All That & A Bag of Chips . . .

It's more of my shopping adventures . . .



Target! I bought:
Clean & Clear finishes pore perfecting moisturizer $2.00
~price cut! Reg $6.49, Got this one thanks to TotallyTarget.
Scrubbing Bubbles Daily Shower $6.99
2 Ziplock Evolve 50ct sandwich bags @ $1.77 each = $3.54
5 Bananas @ $.19 each = $.95
Travel size Shout Wipes $.97
Total Before Coupons = $14.45

Manufacture Coupons:
$5.00/1 Scrubbing Bubbles
$2.00/1 Clean & Clear product
$1.00/2 Ziplock bags



Store Coupons:
$3.00/1 Scrubbing Bubbles
2 $1.00/1 Ziplock
$1.00/1 Shout product
$.05 for reusable bag

Total After Coupons: $.40
(I plan to submit for the J&J Rebate Buy 3 get $5.00, this will be my third one. No more MIR for this household. At least from that particular offer.)



Weis, I bought:
2 Kraft 8oz dressing @ $1.65 each = $3.30
Uncle Ben's Ready Rice $1.99
4 Star Kist Tuna @ $.75 each = $3.00
Total Before Coupons: $8.29

Manufacture Coupons:
2 $.55/1 Kraft Dressing
$1.99 Uncle Ben's Ready Rice (FREE! coupon through the mail)

Store 'Coupons' (A resulting of doubling and the way BOGO rings up):
$1.65 Kraft Dressing BOGO sale
2 $.45/1 doubling Kraft dressing coupon
Total After Coupons: $2.65 ($.25 was overage from the coupon doubling. Good to know.)

CVS
2 Trail size Right Guard deodorant @ $1.29 each = $2.58
2 Right Guard deodorant @ $3.29 each = $6.58
Bag of Sun chips $.99 (Yummy! These didn't last long)
Total Before Coupons: $10.15



Manufacture Coupons:
2 $3.00/2 Right Guard deodorant

Store 'Coupon' (result of BOGO ring at register)
$3.29 Right Guard BOGO sale
Total After Coupons: $.86 (-$.25 Green Bag Tag Scan)

Freebies in the mail from two weeks ago? (Haven't gotten anything since, except Crest Whitening Strips. *I feel unloved!*)



Oooo . . . sounds exciting. I think perhaps I could get my sister and my mom for a special trip sometime? I've wanted to go to one, but it doesn't make much sense for a household of two.

Rite Aid - unmarked sale & skincare rebate update

Last time I wasn't sure about my skin care rebate at all. I thought I had selected the wrong kind of OLAY products to qualify for the rebates, but when checking my account it seemed it all processed! I'm not sure if it's before or after coupon use as they don't tell you exactly what you've accumulated. But I do know both items went through giving me a total of $35.98 or $32.98. So now I need another $14.02 at least. I went to get the rest today, but there seems to be an unmarked sale? If I had known that I would have bought another item.


Today I bought:
2 Gillette Body Wash $5.98 ($2.99 each)
2 OLAY Regenerist daily cleanser $12.42 ($6.21 each)
--- These were unmarked and this works out to be 25% off regular price ($8.29)
Pantene Shampoo $3.50
Total Before Coupons: $21.90



Coupon Gillette $4/2 body wash
Coupon Pantene $1/1
2 Coupons $1/1 Olay facial moisturizer or cleanser
Coupon Rite Aid $5 off a $20 purchase
Total After Coupons: $9.90

Will receive:
$3.00 Pantene rebate (see here)
$2.99 Gillette rebate

Net Cost:$3.91

So now I am waiting for everything to clear through. Once I've completely cleared the skin care rebate I want to summarize all the transactions involving the rebate to see how well I make out. Maybe I should have just purchased everything at once. I think with something this big I will do that next time. I still need to buy either $1.60 or $6.60 of OLAY to complete the skin rebate. I'll just aim for the $6.60 just be on the safe side, otherwise I might have to spend even more.

No coupons?!?

I headed out to the grocery store after work (around 4pm or so) only to find there we no coupons in the papers there. WHAT? I want my coupons! Geerrr . . . lesson learned, head to the store BEFORE work to get the out of town paper that has better coupons than any of the local ones. *sighs* I suppose that means I'll be getting up at 5am next week? Ack!

I also shopped at CVS after work. I wanted to be sure I could grab the free after extra bucks body wash. I wonder how long that kind of sale is going to go on? It's been running a lot lately. Stocking up while the price is good! (Just running out of room to store it.)



Today I bought:
2 Gillette Body Wash $8.00 ($4.00 each)
4pk of Schick Hydro 5 blades $8.97
Neutrogena Ultra Sheer lotion 55spf $10.99
Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Spray 30spf $9.99
Total: $37.95

Coupon BOGO Gillette Body Wash $4.99 (The cashier didn't get my extra care card first so it rang up at regular price. She wasn't paying attention so she put the BOGO in at full price instead of $4.00. She told me not to worry about it. Okay . . .)
Coupon Gillette Shampoo $1.00 (BOGO only locks one item? I bought the shampoo & body wash combo)
Coupon Hydro $5.00 (They were out of the actual raisers)
2 Coupons Neutrogena Sun lotion/spray $2.00
Coupon CVS $3 off of $15 sun care purchase
Total After Coupons: $19.96

Received:
$10 EB for purchasing 2 Neutrogena Sun Tan Lotion
$8 EB for Old Spice/Gillette body wash (I was surprised as I have thought the limit was one? Perhaps it is a glitch? I don't know if they'll change it or not.)
$5 EB for Schick Hydro 5
Net: $3.04 profit + $.25 green bag tag scan

Better than I had planned because of the extra $4 in EB! The only thing I don't like about this transaction is that I am left with some high valued EB. Sometimes it can be a little rough trying to spend it all at once. We'll see what comes up in the next four weeks.

Shopping, shopping, shopping . . .

I did a few deals on Sunday and Monday. CVS sent out a 20% off non sale items coupon, but it was only good this past Saturday & Sunday. With that in mind I thought I should buy up the Off! Clip on. I wanted to keep this transaction separate from the Windex & Shout purchase. I managed to find excellent coupons for Dove deodorant from iheartcvs.com & CommonSenseWithMoney. So here we go . . .



Sunday's transaction included:
Gillette Fusion Proglide $9.97 (sale, wish I had know this was good on the sample set)
2 Dove deodorant travel size $2.00 ($1.00 each)
2 Clip Off! Starter kits $17.98 ($8.99 each)
2 Clip Off! refills $7.98 ($3.99 each)
2 Pantene travel size $2.58 ($1.29 each)
3 Right Guard travel size $3.87 ($1.29 each)
2 24ct Benadryl $9.98 ($4.99 each, not pictured)
4 12pk of Coke $13.00 ($3.25 each, sale)
Total Before Coupons: $67.36



Coupon Proglide $4.00
2 Coupons Dove $1.00 ($2.00)
Coupon BOGO Clip Off! Starter $8.99
Coupon Clip Off! Starter $3.00
2 Coupons CVS Clip Off! Starter $3.00 ($6.00, some people have said that these work on the refills as well. I tried to get it to go through and the cash register beeped, the cashier did not push it through. Read your coupons!)
2 Coupons Clip Off! refill $1.00 ($2.00)
Coupon Pantene $2.00/2 (was sent along with a sample, no size restriction)
Coupon Right Guard $1.00
Coupon Right Guard $3.00/2 (Adjusted to $2.87)
2 Coupons Benadryl $2.00 ($4.00, peelies from previous purchase)
Coupon CVS Benadryl $3.00/2 (Prepare for Allergy Season booklet)
Total After Coupons: $28.50

Special 20% Coupon $8.87
Total after discount: $19.63

EB printed at the bottom:
Coke $3.00
Proglide $5.00

MIR
J&J Buy 3 products get $5.00
Net: $6.63 - $.25 Green Bag Tag, Excellent considering the coke is still apart of that price. One Down more to go!

Rite Aid Trip(s)
On my first Transaction I bought:
Olay Total Effects Serum $17.99
Olay Total Effects Body Wash $9.49
OldSpice Body Wash $3.50
OldSpice Deodorant $3.50
Total: $34.48



Coupon Buy Olay TE Serum Get Olay TE Body Wash Free $9.49
Coupon Buy OldSpice Body Wash Get a Deodorant Free $3.50
Coupon Rite Aid $5/$25
Total After Coupons: $16.49

Received
$4.00 +UP Rewards
Net: $12.49

Transaction 2! I bought:
Gillette Proglide $9.99
OldSpice Deodorant $3.50
OldSpice Body Wash $3.50
Olay Prox Cleanser $17.99
Total: $34.98



Coupon Buy OldSpice Deodorant Get a Body Wash Free $3.50
Coupon Proglide $4.00
Coupon Olay Prox $3.00
Coupon Rite Aid $5/25
Total After Coupons: $19.48

Received:
$4.00 +UP Rewards

SCR:
$5.00 Proglide
Net: $10.48

With Both transactions I'm hoping to get:
$5.00 CG P&G (I'm hoping . . . waiting for it to clear)

Skin care GC? Looking closer at all the ads and such, I mistakenly thought all the Olay was included. It looks like it's just the Regenerist. Over all I don't think I got a bad deal . . . but it's not nearly what I had in mind. On the plus side I could still submit all the Olay for the rebate of $20 wyb $50. (I will have to go out and get a few more items.) I'll wait to see what happens when it clears. I would hate to return the items. My store was out of the free Blink and I forgot to get a toothbrush. I'm not really free until Saturday . . .maybe I could squeeze a trip in tomorrow?

Net of the 2 transactions: $21.97 (Just the stuff I know will clear)

CVS Monday Trip, I bought:
2 Windex $5.00 ($2.50 each)
2 Shout $5.00 ($2.50 each)
6 Dove Deodorant $15.00 ($2.50 each)
Total: $25.00

2 Coupons Windex $1.00 ($2.00, printable Smart Source)
2 Coupons Shout $.55 ($1.10, one from the paper and one peelie off package)
4 Coupons Dove $2.00 ($8.00)
Coupon Dove $3.00/2
Total After Coupons: $10.90



EB printed at the bottom:
$5.00 Dove
$5.00 J&J purchase

MIR
$5.00 wyb 3 J&J product
Net: $4.10 profit + $.25 Green Bag Tag (much better than what I did at RiteAid)

Always Keep a Copy

If you have any important finical documents (or other important documents), keep a copy. I finally got a note from the county that I previously lived in. It told me that my refunded had been reduced from about $400 to $15 . . . HUH? So I give them a call and now I need to prove that I paid the place I currently live. This is suppose to show them (former county) that they (new county) will not be asking them for the money.

Good thing I have copies of all my taxes! Make copies of the copies and send them off. While the former county didn't ask for their paper work again as well as W-2's for the year, I sent it along anyway so that they'll have everything in one place. So now it will be yet another 4-8 weeks until I get that money . . . or at least that's my estimate of the process. If they send me a check in the meantime I'm not cashing it until I get the rest of it. I just hope it comes in time for the inspection of the car.

June Budget

This month is in need of some adjustments. There are three adjustments (marked with a *) to be made which will be explained after the listing.

Bills (Electric) $100*
Car Insurance $42
Car repairs/upkeep $48*
Cellphone $30
Clothing $20
Free Money $60
Gas $200
Groceries $120
Health $28*
Rent $280
Savings $20
Student Loans:
AES $257
Private loan $100
Direct Loan $65
Sallie Mae $79

Grand Total: $1429/month

Bills - now that the heat isn't on it's not as expensive. While I think I should move this back up, I need to shift some of the money to my car. (See here)

Car repairs - While the inspection isn't due until October, I want to get this done in August. If it costs way to much, I won't fix the car. It may mean it's time to find a new one. I'm hoping that doesn't happen. You never know though . . . (Again see here)

Health - I will finally be getting health insurance through my employer. 1. This money comes out pre-tax and I'll never see it. Can't 'accidentally' spend it on anything. This is also why it appears I've taken a pay cut. 2. It's cheaper over all. Now I can take the extra money that I original set aside to actually pay for doctors visits, scripts if I get sick or other health emergencies. 3. It's a much better health plan compared to what I had before. (Limit of two doctors visits a year!) While this doesn't start until 11th of the month to be taken from my pay check it's good to start early.

On another note, once I have my yearly review I should be getting a raise. I don't see why I wouldn't, but I never count on anything until I actual have it in hand. Like the tax refund from the county government, because my job payed the wrong county! Still waiting . . . it's been what? 6 weeks?

Shopping Trips!

More shopping trips! I love shopping when I can get great deals. The only time I really hate shopping is when I go to buy clothing. I loathe clothes shopping. *gerr* Any who . . . Here are some deals I picked up this past week and on Sunday. I’m a bit disorganized as I worked all weekend, so I seem to be missing a receipt. This is not good in that it had some Kraft items on it I would have used for a rebate. *sighs*




These were outside my door before I even went shopping on Friday. Saturday I received a sample pack from Always "Being A Girl" website.




The grand total was just under $10 with coupons from Giant. I also received a $3.00 off your next order for the purchase of the scrubbing bubbles spray. This is the one with missing receipt. Where did it go?




I managed to score the 100 calorie pack deal again from target. Also received a $5 gift card. Total came to $6.18. ($1.18 if you take out the gift card.) Not to shabby.




My standard CVS trip. The shampoo is actually a CVS brand, even though it doesn't say that. I used a $1.00/1 CVS hair care to get it free. The lip gloss & deoderant were free after coupons and extra bucks.