First we hit up
So I checked Walgreens, and they were out of it, too.
Thankfully, though, I was able to get some $.49 batteries!!!
Here's the deal
Walgreen's brand batteries are BOGO this week. If you picked the beauty book at the front of the store with Fergie on it (uuuugh... hate Fergie!), there was a coupon in the back that makes the 4 packs of AAs or AAAs only $.99! They are regularly $4.29 each. Combine that with the BOGO sale this week and you get, drumroll, please... $.49 packs of batteries.
I got 6. (That was all they had, plus the coupon said limit 3 on it.)
So! That was great. Then it was off to Staples.
They are having a great deal on their coupons page right now. They have a Staples brand box of 10 reams of paper for $49.99. There is a $5 coupons you can print from the link above for it, PLUS Rewards Club members get $40 back in rewards! This makes it roughly $5 for the box after rewards and before tax.
It gets better, though. There's also a 20% off coupon on the same page which my cashier offered to use instead, which makes it completely free after rewards! The actual total with tax I paid was $43.XX, but still, that's a heck of a deal!
If you have questions about the Staples Rewards Program, check out this link.
Great! So that was my whole point in going shopping today, but lo and behold, there is a CVS across the street! I have to check it to see if they have the Zyrtec, because I didn't want to have bought all those inserts for nothin'. So I went and heaven smiled down on me...
THEY HAD A FULL STOCK OF ZYRTEC 5 CT.!!!!!
I was so excited that I had a mad dash to throw them in my basket, looking over my shoulder like a crazed wild-woman that someone would swoop in front of me and claim them all for themselves.
But no crazy people took them, no, that was just me!
I got 8 for FREE
Plus I got a free candy for Emma. Scan your CVS card at the Magic Coupon Machine and you'll get a coupon for $.99 off any Hershey's or Mars small candy. The ones that are free are marked.
This was the most amazing part of all. After she scanned all of my coupons, there was no tax. There was no card swipe, the register saw the total was $0.00 and began to print my receipt and that was it! I PAID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR THIS TRANSACTION.
I made like a bandit and got out of there!
Paper coupons used today: $47.55
Total saved this year with paper coupons: $930.31
This number is not reflective of savings as a result of sales, e-coupons, or gift cards.
Total spent this year to get coupons (printer ink, paper, and newspapers): $143.08
