New Target Mobile Coupons!

Here are your new Target Mobile Coupons; they expire on 3/16/12!

15% off Assests women's swimwear item
20% off Women's dress
$1 off with purchase of ten 4X6" digital prints
$2 off Tooth Fairy 2 DVD or Blu-ray disc
$1 off 11oz or larger Starbucks ground or whole bean coffee
$3 off 16-pk Starbucks or Tazo Keuring K-cups
$1 off with purchase of four 5.3-oz. Dannon Oikos greek yogurts (Void in CA, NV, NJ, LA, TN and ND)
$1 off 6.5-oz. Life Savers candy
$2 off L'Oreal Studio Secrets facial cosmetics item
      -Magic Smooth Souffle foundation or
      -Color Corrector or
      -Concealer or
      -Primer
$3 off L'Oreal anti-aging skin care item (ETS)
$1 off 8-oz. Purell hand sanitizer
$1 off 18-ct. or larger Pampers boxed diapers

If you haven't signed up for Target Mobile Coupons, head over here to sign up!

Weekly Store Snag

Here's what I scooped up in stores this week:

Target

Market Pantry Fruit Snacks $1.70

Used $1.25/1 Market Pantry Fruit Snacks Target Mobile coupon

(2) Welch's Fruit Fizz $2.99 each

Used (2) $2/1 Welch's Fruit Fizz coupons

Used (2) $1/1 Welch's Fruit Fizz Target coupons

Up & Up Foam Scrubbers $0.97

Used $1/1 Up & Up Cleaning Item Target coupon

Up & Up Floss $0.97

Used $1/1 Up & Up Dental Item Target coupon

Up & Up Ibuprofen $0.97

Used $1/1 Up & Up Pain Item Target coupon

*used reusable bag for an additional $0.05 off*

Total Before Coupons: $10.59

Total After Coupons: $0.40!

Rite Aid

(4) Pantene Shampoos @ $3.50 each for a total of $14 (regularly priced $4.99 each)

Used (2) $3/2 Pantene Shampoos

Received (2) $2 +UP Rewards

Received a surprise $1 +UP Reward for 3 of the shampoos

U by Kotex Liners $1.25 (75% off clearance; $4.99 regular price)

Used $1/1 U by Kotex coupon

(3) Tampax Tampons $1.07 each (75% off clearance; $4.29 regular price)

(2) Revlon Nail Files $1.19 each (40% off; $1.99 regular price)

Used (2) $1/1 Revlon Beauty Tool coupons

Stopain Roll On $6.00 (regularly priced $11.99)

Submit for $6 SCR

Blink Gel Tears $7.99 (regularly priced $10.49)

Used $1/1 Blink coupon

Submi for $7.99 SCR

(4) Right Guard Body Wash $2.99 each (regularly priced $4.99 each)

Used (2) $3/2 Right Guard coupons

Received (4) $1 +UP Rewards

(2) Jack Links Beef Jerky $6.79 BOGO Free (regularly $6.79 each)

(3) Butterfingers $.99 each Buy 2, Get 1 Free

(2) Reese's $0.89 each

(2) Chocolate Covered Cherries $0.30 each

Total Before Savings and Coupons: $98.44

Total After Savings and Coupons: $17.28 (I used some of the $30ish dollars I made last week, so this actually works out for FREE!)

CVS

(12) Pert Shampoos $3.89 each (BOGO FREE, Spend $30, Get $10)

(4) Pert Shampoos $4.19 each (BOGO FREE, Spend $30, Get $10)

Used (16) $1/1 Pert coupons

Received $5 ECB for Beauty Club

Received $10 CVS CashCard

Thermacare Heatwraps $3.79

Received $3.79 ECB

Total Before Savings and Coupons: $70.31

Total After Savings and Coupons: $2.60

Total Before: $184.25
Total After: $20.62!
****Remeber, I made some money last week; this money covers my $20.62 (making this weeks' trip FREE!) and I still have $18 left over in money I've made this month!****

FREE Welch's Fruit Fizz @ Target!

Yum! Currently you can snag a 4 pack of Welch's Fruit Fizz drink at Target! Head on over coupons.com and print the $2/1 Welch's coupon found under zipcode "33313" and then scurry over to target.com and print the $1/1 Target coupon. This awesome beverage is on a price cut for $2.50 at Target, so FREE after coupons!

(Thanks, Free Stuff Times!)

Weekly Store Snag!

Sorry, guys! I've been super booked all week long and have just now gotten around to making time for a post. Here's this weeks' store snag!

Rite Aid
4 Colgate Advanced Total Toothpaste $3.50 each
Used 3 $0.75/1 Colgate coupons
Received 4 $3.50 +UP Rewards
Submitted for $5 rebate (regional) on Colgate

3 Colgate 360 Toothbrushes $2.49 each
1 Colgate 360 Sensitive Toothbrush $1.12 (still not sure why it rang up as this, but it did)
Received 4 $1.50 +UP Rewards

1 U by Kotex Pantiliners $1.52
Used $1/1 Kotex coupon
Received $1 in SavingsStar account

1 Nescafe Taster's Choice Sticks $1
Used $1/1 Nescafe coupon that came with a free sample

1 Tylenol Precision Cream $5.99
Used $5/1 Tylenol coupon

3 Coke 12pks $3.66 each
Used 2 FREE Coke coupons from My Coke Rewards
Received $3 +UP Reward

2 Vaseline Total Moisture Lotion $2.97
Used 2 $1/1 Vaseline coupon
Received 2 $2 +UP Rewards

2 Sally Hansen Nailpolish $.49 each (75% off clearance!)

2 M&M's Peanut Singles $0.99 (BOGO FREE)
2 Snickers Singles $0.99 (BOGO FREE)
2 Butterfinger Singles $0.99 (BOGO FREE) (only one is pictured because I surprised my fiance with one this morning when he got off work; he just loves them!)

Total Before Coupon and Sale Price Cost: $101.35
Total After Coupons: ALL ITEMS FREE + $28.52 MONEYMAKER! (WOOHOO!)

CVS
2 Salmon Packets $1 each

Colcalm 60ct $6.99
Received $6.99 ECB

*used my gift card to pay for the rest, which I used in a previous deal and made $6 on*

Total Before Coupon and Sale Price Cost: $12.49
Total After Coupons: $0!

Walmart
5 Glade Plugins Oil Warmers $1.38 each
Used 5 $1.50 Glade coupons

2 Vaseline Lotions $0.97 each
Used 2 $1/1 Vaseline coupons

1 K-Y Jelly $2.84
Used $3/1 K-Y coupon

2 Maggi Soup Mixes $0.44 each
Used 2 $0.50/1 Maggi coupons

Total Before Coupons: $12.56
Total After Coupons: ALL ITEMS FREE + $0.33 MONEYMAKER! (and yes, Walmart paid me!)

Target
1 Kashi Pita Crisps $3.19

1 Kashi Cereal $2.99
Used $2/1 Kashi coupon

1 Welchs Grape Jelly $1.69
Used $0.55/1 Welchs MFR coupon
Used $1/1 Welchs Target coupon

A super stylin Sonia Kashuk cosmetics bag $1.78 (also on clearance, was $5.99!)
Used $2/1 Sonia Kashuk Target Mobile coupon

Total Before Coupons: $9.65
Total After Coupons: $4.44!

My Total Total Before Coupons and Savings: $136.05
My Total Total After Coupons: ALL ITEMS FREE AND I WALKED AWAY WITH $24.41 AS MONEY MADE IN MY POCKET!

In addition, I also snagged this $5 value at Bath and Body Works for FREE:

Weekly Store Snag!

This was an awesome coupon week for me! Here's what I snagged in stores:

Food Lion

4 bottles of store brand soda $0.89 each

Used $3 CAT coupon I got from my stepmom

Received $1 CAT coupon from Super Store Brand Sale

Total Before Coupons: $3.56

Total After Coupons: $0.43 MM!

Target

Market Pantry Mac and Cheese $0.52

Used $1 Mac and Cheese Target coupon

Kre-o Optimus Prime Transformers Set $7.99

Used $8 Kre-o coupon

Yes-to-Carrots Travel Body Butter $1.99

Used $2 Yes-to-Carrots coupon

**Used my Target reusable shopping bag, so another $0.05 off!**

Total Before Coupons: $10.50

Total After Coupons: $0.00!

Kroger

8 packages of Knorr sides $1 each

Used 4 $0.50/2 coupons that doubled

Received back $2 CAT from the "quarter promotion"

3 count Pop Secret Popcorn $1.79

Used FREE Pop Secret coupon

Total Before Coupons: $9.79

Total After Coupons: $2.00!

Rite Aid

4 Stayfree Maxi Pads $3 each

Used 2 BOGO FREE Stayfree coupons

Received back $8 +UP Rewards

Physicians Formula Concealer $12.95 (reg. , 50% off $6.48)

Physicians Formula Foundation $13.95

*Part of BOGO 50% off AND Buy 2, Receive $5 +UP Reward*

Submit both for Try Me Free Rebates

Received back $5 +UP Rewards

Total Before Coupons: $38.90

Total After Coupons: $7.00 MM!

Walmart

6 Schick Disposable Razors $1.97 each

Used 6 $2 Schick coupons

2 K-Y Jelly $2.84 each

Used 2 $3 K-Y coupons

Total Before Coupons: $17.50

Total After Coupons: $0.50 MM!

The total retail value BEFORE coupons was $80.25, the final price I will have paid after my rebates come back is $0! Plus, I will have MADE $5.93!

Which Stores Are Worth It?

So you’re a couponer now. Which stores are actually worth couponing in? That was one of my biggest questions when I was just starting out and I was a little shocked to hear the answer. ALL OF THEM! You’re going to want to shop at multiple stores to score the most deals you can. Think like this; each store will have different things on sale each week, each store offers different incentives (which I will go over below) and the more stores you shop at, the more free stuff you will come home with.

When I say “incentives” I mean things like, does the store double or triple coupons, does it offer reward coupons like +UP or ExtraCare Bucks or does it have a super hot Catalina deal going on? Let’s take a closer look.

If I HAVE to buy Theraflu Warming Caplets because my boyfriend is sick (and so making my life a living you-know-what with the whining, man-cold act) which store would it be more beneficial for me to buy it at? I have a $3/1 coupon and there are three stores that carry this brand, two having sales on it.

Walmart Scenario

Theraflu Caplets, $5.99, regular price

Use $3/1 Theraflu coupon

Final Price: $2.99

Rite Aid Scenario

Theraflu Caplets, $4.99, sale price (Buy one, get $3 +UP reward back)

Use $3/1 Theraflu coupon

Final Price: $1 MONEYMAKER!

Kroger Scenario

Theraflu Caplets, $4.99, sale price

Use $3/1 Theraflu coupon

Final Price: $1.99

Yes! It would be more beneficial to purchase it at Rite Aid because you are making $1.00. If you didn’t shop at multiple stores, you wouldn’t know that. But now you do shop at multiple stores, because now you know! =]

Each week expect to look through multiple stores’ ads and shop at them too. This way you’ll be able to get your hands on as much free product as you can (but still minding limitations and leaving some for others).

In my experience, the stores I find myself shopping more often than others are Rite Aid, Target, Walmart and Kroger. I will say that it seems like stores rotate who has the best and most sale item in a given week; some weeks I find myself stocking up at Kroger and CVS and others I feel like I’m getting everything at Rite Aid, Walmart and Target.

Each store I shop at has at least one reason why I love them. Here are a couple of those reasons.

Kroger – My Kroger doubles coupons and that always makes for super cheap deodorant, toothpaste and toothbrushes.

Target – Target always has those awesome “buy two of these items and get a $5 gift card” promotions going on and that’s how I’ve stocked up on Curel lotion and vitamins there. They also have amazing store coupons on their site. Before Christmas last year I got three sleep shirts for free by using the $3/1 sleepwear item and pairing it with the clearance merch (which Target also has a lot of at super prices).

Rite Aid – This store ALWAYS has cold medicine and cough drops for free and for someone who gets sick fairly often (which is very expensive by the way), it’s a way for me to stock up on my most loved cough syrup. 

Walmart – Let me lay it on you now; I LOVE OVERAGE AT WALMART! I cannot stress enough how important overage is to me! My fiancé is a health nut who needs protein shakes, kashi, and all kinds of vitamins. He is also lactose intolerant and happens to prefer the Walmart brand of the milk pills (seriously, when do you get coupons for that?!). So most of the time the overage goes towards that and when it doesn’t, it goes towards Coke and what my fiancé calls “Laura-food”, meaning easy to make, readily accessible tasty snacks for me!

You too will come to love these stores, their incentives and all the variety they have to offer. And you will DEFINITELY begin to love overage at Walmart too!

Store Coupon Policies

One essential tool in successful couponing is knowing (and printing and highlighting and taking that paper with you to the store!) the stores’ coupon policy. Below is a list of stores I shop at, most being big name stores that I’m sure you shop at too, and their respective coupon policy links.

 Walmart Coupon Policy

Target Coupon Policy

Martin's Coupon Policy

 Dollar General Coupon Policy

 Family Dollar Coupon Policy

 Food Lion Coupon Policy

CVS Coupon Policy

 Rite Aid Coupon Policy

Remember to print these and keep them somewhere safe! What works best for me is keeping them in a binder with tabs so I can easily flip to and fro in my policies wonderland. I also highlight key points in each policy so if a problem arises in checkout I can resort right back to major information.