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D'oh! I'm a week ahead. I have plenty of time for the Dove deal. There's buy $15, get $5 in ECB next week on Dove.

I bought the Costco towels - they're pretty soft, but it took a bazillion washes (ok maybe a million) before it stopped completely filling up the lint trap on my dryer.

I personally am waiting for Thursday, when the quarterly ECB's print out. I need to do my analysis first though of what would be the best route to go. I wish I could get another 4/20 coupon! Then I'd do the Dove deal, since I got two sets of inserts in sunday's paper, so I have two sets of Dove Coupons.

Check your local ad - they have a Kodak Picture Movie DVD that's 9.99 with 9.99 back in ECB.

I finally got a 4/20 coupon and there's nothing to buy.

Where in NY are you? I see it in my local CVS ad, maybe it's not available where you are? Not sure if you can see this: http://cvs.shoplocal.com/cvs/Default.aspx?action=browsepagedetail&storeid=2498091&rapid=912604&pagenumber=6&listingid=-2086840210 But I put in "New York, NY" as the location, randomly selected a store in Brooklyn, and it's on page six of their ad.

Well, let's see. Last week: Cover Girl: Get $5.00 ECB when you spend $15. New Lash Blast Fusion mascara: 8.00 Eyeliner: 7.99 - 2.00 coupon on mascara - 1.00 coupon on CG - 4.99 ECB - 3.50 ECB OOP 5.98, got 5.00 Back. I only did this because my ECBs were about to expire. I have had absolutely NO luck with getting $ off coupons at the machine. I haven't tried to Gillette/Old Spice Body wash promo.

Do you know what size mixer he wants? As a culinary student, would he want one of the professional ones?

Walgreens is my best bet for almonds. Blue Diamond Almonds - BOGO Free, and I had a 1.00 coupon off two. Two cans of almonds for 2.49!

I haven't found a lot of good deals at CVS lately. The machine hasn't given me any money off coupons, and I don't get any in my e-mail. This week is the best it has been in a while with two free items. I'm also very picky about my CVS deals lately. I won't hoard as much as I used to, and I try to maximize my ECB return when I'm doing deals. What doesn't help is that I tend to breeze through in the mornings on my way to work, so I don't have time to comb the aisles, searching for clearance.

You weren't kidding about the stickers being TINY on the clearance makeup. I found some L'Oreal eyeliner at 75% off. There were some lip items at 75% off, but I wasn't interested. There was also some Cover Girl and Sally Hansen at 50% but nothing I wanted. Luckily the L'Oreal Eyeliner worked for me, plus I had 1.00 off coupons for each. Breakdown from the top of my head: Mentos Gum - 0.99 Eyeliner: 2.49 Eyeliner: 2.49 Pro Health Toothpaste: 3.50 - 1.00 coupon on L'Oreal Makeup - 1.00 coupon on L'Oreal Makeup - 0.55 coupon on mentos gum - 0.75 coupon on Crest Pro-Health Toothpaste - 3.50 ECB OOP 3.05, Got 3.50 in ECB back, still at 8.49 ECBs for the next month.

I'm definitely going back tomorrow then and checking the makeup aisle! I never have enough eyeliner.

I did the free deals this morning, unfortunately the mouthwash size didn't match the coupon that is out there. I'll go back and pick up toothpaste so I can get more, but it was a great ECB morning! Crest Pro-Health Mouthwash: 3.50 U by Kotex Liners - 4.99 - 1.00 Kotex coupon - 3.00 ECB - 4.00 ECB OOP 1.28. Pre tax was 0.49, and my tax was 0.79. They've been charging tax on the pre coupon prices it seems. Grr. Tax here in CA is 9.25% Got 8.49 in ECB back!

Free stuff this week! Crest Pro Health Mouthwash or Toothpaste: Get 3.50 ECB after spending 3.50, plus coupons in this past Sunday's paper = $$ maker. U by Kotex Liners or Tampons - get 4.99 ECB after spending 4.99, plus coupons I previously clipped a while ago.

Does anyone have the instructions on how to check a DCPI price/quantity from the price scanning machine? My local target is selling the camera at full price, and I want to periodically check the price without going into the camera area, since the guy there gave me the willies.

My husband tried one Target so far, he said they're still selling it for $209. I'll try another on my way home today. AWESOME price on that camera though. Just two days ago I said I'd use my current Canon P&S until it died, but at this price, if I can find it, is impossible to beat.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/05/woman-arrested-after-stabbing-people-in-a-west-hollywood-target-store.html That was my main Target when I lived in LA.

Revlon is get $3 ECB when you buy $10, but when I was in store they also had signs all over the Maybelline stuff. When I scanned my card, I got a $3 coupon for Revlon.

The Solo Easter ones.

I confess. Yesterday I went to Target, and they were still 50%. I stashed the utensils behind some of the clearance mouthwash, and came back today. That was the first time I ever hid anything. Unfortunately, the utensils were gone. But the wilton butterfly cookie cutter I had stashed back there was still there. By pure luck though, I found more of the utensils behind some of the expensive Hello Kitty baskets! YES!

This week: Get 3.00 ECB when you buy a multipack of Oral-B Toothbrushes. Oral-B Toothbrush: 5.29 for Advantage Plus 2-pack - 2.00 Oral-B Coupon from P&G this past Sunday - 4.00 ECB + Easter Candy only at 50% off Total OOP 3.66, 3.00 in ECB back. I also got 4.50 on rewards, and I forgot to get the gum! Argh!

It should be before coupons. :)

A new month, post away.

April Rewards are available! If you used the double bucks coupon, it should be good!

The fine here is over 300 dollars, and after fees it's over 400. But at every intersection, there is a HUGE sign that says "Photo Enforced." The cameras are also humongous, so it's very obvious which intersection has a red light camera. And it's not for just running the light - they've also been nabbing people here for not stopping long enough before making a right turn. If your city just installed the cameras, time how long the yellow lasts. You cannot get a ticket for going through the yellow, however some cities had shortened the length of time for their yellow light so that more red light tickets would occur. A lot of tickets were thrown out here due to that.