Mini-shops.... not impressed with deals lately.

I've done a few mini-shops over the last 2 Sundays, mostly at CVS.

Last weekend I received a $5 off a $20 purchase coupon in my email from CVS. It expired Sunday so I looked up the deals to see if anything was worth going for. Well, I saw that you got free Allegra by way of paying $6.99 OOP and getting $6.99 back. I coupled that with my raincheck from a few weeks back for 6 for $20 Pepsi products.

I got 6 12-packs of Pepsi Max & (the last in the store!) box of Allegra. My total before coupons was $26.99. After a $2 coupon for the medicine and $5 CVS coupon, my total was brought down to $19.99. I spent $19.99 OOP, and I got back $6.99 ECB(for Allegra), $10 (for Pepsi Max) and $1 for my 4th use of my bag tag. So in all, I really only spent $2 since I earned $17.99 in ECB!

Today I went back to burn up some of those ECB for more items that pay back in ECB. I got a Colgate 360 toothbrush (on sale for $2.99, rg. $4.89 - gives back $2 ECB), and Skintimate shave gel $3.49 (gives back $2.50 ECB). I also added a copy of today's paper for more coupons. My total was $8.48, I used $1 coupon off toothbrush (April All You Mag.) & $.55 off Skintimate shave gel (also, April All You). My new total was $6.93 + tax, I used $6.99 ECB from last Sunday's Allegra purchase and I only owed 39 cents OOP today, and I got back $4.50 in ECB.
















I also went to Bi-Lo for FREE Gain fabric softener sheets (on sale for $2.99, using $3 off coupon = FREE), but they were out. I grabbed a raincheck and was told at Customer Service that even if my coupon expires (next week 3/31), then with the RC, they will honor the coups since they were out of that item today when the coupon was valid. NICE!!! That's a really good tip! Well, I continued my little list with Tostito's new Artisan blend chips. I had a 55 cents off coupon, and they were on sale this week for BOGO (half off $3.99), so my coupon doubled to $1.10 and I got the chips for 89 cents! That's an unreal deal there! I also got a roll of Mentos. I don't eat candy, but I like making money off of deals and these were on sale for 50 cents. I had a 50 cents off coupon from the newspaper and so it doubled to $1.00 which I put towards the purchase of a can of spaghetti sauce that was on sale for $1. My grand total OOP at Bi-Lo: $1.89. NOT BAD!


Please be sure to share any deals that you find with me and I will continue to do the same with you!

Until then - happy saving!

Shannon

A 76% savings weekend!

I spent $39.81
I saved $125.94
The value of all items is $165.61.
I also have $5.99 in ECB at CVS remaining and I am submitting my TheraFlu for a mail-in-rebate, so that's included in the OOP and savings above!

I went to Publix twice (was going for the $10 off grocery when you buy $50 gas gift card. GOOD DEAL! I have to pay full price for gas anyway, so I might as well save on something while doing so! I also went to Walgreen's (4 baby shrimp raincheck 2 for $3 (reg. price = $3.69 EACH!), CVS and Bi-Lo!

Here are the pics of what I bought.. I used a combination of internet printed coupons, newspaper inserts and coupons from AllYou Magazine (TOTALLY worth the subscription if you don't already get it. I think I paid $10 for the year, and have already saved more than $30 in coupons from it!)

Let me know if you have any questions, I am to tired to type everything out!








So - until next time, happy saving!

Shannon

Am I addicted? Maybe... just a little

I told myself and my sister earlier this week that I was only going to eat what I already have stocked, BUT I simply cannot resist the great deals when I see them! I log on to facebook and in my feed I see lots and lots of deals from all my "liked" coupon pages!

So, today, I headed out to get the Publix "$1 or less deals". I picked up a few extra items as well (sandwich meat, wraps, ground beef & baby spinach) but I did pretty good and will add a few basic items to the stockpile.













I got:
2 jars Prego Spagehtti Sauce (BOGO - reg. $2.43 ea.)
2 boxes Aunt Jemima blueberry waffles (BOGO - reg. $2.39 ea.)
2 cans Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup ($1.00 ea.)
6 cans Del Monte tomato sauce (BOGO - reg. $0.55 ea.)
2 boxes Quaker Oatmeal (BOGO - reg. $3.69 ea.)
2 bags Halls cough drops (BOGO - reg. $1.69 ea.)
1 can Muir Glen tomato sauce ($0.89)

Total before sales/coupons
$24.59

Coupons used:
2 - $.50 off Halls (Feb All You Mag) - doubled
2 - $1 off Quaker (Feb All You Mag)
1 - $0.60 off/2 Prego (1/2 SmartSource)
1 - $1 off/2 Aunt Jemima (Facebook)
1 - $0.75 off Muir Glen (internet printable)
1 - $0.40 off/2 Campbell's soups (internet printable) - doubled

Total Coupons: $5.75
Total Doubled: $1.40
Total Sales: $13.35

TOTAL SAVINGS: $20.50

TOTAL OUT OF POCKET $7.60!
Savings of 73%

Not bad... and I am pretty stocked up for a few red sauce pasta nights and breakfast! (I eat 2 plain toasted blueberry waffles every morning for breakfast!)

Anyway - I will keep you posted if I find any more deals later today or tomorrow.... because Monday is back to the grindstone at work, and no time for couponing!

Until then - happy saving!

Shannon