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I forgot to post that I got some Coppertone at CVS a couple of weeks ago. I had a raincheck for $10 off WYB any 2.
Coppertone Spray $9.99
Coppertone stick $4.79
-$10 for the raincheck
Total $4.78 used a ECB
Cub 7-23-08
10 HomeLife paper towels $.99
10 Homelife tissues $1
Cub dried white beans $.85
Cub dried Kidney beans $1.43
Used 20 homelife $1/1 MF
Total OOP $3.47 after tax
Cub 7-25-08
12 HomeLife paper towels $.99
4 HomeLife tissues $1
1lb hard salami $5.99
Twin pk Cub milk $6.58
Pledge aerosal $3.50
Pledge grab-it clothes $2.99
Total before coupons
-$2.50 on any one Pledge
-Free pledge aerosal WYB any Pledge=$3.50
-16 $1/1 HomeLife=$16
-Cub booklet salami coupon=$1
-Cub milk coupon WYB $25 other products=$2.60
-2 $3 OYNO
Total after all coupons $4.79. Received $2 OYNO for buying 2 pledge
Walgreens 7-25-08
Nature Made RX tabs $9.99
3 Walgreens jumbo pack diapers $5.99
2 Panteen $4
Crayola washable markers $2
Pilot 2pk pens $1
Total after tax $40.32
-$5/2 diapers July IVC=$7.50
-$5/2 diapers August IVC=$7.50
-2 $2/1 Panteen MF=$4
Total $21.23, on gift card. I also received a $5 RR for buying 3 diapers. I turned in the receipt for the RX. Crayola, and Pilot for a total of $16.99 in rebate + an extra 10% for having it put onto my gift card for a total of $18.69. After the rebate and RR I made $2.46
Total OOP for the three trips $8.26
Total spending for the month $48.30
Total left for the month $40.35 + $2 OYNO
Friday, July 25, 2008
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Weekly list
So these are the things that I am planning on getting this week. I threw out some of the ads so I am not able to make a real list, but hopefully this will give you some ideas.
Walgreens
Pocket folders $.05 with in ad coupon
Walgreens diapers $5.99, -$5/2 July IVC, $5/2 August IVC=3/$2.97 Get $5 RR
This coupon will allow you to get $2.50 off each pack even though it says $5/2
Pilot G2 Gel Ink Pen $1, -$1 Monthly rebate=1/Free
8pk Crayola washable markers $2, -$2 monthly rebate=1/Free
Loreal Vibe BOGO on sale, -BOGO MF, -$1/1 August ICV coupon=2/Free or possible $2 overage
I've also heard about free Pantene, but I haven't been able to figure out the deal without the monthly book I threw out.
Cub
Homelife nakpins $1, $1/1 found instore=Free
Homelife kleenex $1, $1/1 found instore=Free
Homelife Paper Towels $.99, $1/1=Free
Post Just Bunches cereal $2, -$2/1 IP=Free
Kraft Live Active cheese $1.50, -$2 IP from a couple months ago=Free (part of the clearance cheese in Shakopee)
Cub twin pk Milk $3.98 with in ad coupon WYB $25 of other items=1/$3.98
Special running at Cub for buy $25 in participating products get $8 OYNO. The best possible deal for this is to get
20 Powerade $.80=$16
2 24pk Dassani, $5=$10
Use 16 $1/1 Powerade
Use 2 expired Free Dassani WYB 10 Powerade
total OOP $1, get $8 OYNO, Rainbow ad also says something about a powerade coupon for free powerade zero WYB 3 powerade. If they are MF you could get the coupons from rainbow and use them to sweeten the Cub deal.
Rainbow
Powerade $.69, -$1/1 or $.75/1 MF coupons=Free with overage
3lb yellow onions $.99
24oz Roundys bread $.79
CVS
Glade spray $.88, $1/1 MF=Free + overage
Loreal BOGO on sale, -BOGO MF=2/Free
Trident extra care BOGO on sale, -BOGO MF, -$1 ECB WYB 2=2/Free +$1 ECB
CVS children's motrin or tylenol $4, -$5 ECB WYB $15=4/$11 after ECB or $2.75 each
Keep an eye out for the free monthly offers in the monthly book. I think I listed them last week.
Target
I didn't see anything super great at Target this week, but I did want to highlight some of the new Target coupons. It's been a while since we had some good ones so I know people have stopped thinking about it. I have.
$.50/1 Archer Farms artisan bread, Use on $.99 demi load for $.49 bread
$.50/1 Pringles, can usually be found on sale for $1, I think there is a MF for $.35/3
$1/1 Skippy Peanut butter, has been on sale for $1.69=1/$.69
$1/1 Smuckers fruit spead, I think the cheapest people have found is just under $2
$1/1 Stutton & Dudge steak/roast, check for meat with the $/$$ coupons on it and combine both
$1/1 CheeseIts, small box for around $2.05=1/$1.xx
$1/1 Hot or lean pockets, check for clearance and MF
$1/1 Ocean Spray cranenergy drink, $1/1 MF, haven't pricechecked, around $3 at walmart
$1/2 Or-Ida products, Look for hang tags on Heinze vintager, inside are $1/1 Or-Ida hashbrowns
$.50/1 Simple Harvest granola bars, pair with $1/1 MF
I think that's it for this week. I might be able to add more after I head to Walgreens and Cub tomorrow. I'll be able to get those ads and see what I am missing.
Walgreens
Pocket folders $.05 with in ad coupon
Walgreens diapers $5.99, -$5/2 July IVC, $5/2 August IVC=3/$2.97 Get $5 RR
This coupon will allow you to get $2.50 off each pack even though it says $5/2
Pilot G2 Gel Ink Pen $1, -$1 Monthly rebate=1/Free
8pk Crayola washable markers $2, -$2 monthly rebate=1/Free
Loreal Vibe BOGO on sale, -BOGO MF, -$1/1 August ICV coupon=2/Free or possible $2 overage
I've also heard about free Pantene, but I haven't been able to figure out the deal without the monthly book I threw out.
Cub
Homelife nakpins $1, $1/1 found instore=Free
Homelife kleenex $1, $1/1 found instore=Free
Homelife Paper Towels $.99, $1/1=Free
Post Just Bunches cereal $2, -$2/1 IP=Free
Kraft Live Active cheese $1.50, -$2 IP from a couple months ago=Free (part of the clearance cheese in Shakopee)
Cub twin pk Milk $3.98 with in ad coupon WYB $25 of other items=1/$3.98
Special running at Cub for buy $25 in participating products get $8 OYNO. The best possible deal for this is to get
20 Powerade $.80=$16
2 24pk Dassani, $5=$10
Use 16 $1/1 Powerade
Use 2 expired Free Dassani WYB 10 Powerade
total OOP $1, get $8 OYNO, Rainbow ad also says something about a powerade coupon for free powerade zero WYB 3 powerade. If they are MF you could get the coupons from rainbow and use them to sweeten the Cub deal.
Rainbow
Powerade $.69, -$1/1 or $.75/1 MF coupons=Free with overage
3lb yellow onions $.99
24oz Roundys bread $.79
CVS
Glade spray $.88, $1/1 MF=Free + overage
Loreal BOGO on sale, -BOGO MF=2/Free
Trident extra care BOGO on sale, -BOGO MF, -$1 ECB WYB 2=2/Free +$1 ECB
CVS children's motrin or tylenol $4, -$5 ECB WYB $15=4/$11 after ECB or $2.75 each
Keep an eye out for the free monthly offers in the monthly book. I think I listed them last week.
Target
I didn't see anything super great at Target this week, but I did want to highlight some of the new Target coupons. It's been a while since we had some good ones so I know people have stopped thinking about it. I have.
$.50/1 Archer Farms artisan bread, Use on $.99 demi load for $.49 bread
$.50/1 Pringles, can usually be found on sale for $1, I think there is a MF for $.35/3
$1/1 Skippy Peanut butter, has been on sale for $1.69=1/$.69
$1/1 Smuckers fruit spead, I think the cheapest people have found is just under $2
$1/1 Stutton & Dudge steak/roast, check for meat with the $/$$ coupons on it and combine both
$1/1 CheeseIts, small box for around $2.05=1/$1.xx
$1/1 Hot or lean pockets, check for clearance and MF
$1/1 Ocean Spray cranenergy drink, $1/1 MF, haven't pricechecked, around $3 at walmart
$1/2 Or-Ida products, Look for hang tags on Heinze vintager, inside are $1/1 Or-Ida hashbrowns
$.50/1 Simple Harvest granola bars, pair with $1/1 MF
I think that's it for this week. I might be able to add more after I head to Walgreens and Cub tomorrow. I'll be able to get those ads and see what I am missing.
More IP coupons
So I know that I haven't gotten the list done. I'm working on it, I accedently threw out a couple of my ads. In the mean time I wanted to ad some more IP coupons. Some of these will be on the list, other might just be a great coupon.
$2/1 Farmrich pizza snack
$1/1 Johnson Buddies (buddies bar soap are free after coupon. Save to CVS next week)
$2/2 Johnson's products (use on Buddies and save for CVS next week)
$1/1 Any Johnson's product (use on Buddies and save for CVS next week)
$2/1 Farmrich pizza snack
$1/1 Johnson Buddies (buddies bar soap are free after coupon. Save to CVS next week)
$2/2 Johnson's products (use on Buddies and save for CVS next week)
$1/1 Any Johnson's product (use on Buddies and save for CVS next week)
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Homelife Paper Products
Noah and I went looking for the HomeLife products today.
They didn't seem to have a spot on the shelf for the 120 count napkins. I did find the $.99 rolls of paper towels the coupons did beep on these, but the CSM said just to put them through. I also find small square boxes of tissues. The regular are 88 count and the "with aloe" kind are 66 count. I opted for the with aloe. It says "compare to Kleenex with aloe." I don't think they are quite as good, but they seem a little softer then just regular Kleenex.
The rolls of paper towels seemed to be much smaller when compared visually to Bounty, but the number of square feet per roll was pretty close. I don't remember exactly what each one had, but I want to say it was something like 88 for HomeLife and maybe 100 for Bounty. Like I said, not real sure.
I didn't find any paper plates that were less then $2.50, not a great deal, but not bad after the coupon if you need them. They also had paper cups, 24 for $1.99, still not great, but alright after the coupon if you need them.
I checked on the toilet paper, but the cheapest I could find was $2.59 for 4 rolls. Not a good deal at all. I have heard that there is a 4pk for $1.49, might just be that my Cub is smaller and doesn't carry that variety.
They didn't seem to have a spot on the shelf for the 120 count napkins. I did find the $.99 rolls of paper towels the coupons did beep on these, but the CSM said just to put them through. I also find small square boxes of tissues. The regular are 88 count and the "with aloe" kind are 66 count. I opted for the with aloe. It says "compare to Kleenex with aloe." I don't think they are quite as good, but they seem a little softer then just regular Kleenex.
The rolls of paper towels seemed to be much smaller when compared visually to Bounty, but the number of square feet per roll was pretty close. I don't remember exactly what each one had, but I want to say it was something like 88 for HomeLife and maybe 100 for Bounty. Like I said, not real sure.
I didn't find any paper plates that were less then $2.50, not a great deal, but not bad after the coupon if you need them. They also had paper cups, 24 for $1.99, still not great, but alright after the coupon if you need them.
I checked on the toilet paper, but the cheapest I could find was $2.59 for 4 rolls. Not a good deal at all. I have heard that there is a 4pk for $1.49, might just be that my Cub is smaller and doesn't carry that variety.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Free Paper Products
There is a new coupon out at some Cub stores. It looks like a blinkie, but is in a small cardboard box instead. The coupons is for $1/1 Any Homelife Paper Product. The boxes have been found next to the paper towels.
There are three or four different homelife products that are $.99 or $1. Some of them are on sale this week and some of them are regular price.
These are the items that I have found to be free so far.
120 count napkins $1.00(sale price for just this week)
Small roll of "Awesome" paper towels $.99
Kleenexes $1
I'm hoping to get a change to scout things out without Noah some time within the next few days. I'll post an update with what I find.
There are three or four different homelife products that are $.99 or $1. Some of them are on sale this week and some of them are regular price.
These are the items that I have found to be free so far.
120 count napkins $1.00(sale price for just this week)
Small roll of "Awesome" paper towels $.99
Kleenexes $1
I'm hoping to get a change to scout things out without Noah some time within the next few days. I'll post an update with what I find.
Yesterdays trip
I didn't get much yesterday. I actually only went to the store looking for a specific coupon. I found it at the second Cub. All in all I got
4 Homelife 120ct napkins $1 each
1 Resces peanut butter cup $.50
Used 4 $1/1 Any homelife paper product coupons
Total OOP $.71
Total spending for the month $40.04
Total left for the month $48.61 + (2) $3 OYNO
4 Homelife 120ct napkins $1 each
1 Resces peanut butter cup $.50
Used 4 $1/1 Any homelife paper product coupons
Total OOP $.71
Total spending for the month $40.04
Total left for the month $48.61 + (2) $3 OYNO
Monthly Budget Update
I didn't have much time for blogging last week so I spend it on the list instead of updating the budget when I got things. I, once again, am down a couple of receipts, but except for Tuesday remember what I got.
I made a trip to Cub last week each day, but Wednesday for grapes. I didn't go just for grapes usually and I only stopped because we were already out, can't really justify driving to get free grapes when gas is so expensive.
Tuesday
Grapes
2 100 count Homelife Sandwich zipable sandwich bags $1 each
Betty crocker turtle brownies $1
Hormel 27oz pork tenderloin $4.50
Green onions $.53
Coupons Used
Free Grapes
$6.50 OYNO
$1.25/1 Hormel MF
Total OOP ???? It had to be pretty low because I got the green onions as a filler so that I wasn't under
Thursday
Grapes
Ground beef $1.39 per lb=$8.97
10 Yoplait whips, $.50 each
Brown Berry Bread $2.00
2 Wild harvest Organic baby carrots $1
Old Home Sour cream $1.50
Tortillas $1.69
3lb bag of yellow onions $1.59
???
Coupons used
I don't have the receipt,but know what my total was because it was wrong and I had to get it corrected. :)
2 $6.50 OYNO coupons
1 $3.00 OYNO coupon
2 Free Yoplait whips WYB 4
2 $.60/3 Yoplait IP
1 $.25/2 Yoplait
Free Grapes
Total OOP $1.06
Friday
Grapes $2.11
Wild Harvest Organic Baby Carrots $1
French bread $2.99
Twin pack of milk $4.58
coupons used
Free grape coupon
$1/1 Any Wild Harvest MF
Free frech bread for taking survey
$6.50 OYNO
Total OOP $.20 The cashier tried to convince be that I couldn't use the $6.50 off coupon because my total would only be $.20. He even asked another cashier that was next to him.
Saturday
Walmart-Pricematched to Aldi
5 Limes $.15 each
5 Lemons $.15 each
Total OOP $1.50
Cub
Grapes $2.51
Cub wheat bread $1.65
2 Red leaf lettus $1.79 each
3 Yoplait whips $.50 each
5 travel size Huggies clean team wipes $1.19
Coupons used
2 $2/1 bagges salad MF
2 $3/2 Huggies clean team MF
1 $1/1 Huggies clean team MF
Free grapes
$.60/3 Yoplait Whips IP
Total OOP $1.99 I thought I was going to be under so I grabbed the yogurt. I must have added my overage wrong because I thought my OOP would be around $1
Total Spending Last Week $4.75
I still need to work on Tuesday and Wednesday. I can't think of what else I got on Tuesday or what the total was, but it will come to me.
Total spending for the month $39.33
Total left for the month $49.32 + (2) $3 OYNO
I made a trip to Cub last week each day, but Wednesday for grapes. I didn't go just for grapes usually and I only stopped because we were already out, can't really justify driving to get free grapes when gas is so expensive.
Tuesday
Grapes
2 100 count Homelife Sandwich zipable sandwich bags $1 each
Betty crocker turtle brownies $1
Hormel 27oz pork tenderloin $4.50
Green onions $.53
Coupons Used
Free Grapes
$6.50 OYNO
$1.25/1 Hormel MF
Total OOP ???? It had to be pretty low because I got the green onions as a filler so that I wasn't under
Thursday
Grapes
Ground beef $1.39 per lb=$8.97
10 Yoplait whips, $.50 each
Brown Berry Bread $2.00
2 Wild harvest Organic baby carrots $1
Old Home Sour cream $1.50
Tortillas $1.69
3lb bag of yellow onions $1.59
???
Coupons used
I don't have the receipt,but know what my total was because it was wrong and I had to get it corrected. :)
2 $6.50 OYNO coupons
1 $3.00 OYNO coupon
2 Free Yoplait whips WYB 4
2 $.60/3 Yoplait IP
1 $.25/2 Yoplait
Free Grapes
Total OOP $1.06
Friday
Grapes $2.11
Wild Harvest Organic Baby Carrots $1
French bread $2.99
Twin pack of milk $4.58
coupons used
Free grape coupon
$1/1 Any Wild Harvest MF
Free frech bread for taking survey
$6.50 OYNO
Total OOP $.20 The cashier tried to convince be that I couldn't use the $6.50 off coupon because my total would only be $.20. He even asked another cashier that was next to him.
Saturday
Walmart-Pricematched to Aldi
5 Limes $.15 each
5 Lemons $.15 each
Total OOP $1.50
Cub
Grapes $2.51
Cub wheat bread $1.65
2 Red leaf lettus $1.79 each
3 Yoplait whips $.50 each
5 travel size Huggies clean team wipes $1.19
Coupons used
2 $2/1 bagges salad MF
2 $3/2 Huggies clean team MF
1 $1/1 Huggies clean team MF
Free grapes
$.60/3 Yoplait Whips IP
Total OOP $1.99 I thought I was going to be under so I grabbed the yogurt. I must have added my overage wrong because I thought my OOP would be around $1
Total Spending Last Week $4.75
I still need to work on Tuesday and Wednesday. I can't think of what else I got on Tuesday or what the total was, but it will come to me.
Total spending for the month $39.33
Total left for the month $49.32 + (2) $3 OYNO
My CVS sob story
I went into CVS last Tuesday. When I was checking out the lady said that they will no longer be excepting expired ECBs, not even a day past the date. This was not good news because all my ECBS were either expired or would expire before the end of the week. I had over $50. She said that she would take them this time and that I could go home and figure out what I needed to get with them.
I went home and tried for the next three days to figure out how to roll my ECBs so that I wouldn't loose them. I finally got a plan together so Friday night I went in to see what I would end up with.
This was my wonderful plan. I needed to spend $52.xx
3 Benifiber 3x$6.79=$20.37
1 4x6 photo book=$3.99
2 6x8 photo books=$15.98
2 Netragena Mascara 2x$5.99=$11.98
1 Bayer Heart Advanced $4.99
2 CVS pads 2x$.99=$1.98
Total before coupons would have been $59.29
Coupons I was planning on using
2 $3 off photo book=$6
3 $2 off Benefiber=$6
2 $1 off Netragena=$2
1 $2.50 off Bayer=$2.50
Total coupons used=$16.50
Total after coupons $42.79
I would have used my ECBs on this and gotten milk with the rest. In the end I should have made
$19.97 For photo books
$10 for Benefiber
$8 for Netragena
$2 for Bayer
$1.98 for pads
Total $41.95
That's only a difference of $.84. I think that is great. Unfortunately they were out of everything, but photo books and the pads.
I ended up leaving with nothing because although, the two employees were helpful when it came to trying to make the photo books, they had never made one or worked with the program. In the end the store closed while I was still trying to get the books set up.
I went back on Saturday hoping that they might let me prepay for the items I was wanting so that I could use my coupons and ECBs on them and then receive the new ECBs and just pick up the products as they were in stock. I really didn't even care if I got most of them. I just didn't want to loose so much money in ECBs and have to start over from scratch.
That didn't end up happening, but in the end the manager wrote on my ECBs that they should be taken even though they are expired. I was able to make the one small photo book and get the monthly limit on the pantyliners so I was able to roll a little bit of my ECBs. I think I spent $12.66 for the photo book, liners, and 2 gallons of whole milk. I got back $5.97. Not as good as I had hoped, but with the expired ECBs I still have $46.93 to spend, roll, grow.
I went home and tried for the next three days to figure out how to roll my ECBs so that I wouldn't loose them. I finally got a plan together so Friday night I went in to see what I would end up with.
This was my wonderful plan. I needed to spend $52.xx
3 Benifiber 3x$6.79=$20.37
1 4x6 photo book=$3.99
2 6x8 photo books=$15.98
2 Netragena Mascara 2x$5.99=$11.98
1 Bayer Heart Advanced $4.99
2 CVS pads 2x$.99=$1.98
Total before coupons would have been $59.29
Coupons I was planning on using
2 $3 off photo book=$6
3 $2 off Benefiber=$6
2 $1 off Netragena=$2
1 $2.50 off Bayer=$2.50
Total coupons used=$16.50
Total after coupons $42.79
I would have used my ECBs on this and gotten milk with the rest. In the end I should have made
$19.97 For photo books
$10 for Benefiber
$8 for Netragena
$2 for Bayer
$1.98 for pads
Total $41.95
That's only a difference of $.84. I think that is great. Unfortunately they were out of everything, but photo books and the pads.
I ended up leaving with nothing because although, the two employees were helpful when it came to trying to make the photo books, they had never made one or worked with the program. In the end the store closed while I was still trying to get the books set up.
I went back on Saturday hoping that they might let me prepay for the items I was wanting so that I could use my coupons and ECBs on them and then receive the new ECBs and just pick up the products as they were in stock. I really didn't even care if I got most of them. I just didn't want to loose so much money in ECBs and have to start over from scratch.
That didn't end up happening, but in the end the manager wrote on my ECBs that they should be taken even though they are expired. I was able to make the one small photo book and get the monthly limit on the pantyliners so I was able to roll a little bit of my ECBs. I think I spent $12.66 for the photo book, liners, and 2 gallons of whole milk. I got back $5.97. Not as good as I had hoped, but with the expired ECBs I still have $46.93 to spend, roll, grow.
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