Free Expo Markers at Walgreens!

Got my Expo Marker fix at Walgreens today!

First 2 transactions: (1st pic)

2 pert plus $3 (free after RR & coupon from todays paper)

2 Omega Super Krill $10 ($10RR Free)

3 glue sticks (fillers .79ea)

3 Trident (.12?ea)

2 Revlon Nail ($2 off revlon in 7/24 RP) $3RR....MM!!!

1 Colgate (Free $1.50 off and RR)

2 Red Bulls (Fiance)

1 Car wash towels ($5 and Fiance..duh!)

2 expos (coupon in july wags book and online) Free!

Total $12.... made $32 in RR

3rd and 4th transactions:

4 expos (free!!)

2 revlon nail polish (MM)

2 Vitamin Waters ($1.50)

Snickers ($.49)

Made $6RR and spent $4.50! Yay!!

This is one happy teacher! Esp because they are washable expos.... sit on an expo and you will see the importance of washable! "Ms Castleman you have a black blob on your butt"- great.

Target is my $50 store

Every time I go to Target it is a guaranteed $50! Its my fav store and is so hard to get out of!

Today I did REALLY good though! It all rang for $50.... something...

Coupons Used:

3 $3 off Olay Wipes *** ($4.99)
2 $2 off nivea wash ($2.99)

2 $1 off degree (.97 so $ maker!)

2 buy olay bar get satin shaving free

2 $2 off rimmel mascara ($2.99)

($$) Is sale price not after coupon price

Shirts were on sale for $5

*** coupons came from inside a box set of 3 secret deo's

All the rest were either from the newspaper and printed the rimmel from their fb page

Paid $23!!!!!!!! Weeeeeee!!!

Wags wins this week!

Its been too long since i last posted! Dont worry I was still couponing... just didnt have time to post :) Not to mention the coupons haven't been the best up till this week!

This week there are four coupon inserts! Weeeee!!

CVS vs. Wags? Wags was the winner!!

Total spent was around $31

4 Contact solution $8, $8 RR, $1 mc in todays paper

2 Pantene 2/$4, $2 RR, $3 mc

1 Joint stuff :) $10, $10 RR

4 Goody Clips $2, $2 RR

6 Crayola Markers $2, $2 RR

1 plastic spoons $.99 (fiance added this one)

1 Reeses Big Cup $.99 (once again.... fiance)

1 Neutragena face lotion (guess who!) Coupon in august wags book

Got back $56 in RR! Used the bucks and got-

10/$10 - 10 vitamin waters

10/$10 - 4 cookies, 6 cereal

Yay for a good trip!

Happy 4th of July

It's been a great weekend already with friends and family and we still have all day today and tomorrow!

As some of you have seen a lady was recently arrested in Denton for stealing coupons and couponing has made the news quite a lot! Target changed their policy so check it out if you havent already read it

Here are my sunday trips:

CVS:

3 dove soaps

1 dove deo

1 dove body wash

2 herbal essence hair sprays

2 oral b pulsar

1 tampax pearl

Coupons:

$1 off tampax (7/3 paper)

$3 off 1 herbal styler when buy 1 (7/3 paper)

$1 off herbal

3 $4 off dove soap

b1g1 free dove wash * since they didnt have 2 washes they substituted the deo (and then i used a $2 off deo)

CVS coupon $2 off pantene or herbal essence when buy 2

Also used my ECB $6 from springs savings and got a $5 off a $25 purchase on the CVS website!

Total before coupons was $52 and after coupons $.67!!!!

AHHHHHH! Got back $9 ECB and they still owe me a schick hydro razor they were just out of stock. (spend $15 on dove products get a free razor)

Wags:

2 oral b indicators (2 for $2)

1 Samy curl product ($5)

1 oral b advantage ($3.99 get $1RR)

page protectors to get my coupon booty organized! ($2.99)

Coupons:

$2 off peelie on the Samy product :)

$2 off Samy product in the wags july coupon book

$2 off oral b

b1g1 free oral b toothbrush

Total cost: $5 and got $1 RR back

CVS was way better this week!! Happy 4th everybody!!

Albertsons for a change

My wonderful friend and fellow couponer Wendy told me she found a deal at Albertsons and my friend Kaylynn talks about all the deals she gets there so I figured I needed to go check it out!

Here's my pic of the purchase sorry it's sideways!

Deal Prices:

$.88 mac n cheese (got 4)

2 for $1.88 each oreo's (got 2)

2 for $4 danimals yogurt (got 2)

2 for $3 nesquick choco (got 2)

1 Philadelphia cooking cream $1.99

Coupons used:

4 $.50 off kraft mac n cheese coupons (this doubled so it became a money maker!)

1 $1.00 off 2 nabisco (6/19 paper)

2 $.50 off danimal (6/5 paper) both doubled to $1

2 $.50 off nesquick choco (dmn paper but dont know which one) both doubled to $1

1 $1.00 off philadelphia (printed online!)

Officially had a coupon for everything!

Before Albertson deals and coupons $31.89..... after deals and coupons $6.75! Holla back!!

Yay for good friends and sharing deals!

Hey Ya'll! Took a weekend trip down to Fredricksburg and threw off my coupon schedule!

No picture this week but here's what I did:

CVS:

2 colgates (used 2 $1 off) $2 ECB

2 pantene (used 1 $3 off) $2 ECB

1 LA looks hair gel (used $1 off) $1 ECB Money Maker!

1 Bliss Chocolate (used $1 off) $5.99 ECB Money Maker!

5 Lumene face lotion (used 5 $4 off) Spend $20 get $5 ECB

** these are either $3.99 or $4.17 Money Maker!

Wags:

2 Rice Crispies ($1 off 2) on sale $1.99 each

1 Corn Pops ($.70 off) on sale $1.99

2 Lysol wipes ($1 off 2) $1 RR with purchase

So excited for July 1st to print 2% of all spending from this spring from CVS as ECB!!!

Upcoming Sunday Ads

Walgreens

CVS

$140 worth of John Frieda FREE!

Craig's family lives in Little Elm and they have a 24 hour CVS! So we stopped by there on our way out. It was AWESOME!

I got:

20 John Frieda Root Awakening ($140)

2 Shick Razors ($24)

1 Bayer ($4.29)

Coupons used:

$5 off JF from last weeks paper (i bought extra on ebay!)

2 $2 off shick razors (this paper)

$2 off bayer (this paper)

$4 ECB....

Paid $5 got back $6 ECB for $164 worth of products! Now thats a great deal! Happy Shopping!!!

Upcoming week ads for CVS and Wags

Here's the upcoming weeks deals at walgreens and cvs! Holla back ya'll!

CVS starting sunday

Walgreens starting sunday

Target Dealies

Got a deal at Target today!!

Ended up spending $1. 47

Used:

2 target $1 off nexcare (target.com)

2 $1 off nexcare (printed online)

They are $1.68 so i made money off these!!

3 $2 off nivea (sunday paper)

2 target $1 off coupons (target.com)

1 Buy 2 get 1 free (all you magazine sold at walmart)

They are $3.99 each before coupons.... you do the math :)

3 $2 off Root Awakening JF ( sunday paper)

1 $3 off when you purchase 2 (catalinas)

Got $5 gift card....

Used a $5 gift card from yesterdays purchase!

**If you are looking for the Repair JF with the $5 off coupon from sundays paper good luck! I went to 4 targets today and they had NOTHING!!! I dont know if this is alright but i purchased the volumizers (they are JF and are light blue) and used the $5 off coupon and it worked! So I still made $5 off purchasing them. They didnt beep when the guy scanned them so hopefully it'll work for you!!

Yay Target!

Free John Frieda @ Target

Found a great deal at target on John Frieda Root Awakening and Repair shampoo/conditioner!! Theyre both $4.99 at target

Repair: (Red bottles)

Use 3 $5 off coupons from the sunday paper Smart Source

and print $3 off 2 from target.com

You'll get a $5 off gift card making it a money maker!!!!

Root Awakening: (green bottles)

Use 3 $2 off coupons from the sunday paper smart source

and there is a target coupon printed at the register or is in the target coupon book for $3 off 2 root awakenings

You also get a $5 gift card with this making it pretty close to free!

I mixed it up and got a burnette shampoo yesterday when i went but will be buying the repair stuff today!

Happy Shopping!

Its SUMMER!!!!

CVS:

2 Colgate smart foam toothpaste

cost $4.08

used 2 $.75 off coupons from todays paper

$4 ECB back for the toothpaste

$1 back on my green tag! Yay for making money!!

Wags:

1 Nesquick strawberry milk

2 Reach toothbrushes

2 Gillet proglide razors

1 glad forceflex

7 sobe life waters

2 omega fish oils

1st transaction:

1 sobe

1 gillette razor

1 omega fish oil

2nd transaction

1 sobe

1 gillette razor

1 omega fish oil

3rd transaction:

1 sobe

1 trash bags

toothbrush

4-7 transaction:

sobe water

*also used a filler item so i could use my RR got these lil caramels that i never eat :)

Coupons:

$.75 off glad trash bags

$2 off fish oil (online coupon from www.omegasmartfishoils.com)

$2 off 2 reach toothbrushes

2 $4 off gillette razors (todays paper)

1 $.50 off nesquick milk (todays paper)

Spent like $22? made $32 back in RR's! The fish oils are a $2 money maker with the $10 RR and $2 coupon!

Remember to split up your RR items into multiple transactions so that you can get your RR's! If you buy all your sobe waters at once you only get 1 free!

Happy Shopping!

CVS:
I learned something new the other day at CVS! There are these small green leaf looking tags that they sell for $.99 and if you scan it upon check out on every 4th scan you get $1 off your purchase. You have to either not get a bag with your purchase or use a reuseable bag.

I got a "get one free" when I scanned my CVS card in their coupon machine. Be on the look out!

Wags:
When it comes to Walgreens if you are using RR remember you have to have an item that doesnt have a coupon with it. The RR are considered "coupons" and need that manufacturing coupon-less item :)

The wags by my parents house often have mints for 5 cents or carmels for .33 that you use as "fillers." Another great place to find "filler" items is their clearance areas! Holla back friend :)

I officially LOVE the walgreens by my parents house! The sweet girl behind the counter was helping me maximize the deals and get the most bang for my buck! Yay sachse walgreens!!!!

I did 4 transactions and she did most of the work!

1st transaction:

1 complete contact solution

2 advil 50 count ($4 off 2 coupon in the 5/15 paper)

1 pure silk shaving cream

1 dial hand lotion

1 tone body wash

1 scrunchie pony tails

2nd transaction:

1 complete contact solution

2 advil 50 count ($4 off 2 coupon in the 5/15 paper)

1 pure silk shaving cream

1 scrunchie pony tails

3rd transaction:

1 pure silk shaving cream

1 scrunchie pony tails

4th transaction:

1 pure silk shaving cream

1 scrunchie pony tails

Total out of pocket "oop": $25 Register Rewards "RR" back: $33!!! so technically I made money!!!

I'm writing a letter to tell walgreens corp how fabulous this store was! They had everything in stock and are VERY coupon friendly! The store manager/assistant manager/register gal were all laughing and helping couponers! They also make sure and put out all the big deals on the end of the isles so theyre easy to find!! Wahooo!!

Happy Coupon Sunday! Today was a little crazy at cvs so i'll start with the crazy and end with the less crazy!

Lets get ready to rumble!

CVS:

2 Coppertone spray

1 Hawaiian Tropic spray

1 banana boat spray

2 Purex

4 suave body wash

2 suave deodorant

9 Stride gum

3 sally hansen HD nail polish

3 NYC nail polish

5 Revlon nail polish

1 almay foundation

3 shaving creams

Coupons or ECB (money given at the bottom of your receipt!)

Revlon Nail polish you pay $4.99 get $4 ECB (and used a $1 off coupon)

NYC and almay were in the 75% off bucket!

2 buy 1 get 1 free suave body wash coupon (from 5/22 paper)

2 .50 off coupon (from 5/22 paper)

4 stride coupons

$1 or $2 off coppertone, hawaiian tropic, and banana boat coupons (all from 5/22 paper)

$1 off purex

.55 off shaving creme (from 5/22 paper)

.50 off sally hansen nail polish

$1.00 off NYC nail polish

Total before coupons/ecb: $100.57

After coupons/ecb: $32! a little more than i would have liked to of spent, but ill take it!

Walgreens was less crazy I promise, however I did do 4 transactions.... eek! If you are going to do multiple transactions check out at the make up counter!

Purchased:

4 pizza combos (.99 ea.)

4 scrunchie pony tails

4 complete contact solution

listerine mouth wash

2 colgate sensative

I broke the scrunchies and contact solution up so i did one per transaction. With these two items you can only get Register Rewards back with 1 per transaction!

Coupons:

2 $1 off 2 combos

$1 off listerine and the $3 off from the walgreens ad

2 $1 colgate sensative

I dont remember what exactly went down because the four transaction thing threw me for a loop BUT! i think i spent $20 total and got back about $10 in Register Rewards by the end of it all....

When you buy the contact solution at $7.99 it prints off a $8 register reward and when you buy the pony tails they are $2 and you get a $2 register reward.... making both free!!!

Happy Shopping!

Sorry I dont have a picture for this one... but have no fear I can tell you what I got! :)

Got:

3 suave body wash

2 kleenex

2 fruitis (spelling eek!)

Coupons used:

.50 off suave (printed three of these of their website)

kleenex was buy 1 get 1 free

$1 off fruitis shampoo/conditioner

The fruitis purchase gave me $5 to use on my next purchase. After coupons paid $2! This is good news for myself and my students because they no longer have to use toilet paper from the bathrooms to blow their lil noses!

Here's my heads up for dealies starting this Sunday:

CVS: Revlon nail polish, purex, stride gum, MAYBE a deal- wheat thin stix, skintimate, and palmolive

Wags: scrunchi brand pony tails and contact solution will be free after they print their $$ to use on next purchase! Spend now save later peeps!!

ALSO! Old Navy will have their flip flops on sale for $1 (limit 6 per transaction)

Happy Couponing!

Sunday is my usual coupon day because walgreens and cvs new ads begin on sundays.

Here's my CVS trip pic:

Coupons-

$.50 off Herbal Essence (used 2)

$1 off cottonelle wipes (used 2 foun

d on www.cottonelle.com)

$.50 off 2 cottonelle wipes (got in the 5/15 newspaper)

The Herbal Essence printed out a $2 off next purchase also known as "Extra Care Bucks." These are found on the bottom of your receipt and can be used on anything!

I had $5 ECB from last weeks purchase that I used today.

Total before coupons was $20 something. After coupons $3.89 :) yay!

Here's my walgreens pic:

Coupons-

$1 off scotch magic tape ( used 9 www.scotch.com, this was also buy 1 get 2 free with in store ad)

$1.50 off All (used 2, buy 1 get 1 free deal, you can use 2 coupons because "technically" you are buying two items)

$.75 off colgate pro (from 5/15 paper)

$1 off sally hansen (used 2 coupons.com)

$1 off 2 stride gum (used 2 and the coupon from the may coupon book)

When you buy 2 colgate pro white you got a $4 off next purchase "register rewards." And the "may coupon book" is available in the front of the store. Its a book full of coupons that you can combine with manufacture coupons! Double awesome!

I did three transactions because you can only buy 3 tapes at a time. I LOVE my walgreens employees they are amazing!

Total cost: $5!

Woot!

A very sweet friend of mine has encouraged me to begin a blog about my coupon adventures! So here goes...

I've been very successful with CVS/Walgreens "wags" and have been trying to take on the grocery world. Kroger is a great place to use coupons because they double coupons between .40 and .50 and triple under .40. Since this is their second week to do the mega sale at Kroger I already knew what was a deal and where I could find coupons to match. Their mega sale is when you purchase 10 of the participating items you get $5 off your purchase (.50 off each item). You can buy as many items as you want as long as you have 10 participating items.

Here's what I walked out with!

It was $80 something before coupons.....drum rolllllll pleaseeeeee

and $4.26 after coupons! Weeeee! 93% savings!

How you ask? What coupons did you use? Who needs that much BBQ sauce! :)

Coupons used:

$1 off propel (used 10)

$1 off 2 stride gum (used 1 coupon and got this for Allie's niece who was my item counter)

$.35 off 2 quaker rice cakes (used 5)

$1 off 2 Ronzoni smart taste pasta (printed this from www.ronzoni.com)

$1 off 1 bag of Boulder potato chips (www.coupons.com)

$.55 off Kraft BBQ (used 10)

Your next question is probably where did you get 10 of the same coupon? Ebay. People sell coupons on Ebay and I've made friends with a lady from Ft.Worth. She's great!

Wondeful trip to Kroger! BBQ sauce for everyone!!!