Reminder: New You Magazine Cereal Rebate Deal

If you haven't sent in for your New You Magazine rebate yet, make sure you do so before April 20th!

As I was looking at this week's CVS ad, I noticed that Kellog's cereal is on sale at 2/$5. So I think I'm going to buy mine at CVS this week...I'd rather have a $10 gift check for health & beauty items to CVS than to Publix anyday! I can turn that $10 check into at least $50 ECB's!

Edit: Just found out that you have to buy the cereal at the store where you got the magazine. I haven't heard yet that CVS is one of the participating stores yet, so I'm holding off on doing this. For now, we know that Publix and K-mart are honoring the rebate.

Cover Girl TruBlend Makeup Moneymaker at CVS!

Yes, that's right...You can take home Cover Girl TruBlend makeup AND make money this week (and month!) at CVS.

Pictured above is what I bought today.

Here's how I did it:
Buy 3 participating TruBlend items for $6.99 (or $6.88 at some stores) each.
Use $5/$15 (if you are still able - we haven't had any problems in Florida).
Use CoverGirl BOGO coupon from 4/6 P&G.
Use $2 off CoverGirl TruBlend from Reinventing Beauty magazine.
Paid: 6 ECB's and $1.50 out of pocket.
Received: $10 ECB's!
Therefore, I made $2.50 and brought home a foundation, pressed powder, and blush.

I also did a similar transaction yesterday with the TruBlend Whipped Foundation ($9.29 each). I bought 2 and used the $5/$15, the BOGO (manager had to key it in manually though), and a $2 from Reinventing Beauty. I made money on that deal as well!

If all of this is greek to you, see my post "How to CVS."

For more ideas like this one, see MoneySavingMom's post here.

Publix: Post Live Active Cereal for 95 cents a box!

This new (and yummy) cereal is BOGO TODAY (until 4/3 - tomorrow) at Publix, at $3.89 for two boxes.
There were $1 off coupons in the 3/30 Smartsource. Use two coupons and pay:
$1.89 for two boxes of cereal!

I know this might be a little higher than a lot of you pay for cereal (can we say Chocolate Honey Bunches of Oats?), but I've been wanting to try this and it's really good!
Have you found any good Publix sales lately?

Attention Publix Shoppers!

There is a new free magazine at Publix on the coupon stands, as pictured below:
Inside is an offer for "Buy 4 of these products, receive a gift check for $10 back in the mail!" It includes All Bran, Special K, and Mini Wheats cereals (size 10 oz. or larger), as well as some other Special K products. The items must be purchased in one transaction, and you have to send in the receipt, 4 UPC's and the below original form postmarked by 4/20/08. It has also been reported that this deal is showing up at other grocery stores in the Midwest.

My idea is to buy these cereals when they are BOGO (they usually are every other week at Publix) and use four of the 70 cents off coupons that are floating around every where. That will make this a moneymaker (plus free cereal)!

Note: I just found out that the Mini Wheats ($3.99) will be on BOGO on the sale from 4/3-4/9, but I'm not sure if there are any coupons out on those.
If you choose to do the Mini Wheats:
Buy 4 boxes BOGO for $7.98
Get $10 back in the mail...you make $2.02 (minus cost of the stamp .41 equals a net of $1.61)!

*For those of you worried that you will forget to send off the rebate form, do what I do: Don't allow yourself to use the product until the rebate form is sent off! It really forces you to do it, I promise!

Free Ink Jet Cartridge Refill at Walgreens!

If you have any of the following brand of ink jet printers:
Dell
HP
Lexmark
Okidata
Primera
Sharp
Xerox

You can get a free (black or color) refill on Wednesday, April 2nd at Walgreens.
All you have to do is print out the coupon here and bring your empty cartridge with you! Enjoy!

CVS: Essence of Beauty Products

My mother and I went to 4 CVS stores this morning, and one of our favorite deals of this week was the "Buy 3 Essence of Beauty Products, get 5 ECB's."

This includes the bath products and make-up tools, as well as the body gels and sprays.
Since Essence of Beauty is a CVS trademark name, you can use up some of those $3/$10's you've been receiving!

Here's a scenario for you:
Buy 9 Essence of Beauty tools at 1.99
(there are a few things that are $1.49 if you can find those!)
Use a $5/$15 and then a $3/$10 CVS brand purchase coupon.
Pay: $10
Receive: 15 ECB's!

*This deal is limit 5, so you can buy up to 15 items total this week to receive 25 ECB's.
Edit: I just found out that there are 99 cent toe separators (for pedicures) working on this deal, so that makes it even sweeter!
Also, the gift bags that are on the display with all the body washes/sprays are also working for this deal and they are only $1.49, and include some matching tissue paper inside. Easy to make-up some nice gifts!

Yay for a moneymaker! I love my new gel eye mask ($2.99)!
Plus, my mother had the wonderful idea of pairing some of these items with some of the body washes that are FREE this week, and you have a perfect gift for a friend!
This is supposedly a monthly deal, so it should be good until the last day of April. Am I correct?

Aquafresh Toothpaste for 13 cents!

I know, I said was taking a break from CVS this week. When I saw this deal I just had to do it, because Aquafresh is my husband's favorite toothpaste. Oh, well...I still only spent 6 cents out of pocket, and got a bunch of other household items!

Here's the deal:
Aquafresh Toothpaste (not all varieties, I believe it is the "Cavity Protection" and "Triple Protection" kinds) are on sale at CVS for 88 cents (usually $1.99 each).
There are 75 cents off coupons here.
(If you click on the two bottom boxes, you can end up printing out 4 coupons total).

The funniest thing was my two favorite cashiers were asking me where I've been all week. I told them I would not be back until next week!

Glade Wisp Flameless Candles at CVS this week

Thanks to my mom and Money Saving Mom for telling me about the FREE (or almost free) Glade Wisp Flameless Candles at CVS. I just got my first one today and I love it! It smells so good, and I don't have to worry about blowing it out.
Here's how to do it:
They are on sale for $7.99 this week.
There is a $5 off coupon here.
You get $2 ECB's back (March monthly deal).

Here's a deal idea (I believe the Glade website lets you print off 2 coupons; if not, there were $3 off coupons in this week's newspaper insert):

Buy 2 Glade Wisps at $7.99 each
Use a $5/$15 coupon (if you still have it)
Use 2 $5 off Glade coupons
Spend $0.98
Get $4 ECB's back!