Mommin' It Up!

September 27, 2008

We Have a Coupon Printer!

One of our local CVS stores got a coupon printer this week! Oot Oot! It’s not one of my normal stops, but it IS on the way to and from church, so I am going to have to stop in and scan my card at least once a week! It let me scan my card three times when I went, and two of the coupons it spat out were ones I got to use on this week’s deals! YAY!

Here’s what I scored this week:

Nivea for Men body was $4.99
Suave deodorant $2.39
Adidas deodorant $4.99
Wyler’s Light singles $.25 (clearance!)
Total = $12.62

Coupons:
$2/$10 CVS q
$1 off Nivea for Men q
$1 off Adidas q
50 cents off Suave q
$1.99 off Walgreens Adidas coupon (should have taken $3 off but I did not complain!)
Total = $6.13
I paid with 5 ECB and paid $1.53 on my gift card and got back $10.99 ECB! 4.99 for the Nivea, 4 for the Adidas, and 2 for the Suave (I had purchased more Suave on a previous transaction.)

Next up: My FAVORITE transaction of the WEEK!

Huggies Mega Pack $15
Cottonelle wipes $2
Cottonelle TP $6.49
Three boxes Kleenex $3
Total = $26.49

Coupons:
CVS $2/$10
CVS $3/$15
$2 Huggies CRT
$1.50 Huggies manu q
$1.50 Huggies Walgreens q
$1 Cottonelle wipes CRT (from coupon printer!!)
$1 Cottonelle wipes manu q
$1/3 Kleenex Walgreens q
50 cents off Cottonelle TP manu q
$1 off Cottonelle TP Walgreens q

Total = $11.99
I paid with $11.99 ECB and 46 cents cash and got back $10 ECB!!!! That’s the ONLY way to shop, people!! Special thanks to JILL for the Walgreens q’s!!

Last, but not least:

1 Crest ProHealth $2.99
1 kids’ toothbrush clearance 50 cents
1 Ambi facewash $6.99

Total = $10.48
Coupons:
CVS $2/$10
75 cents off Crest
$3 off Ambi manu q
$2 off Ambi CRT (from the coupon printer!!)
$1 off Ambi Walgreens q
Total = $1.73

I paid with 1 ECB and $1.05 cash and got back 5 ECB! 3 for the Ambi and 2 for the Crest. The BEST part of this transaction is the toothbrush. I needed a toothbrush for Sophie so that is why I went to CVS. I wanted to work it into a transaction to roll my ECBs and ended up being able to MAKE $$ since I found the clearance toothbrush! Yay!!

Well, that’s all for me this week! Hope you all did well and had fun. For more great couponing adventures, check out CVS Superstars at The Censtible Sawyer and Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom!

September 20, 2008September 20, 2008

Shew! CVS Withdrawal Over!

Yesterday I posted about how I hadn’t been to CVS in several days due to power outages cause by the Windstorm of the Century on Sunday. As a matter of fact, of my two regular CVSes, one didn’t get power back until Wednesday and the other didn’t until yesterday at noon! Isn’t that ka-razy!? I was in seriously bad CVS withdrawal shape, but finally after a couple transactions yesterday I was much better shape!!

I DID get to go on Sunday BEFORE the power went out, and here is what I got then:

The Ragu & Skippy was 3/$5, so my total was $10 even. I used the $2/$10 CVS coupon, a $75 cents off Ragu coupon (from a home mailer) and three 40-cent-off Skippy coupons. My total came to $6.05. I paid with 6 ECB and 5 cents cash and got back 3 ECB!

Then, I needed milk so I did this:

Milk $2.99
2 Malt-o-Meal cereal marked down to 49 cents each
Newspaper $1.85
Excedrin express gels $3.99

Total = $9.81 (I didn’t know the cereal was marked down. So I expected my total to be over $10 before tax. My cashier let me use my $2/$10 anyways).
Coupons used: CVS $2/$10
Two $1 off Malt-o-Meal coupons, adjusted down to 49 cents
$2 off Excedrin coupon

My total was $4.83. I paid with 5 ECB adjusted down to $4.83, paid zero out-of-pocket and got back $3.99 ECB for the Excedrin!

Then, Friday, I was able to make a HUGE SCORE at my beloved favorite CVS store.

Four St. Ives body wash $3.99 each
One 48-pack giant Flavor-Ice, clearanced at $3.74

Total = $19.70
Coupons:
$2/$10 CVS
Two B1G1 Free St. Ives manu q’s
Two $1 off St. Ives manu q’s
Four $1 off St. Ives Walgreens q’s
$2 off St. Ives CRT

total= $1.72
I didn’t have any ECB that small, so with tax I paid $2.82 on my gift card from Joshua’s prescription and got back TEN ECB!! 5 was for the St. Ives, and 5 for the Flavor-Ice that cost me only $3.74! These were $14.99 with 5 ECB back, and even though they were on clearance they STILL gave the ECB! My husband LOVES these so I went back and got another box. Score!

Finally, I did this transaction as part of the CVS Charity Challenge. I won a $5 CVS gift card from Erin at Coupon Cravings to use to buy things for the charity of my choice. I chose Oasis for Women, an organization in our area that ministers to women who are employed in the sex industry. They need toiletries, makeup, and hygiene items for the gift bags they make up for the women they minister to. I got everything in the picture below for $4.77 on the gift card, and got 3 ECB back. I am going to use that to buy one more Suave deodorant and get a couple other small things and then I will get another 2 ECB for the Suave. Which I will then use to buy something else to donate! Hopefully I will be able to wrap all that up next week so I can take all the items to Oasis! I would have finished it this week if I had actually been able to GET TO CVS!

Well that’s all for me this week. Hope you all did great too! For more crazy couponing, check out Money Saving Mom and the Centsible Sawyer!

September 13, 2008September 13, 2008

Word in Drugstore Circles is “Jenny Gets Around”

Oh my goodness, there were so many deals at Walgreens this week that I HAD to do a couple of them, and miracle of miracles they worked! SO once again I am a CVS cheater. OH, CVS you’re still the best!! I just can’t resist getting paid to buy stuff! I’ll go wherever they pay me!

Of course I still went to CVS, too. But I’ll start with Walgreens!

Ahh the infamous Robitussin deal! I paid $3.99 each for the Robitussin and 60 cents for the mentos. I used three $3 off Robitussin coupons and a $2 off Register Reward I’d gotten last week, and paid $2.46 with tax and got back a $10 Register Reward! Can you say profit??

I then took that $10 Register Reward and got this:

Excedrin gels $3.99
Crest $3.79
Orajel toddler toothpaste $3.99 (for my little Sophie-So’s toofers)

I used my $10 RR and a 75 cents off Crest coupon, paid $1.84 with tax and will get back over $8 in rebates from the Crest and the Excedrin! Yippee!

Ok, on to CVS!

Loreal cleansing wipes $5.99
Glade Scented Oil Candle refill $3.59
Herbal Essences Shampoo $2.49
Total = $12.07
Coupons:
$2/$10 CVS q
$2 off Herbal Essences manu q
FREE Glade refill (sent to me by Glade – thanks!) -$3.50
Total =$4.57
Paid with 4 ECB and some change and got back 5.99 ECB for Loreal and 1 ECB for the shampoo! Me likey da profit!

Then, I got this:

Milk $2.99
Herbal Essence $2.49
CVS Lotion $1.49
Revlon nail polish $3.99
Total = $10.96
Coupons:
$2/$10 CVS q
$2 off Revlon CRT
$2 off Herbal Essences manu q
$2 off CVS Skincare q (My CVS takes these for 30 days past expiration – it expired 8/31)
Total = $2.96

I paid with 3 ECB adjusted down to 2.96. This made the total ZERO and I got back 3 ECB for the Revlon and 1 for the Herbal Essences!

Finally, there was this:
My mom needed body wash and Sophie needed 2-in-1 shampoo! Gotta keep that girl’s hair conditioned!

4 Suave Body wash $$9.98
1 Suave Shampoo $2.59
Total = $12.57
Coupons: $2/$10 CVS q
Two B1G1 Free Suave Body wash q’s (up to $2, so -$4)
Two 50 cents off Suave Body wash q
$2/3 Suave products Kroger q (my CVS accepts competitor q’s!)
Total = $2.57
I paid with 3 ECB and $1.12 tax and got back 4 ECB (it’s a monthly deal, buy $6 worth of Suave get back 2 ECB. I bought $12 worth so I got 4 ECB.)

Ok, FINALLY, I swear I am almost done, but Meijer was having their fabulous 1/2 Lysol sale which I always like to hit hard. I got ALL THIS for…

..wait for it….74 CENTS!!!! Woohoo!! I had a coupon for each item that was either $1 off or doubled to $1 off. That made the toilet bowl cleaners 4 cents each and the wipes 24 cents each. The all-purpose cleaner was 39 cents! I also had a $5 off catalina coupon I had gotten for buying 5 Speed Stick deodorants (which were $2 each, and I had five $1 off coupons, so I spent $5, got back $5!) which I used to bring my total down to just 74 cents. My cashier was MORE than impressed. Now I am way stocked up on wipes for us & some friends & family again!

Ok, I am finally done. I was very happy to come in at $1.50 under budget this week for household and groceries (yes, I DID also buy food at Meijer! Got a bunch of freebies!) How did you do? To see how more crazy couponers performed, go see Crystal at Money Saving Mom and Denise at the Centsible Sawyer!