Walgreens Earth Day Purchase

I made it to Walgreens yesterday to use my coupon. Here's what I got (sorry no picture)

• 2 Glade Soy Candles $5.99 ea 1 $4 and 2 $2
• 1 sm pack Kleenex $.69
• Reusable shopping bag Free with coupon, plus 15% off

I miscalculated, I thought the 15% off was on 1 item, so I needed the tissues, plus I was going to use it for filler. When she scanned my coupon, it took 15% off everything, which was great and I should have done more shopping when she told me that. But because I was on my lunch break and sick and out of it, my total after all the coupons was $3.74 with tax so she couldn't use my other $4 coupon for the Glade because the total of course was less than $4. I was very disappointed later that night when I had gotten some rest and realized what happened. I should have thrown in a Free RR item. Oh well, next time I will definitely read the coupon a little better. I hope you all had better luck with your coupons.

Super Savings Saturday

I am so excited I had time to take pictures. Here's what I got at Homeland:

• Kraft Cheese 2 -1.00/2 peelie coupon $2.78


• Totino Pizza Rolls 3 -.35 (3) $.90 (done in 3 transactions)


• 5 lb potatoes $3.00


• Crescent Rolls -1.00 $.39


• Thin Crust Pizza 2 -1.00, -.40 $4.18 (one of my coupons did not double)


• Secret Deodorant -.50 $2.31


• Hass Avocado $.39


• Hot House Cucumber $1.50


• 2% 1/2 gal milk $1.29

Total Spent 19.29

I also went to Aldi:

• Meatballs $1.99
• Honey bbq wings $2.99
• Groundbeef patties $6.99
• Romaine hearts $1.79
• Roma Tomatoes $1.19

Total Spent: 16.12

At Crest (they were having a huge sale so I went in) I got:

• Sub Rolls 6pk $.99
• Eggplant $1.29

Total Spent: 2.46

My final stop was Walgreens, I got:

• Coffeemate creamer 2 $2.49 -$1.50
• Skintimate shave gel $1.99
• Plantars peanuts $6.99 -1.00/2

They would not let me use 2 coupons on the creamer, I didn't argue even though I've done it several times. I used my gift card so no oop. Total: 9.86

I plan on making one more stop tomorrow after church. I will probably spend $5-$9 if they have what I want. So far of my $50 budget for this week, I have spent $37.87. I also have $7 left over from last week if I need it, but I don't think that I will.

Shopping Trip

I really have to get into the habit of taking pictures when I get home. This week has just been a crazy week. I went to the grocery store a couple times for one or two items. I haven't done a good shopping trip yet.
At Homeland I picked up some of the sale items and stuff that we needed:

• Cottonelle $4.09 (no coupons for 1 4 pk)
• Wishbone Dressing $2.00 -$.75 double = $.50
• Quaker Oatmeal 2 $3.98 -$1.00/2 double =$1.98
• Bell Peppers 4 $2.76
• Old Spice Deodorant 2 $2.98 -$1.00 double =$.98
• Hormel Pepperoni $1.98 -$.35 double =$1.29
• Ronzoni Pasta $1.69 (supposed to be on sale $.85 didn't realize it wasn't)
• Deli counter $4.87 for husband Dinner that night

Total Spent $19.86

Coupons used $3.10 and $3.10 doubled

Saved: $14.39 (44%)

After church last night we had to get dog food, I am out of coupons so I really hope some more come out this weekend. At Walmart

• Dog Food $11.42
• 2 Tonys Pizzas $5.00
• Crackers $2.50
• Cheese $1.98

Total Spent $22.53

Weekly Budget $50.00, Spent $42.39, $7.67 Remaining of budget.

I hate how a quick trip for one item turns into $20 spent. This is what happens when you are too busy to go grocery shopping. Hopefully my days will calm down soon and I will make it the store

Walgreens

I was going through all my coupons to get rid of all the expired coupons, as I was cleaning I ran across the $4 Maybelline coupons I had 2 and they expired today. So I quickly ran to Walgreens and picked up

• 2 Maybelline Lipstick $6.99 B1G1 1/2 off
• 2 Ben & Jerrys Ice cream 2/$6
• 1 Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino 2.59

I used

• 2 $4 off Maybelliene
• 2 $3 off Ben & Jerrys

My total for all of this was 6.56 including tax. Not bad for a quick trip.

Walgreens

Today I stopped at Walgreens just for milk and cheerios. My husband went with me so I wasn't able to look around at anything else.
I got:

• 2 Gallons Milk 2.79 ea
• 1 box Cheerios 1.99

Used:

• 2 RR
• .55 Cheerios Coupon

Paid with remaining balance of my gift card, and ended up paying 1.62 oop. I was very excited to get all that for $1.62.

Rewards Programs

As I've been out shopping this year, I have been signing up for rewards programs. One that I signed up for is Hibbett Sports. This is a store that we go into at least once a month. They have stores across the country. When you watch videos or look at catalogs online, they give you points. You also get 1 point for every dollar you spend. After you hit 350 points you get a coupon. You also get a 20% off coupon when you sign up. I originally got on their website looking for coupons.
I also signed up for Finish Line reward program. For every $200 you spend in the store you get a $20 gift certificate. I am already half way there with my first purchase. If a company that I already spend money with wants to reward me for buying things I am already going to buy I will take it.

Shopping with my husband

On Monday I didn't feel like going grocery shopping, but there was a threat of bad weather and we had nothing in our house to survive on if we were shut in for a few days. (The way the weather people were talking that's what was going to happen.) So, I asked my husband to go with me and help me, which he so sweetly did. I had a list planned out, I had a menu planned out, but he doesn't like to go all over town to save money. So we went to Walmart to do the shopping. We got a lot of groceries, things we needed, and things that looked good because we were both hungry when we went. When it was rang up, I only had a few coupons to use, so I knew I wasn't going to like the total. It came to $120. I used $4 in coupons. When we left, I was upset because I knew that I could have gotten better deals at other stores, and spent a lot less. My husband doesn't go shopping with me much because I am willing to go to 3 stores (not far apart) to get good deals. My husband actually made the comment that we haven't done any real grocery shopping in a long time...I do this every week by stockpiling sales and using coupons. He just normally doesn't pick out what he wants, I ask his opinion when I make the menu, and sometimes he tells me what he wants other times he says he doesn't care. I am so used to trying to shop with $50 a week $120 for about a weeks worth of food, and nothing stockpiled seemed crazy to me, but normal to him because that's what we used to do a couple times a month. I love my way of shopping and saving money, and as soon as all the busyness with Christmas is gone I am hoping to get back on a budget of some sort in January.

Black Friday

I braved leaving my house today, I couldn't resist some of the sales at CVS and Walgreens.

CVS:

• Reese's King Size 1.00
• Playtex 18 ct 3.99
• Colgate Total Advance 2.99 -1.00
• Sally Hansen Max Growth Nail Polish 3.79 -.50
• Maybelline Mineral liquid foundation 8.99 -3.00
• L A Looks Hair Gel 3.79 -1.00
• Covergirl Smoothers liquid foundation 7.99 -1.00
• Covergirl Smoothers pressed powder 5.99 -1.00
• -5.00 off 30 purchase
• -13 ECBs

Total after coupons 14.63 with tax

ECBS earned $34.75, even my husband was impressed with this one

Walgreens

• Schick Razor 3.99 -3.00
• Schick Razor 3.99 -3.00
• 2 Gillette Shave Cream 2.79 -6.80
• 2 Walgreens Pain Reliever 4.29 - 3.60
• 2 crunch Santa coins 1.00

Total after coupons 7.95

I got some great deals on things that I needed.

Walgreens 11/22/08

I ended up having to go to 2 different Walgreen's to get what I wanted, but I was able to get what I wanted.

Here's what I got:
Trans 1

• 1 gal milk 2.79
• 9 True North Nuts, clearance .17 each =1.52

Total = 4.65

Used gift card

Trans 2

• 2 Bioinfusions Shampoo & Conditioner $10= 20
• 2 cans Green Beans .59 ea =1.18

Coupons used:

• (2) -5.00 for Bioinfusions = -$10

Total: 12.83

Mail in Rebate: $10.00 for the Bioinfusions

Used gift card

I was excited. I really got the Shampoo and Conditioner for free with the rebate. I took a picture but its not loading onto the computer for some reason, I'm still trying.

Walgreens 11/15/2008

I did not get everything I had planned on getting. But I did pretty well.

I got:

• 3 boxes Christmas cards 3.99
• 4 bottles of Creamer 4.98
• 2 cans of pure pumpkin 1.99
• 2 4 pk cottonelle tp 5.00
• 1 small cont honey 1.00
• 1 bag sunflower seeds 1.00
• 1 pecan roll (husband) 1.69
• 1 can Resolve 5.99
• 1 can Shaving Cream 2.49

Coupons used:

• 2 - 1.50 for 2 bottles creamer
• 1 - .50 pumpkin for 2
• 2 - .25 Cottonelle
• 1 - 2.00 Resolve
• 1 -5.00/20 purchase

Total with Tax: 18.92 (OOP)

So I didn't do too bad. I got quite a bit of stuff that I needed. I was about 3 dollars short of 20 so my husband and I looked around to find something to add which is why we got the pecan roll and shaving cream. All the Walgreens here in my area take down the sales advertisements on Saturday. It is very frustrating because you don't know what product exactly is on sale. I went today at 12:30 and all the ads from last week were already taken down. Does anyone else have this happen? I know that they are missing out on sales because of it. I wanted to get a bunch of the Christmas stuff but my husband didn't want to go through the ad while we were in the store and find what is on sale.

New Walgreens Coupon!

I am very happy this coupon is out, Walgreens has lots of holiday stuff on sale. Here is my scenario:
Transaction 1:
Libbys Pure Pumpkin 4 3.96 -.50 here (2)
Coffee Mate B1G1F 4 4.98 -1.00 (4)
Cottonelle 4 roll pk 2 5.00 -.25 (2)
Resolve Carpet Cleaner 3.99 -2.00 (this is an estimate, the $2 off c expires Sat.) 1 MIR
Queen Anne Choc Covered Cherries 11 10.89 5 MIR (Christmas gifts)

Total after coupons 21.32 -5.00/20

Total 16.32
6 MIR

Transaction 2:
Boxed Christmas Cards 3 5.99
Gift Bags 6 5.98
Tissue paper & Bows 3 .99
Gift Wrap 6 3.98
Sue bee honey 3.99

Total 20.93 -5.00/20

Total 15.93
And this does not come out of my grocery budget because it is for Christmas gifts.
Hopefully they have everything I want.

Grocery Shopping 11/11/2008

This week I came in under budget for the first time in a while. I was so excited! I did not get pictures this week.

At Aldi:
Tomatoes 1.49, Strawberries 1.89, Bananas 1.21, Romaine hearts 1.99, Celery 1.19, Green Peppers 1.89, Zucchini 1.99, Meatballs 1.99, Curly fries 1.59, Butter .77, Shredded Cheddar 3.79, Refried Beans .65, Black beans .45

Total: 22.52

At buy for less:
Buttermilk 1.39, Bread 1.18, Self rising flour 1.99, Gravy Mix (3) 2.07, Cucumber .69, Green Onion .50, Yellow onion .48

Total 10.07

At Walgreens:
Glade Wisp 5.99 -3.00
Almay Mascara 6.99 -1.00

Total 9.99 (used gift card)
Rec 8.99 Mail in rebate

Total OOP: 32.59
My actual budget is 50.00 a week. I have been spending way over that so I increased my budget for sales and to stock up on things. I am still working it out but I will use $10-15 for this. This week there was not any good sales so I bought only what was going to be used for my menu.

Walgreens

I stopped at Walgreens today because I couldn't resist. But I didn't use any money oop!

I bought:

• 2 Febreze Noticeables 6.99 ea
• 2 Febreze Air effects 2.49 ea
• 4 Hersheys Minis 2.50 ea
• Oral B Toothbrush 4.49
• 2 Puffs .89 ea

I used coupons:

• 2 5.00 c for noticeables
• 2 1.00 c for air effects
• 2 .25 c for puffs
• 5.00 off 20
• They also let me use 5 in RR but the cashier messed up and scanned one of them twice which I didn't notice until I got home.

Total was 12.30 on gift card

And I got 4.50 RR for Oral B and 5.00 RR for Febreze. And a $5.00 MIR for Hersheys

So I made a profit of $2.20

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Super Savings Saturday

I went with a budget of $75 today.

Aldi

• 1 can black beans


• 1 can kidney beans


• 1 can chili beans


• 1 can refried beans


• Steak


• Tomatoes


• Shredded cheddar


• Shredded Mozzarella


• Pepperoni


• Meatballs


• Multi colored peppers


• Green peppers


• Bananas


• Ground beef

Total $34.15

Walmart

• Potatoes


• Polish Sausage


• Morning star crumbles


• Boca Ribs


• 2 Country Gravy


• Corn on the cob


• 2 Healthy Weight Vegetables 2-.25


• Deli Pepperoni


• Hot Links


• Ricotta Cheese


• Cream


• 1 can diced tomato


• 1 can crushed tomato


• 2 can chick peas


• 4 jars Ragu 2-1.00


• Reese's Puffs


• Honey Bunches of Oats Free-2.18


• Manicotti Shells


• Lasagna Noodles


• 2 Viva Paper towels 2-.50


• 2 Tonys Pizza


• Jello Singles .50
• Rice a roni chicken

Total 47.18

So I went over budget by 6.33 which is really good for me. I had a Internet coupon but the cashier at Wal mart told me that they were no longer accepting them. She said she wasn't sure why. I came home to see if that was a corporate policy and it is not a new policy. I called the store to ask about it and she said that it was a new store policy. The last 2 weeks I have had problems at Walmart with coupons so I am frustrated with them.

Walgreens Coupon

Here is what I'm thinking:
10-8pk Hershey minis $1.00each=$10.00
4- bags M&Ms 4/$10.00
2-Glade Refill Singles $1.99each-$3.98
Total: $23.98

Use B1G1F Glade Refill coupon 1.99
Use $5 off
Total: $16.99

Get $5 MIR for Hersheys
Get $5 MIR for M&Ms
Get $2 MIR for Glade

Total after MIR=4.99

Printable Coupons

Dove Cream Oil Body Wash $1.50
Tide Total Care $1.00 (mail offer)
Organic Valley Milk, Cheese $1.00
Soy Joy $3.00
Horizon Organic Milk $1.00
Rice Krispies with Strawberrys $1.00

Shopping

I have been busy lately. I have not had time to even go grocery shopping in the last 2 weeks. I will definitely have to make time for this very soon because we have used up almost everything in our house. Here is my CVS and Walgreens trip this weekend.

CVS-Saturday
Covergirl foundation 5.99 (2)
Used 2 1/$1 off coupons
Used $6 ECB
Paid 2.29 oop
Received $3 ECB for spending $10 on covergirl

Walgreen's-Sunday
Tylenol cold medicine (husband is sick) 7.49
1 Gal Milk 3.19
Oreos 2.50
Chips Ahoy 2.50
Used 1.50 easy saver coupon
Used 1.00 off manu coupon
Paid 14.40 oop
Received $3 RR

I could have done better at Walgreen's, I had a $10 RR to use that I forgot about. But I will save that for later this week after I make my shopping list.

Stockpiling

I have been trying to build a stockpile lately. One of my first questions was, What should go in a stockpile? I want it to be something useful, so I sat down and looked at many of the recipes that I make regularly. One thing that I use a lot of (more than I realized) is beans. My favorites are black beans and chickpeas. I also use kidney beans, pinto beans and chili beans. I make a lot of soup and chili so vegetable stock and canned tomatoes are pretty popular in my recipes. I also like to have frozen vegetables in my freezer. I also like to keep hamburger meat in my freezer as well as chicken. I also eat a lot of whole wheat pasta. Anytime I find these items on sale I buy extra. Toiletries are another thing that you can stock up on. I like to stockpile items that have a long shelf life and that I will use. If you are trying to build up a stockpile, look at your favorite recipes and things that you eat often and start making a list from there.

What items do you stockpile?

Walgreen Shopping Trip

Trans 1

Prohealth mouthwash 5.99

2 chex mix 1.98...(2) 1.00 off c

schick quattro refill 4.99...4.00 off c

3 cinnamon toast crunch 7.00...1.50 off c

2 100 cal pack 5.00... .70 off c

2 southbeach bars 5.00... (2) 2.00 off c

2 plantars peanuts 7.00

wheat thins 2.50 ...2.50 off c

kraft dressing 2.99... 2.99 off c

revlon nail polish 4.79... 2.00 off c

2 glade scented oil warmers 9.58...4.00 off c and b1g1F 4.79 off c

pro health toothpaste 3.79... .75 off c

lypsyl moisturizer 1.99

2 oust surface & air 5.98...es 2.00 off and b1g1F 2.99 off c

scrubbing bubbles foam 3.79...1.00 off c

2 drano gel 7.58

shout wipes 2.49

scrubbing bubbles fresh brush max 3.79...1.00 off c

2 scrubbing bubbles toilet gel 7.58...1.00 off c

10.00 off 40.00 purchase

My total before coupons was 99.51

Total coupons 49.97

My total after was 50.05-used a gift card to bring total to 24.22 oop

Trans 2

Cottonelle 24 pk 12.99

3 1/2 gal milk 5.67

lg vacuum bag 9.99

black ink refill 10.00

glade twin pack refill 5.99 ...es 1.00 off & 1.00 off c

10.00 off 40.00 purchase

My total before coupons was 41.65

Total coupons 2.00

Total after was 35.34 with tax

I got 10.00 RR

I got 29.56