Sunday, May 31, 2009

Double Coupons at Bashas!

I was a little skeptical going to Bashas last night, because all the other savings blogs have not had much luck with picked over stores. I went to the Bashas on Signal Butte and Apache Trail because it's smaller and less busy. It was a good decision - I scored some great deals. They were out of the Tree Top apple juice & Playtex gloves and some other stuff, but all in all, I did ok. I had to get some essential stuff (water, cooking oil, cooking spray, etc.) so my totals weren't as low as I wanted, but I am happy with my deals. I had $5/30 Qs for each of my 3 transactions. Here are the breakdowns...
#1
1.49 Bashas crusty bread FREE
1.00 Dole pineapple (2) FREE
2.69 Cooking spray 2.69
3.79 Vegetable oil 3.79 Man! That's expensive!
.20 Kool Aid packet (10) .10/each
1.00 Kraft Easy Mac (6) FREE
2.25 Kraft Deluxe Mac n Cheese (3) .25/each
1.69 Ronzoni Smart pasta (3) FREE
1.29 Trident FREE
No tax
31.08 subtotal
Total after coupons = 3.23 OOP
Received $1 OYNO from Kraft
#2
1.99 Aunt Jemima syrup (2) .99/each
1.00 Gerber baby food (5) $1/each - needed this
2.50 Frosted Flakes (3) .50/each
2.50 Triscuits (3) .50/each
2.50 Wheat Thins (3) .50/each
2.00 Orrowheat Mini Loaf FREE
1.99 Quaker Oatmeal Pancake Mix (2) FREE
2.29 Smuckers topping .29
No tax
37.76 subtotal
Total after coupons = 5.25 OOP
This total wasn't as close to $30, so the OOP was more. The cashier was getting irritated and accusing me of photocopying coupons (even after I smudged one to show her it was printed), so I just dropped it. You have to pick your battles with crazy cashiers.
#3
1.57 Bashas milk (4)
3.88 water
1.49 eggs
2.50 Capri Sun .50
4.49 Cascade rinse agent FREE
1.00 Chef Boyardee Ravioli (4) .75/each Should have been .50/each
1.00 Hunts snack packs (3) .67/each Should have been .33/each
3.99 Jose Ole taquitos 1.99
2.50 Frosted Flakes .50/each
2.50 Triscuits .50/each
2.50 Wheat Thins .50/each
2.00 Peter Pan PB 1.00 Should have been free
2.50 Reddi Whip 1.50 Should have been .50
1.00 Rosarita refried beans (4)
1.88 Right Guard deodorant FREE
.51 tax
48.02 subtotal
The items in red I purchased for the $5 OYNO summertime savings promotion. I had Hunts home mailer Qs for almost all of it. Towards the end of this transation, the cashier decided to stop doubling Qs that said DND. She let all the rest of them go through on the previous transactions, but I think she reached her limit and wanted to stick it to me. That's fine. I should have put some of this stuff back to be closer to $30 and just came back later, but I had to get home to put Maddie to bed.
Total after coupons = 18.82 OOP, if cashier wasn't angry at the world, my OOP would have been $14.82.
Received $5 OYNO from Hunts/ConAgra
SUMMARY: Between sales prices and coupons, I bought $247.47 worth of groceries for $22.30 = 91% savings!

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Another Fry's Trip!

I had to make one more run to Fry's before the big coupon event ended! 2.59 Cat food (3) .49/each
1.00 Dial soap FREE
2.00 Brownie Mix (2) 1.50/each

Thursday, May 21, 2009

BBQ Sauce for Life!

After vacation and a family wedding, I have been checked out of the coupon world for a little bit. I made a trip to Fry's to enjoy the double, triple, quadruple coupon event! The only snag I ran into was with the BBQ sauce. There was a $3 catalina that should have printed out after buying 6 Kraft BBQ sauces. But nothing printed out. :( I got them all for free, but I might still call the catalina company to find out what happened. The promotion was supposed to run until 5/24.
Here's the summary after my coupons were doubled, tripled, & quadrupled...

1.00 Kraft BBQ Sauce (12) FREE
1.00 Angel Soft 4 pack TP (2) FREE
1.00 Cattleman's BBQ Sauce (2) FREE
1.00 Fast Fixins Chicken Nuggets (10) FREE
1.00 Oral B Toothbrush (3) FREE
1.00 Maruchan Yakisoba Meals (2) FREE
1.00 Weber Grilling Spices FREE
1.00 Carefree Liners (2) FREE
1.00 Dial Hand Soap (2) FREE
1.29 Spam Singles .29
1.00 Reach Toothbrush FREE
1.00 Betty Crocker Potato Pouch FREE
1.79 Ragu Spaghetti Sauce .79
Total OOP 2.96 (97% savings)

Monday, May 18, 2009

I'm Alive!

I have been on vacation & visiting with out of town family, so I have been on couponing vacation. I am anxious to get back into the swing of things especially with all of the great Kraft coupons floating around! I am going out today in search of some great deals!

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Whew! I am tired!

5/1 CVS, Fry's, & Safeway - Profit of $3.61!I have no idea why this picture is up on its end. I have imported it a few times and it's just being difficult. So turn your montitors sideways. :)
I'll do a quick summary since this is a late post and the sales are over. I went to Fry's on a hunt for .09 Mahatma rice, but they didn't have it on sale. Oh well, I did get the Softsoap for .30 each. Then, I went to Safeway for free cookies! I got my Dial for $1-.35/1 Q doubled=.30. They also had softsoap on sale for $1, so had I known, I could have cut out the Fry's trip. Oh well. Then, I went to CVS. I got the nuts for free (from CRT Qs) and the hanging hooks were also free from IP Qs. I received $5 eb's for the hooks.

Now, onto the real story...
my most successful couponing trip ever.
Total cost (including tax) $3.38!!!
Kmart Super Double Coupon Event... I love you.


Transaction #1
2.75 Ponds Towelettes (4) 3 at .75, 1 at .25
3.49 Dry Idea deodorant (2) FREE
1.29 Kotex (5) FREE
4.79 Aveeno baby lotion (3) .79 each
3.19 Ziploc containers (2) 1.69 each
1.09 Huggies travel wipes FREE
3.99 V8 VFusion Juice FREE
1.91 tax
54.25 subtotal
-$5/50 Kmart IP Q
-1/1 Ponds 3/29SS Q (3)
-1.25/1 Ponds 3/29SS Q
-2/1 Dry Idea IP Q (2)
-.75/1 Kotex 4/5SS (5)
-2/1 Aveeno IP Q (3)
-1.50/2 Ziploc 3/15SS
-1/1 Huggies 4/26SS
-2/1 V8 Juice IP Q (2)
.66 total paid oop (99% savings!)


Transaction #2
2.00 Goodlife cat treats (2) FREE
2.99 Softscrub sponges FREE
1.79 Hartz cat treats (2) FREE
3.89 Cascade rinse agent FREE
3.29 Oust FREE
4.19 Pledge wipes (2) .19 each
2.19 Friskies cat treat .19
1.69 Friskies cat treat FREE
1.25 Suddenly Pasta Salad (2) .45 each
3.00 Propel 6 pack $1
2.29 Bumble Bee Tuna .29
2.69 Capri Sun (3) .69 each
1.00 Vitamin Water (7) FREE
1.21 tax
57.96 subtotal
-$5/50 Kmart IP Q
-1/1 Goodlife IP Q (2)
-1.50/1 Softscrub 3/8SS
-1/1 Hartz 4/5SS (2)
-1/1 Friskies 3/1SS (2)
-.40/1 Suddenly Salad IP Q (2)
-1/1 Propel CRT
-1/1 Bumble Bee Tuna Q
-1/1 Capri Sun 4/19SS Q (3)
-.50/1 Vitamin Water Ip Q (7)
.94 total paid oop (98% savings!)


Transaction #3
1.99 Hawaiian Tropic chapstick (22) FREE
1.79 Renuzit Spray FREE
1.00 Vitamin Water (4) FREE
1.52 tax
51.09 subtotal
-5/50 Kmart IP Q
-1/1 Hawaiian Tropic Q found next to display (22)
-1/1 Renuzit 3/22SS
-.50/1 Vitamin Water Ip Q (4)
.52 total paid oop (99% savings!)

Transaction #4
1.99 Hawaiian Tropic chapstick (3) FREE
1.00 Lifesavers (filler) 1.00
3.00 Hershey's Bliss chocolate (filler) 3.00
1.00 Vitamin Water (41) FREE
.27 tax
51.24 subtotal
-5/50 Kmart IP Q
-1/1 Hawaiian Tropic Q found next to display (3)
-.50/1 Vitamin Water Ip Q (41)

1.26 total paid OOP (99% savings!)


WOW. $214.54 worth of groceries for $3.38! I gave the cute girl at the cash register a couple of Vitamin Water coupons for her help - it was a lot of work ringing up all that stuff!

And one more run...


Walmart
.92 Velveeta microwave cups (8) .17 each
.57 tax
7.93
-1.50/2 Veleveeta IP Q (4)
1.93 total OOP

Target
1.99 Kraft mayo (4) .48 each
-1/2 Target IP Q (2)
-1/1 Kraft mayo sunday paper Q (4)
.31 tax
2.27 total OOP

Superstition Ranch Market (farmer's market)
.34/lb strawberries (8 lbs.) 2.72 for 8 lbs!
.34/lb green seedless grapes .41 for a bag of grapes
.25/lb seedless watermelon 2.05 for an 8lb seedless watermelon!
5.14 total for 17 pounds of produce!

Friday, May 1, 2009

Walgreens - Profit of $33.40!!!

This was the first trip to make sure I could roll the RR from the Nivea deal to the Got2B deal - it worked! PROFIT OF $10.43! Transaction #1:
14.99 Bayer Glucose Monitor
1.19 tax
16.18 subtotal
-14.99 Bayer sunday paper Q
1.19 paid out of pocket
Received $5 Bayer RR
PROFIT OF $3.81!

Transaction #2:
5.00 Got2B hair glue
5.00 Got2B hairspray
.10 ponytail holders - clearance
.80 tax
10.90 subtotal
-2.00 Got2B IP Q (2)
6.90 paid with $5 Bayer RR, 1.90 oop
Received $5 Got2B RR
PROFIT OF $3.10!

Transaction #3:
4.99 Nivea bodywash
.99 Herbal Essences travel size conditioner - filler this should have rang up at .25 on clearance, but I wasn't paying attention to the cashier :(
1.00 Sour Punch - filler
.50 tax
7.48 subtotal
-1.00 Nivea IP Q
6.48 paid with $5 Got2B RR, 1.48 oop
Received $5 Nivea RR
PROFIT OF $3.52!


And trip #2... profit of $22.97!!!
Transaction #1
5.00 Got2B hair glue (2)
2.00 Ecotrin aspirin
.20 headbands- clearance
.77 tax
12.97 subtotal
-2.00 Got2B IP Q (2)
-2.25 Ecotrin IP Q
6.72 paid with $5 Nivea RR, 1.72 oop
Received $5 Got2B RR & $2 Ecotrin RR
PROFIT OF $5.28!

At this point, I bought a $10 Wags gc soI don't have to charge $1 10 different times on my bank card. I have a Wags rebate giftcard floating around somewhere with $13 on it and I am so mad that I can't find it!

Transaction #2
4.99 Nivea bodywash
.25 Chapstick - clearance
.82 Walgreens Ibuprofen - clearance
.38 tax
6.44 subtotal
-1.00 Nivea IP Q
5.44 paid with $5 Got2B RR, .44 on Wags gc
Received $5 Nivea RR
PROFIT OF $4.56!

I rolled these deals back and forth until the store was out of Nivea. I still have some coupons left over, so I might try another Walgreens. :)
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