Save yourself some money at the gas pump -- a nickel per gallon at a time -- with a new loyalty program launched by BP.
After pumping at least 20 gallons over two trips to a BP station, you'll shave a nickel off per gallon on your next fill-up -- up to 20 gallons.
BP Driver Rewards is available at BP stations across the country. All you need is
The folks at Nexcare are giving away 50,000 samples of their water-proof bandages today.
Head over to the Nexcare Facebook page, watch a brief video, fill out a short form and the trial pack is yours.
This freebie will go quick.
Tuesday is Ben & Jerry's annual Free Cone Day, which means free ice cream for you tomorrow, April 9.
Show up at a Ben & Jerry's ice cream shops and you'll receive a free ice cream cone. You choose the flavor.
Head over to Target's free sample page to grab a sample of a new line of products from Seventh Generation.
The site asks for your ZIP code to see if you qualify, then you have to answer a few questions.
My Apex ZIP worked so the offer should work for most folks here in the Triangle.
Triangle drugstores are offering deals this week on laundry detergent, toilet paper, facial tissue, cereal, soda, Band-Aids and shampoo, along with cheap milk at Walgreens.
Also be sure to check out the freebies this week, which include free chocolate candy at CVS, and free BIC razors at Rite Aid.
My favorite drugstore deal of the week: With a couple of coupons and rewards, you can take home four jugs of All laundry soap, seven boxes of Kleenex and a 18-roll package of Scott toilet paper for just $5.91. That's 49 cents per product. Check out all the details below.
Keep reading for all the top deals at CVS, Rite Aid and Walgreens this week -- with coupons and without.
Look for good deals at Kroger this week on split-chicken breasts, ground beef, bacon, Turkey Hill ice cream, Hellmann's mayonnaise, General Mills and Cascadian Farm cereal, Minute Rice, Sara Lee bread, along with potential good deals on Colgate toothpaste and Tresemme hair products.
There's also a new deal that saves you $5 instantly at the register when you purchase five participating products.
Keep reading for this week's top deals at Triangle-area Kroger stores -- with coupons and without.
The News & Observer's coupon database has been updated with the weekend's new coupons.
This Sunday's home-delivered Final Edition of The News & Observer contains three inserts -- one Smart Source and two Red Plums -- plus four coupons in Parade magazine.
There's a total of 123 coupons with a face value of more than $155.
Not familiar with the coupon database? You can access it on the right-hand side of the blog. There's a button at the bottom right to view it as a full-size page.
Or, you can download it as an Excel spreadsheet by clicking on the attachment at the bottom of this post.
It's a handy tool, giving you the most timely and detailed list of coupons in the Triangle.
Day to day, we pinch pennies. We eat most meals at home, my husband drives an 18-year-old car, we shop at thrift stores more than we shop the malls, and I make our own laundry soap.
Every now and then, we splurge. And it’s those splurges that make the frugal life worthwhile.
Our most recent big-ticket splurge was a weeklong trip to England to celebrate 30 years of marriage.
We budgeted $5,000 for my husband and I to explore London and take day trips to Canterbury, Stonehenge and Bath.
In the year leading up to our trip, we looked for ways – big and small – to save money without skimping on the experience.
Here are a few of the ways we economized without cheating ourselves out of a good time:
Look for three coupon inserts -- one Smart Source and two Red Plums -- in this Sunday's home-delivered Final Edition of The News & Observer.
You'll also find four coupons in Parade magazine this week.
There will be a combined total of 123 coupons with a face value of more than $155 -- and that's before every-day double coupons, which we're fortunate to have at Kroger, Harris Teeter and Lowes Foods.
I'll have the coupon database updated and the best Sunday deals posted early Sunday morning, about the same time your paper hits the driveway. That way, you'll have the most complete and up-to-date coupon information for the Triangle at your finger tips.
Please note: Single-copy and State Edition papers may not contain all coupon inserts.
Be sure to scribble this freebie on your calendar: free coffee -- day or night -- at McDonald's locations throughout the Triangle.
Starting Monday, April 8, and continuing through Tax Day, April 15....
