Lowes Foods trip today

I got:

a donut (my son needed a treat for listening to his twin sister scream all the way into the store) .60
2 Planters nuts ($2.50 each, used $1 printable coupon from Planters FB page)
4 Worcestshire sauces (.99 each- used 4 50 cent coupons)
2 Birds eye steam fresh (used two .50 coupons)
1 Flour (1.69, used 1 .50 coupon)

Total OOP was $5.50!  Saved $14.32 

HT 37 cent trip today

I got:

Hartz Crunch and Clean dog biscuits (2.27, use evic $1 off, $1 printable)
Muellers Pasta (1.00, use .55 printable coupon)
2 Betty Crocker Potatoes (2.00, use .50 evic and 2 printable .55 coupons)
2 Benefiber sticks (3.79 each, use 2 $4 printables)
Yoplait fiber Plus 4 pk (use 1 evic $1 and 1 .50 coupon)
Krusteaz waffle mix (use .50 coupon)


After all my evic coupons and regular coupons my total AFTER tax came to a NEGATIVE 9 cents!  I had to throw in a 44 cent bag of M&Ms and my total OOp came to 37 cents.

My total saved was $24.42! Good deal

Why it's great to sign up...

for LOTS of things.

In my inbox yesterday there were 2 wonderful emails!

The first email was from CVS.  It was a survey invitation.  For completeing the 5 minute survey about my spice buying habits (LOL) I got a $5 ECB reward!  YAY. 



The second email was from Build-a-Bear (my 7 year olds obsession).  It was a $10 gift certificiate.  No minimum purchase, no strings!  YEP.  That made her day.

This is why I sign up for everything and anything online from REPUTABLE companies.  You never know what their next marketing campaign might include for you!

Bud Light Rebate $6

By happenstance today in Lowes Foods I found a Bud Light Golden Wheat Offer for $6 rebate with a $10 purchase of pasta, sauces, breads and spices.  From 9/1-12/31.

This is why I keep ALL my receipts!  I had purchased $12 worth of Ragu sauce at Walgreens back on 12/5 (after coupons and everything I only spent $10.05 for 8 Ragus, 2 Hershey bars, 4 Barilla pastas, Helmmans mayo and floss !  I;m sure i got a ton of RR back too!

So, I am sending my rebate off to get my $6 check!  Cha-Ching!

Drug store Shopping

Just got back from Rite Aid, CVS and Walgreens.

Here is what I got:

Total ValueL $135.16
Total OOP: $17.64 (I don't count the Rite Aid purchase b/c it was with a free gift card)
Total Rewards back:  $41.50
That is 87% savings BEFORE the rewards with the rewards it is: $23.86 in rewards profit! 



Rite Aid:

5 L'oreal eye make ups
1 Almay Mascara
1 Hormel Complete
1 Colgate Sensitive

Total Value: $37.23
Paid with a gift card for transferring a prescription: $6.57
Got back $9.50 in UP+
Will get $7 in SCR
Total profit: $9.93!  PLUS this puts me closer to the $20 holiday gift card

CVS:
OK I messed up BIG here.  I totally forgot to give them my $5 off coupons....booger!
GOT:
7 4 pks of Duracell Batteries
2 Glade Diffusers
2 Campbells Chicken Noodle Soups (just b/c my kids love them)
1 Advil travel pack

Total Value: $62.93
Paid OOP: $4.08
Got back: $8 in ECB
Profit: $3.92

Walgreens:


Got:
3 Hallmark Cards
2 Listerines
2 Goody hair items
1 Activ-on
Olay Body Wash
Olay Lotion

Total Value: $35
Paid OOP: $13.56
Got back: $17 in RR (somehow I didn't get the Super Jingle Cash by just a few cents! BOO)

Drug Store Scenerios

Alrighty I have planned out my Sunday drug store shopping: Here are my totals: $95.02 worth of products (that is sale price!) for a grand total of $9.40 out of pocket-  a 90% savings.  AND this is not taking into account that I will get $7 in Rite Aid SCR, $14.50 in UP+, $7 in ECB and $19 in RR.  Add all that in JUST the SCR and it comes to a total savings of 97.5% savings! 

Here are my scenerios:

Rite Aid:
Colgate Sensitive ($3.50) use 75 Q pay 2.75 get back 3.50 UP+
Hormel Complete (1.99) use $1 Rite Aid book coupon  get back $1 UP+
buy 5 L'oreal eye shadow (4.85, 2nd one 2.42- total for all 5 $18.18) use 1 $5/2 2-$2/1 1- $1/1 and a VV $1 off , get back $5 UP+ and $5 SCR= profit of $2.83!!!!
Almay eye shadow- $4.50, use $2 VV coupon, get back $2 SCR= .50

Use $6 UP and 1 $3 off $20 purchase VV= $5.63 OOP (BUT I have a $25 Gift card from transferring a prescrip), 12.87 in SCR and 9.50= 29.38 worth of products absolutely FREE!

This will also put my closer to my $20 Holiday Savings Gift Card, so I am excited!  Right now I am at $65 and have already earned a $10 card.  Just need  $35 more dollars and I have 2 weeks left! 

Walgreens

Goody Hair accessories $2 with $2 RR
Activ-on pain relief 7.99, RR 8
Olay body wash 6.99, RR 3
Olay Lotion, (use Buy bodywash, get lotion free Q) 6
Listerine 3.99, use $2 Q, RR 1
total purchased 26.97 *should get $5 in Jingle Rewards back
Total out of pocket (I have $10 in Jingle Cash)= 8.97, RR total 19!!! 

CVS

6 packages of Duracell Batteries (2.99 each) use $1.50 coupon for each one (spend $15 get $5 ECB)
Glade Diffuser $6 each (use Buy1 get 1 coupon) get $2 ECB
2 Campbells Chicken noodle soup (2/$1)
use $5 off $30 purchase coupon that was emailed out
Use $12 in ECB to pay
get $7 in ECB back

Total OOP= .43 cents + tax, get back $7 in ECB

Coupons..not just for groceries :)

Today I got a total of $142.97 worth of items and I spent a grand total of : $24.56!  That is an 83% savings!  Here is what I got:

1. Hallmark Gold Crown ornament: $10.50 (used $10 off printable) paid $1.32
2. Hallmark Christmas socks 3.99 & 3 chocolates (.49 each) (used $5 off coupon from a magazine) paid .89
3. 1 $22 Bra from JCPenney online catalog used $10 off $10 purchase code: Total $0.00 (yes NOTHING)
4. 1 $22 Bra from JCPenney online catalog used $10 off $10 purchase code: Total $1.08
5. 3 bags of Hershey Kisses @ Rite Aid (used buy 2 get 1 free man q, 2 $1 VVs and $1/2 VV coupon) (3.59 each).  Total due was $1.47 used Rite Aid gift card from purchase of my prescription...OOP=$0
6. $70.99 worth of groceries from Harris Teeter (including a LARGE $17 bag of dog food) (used e-vic coupons, paper coupons for a total of 28.93 vic/6.79 e-vic) OOP= $21.27!!! I had a total of 18 items, the cheapest one being a bag of sugar @ original price of 1.99.   My average came out to $1.18 each!  It's a SUPER trip if my average comes out less than my cheapest item!

If you average out my total cost of the day by the number of items- my average cost per item was 88 cents!  AMAZING.