Gift Cards

I have gotten a few gift cards
lately. I got a few for my b-day,
through my points and bank rewards.
I plan on using them wisely and
stretch them far. This is what I
have:

Giant Eagle: ...................$89
Borders: ........................ $25
TJ Maxx:....................... $25
Carabba's: .................... $50
Bath and Body:............. $91
Kohls:........................... $25
Blockbuster:................. $10......
........I never used my $10 GC
I have to call customer service!

Also have :

Staples rewards:........... $9
Kohl's cash:.................... $20
CVS ecb: .........................$17

Not bad huh?
I will keep track of what I use the GC
for to see how long I can make them last :)

UPDATE:
Bath and Body GC: -$15.00 ......... $80 left
I did this here online yesterday . Spent
$3.75.

Got 1 pocket bac hand gel
and 1 moisturizing soap.

Also:
Had a $10 Wexler coupon.
Bought eye creme ......$11 on GC
after coupon.

Giant Eagle Gift Card

My husband won $100 Giant Eagle gift card from
a work function. I am sooooo excited!!!!
I want to see how far I can take this gift card.
I plan on having it last for quite awhile :)
We'll see.

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Here and There and Everywhere !

Just a quick recap:

Top 2 rows : Giant Eagle
3rd row top left: Target
3rd row top right: Walgreens
4th row from top: CVS
Bottom row: Rite Aid

Spent about $24 will get $15 back in rebates
from Rite Aid and have earned enough for a
$5 gift card from the Gift of Savings offer.
for the Gift of Savings .

Like spending $4 for all this!!!!

In The Mail

magazines.....I have many more than in pic.

1 chapstick

1 lipgloss

sample of cereal with 2 $1 coupons inside.

something from vocalpoint....need to look at it yet.

I'm excited about the chapstick and lipgloss both

are full size!

My Friday Deals

Blockbuster Video:

3 boxes microwave popcorn
1 bag cotton candy
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.98 after $10 gift card

Had 2 giftcards from an online offer for total of $20.

I was told the one gift card had a $0 balance on it!

I don't know how or why this happened?????

I was so annoyed I just blew the $10 on junk.

There is not a BB close to my house so I wanted to

use it up.

Goodwill:

1 ink cartridge

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$1.07

Will get $3 at Staples for the ink.

Dollar General :

2 20oz Dr. Peppers
1 bag potatoes
1 bag bananas
1 dozen eggs
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$4.25 after coupons

Walgreens:

3 cans tuna
1 pack gum
2 Bigroll tp
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$3.47 after coupons

RiteAid:

1 Glade candle tin
1 glade candle refill
4 Ramen noodles
1 Wet ones wipes
1 Italian bread
1 Glade soy candle
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.17 after coupons!

Will get a $1 rebate for the wipes

and $14.50 towards the gift of savings card:)

Garage Sale :

Rubiks cube
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.25


***Paid about $10.00 for all this . ***
Will get $3 for ink and $1 for wipes.
Like getting all this for $6 !!!!

Walmart Trip

Walmart

1 huggies refill

2 Healthy Choice frozen dinners

2 Healthy Choice fresh mixers

1 bag shrimp

2 10oz Sarah Lee lunchmeat containers

2 bags seasoned rice

Weber seasoning

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$ 14.39 after $15.75 in coupons !

Great Giant Eagle Trip

3 boxes of cereal
2 gallons ice tea
2 Welch's juice
1 refried beans
8 taco seasonings
1 box sweetener
2 dressings
1 taco kit
1 Mentos gum
1 tub butter
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$6.75 oop after coupons
Received $3 oyno coupon

Like getting all this for less than $4!
Saved 87%

Extra Money Update

Here are a few ways I'm getting a little extra money :
UPDATED
- CVS survey................................$5
- sold magazines to 1/2 books ......$6
- mypoints ...................................$25 Kohls gift card received
- bank points ...............................$15 Staples card received
- beer rebate ...............................$10 received
- coke rewards ............................$5 subway gift card received
- coke rewards ............................$5 Walgreens photo gift card received
- ink cartridges ...........................$6

Every bit helps!

Giant Eagle today

2 Ajax

2 tea

2 Cinnamon Toast Crunch

4 Juicy Juice

1 Wonder bread

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$ 9.50 after coupons

Received $1 OYNO coupon

The Juicy Juice was on clearance for $1 ! I noticed a

coupon printed out for the juicy juice and used it right

away. I also recieved a $1 OYNO coupon. I'm not sure

how many you have to purchase to get the $1 . It was

a nice bonus ! We go through alot of juice boxes :)

In the mail

Heres what was in my mail today. It was a good day...no bills :)


Sample cereal
$4/20 CVS coupon
Sample of Gain & $1 coupon
Walgreen $5 giftcard
Magazine
free Powerade coupon

Rebates

Sent away for:

Fuel for school rebate...................$10 +coupons
Blue bunny Aspen rebate.............$3.XX received

Extra money update

Here are a few ways I'm getting a little extra money :
UPDATED
- CVS survey................................$5
- sold magazines to 1/2 books ......$6
- mypoints ...................................$25 Kohls gift card
- bank points ...............................$15 Staples card
- beer rebate ...............................$10
- coke rewards ............................$5 subway gift card
- coke rewards ............................$5 Walgreens photo gift card
- bigcrumbs ................................$19.95
- ink cartridges ...........................$6

Every bit helps!

Fuel for school done right this time!

I thought I'd try to do the Fuel for School rebate again.
I had $7.50 on my Target gift card from my foiled trip
here.

Sorry my picture didn't turn out!

4 boxes Rice Kripies cereal
1 box Rice Krispies snacks
5 boxes Pop-Tarts
2 Hefty ziplock bags
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$3.75 after coupons and $7.50 GC


10 Kellogg's participating items = $10 rebate

Lots of good deals at Target

Target:

Trip #1
6 Special K bars
1 Special K cereal
1 Special K crackers
2 poptarts
4 candy bars
1 Mascara
1 gallon milk
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$21.00 Received $10 gift card


Trip #2
5 Edy's ice cream
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$0 after coupons and gift card from above.
Received $5 gift card






Giant Eagle:

2 24/pk Pepsi
2 Swiss tea
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$1.77 After coupons and $5 0yno coupon


Spent $22.75 and have 7.50 left on my gift card.
Like getting all this for $15 (saved $60)


***** Just a note********
Ughhhh .....I was trying to do the fuel for school rebate.
Buy 10 Kellogg products and get a $10 rebate. If I would have
done this correctly I would have only spent $1 on my Target
purchases after the rebate and gift cards. I thought the rebate
was ANY Kellogg products.The crackers are not a participating item!
After rethinking this I could have bought two more of the bars
and gotten another $5 gift card . In the end I would have had
another $5 gift card and the rebate!!!! Ughhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

Saving alot at Staples

Here's what I got at Staples today. I had to alter my plan alittle.
The wipes were $5 each and I just couldn't pay that for them!
I like what I ended up with better anyways.

My original plan here.

1 ink cartridge
2 pink erasers
1 elmers glue
2 folders
4 packs of paper
2 24pks bottled water
1 protractor
1 pk markers

*used 10/30 Office Max coupon
+ $30 Staples rewards

Got $40s worth of stuff for $2.85 !

Earning extra money

Here are a few ways I'm getting a little extra money :

- sold magazines to 1/2 books ......$6
- mypoints ...................................$25 Kohls gift card
- bank points ...............................$15 Staples card
- beer rebate ...............................$10
- coke rewards ............................$5 subway gift card
- coke rewards ............................$5 Walgreens photo gift card
- bigcrumbs ................................$19.95
- ink cartridges ...........................$6


Every bit helps!

No coupons Sunday

There will be no coupon inserts in Sunday's paper due
to Labor day :(

Staples Rewards

I just found a pack of 2 printer cartridges at Goodwill.
I paid $3 and will get a $6 from Staples for recycling them.
I like finding them at garage sales too. I paid .25 once:)
I love Staples rewards and recycling program! I just got $30
from the program. You do have to spend it at Staples.

This is what I like buying:
Ink cartridges
bottled water
school supplies
tracfone minutes
gift cards

Also Staples accepts competitors coupons. I have a $10/30 from
OfficeMax. I will use this and my $30 rewards to get $40 worth
of stuff free....woohoo!!!!!

Heres my plan:
1 ink cartridge $22.50
2 pks loose leaf paper $ 4.00
1 protractor $ 2.00
2 cans Lysol wipes $ 8.00
1 10pk of markers $ 3.00
+ filler .50
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Total: $ 40.00
-10.00 coupon
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$30.00 use $30 rewards
pay $0

This is if all goes perfectly .

Just a note: In the pack of ink I bought at Goodwill was a receipt
from Staples for the 2 cartridges. They were purchased
in 2002 for $57 !!!! Yikes !

Kmart Double Coupons

Kmart

1 cranberry juice

1 hot sauce

2 boxes poptarts

1 jar pickles

5 blocks of cheese

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$6.xx after dbl coupons

The cheese was a good deal at $1each.

Giant Eagle

5 Capri sun

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$10.00 Got $5 OYNO

CVS

1 reed diffuser

2 dr.pepper

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$3 after coupons Earned $6.99 Ecb

Dollar General

1 loaf bread

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$1.85

Had to buy the bread for lunches. Last minute run!

Total OOP : $21

Received: $5 oyno coupon and a $6.99 Ecb

Like getting everything for $9!