March 2011

RITE AID (MARCH 15TH TRIP)


SPENT: $3.01 (plus I still have $6.00 in +UPR to use on my next trip and a $3.00 off my $15.00 purchase survey coupon, making this a $6.00 Money Maker!)
SAVED: $91.91      # ITEMS: 21 Items


I got 2 bags of Doritos, 1 Bag of Gold Fish Crackers, 2 Jars of Emerald Cashew, 1 Bag of Ocean Spray Craisins, 2 Chloraseptic Throat Strips, 2 Chloraseptic Throat Sprays, 2 SalonPas Patches, 3 Airheads, 3 Boxes of Visine, 1 Box of Renu Saline Solution w/case, & 2 boxes of Motrin PM


Here's how I did it...
(I started with a $3.00 off your $15 purchase Survey coupon, a $2 +UPR, and a $1 +UPR)


TRANSACTION #1
-1 Chloraseptic Spray @ $3.99
-1 Airhead @ .20 cents (neede to get my total to $4)
Total came to $4.19
(I used a $1/1 coupon for the Chloraseptic & my $2+UP & my $1+UP, taking a total of $4.00 off)
Paid .19 cents out of pocket (after I paid I got a $3+UPR back from Chloraseptic)


TRANSACTION #2
-2 Boxes of Visine for Contacs @ $4.99 each
-1 Box of Visine Red Eye Relief @ $4.99
-1 Airhead .20 cents (need to get my total to $15)
My total came to $15.17
(I used 3 of the $2/1 in-ad Rite Aid Visine coupons, 3 $2/1 mfg. Visine Coupons, and my $3.00+UPR from my previous transaction, for a total of $15.00 off)
Paid .17 cents out of pocket (after I paid I got 3 $1.00+UPR back from the Visine)


TRANSACTION # 3
-2 Motrin PM @ $3.00 each
My total came to $6.00
(I used a $6/2 coupon for a total of $6 off)
paid $.0 out of pocket (after I paid I got 2 $1.00 +UPR back from the Motrin making this a money maker)


TRANSACTION #4
-2 SalonPas Patches @ $1.00 each
-1 GoldFish cracker @ $1.50
-1 Ocean Spray Crasin @ $1.99
-2 Doritos @ $2.50 each
-2 Jars of Emerald Cashews Buy 1 @ $6.99 get 1 FREE
My total came to $17.48
(I used my $3.00 off your $15.00 purcahse coupon, 2 $3.00 off coupons for the SalonPas, 2 $1/1 coupons for the Emerald Cashews, & 5 of my $1.00 +UPR, for a total of $16.00 off)
Paid $1.48 out of pocket (after I paid I got a $5.00 +UPR for spending $15 and a $1.00 +UPR from the Doritos)


TRANSACTION #5
-1 Chloraseptic Strips @ $3.99
-1 Chloraseptic Spray @ $3.99
-1 Airhead @ .20 cents (needed to get to $7.00)
My total came to $8.18
(I used 2 $1/1 coupons for the Chloraseptic, my $5.00 +UPR, and $1.00+UPR from previous transaction, for a total of $8.00 off)
Paid .18 cents out of pocket (after I paid I got 2 $3.00 +UPR back from Chloraseptic)


TRANSACTION #6
-1 Renu Travel Pack w/case @ $1.00 (needed a new contact case)
-1 Chloraseptic Strips @ $3.99
My Total came to $4.99
(I used $1/1 coupon for Chloraseptic & 1 $3.00 +UPR, for a total of $4.00 off)
Paid .99 cents out of pocket (after I paid I got a $3.00+UPR back from Chloraseptic and a $3.00 off $15.00 purchase survey)


WALGREENS (MARCH 15TH TRIP)

SPENT: $2.72 SAVED: $31.24 # ITEMS: 7 Items

I got 2 Jumbo Packs of Walgreens Diapers, 1 Purex Crystals Fabric Softener, 1 Dial Nutri-Skin Lotion, 2 Walgreens Beef Taquitos 10 Pack, and Bandz
Here's how I did it...

TRANSACTION #1:
-1 Purex Crystals Fabric Softener @ $4.99
-1 Dial Nutri-Skin @ $4.99
-Bandz .25 cents (on clearance used as filler)

My total came to $10.23
(I used a $2/1 coupon for the Purex & $1/1 coupon for the Dial Nutri-Skin, then I used a $6.00 RR from last week's deals, taking a total of $9.00 off)
Paid $1.23 out of pocket (after I paid I got a $3.00 RR from Dial & $2.00 RR from Purex)

TRANSACTION # 2:
-2 Jumbo Packs of Walgreens Diapers Buy 1 @ $8.99 get 1 FREE
-2 Walgreens Taquitos 10 Packs @ .75 cents each (on clearance used as my filler items)
My total came to $10.49
(I used the $2/1 Walgreens coupon for the diapers, which took $4.00 off, then I used my $3.00 RR & my $2.00 RR from my previous transaction, taking a total of $9.00 off)
Paid $1.49 out of pocket (great considering the diapers alone would've been $5.00 after the $4.00 off!)


WAL-MART (MARCH 15TH TRIP)


SPENT: $14.08     SAVED: $75.08     #ITEMS: 56 Items (evened out to .25 cents per item)


I got 3 Boxes of Danimals Collision Yogurts, 2 Danimals Crush Cups 4 Packs, 1 Dan-O-nino 4 Pack Yogurt, 4 Boxes of Totinos Pizza Rolls, 2 Pillsbury Toaster Strudels, 2 Pillsbury Toaster Scrambles, 2 Yo-Crunch Parfait 4 Packs, 2 Bags of Green Giant Sugar Snap Peas, 2 Bags of Yoplait Smoothies, 2 Boxes of Kashi TLC Cereal Bars, 6 Boxes of Nabisco Cheese Nips, 13 Yakisoba Meals, Box of Ziploc Vacuum Bags, 7 McCormick Grill Mates Spices, 2 Starkist Tuna Pouches, 2 Old El Paso Taco Seasoning Packets, 2 Cans of Hunt's Pasta Sauce, & 1 Bag of Texas Toast Crutons


(I price matched the Green Giant (making them .38 cents), Toaster Strudels (making them $1) , & Totinos (making them .38 cents) from Ridley's ad and used coupons for those items. The rest of the items I had coupons for and used my Albertson's doublers with each coupon. Had $1/1 for Dannon made them .08 cents-.18 cents, Yo-Crunch made them .36 cents w/$1/1, had $1/1 for Smoothies made them .50 cents, had $1/1 for Kashi Bars made them .98 cents, used the $1/2 for Cheese Nips (found in Ritz Booklet) made them FREE, had .50/1 for Yakisoba made them free, had $1/1 for Ziploc mad it .84 cents, had $1/1 McCormick made them .16 cents, had .50/1 for Starkist made them free, had .50/2 for Old El Paso make them .34 cents, had .45/1 for Hunt's made them .10 cents, and used a .50/1 for crutons making them .34 cents.)




ALBERTSON'S (MARCH 15TH TRIP)

SPENT: $11.01 SAVED: $36.91 # ITEMS: 18 Items (evened out to .61 cents per item)

-I got 2 Tropicana Pure Premium Orange Juices, 8 McCormick Recipe Card Spices, 4 Packages of Lean Ground Beef, and 4 Boxes of Purina One Beyond Cat Food

(OJ was $3.00 I had $1/1 coupons that I doubled making them $1.00 each. McCormick Spices were $1.79 had $1/1 that I doubled making them FREE. I used my up to $3/1 coupon for the Purina Food making them FREE. The Ground Beef was marked down to $1.99 lb and I needed some so I bought 4 packs. I also had a $1/1 catalina I used on my purchase. I was able to get a little overage on my spices which applied to my beef. This was a great buy considering my beef alone should've been $15.00. (They mark their leftover meat case ground beef down every night)



 WAL-MART (MARCH 8TH TRIP)

SPENT: $5.53 (they missed $1/1 coupon so my total should've been $4.53 *didn't want to use the gas to go back for the $1/1 since gas is so high right now*
SAVED: $88.88
# ITEMS: 67 Items (evened out to .08 cents per item)

-I got 11 boxes of SeaPak Popcorn Shrimp, 3 Danimals 4 Pack Yogurts, 2 Welch's Grape Juice, 1 Welch's 6 Pack Juice Bottles, 2 Pouches of Starkist Tuna Pouches, 3 French's Spicy Brown Mustard, 5 Pert Plus Travel Size, 1 French's Worceshtire Sauce, Spic & Span Cleaner, 12 Packs of Dentyne Gum, 6 Packs of Schick Disposable Razors, 10 Wonka Bars, 9 Bags of Wonka Jelly Beans & 1 Kraft Honey BBQ Sauce Family Size (I did give some of my wonka bars, jelly beans, & shrimp to family members)
(I used Albertson's doublers on all of my items except the Pert Plus was already free with my $1/1 coupons, I didn't need to double them. The Shrimp, Razors, Jelly Beans, Gum, French's Sauce, Wonka Bars, Tuna, Mustard, & Cleaner were all FREE after doublers. The Juices were .98 cents each after doublers, the yogurt was .18 cents each after doublers, the BBQ Sauce was $1.22 after doublers (I was completely out and this was the best deal per oz)
 RITE AID (March 1st Trip)

SPENT: 0.17 cents (still have $3.00 in +UPR, this was a Money Maker!)

SAVED: $69.33 # ITEMS: 14

-I got 6 Stayfree Pads, 3 Dreyer’s Ice Cream, 2 Combos, 2 Sambucol Cold & Flu, and 1 Air Head

Here’s how I did it..
TRANSACTION #1:
I bought 6 Stayfree Pads and 2 bags of Combos Snacks (had a raincheck for the Stayfree for BOGO also stacked my BOGO coupons making them free) the combos were $1.00 so my total came to $2.00. I used a $2.00 +UPR that I had from my funnel purchase so my total was FREE!
*After I paid I got 3 $2.00 +UPR for buying the Stayfree
(this week wyb2 you get a $2.00 +UPR back for every 2 you buy since I bought 6 I got 3 $2.00 +UPR back)
I also got 2 $1.00 +UPR back for buying the Combo Snacks
(I got a total of $8.00 in +UPR back, $8.00 Money Maker!!)

TRANSACTION #2:
I bought 3 Dreyer’s Ice Cream (had a raincheck for .99 cents each), 2 Sambucol Cold & Flu (were on sale for $1.00, normally 12.99!) my total came to $4.97 so I threw in a .20 cent Air Head to bring my total to $5.17. I used 2 of my $2.00 +UPR and 1 $1.00 +UPR bringing my total to .17 cents!
*I still have a $2.00 +UPR and $1.00 +UPR to use on my next trip*


        Wal-Mart (March 1st Trip)

SPENT: $3.37        SAVED: $75.12 
# ITEMS: 26  Items
(evened out to .13 cents per item!)

-I got 2 big bottles of Olivari Olive Oil, 1 Marie Callenders Homestyle Bakes, 5 boxes of Tampax Pearl Tampons, 4 Boxes of Gain Dryer Sheets, 2 Packs of Dan-o-nino Yogurt Cups, 2 Challenge Tuscan Butters, Family Size Can of Chef Boyardee, 4 Nivea Lip Gloss, 1 Aquafresh Extreme Toothpaste, and 3 KY Small Size
Here’s how I did it.. Since my total came to well over $50 before coupons I was allowed to double 10 coupons (they price match K-Mart Double Days and let you double 5 for every $25 you’ll be spending) The Olive Oil had a $1/1 hang tag coupon which I doubled and used my BOGO printable coupon, had a $1.50/1 coupon for Marie Callender’s which I doubled, had $2/1 coupons for the Tampons that I doubled (made them FREE), doubled my $1/1 yogurt coupons (made them .08 cents), I had a coupon for a FREE can of Chef Boyardee up to $2.00 I decided to get the huge can which was $2.58 so after my $2 off made it .58 cents, the butter was $1.98 used my $2/1 coupons made them free, I price matched the Nivea (it’s $1 at Rite Aid this week) used my $2/2 coupons making them free, Aquafresh was .97 cents used the $1/1 printable made it FREE, the KY was $2.98 used my $3/1 printables made them FREE, the Gain Sheets were $1.87 used my $3/1 coupons made them FREE. This was a great total considering that my Olive Oil alone would’ve cost me over $14.00!
(My total was over $50.00 just after price matching adjusted for doulbers, then after all my coupons it dropped down to $3.37!) 


Albertson’s (March 1st Trip)


SPENT: .26 cents    SAVED: $18.94     
#ITEMS: 6 (evened out to .04 cents per item)

-I got 4 boxes of Albertson’s fruit snacks, package of ground beef, and a big pack of steak.

(I had a $10 catalina that was expiring so I used it on meat (that I needed) and fruit snacks (using them for Easter Baskets).
Walgreens (March 1st Trip)


SPENT: $11.41 (got back a $6.00 RR, making it like $5.41)
SAVED: $41.59    # ITEMS: 15

-I got 3 Schick Hydro Razors, 3 Colgate Total Toothpaste, 2 Pond’s Facial Cream, 5 Easter Cups, and 2 Easter Pencils

(Razors ended up being .99 cents after coupon and RR, Pond’s ended up being $1/1 after coupons and BOGO promo, colgate was free after RR (little money maker after coupon), I used the cups & pencils as filler items. Still have a $6.00 RR to use on my next trip. I had to do 7 transactions to get these deals.)

WAL-MART (March 10th Trip)



SPENT: 0.64 cents           SAVED: $19.98



#ITEMS: 8 Items (evened out to .08 cents per item)


I got 2 Olivari Olive Oils, 3 Purex Complete Travel Packs, 1 Eversave Lint Roller, 1 Girls Shirt, & 1 Girls Pant





Here’s how I did it…The oil was $4.98 I used a BOGO coupon , the Purex Packs were .97 cents I had $3/1 coupons and since they allow overage now I made $6.09 cents! The Lint Roller was on clearance for .75 cents and I had $1/1 coupon (home mailer) so I made .25 cents! My total came to -$1.64 so I threw in $2.00 worth of clothes that were on clearance making my total .64 cents for everything!



WAL-MART (March 25th Trip)


SPENT: $2.82 SAVED: $10.48
#ITEMS: 8 Items (evened out to .35 cents per item which is great considering I got 2 lbs of butter)

-I got 2 lbs of Challenge Butter, 2 Purex Complete To Go Packs, & 4 Gain Dish Soaps. (I needed butter and it was on sale at Fred Meyer's for $2.50 so I price matched it and used a $1/1 coupon. I bought the gain & purex because I made .03 cents on each one I bought)


WALGREEN'S (March 25th Trip)




SPENT: $15.81 (still have $20.00 in RR back to use on my next trip)
SAVED: $51.66 #ITEMS: 12 Items

-I got 4 hunt's tomato sauces, 1 Almay Blush, 2 Almay Mascara, 2 Comet Cleanser, 1 Almay Concealer, & 3 Packs of Plackers Flossers.
(The Almay was a money maker. The placers were free after RR, and I used the comet & hunts as filler items. I left with $20 in RR to use on my next trip.)


RITE AID (March 25th Trip)


SPENT: .99 cents SAVED: $24.57 #ITEMS: 21 Items

-I got 2 bags of Easter M&M's fun size packs, 4 Nutra Nails, & 16 Snickers Eggs
(The Nutra Nail was free, so were the Snickers Eggs, used a $3/$15 coupon for the M&M's bringing my total down to .99 cents)




WALGREEN'S (March 31st Trip)


SPENT: $2.14 SAVED: $41.00 # ITEMS: 6 Items

-I got 6 Jumbo Packs of Walgreens Diapers
(I used the 20% off friends & family coupon, the walgreens $2/1 coupon, and RR's from previous deals, bringing my total down to $2.14. Plus I will be getting back a $10.00 MIR.)







WAL-MART (MARCH 19TH TRIP)
SPENT: $1.05 (after $10.00 GC) SAVED: $21.71 # ITEMS: 9 Items
I got 2 Cottonelle Ultra Toilet Paper 12 Double Roll Packs, 6 Purex To Go Packs, & Canister of Moms Best Naturals Oats
I price matched the TP for $5.99 at Albertson's used a .50/1 coupon (get $10.00 Gift Card for buying 2) makes them .98 cents for both packs! Had $1/1 coupons for the Purex they were .97 cents so I made .03 cents on each pack (I did grab 6 and they still had over 30 left on the shelf) the oats were on sale for $1.00 I used a .75/1 printable coupon making them .25 cents (I will be using the Purex & Oats as prizes for my upcoming classes).

WAL-MART (March 28th Trip)


SPENT: $6.52
SAVED: $43.30 (I saved over $27.00 just by price matching)
# ITEMS: 15 Items (evened out to .43 cents per item)

-I got 3 Welch’s 64 oz White Grape Cherry Juices, 2 Finish Quantumatic Starter Kits, 2 Gain Dish Soaps, 2 Reach Floss, 1 Yoplait Greek Yogurt, 1 Package of Tillamook Cheese Slices, & 2 lb Brick of Medium Cheddar Cheese

(I was completely out of brick cheese so I price matched the Great Value Brand to the Fred Meyer’s ad for $3.50 (was not worth my gas to drive to Nampa to use my $1/1 coupon so I had no coupon for the cheese) I also price matched my Tillamook Cheese Slices to the Fred Meyer’s ad & used a $1/1 coupon. (Since I was buying more expensive items I tried to buy as many money maker items that I could.) I price matched the Gain for .89 cents at Walgreens and used my $1/1 coupon so I ended up making .11 cents on each one. The Reach floss was .97 cents I used $1/1 printable coupons making .03 cents on each one. I price matched the Welch’s Juice for $2.00 at Family Dollar used my $1/1 coupon making them $1.00. I also price matched the Finish Quantumatic Starter Kit for $3.00 at Big Lots & used a $3/1 printable coupon making them FREE! For the Yoplait Greek Yogurt I used a coupon I got in the mail for a FREE cup making it FREE! I had some slips from recycling a few items total of $1.20 that I also used on this purchase.)
SPENT: $7.98 + $3.95 (for my powerade coupons I bought on Ebay) = $11.93
SAVED: $56.82
# ITEMS: 40 Items (evens out to .29 cents per item including my cost of coupons)
-I got 38 bottles of Powerade & 2 Pillsbury Family Size Brownie Mixes
(These items were on sale for .49 cents each wyb in groups of 10. I ordered 12 $1/3 coupons for the Powerade which was for 36 of my bottles. I got 2 more Powerade & 2 Brownie Mixes so that I would have 40 items. Powerade is my husband’s favorite drink so when it goes around .30 cents I stock up. Yes I had my store order in extra to fill my coupons.)

WALGREENS (MARCH 19TH TRIP)
SPENT: .56 cents SAVED:$14.69 #ITEMS:  8 Items
I bought 6 Renuzit Adjustables, 1 Pure Protein Bar (not pictured bc my husband ate it) , & 1 EAS Bar
(I had a buy 3 get 3 free coupno for the Renuzit, $1/1 coupn for the protein bar & coupon that made the EAS bar free. I also used the in-ad coupon for the renuzit making them under .10 cents!)
ALBERTSON’S (MARCH 19TH TRIP)
SPENT$1.50    SAVED:$41.70     #ITEMS: 30 Items
-I bought 30 bottls of Propel Fitness Water
(They were on sale for .50 cents wyb10 I had $1/2 coupons making them FREE. I had to pay the .05 cent deposit for each one since I purchased them in OR. I called my store ahead and they ordered extra in for my coupons. Even after I bought mine on Saturday they still had it on the shelf and 10 cases in the back room.)