Sunday, July 22, 2012

Too good not to post! Whole Foods Savings

Spent $0.43 before taxes! for over $60


I had 25 coupons of the $1 off ANY So Delicious product. my kids LOVE the yogurt and with coupons the manufacturer and the store coupon of $1 off of 2 items. I was ready to spend $0.50 a cup. Expensive for yogurt but not for the Cocunut Yogurt regular price of $1.99.

I go to the store and THEY ARE ON SALE!!!! $1.50 each!!! With coupons making them FREE!!! And yes I bought 25 of them... I also bought the Kiss my Face Soap $3.99 used FB coupon of $3 off with a Whole Foods Coupon of $1 each item.

Friday, June 22, 2012

Publix Savings YAY Sprite!!! Paid $3.92 saved $ 62.31

SO excited to take advantage of the Sprite B3G2 sale with the BOGO coupon hangtags!
Plus the $2 off produce when you buy 2 Sprites!
Paid $1.89 for 10 bottles of Sprite and got $10 of free produce!
Bought 10 noodles BOGO $.99
used $.50 coupons
2 Nature Made vitamins
1 Neosporine $3.99
1 Bandaid Card variety... (son will be happy for no more Hello Kitty)
($3 coupon for neosporin and $2 Publix coupon off purchase of bandaid and neosporin)
1 dozen eggs

Used 1 Save Alot $5/$20

$0.51 for Juicy Juice!


6 Bottles of Nature Made -- Money Maker apprx $6
used $2 coupons and $6/2 GAB coupon
4 boxes of Juicy Jucie $2 ea no coupons
1 Colgate no coupons
1 $5/$30 coupon

end price $.51!!!

Saturday, June 16, 2012

$50 Gas Card for $35!





Needed some milk and cheese.
4 RiceMilk on sale $2.50
Kraft Cheese Slices $2.79
Used .55/1 Kraft or Cracker Barrel natural cheese slices, SS 5/06
Publix Sweet Peas $1.50

I was so excited to see that Publix had plenty of snapware in stock. On sale for 50% off I scored 13
9 @ $1.40 and 3 @1.99 items the and had a nice money maker to boot.
Used 13 $2/1 Snapware coupons, 4/29 SS

8 Nature Made Vitamins (7 @$3.99 and another at $4.29)
$6/2 Nature Made Vitamins Publix coupon Green Advantage Flyer
and used four $2/1 Nature Made Vitamins $7.78 moneymaker

I also used one $5/$30 Publix Breakfast Sale coupon a $5/$20 Save A Lot coupon
and purchased a $50 GAS card and used in store $10 off... final price $35...

Thursday, June 14, 2012

End of the cycle SCORE!!! all of this for $6.72

I did 2 transactions, since I had 2 $5/$30 coupon!

I did not get to get the ThinkThin Cruch bars and I forgot my coupons :/

Free items
12 Vitamins and money makers
8 Red Gold tomatoes on sale $1 FREE

2 Magnum Ice Cream Bars FREE

Super Cheap items
Pantene Prov on sale B3G1 free
used 2 $3/2 coupon and a $1/2 Target Pantene
4 Monteray Chicken $3.99
used 4 $1.50 coupons


Full price items or on sale
Publix Ham and Turkey
Grapes
Bananas
Blueberries
Strawberries
Cheese $4.99
used $1 off 1lb cheese coupon

This was a fun trip!
Total Cost of $110.72 Paid $6.72!!!

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Publix Paid me $0.35

Some people ask me why do you buy the vitamins or things you do not need. If it makes what ever else I have to buy cheaper. I am all over it! Also, I found a great place that takes vitamins and it feels good to know that even though I benefit from purchasing the items. I have a place that can use them and they do not collect dust in my house!

The Jam costs $4.99 each I bought 2 no coupons for those
Bought 5 Lifesavers use 4 $1 off coupons
Bought 6 vitamins (D and Magnesium) $3.99
($6/2 Publix q and 6 $2 Manufacturer)
1 $5/$30 coupon! and voila got paid $.35 it would have been more but I added another lifesaver and did not use a coupon!

CVS for a Penny

Took Advantage of the b1g1%50 off sale of covergirl cosmetic deal at CVS.
The coupon took off the full $8.49. It was limited to $7.50 but the cashier said it scanned that way and they do not mess with the computer. Oh well. It worked in my favor.
I have $5 ECB to start with and had to get a couple of table clothes for my girl's bday party coming up.
Sometimes the machine acts funny and the ECB wipes out and I barely pay anything it absorbed the tax all but 1 CENT!

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Impulse buy?... nah! give me a minute

So I really wanted some coca cola. I let our stash run out since we want to be healthier and no soda .. but I REALLY WANTED ONE.

I still had a coupon from the mycokerewards deal for 30 points for a free case. I wanted to save it when I could get a big sale but alas I never got any.

So today I went in to buy some coke. They are on sale 3 for $12 not a great deal but ok. With the coupon it would be $8 for 3 ok. Let's see how I can make this better.

I found 4 Sundown Naturals $3/2 coupons IP from a while ago that will expire. And the new GAB flyer has a $3 off Any Sundown natural 120 ct or more.... wheels are turning. Here is what I got for $1.40
 3 Cokes $12
8 Sundown Vitamins Folic Acid $3.79
1 Milk 2.79
Coupons used
1 $5/$30 coupon Publix
1 FREE 12 pack
8 $3 off Any sundown 120 or more Publix coupon
4 $3 off 2 Sundown IP

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Schick Deal at CVS

LOVE LOVE LOVE CVS!
2 transactions! Started with 10 ECBs
5 from Biore Deal and 5 Beauty Bucks

Total OOP $5
Bought 8 razors packs $7.99 BOGO coupon used
Get 10ECB when you spend $25 or more
Ending ECBs $10!

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Free Chicken!

Many of my fellow couponers are sad to no longer be able to use Albertson's coupons as most of their stores are closing except for 1 store that is about 10 miles away. It is worth the drive as I was in the area checking on something.

I needed a couple of things to get thru the next couple of days. I did not get to do my Saturday morning shopping!
Here is what I got for $20!

3 Packages of Boneless Chicken $9.02 the other 2 were free ($8.94 & $8.35)
used Albertson b1g2 free coupon
Bananas $3.19
Publix Deli Meat $3.33 and $3.34
4 Grain Eggs $2.69
5 LifeSavers on sale $1 FREE with Blinkie coupons!
1 Bagel $1.69
1 Cutter insect repellant Clearance $2.20
Coupons used $2 off Cutter Target and $1 Off Manufacturer
1 package strawberries $2.50
used 1 $5/$30 Publix Coupon!

Total savings $38.42
Total spents $20.28

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Great Trip! Better than average savings

So I do not always get 90%-97% savings a great trip for me is at least 50%... This trip was not full of BOGOs but I had some GREAT coupons to help with the cost.

1 of my major stocking items was the MOTTS apple sauce at 3/$5 with a $.55 coupon for each. I got 9 of them!

I found 2 straggling Sun Drop coupons so I did that for a $0.50 money maker and I found some reach floss in stock! $0.51 money maker for each one I got 10.

here is a pick of what I got for $44.95




4 RiceDream Rice Milk $3.79
no sale no coupons :(
1 Peanut butter pretzels $3.99
no sale no coupons
9 Motts Apple Sauce sale price 3/$5
Used 9 $0.55 off 1 motts 6 packs
BOGO Del Monte Tomatos $1.59 .. needed it for a recipe
no coupons
Publix Brand Cottage Cheese $2
10 Reach Floss $1.49
Used 10 $2 off Any Reach coupon
2 SunDrop $3
used b1g1 Publix Q
and 2 $1 off coupons
not pictured 2 Aunt Jemima BOGO $2.79
Used 1 $1 off coupon
MamaMia Pizza $3.99
MamaMia Pizza FREE $4.99 regular price.. price tag said $3.99 per policy got it free! WOOT!
Pork Tenderloin $9.33 used $2 meat coupon competitor
Chicken whole $6.59 used $1 meat coupon competitor
Tender Steak $4.55 used $1 meat coupon competitor
2 can conchita red beans $.95 each
no coupons
Plus used 1 $5/$50 and $5/$30 coupon!

Total savings $65.68
Total paid $44.95


Friday, May 18, 2012

Walgreens... why do I shop there?

In the end. I did get a good deal but it is not without regretting that I went to Walgreens.

Wet n Wild Products on sale for $0.99
Coupon used $1 off Wet & Wild product, RP 5/13

 
End Cost Tax olny $0.84!

What a great trip!!!

Pictured here are 2 transactions! What fun...

Transaction 1 (goal get baby items for a baby gift)
2 Aveeno Baby Soothing Creamy Wash Sale $3.79
2 Aveeno Calming Comfort Wash $3.79
Coupons used 4 $2 off Aveeno body wash or hair care item, excl trial sizes, SS 4/15 and 4 Publix Hello Baby Coupon $1.50 off final price $.29 each


3 Aveeno Moisture Lotion Sale $3.79
Coupons Used 3 $1 off Aveeno hand & body lotion or baby lotion, excl trial and 2.5 oz sizes, SS 4/15
3 Publix Hello Baby Coupon $1.50 off final price $1.29
3 Pepsi Next B2G1 $1.89
Coupons used $1 off Pepsi Next beverage, 2 L (Publix coupon), Yellow Advantage flyer (exp 05/18) and -$0.55 Pepsi Next, 2 L, Pepsico Moments to Save 4/29 (exp 05/19)
Used 1 $5/$30 Publix Coupon

Final Price $0.26 ... plus tax $2.24!!! total savings $40.34


Transaction 2
3 Pepsi Next B2G1
Coupons used 2 Free product Target coupons and 1 $1 off Pepsi Next beverage, 2 L (Publix coupon), Yellow Advantage flyer (exp 05/18)$1 MONEY MAKER!!!
Bananas $4.73
no coupons used
Grapes $6.31
no coupons used
Earth's Balance $4.09
no coupons used
5 Ez loaf Pans @$.99
5 EZ Mini Tube @$.99
10 EZ Elegant Sq Cake $0.99
20 Coupons used $1 off Hefty foil pan (Publix coupon), Spring Gatherings booklet (exp 05/26)
Used $5/$30 Publix Coupons.

Now it is important to note that before coupons the items I needed were Bananas, Grapes and The Soyfree butter total $15.13


Final Price $7.93 plus tax $9.47!! Total Savings $58.93


Such fun!
 




Friday, May 11, 2012

Got Paid $.88!!! To shop!

I needed to buy some sponges, shampoo and Clorox anywhere spray. I had no coupons for any of those items (well there are some for the Suave and the Carefree manufacturer q's but I did not have any!)

My first stop was to check out the clearance rack. I found 11 carefree clearanced at $.70!!! WOOT. There is a $1 Publix coupon in the GAB.

Here is what I got

1 Clorox Anywhere Spray $3.29
1 Suave $1.25
1 Pack of Sponges $3....
11 Carefree Pantiliners $.70
Coupons used 11 $1 OFF Carefree GAB $3.30 MONEYMAKER
8 Sundrop Sodos
Coupons used 8 $1 off Sundrop and 4 BOGO Publix Spring Gatherings Coupons $.88 MONEYMAKER
4 Reach Floss $1.49
Coupons used $2 off any Reach MONEYMAKER $2.04
I also had a Publix $5/$30 coupon!!!

Final Price $-.88
With $5 of coupons I could have used! oh well..

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

To Good not to post.. all this for $2.02

I have not posted in a while. It takes time and I have not had a lot of that!

But here is a great trip today at Publix with a FABULOUS coupon that came out $10/30 Save-a-Lot coupon! WOOT!

Total Price $2.02!!!

Bought 2 bags of Beneful Dog Food BOGO $5.99
Coupons Used 2 Target $2 and 2 $2 Beneful Coupons from 4/29 SS
Final Price FREE + 2.01 MONEYMAKER

2 Motts Apple Juice Sale $2 Total Price $4

1 Motts 8 pk juice Box  $2.79
(Used coupon from baby coupon book free juice box when you buy 2 motts 64oz)
Final Price FREE

2 Smoked Ham Slices $9.50
Coupons used 2 $2 off Smithfield Ham, SS 4/01
Final Price $5.50

4 Sundown Natural Vitamins B-6 $3.59 ea
used 2 Publix Green Advantage Flyer $5/2
and 3/2 Sundown Natural IP
Final Price FREE + 1.64 MoneyMaker


1 Dozen Publix Eggs $1.79
Used 1 free eggs Winn Dixie coupon
Final Price FREE!


6 Yellow Corn $2.00
Bananas $1.75
Strawberries $2.50





Price Before Coupons $44.60
Final Price $2.02!! 

The main goal of my trip was to get ham!!! WOOT!



 

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

FREE With ECBs at CVS

If you know me you know I LOVE CVS!!!

They had these tanks and shirts on clearance 75% from 9.99 each. Total was $5 and I had $5 ECBS!!! Woot! I did not even pay tax!
I have some summer gear!

Free with Coupons at Publix

There is a new booklet out Do a Bundle of Good. In it there is a coupon for a free deodorant up to $2.79 when you buy a Kotex product, and a $1 off a Kotex product. I paired it with a $1 off manufacturers coupon on the Speedstick and voila! FREE!

Kotex Liners $1.49
Speedstick $2.99
-$1 off Speed Stick deodorant, excl 2, 1.4 and .5 oz, SS 3/25 (exp 04/14)
FREE Lady Speed Stick Deodorant/Antiperspirant 2.3 oz wyb any Kotex or U by Kotex product (took off only $2.79)Publix Coupon
$1 off any Kotex Publix Coupons from  From Kimberly Clark Get a Bundle of Savings, Do a Bundle of Good
BEFORE TAX $0.31 MONEY MAKER

The teas were free on sale for $1 I had a $1 off coupon from the savings club on coupons.com. There is a $0.75 coupon on there now you can get it for $.25!

Happy Savings!



 

FREE at Winn Dixie!

Winn Dixie is running a BOGO Deal on Scotch Brite Disinfectant wipes!
It just so happens... there is a BOGO Manufacturers coupon available on Coupons.com! WOOT!

With 1 computer you can get 4 free wipes!
I have more than one computer at home so printed more.
BUY 6 Wipes
Use 3 BOGO coupons! Final price FREE plus $.60 tax!

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

All for $2!

I will be out for about a week so I thought I would post this fun trip!

I started with 5ECBs at CVS for this transaction. In 48 hours, being part of the beauty club I will get another $5 ECBs.. so a WIN WIN transaction.


Bought 8 boxes of Kleenex $.99 (Used 8  $1 off coupons)
Bought 2 Oil of Olay face clothes $3.99 (Used 1 $3/2 facial cleansers)
Bought 2 Oil of Olay Body wash $7.99 (Used 2 Buy 1 Cleanser get a Free BW Coupons)

Total Due at the end TAX!!!! $2 and change.

LOVE Shopping at CVS!

Friday, March 16, 2012

Points, Points, Points

There are so many point programs out there... Which ones are the good ones to do?
I do 3 points programs Swagbucks, mycokerewards and Recycle Bank.

RecycleBank
This is a great one. I get some great high value coupons just by learning about recycling. I did not know you could recycle the plastic bags from bread, cereal boxes etc.. Earn while you learn and help the planet and save money. Last year they had the Honest Tea coupons that went great with the sales. I got Tons of free Honest Tea!
Click Here to join

Swagbucks
if you search a lot on the internet, why not get paid to do it! Instead of google I use the swag bucks toolbar. There are tons of codes that they give out as freebies. Everytime I get to 450 I cash in those points for a $5 amazon.com gift card. There are many other items you can save up for.

Today is Friday you will get extra points when you sign in today. Click here!

My coke rewards
Yes we are coke drinkers and I used to throw away my points until now. I have been able to get coupons for free products and recently got a 1 year subscription to ALL YOU Magazine! A magazine full of coupons!

Friday, March 9, 2012

YAY!!! Cheap Toothpaste

Saw this on a post and on the way home from getting kids from school we stopped at Walgreens to check!
You can do this as you can print 4 coupons from your computer!
Buy (4) Orajel Kids My Way Toothpaste $3.99 B1G1 FREE
(4) $1/1 Orajel Children’s Toothpaste printable


Total = .99 EACH!

Awesome Milk Run!

All this for $1.50
Goal was to get the Emerald to Go Snacks... They are BOGO $3.29 I had $1 off coupons for each box
Today is the last day of the GAB (Green advantage flyer) sales bought 6 Folic Acid (.21 money maker each) Bought 3 Covergirl Nail Files )(.31 money maker each)
The Kraft makes were on sale for $2 and with the $1 newspaper coupon and the Yellow flyer coupons they were FREE!!!
I needed to get my total over $50 so I could use a $5/$50 Albertsons coupon.
Also Cheeze its were BOGO $4.09 but had Albertsons. coupon making the price $.99 Cashier was not sure how to do this I should have gotten a $3.10 coupon applied to both but she only deducted $3.96 I also had a manufacturer coupon for $1 off 2.
Added 2 Ricemilks to absorb overage since I did not want any additional challenges for the cashier.
And a formula can overage of ($.31).

Overall Publix Savings $93.69
Paid $1.34!!!

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Just got paid $0.02!

TWO LIPTON MANDARIN GREEN TEA, regular price $1.99
Used two $1.25/1 Lipton Specialty Tea 18-20 ct., Best Meals at Home Publix store coupon (exp 3/8!)
and two $0.75/1 Lipton Green Tea printable manufacturer coupon (zip 33712)
NET PRICE: FREE + $0.02 OVERAGE!


Coupons expired today so I went into get it! One of Eliana's teachers loves tea!
The cashier literally handed me two pennies!!

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

What I see is what I do!

I received some facial cleansing clothes from the Target Beauty Bag mailer and fell in love! BUT THEY ARE EXPENSIVE!!!!
Saw this deal on one of the forums
Buy 2 Olay BodyWashes 6.99
buy 2 Cleansing Clothes 3.99
Use $3/2 Olay cleansing coupons and 2 Buy Cleanser and get BW coupon from March P&G
Also used $3/15 CVS coupon from FB and $2 ECBs from a prior transaction.
Paid $1.24 in TAX and received another $2 ECB for the BW purchase!
Plus I can submit this receipt towards a rebate that P&G is offering!!!

What fun it is to have the right coupons!

Long story short. Printed the $3/2 Right Guard for a sale at Walgreens. Really did not feel like shopping at Walgreens we have a not like so much relationship. So I have had these coupons (4) burning a whole in my pocket.

I am collecting and buying items for a ministry with the focus on men this time. So I have been keeping my eye out for you guessed it men's deodorant.

Stopped by my favorite place Publix... I always go to the clearance section...
Guess what I found!!! Right Guard Total Defense 5 Deodorant on clearance for $.99!!! Making it a $1 MONEYMAKER when I buy 2! They had 7 so I bought six! When it comes to clearance I do not worry about being a shelf clearer!

 I needed to buy bananas and had a $2 off a purchase of $5 for produce too!
Here is what I bought
6 lbs Bananas $4.50
strawberries $1.67
1lb cheese $4.99 ($1 coupon)
6 Right Guard deodorants!
TOTAL FOR IT ALL $5 and change the cost of the cheese!!!! I really do enjoy making coupons work for ME!!!

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

End of the cycle shopping

Wednesdays are when I try to get in my last minute sale shopping done. My Publix sale cycle starts on Thursdays so when Wednesday comes around I am ready to shop the rest or get rain checks. Today also marked the expiration of the all the P&G coupons and a GREAT Find of a coupon BOGO Nature's Path Cereal!! My husbands favorite. At $5.69 a box it is not cheap and when it is I STOCK UP!!! I also had another $5/$30 Publix coupon that expired today. 

Needed bananas and strawberries, OJ and got a SUPER cool coupon for a free gallon of milk when you buy 3 breakfast items!

Here is what I got and below is a breakdown of the coupons used!


Simply Orange $3 ($.50 in Diabetes Magazine from Walgreens)
Milk FREE used coupon from FB Campaign! Link below
2 Boxes of Optimum Cereal $5.59 ea (Paid $4.49 total)
Used BOGO coupon and $1 Off Coupon
4 Post Honey Bunches of Oats Cereal, 13 to 18 oz, BOGO $3.91
Used 4 $1.25 off Any Box  (Paid $2.82 $.72ea)
4 Planters BOGO $3.99
Used 2 $1/2 Planter Snack Items, excludes single serve Target Coupon
and 2 $1.50/2 Planters Peanuts, 4-21.25 oz 01/29/2012 SS Insert 


Free Milk on FB

Saved $41.50
Total Out of Pocket $17.25

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

You never know what the mail man will bring!

Many times I sign up for stuff and never remember or keep track of what offer or when...
SURPRISE... Look what I got in the mail!

Friday, February 17, 2012

All for $40!!! And I did it with 2 kids in tow! PHEW what a great trip!

I had 2 kids with me today i debated whether to venture out and take advantage of the Publix $5/$30 and the $5/$50 Albertson's coupon I had! What a great trip.

I noticed at the particular Publix there were Airborn products on clearance for $0.25. And to my wonderful surprise there is a $2 off ANY Airborne product Making each one I bought a $1.75 MONEY MAKER! Armed with my money making coupons I was off!

Here is a picture of what I got I only had coupons for the Airborne, the Method Dish Soap (Raincheck of $2.50 sale price), and the Albertsons and Publix $/$$ coupons. Every thing else I paid full or sale price for! Here is a break down of what I got.


10 Method Dish Soap (Rain Check) $2.50ea
Used $1 Method Item (Whole Foods) and $1.50 Method Manufacturer coupon FREE

12 Airborne Clearance Price $.25ea
Used $2 off ANY Airborne found in SS 1/08 $1.75 MONEY MAKER of $22.75

Watermelon $2.46
Badia Cinnamon Sticks $0.79
Badia Star Anis $0.79
4 Conchita Red Beans @$.85
2 BOGO Arnold Bread @ $2.79
6 BOGO Bertolli Pasta Sauce @2.89
2 Plain Bagels BOGO @1.69
1 Publix Turkey $3.34
1 Canteloupes $2.50
Bananas $3.53
Straberry Jam $4.59
Grapes $4.05
Mission Tortilla $1.99
6 Rice Dream @2.50 each
Fresh Express Salad BOGO @$3.99
Better Thab Bouillon Chicken $6.59
 publix milk $2.55
With out coupons (airborne and method) Total Price would have been $70 and I would only be able to use 1 $/$$ coupon saving me $5 and bringing my total to $65

By cashing in on my raincheck method soap and getting the airborne my total was high enough to add the other $5 off coupon and Cash in on the airborne overage! End price for it all $40! I think that was a success! $40 Would have only gotten me the 6 Rice Milk,  6 Jars of Pasta, 2 Loaves of Bread, 1 better than boullion, 1 cantelope, 1 strawberrry jam!

Love the power of coupons!

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Got to Be Free to Come Home with Me!!!

So this week Walgreens has a sale on G2B hair prodcuts! Buy 1 get one free at $5.99 and this weekend There are $3 off coupons! WOOT!




Paid $0.86 to try these products!

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Gifts and Donations and a couple for me!

CVS has a Deal with Jergens buy $15 get $5 back (this is my SIL's favorite and I thought I would get some for her! I also had 3 $2 Coupons

They also have Vaseline Lotion on Sale and I have corresponding.
$0.99 Vaseline Aloe Fresh or Cocoa Radiant, 3 oz
$1/1 Vaseline Total Moisture, Aloe Fresh or Cocoa Radiant 01/29/2012 RP Insert (exp 02/26/2012)

I found a sign for the Mango Skintimate buy it and get $4 ECBs back. It is a dead deal. But they honored the sign priced at $3.59 I got $4 ECBs back.
I did 3 transactions because the Vaseline coupon is a max of 4 per transaction.

T #1
Buy 3 Jergens @6.99
used 3 $2 Coupons
Buy 4 Vaseline Lotions 3.0z $.99
used 4 $1 coupons (last one marked down to $0.96)
USED $13 in ECBs  paid $3.91 OOP Got back $5ECB
not a money maker ..I really wanted to buy the lotion and using exisiting ECBs makes an expensive lotion affordable!

T#2
1 Skintamate $3.59
1 Shortbread Cookie box $1.25
4 Vaseline Lotions
USED $5 ECB from earlier transaction OOP .$.50
Got back $4 ECB

T#3
3 Vaseline OOP $.20

Publix! Trip Spent $

Lots to do with this trip. I wanted to do one more Kimberly Clark Rebate and I also wanted to get my bill over $100 (before coupons) to get the $10 Publix Gift Cards

Non Coupon Purchases
2 Sour Cream
Bunches of Bananas
Blueberries - sale
Carrots - sale
Strawberries -sale
Flour Tortillas -sale
Bagels
2 Dozen Eggs
Twinings Green Tea -sale
4 HAAS Avocados (BOGO) WOOT!
1 Pork ribs $12 no coupon

3 Cream Cheese
$1.25/3 coupon

10 BOGO Beechnut $.55 (MM of $1.75) DONATION
Coupons used $1.50 of 10 Publix Q
3 $1/3 Beachnut

2 Phazyme Gas Relief$3.49  ($2.02 Money Maker)
Buy: (2) @ $3.49 each = $6.98
Use: (1) $5/2 SQ and (2) $2/1 MQs

10 BirdsEYE Vegetable 50%
Used 5 $1/2 Birdseye Frozen Veggies or Steamfresh, Farm Fresh Mixtures, Steam & Serve, 7.5 – 32 oz, 4 ct, or 12 ct package, Publix Coupon Publix Find Yourself in Good Health Booklet
and 2 $1/3 Birdseye IP 
2 Birdseye Steamfresh Chefs Favorites $.25 each after coupons
Used 2 $1/2 Birdseye Frozen Veggies or Steamfresh, Farm Fresh Mixtures, Steam & Serve, 7.5 – 32 oz, 4 ct, or 12 ct package, Publix Coupon Publix Find Yourself in Good Health Booklet
And 2 -$0.50/1 Birds Eye Steamfresh Chef’s Favorites Variety 01/08 SS Insert 
  
Then I bought 8 Kotex Liners @1.49 and 8 Lady Speedstick with StainGuard $2.99
Coupons used 8 $1 off Kotex Publix coupon 8 free Lady Speedstick when you buy Kotex
2 B1G1 Free Speedstick Coupons and 3 $1/2 Speedstick! $2.50 money maker and qualifies for $10 rebate!
and 2 Packages of TENA used 2 try me free coupons up to $7

Total PAID  $58.07
Total received and expected Gift Cards $20
Total Savings $118.60
 

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Walgreens!!! All for $0.66

I started with $10RR from my original purchase of the Pur-Absorb. I need more iron in my diet so here it is. The goal this morning was to work the RR (register rewards to buy valentines things for my kids classmates)

I did multiple transactions!

Transaction #1 (twice)

Buy 1 Blink Tears Eye Care for $8 and Get $8 RR
-$1/1 Blink Tears or Geltears Lubricating Eye Drops, exp. 2/20/12 (SS 01/15/12)
= $1.00 Money Maker
Buy 1 St. Joseph Enteric Aspirin 36 ct, 81 mg dose $2 and get $2RR= FREE
With this transaction I had an extra $1 to spend so I bought 6 Valentine Tumblers!

Paid 10RR from PURABSORB and $.07 and Got $8 RR Blink and $2 RR from Aspirin


Transaction 2 - (twice)
Starting with $2RR and $8RR
 Buy  Pur-Absorb Iron Supplement 28 packets $10 and get $10RR = FREE
(In my first box of Pur-Absorb there is a $2 off coupon inside)
~$2/1 Pur-Absorb Coupon
I have $2 to buy more stuff so I buy 12 more cups $2

Paid with $8RR Blink and $2RR Aspirin and Tax!  and GOT A $10 RR From the Pur-Absorb!

Did this 2 more times! ).66 cents later and another $10in RR This was a great trip!

I ended up with 2 boxes of Absorb, 3 Aspirin and 3 Blinks Eye

AND 32 cups and 9 heart bubbles

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Stocking up for Valentine's!!

What can a coupon get you? Well in last weeks RedPlum there is a $1/2 Mars Products no size restrictions!! Love that! At Walgreens, you can get 2 of these Snickers Cream hearts that are priced 2/$1 for FREE. With tax I paid .52 for 16!!! LOVE THIS!

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Better Than Free Deodorant!

CVS is really one of my favorite places to shop.

They have a special Buy $12 worth of products and get $6 in ECBs back. Great deal.

I bought 6 Lady Speed Stick. Now first, I should tell you I do not shop on the first day of the sale typically. If I do not find the deal there is no worries because another one is around the corner.

Buy 6 at $1.99
I used 3 Buy 1 Get 1 coupons. Which took off $3.99. Total price... $0 Taxes of $0.78

AND they gave me $6

Friday, January 27, 2012

Dinner made easy!

Made dinner and my kids ate all the meat! So what is mama and papa to do? Take out... Hubby requested a sub from publix and I would get chinese food ... Challenge how to make a $14 tab CHEAPER!!!!

Here is what I bought.
5 Fiber One cereals (0.25 MM on each)
4 Bottles of Sundown Vitamins ($3.24 money maker)
used $5/$25 save-a-lot coupon
End price LESS than $5

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Great for Donations!

If you plan to shop at Publix anytime before the end of this week sale... STOCK UP TO GIVE OUT! They have Fiber One cereal on sale for $2.50 with a $2 coupon in the weekly flyer!

Please consider picking one up for a food pantry, a neighbor, or for yourselves FOR $0.50 a box!
If you happen to have the 0.75 cent coupon that was in the smart source insert -$0.75/1 Fiber One Cereal 01/01/2012 SS Insert (exp 02/11/2012)
With the manufacturers coupon it becomes a $0.25 money maker!!!

Savings on the essentials!

Money Makers are always to be found. Timed well with a store promotion and the manufacturers publishing of GREAT coupons is a recipe for great gain! I have been seroiusly shopping with coupons and keeping aware of sales cycles for a year now. WOW! A whole year. I used to keep a spreadsheet of my savings etc. but that did not last long. Anyway, I digress. This morning I found the need to get deli meat, jam and a bagel. I also just printed 3 $3 off coupons of The Schick Quattro for women trimmer (retails for 11.99). I have been waiting for a good deal. When shopping, I always look at the clearance rack you never know what you will find. Earlier in the week, I found the trimmers on clearance for $6. With a coupon $3 is a good deal, but I wanted better that, I wanted a GREAT deal.

Back to the money makers.. All month long the GAS-X money maker at Publix has been very profitable. When I went in this morning there were 18 boxes! I did have coupons for all but I only bought 12. With the $3+ overage for every 2 that I bought it covered the 3 trimmers! and the Ham, Turkey and Strawberry Jam that were FULL price no coupons and at the end of the day.


Plain Bagel 0.69 ( I wanted the 4 pack, they were all out not pictured kids ate it!)
Publix Ham $3.69
Publix Turkey $3.69
Strawberry Jam $4.59
3 Quattro Trimmers $18
12 Extra Strength GAS-X 12 @2.49

Coupons Used
3 $3 off Shick Quattro Trimmer IP no longer available
6 -$3/2 Benefiber, Gas-X, Prevacid 24 Hour, Maalox Advanced, SS 1/08
6 -$5/2 Maalox, Ex-Lax, Prevacid 42 ct., Gas-X or Benefiber (Publix coupon), Green Advantage flyer (exp 01/27)

Total Cost 4.71 Total Savings $74.97

Overall Good Day! 

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

What can you get for free this week at Target

Whether you have 1 newspaper or 2 or ten you can still get a couple of freebies that can be great donation items or for yourself.

Tip of the day is to free your mind ... If you have a coupon that does not state a specific size you can use it on ANY item.

Gillette Fusion Proglide Shave Gel (2.5 oz) 97¢
Use $1/1 Gillette Shave Prep, exp. 1/31/12 (P&G 01/01/12) (limit 4 like coupons in same shopping trip)
FINAL PRICE: Free


        BIC Cristal Pens, - $0.97
          Unadvertised Deal; prices may vary by store
          $1/1 Bic Stationery Product, exp. 2/15/12 (SS 01/08/12 #2)
        Final price: FREE

Monday, January 23, 2012

FREE VALENTINES CARD


Tiny Prints is offering a free card!  Make sure to have it sent to YOU and you will receive  free shipping too. Just in time for  Valentine's day!
To get your free card, go over to Tiny Prints and create your card, use code TPGFREE17A at checkout AND make sure to choose “Send to me first”.

How to Roll Your Money!

There is a strategy at the drugstores to use their money to make money with very little of your money out of pocket!

Here is what I mean. I went to CVS and started with $8 ECBs I bought some items and spent $.45 and received $12 in ECBs.

First, I go to CVS quite a bit... It really is on the way to pick up kids or kill time between pick ups etc. So it is really not an out of the way trip. I have been keeping my eye on clearance Pantene products and the hair color for a couple of weeks now. (Many bloggers have been posting to keep me eye out). With my coupons already clipped and in my purse I have been keeping my eyes out for a sale or a great deal!

So here is how it works
Bought 6 Pantene Shampoos Clearance $1.49
1 Estroven (money maker pay 9.99 and get 9.99 back)
3 TeddyGrams togo $1 each
1 Clairol Hair color clearance $2.24
Had to but a lolly pop to take my before tax total to $0

Coupons used
3 $3/2 Pantene Products (Jan P&G)
1 $3 Any Estroven IP (internet printable)
1 $3.00/3 Nabisco - Honey Maid, Newtons Fruit Thins, Ritz Crackerfuls, Teddy Grahams, Wheat Thins, SnackWells
1 $2 Clarol... snail mail coupon
$8 in ECBs already earned

Why buy the estroven ... spent 6.99 and got back 9.99! that is why! And Bonus... I had no idea that a $2 ECB would print out because I bought the Clairol... Cost of Clairol $.24 after coupon and then a $2 ECB comes out... $1.76 money maker SWEET!

Tips for check out
Tips for Checkout:
I hand the cashier my extra care card (don't forget your green bag tag)
Then I hand, $OFF purchase coupon if you have it, then manufacturer coupons, then CVS store coupons then your ECBs!
Coupondivas.com has great video tutorials!