CVS and Wags Haul 1/4

I have a bit of OOP, but I really made out! I was also in need of vitamins and the $12 OOP I spent on that got me 260 days worth. I would have had a whole years worth, but they only had 2 packs of regular Centrum. I might return the package of Centrum Silver and get the regular if I can. Anyhow.. on to what I got!

CVS:

3 One Touch Blood Glucose Monitors
5 Kotex Multi-packs
2 Listerine Whitening Pens
2 L'Oreal HIP Eye Shadows
6 Chocolate Skittles
1 6-pack Gold Emblem Flavored Water
4 20oz Cokes
1 Glade Scented Oil Candle Set
1 Teddy Grahams
5 6-packs Slim Fast

Total OOP - $4.00

Wags:

2 130 count Centrum
1 100 count Centrum Silver
2 Soft Soap
4 Glade Oil Scented Candle Refills
1 Garnier Fructis Shine Spray
2 Benefiber 20 serving Powder
2 Glade Candles
2 20ft Reynolds Wrap
1 Freestyle Freedom Lite Blood Glucose Moniter

Total OOP - $13.84

It really would have been more impressive if I had been able to get the 19 bottles of Garnier I was planning on.

Grand total OOP - $17.84

And $1.07 for a small latte from Dunkin Doughnuts while I waited for Wags to open. ;)

I'm going to go to a different Wags later today and try the Garnier again. I didn't spent $9 on news papers yesterday to not get the deal done. ;)

Walgreens and CVS

This weekend will be a good weekend for me. Despite the fact that money is tight for the next week I think I can pull off one crazy haul this weekend for under $20. Maybe I'll pull $20 from the bank, and then after I get my haul I'll use the rest of it to get my boyfriend some Starbucks. Distract him with coffee while I bring in the bags. *rofl*

Shopping Habit Changes

I'll admit it right now...

I'm a label snob.

I will buy the $2 Sara Lee bread over the 88c store brand. I mean there is a noticeable difference in texture, but it's not like I can't just suck it up and save us $1.22 a loaf. There are some things I cannot bring myself to sway on. I must have milk and butter made without rbST. Luckily that is easy to come by. I also get canned veggies that have no added salt. So I do pay a little more for that. I need to change my ways on more things when possible though.

CVS is giving me the ability to cheaply supply my family with almost all the beauty and household supplies we need. I spend a fraction of what I would if I were to purchase everything at Wal-Mart. My CVS spending and news paper purchases will be coming out of my grocery money now, so I need to save where I can.

I went to Wal-Mart this morning and got eggs, bread, hot dog buns,and a pack of turkey hot dogs. I spent under $5. Normally it would have been $2 for eggs, $2 for bread, 88c for buns, and $3.50 for hot dogs. So that was more than $3 I saved right off the bat.

Sales and Store Brands. It will be my new shopping mantra.

Proof that we all mess up..

I spent roughly $22 OOP at CVS Sunday morning. *head desk*

I was mad at myself. I miscalculated the Pantene ad. I did the math off the 2/$5 and not the 2/$7. I only had $5 in ECBs to start with, and then I found the Infusium 23 for $3.50 and I had $3/1 Qs and I just couldn't pass it up so I used all 10 of the Qs I had. Although given my typical savings level I can't really complain too much. My cashiers were trying to talk me down from my self hating in the middle of the store. *rofl*

I walked out with..

5 Pantene Shampoos
5 Pantene Conditioners
3 Infusium 23 Shampoos
3 Infusium 23 Conditioners
4 Infusium 23 Leave-in Treatments
1 Schick Intuition
1 NovaMax Monitor
6 Dawn Dish Soaps


I can't complain, they're right. That's over $200 in product easily. No use staying upset about it, but I'll just make sure to double check my math before I hit the register.

The New Year

Means a somewhat fresh start with the coupons. I purged all my Qs that expire on the 31st. I regrouped and reorganized. Starting January 1st I'm going to log my savings. My goal will be to offset all my CVS spending and then some by donating items that I have a surplus of, or just won't use.

Target Deals 12/19

Of all places I never would have suspected Target to be some decent deals. Hot Coupon World's printable Target Qs are wonderful! Today I got..

3 heads of cauliflower
6 containers of Campbell's Select Harvest soup (the microwavable kind)
1 package of True North Nuts
6 cans of Pilsbury biscuits (5 per can)

My OOP was just over $10


I was shocked to see Target giving CRTs. They've come n handy, and with this trip I got a CRT for 20oz or larger frozen Tyson chicken item. Hopefully I'll be able to find a manufacturer Q for Tyson before my Target Q expires. :D

CVS Haul 12/18/08

Between 2 CVS stores I got the following items..

1 Johnson & Johnson First Aid Kit To Go
2 Kiss Custom Fit Nail Kits
3 L'Oreal Liquid Eyeliners
4 Sally Hansen Nail Polishes

Total OOP was $1.44


I think I have enough nail polish and I'll be getting more this weekend. If only I wore it enough to validate the amount I have. *rofl*