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CVS & Walgreens 07/15/2011

Ok ... a broken foot, a tired 16 year old, and a 5 year old who didn't want to listen and cried through both stores did NOT make for a happy Mama nor a really successful couponing trip!!!! I think for what little I did get - I did pretty good!!!  Here is a small breakdown - Enjoy reading!

CVS : awesome trip due to ECB's from last week!!!!

2 Kellogg's Rice Crispy Cereal    $5
2 Reese's Puff Cereal                   $5
1 Edge Shaving Gel                      $1.99
1 Twang Bottle (candy for kid)    $1.99

after coupons and ECB's ... I paid $0.44
ONLY due to the fact that they do NOT break up ECB's ... it is in whole dollar amts.  SO I still left the store with $5 in ECB's for nxt weeks trip and all those items for only $0.44 cents !!!!!

Walgreen's Transaction #1

GUM Super Tip Toothbrush (2 pk)              2.00
Air Wick Starter Kit                                     7.99
2 - Rice Crispy Treats 8pk                           5.00
Infusium 23 Shampoo                                   5.99

Total before savings $20.98
Total PAID $11.47 with $11 returned to me in Register Rewards!!!!!

Walgreen's Transaction #2

2 Charmin Basic TP             5.98
2 Skittles 14oz                      4.00
6 Walgreen's Big Roll TP    3.00

Total before Savings $12.98
Total PAID $1.87 ONLY because they do not break up the Register Rewards - I had another $2 RR that could not be applied so I had to pay the $1.87 out of pocket and then I used the other $2 RR on something for my 5 year old. 

SO - All in all it wasn't too bad ... for all of the items listed my total trip cost was $13.78 + my sanity ... not tooooo bad LOL :)

Pic's have everything except the Edge Shave Gel (it's lost somewhere in the car thanks to my daughter) and a bag of Skittles (again, thanks to my kiddo lol)

Now comes to my Walmart and Dollar General trip (minus taking the kiddo so I can save my sanity) ...hopefully get to go tomorrow!!!!

Shopping Trips 07-08-2011

My Walgreen's trip was AWESOME yesterday!!!  My total purchase price without tax was $72.90 - after the Walgreen's savings and Coupons my total purchase price was $18.31 !!!!  WooHoo =)

3 - Veet Wax Strips 20ct $0.99 per

2 - BenGay Massage Rubs (B1G1 50% off) $8.99 per :: here is a break down of what I got it for ::

      $8.99 + 4.50 (50% off) = $13.49

      $13.49 - $10.00 (2/$5 coupons) = $3.49  (total cost for both!)

4 - Oral B Tooth Brushes $FREE

1 - KY Intense Gel $29.99 ($15.00 in savings) = $14.99

1 - Extenze 2oz = $FREE

2 - Carefree Panty Liners $FREE

1 - Lady Mitchum Deodorant - $1.24

I combined my Wal-Mart couponing trip with my normal shopping trip yesterday .... by the time I got to WM - I had been out and about for about 4 hours ... my cast was itchy, I was hurting, I was NOT in a good mood, the store was full, people were getting in my way and giving me dirty looks for riding in a motorized cart ... so ya ... anyways .... I didn't get much couponing at Wal-Mart this week ... I had done some previous shopping for coupon stuff last weekend (during this sale price though).  Here is a few things I did get though ::

$2.00 off my Tide detergent purchase

Dial Lotion for $0.97 cents

Reach Toothbrush for free

Pine Sol for $0.97 cents

$1.00 Ruffles trash bags

and ... about $5.00 combined off my grocery purchase.  

Total purchase price (groceries included) was $197.61

After savings applied total was $188.61 .. (not bad for only having real coupon'ing items)

My CVS Trip was FUN!!! but definitely wore me out.  There were some AWESOME sales there this week.  The only problem I had was my dislike for the current manager up there ... but I will be speaking to someone about that on Monday, so no worries.  Devin and I were in the store for about 2 hours ... I did several things that didn't classify as coupon'ing ... just savings.  But here is a rough list of what I got.

1 - 14oz Skittles - only cost me $0.50 with the coupon I got from the savings machine.

2 - Dove bars - only cost me $0.75 for both

3 - 12pk Dr Peppers  3/$10 with a $3 ECB return

3 - 12pk 7UP's 3/$10 with a $3 ECB return

2 - Herbel Essance (1 shampoo, 1 styler) BOGO - paid $3.97 total

1 - iTunes $25 card with a $5 ECB return

2 - Oral B Advantage Tooth Brushes $0.99/per (free after ECB of $1/per)

2 - Dawn Dish Soap $0.99/per

5 - 2 ltr Coke Products $0.69/per

1 - Pepto 16oz (on sale for $4.99) After ECB & Coupon $2.49

1 - Gillette Fusion ProGlide $9.99 (minus $4 ECB & $2 coupon = $3.99)

2 - Dove Men+Care Body Wash $10 (B1G1 made it $5)

2 - Degree Deodorant 2/$7 (paid out of pocket on this cause they did NOT have the Dove)

With the 2 purchases above (2 Body Wash/2 Deodorants) $17 which qualified me for the FREE Schick Quattro for Women!!!!  Which was an $8.99 value.  

My Total Trip cost $94.56 with $65.13 in savings. 

CVS 7-2-2011

Well I have definitely learned my lesson!!! I am switching around my coupon trips to the beginning of the week instead of the end of the week for when deals are posted.  I like waiting in ways cause it gives me time to keep a good eye on everyone's page and add to my list of possible deals.  I got to CVS tonight though and out of everything on my list NONE of it was in stock.  The whole 10 minutes I was in the store ... my husband and daughter called me twice.  I was trying to rush, definitely a no-no when trying to coupon and the phone calls distracted me ... I forgot to ask the lady for my rain checks =(  which means that I lost out on 2 different deals.  Oh well.  Can't win them all.

Here is what I was SUPPOSED to get ::

Pringles (to go) $1.00 - $1.00 machine coupon (ECB machine) = FREE pringles ***UGH, I forgot to scan my darn card too ... figures LOL***

RepFresh Brilliant pH Tampons 18ct $6.79 - $1.00 (coupon) = $5.79 OOP

BUT I would have got $6.79 back in ECB which would have made this a $1.00 Money Maker!!!  (out of stock, no rain check)

Lumene Eye Cream $3.99 - $4.00 (coupon) = FREE 

Well ... this worked out for me and I'll explain soon ... no eye cream though.

Here is what I actually GOT ::

3 - 12pk Dr Peppers                     3/$10

Lumene Vitamin C Cream             $3.89

Total Purchase Price ::                    $13.89 + tax 

wait ...

Wait ...

WAIT ...

That is NOT what I paid though ....

$4.00 Lumene Coupon (made the Lumene FREE)

$7.00 ECB's

Total Paid $3.25

Gets even better though ... printed out on my receipt was $3.00 in ECB's ... making my purchase ... woohoo ... $0.25 !!!!!

Walgreens Trip 06-25-2011

Walgreens was a quick and rather unplanned trip ... I could have saved a LOT more money had I not been in a rush and been paying attention ... I forgot to hand her 1 coupons for $3 off (UGH) and I didn't realize their Veet 20ct Wax strips were on sale ... So I only cashed in 1 coupon and only bought 1 box ... when i could have got 3 boxes for $0.99 per.  Here is a break down ... no pics on this one ... again I was in a hurry and forgot to take them b4 I threw everything in the cabinets.

2 Chex Mix 5.5oz bags $2.00
1 Veet Wax Strips 20 ct $2.99 - $2.00 coupon = $0.99
2 Bengay Cream 2oz $7.98 - $3.00 coupon = $4.98
2 Gillette Body Wash $ 8.98 - $7.49 (combined cpns) = $1.49
2 Charmin 6 pk Double Rolls (on sale) = $5.98


Trip Total $15.44 + tax = $16.14

If I would have payed attention (ARGH!) I could have had the Bengay sale down to $1.98 and could have got 2 more boxes of Veet Strips for a total Veet sale of $2.97 ... it would have dropped my trip balance down to $14.42 (before tax) and I would have walked out of the store with 2 more items .... oh well, learned my lesson!

Walmart Trip 06-25-2011

Trip to Wal-Mart went pretty good in my opinion.  I walked out paying less than 1/2 of the amount that it totaled.  I got the soda's in this transaction too because I did a price match with Walgreen's on them - that is what sent my total up.  Had it not been for the soda's being on the purchase, my total OOP would have only been $10.36 !!

Here is a break down of what I got ::

2 K-Y Jelly 2oz bottles $2.62/per = $5.24 minus 2 coupons for $3/per = $0.76 Money Maker!! ($6 coupons - $5.24)
1 Zyrtec 5ct  $5.27 minus $5.00 coupon = $0.27
2 Advil 10ct $1.84/per = $3.68 minus 2 coupons $2/per = $0.32 Money Maker!! ($4 coupons - 3.68)
10 O-Cel-O 2pk Sponges $0.92/per = $9.20 minus $0.75/5 coupons = $5.25 (big mistake on my part - thought coupons were $0.75 off per 2pk of sponges ... but it was every 2 packs was $0.75 off ... got to make sure and read your coupons VERY carefully!!!
1 Dill Relish $0.98 minus $0.55 coupon = $0.43
1 Hunts Ketchup $1.00 minus $0.25 coupon = $0.75
1 Suave Advanced Therapy Lotion $1.67 minus $1.00 coupon = $0.67
2 Kraft Salad Dressing $1.68/per = $3.36 minus $1.00 coupon = $2.36
2 Benadryl Itch Sticks $ 2.38/per = $4.56 minus $2.00/2 coupons = $0.56
3-12pk Pepsi Products = $10.00 (price match to Walgreens)
4-2 liter Pepsi Products = $0.99/per = $3.96 (price match to Walgreens)

Total before Coupons $49.12
Total after Coupons + tax $24.32  :)