Just got a tip from reader Kim that a local Target has their Christmas marked down to 75%, including the dollar aisle!
I’m not sure which location this was it – sometimes they mark them down at different schedules depending on how much they have left in stock at that particular store.
If you’ve been to a local Target recently and have a tip about their clearance discounts and how much they have left in stock, please comment!
You can attend two UCCS basketball games for free on Monday, January 3rd! The first 300 people to arrive at the women’s game and mention Ent Federal Credit Union get in absolutely free!
The event is sponsored by Ent Federal Credit Union, and they’re hoping for a great turnout to support our local teams. If you don’t get there in time, normal adult admission is $6; children 12 and under are free. Military, seniors, and teenagers (13-18) are $3.
The women’s game begins at 6 PM, and the men’s game will follow at 8 PM. They’ll be playing Colorado State-Pueblo. Get more info on the games here.
I love the first week in January’s coupon inserts! We should be getting as many as five inserts this week: 2 Redplum, 2 Smartsource, and 1 General Mills insert. The GM insert is regional, but we usually get it.
You can preview the coupons in the coupon database – doesn’t like they’re all in there yet, but they should be soon.
Keep in mind that coupons vary greatly by region, so we may have different values or totally different brands in our inserts. The Denver Post has more/better coupons than the Gazette, so I definitely recommend subscribing to the Post for the coupons.
I’ll be buying a few extra newspapers this week – how about you?
Here’s how I organize my coupons!
Not a lot of great deals at Whole Foods this week, but that’s a great price on quinoa!
They’ve just released a bunch of new printable store coupons, which, at the Colorado Springs stores, you can combine with manufacturer’s coupons. Those on a gluten-free diet will like the one for $1/1 Udi’s product: combine it with the $1/1 manufacturer’s coupon on Coupons.com to take $2 off!
These deals are valid through January 18th.
Stonyfield Farms Organic Yogurt Cups – $0.50
Buy 3 and use $0.50/3 Stonyfield Organic Yogurt – Stoneyfield Farm
Net cost at checkout: $1.00 for three or $0.33 each
Rating: 5
Organic Red Lentils – $1.99/lb
Rating: unknown, regular price is around $3.39
Organic Whole Quinoa – $1.99/lb
Rating: 5
Helpful Resources: View The Entire Ad | Whole Foods’ Coupon Policy | About The Ratings
Coupon Helps: Printable Coupons Resource Center | Coupon Database
This weekly ad review is part of BeCentsAble’s Grocery Gathering.
Oh yes, my friends… time to start thinking about Valentine’s Day! There’s a new printable at Coupons.com for $1/2 Mars Valentine’s Product, which includes M&Ms, Snickers, Dove, and more.
Here’s a few more printable coupons:
And, today is the last day of the month, and there are a lot of printable coupons that will be expiring or reset tonight. I would expect we’ll see a lot of new coupons starting tomorrow, but if there’s anything you want at [coupons.com], [redplum.com], or [smartsource.com], I would print them now!
Yay, it finally snowed! We were joking with some friends that we needed to go wash our cars so that it would snow – doesn’t that always seem to happen?
Well, anyway, you can get two car washes with a protectant upgrade for $10 through Groupon today. It’s valid at the White Water Car Wash locations at 4389 Integrity Center Pt and 86 N Academy Blvd, and you can buy one for yourself and one as a gift.
If you’re headed to Denver, make sure you check out this 50% off deal to select Quizno’s locations!
Dillard’s will have their annual New Year’s Day sale tomorrow! All previously marked down merchandise is 50% off the lowest marked price.
Stores open at 9 AM on New Year’s Day!
I recently emailed Living Social‘s customer service regarding a question I had, and thought I’d take a minute to share the answer to that question along with some more info about their program.
I contacted them because I had purchased the deal to Barracuda Bazaar using Deal Bucks (referral credits), making the voucher free (well, free until I factor in the self-employement taxes I’ll be paying on it because it counts as business income, but that’s neither here nor there.)
The total that was to be charged to my debit card, which is required to be on file at Living Social, was $0.00; however, when I logged on to my bank account, I saw that they had authorized my debit card $20 for that purchase!
I emailed their customer service right away and was told this:
When you purchase your deal, your bank immediately places an ‘authorization’ for the full list price (no credits or Deal Bucks applied) of the deal on your account. This confirms that you have the credit line or funds available if using a debit card, to make the purchase.
If you make multiple purchases of the same deal or change/edit your credit card while making your purchase, you may see multiple authorizations on your account.
When the ‘charge’ is processed, any credits due (Deal Bucks, referrals, etc…) are applied and the ‘reduced’ price is what actually gets charged to your account. Following the successful completion of the purchase, the ‘authorization’ is removed from your account leaving only the one line item for your purchase.
Now, ultimately, it turns out fine. But, I’m not a fan of the way they do it because depending on how your credit/debit card is set up, it could lock up funds even while it’s only “authorized” and not charged.
I understand why they do it this way: for instance, they do the deal where if you buy it and refer three of your friends who also buy it, the deal is free for you. So, they would need to wait until the next day to do all that reconciling to see if your friends bought it, but of course they need to know whether or not you actually have money in your account.
Anyway, I’m still a little bit annoyed by it, as Groupon does not authorize your credit card when you make a purchase with referral credits and it seems like they should figure out a way to do it similarly, but that’s how it works and I wanted to let you know!
More helpful tips about Living SocialWhat do you think about Living Social’s deals? I think they’re my favorite site behind Groupon, aside from the minor annoyance above.
