More Haul :D

I made a trip into Reno just to hit up the clearance racks at Longs (soon to be CVS), and the first one I went to was the one I scored at 2 days ago. It had been mostly wiped of anything I wanted since everything was 75% off so I ended up at another Longs that only had stuff at 50% off. I did manage to score some Hefty bags and an Orange Glo mop kit (I just wanted the mop part since I don't have hardwood floors). I also had a $3 off any purchase CVS Q from my birthday and a $3/$15 to use.

CVS Total OOP - $5.86

I hit up Walgreens too and found the September coupon booklet. *happy dance* I found a $2/1 Sensodyne Pronamel for children in there and used the $1/1 MQ I had so it made it 59c. The Soft Soap Ensemble was priced and placed wrong on their shelves so I got 2 of the pumps and 2 replacements for $1.99 each and used the "$3/1 refill WYB a pump" Q to make all 4 pieces $2.

WAGs total OOP - $22.41
RR Received - $16
Adjusted OOP - $6.41

Adjusted OOP for the whole trip - $12.27
Total Saved - $69.94

I didn't use any RR at WAGs either! So I have a decent little setup for the week of the 13th going as I have my scenario and RR all set up and set aside for the week of the 6th. :D

And the picture..

Not pictured 2 bags of Pirates Booty (consumed by the girls) and 1 Mt. Dew (consumed by me)

w00t!

So I had some time before my boyfriend plane landed, and after the girls and I had dinner, so we hit up some Longs/CVS and WAGs for some deals. :D

Walgreens total OOP was $23.37, but I walked away with $29 in RR. I'm missing a receipt for about $8, but every time I spent money I got back more RR's than I spent so my OOP is really a MM. I used up $12 in RR, and I'm still sitting at like $41 in RR. :O Oh and the best part.... I snagged a BUNCH of the Healthy Savings booklets at one store! WOOHOO!

At CVS between my two cards I paid $3.56, and made $6 or $7 in ECBs (and spent a few too). The best part was at the last Longs (CVS) that I went to I scored a load of stuff that was 75% off. I got Glade Scented Oil Candle refills for 97c, a Dryel Kit for under $3, Armstrong floor cleaner for 39c and there was tons more.

I'll upload a picture of my haul tomorrow. :)


Pictures as promised ..

I'm back at it!

It's been a few months, and I've moved 1600 miles. My house is mostly in order now, and I find myself a little bored. So despite the fact that I was going to try and keep a more natural household I decided to coupon for fun anyhow. A sign of a true addict. :P

ANYHOW...

I had a couple of coupons left that were still good that I had hung on to, and printed out WAY more than I should have this morning I'm sure. For just starting back up with almost nothing already on hand I did pretty good. :D

Walgreens ~ 2 transactions
OOP ~ $25.15
RR Earned ~ $19 (I used a $4 RR from my 1st transaction on my 2nd transaction)
Adjusted OOP ~ $6.15

CVS ~ 1 transaction
OOP ~ $12.17
ECBs Earned ~ $19.99
Adjusted OOP ~ -$7.82

Target ~ 2 transactions
OOP ~ $3.42

Total Adjusted OOP ~ $1.75

The haul..



Not shown, but included in my totals: 2 newspapers, 1 20oz bottle of water, 1 20oz Mt. Dew

Well, I'm going to be putting couponing on hold indefinitely. Our lease here is up at the end of August and we're not sure what is going to happen from there as to where we will be going. So I need to clear out the 40 bags of frozen veggies I just got for free. Start dipping into the mounds of other stuff I have stockpiled as well. The less we have to move the better. It should be interesting to see how much I can save us just getting the perishables, produce, and frequently used items. I'll have to hold myself back from good deals though. It will be hard.

I think perhaps I'll begin tracking my expenditures for groceries and see if I can keep us under $300 a month for food. I will have to get the items that are a little more expensive, like fish, on sale and just freeze what I think we will use in the next couple of months. I already have enough meat to last us the rest of the month and into part of next month easily. Produce should be cheaper and more plentiful shortly so this will help out greatly.

iHerb.com

Use the code "BEV246" and get $5 off your first order!

I just got 1 Alba Coco Butter Shave Cream, and 1 Alba Coconut Creme Clear Lip Gloss for $2.17 SHIPPED.

Not too shabby really..

I got my Qs all gathered up last night and after the gym today I went to the better stocked Kroger. I got all my items that I could find and went to start checking out at the self-check and the spicy brown mustard rang up at $1.79 and not $1.25. I asked about it, and the CS guy went back and checked the endcap display I had gotten my mustard from. Well there was nothing to indicate that the spicy brown mustard was not part of the sale and cost more. So I ended up getting the first one free, and the second one at the $1.25 price.

That trip I got:

2 can sliced pineapple
3 Softsoap liquid soap
2 yellow mustard
2 spicy brown mustard
1 Duncan Hines cake mix
2 Ziploc storage containers
1 bag Jasmine rice
1 Scotch Brite dish scrubber (NailSaver type)
1 box whole wheat rotini
2 Double Early Edition Sunday papers

Total OOP - $10.23
Total Saved - $23.65 (70%)


I got the coupon inserts out of the paper before I even got in the car. I clipped ones I could use right away while Sophia got all mad, then fell asleep.

I ran over to the other Kroger near my house since I didn't have anything that could melt in the car (it's 80 here today). I found Glade Scented Oil Candles that were on sale 2/$5 and I had 7 $2/1 Qs! :disco: So I grabbed 7 of those. I got everything else I needed, and then happened to find some Fiber One yogurt on clearance (near expiration date) for $1 and I snatched up 3 of them and used 50c/1 Qs to make them totally free! :D

Transaction #1 items:

3 Fiber One yogurts
2 boxes Ronzoni elbow pasta
1 Land-o-Lakes butter (light)
1 Pilsbury sweet rolls
3 Pilsbury pizza crust
3 tubs Betty Crocker frosting
3 jars Ragu pasta sauce
7 Glade Scented Oil Candle holders

Total OOP - $11.28
Total Saved - $55.95 (83%)

Transaction #2 items:

3 Pilsbury sweet rolls
1 Pilsbury pizza crust

Total OOP - 50c
Total Saved - $6.86 (93%)


So $22.01 total, and saved $86.46.

Yes. I've neglected my blog. I'm bad. :P

I've had a few good transactions lately. Kroger currently has Quaker granola bars and cereal on sale where you get $4 off instantly when you buy 4. I also found that the Quaker site for the True Delights is unlimited prints (not sure if it still is) so I got 24 boxes of True Delights for 50c each! Then I used my Cap'n Crunch coupons and got 8 boxes for $6, and 12 boxes of Life for $12. Some was a little less because I also got the CAT for Pilsbury a few times.

Target has an awesome sale on Pepsi right now too. It beats the pants off WAGs Pepsi deal. At Target it's 5 12-packs for $15 and get a $5 gift card when you buy 5. I got my Pepsi coupons about a week ago so I did 2 transactions and got 10 12-packs for $20, and got two $5 gift cards. :D I then went back later on and got 6 boxes of Wheat Things Artisan crackers, 2 boxes of Soft Scrub Scrubby Pads, and 2 boxes of Pledge Multi-Surface Duster refills. OOP for that after the GCs was $1.6x. So under $22 OOP for all of it yesterday!

There is a $1/1 IP at softscrub.com, and the Artisan crackers had a tag saying "Sale thru Satruday" but the date said 3/xx - 3/30. Today is the 30th, so Target's bad. :D

Kroger Mega Deals..

How I love thee. I did the limit of 3 in a transaction, and added a couple sale items and a few clearance items. I had coupons for every item in my cart too!

Spent: $25.68
Saved: $76.02
Percent: 74%

I found a 50c/1 coupon on the inside of my box of Wheat Crisps too, and it's a VERY popular item in this house so I think I'll be putting together another transaction scenario. :D

I suffered from burnout at CVS and WAGs. O_O I've only been to CVS once in like a month! As for WAGs... all I need to say is free Garnier. I'm working on that one this week. Hehehe.

It's spring here and I've gotten my container garden started up, and I'm going to be out playing in the yard with the kids more. I'll show off my stockpile soon though. ;)

20 Free 4x6 Prints at Walgreens 2/20 ONLY

I got an e-mail a bit ago advertising 20 free 4x6 photos only good on 2/20/09. Use the code ONEDAY at checkout.

I'm going to start find pictures I'd like hard copies of. :D

The fine print stuff..

* Coupon code ONEDAY valid once per account on February 20, 2009. Online orders must include 20 or more 4x6 or 4x5.3 prints at time of checkout to qualify. Limit 20 free prints per customer. Code must be entered at time of checkout to apply discount. Does not apply toward collage prints, taxes or shipping charges. Orders must be placed by logged-in customer by February 20, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. Central Time to qualify. Timing will be determined by Walgreens server clock. Only one coupon code per order. Offer valid online only.

70% off at Albertson's

Apparently a few women hit up the air fresheners this morning before I got there. *sigh* I heard from a few people that they had 2 shopping carts piled high and the cashier told me their total before the discounts and coupons was like $2,200. O_O So I got very little, which I'm not really pleased about. Oh well I still got a little bit, which is better than nothing I suppose.

I guess they dropped prices to 50% on Sunday so I didn't get any laundry detergent or very many cleaners either. Friday I'm going back to see what is left since it is payday and I can validate buying a little more.


Today's trip I saved $253.18 and spent $48.38. :D

Not clipping my Qs..

the day I get them means I end up with hours of clipping 2 weeks later. O_O

I have been cleaning up my Qs again, and clipping the inserts from the 1st. I'm still not totally done either. Ugh. Not to mention that I have a crazy amount of IPs. I've got 4 card holder sheets left and I took out makeup, and other beauty Qs, as well as most new medicine Qs. I need to go buy more but I can only find the sheets at Office Max and it's like $3 for 10 sheets. I don't think I have much choice in the matter unless I want to carry around ziploc baggies in addition to my binder.

Oh Thrifty blog, how I ignore thee..

And I'm not doing it on purpose. I swear I'm not. We've been working on adjusting my youngest daughters sleep schedule, and the last few days have been pretty good. Although by about 2pm I'm a walking zombie for some reason. O_o

Anywho.. Back to the purpose of this blog..

I have gone to Albertson's a few times this week alrady the first trip I got things that I had coupons for and that had a low stock. Like the last box of Minute Rice, and the last jar of Welch's grape jelly. Today things were marked down a little more, but still not as much as I would like on some things. So I once again got a few things that were deeply discounted like some party sets (plates, napkins, hats, cups and invites) for both my girls. One Dora themed set, and one Backyardagins set. I also got a dozen CFL light bulbs since we keep blowing bulbs in this house.

My total today was $51.xx and I saved $123.xx! *happy dance*


Hopefully next week the discounts on EVERYTHING will be 50% or more. Then I can validate buying more things. :D

Not too bad eh?

I went to Target yesterday to look for some storage containers for my flour and corn meal (which they didn't have), and as I was walking past the registers I see something amazing. Hangtags on Sobe LifeWater! 50c/1. Look at price. 10/$10, sweet. Look for the $5 gift card when you buy 10 offer. Ends 2/7. Check Blackberry for date. The 7th. SWEET!

I snatched 30 of them, and still left some. :D

I also went and got 4 boxes of Kotex pantiliners.

It went like this..

10 Sobe LifeWater
-$5 MQs
OOP - $5
Get $5 GC

10 Sobe LifeWater
-$5 MQs
-$5 GC
OOP - $0
Get $5 GC

10 Sobe LifeWater
-$5 MQs
-$5 GC
OOP - $0
Get $5 GC

4 Kotex Liners
- $8 Target Qs
- $3 MQs
OOP - 82c


So I spent $5.82 OOP, but I still have a $5 Target GC. So my adjusted OOP is 82c! :D

Albertson's Closing

The Albertson's nearest to me is closing. I hit it up and got a few things that I need and that they had very little left of that matches Qs.

4 Hershey's 100 Calorie Bars
1 50ct box Twinings Earl Gray tea (my b/f loves it)
1 6pk Boost for Kids (coupon to try it free)
1 Scrubbing Bubbles Auto Shower Cleaner Starter Kit
1 100ct box paper clips
2 boxes Pringles Stix
1 Valentine's Day Card
2 boxes Hefty Zipper Freezer Bags (gallon size)
14 packets Hodgson Quick Rising Yeast

My OOP was $33.74 and I saved $44.28

Now I'll have freezer bags for the nearly 20 pounds of meat I'm planning on getting. Curse my Foodsaver for breaking. :(

Shopping List for 2/7

Kroger
21 cans Chef Boyardee
6 cans Grand Biscuits
8 cans Manwich
5 packs hamburger buns
3 green bell peppers
1 gallon milk
2 16oz packs butter
1 box Minute Rice
Total - $21.13


Albertson's
10 jars Ragu
7 bags Steamfresh
14 cans Progresso

Grand Total - $12.95

Sprout's
1 head Cauliflower
2 packs Strawberries
5lbs Asparagus
2 packs Blueberries
5lbs Pears
10lbs Pork Steaks
5lbs Apples
3 lbs Green Grapes
Total - ~$33 (poundage of fruit is a rough estimate, I may get less)

Tom Thumb
Grapes 88c lb x 5 = $4.40
Poptarts $1 x 8 = $8 - $4 Qs = $4
Baby Carrots $1 x 2 = $2
Total - $10.40

Grand Total - $80

I think I'm going to go to CVS and do the $20 P&G / Madagascar 2 deal. I hear there's going to be a $5 off coupon for the movie in this upcoming paper so that would make it free. I also need to go to Costco to get about 10 pounds of hamburger since I can't seem to find any on sale this week. All that would add $45 on to my bill. So $135 for all that, but it does get me stocked up a bit on meat for us, and pasta sauce. ;)

Kitchen Thrift

I started my "cooking" blog. :D

Kitchen Thrift

Since there's not a whole lot in the way of WAGs and CVS in the near future that really thrills me I'm going to concentrate on my food for the family. There is an Albertson's nearby that is closing down and I'll be getting stuff from there hopefully at a decent discount. I was in there a few days ago and they were taking coupons still, so here's hoping that they will be come Saturday when I can get over there.

Kroger... again.

I went and got a few more things since I came across some Cattlemen's, Frank's, and French's coupons. I also found the Kraft 2% blinkie well stocked at my store. :D

So I did one transaction and got 5 bars of cheese, 3 bags of shredded, and 2 bottles of mustard. OOP was $5.90, saved $28, 82%.

My second transaction had 2 sets of items for the mega sale, plus some Cottonelle TP and a tub of yogurt. I spent $16.41 OOP, saved $34.04, 67%. My Cottonelle IPs didn't want to work so they had to enter them manually and they didn't get doubled. :( It was a $1.50 I lost, which isn't much, but would have put my total at just under $15. Oh well. I did very well again so I'll live with it.

Being Thrifty-er

In the last few months I've done well for us and there are things we just don't need to worry about buying for some time. The stuff I can think of off hand..

~ Shampoo / Conditioner
~ Toothpaste
~ Mouth Wash
~ Bar Soap
~ Body Wash
~ Lotion
~ Dish Soap
~ Dishwasher Detergent
~ Feminine Supplies
~ Pain Relief
~ All Purpose Cleaner
~ Trash Bags
~ Candles, Air Fresheners
~ Facial Cleanser
~ Makeup
~ Cereal
~ Condiments: Ketchup, Mustard
~ Marinades, Salad Dressing, Worcestershire Sauce
~ Frozen Vegetables
~ Chicken
~ Canned Tuna
~ Dried Beans/Lentils
~ Pasta Sauce
~ Spaghetti Noodles
~ Tomato Soup
~ Cream of Mushroom Soup
~ Rice-a-Roni / Pasta-Roni
~ Canned Tomatoes / Ro*Tel


I need to look for meat other than chicken to go on sale and stock up. I'm going to make a greater effort to cook from scratch more often and reduce our grocery bill to things that are perishable and as food items come along on a decent sale again. Of course many of the non-food items I will not buy unless it's either VERY cheap, or free since I know it's possible.

I think I'll use my cooking blog to track my from scratch cooking. If someone can benefit even once from a meal plan I have then I'll be happy. :)

Citrucel

I ended up with 16 containers, and only one did I not have a manufacturer coupon for so I paid $2.59 for it, 7 were $1.59, and 8 were 59c. Total is $18.44. After the $16 in rebates for them from Caregivers that puts the total price for 16 boxes of Citrucel Soft Chews at $2.44. That's right at 15c a box, and a savings of 99%!