CVS 5/29.....Physician's Formula

I bought 5 $4/$20 CVS Qs on Ebay to get extra savings on the Physician's Formula. I also got another $1 off toothbrush CRT so used that to get over $20 and get a free toothbrush. Here is how I did:

Physician's Formula $19.29
-$15 ECB Earned ($1.90 towards beauty club too!)
-$4.29

Colgate 360 Toothbrush $2.99
-$1/1 CRT
-$2 ECB Earned
-$.01 MM!

Subtotal: $22.28
CVS Qs: $13.75
Tax: $.86
OOP: $9.39
Savings: 58%

I started with $8.75 in ECBs and ended with $18. This is an increase of $9.25 which is almost what I spent OOP, therefore, almost free!

Walgreens 5/30...More Ecotrin!

I got overage at Walgreens! I repeat, I got overage at Walgreens!!!!

So, I bought 40 of the $5/2 Ecotrin coupons on Ebay in preparation for this deal. Believe it or not, but those coupons weren't very expensive either. Less than $.25 each. Anyways, I thought my favorite BA was just awesome and putting my $5 coupons in at full value when the register asked. However, I went to a different Walgreens today that has the new registers and they scanned at $5 with no problems! I did the same transaction 5 times. Here is how I did:

Ecotrin (2) $3
-$5/2 MQ
-$2 RR Earned
-$4 MM!

Skintimate $2.99
-$2 RR Earned
-$.99

I used the Skintimate as my filler to use up the rest of my $2 overage from the Ecotrin coupon.

Subtotal: $29.95
MQ: $25
Tax: $2.10
OOP: $7.05
Savings: 76%

This doesn't include the $20 RR I earned. If I add those into the mix, I really made $12.95!

CVS 5/24/12......

So yeah, this doesn't look like a great trip, but I sure enjoyed it! Here is what I got:

CVS Formula (2) $29.78
-BOGO 1/2 sale (took off $7.40)
-(2) $5/1 MQs
-$3/1 CRT
-$9.38 or $4.69 each

HP 02 Ink $3.37 (clearance)
-$3.37 (happens to be the color I need!)

Crest Toothpaste $4.49
Crest Mouthwash $5.49
-$1.50/1 MQ
-$3/1 MQ
-$1/1 CRT
-$5 ECB Earned
-$.52 MM!

Crest Mouthwash Trial $.99
-$1/1 CRT
-$.01 MM!

Physician's Formula (4) $49.96
-BOGO 1/2 sale (took off $11.50)
-$3/$10 CRT
-$10 Gas Card Earned
-$25 MIR Earned
-$5.24 MIR Earned
-$3.80 ECB Earned (beauty club- don't normally count them, but...)
-$8.58 MM!

Subtotal: $94.08
MQs: $14.50
CVSQ/GC/ECBs: $50.93
Tax: $3.60
OOP: $32.25
Savings: 70% not including MIRs or ECBs!

Target 5/23/12

I wanted to take advantage of the Banana Boat deal and also finish up my P&G rebate deal. I bought coupons on Ebay, but I didn't find any more clearance like I was hoping for. It still worked out okay though. Here is what I got:

Welch's Fruit Fizz (2) $5.08
-(2) $1/1 MQs
-(2) $1/1 TQs
-$1.08 or $.54 each or $.135 a can

Banana Boat (2) $11.48
-(2) $2/1 MQs
-(2) $1/1 TQs
-$5 Gift Card Earned
-$.48 or $.24 each

Nice'n Easy (6) $47.94
-(3) $5/2 MQs
-(6) $2/1 TQs
-$15 Gift Cards Earned
-$10 MIR Earned
-$4.06 MM!

Subtotal: $64.50
MQs: $21
TQs/GCs: $43.89
Tax: $1.64
OOP: $1.25
Savings: 98% (MM if you include the MIR!)

Walgreens 5/23/12.....88% Savings

I am trying to find a good way to use up all of my $.99 Register Rewards. I found these rulers on clearance for $.25. Because I am a math teacher, I will be able to use these :)

Here is how I did this trip:

Depends $4.49
-$1.50/1 MQ
-$3.50 RR Earned
-$.51 MM!

U Kotex $3.99
-$1/1 MQ
-$3 RR Earned
-$.01 MM!

Skinny Cow Candy (2) $5.98
-(2) $1/1 MQs
-$2/2 WQ
-$1.98 or $.99 each

Sleep Sheets $4.99
-$1/1 MQ
-$5 RR Earned
-$1.01 MM!

Ruler (6) $1.50
-$1.50 or $.25 each

Subtotal: $20.95
MQ: $5.50
WQ/RR: $12.96
Tax: $1.05
OOP: $3.54
Savings: 88%

Tinkerbell Decorations I MADE!!!

I bought 4 canvases for a total of just over $10.

I used all of my free paint from recent freebies I signed up for to paint a coat on the canvases. Jason kept asking what I was going to do with all of this free paint and this was my first project!

I used painters tape to tape off sections and used a different color to paint in alternating sections.

I messed up on the bottom one by not painting the green blue : (

Next, I got these frames from Kohl's on clearance with an extra 30% back and earned Kohl's cash. I think before the Kohls' cash I spent $2.79 each on these for a total of just over $8.

I painted each one one of the three colors from the free paint samples. I don't know if you can tell here, but I kept them streaky looking. I like this look and it didn't take very long as you can tell it is not perfect.

Final product....well, kind of. I am going to hang them in Haylee's room
I forgot to say that I got the Tinkerbell pictures from a clearanced CVS calendar that cost $.75.

I am not a creative, artsy person, so I was excited when I was happy with the end product. I will let it be known that I took the canvas idea from Amy, our daycare provider, who got it from Pintrest. The painted frames with Tinkerbell are what I added!

Because I LOVE to save money, I was also excited that this costs less than $20 and the framed Tinkerbell's look like they are worth more than that to me :)

Walgreens 5/16....Mac & Cheese and FREE Vitamins

I have read about people crashing the new system, but my favorite Walgreens still doesn't have it. However, I shopped at a different one to "waste" time and I crashed their system THREE times!  Anyways, I wanted to get Mac & Cheese and use up some $.99 RR from the Starbucks. For some reason it cut me off at 5 RRs too, so I have to pay OOP for my Kraft :(

I also found vitamins that were free after the IVC so I grabbed those and then went to my store to see if they had any. They didn't but I got more Starbucks and mac & cheese while I was there.

Here is how I did:
Starbucks (6) $5.94 + $2.10 (bought coupons on eBay)
-(6) FREE MQs
-$5.94 RR Earned
-$3.84 MM!
Applied Nutrition $4.99
-$5/1 IVC (adjusted)
-FREE!
Disney D3 Vitamins (2) $3.58
-$2/1 IVC (adjusted)
-FREE!
Mac & Cheese (26) $46.54
-BOGO in-ad Q (took off $23.27)
-$23.27 or $.90 each
Subtotal: $61.05
MQs: $5.94
WQs/RRs: $50.65
Tax: $.60
Total: $5.06
Savings: 91.7%