Free Water Bottle

Yay! I love water bottles! I love drinking water, and so I love having an easy, convenient way to do so. Go here and fill out your information, and they will send you a free water bottle.

My favorite deals

So, I decided that I really was taking too much time doing the couponing, and that I needed to streamline. So, I am only going to look for the very best (my favorite) deals, and do a list of those, rather than trying to list everything. There are various places where you can get lists. Grocery Smarts has a comprehensive list, Freebies2Deals has some, and Savvy Sister Shops is another I like to follow. So, here is my list of favorites from this week.

Rite Aid

-Old Spice deodorant $2.50

            $2 SCR wyb2

            $1 OS cpn (PG 2/7)

            $1.50 OOP

-Bic Soleil disposable razors $4.99

            $2 SCR

            $2 mfr cpn (SS 3/28)

            $2.99 OOP

-Brita water filters $9.29

            40% off

            $2 mfr cpn 

            $3.57 OOP

$4 SCR from Rite Aid

Target

-Connect 4x4 $14

            $4 mfr cpn (SS3/21)

            $3 Hasbro Target cpn (you should have printed this one before, but it may still be available)

            $7.00 OOP

-Air Wick I motion starter kits $6

            $5 mfr cpn (SS 3/7)

            $1 Target cpn

            $0.00 OOP

So there you have it. Those are my favorite deals for the week.

Another cologne sample

Go here to get a free sample of Nautica Oceans. Fill out your information and they should be sending it to you in the mail.

Free Jovan perfume sample

 Well, I have no idea how this smells, but samples of fragrances are always nice, because then you don't have to spend all the money before you know if you like the way the scent mixes with your chemical makeup. So, just go here and fill out your information. There are also survey questions, but you don't have to answer them. I didn't get any confirmation of them sending me my sample, so we'll see if they actually send it, but it doesn't do much damage if they don't, it was a FREE sample.

Free Burt's Bees Toothpaste sample

Yay for samples of toiletries! I love using these for travel, they don't take up as much space, and they don't make as much mess if they do spill.  Here's a free sample of toothpaste, and who doesn't need that? Just fill out your information, choose whether you want a sample, or a $1 off coupon, and hit submit. The coupon is probably the better value, but if you've never tried this toothpaste before you may want to try it first before buy a full-sized. (Some people can be very choosy with their toothpaste).

Organic Valley coupons

 Now, I know some people don't use couponing as much because they prefer to buy organic, or they think they can't eat as healthy because the coupons are always for junk. Well, I just found some coupons from Organic Valley for you. Go here to pick the ones you want. You can print 2 copies of each coupon. Enjoy!

Free Kashi Cereal Sample

I think the healthy ones are my favorites. (yes another favorite. I have lots of favorites) So just go here and choose what you want to sample. Hit submit, and fill out your information. It does ask for you to join their community, but you don't have to in order to get your sample.

Free Godiva chocolate

 Now seriously, who doesn't love free chocolate? You can get a free piece of Godiva chocolate every month by going here and signing up for their rewards club! (Plus you can also get some other cool offers from them) Here in Utah Valley, the Godiva chocolatiers are all inside other stores (Barnes & Noble, Macy's and Dillards) I had to make sure I knew where to go for this. So, just go click join now, and fill out your information. You may not want to use your junk email for this one, if they're going to send you more offers. After submitting, it will ask you to take a questionnaire, you don't have to. Then all you have to do once a month is go in to a store and claim your free chocolate.

Coupon for Free YOplus

Yay! I love yogurt freebies too! Yogurt is one of those things that are a little more rare around this house, because it's hard to find sales that make the prices quite good enough with the coupons. So I am all for freebies. So, all you need to do is go here, and sign up for the Betty Crocker newsletter, and get your free sample. It will actually come as a coupon, but hey, that's even better than a sample, because that's free full-size product!

Free U by Kotex sample

I have to say, I think the hygiene product feebies are some of my all time favorites. They can just be so dang expensive! So here's another free sample (that has more than 1 in it) Just fill out your information, and submit it, and they will send you your free sample!

What to do with expired coupons?

We all have them. We use as many of the coupons that we clip as possible, but sometimes they just expire before we can get to them. So... what should we do with them? I can think of a couple of options.
1-Recycle them. Not the best option, but probably the easiest. Doesn't take much time to throw them in a recycle bin with the rest of your paper (especially since we're getting multiple copies of the newspapers, so we're have lots of paper to recycle).
2-Arts and crafts. You can use the coupons to modge-podge frames or scrapbook album covers, or chairs or tables. With all the colors, it could end up being really cute. A better option, because you aren't just adding waste to our planet, and you aren't having to find time to take the paper out to the recycle bin, and hey, you can get cute kid's chairs and cute frames and such from it. It would take a lot of time though.

3- MY FAVORITE OPTION -Send them overseas to our military families on bases in foreign countries. There is a fairly extensive list of military bases overseas that are accepting expired coupons, and the families can use them on base for 6 months after they expire. The list of bases who are accepting coupons will change periodically, so the best thing would be to just go to Grocery Saving Tips and scroll down when you are going to send those coupons out.
A few tips to follow:

• Cut all of your coupons you will be sending.  It will cut down on shipping costs.
• Divide coupons into "Non- Food" and "Food" Categories.  Put them in two separate plastic baggies.  Pet food is considered a non-food item.
• They can only use regular Manufacturer coupons.  So don't send store coupons or printed coupons of any sort.
• Send your coupons out quickly after they expire.  If your coupons are expired longer than 2 months, don't send them.

Now, yes, this will take a little more of your time, but if you've already been clipping every coupon as I have, the only real time it will take is pulling the expired coupons out (which you'd already be doing) separating them into food/non-food, (which they may already be if you are using a binder) and putting them in an envelope to mail (and addressing and sending) Definitely the best option as far as I'm concerned.

Just thought I'd let you know that there are options out there for what to do with those coupons you just couldn't quite get to.

New favorite

I have to say, I found a new favorite thing about couponing. Today was the BSA food drive in my area, and having extra food on hand that I could give them was great. Even better was that I didn't have to worry about being able to put that back into my food storage because a good portion of what I gave them, I got for free! Here is a picture of everything I was able to give them. We don't have a very big food storage yet, or I would have given multiple bags, but I have to say I am proud that I had to double bag, and that it didn't fit into the bag they gave us. Anyway... The picture.

Family Fresh Foods run

Okay so I made my trek up to Ogden to Family Fresh Foods yesterday. After the change in the coupon policy I wanted to see if it was still worth it to travel up there once a month. Yes! absolutely! I saved $20 MORE than I would have down here in Utah Valley. Even with the gas that my car takes, that is a $13 savings! Very exciting. So... are you ready for what I got!

I don't think I can go through and list what I got. I'm feeling far too lazy right now. But I got all of this for only $39 and change! I saved $40 in coupons as well. That is over a 50% savings! And, I didn't have coupons for the produce, and some of the items were not on sale, but are staples that I like to have on hand. So I think I did pretty dang good. It did take a lot of time. I did walk up and down the aisles looking for things that I either had a coupon for, or the price was low enough that if I had a coupon I'd take it, so I stopped to look through my binder fairly frequently, but I think it was well worth it.

Campbell's soup coupon

Okay, I just saw this and you should thank me because I am telling you about it before I get the coupons myself. Normally you can find Campbell's coupons for $1/4. Well, go here and get one for $1/2!! You will need to register, so you will only be able to get 2, even if you have multiple computers (dang) ;) Thanks 'Thrifty Ideas' for the info! Just sign up, and then click on coupons and savings, and then select the coupons you want!

Free Wienerschnitzel Chili Dog

Yup, free food from  restaurants, another favorite of mine. You should never pay full price for anything, and that includes eating out at restaurants. Just go here and fill out your information to get your free chili dog. They will send it to you in an email in a few days.

Free Pampers Cruisers Sample

Yay! for free diapers! (Even if it is just one or 2) I seriously think that diapers are the biggest expense my family has. So... Go here and either log in or sign up. There are actually a few higher-value coupons on the site you go to as well as the sample, so have fun with that. Just mark which offers you want, and submit to then fill out your information and get your freebies!

Free Sample Playtex sport

More necessities that I can get free? (and a coupon included) COUNT ME IN!!! I love freebies! So, just go here and fill out your information, and they'll send it to you. (4-6 week delivery time)

5 react experience

Go here to see if you will be chosen to have a 5 react experience. You will need to connect with facebook, It will play a video, and then if you are 'chosen' you will need to enter your address so that you can receive your black envelope in the mail. (I believe it will be something to do with free gum)

Free Power Bar Gel Blasts sample

These are little bite-sized energy boosts for those of you who are athletic, or if you just need a little bit of extra energy during your work day, or running after your kids. Go here and register for your free sample. Or, if you already have an account, just log in, and you can still get the freebie. You will need to either fill out your information, or check to make sure it's correct and resubmit and it will take 3 to 5 weeks to get to you.

FREEBIES!!! (this one is bottled water)

Woohoo! more freebies! I love these, and it doesn't really take me any more time to share them with all of you, so have fun! This will be the first of 9 freebie posts (if they all work) but they will have separate posts, so here it goes...

Now, this is actually a coupon, and it isn't completely free, but if you are one who regularly buys bottled water, its a great coupon for you. go here and print your 2 coupons for buy 2 get 1 free! You may have to search for the coupon, I don't know how to get it to you individually.