Walgreens 6/14/11

$5.50 Angel Soft toilet paper
$5.50 Angel Soft toilet paper
$3.50 Scubin Bubbles gel toilet cleaner
$3.50 Scubin Bubbles gel toilet cleaner
$2.99 Lysol toilet bowl cleaner
$2.99 Lysol toilet bowl cleaner
$2.99 Lysol toilet bowl cleaner
$2.99 Lysol toilet bowl cleaner
$1 YooHoo chocolate milk box drinks (my kids have NEVER tried this stuff- yay!)
$1.19 jello pudding
$1.19 jello pudding
$.62 jellow pudding (3 for $3)
$9.89 gillette pro glide razor
-$1 walgreens June coupon book buy 2 scrubin bubbles
-$1.23 in ad coupon for Jello pudding
-$5.98 in ad coupon for b1g1 free Lysol toilet cleaner
-$3 scrubin bubble gel cleaner thing manuq (made them free)
-$3 scrubin bubble gel cleaner thing manuq
-$1 wyb 2 lysol toilet cleaner manuq (made them $1 bottle)
-$1 wyb 2 lysol toilet cleaner manuq
-$4 gillete razor coupon manuq (made it $.89 after register reward I received)
-$1 register reward from last week
-$1 register reward from last week

Total out of pocket:  $23.01
Register rewards received back- $5 from razor and $4 from buying $15 in toilet paper and scrubbing bubbles.  I only wish I would have clipped the angel soft manuq's from Mid- May.  Oops.  I guess I thought I had plenty of TP for a while.  Regardless, it was an okay deal with the register reward.

I'm working on some gift baskets so I'm going to try and go back to see if they have restocked the soft scrub to use the b1g1 coupon from the weekend with that would also give the $4 register reward.  I want to fill a laundry basket for a few people with cleaning supplies, laundry stuff, soaps, deodorants, etc as a sort of house warming gift- so that will explain all the cleaning stuff you'll see coming around here shortly.

CVS 6/12/11-6/18/11

There are a few items of interest for me at CVS this week:

Zyrtec $5.99- get a $5.99 reward.  Use a $4 manu q and turn this into a MONEY MAKER!  My whole family uses allergy meds in the Fall- every chance I get to pick this up for free I have been doing!

Tic Tacs- $1.67  buy 2 get 1 for $.01.  I guess this wasn't the deal I thought it was gonna be- but I bought them anyway.  Paid $3.35 and used 3 $.75 coupons- so total was $1.10 for all three.  These are on sale at Meijer this week for $1- the $.75 coupon would have rounded up to $1 so they would have been free there.  Oh well.

Schick Hydro 3 or 5, $8- get a $4 reward.  Used a $4 manu q from today's paper.  Free.

Dove Large Chocolate Bars $2.19- buy one get a second for $.01.  Last week I kept getting $.50 off two coupons from the magic coupon machine.  I paired those with $.75 off two manu q's (that expire 6/12!).  So $2.20 for 2, less $.50 cvs coupon and $.75 manu q- $.95 for 2.  Less than $.50 for a big Dove bar!  I would say these are nice 'thank you' gifts- but I know my family better than that.  In fact- one is missing from the picture (side eye to emily).

Also- Covergirl make up spend $15 get $5 reward bucks.  I plan to go back when I have more time and see what I can come up with when using the $5 off two cover girl coupons from last Sunday's paper.  I bet some more free make up?

For the items in the picture my total was just over $8 after coupons and a $4 reward from last week and I got back a $5.99 reward for the Zyrtec and $4 reward for the razor.  Woo Hoo!

Cheap Laundry Soap- but you gotta hurry!

Starting Sunday 6/12 at Walgreens Purex is on sale for $3 each.  There was a coupon in one of the past inserts for $1 off Purex- but it ends 6/12.  My walgreens honors sale prices starting at 7pm Saturday night before the ad (not register reward deals though)- so I snuck in there tonight and picked these up.

PLUS!  There is a monthly deal for buy $15 in a list of products (purex is one of them) get a $4 register reward!

$15 5 purex at $3 each
-$5 5 $1 manufacturer coupons
$10 total
Received back a $4 register reward
That means these were $1.20 each!

CVS

Be sure to scan you CVS card at the magic coupon machine when you enter the store!  This week I have gotten a $3 off a $10 cosmetic purchase.  Revlon eye shadows are on sale for $5.  When you spend $10 on Revlon, you get $4 in reward bucks.  Here's what I did:

$10  2 eye shadows
-$4 2 $2 off any Revlon Cosmetic manufacturer coupons
-$3 magic coupon machine coupon
Paid $3
Got back a $4 reward for the Revlon!

Also- lots of 75% off make up- pair that with manu q's and the cvs machine q and you are sure to get some great deals!

Walgreens

I didn't make it to Walgreens until Monday- so most of what I thought I might buy was gone.  I will try and check later in the week and see if they've restocked (Gillette buy $30 get $10, gillette razor with a $5 reward, Tide Stain Release, I think that was all).

But I did get two of the razors......

 They were on sale for $5.99.  I used a $3 coupon- paid $2.99 and got a $2 register reward back.  So basically they were $.99.  PLUS- just a reminder to always look through your packages because I found one with two extra razors and one with coupons for EOS shaving cream.  BONUS!  Keep in mind that the register rewards are limited to one per transaction- so I rang these two up seperately.

Also- planning on seeing any of the new movies coming out this summer?  Check out these specially marked packages of M&M's.  I had to look at three stores, but I finally found some.  Inside there is a code you enter online to see if you won free movie tickets.  We bought six packages and I got a $3 coupon off a movie ticket for all six that I entered.  These coupons are good at basically all theaters from what I can tell.  So I paid like $.60 for the candy and got a $3 coupon- not a bad return on our investment considering the kids each have a movie picked out they want to see this summer!

What am I teaching my children?

I recently ran into a friend- a fellow couponer- and she and I were chatting about various things and my kids started chiming in about Wheezer (my trusty coupon binder) and my obsessiveness with coupons.  And she, very innocently, said "My, what are we teaching our children?".

And for a moment I felt embarrassed.

And then I didn't.

What am I teaching my children?  Stretch what you've got.  God is going to bless you with many things in your life, don't take them for granted.  When it comes to monitary blessings, try and make them go as far as you can.  Coupons give me the ability to save lots of money.  They also help me to provide for our family.  I feel a very real relief now that I 'coupon' and have a small 'stockpile' of items.  If something were to happen and we had a time of no money.......God has already provided lots of items in our home that we can live off of. 

I don't hoard, I don't clean off shelves, I don't buy what we (or someone we know) can't use.  It is a blessing to our home.  And the kids are getting fully used to not begging for a particular product while we shop.  They even will phrase it as 'something they would like to try' knowing that I will then watch for coupons and sales so that we can do just that.  Sam even will flip through my coupons before asking for a product to see if we have one for whatever it is he is hoping to get (typically fruit snacks or yogurt).

And as we carried in two huge grocery sacks full of items into church yesterday for the food bank, I knew in my heart that what I am teaching my children is simple.  Save where you can, you can always stretch your money and be generous with what you have.

It's that simple.

Marsh- again really?

Today begins another Mega Sale at Marsh.  I'm really not a Marsh marketing representative or anything- they just are having another super sale.....for the second week in a row.

This week- when you buy 10 of certain items you get an instant $5 off your bill, PLUS you get a bonus $5 coupon off next weeks bill.  And there is no limit to how many bonus coupons you can acrue. 

Items include:

32 oz Gatorades $1.09, $.59 after instant $.50 savings.  If you buy 10 you pay $5.90 plus you get another $5 off next weeks grocery bill.  I totally stocked up on these last time they had this sale and it has paid off each time all three kids grab one as we head out to the softball diamonds 5 times a week.  I plan to buy 20 or so more of these this week!

Kraft or Sargento Cheese $1.99 after instant $.50 savings (I know I have some $1 off couons for Kraft and $1 off 2 sargento coupons)

Magnum Ice Cream Bars $2.49 after instant $.50 savings- use the $1 off coupons from a few weeks ago and these will be just $1.49 (these are similar to Dove bars- so make some room in the freezer to hide them from the kids).

Square or Round Pie Pans 3 packs $1.09 after instant $.50 savings.  If you take food to anyone ever this is a good price, I will buy a pack or two just to put in the cabinet.

Jello 6pack or 3pack puddings $1.99 after instant $.50 savings- use the $.60 coupon and pay just $1.39.

Kelloggs Fiber Plus bars $1.99 after instant $.50 savings- not sure but I think there is a pretty good coupon out for these, maybe $1ish?

Capri Suns or Koolaid Jammers $1.49 after instant $.50 savings- I don't know of any coupons but this is a good price to put a few on the shelf for upcoming team snack days or camping trips.

Poptarts $1.38 after instant $.50 savings- I believe I have some $1 off 3 packages coupons, so that would make them close to $1 each.  I don't usually buy these because the kids (and dan) gobble them up like nothing, but I might get a few just for easy summer breakfasts.

Lunchables $.99 after instant $.50 savings- if this includes the ones with fruit you could use your $1 off coupons from the smartsource a few weeks back and get them for free. (I would have used those during the triple days but they never had any in stock).  Again- I think these things are kind of a rip off considering you get four pieces of meat, four pieces of cheese and four crackers- but they are good for an on the go in a pinch snack and if I can get them for $.50 or less each sometimes I will buy them.  Otherwise I just bag up cheese and crackers in ziplocs.

Tropicana Juice $2.49 after instant $.50 savings- pretty sure I have a $.50 or $1 coupon- so this is an okay price for orange juice.

There are more items included in the sale- so check it out and see what fits for your family.  I'm not sure how much money I'm really willing to spend this week since I kind of went a little nuts last week considering I'd already spent $80 in groceries the night before that crazy triple coupon thing started.  Then I bought another $50ish in groceries (which was totally worth it- but just not in my original budget).