CVS Trip - 9/27/11 - 36 Hershey bars and 4 bottles Excedrin FREE!

I don't normally coupon during the week but I made an exception for this! My coupons came in the mail so I ran out and scored all this FREE! And got some ECB in return. This was done on 2 CVS cards.

Total OOP = NOTHING!

Saved: $51.90

Savings: 100%

Transaction 1

2 Excedrin PM @ $.99 each

18 Hershey bars @ $1.19 each

Coupons/discounts used:

- $1.19 B2G1 Sale x 6

- $1.19 BOGO Hershey bar MQ x 9

- $5.79 ECB

Total = $0.00. Earned $3.00 ECB for Hershey and $1.98 ECB for Excedrin! Only "lost" $.79 in ECB for this transaction!

Transaction 2

2 Excedrin PM @ $.99 each

18 Hershey bars @ $1.19 each

Suave Dry Shampoo @ $3.49

2 Snapples @ $.79 each

Coupons/discounts used:

- $4/20 purchase CVS store coupon

- $1.19 B2G1 sale x 6

- $1.19 BOGO Hershey MQ x 9

- $3.00 Suave MQ (free product Q)

- $4.00 ECB

Total = $0.00. Earned $3.00 ECB for Hershey and $1.98 ECB for Excedrin. "Made" $.98 off this transaction.

So it all ended up being free! Wasn't planning on picking up the Suave Dry Shampoo but they finally had it back in stock so I went ahead and used my free coupon!

Not too bad for 36 Hershey bars and 4 bottles of Excedrin!

Axe Hair Gel and $1.00 coupon hanging from my door!

Nice, random surprise hanging from my door when I got home! 2 samples of Axe hairgel and a $1.00 off coupon! The bag said Redplum, and Redplum is delivered by the USPS on Tuesday, so I guess the mailman put it there? If he did that at all the houses I bet he had a very long day...

(Sorry the picture is sideways!)

CVS Trip - 9/24/11 - $1.45 for Dr. Pepper, Thermacare, Softsoap & Schick

Not a big week at CVS.

Spent $1.45. Saved $53.95.

Transaction 1

Schick Quattro razor @ $8.99

2 Softsoap hand soap @ $3.00 each

2 Thermacare heat patches @ $3.79 each

Coupons used:

- $4/20 purchase CVS coupon

- $5.00 Schick Quattro MQ

- $.70 Softsoap MQ

- $4/2 Thermacare MQ

- $9.00 ECB

Total = $0.00. Earned $4.00 ECB for Schick, $4.00 ECB for Softsoap and $3.79 for Thermacare.

Transaction 2

Dr. Pepper 12pk @ $3.67

Reinventing Beauty Magazine @ $.99

Coupons used:

- $.99 Reinventing Beauty CRT

- $3.00 ECB

Total = $.67, earned $3.00 ECB for Dr. Pepper (finishing out a previous deal from last weekend)

Transaction 3

2 Thermacare heat pataches @ $3.79 each

Coupons used:

- $4/2 Thermacare MQ

- $3.00 ECB

Total = $.58, earned $3.79 ECB for Thermacare

Transaction 4

Schick Quattro razor @ $8.99

Coupons used:

- $5.00 Schick Quattro MQ

- $3.79 ECB

Ttotal = $.20, earned $4.00 in ECB for Schick.

Food Town - 16 Toilet Paper Rolls for $2.20!

I love Food Town. I view their ad online and price match their great sales prices at Walmart. This week they had Marcal small steps toilet paper 4 packs for only $.55. This is a great price at only $.14/roll! It's also made of 100% recycled paper.

I normally stock up at $3.50 for a 12 pack so getting 16 rolls for only $2.20 is a great price!

(Walmart doesn't carry Marcal so my friend Margaret was nice enough to pick up this from Food Town since there is one by her house!)

Walmart Trip - 9/18/11 - Saved $121.36 or 46% on regular grocery bill!

Every 2 weeks I do my regular grocery shopping at Walmart. I don't share those trips because I buy so many items and breaking down the cost, price matches, coupons and taking pictures of it all would just take too much time. People only see the CVS & Walgreens trips and think that I'm not actually saving money on everyday grocery shopping when in fact I am!

This trip I purchased 125 items.
Retail cost of items at Walmart: $264.29
Cost of items after price matching: $217.83
Total after coupons = $142.93
Savings of 46%. On a regular grocery bill this is GREAT!

Since I purchased 125 items I can't list everything. I snapped a couple of photos while putting everything away.

Maybe as I become more organized I can share Walmart trips. For now they are just too large to breakdown!

Rare Kroger Trip - Gerber Graduates & Ozarka Water - $8.10

I don't like Kroger. But we use this Ozarka water to mix baby formula. And it's never too early to start stocking up on expensive baby foods. So there you have it - apparently these deals were good enough to get me in the door! Normally I would just price match at Walmart but I knew with this deal a $4.00 OYNO (on your next order) Catalina coupon would print at the register for purchasing the Gerber items. So in I went. And I may even go back.

Transaction 1
7 Gerber Graduates Lil'Entrees @ $1.98 each
3 Gerber Lil'Crunchies Snacks @ $1.78 each
Total = $19.20

Coupons/Discounts used:
- $5.00 Mega Event Savings
- $1.00 Gerber Lil'Entrees MQ x 7
- $1.00 Gerber Snacks MQ

Total = $6.10. Earned $4.00 OYNO Catalina.

Transaction 2
10 Ozarka 3 liter water @ $1.09 each
Total = $10.90

Coupons/Discounts used:
- $5.00 Mega Event Savings
- $4.00 OYNO Catalina (T1)

Total = $1.90

Paid $8.10 for $30.10 worth of items. 73% savings. Not the best but I'm so happy with the Gerber purchases! Considering the $4 OYNO coupon they come out to around $.21 each!

CVS Trips - 9/17 & 9/18 - Similac, Playtex, Johnson & Johnson, Dr Pepper & Pepsi for $2.16

Not as exciting as last week but it'll do!

Total OOP Cost: $2.16
Sales Price: $49.20
Retail Price: $68.91
Savings (off sale price): 95.6%

Transaction 1
2 Similac Isomil Ready to Feed formula @ $5.00 each
Johnson & Johnson Vanilla Oatmeal Lotion @ $3.00
Playtex Sippy cup 2 pack @ $7.99
Playtex Sippy cup 2 pack @ $3.99 (BOGO 50%)

Coupons used:
$4/20 Purchase CVS Coupon
$3.00 Playtex MQ x 2
$2.00 Similac MQ x 2
$1.50 Johnson & Johnson MQ
$8.00 ECB from last week

Total = $1.66. Earned $10.00 ECB for baby purchases.

Transaction 2
2 Dr Pepper 12 packs @ $3.67 each
Big Red 12 pack @ $3.67
Pepsi 12 pack @ $4.00
Wild Cherry Pepsi 12 pack @ $4.00
Gold Emblem Candy Corn @ $.99

Coupons used:
$4/20 CVS Purchase coupon
$1.00/2 Dr Pepper MQ
$4.00 Pepsi MQ (free product)
$.55 Big Red MQ
$10.00 ECB from Transaction 1

Total = $.49, earned $3.00 ECB for Dr Pepper and $.99 ECB for GE Candy Corn.

Transaction 3
Mt Dew 12 pack @ $4.00

Coupons used:
$3.00 ECB from Transaction 2
$.99 ECB from Transaction 2

Total = $.01, earned $2.00 ECB for Pepsi.

I also bought the Similac SimplePac for $4.63 after coupons (retail $26.99). It was just a separate purchase and didn't involve rolling ECB so I didn't include it!

Walgreens Trip - 09/17/2011 - Revlon and Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream

Had an interesting Walgreens trip last night. I've been shying away from their Register Rewards program since I can't shop Sunday mornings and have been taking advantage of their sales Saturday nights when they active sales for the next week.

This would explain how I end up with 11 Revlon Top Speed nail polishes. Sometimes when they activate sales for the next week and an item is already on sale the current week the 2 sales overlap and you can "double dip" into both sales. The week of 9/11-9/17 Revlon Top Speed nail polish was 40%. The week of 9/18-9/24 it is on sale BOGO 50%. Combine both and you get 40% off AND BOGO 50%!

Bought 11 Revlon Top Speed nail polish @ $3.59 each (40% off) = $39.49

Used $2/1 Walgreens Revlon coupon - $22.00 (takes $2 off each you buy) = $17.49

BOGO 50% takes $.80 off of 5 polishes - $4.00 = $13.49

Used $1/1 Revlon Cosmetic MQ - $11.00 = $2.49 for 11 Revlon nail polish! That comes to around $.23 each!

Shelby was particularly happy with this haul! The Beauty Advisor at Walgreens that checked me out also gave me a free gift for purchasing Revlon! It must have been one of their SaturDate promotions. So I got a FREE John Frieda Full Repair. WHOO HOO!

The Ben & Jerry's was a great deal as well. The pints are on sale for $2.99 this week (9/18-9/24). There is a Walgreens coupon that came in the paper for $2/2 and I traded for MQ for $1/1.

Bought 14 B&J pints @ $2.99 each = $41.86

Used $2/2 Walgreens coupon (takes $2 off every 2 you buy) - $14.00 = $27.86

Used $1/1 B&J MQ - $14.00 = $13.86 for 14 pints of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream! Makes each pint only $.99.

The entire family was happy with this haul!

Spent a bit more than usual but for the B&J it was definitely worth it!

Huge CVS haul! Paid $4.22 for items retailing $373.27!

4 stores. 17 transactions.

Out of Pocket cost: $4.22

Sale price of all items: $214.60

Retail price of all items: $373.27

Total savings is 98%! (off sale price)

Started with only $5.99 in ECB. Ended with $14 in ECB. The 4 boxes of Cocoa Krispies also have Cars 2 codes on them. You can submit 4 codes online and Kellogg's will mail you a $5.00 gas card! So although I spent $4.22 I'll earn $5.00 back in a gas card.

I'm posting the trip break down by each CVS card. It would just be too confusing to post the actual transactions in the order they were completed since it was kind of all over the place.

Everything is currently on sale this week (9/11-9/17) except for the Kellogg's cereal and Purex. The sale on those ended 9/10. But you could easily substitute other items for these since they didn't produce any ECB.

Card One - Started with $5.99 ECB

Transaction 1

Rephresh Tampons 18 ct - 6.79

Chewy Sweet Tarts - .50

- 1.00 Rephresh MQ

- 5.99 ECB

Total = .32. Earned $6.79 in ECB.

Transaction 2

Purex Laundry Detergent - 1.99

2 Dawn Hand Renewal Dish Soap - .99 each

Softsoap Bodywash - 2.99

4 Air Wick Compact Fresheners - 4.99 each

2 Dove Dark Chocolate (BOGO) - 1.19 each

CVS Allergy Medicine - 3.69

- 5/20 Purchase CVS Q

- .79 Dove CVS Q

- 6.79 ECB (from Transaction 1)

- 4.00 Airwick Compact Air Fresheners MQ x 4

- .75 Softsoap MQ

- .75 Dawn Dish Soap MQ x 2

Total = 1.03. Earned 10.00 ECB for Air Wick, 4.00 ECB for CVS Allergy, 2.00 ECB for Softsoap (16.00 total)

Transaction 3

4 Cocoa Krispie - 2.00 each

Purex Laundry Detergent - 1.99

2 Hershey Air Delight - .99 each

Aussie Gel - 2.99

Playtex Tampons 36 ct - 7.99

- 4/20 Purchase CVS Q

- .99 Hersheys MQ BOGO

- 1.00/2 Kellogg's Cereals MQ x 2

- 1.00 Playtex CVS Q

- 2.00 Playtex MQ

- 1.00 Aussie MQ

- 10.00 ECB (Air Wick, T2)

- 2.00 ECB (Softsoap, T2)

Total = .10. Earned 1.00 ECB for Aussie and 3.00 ECB for Playtex

Transaction 4

Ritz Crackerfuls - 2.50

- 2.50 Free Crackerfuls CVS Q

Total = 0.00.

Ended night with 8.00 ECB from Card 1.

Card Two - Started with no ECB

Transaction 1

4 Air Wick Compact Air Fresheners - 4.99 each

Dove Candy - 1.19

- 4.00 Air Wick MQ x 4

- .79 Dove CVS Q

- 4/20 Purchase CVS Q

Total = .38. Earned 10.00 ECB for Air Wick

Transaction 2

Chewy Sweet Tarts - .50

Rephresh Tampons 18 ct - 6.79

CVS Allergy Medicine - 3.69

- 1.00 Rephresh MQ

- 10.00 ECB (Air Wick, T1)

Total = 0.00. Earned 6.79 ECB for Rephresh and 4.00 ECB for CVS Allergy

Transaction 3

Skippy Peanut Butter - 1.67

Softsoap Bodywash - 2.99

Aussie Hairspray - 2.99

Playtex Tampons 36 ct - 7.99

- 6.79 ECB (Rephresh, T2)

- 4.00 ECB (CVS Allergy, T2)

- 1.00 Playtex CVS Q

- 2.00 Playtex MQ

- .75 Softsoap MQ

- 1.00 Aussie MQ

Total = .11. Earned 1.00 ECB from Aussie, 2.00 ECB from Softsoap and 3.00 ECB for Playtex.

Transaction 4

Ritz Crackerfuls - 2.50

- 2.50 Free Crackerfuls CVS Q

Total = 0.00.

Ended night with 6.00 ECB for Card 2.

Card Three - Started with no ECB

Transaction 1

4 Air Wick Compact Air Fresheners - 4.99 each

- 4.00 Air Wick MQ x 4

- 4/20 Purchase CVS Q

Total = 0.00. Earned 10.00 ECB for Air Wick

Transaction 2

Rephresh Tampons 18 ct - 6.79

CVS Allergy Medicine - 3.69

- 1.00 Rephresh MQ

- 10.00 ECB (Air Wick, T1)

Total = 0.00. Earned 6.79 ECB for Rephresh and 4.00 ECB for CVS Allergy.

Transaction 3

4 Sprite 12 pk - 3.25 each

Lucky Charms - 2.00

- 6.79 ECB (Rephresh, T2)

- 4.00 ECB (CVS Allergy, T2)

- 3/15 Purchase CVS Q

Total = 1.28. Earned 3.00 ECB for Sprite.

Transaction 4

2 Skippy Peanut Butter - 1.67 each

- 3.00 ECB (Coke, T3)

Total = .34

Card Four

Transaction 1

4 Air Wick Compact Air Fresheners - 4.99 each

Kraft Mac & Cheese - 1.37

- 1.30 Kraft MQ

- 4.00 Air Wick MQ x 4

- 4/20 Purchase CVS Q

Total = .09. Earned 10.00 ECB for Air Wick

Transaction 2

Rephresh Tampons 18 ct - 6.79

CVS Allergy Medicine - 3.69

- 1.00 Rephresh MQ

- 10.00 ECB (Air Wick, T1)

Total = 0.00. Earned 6.79 ECB for Rephresh and 4.00 ECB for CVS Allergy.

Transaction 3

4 Coke 12 pk - 3.25 each

- 6.79 ECB (Rephresh, T2)

- 4.00 ECB (CVS Allergy, T2)

- 2.00/4 Coke MQ

Total = .23. Earned 3.00 ECB for Sprite.

Transaction 4

2 Skippy Peanut Butter - 1.67 each

- 3.00 ECB (Coke, T3)

Total = .34

Transaction 5

Ritz Crackerfuls - 2.50

- 2.50 Free Crackerfuls CVS Q

Total = 0.00.

Walgreens Trip - 9/5/11 - Medicine, Batteries & Cookies for .22

Quick Walgreens trip! They have a great deal on Energizer batteries this week.

2 Osteo Bi-Flex @ 19.99 each
Energizer Lithium Batteries @ 9.99
2 Chips Ahoy @ 1.99 each
Total = $53.95

Coupons/Discounts Applied
- 19.99 Osteo Bi-Flex BOGO
- 1.99 Chips Ahoy BOGO
- 7.00 Osteo Bi-Flex MQ x 2
- 5.00 Osteo Bi-Flex Walgreens Q x 2
- 2.00 Energizer MQ
- 5.00 Energizer Walgreens Q
- .75/2 Nabisco MQ

Final cost = .22 + tax!

Stockpile pictures! Updated as of 9/4/11

This morning I snapped some shots of my stockpile!

Images can be viewed here.

CVS Trip - 09/03/2011 - $57.97 in items for only $2.84

Transaction 1

2 Nabisco Oreos @ .99 each = 1.98

2 Keebler Granola bars @ 2.50 each = 5.00

Carefree liners = 1.00

2 Oak Farm gallon milk @ 2.99 each = 5.98

2 Skintimate CreamShave @ 1.99 each = 3.98

2 Hershey Air Delight @ .99 each = 1.98

6 Orbitz Gum @ 1.37 each = 8.22

Cascade Dishwasher detergent = 6.66

Coupons used:

- 5/30 purchase CVS coupon

- 6.66 Cascade MQ (for a free item)

- 1.00/1 Nabisco cookies WYB milk x 2

- 1.00/1 Milk wyb 2 Keebler cookies

- .75/1 Keebler MQ x 2

- 1.00/1 Skintimate MQ x 2

- 1.00/1 Skintimate CVS Coupon x 2

- 4.11 Orbitz BOGO sale

- 1.37 Orbit BOGO MQ

- 1.00/1 Orbitz MQ x 2

- .50/1 Carefree MQ

- 1.19 Hershey bar BOGO MQ

- 5.00 ECB

Final cost = .62, tax included. Earned 1.00 ECB for Carefree, .99 ECB for Hershey, 2.00 ECB for Milk and 2.00 ECB for Keebler (5.99 total)

Transaction 2

Carefree liners = 1.00

Coupons used

.50/1 Carefree MQ

Final cost = .54, tax included, earned 1.00 ECB.

Transaction 3

2 Hershey Air Delight @ .99 each = 1.98

Sour Gummy Worms = .99 (Shelby asked for them - she was being so good I couldn't say no!)

Coupons used:

- 1.00 ECB from Carefree

- 1.19 Hershey BOGO MQ

Final cost = .84, tax included, earned .99 ECB from Hershey.

Transaction 4

Coke 20 oz = 1.59

6 Frito Lay chips @ .33 each = 1.98

Coupons used:

- 1.79 free Coke CVS coupon

- .99 ECB

Final cost = .84, tax included.

Walgreens Trip - 09/03/2011 - More Medicine!

The Osteo Bi-Flex produces $2 in overage for every bottle you buy and I had a $4 Register Reward expiring yesterday that I needed to use!

Osteo Bi-Flex 2 @ 19.99 each = 39.98

Lil Tummies drops = 6.99

Prunes = 1.29

Wrigley Gum = .99

Total = $49.25

Coupons/Discounts:

- 19.99 BOGO sale on Osteo Bi-Flex

- 7.00 MQ Osteo Bi-Flex (8/7 RP) x 2

- 5.00 Walgreens Instant Value Coupon for Osteo Bi-Flex x 2

- 4.00 Register Reward

Final cost = 1.26, tax included. Not bad for almost 50.00 worth of medicine!

I will be going back during the week to pick up some more items from Walgreens.

Target Trip - 09/03/2011 - Pop Tarts, Keebler & Kraft

Miss me?

I didn't forget about posting my trips, it's just that... there hasn't been any trips! The last two weeks have been pretty boring so no big trips. This week came back with a bang though and the next few weeks are looking great too!

I don't normally shop at Target but had both MQ and Target coupons (TQ) that I thought could score me some good deals...and I was right! Unfortunately these sales ended yesterday but the coupons are still valid!

4 Poptarts 12 pack @ 2.50 each = 10.00
- 2.50 B3G1 sale
- 1.00/2 TQ x 2
- 1.00/3 MQ
Final cost = 4.50 or 1.13/box

3 Kraft Italian dressing @ 1.97 each = 5.91
- 1.97 for B2G1 TQ
- 1.00/2 MQ
Final cost = 2.94 or 98c each

2 Keebler cookies @ 2.25 each = 4.50
- 1.00/2 TQ
- 1.00/2 MQ
Final cost = 2.50 or 1.25 each

Total for everything was 9.94!