Oct. 2010

OCTOBER DEALS


Oct. Budget (This is what I spent for the month of October. See what I got for $99.04 this month. All my deals are listed below.)

SPENT: $99.04      SAVED: $1,192.71       GOT: 624 Items




RITE AID TRIP
SPENT: $4.22 (STILL HAVE A $3.00 +UPR back to use on my next purchase) 
SAVED: $35.00
BOUGHT: 12 Items (evened out to .35 cents per item)
I bought 3 Crest Mouthwash, 1 Dawn Hand Renewal, 1 Ace Cold Compress, 2 Oral B Toothbrushes, 1 Aveeno Conditioner, 2 Crest Toothpaste, and 2 Chocolate Cherries


WAL-MART DOUBLER DEALS
SPENT: $9.23 
 SAVED: $58.00
BOUGHT: 38 ITEMS (evened out to .24 cents per item)
I bought 1 Blue Bunny Ice Cream 4 Packs of Activia Dessert Yogurt, 2 Stouffer’s Family Size Skillet Meals, 2 Kraft Shredded Cheese, 3 Packs of Jennie-O Turkey Bacon, 1 Starkist Tuna Salad Kit, 2 Kraft Salad Dressing, 2 Boxes of Nabisco 100 Calorie Packs, 1 Mr.Clean Magic Eraser, 4 Scotch Brite Sponges, 2 Boxes of Hefty Trash Bags, 4 Scotch Brite Bathroom Scrubbers, 1 Gain Dryer Sheets, 2 Boxes of Earth’s Best Baby Cereal, and 7 Jars of Earth’s Best Baby Food




WALGREENS
SPENT: $0 (FREE)        SAVED: $26.93        GOT: 7 ITEMS (all FREE, no tax)
I got 6 Nivea Lip Gloss, and a 5X7 Photo Collage


My Round Up Deals:
I went to Albertson's & Wal-Mart tonight to use the last of my coupons on the Round Ups, which Wal-Mart priced matched the Round Ups. I ended up getting everything for only $4.90!! Here are my deals...
ALBERTSON'S: Spent: $2.00      Saved: $80.38 
Got: 33 Items (evened out to .06 cents per item)
I bought 6 boxes of ActII Popcorn, 1 Lean Pocket, 1 Darigold Sour Cream, 7 Purina Beneful Dog Foods, and 18 boxes of Crest Toothpaste.
WAL-MART: Spent: $2.90       Saved: $73.00       Got: 62 Items
I bought 2 Greek Yogurt Cups, 9 Rolls of Bounty Paper Towels, 8 Bottles of Dawn Dish Soap, 1 Bumble Bee Tuna Pouch, 8 Bottles of Dial Hand Soap, 6 Colgate Toothbrushes, 6 Boxes of Colgate Toothpaste, 2 Similac Formula Ready Feeds, 10 Bottles of Gain Dish Soap, 8 Tide Travel Size Packs, and 3 Johnson First Aid Kits


**I will be using the toothpaste as Christmas gifts and donating some as well. I made sure to go the last day of the sale late at night so that I did not wipe out the shelves for other shoppers.**




ALBERTSON’S GM PROMO
SPENT: $9.00               SAVED: $79.45
GOT: 25 Items (evened out to .36 cents per item)
I got 8 Boxes of Betty Crocker Muffin Mixes, 8 Boxes of Betty Crocker Cake Mix, 5 Boxes of Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks, & 4 Tubs of Betty Crocker Frostings




WAL-MART DOUBLER DEALS
SPENT: $15.69               SAVED: $73.55
GOT: 42 Items (evened out to .37 cents per item)
I got 2 Boxes of Oreo Fudge Cremes, 2 Boxes of Hefty Trash Bags, 2 Tubs of Bakery Alphabet Cookies, White Cloud Toilet Paper 6 Mega Rolls, 2 BumbleBee Tuna Pouches, 1 Ghirardelli Bar, 2 Boxes of Ronzoni Pasta, 2 Simply Orange Orange Juices, 3 Gerber 2 Packs Baby Food, 12 Pack of Frigo String Cheese, Jamba Juice Smoothie Mix, 1 Bag of Baked Cheetos, Keebler Coconut Cookies, 8 Cans of Campbell Chunky Soup, 1 Northland Blueberry Juice, 1 Northland Cranberry Juice, 4 Herbal Essences Moose, 6 Boxes of Durex, and 1 Colgate Toothbrush
(2 boxes of cereal, 2 Salad Kits, and 2 juices pictured are my mom’s, I do her shopping for her occasionally)




RITE AID DEALS
(Trip #1) SPENT: .44 cents                    SAVED: $46.50
GOT: 11 Items (evened out to .04 cents per item)
I got 4 Purex 3-in-1 Packs, 1 Bags of Gummi Worms, 1 Toy Pack, 3 Tresseme Hair Spray, 1 Dove Conditioner, & 1 Bag of Mints (not pictured)
I paid .44 cents and got a $3.00 +Up Reward Back, making it a $2.56 money maker! (I used my $3/1 Purex coupons, a $5/3 Tresseme coupon, and $2/1 Rite Aid and a $1.50/1 Dove Peelie coupon, and a $5.00 off your $25.00 purchase coupon.)




(Trip #2) SPENT: .98 cents                   SAVED: $48.96
GOT: 7 Items (evened out to .14 cents per item)
I got 4 Purex 3-in-1 Packs, 2 Bags of Hershey Bliss Chocolates, and 1 Dish Scrubber
I paid .98 cents and got $4.00 back in +Up Rewards, making it a $3.00 money maker!! (Purex were BOGO I used 4 $3/1 coupons, 2 $1/1 coupons for the Bliss Candy, and a $5.00 off your $25.00 purchase coupon and 2 previous +Up Rewards that I had. Needed the $1.00 kitchen scrubber to use my $5.00 off coupon.)


LAST MINUTE DEALS




(WAL-MART) SPENT: $2.40           SAVED: $30.00 
 GOT: 60 Items (evened out to .04 cents per item)
I got 60 of the Marchaun Yakisoba Noodle Meals




(Wal-Mart) SPENT: .24 cents            SAVED: $5.00
GOT: 7 Items (evened out to .03 cents per item)
I got 6 Yakisoba Meals, and 1 Reach Floss


(RITE AID) SPENT: $1.49           SAVED: $30.00 
 GOT: 11 ITEMS (evened out to .13 cents per item)
I got 10 Fun Size Bags of Candy and 1 Jumbo Pack of Huggies Diapers




(TARGET) SPENT: $2.65           SAVED: $38.21             GOT: 35 Items
I got 8 Bars of Olay Soap, 11 Travel Size Clean & Clear Cleanser, 12 Goodlife Cat Food, 1 Tub of Cottonelle Wipes, 2 Boxes of Gorton Grilled Fillets, and 1 Pack of Kandoo Wipes (Everything was free except the fillets and Kandoo wipes. I had a coupon for a free tub of cottonelle wipes that I got in the mail from the get fresh promo.)




(RITE AID) SPENT: .26 cents        SAVED: $41.67
GOT: 10 Items (evened out to .02 cents per item)
I got 4 Pack of Disney Wooden Puzzles, 3 Toy Story Action Figures, 3 Toy Story Pez, 2 Hello Kitty Pez, Nyquil, Vicks Baby Rub, & a Classic Train Set. (I used a $5.00 off your $25.00 purchase coupon, Vicks Coupons, and +UPR that were money makers)


FRED MEYER DEALS
SPENT: $13.00           SAVED: $22.46
GOT: 14 Items (evened out to .92 cents per item)
I got 10 Loaves of Country Oven Bread, Tillamook 2 lb Brick of Cheese, & 3 Fruit Leathers




(FAMILY DOLLAR) Spent: $1.88 (.93 cents of it was tax)        Saved: $14.55
Got: 13 Items
I got 2 pairs of Cover Girl finger nail clipper, 1 CG Toe Nail Clippers, 1 CG Emery Board Pack, 1 CG Cuticle Remover, 1 CG Thin Tweezers, 1 CG File, 1 CG point tweezers, 1 Reach Floss, 1 Reach Toothbrush, 1 Pack of Gum Toothbrush Covers, and 2 Bottles of Armor All Wash & Wax (The Cover Girl items were on sale for $1.00, I used the $1/1 coupons from the P&G insert. The Reach floss and toothbrush were $1.00 I used the $1/1 coupons @ www.coupons.com. The Armor All Wash was on sale for $2.25 I used my $2/1 coupons I printed from their facebook page recently, making them .25 cents. The Gum Covers were $1.00, I used my .55/1 coupon making them .45 cents.)




MY ALBERTSON'S DEALS

SPENT$5.94           SAVED: $105.43          GOT: 45 items

I bought 1 Homestyle Mac & Cheese Dinner, 4 Charmin To Go, 2 Packs of Angel Soft Toilet Paper 24 Packs, 16 Boxes of Pillsbury Brownie Minis, and 20 Boxes of Pillsbury Cookie Mixes.



TRIP#2: (Had a friend pick me up 2 more packs of Angel Soft Toilet Paper. 
Spent: $5.00    Saved: $10.29    Got: 2 Items)




RITE AID DEALS

Got these two items and I made .69 cents!!







My Doubler Deals (First Week of Oct.)
Spent: $13.66 ($6.09 was tax)
Saved: $264.33      
Bought:152 Items (evened out to .08 cents per item)
 *12 Mentos Gum, 4 Nestle Toll House Morsels, 14 Butterfinger Snackerz, 8 Boxes of Nature Valley Granola Bars, 4 Darigold Milk Singles, 2 Packs of Oysters, 48 Cans of Del Monte Tomatoes, and 60 Cans of Del Monte Veggies*
(I bought $1/5 Del Monte Coupons off Ebay and when doubled I made a little money on the canned veggies which I used on my granola bars and tomatoes. I had coupons and doublers for all other items. The Nature Valley Granola Bars printed off a catalina which I used on my other items.)
russ-phone-pics-0342 I ended up with five extra $2.00 catalina’s back for buying the vegetables




My Summer Sausage Deal
Spent: $8.72     Saved:$52.00   
Bought20 Items (evened out to .43 cents per item!)
(I got 8 Summer Sausages, $6.00 worth of Chicken & Seafood from the Butcher Block, and 8 Charmin To Go Packs)

MY RITE AID CANDY DEAL!

SPENT: $0.00       SAVED:$50.00  
GOT: 18 Items
I bought 18 bags of candy and got them all for FREE. I paid nothing for my first transactions using coupons and previous +Up Rewards. I got back +Up Rewards for each bag I bought using those on my 2nd transaction. I ended up making around $3.00 after all my +Up Rewards back.