HonseTea CVS

I was hoping to be able to buy more coke on Sunday, but we haven't gotten a delivery yet. On the pallet sits 3 lonely cases of Dr. Pepper. There are only one or two diet cokes in the main aisle. I'll just have to wait until more comes in. I had purchased a single Honest Tea for lunch part of lunch one day. (Running late and no time to pack!) I figured I would go ahead and get 9 more for my $5 EB.

Also on sale this week is Always Infinity. I love this stuff so much! I was so excited to see it one sale. I think the bigger ones may have been on sale about a week or two ago, but I didn't notice until to late. I don't think I want ever use anything else. Too bad these things are mad expensive! $5.49 per box! (14-18 count)

Got a chance to use my raincheck as well. I've been waiting and waiting for the Planter's Nut*rition bars to come in. Finally we got two. I asked my co-worker nicely if he would ring up the two on sale and give my half of the extra bucks. The deal originally required four. (Buy 4 @ $2.50 each get $4 EB.) He rewrote the raincheck for the second two (half the extra bucks) and issued $2 extra bucks. Yippie! Maybe next week I can get the rest? (These are also on sale this week, but I only got $2 EB total. This week's sale isn't enough to entice me.)



3 Alway Infinity 16ct @ $3.99 each = $11.97
9 Bottles of Honest Tea @ $1.50 each = $13.50
2 Planters Nut*rition bars 5ct @ $2.50 each = $5.00
Total Before Coupons: $30.47

3 $1/1 Always Infinity
2 $1/1 Platers Nut*rition bars
Total After Coupons: $25.47

Received:
$5 EB wyb $15 of selected Coke & Kraft products
$2 EB Planters Nut*rition bars (raincheck!)
Net: $18.47 cost

A little high for me, but so worth it.

CVS - Coke & Revlon

This week the little coupon machine had a surprise for me, $5 off 2 Revlon cosmetics. There are still lots of options to choose with the clearance. I'm not much of a lip stick person, but we only had one gloss left. I do try and get stuff I will use or know someone who will. I also spotted the Oreo cakesters on clearance as I put out all the labels for new items. To bad the double stuffed was still only 50%. The regular were 75%. Go figure?



3 Coke 12 pk @ $3.00 each = $9.00 (Not pictured)
2 Coke 2-liters @ $1.50 each = $3.00
2 Honest Tea @ $1.50 each = $3.00 (Drank one at work)
Revlon Lip Gloss $2.49 (75% clearance)
Revlon Lip Stick $2.49 (75% clearance)
Total Before Coupons: $19.98

$5/2 Revlon Cosmetics CVS coupon
$1.50 BOGO Coke 2 Liter (Recycle Bank offer)
Total After Coupons: $13.48

Received:
$5 EB wyb $15 of selected Coke Products
Net: $8.48

If I get a chance maybe I should try and poke around some other CVS to see what they have left in their food clearance. We still have lots of check out candy items, but I much rather look for cookies & crackers.

Rite Aid - Paid to Shop!

I didn't think there would be anything this week at Rite Aid. Maybe the light bulbs, but I much prefer the ones with the low wattage to save electricity. I bought a few in the past, but I really don't need them so I'll pass.

I saw a great Nature Made deal all over the blogs & forums, if you have All You Magazine. A few coupons are form last month's issue, but if you have Feb your all set. (You will need to get a second one for additional coupons.) That might mean multiple copies at Walmart for some. The gist of the deal is a double dip into the Healthy Heart & Nature Made purchase of $30.



2 CoQ10 30mg 30ct @ $11.69 each = $23.38 (reg $12.99, 10% discount)
1 Fish Oil 1200mg 100ct $9.44 (reg $10.49, 10% discount)
Total Before Coupons: $32.82

$4 off $20 purchase Jan VV (Watch a lot of commercials of Beauty products)
$3/1 Nature Made Fish Oil VV Feb
$6/1 CoQ10 All You Feb
$5/1 CoQ10 All You Jan
$4/1 Fish Oil All You Feb
Total After Coupons: $10.82 (used $7 +up, $2.81 GC & $1.01 Cash)

Received:
$10 +up Healthy Heart
$16 +up Nature Made
Net: $15.18 profit!

To bad I can't do that again. I could still make a decent killing on it, but then I think I would wipe out the store. They didn't have a lot in stock. One store had only on CoQ10 in the smaller size.

Saving Sunday - Late edition

There's has been so little in the mail of late. I actually got something, but forgot about it until today! Better late than never. Hoping for something in the up coming weeks.

Another CVS Trip

My mom asked me to get her some Izzy this week. As the 'extra' from last week carried over (including a 2 litter I bought for mom) I only needed to buy 6 to get the EB. No coupons this time as I maxed out at both computers and mom already printed and used hers. By some sheer luck I ended up with the $10/1 Physicians formula coupon. No idea. I would have loved it more last week. I used in conjunction with the the Izzy so as to lower my OOP due to overage. Yeah! The cashiers are of the "What it scans for is what it is" verity.

I made sure this time that the BOGO coupons for the gum were rung up correctly. The cashiers will put it in for over the max amount if you don't tell them. I'm hoping that eventually they will start to read the coupons themselves. I think I'm starting to get one of them to really look at the coupons they are getting.



This was done in two transactions, but I'm putting it together as one for simplicity.

6 Izzy 4-packs @ $2.99 each = $17.94
Physician's Formula $2.62 (75% clearance)
2 Reach Floss @ $.99 each = $1.98 (These are one sale until 01/31 for $.99)
Snickers Peanut-butter $.89
Blink Tears $7.99
2 Crest Pro Health @ $2.99 each = $5.98
4 Orbit Gum @ 1.29 each = $5.16
4 Orbit Gum FREE (BOGO Sale)
Total Before Coupons: $42.56

$10/1 Physician's Formula CVS Coupon Machine
$3/2 Listerine, Reach Floss or Toothbrush CVS Coupon Machine
2 $1/1 Reach Floss IP (coupons.com I think)
$.89/1 Snickers Peanut-butter CVS Coupon Machine (Only seen with employee cards)
$4/1 Blink Peelie (We still have lots of these on the shelf)
2 $1/1 Crest 4.0oz+ Toothpaste
4 BOGO Orbit Max $1.00
Total After Coupons: $17.67

Received:
$10 EB wyb $20 Pepsi Products, Izzy (Would need another $19 to get a third time)
$4 EB Blink Tears
$4 EB Crest Toothpaste (two offers combined)
Net: $.33 profit (How exactly that happened I'm not entirely sure, but the math is right.)

CVS - Getting Drinks

I was excited by the Pepsi deal when I first saw it. Then changed my mind as I looked a head and found the Coke would be on special soon. Instead I got Izzy & Starbucks Frappuccino for roughly $.25 each can/bottle! That's an awesome deal for those.

Notice again I had my drink. Great tasting drinks are my down fall.

4 Izzy @ $2.99 each = $11.96
2 Starbucks @ $4.99 each = $9.98
Total Before Coupons: $21.94

4 $1/1 Izzy 4pk+ (Izzy Facebook page)
2 $1/1 Starbucks 4pk (forget which paper)
Total After Coupons: $15.94

Received:
$10 EB wyb $20 of Pepsi Product
Net: $5.94 cost

Now I need to buy more Izzy for my mom. To bad I can't get any more of the Izzy coupons. Those were so sweet! ^_^

Rite Aid - 3 Days Running!

I've been in out of Rite Aid for three days. Not all the same ones mind you. I originally hoped to score some free TP on my first trip, but everything was gone! I would have gone Sunday, but as I worked all say and had about ten minutes to get to the store before they closed I couldn't go. Win some, lose some. I did at least pick up 4 Hormel Chili for 4/$5 and got back 5 $1 +up! Wish I had known about the TGIF snacks then. They had about 5 bags on a peg.

My second stop brought me to my 'secret' Rite Aid. I seriously think this one is all but forgotten about except by people who are walking. They had tons of TP. No tissues though. I grabbed 4 4-packs. I didn't know Rite Aid Corporate put a limit on the deal of 3. Not going to fuss over $.90. (Love the discount.)



Store 1:
4 Hormel Chili @ $1.25 each = $5.00
Total Before Coupons: $5.00

$1.50/3 Hormel Products (All You Feb.)
Total After Coupons: $3.50 (used $3 +up)

Received:
5 $1 +up Hormel (4 for the monthly deal, 1 for buying 4)
Net: $1.50 profit

Store 2:
4 4-packs TP @ $.90 each = $3.60 (10% discount)
4 Hormel Chili @ $1.25 each = $5.00
Total Before Coupons: $8.60 (used $8 +up)

No Coupons!

Received:
3 $1 +up TP
5 $1 +up Hormel Chili
Net: $.60 cost

My second day I went back to the first store. I was hoping to grab 2-3 bags of TGIF snacks, but there was only one left on the shelf. Bacon & Cheddar flavor. I don't eat pork products and I don't want to eat flavored pork products either. These will go to my dad. I'll ask him to save the $5 off $15 TGIF restaurant coupon on the back. I also grabbed up the BOGO Dixie plates using the $3/2 VV coupon. What a steal! Sweetheart & I are always going through paper plates. Mostly because we don't have time or energy to do dishes. The other issue is my plates can not be microwaved.



Store 1 second trip:
4 Hormel Chili @ $1.25 each = $5.00 (They still have a lot left.)
Dixie 45ct plates $3.99
Dixie 45ct plates $0.00 (BOGO sale!)
TGIF Bacon & Cheddar Skins $.97
Total Before Coupons: $9.96

2 $.55/2 Hormel (IP available at Manufacture's web site, must register)
$3/2 Dixie Jan VV (Wish I had watched the Dec one)
Total After Coupons: $5.86 (used $5 +up)

Received:
5 $1 +up Hormel Chili
$1 +up TGIF
Net: $.14 profit

I wasn't going to go anywhere else figuring I had enough, but I was really close to the Resolution Rewards. I figured I would stop at two other Rite Aids to see what I could come up with to get it. No TGIF at either one. I was really hoping to grab more for my dad. I lucked out at both stores and managed to find 5 Hormel Chili at one and 4 at the other. Just enough to make them free. Didn't see anything else and with only $6 to go I went with Dixie plates and two of the $.97 snacks. $20 +up for me!



Store 3:

4 Hormel Chili @ $1.25 each = $5.00
Total Before Coupons: $5.00 (used $5 +up)

Received:
5 $1 +up Hormel
Net: FREE!

Store 4:
4 Hormel Chili @ $1.25 each = $5.00
Dixie 45ct plates $3.99
Dixie 45ct plates $0.00 (BOGO sale!)
2 Combos Snacks @ $.97 each = $1.94
Total Before Coupons: $10.93

$.50/1 (1 or 2?) Hormel VV Jan
$1 off purchase VV Jan
Total After Coupons: $9.43 (used $9 +up)

Received:
5 $1 +up Hormel Chili
$20 +up wyb $100 of selected products (Dec 26th - Jan 22nd)
Net: $15.57 profit

Grand Net: $1.50 profit + $.60 cost + $.14 profit + FREE + $15.57 profit = $16.61 profit!