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Free Sobe 9/5 – 9/11

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CVS will be again be running the BOGO , so make sure you keep playing the daily game (and printing out two coupons each time) without a code and as often as you can get the winners.  Don’t forget that this game ends 9/14/10.

A short aside:  I have been unable to print any coupons for the past two weeks or so.  Every time it runs through the whole stupid game, I win and when I try to print it claims I’ve already printed the coupons.  Same situation using winning codes.  I’ve contacted Sobe (parent Pepsi) about this twice already and they are supposed to send me certificates to make up for it.  So far I’ve rebooted my computer, switched browers, cleared cookies and cache.  I’d say I tried everything… except maybe switching to a Coke product?

CVS is nuts

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Bad pun, OK?  As I’ve said before, CVS blows this week.  I found another couple of Emerald $1 coupons, so stopped on the way home from Ultra and picked up two more of the honey roasted peanuts for tax WHICH IS 17 CENTS!   When did peanuts become a candy item?  We’re all about saving money, money, money….

CVS 8/29

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Boy, it’s weeks like this that I’m glad the ecbs are for a month.  With the exception of the FREE after ecb Philips headphones for $6.99 (limit one per card – hint, hint), everything else looks pitiful.  I mean, Old Spice, Gillette, etc. deodorants for $7.49 with a buck ecb (and no coupons)?  And then to limit it?  What, they think that deal’s so great it’ll be flying out the door? Puhleez! At times like this we shop our stockpile!

Like the logo?  Since CVS sucks this week, I thought it fit…

Sobe giveaway

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I’ve won a few of the free Sobes from their game.  Honestly, though, given the recent spate of BOGO deals, I would rather get the BOGO printable than wait for snail mail.

See this coupon that came in today’s mail?  It’s the first one I won, approximately 6 weeks ago.  AND, it has an expiration date of 9/30/2010.  Which means any bottles won in the last week or so will only be redeemable at Dominicks.  Maybe I should apply for a job at their fulfillment house?

I’m out on a Sunday morning!

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Stopped at Jewel for the Kraft salad dressing MM.  I only had 7 of the $1/1 coupons left, since they were on sale at Butera a month or so ago for .99.  Did two transactions of 5 each; first one was $1.82 and the second was $3.77 since I only had two $1 coupons and used three $.35 coupons attached to the bottles.  So I put out $5.59 and got back $10.

Next stop CVS for the Blink gel tears.  I actually use this stuff for one of my dogs.  Still have plenty from a fantastic MM at Wags months ago, but I had some expiring ECBs, so figured better pick it up.  I did two transactions, using two CVS cards, but obviously the totals would be exactly the same.  Each receipt was for $.52 cents broken down as follows:  Blink Tears sale price $7.99, 4 Mentos Gum BOGO $1.69.  Used  2 $1.50/1 Blink printables and four $1/2 from the 7/18 SS and two ECBs for $7.99 each.  So OOP was $1.04, but I got back two $7.99 ECBs.  Not a total loss.

We love our Sobe!

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Now when I pull into my garage, my husband comes out and says, “Let me guess, more Sobe?”  Well, duh.  If it’s free it belongs to me.  Another 30 bottles today for a tax payment of $1.84.  I was driving out west and passed a huge CVS, so naturally I stopped.  Lots of stock and lower tax rates.  What’s not to love?

Another round of shopping

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Call me a masochist, but I was determined to get a sufficient supply of these treats just to prove it could be done.  I only had clipped out about 15 of the mfr coupons, so that’s it until the week-end.  The Sobe at this Target (Woodridge) was still selling for $1 each, which makes it a much better deal, tax wise, than the CVS BOGO currently running through Saturday.  So my OOP on this run?  $.95.  Shall we repeat my mantra?  Damned taxes!
Next over to Ultra in Downers Grove to see if they had the Purex 3 in 1 – NO.  Same sad, empty shelves.  Same walk to customer service.  Same 2 rolls of tp, a bunch of green bananas and 3 boxes of Kitten Chow.  Oh, well, Chiquita bananas are always good.  I think they’re better than the Dole.  Total OOP here:  $1.16.  repeat mantra…

Decided to hit the CVS that was unloading the truck yesterday, since it was on the way home.  Either they have the slowest workers in history, got shorted on their order or experienced the biggest run on Sobe in CVS history!  Was only able to grab 12 Sobe and then found the Emerald brand nuts.  There is a $1/1 coupon for any Emerald nut products in 8/15 RP.  They’re hoping you will use them for the glazed nuts BOGO sale, which is still a good price, but the puny containers are 4.5 oz of either honey roasted or dry roasted peanuts and at 10/$10, they’re free.    OOP here was $1.09.

Stupor Target and other fun stops

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Whenever you break out of your normal routine and shop a different location, it’s usually a bust.  Case in point today at another Target.  First they had only a few packs of the Cesar treats (stacking the coupons does equal free), which is weird, since the deal started at least ten days ago, so plenty of time to restock.  Then I get a cashier who has to scrutinize every friggin coupon.  every.  one.  Here’s a flash from the cape people:  “If you are buying multiple items, exactly the same, there is no need to study each coupon and then exclaim that that one is alright.  It’s a given.

Next waste of time was at Ultra.  They apologized for not having the Purex 3 in 1 sale packs (never got them in from warehouse) and gave me a rain check. Driving over for free Kitten Chow and two rolls of ghastly tp is a waste of time, although cs was very nice.  And it’s not their fault the warehouse screwed up.

Then the CVS  (in Wheaton on Roosevelt/Blanchard) on the way home had the same lone bottle of Sobe that had been there on Sunday.  However, they did have the Crest Pro-Health Enamel Shield on the clearance counter as you come in for either $1.34 or $1.45 (two prices, both 440 ml size).  No coupons out there, but if you need mouthwash, it’s a pretty decent price.  There were probably 5 or 6 that I saw on top, maybe more underneath the pile.

A Little Night (clearance) Shopping

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Decided at the last minute to grab the Nature Valley Nut Clusters since between the ecoupons and my insert coupons, they were paying me to take them out.  Well, apparently everyone else did their shopping earlier in the week because the shelves were completely empty.  As in Soviet Russia grocery store empty.   Well, since I was there anyway, I ambled over to the meat department and WHOA, those red clearance stickers started waving to me like a coke ho.  it was  a special moment…  I ended up with all the meat you see here, which is 3 boneless legs of lamb, well,  I’m not going to itemize it here, just look and see.  It is quite a bit.  The total ended up at $36, but I had a $10 cat and a $5 cat, both, coincidentally from Dominicks, so my actual OOP was $21.70.


Then a short hop to CVS, where I could only uncover 8 Sobes.  Really made my night to hear that they were unloading the truck as I stood there.   Oh, well, at least they were the bottles with the game caps.  Used four of my BOGOs and paid tax:  $.56.

A CVS Saga – or Thank God for Target

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Stopped by CVS to pick up some more free Sobe for the beverage basement; we seem to have gone through a ton this past hellish-weather week-end.  One crushed bottle of Sobe in the cooler, no fish food and the magic coupon machine had a sign taped over it “Out of Paper.”  Really?  Can someone not make sure there is sufficient supply on these things?  This is why my heart still belongs to Wags:  usually have sufficient stock and approximately 4000 in a ten mile radius.  Yes, CVS gives you those never-expire rainchecks, but some employees give you grief when you attempt to redeem them.  I’ve heard stories…..but that’s for another time.  later