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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Shopping Trips (November 17)

I made a run to several different stores today (Walgreens CVS, Albertsons, and Wal-Mart). I was only planning on going to CVS since I had some Extra Care Bucks that were expiring, but my youngest son was being so cooperative so I decided to get some more shopping in...when shopping with little ones you never know when they will reach their breaking point, so I was pleasantly surprised with how good he was!! I bought everything pictured below, and spent...



$9.87, and I saved $94.02. I know the picture is a little hard to see, so I'll do a detailed breakdown below. Before I get started, can you believe that the few items you see above would cost around $100.00? That just goes to show how much some of the stores overprice their items. I would never spend $100.00 for what I purchased today!

Walgreens: (I started with $0.00 in Register Rewards)

4 Reach Toothbrushes ($1.59)
-used rain check to make each toothbrush $0.99
-AND used 4 coupons for $1.00 off select Reach products (found in 10/10 RedPlum insert)
Final Price: FREE

1 Pantene Shampoo Plus Conditioner (on sale for $3.74)
-used coupon for $2.00 off any 1 Pantene Product (I believe this coupon was mailed to me with a free sample)
Final Price: $1.74, and the Pantene produced a $1.75 Register Reward!!

Final Price at Walgreens...$1.88, and I left with $1.75 Register Reward

CVS: (I started with $2.00 in Extra Care Bucks)

1 Herbal Essence Shampoo Plus Conditioner (on sale for $2.99)
-used coupon for $2.00 off any Clairol Family Product (found in 10/31 Proctor and Gamble insert)
Final Price: $0.99, and the Herbal Essence produced a $2.00 Extra Care Buck

1 Wrigleys Double Mint Gum (3 pack) (on sale for $1.50)
Final Price: $1.50

18 bottles of Mentos Gum (on sale for $0.99)
-used 18 coupons for $1.00 off Mentos gum (found in 10/3 SmartSource insert)
Final Price: FREE

Plus I paid with my $2.00 Extra Care Buck I went in with.

Final Price at CVS...$0.53, and I left with a $2.00 Extra Care Buck.

Albertsons:

3 Mahatma Rice (on sale for $1.00)
-used 3 coupons for $0.50 off Mahatma Rice (found in 10/24 RedPlum insert) (doubled)
Final Price: FREE

3 Yakisoba Noodles (on sale for $0.69)
-used 3 coupons for $0.50 off Yakisoba (found in 10/10 SmartSource) (doubled)
Final Price: FREE

3 Banquet Fruit Pies ($0.89)
-used 3 coupons for $0.35 off Banquet Fruit Pies (found in 10/24 SmartSource insert) (tripled)
Final Price: FREE

1 Barilla Plus Pasta $2.49
-used coupon for FREE Barilla Plus Pasta (mailed to me)
Final Price: FREE

6 Martha White Buttermilk Cornbread Mixes ($0.89)
-used 6 coupons for $0.35 off Martha White (found here...zip code 90210, and in 11/7 RedPlum insert) (tripled)
Final Price: FREE (I had to break this up into 2 transactions since Albertsons will only double/triple 4 of the exact same coupons per transaction.)

1 Marcal Paper Towels $1.39
-used coupon for $1.00 off Marcal Paper Towels (found in 11/14 SmartSource insert)
Final Price: $0.39

3 Carmex Lip Balms (on sale for $1.00)
-used 3 coupons for $0.30 off Carmex (found in 11/7 SmartSource insert)(tripled)
Final Price: $0.30 (or $0.10 each)

3 Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls (on sale for $1.50)
-used 3 coupons for $0.35 off Pillsbury Sweet Rolls (found in 11/7 SmartSource insert) (tripled)
Final Price: $1.35 (or $0.45 each)

2 Green Giant Canned Vegetables (on sale for $0.59)
-used coupon for $0.50 off 2 Green Giant Vegetables (found in 10/24 SmartSource insert) (doubled)
Final Price: $0.18 (or $0.09 each)

Final Price at Albertsons: $2.25

Wal-Mart:

4 cans of Cream of Mushroom Soup ($0.50...price matched with Target ad)
-used coupon for $1.00 off 4
Final Price: $1.00 (or $0.25 each)

3 Colgate Junior Toothpaste $0.97
-used 3 coupons for $1.00 off any Colgate Toothpaste (My mother in law gave me a few coupon booklets that she found at the commisary...not sure what they were called.)
Final Price: FREE

2 Reach Dental Floss $0.97
-used 2 coupons for $1.00 off select Reach Products (found in 10/10 RedPlum insert)
Final Price: FREE

2 Gold Medal Flour ($0.98...price matched with Lowe's Ad)
Final Price: $1.96 (or $0.98 each)

2 Tic Tacs $0.94
-used 2 coupons for $1.00 off Tic Tacs (found in 10/3 RedPlum insert)
Final Price: FREE

Bananas $0.44/lb.

Red Grapes $0.98/lb.

Sweet Potatoes $0.33/lb.

Final Price at Wal-Mart: $5.21

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