Saturday, October 15, 2011

$7.92 shopping scenario!

So I was scanning my favorite couponing site (www.livingrichwithcoupons.com)and I have figured out how you can pay about $9 with tax for stuff worth $25 at Walgreens. (The amount of items I get is because of how many coupons I have, you can change the quantity to the amount of coupons you have :^))

Transaction 1
(1) Air wick freshmatic kit or compact freshmatic kit-$7.99
Get a $3 Register Rewards
-$4 off coupon exp. 10/23/11

Pay $3.99 out of pocket (oop)
Receive a $3 RR for next transaction

Transaction 2
(3) Popcorn Indiana Family Size Bag-$1.99 each
- $1 off coupon exp. 12/31/11
$.99
(Quantity depends on you)


(3) Bayer Asprin-$.99 with in ad coupon
- $1 off coupon
FREE
(Quantity depends on you)

(4)Kettle Brand Baked Potato Chips-$1.99
-$1 off coupon exp. 11/26/11
$.99
(Quantity depends on you)

For me pay about 6.93 without tax
-$3 RR
PAY $3.93 w/out tax

Pay about 7.92 without tax oop



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Thursday, August 18, 2011

CVS DEALS THAT END TOMORROW!

When my mother and I went to CVS today they didn't have the deals we wanted, but when we scanned our Extra Care Cards at the coupon machine I got a coupon for $.50 a green bag tag, get a free box of bandages, and a free Hershey's caramello. Mom got the same but she got a $2.00 ECB (extra care buck)!! You never know what your gonna get but you are gonna have to go today because they expire tomorrow!!

Last Minute Walgreens Deal!

Yesterday I whipped up a quick plan for Walgreens. Only a 50% savings but I'm not complaining.

Transaction 1
(1)Lysol Healthy touch
On sale for $11.99
- coupon for $3 off (expires 9/6/11)
Total- $6.99 + receive a $5 RR
Like paying $3.99

Transaction 2
(1)Raid bug spray 4.99
(2)Hefty one zip bags BOGO FREE - $3.29
(1)Pert 2-1 shampoo 24.4 oz 3.99
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- $1 off raid bug spray Walgreens instant coupon
- $1/2 hefty one zip bags (expires 11/30/11)
- $1/1 pert product
- $5 RR from previous transaction

Total $4.27 9+ receive a $3 RR

Transaction 3
(4)Tuff single paper towel rolls $.99 each
(3)Trident 18 pack gum $1.29
(1)Pert 2-1 shampoo+conditioner 24.4 oz 3.99
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- Walgreens coupon making the tuff paper towels $.59 each limit 4
- Walgreens coupon making trident gum $.79 limit 3
- $2/3 trident gum
- $1/1 pert product
- $3 RR from the previous transaction

Total $2.72 + $3 RR
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Grand Total
1 Lysol healthy touch
1 raid bug spray
2 boxes of hefty one zip bag
2 pert 2-1 shampoo and conditioner
4 tuff single roll paper towels
3 packs of trident gum
$16-19 and receive a $3 RR for your next purchase
























Sunday, July 17, 2011

Walgreens (The First Target)

So from the sites I have been studying, I have decided to start small and begin with a small store, like Walgreens. Earlier this week I checked out the site www.livingrichwithcoupons.com and they had a plan for how to buy the most and spend the least using coupons and register rewards.(Don't know what register rewards are? Go to our coupon lingo page.) I was totally psyched because I was going to spend like $6 for maybe $50 worth of items. But the rain cloud formed over my head when I realized I didn't have half the coupons that I needed. In the end I got away with:

2 GUM toothbrushes
(on sale for $2 and you get a RR for $2 so basically free)
2 EOS lip balm
(on sale 2/$6 and receive a RR for $4 so 2/$2)
2 Sunday papers
(using the $4 RR only payed $0.28 for the tax)
2 Milk-Bone dog treats
(on sale $2.99 had a coupon for $1.50 off wyb 2 so payed $4.48 instead of $6 and change)

After coupons and register rewards(RR) I only payed $6.76, not bad for my first time huh?
Now this week I have it all planned out so far, but things can allways change!

Coupons!

With the influence of the TLC show, Extreme Couponing, I have taken it into my hands to save my family of two, hundreds of dollars. Since we have a budget each week I have set a goal to try to pay at most $50 out of pocket, for a grocery trip worth a couple hundred dollars. This goal is a long ways to being accomplished so I'm taking it slow and this is where the blog comes in. By creating this blog I want to publish to the my journey through this new experience!