Home Depot Workshop/ Coupon Deal

For all of you handy folks out there, this might be a good deal for you to check out! Sign up for a FREE in-store class at The Home Depot and receive a $10 coupon (looks like there's a good one coming soon about how to tile your own floors!). Click the image above to sign up!

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Walgreens Deals March 15-21

Here are some of the best deals I see at Walgreens this week. If you want to see even more deals for the week, check out the extensive post of sales here at It's Hip 2 Save. There are a lot of possibilities here for using those RRs you might have earned last week on the Huggies deal!

Reese's Whipps .49 (w/ in-ad coupon)
Use the $1/2 coupon from the 1/4SS
Final cost 2 for FREE!

Revlon Emery Boards (10 ct) $1.59
Use Walgreens $1 EasySaver coupon
Plus use $1 coupon from the 2/8RP
Final cost FREE plus small money-maker

Glade Sense & Spray or Lasting Impressions $9.99
Buy 2 for a total of $19.98
Use Walgreens $4 coupon (-$8)
Plus use one BOGO coupon from here or here
and one $3 or $4 coupon from the 2/8SS 
Final cost: FREE plus a possible $2 money-maker!

Sambucol Cold & Flu Relief (30 tablets) $12.99*

Use Walgreens $10 EasySaver coupon
Plus use the $4 coupon
(If you still have a few left)
Final cost as low as FREE plus a $1 money-maker!

*Some readers are reporting that this product is priced 

at only $10.99 at their stores, making it a $3 money-maker!

Colgate Total Toothpaste 4 oz. $3.49
Use Walgreens $2.50 EasySaver coupon
Plus use $1.50 coupon from All You or the $1 coupon from the 2/22SS or from here
Final cost as low as FREE, plus a .50 money-maker!

Walgreens Brand Diapers 2/$9
Use the $2 pharmacy coupon 

(Found in red "$50 in Savings" pamphlet in pharmacy)
Final cost $2.50 per pack!

Register Rewards Deals:

Buy three selected Listerine or Reach Products at $3 each, Get $6 Register Rewards
Use $3/3 coupon from 3/15 inserts
Free after coupons and Register Rewards*

(*Don't have many coupons accumulated yet? You can find these coupons for the Listerine/Reach deal in the free Diabetes & You Magazine found in your pharmacy section!)

Buy selected Dove Products (on sale 25% off): Get $2 Register Rewards when you buy 4, Get $6 Register Rewards when you buy 6, Get $10 Register Rewards when you buy 8

Some possible scenarios for the Dove deal:

Dove individual Beauty Bars (not travel size) sale priced at $1.04
Purchase 8, Pay $8.32
Get back a $10RR
Final cost FREE, plus a $1.68 money-maker

Select Dove Anti-Perspirant Deodorant sale priced at $2.47
Purchase 8, Pay $19.76
Use 8 $1 coupons from the 3/15RP or 4 $1.50/2 coupons from the 1/18RP
Pay $11.76 (if you use 8 $1 coupons)
Get back a $10RR
Final cost $1.76, just .22 per deodorant

Dove Body Mist (3 oz) $3.59
Purchase 8, Pay $28.72
Use 8 $1.25 coupons from the 3/15RP
Pay $18.72
Get back a $10RR
Final cost $8.72, just $1.09 each!

**Mix and Match any of the above Dove products to make your own ideal scenario!

New to Walgreens? Check out our Coupon Boot Camp article here to learn how to get the best deals at Walgreens!

Hat tips to Money Saving Mom and It's Hip 2 Save.

Super Savings Round-Up

This turned out to be my best week in a while! Here are the deals I snagged this week at Walmart and Walgreens. Oh, and I have to give props to my awesome brother Russell, who mailed me a big envelope FULL of coupon inserts this week. His coupons helped me score a lot of these great freebies. THANK YOU, RUSS!

Walmart (4 transactions) • Total spent out of pocket: $4.06 (including tax!)

Rebates coming from Caregiver's Marketplace: $3

Total cost: $1.06 including tax!

Walgreens (transaction 1) • Total Spent out of pocket: $ 9.37 (including tax)

(also used $5.50 in RR from last week to pay)

Rebates coming back from Caregiver's Marketplace: $2.25

RRs received at end of transaction: $10

Total cost: $2.60 including tax!

Walgreens (transactions 2, 3, 4) • Total spent: $20.44 (on gift card including tax)

(also used $10 RR from WAGS transaction #1 to pay)

Rebates coming back from Caregiver's Marketplace: $4

Rebates coming back from Memory supplement (Easy Saver FAR): $22

RRs earned during these transactions: $15

Total cost of these transactions: PROFIT of $10.56!

How'd you guys do? Any super sweet deals to report? 

Also, I'm curious: would any of you out there find it helpful for me to break out the transaction (like I did last week) to show what I paid for each item and which coupons I used? I know I have found this breakdown of other people's transactions helpful in the past, and I would be happy to take the time to do that if it will help you. If you would like me to break down the transactions in more detail, just leave a comment and let me know!

Save $1.50 On Pampers

WOW! We've had a lot of posts about good diaper deals this week. Here's another printable coupon to help you out. I know some of you out there can only use Pampers with your little ones! If that's you, be sure to click above to print out a coupon for $1.50 off Pampers! 

HOT Glucerna money-maker at Walgreens!

WOW- looking for a great way to start your week at Walgreens? Check out this HOT deal on Glucerna cereal at Walgreens.... which can make you up to $9 PROFIT. Yeah, you heard me right. $9 money-maker!

This deal takes several steps, but I think you'll be glad you took five minutes to sign up and get these coupons when you make your $9 on the deal and get four boxes of free cereal! 

Here's what you do (Follow these instructions exactly, or you will not be able to get the coupons you need):

• Go here and click on Join Now in the upper right hand corner
• Enter your personal details-Make sure to type CATALINA in the promo code box
• Where it says "Are you ready to set up your Customized Meal & Exercise Plan?" be sure to choose "Yes, I'll Set It Up Now"
• Click "Create Account"
• Enter details on this page and click on "Calculate Body Mass"
• Make sure to select "lose Weight" for the option and click "NEXT"
• Fill in the required details and click on 'FINISH"
• Click on "Return to your personalized home page."
• You should now see the $10 Glucerna coupon link.
• Click on the image and you can choose to print the coupon or have it emailed to you.
• Remember to press your browser back button to print a total of two coupons.

Now you have 2 $10/2 Glucerna product coupons. Walgreens has the Glucerna cereal priced at about $4.99/ box. Plus, from now through March 31, they have the following RR promotion going:

Buy 2 Glucerna cereals, get $2.50 RR

Buy 3 Glucerna cereals, get $4.50 RR

Buy 4 Glucerna cereals, get $7.00 RR!

As if that weren't great enough, Caregiver's Marketplace also gives you a $1 rebate for every box you buy!

Here's how the whole deal shakes out:

Transaction #1:

Buy 2 boxes Glucerna Cereal at Walgreens = about $10.00

Use 1 $10/2 Glucerna manufacturer coupons = -$10.00

Final Cost: Free!

Plus, receive $2.50 in Register Rewards

Then repeat the exact same transaction. (The reason for this is that the coupon specifically states Limit One Coupon Per Transaction. Yes, you could buy all four boxes in one transaction and make a little more on RRs... but we really need to separate it into two transactions to follow the intention of the coupon.)

Transaction #2:
Buy 2 boxes Glucerna Cereal at Walgreens = about $10.00
Use 1 $10/2 Glucerna manufacturer coupons = -$10.00
Final Cost: Free!
Plus, receive $2.50 in Register Rewards

Then, submit for Caregiver's Marketplace (Add these to your Huggies purchases from last week to get the required 5 items you need to submit for this rebate. Look at the Caregiver's Marketplace site to see the details.)

Receive back $4.00 cash.

= $9 money-maker, plus four free boxes of cereal!

*UPDATE* Thanks to Stacy and Heather for letting us know how this deal worked out at Walgreens today. I tried this today as well, and had the same problem with the coupon beeping because the total of two cereals (the maximum cereals allowed per transaction, based on the text of the coupon) came to a total cost of $9.98 and the value of the coupon was $10. My cashier keyed in a special price for each box: $5.00/box, and everything rang through fine. Amazing what trouble two little pennies can be for the cash registers! So if you are only purchasing the cereal and nothing else, either buy a small and cheap filler item, or ask your cashier to adjust the price of the cereals up one penny so that the register doesn't have issues!

Let us know if you are able to snag this deal! This is one of the better money-makers I've seen at Walgreens in a while, so get out there and take advantage of this one!!

Big hat tip to my new blogging buddy Heather at NWA Deals!

Boot Camp will return Monday!

It's been a big week here at The Frugal Muse! I must say, you guys are doing AWESOME! Lots of you have e-mailed, facedbooked or commented to let me know about your great deals this week, and I have to say, I am impressed. You all have jumped right into this whole coupon craze and are already snagging some great deals!

What do you say we take a breather for a couple of days? We've all ingested a lot of information in Coupon Boot Camp this week. Let's all take the weekend off, and I'll be back starting on Monday to finish up with our final three Boot Camp segments:

• Couponing Ethics– I'm really looking forward to this segment. It will be chocked full of lots of great information for you to think through as you get into hard-core couponing!

• FAQs– Frugal Muse readers have already been contacting me with tons of great questions this week. Chances are, other readers are wondering the same things. So I'm compiling a list of FAQ to help you all clear up some of the more confusing aspects of The Drugstore Game and frugal shopping.

• Wrapping It Up– Our final segment will include several really important parting thoughts and tips as you officially graduate from Boot Camp at The Frugal Muse.

It's been a total blast at The Frugal Muse this week– I am super excited to let you know that we have already had well over 1,000 hits during our first full week live! These hits are coming from all over the country– coast to coast, north to south. There are a lot of people out there in the blogosphere checking in to The Frugal Muse and saving some major dough. That makes me smile.

Next week is going to be even better! I've got lots of new content and even more deals heading your way, so get ready! If you're not addicted yet.... you might be soon. :-)