Walgreens Week of 12/14

I didn't do too well with the Holiday Register Rewards the last two weeks, and now this week they're not doing that anymore (boo hoo). But there are some terrific deals at Walgreens this week. Here's what I see

Russell Stover Private Reserve Luminary $4.99 there are reports of coupons out there from back in August and from this past week, but I'm not finding any of them. But even so, these are beautiful (and the chocolate is yummy) and make nice little gifts for teachers, crossing guards, bus drivers, etc. And if you buy two of them, you qualify for a $10 ESR this month. That makes them FREE!!
Sure Deodorant $2.50 each -- use the December ESC fro $1.50 off. Some folks are also finding printables for $1.00 off, but I've sworn off printables for a while. If you find the printable, you'll make this FREE
DeMet Chocolate Turtles $.99 for the small box. Again, these make nice little gifts, stocking stuffers, or additions to gift baskets. There's a coupon from 11/16 for $1.50 off. Walgreens doesn't give overage -- but you can buy 4 boxes, use 2 coupons, and only pay $.96 for all four boxes. The more of these that you can pile up together, the better the price gets. The computer will keep taking the coupons as long as there is at least $1.50 of cost of the turtles left to absorb it. I did 10 boxes (it'll keep the staff here in candy for a while) and paid only $.90 for the whole pile -- just used 6 coupons
Skippy Peanut Butter (you know I'm not doing this one, I'm still working my way through my stash of peanut butter from Shaws --- but its a fairly good price in the end) 2/$3.00

CVS Says Merry Christmas!!

CVS apparently thinks they haven't done enough yet to make my holiday merry and bright. (I do love overachievers!) Remember Thanksgiving weekend when they gave us a ton of free stuff? Remember how we threw a whole lot of coupons into the mix and turned them all into moneymakers??

Well, here we go again: Starting this Sunday (December 21st) for only two days, CVS is giving all of us a whole 'nother ton of free stuff (Remember to say "thank you". Your mother did teach you manners) Here's what the CVS Santa's list looks like:

Listerine antiseptic 16.9oz $2.99 get $2.99 ECB limit 5 Make it a merry money maker -$1 off any one (Diabetes Book from CVS)

Sally Hansen Lacquer Shine nail Color $5.99 get $5.99 ECB limit 2 Make it a merry money maker -.50 off Sally Hansen Nail Color, Any SS 9/28 OR -$3/2 Sally Hansen CVS Beauty Book coupon

Arm & Hammer Essentials starter kit $2.99 get $2.99 ECB limit 5 Make it a merry money maker -$1 off Essentials Starter Kit SS 12/14

L’Oreal HIP Metalic eye shadow duos $6.99 get $6.99 ECB limit Make it a merry money maker 2-$1 LOreal Lipcolour, any RP 11/02 OR -$1 LOreal Makeup, Powder, Blush or Concealer, any RP 11/02 OR -$2 LOreal Makeup, Powder, Blush or Concealer, any RP 10/05

ThermaCare neck to arm heatwrap 1ct $2.49 get $2.49 ECB limit 3 Make it a merry moneymaker -$1.50 or -$1 ThermaCare Arthritis HeatWraps, PG 11/30

Right Guard Professional solid 1.8oz or aerosol 6oz $6.00 get $6.00 ECB limit 1 Make it a merry moneymaker -.55 off any Right Guard coupon on select products

Zipfizz energy 3ct $5.99 get $5.99 ECB limit 1

Excedrin Express Gels 20ct $3.99 get $3.99 ECB limit 1 Make it a merry money maker Excedrin Express Gels 20 ct or larger up to $6.99 SS 10/19

Alteril sleep aid 30ct $9.99 get $9.99 ECB limit 1

Halls Naturals 25ct $2.59 get $2.59 ECB limit 1 Make it a merry money maker -.50/1 Halls SS 12/07 OR B1G1 Halls SS 11/9

EAS AdvantEdge bar 2.11oz $1.69 get $1.69 ECB limit 1

EAS AdvantEdge shake 4pk $7.49 get $7.49 ECB limit 1

Zantac 150 8ct $4.99 get $4.99 ECB limit 1 Make it a merry money maker -$1 of ANY Zantac product SS 11/09, 10/26

Benefiber drink mix 16ct $7.29 get $7.29 ECB limit 1 Make it a merry money maker-$2.00/1 Benefiber, Any – SS9/21, 10/19, 11/16, 12/14

Iceland Health joint relief 60ct $29.99 get $29.99 ECB limit 1

Slimquick 2pk 4oz total $4.99 get $4.99 ECB limit 1

Sleepinal 32ct $8.49 get $8.49 ECB limit 5

Almost Free (but not quite)

Crest Pro Health toothpaste 4.2oz or rinse 8.45oz $2.99 get $2 ECB limit 2 -$1 Crest MultiCare Whitening, Extra Whitening, etc. any 4.2 oz. + Toothpaste, P G 11/30

Revlon all Lip and Nail Products B1G1 (no limit) -$2 off any Revlon color product SS 9/14, 8/24 OR -$1 off any Revlon color product SS 10/12, 11/16

I figure I will come out about $11.00 ahead (that's only doing one of each deal -- some of these freebies seem to have limits of more than one. Wow, thank you CVS Santa!!

Free Restaurant.com certificates

This is a terrific idea for the holidays. I'm planning on using some to thank important people like the bus driver, the crossing guard, and the guy that plows the driveway (thankfully not yet this year!!). These are people for whom I am very thankful, but my budget doesn't always allow me to do something nice to express that appreciation. That's exactly what Restaurant.com's feed it forward program is all about.
Restaurant.com’s Feed It Forward™ will donate $30 million in free restaurant gift certificates – over 30 days – and allow you to treat friends, family, and colleagues —anyone deserving—to savings on a great meal out. When you Feed It Forward™, you have the opportunity, every day for 30 days, to enrich lives by giving the gift of meals and memories. Now until Christmas, you simply choose whom to give to, and they will take care of the rest. They'll email those people redemption codes for free $10 certificates to the restaurant of their choice (from the kajillions of Restaurant.com participants -- We had no trouble finding several that appealed to us!) And then, the gift goes on!! Each person that receives a gift through the giving site can help Feed it Forward™, by giving free restaurant gift certificates to others. How can you lose?? So, click here (if you didn't already follow the link above) and start dreaming up deserving friends and loved ones. You can tell them that you think they're grand. And they'll think you're grand right back.