Target Bargains 1-29-11

Check this out ... I purchased the items above for $6.15 plus tax. Retail value is over $40!!! :-)

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Jason's couponing adventures at the Commissary :-)

I often read about great deals at the Commissary, but it's a long drive (which pretty much negates the savings) so I don't like to drive there just for a few items. Jason is already on base for work, so I sometimes send him with a list and a stack of coupons. Here's what he brought home today (thanks, sweetie!) :-)

The purchase included:
6 Ballpark bunlength franks (10ct) $1.25 each, total $7.50
6 Sara Lee hotdog buns (8ct) $1.59 each, total $9.54
6 Musselmans 4-pk applesauce 79cents each, total $4.74
2 Pompeian olive oil 16oz $2.49 each, total $4.98
1 Marcal Tissue 89cents

Total before coupons = $27.65

Coupons Used:
(6) $2 off Ballpark (from Facebook - no longer printing)
(6) Buy Ballpark, get $1 off Sara Lee buns (tearpad found at Food Lion)
(4) 40cents off Musselmans (printed from their website)
(2) $1 off Mussellmans (from Facebook - no longer printing)
(2) $1 off Pompeian (from coupon book found @ Commissary)
(1) $1 off Marcal (8/22 SS)

Total after coupons: $3.05 plus $1.38 surcharge = $4.43

One thing I love about the Commissary is that they allow overage for coupons, so that helps to bring our total out of pocket down even more!

My great Target deals today!

I had several coupons expiring on 8/28 so I met up with Sarah and we did some Target shopping. Here's what I got:

(2) Merona Men's Dress Shirts (reg. $19.99 each) clearance $4.98 each, total $9.96
(2) Baby Jean Shorts $4 each, total $8
(2) Olay Regenerist Face Cleansing Cloths TPC (Temporary Price Cut) $5.39 each, total $10.78
(2) Tide travel size 97cents each, total $1.94
(2) Suave Shampoo 88cents, total $1.76
(8) Right Guard travel size 97cents each, total $7.76
(6) Hunts Snack Packs TPC 84cents each, total $5.04
(4) Sobe $1.02 each, total $4.08
(1) Frito-Lay 20ct variety pack $6.49
(1) Quaker Old Fashioned Oats $1.99
(1) Market Pantry loaf bread $1.09

Total before coupons = $58.89

Coupons used:
(2) $3 off Men's Merona shirt Target coupon
(2) $2 off Kids Denim Target coupon
(1) BOGO Olay Cleansers from 7/11 SS
(1) $5 off Olay Regenerist from P&G mailer coupon book
(2) $1 off Tide from 8/1 P&G
(2) 75cents off Suave Target coupon
(8) $1 off Right Guard IP from coupons.com
(2) $1 off 3 Snackpacks Target coupon
(1) $1 off 4 Snackpacks
(1) 30cents off 2 Snackpacks
(2) BOGO Sobe from heads or tails game
(4) 50cents off Sobe Target coupon
(1) $1 off Frito Lay multipack Target coupon
(1) save $1 on bread WYB Frito Lay multipack (peelie found at CVS)
(1) 50cents off Market Pantry bread Target coupon

Total after coupons = $16.24 plus tax! The retail value of these items (without clearance, TPC, etc) is over $90 - and usually just one men's dress shirt would cost more than I paid!!! I'm very happy with this purchase, and it's all items we can use or things that will be great to donate to the local shelter. Here's a pic:

My AWESOME CVS deal 8/15/10

Items purchased:
3 – Smart Water 1.25 each x 3 = $3.75
6 – Sobe water 1.59 each x 3 = $9.54
10 – Right Guard deodorant $4.49 x 10 = $44.90
1 – Purex 3-in-1 sheets $5.99
1 – Aquafresh IsoActive Toothgel $4.99
1 – Blink Tears eyedrops $7.99
10 – Caliber 1 subject notebooks 50cents each x 10 = $5.00

Total before coupons/CVS BOGO deals = $82.16

CVS BOGO deals (SOBE & Right Guard) = minus $27.72

Total before coupons = $54.44

Coupons:
- CVS $5 off $30 from email
- CVS $1.50 Aquafresh from coupon machine
- $1 off Aquafresh internet printable from website
- (3) BOGO Sobe from headsortails game
- $1 off 3 Smartwaters tearpad found on cooler door
- (5) BOGO RightGuard/DryIdea 7/25 Redplum
- $3 Purex 8/15 Redplum
- (5) $1 off 2 Caliber items from coupon machine
- $1 Blink Tears internet printable or 8/15 Redplum
Also used $10 in ECB from previous week.

I paid only the tax, $3.02!

I received $2 ECB for the Purex and $7.99 for the Blink Tears. Here's a photo of my purchase, along with a snapshot of my receipt:

Couponing ... it's a family event! :-)

The whole family was involved in couponing today --- Jason, Easton & I had several errands to run, so we took advantage of being out in town and picked up several deals. We visited Food Lion, CVS and the Commissary and here's what we got:




24 SOBE waters
16 boxes Marcal tissue
6 10pk Capri Sun
4 panty liners
3 Milky Way Caramels
2 Pasta Sauce
1 Folgers coffee
1 frozen mixed veggies
1 frozen onions
3 lbs of chicken

Retail cost of these items with tax is $101.69 .... we paid $9.79 (that's including tax!!!). That is a savings of 90%!

How did we do this? The SOBE waters came from CVS - they are running a BOGO special on the waters, and I had BOGO coupons. This equals free waters! (just pay tax). CVS is also running a buy 2 CVS panty liners for $1, get $1 ECB back. So free panty liners! They also have their Mars brand candy bars for 50cents this week, and I received 3 50cents off Milky Way Caramels = free chocolate!

The Marcal tissues came from $1 off Marcal coupons found in the Sunday paper coupon inserts. We got these at the commissary, so NO TAX, we only had to pay the surcharge of 63cents for 16 boxes of tissue!

The remaining purchases came from Food Lion .... free frozen onions, 7cents CapriSuns, 47cents pasta sauce and $1 chicken & mixed veggies can be bought with the current FLIP (Food Lion Internet Printable) coupons. The Hershey bar was free with a Food Lion mobile coupon, and the Folgers was also purchased with a mobile coupon. After coupon and MVP sale the coffee was less than $2. Definitely the most expensive purchase of the day, but much cheaper than regular price :-)

It was definitely a fun day - I am looking forward to our next family couponing adventure!!!

My CVS deal 6-13-10

I know I say this everytime, but I REALLY think this is my best CVS trip yet!!! Take a look at the photo and details below. And as usual I must reiterate how much I LOVE CVS! :-)

TRANSACTION #1

2 - Old Spice Body Washes $4 each, total $8
1- NeilMed Nasadrop Saline for Babies $11.99
$1 donation to ALS

Total before coupons: $20.99

Coupons used:
$3 off $15 CVS CRT (from coupon machine)
Buy one Old Spice Body Wash, get One Free Coupon
$10 ECB from completing online survey about flu shots
$3 ECB from John Frieda deal last week

Total paid: 59cents and got back $8 ECB from Old Spice and $1 ECB for Green Bag Tag

TRANSACTION #2

1 – Gillette Fusion Proglide razor $9.97
1 – Nature Made Stress reducing vitamins $10.49
1 – Nature Made Folic Acid vitamins $6.69 (on BOGO, so this one was free)
1 – Dove Dark Chocolate $4.99
1 – Dove Caramels .01 (Dove was buy one, get one for a penny)

Total before coupons & CVS BOGO specials: $37.13

Coupons Used:
$5 off $30 from CVS email
$3 off $15 Nature Made purchase, also from CVS email
2 - $1 off Dove
2 - $1 off Nature Made
$4 off Gillette Fusion
$8 ECB from Old Spice Body Wash

Total paid: $1.05 and got back $5 ECB from Proglide razor

TRANSACTION #3

2 – Fruitopia Shampoo, $2.50 each, total $5
1 – Colgate ProClinical Toothpaste $3.99
2 – Off Clip-on refills, $3.79 each, total $7.58

Total before coupons: $16.57

Coupons Used:
$3 off $15 CVS CRT (from coupon machine)
2 - $3 off OFF CVS coupons (printed from cvs.com)
2 - $1 off OFF manufacturer coupons
2 - $2 off Fruitopia CVS coupons from Reinventing Beauty Magazine
$1 off Colgate ProClinical
$1 ECB from Green Bag Tag

Total paid: 39cents and got back $2 ECB for toothpaste

Total Spent on all 3 Transactions = $2.03, Total saved = $72.66

… AND I still have $7 in ECB. I will also submit for NeilMed Rebate and get back the purchase price of the Nasadrops ($11.99). For details about the rebate, go to: http://www.neilmed.com/usa/mailer_cvsnasadrops.php

This makes today’s shopping trip approximately a $17 money maker!

It's been a great week at CVS! :-)

I've been getting wonderful deals at CVS this week .... received some great surprises from the "Magic Coupon Machine" including a $5 off $15 purchase (in addition to the usual $3 off $15). Plus I got a bonus $2ECB to use! Several people have asked me for the details, so here it goes:

Transaction #1:

1 Gillette Fusion PowerGlide Razor $9.97
2 CVS brand SPF lipbalm $1.99 each, total $3.98
2 CVS brand Jelly Beans 99cents each, total $1.98

Total before coupons: $15.93

Coupons Used:
$5 off $15 purchase
$1 off CVS suncare
$1 off CVS suncare
$1 off 2 CVS snacks
$2 BONUS ECB
$1 ECB from Green bagtag
$4 ECB from previous week

Total spent: $1.31, received $5 ECB for Gillette razor

Transaction #2:

1 John Frieda Root Awakening Shampoo $5
1 John Frieda Root Awakening Conditioner $5
2 Chewable Rolaids $3.99 each, total $7.98

Total before coupons: $17.98

Coupons Used:
$3 off $15 purchase
$3 off Root Awakening from 6/6 coupons
$3 off Root Awakening from 6/6 coupons
$4 off any 2 Rolaids, etc from 6/6 coupons
$5 ECB from Gillette Razor (cashier adjusted to $4.98 because I went 2cents into the negative)

Only had to pay tax of $1.16, received $3ECB for John Frieda & $4 ECB for Rolaids

Transaction #3:

4 Glade Plug-in Holders $1.49 each, $5.96 total
4 Glade Plug-in Refills $2.50 each, $10 total

Total before coupons: $15.96

Coupons Used:
$3 off $15 purchase
4 of the IP "Buy one refill, get the holder for free" coupons
2 of the $1 off purchase of 2 Glade refills
$4 ECB from Rolaids

Total spent: $2, received $5 ECB from Glade

Final result .... I spent $4.50 but still have $11 in Extra Care Bucks, plus got a ton of products! :-)

Our CVS bargain 5/9/10

We started off Mother's Day by grabbing some bargains .... my Mom, Dad, Grandma Francis & aunt Lois were down for a visit, and I got the ladies to go with me to CVS this morning. Mama, Lois and I each did the following transaction:

2 - Right Guard Total Defense $2.99 each, total $4.98
2 - Crest Pro-health Toothpaste $3.50 each, total $7
1 - Kotex U Liners $4.99

We each used the following coupons:
$3 off 2 Right Guard Total Defense (printed from coupons.com)
$1 off Kotex U (CVS coupon, printed from CVS website)
$1 off Kotex U (Manufacturer coupon, printed from Kotex website)
2 - 75cents off Crest, cut out of P&G coupon insert in 5/2 newspaper
Also, Lois & I got the $3 off a $15 purchase from the "CVS magic coupon machine" :-)

Received back the following Extra Care Bucks (ECB):
$2 for each Right Guard, totaled $4ECB
$3.50 for each Crest, totaled $7ECB
$4.99 ECB for Kotex U

Total before coupons = $16.97
minus $3 off $15 = $13.97
Owed after coupons = $7.47

Paid $7.47 plus tax, but received $15.99 in Extra Care Bucks ... so this was approx. an $8 Money Maker :-)

These deals are good through Saturday May 15th, so head to your CVS to take advantage :-)

Harris Teeter triples - my best deal yet!

For those that have a Harris Teeter nearby, they are doing their triple coupon event today through May 4th. They'll triple any coupon up to .99 - the best coupons I have are for .75, so tripled they are worth $2.25. That equals some awesome savings.... check out below:

I got:
3 - VIVA Big Paper Towel Rolls
2 - Mahatma Rice Seasoning
2 - Morton Season-All Season Salt
10 - Ortega Fajita Seasoning
1 - Franks Hot Sauce
1 - Frenchs Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce
2 - Glade air freshener
4 - Phili mini cream cheese
1 - Birds Eye Veggies

Total retail cost of my order was approx. $47. After VIC savings and triple coupons, I paid....... drum roll ........ 85 cents!!!! Mama if you are reading - you should be happy, a lot of this trip was stuff you wanted :-)

Bonus, I got one of those coupon printouts for $1 off my next order. For those that aren't aware, the printouts are called "catalinas" and they are given out at most national grocery chains. So when you consider the $1 catalina, I actually made 15 cents! What a great shopping trip!

I also stopped at Walgreens (which is conveniently located next door to Harris Teeter). I came away with 12 Hallmark greeting cards and 2 containers of shaving cream for $3.24.


Walgreens is a challenge in the beginning, but I am starting to get the hang of it. The key is to build up a stash of Walgreens "Register Rewards" and use them each week for your purchases. I cannot take all of the credit for these savings - I read TONS of blogs and forums to learn about how to save at Walgreens. If you have a Walgreens near you and want to learn more about how I get these super cheap deals, just let me know! :-)

One of my best deals yet! (Harris Teeter)

I am in disbelief over the great deals I got today @ Harris Teeter - check out the pic below:



I purchased the following:

6 Jumbo Huggies retail $10.99 - $5 VIC - $3 coupon = $2.99 each (x6) = $17.94
2 Jumbo Pampers retail $10.99 - $5 VIC - $2 coupon = $3.99 each (x2) = $7.98
Scotch Brite Cooktop starter kit $5.99 - $1 VIC - $1 coupon = $3.99
Scotch Brite Cooktop refills $1.99 - .99 VIC - $1 coupon = FREE!
A1 Marinade retail $3.29 - $2.30 eVIC = 99 cents
Airwick Aqua Mist $3.29 - .79 VIC - $1.50 eVIC - $1 coupon = FREE!

Retail Cost = $118.40
I paid = $30.90!!!! That is a 74% savings!!!

For those that shop at Harris Teeter, have you signed up for their eVIC program? If not, do so ASAP ... they send weekly deals to your email based on your shopping preferences. If you couple a coupon with the eVIC special you can sometimes get the item for free as I did with the air freshener above. What a great day of shopping :-)

Walgreens Savings on 4/16/10

I picked up the items pictured above at Walgreens today, which included 2 V8 Fusions, 4 Campbells Chunky soup, 2 Soft Batch chocolate chip cookies & 1 Spray & Wash.

Retail Cost was approximately $33

I paid $8.65 with tax!

How was this accomplished?

Spray & Wash costs $4.39. There was a Walgreens coupon in the weekly sales flyer that reduced the price to $1.99. Couple that with a $1 off manufacturer's coupon, & final cost was only 99 cents!

Soft Batch Cookies retail for $3.29 per bag, but were on sale this week for 2 for $5. There was also a $2 off 2 Keebler product coupon in the Walgreens ad - this makes the final cost $1.50 per bag!

V8 Fusion is regular $4.49; there was a Walgreens coupon that made them $2.50 each. I also had $1 off manufacturer coupons .... final price, $1.50 each!

Campbells Chunky Soup regular price is $3.29 per can but were on sale 2 for $5. I also had 4 dollar off coupons - final cost was $1 per can!

I also had a few "Register Rewards" which are basically like cash to use on any Walgreens purchase. The key is to couple sale items with coupons - and if you can find a store AND manufacturer coupon, even better!

The deals keep on comin' - this time from CVS!

How much do you think all of these items (plus 4 jugs of Pedialyte, not pictured) would cost if you paid retail price? $80??? $100??? More? How about $117.91 - does that sound accurate? (hint..... it is accurate) :-)

Tonight at CVS I paid $41.64 for all of this, plus the 4 Pedialytes that are not in the photo! Just the diapers and Claritin alone would usually cost about $50 .... I am quickly learning that pairing sale prices with coupons can save HUGE amounts of cash. Also, CVS offers Extra Care Bucks (ECB) for purchases - for example, CVS is running a special this week where if you buy $25 worth of qualifying baby products, you get $10 in ECBs. Here's what I did:

4 Pedialytes (usually $5.99, on sale for $4.99) = $19.96

2 Johnson&Johnson Lotions (usually $4.99, on sale for $.299) = $5.98

Total baby products = $25.94 (qualifies for $10 ECB)

Minus the following coupons:

2 Buy one, get one free Pedialyte = - $11.98

2 $1.50 off Pedialyte = - $3.00

2 $1 off J&J products = -$2.00

Total out of pocket: $8.96

If you subtract the $10 in ECB that I can use like cash to my next purchase, it's a $1.04 money maker!

For anyone with babies/toddlers, here are a few coupons you may like (act fast, some of these expire in mid-April):

$3 off Huggies, any size: http://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asp?bt=vi&tqnm=zcspbeu30728534&o=62585&c=FB&p=pSh2QOBN

$1 off Johnson&Johnson products: http://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asp?bt=vi&tqnm=zavqbib62194249&o=9996&c=JB&p=W4cVv9iE

$1.50 off Pedialyte: http://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asp?tqnm=zc5sfgz39908436&bt=vi&o=62280&pt=&lang=&ws=&ct=&ci=&cl=&cp=&eb=1&c=PL&p=80389&z=&r=&pc=&tc

Buy One, Get One Free Pedialyte: http://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asp?tqnm=zdcadvj2234267&bt=vi&o=61762&pt=&lang=&ws=&ct=&ci=&cl=&cp=&eb=1&c=PL&p=81158&z=&r=&pc=&tc==

Another great deal - it's game time!

I got an awesome deal at Target today that I have to share ... last week the Target website had printable coupons for $3 off various Hasbro games. Hasbro has a website called "Play Saver" where you can print off manufacturer coupons for their games. You can find it here:
http://www.hasbro.com/discover/Play-Saver.cfm

Target is running a special this week on Connect4, Battleship & Bop-It games - the games are discounted to $14, plus you get a free Monopoly card game with purchase. Here's how the deal worked out for me:

Bop-It game (originally $19.99, on sale for $14.00)
Monopoly card game $5.24
Target special, buy Bop-It get Monopoly card game free -$5.24
Target coupon - $3.00
manufacturer coupon for Bop-It - $5.00
manufacturer coupon for Monopoly - $5.00

Total amount paid = $1 plus tax!!! That's two games for a $1, and retail savings of almost $25!!!

The reason this worked out is because Target allows you to use a Target coupon AND a manufacturer's coupon on one item. This, combined with the games' sale price and the "Buy one, get one free" promotion with the cards made it an awesome deal!!!

Who knew coupons were so much fun??? :-)

As some of you know, I have been getting into coupons lately. It all started when I found out I was pregnant and wanted to come up with ways to save on baby necessities, such as diapers, wipes, etc. I registered at a number of "expectant mom" sites and the coupons for Pampers, formula, Babies R Us, etc started flooding my mailbox and email. Jason gave me a coupon organizing book for Christmas, and oddly it was one of my favorite gifts. I began looking for coupons for other parts of our life, such as eating out and grocery shopping. It's been a focus for me ever since.

Last week my friend Sarah informed me that Harris Teeter does triple coupon days where they'll triple the face value of a coupon that is worth 99 cents or less. For those that are not familiar with Harris Teeter, it's a southern grocery chain. They also have the VIC club, which is their shoppers reward club similar to Food Lion's MVP program.

I already had a VIC card from my previous days of living in VA & NC. We did not have Harris Teeter while living in Michigan, so this is a definite advantage to being back in the south now! I pulled out my existing coupons to find the ones that were worth 99 cents or less, searched online for printable coupons (there are a TON out there!) and purchased the Sunday paper for the first time in forever and clipped coupons from the Red Plum & SmartSource inserts.

Harris Teeter limits shoppers to 20 coupons per day, so we've made a few trips to make the most of the promotion. I was especially proud of my finds today - here is a photo & a written list of what I purchased:


Non-coupon items:

6 lbs of boneless chicken breasts (VIC Buy one 2 lb package, get two free, cost $1.66 per pound)
3 lbs of fresh strawberries (VIC special Buy one, get two free, cost $1.11 per pound)

Coupon items:

2 Duncan Hines cake mixes
1 Betty Crocker cookie mix
1 Betty Crocker muffin mix
1 Betty Crocker Warm Delight
1 Chex Mix
1 Total cereal
2 Orville Redenbacher popcorn
1 Lipton decaf tea bags, qty 24
1 Heinz cocktail sauce
1 Wishbone Italian dressing
3 Hunts Snackpack pudding, qty 4 per pack
1 Yoplait Greek yogurt
1 Sargento shredded cheese
1 Sargento string cheese
2 French's mustard
2 French's honey mustard dipping sauce
2 Lever 2000 bars of soap
1 Colgate toothpaste

So now for the exciting part .... guess how much I spent??? I can't just blurt it out, so here is the math - hey, gotta keep my skills sharp for when I go back to teaching :-)

Retail cost of purchases: $143.84
VIC program savings: - $38.36
Coupon savings: - $72.06

TOTAL SPENT: $33.42 .... that's a savings of $110.42!!!!

Here's a breakdown of some of the great deals I got:

French's mustard: $1.95 retail price - .45 VIC savings - 1.50 triple .50 coupon = FREE

Colgate: $3.25 retail - .75 VIC savings - 2.25 triple .75 coupon = .25

Betty Crocker Warm Delights: $2.55 retail - 2.25 triple .75 coupon = .30

Wishbone dressing: $2.99 retail - 2.25 triple .75 coupon = .75

Total cereal: $4.45 retail - 1.45 VIC savings - 2.25 triple .75 coupon = .75

Sargento shredded cheese: $3.19 retail - 2.25 triple .75 coupon = .94

Hunts pudding Snackpacks: $1.29 retail - .29 VIC savings - .50 triple coupon = .50 each, $1.50 total for three packs

I can see already that "couponing" is going to be addictive for me, it combines two of my favorite things.... math & a scavenger hunt! Hey, I guess you could have worse hobbies, right? :-) I still have a lot to learn; I have read blogs where ladies manage to end up with a total less than a dollar. Now that is impressive! Sarah also mentioned that Harris Teeter does "Super Doubles" where they will allow you to double coupons up to $1.99 face value.... who knew coupons were so much fun?