Coupon Deals: July 5, 2012

Happy Fourth of July (belated)! This has been a crazy week.. With Dan having the day off in the middle of the week and me going to Six Flags twice made it very hectic. Yes, twice to 6 flags! Since we live a whole 15 minutes away, and with all the perks, it made sense to get a season pass. It pays for itself after visiting the park 2 times! Fun times (minus my lovely X marks the spot tan lines on my back to go with my pink shoulders) :o) Anywho, onto the deals!

CVS

Deals were lacking at CVS this week so I figured I'd save my ECB for a better time L

Walgreens

Also nothing too impressive with Walgreens this week. Last week, Dan informed me that one of our loofahs decided to commit suicide while he was taking a shower (supposedly it just randomly fell apart..) so that was on the list of things we need.. no coupons specicially for that sadly. Although, It’s that time of year to stock up on shaving supplies and all those wonderful feminine products (which means a bunch of coupons for those)! So for the next month or so my posts will likely consist of at least one of those things

 I spent $2.28 for $7.48 worth of merchandise for a savings of 70% and earned $1 toward a future purchase, making this deal more like a savings of 83%!

Body Benefits Loofah Sponge: $1.99

On sale for 5/$5 or $1.29 each

Final price: $1.29

Tampax Radiant tampons 16ct: $5.49

On sale for $3.99

-$1 off 1 tampax tampon product

-$2 Register Rewards from a previous purchase

Final Price: $0.99

(Earned $1 Register Rewards for future transaction)

Rite Aid

I love money makers! Rite Aid is probably my favorite drug store to coupon at, mainly because I always feel like I save so much money there! Even though we JUST got new toothbrushes last week, I couldn’t pass up on another toothbrush deal this week and hey you never know when you’ll need a toothbrush!

 I spent $2.98 for $9.98 worth of merchandise for a savings of 70% and earned $3 toward a future purchase, making this deal a money maker worth $0.02!

Cutter bug repellant: $5.99

$3.99 with Up Rewards card

-$1 off any Cutter product

-$2 Up Reward

Final Price: $0.99

(Earned $1 Up Reward toward a future purchase!)

Oral B Complete Toothbrush: $3.99

$2.99 with Up Rewards card

-$1 off any Oral B Toothbrush

Final Price: $1.99

(Earned $2 Up Reward toward a future purchase!)

Coupon Deals: June 27, 2012

Today is one of those days that I will avoid going outside as much as possible. High today of 95 with 50% humidity… ah the joy of central air! I digress, today’s post will be n the topic of coupons. As you can probably tell from the majority of my posts to date, I really like couponing. Not for showing off or anything but I love saving money and that feeling of getting the total as close to zero. This past week/weekend (6/19-6/25) Dan and I were visiting his brother out in Minnesota. As mentioned yesterday, I had no issue buying my Sunday papers out there and organizing my coupons when I got home. It’s a good thing I did because I had an awesome week of savings!

I was also thinking of changing my format for figuring out how much I’ve saved. I don’t currently include any money rewards I get into the amount of savings, but I feel like I should because most times that is what makes the deal so amazing (e.g. I buy something priced for $4, use a $3 coupon but then get $4 rewards making it a profit on my end for $3) This happened a lot this week so lets see how it goes:

CVS

Nothing fabulous about CVS this week. I am trying not to stock up toooo much on all the summer items (razors, shaving cream) because I already have a pretty good stockpile and Dan is constantly reminding me that even though we have the space now, not to fill it. I agree, so this week I went with some more practical items, like we are definitely due for new toothbrushes.

 I spent $1.24 for $5.49 worth of merchandise for a savings of 77% and earned $4 toward a future purchase, making this deal a money maker of $2.76!

Colgate Sensitive Pro Relief Toothbrush: $5.49

$4.99 with CVS ExtraCare Card

-$3.00 off any Colgate toothbrush

-$0.75 off any Colgate toothbrush CVS printable coupon from register

Final price: $1.24

(Got $4 ECB for future transaction)

Walgreens

With all my register rewards from the awesome Suave deal last week, I continued with my toothbrush theme and also grabbed some crafting essentials that I’m running low on J Of course, I had to leave with some free stuff too.

 I spent $0.58 for $13.15 worth of merchandise for a savings of 96% (so cool!) and earned $2 toward a future purchase, making this deal a money maker of $1.42!

Elmers glue stick 2 pack: $1.59

Found in clearance section for $0.79

-$2 Register Rewards

Final price: Free! ($0.42 money maker, which was applied to the total)

Reach Total Care toothbrush: $3.99

On sale for $2.99

-$2 Register Reward

Final Price: $0.99

(Got $2 Register Rewards for future transaction)

Bayer Asprin 32 ct: $2.99 (x2)

-$3 off any Bayer Asprin 20ct or higher x 2

Final Price: Free!

Rite Aid

I couldn’t manage to earn any money at Rite aid this week but I did have a lot of Up Rewards to spend so I was able to bring my total spending way down.

 I spent $2.95 for $14.47 worth of merchandise for a savings of 80%!

Xtra Laundry detergent: $3.49

$1.97 with Up Rewards card

-$1 Up Reward

Final Price: $0.97

Garnier Fructis Dry Scalp Shampoo: $5.49

$2.99 with Up Rewards card

-$1 off any Garnier Shampoo/Conditioner (x2)

-$1 Up Reward

-$1 Up Reward

Final Price: $1.98 or $0.99 each

Great haul for the week… in total I made $1.23 off all these deals which is just so exciting! Happy Couponing!

Coupon Deals: June 18, 2012

CVS

Decent deals this week, I was more exciting to use my extra care bucks than anything, I love getting the total as close to $0 as possible, it’s such a thrill! J

I spent $3.74 for $15.96 worth of merchandise for a savings of 77% and $3 toward a future purchase!

Colgate Maxfresh Toothpaste: $3.99

$2.49 with CVS ExtraCare Card

-$1 off any 2 colgate toothpastes

Final price: $3.98 or $1.99 each

(Got $3 ECB for future transaction)

General Mills Honey Nut Cherrios: $3.99

$1.88 with CVS ExtraCare Card

No specific product coupon but used my $3 ECB from last week

Final price: $0.76 or $0.38 each

Walgreens

MUCH better week at Walgreens! I was so exciting, Dan and I are going away for a week and I hate bringing those mini shampoos and conditioners. How awesome that Walgreens essentially gave me my shampoo and conditioner for free! We also desperately needed sponges as we destroyed a fresh one the first week we moved in.. (apparently cutco knifes are really sharp haha)

Also funny side note about this trip: I went to the first Walgreens and they had no sponges so luckily we have to Walgreens within 1 mile so got 2 times the shampoo!

I spent $7.54 for $12.93 worth of merchandise for a savings of 42%..however factor $4 register rewards received and its like paying $3.54 (savings of 72%)

Suave Shampoo/Conditioner: $1.00 (x4, 2 for each transaction)

Final price: $4.00 or $1.00 each

Received $4 Register Rewards making them free!

O-cello Sponges: $4.29

Walgreens deal B1G1 free: 2 for $4.29

-$0.75 off 2 O-Cello Sponges coupon

Final price: $3.54 or $1.77 each

Rite Aid

Lots of cereal this week! I went to Rite Aid with a few ideas and had so many Up Rewards from last week that I felt like using them!

I spent $5.93 for $23.15 worth of merchandise for a savings of 74% and $4 toward a future purchase!

Kelloggs Raisin Bran 13.7oz: $4.79

$1.97 with Up Rewards card

-$1.00 off 2 Kelloggs cereal

Final price: $2.94 or $1.27 each              

Arrid XX Deodorant: $3.59

$2.99 with Up Rewards card

-$2 Up Rewards

Final price: $0.99

(Received $2 Up Reward)

Wonderful Pistachios: $4.99

$2.50 with Up Rewards card

-$1.00 off 2 Wonderful Pistachios

Final price: $2.00

(Received $2 Up Reward)

Happy Saving! :)