January 2011

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Don’t forget to print the new Walgreens coupon policy and take it with you!

How to use Walgreens to “Coupon to Disney”:

• Save on items that you normally buy. You can usually get free shampoo, conditioner, razors, toothbrushes, etc here. I also find that they have fairly cheap soda too.
• After you have shopped here a few weeks, you will start to build up your Register Rewards. Walgreens usually has 1 or 2 ‘money making’ deals a week. By using Register Rewards to pay for items, you essentially eliminate your out of pocket costs and get everything you buy at Walgreens for ‘free’.
• Use your Register Rewards to pay for items that are eligible for rebates. When the check arrives, deposit it into your fund!
• Use your Register Rewards to pay for items that you were going to pay cash for. Take the cash you were going to spend and deposit it into your fund!
• Be sure to read the Getting Started Couponing to Disney guide!

Create your personal shopping list: Click on the box next to each item you would like to purchase and then click on the print list button at the bottom to print your own personal shopping list! All prices on this list are per item.

Be sure to visit Coupon Katarina for all the over $1 deals this week.

You can also find more deals over at Wild for Wags!

Be sure to check out all the current Walgreens deals.

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There is a Swag Code out worth 6 Swag Bucks on the blog. You just need 444 more Swag Bucks to get a $5 Amazon.com gift card.

Here’s how to redeem the code:

• Go here and look for the Swag Code in this blog post. It is good until 5 pm CST
• Then return to Swagbucks.com.
• Look on the far right side under your Account Summary for the Enter your Swag Code box.
• Enter the code in the box (make sure there are no spaces before or after the code) and click the Gimme button.

If you are new to Swag Bucks and want to learn how it can help you Coupon to Disney, be sure to read the Swag Bucks tutorial.

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These are the newest under $1 deals. They have been added to the master list here. Be sure to check it out!

Louisiana Hot Sauce 12 oz – $1.12
Use $1/2 from 1/16 SS (exp 4/1)
Total: 62c

Celestial Seasoning Green Tea 20 ct — $1.96
Use $1/1 from 1/16 SS (exp 4/6)
Total: 96c

Gain Dish Detergent 11 oz — 97c
Use 25c/1 from 1/16 P&G (exp 2/28)
Total: 72c

Blistex Medicated Balm .15 oz — 84c
Use 35c from 1/16 SS (exp 3/31)
Total: 49c

Summer’s Eve Feminine Cleansing Cloths 16 ct — $1.62
Use 75c printable
Total: 87c

Aveeno Clear Complexion Cleansing Bar — $2.87
Use $2 printable
Total: 87c

Shake N Bake — $1.63
Use 75c printable
Total: 88c

Vlassic Relish — $1.18
Use 55c printable
Total: 63c

Jell-O Mixes — 52c
Use 55c/3 printable
Total: 33c

Campbell’s Chunky Soups – $1.50
Use $1/2 from 1/2 SS (exp 2/13) or $1/2 printable
Total: $1

Hunt’s Diced Tomatoes — 88c
Use $1/3 from 1/23 SS (exp 3/13)
Total: 54c

Rosarita Beans — 98c
Use 50c/3 from 1/23 SS (exp 3/13)
Total: 81c

Wolf Chili — $1.32
Use 75c/2 from 1/23 SS (exp 3/13)
Total: 97c

Frech’s Mustard — $1
Use $0.50/1 printable or $1/2 from 1/23 SS (exp 3/31)
Total: 50c

Ronzoni Pasta — $1.08
Use $1/2 from 1/23 SS (exp 3/31)
Total: 58c

Birdseye Frozen Vegetables – $1
Use $1/3 from 1/23 SS (exp 3/13) or 50c/2 from 12/12 SS (exp 1/31)
Total: 66c

Sucrets — $2.43
Use $1.50/1 from 1/23 SS (exp 4/30)
Total: 93c

Hartz Crunch & Clean Cat Treats – $1.98
Use $1.50/1 from 1/9 SS (exp 2/28)
Total: 48c

Kraft Sandwich Shoppe Mayo 12 oz — $1.50
Use $1/2 from 1/23 SS (exp 2/20)
Total: $1

Mahatma Saffron Yellow Rice Mix — 77c
Use 75c/2 from 1/23 RP (exp 4/30)
Total: 39c

Friskies Party Mix Cat Treats 2.1 oz — $1.42
Use $1/1 from 1/23 SS (exp 4/24)
Total: 42c

Whiskas Trays — 50c
Use B1G1 from 1/23 RP (exp 3/19)
Total: 25c

Texas Toast Croutons — $1.28
Use 50c printable
Total: 78c

Note: Be sure to visit Passion for Savings and Saving with Amy for even more Walmart deals!

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Rebate of the Day is a series that will showcase a different rebate Monday – Friday. It is brought to you by my friend Tabitha who blogs at Saving Towards A Better Life.

You can get a $7 rebate on 1-gallon bottle of participating Prestone Heavy Duty Antifreeze/Coolant or a $5 rebate on 1-gallon bottle of Prestone Heavy Duty 50/50 Antifreeze/Coolant when purchased between 7/1/10 and 1/31/11. Go here for more details and the form.

Be sure to read about all the previous rebates of the day here. Plus don’t forget to check out My Rebate Database!

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Like Yoplait on Facebook and click on the Calcium tab for one of those knock your socks off kind of things.

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Here’s a new rental code for BlockBuster Express machines:

28CHD4X – free rental (exp 2/3)

MRC37H – free rental (exp 2/25)

Plus you can also register for Blockbuster Express emails and get a code for a free rental!

Remember these codes are limit 1 per credit card. Movies are due by 9 pm the following day to avoid having to pay an additional $1 to rent the movie another 24 hours.

How to use this to “Coupon to Disney“: If you are really dedicated, you could take $1 cash out of your budget and put it in your Disney fund.

Go here to find a Blockbuster Express kiosk near you!

Be sure to check out my Fun for the Family category where I keep all the current inexpensive things that you can do with the family.

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Graveyard Mall has their mystery box on sale today for $21.99 plus shipping (varies from $5.99 to $7). The box will be filled with kitchen gadgets like Silicon Bakeware, Nut choppers, spice grinders, cool salt and pepper shakers and other small gadgets. You will also get a Giant Pez Dispenser (might even be Mickey and it’s valued at $19.99).

If you don’t like your mystery box, you can return it at Graveyard Mall’s expense. I am going to order one and see what all it contains!

One of my readers recently purchased a mystery box and here’s what she had to say:

I ordered the $25 box from Graveyard Mall and here’s what I got:

• Louisville Slugger Baseball Glove – $34 value
• 2 drawstring backpacks – $10 value each
• 2 sets of rechargeable AA batteries with a USB recharging dock – $14 value each
• 2 planners (one large and leather) – $8 and $40 value
• 1 Smart Lab Interactive book/game for kids on Health – $27 value
• 1 Oklahoma Sooners jumbo checkers set – $18 value
• 1 Baby Buddy pig pillow – $10 value
• 1 Diagnostics blood pressure cuff – $18 value
• Obey Your Body – 1 cream scrub and 1 body sorbet (lotion – body butter) – on their site the body scrub is $47.99 and the body butter is $53.
• Be Fine Food Skin Care – 1 coconut Pore scrub and 1 Chocolate night cream – on their website the night cream is $30 and the pore scrub is $25
• Coast Blue Spiral LED Lenser – $50 value

So, the total value of the box would be around $385. Now, I wouldn’t have purchased any of these items if someone handed me $385 to shop, but I would say I am not disappointed with what we received. I put most of the items up for Cmas gifts.

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It is that time of the year again. Time to file your taxes and (hopefully) get a refund back. For the past 4 years, I have done my taxes at home. I got tired of paying the fees to H&R Block stores to do something that I could easily do myself. The online tax preparation software is really no different then sitting in their office while they read the questions to you. Plus you still get the same exact audit protection as if you went to the store.

Here are 2 services that I have used in the past. They both offer free Federal filing!

• H&R Block Online
• Turbo Tax

If you usually pay a fee to file your taxes, maybe this year you could take that fee and deposit it into your fund instead!

It is worth at least give it a try. I personally find it very easy to do my own taxes (and I even do them for my mother and mother in law).

*Note: I am not giving you tax advice, but merely expressing my opinion on what I have done in the past and what works for me.

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Target has the Burt’s Bees Pomegranate gift set on sale today for $9.99 shipped (was $19.99). This might make a great teacher’s gift for the last day of school.

Plus you can go through Ebates and earn 3% cash back or Shop at Home and earn 4% cash back. And if you are a new member, you will get a $5 bonus on top of the cash back! Just sign up and after logging in, search for the store in the search box and follow the link to the store’s homepage and proceed with your order like normal. Your cash back will appear in your account. It’s like getting paid to shop!

Also if you are a AAA member, you can go through this link and save 10%.

(Thanks Hip2Save!)

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