Monday, October 27, 2008

Walgreens 10/25 - $10 profit!!

I took advantage of the $5/$20 coupon on Saturday to get my November FAR deals!! I came out with a $ profit.

(1) Loreal Pro-Calcium Moisturizer - 19.99
(1) Almay Mascara - 6.99
(3) Fillers - 1.o0

SubTotal: 27.97

Coupons: ($8)
$1 off Loreal (should have used the $2 off that came in recent insert :(
$2 off Almay cosmetics (from KMart beauty book)
$5 off Walgreens coupon

Total: 19.97

Will get back 19.99 + 6.99 + 10% = 29.70 = almost $10 profit!!!

CVS - week of 10/26

Here are a few of my transactions this week!

My Transaction
(4) Soy Joys - 4.00
Bayer Contour Blood Glucose Meter - 30.00
(4) Always Infinity Pads - 19.96
(2) Sunday Papers - 3.00
(2) Gold Emblem Candy - 1.98
SubTotal - 58.94

Coupons used: ($45)
(4) $2 off Always (-8.00)
(2) BOGO Soy Joy (-2.00)
$3/$15
(1) $30 off Blood Glucose Meter
$2 off Gold Emblem Candy
12.97 ecb's used

oop: .97, Got back $4 ECB's for SoyJoy, $4 for Always. Loss of 4.97 in ECB's.


His Transaction
(4) Soy Joys - 4.00
Nova Blood Glucose Meter - 9.99
(2) Always Infinity Pads - 9.98
(2) Gold Emblem Candy - 1.98
(2) CVS bars of soap - 1.98
(2) pieces of candy - 1.78
SubTotal - 29.71

Coupons used: ($16)
(2) $2 off Always (-4.00)
(2) BOGO Soy Joy (-2.00)
$3/$15
$5/$30 from magic CVS Scanner :)
$2 off Gold Emblem Candy
14.37 in ECB's

oop: .34 (I can't get the math to work out right...I'm thinking that the coupons/ECB's paid for part of the sales tax...)

Got back 17.99 ($9.99 ECB's for Nova, $2 for Always, $2 for soap, $4 for SoyJoy) Profit of 3.62

NET: Paid $1.35 for all this stuff!! Not too bad!!!

Friday, October 24, 2008

Walgreens! 10/24 - 10/25

Here is an easy money maker from Walgreens. You have to buy these on Friday or Saturday to use the $5 off coupons!

(1) Loreal Age Perfect Radiance Perfector - 19.99
(1) Almay Mascara - 6.99
(3) Pieces of candy - 1.00
Sub-Total: 27.98

Coupons used:
$1 off Loreal skin care (should have used the $2 off coupon that came last week :(
$2 off Almay cosmetics
$5/$20

Total: 19.98 (Used $12 RR, $7.98 Walgreens GC)

Will get back (26.98 + 10%) = 29.68 for Loreal & Almay November FAR items.

PROFIT of $9.70!!

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Walgreens - Week of 10/19

Lots of free items and MoneyMakers this week!!

Pert Plus Shampoo--on sale $3.49
Use $2/1 from 10/19 inserts and $2.50/1 from October ESC
Free plus $1.01 in overage

Lysol Freshmatic--on sale $5.99
Use $5/1 from 9/7 inserts
$0.99 after coupon

Buy 1 Alka Seltzer Plus Cold at $4.99 each, Get $4.99 Register Rewards
Free after Register Rewards

Benefiber sticks (Kiwi Strawberry, 16ct), Buy 3 get $8 RR's
Buy 3 at 7.99 ea = 23.97
Use (3) $2/1 coupons from recent insert = -6
Use ESC coupon for $5/1 = -15
Total oop: 2.97, get back $8 RR's
FREE + 5.03 overage

Theraflu on sale for 4.99. Buy 3 get $8 Register Rewards
Use (3) $2/1 coupons from inserts
14.97-6 - 8.97 oop. Get back $8 RR's and send in for the 2.99 MIR from inserts
FREE + $2 overage!


****Updated 10/22 - a few more deals I plan on taking advantage of this week, thanks to Happy Housewife & Penny Pincher Mom.***

Lysol Neutra Air Freshmatic starter kit $5.99
Use $5.00 off Lysol coupon
.99/ea

Rimmel Eye or Lip cosemtic BOGO free
Use (2) $1.00 on any Rimmel Product
Price varies

Gillette Fusion Power $8.99
Get $4.99 RR
Use $4.00 off on Gillette Fusion Razor in 9-28 PG
.99/each

Buy 3 Maalox Liquid, 12 oz. or 90 ct. Dissolve Tabs, get $8 back
(3) Maalox $4.99 = 14.97
Use $2 off coupon = -6
$8.97 oop, Get back $8
Final price = .97

Thursday, October 16, 2008

CVS deals, week of 10/19

Here are some of the deals at CVS this week!

Pumpkin pail $0.99
FREE after ECBS (Sunday and Monday only limit 2)

Brach's Pumpkins, autumn mix, Indian or candy corn 10 oz. $1.29
FREE after ECBs (Sunday and Monday only limit 2)

Funlight 6" smart light $0.99
FREE after ECBs (Sunday and Monday only limit 2)

Butler (gum) ToothBrush 2 pack $3.99
Free after ECB’s (limit 5)
Use $1/.75/.55 GUM coupon for a MoneyMaker!
Read here for how to possibly make this into a huge moneymaker!!

Just for Men Touch of Gray $7.99
Free after ECB’s limit 1
Use $2 off Just For Men & $8 MIR for Money Maker!

$2 ecbs wyb Colgate toothpaste or toothbrush ($2.99 ) limit 2
Free or Money Maker after $1 or $1.50 off coupon (from All You)

Diaper Deal*Spend $25 get 10.00 ecbs:
Huggies jumbo pack $9.99 (excludes overnights)
Huggies (42-80ct) or Playskool cottony cloths (80 ct) wipes $2.79
Johnson's baby powder, lotion, oil, wash, shampoo 6.5-15 oz, balm 0.5oz, bedtime washcloths 14ct, or Desitin original 2 oz $2.99-
Gerber baby good, cereal, or juice 25% off

My Deal:
I bought 8 Playskool wipes and 1 Gerber rice cereal.
Used a $4/20 CRT for the wipes, and a $3/$15 coupon, paid $18.51 oop, got back $10 ECB's.

Excedrin express gels $1.99
Free after $2 off coupon ($2 off express gels)
MoneyMaker after $3 CRT if you have it.

12 packs of Coke - 3/$10
Get back $2 ECB's

WalMart Deals - week of 10/12

Here are a few of the deals I snagged at Walmart today. I bought a total of 39 items and spent $14.35. I saved over 70% of my total bill by using coupons.

(5) Viva Single Rolls of Paper Towels - 1.00 ea
(5) .50 off
= $2.50 (.50/ea)

(10) Kotex pads/liner - 1.00 ea
(5) 1.oo off
(5) .75 off
= $1.25 (~.12/bag)

(1) Chex bars - 2.58
.50 off
= 2.08

(6) J&J Buddies Soap @ .97 ea
(2) $3/3 coupons
= FREE + .18 overage

(5) Zone Bars @ .96/ea
(5) $1 coupons
= FREE + .20 overage

(3) Endust spray @ 2.63 ea
(3) 2.00 coupons
= $1.89 (.63 ea)

(5) Muir Canned Tomatoes
(5) .75 off coupons
= $3.35 (.67/ea)

Misc Items: 3.oo

Sub Total - 46.86
Total $14.35 + tax!!! (that's a 70% savings!!)

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Meijer deals of the week - week of 10/12

Here are some of the best deals I found at Meijer this week! I went there twice this week. In my second trip, my before coupon cost was $41 and I spent $8 + tax. That's an 80% savings!! I am definitely well stocked on my frozen vegetables, kids soap/shampoo, etc, Jello and soup!

Green Giant Steamers - 5/$5
Use $1 off coupon - FREE

Green Giant boxed vegetables - 5/$5
Use .50/2 coupon, .50 ea

Johnsons Buddies - B2G1 (includes soap, shampoos, hand soap)
Trip one:
I bought 9 bars of soap, 4 shampoo/conditioner and 2 handsoap
Used (5) $3/3 coupons - came to ~3.50 for all

Trip two:
Bought 12 bars of soap, 9 conditioners and 3 sprays
Used (8) $3/3 coupons - The bars of soap produced a $1 overage, which I used to make the other items cheaper.

Hillshire Farms Metts - 1.39
Use $1 off coupon - .39

Hillshire Farms Sausage - 1.89
Use .50 off coupon - .89

Campbells soups - lots of varieties, lots of coupons. Good deals!

Orville Redenbacher popcorn - 1.49
Use $1 off coupon - .49/box

Chex Mix - 1.25
Use .50 off coupon - .25/bag

Frozen soft pretzels, 50% off, combine with $1/2 coupon to get them for about .60/box

Jello - .07/box when you use the Meijer mealbox coupon for $1.50/2

Taco Bell taco shells - 12 pack - 1.30/box. Use the Meijer mealbox coupon for $1.50 off
Free + .20 overage

I'll add more as I find more deals!!

Saturday, October 11, 2008

CVS - week of 10/12 (.47 oop)

I just updated this to now reflect a slight profit!! Not many great deals to take advantage of this week, but I'm anxiously awaiting the oodles of free stuff coming next week! Here is my scenario for this week:

Transaction #1
(1) Swiffer Sweeper Starter Kit - $7.99
(1) Swiffer Dusters Starter Kit - $6.99
(3) Johnsons Buddies @ 1.19 ea = $3.57
Sub-Total: 18.55

Coupons used (13.99):
$3/$15 CVS Coupon
Buy Swiffer Sweeper, get Swiffer Dusters free (-6.99)
$3/3 Johnsons’ products (-3.00)
$1 off Swiffer Sweeper coupon (need to sign up for this booklet if not already)
Total: 4.56

Get back $5 ECB’s (Swiffer, when you spend $10), .44 profit!!!

Transaction #2
(1) Colgate Total Advanced Toothpaste - $3.49
(1) CoverGirl Foundation - $5.49
(1) CoverGirl Invisible Concealer - $4.79
(2) CVS bars of soap @.99 ea = $1.98
Sub-total = 15.75

Coupons used (10.29):
$3/$15 CVS Coupon $1.50 off Colgate (All-You)
Buy CoverGirl foundation, get face product free (-4.79)
$1 off Covergirl
Total: 5.46

Get back: ($7 ECB's) 1.54 profit
$2 ECB's for Colgate
$3 ECB's for CoverGirl (when you spend $10)
$2 ECB’s for CVS brand soap (October monthly deal)

Walgreens Week of 10/12 - $3 profit!

My Scenario
(2) Zout (on sale BOGO) $3.79
(4) Bounty Papers Towels 3.56 (.89 after in-ad coupon)
(4) Lindt Chocolate bars @ 2.49 ea = $9.96
(3) Dimetapp @ 3.99 ea = 11.97
Total: 29.28


Coupons used: (18.58)
(2) .55 off Zout - 1.10
(4) $0.25 off Bounty - 1.00
(3) $2/1 Dimetapp coupons - 6.00
(2) BOGO Lindt chocolate bars - 4.98
(2) .75 Lindt chocolate bars - 1.50
(1) $1/1 Lindt from ESC - $4.00

Sub-total: 10.70

Get back $10 RR's for Dimetapp, submit for full rebate for Zout (3.79) = 13.79 back

Profit of $3.09!!

****EDITED - I just noticed that I'm going to have to get 2 filler items since I have 2 more coupons than items. I know I get spend no more than $1 for these 2 things*****

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Great run at CVS & Kroger - $27.57 profit!!



I went out for an hour tonight after the hubby got home and got some great deals. It was well worth my time! I went to CVS and Kroger. Here are the details:

Kroger:
10 Glade Scented Oil Plugins @ 4.49 ea - 44.49
1 Febreeze Noticeables plug-in - 6.89
1 Pantene Conditioner - 3.33
1 Pantene Styler - 3.33
Total: 58.04

Coupons Used: (30.58) (I forgot to give the cashier 2 Pantene coupons for $1 off ea :(
5 BOGO's for Glade - (4.49 * 5) = 22.25
$5 off Febreeze coupon
$3.33 E-Saver coupon for Pantene

SubTotal = 27.46

Got back: (10) $4 off oyno coupons, and submitted for the $5 Febreeze e-saver coupon that I had added to my Kroger card but for some reason it didn't come off on the receipt. = $45 back. FYI - if you use the self-checkout, the Glade coupons print out as you scan each item, so you can use those to pay for the order!!

PROFIT OF 17.54!!!

CVS Trip:
(1) Breeze 2 blood glucose monitoring system - 14.99
(1) Vitamin D Drink - 2.29
(4) Wellpatch Arthritis Patches @ 5.99 ea = 23.96
(3) Colgate MaxFresh Toothpaste @ 2.99 ea = 8.97
SubTotal: 50.21

Coupons used:
14.99 off Breeze Contour Monitor
(3) $1 off Colgate Coupons
Total: 32.22

Used 31.23 in ECB's, .99 oop. Received 42.25 in ECB's
PROFIT of 10.03!!

Between the two stores, in one hour I made a profit of $27.57. Best hour of shopping yet :)

Sunday, October 5, 2008

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CVS - week of 10/5 - profit!

My plan for CVS, week of 10/5.

Transaction 1
2 Always Infinity (14-18 ct) - $9.96 (advertised limit is 1, but really limit 2!!)
2 Colgate MaxFresh @ 2.99 = 5.98
Total: 16.94

Coupons used:
$3/15
$1/1 coupon for Colgate
Total: 12.94

Get back: 13.96 ECB's ($9.96 ECBs Always, $4 Colgate)
PROFIT: $2.02


Transaction 2
(2) Colgate toothbrushes - 1.98
(1) Vitamin water - 2.29
(2) WellPatch Arthritis Relief Pads - 11.98
Total: 16.25

Coupons used:
$3/15
(2) $1/1 Colgate coupons
Total: 11.25

Get back $14.27 (11.98 Wellpatch, 2.29 for Vitamin Water)
Profit of $3.02!!

You would make $5 from these 2 transactions!!

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Walgreens week of 10/5

Since I've already purchased my monthly FAR items (Rimmel, Loreal, Nivea), there are not many good deals this week that I plan on taking advantage of at Walgreens...which I must say is almost a relief to take a break - haha. I do plan on going tomorrow for the following purchases though:

(1) Scrubbing Bubbles Fresh Brush Max Starter Kit--$3.99
Use $3/1 manufacturer coupon from 9/7 inserts
Submit for Easysaver Rebate #30--$1.50 back when you buy one
Free plus .50 overage after coupon and rebate

(2) Glade Scented Oil Candle Holder--$3.99
Use $2/1 manufacturer coupon from 9/14 inserts
Submit for Easysaver Rebate offer #31--Get $2 back when you buy one (Limit 2)
Free after coupon and rebate

(4) Glade Carpet and Room Deodorizer at $1.99
Use $1.00 off coupon from 9/14
Get $1 ESR (limit 10)
Free after coupon and rebate

REGISTER REWARDS DEALS
Buy 1 Glade Wisp Candle at $5.99, Get $3 in Register Rewards
Buy 2 and use $5/1 coupon from 9/7 inserts plus B1G1 coupon here
Free plus $2.01 in overage after coupon and Register Reward

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Another $5 off coupon from Walgreens! MM scenario

Walgreens is offering yet another $5 off coupon, good Friday and Saturday. Good time to get this weeks' deals! Here is my suggested scenario:

Oral B Toothbrush: 4.49
3 Childrens Tylenol @ 4.99 ea
Gillette Fusion Razor - 8.99
Extreme Energy Shot - 3.99
Total: 32.44

Coupons used: (12.25 off)
1.50 IVC (4.50 off) Tylenol
$3/3 coupon from insert for Tylenol
.75 off Oral B
$4 off Gillette Fusion

oop: 20.24 - $5 off coupon = $15.24

RR's get back: 19.49
4.50 Oral B, $5 Tylenol, $2 Tylenol, $4 Gillette, 3.99 Rebate Energy

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

KMart trip - #2 $142 worth of goods for $22!!

Here is my KMart Round 2 transactions!
Before coupons: $142, After Coupons: $22 + tax


3 Dove Bodywash - $4.49
($2 coupon off from Beauty Book- .49 ea)

1 Dove Bodywash - $4.29
($2 coupon off from Beauty Book - .29 ea)

1 Calgon lotion - 2.19
($1 off coupon - .19 ea)

1 Revlon nailpolish - 4.99
($2 off coupon - .99)

1 Sally Hansen nail polish - 2.49
($1 off coupon - .49)

1 Loreal nailpolish - 4.19
($2 off coupon - .19)

1 Revlon nailpolish - 4.19
($2 off coupon - .19)

2 Vaseline Lotion - 3.29 ea
(1.50 off coupon - .29 ea)

3 Revlon beauty tools - 1.99, 2.49, 2.99
(1.00 off coupons - Free, .49, .99)

4 Crest Kids Toothpaste - 2.49
(1 off coupons - .49 ea)

1 Gillette shampoo - 4.00
($2 off coupon - FREE)

1 Sunsilk Shampoos - 3.00 ea
($1.50 off coupons - FREE)

3 Johnsons Buddies Soaps - .99 ea
($3/3 coupon - FREE)

2 Sure Deoderant - 2.29 ea
($1 off coupon - .29 ea)

2 Pert Plus - 2.99 ea
(1.50 coupon - FREE)

1 Bic Lighter - 3.99
(1 off coupon - 1.99)

2 Resolve Rug Cleaner - 4.50
($2 off coupon - .50ea)

2 Lysol Sprays - 4.50 ea
($2 off coupons - .50 ea)

1 Lysol WIpes - 2.50
($1 off coupon - .50)

1 Purex Fabric Softener - 3.29
($1 off coupon - 1.29)

2 Glade candles - 2.89 ea
(1 off coupons - .89 ea)

3 Fantastik spray - 2.69 ea
(1 off coupons - .69 ea)

4 Trident gum - 1.19 ea
(.55 coupon - .09 ea)

2 bags M&M's - 2.00 ea
(1.00 off coupon - 1.00 ea)