Busy, busy! But I had to share my success today! I will try to post more "real" information soon!! :-)
Walgreens
2 bottles Osteo Biflex
2 boxes (5ct) Wal-fex (Walgreens brand Allegra)
3 Nestle Crunch bars
6 Lysol Toilet Bowl Cleaner
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Total Retail: $71.07
Total Spent: $15.37
79% Saved!!
CVS
4pk Charmin TP
2 boxes (20ct) Motrin PM
1 Shick Hydro 5 razor
1 bottle Nyquil
6 boxes TicTacs
2 Off! Mosquito Repellent Clip ons
2 12-packs Diet Dr. Pepper
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Total Retail: $71.73
Total Spent: $10.48
85% Saved!!!
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Monday, June 06, 2011
send me your old, your new. your huddled masses of COUPONS waiting to be used!
And no, I am not even kidding. If you get a paper on Sundays and you don't use the coupons, I totally want you to mail them to me! I have become what some might call addicted to couponing. However, I will try not to talk only about that so...
First let me tell you what Ben has become addicted to: Star Wars. He cracks me up. Half the time he walks around like C3P0 the other half he talks about Darth Vader and the Death Star and Ewoks and Han Solo. He has seen movies 1, 2, 4, and 6, has the Lego Star Wars Wii game, and has a Star Wars book that we read before bed almost every night. He doesn't know it yet, but I even bought him some Star Wars bandages at Target yesterday - and yes I had a coupon!...2 actually, (a Target one for a $1 off and a manufacturer one for $1 off) so I only paid $.46 for the box. Woot! But, getting back to Ben, he has what I like to call, an obsession. Jeff frames it in a much nicer way by saying that, like him, Star Wars has captured Ben's imagination. All I know is my son walks around constantly humming Darth Vador's theme music - dun dun dun duh da dun duh da dun! It's hilarious to hear him humming that in the background of everything he does. He even tries to get other people to play Star Wars with him. I am always Princes Leia (because I'm a girl, as Ben says). Sometimes though, I do get to have gun so I can help shoot the bad guys! :-) Lol! My little man, he is just growing up so fast.
Ok, back to my addiction! Yesterday morning I woke up at 6 a.m. Now for those of you who know me well, you know that is beyond crazy and there must have been an extrememly good reason for it, right? And the reason is - shopping. No, I am not kidding. Me, who 10 years ago hated shopping so much that Jeff did all of our grocery shopping. I know. It's crazy. Well, our Walgreen's opens at 7 a.m., and I was determined to be the first customer through the doors so that I could get all the deals I was hoping to score. And I so did!!!! So here is the break down of my Walgreen's awesomeness:
4 Gillette Body Wash
2 Gillette Deodorant
1 Gillette Fusion ProGlide Razor w/ 2 cartridges
1 bag of peppermints $.49
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Total retail price: $39.83
After coupons and RR I paid: $11.35
Register Rewards (RR) I got back: $15.00
So essentially they paid me $3.65 to take those items out of their store. Crazy, huh? I ended up using $10 in Register Rewards to buy 4 12-packs of A&W root beer and 7up since they had them on sale 4 for $10. So I got those for FREE! And I still have $5 RR for my next trip to Walgreen's! Overall my numbers at Walgreens are: Retail $51.83 / Paid $11.35 / Saved 78%
At 7:30 a.m. I floated out of Walgreen's in a haze of couponing glory and headed on over to CVS for my next battle. :-) I'm pretty sure I won, but here is the break down of all the action.
Transaction #1 - using Jeff's card
5 Vitaminwaters
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Total retail: $8.45
After coupons I paid $2.25
Extra Care Bucks (ECBs) I got back: $2
Transaction #2 - using my card
2 gallons milk
1 8ct Excedrin Migraine
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Total retail: $8.57
No coupons
ECBs I got back: $2.99
Transaction #3 - using my card
2 Vitaminwaters
3 Honest Tea
2 Oral-B Pulsar toothbrushes
1 Giant Bottle Crest Mouthwash
1 jumbo pack of Huggies
1 Rimmel Lip Gloss
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Total retail: $40.83
After coupons & ECBs I paid: $4.52
ECBs I got back: $12.50
Transaction #4 - using my card
30 ct Allegra 24 hour
3 snack packs of peanuts
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Total retail: $24.49
After coupons & Ecbs I paid: -$1.01
So overall I did great at CVS! Retail: $82.34 / Paid: $14.33 / Saved 82% That is just crazy. Its like I went in to buy Jeff's Allegra and came out with all the other items for free!!!
Man do I love coupons!! I have to give a big shout out to Jenny at www.southernsavers.com and Collin at www.hip2save.com. I could not do all this without their super awesome blogs and all their helpful advice. Also, to my friends Nicole and Missy, without whom I would never have even begun this crazy coupling journey. In fact Missy likes to remind me that a little more than a year ago I was scoffing and laughing at her for being so coupon obsessed. Ha! look at me now. Now I am the crazy coupon lady. Oh my! :-)
So, anyway, by the time I got to church at 8:45 a.m., I was already tired, but I had a big day ahead of me. Thankfully being at church, worshiping God, fellowship with my family and friends, that always brings refreshment. So by the time our potluck lunch at church was over, I was ready for the second half of my shopping marathon! My friend Heather Mayfield and I loaded up in my van and we headed down to Valdosta to shop at Target and Publix. We left Tifton about 1:15p.m. and got back at about 5:45 p.m. Not too bad considering we spent 1.5 hours driving.
I had great success at both stores and I am sure you don't really care what I bought, but here are the totals:
Target retail: $40.39 / paid: $10.54 / saved 74%
Publix retail: $195.53 / paid: $75.04 / saved 62%
Well, I am exhausted just looking at all these numbers, but yesterday, while tiring, was truly fun and exhilarating. Not only did I buy $370.09 worth of stuff for only $111.26 out of pocket (a 70% savings overall!), but I also had a fantastic time with my friend. And you know, girl time, really is priceless. Thanks for coming withe me, Mayfield! :-)
First let me tell you what Ben has become addicted to: Star Wars. He cracks me up. Half the time he walks around like C3P0 the other half he talks about Darth Vader and the Death Star and Ewoks and Han Solo. He has seen movies 1, 2, 4, and 6, has the Lego Star Wars Wii game, and has a Star Wars book that we read before bed almost every night. He doesn't know it yet, but I even bought him some Star Wars bandages at Target yesterday - and yes I had a coupon!...2 actually, (a Target one for a $1 off and a manufacturer one for $1 off) so I only paid $.46 for the box. Woot! But, getting back to Ben, he has what I like to call, an obsession. Jeff frames it in a much nicer way by saying that, like him, Star Wars has captured Ben's imagination. All I know is my son walks around constantly humming Darth Vador's theme music - dun dun dun duh da dun duh da dun! It's hilarious to hear him humming that in the background of everything he does. He even tries to get other people to play Star Wars with him. I am always Princes Leia (because I'm a girl, as Ben says). Sometimes though, I do get to have gun so I can help shoot the bad guys! :-) Lol! My little man, he is just growing up so fast.
Ok, back to my addiction! Yesterday morning I woke up at 6 a.m. Now for those of you who know me well, you know that is beyond crazy and there must have been an extrememly good reason for it, right? And the reason is - shopping. No, I am not kidding. Me, who 10 years ago hated shopping so much that Jeff did all of our grocery shopping. I know. It's crazy. Well, our Walgreen's opens at 7 a.m., and I was determined to be the first customer through the doors so that I could get all the deals I was hoping to score. And I so did!!!! So here is the break down of my Walgreen's awesomeness:
4 Gillette Body Wash
2 Gillette Deodorant
1 Gillette Fusion ProGlide Razor w/ 2 cartridges
1 bag of peppermints $.49
----------------------------------------------------------
Total retail price: $39.83
After coupons and RR I paid: $11.35
Register Rewards (RR) I got back: $15.00
So essentially they paid me $3.65 to take those items out of their store. Crazy, huh? I ended up using $10 in Register Rewards to buy 4 12-packs of A&W root beer and 7up since they had them on sale 4 for $10. So I got those for FREE! And I still have $5 RR for my next trip to Walgreen's! Overall my numbers at Walgreens are: Retail $51.83 / Paid $11.35 / Saved 78%
At 7:30 a.m. I floated out of Walgreen's in a haze of couponing glory and headed on over to CVS for my next battle. :-) I'm pretty sure I won, but here is the break down of all the action.
Transaction #1 - using Jeff's card
5 Vitaminwaters
---------------------------
Total retail: $8.45
After coupons I paid $2.25
Extra Care Bucks (ECBs) I got back: $2
Transaction #2 - using my card
2 gallons milk
1 8ct Excedrin Migraine
---------------------------------
Total retail: $8.57
No coupons
ECBs I got back: $2.99
Transaction #3 - using my card
2 Vitaminwaters
3 Honest Tea
2 Oral-B Pulsar toothbrushes
1 Giant Bottle Crest Mouthwash
1 jumbo pack of Huggies
1 Rimmel Lip Gloss
-----------------------------------------
Total retail: $40.83
After coupons & ECBs I paid: $4.52
ECBs I got back: $12.50
Transaction #4 - using my card
30 ct Allegra 24 hour
3 snack packs of peanuts
---------------------------------------
Total retail: $24.49
After coupons & Ecbs I paid: -$1.01
So overall I did great at CVS! Retail: $82.34 / Paid: $14.33 / Saved 82% That is just crazy. Its like I went in to buy Jeff's Allegra and came out with all the other items for free!!!
Man do I love coupons!! I have to give a big shout out to Jenny at www.southernsavers.com and Collin at www.hip2save.com. I could not do all this without their super awesome blogs and all their helpful advice. Also, to my friends Nicole and Missy, without whom I would never have even begun this crazy coupling journey. In fact Missy likes to remind me that a little more than a year ago I was scoffing and laughing at her for being so coupon obsessed. Ha! look at me now. Now I am the crazy coupon lady. Oh my! :-)
So, anyway, by the time I got to church at 8:45 a.m., I was already tired, but I had a big day ahead of me. Thankfully being at church, worshiping God, fellowship with my family and friends, that always brings refreshment. So by the time our potluck lunch at church was over, I was ready for the second half of my shopping marathon! My friend Heather Mayfield and I loaded up in my van and we headed down to Valdosta to shop at Target and Publix. We left Tifton about 1:15p.m. and got back at about 5:45 p.m. Not too bad considering we spent 1.5 hours driving.
I had great success at both stores and I am sure you don't really care what I bought, but here are the totals:
Target retail: $40.39 / paid: $10.54 / saved 74%
Publix retail: $195.53 / paid: $75.04 / saved 62%
Well, I am exhausted just looking at all these numbers, but yesterday, while tiring, was truly fun and exhilarating. Not only did I buy $370.09 worth of stuff for only $111.26 out of pocket (a 70% savings overall!), but I also had a fantastic time with my friend. And you know, girl time, really is priceless. Thanks for coming withe me, Mayfield! :-)
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