4/30 Shopping-CVS, Publix, BiLo

CVS
This was my best deal this week.
2 Kodak Picture Movie DVD's 14.99/each
B1G1 Free sale thru 5/1 at CVS
-B1G1 free coupon from Kodak website
Makes both absolutely FREE!!! Only paid $2.10 tax.
I got to put 60 photos on it & choose the music. It turned out great. Thanks to Jenny at Southern Savers for posting this deal on her site.

Next up-Publix
No pics (Sorry I forgot & just put it all up.)
But my oop was $54.51. I saved a total of $56.20 w/ the B1G1 deals combined with my coupons.
Note worthy deals: Lenders frozen bagels B1G1 only .49 each w/ coupons (I got 4 bags), Lunchables $1 (I had no coupons), Jimmy Dean cooked sausagee 2/$5 only $1 ea. with coupons, Hamburger Helper B1G1 only .75 ea. with coupon, boneless ck breasts 1.99/lb (no coupons), Breyers Yo Crunch yogurt B1G1 only .37 each.

And finally BiLo, again no pic.
Paid $68.45 only saved $27.81.
Although the savings don't seem too great, there were a lot of good deals even w/o coupons.
Noteable deals: buy Ragu pizza sauce-get BiLo brand free, buy Pillsbury pizza crust-get BiLo brand free, buy Kraft 2% shredded cheese-get BiLo brand free, Bilo 50 ct. foam plates $1, Bilo cups $1, clear value frozen pizzas .88/each. bone-in chicken breast .89/lb.

All in all a good week. I didn't save as much as I wanted on groceries. But still not bad. That should do us for a while.

Visit southernsavers.com for weekly sales ads w/ coupon match-ups. Jenny is great at posting great deals on her website.

CVS

I didn't do a lot of couponing this week. But I did manage to get by CVS before some of my ECB's expired.

I didn't take any pics, but I got:
2 bags Dove chocolate 2/$6
-$3/2 bags of MM's, Snickers, Dove candy CVS scanner coupon
2 CVS spf 30 suncreens (2oz. size) $2.19/ea
1 Colgate toothpaste $2.99

Total $14.30
-$3 Dove candy Q (listed above)
-$7 ecb's
oop: $4.30

And I earned $5 ecb for the sunscreen, $2 ecb toothpaste= $7 ecb's for next trip.
I love CVS! Don't forget to take your own reusable bag & have your bag tag (these were FREE last week after ecb)scanned. Every 4th trip, you'll get $1 ecb. It may not seem like a lot but it is when paired with coupons!

I also did an online survey for CVS the other day & I should be getting an email to print a $15 ecb for doing the survey. Can't wait to get it.

We took Josh & Bri to Lowe's this morning for a Free kids workshop. It was so much fun.
They built planter boxes today. We've already signed up for next week's workshop to build a bird feeder.

Kmart-last day of Double Coupons

I made one last trip for double coupon days. The shelves were a bit bare today. But I did score a few good deals.

2-Gillette Men's Body wash 4.45/each
-(2) $2 Gillette coupons= .45/each
1-U Kotex tampoons purse pack 1.99
-$1 Kotex coupon =FREE
1-U Kotex pads purse pack 1.99
-$1 Kotex coupon =FREE
1-KY warming gel 4.29
-$2 KY coupon = .29

total including tax: $1.83 oop

I hope Kmart makes this a regular event. They did double coupons a lot last year. Then suddenly stopped. With the new 5 coupon limit maybe they'll consider doing it more often.

HAPPY COUPONING!

CVS 4/9

I was bored so I went to CVS.

1-Colgate Total toothpast $2.99
-$1 Colgate coupon
1-CVS 2 pk pocket tissues .99
-$1 CVS coupon (got scanning my card)
1-CVS lotion .99
-$1 CVS coupon (got scanning card)
1-Rimmel lipstick $5.29
-Free Rimmel makeup coupon from All You mag.
1-Stride gum

-$3 ECB's from last CVS trip
total oop $.86
got back $2 ECB from toothpaste

I love CVS! I even met a fellow couponer there today. We chatted & shared some deals.

Kmart 4/9

Kmart is doubling coupons this week. Here's the deal:

1-Sunchips $3.97
-FREE Sunchips coupon(got for signing up on facebook)
1-Stayfree Maxis $3.59
- $2 Stayfree coupon (FREE)
1-Nivea Men's body wash $4.99
- $2 Nivea coupon (dble to $4 paid .99)
1-Spot Shot $4.29
- $2 Spot Shot coupon (dble to $4 paid .29)
1-Kiss Nail Art stickers $4.79
- $2 Kiss coupon (dbl to $4 paid .79)
1-Sally Hensen nail clippers set $2.99
- $2 Sally coupon (dbl to $4 but computer adjusted down to 2.99= FREE)

Total oop $2.95 (which includes tax for all items)

Kmart will only double up to 5 coupons per day, up to $2 value coupons.

CVS

I made 1 final shopping trip for our 2 wk. budget.
Here's the breakdown:

6-Nature's Bounty Vitamins B1G1 (various prices-no more than $8 per bottle)
-used (6) $5 coupons
1-CVS hair conditioner $.99
-$1 CVS coupon (got when scanning my card)
1-CVS cocoa butter lotion $1.29
-$1 CVS coupon (from scanner)
1-CVS roll paper towels $1.29
-$1 CVS coupon (from scanner)
1-Dawn dish liquid $.96
1-Sknitimate shave gel $3.99
1-Irish Spring body wash $4.49
1-8 roll Bounty paper towels $6.49
1-Downy fabric softener $3.99
2-Tide laundry detergents $5.97/each
Alvin & the Chipmunks the squekquel $4.99 (after buying $20 P&G products-Tides, Downy, & Bounty)

paid with $15 ECB's & $17.12 oop
got back $3 ECB for Skintimate & $2 ECB for body wash= $5 ECB to use next trip

I got all this for less than what I would have paid just for the movie and I have $5 to use on my next CVS trip.
That's $72 worth for only $17.12!

Kids are happy about the movie!

Easter 2010

Easter Egg Dying

Josh & Bri had so much fun dying eggs. I showed them what to do & just watched them have fun.

If you got the $3 off DiGiorno's pizza & breadsticks when I posted the link on facebook, Ingles has them on sale this week (thru Sat.) for $5.98. So after coupon that's only $2.98 for pizza & breadsticks. They were $7.98 at BiLo the other day. I used 1 coupon there when I bought groceries but I have another to use at Ingles.

Publix- all this for $4.48 + tax

Here's the breakdown:

2 boxes Milk-Bone dog treats 2/$5
-$2 Publix store coupon & $2 coupon catalina from BiLo
= .50/box

4 bottles Snuggle fabric softener $3.87 per bottle
- (4) $3 Snuggle coupons from last Sunday's paper
= .87/per bottle

1 Scrubbing Bubbles Power Sprayer starter kit $7.99
- $3 publix store coupon & $5 printable coupon
= FREE + .01 overage (which was applied to my milk-not pictured)

That's $28.95 worth of products for only $5 & change including tax.

Wanna get started couponing? Here's a great site that posts the weekly store ads & coupon match ups. http://www.southernsavers.com/

4/2 Shopping-Bloom's & Bi-Lo

Bloom's- total $42.33, paid $14.11 oop

Lucky Charms cereal B1G1-used (2) .55 Q's

Potatoes on sale $2.49

Hunt's Snack Pack Pudding $1 each-used $1/3 Q from All You mag.

Wisk laundry detergent 3.99-used $2 Q

Snuggle fabric softener on sale $2.99-used $3 Q

Kingsford charcoal on sale $5.99

KC Masterpiece Honey BBQ sauce $2.99-used Free when you buy charcoal Q

Hidden Valley Ranch $2.69-used Free when you buy charcoal Q

Glad cling wrap $2.99-used Free when you buy charcoal Q

Heniz 57 Steak sauce on closeout $2.32-used $2 Q

I got 4 FREE items! Here's a link to the Free items when you buy Kingsford charcoal coupons https://www.gatherroundthegrill.com/ Just click on the coupons tab & fill out the brief survey to get the good coupons.

BiLo-total $195.70, paid $117.61 oop

I didn't take a picture since it is a lot of stuff.

Got lots of meat-2 chuck roasts, lrg pk cube steak, lrg pk pork chops, 2 lrg pks ground chuck (on sale for 1.99/lb.

I won't list all the stuff I got. It was just stuff we needed whether it was on sale or not. No really big deals on a certain item. I just used a few coupons on the products we needed. Then I used a $7 BiLo coupon when you spend at least $75 that I got in the mail.

I got $10 in Extra Care Bucks at CVS for doing an online survey they sent me by email. So now I'm gonna look up some good deals there to get the most out of the $10.