Mail Call!!

I've been slacking lately posting the goodies that come in the mail! I got these in the mail last week, but I just wanted to show some of the cool things you can get for free without even leaving your house! These freebies were posted on some of the couponing sites I visit. (Sorry about the picture I was lazy and didn't want to move the computers...lol) Here's what I got:

Dove Men + Care Body and Face Wash Sample & $1/1 coupon Dove Men + Care Deodorant & $1/1 coupon

Target Beauty Bag (this one is so cool I was worried I wouldn't get it, but it came!!) 1 makeup bag 1 Revlon Colorburst Lip Goss Hot Pink sample Fekkai Shea Butter Shampoo and Conditioner sample 1 Full size Neutrogena Naturals lip balm 1 Nivea Express Hydration Daily Lotion sample 1 Pantene Fine Hair Solutions Shampoo sample

Target coupons! (This is one of the best things with free samples...they usually send coupons also) All are Target coupons which means they can be stacked with Manufacturer's coupons..all expire 7/30/11:
$1/1 Revlon Item CustomEyes Mascara, Top Speed Nail color or Color Burst lip gloss (ETS)
$1/1 CoverGirl Cosmetics item (ETS)
$1/1 Olay Facial Care Item (ETS)
.75/1 Suave Professionals Hair Care item (ETS)
$1/1 Neutrogena facial care item (exc cleansing bar and travel size)
$1/1 Nivea skin care item (ETS)
$1/2 hair care items~Head & Shoulders, Herbal Essences, Pantene or Aussie (ETS)
$2/1 Loreal hair color item
$5/1 John Frieda Precision Foam Colour hair color item
$3/2 John Frieda Full Repair Hair Care items (ETS)
$1/1 Tresemme hair care item (ETS)
$1/1 Aveeno body care item Sun or Skin (ETS)
$3/1 Nivea body care item (lots listed exact size and item)
$1/1 Burt's Bees Lotion (ETS)
$1.50/1 Pond's Facial care item (ETS)
$1/1 Neutrogena Cosmetics item (ETS)
$1/1 Maybelline FitMe Cosmetics item (ETS)
$1/1 Sally Hansen nail item color or care (ETS)

Be sure to sign up for your freebies! So nice to fill your mailbox with other things besides bills..lol. Check out Jackie's site Save Mom's Way. She shows what she gets in the mail also and gives a great list of freebies to sign up for! :)

Free Yoplait

I saw a great deal on Hip2Save and I wanted to post it just in case you missed it. A free cup of yogurt. Hey who doesn't like free! :) Wow I just read a few comments on there and I guess a few people don't like free, but I do!!

Go HERE and fill out your info for the free cup.

Mail Call 10/29/10

Good mail day! Did you get anything good this week? Let us know in the comments! Here's what I got:

P&G Brand Sampler which included:
2 Always Pads samples & $1.00 off Any Always Pad coupon exp 6/30/11
1 Always Pantiliner sample & $1.00 off any Always Pantiliner coupon exp 6/30/11
2 Tampax Pearl samples & $1.00 off any Tampax Pearl exp 6/30/11
1 Tampax Compaq Pearl sample & $1.00 off any Tampax Compaq sample exp 6/30/11
Pantene Shampoo & Conditioner samples and $2/2 Pantene coupon exp 8/31/11
CoverGirl Simply Ageless Sample & $2.00 off any Simply Ageless coupon exp 12/31/10
Head & Shoulders Shampoo & Conditioner samples
Also Included these additional coupons:
$3 off any Large Tide Stain Release
$5 off any one Flameless Luminary Starter Kit
$1 off any Tide
$1 off Febreze Set & Refresh
$2 off Fusion ProGlide Razor
$1 off any Cheer
$2/2 Pantene
All expire 12/31/10

$1/2 Immaculate Baking Refrigerated Dough products coupon exp 12/31/10

5 Coupon envies from trades & a train (I won't list all of these coupons LOL)

Free Wolf Brand Chili coupon from Kroger exp 12/31/10

Fall 2010 Rouge Magazine which has these coupons:
Buy 2 Secret Scent Expressions Get Secret Body Spray Free
Buy Any Olay Bodywash Get Zest, Ivory or Safeguard Free
$1 off Crest 3D Toothpaste, Toothbrush or Rinse
$1 off Root Touch-Up, Perfect 10 or any Nice 'N Easy product
$1 off CoverGirl cosmetic product
$1 off Olay facial moisturizer or facial cleanser
$1 off Olay bodywash or lotion
$1 off Natural Instincts
$7 off Crest 3D White Strips
$2 off Venus Embrace razor or cartridge
All expire 12/31/10

Mail Call 10/13/10

I haven't done one of these in awhile! I need to stop being such a slacker! If you got anything good let us know in the comments!!

20 BOGO Reach coupons from ebay (Walgreen's money makers with these!!)

Free Sutter Home Kit which had:

4 bracelets
4 pins
4 wine tags
1 recipe card
1 reusable bag
1 wine opener

Kmart Trips 9/30/10

I had two coupons expiring today and Kmart was the only place around here I could find the Febreze Noticeables. The coupon say 1 per transaction though so I had to separate them. Here's what I got:

Transaction 1

3 Pumpkin votive candles .74 ea = $2.22 (no q I just LOVE the smell)

1 Febreze Noticeables $10.49 - free q = free

Total = $3.17 (.95 is tax)

Transaction 2

1 Febreze Noticeables $10.49 - free q = free

1 Shirt $2.99 (no q)

Total = $4.00 ($1.01 is tax)

Cream of Wheat Sample & Coupon

O.K. I haven't had Cream of Wheat since I was a kid I'm pretty sure. Honestly I can't even remember if I liked it then..lol But I came across this sample and it looks pretty good, so I decided what can you lose with a free sample! Oh, I forgot to mention it is a free sample of the Cinnabon Cream of Wheat...that's why it looks good LOL. Of course I tried the Cinnabon cereal and it wasn't good so we shall see! There is also a $2 coupon you can print at the same site. Go HERE to request your sample and print your coupon!

Want Freebies?

Here are some current free samples you can request. The nice thing about free samples is you get to try a new product for free (obviously..lol) but most free samples come with coupons too! So it's a win-win situation! Go sign up and watch your mailbox start to overflow!!

Walmart Free samples available:

Playtex Sport

Emergen-C

24 Hour Prevacid C

Other Freebies:

Go here for a ton of listed freebies. I was going to search and find a bunch, but this awesome site has a ton already listed. They are split into categories so you can find the ones you want!!

Be sure to come back and let us know all the great freebies you score!!

Mail Call 6/5

Not a lot in the mail today, but I got something from FedEx! I was chosen to be a National Consumer Panel member and I got the scanner and welcome package from FedEx today. I haven't watched the DVD yet or finished reading through all the paperwork, but it seems pretty cool!

They send you a scanner and you are suppose to scan everything you buy and enter if you use coupons and once a week you transmit it back to them. You earn points that you use to redeem for gifts. They sent a catalog with all of the prizes you can redeem. Most of the items you need ALOT of points to get. They include a prepaid return form, so if it gets to be too much and doesn't seem worth it you can send everything back for free. Once I read it a little more and actually start using it I will post some more info.

I also got:

OK magazine (free!!)

Free sample of Shirley J universal sauce.

Have a great weekend everyone!!

Mail Call 6/4

Not a bad day today. Nothing like the last one, but always nice to get freebies!

Here's what I got:

7 coupons for $5 off Scrubbing Bubbles Extend A Clean (traded on AFC)

Sample of Secret Clinical Strength Deodorant from Walmart

Benefiber orange sample w/ $2 coupon from Walmart

Hugo sample

$2.99 Rebate check from Sure deodorant (which I got free!!)

Mail Call 6/1

Wow what a mail day today! I got a TON of stuff in the mail! I hope you guys got some good stuff too! Post a comment letting us know what you got!!

Here's what I got:

A package from my friend Jackie~Thanks SOOOO much Jackie I really appreciate it!!
She sent me: 17 coupon inserts!!! 10 coupons for the Noxzema razors!! 3 Caramel Latte samples~yummy! That is like Christmas!!!

Purina Rewards card with Horse food coupons ~I put I only have a dog and a cat not sure why I got horse food coupons~luckily I know someone with 2 horses ;) Oh and they said the Purina hat is back ordered...I will be holding my breath in anticipation for that....rofl

$20 Playstation Network Card~I got this with $20 in Register Rewards so free!! yay!

Old Spice Odor Blocker Body Wash sample from Walmart

Poise Liner Samples with a $2 coupon

OK magazine!

Kroger coupons:
.50/2 Kroger Frozen veggies 12 oz or larger
$1/1 Fresh Selections Salad or carrots
$1/1 Rotisserie Chicken purchase
Free Kroger Carbmaster yogurt wyb 5

Free Coupon for Better Oats Oatmeal

(2) True Lemon, (1) True Orange and (1) True Lime samples with a $1 coupon

Be sure to let us know what you got!!!!

Wal-Mart Free Samples Available

There are a bunch of free samples available here.

They include:

New Eucerin Daily Skin Balance Lotion

John Frieda Root Awakening

Prilosec Heartburn relief

Parent's Choice Formula

Dove's Men Body Wash

You can access them all here. You will have to register for each sample. One per household.

Swagbucks

I have been reading about Swagbucks on Hip2save and a few other sites. I have seen it for awhile now, but just didn't really think much of it. Then I started reading a little more into it. You get swagbucks(points) for all kinds of things! The main thing I will be doing is using their search engine. I mean who doesn't search for something online? And if you use their search engine you can win swagbucks for doing it! Fridays are mega swagbuck days. Today is the day I started using it. The first time I searched something I got 50 swagbucks! That's when they hooked me lol. I had actually signed up a few weeks ago when you got 60 swagbucks for signing up, but that was all I did was sign up and leave it alone. But since my hours were cut back at work I decided to see what I can do to just get a little something extra. So I said I am online ALL the time...why not get something back for it! So what I do is instead of using my bookmarks for my main sites I just have swagbucks bookmarked and go there and put the site in a search!! A little extra work, but if I get something out of it it's worth it! I will keep you guys updated on what I get. They also have special offers with no commitments. You just click on special offers then the no commitment ones and skip all the offers and get a swagbuck!

Family Dollar 4/4

Alright I am doing the store lists for Family Dollar on a fullcup so I figured I should go take advantage of some of the deals I post on there! lol I could have done better, but I picked up a few things I needed that I didn't have coupons for.

I got:

1 Snausages Dog Treats 5oz $1 (no q)

1 Dog Biscuits 16 oz $1 (no q)

1 Box of envelopes (for all the rebates!! lol) $1 (no q)

2 Clairol Balsam Hair Color 2.50 ea - $5/2 q= free (there weren't many colors to choose from I got a light brown bronze lol we will see if I use it!!)

5 Mighty Dog dog food 5/$3 sale - $3/5 q=free

3 Snuggle 70 ct dryer sheets $3 -$3 q= free

1 Palmolive Dish soap 1.75 - $1 printable =.75

Total = 5.38 ( 1.63 is tax)

Total Savings = $18.00

K-Mart Doubles trip #1

Ok I made two trips to Kmart today. Once with my card and once with hubby's. I've heard thru the grapevine that it isn't 5 coupons a day that will double though. It is 5 per transaction. So you can use 1 card and do as many transactions as you want 5 at a time will double. I haven't tried this yet though. I already mailed out my receipts for the P&G coupon book so some I can't remember the exact price. This transaction I do, but in the next one I can't remember the St. Ives lol.

I got:

2 Gillette Body wash $4 used 2 $2 q's doubled=free

1 Soft Scrub Total Bath Cleaner 2.99 - $1.50 q doubled = free

1 Right Guard Deodorant $2.50 - $1.50 printable = free

1 Pantene Fusions Conditioner (to go with the free Shampoo from Vocal Point ~ I like matchies lol) 4.65 - $2 q doubled = .65

2 Dial Hand Soap $1 - $1 printable = free

5 Mighty Dog dog food .60 ea - $3/5 q = free

Total: 1.75 (1.10 was tax)

Sorry no total savings I don't have the receipt

Mail Call

Wow I forgot to check my mail yesterday and when I checked it today the mailbox was stuffed full!! So I thought I would share what I got so you can see that it really does pay off to sign up for those freebies and the tasting sites!

What I got:
South Beach S'mores bar & $1/1 Box of South Beach Bars coupon

Go Red Light & Easy Cookbook

Berres Brothers Coffee Roasters sample~Highlander Grogg Flavor~Caramel, Butterscotch & Hazelnut blend....hmmm definitely sounds um interesting! LOL

All Bran Sample Pack w/ (2) $1/1 Box of All Bran Cereal coupons
~1 Sample of All Bran Wheat Flakes
~1 Sample of All Bran Bran Buds
~1 packet of Marigold seeds!!

1 Reusable shopping bag from Earthgrains

Kraft First Taste sent a coupon for a FREE 4 pack of Philadelphia minis & a coupon for $1/1 Philadelphia minis!

And last but not least some Disney stickers!!!

Woohoo! What a mail day! And I used my new shopping bag for my kroger deals! LOL

Free Dog Food!

Our dog's name is Fatboy. So as you can tell by his name he will eat anything! No really--anything! And he eats ALOT! So we are always on the lookout for great deals on dog food. There was a coupon in last weeks paper for $3 off any Beneful Incredibites dog food. I saw on Afullcup that Target has the trial size for $1.50 so you could get 2 and use the coupon OR there is a chance for $1.50 overage to use on something else! Also Walgreens has them for $1 so you could get 3 for free (I don't have much luck with overage on manu coupons at Walgreens).

Hopefully I will be going to Target this weekend so I will see what I can find. They said on the post that the Target one for $1.50 is 3 bags where the Walgreens for $1 is 1 bag.

Also, if you go here you can request a free sample of Rachel Ray Noutrish dog food! We got this sample and it came with a coupon for a FREE 6lb bag of dog food!! Yay! To get the sample scroll to the bottom and click on switch to Nutrish.

I love coupons!!

I started learning how to actually use coupons to get the best deals November 2009. Through a lot of trial and error I think I am actually getting the hang of it now. It helps to have some really great sites to see deals that others have put together. So with the couponing part of our blog I am going to try to post some deals I see and deals I've seen throughout the web. I will also be posting pictures of some of the deals I find and my shopping trips!!

We love being able to save money in this economy. There are so many things you can get for free or really really cheap! We get food, medicine, hygiene products, cleaning products etc for free! It is so nice! It is also great to be able to stock up on the great deals when you find them and be able to just go grab what you need off of the shelf when you run out instead of running to the store and paying FULL price (eeek!) for whatever you need!

Couponing has become very addicting! It is such a thrill to walk out of a store with a cart full of items that you pay little or NOTHING for! I LOVE IT!!