My Shopping Trip

Crystal at MoneySavingMom is hosting her weekly Super Savings Saturday at her newfound home! I hope she gets comfortable soon:)

I only made a small run this week to CVS but I did rather well:

I bought:

(2)27 exp Kodak Disposable Cameras (my DD is going to need them for her trip to Puerto Rico in 2 weeks!)@ B1G1F ($9.99)
(5) Colgate 360 Toothbrushes @ $3.99 ea (1 is missing in picture)
Dial Soap @ $1.99
(2) Almay Eyeshadows @ $6.99 ea
Tums Quik Pak @ $4.69
= $46.61

I paid only $2.47 OOP and I still have $13.98 in ECB's for next week!

I can't find all the receipts to break it down for you but I always write what I paid OOP in a little notepad I carry now to keep track of my spending,lol! It works for me!!

My Shopping Trip

With my back being out, I really wasn't able to go anywhere this week although I did make a small trip to the area stores!

1st Stop: Rite Aid (Left Picture)
Bought 2 Schick Razors @ $4.99 ea
Bought 3/$.99 Candy Bars (for DD)

Used (2) $4/1 Razor MQ
= Spent $3.11 OOP (Dang those candy bars,lol)

2nd Stop: CVS (Middle Picture)
Bought
1 Schick Intuition Razor @ $9.99
1 Aquafresh advanced clean @$2.99
1 Aquafresh Xtra Clean @$2.99

Used
$4/1 Razor MQ
$1/1 Aquafresh MQ
$1.50/1 Aquafresh MQ
$3/$15 CVS Printable
$6 ECB's
= $.47 OOP and earned $11.97 in ECB's (almost all Profit!!)

3rd Stop: Walgreens (right picture)
Bought
2 All & Mighty Detergents @ $4.99 ea
1 Gillette 2 in 1 Bodywash @ 3.49
Cashews @ $1.99

Used
(2) $1.50/1 All & Mighty MQ
Free Gillette MQ
$8 RR
= $1.91 OOP and I earned $3 RR so I made a Profit!

I got $42.40 worth of Stuff for only $5.49! Not the lowest OOP cost for us but still a great deal!!

A Tribute to Coupons

The Couponer's Lament

Written by Veronica Meyers

I woke up this morning
The sun was shining bright

I'd been dreaming of the coupon fairies
Oh! What a lovely night!

Got up, got dressed, got coupons
Off to CVS I went

The following tale is why this is called
The Couponer's Lament

I walked in the door, coupons in hand
My plan was all set

The shelves had empty spaces
So I grabbed what I could get

I asked the cashier where the milk was
She said "I don't know. I don't stock it!

And why do you have those coupons?
The money comes straight from my pocket!"

She scanned my items roughly
and threw them in the bag

I bit down on my tongue
To keep from yelling at the hag

I had placed my coupons on the counter
You wouldn't think I'd have to remind

But, she barked out my total so I slid them closer
'Cause apparently she was blind

"This one says Do Not Double!" she spat out
with that voice I was beginning to loathe

"I can only let you use one.
You're not allowed to use both!"

"That's not what that means."I said
while trying to keep my cool

"Please call your manager up here.
Before you make up another rule."

He came up to offer assistance
She rushed to tell her side

But, I showed him the terms of the coupons
and assured him I had complied

He said "Martha, just scan the coupons.
You called me up for this?"

He turned to me with a smile and said
"Sorry for the inconvenience, miss."

She reluctantly scanned the coupons
"Did you get them all?" I enquired

"Yes!" she said with a sneer
"And I hope I don't get fired!"

My total had gone from twenty dollars
all the way down to two

She tendered my order, gave me my change
and two ECB's spit out right on cue

I walked out the door with a smile on my face
But, her temper finally blew

She yelled "That isn't right at all!
You didn't pay us. We paid you!"

My Shopping Trip

This was the BEST week ever to go to Walgreens!! I hit 4 different stores in 4 days and I plan on going back again today since I still have $20 in RR!!

I spent $19.79 OOP, what with my intial $9 starter OOP cost and then tax and the little fillers needed to reach my totals.

Here is what I got:

7 Venus Embrace Razors

1 Schick Intuition Razor

2 Schick Quatro Razors (1 with MP3 Player Armband)

2 Schick Titanium Men's Razors

2 Schick Titanium Razor Refills

27 Crest Toothpaste
2 Tag BodySprays for Men
8 Gillete 2 in 1 Bodywashes
4 Old Spice Bodywash
5 pks Zantac
1 Bag Cotton Balls
1 Jergens Lotion
1 Edge Men's Shaving Cream
1 Box Whitmans Chocolates
1 Box Russell Stover Chocolates
2 Pks Charmin 6 ct
4 Cover Girl Nailpolishes (sadly, I didn't have any CG MQ's, we never get them!!)
2 Covergirl Slick Lips Lipgloss

Total Used In MQ Coupons: $99.48
Total Earned in Register Rewards: $136.84
Total Saved with Sale Prices and MQ: $303.76 worth of items for only $19.79!!

I might add that I was a little disappointed w/my OOP cost as I always seem to pay more OOP at Walgreen's than I do at CVS. Does anyone else get the same feeling or is it just me?

What did you get this week?

My Shopping Trip

MoneySavingMom is hosting Super Savings Saturday so I'm in!!

See how happy that baby is in the picture? Well that's exactly how I felt on this deal!!


I had to make a last minute stop to Pathmark on Thursday nite to get a few items before the sale ended and as an unexpected surprise, I found the Pampers Cruisers 34 pk marked down to $6.99! That's a $10 savings and it was unadvertised so I was excited as I searched for my $1.50 MQ's!!


I wound up getting 4 pks:
4 pks at $6.99 ea
=$27.96


Used:
(4) $1.50/ 1 MQ
$5 Pathmark Catalina
= $16.96 for 4 packs!


Originally the packs are $16.99 each so essentially it was like B1G3 Pks Free or $4.24 a pk or $.08 per pamper!! I was so psyched and since my son is in the stage of Potty Training, these should last quite a while!!


~Moral of the Story:
Check all the aisles for any Unadvertised deals you may miss out on!! I didn't even need anything from the baby aisle, but I'm sure glad that I went down it!!

What $10 Got Us

We had a busy day, declaring it Family Fun Day and of course we went to Toys R Us for the Egg Hunt and got our Free little bag of goodies! The kids had fun running around the aisles looking for the ladies w/the Eggs! I'm glad we did go early as it did get crowded really fast!

My goal today was to not spend more than $10 on our shopping, so here's what we got:

First Stop: Rite Aid

Bought 4 pairs No Nonsense Socks @ .99 ea

Used (4) $1/1 Pair

Total BC $3.96

Total AC FREE

(cashier had to adjust last MQ)

Second Stop: CVS

Bought:

2 Nivea Shaving Gels @ $2.99 ea

2 Bags Dove Cho @ $3 ea

2 Bags Hershey's Reserve @ 3.29 ea

12 pk Gingerale @ 2.99

1 Nail polish @ 1.49 (it was 75% off for DD)

Total BC $23.04

Total AC and ECB's : .75 OOP

Last Stop: Walgreen's

Bought 4 Jane Cosmetics @ Varying prices

1 Container Cashews @ $2.50

4 pks Trident gum @ $1.19 ea

2 pks Kotex pads @ $2.50 ea

Total BC $30.02

Total AC $7.06 OOP

So we paid a Total of $7.81 for $57.02 worth of Stuff (really more if I caculated the sale priced items from the reg price)!

Which leads me to ask you, when you are calculating your Savings, do you include the Before Sale Price or After sale Price?

What did you get this week?

My Shopping Trip

We had a very busy day and it turned out to be very productive as well! I was able to get my entire desk re organized and even bought a new bookshelf on sale for $19.99! Here's what we got:

First Stop: CVS in 2 Trips (above Picture)

Bought:

4 pks Huggies @ $8.99 ea

2 bags Hershey's Kisses @ $.99 ea

= $ 37.96

Used:

$4/$20 CVS Printable

(4) $2/1 Huggie Printables

$1/1 Bag Hershey's Kisses CVS CRT

$10.00 ECB's

= $14.96 and earned $15 in ECB's

Ran back in after unloading bags to car (used Hubby's Card)...

Bought:

4 Pks Huggies

= $35.96

Used:

$4/$20 CVS Printable

(4) $1/1 Huggies MQ ( had no more Printables)

10.00 ECB's

= $17.96 and earned $15 in ECB's

Not totally free, but great price for the deals nonetheless!!

Next Stop: Walgreen's! Had to make sure I didn't miss the make up Deal!

Bought:

2 square eyeshadow @ $4.49 ea
2 Round eyeshadow clearanced to $2.49 ea

2 mascara @4.99 ea

2 Eyeliner Pencils @ $2.99 ea

2 Ajax Cleansers @ .89 ea

1 Chapstick Naturals @ 2.00

= $ 33.70

After Coupons:

B1G1 Free Jane Products

(6) $2/1 Jane Products

(2) $2/1 Jane Mascara

B1G1F Ajax Coupon (in store ad coupon)

= $1.85 Total and Earned $2 in RR (From Chapstick)

Last Stop: Shoprite!

Bought :

15 bags Betty Crocker Muffin/Brownie Mixes @ $1 ea

= $15.00 and earned $ 10 in Reward Bucks to use on next shopping order, so I essentially paid only $5 for the mixes! I wanted to go back in and get more but we cleaned the shelves:(

My Shopping Trip

Sorry guys for the late post.....had a busy day:) I ran to Walgreens,Rite Aid and CVS today and scored very well!!

First stop: Rite Aid
2 10 packs wrigleys gum
2 kraft mac n cheese singles
4 packs Rite Aid brand candies
= $5.46 BC
= $3.96 AC




Second stop: Walgreens
6 boxes Nutrigrain Bars
4 packs knee hi-s
2 bags Dove Chocolates
2 boxes Kraft Mac n Cheese
= $20.88 BC
= $8.68 AF

Final Stop: CVS in 3 batches10 bags of M&M's

2 Packs Pampers

4 Tide

2 boxes Honey bunches of Oats

1 Gillete Manual Fusion razor

4 Speedsticks

2 J&J buddies soaps

4 bottles dawn

= $92.58 BC

= $8.71 AC and earned a total of $42.95 in ECB's

I was able to get $118.92 worth of items for only $21.35 OOP!! WooHoo!!

What about you? we'd love to hear how you did this week!!

My Shopping Trip Today

So all my plans did not work out as I had hoped due to not having what I needed so I did have to make a few minute last adjustments but I still was able to get a lot!

CVS:

1st Trip

10 Soy Joys

1 Sambucol

1 Breeze Monitor

2 reese whips

= $34.36

Used

$5/$30

1 Free soy Joy Coupon

$3/10 Bars Soy Joy

$9.99 Monitor Coupon ($50. Coupon Price Adjusted)

1 B1G1 Free Reeses whips Candy Bars

=$4.68 and got back $27.99 in ECB's

2nd Trip

3 12 pks pepsi

3 12 pks mountain dew ( out of sierra mist:(

1 gallon milk

1 doz eggs

=$26.38

Used:

$4/$20 CVS printable

$19.99 in ECB's

= $2.39 ( I miscalucated my ECB's and couldn't use my $8 that I had!) I earned $10 in ECBs

Walgreens:

2 Oust oil candles

1 hairspray

2 candy bars

=$9.28 total

Used :

(2) 3.00 oust MQ

.60 Walgreens in ad coupon for candy bars

= $2.68

I spent a total of $9.75 for $70.02 worth of stuff and I have $18 in ECB's to use next week! I could have done even better had I not miscalucated and used the $8 in my second transaction but oh well! Next week should be a better week:)

My Shopping Trip Today

As luck would have, our scheduled shopping spree today was canceled due to some unforeseen situation or another so we will have to reschedule to a later date.

However, me and sis did go out and do our rounds: 3 CVS's and 4 trips later we came home with bags and bags of items. It was definately worth going today and we sure are glad we did!

I spent $14.73 total for $93.69 worth of items and still had $6 in ECB's left.

Not my best out of pocket cost but I did pick up 2 Saturday Inquires for the coupons.

I used $49.25 in coupons and I earned $42.98 in ECB's.

My sister spent $4.11 for $65.34 worth of items and still had $11 in ECB's left.

She used $26.25 worth of coupons and made $33.00 in ECB's.

Picture above is the items I picked up today. What about you?

What good deals did you score this week? Leave a link below and tell us about it..

My Shopping Trip Last Nite

Me and sis ran to Target last nite for a quick run before the coupons expired.

I got:
13 packs Huggies Travel Wipes
1 Jumbo Pack Huggies Diapers
12 pack Pepsi
1 Playtex sippy cup
= $24.26 Total


After coupons, I paid $3.74! See how you can get Huggies Wipes and Pampers for under $2.00 here!

My Shopping Trip

As part of my New Year's Resolution I started making a To Do List and writing out what to get from each store to maximize my savings and to make sure I don't get any unexpected purchases,LOL. I must say that it felt good to mark off each items as completed and it feels as though I've accomplished a lot today! I did have a good trip to CVs this morning with no problems,esopecially with the Breeze Monitor so I will go back later today. Here's what I got from Rite Aid and CVS:

Rite Aid:
3 bags of Chex mix
2 bags of Dove Chocolates
= $7.69

Coupons Used:
3 .50 off Chex mix
B1G1F Dove Coupon
= $ 3.69 Total

CVS:
1 Breeze Glucose Monitoring System
2 2-Pack Toothbrushes w/tongue cleaner
2 bags christmas hershey's kisses
2 bags bell chocolate christmas candy
1 box fruity cheerios
= $22.09

Coupons Used
$3 off $15 CVS printable
$50 Breeze Monitor Coupon (which was adjusted to 9.99)
$1 off Cheerios
$5.50 in ECB's
= $2.60 and I got back $15.97 in ECB's (from Monitor and toothbrushes)

Ok,so I'm back from my second run of the day! This time I dragged my sister with me,LOL! Not so prosperous this time as the CVS manger at this store did not want to price adjust my coupon!
Oh well....here's what I got

1 Breeze 2 Monitor (yes I still got it,I wanted those ECB's!)
2 jumbo Packs pampers diaper
2 Soy Joy bars
2 Reeses Whipped candy bars
2 Johnsons Buddy Bars
= $32.95

Coupons Used:
$5 off $30 CVS printable
2 $1 off Johnson Buddies (in this weeks paper inserts)
2 Free Soy Joy Bars (in this weeks paper inserts)
1 $1 Pampers
1 $1.50 Pampers
1 B1G1F reeses whipped candy bar (in this weeks paper inserts)
$ 15.97 in ECB's (frome previous run:)
= $ 4.75 Total and I got back 9.99 in ECB's

All in all I got $163.47 worth of stuff for only for $11.04 and made $25.97 in ECB's.Not a bad day at all.....PS, me and sis did go to Walgreens to pick up those Oust Candles, however they were out so we picked up a raincheck instead!

How about you? What great deals did you get this week?

My Shopping Trip

I didn't think we'd make it out today but I'm glad we did!! We did have to deal with the crowded parking lots and long lines,but so well worth it:) We went to 3 different stores:

Rite Aid:

2 Planters Peanuts
=2.99 total
Used:
3.00 off 2 Coupon
=0.00

CVS:

2 Jumbo Pack Pampers
1 Bar Johnson & Johnson Soap
2 Large Hershey Bars (hey,they were B1G1F)
= 25.19 total
Used:
4.00 off 20.00 CRT
(2) 1.50 off Pampers
2.00 off J&J CVS printable
11.00 in ECB's
5.xx in CVS GC
= 0.00

Target:

(3) Bottles Simply Orange Juice
1 gallon Milk
1 Doz Eggs
(2) boxes Gingerbread Cookies Decorating Kits (this is what Santa will be having!)
(2) Glade Wisp Candles
1 Pack Glucerna Snack Shakes
1.00 item for stocking stuffer
= 42.xx total
Used:
(3)1.00 off simply oj manufacturer coupons
(3) 1.00 off simply oj target Q
B1G1F Glade wisp
3.00 off Glade wisp
2.00 off Glade wisp
10.00 off Glucerna shakes
10.38 in target GC (from prev candles,lol)
= 8.xx total and I got back 10.00 in GC!

All in all,I paid $8.xx for everything,see my picture to the left w/all my goodies!

Come on everyone,I would love to hear about your saving stories!!Post them in the comments field!

My Shopping Trip

We went shopping last nite to Target and CVS,I must say that we did pretty good!! I needed to get a few more candles as well as pick up up a few goodies to give out.

Here's what I got at CVS:

5 Excedrin
Tylenol Vial (10 Tab ) $1 Printable Here
CVS Cough Drops
8 pack energizer Batteries
1 pack Candy Canes
2 boxes Whitman's Chocolates
= 42.20 Total

Used:
$5/20 CRT
5/15 CVS Printable
(5) $2/1 Excedrin-- this coupon was in the 11/11 Smartsource insert in Sundays Paper
$5 off Batteries CVS Printable
15.00 in ECB's
= 2.20 and I got back 13.49 in ECB's!

At Target :

5 Glade Oil Scented Trios
1 Glade starter oil candle
4 packs Huggies wipes
1 Huggies Clean Team Bathwash
1 headband for daughter
tissue paper for wrapping
ribbon
1 pack gift tags
2 kraft cheese packages
= 89.xx Total

Used:
(3) B1G1F Glade Candle coupons
(4) 3.00 off Glade Candles
(2) 2.00 off glade candles (these were on the packages,cashier took them off)
(2) 3.00 off 2 Huggies coupons
$1/1 Huggies Clean teanm product
(2) .75/1 Huggies wipes
(2).75/1 Kraft cheese
Used 20.00 GC from previous purchase:
=14.62 and got back 25.00 in Target GC.

My out of pocket cost would have been less if the manager didn't take only 7.00 off of the B1G1F coupons,I had purchased the Trios which were 9.79 and the coupon is only good up to 7.00,but the single candles don't qualify for the GC. Also,the singles were marked down to 4.24 with 2.00 off coupons attached! So I'll be back for more...

I can't wait to go back later this week!!