Month of March Review

Here is the breakdown and final numbers for the month of March for CVS:

Value of Merchandise: $436.47
Coupon Total: $226.52
Tax Paid: $11.39
Total Cost: $221.34
ECBs Used: $140.37
ECBs Earned: $179.85
Total OOP: $41.49

I'll be starting out the month of April with $35.49 ECBs

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Paper Anyone??

Thanks goes to frugalsuz for posting this awesome deal! I went to Staples today and picked up 23 reams of paper. Think of all the coupons I can print out - hahaha!! Here is the breakdown:

23 reams of paper (item #554638) $6.99 each

=$170.42 OOP

-Submit for Staples easy saver rebate: 23x$5.99 = $137.99

-signed up for Staples rewards: save 10% = $17.04

-used Discover card with cash back program to pay : 1% back = $1.70

Total OOP = less than $15 for all that paper!!

I'm hoping to sell some of it to family/friends and even sell some at my garage sales that I'll be having this summer. What do you think would be a good price to sell them for?

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CVS, Target, and KMart

Noah and I were busy this morning!! We dropped Logan off at daycare at 9 am and were out running around until we picked him up at 12:30. He only had one little meltdown which caused me to forget why I really went to Kmart. That will teach me not to organize/go through my coupons before I go there when they're having double coupon days! I got all of the items pictured (didn't include the pop in the Kmart picture - too tired to carry it in the house) for only $10.97!!

Our first stop was CVS:
1 Crest Pro-Health toothpaste $3.49, get $3.49
2 Softsoap hand soap refills $3.99 each, $4 ECBs wyb 2
1 CVS reusable tote $.99
-use (1) $.75 Crest coupon
-use (2) $2 off Softsoap coupons
-use (1) free CVS tote coupon
-use $5 ECBs
=$2.11 OOP, received $7.49 ECBs

Second stop was at Target:

4 packs of Mott's applesauce $1.69

1 Cascade rinse $3.14

3 GE CFL light bulbs (raincheck item $1 each)

-use (4) $1 off Mott's coupons (Target printable)

-use (2) $.55 off Mott's coupons (Mott's website)

-use (1) Try me free Cascade coupon (Right at home booklet)

-use (3) $1 off GE energy light bulb coupons

=$1.79 OOP!!!

Third stop was at Kmart:

3 12 pks. Dr. Pepper $4.69 each

1 12 pk. Mt. Dew $4.49

2 Gillette body washes $4.49 each

1 Veet bladeless cream $4.49

1 Aquafresh toothbrush $3.79

-use (4) $2 off pepsi product coupons (Pepsi/Frito Lay mail offer)

-use (2) $2 off Gillette body wash coupons

-use (1) $2 off Veet coupon (Reinventing Beauty mag)

-use (1) $1 off Aquafresh toothbrush coupon

=$7.07 OOP

I had originally gone to Kmart to return something for Mike and pick up the item in a different size. I also knew I wanted to pick up the Pepsi products since I knew I would pay less than $1 for a 12 pk. of pop but then I got distracted because I knew they were doubling coupons. Before I knew it I was trying to sort my coupons and Noah wanted out of the carseat! I rushed through and found the pop and some other items and completely forgot about picking up the things for Mike. Oh well, I'm sure we'll want to get out of the house tomorrow so we can go up there then :)

I also found a try me free mail-in rebate for the Aquafresh toothbrush so I will mail in for that. I should get $3.79 back for that. I found them up by the customer service desk at Kmart. I only had one $1 off coupon, otherwise I would have bought more.

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CVS 3/26

Me and the boys ran to CVS this morning. I needed to get out of the house and I also wanted to see if the water was actually going down. There has been some flooding in our town and yesterday was pretty stressful. My Mom & Dad put sandbags around their house. We live less than a mile from them but we didn't sandbag but some of our neighbors did. You can visit my other blog HERE to see some pictures of our area. Here is what we got this morning at CVS: 1 Bayer Contour 2 $14.99
1 Dry Idea Clinical $7.99, get $5
1 Crest Pro-Health $3.49, get $3.49
-use (1) $14.99 Bayer coupon
-use (1) $2 off Dry Idea coupon
-use (1) $.75 off Crest coupon
-use $5/$25 CVS coupon
-use $3 ECBs
=$.94 OOP, received $8.49 ECBs

1 Bayer Contour 2 $14.99
2 Softsoap Hand soap refills $3.99 each, $4 ECBs wyb 2
1 Playskool wash & toss cups $3.99 (filler item)
-use (1) $14.99 Bayer coupon
-use (2) $2 off Softsoap coupons
-use $5/$25 CVS coupon
=$3.39 OOP, received $4 ECBs

I LOVE the Bayer coupons!! They really help me get to the $25 total so that I'm able to use the $/$$ coupons :) When I got home this morning I checked my email and saw that I had an email from CVS to receive a free shopping bag. I'll probably go out on Saturday to get those. I plan on picking up some more of the Softsoap refills since they're such a great deal.

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CVS 3/23 *Update*

I'm a bad, bad wife. I made Mike come to CVS with me again tonight. And of course I gave him a coupon that he couldn't use (it was for the wrong card), so he now swears he will never CVS with me again :( Here is what we got:

Schick Intuition razor $8.99, get $3
Dry Idea clinical $7.99, get $5
Crest Pro-Health $3.49, get $3.49
St. Ives lotion $5.29
St. Ives facial scrub $5.49, get $5 wyb $10 of St. Ives
-use (1) $4 off Schick coupon
-use (1) $2 Dry Idea coupon
-use (1) $.75 Crest coupon
-use (2) $2 St. Ives Elements coupon
-use $5/$30 CVS coupon (from magic machine!!)
-use $11.99 ECBs
=$4.37 OOP, receive $16.49 ECBs

I did the same transaction for my card except I picked up another one of the Reinventing Beauty magazine. Once I got home I looked at my receipt and realized they must have changed the quantity for the Dry Idea! In the ad it says "limit 1" but on the receipt it doesn't say "limit reached", so I'll be going back to pick up another one. One other bonus - inside the Dry Idea boxes are $2 off coupons so I'll be picking up 2 more and only paying $.99 each!! Score!

*They have raised the limit on the Crest now also!!

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A Great Morning For Saving!

This morning I decided to give Walmart another shot. Some of you might remember THIS post from the beginning of February. I had not gone to Walmart since that incident. Mike had told some of his co-workers about what had happened and they told him to avoid the south one (which is closer to my house) if at all possible. The one up north is much better. So I figured since I was going up north anyways to see if they were right. I went through my coupons last night to find my high dollar ones and wrote down the items I was hoping to score for almost free or free. Here is what I got:

2 Ken's salad dressing $2.24 each

4 Danimals yogurt drinks $2.58 each

2 100 cal. pack oreo cakesters $2 each

4 McCormick seasoning packs $1, $1.50, $1.56, $.82

1 pack infant socks $4 (needed)

3 Huggies natural baby wipes $2.28 each

3 baby cotton swabs $1.38 each

2 boxes Crystal Light to-go boxes $1.97 each

2 Crystal Light mixes $2.98 each

3 boxes of Pocky $1.08 each

5 J&J buddies soaps $.97 each

10 boxes Kotex liners $1 each

1 Danactive $2.28 each

1 Dannon yogurt 6 pack $2.54

2 pkgs. Luden cough drops $1.22 each

1 can Delmonte peaches $.98

1 can Muir Glen tomatoes $1.62

8 jars baby food $.48 each

12 boxes Mentos gum $1.28 each

-use (2) $2 off Ken's salad dressing coupons

-use (4) Danimals $1 off coupons

-use (1) $2 off cakesters coupon

-use (1) try me free cakesters coupon

-use (4) $1 off McCormick spices coupons

-use (3) $3 off Huggies Natural diaper coupons

-use (3) $2/2 J&J baby products coupons

-use (5) $1 off J&J buddies products coupons

-use (2) $1/2 Crystal light coupons

-use (5) $1 off Kotex coupons

-use (5) $.75 off Kotex coupons

-use (1) $1 Dannon yogurt coupon

-use (1) $1 Danactive coupon

-use (2) $1 off Luden drops coupons

-use (1) try me free Delmonte fruit coupon

-use (1) $.75 Muir Glen tomatoes coupon

-use (12) $1 off Mentos gum coupons

=$37.26 OOP

This was a great shopping trip! I purchased 68 items total. If I would not have bought some impulse items (socks and baby food), my total would have been even less! I had a great cashier who scanned my coupons with no problem! If I would have known I was going to have such a nice one I would have bought more wipes with the $3 coupons :)

Before my Walmart trip I had to stop at my #1 store - CVS! My Mom had told me about a great Hershey's deal and I couldn't pass up getting some chocolate :) Pictured above is what I got.

1 Hershey's bliss $3.50

1 Jolly rancher $2

1 Hershey's eggs $2

1 Cadbury mini eggs $2

3 Hershey's kisses $1.88 each

2 gold emblem $.88 each

1 dry idea deodorant $2.99

1 bic soleil refill cartridges $6.99

1 Reinventing Beauty magazine $.99

-use (1) $1 off Hershey's Bliss coupon

-use (2) $1.50/3 bags of Hershey's coupons

-use (1) $1/2 gold emblem candy coupon

-use (1) $2 off Bic Soleil

-use $5/$25 CVS coupon

-use $13.98 ECBs

= $3.86 OOP, received $10 ECBs

I'll be returning the Dry Idea. For some reason it rang up $3.47, the cashier then adjusted it to $2.99. She then refused to use the $2 off coupon because she said I would be getting $2 in ECBs. I was so confused by the whole thing! For some reason I thought she had price adjusted it to $.99 but realized once I got home that she p.a. it for $2.99. So I'll be returning it. Other than that I got some yummy candy that will be perfect for Easter baskets for really cheap. I also found the coveted Reinventing magazine. There are some awesome coupons in there!! I think I'll be picking up a couple more of those magazines since there are quite a few coupons for $1.50 or more and the mag was only $.99!!

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Go check out Sarah's blog to find out how to get a really cute bag. Thanks for posting this Sarah!

Great Deals at Target!

There are some really great deals at Target this week! I paid $1.50 (after $5 gift card) for all of those boxes of Quaker granola bars. And the applesauce cost me $.14 (after $1 Target coupon + $.55 Mott's coupon). I'll be picking up 2 more packs of the applesauce sine I was able to print out some more Mott's coupons. The strawberry one did have 6 but Logan ate them before I was able to snap the picture :)


Target also has the GE lightbulbs on sale for $1. Pair that with the GE $1 off coupon and you can pick up some bulbs for free! Unfortunately my Target was out of them but I did get a raincheck. I'm hoping to pick up at least 10 of these at that great price and replace most of the bulbs in our home. Did you find any other great deals at Target this week? Let me know!

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I ran to CVS after work today to get some of the great deals! Here is what I got:
3 ziploc zip 'n steam bags $.59 each
1 irish spring body wash $4.99, get $4.99
1 colgate toothpaste $2.99, get $2.99
1 bic soleil razor $6.99, get $3
1 dry idea deodorant $2.99, get $2
1 band-aid product $3.29
1 neosporin product $5.79, get $3
-use (1) $1.50 ziploc coupon
-use (1) $1 irish spring coupon
-use (1) $1.50 colgate coupon
-use (1) $2 bic coupon
-use (1) $2 dry idea coupon
-use (1) $1 band-aid coupon
-use (1) $1 neosporin coupon
-use $5/$25 CVS coupon
-use $11 ECBs
=$4.08 OOP, get $13.98 ECBs

I've gotten asked quite a few times how/where I get the $5/$25 CVS coupon (I use them in almost all my scenarios). For some reason almost every time I make a purchase with my card one of those prints out. And if I don't have one that way when I scan my card at the magic machine I usually get one then. I currently have 3 of those coupons waiting to be used! Some weeks it is hard to make my total come to that high of a dollar amount and to keep my OOP low, but I can always buy diapers, formula or baby food and that is a sure way to break that $25 mark!!

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Another great mail day!

I guess when you don't grab the mail for a couple days there are bound to be nice surprises huh? I got some great coupons - over $24 worth! The Pepsi ones will come in handy the next time CVS has it for a good price! I also got my little travel bag filled with trial sized products. Does anyone remember what promotion this was from? And last but not least we got some thank-you's. One from the Ronald McDonald house and one from a family member. I love these types of mail days!!


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