Beer Money

No, I'm not giving anybody money to buy beer. But beer companies are giving us money and we don't even have to buy their beer.

I have a few extra rebate forms if anyone is interested. The last call on these rebates is 12/31.

Budweiser: Spend $10 in salty snacks, ice, coolers, condiments, dips, bottled water, pizza, buns and/or prepared foods and get $6.

Budweiser: Spend $10 on any turkey, ham or deli platter and get $6.

Coors: Spend $50 or more in gift cards and get $10.

Corona: Spend $10 on meat, poultry and/or seafood and get $10.

George Killian's Irish Red: Spend $8 on any hot deli foods and get $4.

Heineken: Spend $80 in groceries and get $20.

Keystone Light: Spend $20 on certain holiday accessories and get $10.

Miller Lite: Spend $10 on a turkey or ham and get $3.

Miller Lite: Spend $10 on beef or seafood and get $3.

Pabst Blue Ribbon: Spend at least $85 in groceries on multiple receipts and get $15.

Shock Top Belgian White: Spend $10 on pumpkins, fall fruits and/or baking items and get $6.

Email me at qponswithclass@aol.com if you want one or more of these rebates. First come, first served!

In December, I received $149 in rebates. I am waiting on $45 in rebate checks. Today, I mailed off over $75 in rebates. I love rebates!

**Pinch**

Twas Days Before Christmas - Pantene

CVS is wanting all of us to have clean hair for the holidays. The deal on Pantene products is good thru January 1st.

Buy 2 for $6.97
Use B1G1 Q (minus $3.49)
Use $1/1 Q (for the one that's not free)

OOP $2.48

Get $2 ECB...makes it 48¢ for 2!

If you are lucky enough to get a $1/2 Q from the red magic machine, then your OOP would be $1.48. After the $2 ECB, two Pantene products would be a 52¢ moneymaker.

Be sure to save your Pantene receipt for the Olay rebate. In fact, save ALL your receipts. On Monday, I will be listing the rebates that end December 31st. I will also be giving away rebate forms. Rebates are a good way to get back a portion of the money you paid out for all those Christmas presents. By the way, where is MY Christmas present? I will be home all day if you want to stop by and give me my gift!

**Pinch**

Rite Aid Gift of Savings

I hope you saved your receipts! The Rite Aid Gift of Savings program ends soon. For more details, check out the Rite Aid website. All qualified in-store and on-line purchases made between November 26th and December 25th are eligible for a Gift Certificate. Manufacturer coupons are not deducted from your purchases. However, the $1 Video Values are deducted.

Spend $25-50, get a $5 GC
Spend $51-$100, get a $10 GC
Spend over $100, get a $20 GC

I just requested my RA Gift Certificate. My purchases totaled $105.29. My OOP was $32.38 (including tax). I am eligible for the $20 Gift Certificate and a $5 Single Check Rebate. I still have $13 in +UP Rewards left to spend. I really have been paid to shop at Rite Aid!

**Pinch**

In My Christmas Mail Box

I got a coupon for Dreft for the Grand Beauties and my P&G coupon booklet. WOO HOO! I used some of the coupons from that booklet already!

To receive your coupon booklet with over $110 in coupons, buy $50 worth of P&G products (before coupons and tax) and send in the rebate form found here. This rebate ends December 31, 2010.

==Sleeping Beauty==

Happy Halloween

Harris Teeter has carving pumpkins on sale for $3.99 each (regular $6.99). The Little Pinches had a great time decorating these pumpkins with the free pumpkin decorating set I got at CVS a few weeks ago. The three pumpkins were $11.97 (not including tax) and I used $6 in catalinas from the GM deal. Final cost was $5.97 (plus tax). AND I get $6 back in a rebate from a beer company. I love rebates!

**Pinch**

I Love Freebies

Here are some of the freebies I have gotten over the past few weeks:

$2 Q for chicken, beef or produce from Wishbone
Nivea body lotion sample and $1 body lotion Q
Nivea body wash sample and $1 body wash Q
Q for free tub of Cottonelle flushable moist wipes
Q for free Advil tablets or liqui-gels
Good Earth dinner kit and 10 Qs for $1.25 off
Hand sanitizing spray pen from CVS (not pictured)
$5 Q from McAlister's Deli (not pictured)
$7.50 rebate check from Coors Light (not pictured)

But the freebie that made me laugh until I almost wet my pants was this one:

I'll post my Chex Mix story tonight. I promise!!

**Pinch**

On Aqua Pond

Food Lion has a great deal on Deer Park Aqua Pod water. The 8-pack is on sale for $1. AND if you buy three Aqua Pods, you will get a catalina for $3.

The catalina is rolling...which means buy three and get a $3 catalina. Then buy three more, use the $3 catalina, pay 6¢ in tax and get another $3 catalina.

It gets even better...there is a Miller Lite $10 rebate when you buy $30 in bottled water. If you can't find the Miller Lite rebate in the store, I have extra rebate forms.

Now the bad news...I went to four Food Lion stores this morning. There are very few Aqua Pods left. I did get a raincheck, but one manager told me to check back on Tuesday after the store restocks tonight. The Aqua Pod sale continues through September 28 and the catalina runs through October 3rd. I did not have a coupon, but there is one for $1.50/2. If you don't have this coupon either, you can order some from a coupon clipping service.

Cheers! Here's to staying hydrated!

**Pinch**

Will Work For Food

I worked hard on this meal. HA HA HA HA

Ribs (price before VIC savings $20.07) = $10.02
Corn-on-the-Cob (25¢ each x 5) = $1.25
Cantaloupe ($1.49; ate 1/2) = 75¢
Potatoes (3) = 63¢
BBQ Sauce for Ribs = FREE
Aluminum Foil for Ribs = FREE
Butter and Sour Cream for Potatoes = FREE
Iced Tea = FREE

Price of meal for 2 adults and 2 children = $12.65

I am using the ribs receipt for the Coors Light any meat $7.50 rebate. I am using the potatoes, corn and cantaloupe receipt for the Blue Moon $5 rebate. I did not add in sugar for the tea or salt/pepper. Anyway, this meal cost less than $1!!

It's a good thing I bought Zegerid Sunday at Walgreens. (Zegerid is a wonderful heartburn OTC medicine.) Mr. Pinch got heartburn from the BBQ sauce. Or did he have indigestion because of me?

Box of Zegerid = $10
minus $3Q and $5 RR
Cost = $2 (plus tax)

Walgreens/Zegerid catalina rebate: $10

I work hard to make money...if it's by giving Mr. Pinch indigestion, oh well! Too bad, so sad.

**Pinch**

She Doesn't Eat Air Wick, Does She?

Even though I buy a lot of Air Wick and Glade, I don't eat them. And "buy" might not be the best word..."bring home" is better since Glade and Air Wick products are so cheap. Pinch and I actually do buy food at the stores.

This is a meal Mr. Beauty and I had for dinner last week.

Steak (thick cut Ribeye, 3 in a pack $10.09) = $3.36 for 1
Hamburger Steak (I don't eat Ribeyes) = 92¢
Bread ($1.49; used half) = 75¢
Lettuce (99¢/head; used 1/4) = 25¢
Baked Potatoes (3/$1.44; used 2) = 96¢
Feta cheese for salad (entire container less than $1) = .10
Other condiments for salad and baked potato (butter, sour cream, cheese, salad dressing and croutons) = FREE

Meal for two adults: $6.34

I wonder how much this meal would cost at a steakhouse?

Mr. Beauty and I ate at Burger King recently and spent over $6 for two whoppers and fries. I found a receipt for Taco Bell...I spent $3.52 for two tacos and cheesy potatoes.

I saved my receipts for the rebates. The cost of the Ribeye and Hamburger Steak will be covered by the $7.50 Coors Light rebate. And the lettuce and potatoes will be included in the $5 Blue Moon rebate. So...the cost of my meal just dropped to less than $1.

Now tell me that sending in rebates and shopping with coupons is too much trouble!!

==Sleeping Beauty==

Up For Grabs

I have several rebate forms available. These will be given out on a first-come basis. If you would like one or more of these rebates, please send me an email. Please do not leave your address or telephone number in the comment section.

Blue Moon - Save $5 after mail-in rebate when you purchase any produce. Minimum $10 produce purchase required. Produce purchase can be on multiple receipts. No alcohol purchase necessary. Purchase must occur between 8/23/10 and 9/30/10. Request must be postmarked by 10/15/10. Offer good to residents of NC and WV only.

Coors Light - Save $7.50 after mail-in rebate when you purchase meat. Minimum $15 meat purchase required. Meat purchase can be on multiple receipts. No alcohol purchase necessary. Purchase must occur between 8/4/10 and 9/7/10. Request must be postmarked by 9/21/10. Offer good to residents of KY, NC and WV.

Miller Lite - Pamphlet with two rebates and six coupons. (1) Save $10 after mail-in rebate when you purchase $30 of any "Fall Tailgating Essentials" (bottled water, ice, deli platter, charcoal or cooler). Offer good to residents of AL, AR, HI, KY, ME, MN, MO, NC, NJ, UT, VA and WV. (2) Save $10 after mail-in rebate when you purchase one Blue Rhino propane tank (with or without the exchange of an empty tank). Offer good to residents of AL, AR, HI, KY, ME, MO, NC, NE, NY, OR, UT, VA and WV. The following conditions are the same for both rebates. No alcohol purchase necessary. Purchase must occur between 8/1/10 and 10/31/10. Request must be postmarked by 11/15/10.

Renpure Organics Shampoo/Conditioner - "Try Me Free" mail-in rebate up to $6.99. Submission must be postmarked within 30 days of purchase date.

Ronzoni - Buy any six boxes of Ronzoni pasta and get $3 after mail-in rebate. All six boxes must be purchased in a single transaction. Purchase must occur between 8/16/10 and 10/29/10. Request must be postmarked by 10/29/10.

Wish-Bone - Receive $2 coupon good on chicken, beef or produce when you buy any two Wish-Bone 7-ounce salad spritzers or 16-ounce dressings. Purchase can be on multiple receipts. Purchase must be between 1/1/10 and 12/31/11. Request must be postmarked by 1/15/12.

**Pinch**

Food Lion Findings

Before I tell you about my findings at Food Lion today, I must make an apology. In a previous post (Mail Call), I said that 12-pack Pepsi products would be on sale for 4/$9. The sale is actually 4/$10.

Last week, I got a $4/$40 catalina, but I used it at Harris Teeter on Friday. Guess what I found in my buggy? A $4/$40 catalina that someone left behind! Not one to let something go to waste, I used it. On Friday afternoon, I got a text that FL loaded a $3/$30 coupon on my MVP card.

I didn't do too bad at FL today...considering this store doesn't double coupons. The few noteworthy things on sale this week are B1G1 Lay's chips and Sunny D $1 each (internet Q $1 off 3).

Shelf Price: $57.03
minus MVP: $16.13
minus coupons: $17.50 (including the $3/$30 AND $4/$40)
OOP: $23.40

But this is the exciting part...I found some more great mail-in rebate forms at FL today.

Coors Light - $7.50 off $15 meat purchase
Blue Moon - $5 off $10 produce purchase

Meat and produce can be purchased at any store...no alcohol purchase is necessary. I have extras if anyone wants one. All you have to do is ask!

**Pinch**

The Inside Scoop And Other Rite Aid Tales

I went to Rite Aid this afternoon. My Rite Aid was out of a lot of things that I had on my "Plan A" list. So I went to "Plan B" and then settled for things on my "Plan C" list. Rite Aid did not have the 130-count Bufferin, the Boudreaux's Butt Paste and the Gain dish liquid. I got a rain check for the dish liquid and the Butt Paste...good stuff but the name just cracks me up! Gain dish liquid is on sale for 89¢ and there was a $1 Q in last Sunday's paper. There was a very, very nice cashier working today who told me that this Rite Aid did not get any of the Gain dish liquid this week but it might be in next week's shipment. The Butt Paste is on sale for $3.99. I have a $3 off Rite Aid Q and a manufacturer Q for $2...free Butt Paste, which will make some little baby's butt real happy!

The Chex Mix was B1G1. I had a tearpad Q for $1.10 off each bag. Final cost on two bags of Chex Mix was 79¢.

I also got the Nivea men's body wash (which was on the "Plan C" list). I don't really need this but I had to buy something else so I could use my $5 off $25 Rite Aid Q. The body wash is on sale for $3. I had a $1 Q and got a $2 +Up Reward.

The Charmin is on sale for $12.99 (regular price is $18.99). I had a 25¢ Q for that (totally embarrassing and a waste of paper)!

The Oral B toothbrushes are on sale for $2.69. I bought two of these because I had a B1G1 Q and a 75¢/1 Q. Final OOP cost for two toothbrushes was $1.94. I get $1 back when I send in for the rebate. Not a great price for two toothbrushes, but this also was on my "Plan C" list.

The toothbrushes would have been free (after rebate) and the Charmin $1.50 cheaper IF I could have used coupons from the Rite Aid Booklet. Which leads me to the inside scoop...

Sleeping Beauty and I have been to several Rite Aids and asked about this booklet. Either nobody knows what we are talking about or tells us that Rite Aid no longer offers coupon books. But the very, very nice cashier today told me this booklet does indeed exist and is only supposed to be given out if a customer gets a flu shot. He said this Rite Aid hasn't got their flu shot shipment in and the booklets will be delivered with the flu shots. He also said that the Rite Aids that do not offer the flu shot may have the booklets and only give them out to "certain" customers. I called Customer Service and was told that the booklet is only for customers who get the flu shot. So my question is...has anyone got this booklet WITHOUT getting a flu shot? I WANT THIS COUPON BOOKLET!! After all, that booklet would have saved me another $2.50 today.

Spent OOP today: $13.88
Coupons Used: $11.89

Got a $2 +UP Reward
Rebates: $1

Not great, but still not too bad considering I did want the Charmin at $12.99.

**Pinch**

Late Night Update

I got a letter in the mail yesterday regarding my discussion last week with CVS customer service. Nothing special...they just want me to call yet another CS rep to make sure everything is satisfactory.

I called Monday (8/30) at 4 PM and left a message. As of today at 10 PM, no return phone call!

I also received some coupons from SC Johnson in the mail. It always pays off to call a company and compliment them on their products.

And I got my $10 rebate check from Summer Grilling!

==Sleeping Beauty==

"Money, It's A Gas"

"Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash."
Seriously, that is just what I did. These are rebate checks that I received this week. I'm not going to get rich quick but it sure gives me money to spend on Sunday if there are any good deals out there.

The $4.50 Pilot check was for ink pens, of course. They came from Walgreens back in April. The deal was buy three packs of pens and receive a rebate for $4.50. I paid 85¢ (including tax) for the 3 packs of pens.

The Staples check was for paper. The two packs were $9.98 and I got back $9.96. That rebate didn't even cost a stamp...it was done online. So basically almost FREE paper!

The $10 check was from Zegerid. Yippee for the sale at Rite Aid a few weeks ago! With coupons from the newspaper and Rite Aid, it was FREE! Word has it there is a Mr. that uses it so no more heartburn for him!

My total in rebates this week = $24.46.

"I'm walking on Sunshine!"

==Sleeping Beauty==

Hurry, Hurry, Hurry

Sunday is the last day to purchase products for a rebate sponsored by ConAgra and All You Magazine (print rebate form). Just purchase $10 in qualifying products and get $25 in coupons. The $10 qualifying purchase is on the shelf price of your products, not what you actually pay after coupons. The participating brands are:

Healthy Choice
Kids Cuisine
Egg Beaters
Hunt's Manwich
Chef Boyardee
Peter Pan
Snack Pack
Marie Callendar's
PAM
Fleischmann's
Van Camp's
Hunt's Tomato Ketchup
Hebrew National
Reddi-Wip

Multiple receipts are allowed. Purchases must be made between May 6, 2010 and August 15, 2010. The rebate form along with cash register receipts must be postmarked by August 30, 2010. The offer is limited to one rebate request per household or address.

**Pinch**

Oh Schick, Oh Schick

Remember this picture?
Remember this teaser? (Click here) Even though I didn't get 10 comments, I can't hold it in any longer. I'm going to sing like a canary.

All three drug stores have this razor in their ad this week. There was a $5 coupon in the August 8th Smart Source (SS) insert.

CVS: $8.97 minus $5 Q = $3.97 OOP, get $4 ECB (Limit 1)
Rite Aid: $5.99 minus $5 Q = .99 OOP
Walgreens: $7.99 minus $5 Q = $2.99 OOP, get $2 RR

Some razor packages have a peelie for a FREE Schick Hydro Shave Gel. Now, here comes the best part...wait for it...wait for it.

Send in for a rebate for the purchase price. Yes, Schick will pay you the price BEFORE your coupon. Click here for the rebate.

I did it! I bought mine June 14th at Walgreens for $7.99. I spent $2.99 after a $5 coupon. And I received a $4 RR. I sent my rebate in June 15th.

On July 26th, I received a check from Schick for $7.99. A moneymaker!!!

Buy your razor at one of the drug stores this week before the sale ends. The rebate ends August 18th.

"Monday, Monday
So good to me.
Monday, Monday
It was all I hoped it would be."

**Pinch**

Rebate Form Giveaway

Save $10 when you purchase any beef/pork/poultry product. No beer purchase necessary.

I have several mail-in rebate forms I will give away. I will give these away to the first five people who email me at qponswithclass@aol.com by Wednesday 10:00 a.m. I'll put your rebate form in the mail Wednesday afternoon.

All you have to do to qualify for the rebate is buy beef/pork/poultry products valued at $10 or more before Thursday, July 15. Then send your receipt, UPC code and rebate form to Corona. So easy -- buy $10 worth of meat, get a $10 check from Corona.

This offer is only good in North Carolina and Alabama (their rules, not mine). Offer needs to be postmarked to Corona before July 30, 2010.

**Pinch**

"Show Me The Money!!"

Hot Dog! Yippee!! Hip-Hip Hurrah!!!

I just love getting checks in the mail.

Olay $20 Rebate WYB $50 in Facial Moisturizers/Treatments/Cleansers
(Shelf Price $52.98; OOP $9.12 at Target)


Red Baron By The Slice Pizza - Try Me Free Rebate
(Shelf Price $4.39; OOP $2 at Harris Teeter)


Be back later, gone shopping!
Not really! Taking kids to library. I will not spend money today. I will NOT spend money today. I WILL NOT spend money today!

**Pinch**