Free Triaminic by Mail

FREE Triaminic Fever Reducer Pain Reliever 470x103 Free Triaminic by MailUsually FatHeadDog will distance from mail-in rebate offers, but this one is worth a shot. Triaminic is giving away 250,000 bottles of Triaminic™ Fever Reducer Pain Reliever. To get your FREE bottle of Triaminic, visit their site between August 2nd and 8th, 2010 to get the rebate form, while supplies last.

  • Purchase a 4-oz. Triaminic Fever Reducer Pain Reliever product between August 2-8.
  • Request a rebate form by email (available 8/2/10).
  • Submit your rebate request by 8/31/10.

All rebate requests must be postmarked by August 31, 2010 and received by September 7, 2010.

Buy 8 Diet Cokes, Get 2 Free at CVS

diet coke Buy 8 Diet Cokes, Get 2 Free at CVSI’m always looking for a way to support my Diet Coke habit. While we’re in the refrigerated beverage section of CVS, look for a coupon tearpad with $1/two 20-ounce Coca-Cola coupons. A few times a week, I pick up two Diet Cokes for $1.59 each and use the dollar off coupon, making them roughly $1.10 each (plus tax). With your CVS Extra Care Card, buy nine 20-ounce Coca Cola products and get your 10th  free. Continuing with my entirely elementary math skills, purchase nine Cokes at $9.90 and get one free (a $1.59 value).

Then, go to MyCokeRewards.com to enter the code found under the cap for 3 points. Redeem 30 points, or 10 codes from 20-ounce bottles, for a free Coke product. You can use that coupon at CVS, which will count towards your buy 9, get 1 free. So, most awkwardly and clumsily explained, that’s how I buy 8 beloved Diet Cokes at CVS and get 2 free.

Free Crystal Light at CVS

free crystal light on the go Free Crystal Light at CVSHere’s a cool freebie. Get two FREE Crystal Light On the Go Singles at CVS (usually near the bottled water or on the cooler doors) when you use a tearpad coupon for $1/2 Crystal Light or Kool-Aid Products.

Crystal Light On the Go Singles, $0.50
$1/2 Crystal Light or Kool-Aid Products tearpad
Both FREE wyb 2 after coupon!

But here’s a FatHeadDog two-second soapbox.. don’t smash and grab with an armful of Crystal Light and coupons. Score a great deal and leave some for the next person–it’s like coupon karma.

The Married Man’s Myth of Victoria’s Secret

lip+gloss The Married Mans Myth of Victorias SecretAsk any married man. Being dragged into Victoria’s Secret by your window-shopping wife just isn’t as sexy as it sounds. Why? Because more often than not, she won’t be walking out with a lacy little black thing, but instead, beige colored briefs.

So make a break for GameStop when she pulls out this Victoria’s Secret coupon for a free Beauty Rush lip gloss with any in-store purchase. Limit one free lip gloss per customer. Valid through July 21st.

Father’s Day Gifts at Shutterfly

Dear old dad needs some love. Shutterfly can help. Here’s a rundown of their specials:

Shutterfly2 Fathers Day Gifts at ShutterflyGet three FREE  father’s day 5×7 folded personalized cards for the price of shipping with code CARDS4DAD. You can have them addressed and stamped, to be sent directly from Shutterfly. They offered this same special for mother’s day and it was a big hit with my mother, mother in law and grandmother.

For gifts, such as Photobooks, Mugs, Calendars and other cool stuff, use SHIP30 for free standard shipping on orders $30 or more, through June 10.

When you spend $30 at Shutterfly, you’ll get a $15 bonus gift from Omaha Steaks. Order by June 15, and you’ll receive a reward code from Omaha Steaks about two weeks later.

Mother’s Day Gift Idea

gnav hallmark logo Mothers Day Gift IdeaMother’s Day is Sunday, May 10! At Hallmark, customize a greeting card and have it mailed to your dear mother for less than $4. What’s better than the convenience of having your Hallmark card mailed for you? With code, CARD4MOM, you get the personalized card mailed for free. One card per Hallmark account. It won’t deliver by Mother’s Day, but mom knew you were always running late.

How to Get Free Excedrin at CVS

Little. Yellow. Free.

Nuprin is pretty scarce around these days but here’s a printable coupon for $2off select Excedrin pain relief. This week at CVS, the 24 count are on sale for $1.99. Hand over the $2off coupon and the kind associate will “adjust the coupon down” to $1.99.  That’s the easiest free product you’ll ever pick up.

Link to printable coupon–it’s a “Bricks” coupon so you’ll have to install the coupon printer:
http://www.excedrin.com/index.shtml

Link to snail mail coupon to be sent (my choice so you don’t have to install the printer software):
http://bricks.coupons.com/help/InstallGuide.asp?tqnm=qdjmblh21673751&bt=wg&o=54125&c=EX&p=TjoBqapO

Note: If you choose to have the coupon sent, it probably won’t arrive until next week–after the sale is over. Not to worry, these $1.99 sales come up often at Walgreens and CVS, so hold onto it. The coupon is valid until June (specific date is dependent on when you print it).

Do’s and Don’ts of Discount Drugstore Shopping

by K. Shelby Skrhak

Do—

Pick one drugstore/grocery store and follow its weekly ad circulars. For example, I prefer to shop CVS. By picking just one store—instead of trying to track all the store’s sales and prices—I keep it simple and become familiar with that particular store’s frequent sales.

For example, CVS tends to put the following items on sale frequently. I use this information to collect coupons for the following items:

soyjoy 199x300 Do’s and Don’ts of Discount Drugstore Shopping

  • Crest and Colgate toothpaste
  • Soyjoy snack bars
  • Garnier shampoo/conditioner and styling products
  • Pantene shampoo/condition and styling products
  • Covergirl cosmetics
  • Maybelline cosmetics
  • Sally Hanson nail products
  • Dawn dish soap

Here’s an example of how to get Dawn dish soap free or almost free:

In the Proctor & Gamble coupon circular, which comes the first week of every month, look for the Dawn coupons. The amounts range from $.50 to $2.00, depending on the particular variety of Dawn. When CVS runs a sale of Dawn dish soap, they typically run one of two specials:

1. Dawn $.99

2. Dawn Buy One Get One

The first scenario is a great opportunity to use a $1off coupon. $1 off 99 cent equals free! But here’s a little known fact to employ for the second scenario. Many drugstores and grocery stores accept coupons for both items on a buy one  get one (BOGO) sale. So, in this case, use two $1 off coupons. $1+$1 off $1.99 equals free!

Don’t—

Don’t “do” every deal just because it’s on sale. When I first started out, I clipped dozens and dozens of coupons every week for just about any product because I never knew if there’d be a sale on it. But soon, all these coupons accumulated and became burdensome to organize and carry. I’d waste time simply flipping through all these coupons in the store, and soon drugstore shopping became a lengthier process than I wanted or intended. Soon I learned to pick and choose.

For example, I could buy 2 Sure Deodorant for $2.79 each, use a buy one get one coupon on it, and get back $3 in CVS Extra Bucks—a deal in which I’ve kinda “made money,” but I don’t use that brand and therefore it’s not a good deal for me. Instead, just select the products you use, or would like to use. That’s the bonus of discount drugstore shopping: you get to try brand new products or name brands you always thought were too expensive otherwise.