More Freebies In The Mail!

Sweet! What a busy time my mailbox has had!

This new batch I received last week includes:

Always/Tampax Radiant Sample Pack from Vocalpoint
Sample of Propel water mix in
Samples of three Biore products
Sample of Seattle's Best Coffee and coupon
Another Target Beauty Bag with tons o' beauty samples and coupons
Stayfree sample and coupon
Sample of Aveeno Active Naturals Shampoo (text HAIR to 467467)
Sample of Milkbone trail mix and coupons

I love trying out new products so I love free samples. Plus, I get to stretch my budget a little bit further by getting trial size items for free. Do you sign up for free samples? If not, try it out! At least it makes getting the mail more fun :)

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My Shopping Trip: CVS Haul week of June 11-16

Wow! There have been some great coupons printing this week at the CVS magic coupon machine and coupled with the beauty clearances you can snag some amazing deals!

This week I had two great shopping trips at CVS.



Trip #1
L'Oreal Telescopic Mascara- Sale $2.62 (Reg. $10.49)
2 Maybelline Color Sensational Lip Gloss- Sale $1.95 each (Reg. $7.79)
Maybelline Expertwear Eyeshadow Quad- Sale $2.07 (Reg. $8.29)
Maybelline Expertwear Eyeshadow Single- Sale $1.17 (Reg. $4.69)
Revlon Age Defying Foundation- Sale $3.49 (Reg. 13.99)
Subtotal: $14.05 ($.80 tax)

Coupons Used:
CVS $4 off $12 Cosmetic Purchase (from coupon machine last week)
CVS $3 off Revlon Cosmetic Purchase (emailed to me)
(2) $1.00/1 Maybelline Color Sensational Lip Product, RP 4/15
(2) $1.00/1 Maybelline Eye Product, RP 4/15
$1.00/1 L'Oreal Eye Product, RP 5/20

Final Price: $2.05 ($.80 of which is tax)

Trip #2
There was an unadvertised sale on Physician's Formula Skincare items and the coupon machine printed a $15 off Physician's Formula Skincare Purchase coupon! And the coupon machine printed a $4 off $20 beauty purchase! What luck! Just in time because I just ran out of eye cream too.

2 Physician's Formula Hydrating Eye Cream- Sale $4.99 each (Reg. $19.99)
Physician's Formula Night Cream- Sale $4.99 (Reg. $19.99)
Physician's Formula Day Moisturizer- Sale $4.99 (Reg. $19.99)
2 Tresseme Shampoo (travel size)- $.99 each
Subtotal: $23.02 ($1.08 tax)

Coupons Used:
CVS $4 off $20 Beauty Purchase (from coupon machine)
CVS $15 off Physician's Formula Skincare Purchase (from coupon machine)
CVS $2 off 2 Tresseme Products (from coupon machine)
$1.00/1 Physician's Formula product, SS 3/18

Final Price: $1.02 (total was -$.06 so it took off some of the tax!)

Have you scored some of these great coupons at CVS this week?

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Look What Came In The Mail!

Yay! I love freebies and I love getting to try new products, so naturally free samples are my thing!

Check out what came over the last couple of weeks:



Tresseme Split Remedy sample + coupon from Walmart
Tampax Radiant sample from Facebook
Gevalia Coffee sample + coupon from Target
Gevalia Coffee sample from Safeway
Garnier BB Cream sample
Garnier Fructis Triple Condition Shampoo and Conditioner sample
Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine Shampoo and Condutioner sample from Facebook
$2.00 to use at Staples from recycling my used printer ink from Staples Rewards

Sweet! So far I have used the Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine shampoo and conditioner and it makes my hair so soft! Smells great too, like apricots!

Also, the Staples Rewards coupon is just in time because I just ran out of black ink and I need to print a lot while I conduct research for my thesis.

Do you sign up for free samples? I find them to be a fun way to try new products, get great coupons, and stretch my budget just a little bit further. If it's free it's for me!

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