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Friday, April 3, 2009

What A Day For Savings!

I made several trips to different stores today, but I saved so much money! I can't even believe it!

First, I made two trips to Walgreens this morning.

Transaction 1:

1- Softsoap Body Wash $3.99
-$1.00 MQ
OOP: $2.99
RR for Free Softsoap earned

1- Skintimate Shaving Cream $2.99
OOP: $2.99
RR Earned: $2.99

1- 100% Natural Chapstick $1.99
OOP: $1.99
RR Earned: $1.99

Glade Soy Candle $6.49
-$4 MQ
-$2 ESR Instant Coupon
OOP: $0.49

2- Scrubbing Brushes- Clearance $0.50 (from $1.99)

Total OOP: $10.33
Total Savings: $13.48
Total RR Earned: $8.97 (Counting value of free body wash)

Transaction 2:

1- Softsoap Body Wash $3.99
-Free RR
OOP: $0.00

1- Skintimate Shaving Cream
-$2.00 RR (earned from chapstick)
OOP: $0.99

Total OOP: $1.41
Total Savings: $7.49
RR Remaining: $6.00

I also made two trips to two different Staples today in search of the free paper! Read about it here. I only intended to make one trip, but the first Staples I visited only had seven reams of paper left. They also would not accept my coupon ($10 off $50 Office Depot- find link at hip2save.com), because they said the print was too small. Which it really was, and I didn't even notice until I got there. I still bought the seven reams of paper, in case there wouldn't be any at the other store. It still was a great deal! It came out to only $1.00 per ream (after the rebate), and I will earn $4.80 Rewards Points for my purchase since I used my Staples rewards card; the Staples rewards program gives back 10% on paper purchases (by ream or case).

So, I came home and reprinted the coupons, and returned to another Staples which had tons of paper left! I bought 8 more packs, and my mom bought 5 more. Whew, what a lot of paper!

We got 19 reams in all; two of them are not pictured here as they are already opened and being used :). Our total amount spent after rebates and rewards is a profit of $6.24! Woo hoo! I don't think I'll ever have to buy paper again. At least not for a very, very long time :).

Tonight I made 2 quick stops at Giant and Walmart and scrounged up some fantastic deals! The cashier at Walmart was shocked by the savings, as my bill was cut in half after the coupons were deducted from my total. Here is the breakdown of all of my items:

1- Kraft Ranch Dressing $1.58
-$1.50 MQ
$0.08

Halls Cough Drops 40-ct Bag- $1.32
-FREE Halls up to $2.29 in value
FREE

6 Boxes of Crystal Light Drink Mix $1.98 Each
-2 B2G1F Coupons
$7.92/6 Boxes = $1.32 each

2- Clean & Clear Foaming Cleansers for Sensitive Skin $3.96
-2 - $2.00 off Any Clean & Clear Product
$3.92/2 = $1.96 each

Total: $13.07

My last stop of the day was at Giant. I needed to pick up a few things that were on sale for some cakes I will be making at the end of the month for a friend from work. The cake mixes & sugar were both on sale, and I had some great coupons to use!

12- Duncan Hines Cake Mixes - 10/$10
-4 - $1.00 off 3 MQs
$0.66 each - $8.00 for 12

4- Domino Powdered Sugars 2/$3
-1 $0.50 MQ (Doubled to $1.00)
-1 $0.55 MQ (Doubled to $1.10)
$0.98 each- $3.90 for 4

2- Pledge Multi Surface Dusters $2.19
-$1.25 on any Pledge Multi Surface Product
-$2.00 on any Pledge Multi Surface Product
$1.13 for both - $0.57 each

2- Pledge Multi Surface Aerosol Cleaners $2.92
-$1.00 on any Pledge Multi Surface Product
-$2.00 on any Pledge Multi Surface Product
$2.84 for both- $1.42 each

3 Packs Stride Gum 3/$2.00
-$2.00 on 3 packs MQ
FREE

3- 30-ct Halls Cough Drops $0.99
-2 $0.75 (Doubled to $1.50)MQ
-1 $1.50 MQ
FREE

1- Scrubbing Bubbles $2.49
-$1.50 MQ
$1.00

-$2.00 Giant Mobile Discounts Coupon

Total: $15.49
Total Savings: $47.23

What a fun day it was! I love to shop- especially when there are fantastic sales like today :).

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Brylane Home Gift

I sent in an order for a free gift from Brylane Home last week, and I received my gifts last night! I just wanted to post some pictures of the great things I got!

You can read about the offer here (Thank you m oneysavingmethods.blogspot.com!).

I received a 5 pc knife set with a cutting board.

I also received an 8-pc salad set. I will post the picture of that later. The bowl was cracked when it arrived, but I called BrylaneHome customer service and they were more than happy to replace the item. It should be arriving within five days.

I received 2 more items as well. An 11-pc utensil set with a holder and a cereal-on-the-go "bowl". It is so neat- and FREE!

Be sure to check out moneysavingmethods.blogspot.com for more offers like this! I just love getting free stuff in the mail :).

Quick Stop at Walmart 3/31/09

I made a quick stop at WalMart today, and I got some great deals on a few items!

2- A1 Steaksauce ($2.98 each)
1- Kraft Ranch Dressing ($1.58)
1- Slimpack Big Red Gum ($0.96)
1- 40-ct pack of Halls Cough Drops (1.32)

Discounts:
-2.00 A1 Steaksauce Printable QP
-2.00 AT Steaksauce Printable QP
-1.50 Kraft Dressing MQ (SS 3/29)
-0.96 Free Pack of Gum MQ
-1.32 Free Bag of Hall's Cough Drops (up to $2.29) MQ

OOP: $2.20

Monday, March 30, 2009

All You Giveaway Link!

Debbie at SavingWithMamaNordy is giving away a 1-year subscription to All You Magazine!

Click here to enter. All you have to do is leave a comment stating why you want the magazine subscription and spread the news about the giveaway!

CVS Trip 3/30/09

I found some super deals at CVS, and I did better than I originally expected. I was extremely excited when I scanned my bonus card on the price scanner and received a $4.00 off $20.00 coupon! I started with $9.49 in ECBs from last week.

3- 12.6 oz bags of M&Ms (Sale Price: 2/$3.00)
2- Scrubbing Bubbles Action Scrubbers (Sale Price: 2.99)
1- Glade Air Freshener (Sale Price: 5.99 Get 1ECB)
2- Paas Egg Decorating Kits (Sale Price: 1.99 Get 1 ECB)
3- Post-It Highlighters (Clearance Price: 1.25 -- Regularly 4.99!!)

Total Before QPs: $24.20

Discounts:
-$4.00 off $20 QP
-$1.00 M&M MQ
-$5.50 2-Printable Scrubbing Bubbles QPs
-$4.00 Glade Air Freshner MQ
-$9.49 ECBs

OOP: $0.21!

ECBs for next week: $4.98

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