Free Amazon Prime for Students

If you have a college email address (ending in .edu - and yes, I still have one, since I am STILL not done with school!) you can get Amazon Prime FREE for 1 year (which apparently is an $79 value!) - the advantages are that for most things you buy on Amazon, you no longer have to meet the $25 mark to get free shipping - AND you will get upgraded to 2 day shipping - for Free! I already signed up and am getting Free 2 day shipping on something that's $23!

Free Neutrogena Clinical!

One week only! Purchase Neutrogena Clinical (SPF, Night, or Eye version) from your favorite store (Target, perhaps?) and receive a REBATE up to $40 to get it for FREE! You can also print a $5 off coupon Here - add in a $5 off $25 at Rite Aid (although the ones around here only carry the SPF one) or CVS (and use ECB's) to make it an even better deal! Can't wait to try this!

Food Deals This Week!

7/11 Day - Free (baby) Slurpee at 7/11

July 12 - Sept. 6 Purchase 2 Caribbean entrees at Fridays and get a $10 Friday's giftcard!

Jamba Juice BOGO Coupon good until Tuesday July 13 (CA only)

Free Panda Express Thai Cashew Chicken entree on Wed. July 14 ONLY

Free 4 pack of Muffins at Mimi's Cafe when you order breakfast ALL day on Wed. July 14 - go HERE and click on the Muffin Day ad to go to their facebook page to print the coupon

Rite Aid 7/11/10

Crest Vivid White Toothpaste = $2.99 - $1 Q = $1.99 - get back $2 rebate

Coppertone Spray Sunscreen = $8.99 - $2 in ad Q - $1 printable Q - $3 Video Values Q = $2.99

Always = $2.99 - $1 Q = $1.99 - get back $1 rebate

Crest Plus Scope = $2.69 - $.75 = $1.94 - get back $2.69 rebate

Infusium Leave In Conditioner = $3.99 - $2 Q = $1.99 (I actually thought there was a rebate for this, but there's not - make sure you read the paper carefully! I might keep it though since I need it)

Total before Q's = $21.66 - $5 Q ($5 off $20 Video Values Q) - Q's above = $5.90 + $1.02 tax = $6.92 and get back $5.69 in rebates = $1.23 OOP

April Emily

Ultra Downy Sample
5 React Gum
$50 Visa Card from San Diego Auto Show for test driving a car
Cinnamon Toast Crunch Sample
Fiber One Sample
Honey Nut Cheerios Sample
Ritz Munchables Pretzel Crisps & Coupon
Stride Mystery Gum

Babies - the movie!

As a BzzAgent, I am promoting a new movie coming out called "Babies" - click below to watch the trailer - it is too cute!!! And keep checking back here to see more exclusive footage!

April Patchouly

$15 ResponseCash Prepaid Card (from Biore survey)

$20 in coupons from Albertson's

Pack of 5 react gum

Woman's Day magazine

Teen Vogue magazine

More Rite Aid

Biore Pore Strips on sale for $5

Biore Towelettes on sale for $5

Cover Girl True Blend Mineral Powder BOGO - $12.99

Sunday Newspaper (for extra coupons) - $2.00

- $5 buy Biore Pore Strips, get Biore cleanser free (Q from Sundays paper)

- $1 off any Biore RA VV Q x 2

- $12.99 buy any CG face product, get one free (this Q caused some problems, as it says item not found, but luckily my cashier pushed it through since I clearly bought a face product)

- $5 off $20 purchase

Total = $1.57 (paid tax only - subtotal was 0!) and Biore counts for $5 KOA rebate, which you can do 3 times!
Biore Cleansing Cloths on clearance for $3.99 x 2

John Frieda Frizz Ease conditioner = $6.49

Starburst Jelly Beans (not pictured because we already ate them!) = $1.99

- $3 off $15

- $1 off bagged candy Wellness Q

- $2 off Skin Care purchase WQ x 2

- $2 off 2 Biore MQ

- $1 off Hair Care purchase CRT

- $1 off JF Frizz Ease MQ

Total = $5.11

But I got a rebate for the JF - get shampoo/conditioner free when you buy a styler (from a previous purchase) = $6. 49 back

There were initially some problems with the JF clearing for rebates, but now ALL of your JF products should count for the KOA rebate as well (and Biore counts too!)

Emily March

Frederic Fekkai Glossing Cream sample
Chick-fil-A 3 piece chicken strips
Facebook: Buy 1 Get 1 Free Skittles and Starburst coupons
Denny's Free Burger and Fries
Crest 3D Sample & coupons
Seventeen Lancome Give Away: 2 Juicy Tubes
Sephore JC Penny's: Two Faced Lash Injection Mascara
Del Taco Club-2 free chicken soft tacos
Travel & Leisure Magazine
Purex 3-on-1 Sample & coupons
Heluva Good Coupon for a free product
Kleenex Sample
3M Tab Sample & Coupon
Corner Bakery Free Breakfast Panini
Corner Bakery Free Dessert
Baja Fresh Free Burrito with Large Drink Purchase
UniBall Red Pen & Coupon
Olay Total Effects 7 Body Wash
Burt's Bees Natural Toothpasta
$3 Ace Rebate
$2.50 Rite Aid Rebate
Vitamin Water Free Coupon
Prilosec OTC Sample
Tide Febreze Sample
All Bran Complete Wheat Flakes Sample & Marigold Seeds
Go Lean Crunch Honey Almond Flax Sample

March Patchouly

March Mail Call has begun!

sample of Kashi Heart to Heart warm cimmamon cereal + coupon for 1 Free box of cereal or crackers + 3 $1.50 off coupons (from VocalPoint) 

sample of Mariani dried plums 

Frederic Fekkai Glossing Cream sample

$14.98 and $13.98 rebates from P&G for Olay Quench Body Lotion

$10 Tops giftcard from dental study

Coupon for Free bag of pieces candy (max. $3.69) (from sending in candy wrapper promotion)

Coupon for 1 Free Heluva Good product (max. $4.99) (from becoming a facebook fan)

Time magazine

Caribbean Travel+Life magazine

Glamour magazine

10% off one time shopping pass at Rite Well (for earning points in their wellness program)

Target Flip Clip Save coupon booklet ($36 in coupons) (I can't believe I actually got another one of these!) 

$15 Visa Reward Card and Olympic pin (from P&G Feb. rebate at RA)

Teen Vogue magazine

Address labels

Sample of Crest 3D Whitestrips + coupons

Travel size Axe shower gel 

Full size Pantene Nature Fusion Smooth Vitality Shampoo + coupons (from Vocalpoint) 

Woman's Day magazine

Popular Science magazine

Martha Stewart Living magazine

$15 Olay Rebate

Allure magazine

Details magazine

$10 off at Bahama Breeze

Kotex sample pack + coupon

Conde Nast Traveler magazine

Coastal Living magazine

Eat Better America booklet with $10 in coupons

Sample of Burt's Bees toothpaste

Fitness magazine

All You magazine (with coupons!)

Free breakfast panini at Corner Bakery

Cat food coupons from Petsmart

30% off at Kohls

Coupon for Free bottle of Vitamin Water (from facebook)

P&G Sampler = sample of Tide with febreeze, sample of Metamucil, and Tide, Olay, Iams, Metamucil coupons

CBS Watch! magazine

Shape magazine

Travel size sample of Olay total effects body wash

Sunset magazine

Wink Photostrip (from Shutterfly)

South Beach Living granola bar + coupon

Sample of Bounce 4 in 1 dryer sheets (2 sheets)

$5 Target card (from e-poll.com)

Coupon for Free 6-pack box of Orville Redenbacher's Popcorn 

$5.21 Physician's Formula rebate for Bamboo Compact

Time magazine

Free Pink lace wait panty from Victoria's Secret

Coupon for Free bag of SunChips

Kashi granola bar + coupon

$9.99 Schick Quattro rebate

Rite Aid 3/2/10

It's a new month of rebates at Rite Aid!!!  And there are some great clearance deals to go with the rebates!  After traveling to roughly all of the Rite Aid's in the greater Buffalo area, I can tell you that they should have many face products and hair products on clearance for 50% off - even if they are not marked as such, ask, and they will probably ring up half price!  In particular I was looking for the 30 count Biore face wipes and John Frieda hair care (for curly hair!).  So today I got:

Biore 30 ct. cloths = $3.99 (bc they were 50% off) x 2 - 2 $2 WQ - $2 off 2 MQ (these coupons can be found right in the box of the products!)

John Frieda Frizz-Ease Spiral Spray = $3.24 (also 50% off) x 2 - 2 $1 off hair care coupons from bottom of previous receipts - 2 $1 MQ

3 Snickers bars, on sale for 50 cents each = $1.50 - $1 MQ

Also used a $3 off $15 purchase

Total = $2.57

This becomes an even better deal because both the Biore and John Frieda products count for rebates - if you buy $15, you get $5 - and you can do this up to 3 times!!!  So I now have $14.46 towards the rebate.  Plus, for the JF, if you buy a styler and a shampoo or conditioner (I have not done this yet), you will get back the price of the shampoo or conditioner!  I will be purchasing one of those, as well as more clearance Biore and John Frieda - I will let you know my total savings once I've made all my purchases!  

Target Kashi Deal

This week at Target Kashi snacks are on sale for $2.59 and if you buy 4, you get one free!  If you combine this with coupons, you can get a great deal!  I got 5 products for $2.86, which is 57 cents each!!!  There are coupons out there for $1.50 off (I just got some in the mail with a free Kashi cereal sample!) and there are $3.00 off 2 peelies, as well as $1.50 printables.  The granola bars, cereal bars, cookies, and crackers all count for the deal, as does the cereal, but it's a little more expensive.  

RA February Total

I felt like I went a little crazy at Rite Aid last month, since their new Wellness Program allowed you to get some really great deals (it is only available in select areas, including Buffalo and San Diego - random!) but I wondered if it was really worth it so I decided to see exactly how much I spent.  In totaling all my receipts for Feb. I came up with a grand total of $26.76 (some of this was actually paid using giftcards but I'm not factoring that in).  For how much stuff I bought, that in and of itself seems like a great deal!  But if you factor in the rebates, it gets even better...

Total = $26.76

- $17.99 back in rebate check from RA

- $5 RA gift card from Nivea

- $15 Visa Reward Card from P&G

- $10 RA gift card from Healthy Heart

= a profit of $21.23!!!  

Plus if you factor in the Olay Quench Body Lotion rebates, which I did get ($28.96) and the Physician's Formula Bamboo Wear Compact ($5.21) rebate I should be getting as well...

+ $34.17

= A PROFIT OF $55.40!!!!!!!!

I guess it really is worth it!  

Rite Aid 2/28/10 Patchouly

Satin Care Shave Gel = $1.99 - $1 MQ = $.99  Get back $1 rebate

Efferdent = $5.99 - $1 MQ - $1 off oral care wellness Q = $3.99   Get back $5.00 rebate

(no I do not have dentures, but I heard this stuff is great for cleaning toilets!)

Listerine Pocket Packs = $3.99 - $1 MQ - $1 WQ = $1.99   Get back $3.00 rebate

Acnomel cream = $6.99 - $2 WQ = $4.99  Get back $6 rebate

Scunci hair ties = $3.99

Scunci hair ties = $1.99 (buy one get one half off)

Total = $24.94 - $5 off $20 Video Values Q = 19.94 - $7 in Q's from above = $12.94 - $10 Rite Aid gift of savings certificate = $2.94 PLUS get back $15 in rebates!!!  Even without factoring in the $10 gift certificate, I'm still up $2!!! 

 I love the new Rite Aid Wellness Program!!!

Free Card

The next time you are at Hallmark, make sure to get your Free card from their new kids collection - you don't need a coupon, or to buy anything else, you can just walk in and get the free card, that's what I did!  This offer goes until 3/14 so you still have time - there are 9 different cards to choose from, and although they are supposed to be from parents to their kids, I enjoy giving kids' cards to everyone, so I'm sure you can find one that you like!  You can find out more here

Rite Aid 2/28/2010 Emily

Frizz Ease Secret Weapon 2x$6.49
Frizz Ease Straight Shampoo $3.24 (clearance)
2 Rebates: $6.99 back for buying styler and shampoo, $5 for buying $15 worth of Frizz Ease
Gillette Shave Gel $1.99-$.55 coupon-$1 SCR=.44
Total: $15.99-$5 SCR-$6.99 SCR-$1 SCR=$3 Total Biore Cleansing Cloths Clearance 2x$3.99-2x$2 coupons=$4.68

Rite Aid Rebates Oct. - Dec.

My Rite Aid Rebates from last Oct. - Dec.!   

Program	Rebate Dollars Earned	Gift Cards and Coupons Earned	Other Gifts Earned
October 2009	$70.05; check #255883 dated 12/02/09	P&G $10 Rite Aid Gift Card mailed 12/08/09	-
November 2009	$37.67; check #251467 dated 01/06/10	-	-
December 2009	$27.78; check #703639 dated 02/03/10	-	-
Holiday Gift of Savings 2009	-	-	$10 Rite Aid Holiday Gift of Savings Certificate mailed 02/05/10
Total	$135.50	$10.00	-

February Emily

I'm trying to be better so I believe this is everything I've got in the mail so far this month.

Reuseable Frezzer Bag from Drumsticks
UniBall Pen
Rebates for Olay Products-$15 and $16.58
Staples Rebate $2.99
Coupon for free Oreos
Coupon for free Excerdian
Gold Bond Hand Sanitizer Sample & Coupon
Hellmann's Light Sample & Coupon
Degree Frangance Collection Sample & Coupon
Drinkin' Mate Tabs Samples
Free Burger and Fries for joining Denny's Rewards
Free Shrimp Taco for joining Del Taco on Facebook
Free Large Coke from Chick-fil-a calendar

Bodywash Money Maker at Target

There is a hidden giftcard deal at Target - buy 3 of the "bonus pack" Olay bodywashes (I found these on an endcap, they have small lotions attached to them) and get a $5 Target giftcard - the bodywashes (including Olay Ribbons, my personal favorite!) are $5.50 each and you can use 1 manufacturers coupon and 1 target coupon on each one - I had 3 $1 MQ and 1 75 cent TQ - THEN go here and submit for the $15 rebate when you buy the 3 bodywashes - with coupons and the giftcard, I actually made a profit of $7.25 (minus tax) for buying bodywash!  Scan the bodywashes before you buy them - on the right of the screen you will see $5 giftcard - for some reason one of the scents did not come up so I didn't get that one.  If you prefer bar soap, there are also bonus packs of those that work for the deal.  The $5 giftcard deal supposedly goes through March, so you still have plenty of time to make your purchase before the March 12 deadline for the rebate!

ETA: I got my $15 rebate today!!!  

Free Pretzels and Pancakes!

Just a reminder that this Sat. Feb. 20th is Free Pretzel Day at Auntie Anne's between 10am - 3pm

And Feb. 23rd is once again National Pancake Day - celebrate by going to IHOP to get a free short stack of pancakes from 7am - 10pm

February Patchouly

So I haven't been doing a very good job of keeping up with mail call, it's the 17th and I'm just now starting Feb.!

$10 Old Navy giftcard (from mypoints.com)

$10 Red Robin giftcard (from mypoints.com)

$10 Rite Aid gift certificate (from holiday gift of savings program)

Glamour magazine

2 coupons for Free bag of Oreos (from a facebook promotion - not sure why I got 2!)

Martha Stewart Living magazine

Gold Bond hand sanitizer sample + coupon

$25 Visa card from Office Depot (from a rebate on a box of paper)

Sample of Avery Removable Label Pad

Popular Science magazine

15% off coupons for Kohls

$5 Tops giftcard from a dental study I am in (they also sent me a bday card, how cute!)

Rouge magazine, which included fun coupons for things like Secret and Olay!  

Reusable freezer bag

Details magazine (with Robert Pattinson!)

Time magazine

20% off at Hallmark 

Fitness magazine

Allure magazine

Conde Nast Traveler magazine

Woman's Day magazine

Remedy magazine

Coupon for free Excedrin (up to $5.99)

Loreal EverPure shampoo and conditioner sample

Coastal Living magazine

Coupon for $1.50 off Kellogg's fruit snacks from VocalPoint

Sample of Kashi Heart to Heart Warm Cinnamon Oat Cereal - AND coupon for FREE box of Kashi cereal or crackers + 3 $1.50 Q's for cereal or crackers 

Time magazine

Shape magazine

Coupon for Free Digiorno 200 calorie portions pizza (max. $3.30)

15% off at Old Navy March 5-18

Emily Movies

I went ahead and used Patchouly's rating system since it seems to work well. Here are my movie reviews!

Movie Ratings
* = Thank goodness it was free!
***** = I would actually pay money to see this!

Summer 09 San Diego
Julie and Julia ****
Paper Heart*** (Agree with Patchouly, loved it until I found out it wasn’t real.)
Funny People** (Too long)
GI Joe*** (Red carpet event with the stars!)
The Goods*
Adam*** (good indie)
The Traveler’s Wife***** (bring puffs!)
Post Grad*

San Diego 09
Extract*
The Informant** (Not Matt Damon’s finest hour.)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs**** (Red Carpet premiere of the movie in LA! I saw Mr T!)
Love Happens**
The Boys are Back**** (Didn’t hear much about this one but I really liked it.)
Fame*** (Not as good as I hoped.)
The Invention of Lying**
Zombieland***** (I loved this movie! And the camo at the end is hilarious!)
Capitalism: A Love Story*** (Eye opening!)
Whip It**
Couples Retreat**** (Not as funny as I would have hoped but I love Vince Vaughn!)
Amelia*** (Had no idea that’s how the story went.)
The Blind Side***** (I did actually pay to see this one again.)
When in Rome***** (Very cute chick flick!)
Invictus**** (Matt Damon redeems himself but a bit long.)
Young Victoria****
Up in the Air****
Extraordinary Measures***
It’s Complicated ** (I think my parents would have enjoyed this more.)

San Diego 10
Leap Year***** (I love chick flicks!)
The Lovely Bones* (Weird! I’ve heard the book is better though.)
The Book of Eli*** (Loved the twist at the end.)
Edge of Darkness***
Dear John*** (All I can say is not what you think.)
Valentine’s Day-***** (Loved it! Not as good as Love Actually but close!)
Cop Out-*** (Was actually a lot funnier than I thought it would be.)
Brooklyn's Finest-* (Good if you liked Training Day, also some awkward scenes with Richard Gere)
Remember Me-**** (This movie was really good, the ending has a twist that puts it over the edge in making it even better.)
She's Out of My League-*** (Funny because it's stupied kind of movie, a little long but a good movie if you need a laugh.)
Hot Tub Time Machine-**** (Really, really funny and loved the 80s! Had a great time being a host, everyone got free pop, popcorn and a t-shirt!! Good times were had by all!!)
Bounty Hunter-*** (It was cute and funny but probably just a rental.)

CVS 2/7/2010 Emily

Trident Layers $.99-$.75 coupon=$.24

Rite Aid 2/7/2010 Emily

Well as Patchouly has already noted we haven't been very good about updating the blog recently. I haven't been very good about it for two main reasons. First I really haven't been so serious about the CVS/Rite Aid deals because there just doesn't seem to be as good of deals recently. Second I've been a bit obsessed with seeing free movies as you'll soon see. Today I did get some good deals at Rite Aid so I thought I would go ahead and update the blog with this deal and all the movies I've seen.

Hershey Miniatures and Reeses Cups 2 for $5-$2 coupon=$3
Electrasol Dishwasher Tabs $4.49-$1 coupon-$1.50 SCR=$2.99
Glide Floss $3.99-$.75 coupon=$3.24
Gillette Fusion Shave Gel $2.99-$1 coupon-$1 SCR=$.99
I also used my $10 off Reward from the Holidays so after SCR I actually made $.61!

Free Food in February!

On Feb. 5th you can stop by a Starbucks to try a KIND granola bar for free (also, if you have a Starbucks giftcard, register it online at starbucks.com and you will earn points each time you use it and most importantly, get a Free drink on your birthday!)

Tues. Feb. 9th stop by Denny's for a free Grand Slam from 6am - 2pm (this was crazy last year!) - the website also says to stop by on your birthday for a free grand slam!  Also, join Denny's rewards to get a welcome gift and for a chance to win free grand slams for a year 

On Feb. 20th stop by Auntie Anne's between 10am - 3pm to get a Free Pretzel

And Feb. 23rd is once again National Pancake Day - celebrate by going to IHOP to get a free short stack of pancakes from 7am - 10pm

Patchouly's 29th Birthday

It's my birthday month!  

Food

Free drink (ANY drink!) from Starbucks (and doesn't expire until 3/31!) - I received this by registering a Starbrucks giftcard at starbucks.com

*Free Like It Creation at ColdStone (I tried Cinnamon with chocolate chips - yum!)

*Red Robin - Free Gourmet Burger (I got a free sundae too!)

Fuddruckers - Free 1/3 lb. burger

*Moe's Southwest Grill - Free entree (I got a Joey Bag of Donuts (big burrito!) with chips and salsa!)

*Burrito Bay - Free Runt Burrito (this was for being a Kiss fm vip!)

Ben and Jerry's - free scoop of ice cream

Orange Julius - Free 16 oz. drink

Great American Cookie Co - Free Cookie Cake Slice (oh how I wish I could get this) 

Weinerschnitzel - free corn dog 

Fazoli's - free dessert 

Friendly's - free single cone with any purchase

Free dessert at TGI Friday's (expires Feb. 28)

Free Messy Sundae at Sammy's (re-gifted to Emily!)

Joe's Crab Shack - free appetizer with purchase of entree

Dairy Queen - BOGO Blizzard

Boston Market - free dessert with meal

Buffalo Wild Wings - free dessert

Arby's - free swirl shake when buy roastburger 

BOGO free pretzel at Auntie Anne's

Friday's - free dessert with purchase of entree 

Souplantation - BOGO when buy 2 drinks (this is the same as their normal coupons so not super exciting)

Other

Free gift from Sephora - looks like they changed it up this year!  Sephora Collection Beautiful Eyes Kit: Mascara, Eyeliner, and Eyeshadow (my Sephora still has the lip gloss kits from last year so I'm waiting until they get the new ones in)

*$10 off at Victoria's Secret (I was able to use this with another coupon to get 2 pairs of underwear for 52 cents!)

Delia's - $10 off $25

Dave and Buster's - $10 free game play

* = the coupons I actually used

Free Olay Lotion

You have a few more days to purchase 2 Olay Quench Lotions and get BOTH for FREE!  Just purchase the lotions by Jan. 29 and mail in this rebate form by Feb. 12 - if you purchase these at Rite Aid, they will also count towards the P&G rebate 

**Update:  I have heard that you can actually submit 2 rebates, in the same envelope, for a total of 4 FREE LOTIONS!  

Free Movie Ticket!

Become a fan of BE OUR MOVIE CRITIC! on facebook - if you are one of the first 200,000 fans (right now they are at 2500) you will get one free  movie ticket to any AMC theater, to be sent out Feb. 25 - March 7!

Free Disney Tickets!

Last year Emily and I both took advantage of Disney's deal to get into a park Free on your birthday.  This year they are offering a free Disney day if you give a day volunteering.  Last week Rob and I (you can sign your whole family up if you want and they each get a ticket!) delivered sample bouquets and sales kits to local schools and businesses for Hospice of Buffalo's annual flower sale - despite getting lost and one wrong delivery, we had a great time helping such a good cause (my mom currently works for Hospice in Wisconsin and I volunteered at an Ohio Hospice in college) and it was definitely worth the free Disney ticket!  You have to sign up through Disney, you can't just volunteer for whatever you want - but go HERE and see what's available in your area, there are lots of great organizations to help out!  We are planning to use our tickets to go to Disneyland (you can choose any park) when I finally make it back to CA!  Emily's event got cancelled due to all the rain in CA right now, but she is rescheduling and will hopefully do her volunteering soon!  

Random drugstore deals that I never posted...  trying to find receipts!

You know you are obsessed with deals when you get up at 7am on a Sat. to stand in the Buffalo cold to get a free $10 gift card to Dollar General!  For their grand re-opening they also gave away a bag, cup, and Tshirt (shown above).

I entered a contest to win a trip and instead got a mixer set, haha!  I did need a pitcher though!
There's an Ulta in Buffalo now!  For the grand opening they gave away goodie bags!

Summer 09

All my mail after coming back from San Diego last summer!

Sample box of Kashi Honey Sunshine cereal – coupon for free full size box, $1.50 coupons

Nexcare bandaids and coupon

Full size roll of scott toilet paper, sample pack of wipes and coupons

Biore skin preservation dual fusion moisturizer full size + 2.00 coupon

Coupon for free package of Pillsbury simply… cookie dough + 1.25 coupons

Totally Light 2 Go drink mixes – 4 ct.

Signed Miley Cyrus poster from Glamour mag

Sample of viva paper towels + coupon

Sample nivea body wash for men + coupon

Tampax pearl tampons 3 + coupon

Playtex sport tampons 3  + coupon

Sample oxy face wash

Crest pro health toothpaste

Great value strawberry cereal bar

Burt’s Bees Natural acne solutions bzz kit – full size bottles of targeted spot treatment and purifying gel cleanser + lots of samples

$10 rite aid gc

$25 rite aid gc

sun care sample tote + coupons for full size face sunscreen $8.29 and lip chap ($2.49)

Magazines

Martha Stewart Living x 2

Oprah x 2

Fitness

Time x 4

TV Guide x 4

Mine x 2

More x 2

Smithsonian x 2

Woman’s Day x 3

CBS Watch

Marie Claire x 2

Glamour

Coastal Living

Allure

Psychology today

Seventeen

Teen Vogue

Interview

Shape x 2

Ready Made

Rebates

$2.99 reynolds wrap

rite aid july $44.67, august $29.69

physician’s formula $9.95

Universal Studios update

Last year around this time, we won tickets to Universal Studios from a Super Bowl promotion - we ended up using our tickets in October, when it was extremely hot in Florida!

We won 7 day Park Hopper tickets!  Our favorite ride was definitely the new Rip Rockit Roller Coaster - you pick your own music to dance to on the coaster!  

Emily's parents came too, since her dad also won a free ticket!  Her parents got us a great deal on a hotel, with the best free breakfast buffet!

One of my favorite free things to do at any park is take pictures with as many characters as you can find!
We were there during Halloween Horror Nights and decided to check it out (Emily's parents got us a good deal on tickets through FL AAA!) - it was definitely a super scary experience to remember!  
If you go to the Blue Man Group box office (right outside Universal) the day of the show and show a student id you can get 2 tickets for $25 each - these tickets are usually $85!!!) - and if you go back later, you can get 2 more student tickets for your parents!  We had great seats and it was definitely a good time! 

Free Books

If books are more your cup of tea than movies, check out Read It Forward which allows you to request Free copies of books periodically!  Also, if you're still in school, see if your college offers a reading program - last year I picked up The Soloist for free!  

Jan/Feb Food Deals

On Tuesday Jan. 26th you can get any size coffee for 85 cents at Tim Hortons

Buy one get one free corn dog from Weinerschnitzel (expires Jan. 26) here

Buy one get one free entree from Smokey Bones (expires Jan. 30) here

On Feb. 5th you can stop by a Starbucks to try a KIND granola bar for free (also, if you have a Starbucks giftcard, register it online at starbucks.com and you will earn points each time you use it and most importantly, get a Free drink on your birthday!)

On Feb. 20th stop by Auntie Anne's between 10am - 3pm to get a Free Pretzel

And Feb. 23rd is once again National Pancake Day - celebrate by going to IHOP to get a free short stack of pancakes from 7am - 10pm

Patchouly Free Movies!

Last summer Emily and I discovered Advance Free Sceenings - it turns out you can get tickets online to all kinds of movies before they actually come out in theaters - and it's free!  We became quite obsessed with this over the summer, and honestly, that is probably what we were doing instead of blogging!  It's a pretty time consuming process (you have to check lots of websites every chance you get), you have to go on certain days, and you have to get there early to make sure you get a seat (they always give out more tickets than there are seats) - we're not talking 10 minutes or even a half hour early here, we're talking HOURS!  But if you don't mind waiting in line (btw, you can do all kinds of things in line, like get your dinner super cheap with coupons and eat in line, bring your free magazines to read, and catch up on your phone calls!), you can see lots of great movies for free!  

When I came back to Buffalo I thought my free movie days were over - but they actually have advance screenings here too, who would have thought!  Emily of course has seen WAY more than me, they pretty much show everything in San Diego, but I've been to quite a few since I've been back.  So I have decided to keep a list of all the free movies I get to see, as well as give my own personal rating on them - enjoy!  

Movie Ratings 

* = Thank goodness it was free!   

***** = I would actually pay money to see this!

Summer 09 San Diego

Julie and Julia *****

Funny People *** (too long)

GI Joe (Red carpet event with the stars!) ***

The Goods * (love Ari and the manband but not my thing)

Post Grad **** (Rory from Gilmore Girls and Matt from Friday Night Lights, need I say more?)

The Time Traveler's Wife ****

Adam ****

Paper Heart ***** (at least until I found out it was all a sham!)

Buffalo 09

Extract **

9 *** (not a fan of the ending)

The Blind Side (twice!) *****

Invictus **** (too long due to excessive rugby playing) 

Whip It *** (underwater makeout scene - so unrealistic, come on! but loved Ellen Page and Kristen Wigg)

Zombieland **** (surprisingly hilarious with a random cameo)

Buffalo 2010

The Lovely Bones *** (creepiest movie - ever)

The Book of Eli ** (oh hi Mila Kunis, why are you here?) 

Extraordinary Measures ** (Keri Russell tried to make up for Brendan Fraiser's bad acting but even Felicity can't perform miracles) 

Crazy Heart **** (loved the music but The Wrestler was better)

When In Rome *** (funnier than expected and great wedding dress at the end!)

Dear John *** (points for being pretty acurate to the book) 

Valentine's Day **** (I saw this twice for free bc I also won tickets thru The Melting Pot!  Taylor and Taylor are hilarious!!!)

Shutter Island ****  (good twist, suspenseful and creepy!) 

January Patchouly

Ok so we have obviously taken a very long break from the blog, for no apparent reason!  In an effort to get started again, I am starting slow with daily (hopefully) mail reports...

1/19

Coupon for free bag of Stacy's Pita Chips (now if only I can actually find them! update: they have them at CVS!)

2 Target coupon books, one for SuperTarget and one for Target (all the coupons in this one are for ANY brand, such as $1 off any brand deterget - very fun!)

Address labels from a Children's Hospital

Popular Science magazine 

1/20

Shape magazine

1/22

Allure magazine

Fitness magazine 

1/23

Time magazine

1/25

Coastal Living magazine

Conde Nast Traveler magazine

1/28

Buy 2 Hallmark cards, get 1 free coupon

1/29

Kohls 15% off Jan. 31-Feb. 9 and Feb. 5-Feb.7

1/30

Woman's Day magazine

Time magazine