Thursday, September 15, 2011

8/15 Commissary coupon matchup

Total Before coupons:  $63.51
Coupon savings:  $31.80

Total spent AFTER coupons:  $31.61
52% savings!

This was kind of a rushed trip to the commissary so I didn't really get to prepare like I normally do...

Here's what I bought with coupons:

Pillsbury Brownie Mix:
-Used $1.00/2
Paid:  .50 each box

Kraft Mac N Cheese:
-Used .50/2 coupon at commissary
Paid:  .63 each box

Gerber Graduates Lil' Entrees:
-Used $1.00/1 printable
Paid:  .75

Trident Gum:
-Used $2.00/3
Paid:  .05 each!

Bounce Dryer Bar:
-Used $2.50/1 coupon from vocal point
Paid:  .49!

Simply Lemonade (single serving):
-Used $1.00/1 printable
Paid:  FREE + .01 Overage

Kraft Big Slice Cheese:
-Used .55/1 printable
Paid:  $1.34

Popsicle (airhead chewy flavor--it's a favorite in the house):
-Used .30/1 tear pad at commissary
Paid:  $2.19

Green Giant Steam-able Vegetables (I bought Corn and Mixed Veggies):
-Used $1.00/2
Paid:  .50 each bag

Perdue Chicken Legs:
-Used $1.00/1 peelie
Paid:  .31!!

Perdue Chicken Legs:
-Used $1.00/1 peelie
Paid:  .34!!

Bengay Ultra Strength:
-Used $5.00/1
Paid:  FREE + .82 OVERAGE!


Bengay Ultra Strength:
-Used $5.00/1 
Paid:  FREE + .82 OVERAGE!

KY Jelly (Please someone tell me other uses for this b/c I keep getting these b/c of the overage and no idea what to do with them!!):
-Used $3.00/1 printable
Paid:  FREE + $1.13 OVERAGE

KY Jelly:
-Used $3.00/1 printable
Paid:  FREE + $1.13 OVERAGE

Kandoo Flushable wipes:
-Used $1.00/1 coupon that was mailed to me
Paid: .49

Fresh Express Salad kit:  (I got the light caesar salad bag)
-Used $1.00/1 coupon from vocal point
Paid:  $1.22

Skittles (14 oz bag):
-Used $1.00/1 printable
Paid .99

Here's what I bought without coupons:

Spanish Rice
2 cans of stewed tomatoes
2 ramen noodles
Nutter butter cookies (On sale for $1.00)
Potato chips
Cranberry sierra mist (we were curious)
Simply Orange with Mango
2 Yoplait yogurts
1 gallon of milk
Parsley 
Cilantro (although I just noticed I got charged for 2 cilantros instead of the parsley--which is about .50 more expensive--oh well...)
Bananas (On clearance for .29/lb...paid .90!)




Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Walmart, CVS, Walgreens 8/13/2011 shopping trip

Walmart:

4 Cascade (trial size):
-Used $1.00/1 from 8/28 P&G
FREE after coupons!!

1 lb organic carrots (I bought 2 bags):
-Used $1.00/1 printable (I took a quiz and was able to print off these coupons)
FREE after coupons!!

I LOVE when there are organic coupons and I love when there are produce coupons!!


CVS:
Dial dish washing soap with Olay (On sale for .99 at CVS and Walgreens this week):
-Used .75/1 from 8/28 P&G
Paid:  .24 each (I bought 4 bottles)

Basically I paid about $1.50 (after taxes) for 2 lbs of organic carrots, 4 cascade packs (12 tablets total), and 4 bottles of Dawn dish washing soap.  I like that I got a good deal on items that I can use regularly. 

I also went to Walgreens yesterday to pick up a pack of diapers because I am pretty much out (no more stock pile). 

I bought:

Huggies slip on diapers
-Used $3.00/1 from 9/11 SS
-Used $3.00 RR
(I bought a bag of coconut M&M's as a filler--they were on sale for .50)
Paid:  $4.00, got back $2.00 RR.

I would have bought another pack but they only had one size 4 left. 

On that note, however, I did redeem mine and my husband's swagbucks (a total of $20!).  I got amazon gift cards and used them to buy diapers.  I ordered 204 luvs diapers and paid $6.59 out of pocket--regular price was $37.99!  I love swagbucks!

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

9/7 Target and Walmart shopping trip

Walmart:

Spic n Span all purpose cleaner
-Used $1.00/2 printable
Paid:  .47 each bottle (I bought 2)

Target:
26 oz. pasta sauce (target brand)
Whole wheat spaghetti noodles
-Used $1.00/wyb both the sauce and the noodles
Paid:  .50 each

I also bought an additional pasta sauce--they are on sale for $1.00 right now.  I'm making spaghetti for dinner, which means that this meal costs a total of $2.00 total because I got the ground beef for free a while back using overage from another coupon.  Not bad for a complete dinner for 4 people!

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Once upon a child and 9/6 Target shopping trip

So, I dropped off a small basket of old clothes to sell at once upon a child and they accepted about half the stuff (It was mostly stuff the baby has outgrown...I kept a lot of Leila's smaller clothes so Lilliana can wear it next year).  Anyways, they offered $39.00 store credit or $32.00 cash.  I took the cash since I saw nothing in there that I was interested in, and I was really in need for some new school (dress) shoes for Leila.  But, I was happy that I got to get rid of some old clothes and I made some cash for some new shoes!  

After once upon a child I went to Target, and here's what I bought today:

Girls circo dress shoes:
I bought 2 pair (black and pink)
They were marked at $9.99, but rung up only $8.00!!

Simply juice (single serve):
I bought 2 orange and 1 lemonade
-Used $1.00/1 printables


They rung up .74, so they ended up being free!

Overall, a good shopping day since I got what I needed and spent no money! 

8/30 commissary coupon match up/shopping trip! (40% savings)

Total before coupons:  $64.12
Coupon savings:  $25.02

Total spent after coupons:  $39.10
40% savings!

Here's what I bought with coupons:

Strawberry cream cheese (4 pack singles)
-Used .50/1 coupong
Paid:  .33!

Skinny Cow 6 pack snack box:
-Used $1.00/1 (lady at commissary was handing them out)
Paid:  .99

Dole fruit bites (I got the mango/yogurt flavor):
-Used $1.00/1
Paid:  $1.00

Dole 100% fruit cups:
-Used .50/2
Paid:  $1.44 each

Chips ahoy cookies:
-Used $1.00/1 (coupon found at the commissary)
Paid $1.00 (they were the summer edition chocolate chip cookies, so they were on sale)

Ortega whole grain shells:
-Used $1.00/1
Paid:  .19 each (I bought 2 boxes)

Zip lock sandwich and freezer bags:
-Used $2.00/2
Paid:  .29 each

Scrubbing sponges:
-Used .75/2
Paid .39 each

Tropicana pure premium orange juice:
-Used $1.00/1
Paid $1.99

Hot pocket snackers:
-Used $1.00/1
Paid .99

Oscar Meyer lunch meat:
-Used $1.00/1
Paid $1.00

Perdue chicken legs:
-Used $1.00/1 (peelie on chicken)
Paid .18!!!

Perdue chicken legs:
-Used $1.00/1
Paid .22!!!!

Perdue chicken legs:
-Used $1.00/1
Paid .16!!!

Pantene shampoo
-Used FREE coupon that was mailed to me
Paid:  FREE!!

Oral B battery toothbrushes
-Used $3.00/1 from August P&G
Paid:  FREE!!  (I bought 2)

Fresh express salad kit (light Caesar):
-Used $1.00/1 (vocal point mailed the coupons)
Paid:  $1.22


Without coupons I also bought:

Heavy whipping cream (2 cartons)
1/2 gallon of 2% milk
Dozen eggs
Low sodium bacon
Loaf of bread
Kale
Bananas
Onions
Zucchini
1 lb carrots
Roma tomatoes
5 lb potatoes