Smokey Bones! and O'Charleys reminder

Smokey Bones really comes up with the BEST coupons! Click here for a buy one get one free coupon! Remember, visit before 6 on weekdays and get half price appetizers (even the big sampler). And if you purchased a gift card with corresponding $10 bonus, this would be a great time to use it!...you may need to have 2 separate checks though because both say they can't be used with other offers.

If you looking for additional places to dine, visit O'CHARLEYS before 7pm and after 11pm - if you sit in the bar you get half price appetizers! There were $5 off $20 coupons in Sundays paper! Most of the appetizers are about $7, so you would have to buy 6 appetizers to use the coupon...and yes Jeremy and I did this a few weeks ago...we barely had room for our drinks on the table! Also during this time beers are BOGO - that makes 2 Bud Lights at $2.99 cheaper than my Dr.Pepper (ridiculous) - there are other drink specials too!

RA Transaction #3

Check out #1 and #2 here and here. I think I'm going to save my last transaction (to get to the $100 minimum) for next week with the additional P&G sales

2 Vicks DayQuil or NyQuil @ $3.99 each = $7.98
Puffs Tissues $2.99
Duracell 12 pack $11.99
Tide $5.99
Total: 28.95
Coupons:
$5 off $25
$2 off Vicks from 12/27 paper
$1.50 off Vicks (or if you had 2-$2 ones) from 1/17 paper
$2.99 off - free Puffs when you buy 2 Vicks from 2/27 paper
$3 off in-ad coupon
$1 off Duracell from 12/27 paper
$1 off Tide from 12/17 paper
Out of Pocket: $12.46
Single Check Rebate: $1 (Vicks)
1/4 of the $35 VISA: $8.75
Total Cost: $2.71...that's cheaper than any one item you purchased!

Rite Aid P&G diaper deal

Check out the P&G details here, the Rite Aid description is here. You'll want to spend $100 (before coupons) to get the $35 VISA card and spend that $100 in 4 trips using this $5 off $25. I will definately be posting some more deals, but for easy math, if you just want in for the diapers (Pampers), do this:

My Transaction #2
Pampers big box $19.99
Pampers wipes $5.99
Total: $25.98

Coupons:
$2 off diapers from paper
$.50 off wipes from paper
$5 off $25 (print above)

Out of pocket: $18.48
Repeat 3 more times

You'll have about $74 out of pocket (depending on how many coupons you have) and you'll get a $35 VISA card back = $39 for 4 boxes of diapers and 4 packs of wipes, that's almost cheaper than 4 jumbos!

12 - 12 packs of Pepsi for FREE at CVS

My head is spinning from all the deals coming up this week. Rite Aid in particular has an amazing P&G deal. BUT 12 packs of Pepsi for free at CVS this one is going to be easy!

**update** it seems that the $5 off $20 has been taken down. In the right top corner of the CVS website it says you may click for a $5 off ($30) coupon...but I can't find it. Either way I would still do 2 transactions (buy 9 and then 3 with coupon....or 6 and 6 without the coupon)- if you don't split the transaction a $20 ECB will print out and that is a lot to spend on another trip. If you find the coupon it will be $5 for 12-12 packs...without the coupon it's $10 for 12-12 packs...still a ridiculous deal!

Transaction #1
Pick up 6 - 12 packs for $20
Print & use this $5 off $20 coupon
Pay $15 and receive $10 ECB

Transaction #2
Pick up 6 - 12 packs for $20
Use the $5 off $20 coupon
Use the $10 ECB from the 1st transaction
Pay $5 and recieve a $10 ECB

Submit for this $10 rebate (page 2 - $10 back on a $30 purchase)

Results: you've spent $20 out of pocket, you've got $10 ECB to spend on whatever you want next time and $10 coming in the mail! I said 12 - 12 packs for easy math but as you can see from the ad and the rebate, you may throw in Tostitos, Starbucks, Gatorade, etc, for this deal.

$55 off $100 purchase at Rite Aid...and then we use coupons

The P&G VISA rebate includes a TON of products including: Always, Aussie, Bounce, Bounty, Braun, Cascade, Charmin, Cheer, Clairol, Clear Blue, Cover Girl, Daily Definitions, Daisy Razors, Dawn, Downy, Dreft, Duracell, Era, Fibersure, Fixodent, Gain, Gillette, Head & Shoulders, Herbal Essences, Infusium, Ivory, Joy, Luvs, Max Factor, Metamucil, Mr Clean, Oil of Olay, Olay, Old Spice, Oral B, Pampers, Pantene, Pepto Bismol, Prilosec OTC, Pringles, Puffs, Safeguard, Scope, Secret, Swiffer, Tag, Tampax, Tide, Vapo Steam, Vaporub, Venus, Vicks (excludes Vicks Vaporizer), Vitality, Wetjet Cleaner, Zest, Zooth.

The was a P&G coupon insert on 12/27 and 1/17, so there are A LOT of coupons to go along with this deal. To maximize your savings/profit, get $100 in products to get the $35 VISA card, and do it in 4 transactions using this $5 off $25. There are also 3 big Olay rebates out there (which all qualify for the P&G VISA), Olay Quench - 2 free after rebate, 2 Olay Regenerist Moisterizer- $15 rebate, and Olay Regenerist Creams & Eye Roller - $20 rebate, you will need to do them in different transactions for mailing in.

Your savings is already $55 off of $100 with the $5 off coupons in 4 different transactions, and the $35 VISA card you'll receive after submitting your receipts on the Rite Aid website. So after you use manufacturer coupons your savings are even better!

Transaction #1
Tampax Pearl 40 ct $6.99
Tampax Pearl 20 ct $5.29
Pampers Wipes $5.99
Puffs Tissue $1.99
Olay Quench $5.99 (but you could get a larger one)
Total: $26.25
Coupons:
$5 off $25
$5.29 - free small Tampax with big Tampax purchase, 12/27 paper
$.50 off wipes, 12/27 paper
$1 off Puffs (I think this was in a mailer)
$2 off any Olay lotion, 1/17 paper
Out of Pocket: $12.46
Money coming back:
$2 - Single Check Rebate for Tampax (submit receipt on Rite Aid website).
$5.99 - mail in rebate on Olay Quench
$8.75 - 1/4 of the $100 purchase requirement to get $35 VISA
Profit: $4.28

This VISA rebate lasts until 2/13, so you have a few weeks to complete your transactions...well except the $5 coupon expires on 1/31. Here are some of the sales in the next few weeks at RA that include P&G items.
Week of 1/24
Old Spice Red Zone $3.99 with $1 in-ad
Cascade & big Dawn $2.99
Swiffer cloths & cleaner $3.99
select Duracell 2 for $12
Bounty single roll $1.99
Week of 1/31
Gain & Cheer $4.99
Small dawn $.88
Covergirl BOGO50%
Old Spice/Gillette/Secret deodorant B2G1
Always/Tampax (smaller ones) $2.99
Duracell 40% off select
Swiffer Starter kit $9.99

Staples through 1/16

Staples is on a roll with their free items! Last weeks items were mostly free after rebate - you would get a check in the mail. This weeks are free after Staples rewards. So you'll get the money back to use at Staples - ink? Turbo Tax? deposit on a new computer? Here's the list:

$7.99 M by Staples writing pads
$9.99 Bankers box 6 pack
$8.00 Staples 50 ct file folders
$7.99 Staples #10 pull & seal envelopes
$3.99 Zebra gel pens
$3.39 Staples small binder clips

=$41.39 worth of items for FREE!

Rite Aid through 1/16

I’m still getting used to Rite Aid…my 3rd drug store. The deals and freebies are often in the form of a rebate, so the gratification isn't instant, but I still know it's coming! They often have x off xx coupons which always makes the deals better!

There is also new promotion based on the game of Life. Does anyone else become addicted to the Monopoly game at McDonald’s…yeah, I think I’m in trouble… This one goes until 2/27 and you could win gift cards, cash, a car, or pay off your mortgage. For some reason I always think I’m going to be a big winner, I HAVE won a couple french fries at McDonald’s… Anyway, you get a game ticket for each transaction and then there’s a huge list of items that give you additional game tickets. Each game ticket has either a RA coupon for a random item (that may be used with a manufacturer coupon) or a *free* item and 5 game tokens that you place on the Life game board that you pick up a the store. Also it takes 2 tickets to enter to win a Carnival cruise (you get one on EVERY token) - I’ve already entered twice! Okay, after all these explanations…here are the deals for this week!

**Contac Cold & Flu $4.99 with $4.99 SCR (Single Check Rebate), use $2 coupon from paper or print one here = $2 overage
**Theraflu $4.99 with $3 SCR, use $2 coupon from paper or print one here, here or here = free
**GE Soft White Bulbs 2 pack $2.00 with $2 SCR = free (also an extra ticket item)
**Drano Max $3.49, use $.55 coupon here and $.50 in-ad coupon = $2.40 (it’s not on sale too often!)
**Windex Trigger 26 oz. or Wipes 28 count $2.49, use $1 coupon here and $.50 in-ad coupon = $.99 (also hard to get a good deal on)

..and for more tickets...Snapple is on the list and on sale, $.99