Freebies

Before I started couponing I never ever bothered with signing up for any kind of Free Samples in the mail. I never wanted to be bothered filling out my info over and over only to get a small sample and tons of junk mail.

Now that I have delved into the couponing lifestyle I am finding ways to save on everything and feel more compelled to sign up for these freebies and samples. I set up a separate email address just for this along with a separate facebook account for those required "likes". I also now feel that junk mail is a small price to pay for free stuff. In addition to getting these free samples, most of the time you get some very cool high value coupons for those very products! Many browsers now-a-days including Google Chrome have what is known as Auto-Complete and this feature will fill in common forms such as Name and Address for you so that this repetitive process is no longer a pain!

I now keep a daily updated page specifically for freebies and samples here. Check in every day to get the most complete list around.

$40 in coupons @ Betty Crocker

Sign up and save at Betty Crocker

Just got an email for $40 in coupons from The Betty Crocker website. Just sign up and you get access!

Free Chocolate at Noon!

Five minutes until Free Chocolate! Go here:

https://www.facebook.com/twix.us?sk=app_196459403752664

Free Deodorant

Well I am bummed to say the least.....

I got up early today to head over to that Publix that was selling the Degree Deodorants at $2.45 so that I could make use of my coupons and get them for free. I verified the price over the phone the other day but they were out of stock. Being that it was not a Sale price I could not obtain a rain check thus I waited for the shelves to be stocked today Thursday. I neglected to even think that the "regular" price could or would change. I make it all the way there with coupons in hand only to be turned away by an evil sign that said $2.93. :(

Coupons are still good though and I will do another phone search for a cheaper price and let you guys know if i find one. We have until 9/16!

Oh and I did a price search online using Publix Curbside website and the stores in Georgia dropped the price this week down to $2.07 for the Degree Deodorants. That means that if they use both coupons they will make $0.68 on each stick!!! That is an awesome money maker! If you have at least 45 coupons you can make $30.00 to put towards other groceries!! Maybe we should be moving to Georgia! ;-)

ArmorAll - Race to the Finish Sweepstakes

I finally received my instant prize for playing an Armor All Sweepstakes for a new Camaro back in May. No I didn't win the Camaro but I won a Tire Prize Pack including a coupon for one Free Armor All product, a digital tire gauge w/light, a 39 pc Roadside First Aid Kit, and an Air Compressor.

Would have loved to win a Camaro but this is nice too!

Always enter these things! Even the little prizes are worth the effort and it is always cool to get free stuff in the mail!

Publix Buy Theirs Get Ours Promotion

Time once again for Publix's Buy Theirs Get Ours Free Promotion.

Buy the national brand of a selected item and get the store brand of that item free.

Selected Items for promotion starting 9/8/11:

• Orville Redenbacher Pop Up Bowl 6pk
• Kraft Easy Mac
• Smucker’s Strawberry Preserves

*Remember that you can use coupons for the national brands if you have 'em!

Rumors of Publix coupons in Today's Paper

Hearing and seeing all kinds of rumors about Publix coupons in today's newspapers. I have received verification that the Orlando Sentinel does not include these coupons though. Have not heard anything on the Florida Today though!

Free Deodorant

FREE DEODORANT!!!!

In Georgia it is real easy to get free things at Publix but here in Florida we have to do a little searching.

In the current Publix Green Flyer you will find a $2/1 coupon for Degree or Dove deodorants.

There is also a manufacturer's coupon in the 8/28 RP circular for $75/1 Non Premium degree deodorants.

If your store charges $2.75 or less then you are in like flynn! However, this I found out tonight is hard to come by in the Space Coast area! I drove to two of my favorite locations and the lowest I could find was $2.93. Not a bad deal but not FREE! Urgghhh. So I come home and decide to call around to do some price checks. Planning on a trip to Orlando tomorrow so I included some Publix's along the route to Orlando too! 40 minutes later I finally find one that has a price for the Degree deodorant that will allow me to get them free with coupons but they are all sold out. Hooray! Not a big problem though since they are not on sale and both coupons are good for a while. Publix coupon expires on 9/16 while the mfr coupon expires 9/25. So we have until the sixteenth for them to refill the shelves.

Degree Deodorants from $2.49........

Publix Super Market at Indiavista Center‎

7325 N US Highway 1 Cocoa, FL 32927-5006 (321) 635-8560

Publix Non-Advertised Prices Online

Ever want to know prices for items that are not in the weekly flyers? I have always just had to get in the car and drive over to my local store to find this info out. I found a neat little trick that can help us out here. Publix is doing a trial run at a few stores on a new service called Publix Curbside. Publix Curbside is basically a curbside pick-up service for groceries. Since you must place your order ahead of time from a computer they make the prices available for all of Publix's products online at the Curbside website: http://www.publix.com/curbside/

The trial run of this program is for only three Publix locations though. One in Tampa Florida, and two in Georgia. I am going to use the Florida store to give me an estimate as to what I can expect prices to be at my local store. It may not be perfect but an estimate suits my needs!

Tip # 8

Tip # 8:

Though sites like Iheartpublix.com and couponmom.com try really hard to make sure they cover every possible deal and list every available coupon they are not perfect. I think it would be near impossible to list every deal and every available coupon that is out there every week every month and year to year.

The point I am trying to make is that if you want to make sure you do not miss any deals:

1. Save every coupon you come across

2. Personally cross reference your store sales against online coupon databases and also against your binder in order to come up with your own "match-ups".

Using Coupon Match-ups from online sites makes our job so easy and is a life saver for many. However, if you have the time you should do it yourself and compare with theirs. Sometimes they miss things especially if you have coupons in your binder that they are not aware of!

One such instance happened to me this week. Iheartpublix.com posted their "match-ups" last week and I copied down the ones that I wanted as usual. When doing my own "match-ups" though, I found a deal that was not mentioned on that website. Publix was having a BOGO sale on Cheerios. I had some manufacturer coupons and store coupons for the cereal. Iheartpublix.com listed the manufacturer coupons but not the store coupons. The store coupons were $2/1 and enabled me to get the boxes of cereal for free. Actually the store paid me $0.11 per box to take them home!

If you have the time, do your own match-ups!

Found some new Tear Pad coupons over at the Merritt Island Publix on the Merritt Island Causeway.

Also keep an eye open for some new coupon flyers as seen over at Iheartpublix.com!

Remember guys, I am mostly documenting my personal couponing trek here. If you want all of the most up to date info on couponing and new booklets/deals at Publix etc., make sure you check out sites like iheartpublix.com on a daily basis. I actually check in daily with multiple sites to make sure I am getting all the possible info that I can. I only post a small fraction of what I find!

This week's "steal" at Publix

Total Grocery Take:

Retail: $170.98

Actual: $32.85

80.8% Savings!

This week's highlights:

Ten boxes of Cheerios (made $0.11 on each box) - Free

20 boxes of Mueller's Whole Grain Spaghetti ( $0.21 per box) - $4.20

Thirty packs of Knorr Pasta Sides ( $0.24 per pack) - $7.20

Past Savings @ Publix

Got an email about a Save aLot Coupon at Facebook. Head over to "like" them on Facebook and get a coupon for $5 off $25 in groceries. If your Publix accepts them as a competitor then you are in luck!

The following Space Coast Publix accepts them:

Publix Super Market at Cocoa Commons‎
2301 State Road 524 Ste 150
Cocoa, FL 32926-5822

Armor All Prizes Shipping Finally

Not sure if any of you won any Car Care or Tire Care Packages from Armor All on Facebook back in May but if you did be aware that they are finally starting to ship out! I received an email today alerting me of this.

No Sunday Coupons This Week!

Due to holiday weekend we will not be seeing any coupon inserts in this Sunday's Paper!