Walgreens 8/16

One of the things I hate about couponing (not sure if that is even a word) is that if it's a really good deal then you better be the first one in the store Monday morning or you'll miss out. Ugh!

2 examples this week at Walgreens:
PERT 2 in 1 shampoo= FREE after coupons and Register Rewards
Expo 6 pack markers= FREE after coupons

I may try back later to see if they stocked their shelves.

Here is what I did get.

Trans #1
Aussie mousse= Pay $2 received $1 RR

Trans #2
2 Hefty zip close bags= b1g1 $1.15 each after coupon
Batteries= $1.99 after coupon


Trans #3 (it was actually number 2 but doesn't really matter)
Sand and water play table.
Originally $20 in clearance for $10! I used $5 RR so I payed $5.91! I'm hoping to save this and use it for an Easter gift or something. Hahaaha I know way early,but I wanted it and it was a good price. That's how the smart shopper does it right?

Diapers & Wipes at Target 8/16

Ryder is out of size 3 diapers and size 4 is too big. So I returned some diapers to Target and a few other things I bought that haven't used so I received a gift card for $27 and some change.

Target has a deal going on that if you buy 2 of the big boxes of diapers you get a $10 gift card. I had coupons that was $2 off if you buy diapers and wipes. This is what I got...

2 144 count Diapers
2 72 count thick wipes tubs
Total was around $65

I used 2 target coupons and 4 manufacture coupons that equaled $10. Then I used my $27 giftcard. My out of pocket cost was $31 and some change and I received a bonus $10 giftcard to use on a future purchase. Seemed like a good deal to me:)

Shopping this week wiped me out!

I felt like I spent the whole day shopping! I'm hoping the deals I got and the money I saved makes it worth it.

First off, here is my stockpile. I was going to post this at the end, but this is how the pictures came up. (On a side note, blogger makes doing pictures so hard. I wish they game you a bigger window to work with. I hope you understand what I mean.) So here is my STOCKPILE. Kind of exciting for me to see.

Wipes
I have about 20 packages of wipes:)

DIAPERS

Water for this hot Arizona desert!

Here is my real stockpile. It's not a whole lot of room so hard to really organize it. Tried my best though.

Here is my shopping trips I did. It was a total of 6 stores, YIKES.
OS= On sale
MC= Manufacturer Coupon
SC= Store Coupon
Store #1- Safeway: (All coupons were = to $1)
Fruit Snacks SC making them $1.49 ea- 2 MC- $1 = $1ea
Granola Bars SC making them $1.49 ea- 2 MC- $1 = $1ea
Brownie mix SC making them $.98 - 1 MC-$1 = FREE


Store # 2- CVS:


Chicken Salad OS for $.88
Tuna Salad OS for $.88
Dawn Dishsoap OS $.99 - MC $.50=$.49 ea
Huggies Diapers ON 2/$18- SC $4.00 - 2MC $3.00= $8.00

Savings= $24.04***

***This ended up being wrong. The diapers were only 2 for $18 If you bought 2 of the one kind and my SC was spacific to the jean diapers so I returned them.
Plus it says I saved $1.31 on each of the salad kits, but really only like $.20 cuz they are $1.12 at Walmart at the normal price I've boughten them.


Store # 3- Albertsons:





Hunts tomato sauce OS .77 ea when you buy 13

Frito Lay Products OS $1.57

Mars single size candy OS .29

Snickers OS $2 - 2MC $1= $1 ea
(stocking up for Halloween already)

According to reciept
Total Spent= $19.06
Total Saved= $16.90


Store #4- Walgreens:
I did 3 transactions because of "register rewards" I should have done them in a different order, but I thought I was getting register rewards for the toilet paper.

Trans #1:
Contact Solution $8 get $8RR

Trans #2:
Toilet Paper $5- 2SC -$1= $4 ea

Trans #3
Mini Wheats OS 4/$10- 2MC-$1=$2ea and $5RR

Plus with the Cereal I can enter codes online for $5 concession gift card to use at AMC.

So really it was "like" being $2 moneymaker.



Store #5 Target:

Milano Cookies $1- 2MC- $1= FREE
Zyrtec 5ct $5.29- MC -$5= $.29
Ziploc 120 ct OS 2/$5- 2MC- $1= 1.50 ea (not the best deal, but seemed good at the time.)









Store #6- Fry's: (Not pictured) All coupons = $1
I bought a bunch of Kroger frozen veggies that were $.88 each.
Michellina frozen entrees $.88 ea
Crest toothpast OS $.98- MC= FREE
Edwards frozen dessert OS $2.79- MC= 1.79
Toaster Strudle OS 1.79- SC = $1.29 ea

Total Spent=$17.43
Total Saved $14.39

Coupon trip at Frys

This is one of my best couponing trips. Here is the picture and below is what went down. Everything is pre tax FYI.



Toilet paper: 4.99 (We were desperate for TP down to 1/2 a roll. I've never bought this kind before and never will again. It is cheap for a reason)
*This was not a deal!

Minute Maid frozen lemonade: FREE
On sale 10/10 I had 2 $.50 off 1 coupons, but at the lovely Fry's all coupons are a buck!

Colgate toothpaste: FREE
This was a clearance Item for $.89, I had a coupon for $.75 off but like above it equals a buck off. I had 2 coupons but only bought 1 in case I don't like that kind. Kind of wish I would have just done the 2 because coupon expires monday I think.

3 Muskateers: FREE
Cost 2/1.00 I had a coupon get $1 off 2 3 muskateer candy bars.

Huggies wipes: Around $.60
This was amazing! I really lucked out. Ok so they had a sign up that was buy 5 get $5 off. That makes them $.99 each. I had a coupon $.75 off but equaled $1 at Fry's. I checked out and realized the price seemed high. Realized I was charged full price ($1.99) for the wipes. I went to customer service and they fixed it because they left the sign up but the have to honor it. Side note: I had a raincheck for this same deal so if they weren't going to do it I was going to use a rain check anyways. Ontop of this deal and my coupon Fry's apparently has a policy that if they ring something up wrong you get some kind of discount so I got an additional $1 off. So I paid $3 for the 5 packs of wipes! This is a great deal AND I love these wipes so much more than the Parent's choice.

So I spent around $9 total for the stuff pictured above!

It is hard for me to calculate savings because I had to do a return and stuff.

Kelloggs cereal couponing...

So I did my first major couponing trip! Thanks to my sister-in-law Stephanie I learned about this deal! Thanks again:)

Prior to trip I joined Kelloggs.com and was able to print off a bunch of coupons.
Here is what I purchase at Safeway...




I bought 2 of each kind of cereal. I had to do 2 different transactions and used 3 coupons in each.

Transaction # 1 I payed $10.45 saved $11.60
Transaction $ 2 I payed $10.45 saved $11.40
Total Payed $20.90 saved $23.00

Savings of 52%

Ontop of saving more then I spent I also received what couponers call catalina. This is coupons that print out based on what you purchase. So on each transaction I received $12 towards to movies. (Buy 5 Kelloggs products receive 1 more ticket). Also, 4 of the boxes of cereal I bought have codes on the inside. 4 codes= either $5 movie concession money or for a $5 gas gift card. We are choosing to do the concessions. Yay free date!!!

Also, I noticed on the Crunchy Nut Cereal there is a $1/2 coupon to be used in the future. So I got 2 of those. I hope this cereal is good because I have it all to myself:) (Chase has a peanut allergy)

This is just what I needed to get me pumped for couponing! And Chase was with me so he saw how great it was. So not only did we get more back then what we spent, we also have cereal to last us awhile. This is awesome!

Not bad for a beginner, not bad at all:)