This weekends small trips

Nothing HUGE to report this weekend. I ran to Rite Aid and Publix.. my two all time favorite stores.

Rite Aid:

2 packs pullups (used $3 off MQ as well as $1 VV coupons)

2 boxes of hair color (used $2 off MQ (5.2 RP) as well as $2 VV coupons)

And of course my trusty old $5 off $20!

Would have paid: $40 actual out of pocket: $8.96... oh yeah and they are going to be sending me a $2 check in the mail! :) (and did I mention I actually paid with a gift card THEY sent me? :) )

Publix:

4 cases of coke products (B3G1 sale, used a B2G1 Dr pepper coupon as well as (2) .60 off coupons)

1 sara lee pound cake (BOGOF and I had a $1 coupon from saralee.com ) $1.89 before coupon

Total would have been : $18.43 but I paid $7.01 before tax!! yay!

So basically I got those 12 packs for $1.74 a piece! YAY!!!

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Publix this week

Well this week went pretty well. Had a cashier that was a little uncooperative (a first for my Publix) She laid out all of my coupons and then as she scanned each item she READ and scanned the coupon to go with it.. Took over 20 minutes to check me out. Kind of annoying. And then she would second guess a lot of them.. even though I knew she should take them. But I convinced her MOST of the time to take it.

Spent $43.40 Would have cost $136.70!!! Not bad! That's 68% savings!!

The details:

Sara Lee Bread on sale 1.99 and .75 coupon

Eggs Full price 1.19

2 Stayfree pads 2.99 each minus $3 mq and BOGOF

2 Snyder pretzels 1.50 each ($1/2 mq)

Country Crock 1.00 (.40 mq and .55 pq)

Infusium Shampoo 5.99 ($3 mq)

Infusium Conditioner 5.99 ($3 mq and BOGO pq)

3 Bic 3 pk razors 2.74 each ((3) $3 off mq)

Reynolds wrap 2.99 ($1 mq)

1/2 gal milk full price 1.69

4 Bush beans .99 each ($1/2 blinkie)

Rotel .55

4 BBQ sauce .75 each

2 Kraft dressing 1.54 each ($1 off when you buy 2 kraft products tearpad) (tried to give me trouble on this one)

2 Kraft clices 1.39 each

Taco bell refried beans full price 1.25

Starkist Tuna 1.29 (.50 mq)

Tx toast croutons .99 (.50 mq)

3 Green Giant frozen veggies 1.00 each ($1/3 mq)

Pblx Ceaser Salad kit 1.50

2 Luigi Italian Ice 1.50 each

6 Kraft mac and Cheese .54 each

Oreo Fudge Creams 1.50

red baron pizza 2.99 declined my by the slice coupon

2 Morning star farms nuggets 1.99 each ($1/1 printables)

oceanspray juice $2.00

Heinz Ketchup 1.30

Blue Bonnet butter .69 full price

Coppertone Sunscreen 6.99 ($2 coupons.com, $2pq)

AND I am almost halfway to my $10 Kraft rebate wyb $30 in kraft products! YAY!

If you still have a lot of Gillete $4/2 coupons

So I had quite a few of the Gillete body wash $4/2 coupons left. Target stopped carrying the smaller bottles so it was impossible to get my free bodywashes. Well I made a run to Dollar General today and they are marked down to $2 a piece !! So free with coupon! YAY!

Pantene deal at Kroger

So I lucked out today at Kroger. In the back they had a shopping cart full of Pantene Conditioner for $1 each! and I had $1/2 coupons! woohoo!!
Got 6 of them for $3.96!!! Normally they are $3 a piece or more! :)

Week long Target Extravaganza

So I didn't know how well this would turn out but I am pretty happy in the end!! It only took me 6 transactions! ha ha But I got ALL of this for $12!!! (Minus the $5 rebate I am now eligible for!!)Keep in mind those razors usually cost around $10 a piece :) The toy wasn't on sale, but I basically got it free because I had target gift cards left and chose to get something for Henry and Isaac since I had to drag them along with me to many of the trips.


So before I began I ordered 6 $5/1 Schick coupons off the internet. I had to pay $3 for those... SO worth it.
Transaction #1
2 Schick Hydro 3 razors ((2)$5/1 coupons) 6.99
Paid OOP: $3.98 Got: $5 Gift Card

Transaction #2 (walked in with $5 gift card from trans #1)
3 Scrubbing bubbles toilet suction thingys ((3) $1/1 coupons from 5.2 SS)
3 Toilet starter kits or refills ((3) Buy toilet suction thingys get starter kit or refill free)
(also (2)receive $5 gift card wyb 3 scrubbing bubbles products coupons)
Paid OOP: $9.66 Minus $5 Gift card so $4.66 Got: (2) $5 Gift Cards

Transaction #3 (walked in with $10 gift card from Trans #2))
2 Shick Hydro 5 Razors ((2) $5/1 coupons as well as (2) $1/1 target coupons) 7.99each
3 Gillette Body Washes (1 bogo free coupon and $4/2 bodywashes) 2.99each
Paid OOP: $7.62 minus (2) $5 gift cards so $0.00 Got: 1 $5 gift card

Transaction #4 (walked in with $7.38 on Gift cards from above)
2 Shick Hydro 5 Razors ((2) $5/1 coupons as well as (2) $1/1 target coupons) 7.99each
Paid OOP: $4.81 minus $5 gift card so $0.00 Got : 1 $5 gift card

Transaction #5 (walked in with $7.57 gift cards from above)
2 Schick Hydro 3 Razors ((2) $5/1 coupons as well as (2) $1/1 target coupons) 6.99each
Paid OOP: $2.63 minus $5 gift card so $0.00 Got 1 $5 gift card

Transaction #6 (walked in with $9.94 gift cards from above
1 Little people motorcycle 8.99
Paid OOP: $9.71 ..... .23 less than I had left on the gift cards so 0.00!! :)

And here is how my Henry felt about the deal!! :) Just happy to have his motorcycle!

Publix from Wednesday

Okay since I am not sure THAT many people are actually reading this.. and it is more for me .. I am going to be more vague about coupons.. if you want to know where I got it just comment or email me :)

Total retail price: $103 before tax Paid 41.10!!! YAY Not my best week ever.. but still better than 50%! :) (We REALLY needed soda, so I HAD to do it)

Product/ price each

Sarah Lee Bread 1.99

Hot Dog Buns 1.17

2 Coles bread sticks 1.40 ( $1/1 Coles.com coupon)

2 Yoplait Gogurts 1.40 ($1.10/1 coupons.com)

Pbx American Cheese 2.00

2 sorrento cheese sticks 3 ($1/1 peelies)

4 Pork n beans .75 ($1/4 conagra coupons)

Publix Chili beans .83

2 Stoffers Skillets 2.50 ($2.50/1 facebook coupon)

2 Ronzoni noodles .79 ($1/1 from magazines)

Planters trail mix 1.50 ($1/1 peelie)

2 Ritz Crackers 1.34 ($1/2 from nabisco book)

2 Rice Krispies 1.99 ($1/2 blinkie)

3 Dr pepper 4.00 (B2G1 Free Coupon)

2 New York Toast croutons 1.00 ($1/1 3.21 SS)

2 Hunts Ketchip (large) 1.15

Frito Chips can 1.34

Ghiradelli brownie mix 1.40

Pblx Kidney beans .83

2 Fresh Express 1.99 ($1/2 publix coupon)

Mccormick chili seasoning .99 ($1/1 ... from somewhere ha ha)

Pblx hummus 1.50

Publix Quick Trip

So I found some coupons and decided to make one last quick trip to Publix before the ad reset to the new one.


I got 20 jars of baby food (Bogo .53 and I had $2 off coupon)
6 bags of trail mix ($1 and had 6 $1 off coupons)
1 gallon of milk ($2.69 full price)
Would have spent: $25.07 Total OOP: $7.07!!

I know I probably could get milk cheaper somewhere else but I have become so loyal to Publix that if I am only going to save .30 to drive to Kroger and put up with them it isn't worth it. I would rather just buy it for a tiny bit more at my favorite store on earth!! :) Big shopping trip tomorrow.

Rite Aid and Nashville... Amazing place, amazing people

If you live near Nashville you know this, but when you drive around there are places here that look like COMPLETE war zones. I drove by a street today that every house was covered in the brown post flood gook.. and they were all throwing their belongings out in their front yard to be thrown away. It is so sad and horrible to see people losing everything they have.. so I wanted to help in any way I could. Since I am pretty good at couponing I decided to raid my stockpile for some things and then use my precious natures bounty coupons to buy some more things since being a family of four on a school teachers salary we aren't really rolling in the dough.

So I went to Rite Aid this morning with coupons that would equal around $25 in overage so I could get stuff for the flood victims. I got enough stuff that I would still be donating about $25 extra on top of it.

When I got to the checkout the cashier (who I believe is one of the managers) asked me if I was buying stuff to help people. I told her I was and she was SO awesome! She basically cut every Rite Aid product she could down to .99!!! I bought $60 worth of stuff for flood victims plus $48 worth of vitamins (to get my overage) so without sales and coupons I would have spent $108!!

Well thanks to the wonderful cashier, my coupons and the sales they were having I paid $5.54 WITH TAX!!!! My total before tax was .92!!!! I was SO happy!!

Here is what I picked up for them:

Here was my breakdown:

2 Paper Towels .62 each (thanks to cashier normally $2))

1 Dawn dish soap .99 (free after coupon)

1 Box pampers wipes 2.50

2 bottles bleach .99 each (thanks to cashier normally $2.49)

1 Baby wipe 240ct refill 1.87 (thanks to cashier and clearance normally $7.49)

2 cans bug spray 3.09 (normally 6.19)

2 Bandaids boxes .99 (thanks to cashier.. normally 2.99)

2 toilet paper .99

2 Hand Sanitizer .99 (thanks to cashier normally 2.99)

2 large Suave shampoo .99 (thanks to cashier normally 2.19)

1 Disinfecting wipes 2.79

1 Motrin PM 5.49 (.50 overage with coupons from RA ad and newspaper)

8 Natures bounty vitamins (priced $5-7 but used a $5 for each)

This city is amazing and Rite Aid just made my day by helping me to be able to give a little more than I really could afford right now!! :)

Rite Aid Is Awesome

So I had this dilemma, as happens a lot around here. My youngest son is only 1 but he suffers from SEVERE constipation. so my pediatrician recommended I try Miralax. Well that stuff is anywhere from $20-25 a bottle. So I did what I always do.. went on the search for a deal.. and got some stuff for me. I figured if I could spend less than $20 and get other things with it I would be happy.. It worked out better than I hoped. I had to do two transactions.

But I ended up with $106 worth of product for $6.35!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHH!!! (before tax of course)

Transaction #1

4 Random Cover Girl cosmetics I have been wanting to try ($6-12 each)

1 Pack Pampers $9.99

Coupons:

$5/20 purchase Riteaid Video Values

2 B1G1 Free Covergirl coupons

$1.75 Pampers coupon

Total: $5.38 plus tax (would have been cheaper but cashier messed up a coupon a little)

Transaction #2

30 dose Miralax $21.99

2 Covergirl Cosmetics (about $8 each)

4 Natures Bounty Vitamins $4.99 each (on sale bogo)

Coupons:

$5/20 Riteaid Video Values

$4/1 Miralax

(4) $5/1 Natures Bounty

1 B1G1 Covergirl

Total : .97 before tax

Rocking out some publix this week!

Sorry I have been MIA.. with the flooding and so forth I didn't get around to posting last week. But I'm back!

This week I bought $120 worth of groceries and only spent $39.76

Free Publix bag (not pictured) with purchase of 2 Kashi items

2 Kashi Crackers (1.50 off two coupons.com printable)

3 Zantac 1 ct box $1.09 ($5/2 and $2/1 from 1.31 SS)

3 Cards .99 each ($2 off 3 cards Publix Q)

2 Ziploc Storage bags $2.00 each ($1/2 Publix Q "Value in family book"

Lays Chips $2.00 (Free Lays Chips Kroger coupon)

Carefree pantyliners .99 ($1/1 3.28 RP)

Publix Milk $1.69

2 Caprisuns $1.79 ($1/1 4.25 SS)

2 Healthy Balance Juice $2.00 each (B1G1 from some magazine and .55/1 blinkie)

3 Kraft Shells and Cheese 5/$3 ($1/2 Kroger Coupon)

Betty Crocker Frosting $1.39 (.50 off wyb cake mix and frosting coupons.com)

2 Betty Crocker Cake Mix .87 each

2 Hidden valley Ranch $1.77 ($1/1 Hidden Valley Ranch Website)

2 Cheerios $1.74 $1/2 4.18 SS)

2 Nivea Bodywash (B1G1 May All You Magazine, $4/1 5.2 RP)

6 Yoplait Yogurt .50 each (.50/6 4.25 SS)

8 Beechnut baby food .27 each

2 Peter Pan Peanut Butter $1.17each ($1/2 conagra book)

2 Birdseye Voila $2.50 each ($1/1 coupons.com)

Publix Salad Mix $2.50

3 Apples $1.82

Thomas English Muffins $1.50

Publix Eggs $1.29

Natures Valley Granola bars $1.99 (.40/1 4.11 SS)

Sara Lee Bread $1.17