Albertson's Doublers: 4/3-4/6

There are tons of freebies available with the Albertson's Twice the Value coupons this week. The coupons are available in the Sunday paper. You can use 3 Twice the Value coupons per transactions and double any manufacturers coupon up to $1. Go to Happy Money Saver for a full list of doubler deals.

Propel Fitness Water $1.00
$1/2 from 2/13 SmartSource insert
+ doubler
= FREE

American Beauty Quick Cook Pasta $1.00
$0.50/1 printable coupon
+ doubler
= FREE

Zone Perfect Bars $1.00
$0.55/1 from 1/16 SmartSource or 2/27 SmartSource
+ doubler
= FREE

Reach Dental Floss $1.89
$1/1 printable coupon
+ doubler
= FREE

Glade Scented Gel Refills, clean linen $1.99
$1/1 printable coupon or 2/13 SmartSource
+ doubler
= FREE + $1 catalina when you buy 2

Friskies Cat Treats $1.69-$1.99
$1/1 from 1/23 SmartSource
+ doubler
= FREE

Healthy Choice Soup $1.00
Use $1/2 coupon
+ doubler
= FREE

McCormick Spice “Bubble Packs” $1.79$1/1 McCormick Product 3/13 Red Plum
+ doubler
= FREE (Thanks Coupon Connections NW)

Also, check out my post on cheap Healthy Choice frozen meals and the Kellogg's cereal and milk deal.

Etsy + Groupon

My friend Jessica just let me know about a new website that combines two of my favorite things in the world....daily deals and Etsy.

If you aren't familiar with Etsy, this is a marketplace website where people sell all manner of handcrafted items. You can buy so many cool things on this site from some seriously talented people. I love to buy unique gifts for my friends and family from Etsy.

Heartsy is a new website offering daily deals from Etsy sellers. I'm in love!!!!!

One of today's deals is $13 for a $38 credit to Etsy seller, tweakdesigns. I love, love, love this green necklace.

It sells for $17 (already a bargain in my eyes), but with a Heartsey deal I can get the necklace and these adorable clips....

and this amazing ring (I like green, can you tell?).....

and this baby headband that makes me want a little girl soooooo bad (not that I don't adore my son, but I don't think this headband is his style).....

With a voucher from Heartsy, I could get ALL of that for $13! I seriously might die from happiness. It looks there is a limited number of each voucher, but there are several deals each day. Sign up now!





Update on Albertson's Cereal + Milk Deal

The investigative skills of some of the bloggers I read have turned up some bad news about the Albertson's cereal and milk deal I posted about earlier this week. Looks like the Kellogg's rebate was not intended for wide distribution and is only available to AARP members (oh, how I wish I was retired!). You can read the response Melody from This Beautiful Frugal Life received from Kellogg's here.

I apologize for posting this deal and getting you pumped up without all the details. You have a couple of options:

* Submit the rebate form anyway. The form does not say it is only for AARP members, so you could take a chance that they will honor your rebate.

* Team up with an AARP member on the deal. (Hello, Grandma?).

* Do the deal without the rebate. You could buy 6 boxes of cereal and get 2 gallons of milk for $4.02. The milk catalinas will probably expire in 2 weeks, so this deal may end up being more practical for many of you. Additionally, you would not be limited to the 3 kinds of cereal that were included in the rebate. You could purchase any Kellogg's cereal that is on sale for $1.67.

Buy (6) Kellogg's Cereal ($1.67/each)
Use (3) $1/2 coupons
Use (3) Albertson's Twice the Value Coupons
= $4.02
Receive (2) catalinas for FREE milk (up to $3.99)

* Scrap the cereal deal and use your doublers on a different deal. The Healthy Choice steamers are a great deal with doublers this week as well.

Buy (4) Healthy Choice Steamers ($4/5)
Use (2) $1/2 coupons (printable here. Enter the code 63829897 to access the coupons)
Use (2) Albertson's Twice the Value Coupons
= $1.00 or $0.25/each

Knowing Your Store Manager

Today, I learned the importance of one of the strategies I see all the time on couponing blogs....Get to know your store manager. My local Rite-Aid is the only place I shop every week at the same time. I've been a regular for the past couple months and the cashiers and manager have started to recognize me.

Today, I finally made it in to pick up the deal on the Finish tablets I told you about earlier this week. For the past several weeks, there have been 3 boxes of Finish tablets on the clearance shelf at my Rite-Aid. They did not have a price on them and I just hadn't taken the time to ask. But I figured today was a good opportunity to find out if they were indeed on clearance since there was a $5 +UP reward when you spent $15 on Finish products.

I took them up the front and asked the cashier to scan them. They rang up at full price ($6.49), so I figured they were just misplaced. But the manager was standing there and said "Weren't those on the clearance shelf? They are 75% off". Score!!!

I bought the 3 clearanced boxes and 4 additional boxes (on sale for 50%). My total was over $15, but my +UP Reward didn't print. The manager was still standing there chatting with me about couponing so I asked why my +UP didn't print. He said it was because the clearance items had to be price adjusted, so they weren't factored into $15 (I have another theory about this that I'll share in a minute). But he said, "I'll take care of it". He said I could find something else to buy and he would price adjust it. I grab 2 more boxes of Finish and he ended up price adjusting them both down to $0 (a $6.29 value). I did offer the pay the difference, but he said it was okay.

(9) boxes of Finish tablets (reg. price $6.29-$6.49)
- $3/$15 survey coupon
- $3.75 in coupons
= $10.67
81% savings

I know it looks like this is less of a savings than my intended scenario, but remember in that scenario I would have ended up with a $5 +UP reward. If I had rolled that reward into 2 more boxes of Finish, my total costs would have been $11.96. Math isn't my strong point, but trust me on this one.

My theory on +UP Rewards: Both times I have had problems with my +UP rewards printing, it has been when my total (after coupons) has been below the amount needed to trigger the +UP. Today, my total after coupons was $10.76. Even though I spent $15 on Finish products and have had clearance items count towards deals like this in the past, the manager stated this was why my reward didn't print. I have never had this problem when buying other items that bring my total over the required amount. My theory is that if I had spent an additional $4.25 on anything, my total would have been over $15 and my reward would have printed. This is just a theory, I'll do some testing and report back.

Upcoming Albertson's Cereal + Milk Moneymaker!

The coupon world will collide at Albertson's starting this Sunday (4/3) with several overlapping deals that will yield you 10 boxes of cereal, 3 gallons of milk, and some change in your pocket. Here's how it will work.

Albertson's Sale on Kellogg's Cereal = $1.67/box
Twice the Value coupons (confirmed to be coming in Sunday's paper)
Catalina offer for a FREE gallon of milk (up to $3.99) when you buy 3 Kellogg's cereals
Kellogg rebate offer for a $10 preloaded Mastercard gift card when you buy 10 participating products

The varieties of Kellogg's cereal that overlap all of these deals are Rice Krispies, Crispix, and Corn Flakes.

Are you still with me? Here's the step by step instructions for getting this deal.

Step 1:

Register on the Kellogg's site and print (2) of each of the following coupons:

$1/2 Crispix or Corn Flakes
$1/2 Crispix
$1/2 Corn Flakes

and

Print (2) $1/2 any Kellogg's cereal (link here).

Step 2:

Starting Sunday (4/3), head to Albertson's.

Buy (10) boxes of Crispix, Corn Flakes, or Rice Krispies (sale price $16.70)
Use (5) of the above coupons (-$5)
Use (3) Twice the Value coupons (-$3)
Pay $8.70

Receive (3) FREE milk catalinas (up to $3.99 each).

Step 3:

Submit the UPCs from each box for the Kellogg's rebate. The rebate form states this is a rebate for a $10 preloaded Mastercard that can be used for gas. It is unclear if it can be used for other purchases, but who doesn't need gas?

You can submit for up to 5 rebates (1 per envelope) and the offer is good until 12/31/2011. I would print 5 rebate forms now and then check your pantry for any of the participating varieties you may already have. No receipt is required for this rebate, just the UPC. Chances are there will be another sale before the end of the year on the participating products, so you can potentially get up to (5) $10 cards.

Grand Totals:
(10) boxes of cereal
(3) Gallons of Milk
$10 Mastercard
= $1.30 Profit!

Thanks to The Coupon Project and This Beautiful Frugal Life for the breakdown of this sale!

Groupon: $7 for $15 Ebay gift card

I love this deal today from Groupon. For $7, you will get a $15 gift card for Ebay. Go here to get this deal.

You MUST have an Ebay and a Paypal account before purchasing this deal.

Limit 1 per person. Gift card can be applied to shipping and taxes and used over multiple visits.

Thanks to Penny Pinchin' Mom for the heads up on this one!

Rite-Aid: FREE Gum and Cards

There is a great coupon in this week's Rite-Aid for $3/3 American Greetings cards. My Rite-Aid had an entire section of $0.99 cards. I love having extra cards on hand for last minute occasions. I picked 2 birthday and 1 thank you card for FREE. If you don't get a Sunday paper, you should be able to find the Rite-Aid ad with this coupon in the store.

The Snickers eggs are not pictured. I plead the fifth on what happened to them.

Item	Regular Price	Sale Price	Coupon	I Paid	+UP Rewards Received
(8) Trident Vitality Gum	$1.29	BOGO	(4) BOGO (3/6 SS)	FREE
(3) Greeting Cards	$0.99		$3/3 In ad coupon	FREE +
(2) Orbit Gum	$1.29	BOGO	(2) BOGO (printable)	FREE
(2) Snickers Eggs	$0.88	$0.69	$2/2 (All You)	FREE +
(5) Revlon Products	$17.23 ($2.19-$4.65)	40% off	(2) $2/1 (printable)	$6.34	$4 on $10 Revlon purchase

I also got another $3/$15 feedback coupon on my receipt. I am loving these coupons. The coupons randomly print on your reciept, but when you get one head to the website listed on the receipt and fill out a survey about your visit. You'll then be able to print a $3/$15 coupon.

Here's how I'm hoping to use my coupon later this week. I started using Finish detergent a couple months ago when it was free at Target and I love it. I love the pre-portioned packets and it gets my dishes (which I refuse to rinse) very clean!

Finish Gelpacs (20 ct)
Regular Price $6.29
Sale Price 50% off ($3.15)
Spend $15, Get $5 +UP Rewards

(5) Finish Gelpacs
- $3/$15 coupon
- (5) $0.75/1 coupon (3/6 SS)
- $5 +UP Reward
= $4.00 or $0.80/each
87% savings