Did You Get Your Target Beauty Bag?

I hope some of you were able to take advantage of the free Target beauty bag offer I posted a couple weeks ago (no longer available). I got mine in the mail yesterday. It was a cute little bag fulled with some fun freebies and a coupon book with $25 worth of coupons.

Target is having a sale on Olay products this week that pairs perfectly with one of the coupons you will find in the coupon book. Here's how to score some FREE Olay products.

(2) Olay Age Defying Cleansers ($4.69/each)
- (2) $2/1 Olay Facial Cleaner (3/27 SmartSource insert)
- $1/1 Olay Facial Care prodcut from beauty bag mailer
= $4.38
Receive $5 gift card when you buy two Olay products
Total = $0.62 Profit

OR

(2) Olay Wet Cleansing Clothes (30 ct) OR (2) Olay Foaming Face Wash ($4.99/each)
- (2) $2/1 Olay Facial Cleaner (3/27 SmartSource insert)
- $1/1 Olay Facial Care prodcut from beauty bag mailer
= $4.98
Receive $5 gift card when you buy two Olay products
Total = $0.02 Profit

Even without the $1/1 coupon from the beauty bag these are great deals. There are tons of other Olay items that are included in the $5 gift card promotion. You can see more match-ups at Totally Target.

Donation #2 + How You Can Help

My donation bin was full so it was time for a trip to The ShareHouse to make a donation.

The ShareHouse helps families moving from homelessness to permananet housing. Families come to The Sharehouse to "shop" for everything you need to start a household. The Sharehouse provides furniture, kitchen supplies, cleaning supplies, and hygiene products free of charge to these families.  In addition to accepting donations of household items, The Sharehouse is also in need of financial donations to support their mission. Please visit their website for more information on their work and to make a donation.

The total value of my donation today was $215! And I got it all for FREE! Between this donation, my first donation to The ShareHouse, my donation of baby items, and a donation to our food and pet food drives at work, I have already donated over $500 in products this year.

I absolutely love this aspect of couponing, which is why I was so excited to read about an upcoming event called Couponing for Community. From May 8th-14th, use your coupon skills to put together a donation for your local food bank or other non-profit. Check out the Couponing for Community Facebook page and start clipping those coupons. To make it even easier to donate, May 14th is Stamp Out Hunger Day. Just leave your donation at your mailbox and your mail carrier will pick it up. Doesn't get any easier than that. I'll be participating....how about you?

Thanks so much to Heather at Because More is More for the information about this great event.

Rite-Aid Trip (BIG MONEYMAKER)

I have been loving Rite-Aid the past couple weeks. Today was another great trip. I made $5.02 on everything you see below. I was really excited to find Scunci hairbands in a B1G1 pack. They were included in the $1.99 sale, so I essentially got 4 packs for free. I really needed these and seriously almost paid full price for them at Target last week. But I just couldn't bring myself to do it. Glad I waited!

Transaction #1

Item	Regular Price	Sale Price	Coupon	I Paid	+UP Rewards Received
(8) Snickers Eggs	$0.88	$0.50	(4) $1/2 coupon (3/20 RP)	FREE
(2) Gillette Fusion Razor (Bonus Pack)	$12.99	$9.99	(2) $5/1 coupon (P&G mailer)	$4.99	(2) $5.00
(2) Scunci Hair Ties (Bonus BOGO pack)	$3.99	$1.99		$1.99	(2) $1.99
(1) Nasadock	$9.99	$6.00	$1.50/1 (peelie on product)	$4.50	$6.00
(2) Halls Cough Drops	$2.69	2/$3	(2) $0.75/1 coupon (3/27 SS) $0.50 VV coupon	$1.00	$1.00

Total = $19.96 + tax
Received $20.98 in +UP Rewards

Transaction #2

Item	Regular Price	Sale Price	Coupon	I Paid	+UP Rewards Received
(2) Tena UltraThin Pads	$12.99	$9.99	(2) $2.50/1	$7.49

Total = $14.98 + tax
- $14.98 in +UP Rewards from previous transaction
= $0.00 + tax

Will submit for (2) $9.99 Single Check Rebates on Tena

Grand Total
OOP = $19.96 + tax
- $19.98 SCR
- $6 in +UP Rewards remaining
= $5.02 PROFIT

FREE Target Trip

I had some good coupon karma on my recent trip to Target. Someone had left (2) $1/1 Target coupons near the men's Dove deodarant. I already had two of those coupons, plus (4) $2/1 manufacturer's coupons. PLUS, you got a $5 gift card when you bought four. Thanks to the generousity of a stranger, I got some great donation items and made $1.04!

And yes, I know that Target coupons say 1 per transaction. I confess that Target is one place I routinely break this couponing rule. I have NEVER had a cashier tell me I couldn't use duplicate Target coupons in a transaction. If the rule was enforced, I would have no problem following it. But until then, I'm not going to sweat it. Maybe that makes me a bad couponer. Maybe that will get the couponing ethics police on my case. Maybe everyone else does it, too. :shrugs:

Anyway, on with my trip.

Item	Regular Price	Sale Price	Coupon	I Paid
(1) Purex Crystals	$2.99		$2/1 coupon $1/1 Target coupon	FREE
(4) Snickers Eggs	$0.99		(2) $2/2 coupon	FREE
(2) Revlon Beauty Tools	$4.58		$5/2 Catalina coupon	FREE +
(4) Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups	$0.69		(2) B1G1 Target coupons	$1.38
(1) Sally Hansen Hard as Nails	$2.04		$2/1 coupon	$0.04
(4) Dove Men’s Deodorant	$3.99		(4) $2/1 printable coupons (4) $1/1 Target coupons	$0.99/each

= 4.91 + tax

Received $5 Gift Card

$0.09 Profit

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