Sunday Savvy, 1/17 - Wal-Mart

One trip; three transactions.

First transaction:

4 newspapers - $.99 each

Used a gift card with just a bit left on it.

Paid: $3.84

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Second transaction:

4 pairs of flip-flops - $1 each on clearance

Paid $4.00

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6 boxes of Crunch n Munch - $1.00 each

Used 2 B2G1 coupons from January All You

Will submit for $25 coupon booklet

Paid: $4.00

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14 frozen Weight Watcher items - $1.80 each.

Used 2 $1.50 off 7 coupons

Paid: $22.20

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6 Dannon Lite n Fit yogurt cups - $.50 each

Used $1.00 off 6 coupons

Paid: $2.00

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Post-Its - $1.44

Used $1.00 coupon

Paid: $.44

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Weight Watcher cream cheese - $1.78

Used $.75 coupon

Paid: $1.03

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After tax, I paid just under $35.00.

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Third transaction:

Nabisco Barnum animal crackers - $1.00 each

Used $2 off 2 printable coupon

Paid: FREE!!

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2 Olay Regenerist Cleansers - $5.97 and $6.64

Used 2 $3 coupons from 1/17 P&G

Paid: $6.61

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4-pack Special-K protein shakes - $5.00

no coupon -- impulse buy, but needed for school lunch this week if I have any hope of keeping my new-found diet determination. I don't know if there are coupons out there for this. If there are, I'll find them and use them.

Paid: $5.00

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Total after tax: $12.56

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I'm excited about submitting this receipt for the Olay rebate for $15.00, making this entire transaction FREE, plus a $2.44 money maker!

Getting ready to be savvy on Sunday, 1/9

I just want to apologize right now for the horrid layout of this post. For some reason, blogger is not putting space between lines where I am pressing Enter. Weird. I tried to space things out differently . . . like every new paragraph or deal is either centered or left-justified alternating. I hope that helps you read the deals. grr. I hate that it's hard to read. Sorry.

The deals for CVS are not as great as I'd hoped for this week. Here's a rundown of what you might expect.

The abbreviations for coupons: SS=Smart Source, RP=Red Plum, P&G= Proctor & Gamble.

Only 2 inserts in this week's paper, by the way. What a letdown from last week's FIVE! Still, don't forget to get an extra copy or 4 so you have plenty of coupons!

CVS's Extra Care Buck program really makes it worth while to shop at CVS. Check out the details here.

Buy 2 CVS Green Bag Tags or Reusable Shopping Bags $0.99=$1Ecb

Check out what Green Bag Tags are all about here.

Buy 2 Pantene Shampoo, Conditioner and Stylers 2/$6.97=$2Ecb

Use the $3/2 coupon from the 12/27P&G

Buy $10 worth of ANY L’oreal Cosmetics=$3Ecb (limit 1)

Some products are as low as $4.99.

So, with as few as one or two products, you could get your $3 ECB.

Use 2 $3/1 coupons from the 1/3RP

You can use 2 coupons, since you are getting 2 items. (Or 3 coupons for 3 items, etc.)

Buy 2 GE Reveal Light Bulb 4pk 2/$6=$2Ecb

Use 2 $2/1 coupons from the 1/10SS

Again, since you are buying 2 items, you can use 2 coupons. That makes this deal totally FREE after ECB's!

Soy Joy Single Bars 5/$1 (This is an unadvertised deal. You won't see it in the flyer tomorrow.)

Use the $2/10 coupon from the 1/3SS

That makes for 10 single bars for FREE!!

All Roc products on sale for $3 off

Buy Roc Age Diminishing Facial Cleanser $4.99

Use the $3/1 coupon from the 1/10 SS or from here.

Final cost is $1.99!

Clean & Clear–Buy 1 get 1 50% off(Prices starting at $4.99)

Use the $2/1 coupons from the 1/10 SS or from here.

Makes these less than $2 per item!

All Almay Cosmetics–Buy 1 get 1 FREE(Prices starting at $1.99)

Use 2 $1/1 coupons from target.com. (Click on the grocery coupons link at the bottom of the homepage and scroll through the coupons. There may be several pages of coupons before you find it.)

Final cost as low as 2 for FREE!

Neutrogena Cosmetics–Buy 1 get 1 50% off(Prices starting at $3.49)

Use 2 $2/1 coupons from the 1/10SS

Final cost as low as $0.62 per item!

Soy Joy 6 ct. box $6=$6Ecb

Final cost FREE!

Glade Fabric Spray $3.99=$3Ecb

Final cost $0.99!

You can find more deals here.

Here's what I'm hoping to land:

2 Loreal Items

-coupons

about $5 oop

get back $3 ECB

2 packs of GE lightbulbs

-coupons

about $2 oop

get back $2 ECB

10 Soy Joy singles

-coupon

FREE!

no ECB

Roc cleanser

-coupon

about $2 oop

no ECB

2 Almay products

- coupons

FREE!

no ECB

2 Neutrogena products

-coupon

just over $1 oop

no ECB

Soy Joy 6ct. box

no coupon

$6 oop

get back $6 ECB

2 Clean and Clear products

-coupons

about $3.50 oop

no ECB

At this point, I'm up to about $3 out of pocket after tax.. (I'm contemplating a couple more items that will bring me up to about $7 oop, but leave me with only $8 ECB's when it's all said and done.) I have $18 ECB's to use tomorrow.

Sunday Savvy, 1/3 - Target

One last deal for today. This deal at Target is good all week.

Electrosol Finish dishwasher tabs - I bought 2

Sale price: $3.49

Used 2 $2.50 coupons from 1/3 insert (I don't remember which insert)

Cost: $.99 each

Total: $2.55

I used my $5 gift card that I got from buying 2 Axe gift sets (that deal is still going on, too, and it's a good one). So I didn't pay anything out of pocket.

That's a great feeling.

Sunday Savvy, 1/3 - Walmart

Okay, more spending happening. I'm sure that at some point, I'll start saving for real. I mean, I have saved money on the things I buy, I just keep buying and buying. My Wal-Mart trip today cost $8 and change. I didn't have to pay out of pocket, though, because I had a gift card. It was almost as freeing as using gift cards and smart shopping to walk out of there without taking even a penny out of my wallet.

Here's the rundown:

3 copies of the newspapers
I thought I was only getting 2, but when I left the store I realized I had paid for 3 and that I had 3. I figured there are enough coupons to make it worth having that extra paper. Our local paper only costs $.99 on Sundays at Wal-Mart, and I already saved that much or more.
$2.97 spent

2 copies of the January All You
I used a $1 coupon out of each of these magazines today, so I have gotten back almost half of the cost of the magazines already.
$4.48 spent

2 3-packs of Ivory soap
Remember how I was valiantly trying to find the 3-pack at CVS this week since I had a $1 coupon? Well, if only I'd realized that Wal-Mart's regular price for the Ivory 3-pack is $1.07, I would not have traipsed all over looking for it at CVS. (By the way, at my last CVS stop yesterday, I somehow lost 1 of my 3 Ivory coupons, so that's why I only bought 2 of them today. grr.)
$.14 spent!

Sunday Savvy, 1/3 - CVS 2

Reality hits home after my high expectations of last night.

First of all, I did not get the BOGO coupon Oust Air Sanitizer in my newspaper. That really threw my whole strategy for a loop. I had to re-vamp, and I ended up spending more than I could/should have.

I was going to do 3 different transactions to maximize my ECB usage and savings. After all the mixups, I ended up doing just one transaction. I have a $5 off of $30 that I could have used, but I got so confused that I forgot about it. grr. Sometimes I feel like a raging moron in there. I'm too new this for comfort. I'm not at all confident.

Anyway, the deals I got weren't too bad. I just spent more out of pocket than I should have.

Here's the rundown:

Glad fabric spray - $3.99
Get $3 ECB (limit 6)
I planned to buy 6, paying for them in my second transaction using ECB's earned from my first transaction.
I decided for economy's sake to only get 3. They only had 2, so I got 2.
Paid: $8, got $6 ECB

Nivea Products - various prices

2 Lip products - $3.99 each
Used BOGO from 1/3 SS
1 Body Wash - $6.99
Used $2/1 from 1/3 SS
Paid: $9, got $5 ECB

GE light bulb - $2.99

Used $1.50 coupon
Paid $1.50, got $2.00 ECB

Colgate Total - 2 for $5

Used 2 $1 from January All You (I had to buy 2)
Paid $3.00, got back $2 ECB

After manufacturer's coupons and 6 ECB's saved from previous shopping, I still spent $15 and change. (If I had remembered that $5 off coupon, I could have spent just $10. Oh, well.) I got back $15 ECB's, though, so that softened the blow a bit. I hope to get to another CVS this week to find the Glade fabric spray so that I might qualify for the $5 SC Johnson rebate I mentioned. I also want to try something new - buying coupons online. Do you suppose if I order them today they will be here before the end of the sale?

I thought of another happy bit of news. Through one of the survey sites I participate in, I recently ordered a $5 gift card to CVS. It didn't cost anything; I used points to redeem it. Hurray! $5 more worth of free stuff at CVS. Boy, if I ever get to $30 to use that $5 coupon, plus the $5 gift card, plus the $15 ECB's I currently have. Woo, boy, I tell you what! Grow, little stockpile, grow!

Sunday Savvy, 1/3 - CVS

Tomorrow, I plan to head to CVS quite early - before church - so that I can get all those great deals without hitting 4 stores in one day (like today)!

Here are some great deals I've heard about:

GE Smart Energy (or is it Energy Smart?) light bulb
Price: $2.99
ECB $2 wyb 1
Coupon: $1.50 manufacturer's coupon with Target Logo
Pay: $1.49
Total: FREE! plus $.51 money maker!

Colgate Total toothpaste
Price: 2 for $5
ECB: $2 wyb 2
Coupon: (2) $1 from January All You
Deal: Buy 2 and use 2 $1 coupons. Pay $3 and get $2 ECB
Total: $1.00

Oust Air Sanitizer
Price: $3.99
ECB: $3 (limit 6)
Buy 6 and use 3 BOGO coupons from 1/3 Smart Source (SS). Pay $12 and get $18 ECB
Total: FREE! plus $6 money maker!

Glade Fabric Spray
Price: $3.99
ECB: $3 wyb 1 (limit 6)
Pay: $24, get $18 ECB
Also eligible for the SC Johnson Rebate. Do this twice and make a profit!
Total: (after rebate) FREE! plus, $4+ money maker!

I'll post tomorrow after church to let you know how I made out!