Walgreens 6/20-6/22

My Walgreens trips proved to be a little better than CVS this weekend. Normally I only go to each store once but this one I couldn't pass up. I had a total of 5 orders by the time I was finished and ended up with 3 times as many register rewards that I started with! Trip 1:

Renu Sensitive Contact solution (I happened to find a BOGO free pack at one of the walgreens!)

$8.49 - $2.00 Manu Coupon

Earned $7.50 RR

2 Gillette Hydro body wash

$8.98 - BOGO free coupon $4.49

Earned $4.50RR (used $4 in RR)

Trip 2:

6 Old Spice Deoderants

$29.94 - 3 BOGO free coupons(-14.97)

Also used $12 in RR from previous order and earned $10 in RR

Trip 3:

Renu sensitive solution (only single packs left :()

$7.49 - $2 Manu coupon

Earned $7.50 RR

2 Gillette Hydro wash

$8.98 - BOGO free coupon (-4.49)

Earned $4.50 RR

Pack of gum $1.29

Used $10 in RR from previous order and earned $12 in RR

Trip 4:

6 Old spice Deodorants

$29.94 - 3 BOGO free coupons(-14.97)

also used $12 in RR from previous order and earned $10 in RR back

Trip 5:

Renu Solution

$7.49- $2 manu coupon

Earned 7.50 RR

2 Gillette Hydro body wash

$8.98 - BOGO free coupon (-4.49)

Earned $4.50 in RR

Pack of gum $.99

also used $10 in RR from previous order and earned $12 in RR

So the grand totals in this shopping expedition was:

Actual Price: $118.57

$ of coupons used $54.87

$ of RR used $46.00

Total Spent $26.02

$Amount saved $92.55

% saved 78%

Earned $56 in RR with $12RR still remaining. I started with $4 in RR!

CVS 6/20

This weekend at CVS was decent. There was not too much that I was interested in and I have $37 in ECB's ready to roll but I didn't want to use them just to use them.

I snagged a box of diapers at $19.99 I used a CVS coupon for $2.00 off as well as a printable coupon from coupons.com for $3 off. I earned $10 ECBs

I also grabbed 2 Mitchum Deoderants one mans and one womans. They were on sale for $2.99 and I had 2 $.75 off coupons for them. I earned $2 in ECB's

They had Colgate Total on sale for $2.99 and I had a $.75 coupon for that as well and I earned $2 in ECB's.

Lastly I really needed a bottle of Tylenol but there was none to be found (recall?) That was OK because they had CVS Acetaminophen on sale for $3.99 and I earned 3 ECB's.

So it wasn't a horrible trip, just not as good as a some of the past ones. Here is the breakdown:

Regular Price: $40.85

Sale Price: $32.95

Coupons used $8.00

Ecbs used $16.00

Out of pocket cost $11.01

Money saved $29.84

% saved 73%

Ecb's earned $17 bringing my total of Ecb's to spend $38

My weekend shopping trips!!

So I haven't been blogging for awhile. It's not because I haven't been saving, it's just life. So much has been going on with a new baby on the way that I haven't had the chance to keep up. Once again I will try!!
This past weekend went really well and I think it was because I know that the baby is near arrival and I won't be able to deal search for awhile!
The next couple posts show you how I saved at CVS, Walgreens, and Target.
Happy Shopping!!

My canning journey.

I have recently decided to try the art of canning and preserving fruits and vegetables. So far I feel I have done a decent job. I have done Strawberry Jam, Raspberry Jam, Salsa, Applesauce, and Cinnamon Applesauce.

I hope to do carrots this year and next year branch out to do more things. In time I hope It will help me save even more money. Well lets not talk about the applesauce! Story for another post.

Anyways the shelves you see with the fruits of my labor were created this weekend by my husband. I had extra closet space that I was going to buy shelves for and instead he offered to make them for me for half the cost!

I love them and I have just enough room to store all of my accessories as well as all of my filled jars!

Vocalpoint

I just received an awesome piece of mail from Vocalpoint! In it was a coupon for a free box of rice crispies and 5 $1 off rice krispies coupons. Looks like we are going to be having a lot of rice krispie treats in our house!

Seriously if you have not signed up with Vocalpoint I really recommend it.
http://www.vocalpoint.com/index.html

Just click on the link above and register to start receiving great offers in the mail!

CVS

We all love the money saving coupons CVS send our way every once in a while. Right now if you click on the link below and watch a short informative survey on Ready Fill prescriptions and yoiu can print a $5/$25 coupon!!

http://www.cvs.com/CVSApp/images/promotions/landingpages/rx/rx09030_readyfill/index.html?WT.mc_id=FH_080809_CVSHome_Ready

I would get it while you can I doubt they will be around for long!

Coupon exchange

OK So I thought I would try something new. I have had a few people recently ask where in the heck all of the coupons come from. In a previous post of mine I stated that I receive 3 newspapers and a Magazine called All You. I also receive coupon inserts from people who do not use them or they take what they want and give me the rest. You can find hang tags in stores and gas stations with coupons on them and I also recently found a Kraft Flier at Jewel in one of the aisles that had coupons. They are all around us just waiting to be used!.

Do I clip everything I see? Not normally. I clip everything I will definitely use and then I clip everything I would use or try if it were free. The rest all go in a bag for others to look through. Half the time I think they end up going to waste.

People are wondering.... where am I going with this??

Each week I can post a Coupon Exchange - people can then comment and state if they have an abundance of certain coupons they are willing to swap - or if they are in a real need for certain coupons. You can also post if you have a received a coupon that you think is great but you will never use it.

By putting some kind of contact you can then work together to swap or send out your coupons.

Hopefully this will help others start saving and getting into coupons as well!

As always if you have any questions feel free to ask!!

Happy Coupon Hunting!