Free candy, free first aid gel and ultra cheap toothpaste and shaving cream are among the bargains you can score this week at Triangle drugstores.
There are also some nice grocery deals at Kroger, including milk for $1.49 per half-gallon, $1 frozen veggies and Turkey Hill ice cream for just $1.99 after coupon.
My favorite savings opportunity of the week: Consider taking advantage of Kroger's enhanced fuel rewards when you purchase gift cards. I purchase them for gifts or for my everyday expenditures at places like Home Depot and Target, then reap the rewards in cheaper gasoline. (See further details below.)

Read on for the best of the Memorial Day weekend sales. And please leave a comment about any deals you spot.

There aren't any new coupons to add to the coupon database because of the holiday weekend. But I've updated it nonetheless, deleting the 42 coupons that expired last week and highlighting in bold the slew of coupons expiring on Thursday, May 31.

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, listing every coupon we receive in the Triangle in the Sunday N&O.
 

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NOTE: You have until midnight Tuesday, May 29, to enter this giveaway. I'll post the winner Wednesday morning.If you're in organizing mode, listen up.

I'm giving away a $25 gift card to The Container Store in Raleigh.

To the uninitiated, The Container Store is an organizer junkie's paradise -- an entire store filled with boxes, bins, bags, racks, pegs, pouches, vessels, crates, files -- you name it.

If you're doing a major blitz on clutter or just want to straighten out your kitchen junk drawer, it's a great place to stop in -- if not to purchase, to glean ideas and tips.

To enter the giveaway, leave me a tip about organization in the comments section below. Or confess your organizational weaknesses.

I'd love to hear how you think organization -- or your lack thereof -- affects your bottom line.

Because of the Memorial Day weekend, you won't find any coupon inserts in this Sunday's News and Observer.

Take a break from coupon clipping and enjoy the time off with your family and friends.

Old Navy has got tank tops on sale right now for $2 each. That's cheap enough to get one in each color.

The sale -- valid in-store only -- runs through Monday but I'm guessing the selection will dwindle quickly as word gets out.

Not all styles are $2 so keep an eye out at the register.

Update: The company has removed the coupon from its Facebook page. But you may want to keep a look out for it to reappear later this summer. Companies frequently reissue these offers.

Just in time for Memorial Day weekend picnics, Bush's has released a rare high-value coupon on its Grillin' Beans.

Combine the $1.50/1 coupon with the sales at Harris Teeter or Food Lion and you'll walk out paying just 17 cents for a can. And remember, you can print two of these coupons.

Big news, Target shoppers.

The Minneapolis-based retailer announced this week that it has teamed up with shopkick to offer customers rewards using their smartphones.

Target is the largest retailer to join forces with the smartphone rewards program, which already has affiliations with Best Buy and Old Navy, among others.

Shoppers can participate in the shopkick rewards program by downloading the app to their smartphones. Versions are available free for the iPhone and Android.

Customers earn "kicks" or points, which can be redeemed for gift cards, movie tickets, Facebook credits, iTunes downloads, donations to charity and other prizes.

Love it or hate it, the TLC network's "Extreme Couponing' show is back for a third season.

The first 30-minute episode airs at 10 p.m. Monday, May 28.

If you've never seen the show, it features over-the-top coupon shoppers buying massive quantities of groceries and storing them in every spare nook and cranny of their homes.

And I do mean over the top.

In some cases, the featured couponers have turned entire rooms of their homes into grocery storage, resembling miniature convenience stores.

Coupon deals on organic foods are a little harder to come by so here's a big heads up on a nice deal at Lowes Foods available through Tuesday, May 29.

Coupons.com has some rare coupons available right now.

If you're interested, I highly recommend printing them sooner rather than later because they tend to disappear quickly.