A CVS success story - Momma Cheaps

Are you new to CVS or do you just fear the commitment of weekly rolling of ECBs? It IS a dedication thing. But put your fears aside... read THIS and fear no more!!!

Reader Trips - I Spent .55 cents on $220 in groceries

3 - BP $50 Gas Cards
$10 off  $50 BP Gas Card with a Grocery Purchase of $25 or More - weekly ad

Flour - 2.29
Decaf Coffee - 3.29
Publix Bread - 1.50
Yellow Onions - 3.99
Bruiser bones - 2.39
2 - Milk - 3.15 (go with Oreo's coupons)
Bananas - 2.84 lb @ .69 lb = 1.96
Beer - 10.49

12 - Oscar Meyer Lunch Meat 7-9 oz pk, $3.00
-$1/2 Oscar Mayer Lunchmeats, in store dispenser (makes it $2.50)
-$1/2 Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Meats printable
-$2 off Deli Fresh Meats printable (limit reached)
-$1 off Deli Fresh Meats printable (store coupon)
(use $2 mfr coupon and store coupon, makes it FREE)

4 - Ken's Marinade 16 oz, B1G1 at $2.79 ($1.39)
-$1 off Ken’s Marinade SS 5/09 (makes it 39¢)

Vitamin Water - 1.49
Facebook printable (no longer available) FREE

2 - CoffeeMate Creamer 32 oz, $2.50
B2G1 Coffee-Mate 15 oz + printable
-.75/1 Coffee-Mate Creamer 15 oz + printable
-$1/2 Coffee-Mate Liquid Creamer, SS 3/28, 5/02 (makes it $2)
-.50/1 Coffee-Mate RP 2/07

4 - Post honey Bunches Of Oats 13-18 oz box, B1G1 at $3.99 ($1.99)
-$1/2 Honey Bunches of Oats, printable (makes it $1.49)

4 - Emerald Almonds - 10 or 11 oz, B1G1 at $5.79
-$1/1 peelies

4 - Oreo's - 2.99
-Facebook buy 2 Nabisco get free milk

2 - Milkbone Essentials - 3.69
2 - Milkbone Gravy -2.99
-4 $2 Publix Savings for All Seasons booklet
-2 buy milkbone, get essentials free
-1 $1 printable manufacturer

Olay Regenerist - 3.99
-$2 off Olay Facial Moisturizer Or Facial Cleanser, RP 4/18 or PG 5/02
-$2 off Olay Facial Moisturizer or Cleanser “Live Well Feel Beautiful” (store coupon)
$20 Mail in Rebate wyb $50 of Olay Facial Products

4 - Carefree Liners 16 or 22 ct, 99¢
-$1 off Carefree Product, Any SS 4/25 (makes it FREE)
-.50/1 Carefree product printable

10 - Ziploc bags 2/$4
B1G1 Ziploc Slider Bags SS 4/11
-.55/1 Ziploc Slider Bags SS 2/21
-$1/2 Ziploc Brand Bags SS 3/21
-.40/1 Ziploc Brand Bags SS 3/21
-$1/2 Ziploc Bags “Value in the Family” booklet (store coupon)
(buy 2, use store coupon, B1G1 and .55/1 coupon, makes it 22¢ ea)

USED:
(5) $5/$25 Save-a-lot for Smart Shoppers Club
(1) $10/$50 Winn Dixie Catalina
3 Gerber checks - $5, $5, $3

Total before sales and coupons: 339.01
Store Coupons: 96.00
Vendor Coupons: 63.21
Special Price Savings: 46.25
TOTAL SAVINGS: 218.46
TOTAL OUT OF POCKET (OOP): 120.55

BUT remember.. I bought $150 worth of gas for $120.
So my actual OOP is .55 (until I buy gas)

*UPDATED* Reader Trips - Winn Dixie paid me to shop

*UPDATE AT BOTTOM*

I got:

4 boxes of Special K - B1G1 4.99

-$2/2 manufacturer coupon

4 Classico Pasta Sauce - B1G1 2.99

- (2) $1.50/2 printables

7 Snuggle Blue Sparkle Dryer Sheets - B1G1 3.99
- (5) $3/1 manufacturer coupons -  I should have bought just 5.. D'oh!

*I will post what was spent and saved for each transaction, but there was a problem and I will explain that in a minute.*


Transaction 1:
2 Snuggle
2 Classico

- $1.50/2 off

- (2) $3 off

Overage: .26
Saved:$14.48

Transaction 2:
2 Snuggle
2 Classico

- $1.50/2 off

- (2) $3 off

Overage: .26
Saved:$14.48

Transaction 3:
2 Cereal
1 Snuggle

- $2/2 off

- $3 off

Total: $4.24
Saved: 9.99

Transaction 4:
2 Snuggle
2 Cereal - WRONG SIZE - 3.99 EACHHHHH!

- $1.50/2 off

- (2) $3 off

Total: $4.32
Saved: $11.99

Tomorrow I am taking the 2 wrong cereals back (7.98 - $1.50 coupon = 6.48 back)

Final total of everything should be 1.56

*I returned the wrong cereals, they refunded $8 total, so for all of this I spent .04 cents*

Reader Trips - SEE I buy meat and produce

So someone from my husband's blog at WDBO doesn't think we buy meat and produce...

This was a small trip for me, very few coupons and meat and produce included.

Milk - 3.09
Carrots - 3.49
Canataloupe - 2.00
Mushrooms - 1.50
3 packs of boneless/skinless chicken breasts - 3.50, 2.99, 3.92
Ghetto beer - 2.69
Bananas - 2.6 lbs @ .69 lb = 1.79
2 - Lettuce - .89
Pace Salsa - B1G1 2.79
(didn't find -.50/1 5/2/10 SS)

2 - Kraft Shredded Cheese - 2/$4

2 - 1.25 Publix printables (no longer available - exp 5/30)

8 - Vitamin Water - 10/$10

4 -$1/2 4/11/10 SS

8 - .50/1 HERE - Whole Foods is a competitor

4 - Ken's dressings

2 - $1/2 3/7/10 SS

USED:
2 - $5/$25 Save-a-lot coupons

Total: 93.44

Store coupon: 16.50

Vendor coupon: 11.00

Special Price Savings: 36.55

Total Savings: 64.05

OOP (Out of Pocket): 29.39

Reader Trips - Karissa hit the bullseye!

Karissa spent $7 on all this stuff at Target! Check out the details HERE

Reader Trips - SaveatHomeMommy takes on Target

SaveatHomeMommy spent less than $4.50 on all this!!! Read how HERE

Reader Trips - Forthemommas does Rite Aid

Shannon made $1.50 by buying all of this! See how HERE

Publix - My Trip - Made $7.75 on $187

6 - Milkbone Essentials 2/$5 (charged for 7!!!)
3 manu B1G1
6 $2 Publix (from last year's Savings For All Seasons)

4 -Quaker Instant Oatmeal, Assorted Varieties, 10.9 to 16.2 oz box, BOGO $3.27

-$3/5 Tearpad
-$1/1 Quaker Instant Oatmeal–Create Your Day
-$1/1 Quaker Instant Oatmeal Or Quaker Quick Or Old Fashioned Oats, Any
-$1/1 Quaker Instant Oatmeal or Quaker Quick Oats
-Buy One Instant Quaker Oatmeal, get One Naked Juice Free Publix Family Style Home Mailed version

4 -Dentyne Sugarless Gum or Trident, Assorted Varieties, 40 or 60 ct bot, BOGO $3.29

-$1.50/1 Dentyne Gum, any Bottle – 02-28-10 SS

2 - Windex BOGO 3.39
$3/2 peelie

8 - Kellogg’s Frosted Mini-Wheats Cereal, Assorted Varieties, 15.8 to 20.4 oz box or Unfrosted Mini Wheats, 18 oz box, BOGO $3.89
-$1/2 Kellogg’s Frosted Mini-Wheats Cereal, any (2) 14.5 oz+ packages – 04-11-10 RP
-$2/2 Kellogg’s Special K Low Fat Granola, Raisin Bran Extra!, or Frosted Mini-Wheats Little Bites, any (2) 14 oz+ – 03-28-10 RP
-$1/1 Kellogg’s Special K Low Fat Granola, Raisin Bran Extra Or Frosted Mini Wheats Little Bites Cereal, Any 14 Oz. Or Larger, Any Flavor – 03-21-10 RP
-$1.50/2 Kellogg’s Frosted Mini Wheats, Rasin Bran & All Bran
-$1/2 Kellogg’s Frosted Mini Wheats 
-$1/2 Kellogg’s Frosted Mini Wheats
-$1 on any cheese (deli or block) WYB any Two Kellogg’s, Keebler, Sunshine, Carr’s, and/or Murray’s products 4oz+ Tearpad
-$1/1 Peelie

Jumbo Eggs - 1.79
a nice woman stopped me and gave me the coupon for free eggs up to $2 wyb 2 Kellogg's cereals

5 - Johnson Bath buddies - 1.09
5 $1 manu

4 - Snyders Pretzels, Assorted Varieties, 9 to 10 oz bag, 2/$3
 -$1/1 Snyder’s of Hanover Organic Pretzel Sticks, any 5 oz+ – 04-11-10 SS (if included)

-.55 Publix coupon

2 - Oreo – 3.13

2 - $1 competitor

2 – free Oreos wyb Milk

2- Keebler Sandies - BOGO 3.89

2 - $1 ($1.50??) printable

4 - Duncan Hines Premium Muffin Mix, 100% Whole Grain: Blueberry Streusel WIth Crumb Topping, Chocolate Chip, Apple Cinnamon, or Triple Chocolate Chunk, 17.5 to 21.5 oz box, BOGO $3.29
-4 .75 PEELIES

-$1/1 Duncan Hines 100% Whole Grain Muffins – Family Circle, February 2010
-$1/1 Duncan Hines 100% Whole Grain Muffins – Southern Living, February 2010
-$1/1 Duncan Hines 100% Whole Grain Muffins – Better Homes & Gardens, February 10
-$1/1 Duncan Hines 100% Whole Grain Muffins – Taste of Home, February March 2010
-$1/1 Duncan Hines 100% Whole Grain Muffins – Martha Stewart Living, February 2010

2 - Huggies - 10.99
2 - $3 Publix
2 - $3 manu

Enfagrow – 4.79

-$6 off manu

(3 $2 checks)

Killian's - 10.99 - now eligible for $10 rebate winetag (wyb 2)

Milk – 3.09
Bananas -2.46lbs @ .69 = 1.70

USED:

5 - $5/$20 Save-a-Lot (there is one opening near me.. not that I will go, but I love these coupons!)

2 - $10/$50 Winn Dixie

Store Coupon: 68.00

Vendor Coupon: 60.55

Special Price Savings: 53.13

Total Savings: 181.68

Then used:

3 - $2 checks from Enfagrow

Then Bought:

$10 Gift Card

Out Of Pocket - $2.75

Profit of - $7.75

Reader Trips - DealFindingChik does CVS

I LOVE to read about your savings!!! (And I will repost them all the time too!!!) It gives me and my readers such inspiration!

DealFindingChik spent less than $8 on all of this... the best part... simply 2 transactions! See how HERE

Reader Trip - Kay is amazing!

Kay had a ridiculously great trip recently... and she answers a bunch of reader questions on how she does it HERE

Reader Trips - Albertson's - Free Cereal!

SaveatHomeMommy got cereal for FREE at Alberson's! Check out the post HERE

Target - Reader trips - Deal Finding Chic

Check out THIS Target trip! DFC spent $2.29 on all of this! crazy!!

CVS - My trip today

I had a couple-o-coupons to use and a dozen places to stop in for one or two items each, so I stopped at CVS first for a pack of Pampers (as if I needed more)

Pampers: sale 8.49
ECB $4.50 off one pack of Pampers
$1.00 manufacturer mailer for Pampers

ECB machine gave me $1 off CVS paper product
I got 2 rolls of toilet paper 2/$1
ECB machines gave me $1 off CVS skin product
I got 1 travel sized car hand wipes

I spent $3.54

Publix - My Shopping Trip - $17 overage on $183

I HAVE A NEW RECORD!!! (And the hubby was there as a witness! Someone had to push the cart, I had a baby wrapped around me)

2 - Kellogg’s Special K Cereal, 11.4-14 oz, or Granola, 19.5 oz, at $3.99 ($1.99)
-$1 off Kellogg’s Special K Granola printable (makes it 99¢)
-$2/2 Kellogg’s Special K Granola , Raisin Bran Extra or Frosted Mini Wheats RP 3/21
-$1 off Kellogg’s Special K Granola , Raisin Bran or Frosted Mini Wheats RP 3/21

8 - General Mills Cereal, at $3.99 ($1.99)
Lucky Charms, Cookie Crisp, or Reese’s Puffs, 11.25-13 oz
Golden Grahams or Cinnamon Toast Crunch, 16 or 17 oz
-.55/1 Lucky Charms Cereal printable or printable
-$1/3 General Mills Cereal SS 3/28
-$1/2 General Mills Cereals SS 3/07
-$1/2 General Mills Cereals printable or printable
-$1/2 General Mills Cereal printable (FF) or printable (IE) or printable (makes it $1.49)
$1.50/3 - Winn Dixie Catalinas

2 - Yoplait Fiber One Yogurt, 4 pk, at $2.50 ($1.25)
-$1 off Yoplait printable (makes it 25¢)
-$1 off Fiber One Yogurt printable or printable or Eat Better America Mailer
-.50/1 Fiber One Yogurt, SS 3/21
-.75/1 Fiber One printable

4 - Coffee-mate Creamer, 16 oz, at $1.99 (99¢)
B2G1 Coffee-mate Creamer printable
-.75/1 Coffee-Mate RP 2/07, or printable
-$1/2 Coffee-Mate Liquid Creamer SS 3/28
-$1.50/2 Coffee-Mate Liquid Creamer, SS 3/28
.50/1 Coffee-Mate Creamer RP 2/07
(buy 3, use (2) -.75/1 coupons and B2G1 coupon makes it 16¢ ea)

8 - Immaculate Baking Co. Cookie Dough, 14 oz, at $3.09 ($1.54)
-$1 off Immaculate Baking Dough, Publix Greenwise, Spring 2010 (store coupon) (makes it 54¢)

2 - Soft Scrub Cleanser or Gel, 24-28.6 oz, or Pads, 12 ct, $2.50
-$1/2 Soft Scrub, any RP 3/07 (exp 4/11)
-.50/1 Soft Scrub, any RP 3/07 (exp 4/11)
-$1.50 off Soft Scrub Total RP 3/07 (if included)
-$1 off Soft Scrub product printable (makes it $1.50)


3 - Pantene Pro V Hair Care Products, 1.7-12.6 oz pk, $2.79
-$3/2 Pantene PG 3/07
-$1/2 Pantene products PG 4/4
-$1 off Pantene Styler, Hairspray or Treatment PG 3/07, 4/4
-$2 off Panene Pro-V Nature Fusion Vocal Point home mailer (makes it 79¢)

14 - Bayer Children's Aspirin 24ct $2.63
-$2 off Aleve, Midol, Bayer Aspirin, Alka-Seltzer, Green Adv. Flyer (store coupon)
-$1 off Bayer printable
-$1 off Bayer Heart Health Advantage or Bayer aspirin 10 ct + SS 3/21

Midol $3.69
-$2 off Aleve, Midol, Bayer Aspirin, Alka-Seltzer, Green Adv. Flyer (store coupon)
-$2 off Midol printable

2 - Good Start Soy -  4.29
2 - Similac sensative - 5.89
4 - Emerald Almonds - B1G1 5.79

$1 peelies

Icehouse - 10.49

O'douls - 4.99
Red Lanio Soda - 1.25 (Bob wanted to try a new weird soda...)
Ivory soap - 4.99


USED:
Winn Dixie Baby Club - $5/$30 catalina and $5/$30 baby club mailer
2 - Winn Dixie - $5/$75
8 - Baby Formula Checks - $8, $6, $5, $5, $5, $5, $5, $3 (none specified the need to buy one item per check, 4 were for Similac, 4 were for Good Start)


Added on a $20 Publix gift card

Vendor Coupon: 59.69
Store Coupon: 64.50
Special Price Savings: 56.45
Total Savings: 180.64


OUT OF POCKET: 3.12
*Remember though, I also got a $20 gift card. I made $17! (and stocked up on cookie dough and cereal! Booya!)

Reader Trips - Money Maker at Kmart

Commonsensewithmoney made money with buying Tampax Pearl at Kmart this week! Check it out then read what her followers were doing for awesome deals at Kmart!

Reader Trips - Amy does Publix... over and over and over

Now, getting a $50 gas card for $40 is still a great deal, but Amy also gets 18 boxes of cereal, 8 toothpastes, 8 boxes of brownies, 2 scrubbing bubbles, pizza, fruit and donuts for the kids... still only spending that $40 stinkin' dollars. Unbelievable. We shop at the same stores, get the same coupons, and yet I still cant shop like her!

Check these out
Trip 1
Trip 2

Reader Trips - Kay

Kay somehow says she spent $140 a month on groceries. I dont know how when she spends $5 on all THIS!

Publix - my trip

I dont think I like Huggies as much as Pampers. Lucky for me, my Publix let me exchange a couple packs today.

While we were there I picked up a few things:

2 - Yoplait Fiber One Yogurt - B1G1 $2.50
2 - $1.00 printable
Total: .25 each

4 - CoffeeMate creamers - B1G1 $1.99
1 - B2G1 printable
1 - $1.50/2 printable
Total: .49 cents for 4

2 - Large things of Strawberries!!!!! 4 for $5
Total: $2.50

1 - Publix Milk - sale $3.09

Spent $6.33
Felt like more as I also had the 2 packs of Pampers!

Reader Trips - Target by SaveAtHomeMommy

All I have to say is wow. WOW! SaveAtHomeMommy spent a whopping $18 ... on all THIS:

See how HERE

Reader Trips - Kay scored BIG

I don't care how many people are in her family (I do actually, but that's besides the point), she will never have to buy more laundry detergent... and if she keeps it up toilet paper too.

She got all this for just over $2! See her deals HERE. And there is one of her kidlets playing in the freebies now :-)