L'Oreal Gold Rewards = Free Hair Dye

If your a user of L'Oreal at-home hair color, you'll love L'Oreal's new program, "L'Oreal Gold Rewards." Boxes of hair color will now come printed with a code (a la Pampers rewards codes) which can be entered here. After 5 boxes, you'll receive a 6th box of hair color free.

I'm Examiner.com's Frugal Living Columnist

I'm excited to announce, that I'm back, but in a new way. I've been selected as Examiner.com's "Greater St. Louis' Frugal Living Examiner." This means a few times a week, I'll be posting articles on Examiner.com and I hope you'll follow me there.  I'll be posting snippits of my articles here with a link back to them on Examiner.com.

You may have noticed that I've been making a few posts here and there. I'll continue to pass on deals that catch my eye. However, coupon matchups just wasn't the type of writing I enjoyed. I hope that the more journalistic approach of Examiner.com will quench my thirst for writing and help me continue to share with my readers what I've learned and continue to learn.

Wish me luck. And thanks for following me.

Another $5 off $25 at Dollar General

First things first.... If you print this coupon tell the cashier that they need to key in the number. Scanning the coupon doesn't work! I've had this experience each of the last two $5 off events. The cashier scans the coupon, it says it's accepted, but doesn't deduct anything. The manager comes up, voids my transaction, re-rings and keys in the coupon code instead of scanning - $5 deducted, no problem.

Now, for the deals. STL Mommy has a nice list of regular price items matched with coupons here. Because these are regular price, they should be the same even though this post is from last week.

There are a couple ads with prices that will be valid for the week (including Friday). The first is the Super Savings Event ad here. The other is the WOW Savings ad here.  The weekly ad doesn't update until tomorrow. It may be something different than the Super Savings Event ad and it may not. We'll have to wait to see.

I haven't found any good matchups to the sale ads, but I'll keep my eyes peeled and pass them on if I find them.

PINK Puppies are at VS - Free with ANY Pink Purchase

If you're a fan of those cute little puppies Victoria's Secret gives away only a few times a year, be sure to hurry down to Victorias Secret because they are in. 

Get one FREE with ANY pink purchase, so look for something in the Semi Annual Sale bins. I got a set of PINK pajamas (top & bottoms) for only $9.99 PLUS the free PINK puppy. I also spied some PINK panties for only $2.99 which qualify. Clearance PINK beauty would also qualify and would make a nice valentine.

Be sure to get to Victorias Secret ASAP if you want one. These things go QUICK!

Free Purse PhotoBook Offer at Walgreens

Today through Sunday you can get a free photo purse book from Walgreens. Use coupon code PURSE at checkout. You will have to pay shipping.

Dollar General $5 off $25 Purchase on Saturday 1/22

This Saturday, 1/22, Dollar General is having another $5 off $25 (pre-tax) purchase deal. Print the coupon here. A couple weeks ago, I was able to purchase $26 of merchandise for only $3 combining this coupon with sales and manufacturer coupons!

I have to warn you that I had trouble using this coupon last time. I only shop Dollar General when there is a deal like this, so I wasn't familiar with which store in my area was most "coupon friendly." (FYI- It's not the South County store on Tesson Ferry next to Old Navy if you're in St. Louis. I'll never set foot in that store again!!!)

Here's my suggestion. After your transaction is rung and totaled, show the coupon the total value of coupons you have including the $5 off coupon. This way, at the very end, if there is confusion, she already knows what the total should have come out to. Trust me, having this established up front will be very helpful addressing issues.

$1.00 Coke w/ Prepared Food Purchase at QT

When you're at QT redeeming your Free Johnsonville Roller Grill Item coupon (QT Web Group Members). be sure to look for $1.00/1 bottle (20oz or 1liter) of Coke coupon on the cooler glass.  Coke bottles (20oz) are $1.59 at my local QT making you're entire meal $0.59!

Beer Display Coupons

The Super Bowl is nearly here, so be on the lookout for beer displays... even if you're not drinking.

Yesterday on a display at Walmart, I found coupons for $3/2 Digiorno Pizzas and $1/2 Lays Chips - No Purchase Required.

Great Deal on Disney DVDs & Mickey Mote

Coupons.com has a great coupon for $8 off when you buy 2 Disney DVDs with Mickey Mote capability.

Combine this deal with the FREE Mickey Mote offer wyb 3 Mickey Mote capable DVDs for Disney Movie Rewards members here.

Showtime Free Preview Starts Today Through Late Monday Night.

 

 

If you don't already have Showtime (including TMC), you've got it for free this weekend. Go here to check out the schedule, and for info on how to get $25 back if you decide to sign up.