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A Blogger Walks Into A Drugstore…

Jenny — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:45:10 +0000

Ok, three drugstores. One of them multiple times. It is possible that I went a little overboard on the couponing this week. But as I now have enough of my faaavorite paper towels (Viva, they are the Rolls Royce of paper towels, thank you Walgreens for the great deal on those this week!) to last me for a couple months and enough laundry detergent for about the next year (at the rate I do laundry – hey I am saving it up for when my new Frigidaire washer & dryer arrive in May!) maybe I will take this week off. Here are a few of the things I got!

Stop #1 CVS: My friend Jen and I went in, since I am her coupon guru and she is my apprentice. It was lots of fun, we made friends with the new manager at my fave store, and I got some sweet deals!

Huggies box diapers $19.99
2 Excedrin $2.50 each
CVS pain relief $2
SoftSoap body wash $4.99
Total = $31.98

Coupons:
CVS $5/$30 email coupon
$2 Huggies printable coupon
$4 off Huggies big box diapers CVS CRT
Two $2 off Excedrin printable coupons
$3/2 Excedrin CVS email coupon
$.75 cents off SoftSoap printable coupon
$1 off any body wash CVS CRT
total = $14.23
I paid with 12-ish extra care buck and paid $2.63 cash including tax, and got back 8 ECB, 4 for the diapers and 4 for the body wash. YAY!!!

Next stop, Rite Aid! I am recently love, love loving Rite Aid. They have great printable coupons available through their Video Values program where you watch short commercials and get to print high-value coupons. SCORE!

2 Suave shampoo/conditioner $1.99 each
2 Carefree pantiliners .99 each
2 Nivea lip balm .99 each
Tampax $2.99 each
Satin care shave gel $1.99
Listerine pocketpaks $3.99
Garnier styler $2.99 (one of my fave hair products, I have been waiting for a sale for forever!)
$19.90

Coupons:
Rite Aid $3/$15 printable coupon
$1/2 Suave manu coupon
$2 off Carefree Rite Aid video values coupon
$1/2 Carefree manu coupon
$1 off Garnier Rite Aid video values coupon
$1 off Garnier manu coupon
$1 off Tampax manu coupon
50 cents off Listerine manu coupon
99 cents (BOGO free) Nivea lip balm coupon

Total = $8.41 – paid in cash and I will get $6 single check rebate, 1 for the Suave, 1 for the Tampax, 3 for the Listerine and 1 for the Gillette shave gel.

Finally, WALGREENS. Now I will tell you that Walgreens is my THIRD-favorite drugstore. However I was in there about 80 bajillion times this week because they had some sweet deals I could not pass up. And I CAN BE BOUGHT. I do the coupon shopping for my BFF Luanne (because she is coupon challenged, and I LOVE her) and I went in a couple times to load her family up on toilet paper, paper towels (VIVA!!), laundry detergent, Kleenex, and feminine care products (she has two daughters, they need their own Fort Kotex) and I did a few transactions for myself as well (Viva, Kleenex, laundry detergent, clearance diapers, lots of free plus overage Tylenol PM!) Here’s a couple examples:

2 Purex BOGO free, $5.99
6 Kleenex, BOGO free $2.19 (for two)
total = $12.56
coupons:
BOGO Free Purex – $5.99
two 50 cents off 3 Kleenex – $1
total = $5.57 and I got back 3 register rewards for buying the Kleenex, yippee!

Then, much to my frugal delight, I made a magical discovery in the baby aisle at Walgreens. They had some sizes of Walgreens brand jumbo pack diapers clearanced to $2.29. YES, I SAID $2.29 FOR A JUMBO PACK!! I about died of nerdy happiness. I got SIX packs as I have some peeps to get baby gifts for. I used several register rewards I had accumulated through the weeks and paid less than $5 total out of pocket. WHEEEE!! Oh, and I got two more bottles of Purex, (pictured with the kleenex above), WHAT UP!? Somebody give me a high five!

Ok, that’s all for me this week. From Fort Kotex and the Viva Palace, I bid you happy couponing!

Wanna see some more sweet deals?? Check out the round-up at Shopping SUperstars at the Thrifty Mama’s place!

‘Tis the Season to be Thrifty!

Jenny — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:27:31 +0000

As I mentioned last week, my itch to score sweet deals has been getting more enflamed recently! So I headed to CVS on Sunday to try and get some freebies while the gettin’ was good. Here’s what I came up with!

I did two transactions.
Transaction #1:
Contour meter $14.99
Two Santa hats, $7.98
Gillette shave gel $1.99
Neosporin lip balm $2.78
total = $27.74

Coupons: $5/$25 Rite Aid coupon (my CVS accepts competitor q’s!)
$14.99 (up to $30 off off) Contour meter manu q
$1 off Gillette manu q
$3 off Neosporin (adjusted to $2.78) manu q
Total = $3.75
paid with 2 ECBs and a CVS gift card = 0 OOP, got back 5 ECBs for the meter and $7.98 for the Santa hats!

Transaction #2:
2 Nexxus shampoo $5.29 each
1 Nexxus conditioner $9.99
Emergen-C $3.99
Total = $24.56

Coupons: $5/$25 Rite Aid coupon (they rounded up for me!)
$5 off Nexxus Rite Aid coupon
Total = $14.56

used $12.98 ECB and paid $2.27 (including tax) out of pocket. Got back 10 ECB for the Nexxus and 3.99 ECB for the Emergen-C!

I was pretty pumped! I absolutely LOVE the Nexxus hair products!

Hope you all did great couponing this week! To see how everyone else did, check out Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom and Shopping Superstars at the Thrifty Mama!

Coupons are my Crack!

Jenny — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:14:14 +0000

Ever since my Target Glade holiday candle score, I’ve been infused with a new burst of coupon obsession! So even though my beloved CVS had no exciting deals for me this week, I still needed to get my FIX. So, like any junkie looking to score, I lowered my standards and went to Walgreens! Here’s what I got:

6 Nivea Lip balms 99 cents each
2 Nivea lotions $7.49 each
2 Oral B toothpaste $2.50 each
2 Oral B kids toothbrushes $2.50 each
2 Glade soy candles $2.50 each
Gillette Fusion Razor $8.99
2 Liter Dr. Pepper, not pictured ($1 with Walgreens in-ad coupon)

Total = $44.91
Coupons used:
Three BOGO free Nivea Lip balm -$2.97
Two Buy 3 Nivea lip balm, get a free lotion $14.98
$1 off two Oral B toothpaste
$1 off two Oral B toothbrushes
Two $2 off Glade fragrance collection
$4 off Gillette Fusion
Total = $16.96 (before tax), $20.85 after tax

I paid with 11 register rewards, paid $9.85 cash and got back 10 register rewards! Not too bad for all that! Got lots of stocking stuffers and I got my FIX!

For more great couponing adventures, check out Shopping Superstars at the Thrifty Mama, and Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom!

I Likes To Shop for Free!

Jenny — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:41:27 +0000

Despite the fact that Thursday was both Thanksgiving Day and my husband’s BIRTHDAY, I had to get me some DEALS! And CVS starts their “black Friday” sales on Thanksgiving Day instead of Friday. So at 10 a.m., my BFF Luanne and I hit CVS! My “regular” store wasn’t open (the horror!) so I went to another store that I used to frequent and happily two of my homies were the only ones working! That and the dozen donuts Tim Horton’s donuts Luanne & I brought them helped us have a really FUN shopping trip! Luanne and I each did 3 transactions, were able to use Rite Aid $5/$25 coupons because this CVS accepts competitor coupons, got a TON of freebies because they had everything in stock, and “made” a ton of ECBs. It was EPIC!! But of course, I forgot to take a picture. D’oh!

But never fear. Hungry for more deals, I went to Rite Aid and Walgreens and my “regular” CVS on Friday. Here’s what I got!

The best score of the day was at Rite Aid. I got 2 Schick men’s razors, 3 Schick Intuition razors, and 3 packs of Schick disposables all FREE plus a penny. I also got the Scope, toothbrush, tampons, shampoo, & shave gel. I ended up spending $7.21 and will get over $8 back in rebates plus a $5 Rite Aid gift card! Yee-ha!!! Now that’s what I call shopping!!

Then I moved on to Walgreens for free deodorant, shave gel, and body wash, 99 cent crayons (64 pack Crayola! with sharpener!) and of course a gallon of milk. Because we needed milk!

Finally, back to CVS to get a couple women’s razors that they didn’t have at the other store on Thursday (I graciously let Luanne have the one they did have in stock. ‘Cause I am big-hearted like that!)

It was a great drugstore freebie shopping weekend! And NO ONE was at the drugstores on Friday, so I didn’t risk traffic or being trampled to death. Woohoo!

Hope you got some great bargains this weekend. To see what everyone else got, check out Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom!

Excited! About! CVSing!

Jenny — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:44:48 +0000

This week I had my first good, fun CVS run in a few weeks. I have been kind of lazy about it, but when I saw that two of my fave new products were on sale this week AND that I had really good coupons for said items, I got myself together, threw (not literally!) Sophie in the car, and headed over to CVS. The two products I was excited about were Tide Stain Release and the Bounce Dryer Bar. Now, it takes A LOT to get me excited about laundry, but I got samples of these babies at BlogHer and they both rock my socks off. Now that I am on a schedule and am doing laundry more regularly (instead of only when NO ONE in my family has clean clothes), these products are really making my laundry life easier and I LIKE-A DA EASY.

So, anyhoo, here’s what I got at CVS!

Tide Stain Release $3.99
Bounce Dryer Bar $3.99
Two Skippy $6
Glade Soy Candle $6.99
Mountain Dew $1.49
Total = $22.46

Coupons used:
$4/$20 CVS email coupon (way expired but my CVS takes them for 30 days after)
FREE Tide Stain Release coupon from BlogHer swag bag!!
$2.50 off Bounce Dryer Bar coupon from Vocalpoint mailer
$2 printable Glade manu q
total= $9.97

I paid with 5.88 ECB, paid $4.85 in cash and got back 11.99 ECB! 1 each for the Tide & Bounce, 1 for the Mountain Dew (you had to buy 2, I had bought one previously), 6.99 for the Glade Candle and 2 for the Skippy.

I was pretty pumped getting all these products I love & use for such a great deal!

To see what great bargains everyone else got this week, check out Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom.

FREE is the New Black!

Jenny — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:13:05 +0000

I got back in the CVS action last week (but I was in Florida at the end of the week so I neglected to post my finds!) and AGAIN this week. That’s right, I have been two weeks in a row! They’ve been having a lot of back-to-school freebies so I couldn’t resist! Here’s what I got this week:

I got all of this for 70 cents out-of-pocket! I used about 15 ECBs and got back about 21 ECBs! I used a $5/$25 Rite Aid coupon (my CVS takes competitor q’s) and one $2 and two $1 manufacturer q’s for the Tylenol – plus I had a CVS CRT for $2 off any Tylenol and another one for $2.50 off a $10 pain reliever purchase! The Tylenol wa $3.99 with 3 ECB back, so I “made” a few bucks on it! All the school supplies were free after ECB so it was a GREAT shopping week! Here’s hoping they keep bringing on the deals, I had a great time getting my coupon on this week!

For more great couponing adventures, check out Money Saving Mom! and the Thrifty Mama!

The Return of Coupon Mojo

Jenny — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:24:21 +0000

My malaise of the past couple months and a serious lack of good sales at CVS and grocery stores has kept me from posting about my shopping excursions. There were very few to post about anyways! Mostly we were just running to the store for necessities. Until this week, it had been a looong time since I made a major grocery trip. But inspired by the fact that I was feeling better and by the Mega-Event sale at Kroger, I braved Kroger with BOTH KIDS and made a big shopping trip this week! I did great, getting a whole bunch of groceries for $54, and I got a $3.50 coupon back to use on my next order. So, later in the week I decided to go back and stock up on more Mega-Event sale items for us to take on our family vacation in a couple weeks. Here’s what I got:

All this, including the pot roast and pork chops, (which were on markdown – HOLLA!) I got for $20.96, thanks in part to another $3.50 off coupon I bought for buying the fruit snacks. The fruit snacks, cereal, and peanut butter were the 10 mega-event sale items that earned me an extra $3 off my order. Of course I had coupons for most of those items. The pop was for my hubby – it was $11 for five 12-packs.

All in all we were REALLY pleased with our grocery trip! Hope you all did well too! For more great savings, visit Shopping Superstars at the Thrifty Mama and Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom!

Hairspray Score at CVS!

Jenny — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:44:05 +0000

As I wrote in a recent article on Blissful Style, Tresemme Tres Two hairspray is my fa-vo-RITE! So when I saw CVS had a good ECB deal on Tresemme this week I had to get me some o’ that. So here’s what I got!

Three Tresemme hairsprays, $10
Glade Soy candle $4.99
Edge Shave Gel $2.89
Crest $2.88
Total = $20.76
Coupons: CVS $4/$20 email coupon (expired but my CVS takes them for 30 days)
Glade $1 off coupon
$3 off Glade Walgreens coupon (my CVS takes competitor q’s)
$1 off any Glade CVS CRT
$3 off any $10 hair care purchase CVS CRT
Three $1 off Tresemme printable q’s
75 cents off Crest manu q

Total = $5.01

I paid with 4.99 in ECB and paid 36 cents cash and got back 5 ECB for the Tresemme, 2 for the Crest, and 2.89 for the Edge. That’s makin’ money! Woo-hoo!

That’s all the exciting couponing I did this week. Hope you all did great! To see how everyone else did, head over to CVS Superstars at the Centsible Sawyer, Shopping Superstars at the Thrifty Mama and Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom!

Ah, CVS I Missed You!

Jenny — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:28:03 +0000

I went back to CVS today to get some good deals. Still nothing I jumped up and down about, but at least there were a couple freebies and a great diaper deal. Here’s what I got:

Skintimate shave gel $3.49
Colgate toothpaste $2.99
CVS paper towels $.99
Two Excedrin Migraine @$1.99 each – $3.98
Advil Liquigels $3.99
Two Schick Intuition refills B1G1 free $10.99
Total = $26.43

Coupons:
$5/$25 Rite Aid q (my CVS takes competitors q’s)
75 cents off Colgate q
Free CVS paper towels coupon
Two $2 off Excedrin manu q’s (adjusted down)
Two $4 off Schick Intuition manu q’s
Total = $7.71
Paid with 5 ECB and $3.12 cash and got back $5.49 ECB

Next transaction: diapers!!

Two packs of Huggies $20
Wipes $5
Total = $25

Coupons:
Rite Aid $5/$25 purchase
Two $3 off Huggies diapers printable q’s
One $5 off any Huggies Gentle Care product printable

Total = $9
Paid with 7.49 ECB and $1.86 cash and got back 10 ECB!

That’s all I got! I still have those 10 ECB so I hope to get some great deals next weeks. We shall see! To see how everyone else did this week, check out Shopping Superstars at the Thrifty Mama and Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom!

My First Time at Aldi & a SwagBucks Code

Jenny — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:15:51 +0000

There were really no drugstore deals that excited me this week. That’s right, dear readers, I did not even darken the door of a CVS!! I hear this week is going to be a little better at least. I hope so! I am starting to get nervous!

In the absence of any exciting deals at the grocery stores I frequent, and in preparation for my Once-a-month-cooking adventure, I decided to try my hand at ALDI this week! I had never been there before! That’s right, this frugalista was an Aldi Virgin. Can you believe it?? Here’s what I got:

I got all this for $19.35! I was especially pleased with the price of the milk at $1.89/gallon! The butter, minced garlic, soy milk, and mozarella cheese were all exceptionally good deals I thought. So, I was pretty pleased my first time out and I’ll definitely shop there again when they have good sales!

So that’s all the great bargains I did this week, but I now have one for you! You may have read my “Things I Love Thursday” entry last week where I featured Swagbucks (it’s here). Swagbucks is a fun way to earn prizes just by searching the internet! I use Swagbucks for all my regular Google searches now, and sometimes win bucks which I can then redeem for great prizes! I am saving my SwagBucks up to redeem for some Amazon gift certificates so I can get some books and videos I’ve had my eye on. But there are TONS of prizes to choose from. And now, if you sign up as a new user, we have a special code for Mommin’ It Up readers to get TWO additional SwagBucks! You’ll get 3 for signing up and 2 additional if you enter the code MOMMINITUP (case sensitive) – so you’ll start out with FIVE Swagbucks! Awesome! All you have to do to get started is register here.

Well, that’s all the great saving I did this week. Hopefully I’ll have more next week! To see how everyone else did, check out Shopping Superstars at the Thrifty Mama and Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom!