Common Abreviations I Use

Here is a list of some common abreviations which I use all too frequently!

AC - After Coupon
AR - After Rebate
Blinkies - instore smartsource coupon dispensed near product, usually from black bow with red blinking light.
BOGO- Buy one get one free
BTW - By the way
B&M - Brick & Mortar, as opposed to an online store
CAT - Catalina (coupon dispensed at register after purchase, usually has a red border)
CBAD - Chef Boyardee
CPN - Coupon
CRT - Cash register tape
CVS - Consumer Value Store
ECB - CVS Extra Care Bucks
FAR - Free After Rebate
GC - Giftcard
HBA - The health and beauty aid section in the grocery store
IMO - In My Opinion
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IP - Internet Printable
IVC - Walgreens Instant value coupon
MFQ - Manufacturer's Coupon
MIR - Mail In Rebate
OOP - Out of Pocket
OOS - Out of Stock
OYNO - On your next order
P&G - Proctor & Gamble Sunday supplement coupons
Peelie - coupon that you peel off the package
POP - Proof of purchase
PP - purchase price
PSA - Prices Starting At
Q - Coupon
RC - Raincheck
RP - Red Plum Sunday newspaper insert coupons (formerly Valassis)
RR - Register Reward (Walgreens)
SCO - Self Checkout
SD - Slickdeals (A wonderful place I go to for couponing!)
SS - Smart Source or Sunday Supplement coupons
Stacking - Some stores allow the use of more than one coupon per item, IF the coupon itself does not restrict such usage.
Tearpad or TP - A pad of refund forms or coupons found hanging from a store shelf or display
TMF - Try Me Free
V - Valassis Sunday newspaper insert coupons (now called Red Plum)
WSL - while supplies last
WYB - When You Buy
YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary - success of the attempt may vary at your store
$1/1, $1/2, etc. - Dollar value off per number of items (i.e. $1/2 is 1 dollar off when you purchase two items)

Shaws ~ Free + Overage Vitamin Water 4/24-4/30

Remember a couple weeks ago when I posted about getting paid to buy Vitamin Water here? It is working again this week!

When you go to the link above you should be able to get the Manufacture's coupon. There is a new Store coupon here. I also have a lovely pdf version of this with 8 coupons per page. Send me an email and I will send it to you!
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The deal basically looks like this:

Buy 6 Vitamin Waters ($6)
Use 6 manufacture's coupons ($3)
Store doubles 6 manufacture's coupons ($3)
Use 3 store coupons ($3)
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$3 OVERAGE! Which can be used toward anything else in the store. 3 $1 items is the best!!!

I just LOVE being paid to shop!

Happy Couponing,
Aimee

CVS ~ Tresemme for $0.67 a bottle

CVS has a deal this week on Tresemme that is pretty sweet! Tresemme is on sale for 3 bottles for $10. When you buy 3 bottles worth, you get $5 back in Extra Care Bucks! There is a pdf coupon to save $1 off a bottle that makes the deal sweeter! There is a limit of 4 times you may do this deal (per card!)

Here's what your deal could look like:

• Buy 6 bottles of any type on sale


• Your total will be $20


• Use 6 $1 coupons bringing your total down to $14.


• Pay and on the bottom of your receipt will be a $10 ECB (You doubled the deal)


• Bring your things out to the car. Put your bag away and cut off the $10 ECB and head back in!


• Buy 6 more bottles.


• Use 6 more coupons


• Use your $10 ECB and pay $4!


• Another $10 ECB will print at the bottom of your receipt!

You have now reached your limit for this deal. You have also paid $18 for 12 bottles of Tresemme and still have a $10 ECB to spend on something else in the store! This is like spending $8 for 12 bottles of Tresemme! Or about $0.67 a bottle! That's a pretty slick deal if you ask me.

I am going to post the coupon. You will notice that is says 24/7 Body. I had no problem using the coupon on other types of Tresemme. I bought 12 bottle of the Curly Hair line. Some of the coupons aren't scanning very well. The larger one seems to scan fine. Just tell the cashier you had trouble printing the coupon. "Oops silly me!"

These originated from Marie Claire online. In case you are wondering!
1 coupon per page

I have 2 per page which do scan as well. I can email them to you if you like. This site won't let me upload anything from my computer.

Happy Easter

Hope everyone is having a lovely Easter!

Happy Couponing,
Aimee

Don't worry Shaws is open from 7am-9pm!

What I'm buying this week

For the week of 4/10/09-4/16/09
Here is a list of what I'm buying and how I'm buying it.

Transaction #1: Shaws
1x Vitamin Water $1
2x Wild Harvest Organic Honey $2.19 each ($4.38)
1x Wild Harvest Organic 1/2 & 1/2 $1.99
1x Mini Babybel Cheese $2.50
Used:
1x $0.55 Babybel Cheese coupon
1x $0.55 Shaws double
3x $1.00 Wild Harvest Coupon
1x $0.50 Vitamin Water coupon
1x $0.50 Shaws double
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Spent $4.77 (out of pocket)
Saved $8.49

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Transaction #2: Shaws
6x Post Trail Mix Crunch Cereal $4.39 each ($26.34! I'm not crazy, wait and see)
6x Snapple
2x Poland Springs 6pk Fliptops (700ml) $2 each ($4)
24x Nabisco Go Paks $1 each ($24, again you'll see)
7x Vitamin Water $1 each ($7)
1x Garelick Farms Whole Milk $3.89
3x Mini Babybel Cheeses $2.50 each ($7.50)
3x Jelly Beans 3/$1 ($1)
4x Mini Robin's Eggs $1 each ($4)
1x Reese's PB Egg (Fun Size) $2.50
1x Lindt Milk Chocolate Bunny $2.50
Used:
1x Rain Check for Post Trail Mix cereal 6 @ $1.50 each (-$17.34)
4x $2.00 Post Trail Mix Crunch Cereal (-$8)
6x $0.55 Snapple coupon (-$3.30
6x $0.55 Shaws double (-$3.30)
2x $1.00 Poland Springs coupon (-$2)
6x $3.00 when you buy 4 Nabisco coupons (-$18.00)
6x $0.50 Vitamin Water coupon (-$3)
6x $0.50 Shaws double (-$3)
1x Free Milk coupon (-$3.89)
3x $0.55 Babybel coupon (-$1.65)
3x $0.55 Shaws double (-$1.65)
1x $2.00 off your next order coupon (-$2)
2x $5.00 off your next order coupons (-$10)
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Spent $14.74 out of pocket
Saved $85.04
Received $7 back in coupons:
1x $2 off your next order coupon
1x $5 off your next order coupon

So it's like spending $7.74!

Notes about this trip:
My cashier did not allow me to use all 6 Post Trail Mix coupons. She allowed 4 so I ended up paying $1 for 6 boxes of the cereal. If she had allowed the other 2 coupons I would have had $3 overage towards my total. Oh well. You win some, you lose some. $1 for 6 boxes of cereal is still loads better than paying the full price of $26.34! OUCH!

I also could have used an extra 2 Shaws coupons for Vitamin Water (Save $1 when you buy 2) I just did not have them with me. I would have just bought another 2 for free. I could have just bought my 6 Vitamin Waters and used the manufacture's coupons to get them all for free. I then could have used 3 "Save $1 when you buy 2" store coupons and had $3 taken off my order.

Bottom Line:
If I had brought my other 2 coupons and the cashier had allowed the other 2 Post coupons my total would have been $8.74 out of pocket and I would have received $7 back. This is the deal I was looking to do. Things go wrong sometimes, it happens.

Remember: You live, you learn, and then you get Luvs! No, that isn't it...

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FREE Vitamin Water

Vitamin Water is on sale at Shaws for 10/$10. There are $0.50 off 1 manufacture's coupons available in pdf form. Then you combine this with a $1 off when you buy 2 Shaws store coupon and you get more Vitamin Water free or overage.

Buy 6 Vitamin Water = $6

- 3 { Use 6 $0.55 coupons}

- 3 { Double value }(Shaws doubles coupons with a value up to $0.99)

-3 { Use 3 Store coupons }

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$3 overage!!!

You can also use the $3 overage to buy another 3 Vitamin waters. You won't be able to use any more coupons for them in this transaction. The limit is 6 like coupons per transaction. But 9 FREE Vitamin Waters is not a bad deal. 6 FREE Vitamin Waters and $3 overage is even sweeter by me!!!!!

Shaws $1 when you buy 2

$0.50 Manufacture's pdf coupon