Diluted daily drivel

WalMart - Health and Beauty - 04/08/09

2009-04-08T17:20:00.002-04:00

4 Johnson & Johnson baby soap @ $2.17
2 Olay 2-pack bars @ $2.48
Rimmel Mascara @ $6.47
No Nonsense pantyhose @ $1.00
Retail total $21.11
Coupons $15.47
Net OOP $5.64 or 73% savings

WalMart - Groceries - 04/08/09

2009-04-08T17:08:00.003-04:00

3 Kraft salad dressing @ $1.58
2 Activia yogurt 4-pack $2.00
2 Danimals yogurt 4-pack $2.00
Nestle Good Start Formula $11.97
Retail $24.71
Formula check and coupons $16.50
Actual OOP $8.21 or 65% savings

Groceries so far this month $47.29
Restaurants $31.92
Rebate checks $58.18
Net food bill $21.03

***I will be calculating groceries + restaurants - rebate checks = net food bill

ACME trip # 2 04/02/09

2009-04-02T22:38:00.003-04:00

Cost $4.59!
Used the free ham coupon, the 2 free milk coupons, the $5 and $1 on your next order coupon which I had received this morning which brought our total even lower. When you calculate how much it cost and how much we got back in Catalina coupons, we had to make this trip. Received another $5 off next trip for the Post cereal, another $1 off next trip for the French's mustard, another 2 coupons for free gallons of milk (Kelloggs deal). It was a pretty good day. We are trying to keep costs low this month and eat from the pantry/freezer as much as possible and only buy necessities and sales that we just can't pass up. This will also push me to be more creative and make more from scratch.
Grocery total for the month so far: $39.08

ACME trip # 1 04/02/09

2009-04-02T22:32:00.002-04:00

Cost $34.49
Received a $5 off next trip for the Post cereal, $1 off next trip for the French's mustard, 2 coupons for free gallons of milk (Kelloggs deal) and a coupon for free ham/turkey breast or lasagna.

KMart - 02/22/09

2009-02-24T16:06:00.002-05:00

KMart was once again doubling coupons up to $2 this week in my area. There is a limit of 25 coupons per transaction so there was a total of 4 transactions done. Myself, my husband and we did this at 2 stores. It's very much worth it.

Retail $311.46 ($65.94 of that retail is diapers)
Paid $105.81 ($45.94 of that cost is diapers)

Works for me!

CVS - Week 02/15 - 02/21

2009-02-24T15:43:00.003-05:00

I did pretty well for going to CVS on a Saturday at the end of a sale. Here is what I purchased.

4 Stayfree pads at $3.99 each
Used 2 B1G1 coupons
Spent $7.98 out of pocket
Get $8 ECBs

3 Suave body washes at $1.99 each
Used 3$ off 2 any body washes CRT
Used 0.50 off 1
Get $2 ECBs
Net price 0.47 for 3

Buy 2 Neutrogena facial products get $10 ECBs
2 Neutrogena facial bars at $2.99 each
Get $10 ECBs
Free plus overage

1 Stayfree liner at $1.49
Used $2 off any Stayfree product CRT
Free plus overage

Sunday newspaper at $1.75 each
Added 3 Hershey bar @ 3/$2 to bring total up to over 20$ to use a $4/$20 CRT

When all was said and done it cost me $9.69 OOP and I received a total of $20.00 ECBs

Right now I have $46.00 in ECBs, a $4 off $20 CRT and I received a mailer yesterday with probably more $3 off $15 than I can use. But I will try!