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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Shopping Day--Saved Over 90% (February 3)

Matt, my husband, got sick last night, so he spent a good part of the day in bed. I wanted him to be able to rest today, so I decided to take Jacob out for a few hours so the house would be nice and quiet.

First stop...HEB:



Spent: $0.73 and saved $29.12

2 HEB Split Top Honey Wheat Bread $1.87 each
Final Price: $3.74

1 Yoplait Yogurt $0.50
-used coupon for FREE Yoplait Yogurt (home mailer)
Final Price: FREE

2 Oscar Mayer Carving Board Turkey Breast $3.48 each
-used 2 coupons for $2.00 off Carving Board (found here)
Final Price: $2.96 (or $1.48 each)

11 HEB Yogurt Cups $0.10 each
-When you go shopping at HEB, always be on the lookout for the price cut stickers. This yogurt was getting close to the sell by date, so they marked them down to $0.10...a GREAT deal for yogurt.
Final Price: $1.10 (or $0.10 each)

4 Maalox $2.97 each
-used 4 coupons for $5.00 off Maalox (found in 1/9 SmartSource insert)
Final Price: FREE (plus $8.12 overage)

Bunch of Bananas $1.05

Total: $0.73


Second Stop...Target:



Spent: $3.47 and saved $25.03

Energizer Batteries Clearance Priced at $5.28 (There was a large display of batteries marked 50% off in the stationary section.)
-used coupon for $1.00 off Energizer (found in 1/2 SmartSource insert)
Final Price: $4.28

4 Kellogg's Crunchy Nut Cereal $2.50
-used 2 Target coupons for Buy one Kellogg's Cereal get Crunchy Nut Cereal Free (found here)
-used 3 coupons for $1.00 off Crunchy Nut Cereal (found in 1/23 RedPlum insert) (I should have handed the cashier 4 of these instead of just 3, but I overlooked it)
Final Price: $2.00 for 4 boxes (or $0.50 each)
The boxes I purchased have a mail in rebate on them, so I'll be able to submit for a $2.50 rebate...so all 4 cereals will be FREE after the rebate and stamp :)

4 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups $0.69 each
-used 2 Target coupons for Buy one Get one FREE (found here)
-used 2 man. coupons for Buy one Get one FREE (found in 12/12 SmartSource insert)
Final Price: All 4 FREE

4 GoodLife Cat Food $0.77 each
-used 4 coupons for $1.50 off GoodLife (found in 1/2 RedPlum insert)
Final Price: FREE (plus $2.92 in overage)

Total: $3.47

Third Stop...CVS:




Spent: $5.65 and saved $64.60

5 Wisk HE Laundry Detergent $5.00 each (I used a raincheck from several weeks ago. The raincheck had the Wisk priced at $5.00 and when you purchased $25.00 of participating products you receive $10.00 Extra Care Bucks)
-used 5 coupons for $2.00 off Wisk Detergent (found in 1/2 RedPlum insert)
Final Price: $15.00 (or $3.00 each)

3 Almay Trio Eyeshadow Clearance priced at $2.07
-used 3 coupons for $2.00 off Almay (found in 1/23 SmartSource insert)
Final Price: $0.21 (or $0.07 each)

I also used $9.99 in Extra Care Bucks

Total: $5.65 AND earned $10.00 ECB

Fourth Stop...Walgreens:



Spent: $0.42 and saved $29.59

Let me just say that this trip did NOT go anywhere near what I was expecting. Walgreens was out of just about everything I was going in for, but I had $17.00 in Register Rewards that were expiring. I decided to try to roll some of the rewards as best as I could and also buy a few things as treats for my boys.

Blink Tears $7.99 (Produced $8.00 in Register Rewards)
Final Price: $7.99

4 Butterfinger Snackers $0.39 with in ad coupon
-used 2 coupons for $1.00 off 2 (found here)
Final Price: FREE (plus $0.44 overage)

1 Cafe W Chicken Wings $2.50 (Josh, my oldest son, LOVES Chicken Wings but I hardly ever buy them. He sure was excited!)

1 Cafe W Mozzarella Sticks $2.50 (Aaron, my second son, LOVES Mozzarella Sticks, but again, I hardly ever buy them.)

2 Cafe W Pizza Rolls $2.50 (Jacob requested these)

Breathe Right Strips $5.99
-used coupon for FREE Breathe Right Strips (received as Catalina Coupon from Walgreens in previous transaction)

I also used $17.00 in Register Rewards

Total: $0.42 and received $8.00 in Register Rewards. I wasn't able to roll my RRs like I was expecting to, but I still walked out with $8.00 in RRs and some snacks for my boys.

I don't normally go to quite this many stores in one day, but I wanted to stay out of the house for awhile so my husband could get some rest.

All in all it was a pretty successful day:

Total Spent: $10.27

Total Saved: $148.34

Rewards Earned: $10.00 Extra Care Bucks, $8.00 Register Rewards, and $2.50 Mail in Rebate for Crunchy Nut Cereal

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