Super Saver 1/29/12

Saige loves his sliced American cheese and Jason uses it for sandwiches for work too. Turns out we ran out and I needed to go get some. Luckily Super Saver was having a good deal this week. When you buy 10 participating items you save $5 at checkout. To make it even sweeter, we got a $.75/1 Kraft Homestyle coupon in the paper today....which is also one of Saige's favorites. Here is how I did:

Kraft Singles (2) $4.68
-$.55/2 MQ
-$1 ($5/10 sale)
-$3.13 or $1.565 each

Kraft Homestyle Mac & Cheese (4) $7.12
-(4) $.75/1 MQs
-$2 ($5/10 sale)
-$2.12 or $.53 each

Planters Peanut Butter (4) $8.72
-(2) $1.50/2 MQs
-$2 ($5/10 sale)
-$3.72 or $.93 each

Subtotal: $20.52
MQs: $6.55
SQs/sale: $5
OOP: $8.97
Savings: 56%....this is good for stuff you need! (atleast I think so :)

One more Saturday trip to CVS and Walgreens!

I had $18 towards the gift card at CVS which meant I HAD to go spend another $12 to get $10 back! I was down to only $.75 ECBs as I had used my gift cards on Fun Size packs of M&Ms for an activity at school. This is also why I already had $18 towards the gift card.

And, because CVS and Walgreens are always so close to each other, I decided to stop off at Walgreens and use the other two South Beach Diet coupons I was able to print off.

The first picture is from CVS and the second from Walgreens (2 stores, 5 transactions).

Dr Pepper (4- only one shown though) $10
Kettle Brand Chips $2.50
-$10 gift card earned
-$2.50

Taster's Choice Coffee $1
-$1/1 MQ
-FREE!

Combos $2 (raincheck)
-$2 ECB Earned
-FREE!

Dawn Soap $.99
-$.50/1 MQ
-$.49

Garnier Fructis Shampoo (2) $5.48 (clearance and part of spend $15 get $5)
-(2) $1/1 MQs
-$3.48 or $1.74 each

Poise Liners $2.37
-$3/1 MQ (catalina from Walgreens- adjusted)
-FREE!

Bayer Advanced (3) $2.97 (raincheck)
-(2) $1.50/1 MQs (adjusted to $2.97 total)
-$3/2 CRT
-$3 MM!

American Greetings Cards (3) $2.97
-$2/3 CVS Q
-B2G1 MQ (took off $.99)
-$3 ECB Earned
-$3.02 MM!

Subtotal: $30.28
MQs: $9.83
CVS Qs/ECBs: $5.75
Tax: $1.03
OOP: $15.73
Savings: 51% (I started with $.75 ECBs and ended with $5 and a $10 gift card which this number doen't take into account!)

Full Fast (3) $30
-$30 RR Earned
-FREE!

ThermaCare (3) $7.47
-$7.50 RR Earned
-$.03 MM!

South Beach Bars (2) $11.98
-(2) $1/1 MQs
-$12 RR Earned
-$2.02 MM!

Alka Seltzer (5) $19.95
Aleve (3) $12.87
-(8) $2/1 MQs
-$1/1 WQ
-$10 RR Earned
-$5.82 or $.73 each

Pencils (4) $.80
-$.80 or $.20 each

Subtotal: $83.07
MQs: $18
WQs/RRs: $62
Tax: $4.97
OOP: $8.04
Savings: 96% (over half of my OOP was tax!)

I started with $24 RRs and ended with $22.50 to help me stock up on formula this week!

Walmart 1/15....just some deals I read about....

I was on the hunt for clearanced Cortaid and did not find any and also the Benefiber stick packs that I couldn't find either. I have enough coupons for 9 of them and over $5 in overage. Still a little bummed about that one. However, there were two things I scored and wasn't planning on, the holiday Ziploc Bags and holiday Duck Brand packing tape. Here it all is:

KY (2) $5.68
-(2) $3/1 MQs
-$.32 MM!

Scotch-Brite Wipes (4) $9.92
-(2) BOGO MQs (took off $4.96)
-$4.96 or $1.24 each

Ziploc Bags (2) $1.12 (clearance)
-$1.50/2 MQ
-$.38 MM!

Duck Brand Packing Tape (2) $1.50 (clearance)
-(2) $1/1 MQs
-$.50 MM!

Bic Pens (3) $2.91
-(3) $1/1 MQs
-$.09 MM!

Schick Razors (4) $7.88
-(4) $3/1 MQs
-$4.12 MM!

Muir Glen Tomato Paste (2) $1.84
-(2) $.75/1 MQs
-$.34 or $.17 each

Reach Floss (2) $1.94
-(2) $1/1 MQs
-$.06 MM!

Oral-B Floss (5) $4.85
-(5) $1/1 MQs
-$.15 MM!

Subtotal: $37.64
MQs: $37.96
Tax: $2.51
OOP: $2.19
Savings: 100% Savings (my total was -$.32)

Walgreens 1/15....South Beach Bars!

I did four transactions at Walgreens so I could use all 4 of the South Beach coupons that I had. I found two in my binder and printed off two recently before they were pulled. It is all listed here as one transaction to simplify it all:

South Beach Bars (4) $23.96
-(4) $1/1 MQs
-$24 RR Earned
-$4.04 MM!

John Freida Conditioner (2) $6 (clearance)
-BOGO 1/2 sale (took off $1.50)
-$3/2 MQ
-$1.50 or $.75 each

Pencils (6) $.90 (clearance- fillers)
-$.15 each

I did spend money OOP, but I increased my RRs. Overall, not too bad of a trip :)

Subtotal: $30.86
MQs: $7
WQs/RRs/Sale: $16.50
Tax: $.38
OOP: $7.74
Savings: 76% even though I have $9 more in RRs than I started with!

Walgreens 1/14.....BRAINSTRONG!

We needed eggs for breakfast this morning and I knew Walgreens was the best place to go as I had RRs I could use to pay and a dozen eggs are on sale for $1.29. Naturally, I look around the store for clearance and scored the jackpot on Brainstrong. For some reason though, the coupon in the January books comes off as a manufacturers coupon and therefore I had to pay tax on all of the vitamins. I am not complaining....okay maybe just a little bit as this all should have cost me $2.67 less. Anyways, here is the whole breakdown:

Eggs (2) $2.58

Old Spice Spray (2) $5.98 (clearance)
-(2) $2/1 MQs
-$1.98 or $.99 each

Syntha Bar $1.89
-$2 RR Earned
-$.11 MM!

Brainstrong Toddler (3) $13.17 (clearance $4.39 each)
-$3/1 MQ (from Vitamins and Supp Book)
-$5/1 WQ (from Jan Book- took off $13.17)
-$3 MM!

Brainstrong Kids (5) $25 (clearance $5 each)
-$5/1 WQ (from Jan Book- took off $25)
-FREE!

Subtotal: $46.73
MQ: $7
WQ/RR: $41.17
Tax: $3.09
OOP: $3.54
Savings: 92% (including EXTRA tax!)

CVS 1/8.....All and Rembrandt

I did my shopping on Sunday before I found out that the All Oxi-Active was ringing up at $2 each. I found out right away when I had to add one to my transaction because I took the 6 Free and Clear. The one that I just so happened to pick was the Oxi-Active and I didn't watch it ring up, but when I didn't get two $10 gift cards, I knew something was wrong. I added another Rembrandt toothpaste to get my gift card. Here is how I did:

Crystal Light Drink Mix (4) $2
-(2) $1/2 MQs
-FREE!

M&Ms $.75
-$.75 ECB Earned
-FREE!

Rembrandt (9) $35.91
All (7) $26
-(7) $1/1 MQs
-(2) $5/2 MQs
-(5) $2/1 MQs
-(2) $10 Gift Cards Earned
-$14.91 or $.93 per item
-Even if you figure all of the Rembrandt to be free, this means the All detergent cost just $2.13 each!

Subtotal: $64.66
MQs: $29
SQs/ECBs: $8
Tax: $4.27
Gift Card: $27.27
OOP: $0

I started with $25 in gift cards and $8 ECBs. I only ended with $17.73 in gift cards and $.75 in ECBs, so this actually all cost me $14.52 and 1/3 of that was tax. Not bad! :)

Walgreens 1/6....Look at all of this CLEARANCE!

I just want to hit up every Walgreens in Lincoln and see what kind of clearance I can find. However, I did use all of my 5 Pantene coupons. This was at three different stores yesterday. There are 10 Walgreens in Lincoln and I have been to 5 of those to check out the clearance. Here is what I found at three:

Smart Protein Bar $1.99
-$2 RR Earned
-$.01 MM!

Clearasil Treatment Cream $3.49
-$2/1 WQ
-$1/1 MQ
-$.49

Clearasil Face Wash $3.79
-$2/1 WQ
-$1/1 MQ
-$.79

L'Oreal Hairspray $1.24 (clearance)
-$2/1 WQ (adjusted down)
-FREE!

L'Oreal Gel $1.29 (clearance)
-$2/1 WQ (adjusted down)
-FREE!

Pantene Restore Beautiful Lengths (2) $3.24 (clearance)
-$3/2 MQ
-$.24 or $.12 each

Pantene Shampoo/Conditioner (8) $16 (clearance)
-BOGO 1/2 sale (took off $4)
-(4) $3/2 MQs
-FREE!

Subtotal: $31.04
MQs: $17
WQs/Sale/RR: $12.53
Tax: $1.47
OOP: $2.98
Savings: 95%