Mommin' It Up!

February 14, 2009February 14, 2009

The Stockpile Has Landed

I didn’t do ANY CVSing this week. Never darkened the door! There just weren’t any sales exciting enough to get me in the door. Shocking, I know. Hopefully this coming week will be better! I did, however, hit a super-awesome sale at Meijer! Here’s what I got:

It took me five transactions, but I got all of this – over $110 worth of groceries (at sale prices) for just $48.01! I got 24 boxes of Chex Mix/Fiber One bars, and at $2 apiece, those alone would have cost $48 without coupons. Every time you bought five boxes of these, you got a coupon back for $3.50 off your next order. I had coupons for $1 off (some that went to $1 when doubled) for all of these, so I’d pay $5, get $3.50 back, and then use that coupon to buy my next batch! On my last transaction I got 4 boxes, so I have a $2.50 coupon to use next time I go to Meijer. 🙂

I also got six boxes of cereal, five 6-packs of Yoplait kids yogurt, a bag of frozen chicken tenderloins, milk, pasta, frozen chicken nuggets, bananas, bread, five Lean Cuisines, Chex Mix, a fmaily size Hershey’s syrup (woot!), and two jars of Skippy peanut butter!

I haven’t had a haul this good in a long time, so I was really excited. Hope you all did great too! To see how everyone else did, check out Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom and Shopping Superstars at the Thirfty Mama.

January 31, 2009

Return to Dew Mountain

So, yesterday I got out of the house FINALLY after the huge snow we had this week, and of course I went straight to CVS. Ok, that’s a lie. First I went to drop off some jeans to get hemmed but ONLY because it’s I have to drive past that shop to get to CVS. Oh, and did I mention my DADDY drove me in his 4-wheel drive? Yes, this CVS run was that important! Can you guess what I got? It wasn’t the most profitable transaction ever, but sometimes you gotta dew what you gotta dew.

Five 12-packs of Mountain Dew $3.34 each = $16.70(I already put on in the fridge when I took this picture. Couldn’t waste any time!)
Four L’eggs pantyhose clearance at $1.25 each! WOOHOO! (Couldn’t pass those up!) $5
Two Gatorade/Propel $1.25 each = $2.50
Tostitos $3
Fusion Gamer razor $7.99
Total = $35.19

I only had two coupons! A Rite Aid $5/$25 and a $4 Fusion q
Total = $26.19
I used 24 ECB and paid $3.05 on a CVS gift card, and got back 14 ECB – 10 for the Pepsi products and 4 for the razor!

AND I GOT MY DEW! 😉

How did YOU dew (I can’t stop myself!) this week? For more couponing adventures, check out CVS Superstars at the Centsible Sawyer or Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom.

January 24, 2009January 24, 2009

I Can Haz Mountain Dew? No?

I only went to CVS once this week – crazy huh? The deals just weren’t too exciting and although I am feeling much better, I still haven’t regained 100% of my incessant desire to CVS shop all the time. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that there is a huge ECB deal on Pepsi products and I am still not drinking Mountain Dew, and it makes me VERY SAD! My mom brought me a 2-Liter when I was depressed last week, and I had one out to eat, but other than that I have been a very good girl. But anyways – you will see that I DID purchase a 2-liter on this transaction, but it’s for a dinner we are attending Sunday for our house church – we’re bringing the drinks. Perhaps with my Christian community holding me accountable I will be able to abstain from Dew at the dinner. (ha ha!) We shall see. Anyhoo – here’s what I got:

4 2-Liters of Pepsi products $5
8 Propel/Gatorade $15
1 Skippy $1.67
1 CVS baby wipes $2.99
Total = $24.66
Coupons: Rite Aid $5/$25 (my CVS take competitor q’s and the manager rounded up my total for me – I had planned to buy some Lays chips as part of the Pepsi deal which would have put me over, but they were out of them)
$3 off CVS brand q
60 cents off Skippy q
Total = $16.06

I paid with 16 ECB, paid 6 cents cash, and got back 10 ECB for the Pepsi/Propel/Gatorade products!

Next, I did this, because my particular hubby likes the yellow Axe body wash and it is never on sale!

2 Axe body wash $10
2 Skippy $3.34
1 CVS baby wipes $2.99
Total $16.33
Coupons:
CVS $3/$15 (expired, my CVS takes them for 30 days)
Two 40-cents off Skippy q’s
$3 off CVS brand q

Total = $9.53
I paid with 9 ECB and 53 cents cash, and got back 3 ECB for the Axe.

Nothing too exciting, but not bad! Hope you did great this week! To see how everyone else did, check out CVS Superstars at the Centsible Sawyer and Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom!