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11-22-11 CVS Shopping Trip

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on November 22, 2011 None comments

You are able to get a really fantastic deal on Garnier Products at CVS this week. I used Garnier Nutritionist Skin Renew Daily Moisture Lotion every day. At around $14 for a 2.5oz bottle, I have thought about using something cheaper but this works great for me. It doesn’t leave my skin greasy, it doesn’t clog my pores, and it has an SPF 28 which is higher than most cheaper lotions and living in FL it’s important to protect your skin from the sun. The point is, this is a product that I am willing to pay a little more for but that doesn’t mean that I don’t still look for deals on it when I buy it. Everyone has products they can’t live without so keep your eyes open for great deals!

Today, the deal I did was-

Transaction #1
Bought- 1 Excedrin 8 Count .99¢
Total- .99¢
Received- .99¢ ECB and $1 ECB from using my green bag tag

Transaction #2
Bought- 2 Garnier Nutritionist Skin Renew Daily Moisture Lotion- On Sale for $10
Coupons Used- $5 off of $20 Skin Care Purchase Printed From the CVS Coupon Printer
– $5 off of $15 Garnier Purchase Printed From the CVS Coupon Printer
– (2) $1 off Garnier Moisturizer Coupons from RP 11/06
– The $1.99 CVS ECBs from the 1st transaction
Total- $6.92
Received- $5 CVS ECBs

Totals for Both Transactions-
Spent- $7.91
Saved- $19.97
Still Have- $5 CVS ECBs
That’s like spending $2.91 for all of the items!

Note- I’m always trying to get as much free stuff as possible. When I go to CVS and Walgreens knowing that I am going to spend a certain amount of money I always look for items that are free after store dollars like the Excedrin was today. I didn’t spend any more money buying that item than I would have otherwise spent at the store. I used the store dollars I received towards my larger purchase because I was going to spend the money anyway. It simply allows me to get more for my money.

Forgot a Coupon? Bring it back!

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on November 20, 2011 None comments

When I first started couponing, I was frustrated after forgetting a coupon at home and I found out that if you forget a coupon you can bring it back to the store with your receipt.

The above picture is my receipt after a “quick” shopping trip for a few things I needed. “Quick” meaning last minute, no coupons, spending more money. However, I was a lot happier when I got home and realized I had a couple coupons for the items I had already bought. I was able to bring them back to Publix and get some money back. The store will redeem the coupons and get it’s money back. Win, Win!

Now I always keep an eye out for coupons for I items I have recently bought. Think of it like a price guarantee where you can bring your receipt back if an item goes on sale. Stores do this all the time.

11-19-11 Publix Shopping Trip

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on November 20, 2011 1 comments

If you missed my post about my larger Publix shopping trip earlier this week click HERE to read it.

(6) B1G1 Free Dr Pepper, 2 L, $1.75
-Free Dr Pepper TEN WYB any Dr Pepper 2L, (Publix Coupon) Yellow Adv. Flyer
-Free Dr Pepper TEN 2 Liter, SS 10/09
Buy 1 Regular Dr. Pepper and 1 Dr. Pepper 10 and both will be FREE!

(2) B1G1 Free Lysol Disinfectant Trigger Spray Cleaner at $2.69 ($1.34)
Buy 2 and use 2 $0.50/1 printable
Or buy 2 and use 2 $1/1 coupon from the 11/6 SmartSource insert
As low as $0.35 each after coupon

(2) B1G1 Free President Rondele Cheese Spread, 8 oz, at $4.59 ($2.29)
-$1 off President cheese printable
-$2.50 off President cheese, (when you share) printable
Makes it FREE+

(2) L.A. Looks Hair Gel
-$1 off L.A. Looks Product
Makes it .09¢ each

(2) B1G1 Free I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! $3.69 ($1.84)
-$1.50/1 ICBINB! All Purpose Sticks
Makes it .34¢ each

(2) Jones Dairy Farm Golden Brown Sausage links/patties 2/$3
-$1/2 Jones Dairy Blinkie
-$2/2 Jones Dairy Product
–$1/2 Jones Dairy Farm All Natural Sausage Products Rolling
As low as 50¢ each each.

I also got a free dozen eggs by bringing back a coupon for a free dozen eggs with the purchase of 2 Sargento Cheeses that I bought yesterday HERE.
– Free Publix large eggs wyb 2 Sargento Shredded Cheeses” in the new “All the Trimmings” booklet
It is always a good idea to keep your eyes open for coupons for items that you have recently purchased that you can bring back to the store with your receipt. Publix is especially great about this.

Spent- $2.96
Saved- $45.84

This was in two transactions at two different Publix stores because the one we usually shop at didn’t have some of the things we wanted and the other store was on the way home.

11-18-11 Publix Shopping Trip

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on November 18, 2011 1 comments

Today I did a massive shopping trip at Publix! I’m very excited to say that my totals were-

Spent- $35.47
Saved- $100.75

This included-

– 8 2L Dr Pepper (all free)
– 8 Boxes of Cereal (around $1 a box)
– 1 Gallon of Water
– 2 Loaves of Bread
– 6 Bags of Alexia Frozen Rolls
– 4 Boxes of Cake Mix
– 2 Bags of Shredded Cheese
– 2 Coffee Creamers
– 2 Packs of Cream Cheese
– Bagels
– Vitamins
– A BIC Lighter
– 4 Jars of Ragu
– 4 Boxes of Pasta
– 2 Cans of Shaving Cream
– 2 Bottles of Grape Juice
That’s how I like to do my grocery shopping!

For most of these coupon match ups I will simply direct you HERE where I got them. However, I added to this list with deals I came up with on my own so those match ups / coupons I’m listing below.

Ragu and Pasta Combined Deal Here-

*** Ragu Pasta Sauce is on sale B1G1 Free with a coupon for free Pasta when you buy two. Now what you need to know is that it doesn’t specify a brand so you can buy the B1G1 Free Ragu (I got four) and then get two Pasta’s for free. I chose to get Mueller Pasta which is also B1G1. The Ragu coupon will make two pastas free so you really get four FREE because the register will take off the other two for the B1G1 sale making all four FREE! This is an even better deal if you use the (4) .55¢ off Mueller’s Pasta coupons which you are given the chance to print as many as you want.

Here is the deal breakdown-

Buy 4 B1G1 Free Ragu Pasta Sauce, 16-24 oz $2.59 ($1.29)
Buy 4 B1G1 Free Mueller’s Pasta, 12-16 oz, at $1.55 (77¢)
-Use (2) Free Pasta WYB (2) Ragu Pasta Sauces, RP 11/13 (This makes all 4 Pastas free)
-Use (4) .55/1 Mueller’s pasta when you sign up printable (This takes $2.20 off of your deal total)
Makes It $2.98 for 4 Boxes of Pasta and 4 Jars of Ragu (or .37¢ each)

The rest of the deals I came up with-

B1G1 Free Dr Pepper, 2 L, $1.75
-Free Dr Pepper TEN WYB any Dr Pepper 2L, (Publix Coupon) Yellow Adv. Flyer
-Free Dr Pepper TEN 2 Liter, SS 10/09
Buy 1 Regular Dr. Pepper and 1 Dr. Pepper 10 and both will be FREE!

Noxzema Men’s Shave Cream, 11 oz, $1.99
-$1 off Noxzema product (Publix coupon), Green Advantage flyer (EXP 11/18)
-.75¢ off Noxzema face product 11/13 SS Insert
Makes it .24¢ Each

International Delight Coffee Creamer, $1.67
-.75¢ off printable coupon or
-.55/1 International Delight Creamer, 16 oz printable
-.55/1 International Delight coffee creamer, 16 oz printable
-.55/1 International Delight creamer, quart or pint, Upromise eCoupon
Makes it .92¢ Each

Clearance Trial Size Advil .55¢ (If your store has it, click HERE to read more)
– $1 off Advil Manufactures Target Printable Coupon
Free + Profit

Here are a couple of deals I didn’t get to do this morning but I am going to try to do later-

Lysol Disinfectant Trigger Spray Cleaner at $1.34 – On Sale Buy One Get One Free
Buy 2 and use 2 $0.50/1 printable
Or buy 2 and use 2 $1/1 coupon from the 11/6 SmartSource insert
As low as $0.35 each after coupon

President Rondele Cheese Spread, 8 oz, at $4.59 ($2.29)
-$1 off President cheese printable
-$2.50 off President cheese, (when you share) printable
Makes it FREE+

Click HERE to see my second shopping trip this week with even more deals and savings!

These deals are good until the end of the sale week which will be Wednesday Night, so hurry up and get to Publix!

11-14-12 Publix Shopping Trip

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on November 18, 2011 None comments

I’m a little late posting this but we got some good deals, a couple of which are still good, so I still wanted to show it.

We are still getting overages from the Publix clearance section. I wrote about that HERE. Keep in mind every little bit of overage helps to reduce your total.

The NyQuil was also free + profit because we used the $1 off of Vicks coupon from the 10/30 P&G insert paired with a $1 off Publix Stocking Spree coupon (a coupon sheet found hanging on a stand in Publix).

The rest of the items were B1G1 Free but that sale week has now ended. We matched them with coupons to get them very cheap and the cooking cream was free.

Spent- $5.31
Saved-$28.64

Walgreens Cheap Baking Soda and Baking Powder

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on November 12, 2011 None comments

Today is the last day to take advantage of Walgreens Cheap Baking Soda and Baking Powder. The last page on their ad has a coupon that makes them .50¢ each which is good for baking ingredients. I am also told that there was a Clabber Girl coupon for the baking powder but I have been unable to find it.

11-5-11 Free At CVS This Week

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on November 5, 2011 None comments

This week CVS’s Coupon Machine was giving out coupons for free Illy coffee drinks. *TIP* We had to scan our cards twice for the machine to print the coupon. I have noticed that if you scan your card twice it will often give you different coupons. The Dawn dish soap was on sale for .99¢ and I used .50¢ off coupons from the 10/30 RP to make them .50¢ each. I had $1 CVS bucks which I used to make my total for these three items .02¢. Getting stuff for pennies is my favorite way to shop.

Winn-Dixie Coffee Mate Deal

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on November 1, 2011 None comments

Winn-Dixie is running a deal for an automatic $1 off when you buy three 16oz coffee mate items. Certain 16oz coffee mate creamers cost 3 for $5. Right in front of the coffee mate section was an in store coupon dispenser with coupons for .55¢ off of one. There are also .50¢ off of one coupons in the 10/30 Red Plum. So for $2.35 total or .78¢ each I was able to get three coffee creamers. I did this deal twice because we drink so much coffee in our house. These don’t expire until Feb. but we will have used all 6 bottles long before then. Unfortunately I believe that the automatic $1 off expires today but you would still be able to get three for $3.50 or under with the .50¢ off coupons.

*Note* anything bought at Winn-Dixie also contributes to Fuelperks Rewards to get cheaper gas.

Making a Profit off of Publix Clearance

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on October 26, 2011 2 comments

Remember my post about always looking out for stuff on clearance? Well I noticed these trial sized items on sale at Publix for change, went home and realized that I had coupons for them. Not only were some of these items free but I was paid overage to take them out of the store. That’s the way I like to shop!

Shopping With My Sister

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on October 26, 2011 None comments

Yesterday I got to go shopping with my sister which is always lots of fun. My sister is a shopaholic like no other. She loves to shop but she somehow always finds the most amazing deals so that she never spends much money.

We found these cute Almost Famous shorts at Sears for $2.99.

She also needed a birthday gift for her friend and we went to Bath & Body Works that was having Fall Clearance. She got almost $40 worth of stuff for $10.

At CVS, she needed some air fresheners so we the deal where if you spend $12 on select glade products you get $4 ECBs. After the coupons she used and the ECBs she received this ended up costing around $4. Not bad for something she needed to buy anyway.

At Publix, we got a few things she needed and it only cost about $2.

Shopping is always more fun when I get to go with my sister. We compare deals and we encourage each other to save. I definitely recommend having a shopping/saving buddy!