Decided to make a last-ditch effort for the drugstores today. Shouldn't have. All three of the great deals were OOS. I got a 2L of Dr. Pepper TEN for free... but other than that, nothing really exciting.
Used $6 in coupons.
Went to Tom Thumb after and got some Angel Soft tp! The 4 pk. is on sale for $.99 and I had $.45 coupons that doubled to $.90! I had my trusty MIL with me so I got 2 for $.09 each! WOOOO HOOOO!
Ok, that's a little too much excitement over toilet paper.
I used $4.85 in coupons.
Total saved this year with paper coupons: $812.26
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): $104.78
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Friday, April 19, 2013
Today's trips: Sprouts and Target
I usually go to Sprouts first to get high quality meat and vegetables at a great price. I plan out my meals, make a shopping list and go here first. Then, if there's any money left over in the weekly grocery budget, I coupon. :)
I used $2.50 in coupons at Sprouts.
Here's my Target trip!
8 Happy Toddler pouch $1.43 ea. - BOGO coupon (earned on recyclebank.com) - $2/$10 mobile baby coupon (Text BABY to 827438) = $.43 each!
These coupons scanned really weird. The first 2 took off $2.50 each, then the third took of $.50, and the fourth took off $1... When you consider it should have only taken off $5.72 all together ($1.43 x 4), I'll take the extra $.28. :)
The new Spring text coupons are great! Text SPRING to 827438. There are $1/$1 fruit and $1/$1 vegetable coupons!
I got sweet potatoes $2.65 - $1 = $1.65 for 3, and organic strawberries clamshell $2.89 - $1 = $1.89!
Also in that text was a great $1.50/2 Clorox Green Works products! Go to their website and sign up for emails and they will email you a coupon for $1 off any Green Works product. The toilet cleaners are on PC for $2.20 this week. I got 2:
$2.20 x 2 = $4.40 - $1.50 - $1 - $1 = $.90, or $.45 each!
2 Archer Farms frozen green beans$1.99 each - $1/$4 = $1.49 each
12 Yocrunch on rollback $.55 a cup
I had $1 off any multipack, but I did the math and it was cheaper to just buy the individual cups without the coupon (especially since the size in the multipack are half that of the individual cups).
3 Chobani kids tube yogurt $2 - $1 (chobani.com) = $1 each! They hold 8 tubes each!
Only the blueberry flavor was on price-cut for $2.
4 Huggies Wipes $2, buy one get one for $1. I got 4 = $6. There are $1 coupons on Huggies website (you have to play a game to get it. It's fun!) - $4 = $2, or $.50 each!
When you get the coupon, you can print as many as you want. Be warned, though, that at the register they will only let you redeem four at a time. If you want more, you have to split transactions.
2 Tyson frozen grilled and ready are BOGO this week at $7 each. There is a $1 mobile coupon in the Spring coupons (see above). = $3 a bag
There were several varieties included in this: chicken strips, beef strips, chicken breasts, and cubed chicken. Makes dinner very convenient and is cheaper than buying raw chicken!
I also had a paper coupon but it wouldn't let me use it on the free item. The $1 manufacturer's coupons expired yesterday. :( Oh well! Still happy! :)
Plum baby box 4 pk. $2.99, submit for $1 with iBotta app = $1.99, or $.50 a pouch.
I spent $32.45 and saved $35.23, $20.50 of which were coupons.
Total saved this year with paper coupons: $797.41
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): $104.78
I used $2.50 in coupons at Sprouts.
Here's my Target trip!
These coupons scanned really weird. The first 2 took off $2.50 each, then the third took of $.50, and the fourth took off $1... When you consider it should have only taken off $5.72 all together ($1.43 x 4), I'll take the extra $.28. :)
The new Spring text coupons are great! Text SPRING to 827438. There are $1/$1 fruit and $1/$1 vegetable coupons!
I got sweet potatoes $2.65 - $1 = $1.65 for 3, and organic strawberries clamshell $2.89 - $1 = $1.89!
Also in that text was a great $1.50/2 Clorox Green Works products! Go to their website and sign up for emails and they will email you a coupon for $1 off any Green Works product. The toilet cleaners are on PC for $2.20 this week. I got 2:
$2.20 x 2 = $4.40 - $1.50 - $1 - $1 = $.90, or $.45 each!
2 Archer Farms frozen green beans$1.99 each - $1/$4 = $1.49 each
12 Yocrunch on rollback $.55 a cup
I had $1 off any multipack, but I did the math and it was cheaper to just buy the individual cups without the coupon (especially since the size in the multipack are half that of the individual cups).
3 Chobani kids tube yogurt $2 - $1 (chobani.com) = $1 each! They hold 8 tubes each!
Only the blueberry flavor was on price-cut for $2.
4 Huggies Wipes $2, buy one get one for $1. I got 4 = $6. There are $1 coupons on Huggies website (you have to play a game to get it. It's fun!) - $4 = $2, or $.50 each!
When you get the coupon, you can print as many as you want. Be warned, though, that at the register they will only let you redeem four at a time. If you want more, you have to split transactions.
2 Tyson frozen grilled and ready are BOGO this week at $7 each. There is a $1 mobile coupon in the Spring coupons (see above). = $3 a bag
There were several varieties included in this: chicken strips, beef strips, chicken breasts, and cubed chicken. Makes dinner very convenient and is cheaper than buying raw chicken!
I also had a paper coupon but it wouldn't let me use it on the free item. The $1 manufacturer's coupons expired yesterday. :( Oh well! Still happy! :)
Plum baby box 4 pk. $2.99, submit for $1 with iBotta app = $1.99, or $.50 a pouch.
I spent $32.45 and saved $35.23, $20.50 of which were coupons.
Total saved this year with paper coupons: $797.41
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): $104.78
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Recent Tom Thumb trips
Kind of frustrated. The girls went through my wallet and have lost both my CVS card and my Tom Thumb card. Both I can still use with my phone number in store, but I can no longer scan my card at the Magic Coupon Machine at CVS and get those high dollar coupons that would get me free makeup this week. :( What it also meant for my last large shopping trip at Tom Thumb was that I lost $25 in coupons loaded to my card because I could not remember the phone number associated with the account and used a long-lost account I must have opened a long time ago but have never used. GRRR!!! There goes another gas reward!
It really makes me wonder why I spend all this time doing things and planning a trip if it's all going to go to hell at the register. But, I have since figured out the correct phone number and Tom Thumb is fixed. Any deals requiring Magic Coupon Machine coupons at CVS, though, are dead for me. :(
Here are the latest deals at Tom Thumb:
Mojo bar $.99 - $.50 doubled = free
Capri Sun $2.49 - $.30 tripled = $1.59, submit for $1 on iBotta app = $.59
There were more deals I got last week, but they are over now so there's no point in wasting my time posting them. :)
Paper coupons used in last three trips: $26.49
Oh, and I did not get a newspaper last week. It was just one of those days... I have found a great website, though. Sundaycouponinserts.com offers inserts for $.85 each (The Dallas Morning News costs $3 for one, or $5 for 2 on Sundays and usually contains at least two inserts, the Red Plum and Smart Source, except on holiday weeks, so be careful. The first week of the month [sometimes the 30th or the 31st if that's how it falls] will contain the P&G regardless of holiday. There are also sometimes second or even third Red Plums and Smart Sources that they throw in there. If you want to know what to expect, visit sundaycouponpreview.com)
The only thing that really kills it about this website to me is the cost of shipping. Shipping is a flat $5.30, so I only use this if I am ordering a significant amount of inserts. I buy 4 of each (a good rule of them is 1 for each family member, but I usually buy in increments of 2 to facilitate buy on get one free sales to increase savings). I need 20 inserts (4 of which are a special buy this week for $.35 each, mostly because they are expiring soon, but still a good insert that I will use), and shipping is $5.30
We also bought ink - 2 black ink cartridges for $41.
Total saved this year with paper coupons: $744.41
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): $104.78
Friday, April 12, 2013
Today's CVS and Target trips = AWESOME!!!
Today was my coupon day. :) Went to CVS first. Here is what I got:
Brookside Dark chocolate Goji berry bag $3 - $2.50 = $.50
Brookside Dark chocolate Acai blueberry bag $3 - $2.50 = $.50
2 Stride gum $1 - $1/2 = $.50 each, got $1 back on two making them free!
CVS was having a super sale on all Physician's Formula cosmetics. Use your card and get $6 off any product in their line... period. Combine that with a coupon for $7 off each item!
1 Physician's Formula eyeshadow quad $7.49 - $6 - $1 = $.49
1 Physician's Formula tinted moisturizer $11.99 - $6 - $1 = $4.99
Remember, all this applies to the Beauty club!
Used $4.50 quarterly EB and $4 EB. Had a $10 EB but the total was too low to use it, so I'll save it for next time. :)
Total spent: $3.22
Total saved: $35.62
EBs received: $3
So I paid $3.22 and got $3 EB back. Not to shabby!
Target was super awesome as well! Here is what I got. Some of the things were things we just needed around the house and I did not have coupons for, but I'm including everything to be accurate.
Happy Baby pouch $1.27 - $.50 coupon = $.77
Happy Tot pouch $1.43 - $.50 = $.93
2 tortilla chip bags $1.50 each
Kool Aid pouches $1.79, redeem for $1 with the iBotta app
2 Campbell's Go! Soup $2.36 - $1 store coupon - $1 manufacturer's coupon = $.36 each
Old El Paso taco kits $2.54
Old El Paso taco seasoning $.79 - $.60/3 Old El Paso products
Zatarain's rice $1.14, submit for $.75 from Endorse app = $.39
Bananas $1.45 - $1 Target coupon off fruit = $.45
Tai Pei chicken egg rolls $1.90
Tai Pei beef and broccoli $1.90
El Monterey burritos $1.02 - $1 = $.02 each!
8 Yocrunch $.62 - $1.25 catalina = $.46 each
2 Oral B rechargeable 3D White toothbrushes $15.29 - $10 Target coupon - $3 man. coupon = $2.29 each!
2 Poise 20 ct. wipes $2.99 - $3 = $.01 MM!
2 Tums Freshers 25 ct. $2.49 - $1.50/2 manufacturer's q - (2) $1 Target coupon = $.74 each
I spent $30.88 and saved $50.82! Good day.
To keep the coupon counting accurate, I used $.50 off Cuties at Sprouts last week and another $10 at Carter's.
Total saved this year with paper coupons: $717.92
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): $63.78
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Today's Walmart trip
Had to make an emergency trip to Walmart for dishwashing detergent bc we were out and I do not like dishes in my sink. :)
Here's what I got:
Outshine fruit bars 6 pk. $2.97 - $2 (NLA) = $.97, submitted to iBotta for $1 back = $.03 MM
Found some Gerber organic baby pouches on clearance for $1 - $.99/6 = $.84 each
Anytime these are under $1, I get them.
Star EVOO rollback $3.98 - $1 (smartsource.com) = $2.98
Got some other things, but I won't bore you with them as I didn't use coupons. :)
Total saved this year with paper coupons: $647.49
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): $63.78
Thursday, April 4, 2013
My CVS plan for tomorrow!!!
SO excited for tomorrow's trip! Will get $98.49 worth of product my family and I actually use and need for $3.72 after EB back! Here's the plan:
Buy 2 Oral-B Cross Action tb (the battery kind) $5.99 - $3 April P&G = $2.99 each, get $2 EB each
Rescue Sleep (see ad for details ) $8.99, get $8.99 back
2 Dawn Hand Renewal dish soap $.99 - $.50 coupons.com = $.49
Clear Hair scalp therapy $4.99 - $4.99 magic coupon machine coupon = FREE
Submit for $1.25 on the iBotta app, and viola! $1.25 Moneymaker!
4 Altoid tins BOGO $1.50 - (4) $.50 (coupons.com) = $.25 each! Anyone can do this deal!
2 Brookside pouches (chocolate covered dried fruit like pomegranate and goji berries) $3 - $2.50 (go to cvs.com. Search for "brookside." Watch the video that says save $1. At the end, you will have an option to share the coupon on Twitter that will bump up the coupon to $2.50! I have a Twitter account just for junk like this. ;) ) = $.50 each!!!
2 Nature Made Vitamin D BOGO $4.79 - (2) $2 coupons.com = $.79 for 2
CVS alcohol prep first aid pads 100 ct. FREE coupon for deal of the day on their website. You should check this every day! This deal is already gone, but they always have good deals popping out that all you have to do is claim and print!
2 Almay i-intense eye shadow $5.99 each - $5/2 coupons.com - $4/$12 beauty purchase from magic coupon machine (probably want to add something to make sure it's always $12. Wet n Wild nail polishes are only $.99) = pay $2.98 (not including nail polish), get $3 EB back!
Remember - this counts for Beauty Club!
2 Tampax Pearl Radiant $3.50 each - $2.50/2 April P&G = $4.50 for 2
2 Infinity Radiant pads $3.50 each - $2.50/2 April P&G = $4.50 for 2
1 Pampers baby dry $9.50 - $1.50 coupons.com = $8
Spend $20 before coupons of these select products and get $5 EB back!
Pay $17, get $5 back. Like getting each for $2.40!
1 Allegra $17.99 - $5 printed (there was a $6 coupon, but it was in the 3/17 SS that I do not have) = $12.99, get $5 EB back
Use $14 in EB from last week, plus $4.50 quarterly EB loaded to my card.
Total before card and coupons: $98.49
Total after card before coupons: $94.20
Total after coupons (OOP): $30.71
EB received: $26.99
It's like getting everything for $3.72 after EB! Keep in mind tax will be on the pre-coupon amount.
Apparently that $4/$12 beauty coupon is printing every day this week from the Magic Coupon Machine! Here's another great way to use it:
Buy 1 CoverGirl Brow & Eye Maker $4.79, regular price
Buy 3 CoverGirl Eye Enhancer Eye Shadow Singles $3.99, regular price
They are buy 1 get 1 50% off thru Sat.
Use two $3.00/2 Covergirl Products, excludes Accessories, Limit of 4 like coupons per household per day from PG 3/31 (exp 4/30)
Or $1.00/1 Covergirl Product, excludes Accessories, Limit of 4 like coupons per household per day from PG 3/31 (exp 4/30)
And use one $4.00/$12.00 Cosmetics Purchase, CVS Coupon Machine Week of 3/31
Final Price: $0.69 each, when you buy all 4Thank you KCL!
Monday, April 1, 2013
Recent Coupons
I'm trying to get caught up on the small trips I've done lately to keep an accurate running total..
Victoria's Secret sent me a coupon in the mail for a free panty! Reg. price $10.50.
Pull-up has a $1 coupon on their website for wipes. Walmart has the refills for $1.64. Got five.
Total coupons used: $15.64.
Bought 2 newspapers yesterday - $6.
Total saved this year with paper coupons: $643.50
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): $63.78
Victoria's Secret sent me a coupon in the mail for a free panty! Reg. price $10.50.
Pull-up has a $1 coupon on their website for wipes. Walmart has the refills for $1.64. Got five.
Total coupons used: $15.64.
Bought 2 newspapers yesterday - $6.
Total saved this year with paper coupons: $643.50
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): $63.78
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