenario/idea? Just post about it on your blog and leave your link below. **To make it easy for everyone to navigate quickly through the links, your link must link directly to your Rite Aid deals post. Links going to the homepage of your blog or any other part of your blog besides the direct link to your Rite Aid deals post will be deleted.**

CVS: Deals for the week of June 28-July 4, 2009

Here are the best deals I see at CVS this week:

******WEEKLY ECB DEALS******

Buy 2 Colgate Toothpaste and/or Toothbrushes at $2.50 each, Get $2 ECBs (Limit 1)
Use $1/1 printable here or from the 6/7 SmartSource insert
$0.50 each after coupons and ECBs

Buy 2 Speed Stick or Lady Speed Stick deodorants (2 for $4.50), Get $3 ECBs (Limit 1)
$0.75 each after ECBs

Buy 2 pair of adult sunglasses (prices start at $5.99), Get $10 ECBs (Limit 1)
As low as $0.99 per pair after ECBs

Buy 2 General Mills Cereal or Bars at $3 each, Get $2 ECBs (Limit 1)
Use 2 $1/1 Cheerios coupons here--IE or FireFox (there are also some printables here)
As low as $1/box after coupons and ECBs

******NON-ECB DEALS******

St. Ives facial scrub (trial size)--$1.49
$1.50/1 from the 5/10 SmartSource insert
Free after coupon

Palmolive Dish Soap--on sale for $0.88
Use $1/2 (or $0.25/1) from the 6/7 SmartSource insert
$0.38 each after coupon

Skintimate or Edge Shave Gel--on sale for $1.99
Use $1/1 Edge Shave Gel coupon here
$0.99 after coupon

New to CVS-ing? Don't try to make heads or tails of this post because it probably won't make a lot of sense to you. Instead, go here where I explain the CVS program in full detail. Want to join in the fun and incredible savings? Then go here where I share more about how to make it work for you.

******Share Your Deals and Scenarios!********

Have your shopping trip planned or did you come up with a great deal scenario/idea? Just post about it on your blog and leave your link below. **To make it easy for everyone to navigate quickly through the links, your link must link directly to your CVS deals post. Links going to the homepage of your blog or any other part of your blog besides the direct link to your CVS deals post will be deleted.**