Back to school

It's back to school time....and it's NEVER too early to stock up! Staples is my favorite and they have some good things this time around. Thanks Money Saving Mom!!

Staples:
Use the $5/$20 coupon on the front of the ad to further sweeten your deals or turn them into money-makers!

Bic Fashion Pens are $1. Use the $1/1 coupon here to get them free.

8-packs of pencils are $0.01--no coupon needed. (Valid July 12-15, 2009 only. Limit 2)

Bic White Out is $1. Use the $0.50/1 coupon here to get it for $0.50.

Staples Photo Plus 4 x 6 paper is on sale for $9.99 and you'll get a rebate printed with your receipt which you can mail in for an $8.99 rebate making this $1 after the rebate (Limit 2).

8 1/2 x 11 Copy Paper is on sale for $3.69 and you'll get a rebate printed with your receipt which you can mail in for an $3.998 rebate making this $0.01 after the rebate (Limit 2).


CVS
Caliber or CVS/pharmacy 1 subject notebook 70-80 sheets .99c Free after ECB limit 2

Paper Mate Grip pens 8ct. .99c Free after ECB limit 3

Caliber or It's Academic 5" pointed or blunt tip scissors $2.99 Free after ECB limit 2

Caliber or CVS/pharmacy school glue 5oz .99 Free after ECB limit 2

Caliber or CVS/pharmacy 12" plastic or wood ruler .99 Free after ECB limit 2
As of 7/12, the It's Academic (CVS distributed) Flexi-Ruler rings up for 99 cents, but does not produce ECBs, so either have them printed manually or pick one of the other kinds.

Pilot EasyTouch Pens 2-5 pk. B1G1

Caliber or CVS/pharmacy No. 2 mechanical pencils 10ct. B1G1 at $2.99

Sharpie Marker 2ct. or twin tip 1 ct. 2/$3

Sharpie or Paper-Mate Highlighters 4 or 6ct. 2/$3

Portfolio 2 pocket, assorted colors 5cents Limit 10

Caliber or CVS/pharmacy 3-subject 120 sheets or 5-subject 180 sheets notebook pay $3.99 get 3 ECB Limit 2

Monday Freebies

Starting today, McDonald's McCafe is giving away free Mocha on their Free Mocha Monday promotion. I was JUST at the mall and didn't know about this til now. Rats! I'll have to scoot down the street later on to see if the McD's up the street is honoring this.

Ice Cream and Music!

I've been discouraged lately by the lack of bargains, but am making myself jump back in the game. To perk myself up, I went scrounging for music!

iTunes has 15 free songs from the Lollapalooza tour.
This weeks free iTunes song is from Meese.
Amazon has lots of free songs and quite the variety!

If you are on Facebook, you can get a coupon for a free pint of Starbucks icecream.

Free Arby's

Today at Arby's you get a free beef and cheddar sandwich with a drink purchase. YUM! That's what we had for lunch today.

Old Navy will have patriotic t's on sale July 3 only for $1! There is a limit of 5, so get your patriotism on!

Publix visit

Back from vacation and settling back into life! Although still haven't colored my hair.

Publix is in full summer swing. If you are having a picnic soon, now is the time to stock up on freebies.

French's mustard is b1g1 @ 2/$1.89. There are many $.50 coupons out there, including the French's site and the Home Solution News website.

Mt. Olive pickles are b1g1 @ 2/2.79 and todays paper had a $.50 coupon.

Kraft BBQ sauce is on sale b1b1 @ 2/1.39. There are many $.75 coupons from the paper.

Lipton tea bags are b1g1 @ 2/$2.47 and there were recent $.50 coupons in the paper.

There is also a great deal on Pepperidge Farm Farmhouse bread. The Green Valley store has it on sale for $1.99 with a peelie on it for $1 off. I'm not sure how long the $1.99 sale goes on, but when we eat these 2 loaves, i'm going back for more!

and the mystery item this week is Publix Apple Juice.

This is a great start to Independence day parties!

Free food during the summer

Arby's and Chickfila are giving away food this summer!

Chickfila is offering FREE FOOD on Thursdays in June. No other purchase is necessary and it's one freebie per person. Dinner only! 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm.

Thursday June 11: Free Chickfila 8 count nuggets
Thursday June 18: Free 3 count Chicken Strips
Thursday June 25: Free Chickfila Sandwich.

Arby's has Free Food Wednesday. You usually have to purchase something (usually a drink) to get free food. Here's the calendar, which i got from anotehr state, so I hope it's accurate. I'll check to day and change later if necessary:

10 - Free Roast Chicken Club with any soft drink purchase
17 - Free Regular Sidekickers® with any sandwich purchase
24 - Free Regular Roast Beef with any soft drink purchase

JULY
1 - Free Regular Beef 'n Cheddar with any soft drink purchase
8 - Free Orange Cream Swirl Shake with any sandwich purchase
15 - Free Regular Roast Beef with any soft drink purchase
22 - Free Roastburger with any soft drink purchase
29 - Free Iced FruiTea with any sandwich purchase

AUGUST
5 - Free Regular Roast Beef with any soft drink purchase
12 - Free Roast Chicken Club with any soft drink purchase
19 - Free Iced FruiTea with any sandwich purchase
26 - Free Regular Beef 'n Cheddar with any soft drink purchase

free redbox code

Redbox has changed their free codes. Now every redbox will have a code avaiable for Monday only. This is only through the summer, then the freebies will stop.

Here's today's redbox free code: DEVRY6268

Fun Friday Freebies

Free Donuts from Krispy Kreme on Friday only! No purchase necessary

After you chow down, Get a free Victoria's Secret panty when you join their facebook page (the link is here).

And while at the mall, stop by Sephora with this coupon for a free Fekkai hair sample. I love this stuff!!

Free Music Tuesday

Download Brad Paisley's "Letter to Me" free from Good Housekeeping.
Download some chick-pop music free from Sephora. Code is BEAUTYBEAT. Choose 6, exit and reenter to download 6 more. Good music selection~!
And of course Tuesday is Free Music Download day at iTunes.
Amazon has their 2009 Jazz sampler available for free download.

CVS Hygiene products for $5!!!!

I just got back from CVS. Our church pantry has now assigned classes certain items, and our items are the hygience products. Here's what I did for $4.95! These prices are only good thru Memorial Day...so get out there and shop!

Buy each item separately and in this order:

Buy Colgate Total toothpaste. Pay 2.99 + tax and get $2 back Extra Care Bucks for your next visit. (I had a $1 coupon from the paper, so paid $1.99 + tax)
Buy playtex sport tampons and use the 2 ECB's from above. pay $2.17 ($1.17 w/ cpn from the sample box). Get $3 back
Buy speedstick pro deodorant. Use $3 ECB, . pay $1.08 get $3.99 ECB's back
Buy Clearasil Stayclear Daily Face Wash. Use $3.99 ECB, pay $0. Get $3.99 ECB's back.
Another Speed Stick Pro Deodorant. Pay $0 and you get $3.99 in Extra Care Bucks back.

I had 2 coupons for $2 off Bic Comfort razors 4 pack, which were buy1 get1 50% off, so used the $3.99 + 2 coupons to get them free (plus a candybar for Andrew). And I only spent $5! (because I had coupons).

Free Music

With summer approaching...load up the tunes!

iTunes has a free download of the week. It's their New Music Tuesday program!

Monday Freebies

I've been busy and out of pocket...but here's some catching up....

Free DiGiorno Flatbread Melts coupon for Monday, May 18 only!!!!
Sample Hawaiian Tropic Sun Care product from Walmart. You get a choice of After sun or 15 SPF suncare.

Free tix to an Atlanta Braves game!

It's based upon your birthday, so you get a month to choose from. Luckily my birthday is in July and both my boys are in January so we get to go the same month! July 18 to see the Mets~

Details are here

Bruno's is tripling again

Friday (yesterday), Saturday and Sunday Bruno's will again be tripling coupons up to $.55. Yipee!

Redbox Code

Todays Monday-Only Redbox code is: 4CW33N. I'm on my way out to snag a movie for my kid, who is home sick today.