Money Maker Alert on Olay Spa Gift Set for Christmas!

Get Started On a Gift For Christmas...

And Make a Buck! SHH!

Thanks for the AWESOME Head's Up, Couponing to Disney!

Ok, so what's better than giving a really great gift? Well.. don't tell anyone.. but getting it for free.. and making a little something in the process!

Hurry! Today, you can order the Olay Spa Gift Set from Walmart online for $9.63, shipped!

But, that doesn't sound free or money making you say... well.. here's how it works..

Step 1: Go HERE to Ebates and search Walmart.com. Click the link to shop through Walmart and ensure your 2% cash back. I love Ebate checks in my mailbox! Yay!

Step 2: Search Olay Spa Gift Set. You will see 2 options.  Pick the one you like. They are $9 today.  They say "free shipping to home after $45 in purchase." Ignore that. At the check out, the total will be $9.63 after tax and shipping will show as free.  (I know, right??!)  This is a good deal. A week ago these were $10!

Step 3:  Wait for the item to come in. THEN, when it does, fill out the form it comes with that declines the FREE SUBSCRIPTION to ALLURE magazine and wait for your $9.99 rebate!!  (But, you said give this as a gift! If you have to open it...!!  Ok. So, put it back together neatly. Throw in some other goodies like chocolates or candles or whatever the recipient likes.. and voila! Gift restored! You can make it lovely if you have to open it to get the subscription card out. Head to Dollar Tree if you need a new heat shrink basket bag!)    

*So, about 37c money maker right now? Right? 

Step 4: Wait for your Ebates check in the mail for about $1.80 back! So, just over $2 money maker! 

SuhWEET!  

This is why I HEART Couponing To Disney!  I always say let me tailor my blog to the deals you are specifically looking for and the tutorial/ethics questions you have... and let the big guys do what they do best. Because they totally rock it!

Disney Photo Pass Discounts!!

Going to Disney? Been to Disney and Have a Photo Pass? 

Check Out These Deals!  If You Have a Trip Planned In the Future, Check This Out and Pre-Order Your Photo CD NOW to Save About 33%!

*Ok, first, what is a Disney Photo Pass? When you go to Disney, there are Disney Photogs EVERYWHERE. They happily take pictures of your family enjoying the sights and attractions and characters.. and then hand you a photopass card, or scan a card you already have. Once you get home, you can go HERE to the Disney Photopass site and link your account to all the wonderful pictures they took of you on your vacation. You can order the pictures and do all kinds of nifty things with them. It does get a little pricey, so I love finding the deals on these.  (Also, ask nicely, and the photogs will also use your camera to take a picture too!)

• Get one set of 28 FREE Address labels WYB One set of Stationary Cards Use code NFREELABEL by October 30
• Save 10% on a Photo CD when you use code FALLCDSAVE by October 30
• Save 25% on folded cards with HolidayCard25 by Dec 1
• Buy 2 sets of Cards, Get one FREE with BUY2CARD (exp unknown)
• Get $5 off PhotoCalendar with 5CAL2012 (exp unknown)
• Get $4 off Photomugs and Mouse Pads with MMP4OFF (exp unknown)

**Disney PHOTOPASS IN PARK FREEBIE!**

Have a Disney Visa? Call them and inquire about the free character meet n greet available only to Disney Visa cardholders. For example, in Epcot (at Imaginations West Pavilion, I believe) there is a meet n greet. You go at the time slot they post and show your Disney Visa. Then, you get about 5 minutes, depending on the day and line behind you, with some characters. When I went, we got Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy to ourselves in a private room with no other guests. Just the characters, their "friends" (handlers? what's the term they use?) and the Disney PhotoPass photogs.  We got to play with the characters and get signatures.  All the while, the photographers were taking candid pictures. They did pose us at the end of the session.  Then, as an added perk, we got to pick our favorite picture from the session to take home for FREE!   Ask a castmember for details, and/or call the number on the back of your Visa for more information.  The rest of the pictures were available for ordering from our PhotoPass account once we got home if we wanted them.

THE BEST BEST BEST DEAL IS TO PREORDER YOUR PHOTOS BEFORE YOU GO! 

Check out the deals HERE! 

Basically, instead of paying $150 for your photo cd, you will prepay $99.95.

OR

Get a really great package:

$149.95 for the CD plus a Souvenir Album that you create!  This is valued at just under $230. 

When you pre-order, only the photos added to your account AFTER you order this deal will be available for use with these items.  

The neat thing is that you get ALL the photos the photogs take of you while in the parks.. plus a copy of whatever edits you do on the site on the CD you order! They have all sorts of neat borders and such. I get sticker shock to think about this, but when you stop and think about how much an individual souvenir picture at Disney costs, I really think this is the way to go!

**WHY ORDER A CD?**

Your Disney PhotoPass Pictures only stay in your account a limited amount of time. Then, they go away, and/or become unavailable to you for ordering, etc. With a cd, you have them forever and have unlimited access and unlimited prints.  When you preorder a photo cd, you walk into the parks and can relax a little more. You can smile for the Disney photogs, let them take the pictures of the character encounters and just enjoy your trip a little more. Sure, still snap away with your camera. But know you are getting some really great professional pictures as well. AND, your family photographer can actually join you in more pictures!! :) Just make sure to keep up with your photopass card. And don't worry. If your group splits up and you end up with more than one PhotoPass, you can enter multiple PhotoPasses into your account.  I am not necessarily promoting the other pricey products on the site.. but the CD is almost a necessity!! I have ordered a book before and it came out really gorgeous too!

**HOW TO PAY** 

OK, DisneyPhotoPass.com takes Disney Gift Cards as payment. Why this rocks: Sam's Clubs Sells Disney Gift Cards. They run about $98 for $100.  AND they come with a bonus $10 gift card! Hooray! So, run out and track these down if you can! They stay sold out locally for me. I end up buying a few to help pay for this and my vacation when I go visit folks elsewhere.  I now have a small stack of $10 gift cards to use on souvies when we go! (The $100 cards have been used at Disney.com to pay off our vacation balance. Just as a reminder, I saved Disney Rewards for 5 years so now my family of 5 gets to go for 8 days and pay $500 out of pocket for the package! Yes, we are staying at a resort with a dining plan! yay!) 

IF you do pay for ANYTHING with these gift cards, do NOT throw them away. KEEP them. JUST IN CASE you end up needing a refund and they have to put it back on the original card or whatever. 

Ok, so I had a few folks ask about PhotoPass and deals. I hope this covered that. Please send me your emails to couponcouture@gmail.com if you have any other questions about this or any other deals! 

Rite Aid Cover Girl Deal Today... Rewarding Yet Complicated.

Cover Girl Deal: +Up Rewards, Sale, Coupons, AND Rebate.... Whew..

Through today, Rite Aid has all Cover Girl cosmetics Buy One, Get One 50% off. PLUS, when you spend $30 in participating P&G brands, you get $10 +Up Rewards back (limit one per person). Cover Girl is a participating brand. The $30 is a pre-coupon amount too! :)    AND! Cover Girl is also one of the brands you can use to work the current P&G Rebate found HERE.  You have to hurry though... you have until 10/31 to work this rebate.

Ok.. so if you can stick with me.. it gets a little tricky here.. but I will try to explain how I worked the Cover Girl, Rebate, +UP Rewards Rite Aid deal today. (it ends today... but it will give you an idea how to work similar deals in the future if it is too late for you to catch this one!)

Transaction one:

CG Lip Perfection:  $7.19

CG TruBlend Minerals Powder: $9.89

CG TruBlend Minerals Blush: $9.69 (then Half OFF, so really $4.84!)

CG Lip Perfection: $7.19

CG Lip Perfection: $7.19 (Then Half OFF, so really $3.59!)

Then, I used coupons:  

$8 off 2 CG

$8 off 2 CG

$1 off 1 CG

My total was $17.99 after tax!!   

My TOTAL SAVINGS were $25.45

My Total towards the rebate:  $32.70  (so even though I spent $17.99 out of pocket, I got credit for spending $32.70 because of how the receipt printed the cost of the items, and because these rebates consider the PRE COUPON amount per item.) 

AND, I got a $10 +UP reward back.

SO, Transaction 2:

CG Outlast: $10.99

CG Outlast: $8.99 ($4.49 after half off!)

CG Eyeshadow kit: $8.49

CG Lip Perfection:  $7.19 ($3.59 after half off)

CG Eye Pencil:  $5.99

CG Bronzer: $4.39 ($2.19 after half off)

Then I used Coupons:

$10+Up Rewards from Transaction 1

$8 off 2 CG

$1 off 1 CG

$1 off 1 CG

$1 off 1 CG

Total after Tax:  $14.74

I saved  $31.30!  

Total Towards the Rebate:  $35.74

Goal of the rebate is MET! 

Total out of pocket to get to the $50:  $32.73

I will get $10 back!

I bought $89.48 worth of product for $22.73 after I get my rebate check in! That totally rocks! And I am set on make up for a while now! :)

Which is great. Because I hate to admit it, but I have not bought any make up in 3 years. Sigh. So today was totally fun.. well, once you take out the whole shopping with toddlers factor! :)

Target Pharmacy Coupon Book Giveaway Winners Announced

Who Won the Target Pharmacy Coupon Books?

Thanks so much for entering the contest, guys! I am excited to announce the winners. This giveaway makes me especially happy, because I know what this particular prize means to fellow couponers! Target coupons are AWESOME because they stack with manufacturer's coupons to get you name brand products cheap or FREE! 

This is why I always tell folks that I cannot afford store brand. (Unless it is Target store brand.. because they run awesome sales, clearances, and store brand coupons! Hollah at Target! yay!)

But back to the business at hand.  I am so happy to announce our winners:

Liz8288

Kim Newcomb

JHH

You guys now have until Wednesday, end of day, to email me at couponcouture@gmail.com to claim your prize!! These prizes are very valuable and awesome, so I will have to pick another winner for the ones not claimed after that! 

Thanks again so much, guys! 

Target Pharmacy Coupon Book Giveaway

I Love My Target Pharmacists

They Made THIS Giveaway Possible!

I go out of my way to use a Target pharmacy. The care I get there has been amazing! They have helped sort out all kinds of snafoos, and they always give me excellent and friendly advice. All pharmacists are NOT created equally.. and all Target pharmacists might not be either... but as for me and mine, I LOVE MY TARGET PHARMACY! No lie.  

I was reminded why last week. I went to pick up my prescription. As I was about to walk away from the counter, my fave pharmacist called out "wait wait!" and rushed over to me. And, she handed me a banded group of highly desired and coveted TARGET PHARMACY COUPON BOOKLETS! They have about $35 worth of coupons inside.. She told me to keep some and share some with you lucky readers!  This week is super crazy so I don't have time to type the whole list up... so let's do a mini giveaway instead.   

I know the blog has been a bit crazy lately... but I want to say thanks for sticking it out.

To enter the contest: 

Leave a comment here letting me know what your favorite post on the blog has been so far. (THIS POST does NOT COUNT! Sorry!!).  Want a bonus entry? Go HERE and like Mississippi Murder Mystery Company.  Want another entry? Go HERE and like Dirty Laundry Band (they are actually pretty clean!).  Leave a comment on their wall to let them know that Coupon Couture sent you! And let me know here that you did that! So, you  can get up to 3 entries!

I am going to randomly pick 2 winners.  BUT there will be 3 total winners.  Wait, you say? How will I pick the other winner? First person to leave a comment here is a guaranteed winner!

Contest closes Friday! I will post the winners here and on Facebook.  You will have until Wednesday, Oct 26 to email me at couponcouture@gmail.com to claim your prize! Good luck! 

REMEMBER! THESE COUPONS ARE STACKABLE WITH MANUF COUPONS AND YOU CAN USE THEM ON SALE/CLEARANCE ITEMS... AND THEY DONT EXPIRE UNTIL JANUARY! WOOT!!

P&G Brand Sampler

Like Free Samples In Your Mailbox?

Join P&G Brand Sampler!

If you haven't joined the P&G Brand Sampler online, you need to do that ASAP! Every month or so you can log in and check off the list of samples you would like to receive in your mailbox. It is that simple! A lot of these samples also come with coupons! SOMETIMES, you can request coupons instead of the samples offerred.. as in, you could request a voucher for a free sample size item.. or a $3 off any type coupon...  WHEN that option presents itself, I recommend going that route if you are going to "do the coupon thing".  Sometimes, magic happens when you are sitting on a voucher for a freebie (up to x amount of dollars) or a $3 off or whatever. You might find a clearance sale that would make a full sized item the same cost as a trial/travel sized item and then you just bonus sized your freebie. OR you might find a drugstore deal with extra bucks back or even a rebate.. you can keep the savings going or even make a little money for purchasing the free item....   Just some food for thought! 

Anyway, give the P&G Brand Sampler club thing and looksie HERE! And go ahead and join! Currently, you can sign up for free Head and Shoulders and/or Prilosec.

For Jackson, MS...A Halloween Contest To Die For!

Mississippi Murder Mystery Dinner Theater Group

Halloween Facebook Photo Contest:

Hurry and Enter!

Tom, Managing Director of MMM,  sent me this awesome contest to my inbox so that I might share it with all of you in the Jackson, MS area... of course, it is open to EVERYONE, but you must arrange for your own transportation to Jackson, MS area the night of the show...    

Basically, the winner of this contest will receive 2 FREE tickets to see the Murder Mystery Show "WHEN THE LINE GOES DEAD" performed live, dinner theater style, on Tuesday, Nov 15th, at Rossini Cucina Italiana in Ridgeland, MS.  This package includes the meal and show. Tip and Alcoholic Beverages are NOT included. *Tickets are NOT transferable and do not have cash value, sorry! 

This is a super great contest, as these tickets are valued at $39.50 EACH! 

How to Enter:

1. Like/Join  Mississippi Murder Mysteries on Facebook HERE.
2. Post a Halloween/Costume themed picture in their Halloween Album, Tag yourself. (Pictures cannot be LEWD and MUST be original. IE: taken by you or a friend,etc.. and not copy pasted from some other site,etc)
3. Get OTHERS to Like/Join MMM on FB so that they can LIKE your photo... BECAUSE... the photo with the most likes by the end of the day on NOVEMBER 1st is the WINNER! It is that easy!! So, get your friends involved! (they don't have to be in the Jackson area! :) )  Get moving!! The contest is LIVE RIGHT NOW!

For all the official Rules and more information, go HERE!   Need more or other info? Interested in booking a show? Want to go to different shows? Contact Tom at tom.lestrade@att.com   While you are chatting him up, tell him you want to see an exclusive Coupon Couture giveaway! ;)   Thanks for the head's up, Tom!!