Friday 9/7/12

I finally went out to shop yesterday....I really had to hunt for deals!  Not much out there for sure.  My first stop was Walmart.  I needed some things from there that are not traditionally on sale, but I have found Walmart every day low prices to be less than most of the stores.  Anyway, when you go to Walmart, there are several different aisles in the store where they have a row of mark-downs.  No rhyme or reason to them, you just have to look.  A friend had told me that canning jars were marked down so I went hunting.  I found them in the mark down aisle and had coupons to boot for $1/1case, bought 2 cases.  I bought them for $6.27 each after my coupons, they came with the lids.  I also bought some Kozy Shack sugar free pudding cups, they were not on sale but I had a coupon for $1/2 making those $1.98 each.  That was about it for Walmart.

Next Stop, CVS.  Don't forget when you are at CVS to stop by the cashier, use your card to sign up for next year's double your ECB's.  I think it starts in January.  My main purpose was to find new skin care items called Nuance.  Luckily, they were buy one get one for 50% off.  I spent $40.91 for 2 types of cleansers, one day/night cream and 1 oil Elixir.  Without the sale, I would have spent $54.56.  Geez, skin care is really expensive, but.....what do you do as you get older?  Bought another Colgate Optic White which was $2.99, had a coupon for .75/1 from SS 8/12 and got back $1ECB.  I also opted to buy the Earth Essence Paper towels for $3.99 for the 8 pack, no coupon.

On to Walgreens I stopped there for the Reynolds Wrap for $1.59 for the 30 yd boxes, I had $1/1 coupons, so I bought 4 for .59 each.  SS 8/19.  Then, Quilted Northern Ultra Plush bath tissue was $3.49 for the 9 roll pack, bought 2 and used my $1/1 coupons making those .28 per roll which is not too bad for decent tissue.  The Northern coupons I printed.

Publix...not a lot happening there this week.  They had New England brand coffee bogo at $7.69, I had written to the company and they sent me coupons for .50/1, so those ended up costing me $3.34 each.  The Maruchan Yakisoba Japanese Noodles were bogo at .99 had coups for .50/1 from SS 8/26, so I made .02 on those.  Lou Ann Canola oil was bogo at $4.15 for 2, no coupon, but I think there may be a printable one available.  The darn Magnum Ice Cream bars were bogo at $3.99 for 2, thank goodness my coupons expired on 8/26....but still a good deal at $3.99...NO I did not buy more!  Pedigree Dentastix for my girls (dogs) were bogo at $3.59, I printed coupons from coupons.com for those, $1/1, so I got those for .79 per package.  That is about all I found there....not a great sale week.  However, we do still have to eat, right?

Maybe next week will be better.  Take care and if you find some great deals, let us know!  God Bless....Rhonda Goff