Thank you Walgreens RR!

A big thank you to Walgreens! I had a lot of fun shopping your ad this week! I used some RR this evening to score 2 packs of FREE Huggies! Gosh, I love free diapers, hehe! I also got a package of Skittles and Peanut Butter M&M's for a nice Saturday treat. A real nice Saturday treat when they are free....now only if we didn't have to pay tax on them.....oh well. I still have RR to spend! YAY!

Thanks again, Walgreens!

Oh yeah, a little FYI - I did two transactions and at the end of both of them I received a $2.00 off Pampers catalina coupon. Apparently the Huggies = a Pampers coupon!

5/10

Are you frugal or cheap? Hmm, good question. I took this quiz at moolanomy to find out. My score was 25! Yay, I'm frugal!

Gillete 2 in 1 Body Wash at Walgreens!

This promotion is in next week's ad (5/11), but it has started early! The deal is you buy a bottle of the 2 in 1 body wash and when you check out you will receive a RR for a FREE bottle!

Thanks to some friendly 'posters' over at HCW (Hot Coupon World) I was able to score a couple bottles of Gillette Body Wash for the ol' Husband today for $.49 + tax! I left with another FREE coupon as well! I guess I need to head down to Walgreens again...hehe.

Walgreens!

I have had a busy couple of days at Walgreens, but I have to say that I have had a pretty good time. I still don't even think I am finished yet! This has been my first time using coupons with Walgreens and I am pretty glad that I jumped in this week!

So let's see... (please be patient with me, I am still pretty new to blogging and also new with how to post all of this info, if you have any questions about what I do, please let me know.



Trans #1:


(2) C/G Blush @ $5.99 ea.
(6) C/G Eye Shadow @ $3.49 ea.
=$32.92
Cover Girl products are Buy 1 Get 1 1/2 off this week so:
-3.00 (50%)
-1.75 (50%)
-1.75 (50%)
-1.75 (50%)
Then I used the following coupons:
(3) -2.50 off 2 C/G products =(-7.50)
(2) -FREE Blush when you purchase 3 C/G products = (-11.98)

Subtotal: $5.19
+ 1.99 tax
= $7.18 OOP (out of pocket)
*I received $20.00 in RR "Register Rewards"(prints out as (2) $10 Rewards)

This picture = the next 3 transactions.



Trans #2:

Venus Razor 9.99
Zantac 3.99
(2) Walgreens Bags @ .99 ea. (my filler items)
=15.96
-4.00 Venus coupon
-1.00 Zantac coupon
-10.00 RR

Subtotal: $.96
+$1.28 tax
=2.24
*I received a $6.00 RR for purchasing a Venus Razor and a $3.00 RR for the Zantac.

Trans. #3

C/G Blush 5.99
(3) C/G Nail Polish @ 3.99 ea.
(2) C/G Eyeliner @ 2.99 ea.
C/G Sharpener 2.99
=26.84

-2.00 (50% off)
-2.00 (50% off)
-1.50 (50 % off)

-2.50 off 2 C/G
(4) -1.00 C/G
-FREE C/G Blush when you purchase 3 = -5.99
-*6.00 RR (for purchasing a Venus Razor)

Subtotal: $2.94
+1.73 tax
=4.67 (OOP)

*Received $20.00 in RR

Trans. #4:

Venus Razor 9.99
Zantac 3.99
Peanut Butter M&M's .79
=14.77

-4.00 Venus coupon
-10.00 RR coupon

Subtotal: $.77
+ 1.13 tax
= $1.90 OOP

*Received $6 RR for Venus & $3 RR for Zantac

Here is what I did today:




C/G Tru Blend 8.99
C/G Powder 7.99
C/G Lip Slicks 3.99
(6) Crest toothpaste @ 2.50 ea.
Walgreens Bandaids on clearance for 1.00
=36.97

-4.00 (50% C/G)
-9.00 (Walgreens coupon $3 off 2 Crest)
(2) - .50 Crest
(4) - 1.00 Crest
-1.00 C/G
-7.99 (FREE) C/G Powder when you buy foundation
-6.00 RR coupon

Subtotal: $3.98
+2.21 tax
= $6.19 OOP

*Received $20 RR (2/ -$10.00 coupons)

...and



Venus Razor 9.99
Zantac 3.99
(3) Walgreens Chap-Aid on Clearance for .40ea.
=15.18

-4.00 Venus coupon
-1.00 Zantac coupon
-10.00 RR coupon



Subtotal: $.18
+1.02 tax
=$1.20 OOP


*Received $6 RR for Venus & $3 RR for Zantac

I now have $45.00 in RR! I plan on rolling a few of them tomorrow and then either saving the rest for next week or use them up to buy Diapers!

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This evening hubby came home with a few freebies! He was using up a Best Buy Rewards certificate as it was going to expire today! Baby D and I were pretty happy with what we received:



For some great deals and even a few freebie items visit The "Cent" Sible Sawyer, her blog is awesome!

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I still need to post some CVS scenarios but I am still not for sure what I am going to do. I haven't really had any extra time to think of what I plan on doing since I have been so busy with Walgreens this week, hehe.

5/4 CVS

I had some ECB's burning a hole in my pocket (who am I kidding they are burning holes in my pocket every week, hehe) so I went on down to CVS yesterday, here is what I left with.



~Garnier hair color: $5.99
~Garnier hair color: $5.99
~Venus Razor $9.99
~Colgate 360: $3.99 (free after ECB)
~Adidas Deodorant: $4.99 (free after ECB)

Total: $30.95
- $5 off $30 CVS coupon that was emailed to me
- $1.50 off Garnier Nutrisse haircolor coupon (May issue of Good Housekeeping)
- $3.00 Garnier
- $3.00 Garnier
- $4.00 Venus Razor
= $14.45

Then I used some ECB's from last week to help pay for the rest:

-3.00 ECB
-4.99 ECB
-5.98 ECB

Subtotal: $.48 + tax

AND I received $17.98 ECB's back! Yay! :)

For some other great CVS deals check out BeCentsAble: CVS.

I am excited for the ad for next week! Looks like some good deals! I will post a scenario or two later in the week when I figure it out!

In the meantime I have got to try this bread.

Sharing the love.

Ok, so I decided that I am going to try and update this thing more often. Yay! I have been trying to decide lately if I just wanted to write about whatever on here or try to have a theme. I have now decided that I am just going to share whatever I feel like sharing, so I am sure it will be pretty random!

This past year I have really gotten into coupons, saving money and stockpiling. I love it! I love that I am saving my family money every week! I love that I am getting more bang for my buck. I love that I have been getting so many items for free, nearly free or basically getting paid to remove an item from a store! :)

I have always loved coupons but I never REALLY understood how to make them work for me to get the best deal, I have to say too that I am no professional AT ALL but I am learning more and more every week. I have found many internet sites and blogs that have really helped me to understand what it is that I am doing.

I am not going to go back through all of my receipts or anything, I am just going to start fresh with my posting about this today.

So, today I went to CVS. If you think CVS is no good, then you are wrong my friend, very wrong. This is the place where I find my best deals and let me tell you it starts to become an addiction. Its my hobby, yes shopping CVS is a hobby of mine. I have a lot of fun there. You would be doing the happy dance as well if you left there today paying only $3 something dollars OOP (out of pocket) and you had all of this:





All of this because I:
Cut and file just about every coupon in the Sunday paper (or wherever else I may find them) every week and browse the ads matching coupons with sale prices. I do this with CVS, Walgreens, Safeway, Bashas's, Fry's, Target...blah blah blah. I have always enjoyed looking at the ads, but this is just WAY more fun I tell ya!

To organize my coupons I first started with just a small coupon accordion file type thingy...well I have moved on from that, my friend as that little guy was just not doing it for me anymore. I never thought I would move on to a binder, but it was necessary.

Here she is in all her glory:





and here is a little peak inside:



That is one good lookin' binder if I do say so myself.

I take this big fat wallet with me when I do my shopping, tell me I'm weird, call me a nerd, do what you will. I'm saving money. Yahoo!

That is all for today, I will see what I can come up with later.

I need a new coupon organizer...

I am on the mission to put together a new coupon organizer for myself. My couponing has gotten a little out of control. (Which makes my bank account happy, it loves to have money in it.) So I am on the mission to find something suitable today. I am thinking something like this.
Oh and we SERIOUSLY need a baby gate so lil' D won't sneak into the kitchen anymore.