Monday, March 28, 2011

Target 3/28 Saved 50%





Not my best trip to date but I'm still pleased with what I got. The Raisenetts were a impulse buy while I was waiting for a presciption but I did have a .50/1 coupon!
*EDIT: Just realized one of my coupons for the Vasoline Men's Lotion didn't get included and I still have it so that made my total $1.29 more than it would have been! Hate that!*

Total Saved: $9.69
Total OOP after tax: $9.88


CVS 3/28 $2.54 OOP, SAVED $24.69!!!

Today started out a little crazy, and I lost my CVS card somewhere in between leaving my car and entering CVS. Luckily the cashier was super nice, and got me a new one and let me use my previous ECB. I still have $6.99 of ECB from my old card but they don't expire till 4/20. She said it should not be a problem using them, just let them know what happened.


Total before tax: $17.32
Total after coupons:: $10.03
ECB Used: $8.58
Total OOP including tax: $2.54
Total ECB: $7

Basically got paid to shop at CVS if you include the ECB :)


Monday, March 21, 2011

CVS 3/21 Just Paid Tax!





I originally intended on also purchasing  a Colgate 360 toothbrush that had a deal for ECB but I couldn't find it at my store.  The coupon machine printed out these coupons (after only 1 swipe) $.25 off 2 Snickers singles, $1 Dove Candy bar, $1 off Star Bucks Coffee, $2 off any Nature made vitamins, Buy 2 Tostiotos get 1 jar of Con Queso Dip FREE!

Trans #1:
Allegra $6.99
-$2 MQ
Total after tax: $4.99
ECB Used: $4.99
ECB Earned: $6.99
Total OOP: $0.00

Trans #2
(1) Colgate MaxFresh $2.99
(1) Suave Deodorant $1.00
-.50 MQ
Reese Egg .50
Total: $4.49
ECB Used: $3.99
ECB Earned: $2.00
Total OOP: .32






Target 3/21 Savings of $15.85





Stocked up on a few lunch and cleaning items for cheap today at Target. My Target allowed me to use a Target Mobile Coupon and a MQ w/ a BOGO coupon for the Pledge which was awesome!

I am waiting on another coupon in the mail for the $4 off Proglide Razor, and I'll buy 2 and get the $5 GC, then I'm going to purchase a Tide detergent so I can use my BOGO coupon for Stain Release Packets.

Total before coupons: $29.99
Total OOP (including tax): $10.14
Saved: $15.85


Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Target Week 3/6

I messed up at Target this week. I forgot to use my $5 gift card from last week AND one of my coupons didn't go through at the register and the lady threw it in the drawer even though I didn't get the credit (it prompted her to enter the amount. It was a Target Q for $/1 Colgate Total Advanced toothpaste.)

Total OOP: $7.70
Savings $9.00

We are officially stocked up on toothpaste and toothbrushes where I won't be buying them unless they are free or under $1 !

WalMart 3/6 No overage?

Thought I would try out Wal-Mart and try to get a little overage, but it didn't show on my recipt. It would have only been like .6 so I didn't say anything, not sure how this is going to work in the future. I'm trying to limit myself to 2 stores since gas prices are up. I did score some pretty good deals though.


Total OOP: $10.41
Saved $13.45 (not sure if this is right, it didn't show on my receipt and I had to try and add it up, but seems like I would have saved more. )

Either way I'm happy because the sunscreen and sinex were both over $5 themselves!

CVS 3/6 Cereal Stock Up

Since I don't live in a state where coupons are doubled, it's hard to get a great deal on cereal when I've noticed it's usually only reduced to $2.50 so I decided to stock up at CVS this week where it's on sale for $1.99. We eat atleast 2 boxes of cereal a week. It was also on sale at the commissary for $1.99 (which is farther from my house but happened to be there last week and bought 4 boxes with 2- $1/2 and got a free gallon of milk!!)
I'm stocked up enough to last for me to see how the sale cycles work for a few weeks.

-I'm saving my ECB for next week- 


Trans #1
(3) General Mills Cereals
Used (1) $1 off CVS coupon machine coupon for Kellog's cereal
Used (3) .55/1 MQ
Total: $3.74
Saved: $9.05

Trans # 2 (2 days later)
(2) General Mills Cereals
Used (1) $1 off CVS coupon machine coupon for Kellog's
Used (1) $1/2 MQ
(1) Coke
Used (1) e-mail coupon for free soda or candy
Total: $1.74
Saved: $10

The magic coupon machine also printed me out a 25% off my entire purchase coupon but it has to be used within 3 days. Trying to decide what I might want to use it on.

Friday, March 4, 2011

February Savings

This was my first-whole official month of couponing. I am pretty happy with the amount saved/spent considering I do not have more than 4 weeks worth of coupons from the Sunday paper/printables and we are just starting our stockpile!
This total includes: Target, Publix, CVS and Commissary.

Total OOP: $309.66
Saved: $155.23 or 33.4%