Weekly Deals

I found a lot of great deals this week, especially at CVS. In fact, this week was my best CVS'ing trip ever.

First, my CVS trip:

Deals I focused on were: CVS 1 subject notebook, $0.99 with $0.99 ECB reward; PaperMate grip pens, $0.99 with $0.99 ECB reward; CVS 3 subject or 5 subject notebook, $3.99 with $3 ECB reward; Caliber scissors, $2.99 with $2.99 ECB reward; Caliber glue, $0.99 with $0.99 ECB reward; Caliber ruler, $0.99 with $0.99 ECB reward; Brita filter, 3 pack, $14.99 with $5 ECB reward; Gillette Fusion Razor, $7.99 with $4 ECB reward; Tylenol 8hr, $3.99 with $3 ECB reward, Kotex Light Days, 2/$7 with $2 ECB reward; and all Almay cosmetics, BIGIF.

Transaction 1:
2 CVS 3 subject notebook
3 packages of PaperMate pens
1 Gillette Fusion razor
2 boxes of Tylenol 8 hour
2 CVS 1 subject notebooks
2 pairs of Caliber scissors
2 Caliber wooden rulers
2 CVS 5 subject rulers

Used 2 $1/1 tylenol printable coupon
Used 1 $4/1 Gillette Fusion razor from newspaper insert
Used $3 in ECB's that printed out for me at the coupon machine
Used $27 in ECB's from last week.

Total before discounts and coupons: $51.98
Total OOP: $2.98
Total ECB's received: $30

Transaction 2:

2 boxes of Kotex Light Days
1 Brita Filter, 3 pack
2 Almay concealer sticks
1 reese's cup (filler)

Used 2 $1/1 Kotex printable coupons
Used $1/1 Brita filter printable coupon
Used $27.93 in ECB's from transaction #1.

Total value before discounts and coupons: $47.24
Total OOP: $.02
Total ECB's received for next week: $10

Now, for the grocery deals:

Price Chopper:
180z container of blueberries, $2 each, bought 2
Price Chopper tissues, $1 each, bought 2
Total before discounts: $12.76
Total OOP: $6.10
Saved $6.76 plus got $1 off per gallon for gas.

Big Y:
Colonna Pasta Sauce, BI at $2.49 get 2 free; bought 9
Polar Seltzer water, 10/$10, bought 8
Ace of Diamonds Tuna, $0.89, bought 5
Total before discounts: $43.38
Total OOP: $20.32
Saved $23.06

I also stopped at a fruit stand and picked up bananas, plums, and peaches for $4. In total, I stayed under budget for the week by $15!

What good deals did you score this week?

Weekly Deals

Weekly Deals

I did okay this week, both in CVS'ing and in grocery deals.

First, my trip to CVS:

The deals I focused on were: buy 4 Soy Joy bars at $1 each, get $4 in ECBs; buy Crest twin pack at $5.99, get $3 in ECBs; buy Tylenol at $4.99, get $2 in ECBs. I also wanted to buy a ThermaCare arm wrap for $2.49, get $2.49 in ECBs but had to settle for a rain check. We also needed some garbage bags, at $7.50 each.

Transaction:
Bought 20 Soy Joy bars
Bought 2 boxes of Tylenol (1 PM, 1 extra strength)
Bought 1 Crest twin pack
Bought 2 bags of garbage bags.

Used $10 off coupon that printed out for me at the machine
Used 2 $2 off 10 Soy Joy Bars coupon from newspaper insert
Used 5 BOGOF Soy Joy Bars coupon from newspaper insert
Used 2 $1 off Tylenol coupon
Used $13 in ECB's from last week

Total before discounts and coupons: $57.70
Total OOP: $17.97 (basically just paid for the garbage bags)
Total ECBs received: $27 to use next week!

Now, onto grocery deals. This picture shows just what I got at Price Chopper; Big Y had some great deals, too.

Price Chopper:

Transaction:
Strawberries, on sale for $1 each!! Bought 2.
Gillette Shave Foam, $2.29 on sale BOGO
Price Chopper Cheese Singles, on sale, $1, bought 5
Price Chopper Hydogen Peroxide, $0.99, bought 1 (needed for science experiment)
Bocca meatless chicken patties, on sale for $2.99, bought 4.

Used 2 $1 off 2 Bocca meatless products
Used 2 Dollar Doubler coupons from the Big Y flier

Total before discounts and coupons: $50.86
Total OOP: $23.24, plus I saved $0.30 per gallon on gas.

Big Y:

Big Y Shredded Cheese, $3.39 on sale B2G2Free! Bought 4.
Streamfresh veggies, on sale $1 each, bought 2
Total before discounts: $18.14
Total OOP: $8.78

What deals did you come across this week?

Weekly Deals

Weekly Deals

I didn't find too many good deals at CVS but I made up for it at the grocery store. Here are my CVS deals:


The deals I focused on were: buy $20 in Aveeno products, get $10 in ECB's; buy 2 Kotex at $7, get $2 in ECB's; and Kellogg's cereal at $1.88. I had $13 in ECB's from last week.

Transaction 1:
1 Aveeno radiance exfoliater, on sale for $7
1 Aveeno shampoo, on sale for $6.50
1 Aveeno conditioner, on sale for $6.50

Used $5 off of $15 coupon that printed out for me at the machine
Used 2 $2 off any Aveeno product printable coupon
Used $11 in ECB's from last week.
Total OOP: $0.00 and got $10 ECB's in return.

Transaction 2:
2 Kotex light days on sale 2/$7
1 box of Kellogg's Raisin Bran (for DH)

Used 1 $1 off Kellogg's Raisin Bran printable coupon
Used 1 $1.50 off 2 Kotex printable coupon
Used $2 in ECB's from last week.
Total OOP: $4.38 and got $2 ECB's in return

Total value for all products: $35.35
Total OOP: $4.38, saved 88%!
Total ECB's for next week: $12!

Now for grocery deals:
First stop, Stop and Shop:

Deals I focused on were Chicken of the Sea Solid White Tuna, 10/$10; Wish Bone dressing, 10/$10; and Francesco Rinauldi's pasta sauce, 10/$10.

Transaction:
6 Chicken of the Sea cans
2 Wish Bone dressings
7 Franceso Rinauldi sauce

Used 2 $0.75 off Wish Bone dressing coupons (making them $0.25 each!)
Used 2 double coupons, $0.50 money maker!

Total value of products: $25.67
Total OOP: $12.00, saved 47%!!

Big Y:

Deals I focused on were: Big Y oats, 10/$10; General Mills Cereal, 3/$6; Scotties facial tissues, 10/$10; Adironack Seltzer water, 10/$10; and International Delight Creamer, 10/$10.

Transaction:
8 International Delight creamers
2 Big Y oats
3 boxes of Honey Nut Cheerios
6 bottles of Adironack seltzer water

Used 1 $1 off 3 boxes of GM cereal
Used 2 $1 off 5 boxes of scotties tissues coupon
Used 2 $1 off 1 International Delight printable coupon
Used 5 Big Y double dollar coupons

Total value of products: $52.13
Total OOP: $22.30, saved 43%!!

Budget: $20 under budget this week, $224 left for June.

What good deals did you get this week?

Weekly Deals

Weekly Deals

This week they didn't have too many ECB deals at CVS, but I still got some great deals. The sales I focused on were: Kellogg's Special K Cereal, BIGIF; Always pads, 2/$6 get $2 ECB's back; Gillette Fusion Razor on sale $7.99 get $4 in ECB's back; and purchase two Banana Boat products get $7 in ECB's.

Transaction:
Bought 4 boxes of Special K
Bought 2 Always pads
Bought 1 Gillette Fusion razor
Bought 2 Banana Boat sunscreen products
Bought 1 bag of cotton balls.

Used $5 off of $25 coupon that printed out for me at the machine
Used $1 off 2 Always Pads from this weekend's coupon insert
Used 3 $1 off 1 box of Kellogg's Special K cereal (would have used four if I had four inserts)
Used 1 $4 off 1 Gillette Fusion razor from this weekend's coupon insert
Used 2 $2 off 1 Banana Boat product
Used $23 in ECB's from two weeks ago.

Total value before discounts and coupons: $60.70
Total paid OOP: $4.97
Total Saved: $55.73 with $13 in ECB's to use next week!

Now on to this week's grocery deals:

This week I hit up Price Chopper and Big Y.
Price Chopper:
Bumblbee tuna, 10/$10 (bought 6)
Nutri Grain Granola Bars, 2/$6
Near East Couscous, 10/$10 (bought 3)
Price Chopper Sour Cream, $0.99 (bought 2)
Price Chopper Cheese Ravioli, 10/$10 (bought 2)

Used $1 off 2 Nutri Grain Granola Bars coupon and a Big Y double coupon (PC takes competitor's coupons).

Total value of products before coupons and discounts: $33.55
Total OOP: $16.98
Total saved: $16.57 plus I saved $0.70 per gallon the next time I hit the gas station.

Big Y:
Big Y had a lot of BIGIF and BIG2F deals this week, which I am usually wary about. I bring a calculator with me to figure out the price per unit and see if it's really a deal. Like I suspected, some were still more expensive, but a couple items did work out to be great deals.

Big Y brown eggs, B1G2F (making them $0.73 each! bought three)
Country Time Pink Lemonade, on sale 2/$6 (bought 2)
Freihofer's wheat bread, B1G2F (making them $1.13 each! bought 3)
Harvest Pride Bagels B1G2F (making them $1.26 each! bought 6, 3 plain and 3 wheat)
Grapes, on sale $1.98/lb

Used 1 $1.50 off 2 Country Time Lemonade coupon

Total before discounts and coupons: $53.82
Total Paid OOP: $21.56
Total Saved: $32.26

I was able to stay $6 under budget this week, yay!

What good deals did you find?

Weekly Deals

Weekly Deals

Not too many grocery deals this week, but some awesome CVS deals!

I had $16 in ECB's left over from last week. These are the deals that I focused on:
Clearasil face wash, $3.99 w/$3.99 ECB reward; Revlon Nail Polish, $3.99 w/$3 ECB reward; Playtex Sport, $3.99 w/$3 ECB reward; Band-aid $2.99 w/$2 ECB reward;
Colgate Total $2.99 w/$2 ECB reward; Speedstick Pro, $3.99 w/$3.99 ECB reward;
Post Trail Mix Crunch Cereal, BIGIF

Transaction:
1 Clearasil face wash at $3.99
1 Revlon Nail Polish at $3.99
1 Playtex Sport at $3.99
2 boxes of Band-aids at $2.99 each
1 tube of Colgate Total at $2.99
2 Speedstick Pro at $3.99 each
2 boxes of Post Trail Mix Cereal at $4.97 for both

Used 1 $5 off $25 coupon that printed out for me at the machine
Used 1 $2 off any Clearasil product coupon from 4/19 SS
Used 1 $1 off any Revlon Color Product coupon from 4/26 SS
Used 1 $1 off Playtex Sport printable coupon
Used 1 $1 off Colgate Total coupon from 5/10 SS
Used 2 $2 off Post Trail Mix printable coupon
Used $16 in ECB's from last week.

Total value of products: $33.89
Total OOP: $3.89
Total ECB's received for next week: $23.97
Saved: 90%!

As for groceries, I was a little disappointed in the lack of sales. However, Stop and Shop had their natural hamburger buns on sale 2/$4, so I picked up some of those, and I also took advantage of their great sale on corn on the cob: 12 fresh picked ears for only $1.99!

My best deal this week came from Big Y. Once again, they offered double coupons in their flyer, and they had Miracle Whip on sale for $2.99 (reg. priced at $4.99). With my $1 off printable coupons that were doubled, I got three jars for only $0.99! They also had their sliced cheese on sale for only $1, so I stocked up on those, since it's the best deal I've seen so far for sliced cheese.

Did you get any great deals this week?

Weekly Deals

Weekly Deals

My regular grocery bill this week at the Super Walmart was only $52. I also got some great deals at CVS and local grocery stores.

First, my CVS deals:

This week I had $23 in ECB's left over from last week to use. CVS was having a sale on Kashi cereal, 2/$5, and on Orville Popcorn, 2/$5. If you bought $10 worth of popcorn, you got $5 in ECB's. They also had Dry Idea deodorant on sale 2/$5 with a $2 ECB reward, and a $2 ECB reward if you bought Colgate Enamel Protect for $3.99.
Transaction:
4 boxes of Kashi cereal at $2.50 each
4 boxes of Orville popcorn at $2.50 each
2 Dry Idea deodorant at $2.50 each
1 Colgate Enamel Protect at $3.99

Used 1 $5/$30 purchase that printed out for me at the machine
Used 2 $1.50/2 boxes of Kashi Cereal printable coupon
Used 2 $1/2 boxes of Orville popcorn from today's coupon insert
Used 2 $2/1 Dry Idea printable coupon
Used $16 in ECB's from last week (leaving me with $7 in ECB's from last week)
Total value: $30
Total OOP: $0.00
Total ECB's received: $9 (leaving me with $16 total to use next week).

I'm mostly excited about the Kashi cereal because we LOVE Kashi products in our home but don't buy it often because they can be pricey.

I did okay on grocery stores this week:

My biggest deal was the Wheat Thins. Big Y had double coupons in their flyer this week, and the Wheat Thins were on sale 2/$6. I just happened to have 5 $1 off Wheat Thin coupons, which were all doubled, so I got each box for $0.99.
The sliced cheese was on sale for 2/$3, the Romaine Hearts for 2/$5, the Near East couscous and rice 10/$10, the tuna for $0.88 each, and the grapes for $0.98/lb. They also had Philadelphia cream cheese bricks on sale for $0.99 each, and I had 3 $1/2 printable coupons, so I got them for $0.49 each.

Total value for the week: $156.13
Total spent OOP: $75.07
Saved: 58%

Weekly Deals

Weekly Deals

Today I went to CVS and took advantage of some great deals.

I started out with $13 in ECB's from last week. The deals I focused on were: but $10 in Colgate toothbrushes, get $5 in ECBs; buy 1 Schick Quattro on sale for $8.99, get $4 in ECB's; Buy 1 Bayer Aspirin quick release tablet on sale for $2, get $2 in ECB's; and but $15 in Nivea products get $5 in ECB's.

First transaction:

Bought 6 Colgate toothbrushes at $1.99 each

Bought 1 Shick Quattro razor at $8.99

Used $4/$20 that was emailed to me from CVS

Used 6 $1 off any Colgate toothbrush from the 4/26 insert.

Used 1 $4 off any Shick Quattro razor from the 4/26 insert.

Used $5 in ECB's from last week.

Value: $20.93

OOP: $1.93

ECB's received: $9

Second Transaction:

Bought 1 Bayer Aspirin at $2

Bought 2 Schick Quattro at $8.99 each

Bought one Nivea Beautiful Legs Tanning Lotion at $9.99

Bought one Nivea Body Wash on sale for $6.99

Used a $5/$25 coupon that printed out from the machine

Used $1 Bayer Aspirin that I found attached to the display

Used 2 $4 off Schick Quattro razor from 4/26 insert

Used 1 Buy 1 Nivea Tanning Lotion get a FREE Nivea Body Wash coupon from 5/10 insert

Used $8.99 ECB's from last week

Value: $36.96

OOP: $6.98

ECB's received: $15

Transaction 3:

Bought 2 Schick Quattro Trimmers at $8.99 each

Used 2 $4 off Schick Quattro from 4/26 insert

Used $9 in ECB's from transaction 1

Value: $17.98

OOP: $0.98

ECB's received: $8

Total value of all products: $75.87

Total OOP cost: $9.89

Total ECB's received for next week: $23

My memory card is full do I didn't take a picture of my grocery deals, but I stocked up on the following items that were on sale: coffee, bagels, mixed vegetables, juice, polar seltzer, grapes, ravioli, and cheese singles.

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Weekly Deals

Weekly Deals

This week I spent a little more than the past two weeks, but I got a lot of stuff for my dollars!

CVS:

Three boxes of Special K cereal, on sale 3/$10 with a $5 ECB reward

Two tubes of Colgate Max White, on sale $2.99 with a $2 ECB reward

One two pack of Zantrex, $4.99 with a $4.99 ECB reward

Kleenex tissues, buy one at $2.39 get one free

One bag of sunflower seeds that I used as a filler

I used: one $5 off of $25 coupon that printed out for me at the machine

Three $1 off Kellogs Special K cereal coupons

2 $1 off Colgate Max White toothpaste from newspaper insert

$9 in ECB's left over from last week.

Total cost before coupons and ECB's: $25.07

Total OOP cost: $6.05

Total ECB's received to use next week: $13.99

Grocery deals:

Not too many deals this week. Price Chopper had their garlic on sale, and I also picked up two box of Near East couscous that was on sale to try out. It didn't seem to have any harmful additives and I've been wanting to try couscous for a while. Total spent at PC: $4.50

Big Y had more on sale this week, and they were tripling coupons with a face value up to $0.99. Sadly, most of my coupons are a dollar off or more, but I did have two Heinz Vinegar coupons for $0.50 off, and since I use Vinegar for cleaning and washing laundry, I wanted to stock up. They also had President Feta Cheese on sale for $3.99 (I pay $4.18 at WalMart), 1lb carrots for 2/$1, and Big Y Lite Syrup, BIGIF. Total cost before coupons and discounts: $18.63. Total OOP: $9.66, so I saved about 50%.

This week I wanted to buy a drying rack to cut down on energy costs, and the Knight wanted to make tacos, and so I had to pick up vegetarian hamburger for that (which is expensive!) so I spent $89 total this week, more than the past two weeks but still $11 under budget.

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Weekly Deals and Bits and Pieces

I hope everyone had a great weekend, we had a simply fabulous one! Saturday I hit the stores and then headed up to my IL's house where the girls and the Knight were manning the yard sale. We put out one small table of things and ended up making $42, not bad for selling off random stuff we didn't want, and we got to declutter the house!

The Mermaid was absolutely adorable. I took this opportunity to teach her about recycling, money, and decluttering all at once and asked her to go through her toys and pick out the ones she wanted to sell, and she could keep the money. She picked out so many that at first I didn't think she understood that what "selling" meant, but it turns out she did and was willing to let go of so many toys. In fact, I ended up putting some of my favorites back when she wasn't looking, ones that I would like the next baby to play with! She ended up making around $25, and was very proud of herself.

We spent a lot of time out in the sunshine and the girls were thrilled that they didn't have to wear pants and long sleeves under their dresses (they insist on wearing dresses every day, so I have to put them on over their warmer clothes). All in all, it was a very relaxing weekend and I got some great deals on top of it!!

Grocery Deals:

I made two trips out to grocery stores this week, both to Big Y and Price Chopper. Big Y had double coupons up to $1 in their weekly flyer this week, so I went twice to take advantage of the great deals!

First trip:

Big Y had their Light Silk Soymilk on sale this week, 2/$5. I love this stuff and buy it every week, and I just so happened to three coupons for $1 off one. Double all three coupons and with the sale price, I got all three soymilks for $1.50 (regularly priced at $2.98 each at my local WalMart).

Price Chopper was also doubling coupons this week, but only for coupons from pet manufacturers. I had three coupons for whiskers cat food, $2 off one ten pack of food. Price Chopper happened to have them on sale for $4.99, with the coupons and double coupons it came to $3.12. Those packs will last us three months! I saved 89% with this trip.

My second trip to Price Chopper, they had on sale Special K cereal with strawberries (which I buy every week) and V8 Fusion (which I've recently fallen in love with), both products on sale 2/$5. I had two $1 off one V8 Fusion, so the total came to $8, I saved 50%.

Big Y had lots of great sales this week! I got mushrooms BIGIF, apples BIGIF, Romaine Lettuce BIGIF, Frosted Flakes on sale for $2.89, and Mission wraps one sale for $3. I had a coupon for the Frosted Flakes and the mission wraps, and also for the Cascadian Farms Organic cereal I picked up. After sale prices, coupons, and double coupons, it came to $15.84 (total value before discounts was $37.68

Finally, my trip to CVS:

The Palmolive was on sale for $0.88 each, and the Toms of Maine deodorant was on save for $4.99. The Schick Intuition was on sale for $8.99 and with a $4 ECB reward with purchase. I had a coupon for the razor and the Palmolive. Total value of products came to $15.74, after coupons and $10 in ECB's from last week, I paid $0.78 and got $4 back in ECB's to roll with next week.

My "normal" grocery bill this week came to $52, and after hitting the deals to stock my pantry up some more, the total for the week came to $79.62, so I was $20.38 under budget.

Weekly Deals and Bits and Pieces

Deals of the Week

I got some good deals this week.

Grocery deals:


Stop and Shop had Polar seltzer water on sale, 10/$10. I could live off this stuff. I bought five, saving me $1.25 off what I usually pay.

Price Chopper had Frehofer's wheat bread on sale, buy one get two free, saving me $2.00. They also had a sale on the four pack of 9 Lives cat food, $0.99 each. I bought three packs and saved $2.50 with that deal.
Then, I went CVS'ing. They had a sale on Aveeno products this week, buy $25 worth and get $10 in ECB's. They also had an ECB deal on Edge shaving gel and Act mouth rinse ($2.89 and $2.00, respecitively).

Transaction 1# bought one Edge shave gel at $2.89, got $2.89 back in ECB's. Price after ECB's is FREE.

Transaction #2: bought one ACT Total care mouth rinse at $4.99, used $1 off coupon from the Sunday paper insert, used the $2.89 ECB's from transaction 1, OOP cost: $1.16. Final price after $2 in ECB's that I got back: $0.84 overage.

Transaction #3: bought one ACT TOtal Care mouth rinse at $4.99, used another $1 off coupon from paper insert, used $2 in ECB's from transaction #2: OOP $2. Final price after $2 ECB's that I got back: FREE.

Transaction #4: Bought one Aveeno skin scrub at $7, 1 Aveeno daily moisturizer at $6, and 2 Aveeno body washes at $6 each, for a total cost of $25. I used $4 off of $20 coupon I got from CVS, four of the $2 off any Aveeno product that can print offline, and $2 in ECB's from transaction #3. Final OOP: $11.55, and I got $10 back in ECB's to roll with next week.

Total cost of products purchased: $37.83
Total out of pocket cost: $11.55
Saved: $26.25 with $10 in ECB's to use next week.

This week, my normal grocery bill only came to $62.00. Much better than the $85-$100 that it normally was. After stocking up, final money spent this week was still only $87, so I stayed $13 under budget this week, woot-woot!

Deals of the Week

Deals of the Week

This week I took my first shot at "CVSing":


Transaction #1: Venus Embrace Razor, $7.99 OOP (out of pocket). Get $4.00 in ECB's back.

Transaction #2: buy softsoap body wash, $4.99. - $4 in ECB's, = $0.99 OOP; get $4.99 in ECB's.

Transaction #3: Buy 1 box of Raisin Bran, $2 - $1 coupon = $1
Buy Pantene Pro V, 2/$7, $8 total - $4.99 ECB's = $3.01 OOP, get $2 in ECB's.

Transaction #4 2 boxes of Kotex Pads, 2/$9$9 - $1.50 coupon = $7.50 - $2 ECB's = $5.50 OOP, get $2 in ECB's

Transaction #5 Buy 2 CVS Tissues, get one free.$2.58 - $1 coupon = $1.58 - $2 ECB's = $0.42 overage.

Plus, Venus Embrace Razor has mail in rebate.
$33.56 normal price for all products, $9.50 is what I pay after ECB's, coupons, and rebate.

I could have done better with coupons, but I didn't have all the coupons that were out there, since I've only just now been saving the full inserts.

Here are my deals from Price Chopper:

Bananas, $0.48/lb. Price Chopper cheese slices, 2/$3, Price Chopper Sour Cream, $0.99 each, Price Chopper white bread twin pack, $1.99 each, and Price Chopper salad dressing, 2/$3

Price before discounts: $33.97. Price after discounts: $16.35

Our normal grocery bill this week came to only $69, and that was with easter shopping and shopping for chips, dip and soda because we had friends over Friday night. If those two events didn't happen, it could have easily come to $60. So, I had a little extra in the budget to build my stockpile, which is why I hit CVS, and I still stayed under budget.

It's still a lot of work because I'm not organized yet and I don't have all the best prices memorized, so I have to do a lot of math still to figure out by ounce if a deal is really a deal. But, so far it is worth and, and sad to say, I'm actually having fun with it!

Deals of the Week