Cash Wise

I'm wondering if any of my readers live near Cash Wise grocery store? They are having some great sales this week and I was thinking of posting them but I just want to make sure it's worth my time.

Please comment if it would help you out!

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Walmart 8/26

This morning I made a quick run to Walmart with the boys. I wanted to get two items - Air Wick i-motion products and the free soy Glade candle. I was able to get both!!

4 Air Wick i-motion products $5.99 each

1 Air Wick i-motion product $4.50

1 Glade soy candle $2.97

used (5) $6 Air wick coupons

used one get me free Glade coupon

=35 cents OOP!!

I could not believe the great deal I got! These will make great additions to my upcoming garage sale :) I have no idea why one of the Air Wicks was only $4.50 - I bought three of one scent and two of another scent.

I had a really friendly cashier this morning which sometimes is rare at Walmart. She asked me where I found the Glade candle - she's been searching for them since the free coupon was in the paper. I let her know and I also gave her one of my business cards. I'm going to try to be more diligent about handing them out to people who are truly interesting in saving money. And hopefully some of them will sign up for my upcoming class!

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CVS Deals

There are some great deals at CVS this week! This is the best ad I've seen of theirs in quite awhile - they have multiple money makers.

Poise pads 2/$4, get $1
use $2 coupon OR
use $1.50 coupon

Carefree pantiliners $3.79, get $3.79
use $1 coupon

Select Glade products get $3 wyb $10
use select coupons from recent inserts

This is a great week to build up your extra bucks. And don't forget - if your CVS is out of an item get a raincheck!! They do not expire and you'll still get the great price and ECBs!!

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Final Trips to Kmart and CVS *UPDATE*

I'm DONE! DONE, DONE and DONE!! Shopping that is - for the week ;) I made my final two trips today. I didn't take a picture of my last Kmart trip. I got more of the same stuff. Instead I decided I would break down the numbers for all the trips:



Merchandise Total (before coupons): $341.78 + tax
Merchandise Total (after coupons): $88.22 (tax included)
Also received 7 vouchers (retail value of up to $12 each) for free movie tickets!


The movie vouchers alone are worth $84!! Granted, a movie here costs $8.50 but that is still almost $60 of savings there. Plus, I have some great products that I will be able to sell at my upcoming garage sale and use! Have I mentioned how much I love the Double Coupon Days at Kmart??

*Update: found another movie voucher in one of the bags!! Which means I saved even more. Mike & I will be able to go to FOUR movies for FREE!


Ok, onto CVS. I went back to finish out the SoBe deal, get some more L'Oreal and find the Free after ECBs tampons. I succeeded on all of them! Here is what I got:


My Card:
L'Oreal Revitalift $14.99
used $5 L'Oreal coupon
L'Oreal cleanser gel $5.99, get $10 wyb 2 L'Oreal products
used $1 L'Oreal coupon
CVS brand tampons $1.89, get $1.89
used $4/$20 facial products coupon
used $10 ECBs
=$4 OOP, received $11.89 ECBs

Mike's Card:
L'Oreal Revitalift $14.99
used $5 L'Oreal coupon
L'Oreal cleanser gel $5.99, get $10 wyb 2 L'Oreal products
used $1 L'Oreal coupon
CVS brand tampons $1.89, get $1.89
6 bottles SoBe $1.79 each, BOGO free
used (3) SoBe BOGO free coupons
4 bottles Vitamin water 4/$5, get $1
used (4) $.50 Vitamin coupons
used $4/$20 CVS coupon
used $14.92 ECBs
=$3.24 OOP, received $12.89 ECBs

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Kmart is Wearing Me Out!!

This morning Logan went to daycare so Noah and I hit Kmart yet again this week. I am getting worn out by all these great deals!! I cannot pass up the Axe promotion that is currently going on though! I rolled that deal FOUR times today! Which means I now have FIVE free movie tickets!! I got some more catalina coupons from today's purchases so I plan to go back again on Thursday. Hopefully, the movie theater that takes those coupons will be showing some good movies from now until November 30th :) Here are my purchases from today. I did a total of six transactions:#1:

2 pkgs. Kraft cheese $3.99 each

used (2) $1 Kraft coupons

used $3 Kmart coupon

=$.98 OOP

#2:

4 Transformer RPM vehicles $3.99 each (not pictured)

used (2) BOGO Free Transformer coupons

used $5 Kmart coupon

=$3.64 OOP

#3:

squirt gun $.74 (not pictured)

3 Axe shower gels $4.29 each

used $2/2 Axe coupon

used $1.50 Axe coupon

4 Vaseline lotions $3 each

used (4) $1.50 Vaseline coupons

Secret deodorant $3.99

used $2 Secret coupon (found in Kmart savings booklet)

4 Tag deodorants $3.50 each

used (4) $2 Tag coupons

4 Pert Plus for Men shampoos $2.50 each

used (4) $1.50 Pert Plus coupons

Ajax dish soap $1.99

used $1 Ajax coupon

Pampers wipes $2.99

used $1.50 Pampers wipes coupon

2 Chef Boyardee products $1.25 each

used (2) $1 Chef Boyardee coupons

used $5 Kmart coupon

=$5.96 OOP, received free movie ticket catalina

After that transaction I went out to the truck. Once out there I looked at my receipts and saw that I got more coupons! I received two more $5 Kmart coupons along with more Axe coupons. I unloaded the bags into the truck and since Noah was still in a good mood I decided to go back for more:

#4:

4 Axe products $4.29 each

used (2) $2/2 Axe coupons

4 Vaseline lotions $3 each

used (4) $1.50 Vaseline coupons

3 Tag deodorants $3.50 each

used (3) $2 Tag coupons

4 Pert Plus products $2.50 each

used (4) $1.50 Pert Plus coupons

1 pkg. headbands $4.29

used $5 Kmart coupon

=$10.28 OOP, received (2) $2/2 Axe coupons and free movie ticket catalina

#5:

4 Axe shower gels $4.29 each

used (2) $2/2 Axe coupons

=$9.95 OOP, received $2 Axe coupon and free movie ticket catalina

(I messed up on this transaction and forgot to use my other $5 Kmart coupon. I used it the next transaction.)

#6:

3 Axe shower gels $4.29 each

used $2 Axe coupon

used $5 Kmart coupon

=$4.22 OOP, received (2) $2/2 Axe coupons, $3 Kmart coupon, $5 Kmart coupon and free movie ticket catalina

Needless to say, I will be going back up to Kmart to roll the Axe deal. I mean, think about it, I'm getting 3 bottles of shower gel + a free movie ticket (up to $12 value) + more Axe coupons to roll for only $4.22 OOP!! My hubby will be smelling wonderful and I'll have a great stockpile for my upcoming garage sale :)

I almost forgot, all the Pert Plus shampoos had a try me free rebate on them so I'll be able to mail off for one of those which means I'll get $2.50 back for that.

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Second Kmart Trip!

I couldn't resist going back to Kmart. This time I remembered to print out my $5/$50 coupon! Here is what we got:squirt gun for Logan $.74 (not pictured)

3 Dry Idea deodorants $2 each

used (3) $2 Dry Idea coupons

3 Tag body products $3.50 each

used (3) $2 Tag coupons

3 Axe products $4.29 each, get free movie ticket wyb 3 Axe products

used $2 Axe coupon

4 Scrubbing Bubbles shower cleaner refills $4.29 each

used (2) BOGO Free coupons

used $2/2 Scrubbing Bubbles coupon

3 bottles A-1 sauce $4.49 each

used (3) $2 A-1 coupons

used $5/$50 Kmart coupon

=$16.05 OOP

Here are all the coupons I received:

-$5 off beauty, food or consumables $5 purchase

-$2/2 Axe products

-$1.50 Axe coupon

-Free movie ticket for buying 3 Axe products

-$5 off next purchase

-$3 off next consumables purchase of $20 or more

I'm definitely going back! I'm going to buy 3 more Axe products since I got more coupons for that product and will get another free movie ticket. If the Axe coupons keep printing out I'll just keep rolling them :) I'm going to do more than one transaction next time since none of the $/$$ coupons can be combined but that shouldn't be too difficult.

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Menards Deals

Do you shop at Menards? You can usually find some great deals and sometimes free items after the mail in rebates! I had a rebate check for $10.96 that I needed to use and this week they had some awesome finds. 2 Pledge multi-surface wipes $3.48 each (will submit for $4 rebate)

used (2) $1 Pledge coupons

5 Cutter insect repellant wipes $2.50 each (will submit for $12.50 rebate)

used (5) $2 Cutter coupons

2 7 pc. handy driver sets $2 each (will submit for $4 rebate)

3 bags of Fisher nuts $1.49 each

used (3) $1 Fisher coupons

3 jars Fisher peanut butter $1.78 each

used (3) $1 Fisher coupons

used $10.96 rebate check

=$7.57 OOP, will receive $20.50 rebate check

That is a $1.97 money maker!! This was a great trip and a great way to spend my rebate check :)

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Kmart Trip

Pool cover $6.49

Axe shower gel $4.29

used $1.50 Axe coupon

Softsoap hand soap $2

used $1 Softsoap coupon

2 Tag deodorants 2/$7

Tag body spray $3.50

Tag body spray $4.39

used (4) $2 Tag coupons

4 bottles Ajax dishsoap $1.99 each

used (4) $1 Ajax coupons

4 packs Chinet paper plates $3.49 each

used (4) $2 Chinet coupons

=$10.01 OOP, received $2 Axe coupon and $3 OYNP coupon!

I'll be going back to Kmart again. I have some more Tag and Chinet coupons that I want to use. They also have a catalina deal that I might try - buy 3 Axe products and receive a free movie ticket. I have no idea why one of the Tag products rang up $4.39, no biggie though since it still only cost me $.39. Did you go to Kmart? How did you do, did I miss any great deals while I was there?

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A Great Shopping Day!!

This afternoon my Aunt Raylene, my Mom and I made a run to CVS. Later, my Aunt Raylene and I ran to Barnes & Noble (newspapers) and JCPenney (to use the $10/$10 purchase coupon - I had two!!). Then Mike & I went to a movie (G.I. Joe) and afterwards I talked him into doing a quick Kmart run. I got some great deals! At Penney's I spent a total of $12 and got a skort, a pair of shorts, dress slacks and shirt! I did a total of three transactions at CVS. I might go back and do the L'Oreal deal again since it's too good to pass up! I had thought the limit was one per card but it doesn't say I reached my limit on my cards :) I'll post my Kmart trip tomorrow.My card:

bought L'Oreal Revitalift cream $14.99

used $5 L'Oreal coupon

bought L'Oreal cleanser $5.99

used $1 L'Oreal coupon

used $4/$20 face care coupon (from Readyfill booklet)

used $10 ECBs

=$2 OOP, received $10 ECBs

I'll also mail off for this great deal.

Mike's card trans. #1:

did the L'Oreal deal on Mike's card also

Mike's card trans. #2:

8 bottles SoBe $1.79 each, BOGO free

used (4) BOGO free SoBe coupons

2 packs Papermate pens $.99 each, get $.99

2 packs filler paper $.99 each, get $.99

Phillips headphones $6.99, get $6.99

Colgate toothpaste $2.99, get $1

used $1 Colgate coupon

used $4/$20 CVS coupon (readyfill booklet)

used $10 ECBs (adjusted down to $9.97)

=$0 OOP!!!, received $11.95 ECBs

I have no idea how my OOP was $0, I should have at least paid tax, but hey, I'm not complaining!!

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CVS 8/12

Nothing too exciting about this trip. I had gotten one of the $5/$25 emailed to me that had to be used on the 12th so I decided to get some diapers. I was hoping to buy some of the school items that I had rainchecks for but my stores are still out. I scanned my card at the magic coupon machine and got a $7/$49 coupons. What the heck is that amount about??? I'll have to look at the ad for next week and see if I can make that coupon work.

bought 2 pkgs. Huggies diaper 2/$18, get $4

used (2) $1.50 Huggies coupons

bought Bic Soleil razor cartridges $6.99, get $3

used $3 Bic coupon

bought 2 Sharpie highlighter packs $.99 each

used (2) $1 Sharpie coupons

used $5/$25 coupon

used $13.99 ECBs

=$1.20 OOP, received $7 ECBs

I'll also mail in my receipt so that I'll get $1.50 back from Caregiver's Marketplace for purchasing Huggies.



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Staples Rebates

HURRY! Some of theses deals end today!

I ran to Staples on Monday because I wanted to try to get all of the free after easy-saver rebate items. They had all of them in stock except one. Since they were out of that one I had to find a filler-item to get over the $50 mark. I wanted to use the Office Depot $10/$50 coupon since Staples accepts competitor coupons. Here is what I got:

2 pkgs. printer paper $4.99 each

will receive $7.98 back in ESR

1 pkg. bright printer paper $11.99

will receive $10.99 back in ESR

1 pkg. dry-erase markers $3.99

will receive $3.99 back in ESR

1 Casio label maker $14.99

will receive $15 Visa gift card

1 Norton anti-virus software $59.99

will receive $40 Visa gift card

5 notebooks $.01 each

Since I ended up being way over the $50 mark I didn't need to get the notebooks but for only a penny it's a great deal :) I will get back $77.96 in checks and gift cards. Since I also have a Staples reward card I will earn $9.10 towards that (total before tax).

All of this stuff for under $20 - not too bad!!

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August Charity Challenge

I donated more than I usually do this month since I had not donated in July. July just went by so fast and we were busy with swimming and tennis. Last Friday, Logan and I dropped off six bags of items to the Ronald McDonald house. Here are the pictures of all the items:-7 shampoos

-6 conditioners

-2 glucose monitors

-13 deordorants

-2 boxes of band-aids

-2 bottles of Vitamin D

-3 tubes of toothpaste

-4 bars of soap

-5 razors

-4 cans of shaving cream

-1 body wash

-2 bottles of mouthwash

-19 small pkgs. of feminine pads

= 70 items (over $220 worth of merchandise)!!

I love being able to get so many items for free! Logan really enjoys taking all the stuff to the charities. If I had not learned how to shop at CVS there is no way this would be possible!! How did you do this month? Were you able to donate some of your stockpile items? Please share below if you did :)

Sunday 8/9 CVS

*Picture to come

#1 Trans.
2 Nexxus shampoo $5.29 each
1 Nexxus conditioner $9.69, $10 wyb $20
used (3) $3 Nexxus coupons
2 CVS filler paper $2, get $2 - raincheck item
CVS lip balm $1.29
used FREE lip balm CVS coupn
used $5/$25 CVS coupon
used $10.57 ECBs ($1.98 one adjusted down)
=$1.17 OOP, received $14 ECBs

#2 Trans. (all raincheck items)
2 Memo notebooks $.99 each, get $.99
2 1" binders $3 each, get $3
2 Pilot pen packs $.99 each, get $.99
1 mini stapler $.99, get $.99
1 pack of sticky notes $.99, get $.99
used $5.98 ECBs
=$6.44 OOP, received $12 ECBs

This was a great shopping trip to CVS!! Tomorrow I'll be going to the other CVS and I hope they have the rest of the school supplies in stock so that I can reach the $15 mark to get another $5 ECBs.

Remember to ask for those rainchecks!! I love the fact that the ones from CVS do not expire - so hold onto them until you can either match up high dollar coupons with them or make even more money from shopping!!


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CVS This Week

I got some great deals this week at CVS. I stocked up on Pepsi products which made hubby happy since he was running low on Dr. Pepper. I also did the Blink deal. Thursday I had to take both of my boys to the doctor. Noah ended up needing a prescription so we ran over to CVS to fill it. I decided to do the Visine deal.

bought 6 boxes Kleenex BOGO $2.39

used (2) $.50/3 Kleenex coupons

bought 4 Visine products $3.99 each, get $5

used (3) $3 Visine coupons

used $2 Visine coupon

used $3 off $12 eye care product CVS coupon

used $8.98 ECBs

=$.36 OOP, received $5 ECBs

This morning Logan was supposed to have his last swimming lesson but it was 60* out and raining so we didn't go. We decided to run up to CVS for a quick trip and then after we dropped off some donations to the Ronald McDonald house. I'll post those pictures next week (don't forget to participate!!)

bought 2 Stayfree products $5 each, get $5

used BOGO free coupon

bought 2 Pampers $10 each, get $5

used (2) $1.50 Pampers coupons

used $4/$20 CVS coupon

used $17.97 ECBs

=$1.59 OOP, received $10 ECBs

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Charity Challenge

July was crazy for some reason and went by way too fast! I did not have a chance to drop off any donations during the month so I'm hoping to double my drop-off amount to the Ronald McDonald house here in town. I will have the charity challenge next week and I hope that you can participate! View my past charity challenges HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.

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Coupons

Print these great coupons before they're gone! Coupons include:

$1/2 Bic products (should come in handy for back to school)
$1/1 Pepperidge farm product
$1/1 Land O' Lakes cheese
$1/3 Del Monte fruit cups
+ many, many more!

If these coupons do not show up try using zip code 45435.

July Month in Review

Yikes! It's already August 4th and I haven't done my monthly review. We were in Minneapolis visiting my brother over the weekend. We took Logan with for the first time and he had a blast! My little man turns 4 today - I can't believe how fast time flies!

Here is the breakdown for the month July:

Value of Merchandise: $321.97
Coupon Total: $152.44
Tax: $7.34
Total Cost: $194.96
ECB Used: $148.14
Total OOP: $28.73
ECB Earned: $149.13

I started the month of August with $54 in ECBs. I managed to spend them all yesterday when I did the Pepsi, Softsoap, Blink and school deals :)

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