Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Walgreens 1/31

I decided to make a quick stop at Walgreens before stuff sold out for the week.

Transaction #1

Blink Tears $8.00 (used $1.50 coupon) $6.50

Subtotal $6.50
Tax .54 cents
Total $7.04

Received $8.00 RR

Walgreens Advertised Savings $1.99
Manufacturers Coupon Savings $1.50
Total Savings $3.49


Transaction #2

2 Nice Trashbags $2.99 each
St. Joseph's Aspirin $2.00
Russell Stover chocolate heart .29 cents

Used $8.00 RR

Subtotal .27 cents
Tax .54 cents
Total .81 cents

Received $2.00 RR for Aspirin

Walgreens Coupon Savings .30 cents
Walgreens Advertised Savings $3.09
Manufactuers Coupon Savings $8.00
Total Savings $11.39

CVS 1/31

I was soooooo excited at checkout when my cashier took a bunch of expired extra care bucks. A previous (new) worker wouldn't take them last time and I was very upset about wasted "money".

Here is my transaction:

2 M&M's pretzels $2.50 each (used 2 - $1.00 coupons) $1.50 each
4 Lady's Speed Sticks $1.99 each (used 2 - B1G1F coupons) $3.98 or .99 cents each
2 Speed Sticks $1.99 each (used B1GF coupon) $1.99 - .99 cents each
9 Dawn dish soap .98 cents each (used 4 - .50 cents coupons and 5 - .25 cent coupons) .62 cents each = $5.58
1 Tom's toothpaste $3.99

Used $4, $1, $4 (expired), $4 (expired), $1 (expired), $1 (expired), $1 (expired) and .99 cents (expired)

Subtotal $1.54
Tax .95 cents
Total $2.49

Received Extra Care Bucks:

$1.00 for M&M's
$6.00 for Speed Sticks
$3.00 for Tom's toothpaste

I tried to get a Skintamite shavegel (monthly deal) but the cashier said it wasn't giving Extra Care Bucks.

Monday, January 30, 2012

Kroger 1/29

I had to go to Kroger mainly because I wanted to get to 100 points so I could get .10 cents off per gallon. I made it to 109. Whew. LOL

Here is what I bought:

2 Brawny paper towels $1.25 each (used 2 - $1.00 coupons) .25 cents each
bakery item .79 cents (clearanced)
Kroger brand tortilla chips $1.25
8 Progresso soups (used raincheck) $1.00 each (used 2 - $1.00/4 coupons) .75 cents each
Grapes $1.70
6 Kroger yogurts .40 cents each

Tax. 17 cents
Total $12.81

Manufacturers Coupon Savings $4.00
Store Coupon and Kroger Plus Savings $1.42
Total Coupons $5.42
Total Savings $5.42 (30%)

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Dollar Tree 1/29

I began this week shopping already.
There are 4!!!! inserts in the paper this week so I was at Dollar Tree at 10am when they opened and bought 3 papers (my mom also has one for me), a 3-pack of socks for Jaemison, 2 rolls of tape and 3 boxes of fruit bars.

Total Spent = $9.20.

Shopping 1/28

I'm proud of my shopping this week.
I had $80 cash and REALLY REALLY wanted to be able to shop at Meijer, Walgreens and CVS with only that cash.
I did it!!!!

Here are my transactions:

Meijer Transaction #1

bananas $1.10
grapes $2.67
spinach $1.00
salad $1.00
potatoes (3 lbs.) $1.00
4 mac and cheese (Meijer brand) .72 cents each = $2.88
bread .78 cents
2 cans of refried beans (Meijer brand) .89 cents each = $1.78
flour tortillas $1.19
2 packages of flour tortillas $1.59 each
rasp. stick drink packets (for bryan) $1.99
milk $2.99
2 pace salsa $2.00 each (used .50/2 coupon) $1.50 each
4 can of tuna .69 cents each = $2.76
8 chef boyardee .99 cents each = $7.92 (used 2 - .50/4 coupons) and got one free (buy 10 get 11th free deal) = .62 cents each
2 helluva good dip $1.19 each (used 2 - .50 coupons) .19 cents each
2 applesauce (Meijer brand) $1.99 each
potatoe chips $2.00
tortilla chips $2.00
meijer soda $2.50
3 goldfish crackers $1.00 each
4 grands biscuits $1.00 each (used 2 - .30/2 coupons) = .70 cents each
6 green giant frozen veggies $1.00 each (used 2 - .60/3 coupons) and got one free (buy 10 get 11th free deal) = .50 cents each
2 cans of black beans $1.00 each - got one free (buy 10 get 11th free deal) .50 cents each
6 boxes of totinos pizza rolls $1.00 each (used .50 coupon, 2 - .40/2 coupons and .40 mperks) = .50 cents each
english muffins $1.00
2 mentos gum $1.00 each (used 2 - .55 coupons) = FREE
slushie drink .99 cents

$2 off m-perks

Tax .36 cents
Total $60.98

Total Meijer Promotions $5.39
Total Non-Coupon Savings $31.78
Total Coupon Savings $14.36
Total Savings $51.53

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Transaction #2

4 chef boyardee $1.00 each (used .50/4 coupon) .75 cents each
3 totinos pizzas $1.25 each (used .60/3 coupon) .92 cents each
4 totinos pizza rolls $1.00 each (used 2 - .40/2 coupons) .60 cents each
english muffins $1.00 (buy 10 get 11th free) FREE!!
2 mentos gum $1.00 each (used 2 - .55 coupons) FREE!!

Total $8.36

Total Meijer Promotions .99 cents
Total Non-Coupon Savings $6.62
Total Coupon Savings $5.36
Total Savings $12.97

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Transaction #3

4 chef boyardee $1.00 each (used .50/4 coupon) .75 cents each
3 totinos pizzas $1.25 each (used .60/3 coupon) .92 cents each
2 totinos pizza rolls $1.00 each (used .40/2 coupons) .60 cents each
2 mentos gum $1.00 each (used 2 - .55 coupons) FREE!!

Total $7.51

Total Non-Coupon Savings $2.85
Total Coupon Savings $4.20
Total Savings $7.05

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Walgreens

Kettle chips $2.99 (free coupon i got in the mail) FREE!!!
2 Nice trash bags $2.99 each (used raincheck)
6 Sour Patch straws $1.00 each (HUSH!)

Used $6.00 RR and $5.00 RR

Subtotal .98 cents
Tax .40 cents
Total $1.38

Manufacturers Coupon Savings $13.99

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CVS was out of the 2 things I wanted so I got rainchecks.

Total SPENT = $78.23

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Kroger Shopping 1/15

Sorry I haven't been posting. I stopped using coupons for a while but decided to go for a coupon trip to Kroger today. I did 2 transactions.

Transactioin #1

2 Pepperidge Farm Cheesy Garlic bread $3.24 each (these were supposed to be 50% off but only the garlic kind so I returned them will put that at the end)
6 Yoplait yogurts .60 cents each (used .40/6 coupon) .47 cents each
Red Grapes $1.85 (.99 cents a lb.)
Kroger Tortilla chips $1.25 (used .40 Kroger coupon) .85 cents
8 boxes of Barilla pasta $1.00 each (used 4 - $1.00/2 coupons) .50 cents each = $4.00
5 - 10 packs of Bic pens $1.00 each (used 5 - $1.00 coupons) FREE!!!!!
2 Suave deodorants $1.00 each (used 2 - .50 coupons) FREE!!!!
4 Up2U gum $1.00 each (used 4 - $1.00 coupons) FREE!!!
Russet potatoes (10 lbs.) $3.79
2 Kroger broccoli and cheese rice .88 cents each
Kroger peanut butter $2.59 (yikes price increase!!) (used .40 Kroger coupon) $2.19
Thomas english muffins (cinnamon raisin) $1.89
Thomas english muffins (plain) $1.64
Kroger brown and serve rolls .69 cents (clearanced)

Tax .41 cents
Total $28.35

Manufacturers Coupon Savings $14.40
Bonus Coupon Savings $1.40
Store Coupon and Kroger Plus Savings $16.18
Total Coupons $31.98
Total Savings $31.98 (53%)

Returned the 2 boxes of cheesy garlic toast for reg. garlic toast - got $3.30 cash.

Transaction #2

2 Barilla pasta $1.00 each (used $1.00/2 coupon) .50 cents each = $1.00
2 Suave deodorant $1.00 each (used 2 - .50 cent coupons) FREE!
2 Up2U gum $1.00 each (used 2 - $1.00 coupons) FREE!!!!

Tax .07 cents
Total $1.07

Manufacturers Coupon Savings $4.00
Bonus Coupon Savings $1.00
Store Coupon and Kroger Plus Savings $1.80
Total Coupons $6.80
Total Savings $6.80 (87%)

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