Sunday Shopping Plans

Here are my plans for my Drug Store shopping tomorrow (I am REALLY excited!)

Total Value of items: $161.20
Total OOP: $3.81
Total Rewards back: $49.29 (maybe an extra $20 in UP+ if I hit my $100 resolution rewards!)

Rite Aid: I am starting with $20 in the holiday gift of savings $$ and $5 in UP+.  I think I will hit my $100 in Resolution Rewards and if so I will get an additional $20 in UP+

Total Value: $99.89
Total OOP: $3.66
Rewards back; $25 (maybe $45)

	RiteAid Item Price Q1 Q2 Q3 Final Price UP Purex 5.99 1 0 4.99 1 printable Purex 0 1 0 -1 printable Special K 4.99 4.99 0 0 printable Special K 0 0 0 0 0 Special K 4.99 4.99 0 0 0 printable Special K 0 0 0 0 0 Precise 5 6 0 -1 3 printable Precise 5 0 0 5 3 Hormel Complete 1.99 0.5 0.75 0.74 1 VV, printable, in ad Kraft Marshmello 1 0 0 1 0 Kraft Marshmello 1 0 0 1 1 Breathe Right 3.99 2 0 1.99 1 VV Reach 4 1 0 3 3 printable Reach 4 4 0 0 0 10/10 RP Reach 4 1 0 3 0 10/10 RP Reach 4 4 0 0 3 10/10 RP Reach 4 1 0 3 0 10/10 RP Reach 4 4 0 0 0 10/10 RP Aveeno Bar 2.99 1 1 0.99 0 in ad/print Aveeno Bar 2.99 1 1 0.99 0 in ad, print Aveeno Bar 2.99 1 1 0.99 0 in ad, 1/9 clean and clear scrub 4.99 1 2 1.99 0 in ad, 1/9 aveeno shampoo 5.99 1 1.5 3.49 0 in ad, print aveeno shampoo 5.99 1 1.5 3.49 10 in ad, print 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 83.89 41.48 8.75 0 33.66 26 5 Up 28.66 4 off 20 24.66 1 VV 23.66 20 Promo 3.66
	Walgreens: Starting with $20 in RR but only using $9 of it
	Item Price Q1 Q2 Q3 Final Price RR multi vitamin 5 0 0 5 5 Jergens Bar 1.99 1 0.99 in ad and printable Jergens Bar 1.99 1 0.99 in ad and printable Bleach 0.99 0.99 0 Nabisco Cracker 0.59 0 0.59 Nabisco Cracker 0.59 0 0.59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 11.15 2 0 0 9.15 5 $9 in RR 0.15
	CVS: Starting with $25 in ECB but only using $19 of them!
	CVS Item Price Q1 Q2 Q3 Final Price ECB Clariol Hair color 5.99 2 0 3.99 12/26 PG Clariol Hair color 5.99 2 3.99 3 12/26 PG Hershey's Drops 1.59 1.59 1.59 Snickers 0.89 CVS0.89 0.89 Izze 2.99 1 1.99 10 print Izze 2.99 1 1.99 print Izze 2.99 1 1.99 print Izze 2.99 1 1.99 print Izze 2.99 1 0 0 1.99 print Izze 2.99 1 0 1.99 print Izze 2.99 1 1.99 print Totals 35.39 11 0 0 24.39 15.48 $5/30  19.39 19 ECB 15.48 ;

Is Super Doubles (or triples) Always the best deal?

I get SO excited when Super doubles or triples come around but I really wanted to share something.

Sometimes it is NOT the best deal to use that $1 coupon or that coupon that will triple.  Here is why.

Someone was asking my opinion on whether they should use certain coupons that will double at Harris Teeter this week.  Sometimes the answer was maybe yes/maybe no- but certain coupons were a resounding NO!

Here are a few examples:

Progresso Soups
Have a $1/4 coupon
They are $2.79 each at Harris Teeter

• 2.79 * 4= $11.16
• minus $1 coupon doubled= $9.16 total (savings 22%)

They are B1G1 free at Lowes Foods with a total of $1.40 each

• $1.40 * 4= $5.60
• Minus $1 coupon= $4.60
• Even better- add the .50/1 digital coupon to your card and it makes the final tally $4.10 
• That is a savings of 63.3% or $5.06 cents LESS than you would have paid at Harris Teeter even with the doubled coupon!!!

Another example:
Kraft Shredded Cheese
Have $1/2 coupon
Harris Teeter:

• Price $3.69 each * 2= $7.38
• Minus $1 Doubled coupon= $5.38 total

Lowes Foods:

• Price 2 for $5= $5 total
• Minus $1 coupon= $4
• Pay $1 less for 2 bags @ Lowes Foods

ANOTHER example (can you tell I was having fun??)
Sorrento Stringsters Snack Cheese
$1 coupon 
Harris Teeter

• $4.99 each
• minus $1 coupon doubled= $2.99

Lowes Foods

•  On sale for $2.50 each

• minus $1 coupon= 1.50 each

SO even without doubled coupons you will save 50% over doubled coupon final prices on the string cheese!  

Lowes Foods Update

According to Lowes Foods you CAN stack paper and digital coupons!  YES! 

Remember the deal I posted about the Betty Crocker fruit snacks?  It just got better!

4 BC fruit snacks @ 2.50 each = $10
.50/2 Digital= $9.50
in ad $4 off coupon= $5.50
-.50/2 doubled= $4.50
-.50/2 doubled= $3.50
Get a $2 catalina back

NOT a bad deal at all!

Lowes Foods Launches Digital Coupons***Updated**

  Lowes Foods posted that they have launched a digital coupon program where you attach coupons to your card.  I was SO excited until......I read that you cannot combine the digital one with a paper coupon.

According to Lowes Foods Face Book (in response to my inquiry) You CAN stack these coupons and them saying you can't is just a "precaution". No idea what that means except WE CAN stack! YAY.


They are also offering printed coupons from their website that seem to be powered by www.coupons.com. 


Check it out here is the link Lowes Food Digital Coupons. 

SUPER deal on Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks @ Lowes Foods

Here is how to get 8 boxes of Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks for $6.20 AND still have a $2 catalina left over:

Transaction 1:
4 Betty Crocker Fruit snacks @ 2.50 each= $10
Use 2 .50 off 2 coupons from the GM 1/2 insert or printable ones Here
Use the in -ad coupons for $4 off purchase of 4
($10-$2 (doubled coupons)-$4 (in ad coupon)=$4 + tax

Makes it $4.10 after tax
Get $2 catalina

Transaction 2;
4 BC Fruit Sncaks
use 2 of the .50/2 coupons
use in ad coupon
Use $2 Catalina
Pay $2.10

($10 -$2 (doubled coupons)-(in ad coupon)-$2 catalina= $2.00 +tax
Total for 8 boxes: $6.20! PLUS you still have a $2 catalina!

Lowes Foods Success

Here is what I got:

4 Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks
5 Old Orchard Apple Juices
2 Special K
2 Multi-grain Cheerios
6 Campbells CHicken Noodles
1 pack of gum (treat for my kids)
2 Vitamin Waters

Total Value: $49.12
After coupons: $10.55
Total OOP after tax: $11.13 AND I got a $2 catalina for the Betty Crocker Items!

HT super doubles success!

Here is what I got:

 

Success Rice

2000 Flushes

Chips Ahoy

5 Chunky Soups

2 Electrasol tabs

Regina Vinegar

5 Old Orchards

2 Deer Park 6 pks

2 7th generation dish soaps

3 Reach Flosses

2 Gortons Tilapia

2 Heluva Good Onion Dip

Bordens Singles

1 Gallon Milk

3 Bayer Aspirin

My total before VIC and coupons was $97.23
My VIC savings was $49.43
My coupons were $46.24
My Total before tax was $1.56 add in tax and my TOTAL OOP was $3.27!
My total savings (including tax) was 97%

**Somehow I still had a $10 P&G rewards on my card.  No idea why or how..but I did. So that took off $10.  BUT even if you don't have that- you could have still only paid $13.27!  That is  still 86% savings!

I paid LESS than the cost of JUST my gallon of milk!!!!!  SO Excited!

My HT grocery list

Here is my plan for the first day of Super Doubles! 

Item	price	coupon	double	e-vic	Final Price
Old Orchard	2.95	1	2		0.95
Old Orchard	2.95	1	2		0.95
Old Orchard	2.95	2.95	2.95		0
Old Orchard	2.95	2.95	2.95		0
Old Orchard	2.95	2.95	2.95		0
Campbells Chunky	1.12	0	0		1.12
Campbells Chunky	1.12	1	2		-0.88
Campbells Chunky	1.12	1.5	3		-1.88
Campbells Chunky	1.12	0	0		1.12
Campbells Chunky	1.12	0	0		1.12
Chips Ahoy	2.49	1	2		0.49
Gallon of Milk	3.69	0	0		3.69
Alexia Fries	2.99	1	2		0.99
Reach Floss	1.65	1	2		0
Reach Floss	1.65	1	2		0
Heluva Good Dip	2.19	1	2		0.19
Heluva Good Dip	2.19	1	2		0.19
7th generation	1.99	1	2		0
7th generation	1.99	1	2		0
Finish	2.75	2.25	2.25		0.5
Rhoades Bread	2.25	1	2		0.25
Rhoades Bread	2.25	1	2		0.25
Cooked Perfect Meatballs	3.49	1	2		1.49
Reach Floss	1.65	1	2		0
Deer Park	1	0	0		1
Deer Park	1	1	1		0
Colgate Sensitive	1.44	0.75	1.44	0.5	-0.5
Rhoades Bread	2.25	1	2		0.25
Borden Singles	2.25	1	2	1	-0.75
Total	61.51	31.35	50.54		10.54

Lowes Foods 1/5-1/11

Here is the short ad from Lowes Foods

-Sanderson Farms split chicken breast .97lb
-Boneless sirloin tip roast 1.99lb
-Better Value 10lb potatoes 3.77 each
-Blueberries and blackberries B1G1
-sliced vanilla poundcake B1G1
-Dessert Shells $1.50
-LF whipped cream 1.89
-Fresh ground lean ground sirloin 2.99 lb
-Southern style pork ribs 1.69 lb
-Lean Cuisine 1.77 each

• $1/2 SS 1/2

-Tropicana Oj 59 oz 2.99
-Yoplait Yogurts .39 each (Limit 10 @ this price)

• .40/6 SS 11/14

-LF spring water 24 pk 2.87
-Progresso soup B1G1 (1.40 each)

• $1/4 SS 11/14, 11/21, 12/5

-doritos B1G1
-Purex Laundry 28-32 loads B1G1
-Old Orchard apple juice B2G3

• .50/1 

On the back side are a TON of coupons
-Tide 9.99 limit 4

• $1 12/26 PG

-Crunch and Munch 1.99 limit 6
-Campbells Chicken noodle or tomato 2 for $1 limit 6

• $1/3 

-Taco Bell dinner kids $2 limit 6
-Buy 4 Betty Crocker Fruit snacks, save $4 (limit 8)

• .50/2 coupons.com (use our coupon printer @ the top of the site!)

-Bounty 8 giant rolls 8.99 limit 6
-Charmin 12 big or 6 mega 5.99 limit 6

• .25 12/26 PG

-Full Circle Croutons .99 limit 6
-Newmans own dresing 2.49 limit 6

• $1 printable 

-Cherrios, HN cheerios, fiber one, multigrain, corn kix $2 each limit 6

• .55/1 

-LF veg oil 64 oz 2.99 limit 6
-Full Circle cookies 2.49 limit 6
-martha white muffin mix .59 limit 6

• .55/2 Rp 11/7

-Buy any 4 Chex mix, bugles or gardettos save $3 limit 8
-Buy 4 BC brownies, cookie mix or supreme bars save $2 limit 8

• .40/1 cookie mix 
• .40/1 SS 11/21, 12/5

-Paws cat food 4.99 limit 8
-LF auto dish detergent 2.99 limit 6
-Jif Peanut butter $1.50 limit 6
-Smukers grape jelly $1.50 limit 6
-paws premium dog food 6.99 limit 6
-paws scented cat litter limit 6 2.49
-Tom's potato chips .99 limit 6
-Cape Cod potato chips 2.49 limit 6
-LF wild bird seed 6.49 limit 6
-Puffs facial tissue 3.99 limit 6 (2 pk family size)
-Keebler right bites or murray sugar free cokoies 1.99 limit 6
-Hershey single bars 4 for $1.50 limit 8 (buy 6, use 2 coupons pay 25 cents for all 6!)

• $1/3 

-Charking 2 hr fire logs limit 6 9.99
-$5 off rug doctor rental

• $10 rental SS 12/12 USE BY 1/5!!!!

Free Cheese @ HT + a bit leftover

The greatest thing about electronic coupons at Harris Teeter is that they can be combined with paper coupons!
So here is a great deal starting Wednesday with Super Doubles:

Borden Singles Cheese 2.59
Use $1 off coupon HERE
Combined with E-vic coupon for $1 off Borden Singles
You will have .41 cents left over to buy something else

NOTE: HT will NOT give cash back so you MUST have something else in your order to "eat up" that overage.  Find something that is 36 cents! LOL and you shouldn't have to pay anything!

Harris Teeter 1/5-1/11

Here are the items from the ad:

EVIC: lean Cuisine 1.77 Limit 1

Special K Challenge: Buy any 4 Special K cereals, bars or crackers (mix and max) and automatically receive up to 1 free.  it does not list a limit and only says it is valid between 1/5 and 1/11.  The free item can be up to $2.50

Special K Cereal : $2.50

• $1/2 RP 1/2

Special K Bars 2.50

• $1/2 RP 1/2

Special K cracker chips 2.50
Special K crackers 2.50

Specail K Protein Meal Bar 5.00 (NOT part of promo)
Specail K Protein Shake 5.00 (NOT part of promo)

MEAL DEAL:
Buy 2 prego 45 oz (3.85 each/total $7.70)
           .35/2 SS 1/02

• GET:
• 1 Garlic Texas Toast
• 1 16 oz HT Fettuccine
• 1 2 Liter Pepsi
• 1 Kraft parmesan cheese

HT bone in NY strip steak
Hormel Black Label Bacon B1G1
Campbells Chunky Soups B1G1 (2.25 for two)

• $1/2 printable

Mayfield Ice Cream B1G1 ($3 each)
Arm and Hammer Laundry Detergent B1G1 ($3 each)

• $1/2

Doritos B1G1
Fresh Step Cat Litter B1G1
Pepsi (Buy 3 12 pks and get $1 off 3/$11
HT Fresh Boneless Chicken Breast Buy 1 get 2 Free!
Old Orchard Balance Juice Buy 2 get 3 free
5 oz Chicken of the Sea White Tuna Buy 2 get 3 free
Blue or blackberries B1G1
7 up or Diet 7 up 3/$10 12 pks
Smithfield thin sliced lunchmean $3.50
10 oz Butterball Turkey sausage or bacon 2.50

•  .75/1

Al Fresco Chicken Sausage 4.50
Sobe Lifewater $1
Vitamin Water $1
Banquet Brown and serve sausage 1.25
Land O frost Lunchmeat 4.49
Deer Park water 10/$10 (6 pk .5 liter)
Colgate B1G1 6.4 oz (1.45 each)

• $1 off SS 1/02

Always 28-54 ct Tampax, Pearl or Always 6.49

• $1 PG 12/26

Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice B1G1
Kleenex B1G1(1.25 each)

• $1/4 SS 1/02
• .50/1 SS 12/5

Finish Dishwasher Detergent B1G1 20 ct (2.75 each)

• .50/1

Hunts Tomatos Buy 2 get 1 free

• $1/3 All You magazine January

Hunt's Manwich B1G1 free
Angel Soft Bath 9 mega or 12 double 4.99

• $1/2 RP 11/14

Swiss Miss 4/$5
Crystal Light mix 2.50
V-8 Splash 2.50

• $1 printable 

ortega Salsa 1.79

• $1/2 

Sparkle Paper towels 8 ct 5.99
Success Rice $1.50 14 oz boil in bag

• $1 All You December

4 pk Hunt's snack pudding $1
Splenda 100 ct 3.99

• $1 printable

Easy Mac cups .89
Lysol wipes $2

• $1/2  

16 lb Purina Cat show 11.99

• $2/2 SS 12/5

Muellers' egg noodles 1.50

• .55/1 

Slim Fast 5.99
Post Honey Bunches of Oats 2.50
4.9 oz Truvia 2.99

• $1 RP 1/02
• *****CHECK your e-vic coupons- I have a 50 cents off 40 ct on my card)

Ziploc bags $2.50 each

• 1.25/2 SS 12/5

5.5 oz can Friskies Cat food 10/$4.50
Fig Newtons B1G1
Gorton's Tilapia B1G1 (2.44 each)
12 oz Birds Eye Broccoli B1G1 (1.33 each)

• .50/1 

Dannon Yogurts .50

• $1/6 SS 1/02

Simply Orange $3
Nabisco Chips Ahoy 2.49

• $1 off cookies WYB gallon of milk

Digiorno Pizza 5.00
California Kitchen 5.99
Lenders Bagels B1G1
Smart Balance Spread B1G1(1.70 each)

• $1.25/2

Zesta Crackers 1.99
PJs organic chicken burrito $2
Alexia Sweet Potato Fries 2.99

• $1 

lean Pockets (specificly spinach, artichoke and chicken) $2
22 ct Frito Lay variety pack 5.99
6 ct Vanilla Skinny Cow 3.99

• $1 Jan All You

10 oz Farm Rich Cheese Sticks $3

• $1 

Turkey Hill 1/2 gallon 1.19
4 ct Yo Crunch $2
Krunchers chips 2.50
Amy's Mexican Casserole 3.99
Hunter Farm Raspberry Sherbert 3/$5
Kraft Singles 2.50
Coffee mate creamer 3/$5
Kashi multipack bars $3
Kashi Golean cereal $3

• $1 

Kashi frozen entrees 3.99
TLC Granola bars 2.99
Kashi frozen pizza 5.99
TLC crackers 2.50
TLC cookies 2.50
Kashi go lean single bars $1
Pinesol $2
Cloroz 32 oz spray $3
Cloroz toliet bowl or bleach 3/$5
35 ct clorox wipes or 32 oz formula 409 $2

• .75/1 wipes 

SEVENTH GENERATION COUPONS: Usually HERE are numerous coupons for seventh generation items.  They are not loaded right now but hopefully will be up soon!

Seventh generation diapers 8.99
70 ct wipes 2.99
12 rolls seventh generation tissue 5.99
100 oz seventh generation detergent 8.99
40 oz seventh generation fabric softner 3.49
70 ct 7th generation wipes 3.99
32 oz 7th generation all purpose 2.50
7th generation dish liquid 1.99
45 oz generation dish gel 2.99


Other sale items: 

Tofurkey 3.50
Veggie Shreds or slices 2.50
Grapefruit or organges 5/$4
Jumbo Cantaloupe $3
Celery 1.79
Jumbo Yellow Onion 99 lb
Fresh Express Salad 3.50 (artisinal/ sierra crisp and wild rocket)
Red Cherries 4.99 ln
5 lb bag yukon gold 3.50
Weight Watchers Snack Cakes and Muffins B1G1

• $1 Jan and Feb All You
• $1/2

HT Whole Wheat Bread $1
la brea Baguettes B1G1

Sunday Drug Store Shopping

Here is what I got:

I paid $14.46 total (a bit higher than I planned but there are reasons why!)
Tax was $7.34 of that- so 7.12 of that was products and I got 3 newspapers (I didn't have change for the box) so from my plans I paid 2.62!

Here is the break down:

CVS
OOP: $1.03 including tax (b/c I used ECB first they paid some of my tax AND my total came out negative so I threw in a pack of gum for .96 and my total came out to 1.03)

I got:
1 Listerine Total 7.29
1 Listerine Zero 6.79
Excedrin PM 20 ct 5.59
Excedrin Pm 20 ct 5.59
Gum .96
Excedrin 24 ct 5.49
Excedrin ES 20 ct 5.49
Total Value: $37.20
OOP: $1.03
Savings: 97.2%
Rewards back : $15 ECB

Rite Aid:

OOP: 6.01 (well really $0 because I used a transfer prescrip. $25 gift card) tax was 3.57
Got: Wet ones 40 ct 3.29
Joint Juice 5.99
Centrum Ul.tra 11.99
Gas Ex 5.99
Gas Ex 5.99
Visine 4.99
8 Aquafresh toothpastes 3.99 each
Total Value: $70.16
OOP: 6.01 (2.44 product, 3.57 tax)
Savings: 96.5%
Rewards: $5 UP+
SCR: 4
So total price after rebate is 2.01 (INCLUDING tax)

Walgreens:

Total OOP: $7.42
Got:
2 Childrens medicine 8.99each
4 Finesse shampoos 1.99 each
3 Newspapers 1.50 each
4 coloring books .59 each
Value: $32.80
OOP: $7.42
Savings: 77%
Rebates: 1.99 x 4= 7.96
So I actually MAKE a profit!!  of 54 cents
AND I got $18 RR
PLUS 2 coupons printed for FREE breathe Right Nasal Strips! 



Final Totals:
OOP: $14.46
Rewards: $18 RR, 5 Up+, $15 ECB= $38 rewards
Rebates: $4 SCR, $7.96 MIR= 11.96 rebates
After rebates: Total OOP=$2.50!!!!!  THAT includes 3 newspapers!  WOW