Walgreens 2/27.....$10.46 Profit :)

So, I wanted to make sure that I got to Walgreen's early enough to get in on the amazing Motrin MM! I had 6 of the $6/2 coupons (4 printables and 2 from the paper). I may even have one more around here that hasn't been cut from the insert yet. This was in two different trips and I did not clear the shelves of the Motrin either. Also, I have already given away 6 of the boxes to my friend and my sister.

I didn't have any RR to start, but that is the beauty of the Motrin deal because I only had to pay tax ($.42) on each two Motrins I bought and I got back $3. Needless to say, I have $18 in RR now :)




Motrin (12) $36
-(6) $6/2 MQs
-$18 RR Earned ($3 for every 2)
-$18 MM!

Bread $1.69
-We needed this!

Milk $2.49
-We needed this!

Purina One Dog Food (6) $6 (clearance)
-(3) $2/1 MQs
-Free!

Baby Magic (2) $6
-$6 RR Earned ($3 on each)
-I used Motrin RR to pay for these (so just tax OOP)

Overall, I paid $4.18 for the milk and bread and $3.36 in tax for a total of $7.54. I earned $18 RR, so these trips were a profit of $10.46!

CVS 2/26....103% Savings :)

I was once again excited to be able to go to CVS by myself to really look around. I ended up getting $127 (clearance prices) worth of merchandise for free after my ECB and gift card. I did three transactions at two stores and here is what I got...



Loreal Hair Color (9) $22.41 (clearance)
-(9) $2/1 MQs
-$5 ECB Earned
-$.59 MM!

Kashi Cereal (2) $6
-(2) $2/1 MQs from Recyclebank
-$2 ECB Earned
-Free!

Soft Soap $2.99
-$2 ECB Earned
-$.99

Dove Men's Body Wash $4.99
-$1/1 MQ
-$2/2 body wach CRT
-$1.99

Colgate Pro Clinical (3) $3.66 (clearanced)
-(3) $1/1 MQs
-$.66 or $.22 each (not free but my favorite)

Reese's Pieces (2) $5
-$2/2 MQ
-(2) $2/1 CRTs
-$1 MM!

Life Saver Gummies (8) $4
-(4) BOGO MQs ($2)
-$2 or $.25 each

Nature Made Fish Oil (2) $20.98
-BOGO CVS Sale ($10.49)
-$4/1 MQ
-$3/1 MQ
-$3/1 CVS Q from Reinventing Beauty
-$.49 or $.25 each

Nature Made B1 and D Vitamins $10.68
-(2) $3/1 MQs
-$3/1 CVS Q from Reinventing Beauty
-BOGO CVS Sale ($4.69)
-$3.01 MM!

Pantene Trial Size Combo $.49 (clearance)
-$1 MQ (adjusted to $.49)
-Free!

Degree Trial Deoderant (5) $5
-(5) $.75/1 MQs
-$1.25 or $.25 each

Colgate Total $2.99
-$1/1 MQ
-$2 ECB Earned
-$.01 MM!

Crest 3D White (2) $6.58
-(2) $.75/1 MQs
-$6.58 ECB Earned
-$1.50 MM!

Excedrin PM (2) $3.98 (used rain check)
-(2) $2.50/1 MQs (one adjusted down)
-Free!

Physician's Formula Eye Liner $10.99
-$7 ECB Earned
-$10.99 MIR
-$7 MM!

Dove Deoderant $2.49 (clearance)
-$5 ECB Earned
-$2.51 MM!

Oral-B Toothbrushes (2) $12
-BOGO MQ ($6)
-$6 ECB Earned
-Free!

B12 Energy Drinks (2) $2.74 (clearance)
-$1.37 each (Jason was asking for these!)

Lindt Lindor Truffles $1.25 (clearance)
-I went negative so had to add something and these were sitting there :)

$81.93 of Science Diet for $2 plus tax!

Petsmart is having an amazing deal on their Science Diet Dog Food. I only had one of the $5 MQ from the paper. However, I did see on another blog about coupons from their website. I signed up and got $28 worth of coupons there. Overall, I had $38 worth of coupons so I picked up 7 bags of the food that was on sale for $5 each. I paid $2 plus $2.45 in tax for a total of $4.45. The original price of this food is $81.93. I could have gotten 6 bags and paid just $2.10 in tax, but I thought I would get the 7th for and extra $2 as that is an amazing deal :)

This is a savings of 98% !!!!!!

Target 2/14....Saved 81%

We went to Target to look at adding my sister in-law to our family plan. Although there was no one there to help us with a phone at 5:30, I was able to pick up a couple of things I wanted from Target. Here is what I got:



Wishbone Spritzer $1.41
-$1 MQ
-$.75 TQ
-$.34 MM!

Kraft Ranch (3) $5.67
-B2G1 TQ ($1.89)
-$1/2 MQ
-$2.78 or $.93 each

Whiska Lickins (2) $1.78
-(2) $1/1 MQs
-$.22 MM!

I must be missing a coupon somewhere because my savings tracker says I paid $1.72 OOP and that is right. Oh well, a good trip!

CVS 2/12....Savings of....87%

Again, I did not have Haylee when I went to CVS and it was so nice to walk down aisles and look at clearance stuff. It is hard to say what my percentage saved was because I only had $5 ECB that I used and I used a gift card to pay anyways. That being said, I saved 100%! I will still do subtotal minus coupons and ECB Earned to see the percentage. Here is what I got:



Russell Stovers Private Reserve Chocolate $.50 (clearance)
-$.50

Johnson and Johnson Gauze Pads (2) $.50 clearance
-$1.50/2 (adjusted down to $.50)
-Free!

Hawaiian Tropic Tanning Spray (2) $1.50 (clearance)
-$1.50 or $.75 each

Quaker Oatmeal (2) $5
-$1/1 MQ
-$2 ECB Earned
-$2 or $1 each

Colgate Pro Clinical $2.44 (clearance)
-$1 CVS Q from Reinventing Beauty
-$1 MQ
-$.44 (not free, but I like this stuff!)

Colgate Sensitive (2) $7.58
-(2) $1 MQs
-$7.58 ECB Earned
-$2 MM!

Stride Gum $.99
-$.99 ECB Earned
-Free!

Excedrin Migraine $1.99
-$2 CVS CRT
-$1 MQ
-$1.01 MM!

Lady Speedstick $2.99
-$1 CVS Q from Reinventing Beauty Mag
-$.50 MQ
-$2 ECB Earned
-$.51 MM!

Covergirl Mascara/Eyeliner Duo (2) $14 (marked wrong, but they honored the price)
Covergirl Eye Shadow (2) $7.38
-$7.38 (I got in two weeks deals by shopping Saturday, free eye shadow wyb mascara)
-(4) $1 MQs
-$4 ECB Earned
-$3/10 CVS Q
-$6 or $1.50 each!

Zing Gum (8) $.80 (clearance)
-$.80 or $.10 each (I can give these to my students as prizes)

Reese's Mini's (2) $1.98
-$1/2 CVS CRT
-BOGO MQ ($.99)
-$.01 MM!


All of this combined earned me $5 ECB.

Post Shave Balm $3.99 (clearance)
Shave Cream $2.14 (clearance)
Body Wash (2) $6.98 (clearance)
-$13.11 before coupons (could have done deal w/o shave cream)
-couldn't find my coupons for the body wash :(
-$2 MQ for Post Shave Balm
-$1 MQ for Shave Cream
-$5 ECB Earned
-$5.11 or $1.28 each


All of this also earned me $5 ECB.

Shampoo (5) $5.95 (clearance)
Men's Body Wash (3) $9
-(5) $1 MQs for shampoo
-(3) $1 MQs for body wash
-$5 ECB Earned
-$1.95 or $.24 each



All of this earned me $10 ECB.

Hair Spray $3.99
Color Treatment $1.57 (clearance)
Hair Color (3) $6.21 (clearance)
Shampoo (2) $10.98
-$22.75 subtotal (only needed $20)
-$1 for Hair spray
-$1 for Color Treatment
-(2) $3/1 Hair Color
-(2) $2/1 Shampoo
-$10 ECB Earned
-$.75 or $.11 each

I have tried to add up numbers two different ways and am getting two different things. My subtotal (after sales, before coupons and tax) was $98.46. I paid with $33.99 in MQs, $5 ECBs and $8 CVS Qs. I also earned $36.57 back in ECBs. So I spent $44.09 on my gift card, subtract what I earned in ECB ($31.57, $5 I originally had) I paid $12.52 for all of this stuff, which is a savings of 87%

Walgreens 2/6....Savings of 97%

I had some RR expiring, so although I didn't earn as many back, I still had a low OOP for items we needed and you can't beat that! Here is what I got:



Lunch Meat (2) $5
-$5 or $2.50 each

Olay Body Wash (3) $10
-$3 RR Earned
-$7 or $2.33 each

Secret Deoderant (3) $9.87
-(3) Free WYB Olay Body Wash MQs (max $9)
-$.87 or $.29 each

Gillette Body Wash $3.99
-$1 MQ
-$3 RR Earned

Ocean Spray Juice $2.99
-$2 RR Earned
-$.99

I paid with $21 in RR and $2.52 OOP ($.85 plus $1.67 tax). I only earned $8 back in RR but I am okay with that!

CVS 2/6...Savings of 97%

I was able to have such a high savings without paying with any ECBs because I had a $5/$30 to use. I have/had quite a bit of free item coupons that I used to make this all go through smoothly. Here is what I did:



Wisk (2) $16.98
-BOGO Sale ($8.49)
-(2) $2/1 MQs
-$4.49 or $2.25 each

Huggies Little Swimmers $9.29
-Free MQ from Enjoy the Ride Rewards (max $8.29)
-$1

Sweet Baby Rays BBQ Sauce $2.29
-Free MQ from emailing

Excedrin Extra Strength $5.99
-Free MQ from mail

Reese's/KitKat (6) $5.34
-B2G1 Sale ($1.78)
-(3) BOGO MQs ($2.97)
-$.59 or $.10 each

So my total after MQs was $6.08, minus the $5/$30 (gave first though) made my total $1.08 plus $1.38 in tax for a total of $2.46 which I paid for with a gift card!

CVS 2/2....Savings of 76%

I wanted to get to CVS to take advantage of the Unileaver/Ragu deal. I went to the first store and they only had 2 of the traditional left and I didn't really want the meat sauce. I bought the 2 and some other stuff and decided I would hit up another CVS. I was glad I picked the CVS I did, because I hit the clearance heaven! I even had to take two pictures because I couldn't get everything in one picture :)




Ragu Pasta Sauce (8) $13.34
-(2) $.60/2 (should have been one more)
-$5 ECB Earned
-$7.14 or $.89 each

Pasta (2) $2
-(2) $1.50 off pasta wyb 2 Ragu
-$1 MM!

Thermacare Heat Wraps (4) $4 (clearance)
-(4) $1/1 MQs
-Free!

Bengay 5 ct Heat Patches (2) $4 (clearance)
-(2) $2/1 MQs
-Free!

Bandaids (2) $2 (clearance)
-$1.50/2 MQ
-$.50 or $.25 each

Neurogena Mascara $4.65 (clearance)
-$3/1 MQ
-$1.65

Lysol Foam Sanitizer (3) $.75 (clearance)
-$.25 each

CVS Supreme Diapers (4) $12.28 (clearance)
-$3.07 each (Mega Packs with 60 diapers each)

Skippy Peanut Butter (2) $3.34
-$.75/2 MQ
-$2.59 or $1.30 each (these go with Unileaver deal)

Arm & Hammer Dryer Sheets (2) $9.38
-BOGO Sale ($4.69)
-(2) $1/1 MQs
-$2.69 or $1.35 each

Loreal Eye Shadow (2) $3.98 (clearance)
-(2) $2/1 MQs
-$.02 MM!

CVS Baby Wipes $.99
-$1/1 CRT
-$.01 MM!

Kellogg's Cereals (3) $10
-BOGO MQ ($3.33)
-$1/1 MQ
-$4 ECB Earned
-$1.67 or $.56 each

Garnier Color Shield $1.57 (clearance)
-$1/1 MQ
-$.57

Nature Made Vitamin B1 (3) $1.50 (clearance)
-(2) $1/1 MQs (I think he may have adjusted one down to $.50)
-Free!

Snack Crackers (3) $1.19 (clearance)
-$.40 each (he charged me for an extra $.20 on these!)

Coke 20 oz $1.69 (not pictured)
-Free MQ!

Although my receipts say I saved over $191 today, I like to take the after clearance and sale prices into consideration. My subtotal combined were $74.98. I used $28.97 in MQs and $27.67 in CVS Qs, sales and ECBs. Although this only makes for a savings of 76%, I think it is amazing considering I got 240 diapers!

Savemart....Savings of 57%

So I wanted to go into Savemart (one of 2 stores who double coupons) to get better than free ketchup. I picked out a couple of other $.50 coupons to see if I wanted to get those I items. My subtotal was $28.90 and here is what I got....



Hunts Ketchup $1.19
-$.70 store coupon
-$.35 MQ (doubled)
-$.21 MM!

Green Giant Steamers (4) $5.40
-(2) $.50/2 MQs (doubled)
-$3.40 or $.85 each

Starkist Tuna Pouch $1.29
-$.50 MQ (doubled)
-$.29

Minute Rice $2.19
-$.50/1 MQ (doubled)
-$1.19

Minute Ready Rice (2) $3.62
-(2) $.50/1 MQs (doubled)
-$1.62 or $.81 each

Peter Pan Peanut Butter (9) $15.21
-(9) $.50/1 MQs (doubled)
-$6.21 or $.69 each

We are stocked on peanut butter and I only paid $12.50 for all of this stuff!

January Savings Total!

I have started to track my savings using the Savings Tracker. In January here is how I did:

Total Shelf Costs (after sale prices): $1298.43
Total Manufacturers Coupons Used: $539.60
Total Store Coupons/RR,ECB,GF: $516.63
Total Out of Pocket: $237.19 (includes tax)

Savings Percentage = 86.72%

AMAZING!

Note** I bought alot of Sinex this month and used $4/1 MQs for each one. This brought my total manufacturers coupons up alot. I also had a free diapers and wipes coupon from Huggies that brought the total up too! Our budget is $200 a month, so although we were over, I am thrilled with our savings :)