Black Friday Announcements

Can you believe that Black Friday, November 27, is next week already?  I’ve got some information here about some of the sales that will be ready for in store deals on that day, and online deals for that weekend.

Walmart is the big newsmaker.  They’ve given us this sneak peek:

– Magnavox Blu Ray Disc  Player for $78
– Sanyo 50″ Plasma  HDTV for $598
– Tom Tom 3.5″ GPS  for $59
– Kids’ licensed  character sleepwear $3
– $7 fleece reversible  jackets for the family
– Barbie Power Wheels Ride-On $88

I cannot believe this price for a 50″ Plasma HDTV.  If you’ve been looking for a big purchase like this, Black Friday at Walmart is your day to go.

To avoid the deadly crush that occurred last year in one of it’s stores where an employee was trampled to death, Walmart has announced that most of its stores will be open 24 hours on Black Friday, but the sale prices will be in effect at 5 am.

If you have these prices advertised in a flyer, you can get them price matched at Target.

JC Penney announced its doorbuster for Saturday, Nov 28.  It will be a Disney Mickey Snowglobe with a $10 coupon.

Toys R Us has some great doorbusters, starting at midnight, Nov. 27.  Receive a $50 gift cars with purchase of any iPod touch ($199.99).  Their ad shows lots of great bargains at 40%-60% off from midnight to 1 pm on Friday.  There are additional doorbusters beginning at 5 am on Friday.  Most stores will be on that schedule, Paramus stores will open at 7 am.

Great cyber deals include these:

Paul Fredrick:
CMPPLS                                                  Paul Fredrick CYBERMONDAY Offer:
15% off $100-$200 orders, 25% off orders of $200 or more
Offer valid 11/30/09-12/2/09

D9DDLS                                                  Paul Fredrick Deal Dispatch Offer:
15% off orders of $100 or more
Offer valid 11/15/09-12/31/09

Botanic Choice:
Black Friday Specials
Botanic Choice will offer a whopping 30% OFF (!) all orders between November 26 and November 30, 2009. That’s an EXTRA 30% off already-reduced discount prices! Shipping is free on orders of $50 or more. PLUS, we have put some of our best-selling items on sale for $1.99 (see list of items below). Just use Coupon Code: TGIBF at checkout.

Save an EXTRA 30% OFF your order at Botanic Choice!  Free Shipping on $50. Coupon Code: TGIBF  Valid ONLY 11/26/09 to 11/30/09

$1.99 Specials - Up to 87% Off BEFORE your 30% Discount!

Best-selling supplements are part of a special “Thank Goodness It’s Black Friday” sale event. All will be priced at $1.99.

Walmart’s $20 Thanksgiving Meal with Trimmings!

Can it get any better than this?  Walmart has officially announced their $20 Thanksgiving meal for 8 people. 

Starting today, Walmart will have rollback items on select items, including 12 pound turkeys for $5.  Other turkeys will be on sale for .40 a pound.  Can you say “yesterday’s prices”? 

The total plan for the $20 Thanksgiving meal includes the following:
One 12-pound Grade A turkey
Three 11 to 15.5-ounce cans Green Giant vegetables
Two 14-ounce cans Ocean Spray cranberry sauce
Three 6-ounce boxes of Stove Top stuffing
One 5-pound bag of red potatoes
One 12-count package of Sara Lee dinner rolls
One 22-ounce pumpkin roll cake

There will be a limit of two turkeys per customer. 

Walmart is also featuring deals on Electronics.  THere ill be a 298 HP notebook available in store and on line.  There are also other cincredible electronic deals on HDTVs, Xbox, and a $148 Sony Blu-Ray Player. 

Walmart wants to avoid the crush that happened last year at one Long Island store on Black Friday, when an employee was trampled by a stampeding crowd.  Like many retailers, they are not waiting for Black Friday this year to jump start the holiday shopping season.  The careful timing and planning means better savings for all, over a period of time. 

And we haven’t even arrived at Black Friday yet.  These are just the sales up until Black Friday. 

Coupon matchups for the Walmart Thanksgiving sale include these:

Stove Top Stuffing Mix
$1/2  exp 1/31/2010 (Winetag)
B4G1 up to $1.63 exp 5/1/2010 Tearpad

Sara Lee Buns
.55/1 (Insert, RP 10/25) Exp 12/11/2009

Our preview of this week’s Sunday insert coupons is here.  Plan all your holiday shoppingwith our lists!

A Very CVS Christmas

I just got a really great “Christmas Gift” from CVS in the mail.  It’s a very slick catalog of Christmas gifts you can purchase at CVS - and it contains a few  ECB deals. It’s also got a coupon for $4 in Extra Care Bucks when you spend $20.  There is a lot of value you can get at CVS with sales, coupons, and ECBs.

I also received a coupon in the mail for 20% off tomorrow and Saturday. Now that is pretty sweet.  Lets see, 20% off, ECBS, coupons - well, it all adds up to some pretty great savings.

In the Christmas book, there are ECB deals on Axe products - buy 2 and get $2 ECBS.  Buy an Axe gift set for $9.99, get a $2 ECB.  My son loves this stuff, so guess what will be stuffing his stocking. Other  ECBs  in the book iinclude a $5 ECB when you buy one Regenetresse Thinning Hair Treatment System for $21.99 and a $2 ECB on Cetaphil.  There are some good prices on gift items if you can find them in your local store.  I especially like the leather Jacket for $19.99.  There’s a special section of gifts under $5 which is sure to solve your last minute gift needs, office and classroom parties, and stocking stuffers.

Here’s some good ECBs for next week:

$2 ECB when you buy  (2) General Mills cereal or cereal bars (2/$6)  Use the coupons that have been in the paper recently to receive extra savings. Limit 1.
$3 ECB when you buy $10 Hellman’s, Lipton, Ragu or Skippy.  Limit 1
$4 ECB wyb $12 Glade products.  Use Glade coupons for extra savings.  Limit 1
$10 ECB when you buy $20 Cold and Flu Remedies.  Limit 1.  Products include Dayquil, Nyquil, Vicks, Theraflu, Robitussin, Mucinex, and Boiron Homeopathic Cold or Flu Remedy. Use a lot of high value coupons from P&G Brandsaver, the CVS Flu Shot Book, and printables.

If you’ve been saving up ECBs, this book gives you some good ideas for gifts to buy with them while you are still earning more ECBs!

Walmart Offers 100 Toys for $10

I don’t know if you remember last year or not, but for the holiday season of 2008, Walmart offered a few $10 toy deals. It was 10 to be exact. This year however, blows that all away. For 2009, Walmart promises a whooping 100 different toys for $10.

I told you that the retailers were going to step things up this year, didn’t I? This is really exciting news.

I plan on watching these $10 toys closely. Not only will it make the regular holiday shopping easier, but I may even stock up on extras for some of my favorite Toys for Tots and other charities.

Another idea I had was to stock up for my gift closet. In other words, I can have a stash of toys ready for all of the birthday parties my kids will be invited to throughout the coming year.

The $10 toys have already been coming in, although the full 100 don’t seem to be all available just yet. Still, if you want to avoid the crowd, there are plenty to chose from right now including some hot toys.

As of tonight, there were 28 toys at $10. A couple of these toys are already out of stock. Here are some of the ones that jumped out to me as hot deals:

The Littlest Pet Shop: various toys
Bionicle: various toys
Monopoly board game
Play-Doh Burger Builder Set
V-Tech Explore & Learn Helicopter

Look for all of the Walmart coupon codes and coupon links below.

Sunday Coupons, and Holiday Deals

We’ve got two inserts this weekend, a SmartSource and a Redplum.  See our list of  list of what’s inside the inserts. Remember, not all coupons are available in all areas.

It looks like the coupon advertisers want to help you get ready for Thanksgiving and holiday baking.  There are coupons for Pet Evaporated Milk ($1/3),and Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk ($1/2) and it looks like there are other baking items as well. You’ll also find coupons for giftable items such as Build a Bear and Coty Fragrances.

Here’s a holiday offer you will like.  Get $10 back when you buy 10 participating Nabisco Crackers.  Remember the coupons you got in the Save $55 throughout the school year booklet, and the 2 rebate forms for $20 each?  Well, here’s another rebate on top of that. Nabisco really wants you to like their crackers!

You only have a few days left to take advantage of Harris Teeter triple coupons.  Lucky you if you are in their area!

And here is a bonus from Right @ Home. There are some great B1G1f and high value coupons right now on Glade products, Windex, and Drano, along with an opportunity to win a $100 Visa Gift card.  They promise that beginning December 6 there will be a 6,000 basket giveaway on baskets filled with products from Ziploc, Glade, and other SC Johnson products.

The Holidays are going to be fun this year, and it’s clear that it will be easy to get in the mood early!  Kmart will be offering a rebate program similiar to CVS ExtraCare Bucks, and Kohls continues to have success with Kohl’s cash.  In fact, Safeway stores are currently offering $10 Kohl’s rewards at checkout for every $50 you spend.  You only have till November 8 to score those, and you can only redeem them for a limited time.  Finding all these great deals that can double up and triple up for great savings is part of the holiday fun!

See our page of past insert lists here.

Entertaining on a Budget

Okay, now that we are into November, I am starting to panic. There will be a whole host of gatherings at my house starting with the big one on Thanksgiving. I don’t even know how to brine a turkey, but I guess I’ll just have to learn. One thing I do know, though, is how to save money. You bet that I am going to apply that knowledge this year to save as much as I can with entertaining.

Here is what I plan on doing.

I think food will be my biggest expense. To save money on groceries, I’ve been gathering the coupons for some of the special foods that we will need for the holidays. Our local grocery store offers a free turkey with points, and with a family of five, I should be making enough purchases there to qualify. Anything that is non perishable can be picked up as soon as a good sale comes along.

I’ll also be combining coupons and sales, and then stacking the coupons when I can.
This strategy also applies to cleaning products. I will definitely be stepping up the cleaning for company. Generic cleaners and home made cleaners (such as vinegar and water to wash windows) will save a bunch of money.

For some affairs, I can get away with hosting a pot luck. This will cut down on the food costs, and we will all get the benefit of everyone’s favorite dishes!
When I provide all of the food myself, it is often cheaper to make it all from scratch or at least assemble it myself. For example, instead of buying a cut fruit platter, I will buy the fruit whole and cut it.

For music, I already have a bunch of holiday music on my iPod, but I’ll still be looking out for more. Amazon often offers free music downloads. Napster is offering a free trial of downloads, too. There are also a number of online sources for streaming holiday music, such as http://www.accuradio.com/holidays/

Did you know that you can often save on wine and alcohol when you go almost to the source. Large distributors often sell to the public. Local shops may also have some great recommendations on less pricey but excellent wine and other beverages.

Do you have any other tips for saving money when you entertain?

My Toys R Us, Kohls and Marshall’s Trip

Sunday was one of those big errand days for me. We try to combine errands so we aren’t going out every week shopping. We had some gift cards to use up and a few groceries to get, so we left on our mission right after church.

I wanted to check out the Disney Store for Halloween costumes. I love their costumes because they are usually so well made. I try to hit that store as well as several others to stock up on Halloween costumes for the kids in bigger sizes. Not only can they use them for Halloween, but they can also use them to play dress up.

I didn’t actually make it to the Disney Store because we spent so much time at Toys R us. They had their costumes already marked down to 75% off! This was a good deal, and they did carry some of the favorite kids characters, such as the Little Mermaid, Star Wars Darth Vasder and Storm Trooper, Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. They also had some generic costumes, as well. I saw a lot left over for little ones, especially. The costumes ranged from $3 to $10 after the discount.

Toys R Us also has a lot of deals that gave you free items, from gift cards when you buy Disney movies, to a free Crayola anniversary tin set when you buy Crayola products and a free Spongebob Squarepants game when you bought two other games. A large, nice plush dog was available for only $4.99 when you spent $50.

Another good deal that I picked up for my daughter was the Barbie and the Three Musketeers DVD for only $9.99. This is the newest Barbie DVD, so finding it for that price was pretty good.

Select Lego (and other building blocks) sets were on sale as well, and they are always a sure things with kids. The sets averaged about $5 off, when it is rare to find any sale on Legos, Duplos or Mega Bloks. The Lego Website does have a few other deals going on, including a free shipping deal.

Next, I went to Marshall’s Homegoods store. I usually find good deals there. In fact, I picked up the same tablecloth I later saw at Kohls for much less! The real deal at the Homegoods store were the Halloween costumes again. They had plush, PLUSH! animal costumes for only $2 in sizes up to 5T. I picked up a monkey and a beaver. They were warm and thick.

My last bargain hunting stop was at Kohls. They had a lot of stuff for the home on sale, such as 60 percent off of table linens. Thanksgiving and Christmas seasonal themes were already marked down. It just turned November, didn’t it?

Did you do any shopping this weekend? If so, what deals did you find?

Black Friday Starts Early

This is an exciting weekend for Frugalisters.  You’ll find tons of coupon matchups and great deals in the newspaper.  Our usual list of coupons in these Sunday inserts is here. Take a look at the P&G Brandsaver insert, and see if your store is offering the deal of free cookware for $25 in P&G products purchased in a single transaction.  This is a very good deal.

We’ll be linking in future blogs to expert bloggers who specialize in particular regional stores - the better to increase your matchups and give you more information.

If you think that Christmas shopping has started early, you are right.  The traditional start to the Christmas shopping season, the Friday of Thanksgiving weekend, has been moved back a month! This weekend begins the Black Friday Now promotion at Sears. You’ll be seeing different specials throughout the season, so be sure to check back every day.

Walmart is announcing “tis the season for unbeatable prices”.  Their local flyers are full of great deals on electronics.  Remember those $800 wide screen tvs people waited outside the store all night for?  Well, those tvs are a lot cheaper now.  Look to see great deals on electronics this year, and shop wisely.  Walmart also announces that they will match the price of any local competitor’s printed ad for an identical product.

Walmart has also announced that any websites that get a copy of their official Black Friday ad cannot publish it before November 23.  So, we may not have so much Walmart info on the web as Black Friday approaches.  That just builds the anticipation - if the deals are this good now, what will they be during the traditional season?

CVS has a new booklet out Sunday called “Season to Save”.  There are $35 in ECBs (Extra Care Bucks) included.  It lasts until November 25.  It will be interesting to see what CVS rolls out for the traditional season after November 25.

This two tiered approach to introducing savings may turn out to be profitable for retailers, sensible for consumers, and spread the savings among those who simply are not going to go shopping at 4 am on a Friday morning.

Holiday Shopping and Printable Store Coupons!

While I love having all of those printable grocery coupons so I can save money at the grocery store, I am so excited to be finding printable coupons for some of my favorite retail stores.

I am already doing some of my holiday shopping. Last night, after we dropped my eldest off at a church activity, we headed to TARGET. I was excited to find some things on sale, and I picked them up to put away for holiday gifts.

There were those magic stretch gloves on sale: two pairs for only $1. They also had hats for $1 as well. A friend of mine got a bunch to give away as a charity project she is doing at work. What a great idea! I also saw a bunch of holiday DVDs on sale.

There was the “Polar Express” (with an additional 3D disk), “Miracle on 34th Street” and “The Tale of Desperaeux,” along with some others. Girls underwear, boys PJs and socks were also good deals.

But enough about this one store. Let us get to those printable store coupons. I plan on printing every one and keeping them with me in my purse as I am out and about. You never know when you might be near a store anyway for something or other.

My friend, Laura just sent me this great SEARS coupon that she got in her email box. You can print it out for $5 off of a $20 toy purchase. This is a great way to get a jump start on the holidays. Here is an extra tip, some stores might still have some summer stuff on clearance, so check well, and you might really clean up with this coupon.

For me, I think it really sets the atmosphere to have a teddy bear under the Christmas tree as a gift or on the fireplace mantle for decoration. Here is an amazing printable coupon for Build-A-Bear. You can get $5 off of a $10 animal! Part of the fun is actually building the bear. I can see printing a bunch of these coupons for all of the little ones in the neighborhood.

I spotted this one over at Common Sense with Money.

Another friend, Carol, sent me this coupon for 15% off at Kohls! The coupon says that it is good on everything, and you can use it multiple times during the shopping period that started yesterday and ends after the 27th. Scoop up all of those holiday linens that are already on clearance, the small appliances, the kids clothes and other great bargains that they have in the store right now.

Happy (Holiday) Shopping!

Gift Deals for Your Spouse

My wedding anniversary is coming up tomorrow! The date still gets me excited even after all of these years. One thing that makes me nervous about the day, though, is shopping for gifts. I mean, the man is just so clever that it is hard to sneak out to do my shopping.

This year, I got smart. I decided to shop online. Not only is it easier to pretend that I forgot the date in the days leading up to our anniversary (no mysterious dashes out to the store alone), but I can do all of my research pretty easily. And, you know, I can actually take advantage of all of those coupon codes and links that I am always finding and posting.

I thought that I would share all of this because, well, the holidays will be coming up pretty soon. All of us with spouses will have to get our acts together to figure out and get the perfect gifts for the perfect price.

As the weeks pass, I’ll keep this in mind and highlight some of the best deals that would make great gifts for spouses. There is also the infamous Black Friday and Cyber Monday crazy sales that will come up, too. I prefer doing most of my shopping in advance, so I don’t overspend. This way, I don’t have to worry about something being out of stock, and since many stores try out their holiday sales ahead of time with a secret code here and there, I shouldn’t miss out on anything. Of course, there may be a deal or two to snag even on Black Friday or Cyber Monday

Electronics should continue to be huge this year, especially with HDTVs, cameras and video games, all of which I know my spouse would love to have. Expect short term deals that you have to jump on starting late this month.

Here are two Walmart electronics deals for under $300 when you use coupon links:
Walmart has a good deal on an Acer netbook for only $298 and a Sanyo HDTV for only $296.

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