Target, CVS & Walmart Dealios

This week wasn't the best in deals (ie: every thing wasn't FREE like I would prefer) but I managed to snag a few more bargains besides the Walgreens deals I posted here.

TARGET VISIT:

The thing I find funny about this visit is the receipt. I'll show you why...

Clean & Clear Cleanser (Orig. 3.69, sale $2.69)

used $2/1 coupon printable here

Spent: $1.38

Original Cost of Items: $7.38

Savings: $6.00

81% of Savings

Here's the receipt.

It claims I saved $10. If the original items were only $3.69 a piece and I paid $1.38, how am I saving $10? I think they're just making things up to sound cool...

CVS VISIT:

This week I had nice deals at CVS. I had $10 in ECB monies to use and the opportunity to get many back. I paid a bit more out of pocket but just because the cashier was having trouble with things not ringing up the correct prices so I was reluctant to try to do separate transactions. It would only confuse her. I have lots of ECBs to spend next time though.

(12) SOBE drinks (Reg. $1.59, sale $0.77)

used B1G1 free coupons I won playing the SOBE game here

(2) Arizona Tea (Reg. $1.50, sale $0.99 & B1G1 free)

(2) Carefree Pantyliners (Orig. $1, sale 2/$1)

Bausch & Lomb Eyecare Solution (Orig. $9.99, sale $7.99)

Biotrue Eyedrops (Orig. $2.99)

(2) Covergirl Lipstick (Orig. $5.99, sale B1G1 free)

used $1/1 coupon 6/27 P&G

used $1/1 coupon 7/4/10 P&G

(2) Degree deodorant (Reg. $3.99)

used $1/1 coupons - printed 2 - found here

Spent: $17.56 (had used $10 ECB before this total)

Original Cost of Items: $57.02

Savings: $39.46

69% of Savings
ECB $20 for next time 

WALMART VISIT:

I've been wanting to use my Nexcare coupons ever since someone posted somewhere that Target had boxes on sale for $1.24 each. My coupons were for $1 off. But alas, I could not find them for that price or even close, until this week at Walmart. So if anyone decides to get hurt in the next 10 years, I have enough bandaids! lol

Nexcare bandaids - bought 12 (Orig. $1.85, markdown $1.50)

use $1/1 6/6/10SS

use $0.55/1 5/2/10 SS

print $1/1 coupon here (can print many)

Spent: $6.00

Original Cost of Items: $22.20

Savings: $16.20

73% of Savings

P.S. If you're heading to Walmart in the next few days they're having great deals on school supplies already (apparently they don't realize that IT'S SUMMER STILL!!! Urgh!) Great time to stock up.

$0.15 Each

• 1 Subject Notebook
• 2 Pocket Folder

$0.25 Each

• Crayola Crayons (24 ct.)
• Elmer’s Glue Sticks (2 ct.)
• Composition Book

$0.75 Each

• 1″ Binders

$1 Each

• Post It Notes (Singles)
• Scotch Tape (Single Rolls)
• Fiskars Safety Scissors
• Plastic Pencil Box
• Zippered Pencil Case
• Bic Ballpoint Pens, $1
• Paper Mate Mechanical Pencils
• Crayola Colored Pencils (12 Ct.)
• Crayola Markers (10 Ct.)
• Sharpie Markers (2 Ct.)
• Pink Erasers (2 Ct.)

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Total savings for these 3 trips:

Spent: $24.94 (- $20 ECBs earned for future trip) = $4.94

Original Cost of Items: $86.60

Savings: $81.66

94% of Savings

Wheelin' Dealin'

I've been playing some daily SPIN-TO-WIN type games. I thought I might post them here (mainly so I can find them again! lol) NOTE: On coupons, make sure to use your 'BACK' button and you can print again. Sometimes up to 4 times.

PLAY-DOH (you need codes off your playdough or people give away their numbers all the time. Here are a few of mine: KDN185UV9JN34, K8309D0100940, K9356D3701540) Plus $2 to $5 off playdough toys coupons to print

SOBE (Usually win B1G1 free coupons. They're on sale at CVS this week for $0.77, so pay that for 2 drinks!)

BEST FOODS  Plus you can print a $0.75 off coupon for mayo

CARL'S JR/HARDEES ('Like' them on Face book or Twitter to get spins) We've already won 2 paddles/ball set

DOVE Also pick up $1.50/ off 2 coupons

HONEY NUT CHEERIOS Print out a $0.75 off coupon as well

KRAFT (DOUBLE Click on the outside edge of the circle to get a full spin)

FRIGIDAIRE Spin to be entered to win $50 daily or a refrigerator, plus they donate money every time you spin

PACE Click to win free products (coupons sent in the mail)

DAVE & BUSTERS (Win GC, free product, trip, etc)

BREYERS Plus they have great recipes here
SCHICK QUATTRO (game is on their Facebook page but you don't have to 'Like' them to play)

OTTER POPS (click on the right where it says 'Otter Spotter Giveaway')

DOLE Possibly win a bag of salad, $100 GC or a $5000 trip!

Let me know if you win something. I'm always curious!

July 12th Walgreens

My teen is a unlucky-charm. I took her out this week with me for dealin' instead of the little one who was at VBS. Every store we went to, I had problems! I told her she wasn't good-luck for me. In the end, it all worked out though.

I am really perturbed by the fact that there are monthly deals at stores like CVS and Walgreens that most of the time don't show up on the shelves so the people look at me like I'm crazy! I wish the store would just publish a list of these deals. What? Are they secret? Don't you want us to purchase your product? We're more apt to do so if we can get it on sale. Just sayin'.

Walgreens Visit

(3) Salonpas Hot Patch ($1.99, sale $0.99)

used this coupon for $1 off (printed 3x), making them free

Air Wick iMotion Set ($7.99, sale $3.99)

used $4/1 coupon from 6/20/10 SS insert

or you can find several Air Wick coupons here

(2) Act II Popcorn 3 mini pks $1.00

used (2) $0.40/1 coupon from 6/20/10 SS insert

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Spent: $1.18

Original Cost of Items: $15.96

Savings: $14.78

93% Savings!

Every other iMotion kit showed up on sale except this one of course (always my luck.) But I showed her the ad saying all iMotion's 50% off and we double checked my coupon too so it was all correct. Just another thing not labeled in the store.

The Celsius Teas deal that everyone is talking about on their blogs is just not showing up in my store, not even when scanned by the manager. Nor is the Dr. Scholls Gel Insoles deal. I would love it if a store had universal sales across the country, making it easier for us consumers who are eager to buy their products and get good deals.

Clean, Regular and Read for School!

Yesterday I went to Walgreens. I was determined to get in on the deals early this time instead of waiting until Wednesday like normal and missing out. Figures it was a bad week for getting free money in return. But I still managed to pay almost nothing for the things I did buy. It just means next week I have to pay a bit out of pocket is all.  No biggie. I'm learning as I go along still. Tomorrow I will visit CVS and see what damage I can do there. Stay tuned for that...

Walgreens Transaction

(2)Salonpas Hot Patch ($1.99, sale $0.99)

used this coupon for $1 off (printed 2x), making them free

(4) Right Guard deodorant ($4.49, in store sale B1G1 free)

used this coupon for $3 off 2 (printed 2x), making them $2.98 for all 4

(2) Benefiber Drink Packets 16pk  ($7.99, sale $3 off in store = $4.99 ea)

used the Walgreens booklet coupon (pick up in the front of the store) for additional $2 off each

used this coupon for additional $2 off (printed 2x), making them $1.98 for both

(2) Renpure Organics Shampoo ($6.99, in store sale B1G1 free)

will use a $6.99 rebate form found on the bottles, making them both free

(4) Index card sets ($1.99, in store sale $0.39)

(3) Papermate Mechanical Pencils 10 pk ($2.99, in store sale $0.39)

Good-n-Plenty ($1.49, in store sale $1) - needed shopping fortification :)

Total before using Register Rewards (RR = free Walgreens money): $15.81 (includes tax)

- $8 RR

Total OOP: $7.81

I'll be getting a refund for $6.99 from the shampoo

Total after rebate: $0.82

Spent: $7.81

Original Cost of Items: $70.32

Savings: $62.51

89% of Savings

If you take into consideration the refund I'll be getting:

Spent: $0.82

Original Cost of Items: $70.32

Savings: $69.50

99% of Savings I think this is FABULOUS!

July 7th... More Target Practice

I struggle to comprehend, if you are a company that actually has a corporate couponing policy, why do not ALL the stores follow it? I think sometimes the policy leaves things up to interpretation by every Tom, Dick and Marty who thinks they know everything. Can you tell I had a irritating Target experience this week?! lol It all went well in the end so I won't complain too much.

I went to one Target to do my 'dealin' as my husband calls it. They didn't have the Olay Body Wash I wanted in stock. So they found out which stores had it and I drove all the way over to another city (about 15 miles) where they awaited me in Customer Service. The flim-flammin' customer service guy would not let me use my buy one Olay get Ivory free coupons and ALSO use my $ off Olay coupons. It should work fine if I have one coupon per item but he was saying that the BIGI counts 2 items as one item. So stupid. Okay, I'm done. Anyway, I went to another  Target and they happily did it.

Target Visit #1:

(2) Kellogs Cereals (Orig. $3.39/4.29, sale $2.88)

(6) Tasters Choice Packets (Orig. $1.00)

Olay Body Bar (Orig. $0.97)

Tide 1 Use pkt (Orig. $0.97)

(2) Sobe Drinks (Orig. $1.29, sale $1.00)

Kraft Dressing (Orig. $2.09)

Crazy Straws 12 pk (Orig. $1.00)

* Used 11 Coupons for $ off sale prices* 

Spent: $4.03

Original Cost of Items: $21.29

Savings: $17.26

81% of Savings

Target Visit #2:

(6) Olay Total Effects Body Wash (Orig. $5.29, sale $4.79)

(6) Ivory Soap 10pk (Orig. $3.79, sale $3.59)

Spent: $5.15

Original Cost of Items: $54.48

Savings: $49.33

91% of Savings

* Used 12 Coupons for $ off sale prices*

TARGETS TOTALS:
Paid: $9.18
Saved: $66.39

(Orig Price: $75.57)
88% savings!

I think I'm done with my dealin' until Sunday when the new coupons and sales come out. Oh wait! That's tomorrow! Yay!

I NOW Have Shampoo Out The WAZOO!

The little one and I went to Walgreens yesterday to check out their deals. I had planned to go earlier in the week and pick up more of the Celsius Tea drinks (so yum) but of course they were all sold out! I came across an unadvertised deal for the shampoos. Pay $3.49, get $3 in Register Rewards back. Exciting right? Since I just said in this post that I was out of shampoo. I plop all my purchases on the counter, all set to do separate alternating purchases so I could get several of these for only $0.49 each. However, the computer wasn't pulling this deal up or shooting out Register Reward monies. The manager was called in and he couldn't fix it. He decided to just charge me the $0.49 each and I didn't have to do separate purchases! You can imagine I grabbed a couple more bottles to buy!

(9) Suave Shampoo/Cond (Orig. $3.99, sale $3.49)

(3) Pencils 10pk (Orig. $1.99, sale $0.19)

(5) Mechanical Pencils 5pk (Orig. $1.99, sale $0.19)

(5) Pens 10pk (Orig. $1.99, sale $0.19)

Colgate Max Toothpaste (Orig. $3.39, sale $2.99)

Colgate Max Toothbrush (Orig. $3.39, sale $2.99)

Crest Advantage Toothbrush (Orig. $3.39, sale $2.99)

* Used 3 Coupons for $ off sale prices* 

Spent: $1.20

Original Cost of Items: $81.95

Savings: $80.75

99% of Savings

$8 RR leftover for next time

(I started out with $20 in Register Rewards and used $16 on these purchases. Received $4 in return = $8 RR.)

July 4th Weekend Savings

I think I did a bit too much shopping in the last few days as my posts and pictures are starting to pile up! In fact, I took so long to take pics of some of my purchases, they were eaten/drunk/used up! The way people devour snacks and drinks in this house, you would think they were starved half to death!

The little one and I went out on Friday for a 'girls day of couponing'. She loves that she was included in my little adventure. She was very helpful as well. 

Yesterday's post showed the visits to Walgreens but we also hit up CVS and Walmart. 

CVS Visit

Transaction #1:

Edge Saving Gel (Orig: $1.99)

Hydro Razor (Orig. $12.99, sale $8.99)

Schick Titanium Razor (Orig. $10.99, sale $9.99)

* Used 3 Coupons for $ off sale prices* 

Final Price: $2.22

Retail Total: $25.97

Savings: $23.75

92% savings!

ECB $10 for next time

Transaction #2:

(2) Xtra laundry Soap (Orig. $1.99, sale 2/$3)

(2) Frapucchino Drinks (Orig. $1.99, sale 2/$3)

Colgate Toothpaste (Orig. 1.99, sale $.89)

(2) Colgate Total Toothpastes (Orig. $2.89, sale $1.99 ea)

(4) Act II Popcorn 3pk (Orig. 1.00)

* Used 8 Coupons for $ off sale prices* 

Final Price: $6.12

Retail Total: $19.73

Savings: $13.61

69% savings!

CVS Spent: $8.34

Original Cost of Items: $45.70

Savings: $37.36

82% of Savings

$10 ECB money for next time

Walmart

Our Walmart visit was one of my favorites because I bought all for practically nothing! I love when that happens! My final price for 7 boxes of cereal is fabulous!

(4) Post cereals (Orig. $3.39, sale $2.50)

(2) Kelloggs Cereals (Orig. $2.99 ea)

(1) Kelloggs Fiber Cereal (Orig. $2.88)

* Used 7 Coupons for $ off sale prices* 

Final Price: $5.50

Retail Total: $22.42

Savings: $16.92

76% savings!

Weekend Totals:  

Spent: $13.84

Original Cost of Items: $68.12

Savings: $54.28

80% of Savings

$10 CVS (ECB) money for next time

If you subtracted the $10 in CVS money from my spent amount, I really only spent $3.84. Not bad for a 21 items and a weekend's adventure!