If you live in or near Spartanburg SC the local Regal Movie theater will start to play FREE Christmas movies every Saturday morning, starting THIS Saturday. I have a feeling this isn’t the only theater in the country doing this, so give your local places a call and see if anyone else is joining in on the fun.
Here is the schedule for the Spartanburg Westgate 8
Nov. 21 — Fred Claus, PG
Nov. 28 — A Christmas Story, PG
Dec. 5 — Nativity Story, PG
Dec. 12 — Christmas with the Kranks, PG
Dec. 19 — How the Grinch Stole Christmas
(thanks Anna!)
If you find any other theaters doing something similar leave a comment with the city and location.
Your mission should you accept it, go into your pantry, and cabinets and put some of your freebies to good use!
This is the week to get your Operation Christmas Child boxes put together and dropped off. These are so easy to make and are a wonderful Christmas present for so many kids.
Get instructions for putting a box together and then find a drop off location in your city. This is drop off week so make sure you get it in by November 23rd.
Here are some ideas for your box from their website:
TOYS
small cars, balls, dolls, stuffed animals, kazoos, harmonicas, yo-yos, jump ropes, small Etch A Sketch®, toys that light up or make noise (with extra batteries), Slinky®, etc.
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
pens, pencils and sharpener, crayons or markers, stamps and ink pad sets, writing pads or paper, solar calculators, coloring and picture books, etc.
HYGIENE ITEMS
toothbrush, toothpaste, mild bar soap (in a plastic bag), comb, washcloth, etc.
OTHER
Hard candy and lollipops (please double bag all candy), mints, gum, T-shirts, socks, ball caps; sunglasses, hair clips, toy jewelry, watches, flashlights (with extra batteries)
Vocal Point, a program started by Procter & Gamble, is looking for new sign ups! This is a great program that requires little to no work from you other than sharing deals with your friends. They will mail you boxes and booklets filled with fun freebies and always filled with great coupons! To get signed up go here. It takes maybe 3-5 minutes and is well worth your time!!
We have gotten:
Free Olay Pro-X full size
Free Secret Clinical Strength trial size
Free Kashi Cereal coupon
Free Kashi Waffle coupon
Free Schick Razor
With every sample and booklet comes 5 coupons!
My mail today even brought another package, 5 coupons for Pantene. One of them was for $2 off! Just in time for the sale this week at Walgreens or CVS.
Now through November 15th if you bring any regular, non green, non efficient, string o’ lights to Home Depot they will give you $3 off a new string of LED Christmas lights. Go here for more information.
***This deal has expired, but for more holiday deals go here.***
This makes 50 string LED lights around $2.95.
(thanks Natalie!)
Maybe I’m tired this morning, but this makes me a sad for all the regular strings of lights. They are being sent to the land of misfit toys…
I am working on the Publix weekly deals and wanted to see what areas are still accepting non grocery store competitor coupons. From what I am hearing this is becoming very rare. So…
If your store still takes Target, Rite Aid, CVS etc. please leave a comment below. To make it easier on me and anyone else that wants this information if you will, leave it like this:
Columbia, SC
Takes only Grocery Store coupons from stores in our area.
Food Lion, Kroger, Bi-Lo, Piggly Wiggly, Earth Fare
If you see your area covered then either reply to that comment if you have a different finding or consider your area covered. (Tip: if we have a lot of comments use the search page function of your web browser to search for your city name)
Update: They all take competitor coupons, this is just to help me see what competitors, so please a little more than “takes competitors” :)
Update: It looks like we actually got a week heads up on the booklet. Look for it in most stores Monday, 11/9!
This booklet is scheduled to hit your Publix stores next Monday! That doesn’t mean all stores will put it out then, but definitely be on the look out. This booklet is very exciting! I have already added some of these coupons into the current Kroger list in hope that we can find it this week!!
Remember the coupons in blue you can find a manufacturer coupon to use with them for more savings!
A BIG thanks to Jeff for the early heads up and for all the typing.
All Coupons expire 12/31.
Holiday Items (all store coupons this category)
$1 off 2 or more packages of Christmas lights
$1 off 2 or more packages of holiday wrapping paper or bows
$1 off Christmas plush
$1 off toy under $19.99 (this will make $1 toys free)
$3 off toy $19.99 or higher
Household
$1 off Scotch Magic or Gift Wrap tape
$1 off Scotch mailing or packaging tape
$1/2 Scotch mailers
$1.50 Command product
$3 off Fur Fighter Kit or refill
$1 off Scotch Lint Rollers or refills
$1.50 off Scotch-Brite Soap dispensing brush or Dobie scrubber
$1.50 off Scotch-Brite shower and bath scrubber
$1 off one O-Cel-O sponge
$2 off Scotch-Brite Premium Surface Cook Top Cleaner starter kit
$1 off Dobie Cleaning Pad or Scotch-Brite Sponge 6 pk
$1 off Scotch-Brite Dish Wand
.55/1 off Comet Mildew Stain Remover
.55/1 off Comet Soft Cleanser
$1/2 Wright’s items (Silver Cream, Silver Polish, Copper Cream) (store coupon)
$1/2 Weiman trigger items (Cook Top, Stainless Steel, Granite) (store coupon)
$1 off Weiman Cook Top Cleaner 15 oz. (store coupon)
$1 off Diswasher Magic Dishwasher Cleaner & Disinefectant
$1 off Seventh Generation product
$1 off Fuji Multipack VHS, Optical, or Camcorder product (store coupon)
$5 off your purchase instantly when you buy $50 or more SpaFinder gift cards (store coupon)
$5 off Mr. Coffee, Oster, Crock Pot, or Sunbeam small appliance (store coupon)
$1 off any Soy Inspirations product (soy candles)
Health & Beauty
$2 off Ecotrin Aspirin Regimen product or Contact Cold & Flu Caplets any size (store coupon)
$2 off Tagamet Heartburn Relief product, Gaviscon , or Phazyme any size (store coupon)
$3 off Citrucel with Smartfiber Bulk FIber Therapy Product or Os-Cal (store coupon)
.55/2 V05 Shampoo or Conditioner 15 oz
$2 off Method product (liquid soap)
$2 off Debrox Earwax Removal Kit (store coupon)
Family Mealtime
.55/1 Dixie Crystals Sugar 5lb bag or 3.4lb pouch (store coupon)
.55/1 off Dixie Crystals Sugar 2 lb poly (store coupon)
$1 off Olivio product (tub, spreadable, spray butter) (store coupon)
.55 off Diamond Crystals Kosher Salt
.55 off Diamond Crystals Salt Sense
$1 off Truvia Natural Sweetener 40 or 80 ct
$1/2 cans of Oregon Fruit
.75 off can of Baker’s Joy 5 oz (non-stick spray)
$1/2 Ghiradelli Stand-Up Bags store coupon
$1/2 Simply Potatoes any size (store coupon)
.75 off Crystal Farms All Whites or Better’n Eggs (store coupon)
$1 off Hillshire Farms Smoked Sausage product (store coupon)
$1/2 Jimmy Dean Fresh or Fully Cooked products (store coupon)
$1 off Sara Lee Frozen Dessert
$1 off can of Don Francisco’s Coffee
.75/1 Post Shredded Wheat, Raisin Bran, Bran Flakes, or Grape Nuts 15 oz or larger
.75/1 half gallon of Blue Diamond chilled Almond Breeze Almond Milk
$1 off Apple & Eve Fruitables or 100% Juice 8 pks (store coupon)
$2 off Joffrey’s Premium Ground Coffee 1 lb
$1 off PureVia all-natural zero-calorie sweetener all sizes
$1 off package of Jones Dairy Farm All-Natural Sausage 12 oz (store coupon)
.55 off Bridgford Cinnamon Monkey Bread
$1 off Kim & Scott’s Gourmet Pretzels (store coupon)
.55/1 House-Autry Southern Baked item
.55/1 Margaret Holmes item
.55/2 Pioneer Gravy Mixes
.75/1 Musselman’s Apple Sauce
$1/2 Uncle Ben’s Long Grain & Wild Rice 6-6.7 oz
.60 off Geisha Crabmeat store coupon
.55 off Phillips Crab Cakes or Crab Cake Minis store coupon
$1 off Oven Poppers item (store coupon)
$1 off tub of Breakstone’s Sour Cream 24 oz
$1 off pkg of Oreo Cookies 9 oz or larger
$1 off brick of Philadelphia Cream Cheese 8 oz
$3.75 off Every Day with Rachel Ray wyb (2) Sorrento Mozarella or Ricotta Cheeses
$1 off any size Sorrento Fresh Mozarella Cheese
.75 off Naturally Fresh Dressing any 12 oz jar
.75 off Naturally Fresh Cranberry Walnut Dressing
.55 off Naturally Fresh Salad Toppings, any bag
$1/2 Old Orchard Healthy Balance Reduced-Sugar Drinks
$1/2 Old Orchard Frozen Juice Concentrates
$1/2 Chiquita Frozen Fruit Smoothies
$1 off any Jose Ole 16 oz or larger
B2G1Jose Ole Burritos or Chimichangas 2.5oz.
.75 off Gardein Garden Protein frozen meals
$1/2 Sister Schubert’s frozen products
$1/2 New york Brand frozen products
$1 off Barber Foods product (store coupon)
(side note: Enter to win a $25 Publix gift card and a year’s supply of Barber Foods Stuffed Chicken Breasts at barberfoods.com/publix)
$2 off any Contessa Microsteam or On the Stove Meals
.55/2 Edy’s products 1.5qt, Nestle Novelties 4ct or larger, Haagen Dazs ice cream 14oz, Edy’s Dibs frozen treats, or The Skinny Cow frozen treats
This is your friendly reminder that tomorrow is the last day of the month. For couponing that means that printable coupons on Coupons.com and Smartsource will be replaced with new deals on Sunday.
What you need to do:
1. Look over the grocery lists for your area and print any coupons listed now. Also head print any other coupons you think you will use now.
2. Go shopping if possible before Sunday, as many of your Sunday insert coupons also expire tomorrow.
3. Check back on Sunday afternoon (after church) to see updates to each store list with the addition of new November coupons!
Many grocery stores now have a charity system tied into their shoppers card. Each time you shop you can scan your card as usual and a small percentage from each trip will go to the charities that you have selected. It is usually based on the after sale, before coupon total. Each store has a different program, here are the ones that I could find:
Bi-Lo:
You can select up to 3 charities to support. Your charities will receive 1% of each transaction from Bi-Lo. For more information go here.
To get set up:
- Get an enrollment card from the organization you want to help.
- Have the cashier scan your Bi-Lo card and the enrollment card, this only needs to be done once to link them together.
If you would like some ideas, try your local school, shelters etc. One mission idea we love is called HydroMissions, they help provide fresh water in 3rd world countries. They are based in South Carolina and would love more support. You can get the enrollment card here, if you would like to help support them.
Kroger:
You can select 1 charity for the year. Each year you will need to reselect a charity.
To get set up:
- Select a Charity that you want to support.
Texas or Lousianna
(I used to support a local school in SC but can’t find the site for it now, any one know about other areas?) - Have them scan your store card and the charity barcode once in the store to link them together
Publix:
You need to get a key tag from the charity that you would like to support and scan this every time you shop. If you also use the Publix Upromise key tag, they can be scanned in the same transaction so it won’t affect your college savings. Many stores keep key tags for schools in their area at the registers.
Food Lion:
You can link your card to one charity each year. Go here to find your charity and get set up.
Harris Teeter:
Link to one school each year. No other types of organizations are participating. Go here to find the school you would like to support and get you Vic card linked automatically.
Ingles:
Link to one school each year. No other types of organizations are participating. Go here to find your school and get your Advantage Buy Card linked.
If you printed the $2 off Nestle and Wonka coupons already, you can print two more! They have been reset 2 times already so there might be many more in your future. Remember you can print 2 per computer you have.
Folks are also saying that .55/1 Snapple coupon is reset.
Have you found any others?
