IGA steals, I mean deals!!!

So, our local IGA is generally the biggest ripoff for miles around. But this week I was able to pair some great coupons with some great sales and walk out of there with a few REALLY great steals I mean deals. :o)

I got all of this for $3.27! I'm especially excited that the McCormick grinders were on sale again for 50% off making them $1.25. Pair that with a $1.00/1 coupon found here (type in zip code 45403) and you get a grinder for 25¢. DUDE...you can't beat that! I'm usually able to get some pretty good deals on hygiene products but I get really excited when I can find great deals on food to feed my family. Anyway, the Reames noodles were 39¢ a bag, the boxes of Green Giant were 98¢ for both of them and the bags of Steamers were 25¢ a bag. I'll be getting some more Green Giant coupons this afternoon from here and going back after hubby gets home from work.

Hope you all are having as great of weather as we are having here. Today it is supposed to hit 80°.

A Few Deals From The Last Week

I got several more deals the same week that I got the big deal that I posted on the 18th.

Deal #1 comes courtesy of Walgreens. I got all this for $7.58 plus tax. The Planter Trail Mix was free after a Wags coupon and a MQ (Manufacturers coupon), the gum was on clearance for 32¢ each and the OB were $2.99 after Wags coupon and MQ. As I mentioned in the 18th's post, the OBs alone are normally $7.99 a box!!!


Deal #2 was a CVS deal. I got the 2 boxes of Kashi and the roll of paper towel for $1.29 plus tax. The Kashi was $1.00 a box after the sale and a $1.50/1 MQ and I got a $1.00 off one CVS paper product coupon when I scanned my CVS card so it was only 29¢ PLUS I had a $1.00 ECB from the BYOB (Bring your own bag) program.


Deal #3 was a combination of deals that I got on my Sunday shopping spree (for groceries that is). The margarine was free after sale and double coupons, the Kashi cereal and crackers were both free after purchase of other Kashi products (that I had MQs for of course), the juice was $1.00 after MQ and the Snuggles were 99¢ each after an awesome $3.00/1 MQ in the paper this last Sunday. Total out of pocket for these items was $4.46. WOW!!! I've since found out several ladies have gotten the Snuggle for free but I think they are smaller bottles-these are both 50 loads and they smell FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!


The final deal was from our local IGA and THAT doesn't happen very often! I got these jars of Peter Pan peanut butter for 91¢ a jar. Save-A-Lot here in town is selling their brand of peanut butter for $1.49 right now. These were on sale for $1.29 each and I found a coupon on the Conagra website for $1.50 off 4 Conagra products. Woohoo!!!


So, that was my week of deals. Hope you all are having a blessed week!

Deals, Deals, Deals

Headed to Walgreens yesterday and today and got some great deals! I got all this for $25.46. I also got a thing of elastic hair ties for Em's hair but they didn't make it into the picture and I didn't feel like taking another. As best I can tell this picture represents over $70.00 worth of stuff. Regular price the cereal and tampons alone are about $31.00. So I paid about a third of what I would have without sales and coupons.

Here's what I got:
Kleenex tissues-6 boxes
Colgate Total toothpaste
Raisin Bran-2 boxes
Fruit Loops & Corn Pops-1 box each
Scope mouthwash-2 bottles
OB Tampons-2 boxes
Johnson & Johnson Q-tips-1 box
Planters Trail Mix-2 packs
Aussie shampoo-1
Aussie hair spray-1

I will probably head back to Walgreens to get a couple more OBs and also to CVS in Decatur tomorrow night to pick up some REALLY cheap Kashi Heart to Heart. I've got 4 $1.50/1 coupons and it is 2/$5 right now. Our CVS here in Clinton doesn't carry it, but for a $1.00 a box, I'll take the time to pick it up while there.

There have been quite a few high value coupons on the internet lately. Here are a couple of the sites I follow:
* Common Sense With Money
* The Krazy Coupon Lady

I need to get off here now and work on an IGA list and start planning for tomorrow night's scrapnight.

Oops I did it again!!!!

So remember back in April of 2009 when I did this deal and got 10 bottles of Purex for tax only? Well, I DID IT AGAIN!! Ten bottles of Purex for $2.07~!~!~!~!~!~!!!!! I still have about 5 of those bottles left but I also went thru these bottles that were bigger than the Purex ones so I may have to go out tonight at get 2 more bottles. Hopefully that will get me thru the year until this deal happens again next year????? One could only hope.

I love saving money and I love spending it too. I spent the day with mom yesterday and went to Gordman's in Bloomington for the first time ever. LOVE IT!!! I have a wall in my hallway that is kind of my family picture wall and boy is it gonna be purdy after I hang up the frames, etc. that I bought yesterday. I'll post pictures of that later. I have to wait until Tues. when my photo ink is delivered from Staples to reprint some of my pics.

Gotta scoot, mom & Bob are coming over for dinner soon.

Menu Planning/Kitchen Work

I've been working this week on getting food into the freezer and planning menus. Since Delmar was gone over the 4th weekend shooting fireworks in Southern IL, Emily and I decided to make him a special dinner last night. I loaded up 4 kids and off to IGA we went to by steaks. This was miraculous two-fold. First of all, many of you know that I don't travel too much with the babysitting kids, it just makes me nervous and secondly, I rarely buy steaks and NEVER full price... It was indeed a special day! With the steaks, I made cheesy tater tots with onions and peppers and fresh green beans - from my garden :o) - made with soy sauce, olive oil and fresh garlic. YUMMO!

I have also been freezing blueberries. Last week Kroger had them for $1.25 a pint!!! I bought 16 pints and have frozen 12 of them to enjoy later this summer and this winter. MMMMM, a cup of coffee with a homemade blueberry muffin.....sorry, I got lost there for a moment! The rest we have been nibbling on here and there.

Also, when we came back from Florida on vacation (yes, it was over a month ago), we stopped in Georgia and bought a 25 lb. bag of Vidalia onions that we split with the Shews. (I'm sure that Sharon has had hers in the freezer for weeks but I am just getting to mine.)

The time you save by chopping all at once is amazing! I've been doing this with green peppers for a couple of years now and it's so nice to be able to just grab a baggie of chopped veggies and just throw it in whatever you are making. It's also a good way to take advantage of the discounted produce at the store. Our Save-a-Lot almost always has packages of bell peppers that are on the edge, maybe with a spot or something on them. Usually they are packaged in 4's for around a $1.00 and are a mix of green, red, yellow and orange. I'll buy these, cut out the bad spot and chop, slice and chunk them for different recipes that I work with.

While working on my onions this morning, I've also prepped my onions for tonights dinner and now just have to work on the potatoes.

Gotta head for now, about time to get the kids ready for Lunch Time Bible Club!

Have a blessed day,

CVS & Walgreens Deals 4/12-4/18

OK, so I had no intention of going to do my coupon deals this week. There really wasn't much going on. UNTIL, I read the iheartcvs.com blog entry about the Purex coupons. This week at CVS, Purex was B1G1 free. The entry had a link to a B1G1 free coupon making BOTH bottles free except for the tax-which was $2.62 for all 10 bottles!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then, Wags had Colgate toothbrushes for $3.29 with a $3.50 RR and I had a $1 coupon for each one also making them a moneymaker. I used the RRs to turn around and buy some boxes of the individual drink mixes that you put in bottles of water for Emily's lunches. She loves them but I just can't share my Crystal Light White Grape flavor! I know-bad mom!

Here is the rundown:

10 32-load bottles of Purex
7 boxes of drink mixes
5 Colgate toothbrushes
1 Physicians Formula moisturizer

I paid $10.63 out of pocket BUT ended up with $7.00 in Wags RR and will submit a $10 rebate in for the moisturizer. Some of the purchase was made with my Wags gift card from rebates from last month. So I will end up MAKING $6.37 after my rebate goes back on my Wags gift card at the end of the month AND I have enough laundry soap to last the rest of the year.

Have a blessed day,

Shopping Deals Mar 31-Apr 5

Not much happened at CVS last week. We are pretty much stocked up on shampoo, toothpaste, etc. for awhile. So this week the concentration was on all the great Pepsi deals. Combined with my rebate coupons that I received from the Super Bowl rebate promotion back in Feb. I'm set with soda for the time :) This shopping was done at Walgreens and Target.

Here's what I got for just about $31:

6-12 packs Diet Pepsi

1-12 pack Wild Cherry Diet Pepsi

1-12 pack Diet Dr. Pepper

1-12 pack Diet Sierra Mist

4 boxes of Target brand fruit snacks

2 boxes Fiber One Poptarts

2 Johnson's Bath Buddies soap

1 pack of socks for Delmar (I just don't understand how a man can be so hard on SOCKS!!!!)

2 boxes Quaker Chewy granola bars

1 Fusion Gamer Power razor

1 Gillette shave cream

Have a blessed day,

CVS & Walgreens Deals 3/22-3/28

Kind of a pitiful week in the land of CVS & Wags deals. But I did get these items for a total of $1.53 (after rebate).

WAGS:

Hunts Tomato Sauce-11 @ .99 = $10.89

Use Wags flyer coupon-11 @ .39 = $4.29 + .11(tax) = $4.40

Submitted a $5.00 rebate off of a $10 Conagra purchase = $5.50 back (10% added for putting on a Wags gift card)

Total purchase = $1.10 PROFIT!!!!!!

CVS:

B1G1 Campbell's soups (not a great selection) - 8 for $6.56

Used 4 $1/2 Campbell soup coupons - $4.00 off

Total OOP with tax - $2.63

Again, sad week... But it was nice to actually get some food for my pantry instead of shampoo and toothpaste! :-)

Have a blessed day,

CVS & Wags Deals 3/15-3/21

I only spent $2.48 OOP today at CVS but I didn't leave with any ECBs :( Oh well, heck of a deal for less than ONE of the Colgate toothbrushes I got!!! Here's the rundown...

Deal #1
Dry Idea deodorant (2)
Colgate Max White toothbrush

Less:
$2.00 Dry Idea coupon (2 of them)
$4.99 ECB from prior purchase (discounted to $4.97)

OOP: 27 cents
ECBs earned: $4.00 for Dry Idea & $2.99 for toothbrush

Deal #2
Hello Kitty Bandaids (2)
Kotex pantyliners

Less:
75 cent Kotex coupon
$1.50 CRT (CVS coupon from coupon machine) off Kotex pantiliners
$2.00 Bandaids coupons ($1/1 X 2)
$4.00 ECB from #1
$2.99 ECB from #1 (discounted to $2.92)

OOP: 3 cents
ECBs earned: $3.00 for Bandaids & $2.00 for Kotex

Deal #3
Diet Cherry Pepsi 12 packs (3)
Gumdrops (2)
Suave Body Wash

Less:
$1.00 of 2 Gold Emblem candys (CVS brand)
$3.00 off any Suave product
$3.00-Buy 2 get 1 free Pepsi product
$2.00 ECB from #2
$3.00 ECB from #2

OOP: $2.18
ECBs earned- ZERO

Total of $2.48 for $44.88 of stuff. YEAH ME!!!!

I am still considering doing the Hersey's ECB offer and I still have another Pepsi coupon for the buy 2 get one free I may do.




I wasn't going to go to Walgreens this week but then found out about a coupon that is in a magazine in the pharmacy area that goes well with a RR deal. Here it is, all this for $9.95 OOP. Not too bad considering the Pullup (Wags brand) alone are almost $9.00 by themselves!!!

Have a blessed day,

CVS & Walgreens Deals 3/8-3/14

Another AWESOME week at CVS and Wags!

CVS Deals**********

Total OOP for this picture is $8.49 and represents $85.64 worth of product!!!!!!!!!

Note that I started with the $1.98 ECB earned at the end of this post.

CVS Deal #1:
Palmolive dishsoap
Clairol Perfect 10 Haircolor kit-on clearance for $6.99!! (not my color but will be used this summer for highlights!)

Less coupons used:
$5.00 off Clairol Perfect 10
$1.98 ECB from prior purchase

Regular price-$15.58
My OOP-$1.94
ECBs earned-$1.00 & 2.00

CVS Deal #2:
2 Herbal Esscenses Shampoo

Less coupons used:
$3.00/2 Herbal Essences
$1.00 ECB from Deal #1
$1.00 CVS coupon for hair care product

Regular price: $9.38
My OOP-$1.01
ECBs earned-$2.00

CVS Deal #3:
2 Herbal Esscenses Shampoo

Less coupons used:
$3.00/2 Herbal Essences
$2.00 ECB from Deal #2

Regular price: $9.38
My OOP-$1.01
ECBs earned-$2.00

CVS Deal #4:
2 Garnier Nutrisse Hair Colors

Less coupons used:
2-$2.00 Garnier Nutrisse Hair Color
$2.00 ECB from Deal #3
$2.00 ECB from Deal #1

Regular price: $16.98
My OOP-$2.41
ECBs earned-$5.00

CVS Deal #5:
2 Garnier Nutrisse Hair Colors

Less coupons used:
2-$2.00 Garnier Nutrisse Hair Color
$5.00 ECB from Deal #4

Regular price: $16.98
My OOP-$1.34
ECBs earned-$5.00

CVS Deal #6:
Mentos Gum
Palmolive dish soap
Crest Pro Health Mouthwash
2 bags of candy

Less coupons used:
$1.00 Mentos
$1.00 CVS coupon
$5.00 ECB from Deal #5

Regular price-$9.25
My OOP-$.78
ECBs earned-$1.00 & $2.00

Also thrown into the picture above is a Glade Lasting Impressions fan that I picked up at Wags for 53 cents after Easy Saver Catalog coupon and a coupon that I had. :-)

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WAGS Deals

Total OOP for this picture is $35.30 and represents $215.23worth of product!!!!!!!!!

The stuff shown above cost me $35.30 OOP. The diapers will be a shower gift and will come out of our gift giving budget. This leaves the remaining $12.60 actually coming out of our grocery/toiletries/laundry budget. That $12.60 consists of:

4 rolls of Tuf paper towels - .59 @ after Wags ESC coupon - $2.36
4 Sambucol Cold & Flu Remedy - after coupon and Wags ESC coupon, I MADE $10.04
4 Glade Sense & Spray - after coupon and Wags ESC coupon, I MADE .04
4 Kleenex w/Lotion - no coupons -$5.34
1 Kotex pads - $2.00 after coupon
1 Cuddle Soft Softener sheets - $2.99 (should have rung up $1.99)
4 bottles Xcel Vanilla and Lavendar laundry soap - $7.96
4 jars JIF peanut butter - after sale - $8.00
4 bottles Garnier Fructise hairspray - after coupons and Wags ESC coupon, I MADE .04
3 packs Pure American water bottles - after Wags ESC coupon - $2.97
2 tubs Smart Balance margarine - after sale and coupons - .99
2 Kotex liners - after sale and coupons - $4.50
2 Garnier Fructise shampoo - after coupons and Wags ESC coupons - I MADE .02

I was also able to deduct 2 $10.00 Register Rewards from the transactions above from a deal that was made buying the diapers, Kleenex and pantiliners.

Have a blessed day,

CVS & Walgreens Deals 3/1-3/7

I have been blessed to find several websites that have tought me how to be a bargin hunter at CVS and Walgreens. Consequently, I've been doing alot of CVS and Walgreens deals lately. It's truly amazing what you can get for practically nothing. I've been doing this since the first of the year and have saved alot of money on hygiene, hair care, cereal, dish washing detergent, laundry detergent, etc. freeing up my grocery budget to actually spend on groceries. Here is my most recent deals done yesterday...

CVS deal #1:

Carnation Instant Breakfast

Glucerna Cereal-2 boxes

Less coupons used:

Glucerna Cereal-$5.00 off

ECB from prior purchase $5.00

Regular price-$14.17

My OOP (out of pocket)-$1.94

Extra Care Bucks earned $4.99

CVS deal #2:

Gilette Fusion Gamer Razor
Glucerna Cereal-2 boxes

Dawn

Less coupons used:
Glucerna Cereal-$5.00 off
ECB from purchase #1 $4.99

Dawn-50 cents off

Regular price-$18.14

My OOP-$1.69

Extra Care Bucks earned $4.00

CVS deal #3:

Cascade Liquid Dishwasher soap

Act Total Care mouthwash (2)

Almonds (2)

Less coupons used:

Cascade-$1.00 off

ECB from purchase #2 $4.00

Almond coupon from CVS coupon machine-$2.00 off

Regular price-$6.95

My OOP-4 cents

Extra Care Bucks earned $1.98

Walgreens deal:

Orbit gum-3 packs-clearanced to 65 cents @

Less $1.00 coupon in March Walgreen's rebate booklet

Regular price-$3.87

My OOP-98 cents

So, today I spent $4.65 for $43.13 of stuff and stuff that we will use! I also have $1.98 in CVS ECB's to use for my next trip.

To learn more about how this process works visit Money Saving Mom she'll explain it all to you better than I ever could!

Have a blessed day,