Walgreens trip today...been a busy month

Originally published on July 31, 2011.

First, its been a long month - I have made trips to the store couponing of course, but haven't had the time to post them. I made a trip to Walgreens today. I was excited about today's trip for a couple of reasons...first - they had everything I was looking for! (Well, except the Cottenelle, but I knew they were out of the right one.) And second, my cashier was super awesome and didn't mind my four transactions or my four kids running around. lol. Here's the breakdown and pic(if you want to skip the breakdowns I bolded the final totals below):

Transaction 1:
2 Oral-B toothbrushes - 2/$5
1 Complete Multi-purpose solution - $8
2 Penway spirals - $0.39 each
1 Penway folder - $0.11
Total before coupons - $13.89 (Total retail - $19.94)

Coupons used:
2 - $2/1 Oral-B
1 - $1/1 Complete MP Solution
$8 RR from last week

Total OOP: .95
Received $8 and $2 RR

Transaction 2:
4 Kelloggs Special K Red Berries - 4/$10
1 Goody Hair Clips - $2
1 Crayola Marker - $2
Total before coupons - $14.00 (Total retail - $28.64)

Coupons used:
2 - $1.50/2 Kelloggs cereal
$8 RR and $2 RR from Trans 1

Total OOP: $1.00
Received $5, $2, and $2 RR

Transaction 3:
3 Tide Stain Release liquid - $3.99
1 Keri Lotion - $6.99
1 Penway spiral - $0.39
2 Penway folders - $0.11 each
Total before coupons - $19.57 (Total retail - $24.93)

Coupons used:
3 - $3/1 Tide Stain Release
1 - $2/1 Keri Lotion
$5 RR and $2 RR from Trans 2

Total OOP: $1.68
Received $3 and $5 RR

Transaction 4:
2 Head and Shoulders Shampoo - 2/$8
1 Gillette Fusion Proglide Power Razor - $9.99
2 Penway folders - $0.11 each
Total before coupons - $18.21 (Total retail - $26.35)

Coupons used:
1 - BOGO Free Head and Shoulders
1 - $4/1 Gillette Fusion Razor
$5 RR and $3 RR from Trans 3 and $2 RR from Trans 2

Total OOP: $0.21
Received $4 and $2 RR

Total retail: $99.86
Total price after WAGS sales - $65.67 (WAGS savings of $34.19)
Total OOP - $3.84
Total savings on sales prices - $61.83
Total savings on retail prices - $96.02 or 96% savings

Very happy with my trip today. :)

Kroger and HEB

Originally published on July 9, 2011.

Went grocery shopping yesterday to stock up for the next couple of weeks. Got tons of stuff, the freezer is jammed packed, and the pantry has officially overflowed into my back-up cabinet space. lol. I'm just going to list what I got, no prices, just totals since it was so much.

KROGER
30 Gatorades
3 Ritz Crackers
3 Ritz Bits with peanut butter
19 cans of chef boyardee pasta (ravioli, spaghetti, dinos and meatballs, etc)
10 cans of fruit (peaches, pears and fruit cocktail)
1 pack of Huggies little swimmers
14 baby food snacks (puffs, yogurt puffs, apple dices)
3 bags of Cheetos puffs
4 dozen eggs
2 pillsbury grands biscuits
3 totinos pizza rolls
4 totinos pizzas
5 pepperoni pizza hot pockets
2 eggo waffles
2 loaves of bread
10 oscar mayer beef franks
5 boxes of Capri Suns

Total Retail: $221.06
Total after sales and coupons: $134.16 ($136.32 w/tax)
Total Savings: $86.90 or 40%

HEB
9 boxes of Honey Toasted O's (HEB cereal) - Free
2 boxes of Minute white rice
2 32 pack of aquafina water
2 128 ct Fisherboy fish sticks
1 package shredded hash browns - Free
2 gallons of milk
2 stouffers lasagna
4 oreida easy fries
2 HEB orange juice - Free
2 stouffers skillet meals - Free
3 coffeemate liquid creamers
2 6-packs of Sunny D
2 bags of HEB corn chips
2 Sunbird seasoning packs - Free
2 blueberry mini muffins
4 HEB apple juices
5 Del Dixie Dill relish
3 cans Kidney beans
1 crisco vegetable oil
1 HEB bean dip - Free
1 pillsbury grands biscuits - Free
4 1lb packages of ground beef
1 american cheese slices
1 wright brand bacon
2 kraft sandwich shop mayos - Free
1 package of shredded cheese
2 oscar mayer lunch meats
1 string cheese
4 packages of pork chops
1 package of beef stew meat
2 danonino yogurts - Free
1 package of white corn tortillas
1 24-pack of chips
8" chocoalte ice cream cake - FREE!

Total Retail: $232.79
Total after coupons: $143.80
Total Savings: $88.99 or %40

Total for both trips: $453.85
Total savings: $175.89
Total OOP: $277.96

Really good for the amount of things I got in my opinion! :)

Stocked up on cereal!

Originally published on June 23, 2011.

I made one trip to HEB earlier in the week (Tuesday I think), but forgot to take pictures and lost my receipt! :( I got a bunch of stuff, mainly snacks for the kiddos, but I did pick up 8 boxes of Cheerios for dirt cheap! So, I went back today to get some more...lucky charms and wheat chex this time though. :) Also picked up some other things I needed, bread and what not. I made sure that I had enough box top items to get my $5 catalinas to print (I got 2 this trip!) The deal is buy 10 box top for education items, get a $5 catalina for your next shopping order. I bought all this in one transaction tonight - I had all the kids with me and didn't feel like trying to keep two transactions straight. Here's the pics of what I got, with a list to follow:

7 boxes Lucky Charms

1 box Chocolate Lucky Charms (Alex HAD to have a box of the chocoalte kind)
4 boxes Wheat Chex
4 boxes Fruit Roll Ups
4 boxes Fruit Gushers (fruit snacks)
2 loaves of bread
2 Ken's salad dressing
2 24 count cheese slices
2 40 oz bags of frozen chicken
1 Fast fixins breaded chicken patties
1 bag potato chips
1 Helluva good buffalo sour cream dip

Total before coupons: $83.58
Total after coupons and tax: $48.08
Total savings of $35.50 or 42%
Received $10 in catalinas

CVS Trip over the weekend

Originally published on June 21. 2011.

I needed to pick up some sodas and some milk so I headed over to CVS to pick up a few good deals while I was out. Here's the picture of what I got (the cokes (5 twelve packs), milk, and baby wash are not in the picture).
 
List of what I got:
5 - 12 packs of Coke
1 - CVS baby wash
1 - half gallon whole milk
1 - Lucky Charms
1 - Cinnamon Toast Crunch
1 - LA Looks hair gel
1 - Tylenol Precise Pain Patch
2 - Pantene shamppos
2 - Pantene conditioner
3 - Pretzel M&Ms
1 - Irish Spring deoderant (with free trial size body wash attached)
2 - Colgate Toothpastes
1 - Dove chocoalte bar

I got all this in two transactions, but decided just to put the totals for everything below. :)

Total Retail: $98.98
Total Cost after Sales Prices: $67.78
Total Cost after Coupons: $48.78
I used $26.99 in ECB's....
Total out of Pocket: $23.87
Total Savings: $75.11 or 76%

I also have $6 in ECBs left over for next time. :)

After my first transaction I noticed that I hadn't reached the limit on the Pantene ECB deal, so I did it again in my second transaction, and the receipt said I still hadn't reached my limit. So, I went out this morning and grabbed a couple more, got another $2 ECB, and I STILL haven't reached the ECB promotion limit! I'm going to do the deal one more time, and I'll be set on shampoo and conditioner for awhile, and would have gotten $8 in ECBs back. :)

I'm getting ready to make a couple of runs today (with all the kids) so we'll see how that goes. :)

More Cocoa Krispies!

Originally published June 17, 2011.

So, I returned to Randalls today to get another 10 boxes of Cocoa Krispies, 2 more pasta sauces and 2 more coffees because I found more coupons for the latter two items. :) I paid $22.01 out of pocket and now have 10 more UPCs for another mail in rebate (you can do 5 per household until the end of December) and another 10 Cars 2 codes to get the $5 gas cards. Also, I failed to mention yesterday that when you buy 5 Kelloggs cereals in one transaction you get a voucher for a free movie ticket (up to $12 value!). So, I have 4 free movie ticket vouchers, 2 $10 gas card mail in rebates, and $25 worth of $5 gas cards (its takes up to 90 days to get the gas cards, but I'm okay with the wait, because I always forget they are coming so its like Christmas in my mail box when they get here. lol). So the grand total over both days for just the cereal was $41.80. The total for all the gas cards and movie tickets I'll be receiving is $93! So, basically I made $51.20 worth of stuff! :) I'm loving it!



I also made a quick stop into Walgreens today and picked up some Soft Scrub cleaners and Renuzit air freshners (the kids LOVE these in their rooms - and need them too. lol).

The deal worked like this:
2 toliet bowl cleaners ($3.00 on sale)
2 cleanser with bleach ($3.00 on sale)
3 air freshners ($1.00 on sale)

I used 2 - Buy one toliet cleaner, get one cream cleanser free and
1 - Buy 2 get 1 free on the air freshners
Total before coupons: $15
Total after coupons above: $8
I also used 4 Register Rewards(RR) from previous trips totaling $7.99
So total out of pocket was $.01. I also received a $4 RR. :)

Results from Randalls shopping trip

Originally published on June 16, 2011.



This was all bought at Randall's. The first transaction went a little better than the second, because I forgot to scan my Randalls card first so I was able to get extra savings! :) Combining the two transactions, I spent $26.55 out of pocket for 10 boxes of Cocoa Krispies, 3 Classico Pasta Sauces, 3 Classico Alfredo sauces, and 6 Seattle's Best Iced Mocha coffee singles! Total retail - $62.98...a 58% savings. Not too shabby, but I'm not done yet. Each box of cereal has a code inside to input into a website to get $5 pre-paid debit cards. Each card requires 4 codes, so I have enough for two right now, which equals $10. I also have a mail in rebate for a $10 pre-paid debit card, which requires 10 upcs from the cocoa krispies. So I will be getting $20 worth of pre-paid debit cards!! Wa-hoo! So, if you subtract the $20 pre-paid debit cards from my total out of pocket, its $6.55! :) Hooray for coupons!!

Couponing!!

Originally published on June 16, 2011

I have been couponing for a few weeks now, and I am saving tons of money and starting to stockpile things for the family.  I'm not going to fill my whole garage with things, but getting things for dirt cheap (or free!) is awesome!!  It is time-consuming, and I think it annoys Paul sometimes that I spend a lot of time cutting and organizing my coupons and getting the match-ups together, but its worth it in the end.  lol.  Today I plan on hitting up Randalls to get some cereal (20 boxes), plus some free movie tickets and rebate codes for free gas cards.  :)  Plus I have a mail in rebate form to save even more money!!  Wa-hoo!  I saw the cereal was on sale and before I had a chance to work out a deal my friend Brooke had emailed me one she had found.  So excited!!  So thanks Brooke for taking the work out of this deal for me.  lol! 

My only problem is that I put all the Gatorade I got Tuesday up on the cereal shelf because it was empty.  lol Gonna have to re-think that...I'll post pictures later and the whole run down of the deal and how it worked for me.  :)

God bless!  <3