Extreme Couponing, Houston Frugal Living Blog
Sorry, I got carried away, I have always wanted to say that! Anyway, here are the best deals this week. I ran into a CVS here in Manhattan to scout out the deals for a CNN Money segment I am taping tomorrow. I am telling you, if you have a big nice well stocked CVS you need to take a little second and say a quick “thank you” prayer. Not only are the stores small, but prices are higher. God Bless the people who live in NY City!
I wanted to make sure I gave you a heads up that my Today Show appearance has changed days to WEDNESDAY!!
They had to move their schedule around a bit, this is better though as I will be on the first 30 minutes of the show! I had a bunch of appearances to day that were a blast and have a few more tomorrow, when they air I will post them and I am looking for some links for the others now!
Photo Credit KCL
Walgreens has some really good deals this week. If you are new to shopping at Walgreens you can read my Walgreens 101 HERE. If you have the $2 off Almay coupons from the March 6th Smart Source insert you can get a great deal on Almay Dial Up Mascara.
This is one of those situations where you can combine 2 coupons together to get a great deal. The SS (Smart Source) coupon is a manufacturer coupon and the Walgreens Spring Beauty Guide is a store coupon, so you can use the 2 together. You can find that Walgreens coupon book in your store at the cosmetics counter.
Almay Waterproof or Dial Up Mascara on sale $4.79
Use $2.00/1 Almay Cosmetic Product, any from SS 3/6
And Use $2.00/1 Almay Cosmetics from Walgreens Spring Beauty Guide
Total: $0.79
Buy 4 Wrigley’s 5 Gum, 15 ct $0.99
Use 2 $1.00/2 – Wrigley’s 5 Gum, 15-Stick – (smartsource.com)
Total: $0.49 each
Colgate MaxFresh, MaxWhite or MaxClean toothpaste, 6 oz., $2.99
Buy 1, Receive $3.00 Register Reward
Total: Free
Gillette Fusion ProGlide Razor System $9.99
Buy 1, Receive $4.00 Register Reward, Limit 1
$4.00/1 Gillette Fusion ProGlide Cartridge, Manual or Power from RP 3/20
Pay $5.99, Receive $4.00 Register Reward
Total: $1.99
Pantene, Aussie or Herbal Essences Hair Care, 5.1-14 oz $3.50
Buy 2, Receive $2.00 Register Reward, Limit 1
FREE Herbal Essences or Aussie Styler, excluding trial size up to $3.23 when you buy (1) Herbal Essences or Aussie product from SS 3/13
Pay $3.50 for 2 items, Receive $2.00 Register Reward
Total: $0.75 each
Thanks, Wild for Wags
This week you can score 12 free NYC nail polishes. This would make a great Easter basket filler, or awesome for a little girls birthday party. You will need to print 6 coupons for this deal, that means you need 3 computers to get that many as you can only print 2 coupons per computer. If you don’t have that many IP addresses at your house, ask a friend to print them or if you are able to do it at work do it there!
Buy (12) NYC Nail Polishes – $0.99
Use (6) $1.50/2 NYC Printable coupon *You will need (3) computers or have friends print this coupon for you!! If you can’t find it, you can try zip 02895 or 33770
Total: $2.88 + Tax
Get Back $3 Extra Bucks ( to find out what these are go HERE)
Final Price: = 12 FREE NYC Nail Polishes.
(Thanks MoJo)
Local Gals and Guys… Here is a Groupon for you! GiGi’s Cupcakes on Research is offering a $18 gift card for only $9! That will get you 6 AWESOME cupcakes!
Gigi’s Cupcakes’ pastry creators upgrade handmade sweets to gallery status with swirling frostings made from farm-fresh butter, well-placed fruit and nut selections, decadent chocolate sauces, and vanilla and cinnamon sourced from Madagascar and Saigon.
This is what to do:
All month long at Target they are offering freebies for “Earth month”. You can get this cute bag on the 17th. So check out all the fun stuff and deals! Thanks, Mojo Savings!
April 4th – Free Tide Stain Release
April 11th – April 14th: FREE Cheese Fondue at The Melting Pot (Reservations Required)
April 12th: Free Ice Cream Cone Day at participating Ben & Jerry’s
April 16th – April 24th: Free Admission to US National Parks to Celebrate National Parks Week
April 17th – FREE Reusable Bag from Target
April 17th – FREE Stevi B’s Pizza
April 22nd – Starbucks Free Coffee or Tea
April 26th – Pretzelmaker – Free Pretzel
April 27th – $0.31 Scoop Night at Baskin Robbins from 5 PM – 10 PM
If you have a Staples you might want to run in to get FREE paper! This is what to do:
I have done the Staples Easy Rebates online and they are really easy. To find a store near you, go HERE.
For all of you who watch T.V. in the mornings, I want to give you a heads up that I will be on The Today Show, this Wednesday morning. I am not sure what hour it will be, I am guessing I will be in the lifestyle section. I will have the chance to talk about couponing, saving money and the upcoming TLC show!
Now, if you know me, I have a story to go along with this as well… You can’t go to New York and be on the Today Show and not go get a new outfit. My schedule was so tight this week I literally had 90minutes in between softball games to go shopping. It was already hot outside so I was in jean shorts and t-shirt, my little kids with me were sweaty and the baby was hungry. I walked into a NICE store outside the Woodlands mall that I had not been in before, it is a little fancier than where I normally shop. No one would help me. It was a TOTAL PRETTY WOMAN MOMENT! I had 2 sweaty little kids and a squeaky stroller, finally a sweet little girl came over and started helping me, I didn’t even look at price tags, and started trying clothes on. I found an outfit and bought it. No COUPONS, but I got a discount for signing up for their email list and I got $25 off a $100 purchase for next time I am in.
I hate shopping that way, but I had no time!
**Little known fact about Paul and Tiff – The first summer we were married we spent it at a military base in Bayonne N.J. we earned a semester of credit for college and were paid a living stipend. We ran a summer camp for the dependents on the base. Every weekend we spent in NY city. It was a BLAST!
I am pretty excited about this deal for Easter baskets. Walgreens has the select Crayola items 2 for $3. This weekend there was a coupon that came out in the SS for $1.00 off Crayola Color Wonder… this makes them only $.50 each! Great for baskets! Thanks Moms By Heart!
This is an amazing offer. If you know someone who can benefit from some house cleaning while they are fighting cancer please let them know about this offer.
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Anything that can be destroyed WILL be destroyed!
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The resident Labradoodle, Miller got his name because Mom won and got to name the baby! Need something chewed up? He'll take care of it. Especially if it's expensive..