Ralph's Gum Toothbrushes

Hi gals,

My friend Cory emailed me with this note:

Ralph's has GUM toothbrushes on sale for $1 each, so if you have any GUM coupons that can be doubled up to that dollar, that would make the brushes FREE. Remember that Ralphs will only double one Q per transaction though, so you may need to do more than one.

(Also, be sure and ask Ralph's about only doubling the first coupon. I had heard that and Desiree told me that wasn't how they did it. Maybe they have gone back to doubling more. I don't know, I haven't tried coupons under $1 there.)

Be sure and get on that by Tuesday night as that is when the weekly sales end. I don't have a flyer with me, but I am assuming that it will go back to regular price by Wednesday.

Amber

Hygiene kit items

Tansy asked me to post savings for the hygiene kit items. I haven't posted anything because I haven't see great deals on toothbrushes and toothpaste lately. By great I mean 50 cents or FREE. I will post what is out this week. They are definitely not the best deals we see in the coupon world, but I know that we need these things for the kits by November 10th so here are a few.

This one is at Walgreens. The RR is the Register Rewards that I have talked about on the site. They are a Walgreens store coupon that you get back when you purchase certain items. The red writing tells you where to find coupons for these items and some even have a printable link.

• $1 RR wyb (2) Colgate Dental Care $3 ea
  Total Advanced or Enamel Care Toothpaste
  -$1 off Colgate Total Toothpaste, SS 10/11, 9/27, Sept or March All You or printable
  -$1 off Colgate Enamel Care Toothpaste, SS 9/27
  360° Deep Clean or Actiflex Toothbrush
  -$1 off Colgate 360 Actiflex Toothbrush, SS 9/27 or Kroger My Magazine or printable
  (buy 2, use 2 coupons makes it $1.50 ea)
• $3 RR wyb (2) Oral B Cross Action Toothbrush $3 ea
  -.75/1 or $1 off Oral B Pulsar, Cross Action, or Advantage Toothbrush, PG 10/11, 9/27
• **Deal Idea**
  Buy: (2) Oral B $3 ea
  Use: (2) -$1 off coupons
  Total Due: $4
  Get Back: $3 RR, makes it 50¢ ea

No deals on these items at Rite Aid this week.

And there is B1G1 at CVS, but we don't know the price of the first one. If anyone goes to CVS this week, please let us know the price of the first toothpaste.

Colgate Total 4.2oz., B1G1 (price not listed)
-$1 off Colgate Total SS 10/11 or printable

My husband is very particular about his bar soap and always has to have Ivory. I know that the 3 packs usually go on sale at the drugstores for 99 cents and are usually around $1.29 so be on the lookout for that also.

Please be on the lookout for deals on these items:

• 2 unbreakable combs (no sharp handles)
• 4 toothbrushes (packaged)
• 1 tube of toothpaste (6-8 oz., no pumps)
• 2 bars of soap (approximately 4 to 5 oz.)
• 2 hand towels (new towels, approximately 15" by 25". Please do not use dish towels or washcloths. To sew towels, serge or zigzag the edges of terry cloth to make a 15" by 25" towel.)

Please let us know if you find a great deal on any of these so we can stock up for the service project. I will check back next week to see if there are any better deals on toothbrushes and toothpaste.

Amber

Bulk coupon inserts

An anonymous reader posted a comment asking how do they buy bulk coupon inserts. Unfortunately the only answer I have is to buy multiple papers. I buy 4 papers almost every week. If there is a coupon that I specifically want 10 of I buy them on ebay and it is much more efficient money and time-wise than buying 10 papers. If anyone has any other suggestions they would be welcome :) I wish that we could buy our inserts without the paper because I hate wasting all those papers!

Apples, apples, apples

Go on over here to see what A Thrifty Mom did with all her free apples. Apples are $.47 a lb. at Ralphs this week. If you are a fruit canner this is the time to do it. They were $.49 a lb at Albertsons last week so I got about 35 lbs. I went and bought a canner and all the stuff I needed and canned pie filling yesterday. I also made cinnamon apples in the crock pot and put them in the freezer. Today I am going to do a few pans of dehydrated apples in the oven. Hopefully next week I can get some applesauce canned. I just canned for the first time by myself yesterday so hopefully the applesauce goes well. I will post my experience soon. If you are not a canner this is the perfect time to start!

Snow White Movie for $9.82

Go to A Thrifty mom's post here to see how to get Snow White from Wal-Mart this week for $9.82. There is also a $5.00 rebate when you buy the movie and two Kernel's popcorn seasonings. Although I can't figure out how to get the form to print. So if anyone figures it out...

Albertsons 3 Day Sale

Go here to see the details of Albertsons great 3 day sale.

I got 20 cans of vegetables, a roast, chicken drumsticks, bananas, 4 boxes rice krispie treats, 6 packages Keebler cookies for $28.00. I have one more set of coupons for the Kelloggs buy 10 and get them for $1.50 sale. If you would like them please leave a comment or call me. You need to act quickly because they expire on Sunday. I have 3 save $1/2 Kelloggs Rice Krispie Treats and 2 Save $1/2 Keebler cookies. You might also have Nutri Grain coupons if you got the Kelloggs Fuel for School coupon booklet last month. Save at Home Mommy also has a few links to help you with coupons for this deal. The Keebler deal is going on until Tuesday, but most of the coupons we have expire on Sunday.

Shopping Video Blog

I know a lot of people have not started couponing because they just don't know how. Here is a little video from Hip 2 Save that might help you start.

http://hip2save.blogspot.com/2009/09/follow-me-monday-walmart-shopping.html