It’s that time of year again! As you all know, back-to-school shopping can be a rather costly undertaking, especially when new clothes, shoes, and extracurricular fees are factored in. Thank goodness for sales and coupons!
Through July 26th, print coupons to be used at Walgreens for 5-cent purchases of school supplies, including:
Two-Pocket Folders
Five-Packs of Mechanical Pencils
Highlighters
Mini Composition Books
Back-to-School shopping…for groceries! I think TECHNICALLY this is a Summer Olympics-themed promotion (and the last promotion was Super Bowl-themed), but grocery discounts are always welcome, regardless of the occasion!
The Summer Savings Marathon, a promotion of over 2,300 participating products “running” through 07/29/08 at all Safeway-owned stores, rewards shoppers with Catalinas (see below), in a single transaction of 9-25 participating products.
1.) Purchase 9-14 participating products to receive a $5 Catalina
2.) Purchase 15-24 participating products to receive a $10 Catalina
3.) Purchase 25 or more participating products to receive a $20 Catalina
(For those of you who are new to the Catalina term, a Catalina is an automatically-generated coupon that prints during a transaction of specific items. The name comes from the Catalina Marketing Corporation - the invisible force behind promotions between product manufacturers and retailers. The Catalinas in this promotion work much like a Safeway gift card - use the $5, $10, or $20 Catalinas to pay for additional items on your next purchase.)
This is actually on sale at a couple of stores this week, but the best deal is at Buy.com, because the shipping is also free. (As it turns out, Buy.com has great prices even without the Google Checkout promotion!) If you don’t have an updated version of virus/spyware software, McAfee is at the top of the class (and can be installed on up to three of your computers).
From Buy.com:
McAfee’s Internet Security Suite 2008 with SiteAdvisor is a proactive 10-in-1 always-updating security bundle that protects what you value with multi-user child safety, identity theft prevention, email and IM protection, and automated back-up. It blocks and removes viruses and even stops them before they get to your PC. It also protects and conceals your computer from hackers, and blocks spyware before it installs on your computer and removes existing spyware. It improves PC Health by cleaning clutter off your computer so it stays healthy and secure and guards your identity from online fraud scams and identity thieves. It shields you from spam and also filters offensive content, pictures and websites. It also performs an automated back-up and one-click restore to protect your photos, music and important files.
Of course, there are endless uses for tote bags (carrying your purchases from store to vehicle, as an example 
), but the design of the World Market tote makes it a great dual-purpose travel gift bag.
Pick up a free tote from your local World Market, and pack it with travel snacks and activities, for your own family, or as a gift. A few examples of items to “pack”:
Books/Magazines
Coloring Books & Crayons (I recommend colored pencils to avoid potential melting disasters!)
Audio Books/Music CDs
Mad Libs
Travel Games
Entertainment Book (specific to your vacation destination)
Restaurant.com Gift Certificates (specific to your vacation destination)
Chewing Gum/Mints
Snack Foods
Juice/Water Bottles
Disposable Camera (great for kids!)
Binoculars
Travel Maps
Sunglasses
Sunscreen
Tissues/Hand Wipes/Hand Sanitizer
…etc…
Are you Chilosa? Am I? In order to answer that question, I had to do visit my good friend, Mr. Google, who directed me to the Prima J blog, which at least gave a bit more description on the term…
From Prima J:
“Chilosa” is such a great word! When I hear it, I picture someone who’s confident and fun. I’m all for working hard, but I think it’s absolutely necessary to enjoy life too. All work and no play is way too boring for me. Not very chilosa at all!
Pay $9 out of pocket using Google Checkout (see instructions below), and receive a full refund on this flat wall mount for LCD TVs.
From Buy.com:
Level Mount’s ELFW-07 fixed LCD wall mount is a simple solution to mounting your LCD screen. With its super low profile, 1.2″, you’ll barely know its there. Our mounts combine design, function, and stability for years of enjoyment. The integrated cord management system eliminates unsightly cords and allows you to safely and securely keep your cords in place. An integrated bubble level ensures a level mount. Our exclusive Quick-Lock let’s you know that your Level Mount is securely positioned on the wall. Just listen for the “click”, and your are locked down and ready to go.
Available for $0 TODAY ONLY with Google Checkout!
From Buy.com:
The microSD card alone provides plenty of removable storage for music, games, ringtones, photos, movies and other applications on mobile phones. Slip the microSD card into the miniSD adapter and transform it into a miniSD storage card for personal media players, smartphones, MP3 players or other miniSD-enabled devices. Capture photos from your digital camera by making the microSD a full-size SD card with the adapter and then view images with the Kingston SD-enabled readers or on your TV’’s SD slot. Quickly and easily save files on a notebook computer with a full-size SD slot when the SD adapter is used with the microSD card.
Provide feedback on Orvis (Clothing, Gifts, Pet Supplies, etc.) and receive a $25 gift card.
Thanks to Barbara for sending the link to this coupon, which is valid today only! Deb sent in the following:
It seems that Walgreens has changed it’s Register Rewards system so that if you use ANY register rewards coupon, you will not receive a register rewards in that transaction, even if the reward is for a different product than the previous reward.
Is this is a new policy, across the board?
With the Google Checkout promotion ending Monday, June 30th, all of today’s Buy.com freebies are in limited stock. If you see something you like, check out before it’s gone!
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