Great Deals for Baby!

Have a baby? Expecting a baby? Need a baby shower gift for a friend or relative? I hope I can help. Albeebaby.com is an online store bringing you amazing deals on top of the line baby gear. Brands like Britax, Bugaboo, Maclaren, Graco, BOB, Born Free, Amy Coe, Peg Perego- just to name few- ALL at discount prices! They carry a wide selection of bedding, diaper bags, feeding and nursing items, strollers, carseats, cribs, high chairs, and even toys! The best deals can be found in the "closeouts" section. Some great finds include:

-Graco Duorider Double Stroller, Abbington- 89.99 

 (Selling for 140.00 on Amazon)

it's not the cutest, but would be a great extra stroller for stays at Grandmas house :)

-Kettler Tipp Topp High Chair in Mahogony  -109.99

(Selling for 175.00 on Amazon)

-Quinny Buzz 4 Stroller in Gold - 299.99 

 (Selling for 423.23 on Amazon)

 

-Britax Marathon Convertable car seat, Emma- 179.99 (marked down from 299.99)

 this carseat has great  reviews and it's super cute!

-Quinny Buzz 2 stroller, Black- 349.00 (marked down from 579.00)

I have ordered from this site in the past- shipping is fast and items came in perfect condition! Free ground shipping on orders over $100! Use code "15OFF" at checkout for 15% off regular priced merchandise!

Weekend Deals

Just wanted to remind you of a few deals to take advantage of this weekend- especially if you are seeking shelter from the rain (it's coming!) at the Mall...

Jeans for the whole family!
Recycle Your Blues by GAP!
March 5-14th, Bring in your old denim, doesn’t even need to be from Gap, and get
30% off any regularly priced denim (35% when you use your Gap Card)
Gap will use the recycled denim to turn into eco-friendly housing insulation.
Valid in stores only at Gap, Gap Kids and Baby Gap.

Old Navy
Item of the week- 3/4 length sleeved women's cardigans!
$10.00 (snag a 15% off coupon and get these for 8.50!)
They are super cute and perfect for Spring!
Old Navy Weekly Coupon Locations:
10% off entire purchase: Click on blue striped tank and then click any jeans

15% off entire purchase: Click on blue striped tank and then click any jeans & then click on Amy

$5.00 off a $25.00 Click on pink striped polo top and any jeans then click on Eva

$10.00 off a $50.00 Click on the yellow v-neck shirt and any jeans

$15.00 off $75.00 Click Amy’s Face (In the first circle) then Kelly’s Face (the last circle)

 

Bath & Body Works
Go HERE to print
FREE Travel Size Item (up to 5.00) with ANY purchase!
Valid through 3/24

Macy's
Macy's has a ton of markdowns in their children's department
Some items (like boys Hurley sweatshirts) are 70% off!
(I saw these deals at the Shops at Mission Viejo, so YMMV)

The Children's Place
Go HERE to print a 15% off coupon!
They always have a great selection of inexpensive kids clothes
and a great clearance section ;)
Thanks commonsensewithmoney!

Chuck E Cheese
100 Tokens for $10.00 (that’s only $0.10 each!)
Go HERE to print coupon (thanks slickdeals!)
AND go to the Chuck E Cheese website and print some
money saving coupons and
Kids Reward Calendars for free tokens!

(Click on box at bottom of page)

-Ambra

My Trip to Walgreens

Well, I officially made my first "big trip" to Walgreens this morning. I have never planned out a Wags trip- I usually just pop in for a few small items I can get super cheap here and there, or when I go to pick up a prescription. (And if I happened to get a register reward or have a coupon, it wasn't that big of a deal to me!) Today was the last day of their most recent circular, and I discovered that I had a lot of coupons that worked well with the sale- most of which expire sometime this weekend.

The first thing I did was print out the Walgreens shopping list from grocerysmarts (I printed the entire list, so I could make notes and see any other promos that are going on which may not be advertised in the circular), next, I checked out iheartwags for some ideas and freebie scenarios-and then I got down to business :)

Being that this was my first "big" trip, I decided that I wanted to focus on all the products I had coupons for which offered Register Rewards- that way I could use those earned RR's next time. I thought about making 2 separate transactions at this one trip (get some RR's first, then roll them over to the next) but since I am still learning about this little game, I wanted to see just how much I saved overall.


I'm not going to lie- it took me a good solid half hour to write my list and sort my coupons, but once I had them all together, the shopping was a piece of cake (well- shopping is always a piece of cake for me!)

So here is the breakdown of my trip- I think I did a pretty good job, considering the fact that I didn't go in with any RR's or past experience... *Totals out of pocket (OOP) factor in any register reward (RR) earned or mail in rebate (MIR).

• 6 boxes of Kleenex- 2.29ea; on sale B1G1; used (2) .50/3; earned 3.00 RR- total OOP after RR= 2.87 (about 48 cents a box!)


• 2 Glade plug-ins oil refills- 5.99ea; on sale B1G1; used free warmer w/ refill coupon; 5.88 OOP- but- qualifies for SC Johnson MIR (5.00) so grand total is 99 cents for all 3!


• 3 Glade room sprays- 2.49ea; used (3) 1.00/1 MQ and .50/1 WQ; total OOP 2.97- also qualifies for SC Johnson MIR (5.00) so that makes this a 2.03 money maker!


• 2 Purex 3-1 detergent sheets- 2 for 9.00; used B1G1 coupon; earned 1.00 RR; total OOP 3.50 for both/ 1.75 each!


• 1 Colgate toothpaste- 2.99; used 1.00 off WQ, .75/1 MQ; earned 2.00 RR= FREE and a .76 money maker!


• 1 Lady Speed Stick- 1.99; used 1.00/1 MQ; earned 1.00 RR= FREE (one penny money maker! Woo-hoo!)


• 2 Aveeno baby shampoo- 4.79ea; used 3.00/1 MQ; earned 3.00 RR; total OOP 3.58 or 1.79 each (this is a steal for Aveeno!)


• 4 Nivea lip gloss/ chapstick- 3.29 and 3.99 (I got 2 of each); used 2 B1G1 MQ; and WQ which made them .99- so it looks like this: (3.29 + 3.29+ 3.99+ 3.99) - 6.58 (they take the lower price off for the B1G1) and then -10.60 (the Walgreens coupon adjusts the current price of all 4 down to 99 cents each- takes off 3.00, 3.00, 2.30, 2.30) SO with all the coupons, they took 17.28 off of 14.56= $2.68 Money Maker! (I hope that made sense, I will break it down at the bottom)


• 3 boxes Kotex Tampons- 2.99ea; used 1.00/1 MQ and 1.50/2 MQ; earned a 5.00 RR= 1.47 OOP (49 cents a box)


• 4 packs Dentyne gum- 1.39ea; used (2) 1.00/2 MQ and WQ to make them .69/ea (takes .70 off per pack); total OOP .76 (19 cents a pack)


• 2 Sudafed PE- 4.99; used (2) 1.50/1 MQ; earned 5.00 RR; total OOP 1.98 (99 cents each)


• 4 cans Campbells soup- 1.50ea; used 1.00/4 MQ and WQ to make them .79/ea (takes off .71 per can); total OOP 2.16 (.54 per can)


• 4 Vicks DayQuil- 5.00ea; used (4) 1.50/1 MQ; earned a 10.00 RR; total OOP 4.00 (1.00 a box!- with allergy season coming- I really need this!)
  
  

My grand total was $64.51 BUT...
I got back 30.00 in Register Rewards and get 10.00 back in MIR's!

Once all is said and done, my official total was: $24.51! And I saved $113.95 with coupons :) Not too shabby for my first time, if I may say so myself ;)

So next time I walk into Walgreens, I will have $30 in Register Rewards to roll, not to mention $10 in rebates heading my way! Let the games begin!



*Here is a quick explanation for the Nivea lip care (using a different scenario with gum- thank you krazycouponlady) and why it is important to hand the cashier your manufacturer coupons before your Walgreens coupons:

{BUY 2} Dentyne Gum Regular Price $1.00 each

-Manufacturer coupon for Buy 1, Get 1 FREE (or -$1.00)

-Walgreen’s In Ad Coupon for 2/$1 (or-$1.00- adjusts price to .50/ea)

Final Price: FREE

Here’s what it would look like if you gave them the in-ad coupon first:

{BUY 2} Dentyne Gum Regular Price $1.00 each-Walgreen’s In Ad Coupon for 2/$1 (or-$1.00)

-Manufacturer coupon for Buy 1, Get 1 FREE (or -$.50)

Final Price: $.50

-Ambra

New Target Coupons

(That dog makes me smile!)

If you are planning a Target trip in the near future, be sure to print out these hot new coupons! Also check out TotallyTarget for some great match ups and scenarios! Here are some of my favorite Target coupons (stack with a MQ for an even better deal!):

• $1.00/1 Tylenol


• $1.00/1 Kids Crest Oral Care


• $1.00/1 Band-Aid bandages


• $3.00/1 Hasbro game (Battleship, Connect 4, Bop It)


• $5.00 off a $30 LeapFrog purchase


• $5.00 off Kids apparel purchase of $30 or more

There are still some great Manuf. Coupons to print as well! Make sure you print them all twice :)

-Ambra

Old Navy Weekly Resets Today!

It's Thursday, and you know what that means! Old Navy Weekly is gearing up to bring you lots of new coupons! You can sign up to receive text messages- usually containing the item of the week or even a clue to where a coupon is hidden. If you are new to coupon hunting with Old Navy- check it out now- just move the mouse around (the arrow will turn into the finger when something is "clickable" or move able) and find the hidden coupons! Some are tricky- maybe moving a shirt to another outfit, or switching pants around. Values range from 10-15% off, and $5 off $25 to $50 off $100! I love using these coupons on clearance items for the kids :) The website generally re-sets around 3:00pm (that's been the average this past month) and the high value coupons go really fast! So get those clicking fingers ready ladies!


Here are the locations of last weeks coupons- (the entire page may change, sometimes it stays the same, and only the item of the week will be different! You never know!) If you have never hunted- maybe go now and see how it's done, just for practice :)

10 % off entire purchase: click on blue tank and any jeans
15% do above then click on Amy
$5.00 off a $25.00 purchase click on pink top and any jeans then click on Eva
$10.00 off a $50.00 purchase click on yellow shirt and any jeans
$15 off $75 – Click Amy’s Face (In the first circle) then little Kelly’s Face (the last circle)

Happy hunting- and let me know if you get lucky :)






-Ambra

Great Internet Deals!

Just wanted to share some of my favorite frugal finds from the world wide web!

Brandi E. told me about a great discount site called Groupon. You create an account and choose your demographics, and daily deals are sent directly to your email inbox! Some deals include restaurants, spas, gyms, and even whale watching tours- all at huge discounts. But, you only get the deal if enough people sign up, so it makes it kind of exciting :) Go here to sign up and start saving today!

OC Restaurant Week ends on Saturday!
If you have never taken advantage of this event, you are definitely missing out! Restaurants all over Orange County participate in this week-long event, and offer spectacular menus at deeply discounted prices! Most menus are prix-fixe, meaning you choose an item from each category (appetizer, entree, dessert), at a set price. Some offer both lunch and dinner, but most run the dinner special only. Salt Creek Grille has a lunch special for $10! Appetizer, entree, and a dessert for $10- you can't beat that! Reservations are highly recommended, go here for more details or to see the entire list of participating restaurants and their menus. Bon appetit!

On that note....
OC Spa Week is coming!
April 12-18th, booking begins March 15th! Go here and sign up, and you will be able to browse through the participating spas in your area, and the full sized treatments they are offering (I spied Burke Williams woo-hoo!) and everything is $50! Ahhhhhhhhhmazing!



-Ambra

New Grocery Lists are Up!

Head on over to GrocerySmarts and print those grocery lists! Look to the left column at the stars- the more, the better the deal- the red stars are the best deals, or items worth stocking up on! Coupons are matched in the right column, some may have links you can click on to print.

Noteworthy deals or promos this week:

Albertsons:

**Thursday, March 4 1pm-9pm- 8 hour sale!

• Boneless chicken breasts 1.77/lb (3 lbs. or more)
• Navel oranges .99/4 lb. bag (limit 2)
• Crystal Geyser water 24-pk 2.49
• Kelloggs Frosted Mini Wheats or select Mothers cookies 1.50 (limit 4 total)- use 1.50/2 from coupons.com to make the Mini Wheats .75 a box! Use 2 coupons!
• Herbal Essences or Aussie hair care (select varieties) 1.99 (limit 4)
• Mission chip and dips 1.88 (limit 4 total)

March 3- March 9 Savings

Frozen food promo- buy 10 participating items, earn a $10 catalina! (Essentially a dollar off each item after factoring in cat savings)

Buy $30 in participating P&G and Kraft items, earn a $10 catalina! (Minimum purchase requirement is calculated after coupons- keep that in mind!)

Vons and Pavillions

March 3- March 9

Frozen food promo- buy $25 in participating items, earn a $10 catalina!

Buy 4 participating Pilsbury products, save $4 instantly! This is essentially a $1 savings on each item! And it's instant not a catalina! Love that :)

And I hope you kept your in-mail circular (or can pick one up) because there are some awesome store coupons (that you CAN stack with a MQ!)- you need a Vons loyalty card too!

Huggies or Pampers, Prego, Select Kelloggs cereals, Pop Tarts- just to name a few! Some really good deals!

Ralphs

March 3- March 9

Huge savings on General Mills and P&G products storewide! *This will help with the P&G "Year of Savings" promo- spend $50 and sumbit for $100 worth of coupons!

*SoCal Ralph's will double manufacturer coupons up to a $1.00! Even if the coupon says- do not double or triple, Ralph's adds a "bonus coupon" to make it a dollar. (multiples of the same coupon will be redeemed for face value after the first is doubled).

Spend $20 on Kraft cheeses, earn a $2 catalina ($20 does not need to be in one transaction- offer goes until 5/8/10)

General Mills fruit snacks: buy 3- 1.50 cat buy 4- 2.50 cat buy 5- 3.50 cat etc... and there are a ton of coupons for fruit snacks out there!

Green Giant Steamers 4/$5.00- use .50/1 (will double to $1) to get one bag for .25!

Go-Gurt and Yoplait multi-packs 2/$4.00- use 1.00/2 to make them 1.50 ea. (or use a .35/1 or .40/1 both of which will double and make each box 1.30 and 1.20- or 2.50 for both!) Use all 3 of these coupons and get 4 boxes for 5.50 (1.25 ea.)!

Betty Crocker Cake Mixes 10/$10 ($1 ea.) use .50/WYB both mix and frosting- coupon doubles to $1, so cake mix is free, you buy frosting (avg. 1.50-2.00)- if you happen to have a frosting coupon (I think I have one somewhere, it may be a Ralphs coupon), you can use that too and make this deal even sweeter :)

*I am still trying to get the hang of all the coupon match-ups and promotions at all the SoCal grocery stores, so please bear with me :) Thanks!

-Ambra

Kraft and P&G Coupons by mail

Albertsons is offering $20 worth of coupons, free by mail! Go here and enter your info (you do not need to have a club card number to get these coupons). The coupons are for the following products:

Always products
BAKER’S Items
Bounty Paper Towels (8 rolls or larger)
CAPRI SUN Juice Drink (10 ct)
Cascade Dishwashing Detergent (75 oz or larger)
Charmin Toilet Paper (Big Roll 12 ct or larger)
Cover Girl products
Crest Toothpaste
Dawn Dish Soap (19 oz or larger)
DELI CREATIONS
Febreeze Air Effects
Head & Shoulders Anti-Dandruff Shampoo
Iams Dry Dog Food (17.5 lb or larger)
KRAFT Deli Deluxe Cheese
LUNCHABLES Complete or Fun Pack (9.4-11.7oz)
NABISCO Cookies (9.6 oz or larger)
NABISCO Snack Crackers (7 oz or larger)
OSCAR MAYER Fully Cooked Bacon
Pampers Diapers Big Pack
Pantene Hair Care Products (excludes trial size)
PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese Tubs (8 oz or larger)
Pringles (Super Stack Canisters)
Puffs Tissues
RITZ Crackers (12 oz or larger)
Tampax Tampons

I am super excited for the Pampers and Capri Sun coupons- oh the joys of being a mommy :)

-Ambra

Happy Birthday...

Just wanted to wish my good friend, and fellow Frugalista, Alyssa- a very Happy Birthday! I hope you had a wonderful day and took advantage of all those Birthday Freebies out there :)

Mid- Week Freebies!

Here are a couple of my favorite freebies of the week so far:

FREE 20 page hardcover photo book from Picaboo.com
Offer for new customers- only pay shipping/taxes! This would make a great Mother's Day gift (hint hint....)

Coupon Details:
• The cost of one 20-page Large Classic, Classic Leather, or Classic Custom photo book (up to $39.99) will be deducted from your order total. If your book contains more than 20 pages, you will be charged for the additional pages.
• Additional books, taxes/international surcharges, and shipping costs are excluded.
• Coupon expires at 11:59 PM (PT) on December 31, 2010.
• Cannot be used with any other coupon • This coupon is for first-time customers only
• We reserve the right to change the terms and conditions of this offer without notice
*Code: AFFLGB

VistaPrint- 140 FREE address labels- you just pay shipping (about 3.00)
Get 140 FREE address labels from VistaPrint! Design your own custom address labels and get 140 of them FREE! They have many designs to choose from- I ordered these the last time they had this deal and they turned out super cute!

Facebook Freebies
Don't forget to become a fan of Skittles, Starburst, Corner Bakery, and Vitamin Water to score some freebies! (You can always "un-fan" or "hide" them after you get your coupon- I get overloaded with ads on my facebook everyday, this is an easy way to get around that!)

Cream of Wheat Sample!
Sign up here to get a free sample of Cream of Wheat hot cereal- there are 7 different varieties to choose from, and samples come with a $1.00 off coupon! Yummy!


-Ambra

Printable Coupons

Some great printables from (who else?) thekrazycouponlady!

BOGO Free Michael Angelos Single Meals, 10-12 oz – (michaelangelos.com)

$0.50/1 – Aquafresh Extreme Clean, Trail Size – (aquafresh.com)

$1.00/1 – Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Lotion – (aveeno.com)

$1.00/3 – Knorr Side Dishes – (makinglifebetter.com)
$1.00/1 – Degree Mens or Womens Deodorant, any – (makinglifebetter.com)

$1.00/2 – Ragu Pasta Sauces – (makinglifebetter.com)

$2.00/1 – L’Oreal Eye Product, any – (lorealparisusa.com)

$1.00/1 – L’Oreal Go 360 Clean Cleansars – (lorealparisusa.com)

$1.00/1 – Excedrin Menstraul – (excedrin.com)

-Ambra

One of my Favorite Things

If you are like me, you jump at any chance to save money! Whether it's spending late nights printing coupons from the internet, or filling out countless forms for free samples- every little bit counts! But when I sign up for a loyalty program and handed one of those tiny key-ring cards... I absolutely cringe! Those darn things have taken over not only my keychain, but my purse and wallet as well! Yes, I know you can have your phone number or e-mail address linked to the card (I feel weird every time I announce this to the world) so why have those cards in the first place? I remembered hearing about a simple way to keep the cards all in one, compact place. After some internet searching, I found this: The Keyfobber.






You can hook onto your keyring, or just keep it in your car and grab it when you need it. The Keyfobber holds up to 10 loyalty cards, so you will never have to announce your blood type to everyone in line at Vons again :)

I have this in pink (it's cute!) I must say it is a little bigger than I would have liked, but it works like a charm and I have even done a few check out line demonstrations for curious onlookers! Head over to the website here- and check out the video while you are there!





-Ambra

Printable Shopping Lists

There is a fab site that I try to stop by every week which does all the dirty work of coupon matching for you! GrocerySmarts.com lets you print coupons, print customized shopping lists and much much more- all for FREE! Click on this link to see the tutorial page for southern California- it is a PDF file so you can even print it out and keep it for future reference! For all you couponing newbies- be sure to check out the section about organizing coupons- maybe this method could work for you!


-Ambra

FREE Candy for Facebook Fans!

You may have seen this already, but I thought it was worth reposting!
Head over to Facebook to get two coupons for "Buy 1 Get 1 Free Starburst" (up to $1.10 value) after becoming a fan of Starburst! Also get two coupons for "Buy 1 Get 1 Free Skittles" (up to $1.10 value) after becoming a fan of Skittles on Facebook. Click on the "Coupon" tab and you can print a coupon, just hit the back button if you want to print a second coupon (they expire mid-April) perfect timing for Easter!



Thanks goes to freebies4mom for sharing this sweet deal!
I love scoring free food on Facebook- who knew?!?!?


-Ambra

Grocery Shopping at a Drug Store?

I have recently discovered that drug stores are often the best place to score great deals on not only toiletries and medication, but everyday grocery items as well! Milk, eggs, bread, tuna, soup- most kitchen staples can be found in a drug store at great low prices. When there is a stacking scenario- well that just sweetens the deal!

I was telling my friend, Jill, about some canned tomato sauce I bought last week at Walgreens. There was an in-ad coupon which made the sauce 39 cents a can. I also had a manufacturer coupon for 1.00 off 3. SO I bought 3- which would be $1.17 with just the Walgreens coupon BUT then add in the manuf. coupon- takes a dollar off- I got 3 cans for 17 cents! You can't beat that! (Sidenote- I did not make a special trip to Walgreens for 3 cans of tomato sauce! I had a decent size list of things we needed or things we can use, and I had to fill a prescription as well!)

Here are two awesome websites that highlight CVS and Walgreens deals and match-ups for the week (their week is Sun-Sat)- this girl is amazing- check out how she does it- most of the stuff she gets is virtually free!

iheartcvs.com

and

iheartwags.com

-Ambra