It's a quickie version of the CVS plan because you'd better hop to it if you want the best deals! The BEST sale is a 2 day Sun/Mon sale (which means it ends today!)
1. $3.00 ECB wyb Revlon Nail Polish $3.99
-$/1 Revlon Color Cosmetic SS1 5/17/09 (register beeps but the picture on the coupon IS nail polish, so it's obviously a valid coupon)
makes it FREE after coupon and ECB
2. $3.99 ECB wyb Clearasil stayclear face wash 6.5 oz($3.99)
-$2/1 Clearasil, any $2 SS 4/19/09
makes it $2 Money Maker (MM) after coupon and ECB
3. $3 ECB wyb Playtex gentle glide 18 ct or sport tampons 16 ct ($3.99)
*Bonus packs of Sports 18 ct. work for this deal.
-$1/1 Playtex Gentle Glide Tampons SS 3/22/09
-$1/1 Playtex printable (or go to playtexsport.com and click the link)
4. $2 ECB wyb Bandaid bandages ($2.99)
-$1/1 Band-Aid, any except trial RP 4/26/09
5. $10 ecb wyb two Neutrogena suncare or sunless tanning products
$2/1 Neutrogena suncare full size (pamphlet at CVS)
There is a 1 oz. size of this that WORKS for this deal and it's only $1.98!!! Making it a BIG MM!! (obviously doesn't go with the coupon listed here, though)
In THEORY here is the plan....
Buy all of the above
Total $18.92
USE $3/15
USE $5 in other coupons (not using Neutrogena since I'm buying 1 oz. size)
Total $10.92
USE $10 ECB from coke deal
$.92 plus tax OOP
Get back..... drumroll please.....$22 ECB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let's see if it works!!!
Monday, May 25, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Week of 05/17 - Weekly Wrap-up Final Tally
This week's final tally....
Total OOP = $127.92
Total Savings = $391.74 75%
Total OOP = $127.92
Total Savings = $391.74 75%
Week of 05/17 - Weekly Wrap-up Publix
My big shopping trip was Publix this week... and I still have another run to make (since the sale doesn't end until Wednesday). I missed a couple of things AND I need to buy the fresh stuff that we need for the week. I ended up out of time before I got to that section of the store. I'll run by there tomorrow or Monday while the kids are gone and fill in the fresh stuff that my list lacked.
Here's what I DID get....
1 Dixie Paper Plates
1 Dixie Napkins
4 Carefree Pantyliners
4 Heluva Good Chip Dips
2 Philly Cream Cheese
1 6-pack of Aquafina Raspberry (couldn't find Dasani Raspberry... hope it's still around!)
3 Mueller Pastas
3 12-pack Diet Snapple Tea
1 Kraft Salad Dressing
2 Oscar Mayer Beef Hot Dogs
1 Curly's BBQ Pork
1 Gallon Milk
3 Kelloggs Rice Krispies
2 Aunt Jemima Syrups
1 Ritz Cracker
1 Wheat Thins
3 Kraft BBQ Sauce
6 A-1 Steak Sauce
6 V-8 VFusion
2 Snapple Single Bottles Green Tea (I don't like this stuff... hoped I would)
Total OOP = 41.72
Savings $117.31 73%
Here's what I DID get....
1 Dixie Paper Plates
1 Dixie Napkins
4 Carefree Pantyliners
4 Heluva Good Chip Dips
2 Philly Cream Cheese
1 6-pack of Aquafina Raspberry (couldn't find Dasani Raspberry... hope it's still around!)
3 Mueller Pastas
3 12-pack Diet Snapple Tea
1 Kraft Salad Dressing
2 Oscar Mayer Beef Hot Dogs
1 Curly's BBQ Pork
1 Gallon Milk
3 Kelloggs Rice Krispies
2 Aunt Jemima Syrups
1 Ritz Cracker
1 Wheat Thins
3 Kraft BBQ Sauce
6 A-1 Steak Sauce
6 V-8 VFusion
2 Snapple Single Bottles Green Tea (I don't like this stuff... hoped I would)
Total OOP = 41.72
Savings $117.31 73%
Week of 05/17 - Weekly Wrap-up Kroger
My Kroger trip this week was very brief and very focused.... and I forgot the main thing that I went for.... California Pizza Kitchen Pizzas!!! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!
Oh well. Life goes on without BBQ chicken pizza. My homemade version is much better anyways (but the frozen kind is faster sometimes!)
Here is the list from Kroger this week. Again, most of this list is going to the food pantry. I just made this pit-stop at Kroger to get the pizza... then I FORGOT the pizza!!!!!!!!!!
Here's what I DID come home with...
8 Kool-Aid Cannisters
4 Dial Handsoap
(it's not like this was the longest list in history... I have NO clue how I spaced out and forgot the pizza!)
Total OOP = $5.62
Total Savings = $29.08 84%
Oh well. Life goes on without BBQ chicken pizza. My homemade version is much better anyways (but the frozen kind is faster sometimes!)
Here is the list from Kroger this week. Again, most of this list is going to the food pantry. I just made this pit-stop at Kroger to get the pizza... then I FORGOT the pizza!!!!!!!!!!
Here's what I DID come home with...
8 Kool-Aid Cannisters
4 Dial Handsoap
(it's not like this was the longest list in history... I have NO clue how I spaced out and forgot the pizza!)
Total OOP = $5.62
Total Savings = $29.08 84%
Week of 05/17 - Weekly Wrap-up CVS
I said earlier that it was a DUD of a week at CVS... it really was. BUT there is a great week starting tomorrow and I plan to use my stored up ECBs on the great stuff they've got on sale! woo hoo!!!
BUT here is the big whoop-di-do list for this week....
2 Dry Idea Deodorant
1 Tostitos (not on sale... needed chips for the pool)
1 Lays Potato Chips (ditto)
2 Poppycock
4 Hunts Snack Pack Puddings
2 Davids Sunflower Seeds
Total OOP = $7.41
Total Savings = $30.49 80%
Still have $40 in ECB remaining
BUT here is the big whoop-di-do list for this week....
2 Dry Idea Deodorant
1 Tostitos (not on sale... needed chips for the pool)
1 Lays Potato Chips (ditto)
2 Poppycock
4 Hunts Snack Pack Puddings
2 Davids Sunflower Seeds
Total OOP = $7.41
Total Savings = $30.49 80%
Still have $40 in ECB remaining
Week of 05/17 - Weekly Wrap-up Walgreens
It was one crazy week at Walgreens. Registers spitting out rewards that we didn't expect, surprise deals left and right!!! A girl could get carried away!! Good thing I didn't figure all this out until late in the week! I think ALL the people in North Fulton will have sparkling white teeth with as much free toothpaste as I'm getting lately (it's going to North Fulton Family Charities).
I really am happy that my learning to save is helping me learn to give more at the same time. When things are financially tight, it's easier to cut back everywhere... including giving. Being able to find stuff that the manufacturers/stores are practically giving away and re-routing it to people who really need it, makes me feel like I'm doing something good... tiny, but good.
SO... learn to use your coupons to help others as well.
ok... here were my bevy of cheap finds of the week. Honestly, most of these are going to the food bank. A few things on the list are for me, but all the toothpaste, deodorant and feminine hygiene products are in the box headed for NFFC.
Thank you to Jenny from Southern Savers who helped me map out my plan and to the savvy shoppers at Slickdeals.net who found the freebie surprise deals like the Right Guard!
Here's the haul...
3 Aveeno Lotions
3 Aveeno Travel/Gift Kits
7 Axe Travel Shampoos (filler that we can use AND donate!)
5 Axe Hairstyling Trial Size Sets (this was a great find! we got 2 movie tickets for buying 5 trial size products that were on clearance!)
5 bayer crystals (charity)
4 Carefree Pantyliners (charity)
9 colgate whitening toothpaste (charity)
4 cottonelle fresh wipes (used my raincheck)
2 degree antiperspirants (for me! these smell GOOD!!!)
3 dry idea (charity)
1 edge shave gel
3 Orbit Gum
2 hawaiian tropic tanning oil - POOL SEASON IS HERE!!! woo hoo!!!!
1 Fingernail Polish
2 Sunday papers
8 Right Guard Extreme - some for charity/some for Thing 1
1 skintimate shave gel
6 Splenda 100 packs - for Mom's house and the office
1 Duncan yo yo (Thing 2 "helped" by finding a filler item)
Total OOP = $73.17
Total Saved = $214.86 75% (plus got 2 movie tickets)
I was overcharged on 2 of my Splendas, but I didn't notice until I got home. She didn't apply the store sale coupon that I'd given her. :( So I paid full price for 2 of the 6. My bottom line would have been about $5 less.
In looking at this list, at first I was like... "OH NO! I spent too much on stuff that's not for me!! BUT the yo-yo, sunscreen and cottonelle were a chunk of what I spent this week. The sunscreen was about $8, the wipes were $8, the splendas $12, and the yo-yo was $4 (all after coupon prices). Had I bought those items alone without the sales and coupons, my OOP would have been $74!!! (and would have only had one sunscreen instead of 2!)
All that said, I didn't do a good job of rolling my register rewards... and my OOP would have been a LOT better if I had. I still have $38 in RR remaining for next week.
I really am happy that my learning to save is helping me learn to give more at the same time. When things are financially tight, it's easier to cut back everywhere... including giving. Being able to find stuff that the manufacturers/stores are practically giving away and re-routing it to people who really need it, makes me feel like I'm doing something good... tiny, but good.
SO... learn to use your coupons to help others as well.
ok... here were my bevy of cheap finds of the week. Honestly, most of these are going to the food bank. A few things on the list are for me, but all the toothpaste, deodorant and feminine hygiene products are in the box headed for NFFC.
Thank you to Jenny from Southern Savers who helped me map out my plan and to the savvy shoppers at Slickdeals.net who found the freebie surprise deals like the Right Guard!
Here's the haul...
3 Aveeno Lotions
3 Aveeno Travel/Gift Kits
7 Axe Travel Shampoos (filler that we can use AND donate!)
5 Axe Hairstyling Trial Size Sets (this was a great find! we got 2 movie tickets for buying 5 trial size products that were on clearance!)
5 bayer crystals (charity)
4 Carefree Pantyliners (charity)
9 colgate whitening toothpaste (charity)
4 cottonelle fresh wipes (used my raincheck)
2 degree antiperspirants (for me! these smell GOOD!!!)
3 dry idea (charity)
1 edge shave gel
3 Orbit Gum
2 hawaiian tropic tanning oil - POOL SEASON IS HERE!!! woo hoo!!!!
1 Fingernail Polish
2 Sunday papers
8 Right Guard Extreme - some for charity/some for Thing 1
1 skintimate shave gel
6 Splenda 100 packs - for Mom's house and the office
1 Duncan yo yo (Thing 2 "helped" by finding a filler item)
Total OOP = $73.17
Total Saved = $214.86 75% (plus got 2 movie tickets)
I was overcharged on 2 of my Splendas, but I didn't notice until I got home. She didn't apply the store sale coupon that I'd given her. :( So I paid full price for 2 of the 6. My bottom line would have been about $5 less.
In looking at this list, at first I was like... "OH NO! I spent too much on stuff that's not for me!! BUT the yo-yo, sunscreen and cottonelle were a chunk of what I spent this week. The sunscreen was about $8, the wipes were $8, the splendas $12, and the yo-yo was $4 (all after coupon prices). Had I bought those items alone without the sales and coupons, my OOP would have been $74!!! (and would have only had one sunscreen instead of 2!)
All that said, I didn't do a good job of rolling my register rewards... and my OOP would have been a LOT better if I had. I still have $38 in RR remaining for next week.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Week of 05/17 - CVS Plan
What a lame week at CVS!!!! And I have lots of ECBs to spend. Phooey!!
There are only a couple of deals I’m looking at… (for all the deals, check out www.southernsavers.com)
$5 ECB wyb $10 in following products Limit 1
David Sunflower kernels, $1.25 ea (my mom loves these)
-$1/2 – May All You Magazine
Hunts Snack pack - $1.25 ea
$1/3 Hunt’s Snack pack May All You
Poppycock (2 for $5)
-.50/1 not sure what paper this was in!
$2 ECB wyb (2) Right Guard or Dry Idea Deodorant $2.50 ea Limit 3
-$2 off Dry Idea printable
My plan…
Buy
2 – Davids @ 1.25
4 – Hunts Snack Pack @ 1.25
1 – Poppycock $2.50
2 – Dry Idea @ 2.50
Total $15.00
Use
(1) -$1/2 Davids
(1) - $1/3 Hunts
(1) -.50 Poppycock
(2) -$2/1 Dry Idea
3 off 15 CVS coupon
Total $7.50 plus tax
Use ECBs from last week to pay (might have to add some fillers… not sure what denominations my ECBs are right now)
Get back $9 ECB, so I come out ahead and extend my ECBs another week!
There are only a couple of deals I’m looking at… (for all the deals, check out www.southernsavers.com)
$5 ECB wyb $10 in following products Limit 1
David Sunflower kernels, $1.25 ea (my mom loves these)
-$1/2 – May All You Magazine
Hunts Snack pack - $1.25 ea
$1/3 Hunt’s Snack pack May All You
Poppycock (2 for $5)
-.50/1 not sure what paper this was in!
$2 ECB wyb (2) Right Guard or Dry Idea Deodorant $2.50 ea Limit 3
-$2 off Dry Idea printable
My plan…
Buy
2 – Davids @ 1.25
4 – Hunts Snack Pack @ 1.25
1 – Poppycock $2.50
2 – Dry Idea @ 2.50
Total $15.00
Use
(1) -$1/2 Davids
(1) - $1/3 Hunts
(1) -.50 Poppycock
(2) -$2/1 Dry Idea
3 off 15 CVS coupon
Total $7.50 plus tax
Use ECBs from last week to pay (might have to add some fillers… not sure what denominations my ECBs are right now)
Get back $9 ECB, so I come out ahead and extend my ECBs another week!
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