FREE Glade Fragrance Collection Soy Candles at Walgreen's

Glade has a fabulous new coupon out for $4.00 off any one Candle or Reed Diffuser from The NEW Fragrance Collection! First, go here to print your coupons. You can print two just hit the back button after the first one prints. Then hold on to them until the 29th when Walgreen's releases their April Easy Saver book where you can find a $2/1 coupon for the Soy Candle. These candles are regularly priced at $5.99 so you can get yours free with both coupons.

The Soy Candles come in McIntosh Apple, Earthly Awakening and Orange Vanilla.
The Reed Diffusers comes in Currants & Acai, Sheer White Cotton and Lotus Bamboo.

Make sure to print your coupons soon because these kind of coupons go fast!

Thank You to Penny Pinching Diva for the info on this amazing deal!

Updated to add: This is a YMMV deal. Some Walgreen's shoppers are reporting different prices on the candles. As for the Reed Diffusers. There is a $3/1 coupon in the Easy Saver right above the $2 coupon and my local Walgreen's has them price anywhere from $8.99-$9.99. A good deal for diffusers but not free. I'm guessing if we hang on and wait the diffusers will come on sale.

Loved your new Glade Sense & Spray? Want one free?

I'm sure most of you got your Glade Sense & Spray at Walgreen's the last few weeks while they have had them free, right? Good. Well email P&G here and tell them how much you liked their product and get a coupon for one FREE Glade Sense & Spray Starter Kit (up to $10).

I wrote them and complimented them on my Sense & Spray and It took less than a week for my coupon book to show up in my mailbox!

This are the coupons I received:
* FREE Glade Sense & Spray Starter Kit (up to $10)
* Save $.55 on ANY Windex Multi-Surface Cleaner
*Save $1.00 on ANY Scrubbing Bubbles Toilet Cleaning Gel
* Save $1.00 on Scrubbing Bubbles Mega Shower Foamer
* Save $1.00 on Scrubbing Bubbles Action Scrubber Starter Kit
* Save $1.00 on ANY Pledge Furniture Care Product
* Save $1.00 on Ziploc Brand Bags Vacuum Starter Kit
* Save $1.00 on ANY Glade Fabric & Air Odor Eliminator
* Save $1.00 on ANY Glade Scented Oil Candles Holder
* Save $1.00 on ANY 7 ounce Edge, Eclipse, Vault or Energy Shaving Gel

All Coupons Expire August of 2009

Old Navy Weekly can kiss it! At least for this week anyway

A admit it. I'm one of the many (hundreds of thousands) of people who couldn't resist Old Navy Weekly's enticing deals. I am also now one of the many p*ssed of people who spent countless hours on this website only to not come out with the coupon I wanted in hand.

If you haven't heard Old Navy Weekly is a micro site that each week releases thousands of unbelievable coupons and amoung them happens to be a $75 off a $100 purchase coupon!

Here is the list of coupons you can generate:
5% (unlimited)
10% (unlimited)
20% (10,000 unique codes)
$10 off $100 (5000 unique codes)
$50 off $100 (3500 unique codes)
$75 off $100 (1000 unique codes)

These coupons are found by "hunting" which means going crazy and clicking on anything possible until a coupon comes up. They are hidden all over the main page of ONW and in the SuperModelquins Video you can play located at the left bottom corner. Each coupon is a one use coupon with a special barcode to be used in store only.

This site resets itself and adds new coupons each Thursday. Last week it was around 7 Central with no official word of when it may be this week. I'd been hearing a buzz anywhere from 12:01 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. but no one was for sure. At 11:00 p.m. on Wednesday night I started my quest to enter the site. It hadn't yet been updated and at about 12:10 a.m. I went to bed. When I woke up the site was still the same as last week and hadn't been reset. When I left for work it was still the same. As I am pulling out of the driveway I call my Mom and ask her to watch the site. She logs on and the screen that notifies you that they are hiding coupons came up! I was so close to calling off work. Thankfully, I made it home in time to log on before the site reset itself. I waited almost 2 hours and at 7:35 on the dot I refreshed and the site came up. I started hunting. I found the $50/$100 immediately in the apple in the girls hand. I want the $75 though! I started the video and when the ring scene came up I clicked on the ring and POW! There it was $75 OFF!! I grabbed it and right as it started generating the coupon it kicked me off the entire site! What?!?!? %#*&@*#^*#! I was peeved! I didn't even have time to hit Prt-Scr to get a coupon for verification that I got the $75.

Long story (and a lot of cursing) short. I waited for 3 1/2 hours to get back in, hitting refresh every 15 minutes or so. Finally when I did get back in and grabbed the $50/$100 and a $5/$25. By then the $75's were gone.

This is exactly what happened last week. Too many users on a site that couldn't handle it.

This week the Members of certain forums have been massively posting/blogging and it's safe to say most are pretty upset about how ON has handled this and how easily the site went down when they had to have anticipated that amount of people logging on.

ON says they are honoring those who were lucky enough to get a Print Screen shot of whatever coupon they won. We'll see though. Some Members are still waiting on their promised coupon from last week.

Where are all the coupons hidden?

Here is the List:
$75 off $100 (GONE) with purchase of a dress - Movie: ring, man's broken finger/hand, or dress at the end
$50 off $100 (GONE) with purchase of a dress - Top Right: peach in woman's hand
$5 off $25 when it's raining outside - Bottom Right: dog
$5 off $25 when it's raining outside - "*trend spotter" banner in upper right
$5 off $25 when it's sunny outside - Top Left: bird flying in background
$5 off $25 when it's sunny outside - Trees right of Kelly's dress
10% off purchase - Bottom Middle Picture: girl in blue sweater
10% off with purchase of a floral dress - "Kelly's" floral dress
$7 off with purchase of a women's and a girl's dress - Bottom Right: little snail crawling under girl and dog
$5 off with purchase of a women's dress and a girl's dress - Bottom Right: girl wearing dress

If you would still like a lower amount coupon the site is still up. I recommend going and checking it out and even printing off a coupon to get the hang of how things go before you try next week. If there is a next week anyway. I'm trying to find this out and will update when I do.

Until then I think the general consensus is Old Navy sucks.

No Longer MIA

I can't even bring myself to check on how long it's been since I last posted. It feels like it's been months and it probably has. I miss blogging but home life has had me far to busy to even think about posting.

I put my flabby butt on the fit train and I'm hating it. I miss being able to eat whatever I want and I'm grouchy because of it. I'm about to throw down the towel and say "Bring it on Fat"!

We are on a countdown to the completion and refinance our house. We got so used to living with something missing here and something needing done there. A tile cracked and needing replaced here and a touch up spot needing paint there and we didn't realize how much needed to be done. It's a little overwhelming when you don't have enough time in the day to dedicate to things that need to be done.

We started an Ebay business a few months ago. It started with Josh deciding it was time for our yearly purge. Every year we sell Hockey Cards, Electronics, Books, Wedding stuff etc..All things laying in boxes and cluttering up the basement. Then we decided to clean out our overcrowded DVD stand and sell the DVD's we never watch and they sold and sold well. So we looked into buying in bulk and selling and that week our first 200 DVD's came, they all sold and we got to thinking this might be a better idea then we thought. We have grown 50% each month since then. We ship anywhere from 50-70 DVD's a day and list just as many. It's supplemented our income greatly but it's taking a toll on our free time. Basically we have none. We stay up late and work, we wake up early and work. Our office currently holds over 1,200 DVD's. If the growth continues I plan to quit my job by this Fall. I have to or we are going to have to hire someone. By then we will be dealing with over 500 DVD's a day, shipping and listing. There is no way I can do that, work and be a parent to the boys. I walk into my office and feel like I'm in the twilight zone. DVD's everywhere and I'm not sure how this happened because it happened so fast. Josh and I were 100% happy with our jobs and the way things were going. We knew we needed something else to supplement our income while saving for the refinance but we did not know this is where things would turn. It's crazy how life takes turns and twists and all of a sudden your doing something and it's getting bigger than you ever could have imagined.

Needless to say with the countless hours I spend on the computer I have very little time to blog but as we get a handle on this monster we created and learn how to manage our time better I can continue to be a better blogger instead of a slacker :)

I have tons of deals to post throughout the coming days. Old Navy Weekly, freebies, my Wags shopping trips, upcoming deals and even a giveaway! I also have new pictures of the house. I also have a ton of blogs to catch up on!

Ah, it feels good to be back!

FREE 2 Year Subscription to Working Mother Magazine

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Late Friday Musings

This will be the First Edition of Friday Musings for me.

* I'm seriously considering trying the Master Cleanse again. Last year a attempted it but caved before the end. DH and I are setting up our home gym this weekend and are both not only going on a diet but are going to start a workout routine together. I have been playing with the idea of doing the cleanse again to prep for this. I keep telling myself I could have made it all the way last time. I really don't remember it being that hard and I felt so good after completing only part of the cleanse. I didn't lose any weight except for water weight but it wasn't the point. I just can't decide...

* I STILL don't have all the Christmas decor down. I'm not even kidding. I don't know what is with me. DH always makes fun of me because he thinks I'm the biggest procrastinator when it comes to certain things. When I lived with my Dad and it was just him and I in our condo we would leave our Christmas tree (fake I might add) up until March. I was a busy with high school, friends and work and the same with him, so it took forever for one of us to take it down. Hey, at least I did manage to get the tree down right after New Years!

* The weather was awesome today. I wish it was going to be like this tomorrow because I didn't get a chance to wash my car and every car wash I've been to in the last year sucks.

* I am in serious need of something to make Cowboy stop chewing on everything. I've had it up to here :: throws hand above head as far as it can go:: with his destructive behavior. Not only does he chew but he makes the biggest messes. He drinks out of any cup left within his reach, including coffee. He will drink the soapy water out of the sink when I am soaking dishes even after he is finished drinking an entire bowl of water. He chews the lid of the garbage can. He eats Lego's and he barks at everything. I work and work and work with him to no avail! He is smart too. He does all of this when no one is home or we are in bed. Little stink. I can't wait for the day when I can leave a box of Kleenex on the table and come home to find it untouched or when I can leave something on the counter without worrying about it being dragged off and destroyed.

* This week seemed to draaaaaaag by. Maybe because I've had so many days off the last few weeks. Either way, I'm so glad it's Friday and I can finally relax!

Take that rude Cashier!

Walgreen's isn't always a breeze. I know that but for the most part I have been blessed to have a few awesome Walgreen's close to my house. My favorite Walgreen's of all time is where I planned to try my hand at the Garnier deal. There is no way I would have trouble. Right? Wrong!

I grabbed I filled my cart with 20 shampoos, conditioners and styling products, 15 papers, 3 Glade Candles and gum because my family tore through the last few packs I bought. Head to checkout and was told they were putting limit (of one) on the items per coupon. Since when? Whatever, I'll just grab 19 more booklets with Garnier coupons in them and use the coupons that have the same freaking UPC code as the one in my hand. She said no. Fine. I'll do 19 more transactions and keep the line backed up and we can be here all day because you wont follow corporate coupon policy. Then she has the nerve to say "It's just to early". Are you kidding me? Because I chose not to come at 8 tonight I am being denied? Now I know that's not Wags policy. I proceeded to ask for corporates number and she said she didn't have it. I said "Don't worry, I have it in my phone. I just wanted to see how rude you really would be so I could get you in more trouble with corporate". Her mouth dropped open and I walked out as I said "Have fun putting everything back"!

Then I headed up the street to another Walgreen's and bought everything on my list without a hitch. The beauty counter cashier was a nice as always and made sure to let me know she ordered extra Garnier so all her coupon loving customers could partake in the free loot!

I made two phone calls to corporate that day. One to complain and one to praise. One of those cashiers had a bad day and the other one left with a smile. I then donated more than half of what I bought. What comes around, goes around.

So, what did I get?

(20) Garnier Shampoos, Conditioners and Styling Products

Final Price = FREE after Q's

3 Glade 4 oz. Jar Candles

Final Price = $.50 each after coupons and Easy Saver Rebate

(3) packs Extra Gum

Final Price = $.99 after Easy Saver Q

15 Newspapers = $22.50

I used a $5/20 purchase coupon to make the papers cheaper. I paid $17.50 instead. Then I turned around and sold the coupons (or rather my time to cut and ship them) from all the inserts on ebay for a profit of $30 and counting. Ah, I puffy heart ebay!

If you haven't already....

Go grab the Sunday Paper. Even better though, grab 10. It's rare to see 3 inserts in one paper let alone FIVE!!! There are 3 Smart Sources and 2 Red Plums with over 200 coupons. I think I calculated 248 or so. They are stacked with Garnier coupons, Buddies coupons, Aquafresh, Green Giant, General Mills etc....For the full list please visit Taylortown Preview.

Walgreen's Deals Week of 1/4

Walgreen's Deals for January 4th through January 10th

Garnier Fructis Hair Care on Sale $3.99
(excludes conditioning treatments)
*Use $2 Easy saver Coupon
*Use $1/1 Shampoo or Conditioner Coupon or $1/1 Styling Product Coupon

Final Price = FREE

Reynolds Wrap Foil reg. priced $1.99
*Use In Ad Coupon on page #7
*Use $1/1 Coupon from 11/16 SS

Final Price = FREE

Dawn Dish Detergent on Sale $.99 (with 7 day in ad coupon)
*Use $.50/1 from 12/14 P&G

Final Price = $.49

Palmolive Dish Detergent reg. price $1.79
*Use $1/1 Super Q on page 12
*Use $.50/1 from 1/4 SS

Final Price = $.29

Electrasol Gel Pack 20ct. on Sale $3.49
*Use $2.50/ coupon from 1/4 SS
*Submit for $1.50 January Easy Saver rebate (limit 1)

Final Price = $.51 Overage!

Glade January Easy Saver Rebate Match-up
Note: Reminder that the Glade ESR is a limit of 4 for $4 in savings. You can mix and match but for time saving purposes I did the math as if you were going to buy 4.

Glade Scented Oil Plug In Refills on Sale 2/$5 (buy 4)
*Use (2) BOGO Free coupons from 12/7 RP
*Submit for 4 $1 rebates

Final Price = $.25 each

Glade Scented Oil Candle Refills on Sale 2/$5 (buy 4)
*Use (2) $2.50/2 refills coupons from 12/07 SS
*Submit for 4 $1 rebates

Final Price = $.25 each

Glade 4 oz. Jar Candles on Sale 2/$5 (buy 4)
*Use (4) $1/1 coupons from 12/07 SS
*Submit for 4 $1 rebates

Final Price = $.50 each

January Free After Rebate Deals

Orajel Cold Sore Treatment (brush or patches) = $8.49
*Use $1/1 coupon from 10/26 SS
*Submit for full January Easy Saver rebate (limit 1)
*Submit for $8 manufacturer mail in rebate

Final Price = $9 Money maker!

Revlon Matte Collection
(limit 1 up to $10 so Rebate varies)

Revlon Matte Collection Blush or Eyeliner = $9.99
*Use $1/1 coupon from 12/7 SS
*Submit for full January ESR

Final Price - $1 Money Maker!

Revlon Matte Collection Eyeshadow = $4.99
*Use $1/1 coupon from 12/7 SS
*Submit for full January ESR

Final Price - $1 Money Maker!

Revlon Matte Collection Lipstick = $7.99
*Use $1/1 coupon from 12/7 SS
*Submit for full January ESR

Final Price - $1 Money Maker!

AutoExpressions Vent Fresh Elite Auto Airfreshner = $4.99 (has free refill q inside)
*Submit for full January Easy Saver rebate (limit 1)

Final Price = FREE

Walgreen's Trippin

(6) Dawn Dish Detergents reg. priced $1.99 = $7.96
*Used $1/1 7 Day In Ad coupon
*Used (6) $.50/1 coupons

Final Price = $2.94

(6) packs of Extra Gum = $1.98
*Used 3/$.99 Easy Saver Coupon

Final Price = $1.98
Note: This is a fabulous filler item for this month. I needed a filler item to eat my overage and multiple coupons.

Glade Dewberry Dreams Candle Holder on Clearance = $3.19
*Used $2.50/1 coupon

Final Price = $.69
~ As if I need anymore of these. I have 20 or so. I just couldn't help it!

(2) Garnier Fructis Styling Products on Clearance $2.19 = $4.38
*Used $2/1 Easy Saver Coupon
*Used $1/1 Garnier Styling Product Coupon

Final Price = $1.62 Money Maker!

Total Before Coupons = $17.51

Total Spent OOP = $3.99!!

Sure, I'll let you pay me to shop at your store!

This is what happens when you don't use coupons until right before they are set to expire. I had over 50 coupons expiring on the 31st and I knew I had to get out and use them regardless of how I looked purchasing a dozen rolls of toilet paper and enough veggies to feed a small army. I sucked it up and went though and this is what I came back with!

Walmart

(12) White Cloud 4 pack (double roll) toilet paper reg. priced $2.00 = $24.00
*Used (12) $1/1 coupon

Final Price = $12.00

(22) Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers (new) reg. price $1.00 = $22.00
*Used (22) $1/1 coupon

Final Price = FREE!

(5) Ronzoni Smart Taste Pasta reg. priced $1.50 = $7.50
*Used $1/1 coupon

Final Price = $2.50

(8) Assorted Goody Ouchless Hair items reg. priced $2.12 = $16.96
*Used $2/1 Goody Ouchless printable

Final Price = $.96

Cute Shirt that I just had to have...$6. A reward to myself for such savvy shopping!

Total Before Coupons = $76.46

Total Spent OOP = $21.46!!


I used 47 coupons total in this transaction and it actually required management approval! The people in line behind me were not happy! I couldn't help but laugh at how mad they got. People have no patience these days. I told you I had coupons and yet you still chose to put your things down and stand in line with me. Don't hate!

Walgreen's

(4) Glade Scented Oil Candle Holders on Sale $3.99 = $15.96
*Used (4) $2.50/1 coupons from recent insert
*Submitted for $1/1 Easy Saver Rebate (Limit 4)

Final Price = $1.96

(5) Robitussin and Dimetapp Cold Meds on Sale $4 each = $20.00
Paid $20.00 (plus tax) and received 1 $10 RR and 2 $5 Register Rewards

Final Price = FREE!

Revlon Matte Eye Shadow = $4.99
*Used $1/1 Revlon coupon
*Submit for $4.99 January Easy Saver Rebate

Final Price = $1 Money Maker!

Orajel Cold Sore patches = $8.49
*Used $1/1 Orajel Coupon
*Submit for $8.49 January Easy Saver Rebate
*Submit for $8 Orajel Manufacturer Mail in Rebate

Final Price = $9 Money Maker!

(2) Blistex Chapsticks on Sale $.99 = $1.98
*Used (2) $.25/1 coupon

Final Price = $1.48

Total Before Coupons, RR and Rebates = $51.42


Total Spent OOP = NOTHING! I made $6.56!!

Goodbye 2008! Hello New Year!

I couldn't be more happy to start the New Year. These last few months have been extremely trying on me, my marriage and my family. I look back at all that happened and though we created some wonderful memories in 2008, it also brought a lot of grief. I have to say, it's definitely made us stronger and I wont forget that. I'm hopeful 2009 will bring joy, happiness and lots of possibilities.

I almost thought we wouldn't make it in one piece. Yet here we are, ringing in the New Year!

Our New Years Resolution? We have one. Make 2009 better than 2008!