Today was a day full of couponing. There were a lot of good deals at local stores on stuff that I needed for my household and things that we will use. This is how I generally do my grocery and household shopping which is why you will see items that I bought that weren’t free (like the watch battery at CVS).
CVS Shopping Trip
The deals I did at CVS were-
– $10 ECB (Extra Care Bucks aka CVS dollars) WYB $20 any Excedrin Products Limit 1
– $7 ECB WYB any (2) Revlon Cosmetics or Beauty Tools Limit 1
– $2 ECB WYB GE Energy Smart 40, 60, 75 or 100 watt equivalent, 1 pk., $3.99 Limit 1
– $5 ECB WYB $10 listed Listerine, Rembrandt or Reach items: Limit 2
-To make these even better deals I used a variety of coupons including 2 free Excedrin coupons and 1 free Always 18 pack coupon (To see these deals with coupon match ups visit www.southernsavers.com)
– Coffee on sale for $2.50 and I used a $1 off coupon
– A Duracell Watch Battery which I needed (buying this battery was a lot cheaper than having to buy a new watch)
– 2 Bags of Chocolate Covered Pretzels $1.49 each (Christmas clearance)
– I also used a $5 off a $25 dollar purchase CVS coupon
Total- $28.40
Used- $3.01 on a gift card
Total- $25.39
Received- $24.00 Extra Care Bucks (CVS dollars)
Saved- $56.61
That’s like spending $1.39 for all of these items because I will roll my CVS dollars and use them on things I need or the deals I do next week. Just a side note- If I hadn’t bought the watch battery I would have gotten back the same number of extra care bucks that I spent. I could have made this deal better by spending less out of pocket if I had made multiple transactions and used the extra care bucks I got to pay for my next purchase but I didn’t have the time to do this.
Walgreens Shopping Trip
I went back to Walgreens today and did the same deal I did last night two more times.
I spent- $3.24
Saved- $25.74
Received- $18.00 Register Rewards (Walgreens Dollars) and two coupons for Free Breathe Right Nasal Strips
That’s a profit of $14.76 to spend on other things
Click HERE to read my previous post about this deal.
Walgreens Gift Cards
It always amazes me how many good deals you can find when you keep your eyes open. I walked out of Walgreens today and met a girl selling newspapers for the Orlando Sentinel. I know that the price for the Sunday paper subscription was a good one because I have looked into subscribing to the paper. I buy several copies of the paper every Sunday for the coupons and I think it would be nice not to have to leave the house to get them. Subscribing is also cheaper than buying papers from the store. I received two $5 Walgreens gift cards when I subscribed twice at the discounted rate.
Publix Shopping Trip
B1G1 2 General Mills Cereal, 156.-24.9 oz., at $4.89 ($2.44)
Used (1) $1/2 Cheerios (any), Cinnamon Toast Crunch, or Cookie Crisp printable
$1.94 each after coupon
B1G1 6 Maruchan Yakisoba Japanese Noodles, 4-4.27 oz., at 79¢ (39¢)
Used (6) $.50 cent off coupons
Free + $.63 cents profit after coupons
B1G1 Al Fresco Chicken Sausage, 12 oz., at $5.49 ($2.74)
Used (2) $2 off Al Fresco Chicken Sausage printable
.74¢ each after coupons
B1G1 4 Quaker Oats, Old Fashioned or Quick Oats, 18 oz,, at $2.49 ($1.24)
Used (4) $1 off Quaker Instant oatmeal or Quick or Old Fashioned oats, RP 1/02
.24¢ each after coupon
B1G1 Yoplait Fiber One Yogurt, 4 pk, at $2.50 ($1.25)
I used (2) .50/1 Yoplait Fiber One Yogurt printable , printable or printable
$.75 cents each
B1G1 Smart Balance Spread, 13-15 oz. or 2 pk or Spray, 8 oz., at $3.09 ($1.54)
Salt- $.49
5lbs Rice- $3.59
Donation to The Special Olympics $1
(The picture below is of the coupons that come with your donation)
– I also used a $5 off of a $25 purchase CVS competitor coupon
Total after coupons – $10.68
Saved- $41.60
Thanks to SouthernSavers.com and iHeartPublix.com for these deals
Target Shopping Trip
I needed to print a large number of pictures and I had two target printable coupons to buy 10 prints and get 20 for free. The photo center said I could use both coupons if I split my pictures into two orders. I made sure to print at least 31 pictures in each order because the rate for 31 pictures was cheaper than the 30 or under rate.
I bought 72 one hour prints
Pictures Total- $6.43
Saved- $8.36
Deals on everything else-
2 bags of Pretzel M&Ms- $1.44 each (Christmas Clearance)
Johnson & Johnson First Aid Kits- $ .97 cents
I used $3 off Target Coupon (It printed from their coupon printer on a previous visit)
Free + $1 Profit
Lunchable- $1 (On Sale)
I used a $1 off Manufacturer’s coupon
Free after coupon
2 Up & Up Pantiliners (20 ct) – $0.89 (Regular Price)
I used (2) $0.75/1 Target printable
$0.14 each after coupon
Shredded Cheese- $2 (on sale)
I used (1) $.75 off coupon
then I used (1) $.50 cents off manufacturer coupon
$.75 cents after coupons
Hole Punch- $.99 cents (I bought this because I needed it to finish my free printable planner pages. If I bought the pages it would have been around $11.)
I saved- $17.08 on this shopping trip
I’m doing my first CVS shopping trip tomorrow…got my list and coupons…looking forward to this!
That’s great! Good luck and let me know how it goes!