Recyclebank...more ways to earn points?

Melody, one of the nice people at Recyclebank e-mailed me this and asked me to share.  Since it could very well help you all to earn points and get free coupons, I figured "sure why not".  So, here you go (quoted directly from e-mail)...

"I saw your recent mention of RecycleBank. At RecycleBank we love bloggers and want to be sure to share this info with you ASAP because of all your loyal readers.

We appreciate you helping to spread the word about the company and our mission and wanted to send you some additional information to share with your readers that will help them to better understand how RecycleBank works.

As you know, RecycleBank motivates people to become greener citizens and smarter consumers by rewarding them for recycling at home or taking greener actions. With a robust rewards program, there is an incentive for everyone for doing their part to make the world a bit greener.

In addition to our curbside recycling program – now servicing 25 states and growing– anyone, anywhere in the U.S. can sign up for a RecycleBank account and earn RecycleBank points for all kinds of greener actions like: reusing products through a free exchange on Kashless, recycling your MP3 players, laptops and cell phones, and joining eBay’s Green Team Community and working to use what already exists in the world today.

Here are some examples of how members can earn points:


· Getting a new sofa? Rather than putting the old one to the curb on trash day, post it on Kashless.org. Need a sofa, check the listings by state, city, mileage radius… and pick one up for free. RecycleBank will reward you for either side, because you saved landfill space. And, there are dozens of categories to share in this free exchange of goods!

· Today you can send in your old cell phones, laptops, and iPod/MP3 players and earn RecycleBank points for keeping them out of the landfill. Starting in April, we’ll be accepting 20 different types of electronic waste! Visit www.RecycleBank.com/earn/electronics to see how to download a postage paid label for e-waste.

· Ever realize how green eBay is? It’s the ultimate source of that second of the three “R”s in the familiar environmental saying: reduce, reuse, and recycle. Join the eBay Green Team community through RecycleBank and you’ll earn 50 more points! Soon, you’ll even be able to use use your points for eBay transactions and make reuse even easier and more appealing!

· There are a lot more environmentally friendly behaviors in store, so stay tuned!


Hope you’ll share this information with your readers so they can get started earning rewards for being a little bit greener!

Best,

Melody "

So, there you are folks! Enjoy!

Winner of the "Alaskan Bargain Hunter" 50.00 giftcard giveaway!

Wow...I think that almost takes the prize as the longest subject line I've ever done *laugh*. 

First, I'd once again like to thank Fiber One and Safeway, through MyBlogSpark, for giving me the opportunity to host such an awesome giveaway! 

And now onto the part that you've all been waiting for.  I went to Random.org, put the numbers into the widget thingie annnnnnndddd the winner is....

mya2010!

You should be recieving an e-mail soon giving you instructions on what you need to do to claim your prize.  Congratulations!  Thanks to all those who participated!

My grocery trip for the week!

Well, at least most of it. I did go to Freddies today to get milk, strawberries, some bottle liners (I can't wait until the boy has given up night time feedings here soon) and a couple minor things. My store hasn't gotten the monthly deals booklet in yet *grumble*, so I wasn't able to get THAT, but there is one thing I wanted to point out to people who like coffee creamer. I was going to see if Coffeemate was once again on sale this month (it's not if shelf tags can be trusted), but I did find that International Delights Coffee Creamer is now down to 2.75 a container, which is a HECK of a lot cheaper than the 4.89 (before coupons) that the quart of Coffeemate is up to. Just wanted to point that out to everyone (just so the coffee creamer will definitely be sold out when I go so that I'll be forced to go back to my old standard of 2 teaspoons of splenda and a little low fat milk in my coffee *laugh*).

Well, here are my various grocery trips for this week :).  First I went to Toys R' Us earlier in the week armed with my 5.00 giftcard from Facebook and got ...

1 Thing of Fisher Price diapers for 4.99 after 5.00 giftcard promotion and 2 things Happy Baby puffs (after "free" coupons from Recyclebank...the snack coupons weren't available for long, but I managed to score two!  By the way these things are waaaayyy cheaper at Babies R Us then at Target in the Valley... 2.99 a piece).

I then went to Target the same day and got the following...

1 thing of Huggies is missing (we're in the middle of using it).  I got two things of Huggies diapers for 5.49 after the 2.00/1 Huggies coupon stacked with the 1.50/1 coupons from Target.com.  The size 4 jumbo packs were marked on the shelf at 8.99 a piece, but rang up at 9.99.  I complained and after doing a quick price check I got my money back at customer service, but I just wanted to warn people...ALWAYS check your reciept!

The cleaners were free after "free" coupons from Recyclebank (why oh why did Kashless have to redo their rewards system so that searches aren't worth points anymore?  I got so many cool coupons from that site's points *sniff*).

The coffee creamer was free after the "free" coupon from Facebook a little while back.

Then,  I went to Carrs yesterday and felt so darn good about what I spent! I got everything pictured above, plus 10.00 worth of toys for the kids (since they were playing with the truck and the bath toys, I didn't want to get into a fight over those *laugh*). All I actually ended up paying for out of pocket (after the 50.00 giftcard I had) was 20.00. I basically ended up paying for the DVD's (all were half price, so we got them for 1.49 to 3.00 a piece...we got five of them) and the toys and the rest was covered by the 50.00 giftcard.

I learned a valuable lesson yesterday. For one thing, prices have been creeping up everywhere for a while now, so that the gap in Carrs prices compared to everywhere else? Not as great as it used to be (sadly) and for another thing, their in-store sales are really nice! I can't see myself shopping at Carrs regularly (but who knows), but still...it was definitely a good trip!

I hit the reduced meat hard, which was awesome because I got 2 things of Chicken thighs for less than I would pay for a frozen 4 lb bag of them, and I also got a 2.5 lb thing of Chicken breasts for less than I would pay for a half of a bag of a frozen bag (so I felt it was worth the price). I'm going to throw the thighs in with some marinades and freeze those and the chicken breasts I'm going to cook up to throw into casseroles and other dishes =).  I also got two things of pork chops (nice ones too) and a thing of thin sliced steaks (destined to be French Dips later this week).

I was just so happy to get so much meat for so little.

Some other highlights?

Chunky soups were on sale B1G1, so I got some clam chowder for about 1.25 a can.

The Tyson chicken nuggets were on sale B1G1, so I got two bags for 4.40 a bag (about)

The Coke was on sale 4.49 a piece when you bought 3. YES, I could have gotten these cheaper at Target this week, but I felt it was worth not having to go to Target this week to just get them at Carrs. I used 3 1.00/1 Coke product coupons from Recyclebank (when they were still 10 points per coupon) to get these for 3.49 a piece.

The Fiber One Yogurt was the other "free" container I scored with the B1G1 coupon my mom sent (since we ate everything but one little container of the other 4 pack).  I'm hoping the peach tastes as good as the vanilla did.

I got the popsicles as a treat for my daughter (she likes home made popsicles, she LOVES store bought popsicles...oddly enough my son doesn't really like the store bought ones, he prefers the home made ones), and to give me a little break from finding a flat spot in my freezer to make home made popsicles. 

The Hillshire farms sausages, the pizza, the chips and the potato salad were all free for spending 50.00 or over.

So, there you have it folks!  My grocery trips for the week!  So, between the Carrs trip I did, the Fred Meyer trip and the trip to Target for diapers and the Babies R' Us trip my budget for the week is standing at about 60.00 (with Fred Meyer Rewards applied, I ended up spending more than I wanted, but I also had to get things like a printer cartridge, so I'm not too upset).  More than I've been spending, but not too shabby I'd say :).  I have to go and clean a DVD for my kids, so I'd better jet!  Enjoy!

Walgreens Deals for the week!

Deals for the week 2/07/10

PLEASE NOTE: The weekly deals on this blog are dedicated to helping you use the coupons that you can get readily in Alaska based newspapers (and other sources such as the internet). I do not do coupon match-ups based on Lower 48 coupons that people may get through other means, so if you are wondering why my match-ups are different than other blogs, this is why.

Okay, DEFINITELY the best deal at Walgreens this week (in my biased opinion) is the Huggies RR deal (and by the way from reports this Register Reward WILL roll if you use a cheap filler! This will get fixed QUICKLY though, so if you want really cheap diapers do it quick!). Okay, yeah you can get free Dove Men's body wash, but STILL you have to check this out!

Huggies diapers on sale 10.99, buy 1 get a 3.00 RR
Use 2.00/1 coupon here (IE), or HERE (FF link)
Stack with the 1.00/1 coupon from the Walgreens Children's Activity booklet (found over by the Coloring books, if you can find it up here)
Pay 7.99 out of pocket, get 3.00 RR
Final price: 4.99 per thing of diapers

Now IF you can get this RR deal to roll, do this...

Buy 1 Valentines day pencil, .25 a piece with in-ad coupon (cheapest thing I could find...this will insure that your RR will work)
Use 2.00/1 Huggies coupon
Stack with the 1.00/1 coupon from the Walgreens Children's Activity Booklet
Stack with your 3.00 Register Reward from the previous transaction
Pay 3.99 out of pocket, get a 3.00 RR
Final Price: .99 per thing of diapers after Register Reward (plus the .25 for your pencil :)!

Dove Men's body wash on sale 5.99, buy 1 get 5.99 Register Reward
Final Price: FREE after Register Reward!

Nabisco cookies and crackers on sale 1.29 (4 oz to 8 oz)
Use 1.00/2 from the Nabisco Calander coupon snail mailer for February
Final Price: .79 per thing of cookies/crackers when you buy 2

Dr. Pepper, 7-Up, A&W, Sunkist or Canada Dry on sale 1.33 a piece, buy 3 get 2.00 RR
Final price: .66 a piece when you buy 3

Lindsay Olives on sale 1.29 with in-ad coupon (limit 3)
Use 1.00/2 coupon
Final Price: .79 a piece when you buy 2

Gillette Fusion Razors on sale 8.99, buy 1 get a 4.00 RR
Use 4.00/1 from the Feb. P&G
Pay 4.99 out of pocket, get 4.00 RR
Final Price: .99 per razor

Schick Quatro razors on sale 5.99, buy 1 get a 1.00 RR
Use 2.00/1 from the 2/7 SS (I THINK...my inserts are in my kitchen and I'm tripping over kids...we have a coupon for these how about that *laugh*)...
Pay 3.99 out of pocket, get a 1.00 RR
Final Price: 2.99 per thing of Razors

Triaminic or Theraflu products on sale 5.00, buy 2 get a 5.00 RR
Final Price: 2.50 per product after RR

Kotex products on sale 2/7.00, buy 2 get a 3.00 RR at checkout
Use 1.50/2 Kotex Pantiliners
OR
2.00/2 Kotex pads
Pay 5.00 out of pocket (if you use the 2.00/2 coupon), get 3.00 RR
Final Price: 1.00 per product after RR

There you go folks. The best deals I could find at Walgreens this week. YES, there are other sales going on at Walgreens, but seriously these are the coolest ones :). Enjoy!

NOTE: Always remember with the Register Rewards that you are allowed ONE coupon per item (one store and one manufacturer coupon) and Register Rewards count as a coupon. So, if you are going after some mega freebie deals...use filler "items" to make sure your one on one ratio is correct for the computer or your Register Reward won't print. My suggestion? ALWAYS check the Walgreens clearance...it has had some awesome deals in it, and if you can't find anything you want there I always buy Royal pudding because it is .39 a box regular price (or .33 a piece if you buy 3). Can't beat that for a filler item.

Also, if you are going to "Roll" your register rewards, be sure to break up your transactions because you are only allowed to "roll" your register reward once. Say, for instance, you got a 5.00 register reward for buying diapers and wanted to buy more diapers. On the second transaction, since you used your 5.00 register reward from your first transaction to buy the same product, your new 5.00 register reward would not print. So ALWAYS break up your transactions if you want your register rewards to print without hassles. Just wanted to give a "heads up" to everyone!

One more thing as well. Always hand over coupons in the following order...

Manufacturer coupon
Store coupons

In the case of overage this will many times stop the computer from "beeping" and causing problems that require a manager, lost time and headaches. There you go all...Walgreens 101 ;)

Target Deals for the week!

Deals for the week 02/07/10

PLEASE NOTE: The weekly deals on this blog are dedicated to helping you use the coupons that you can get readily in Alaska based newspapers (and other sources such as the internet). I do not do coupon match-ups based on Lower 48 coupons that people may get through other means, so if you are wondering why my match-ups are different than other blogs, this is why.

Well there are some decent deals at Target this week. Check it out!

Orbit Gum (3 pack) on sale 2.00
Use 1.00/1 coupon
Final Price: 1.00 per 3 pack

Progresso Soups on sale 2.25 each
Use 1.10/3 here
OR
HERE
Final Price: 1.88 a piece when you buy 3

Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Crackers on sale 2.39 (6.6 oz)
Use .75/1 coupon
Final Price: 1.64 per thing of Goldfish

Fiber one Bars on sale 3.00
Use .40/1 coupon here
Or
HERE
Final price: 2.60 per thing of Bars

Fiber One Toaster Pastries on sale 2.25 each
Use .40/1 coupon here
Final Price: 1.85 per thing of Toaster Pastries

Coca Cola 12 packs on sale 4.00 a piece (2 liter on sale 1.33 a piece)
Use 1.00/1 Coca Cola products if you have it from Recyclebank
Final price: 3.00 per 12 pack or .33 per 2 liter bottle

Welch's Grape Juice on sale 3.25 a piece (nice price for grape juice...isn't that sad???)

28 lb Arm and Hammer Litter on sale 10.99
Use 1.00/1 coupon
Final price: 9.99 per thing of Catlitter

Herbal Essences Shampoo on sale 2.99
Use B1G1 in the February P&G
Or Use B1 Shampoo get 1 Styling product free
Final Price: 1.49 per product when you buy 2

GIFT CARD DEALS!

Buy 2 Gillette Razors at 7.99 get a 5.00 Target giftcard
Use 2 4.00/1 coupons from the Feb. P&G
Pay 7.98 out of pocket, get 5.00 giftcard
Final price: 1.49 per razor after coupons and giftcard

Buy 5 Selected Quaker Oats products get a 5.00 giftcard
Quaker Cereal on sale 3.50 a piece
Use 5 (if possible) 1.00/1 coupon from here
Pay 12.50 out of pocket, get 5.00 giftcard
Final Price: 1.50 per product after coupons and giftcard

Quaker chewy bars or bites 2.89
Use 1.00/2 coupon here
OR
HERE
Pay 12.45 out of pocket, get a 5.00 giftcard
Final Price: 1.49 per product after coupons and giftcard

This one isn't that great, but...

Buy 10 Healthy Choice meals at 3.00 a piece, get a 5.00 giftcard
Use 5 1.00/2 coupons
Pay 25.00 out of pocket, get a 5.00 giftcard
Final Price: 2.00 a piece after coupons and giftcard

And there you are folks. The best deals I could find at Target this week. Enjoy!

Recap post for today!

Ugh! What a day! We ended up playing "Musical stuck vehicles in the driveway" most of the day. We're all very tired around here. Anyhow, let's get onto the recap post (and yes, I am working on the Target and Walgreens deals, so stay tuned for those too).

GO HERE to request a sample of the new "Burt's Bees Natural Toothpaste". This one will go quick, so be sure to request it soon.

Have you printed off your way cool 1.00/1 Friskies cat treats coupon from Coupons.com yet? If you have, there is still hope for getting some really nice cheap cat treats...

GO HERE to print another set!

Remember, tommorrow is the "Free Grand Slam" day at Denny's from 6:00 am to 2 pm only! This is a nationwide freebie and from what I understand this is a very popular one, so be prepared for lines if you go!

Free Music Downloads for Valentines Day from Amazon.com

Sign up for the Box Tops for Education Newsletter and get a coupon book with 10.00 worth of coupons in it.

And there you are folks! The recap post for today! Enjoy!

Fred Meyer Deals for the week!

Deals for the week 2/07/10

*******PLEASE NOTE: The weekly deals on this blog are dedicated to helping you use the coupons that you can get readily in Alaska based newspapers (and other sources such as the internet). I do not do coupon match-ups based on Lower 48 coupons that people may get through other means, so if you are wondering why my match-ups are different than other blogs, this is why.********

Okay, first I'd like to make a retraction. When I went to the store the other night and got my things of Fiber One Yogurt (my mom sent me a B1G1 coupon from a tearpad at some store, so I got two with my free coupon from Fiber One and Safeway, through MyBlogSpark), I just picked them up (am I dumb...yyeesss I am ;) and left. I didn't actually check my reciept (I had to pay tax, so I just didn't think anything of it really). When the people at MyBlogSpark contacted me, I assumed that they had verified the Fiber One yogurt deal in Alaska, but they didn't. My reciept shows a total of 3.00 a piece, not two, so in actuality they are on sale up here for 2/6.00, not 4.00. Sorry about that! Still got free yogurt out of the deal (which I'm hoping that the "free" coupon price cap did cover it so Carrs doesn't have to eat the difference, but I don't remember what it was), but I wanted to pass that along to everyone.

Anyhow, onto the Fred Meyer deals for this week! Let's see what we can do with them shall we?

Beef Loin T-Bone Steaks or Collossal prawns on sale 5.99 lb (I'd suggest hitting Carrs for the Ribeyes on sale for 5.49 lb until Tuesday *I THINK* myself...much more tender cut of meat and just a TAD cheaper).

Braeburn, Fuji or Gala apples .98 lb

Fred Meyer gallon milk 2.99

Betty Crocker Potatoes or Helper meals (hamburger helper, chicken helper, etc.) on sale 1.25 a piece with in-ad coupon (limit 8)
Use .40/1 Betty Crocker Potatoes coupon here
OR
Use .75/3 Betty Crocker Helpers meals coupon here
OR
HERE
Final Price: .85-1.00 a piece after coupon

Fred Meyer English Muffins or Butter on sale 2.50 a piece after in-ad coupon (limit 6)

Breyers Ice Cream or Klondike Novelties on sale 3.00 a piece with in-ad coupon (limit 4)

Healthy Choice or Marie Calander dinners on sale 2.00 a piece with in-ad coupon (limit 5)
Use 1.00/2 Healthy Choice dinner coupon here
Final Price: 1.50 per Healthy Choice dinner after coupon

General Mills Cereal on sale 2.50 a piece (11.25 oz. Chocolate Cheerios, 16 oz. Lucky Charms, 16.2 oz Fiber One Twin Pouch, 17 oz. Cinnamon Toast Crunch, 17.1 oz. Wheaties Fuel or 18 oz. Cheerios or Reese's Peanut Butter Cup) with in-ad coupon (limit 4)
Use 1.00/1 Cheerios coupon
OR
1.00/1 Cinnamon Toast Crunch, or Lucky Charms
OR
Various General Mills Cereal coupons here
OR
.50/1 Chocolate Cheerios here
Final Price: 1.50 or higher per thing of Cereal after coupons.

Tyson Bacon 2/6.00 with in-ad coupon (limit 4)

The good ol' Chicken Tenderloins are back for 7.99 after in-ad coupon (limit 4)

Hershey's Valentines packaged candy on sale 2/5.00 with in-ad coupon (limit 4)

In the deli Heritage Farm Roast Beef or Private Selection Swiss Cheese is on sale 6.99 lb.

Campbells Chunky soups are on sale 2/4.00 (go to Carrs...they have B1G1 on their Chunky Soups till Tuesday it turns out. I got two cans of clam chowder for 2.49).
Use 1.00/3 coupon
Final Price: 1.66 a piece when you buy 3

Betty Crocker Muffin or Brownie mix 2.50 a piece

Fred Meyer big can of coffee on sale 5.49

Santiam canned veggies on sale .80 a piece

Strawberries on sale 3.50 for a lb (yay! I'm going to do cartwheels not having to pay 5.00 for a thing of Strawberries this week =).

Blueberries (6 oz.) on sale 3.50

Anjou pears on sale 1.48 lb

Packaged mushrooms 2/4.00

Leaf Lettuce on sale 1.50 a bunch

Hothouse tomatoes 2.29 lb

Knudsen Juice on sale 2.50 a piece

Green & Black Chocolate 2/5.00
Use 1.00/1 coupon
Final Price: 1.50 a piece

Crest Toothpaste on sale 2/5.00
Use .75/1 from the 2/7 P&G
Final Price: 1.75 per thing of speciality toothpaste

Kashi Heart to Heart Crackers or Organic Promise Cereal on sale 3.00 a piece
Look for 1.00/2 coupons in the Naturally Preffered Booklet and I THINK there was a 1.00/1 coupon for the Heart Crackers a while back (I don't think it expired till March, but I used mine a while ago at Target).
Final Price: 2.00 to 2.50 per thing of crackers/cereal

Mangos on sale 1.25 a piece

Bulk Walnuts 3.29 lb

Brocoli Crowns or Cauliflower on sale 1.48 lb

Bob's Red Mill Bulk Oats or Flax seeds save 25%

Ocean Spray coctails on sale 2.50 a piece

Fred Meyer X-Large eggs (1 dozen) on sale 2.00 with in ad coupon (limit4)
Use B1G1 from the Incredible Edible Egg promotion on Facebook
Final price: 1.00 per thing of eggs when you get 2

2 lb mini-carrots bag 1.50 with in-ad coupon (limit 4)

Fred Meyer yogurt on sale .40 a piece with in-ad coupon (limit 10)

Smart Balance tubs on sale 2.50
Use 1.00/2 coupon
Final price: 2.00 a piece when you buy 2

MONTHLY DEALS: Coming as soon as I can get to Fred Meyer a little later in the week and get a monthly ad.

And there you are folks. The best I could do with Freddies this week. Enjoy!