Monday 8/20/12

Had a great shopping day today....did Wags, Winn Dixie and CVS.

At Walgreens I  did a total of  5 separate deals.  I did a deal, then if there was anyone in line behind me, I explained what I was doing to the cashier (I didn't want her to think I was trying to shoplift), I let the other folks in front of me, then I would do my next deal, on and on for 5 total deals.  I got almost every deal I went for and the cashier was very patient.  She even commended me for the way I did my coupon shopping.  I feel that it is very important not to keep other folks waiting, it seems to make the cashiers nervous which can lead to mistakes being made, not always in our favor.  Soo.....Deal 1Bought the Glade Expressions starter kit, was $2.99, had a coupon for $3/1 which I printed off coupons.com.  Also received a $1 RR for buying it.  So really, it cost me nothing, I made $1 for buying it.  Bought 2 Oral B Floss Picks were 2/$6.  had  (2) coupons for .75/1 from P & G 7/29 and got a $4 RR, so basically those cost me .50.  Bought 2 of the Chex snack mix for $3, couldn't find a coupon and got a $1 RR, so those were $1 each.  At the end I went into the next deal with $6 in RR.  Deal 2...Bought 1 Gillette Mach 3 Razor for $8.99, had a coupon for $3/1 from RP 8/19, got back a $4 RR, so it cost me $1.99.  I bought 2 Crest 3 D toothpastes were 2/$6, had (2) .75/1 coupons from P&G 7/29, bought 2 Nice Baking Sodas for $1.18 (store coupon) needed 2 Dentine gums to make my coupon/item count come out right and used my $6 RR and went into deal #3 with $8 in RR.  Deal 3 bought another Glade Expressions for $2.99, coupon for $3 off, got back a $1 RR, bought 2 more of the Oral B floss picks for $6, (2) .75/1 coupons and $4 RR, 2 Nice Black Peppers (store coupon) for and 1 Kraft Velveeta Cheese for $2.99.  I used my $8 RR from deal 2 and went into deal 4 with $5 RR.  Deal 4 I did another Gillette Mach 3 Razor and used my coupon and RR from deal 3 and went into deal 5 with $4 in RR.  Deal 5, bought Poise Pads on sale for $10.99 (they are normally around $14), used my $4 RR on those.  I ended up with no extra RR to worry about and got $88.38 in goods for $26.39, not too shabby.  69% savings!  I am stockpiling again for my Christmas gift bags.

Winn Dixie, I won't go into the details as this is the last day of the sale, except for the special 3 day sale they are running.  They had Chuck Roasts again bogo, bought 2 more and boneless skinless chicken breast bogo, bought 2.  Nestle Skinny cow candies were 2 boxes for $7, we had coupons for $1/2, I did not find any of the single bars.  I got WD sliced Ham in the Deli and for buying that I got 1 pound of free WD Provolone cheese and gas perks galore. I bought 6 Planters Pnut butters for $2.49, had coups for $1/1 and got .5 in fuel perks for each one I bought.   I spent $130.06 and saved $83.08 all told.  I ended up with  70 cents per gallon off my next fill up..... .70 in fuel Perks which should get me in the under $3 per gallon range.....whoopie!

CVS...I did well there too.  Revlon Nail polishes were $4.99 each, I had coupons for $1/1 from SS 7/22 or SS 8/5 and got back $3 ECB (Extra Care bucks) for each one, the limit was 6.  So....I spent $23.94, got back $18 in ECB!  Did a 2nd deal of 2 Right Guard Deodorants at $2.99 each had coups for $1/1 received $1 ECB for each of the two.  Bought CVS brand brush picks for $2.49, bought 2 Loreal Makeup removers at $6.99 each, used my $18 ECB and paid $2.45 over that.  All in all, I got $60.39 in goods for $26.39.  56% savings and I am getting ready for Christmas!  Oh, and I am going forward with a $2 ECB, I hate when I have those left over, I usually forget about them!  Guess I can tape it on my car windshield so I won't forget???  Probably not one of my better ideas, huh?

That's probably about going to do it for me this week.  Have a great one and I will say the drug stores are really starting to have some deals worth going out for the past couple weeks.  God Bless....Rhonda Goff