Publix Shopping Trip 11/17/2015

I made a quick stop into Publix today to pick up some items before the sale was over.  I ended up with overage so Publix paid me $2.70 for $38 of groceries!

2 Earth Balance Buttery Spread (size) ~ sale price B1G1 free (shelf price $3.99)
  -  (2) $1.00 Publix coupons
  -  (2) $1.00 printable coupons

Cost: $0.01 overage

2 Lender's Bagels 6ct ~ sale price B1G1 free (shelf price $1.75)
  -  (1) $1.00/2 printable coupon

Cost: $0.75

2 Pillsbury Toaster Strudels 6ct ~ sale price B1G1 free (shelf price $2.02)
  -  (1) $1.00/2 manufacturer coupon

Cost: $1.02

4 Flatout Fold It Flatbread 9oz ~ sale price B1G1 free (shelf price $2.99)
  -  (4) $1.00 Publix coupons
  -  (4) $1.50 printable coupons

Cost: $4.02 overage

4 International Delight Coffee Creamer 32oz ~ sale price B1G1 free (shelf price $2.59)
  -  (2) $1.00/2 Publix coupons
  -  (4) $1.00 printable coupons

Cost: $0.82 overage

Total Retail Cost: $37.84

Sale Savings: $18.97

Publix or Competitor Coupons: $8.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $14.00

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $3.08 overage (+$0.38 tax)

(I will get back $0.75 from Mobisave for Lender's Bagels.)

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 11/11/2015

First trip to Rite Aid this week.  I will likely go out again Friday to pick up the rest of the items I want.  My favorite store just got the register system update so we had to scan my items and coupons prior to scanning my card.

I had coupons from an insert for the Right Guard deodorants but they scanned as no matching item even though they matched the deodorants I was buying.  My cashier manually entered them and then once my card was scanned I was surprised to see the Load2Card coupon work.  Generally I prefer to give the cashier a paper coupon because I do not trust the Load2Card coupons to work and since we scanned my card after I did not know that the Load2Card would work.

Transaction #1 (Card #1)

2 Curad Ouchless Bandages 20ct ~ gold price $2.79 (shelf price $3.49)
  -  (1) $1.00/2 printable coupon

Cost: $4.58 (300 points, limit 2 monthly)

2 Right Guard Deodorant 4oz ~ sale price B1G1 free (shelf price $4.69)
  -  (1) $2.00/2 manufacturer coupon from 11/01 RP
  -  (1) $2.00/2 Load2Card coupon

Cost: $0.69

Total Retail Cost: $16.36

Wellness Plus Savings: $6.09

Rite Aid Coupons: $0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $5.00

Subtotal: $5.27 (+$0.50 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $5.77

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.00 (+$0.00 tax)

Plenti Points Earned: 600 ((2) 300 points from Curad)

 

(I will get $2.00 from SavingStar for purchasing 2 Right Guard Deodorant.  I will also get $0.20 from Ibotta for purchasing any brand deodorant.  I will also get $1.50 from Mobisave; $1.00 for purchasing Right Guard deodorant and $0.50 for purchasing Curad bandages.)

Getting Back to Couponing

I cannot believe four months have passed since my last post.  Life has been keeping me quite busy and I have not had time to do much shipping at all, nor have I had the motivation to do so.

Since my last post in June, I visited family in New York again for a month.  I am very thankful my husband was willing to be apart from Lily and I so that we could spend time with my aunt.  She had a stroke in January and discovered that she had cancer.  The doctor said she had 6 months to a year so I wanted to spend as much time with her as possible.  It was very hard to leave in August, especially when I received a call a few weeks after we left that my aunt was back in the hospital and her health was declining fairly rapidly.  She was released and able to return home.

She passed away a couple weeks ago and it has been difficult some days to find the motivation to get my binders cleaned out, clip coupons and write lists.  Thankfully with the stockpile I had built up we have not needed to do much shopping the past month.  We are running out of some things now though and I have been trying to get back into my normal shopping routine.

This past weekend we all went shopping together and we were able to get some really great deals which gave me a bit of motivation to get things in order for Super Doubles at Harris Teeter this week.  I hope everyone has a great a week with Super Doubles and I will be posting my hauls as well as some Rite Aid transactions.

Kroger Shopping Trip 6/15/2015

I wanted to stop into Kroger over the weekend but ended up not having time to so I stopped in today to pick up some things.  I did two transactions so I would get credit for both Kotex catalinas and for the Glad rebate on Ibotta.

In the first transaction I did not realize I had a digital coupon for the pizzas loaded onto my card so I handed the cashier three coupons.  One of the catalina coupons was printed poorly and the coupon would not scan the barcode so the cashier had the manually input it.  Since that was manually input the register took all three of my paper coupons with the digital coupon.

The Kimberly-Clark paper products ended up being a really good deal.  I love my Charmin but since I will be away for a month and my husband is not picky on toilet paper, I picked some up so he can use it.  Also we are going through toilet paper faster since Lily has been interested in potty training.  The $0.50 manufacturer coupon from 5/17 SS for the Cottonelle flushable cleansing clothes is valid on the 10ct package per Kimberly-Clark.  They consider that size a "travel" size and the coupon only excludes "trial" size so they said the coupon is valid to be used on the 10ct packs which is a cheap way to get up over the $20.00 mark to trigger the $5.00 catalina!

Transaction #1

1 Birds Eye Skillet Meal ~ mega sale price $2.99 (shelf price $3.99)
  -  (1) $1.00 peelie coupon

Cost: $1.99

1 DiGiorno Pizzas ~ mega sale price $4.49 (shelf price $5.99)
2 DiGiorno Primo Pizzas ~ mega sale price $4.49 (shelf price $6.99)
  -  (1) $1.05 ecoupon
  -  (1) $1.00 catalina coupon
  -  (1) $1.25 catalina coupon
  -  (1) $1.05 printable coupon

Cost: $9.12

1 Grain Berry Penne Pasta ~ sale price $1.57 (shelf price $2.69)
  -  (1) $1.57 ecoupon

Cost: $0.00

3 Snapple Teas ~ sale price $1.00 (shelf price $1.49)
  -  (1) $1.00 ecoupon Friday Freebie
  -  (2) $1.00 printable coupons

Cost: $0.00

1 Glad Container ~ mega sale price $1.50 (shelf price $2.69)
  -  (1) $1.00 manufacturer coupon

Cost: $0.50

2 U by Kotex Liners ~ sale price $1.00 (shelf price $1.49)

Cost: $2.00

Total Retail Cost: $36.79

Sale Savings: $12.26
Kroger Coupons: $2.57

Manufacturer Coupons: $8.35

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $13.61 (+$0.70 tax)

(I received a $2.00 catalina from purchasing 3 DiGiorno pizzas and a $2.00 catalina from purchasing 2 U by Kotex.)

(I will get back $1.00 from Ibotta for purchasing Glad.)

Computer Problems, Organizing Coupons

I have been very busy lately and have not been able to keep up with posting my shopping trips as I would like to.  My desktop is being repaired currently, some of my hardware gave out so I am waiting on new parts to come in so I can get back up and running with my own computer.  While my computer is being repaired I am sharing my husband's computer with him.  The other day when I was working on a few things my husband's computer stopped displaying after the power cut out briefly so that set me back on my postings as well.  I am going to try to go back and post my transactions from the past week or so that I have not had a chance to yet.

Some good news though, I found a few old zipper binders in my closet so I have been busy the past few days on rearranging and organizing my coupons and rain checks.  I decided to move all of my food coupons into the larger of the zipper binders I found and kept all of my non-food coupons in my blue binder.  The smaller zipper binder is only 1/2in so I plan on using that to hold my store coupons and rain checks.  I am still working on setting that up, I hope that everything will fit into it.

Target Shopping Trip 6/13/2015

I wanted to make a quick stop into Target to pick up a few things since the Cartwheel offers were expiring today.  My husband has been wanting to mix up some tea but we did not have a container to mix it in so I picked up some Rubbermaid containers for only $0.67 each!  I also picked up some Starbucks Iced Coffee which will be a moneymaker after the Ibotta rebates.  The cashier did not give me credit for my reusable bag in the first transaction so he gave me credit for two in my second transaction.

Transaction #1

1 Starbucks Iced Coffee 11oz ~ shelf price $1.99
  -  20% Cartwheel deducted $0.40
  -  (1) $1.00 printable coupon

Cost: $0.59

2 Rubbermaid Bottle 2qt ~ shelf price $1.97
  -  15% Cartwheel deducted $0.60
  -  (2) $1.00 manufacturer coupons from 5/17 SS

Cost: $1.34

Total Retail Cost: $5.93

Sale Savings: $0.00

Target Coupons: $1.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $3.00

  Gift Cards Used: $2.19

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.00 (+$0.26 tax)

(I will get back $1.00 from Ibotta for buying Starbucks.)

CVS Shopping Trip 6/13/2015

For once, everything went as planned at CVS!  I am very happy with what I got today, everything I bought was a moneymaker.  I am still trying to use up my ECBs and the remainder of my gift card to be done with CVS again but I was down to only $3.25 in ECBs so these moneymakers were very welcome to build back up a bit.

1 Dove Men+ Care Body Wash 13.5oz ~ sale price $4.00 (shelf price $6.29)
  -  (1) $1.50 off $4.00 purchase of Body Wash/Soap CVS coupon
  -  (1) $2.00 manufacturer coupon from 6/7 RP

Cost: $0.50

2 Colgate Max Fresh Toothpaste 6.0oz ~ sale price $2.99 (shelf price $3.99)
  -  (1) $2.00 off select Colgate CVS coupon
  -  (2) $1.00 printable coupons

Cost: $1.98 ($2.00 ECB, limit 2)

1 L'oreal Advanced Haircare Total Repair 5 Shampoo 1.7oz ~ shelf price $1.49
1 L'oreal Advanced Haircare Total Repair 5 Conditioner 1.7oz ~ shelf price $1.49
  -  (2) $1.00 printable coupons

Cost: $0.98 ($4.00 ECB wyb 2, limit 1)

Total Retail Cost: $17.25

CVS Sale Savings: $4.29

CVS Coupons: $3.50

Manufacturer Coupons: $6.00

ECBs Used: $3.25

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.21 (+$0.77 tax)

ECBs Earned: $8.00 ($4.00 ECB from L'oreal, $4.00 ECB from Colgate)

 

(I will get back $2.00 in my SavingStar account for purchasing Dove Men+ Care Body Wash.)

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 6/13/2015

I made a quick stop into Rite Aid tonight to pick up some Reach items.  I was hoping to get some kid's toothbrushes but they were still out so I just picked up some of the adult toothbrushes and got a rain check for the kid's.  I also had a $3.00 catalina that was expiring today which made the transaction a slight moneymaker for me.

2 Reach Complete Care Mouth Rinse 32oz ~ sale price $3.74 (shelf price $7.49)
  -  (2) $2.00 manufacturer coupons from 5/31 SS
2 Reach Curve Toothbrushes 1ct ~ sale price $1.99 (shelf price $3.99)
  -  (2) $1.00 manufacturer coupons from 5/31 SS

Cost: $5.46 (200 points wyb 2, limit 2)

$3.00 catalina coupon

Total Retail Cost: $22.96

Wellness Plus Savings: $11.50

Rite Aid Coupons: $0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $9.00

Subtotal: $2.46 (+$0.77 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $3.23

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.00 (+$0.00 tax)

Plenti Points Earned: 400 ((2) 200 points from Reach)

Harris Teeter Shopping Trip 6/7/2015

We made a quick stop into Harris Teeter to pick up my other weekend evic special.  I should have picked it up yesterday when I got the Belvita but I forgot to print the coupons.  My husband wanted some fries for dinner tonight and the Harris Teeter brand were on sale so we picked up some.

2 Frosted Flakes 15oz ~ evic price $1.47 (shelf price $3.49)
  -  (2) $0.50 printable coupons

Cost: $0.94

1 Harris Teeter Shoestring Fries 26oz ~ sale price $5.00/3 (shelf price $2.99)

Cost: $1.67

Total Retail Cost: $9.97

Sale Savings: $5.36

Manufacturer Coupons: $2.00

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $2.61 (+$0.07 tax)

(I will get back $0.20 from Ibotta for purchasing cereal.)

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 6/7/2015

Today was the last day to take advantage of the 30% off coupon!  I wanted to pick up some of the double packs of Clear hair care products.  I also had two Rite Aid coupons for Benefiber so I had planned on doing that deal as well but when my husband picked up the papers for me and I went searching in the SmartSource for the coupon, it was not there.  Our region did not get the coupon so that ruined one of my transactions a bit.

I was able to return and repurchase the Gillette razors I bought last Thursday on my bronze cards.  The manager that was at the store last week that helped do the return was not there and the manager that was had not done a Plenti point return previously.  The return was not going through and then they tried to do the return and repurchase with my other items in the same transaction and it made my total about $7 more than it should have been.  They voided out the transaction again and I stepped aside for another customer so they could checkout while the manager waited on a response from the other manager to figure out how we did the return last week.  She responded that returns need to be processed like a credit card transaction but that was not working so they offered to do a cash return instead and I said that was fine.  They hit the cash button and poof, the points went back onto my card and it ended the return transaction!

In total today I did four transactions at two different stores - had to find those Clear double packs!  Transactions 1 and 2 were the same, different cards.  Transactions 3 and 4 were only slightly different because I used $4 in catalinas on the fourth transaction, I forgot to use my $3 catalina on transaction 3.

Transaction #1-2 (Cards #1-2)

2 Clear Shampoo/Conditioner Bonus Pack ~ 30% off price $4.19 (shelf price $5.99)
  -  (2) $2.00 manufacturer coupons from 5/17 RP

Cost: $4.38 (200 points, limit 2)

$2.00 catalina coupon

Total Retail Cost: $11.98

Wellness Plus Savings: $3.60

Rite Aid Coupons: $0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $6.00

Subtotal: $2.38 (+$0.57 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $2.95

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.00 (+$0.00 tax)

Plenti Points Earned: 400 ((2) 200 points from Clear)

Kroger Shopping Trip 6/6/2015

I needed to stop into Kroger to pick up some of my Friday freebies because I had one about to expire.  We were also out of milk and since there are no sales on milk currently I used a rain check I got previously when milk was on sale for $1.99 a gallon.  (I had to wait to take my pictures since we had company, hence one of the milks was opened and partially used.)  I also had a best customer coupon for free Cheerios!

2 Kroger 2% Milk Gallon ~ rain check price $1.99 (shelf price $2.89)

Cost: $3.98

1 Cheerios 18oz ~ shelf price $3.99
  -  (1) $3.99 ecoupon

Cost: $0.00

1 Kraft BBQ Sauce 17.5oz ~ sale price $0.99 (shelf price $1.79)
  -  (1) $0.99 ecoupon

Cost: $0.00

1 BAI5 Beverage 18oz ~ sale price $1.67 (shelf price $2.19)
  -  (1) $1.67 ecoupon

Cost: $0.00

1 Hershey Caramels Milk Chocolate Candy Bar 1.1oz ~ shelf price $1.00
  -  (1) $1.00 ecoupon

Cost: $0.00

Total Retail Cost: $14.75

Rain Check Savings: $1.80

Sale Savings: $1.32
Kroger Coupons: $7.65

Manufacturer Coupons: $0.00

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $3.98 (+$0.06 tax)

 

(I will get back $0.60 from Ibotta; $0.20 for purchasing milk, $0.20 for purchasing BBQ sauce, and $0.20 for purchasing cereal.)

Harris Teeter Shopping Trip 6/6/2015

I made a quick stop into Harris Teeter to pick up my free Belvita!  Lily likes the bites and I thought they would be a great snack for the drive to New York in July so I asked the cashier if all the Belvita was included since the evic listed the soft bake.  She said all were included like last time so free snacks, woot!

1 Belvita Bites ~ evic price $0.00 (shelf price $3.79)

Cost: $0.00

Total Retail Cost: $3.79

Sale Savings: $3.79

Manufacturer Coupons: $0.00

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.00 (+$0.00 tax)

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 6/6/2015

I made a run to Rite Aid today to finish up some deals for this week.  I had tracking from earlier in the week for Covergirl on a few of my cards so I wanted to pick up some more clearance nail polish.  I also wanted to finish maxing out Tresemme on my cards and do the Gillette/Venus deal on my last gold card.  Unfortunately I was not able to get a Venus razor at the last store I stopped in, they had a few two days ago when I was there but none tonight and it was too late for me to make a stop into another store on the way home to pick one up.

Transaction #1 (Card #1)

10 Covergirl Nail Polish 0.11oz ~ clearance price $0.94 (shelf price $3.79)
  -  (10) $1.00 manufacturer coupons from 5/31 P&G

Cost: $0.60 overage (100 points wyb $10, limit 2)

4 Tresemme Hair Spray 11oz ~ sale price $4.00 (shelf price $5.79)
  -  (4) $2.00 manufacturer coupons from 5/17 RP

Cost: $8.00 (300 points wyb 2, limit 2)

Total Retail Cost: $61.06

Wellness Plus Savings: $35.66

Rite Aid Coupons: $0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $18.00

Subtotal: $7.40 (+$1.71 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $9.11

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.00 (+$0.00 tax)

Plenti Points Earned: 700 (100 points from Covergirl, (2) 300 points from Tresemme)

 

CVS Shopping Trip 6/6/2015

I needed to stop into CVS tonight because my ECBs were expiring.  When I was actively shopping at CVS before I had no problem with using my ECBs if they were a few days past expiration but when I tried a few weeks ago the associate gave me a hard time about me trying to use them so I wanted to avoid that again.  I am still trying to cash out of CVS to be done with them again so I picked up some Centrum vitamins which will be a moneymaker after the SavingStar rebates go through.  Excellent deal for me to turn some of my ECBs into cash. 

I also picked up the Propel water since it was free.  I still was about $2.50 short of using my last expiring ECB so I just grabbed a small pack of Charmin toilet paper.  I thought I had a $0.75 coupon with me but unfortunately did not but decided it was the best thing for me to pick up since we are low on toilet paper anyways.  Yes, $3.00 is expensive for a small 4 pack but toilet paper is the one item we are brand loyal with so we typically have to pay a bit more but we save enough on other items to offset.

1 Charmin Ultra Strong 4ct ~ sale price $3.00 (shelf price $4.49)

Cost: $3.00

1 Propel Electrolyte Water 25.4oz ~ sale price $1.25 (shelf price $1.67)

Cost: $1.25 ($1.25 ECB, limit 1)

1 Centrum Silver Men's Vitamins 65ct ~ shelf price $9.49
1 Centrum Gummy Vitamins 70ct ~ 50% off price $3.99 (shelf price $7.99)
  -  (2) $4.00 manufacturer coupons from 5/31 RP

Cost: $5.48

Total Retail Cost: $23.64

CVS Sale Savings: $5.91

CVS Coupons: $0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $8.00

ECBs Used: $8.00

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.21 (+$0.42 tax)

ECBs Earned: $1.25 ($1.25 ECB from Propel)

(I will get back $8.00 from SavingStar; $4.00 for purchasing Centrum Silver and $4.00 for purchasing Centrum Gummies.)

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 6/5/2015

Today I received a 30% off coupon in my email.  I wish I had known these were coming out since I bought razors at shelf price last night on my bronze cards.  The cashier told me to bring them back so we can return and purchase again with the 30% discount so I will get about $6.00 back.

This 30% coupon is good for the whole weekend, Friday thru Sunday and being that it covers two different sales weeks I wanted to test if it could be use more than once per card.  Some of the 30% coupons only work once per card but this one is allowed to be used multiple times.  After my transaction I asked the manager to do another transaction to test the 30% coupon.  I used the same card and the 30% coupon worked again no problem!

I just did one transaction tonight.  Now that I know a bit more about the 30% coupon I can plan my transactions for the next two days.  I still need to pick up a razor and cartridge on my second gold card and finish up the Covergirl deal on that card since it has the most tracking.

 

2 Venus Swirl Razor 1ct ~ 30% off price $6.99 (shelf price $9.99)
  -  (1) $3.00 Load2Card coupon
  -  (1) $4.00 catalina coupon

Cost: $6.98 (700 points, limit 2)

1 Tresemme Shampoo 28oz ~ sale price $4.00 (shelf price $5.79)
1 Tresemme Conditioner 28oz ~ sale price $4.00 (shelf price $5.79)
1 Tresemme Shampoo 32oz ~ sale price $4.00 (shelf price $5.79)
1 Tresemme Conditioner 32oz ~ sale price $4.00 (shelf price $5.79)
  -  (4) $2.00 manufacturer coupons from 5/17 RP

Cost $8.00 (300 points wyb 2, limit 2)

Total Retail Cost: $43.14

Wellness Plus Savings: $11.16

Rite Aid Coupons: $2.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $15.00

Subtotal: $14.98 (+$2.02 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $17.00

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.00 (+$0.00 tax)

Plenti Points Earned: 2,000 ((2) 700 points from Gillette, (2) 300 points from Tresemme)

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 6/4/2015

When at a Rite Aid a little bit further away from me I saw they still had some Gillette Men's Body cartridges on clearance for 50% off.  Since the coupons from the P&G require a razor and cartridge purchase I thought this would be a decent deal for me to do on my two non-gold cards if I bought a razor with each cartridge pack.  Transactions were the same just different cards.

Transactions #1-2

 

1 Gillette Body Cartridges 4ct ~ clearance price $9.14 (shelf price $18.29)
1 Gillette Fusion Proglide Razor 1ct ~ shelf price $9.99
  -  (1) $6.00 manufacturer coupon from 5/31 P&G

Cost: $13.13

Total Retail Cost: $28.28

Wellness Plus Savings: $9.15

Rite Aid Coupons: $0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $6.00

Subtotal: $13.13 (+$1.29 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $14.42

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.00 (+$0.00 tax)

Plenti Points Earned: 1,400 ((2) 700 points from Gillette)

Harris Teeter Shopping Trip 5/31/2015

I wanted to pick up my weekend evics today and thought I would try to get up to $50.00 to use a $10.00 off $50.00 Lowes Foods coupon.  I found some doughnuts marked down and I had a few bakery coupons left so I decided to pick them up.  The store had a lot of Lipton tea left which I was really surprised about since it is free this week.  I plan on going back to pick more up tomorrow.  I did make a bit of a booboo today though.  I thought my husband's phone had the Ibotta offer for the Ragu sauce as well but it did not so I bought one of them for no reason.  Oh well, it is my favorite sauce at least.

I picked up the Alexia vegetables because after my Ibotta offer of $0.30, coupon and catalina they should have been a money maker but the catalina did not print.  I had the offer that had printed for me previously though and showed it to the cashier, the manager that was on duty took me right over to the service counter and gave me $1.50 back in cash.

Edit: The $0.50 Ragu offer came back!  Thankfully I had no submitted the receipt yet so I was able to get credit for the Special K and the Ragu from transaction #1!

Transaction #1

1 Ragu Alfredo Pasta Sauce 16oz ~ sale price BOGO (shelf price $2.59)

Cost: $1.29

1 Special K Bars 6ct ~ sale price $2.50 (shelf price $2.59)
  -  (1) $0.75 printable coupon

Cost: $1.00

Total Retail Cost: $5.18

Sale Savings: $1.39

Clearance Savings: $0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $1.50

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $2.29 (+$0.06 tax)

(I will get back $0.50 from Ibotta for purchasing Special K bars.)
(Edit: I will get back $0.50 from Ibotta for purchasing Ragu.)

Publix Shopping Trip 5/31/2015

I wanted to do the gas card deal at Publix and I had $10.00 off $50.00 coupons from Lowes Foods which my Publix accepts.  I wanted to get a card for Exxon/Mobil so I could earn some Plenti points when we get gas to spend at Rite Aid.  I had a rain check for Huggies diapers which was written as $5.00 per pack when you buy two with a limit of four or I would have picked up some more.

2 Huggies size 1 Little Snugglers 32ct ~ rain check price $5.00 (shelf price $10.49)
2 Huggies size 4 Little Movers 24ct ~ rain check price $5.00 (shelf price $10.49)
  -  (4) $2.00 Publix "Celebrate Summer" coupons
  -  (4) $3.00 printable coupons
2 Huggies Wipes 64ct ~ shelf price $2.69
  -  (2) $2.69 free wipes wyb Huggies diapers Publix Baby Club
  -  (2) $0.75 printable coupons

Cost: $1.50 overage

1 Beneful Healthy Weight Dog Food 3.5lb ~ shelf price $4.99
  -  (1) $5.00 printable coupon

Cost: $0.01 overage

1 Publix Ranch Dressing 16oz ~ shelf price $1.61
  -  (1) $1.61 Publix free item coupon

Cost: $0.00

1 Glad Cling Wrap 100ft ~ shelf price $1.89
  -  (1) $0.75 Publix purple flyer coupon
  -  (1) $1.00 manufacturer coupon 5/3 SS

Cost: $0.14

4 Hellman's Bonus Size Mayonnaise 36oz ~ shelf price $4.05
  -  (4) $2.00 Publix green flyer coupon
  -  (4) $1.00 manufacturer coupon 5/17 RP

Cost: $4.20

1 Exxon/Mobil $50.00 Gas Card
  -  (1) $10.00 off $50.00 Gas Card Publix coupon

Cost: $40.00

$10.00 off $50.00 Lowes Foods Competitor Coupon

Total Retail Cost: $122.03

Rain Check Savings: $21.96

Publix or Competitor Coupons: $43.74

Manufacturer Coupons: $23.50

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $32.83 (+$2.13 tax)

(I will get back $1.00 from Ibotta for Glad Cling Wrap.)

Kroger Shopping Trip 5/31/2015

I needed to stop into Kroger to use my rain check for Country Time and Kool Aid since my coupons were expiring today.  I had also found some tearpad coupons for $1.50 off water wyb two Kool Aid or Country Time but it did not state a size on the water so I found single Kroger brand water bottles for $0.50 each and bought them.

8 Country Time Drink Mixes 19oz ~ rain check price $0.88 (shelf price $3.99)
  -  (4) $1.00/2 manufacturer coupons from 4/26 SS
12 Kool Aid Drink Mixes 19oz ~ rain check price $0.88 (shelf price $3.99)
4 Kroger Water 16.9oz ~ shelf price $0.50
  -  (2) $1.00/2 manufacturer coupons from 4/26 SS
  -  (4) $1.50 off water wyb 2 tearpad coupons

Cost: $7.60

Total Retail Cost: $81.80

Rain Check Savings: $62.20
Kroger Coupons: $0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $12.00

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $7.60 (+$0.39 tax)

JC Penney Shopping Trip 5/30/2015

I was very excited to stop into JC Penney to look for some more free clothes for Lily!  There was a promotion going on for JC Penney where you could text a code to receive a $10.00 coupon off any $10.00 or more purchase so I got one on my phone.  I was hoping to get one on my husband's phone as well but I was too late, the offers were gone.  We found some things on clearance though that Lily liked.  There was a Dora night gown which will be nice for her to wear this summer to sleep in.  Even though it has long sleeves the material is light and she can stick her feet out of the bottom if she wants.  We also found a shirt that we liked but it is a bit big for her still so it will wait in her closet until she can wear it.

1 Arizona Jean Knit Peasant Shirt ~ clearance price $4.99 (shelf price $16.00)

Cost: $4.99

1 Dora Night Gown ~ clearance price $5.99 (shelf price $28.00)

Cost: $5.99

$10.00 off $10.00 purchase coupon

Total Retail Cost: $44.00

Clearance Savings:$33.02

JC Penney Coupons: $10.00

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.98 (+$0.07 tax)

Best Buy Shopping Trip 5/30/2015

I love my rebate apps.  This weekend I downloaded a new app called Find & Save.  I referred my husband to sign up for it and we both got offers to save $5.00 on a $20.00 Best Buy purchase!  I have been wanting to get some seasons of NCIS on dvd so we stopped into our local Best Buy.  They did not have any older seasons.  I was hoping to get any of 1-9 because seasons 10 and 11 are still a bit expensive.  In store season 10 was $21.99 but I check the price on Amazon and it was only $16.99 so we looked for a cheap movie to reach our $20.00 minimum.  We found The Blind Side which was also cheaper on Amazon for $4.18 so we went to customer service to checkout with the price matches.  We had no problems price matching.

We submitted the receipt on my husband's app and waiting for the payment.  It should send to his PayPal account once approved and hopefully I will get my referral bonus as well.  I will update when they respond to his rebate submission.

1 NCIS Season 10 ~ price match $16.99 (shelf price $21.99)

Cost: $16.99

1 The Blind Side ~ price match $4.18 (shelf price $4.99)

Cost: $4.18

Total Retail Cost: $26.98

Price Match Savings: $5.81

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $21.17 (+$1.43 tax)

(We are waiting on response for $5.00 rebate from Find & Save as well as $20.00 referral bonus.)

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 5/29/2015

Today was the last day to use the Load2Card coupon for the GE Light Bulbs because it expired.  I wanted to use the coupon on my two non-gold cards to make a bit of points on both of them.  I did two transactions with two different cards.

Transaction #1 (Card #1)

1 GE 20W CFL Light Bulb 1ct ~ sale price $4.00 (shelf price $7.49)
  -  (1) $1.00 Load2Card coupon

Cost: $3.00 (400 points, limit 1)

 

Total Retail Cost: $7.49

Wellness Plus Savings: $3.49

Rite Aid Coupons: $0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $1.00

Subtotal: $3.00 (+$0.27 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $3.27

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.00 (+$0.00 tax)

Plenti Points Earned: 400 (400 points from GE Light Bulb)

 

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 5/28/2015

I had a $2.00 Rite Aid coupon for Purex in my email that was expiring today and I wanted to use.  I tried to print the $1.00 off 2 coupon but it was a Walgreens coupon so unfortunately I was only able to pick up one detergent for $0.99 instead of 2 for $2.00 because the single purchase price was $2.99.  I also picked up some more Simplify soda that is ringing up $0.25 making it free after points.  I went down a bit in points today but I did get back a $2.00 catalina for the L'oreal so a small moneymaker day.

1 Playtex Sport Liners 54ct ~ gold price $3.99 (shelf price $4.99)
1 Playtex Sport Pads 16ct ~ gold price $3.99 (shelf price $4.99)
  -  (1) $7.99 BOGO printable coupon
  -  (1) $3.00 printable coupon

Cost: $3.01 overage

1 GE 20W CFL Light Bulb 1ct ~ sale price $4.00 (shelf price $7.49)
  -  (1) $1.00 Load2Card coupon

Cost: $3.00 (400 points, limit 1)

2 L'oreal Evercurl Hydration Shampoo 8.5oz ~ gold price $5.59 (shelf price $6.99)
  -  (2) $2.00 printable coupons

Cost: $7.18 (500 points wyb 2, limit 2)

2 Simplify Orange Soda 2L ~ sale price $0.25 (shelf price $1.00)
6 Simplify Cola Soda 2L ~ sale price $0.25 (shelf price $1.00)

Cost: $2.00 (100 points wyb 4, limit 2 monthly)

1 Purex Free & Clear Laundry Detergent 50oz ~ sale price $2.99 (shelf price $5.99)
  -  (1) $2.00 Rite Aid email coupon

Cost: $0.99

Total Retail Cost: $45.44

Wellness Plus Savings: $17.29

Rite Aid Coupons: $2.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $15.99

Subtotal: $10.16 (+$1.65 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $11.81

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.00 (+$0.00 tax)

Plenti Points Earned: 1,100 (400 points from GE Light Bulb, 500 points from L'oreal Ever, (2) 100 points from Simplify Soda)

 

(I received a $2.00 catalina for purchasing L'oreal Ever.)

Food Lion Shopping Trip 5/27/2015

I stopped into Food Lion quickly to pick up an onion since I had not yet redeemed one of the CheckOut 51 offers for produce this week. Lily has slowed down on her banana eating so we have not been purchasing them as frequently. I am excited to try making some onion rings! We do not have a deep fryer but we are hoping that we will be able to make them on the stove instead.

1 Vidalia Onion 0.73lb ~ sale price $0.69/lb (shelf price $0.99/lb or $0.72)

Cost: $0.50

Total Retail Cost: $0.72

Sale Savings: $0.22

Food Lion Coupons: $0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $0.00

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.50 (+$0.01 tax)

(I will get back $0.25 from CheckOut 51 for purchasing onions.)

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 5/27/2015

My $0.75 Froot Loops coupons were expiring today so I wanted to stop into Rite Aid to use them up since Kellogg's cereal is on sale again. The store was completely out of Foot Loops, the cashier said they had quite a few boxes and someone came in and bought them all earlier in the day. With what time I was in the store I knew I would not be able to make it to another store before they closed unfortunately so sadly my coupons expired.

I was able to find some Band-Aids on clearance though and this store had the old bags still with the $5.00 off 3 coupons so I decided to do the deal. I was hoping the store would have enough cheaper Band-Aids or Gauze so I could max the deal out but unfortunately the cheaper Band-Aids were cleared out and there were only 2 gauze so I only did the deal once.  If I were not still trying to build my points I might have picked up some of the more expensive Band-Aids.  We are also fairly stocked on bandages and gauze right now so I decided to just do the best moneymaker I could to help build my points.

Typically I would wait and see if they get more gauze in later in the week because the trucks were due to arrive this Friday but due to the holiday this week the trucks were pushed to Tuesday of next week.  This means it has been over two and a half weeks since the stores have received new stock and many are quite low or completely out of items.

1 GE 23W CFL Light Bulb 1ct ~ sale price $4.00 (shelf price $7.49)
  -  (1) $1.00 Load2Card coupon

Cost: $3.00 (400 point, limit 1)

2 Band-Aid Spongebob Bandages 20ct ~ clearance price $2.14 (shelf price $4.29)
1 Johnson & Johnson First Aid Kit 1ct ~ shelf price $4.99
1 Johnson & Johnson Gauze Pads 3x3in 10ct ~ 50% off price $1.39 (shelf price $2.79)
  -  (1) $4.99 free First Aid Kit wyb 3 items peelie
  -  (1) $5.00/3 coupon found in the First Aid Kit

Cost: $0.67

Total Retail Cost: $23.85

Wellness Plus Savings: $9.19

Rite Aid Coupons: $0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $10.99

Subtotal: $3.67 (+$0.99 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $4.66

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.00 (+$0.00 tax)

Plenti Points Earned: 700 (400 points from GE Light Bulb, 300 points from Johnson & Johnson First Aid products)

BJ's Shopping Trip 5/27/2015

We needed bread so I made a quick stop into BJ's to pick up another free loaf.  My $0.20 Ibotta rebate came back so I made money on the bread!

1 Arnold Bread 24oz ~ shelf price $2.69
  -  (1) $2.69 free Arnold bread BJ's coupon

Cost: $0.00

Total Retail Cost: $2.69

BJ's Coupons: $2.69

Manufacturer Coupons: $0.00

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.00 (+$0.05 tax)

(I will get back $0.20 from Ibotta for purchasing bread.)

WalMart Shopping 5/24/2015

I wanted to pick up a few things in WalMart for Ibotta rebates.  There are $0.50 coupons for both the French's ketchup and mustard but I found coupons in a blinkie machine to buy the mustard and get the ketchup for free!  I did two transactions so I can submit for the rebate on both phones.  I would have done the Dr. Pepper rebates on both but I only had two coupons.

Transaction #1

1 French's Mustard 20oz ~ shelf price $1.77
1 French's Ketchup 20oz ~ shelf price $1.77
  -  (1) $1.77 Buy Mustard Get Ketchup Free blinkie coupon

Cost: $1.77

4 Dr. Pepper 2L ~ shelf price $1.00
  -  (2) $1.00/2 printable coupons (no longer available)

Cost: $2.00

Total Retail Cost: $7.54

Price Match Savings: $0.00

Clearance Savings: $0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $3.77

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $3.77 (+$0.34 tax) 

(I will receive $3.45 from Ibotta; $0.20 for purchasing ketchup, $2.00 for purchasing French's 20oz Mustard and Ketchup combo and $1.25 for purchasing 3 Dr. Pepper.)

Harris Teeter Shopping Trip 5/24/2015

Yesterday I forgot to pick up my free sweet tea from the Taste and Tell promotion on Facebook.  Since I was nearby I stopped in to pick it up.

1 Southern Breeze Sweet Tea 16ct ~ Taste and Tell price $0.00 (shelf price $3.49)

Cost: $0.00

Total Retail Cost: $3.49

Sale Savings: $3.49

Clearance Savings:$0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $0.00

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.00 (+$0.00 tax)

Harris Teeter Shopping Trip 5/23/2015

I had some really good evics this weekend and wanted to make sure I picked them up so we stopped into Harris Teeter on the way home. I did not have any coupons for anything which felt odd with how much we got but we still saved over 50% with just the evic prices!

 
2 Gold Fish Cheddar Crackers 6.6oz ~ evic price $0.57 (shelf price $2.25)

Cost: $1.14

3 Lays Potato Chips 10oz ~ evic price $1.97 (shelf price $4.29)

Cost: $5.91

2 Angel Food Cake ~ evic price $1.47 (shelf price $4.49)

Cost: $2.94

4 Red Raspberry 6oz ~ evic price $1.77 (shelf price $2.99)

Cost: $7.08

6 Arizona Ice Tea 23oz ~ evic 3/$1.00 (shelf price $0.99)

Cost: $1.98

2 Pepsi 16oz Bottles 6pk ~ evic $0.97 (shelf price $4.79)

Cost: $1.94

Total Retail Cost: $53.83

Sale Savings: $32.84

Clearance Savings:$0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $0.00

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $20.99 (+$0.60 tax)

BJ's Shopping Trip 5/23/2015

We stopped into BJ's to pick up some tables for our yard sale.  We have been planning on getting the tables regardless but when I went to the store the other day there was a sign up for an instant coupon savings of $5.00 per table.  We wanted to make sure we picked up the tables while they were $5.00 off so we stopped in tonight.

The tag had already been changed back for some reason to $48.89 with no mention of the $5.00 coupon but I took a picture of it the other day so I brought it up on my phone to double check the end date.  In the picture the price of the tables were $49.99 with the $5.00 coupon making them $44.99 which was only a savings of $3.90 per table since they raised the price when they put the coupon on the tables.

When the cashier scanned the tables they rang up $49.99 minus the $5.00 instant coupon.  I pointed out to the cashier that they were $48.89 on the tag and she called the manager over.  The manager went back to the tables and pulled the tags then redid my transaction and price adjusted the tables to $48.89 and the $5.00 coupons came off.

2 Lifetime 6ft Folding Tables ~ shelf price $49.99
  -  (2) $1.10 price adjustments because shelf tag said $48.89
  -  (2) $5.00 instant savings coupons

Cost: $87.78

Total Retail Cost: $99.98

BJ's Coupons: $12.20

Manufacturer Coupons: $0.00

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $87.78 (+$6.60 tax)

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 5/23/2015

I wanted to pick up some more of the Beneful Dog food today and use up my last purchase base coupon.  I still had a $5.00 off $50.00 purchase coupon from my main card that I wanted to use up this week since next week is going to be very slow.  I used 3 cards at different stores. 

I should have picked up 2 bags at the first store.  We stopped in a few different stores to look for freshness peelies on the bags which would have made these a money maker but were not able to find any more so and the last store we stopped in only had 4 bags left.  I did lose a bit in points today because of tax but overall a good day at Rite Aid.

Transaction #1 (Card #1)

 

4 Simplify Mountain Citrus Soda 2l ~ sale price $0.25 (shelf price $1.00) 

Cost: $1.00 (100 points wyb 4, limit 2 monthly)

1 Beneful Healthy Smile Dog Food 3.3lb ~ sale price $5.99 (shelf price $8.29)
  -  (1) $1.00 freshness peelie
  -  (1) $5.00 Load2Card coupon

Cost: $0.01 overage

Total Retail Cost: $12.29

Wellness Plus Savings: $5.30

Rite Aid Coupons: $1.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $5.00

Subtotal: $0.99 (+$0.40 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $0.00

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.99 (+$0.40 tax)

Plenti Points Earned: 200 (100 points from Simplify Soda, 100 points from Beneful Dog Food)

 

Sears Shopping Trip 5/23/2015

Since I called customer service about the points being deducted from my account and they linked the two accounts listed under my phone number I stopped getting the free $10.00 in points to spend at Kmart or Sears.  This week I finally got a free $10.00 but it was only to spend at Sears.  They closed the Sears in the local mall so it is a bit further for us to go to Sears but we wanted to pick up some more clothes for Lily.

The surprise points did not exclude clearance items but their clearance prices were more than the sale prices on most of the items.  They clearance were only a savings of 50% and some of the sale prices were 65% off.  We were able to pair the sale prices with a 15% off store coupon from the weekly flyer as well so we decided to just pick up something that was on sale since that would be the best value.  So do not be fooled by clearance items, sometimes the sale prices are better!

While looking through the clothes we found some cute red, white and blue dresses for Memorial Day.  We liked both and could not decide so we had Lily try them on to see which one we liked more.  She looked cute in both but we ended up getting the second one that she tried on.

1 Toddler Dress 2T ~ sale price $14.30 (shelf price $26.00)
  -  (1) 15% coupon deducted $2.15

Cost: $12.15

Total Retail Cost: $26.00

Sale Savings: $11.70

Sears Coupons: $2.15

Surprise Points: $10.00 (10000 points)

Shop Your Way Points: $2.15 (2150 points)

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.00 (+$0.00 tax)

Bath & Body Works Shopping Trip 5/23/2015

We made a quick stop into Bath & Body Works while we were in the mall to use up my other freebie coupon from the mailer I was sent last month.  This coupon was for a free trial size items so I picked up a vanilla scented body wash.

1 Wild Madagascar Vanilla Shower Gel 3oz ~ shelf price $5.00
  -  (1) $5.00 free item coupon

Cost: $0.00

Total Retail Cost: $5.00

Bath & Body Works Coupon: $5.00

Subtotal: $0.00 (+$0.00 tax)

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 5/22/2015

I am working on figuring out a new system for my non-insert coupons that will work for me since I cannot fit all of my coupons into my current binder.  I have also been focusing on getting things ready for the yard sale so I have been backing off from shopping a bit and will likely not be doing too many trips for a bit. 

I wanted to make sure I made it to Rite Aid today though because of the 30% off friend and family coupon today!  This transaction was a moneymaker for me even though I got some of the more expensive toothpastes and had to pay a little for them.  I was able to find two bags of Beneful with freshness peelies and a Tresemme Styler with a freshness peelie because the top was lost.  The freshness peelie from the Tresemme was gone, someone else must have peeled it off but I just asked the manager and he put a new coupon on it for me.

1 U by Kotex Regular Maxi 24ct ~ clearance price $2.14 (shelf price $4.49)
1 U by Kotex Long Maxi 20ct ~ 30% off price $3.14 (shelf price $4.49)
  -  (1) $3.00/2 peelie coupon
1 Huggies size 1 Little Snugglers Diapers 35ct ~ 30% off price $8.74 (shelf price $12.49)
1 Huggies size 2 Little Snugglers Diapers 32ct ~ 30% off price $8.74 (shelf price $12.49)
1 Huggies size 3 Little Movers Diapers 28ct ~ 30% off price $8.74 (shelf price $12.49)
  -  (3) $3.00 Rite Aid email coupons
  -  (3) $3.00 printable coupons

Cost: $10.50 (500 points wyb $20, limit 2 ($8.56 tracking from Sunday))

1 Beneful Original Dog Food 3.5lb ~ 30% off price $5.80 (shelf price $8.29)

1 Beneful Healthy Smile Dog Food 3.3lb ~ 30% off price $5.80 (shelf price $8.29)

  -  (2) $1.00 freshness peelies

  -  (1) $5.00 Load2Card coupon

  -  (1) $5.00 printable coupon

Cost: $0.40 overage (100 points, limit 2)

1 Tresemme Extra-Firm Control Mousse 10.5oz ~ sale price $3.99 (shelf price $5.79)

  -  (1) $1.00 freshness peelie

1 Tresemme Thermal Creations Heat Tamer Spray 8oz ~ sale price $3.99 (shelf price $5.79)

  -  (2) $2.00 manufacturer coupons from 5/17 RP

Cost: $2.98 (300 points wyb 2, limit 4 monthly)

5 Colgate Optic White Toothpaste 3.5oz ~ 30% off price $3.14 (shelf price $4.49)

  -  (5) $3.00 Rite Aid in-ad coupons

Cost: $0.70

4 Colgate Max Fresh Toothpaste 6oz ~ 30% off price $2.79 (shelf price $3.99)

  -  (4) $3.00 Rite Aid in-ad coupons

  -  (4) $0.50 manufacturer coupons from 5/17 SS

Cost: $2.84 overage

5 Colgate Total Toothpaste 4oz ~ 30% off price $2.65 (shelf price $3.79)

  -  (5) $3.00 Rite Aid in-ad coupons

  -  (4) $0.75 printable coupons

Cost: $4.75 overage

1 Playtex Sport Tampons/Liners Combo Pack 48ct ~ 30% off price $6.29 (shelf price $8.99)

1 Playtex Sport Tampons/Pads Combo Pack 32ct ~ 30% off price $6.29 (shelf price $8.99)

  -  (1) $7.99 BOGO printable coupon (no longer available)

  -  (1) $3.00 manufacturer coupon from 5/17 SS

Cost: $1.59 (100 points, limit 2)

$4.00 off $20.00 purchase coupon

Total Retail Cost: $149.95

Wellness Plus Savings: $46.18

Rite Aid Coupons: $58.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $41.99

Subtotal: $3.78 (+$6.19 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $9.97

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.00 (+$0.00 tax)

Plenti Points Earned: 1,700 ((2) 500 points from Huggies/U by Kotex products, (2) 100 points from Beneful Dog Food, 300 points from Tresemme, (2) 100 points from Playtex Combo Packs)

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 5/21/2015

I wanted to stop into Rite Aid today to earn some more points so that I had them to spend tomorrow when I use the 30% off coupon.  I had a $3.00 off $14.00 hair care purchase that I was able to pair with a few sales and other coupons I received to have it be a moneymaker transaction after the points I received.

For some reason the $3.00 hair care coupon which is a RC48 would not stack properly with the $1.00 RC49 Garnier Fructis coupons and said I needed to spend $0.05 more so the manager just did a post coupon for my last Garnier Fructis coupon and gave me $1.00 back in cash.

1 Tresemme Shampoo 32oz ~ sale price $3.99 (shelf price $5.79)
1 Tresemme Conditioner 32oz ~ sale price $3.99 (shelf price $5.79)
  -  (2) $2.00 manufacturer coupons from 5/17 RP

Cost: $3.98 (300 points wyb 2, limit 4 monthly)

1 Garnier Fructis Shampoo Bonus 17.3oz ~ sale price $2.99 (shelf price $4.49)
1 Garnier Fructis Conditioner Bonus 17.3oz ~ sale price $2.99 (shelf price $4.49)
1 Garnier Fructis Styler 8oz ~ sale price $2.99 (shelf price $4.49)
  -  (2) $1.00 Rite Aid email coupons
  -  (3) $2.00 manufacturer coupons from 4/26 RP

Cost: $0.97

$3.00 off $14.00 hair care purchase Rite Aid email coupon

Total Retail Cost: $25.05

Wellness Plus Savings: $8.10

Rite Aid Coupons: $5.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $10.00

Subtotal: $1.95 (+$0.94 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $2.89

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.00 (+$0.00 tax)

Plenti Points Earned: 300 (300 points from Tresemme)

(I got $1.00 back for doing a post coupon for the Garnier Fructis Rite Aid coupon the did not scan.)

BJ's Shopping Trip 5/21/2015

I needed to stop into BJ's to pick up some bread and bananas.  While there I looked at the tables we plan on getting for the yard sale and to my surprise there is a clipless coupon on them currently!  The coupon is for $5.00 and is good until May 28 so we have a little while to pick up some tables.  Hopefully this weekend we will be able to get them.  It does look like they raised the price on the tables slightly when they put the coupon on it, I hate when stores do that but still it is something we need to get and saving some money on them is better than nothing since we would be getting them regardless.

I was going to go through a normal checkout since I was using another free bread coupon and those need to be manually input since the max value exceeds the price of all of the Arnold breads in my local store.  The normal checkout was packed though and no one was at the self checkouts so I went there instead.  When I called over an associate to input my coupon he just overrode it instead of manually entering the price of the bread so it took the full $2.99 off!  So I got an extra $0.30 to help pay for the bananas.

1 Arnold Bread 24oz ~ shelf price $2.69
  -  (1) $2.99 free Arnold bread BJ's coupon

Cost: $0.30 overage

1 Bananas 3lb ~ shelf price $1.39

Cost: $1.39

 

Total Retail Cost: $4.08

BJ's Coupons: $2.99

Manufacturer Coupons: $0.00

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $1.09 (+$0.08 tax)

(I will get back $0.25 from CheckOut 51 for buying bananas.  I will also get back $0.40 from Ibotta; $0.20 for buying bananas and $0.20 for buying bread.)

 

Brian's Kroger Shopping Trip 5/19/2015

Lily and I stayed home today so Brian stopped at the store on his way home for me to pick up a few more gallons of milk while they were still on sale for $1.99.  While picking up the milk he glanced through the bakery department for clearance items.  We have been waiting for these small Reese's Pieces cakes to be marked down and he found one!  The milk was split into two transactions so we could submit for both Ibotta rebates.

Update: We tried some of the cake, it is ok in my opinion.  The cake was a bit dry, the flavor was alright but I was overall not very impressed.  Brian thought it was good but dry.  It is not something I will be actively looking for anymore.

Transaction #1

1 Gallon 2% Milk ~ sale price $1.99 (shelf price $2.89)

Cost: $1.99

1 Reese's Pieces Cake 14oz ~ clearance price $2.99 (shelf price $5.99)

Cost: $2.99

Total Retail Cost: $8.88

Sale Savings: $0.90

Clearance Savings: $3.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $0.00

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $4.98 (+$0.13 tax)

(I will get back $0.20 from Ibotta for purchasing milk.)

Target Shopping Trip 5/18/2015

I wanted to stop into Target today to pick up sunscreen before the Ibotta offers expired and the shelves are cleared.  With the Ibotta offer and SavingStar offer it makes the sunscreen a moneymaker!  One of the better deals on sunscreen I have gotten and we needed some.  Lily is enjoying playing outside and she got my fairer skin so she burns fairly easily and quickly.  I might go back later this week to pick up some more if I can make up another good scenario.

I found one of me favorite Target cashiers and waited in her line.  She coupons as well and we normally have a good chat about deals while I am checking out.  Just as I was up to checkout another associate came over and told her that she could go on break.  Sadness!

The new cashier rushed through scanning my coupons and the Target $1 Banana Boat coupons stuck together but she just put them all in the drawer.  I asked her to please check the coupons that there should have been two Target coupons and she found them stuck together so scanned the second one and it told her no matching item.  She read the coupon and wondered why it was doing that because I bought the right item so she put it through for me no problem I paid $10.09 for transaction #1.

Transaction #2 should have cost exactly the same, I got all the same items, all the same coupons but this time Lily distracted me so I missed watching the cashier scan the coupons.  She told me my total was $9.09 and I was a bit confused but paid, thanked her and then stepped out of the way so the people behind me could checkout.  It looks like when she was scanning my coupons for transaction #2 that she missed the $1.00 off of Hidden Valley mix and realizing she missed a coupon scanned one of the $2.00 manufacturer coupons for the Banana Boat again.  So the deal ended up being a bit better for me than I had planned.

Transaction #1

 
1 Hidden Valley Greek Yogurt Dip Mix 0.74oz ~ sale price $1.33 (shelf price $1.49)
  -  (1) $1.00 printable coupon from here

Cost: $0.33

1 Banana Boat Kids SPF 50 Sunscreen 8oz ~ shelf price $7.59
1 Banana Boat Sport SPF 50 Sunscreen 8oz ~ shelf price $7.59
  -  (1) $5 gift card wyb $15 Target coupon
  -  (2) $1.00 Target printable coupons
  -  (2) $2.00 hang tag coupons

Cost: $9.18

Total Retail Cost: $16.67

Sale Savings: $0.16

Target Coupons: $2.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $5.00

  Gift Cards Used: $10.09

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.00 (+$0.58 tax)

(I got a $5 gift card from $15 of sunscreen.)

(I will get back $3.50 from Ibotta; $1.25 for Banana Boat Kids, $1.25 for Banana Boat Sport, and $1.00 bonus for buying 2 different Banana Boat products.  I will get $0.50 back from CheckOut 51 for buying a Hidden Valley mix.)

CVS Shopping Trip 5/18/2015

Again CVS frustrates me.  Previously I have been allowed to use expired ECBs, but the manager gave me an attitude about it.  I told her I was not able to spend them because they never have the items I want in stock!  For a few weeks now I have been trying to get Glade Kits and all the stores are out still.  Most of the stores do not carry the Viva paper towels either, I still have rain checks for them that I cannot redeem because I cannot find the product.

So I spent down a few ECBs, turned it into cash through Ibotta and CheckOut 51.  I still have $12.92 to spend on my gift card before I stop going to CVS.  There are quite a few deals this week surprisingly at CVS that I can actually do this week, that is if they have stock of the items.  Most of the time I do not get the right coupons from the red machine to get very good deals.

I wanted to stop in today just to pick up some Glade Candles so I could get the extra $0.75 back from Ibotta.  I picked up another free bag and a bag of orange slices so that I could use $3.98 of ECBs.  I am not too interested in trying much more of the Gold Emblem Brand items.  I was going to pick up more popcorn but after trying some I will not be buying more.  The white cheddar is really sweet for some reason and it just does not taste right.  Lily seems to enjoy it because it is sweet but I will not eat it.

2 Glade Candles 4oz ~ sale price $2.75 (shelf price $4.59)
  -  (2) $1.00 printable coupons

Cost: $3.50 ($2 ECB wyb 2, limit 1)

1 CVS Bag ~ shelf price $0.99
1 Gold Emblem Orange Slices 7oz ~ shelf price $0.99
  -  $0.99 free coupon
  -  30% CVS brand $0.30

Cost: $0.69

Total Retail Cost: $11.16

CVS Sale Savings: $3.68

CVS Coupons: $1.29

Manufacturer Coupons: $2.00

ECBs Used: $3.98

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.21 (+$0.42 tax)

ECBs Earned: $2.00 ($2 ECB from Glade)

(I will get back $2.00 from CheckOut 51 for buying 2 Glade Candles.  I will also get back $0.75 from Ibotta for buying 2 Glade Candles.)

Harris Teeter Shopping Trip 5/18/2015

Made a quick stop into Harris Teeter to pick up some more peanut butter.  I had 3 coupons left to use and since the Ibotta offer for peanut butter came back, I bought each of them in a separate transaction.  I could have bought two in one of the transactions since I only have my account and my husband's to redeem but if the offer resets again I want to be able to get credit for the third jar of peanut butter as well.  I just did one picture, transactions were the same except for the Ibotta credits.

Transactions #1-3

1 Skippy Peanut Butter 16.3oz ~ sale price BOGO (shelf price $3.29)
  -  (1) $0.55 printable coupon (no longer available)
  -  (1) $0.55 doubled coupon

Cost: $0.54

Total Retail Cost: $3.29

Sale Savings: $1.65

Clearance Savings:$0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $1.10

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.54 (+$0.02 tax)

(I will get back $0.20 for transactions #1 and #2 from Ibotta for purchasing peanut butter.)

SavingStar Freebie expires 5/20/2015

SavingStar has not had a Friday Freebie item the past two weeks.  This morning when I went to add my new produce offer this deal was there as well.  So pick up a bottle of Ajax for free!  I cannot find any coupons to pair with it.

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 5/17/2015

We stopped into Rite Aid today on our way to dinner for Mother's Day.  Yes, we went out a week late because last year when we went on Mother's Day it was very crowded and I did not mind waiting a weekend to go.  It was nice to have the restaurant a bit quieter and not feel rushed to get through dinner.
 
I mainly wanted to get prices of some items today so I can make up scenarios for later in the week.  I was hoping to use the 30% off coupons to get some good deals on items and wanted to know what items the 30% would effect.  When I asked the manager if she knew about the 30% coupon for Friday she said "yes!" and went into the office to get one for me!  She said that all of the associates were given 4 to give to family and friends and she said that she only has one family member that will use them so the other three she hands out to some of the customers.  Very excited to get one, I was not sure what type of 30% coupon this would be, sometimes when Rite Aid has a 30% coupon day they sent a package of the coupons for the cashiers to put on the counter and other times they are given to associates to hand out like this coming week.  Since it looks like I will only be getting one of these coupons unless I get lucky later on in the week, I am trying to plan getting as much as I can on Friday that will benefit from the extra bonus.

I did want to pick up some U by Kotex that were on clearance because I knew I could combine them with some packs of Huggies diapers to make a good deal.  The Huggies diapers are on sale this week for $8.99 but they are $12.49 shelf price so the 30% will apply, it will make them $8.74 each.  Since I bought the U by Kotex on one of my gold cards, I am stuck using my 30% coupon on it.  I was hoping to use the 30% off on my card that I still have a $5 off $50 coupon for but I still have another week to figure out how I want to use that coupon if I cannot get another 30%.

All of the U by Kotex of similar size are shelf price $4.49 but the clearance items were marked as a shelf price of $4.29 and rang up with that shelf price as well.  They were 50% off, marked $2.14 but rang up at $2.24 for some reason.  The manager was helping me checkout and she caught the price difference.  She manually changed the price to $2.14 for each since that is how they were marked and should be ringing up.  I was the first person she has had use Plenti points, she seemed impressed it just paid for everything automatically when I input the pin number and just spit out my receipt.

4 U by Kotex Regular Maxi 24ct ~ clearance price $2.14 (shelf price $4.29)
  -  (2) $3.00/2 peelie coupons

Cost: $2.56 ($5.00 wyb $15.00 ($8.56 tracking), limit 2)

Total Retail Cost: $17.16

Wellness Plus Savings: $8.60

Rite Aid Coupons: $0.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $6.00

Subtotal: $2.56 (+$0.58 tax)
Plenti Points Used: $3.14

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.00 (+$0.00 tax)

Plenti Points Earned: 0