I wanted to post this immediately but had some car trouble on the way home which has caused a bit of distraction around here. I veered from the intial shopping plan a bit when I saw they had Easter candy 90% off (woohoo!).
Purchases:
Peeps (3)
Chocolate Bunny (3)
Batteries - Various Sizes (6)
Ziploc Freezer Bags (2)
M&M's 12.6oz (2)
Rite Aid Sale Savings - $36.04
Coupon Savings - $5
Total Out of Pocket Cost - $26.92
Also I received $1 +UP reward for next time.
I got the Peeps for $0.60 total and the bunnies for $0.30 total thanks to the Easter candy sale. The Ziploc bags are $3.99 but on sale buy one get one free and I had a $1 off coupon (only one coupon this time unfortunately). The M&M's are $3.99 and also buy one get one free. I didn't have any coupons available but they should be eligible for a $1 single check rebate. The batteries were all Rite aid brand so no coupons, but I got 10% off using my store card. they all retail for $6.99 and were on sale buy one get one free as well. We go through batteries like it's going out of style so I jumped at the chance to stock up. All in all I'd say a successful trip :)
Friday, May 20, 2011
My Trip to Walgreens - 5/18/2011
This trip was small and had a small price tag.
Purchases:
All laundry detergent (2)
Kleenex 200ct (2)
Walgreens Sale Savings - $9.68
Coupon Savings - $5
Total Out of Pocket Cost - $4.93
Personally I always feel a huge sense of satisfaction when my savings are more than my total. My savings are nothing compared the those people on Extreme Couponing, but at I love knowing I'm getting the necessities for my family and saving much needed money in the process. And I think I'm doing alright for a beginner.
Today's trip was easy because both items were part of a buy one get one free sale (love those!). All is regularly $6.99 and the Kleenex is $2.29. I used two $1 off coupons on the All making the price just $4.99 for 2 bottles! I had no coupons for the Kleenex but when I see it at BOGO I try to pick up at least two boxes because my family can really go through those. I also used $3 in Register Rewards I had received during my last trip.
Purchases:
All laundry detergent (2)
Kleenex 200ct (2)
Walgreens Sale Savings - $9.68
Coupon Savings - $5
Total Out of Pocket Cost - $4.93
Personally I always feel a huge sense of satisfaction when my savings are more than my total. My savings are nothing compared the those people on Extreme Couponing, but at I love knowing I'm getting the necessities for my family and saving much needed money in the process. And I think I'm doing alright for a beginner.
Today's trip was easy because both items were part of a buy one get one free sale (love those!). All is regularly $6.99 and the Kleenex is $2.29. I used two $1 off coupons on the All making the price just $4.99 for 2 bottles! I had no coupons for the Kleenex but when I see it at BOGO I try to pick up at least two boxes because my family can really go through those. I also used $3 in Register Rewards I had received during my last trip.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Trip to Walgreens - 5/9/11
Well I did manage to make it out to Walgreen's today and I was quite pleased with the outcome. Here's the details.
Purchases:
Pampers Swaddlers Diapers Size 2 (36 count) (2)
One A Day Prenatal Vitamins (30+30 size) (2)
Clean & Clear Body Wash (2)
Clean & Clear Foaming Cleanser (2)
L'Oreal Go 360 Cleanser (1)
Walgreen's sale savings - $25.87
Coupon savings - $15.04
Total Out of Pocket Cost - $60.87
Also, upon checkout I received $3 in Register Rewards for next time, a $2 Pampers coupon, and a new 10 point code for the Pampers Gifts to Grow program.
Now, while this certainly isn't the best I've ever done I am still quite pleased at the total. There were a few things in there I really had to pick up so I was glad to find a sale at all. Here's how it breaks down. the diapers are regularly $10.99/each, but on sale for $9 plus $3 in Register Rewards when you buy two. I also had 2 Pampers coupons available for $1.50 and $1.75 off. So now $22 of diapers became $14.75 plus $3 for later use.
Next the Prenatal Vitamins. These things are ridiculously expensive in my opinion and I would have preferred to wait on a better sale but I'm on my last bottle so I'll take what I can get. they are regularly $22 but on sale buy one get one half off. I also had two One A Day vitamin coupons for $1 each. Now $44 of vitamins became $31. I've actually had a slightly hard time finding these vitamins on sale. The regular One A Days go on sale frequently, but not the prenatals.
Clean & Clear body wash is $5.99/each and on sale buy one get one free. One of the coupon/shopping blogs I follow matched this sale up with a C&C buy one get one free coupon from the paper a couple of weeks ago. $12 of body wash is now free!
Clean & Clear foaming cleanser is $5.79/each and on sale buy one get one half off. I printed two $2 off one C&C product before I left and $11.50 in face wash became less than $4.75
Lastly is the L'Oreal Go 360 Cleanser. Although I tried i could not find a coupon for this item and it's one of those things I should have stocked up on with previous coupons, but didn't, so I had to buy one because I'm out. It was on sale from $7.29 to $5.29, at least I didn't get stuck with full price.
All in all I feel it was a successful trip considering the things I needed to pick up and their original costs. I was running out of some expensive stuff! About 40% off original prices sounds good to me!
Purchases:
Pampers Swaddlers Diapers Size 2 (36 count) (2)
One A Day Prenatal Vitamins (30+30 size) (2)
Clean & Clear Body Wash (2)
Clean & Clear Foaming Cleanser (2)
L'Oreal Go 360 Cleanser (1)
Walgreen's sale savings - $25.87
Coupon savings - $15.04
Total Out of Pocket Cost - $60.87
Also, upon checkout I received $3 in Register Rewards for next time, a $2 Pampers coupon, and a new 10 point code for the Pampers Gifts to Grow program.
Now, while this certainly isn't the best I've ever done I am still quite pleased at the total. There were a few things in there I really had to pick up so I was glad to find a sale at all. Here's how it breaks down. the diapers are regularly $10.99/each, but on sale for $9 plus $3 in Register Rewards when you buy two. I also had 2 Pampers coupons available for $1.50 and $1.75 off. So now $22 of diapers became $14.75 plus $3 for later use.
Next the Prenatal Vitamins. These things are ridiculously expensive in my opinion and I would have preferred to wait on a better sale but I'm on my last bottle so I'll take what I can get. they are regularly $22 but on sale buy one get one half off. I also had two One A Day vitamin coupons for $1 each. Now $44 of vitamins became $31. I've actually had a slightly hard time finding these vitamins on sale. The regular One A Days go on sale frequently, but not the prenatals.
Clean & Clear body wash is $5.99/each and on sale buy one get one free. One of the coupon/shopping blogs I follow matched this sale up with a C&C buy one get one free coupon from the paper a couple of weeks ago. $12 of body wash is now free!
Clean & Clear foaming cleanser is $5.79/each and on sale buy one get one half off. I printed two $2 off one C&C product before I left and $11.50 in face wash became less than $4.75
Lastly is the L'Oreal Go 360 Cleanser. Although I tried i could not find a coupon for this item and it's one of those things I should have stocked up on with previous coupons, but didn't, so I had to buy one because I'm out. It was on sale from $7.29 to $5.29, at least I didn't get stuck with full price.
All in all I feel it was a successful trip considering the things I needed to pick up and their original costs. I was running out of some expensive stuff! About 40% off original prices sounds good to me!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Mother's Day
I decided to take it easy today since my husband gave me the day off. I did however manage to go through the weekly ads and get my coupons clipped. I know a lot of people keep their inserts intact but I've found the easiest way for me is clipping the whole insert and labeling the bunch. This way when I make my lists for shopping I can go to a coupon database, look up what's available, and grab them out of my bunches. I'm hoping to get a binder organization system going soon, but for now this will have to do. Although I haven't made my lists yet at first glance it looks like I'll be trying to grab a bunch of stuff at Walgreen's this week. It also looks like there are some really good deals at Rite Aid this week, but not on anything I really need to stock up on at the moment. I do however have $4+UP that will expire on Saturday if I don't use them so I will be running in at some point this week.
I also received some great coupons in the mail yesterday from Kroger (including 4 free items!) and I'm really looking forward to making the most of those in the upcoming weeks. I hope everyone out there is having a Happy Mother's Day!
I also received some great coupons in the mail yesterday from Kroger (including 4 free items!) and I'm really looking forward to making the most of those in the upcoming weeks. I hope everyone out there is having a Happy Mother's Day!
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Well THAT was a long break...
Ok, so I haven't been doing so well keeping up with writing posts. We had a family vacation and some other family matters to attend to that kept me pretty busy over the last couple months. Things are still a little busy but I'm going to try to start posting again. I've been learning about couponing and saving during this down time so I have LOTS to share. Tomorrow is not only Mother's Day, but also the day I get my new coupons and ads in the paper. I'll be trying to plan my weekly trips to the store tomorrow as well if I can find the time. I know a lot of people do this ahead of time by looking up the future ads for the stores they shop in, but thus far I haven't been able to keep things straight if I look more than a week in advance (and I can rarely find the time for even that).
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Ebates
I discovered Ebates just before Christmas last year and I'm so glad I did! It turns out most of the online stores I was shopping through participate in Ebates and I got a nice little check to deposit back in savings. Let me explain. Ebates is a website that offers you cash back on your online purchases. There is no catch. All you do is sign up on their website, membership is free, and start your online shopping trips through their site. They also have a list of coupon codes and current deals for each retailer. They have an amazing selection of participating sites, nearly every website I've shopped on is in there, except for Amazon. Each site offers a different percentage back on your purchases, and some are quite high. For instance HP offers 20% back on ink purchases. (I recently coupled that with a coupon code listed on Ebates for 40% off ink to get quite a deal. Great for all the coupons I've been printing.)
Ebates will keep track of your cash back earnings and send out a check at the end of any quarter that your balance of earned rebates is over $5. (If your acct has less the balance just rolls over to the next quarter.) They also give you a $5 bonus just for signing up. I've currently earned just under $40 to date. It's so exciting to get those checks in the mail! Free money back on shopping I'm already doing is alright by me any day! If you do ANY shopping online this is worth checking out in my opinion.
Ebates will keep track of your cash back earnings and send out a check at the end of any quarter that your balance of earned rebates is over $5. (If your acct has less the balance just rolls over to the next quarter.) They also give you a $5 bonus just for signing up. I've currently earned just under $40 to date. It's so exciting to get those checks in the mail! Free money back on shopping I'm already doing is alright by me any day! If you do ANY shopping online this is worth checking out in my opinion.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Amazon
So I'm sure you're all very familiar with Amazon but are you aware of all the money saving options they offer? Here are a few of the options I use frequently.
Subscribe and Save - If this is an option on a product you want, don't be afraid to go for it. You get an instant 15% savings on the item and FREE shipping. You can cancel the subscription at any time without penalties (even the day your first shipment arrives).
Amazon Mom - This is a free program that gives you FREE 2 day shipping for 2 months (no need to cancel a service at that time) and a 15% discount on certain kid/baby items. (this discount can be combined with the Subscribe and Save discount.) And for every $25 you spend in their baby store you get another month of free shipping (up to one year). I've almost earned that year already! Here's an example of how this works for me:
I bought Pampers Swaddlers Sensitive Diapers 152 ct - Amazon price $39.54 (this is similar to the store price I had paid previously)
I had a 20% off Amazon Diapers coupon from American Baby Magazine - <$7.91>
and my Amazon mom and Subscribe and Save discounts <$11.86>
New price - $19.77
Plus, the free 2 day shipping is for any Amazon item! No more only buying if you can get to that magic $25 for free shipping AND it's on your doorstep a couple of days later! It can take me 2 days just to find the time to run to the store :)
Amazon also has daily deals and markdowns. You can sign up on their site to be notified of these by email.
Did you know Amazon sells food?? I didn't until a few weeks ago. Even health food!! I can find most of my family's favorites far below the cost at Whole Foods or other such retailers when I use the 2 programs described above. In case you can't tell yet, I REALLY love Amazon for saving money!
Subscribe and Save - If this is an option on a product you want, don't be afraid to go for it. You get an instant 15% savings on the item and FREE shipping. You can cancel the subscription at any time without penalties (even the day your first shipment arrives).
Amazon Mom - This is a free program that gives you FREE 2 day shipping for 2 months (no need to cancel a service at that time) and a 15% discount on certain kid/baby items. (this discount can be combined with the Subscribe and Save discount.) And for every $25 you spend in their baby store you get another month of free shipping (up to one year). I've almost earned that year already! Here's an example of how this works for me:
I bought Pampers Swaddlers Sensitive Diapers 152 ct - Amazon price $39.54 (this is similar to the store price I had paid previously)
I had a 20% off Amazon Diapers coupon from American Baby Magazine - <$7.91>
and my Amazon mom and Subscribe and Save discounts <$11.86>
New price - $19.77
Plus, the free 2 day shipping is for any Amazon item! No more only buying if you can get to that magic $25 for free shipping AND it's on your doorstep a couple of days later! It can take me 2 days just to find the time to run to the store :)
Amazon also has daily deals and markdowns. You can sign up on their site to be notified of these by email.
Did you know Amazon sells food?? I didn't until a few weeks ago. Even health food!! I can find most of my family's favorites far below the cost at Whole Foods or other such retailers when I use the 2 programs described above. In case you can't tell yet, I REALLY love Amazon for saving money!
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