Super Savings Saturday

Here's the savings for this week. I made 2 trips to Walmart...none out of my way, I was already in the area for other business.

Transaction 1

Planters Peanuts - 2.68 x 2
Kotex pantiliners - $1 x 2
Just Bunches cereal 2.62 x 1
Crayola crayons .22 x 4
Koolaid 0.20 x 6
Gold Bond lotion - 0.97 x 1
Buddies soap 0.94 x 4
Schick razors 1.97 x 2

Total before coupons - 20.73
Minus coupons - 19.00
Total AFTER coupons - 1.73

Transaction 2

Planters Peanuts 2.68 x 2
V8 Fusion 2.98 x 1
Just Bunches cereal 2.50 x 1
Pert Plus shampoo 2.88 x 2
French's mustard 1.52 x 1
Vlasic relish 1.08 x 2
Vlasic Ovals 1.98 x 2
Zantac 4.23 x 1
Buddies soap 0.94 x 6
Gold Bond lotion 0.97 x 2
Koolaid 0.20 x 6

Total before coupons - 37.25
Minus coupons - 30.52 (one was the free mustard)
Total AFTER coupons - 6.73

Super Savings Saturday

I did not really get very many deals this week...it seems they run in bunches so it is either feast or famine. I see many stores on other blogs that are simply not available here. We have Walgreen's and Walmart available with a small Kmart although they call it a "BigK" I do not think it is all that big since all they did was remodel a regular Kmart.

At Walgreen's I picked up a bottle of Pert Plus and I had a coupon for $1 off...with the $2.50 rebate it will be free. I also bought two bottles of Gillette body wash so I got two free and lastly, I purchased some Sure deodorant. The Sure was on sale for $1.99 and I found a double pack on the shelf...it rang up at the sale price and I had a $1 coupon so each one cost $0.50 each.

I did have coupons for the Smart Start cereal that I would have purchased four boxes and ended up getting them for $0.50 each but I passed them up. I read the label and they have high-fructose corn syrup in them. I thought that was odd since it was supposed to be a "healthy" cereal.

I picked up a few things at Walmart:

Two French's mustard - both free with coupon
Zantac - free with coupon
Olive oil - not very cheap but I did have two coupons for $1 off so I bought two bottles
Two boxes of Live Active cereal - $2.98 minus $3 coupon made it free
Two Farmland bacon packages - $2.50 minus $2 coupons made them free - we don't eat pork but my mom and dad will enjoy them. :)

That is it for this week. I hope this next week is better but if it's not, I don't know of anything we can't live without. I have thought of making some of my own toothpaste because I have a little one that does not really brush his teeth...he likes to eat the toothpaste instead.

Have a great day!

Mavis D.

Super Savings Saturday 4/26/2008

I made a trip to Walmart and did pretty well. Some of our prices were a little different than others have posted but here's the breakdown.

Sunsilk shampoo 4 x 3.23 = 12.92
Clean Team Wipes 2 x 1.64 = 3.28
Bic Razors 2 x 4.45 = 8.90
Red Zone Body Wash 6 x 0.97 = 5.82
Tabasco 2 x 1.18 = 2.36
Bush Grillin' Beans 3 x 1.25 = 3.75 (this were on rollback at our store)

Total 37.03 plus tax
Total coupons and rebates 24.96

Total OOP 12.07 plus tax

Super Savings Saturday - 4/19/08

I didn't have a lot of things this week but I did make a rather nice trip to Walmart. I had downloaded the coupons for the Honey Bunches of Oat cereal but they were for the "Chololate cluster" version. I had checked several of the stores but didn't find it.

Well, this week I finally found one of the stores that did have it. Apparently, you have to go to one of the bigger "super center" stores to get it. So here is my loot for Walmart this week.

Honey Bunches cereal 1.98
Honey Bunches cereal 1.98
Honey Bunches cereal 1.98
Malt o meal cereal 2.68
Malt o meal cereal 2.68
Zantac Cool 4.23
Scrubbing bubble brush 4.98
Toilet scrub 4.67
Malt hot cereal 2.12
Malt hot cereal 2.12

Total 29.42 plus tax
Total coupons and rebates 20.98

Total OOP 8.44 plus 1.89 tax = 10.33

Entering the Couponing World

This week I started my coupon shopping adventure. I wanted to try Walgreens first so I went armed with my coupons, sales flyer and EasySaver rebate book. I know it took me a lot of time getting organized but I'm hoping that will take less time as I learn what I'm doing.

Here's my loot from Walgreens.



Colgate toothbrush 3.99
Aquafresh toothpaste 2.00
Gillette Mach3 Razors 6.00
Gillette Venus Razors 6.00
Airwick mini 9.99
Airwick mini 9.99 - BOGO
Kleenex 0.99
Kleenex 0.99
Kleenex 0.99

Total before coupons and tax = 40.94
Total OOP after coupons, BOGO and with tax = 21.89
Expected rebates = 10.48
RR = $3.00
Total Cost = 8.41
Total Savings = 32.53

There were several items I could have gotten for very little but I simply don't use that product so I didn't bother getting them.

I also tried to find the Honey Bunches of Oats Chocolate Cluster cereal but apparently none of the stores in our area carry it.

I also had taken some coupons to Walmart and Kmart and the savings we ok but not great.

Have a great day!
Mavis D.