Few Groceries

I've done a few deals but I've slacked on taking pictures. I got a few good things at Rite Aid the other day like toothpaste for .30 and some other things I can't think of right now. Here is what I got at Albertsons and Thriftway yesterday


The cereal for a total of $1.95. The Just Bunches were .19 each (with sale and coupon) and the Honey Bunches were .69 (with sale and coupon.




Dan and I don't eat meat very often. We are quite picky about our meat too. Albertsons had a BOGOF sale on some of their meats so we got this, beef, pork and chicken. It cost about $10 for all of it (around 6-7lbs), which is a really good deal for nice meat on sale with a couple coupons.




The tortilla were .99 each and then I used expired coupons (didn't realize they were expired until later when I saw one I had left at home that was expired). I think they were about .50 each. I don't remember how much I got off with the coupons. But it came to around $2 for the 4 of them.

I've actually used expired coupons a few times the last couple shopping trips (at Albertsons). I never planned on doing it and didn't notice till I got home and saw another coupon that was the same and expired. Oh well.

I hope everything is going well!

Albertsons

(Timmy, I know you probably won't really have time to look at this anytime soon with your new baby and all but I thought I'd post it anyway. Hope everything is going well.)

I have mostly stopped shopping at Albertsons because Winco has way better prices than Albertsons sale prices. An example, Albertsons caramel dip for apples was on sale for $3 a tub (normally $5). The exact same stuff at Winco is 38 cents, not on sale. Winco is amazing! But this week there are some good deals at the Albertsons here in the NW. Here is what I got:


The deal was if you bought 10/$25, you get $10 off so it basically $1.50 an item, which is a pretty good deal but I probably wouldn't have done it if I didn't have coupons. So it's even better when you have coupons.

4 boxes of cereal
2 Chex trail mix
2 Sweet n Salty bars
4 Caribou Coffee bars
4 packs (each with 6) Fiber One yogurt
2 Pop Secret Kettle Corn
1 Muffin mix
1 Philsbury crossaint (not pictured)

I paid $20 for all of this which is pretty good. I could've gotten it for cheaper had I bought more cereal and used more of my cereal coupons but I don't really like most of the cereal they have included in the deal. The Yoplait Yogurts-Fiber One were .50 each (for a thing of 6) so that was really nice. I didn't have coupons for everything, just the cereal, chex mix, yogurt and coffee breakfast bar things. Lots of good snacks for Daniel to take in his lunch.

I basically got 20 items for $1 each and saved $50!

School Stuff

Walgreens has some really good 5 cent deals this week on school supplies. Neither of us are in school but we can often use various school supplies. So this was a really well priced trip based on it being school supplies (which often aren't THAT cheap). It cost a total of $5.37. I had $2.11 on a gift card so I paid a total of $3.26.

The first Walgreens we went to had none of the stuff left so we had to go to another. Luckily, they weren't out of anything. (This is the one I told you about before that I discovered where they are really nice and always stocked.)


5 folders- .5 each w/Walgreens coupon = .25
3 packaged of mechanical pencils- .5 each w/Walgreens coupon = .15
6 Scotch tape- 3/$1 w/Walgreens coupon = $2
Ziploc bags- .99 each w/Walgreens coupon = $3

Before coupons it would've cost about $15 or so (I'm not quite sure).

I wouldn't have bought the Walgreens zipper bags but we really need some. They were a decent deal but nothing amazing. When Dan didn't have a job I saw some good deals on Ziploc bags but since it wasn't a necessity I didn't take advantage of it. I need to get stocked up on those when they are at a better price.

CVS this week

I really wanted to be like Becca, so I bought the same shampoo/conditioner. Okay, so not really. It just so happened that I was able to get the same stuff for a good deal. And, VIVE PRO was a good deal due to the store sale & coupons combination. It actually had nothing to do with ECB to make it a good deal! Though the rest of the stuff I got had a little to do with ECB, though it was still mostly coupons.

QUICK STATS:
Total Purchases $66.36
Card Savings: $28.96
Total w/Card Savings: $37.40

Total Cash Spent: $0.48
Total Coupons: $31.96
Total ECB used: $5.00
Total ECB earned: $11.98

As you can see, I made money on this one. I only spent $5.48 (including ECB), and I earned $11.98 in ECB. Pretty nifty!

TRANSACTION BREAKDOWN:

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VIVE PRO Shampoo/Conditioner

• Purchased 8 @ $4.99 each = $39.92
• CVS B1G1 Free Sale = $19.96 off automatically
• = $19.96 for 8 bottles (earn no ECB)

TWO Photobooks

• 4X6 Photobook = $3.99 (earn $3.99 ecb)
• 6X8 Photobook = $7.99 (earn $7.99 ecb)
• = $11.98 total (plus $11.98 ECB)

FOUR Online Photos

• TWO 8X10 = $3.98 (on sale)
• TWO 5X7 = $1.48 (on sale)
• = $5.46 (earn no ECB)

TRANSACTION TOTAL: $37.40

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COUPONS

• $3 off $15 coupon = $3 off
• $3 off Kodak Photobook = $3 off
• (2) $3 off Kodak 8X10 = $6 off
• (4) B1G1 Free VIVE Pro = $19.96 off (with CVS store sale of B1G1 Free, it make this completely free)

= $31.96 off in coupons

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NEW TOTAL:

= $5.44 owed

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Pay $5.00 in ECB

Pay $0.48 in cash

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Earn $11.98 in ECB

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Now we have some cute pictures on the kids' wall. They are 8X10's. We had the other two photos from an earlier CVS or Walgreen's deal, but the one of Emma is one we got pretty much for free at CVS. Plus some other photos that we put elsewhere. If that didn't make any sense, the family just got home and I'm distracted. We'll be trading the third photo out (the one with the two of them) once the baby is born and we have some photos of her.

I Heart Rite Aid

Rite Aid helps me feel a little better than I don't have a CVS Pharmacy. I still would LOVE a CVS Pharmacy but Rite Aid has been having some sweet deals!! Here is what I got today and everything in the picture was FREE!!!

The VIVE Pro(shampoo/conditioner) were BOGOF and I had coupons for BOGOF. Without the sale and coupons it would've cost me $40 for all of those but it was all free!

Same deal with the Lysol spray, they were BOGOF and I had coupons for BOGOF. Without the sale and coupons it would've cost me $18 but it too was all free!

Now I don't actually really use Lysol spray, haven't ever owned any that I can think of. But there have been a couple times I wished I had some spray. So I don't really need 6 of them but they were free and since I can't buy much with Dan being jobless, I'm getting whatever free stuff I can!!! Actually, I have 5 more coupons for them so that means I can get 10 more for free. I got all the ones they had at the Rite Aid down the street but later were going to go to another Rite Aid and I'm going to get more! Maybe when people come visit they can have a free can of Lysol or something. :-) Too bad no one comes to visit.

The Advil were on sale for $1.99 and I had coupons for $2 off so I made 1 cent on each of them. Without the sale and coupons it would've cost $17.

I did have to buy one thing, the eyeliner below. I'm all out of mine or else I wouldn't have bought it but luckily it was on sale, 40% off so it cost $4.09.

For the whole deal it should've cost $79.13 and we paid $4.09. That's about a 95% savings. Not too shabby! :-)


So it was a good trip for us and I feel very happy about it! There is more stuff I could've gotten if they weren't out so I'll check the Rite Aid we're going to later.

Good deals at Rite Aid

I went to Rite Aid and then ran to Walgreens for a quick little trip. Rite Aid has lots of good deals right now where you can get things for free or nearly free, I didn't actually do any of those deals. I often don't do rebate deals because I usually don't have the extra money to front for the rebate. But they have lots of great buy one get one free (BOGOF) deals. At Rite Aid, I actually got good deals. Walgreens I got a good deal just because I had a gift card so I had no OOP. My total out of pocket was $18.35 today! Here's what I got:


Rite Aid:

2 Purex BOGOF
(2) .50 off coupons = $4.99

2 VivePro BOGOF
(2) $1.00 off coupons = $2.99

2 Revlon Nail Files BOGOF
(2) $1.00 off coupons = $0.49

4 Bounty Paper Towels-On Sale for $0.99 regularly $1.89
(4) .25 off coupons = .74 each x 4 = $2.96

4 Cottonelle Toilet Paper- On Sale for $1.99, regularly $3.69
(4) .25 off coupons = $1.74 each x 4 = $6.96 (for 16 double rolls)

So the total at Rite Aid was $18.35. Before all the deals it would've been $49.18, so good savings for sure! I love BOGOF deals because then it's like you get to use two MFCs on one item.

We were going to buy an a/c unit this month but then Dan lost his job so we decided to downgrade to a little box fan for the window. Walgreens had them on sale for $14.99 and then there is a mail-in rebate for $5, so in the end it is $9.99. So we got that today. Then we got 3 boxes of puffs for $0.89 each with a Walgreens coupon from this weeks ad.
The total at Walgreens was $17.66 and we used our gift card for it all. Then, as I said, we will be getting $5 back.

Free Samples

This looks pretty nifty and thought I would share. If you want to learn what site to go to so that you can get lots of free samples (sounds like it's on-going), read it off this site:

COUPON CRAVINGS

When I have a little more time, I'll be signing up there...

CVS: Week of 7/6

This is a really bad picture. Here's what's in the photo:
20 Dawn Dishsoaps
6 Pert Pluses
4 CVS pantiliners

QUICK STATS:
Total Purchases $59.50
Card Savings: $20.94
Total w/Card Savings: $38.56

Total Cash Spent: $0.61
Total Coupons: $18
Total ECB used: $19.99
Total ECB earned: $13.96

The photo above was done in two transactions, almost identical. The only difference was that Tyler's transaction only had TWO Pert Pluses and not FOUR, like I had in mine. Otherwise they were the exact same.

TRANSACTION (TDC & TBC)
(10) Dawn Dishsoaps, $2/2, Earn $1 ECB for every 2 (limit 5, means 10 Dawns) = $10
TBC - (4) Pert Plus, $5/2, no ECB, no limit = $10
TDC - (2) Pert Plus, $5/2, no ECB, no limit = $5
(2) CVS Pantiliners, $0.89, earn $0.99 ECB (limit 2) = $1.98
TOTAL:
$21.98 (TBC)
$16.98 (TDC)
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COUPONS:
(3) $1 off Dawn Dishsoap = $3 off
TBC (4) $2 off Pert Plus = $8 off
TDC (2) $2 off Pert Plus = $4 off
= $11 off (TBC)
= $7 off (TDC)
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New Totals:
$10.98 (TBC)
$9.98 (TDC)
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TBC:
Pay $10.49 ECB
Pay $0.31 in cash

TDC
Pay $9.50 in ECB
Pay $0.30 in cash
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Both earn $6.98 in ECB
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CVS Shopping: Week 6/29 -7/5

We've had a busy week, and I haven't had time to post my shopping trips to CVS. Tyler has been coming with me, which has been so nice! It's been a fun time to spend together, and it's been much easier with the kids and being uncomfortably pregnant. I will use my card, and he will use his. So, often we get the same stuff.

Here's the Quick Stats on our shopping this week (it was two shopping trips, three transactions):

Total Purchases: $241.64
Card Savings: $146.24 (the Accu-check diabetes things were $65 off)
Total with Card Savings: $95.40

Total Cash Spent: $20.73
Total Coupons: $36.00
Total ECB Used: $39.98
Total ECB Earned: $53.46


SHOPPING TRIP #1
Below is a photo of what we both bought...



BELOW is how each transaction was split (so his and mine):
TRANSACTION (TBC & TS)
Accu-Check Compact Plus Diabetes Monitoring, $9.99, earn $9.99 ECB (limit 1) = $9.99
Viva Paper Towels, 8 rolls, $6.99 each, earn $2 ECB (limit 2) = $6.99
Stayfree MaxiPads 36 ct, $4.49, earn $1.50 ECB (limit 1) = $4.49
Colgate Total Whitening, 6 oz, $1.77, earn ZERO ECB (no limit) = $1.77
Physician Formula Mineral Mascara w/free eyeliner (limit 1) = $7.99
TOTAL: $31.23
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COUPONS:
(1) $5 off $30 (CVS emailed coupon) = $5 off
(1) $0.50 off Viva = $0.50 off
(1) $1.00 off Stayfree = $1.00 off
(1) $1.00 off Physician Formula = $1.00 off
(1) $1.50 off Colgate = $1.50
= $9 off
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New Total: $22.23
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Tyler:
Paid $19.98 ECB
Paid $2.29 in cash

Terri:
Paid $10 ECB
Paid $13.09 in cash
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Both earn $21.48 in ECB
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** The Accu-Check diabetes monitoring system is actually really nice because each box has 17 free test strips. Those things are expensive normally. The ones I used were $1 each - so that would be $17 per box (if this brand costs the same) that I was able to get for free basically.

**Quick little gripe: When I got home, I opened up the coupons that I bought that day in the newspaper and there were ones for the Stayfree pads, Buy 1 Get 1 Free. So, we could have used those and brought home two more packs of Stayfree pads for free! But no, I didn't look at my coupons from that newspaper until I got home. grrr...



SHOPPING TRIP #2
We had both received $4 off $20 coupons in our email for each card. It was only good for July 4th, so we ran off and this is what we bought...

TRANSACTION (TDC)
(2) Stayfree MaxiPads 36 ct, $4.49, earn $1.50 ECB (limit 1) = $8.98
(2) Maybelline Mascara, $4.99, earn $2 ECB (limit 3) = 9.98
Bic Soleil Razor, $6.99 each, earn $5 ECB (when purchase refills as well) = $6.99
Bic Soleil Refills, $6.99 each, earn the $5 ecb above = $6.99
TOTAL: $32.94
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COUPONS:
(1) $4 off $20 = $4 off
(2) $2 off Maybelline = $4 off
(1) $2 off Stayfree = $2 off
(2) $4 off Bic = $8 off
(0) Buy-one-get-one-free Stayfree pads - wouldn't go through = $0
= $18
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New Total: $14.94
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Pay $10 ECB
Pay $5.35 in cash
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Earn $10.50 in ECB
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**Apparently I'm incapable of using the B1G1 free coupon for the Stayfree pads! It was so annoying. I wished I had used that one first instead of giving him the $2 off coupon first, but I hadn't. He already put the other one in the coupon slot and couldn't pull it back out. So, I couldn't change it. Oh well..