Dollar General $5/$25 Friday

I love the $5/$25 coupons days at Dollar General!!  Today I hit two different stores.  The first I stopped at did not have the Hefty One-zip bags or Snuggle dryer sheets that I was looking for, so I had to make a second trip over to my usual DG that I knew had them, which was okay with me.  The kids did some complaining (they hate going to the store), but I didn't let it get me down.  So, without further rambling, here's the breakdowns:

Store 1:

1 - Wisk - $5.00
6 - Suave Kids Shampoo - $2.00
16 - Tic-tacs - $0.65
1 - Wrigley's 5 gum - $1.50

Total retail: $28.90
(The cashier only rang up 10 of my tic-tacs!  So, total register price before coupons was $25 (it was actually $23.50 - had to grab the Wrogley's gum to use my $5/$25).  I didn't realize the boo-boo on the tic-tacs or I would've had them scan the other 6.  That's what happens when you drag all 4 kids with you to the store!  lol)

Coupons used:

1 - $5/$25 DG coupon
1 - $2/1 Wisk
3 - BOGO suave kids ($2 each)
5 - $1/2 Tic tacs (I had 8 of them for the 16 that I bought - 3 of them didn't scan obviously but the lady kept them.  :(  I didn't realize it until I got home.)

Total coupons: $18.00

Total OOP = $7.58
Savings of 62%

Store 2:

8 - Hefty One-Zip sandwich bags - $1.00
8 - Hefty One-Zip gallon bags - $1.00
8 - Snuggle dryer sheets - $1.00
5 - French's Worchestershire - $1.00

Total Retail:  $29.00

Coupons used:

1 - $5/$25 DG coupon
8 - $1/2 any Hefty
8 - $0.75/1 Snuggle
5 - $0.75/1 French's Worchestershire

Total coupons: $22.75

Total OOP = $6.62
Savings of 78%

Total retail for both: $57.90
Total OOP for both: $14.20
Total savings for both: $43.70
Savings of 75% combined!

I had an awesome cashier at my second store (the first wasn't bad, just not awesome).  He was a younger guy, but was very friendly and was amazed by my savings and knowledge of the coupon policy (he didn't know you can't use DG store coupons with the $5/$25).  All in all a good day.  :)

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. :)

CVS and Target - July 4th

Originally published July 9, 2011.

Have no pictures of the stuff I got on these trips, but here's a list of what I got:

Target
2 Schick Hydro razors - on sale for $6.49 (get $5 Target card when you buy 2)
- 2 $4/1 coupons
= $4.98 total OOP
Paid with my $5 gift card from a previous deal, and got the $5 card for buying 2 razors! Totally sweet, plus I got the last two at my Target! :)

CVS
1 bag of Skittles $2.50 (reg price $3.59)
4 3 musketeers bars $.75 ea (reg price $1.09)
3 bags of pretzel M&Ms $3.00 ea (reg price $3.79)
2 Axe deoderant $4.49 ea
1 Hershey Air Delight chocolate bar $1.19
2 Oral-B toothbrushes $3.00 ea (reg price $4.19)
2 Head & Shoulders Shampoo/Conditioner $4.99 ea (reg price $6.29)
1 Tampax pearl tampons $3.99 ea (reg price $5.29)
2 Nail sets for Kayla $4.99 ea
2 Oral B pulsar kids toothbrushes $8.29

Total Retail: $82.29
Total Sale: $70.79
Total after coupons: $32.84
ECBs used: $15.29
Total OOP: $17.55 ($19.18 w/tax)
Total savings: $64.34 or 78%
Received $12 in ECBs for next week's shopping. :)

The toothbrushes, axe deoderant and nails are birthday presents for the kiddos so I think I did pretty good. :) Yes, my kids like crazy things like that for their birthday..."anything but clothes!!" LOL

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. :)