FOUND EXPIRED ECB'S

I looked in my back seat today and saw a CVS bag with a "As Seen On TV" item I bought for my husband. He didn't want it so I threw it back in the bag in the back seat to return to CVS. As fate would have it, I forgot about it. And I also forgot that I put $7 ECB's in there also.

Good thing today I looked in the bag and found them. CVS will only take ECB's for 5 days past the expiration date now, although I think there is some leeway. When I looked at the date, I found out the $2 ECB expired on 4/9 and the $5 ECB expired on 4/10. That meant if their 5-day policy holds true, I already lost the $2 and today was the last day for using the $5 ECB.

I hightailed it right back over to CVS. I had already been there this morning getting my toothpaste and Depends. I walked up to the cashier (who is so nice) and asked her if I could use the expired ECB's and she said yes!

I proceeded to get the following:

1 Colgate Toothpaste
2 Right Guard Body Wash
1 Act Sensitive Mouthwash
3 Ajax Dishwashing Soap

My total was $3.10 OOP (plus I used my $7) and I got back $5 in ECB's. Not bad for found money and now I have another $5 to add to my stack of ECB's!

THANK YOU COUPON FAIRY!

Thanks to my coupon fairy, I was able to get 10 boxes of Purina Beneful Dog Treats for my dog Sophie for FREE! In my stack of coupons there were 5 BOGO coupons so that meant I got 10 boxes for FREE!

My shopping trip at Winn Dixie consisted of:

2 English Muffins
2 Cantelope
1 Romaine Lettuce
2 Granola Bars
10 Purina Dog Treats

My total OOP was $7.13. Not bad when you consider the English Muffins alone are $3.99 each! I will head back there one more time to get the disinfecting wipes that were also BOGO because the shelf was bare. I got a raincheck just in case!!

HIGH VALUE MAGNUM ICE CREAM COUPON

Oh my gosh! I just found this coupon and my mouth is watering! I have had the Magnum regular ice cream before and they are awesome.

Here's your chance to get the minis and use this $1.50 coupon HERE. I can't wait to check these out and see what the point value is. On the days when I have extra points I may have to have one of these!

ROLL THOSE $8.99 ECB'S

Do any of you have that high value $8.99 ECB from CVS when you bought the Complete Eye Solution? I have two of them from each of my cards. That is always a more difficult one to spend and roll.

If you wait until 4/22, Blink Tears will be $8.99 and will give $8.99 ECB's back! Use the $1/1 coupon from www.coupons.com and make it a moneymaker! Print your coupon now because it probably won't last long!

PEPSI AND CAT FOOD SCENERIO

I found this scenerio on a blog and thought I would pass it along. If you have a cat and like Pepsi, this one is for you.

SCENARIO #1
BUY 32 WHISKAS CAT FOOD TRAYS, regular price $0.55
BUY 4 WHISKAS TEMPTATIONS TREATS, on sale $1.50 (regular price $1.79)
BUY 2 PEPSI NEXT 12-PACKS, on sale $3.67 each
BUY 1 $50 GAS CARD, regular price $50

Use five $0.75/6 Whiskas Trays or Multi-pack, 3/4 RP newspaper insert (exp 4/28)
and use four B8G1 Buy eight Whiskas Trays, Get one Whiskas Temptations FREE Publix printable store coupon
and use two $1/2 Temptations Treats for Cats, 3/4 RP newspaper insert (exp 4/14)
and use two $2/1 Pepsi Next 12-pack, Publix Yellow Advantage Flyer
and use one $5/$30 Publix Coupon, Spring Cleaning Booklet found in 4/8 newspapers
and use one $10/$50 Gas Card, Publix Weekly Ad Page Two
Price at Register: $50.19 (plus tax), but receive $50 Gas Card

Net Effective Price for All: $0.19 (or less than a penny per item!)

*** Note that last time that Publix had a pet coupon for a free package of Whiskas Temptations, it deducted the full regular price ($1.79), even though it was on sale. If that happens again, your price at the register will be $1.16 lower ($49.03 plus tax.)

SCENARIO #2
BUY 48 WHISKAS CAT FOOD TRAYS, regular price $0.55
BUY 6 WHISKAS TEMPTATIONS TREATS, on sale $1.50 (regular price $1.79)
BUY 1 $50 GAS CARD, regular price $50

Use eight $0.75/6 Whiskas Trays or Multi-pack, 3/4 RP newspaper insert (exp 4/28)
and use six B8G1 Buy eight Whiskas Trays, Get one Whiskas Temptations FREE Publix printable store coupon

and use three $1/2 Temptations Treats for Cats, 3/4 RP newspaper insert (exp 4/14)
and use two $2/1 Pepsi Next 12-pack, Publix Yellow Advantage Flyer
and use one $5/$30 Publix Coupon, Spring Cleaning Booklet found in 4/8 newspapers
and use one $10/$50 Gas Card, Publix Weekly Ad Page Two
Price at Register: $52.40 (plus tax), but receive $50 Gas Card

Net Effective Price for All: $2.40 (or about four cents per item!)

*** Note that last time that Publix had a pet coupon for a free package of Whiskas Temptations, it deducted the full regular price ($1.79), even though it was on sale. If that happens again, your price at the register will be $1.74 lower ($50.66 plus tax.)

Note that the $1/2 Temptations coupon expires on 4/14, so act fast!

MORE $29 ENJOY THE CITY BOOKS

It's here again! The $29 Enjoy the City Living Social Books are back! If you didn't cash in on this deal last time or wished you had ordered two sets, here it is again!

This book has our $5/$30 WD coupons in it that we love to use at Publix.

Just use the promo code FUN at checkout to get free shipping. Go HERE to get your books! This deal is good until April 17th at midnight.

When you recalculate and checkout, your final total will change to $29.

MORE WD DEALS

If you are headed to Winn Dixie to get the Scotch Brite Wipes for FREE, then you may want to pick up Romaine, Red or Green Leaf or Iceburg Lettuce for $1.29 a head.

Winn Dixie has cantelopes at $2.99 BOGO so only $1.49 each. I haven't had a bad cantelope yet this season.

Also if you are a yellow rice fan, Mahatma Yellow Rice is $1 BOGO so only $.50 each.

I sure wish they had enough stuff in their ad to get it up to $30 so I could actually use a $5/$30 at their store!