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Apr 12 2011
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Shopping day complete

1 gallon milk
2- half gallons Silk Milk
5-Oscar Meyer Lunchables
Private Selection Ice Cream
1 Pint Blue Bell Ice Cream (free)
Purina one Cat Food (free)
Mushrooms
Ravioli
Pull-ups
3-Shredded Cheese
Peanut Butter
Brownie Mix
2-Diced Tomatos
2-Sara Lee Bread
2- Rotisserie Chickens
4- Condensed Cooking Soups
Bertolli Chicken Parmigiana
Fiber One 4 pack Yogurt
Kids 4 pack yogurt
Sara Lee Cheesecake (free)
State Fair Beef Corndogs
Tyson Crispy Chicken Stips
Uncle Bens Ready Rice
6-Pillsbury toaster Strudels
2-Oscar Meyer Hot Dogs
Degree Deoderant Men
2- Bic Flex 4- pack of 4 Razors
2-McCormick Parsley Flakes
Quick Oatmeal
2-Fly Paper
Operation Game
Candy Land Game
3 Snickers Cream Eggs
1 Hersey Eggs 8oz
2- Apple Jacks
3- Gimbals Jelly Beans Packs
Pack of stuffable eggs
dr pepper 20oz.
antibacterial hand soap
welches grape jelly
Carefree panty liners
Luster Whitening toothpaste
egg dying cups
gatorade 1, 2 and 3 formula (drink, flax bar, protein drink)
carmel candy
pack of gum

Not pictured is the toaster strudels, parsley flakes, oatmeal, uncle bens rice…I had already put them away and forgot to pull them out.

Grand total before coupons:

$215.62

Coupon Savings:

$123.12

 

Out of pocket:

$102.30 57% savings for 6 stores

Add to that I have two rebates for two free tombstone pizzas with my two Hasbro Games that I bought. These were both on rollback at walmart for $5 and I had a $3 coupon for one and $2 coupon for the other. So I came out with two pizzas and two games for $5. Can’t beat that. These will make great gifts and I dont’ have to spend a fortune!!

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Mar 09 2011
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Fabulous Finals from Last week

Last week shopping trip finals are:

Walgreens

Transaction1:
Total before Coupons $8.98
Coupon Savings: $6.00
Total OOP: $2.98
Register Rewards: $6.00

Transaction2:
Total before coupons: $55.34
Coupon savings: $24.93
OOP: $30.41
Register Rewards Back: $24

 

Kroger:
I had a bunch of Mega Sale Rewards to use up before they expired and you can only use one per order so I spaced out my orders so I could get them all in

#1-
Total before coupons $9.87

Coupon savings: $4.10

Total OOP: $5.88
41% savings
#2-
Total before coupons $12.84
Coupon Savings: $8.42
Total OOP:  $4.42

64% savings

#3-
Total before coupons $24.19
Coupon Savings: $7.42
Total OOP: $16.77
30% savings
#4-
Total before coupons $6.21
Coupon savings: $5.65
Total OOP: $ . 56
90% Savings
Total at Kroger:
$53.11 Total Bill
$25.48 Saved
$27.63 Out of Pocket

(this included meat and olive oil which are both pricey and I didn’t have coupons for.)
50% savings overall

CVS

Total before Coupons: $104.58
Coupons: $66.72
OOP: $37.86
64% Savings
$30.57 ECB Returned

Not pictured : one extra welches grape jelly
Target
Transaction #1
Total before Coupons: $6.14
Coupons: $7.00
OOP: -.86 (I used this toward easter shoes for the girls that I’d been waiting to go on sale!)

114% savings 

Transaction #2
Not included in picture is a box of 20ct. Ibuprofin.

This includes another free pair of jeans!!!!! Whoohoo!!!
Total before coupons: $7.19
Coupons: $6.47
OOP: $.72
90% Savings

And these mega savings allowed for a necessary purchase that we had been planning…an updated booster car seat  for Hayden so Ella can start using her upright booster.

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Feb 22 2011
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Hello, My name is Lindsay, and I’m a coupon-a-haulic!!!!

Well I promised pictures last time and here they are.
Only hit up two stores tonight because I’m am seriously lacking in sleep after taking care of my sweet Ella last night as she got sick over and over from 7pm – 2:30 am and finally passed out of exhaustion.

She is much better today and you’d never know she had been so sick just 24hrs ago. Thank God for a quick recovery!

I went to Walgreens first because I had some bucks back that were expiring tomorrow and I wanted to make sure they didn’t go to waste.
Transaction #1 —
Total before Coupons: $68.85
Store Savings: $21.03
Coupon Savings: $20.50
Out of Pocket: $27.32
60% Savings
Earned $12 Register Rewards
Transaction #2–

Total before Coupons:  $10.21

Store Savings: $.67
Used register rewards from first transaction: $10.00
Out of pocket: .$23
98% Savings
Then I headed to Target. Now the rumor was that they had Mossimo Jeans for women on clearance for $4.98 and I happened to have a $5 coupon off any womens denim. So I went with the coupon, fully expecting to:
1. Not find jeans at all ( our store is under renovation as they add a produce section)

2. Find jeans, garage sale styles–Tossed and turned and I didn’t want to have to dig for an hour to find a pair of jeans

3. Not find any in my size or style that I needed/liked. I’m pretty short and require a Short size in jeans which is hard to come by and I didn’t expect Target to carry any.

Well, was I ever wrong! There were a ton of styles, sizes, colors, varied lengths and they were, for the most part, in fairly good order. I picked through a little bit and then found 6 pair to go try on in various colors and sizes. The second pair fit, I liked them and I wanted to squeal in the dressing room, thinking that I was going to get these for Free. (have you seen Bedtime stories with Adam Sandler. Yes, that was me, asking for a pair of jeans, for freeeeee?!?!?!?! just like he asked for a red ferrari.)

Anyway, Target has some great deals this week. My store didn’t have everything I was looking for so I’m going to another one in the morning while BJ has his back adjusted at the Chiropractor.
My trip went like this–
Total before coupons: $21.47
Coupon savings: $16.61
Out of pocket: $4.86
77% savings
Not a bad night I have to say!
Total spent — $32.41
Total Saved–$68.61

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Feb 21 2011
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If you love Incredible Pizza like my kids do then you must read this!!!

I just got 4 $25 gift certificates to Incredible Pizza for $12.

 $88 of savings!!! 

The discount is automatically applied at checkout. My kids ask to go here at least once a week it seems. We try to save this spot for special outings or rewards for good behavior or school. This just makes going there so much sweeter.

If you are local, get on over and save a ton of money 🙂

http://www.restaurant.com/rdc/incredible-pizza-company-conroe-pizza-restaurant-rid=363617?&prti=4661
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Feb 20 2011
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Disney in the horizon

We’ve been planning Hayden’s 6th Birthday Disney trip for years it seems! This is it. The big year. Don’t even get me started on how weird it is that I will have a 6 year old and a full time Kindergardener in just a few short months. Man, oh man.

Anyway, a few months back I started doing the grocery game http://www.grocerygame.com/ and have been figuring it out little by little. It makes it super easy on you and all you do is print the list and buy what it tells you to buy and save GILLIONS. 🙂   I always get so excited to see the savings at the bottom because it is just free money out there waiting to be saved! So, I have really buckled down and gotten tight on my grocery spending. Sticking to the list and getting the family involved. I also recently added http://www.stockpilingmoms.com/ to my helpful tips list. Combining the two has been really great and the savings are getting better. I’m still learning and need to get more organized but its fun to know that the money we save can go to the trip we are all eagerly waiting for.

So, for this week my totals are:

Ulta (this was a frivilous trip for me because I really was in need of a bigger makeup bag. My bag that I’ve been using is a tiny one and can’t stay zipped and I can’t even tell you the times it has spilled all over the car and eyeliners are lost in the depths of the under-the-seat zone.  I never buy makeup unless it is for  a silly event that I don’t have the right stuff for, but Ulta had a super cute free gift bag set and I figured I would buy some staples and get the bag.  Plus,  I had a 20% off coupon.

Bronzer -$14 (instore it was on sale for $10)
Lip Gloss – $3.99
20% coupon – $2 off the bronzer
Free gift was $88 value (loaded with 15 fun products)

Total Spent:  $12.98
Total Saved: $90

Second Stop Walgreens. I am a new to walgreens shopper. I only go for the things that are totally free because usually I can pick them up somewhere else that I shop regularly if I need them.

This week totals
We picked out a fun toothbrush and a bag of Kettle Chips. They were out of one of the items we went for but we still got out of their with no money out of pocket!
Total Spent: $0
Total Saved: $6.39
Register Rewards(Can be used like cash for next order) : $14

On to CVS
making a mental note. I should take pictures of the items I get so it can show the amount of stuff I get for the price I pay.

Total: $33.62
CVS giftcard balance: $14.48
Out of pocket Spent: $19.14
Amount Saved: 28.43
Extra care bucks back: $16

Target
Total with tax before Coupons: $12.39
Coupon savings: $10
Reusable bag savings: .10

Total out of pocket: $2.29

Kroger
Total before Coupons: $217.43
Total Saved: $91.11
Amounts Spent: $126.32
MEGA Sale Bonus  Back Bucks: $17

Grand total savings: $225.93

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