Savings Blog

Check out my Savings Blog!!! The link is on the sidebar!!! I LOVE COUPONS!!!!

Pantry/Storage

My storage under my stairs is getting full! I need to organize my pantry upstairs so that some things can go upstairs, but I feel rich with it being so full. You know one nice thing is that I have 5 packs of toilet paper! I HATE buying toilet paper. I feel like it's wasted money! HA but it's so necessary, so it's nice that I hopefully won't have to buy anymore for awhile or at least I can continue stocking up and won't have to almost run out like I usually do :)PS the basket on the bottom shelf is FULL of razors that I didn't pay more the $1 per pack (most are disposible BUT the nice ones, but there are a few NICE razors in there and the refills for those!!!)

Smith's 08-21-09

My cousin texted everyone the other day about 39 cent SOBE's and the killer savings at Smith's. She lives in Vegas so I didn't think anything of it. Then my mom called me today and said she got Hamburger Helper for 84 cents a box. I thought, huh, I wonder if that is part of the back to school sale Smiths & Albertsons are having here (BOX TOPS promotion). Well, they both were. I didn't get everything I need/wanted because I was going to pick up Bryce after I went shopping and I couldn't have anything that needed to be kept cold AND i didn't know what flavors of SOBE Bryce would drink, but this is what I did get

6 Boxes (the smaller ones) Cocoa Puffs
2 Boxes (the smaller ones) Trix
16 Boxes of Nature Valley Granola Bars
12 Boxes of Fruit Snacks--Gushers, Fruit Roll-ups & Fruit by the Foot
14 Boxes of Hamburger Helper

For a total of $57.90 + 2.97 Tax

Saved 68.18 in Fresh Values Savings
Saved $16.20 in coupons (I was short two items so I didn't have coupons for 2 of the Hamburger Helpers)

I'm not sure what the percentage of savings that is but it's more then 50%. It was $84.38 in savings. I bought 50 items which makes them all about $1.16 each. I know the cereal was really only 99 cents and the Hamburger Helper was only 64 cents each (well two were 84 cents each) BUT still $1.16 for a box of Nature Valley Granola Bars! Our lunches aren't going to know what hit them.

I'm going back for SOBE's and toaster strudels and some MEAT! LOL. Can't live without meat!!!

I also earned $7.00 in catalina's which I are good towards my next purchase. If I had been smart I would have done TWO transactions and I would have gotten another $7. I got them for the granola bars 5 or more got you $3.50 and the fruit snacks, 5 or more got you $3.50. I could have done 3 transactions and gotten another $4 I think, but oh well. I'm still learning and was in a hurry!

Walgreens 08-21-09

Well, I went to another Walgreens today in hopes to find the Huggies wipes deal (actually went to two but only shopped at one!) and I didn't find ANY. DUMB! I did buy a few items though

2 12 packs Toilet Paper ($4.99 each)
2 24 ct Tylenol Extra Strength ($4.29 each but Buy One Get One Free)
2 Kids Listerine
1 Carmex (I had to get my total to hit $25)

I used $11 in RR & I Buy one get one free listerine coupon, 1 $1 off listerine and 2 $1 off tylenol coupons and I paid $9.00 and I got $8 in RR back!

Can't complain about that.

Walgreens 08-19-2009

I figure it's time to really get cracking on getting my pantry and storage FULL before the baby gets here so that I don't have to do a lot of shopping for a little while. I went to Walgreens with HIGH hopes and couldn't figure out WHY it didn't work out the way I wanted it to BUT then realized that I still got good deals, just NOT everything I wanted :)

This is what I bought

Transaction #1

Softsoap Body Wash
3 pks Kotex Pads
2 pks 12 Roll Angel Soft Toliet Paper
1 Garnier Hair Spray

-3.00 in coupons for Kotex

Pd 25.77 (23.93+1.84 tax)

Register Rewards Received (good for next shopping trip)
$5--for spending $25
$4--Softsoap
$3--Kotex (when you buy 3)
$2--Garnier

Total $14

Transaction #2
1 12 Roll Angel Soft Toliet Paper
1 Softsoap Bodywash
2 Kids Listerine
3 Kotex Pads

-3.00 Kotex coupons
-5.29 Listerine BOGO
-1.00 Listerine (it looks like one of them didn't scan!)

Paid $21.19 ($19.24+1.95 tax)

RR Received
$5--for spending $25
$4--Softsoap
$3--Kotex
$3--Listerine

Total $15

Total Spent $46.96
RR Received $29

Total Out of Pocket Expense $17.96

The toliet paper alone are usually $7.99 each. I didn't have coupons for the toliet paper or did they get me register rewards but they were on sale for $4.99 so pretty much I paid for the toliet paper and tax!!