My CVS savings this week

I didn't have much hope for CVS, this week but it turned out really good - it did take some thinking and searching, though. The rule of thumb for today is - gather and collect all the coupons you can from every possible source because they can all come in handy!

Overall, the regular price of everything I bought would have been $33.50, on sale it was 22.34 but with all my coupons and Extra Bucks from the register, I got it down to 5.05 for a savings of 85%!

I used coupons from several sources, but wierdly, none from online, go figure. Anyway, here's the rundown of what I got:

• Zone Perfect bar - on sale for $1, + coupon for .55/1 from last Sunday's paper made this .45 - a savings of 72% off the original price of $1.59
• Dawn dish detergent - on sale for .83 + a coupon for .50 from the 5/2 Sunday Paper, the P&G pullout, made this .33 for a savings of 83% off the 1.99 original price
• 2 Dawn dish detergents - on sale for .83 + (2) .25/1 coupons (1 from the same 5/2 paper and on e from a P&G coupon book I got for a rebate offer *see below). So, these ended up being .58 each for a savings of 71%.
• 1 Aussie Shampoo plus 1 Aussie mousse - on sale for 2.99 each with a $2 ECB back at the register, plus a $2/2 coupon from this last Sunday's paper + a $1 coupon from the CVS card scanner made these .50 each - saving me 90% off the regular price of $4.99 for the mousse and 88% off the 4.29 cost of the shampoo
• Herbal Essences Conditioner - on sale for 2.99 with a $2 ECB back at the register, plus a $1 coupon from Sunday's paper made this one FREE!
• Cascade Action packs 16ct - on sale for 3.99 + a .50 coupon from the 5/2 Sunday P&G pullout. So, this was 3.49 for a savings of 54% off the 6.49 regular price (my least best deal but very useful)
• Speed Stick with stainguard - on sale for 2.99 with a $2 ECB back at the register + a .50 coupon I got from a recent paper - just don't know which one - made this .49 for a savings of 88% off the regular price of 3.99
• Finally, I had a $5 off of a $30 order that I got by email this week from the Care Card account!
  

I also just got a kitchen sponge which figures into the mix but there was no deal on that one. So, all in all a really good day - I used about $8.50 in ECBs that I got on previous trips so even though my bill was about 11.05, I only gave the cashier $2.55 in cash.

So, it pays to keep every coupon you get, just in case and find all the sources you can - online, papers, club cards, scanning at the CVS scanner in the store and going for the ECBs!

All these deals are good through tomorrow - Saturday so hurry in if you like any of them.

*P&G coupon book rebate offer - The P&G pullout often has a mail-in form to send away for a coupon book. None of the coupons are all that great but they could be useful and , hey - I did use one, today. This time, from the 5/2 paper, they want you to purchase $50 worth of P&G products by 5/31/10, send in the receipts with the form and they'll send you the coupon book. That may sound like a big deal just for some coupons - and frankly that is true. Last time, I went through my receipts - as I'm keeping all of them for rebates in general - and sure enough, I had plenty of P&G products naturally, so I didn't buy anything extra. I will do the same this time and if I have enough, great - I'll send in for it - but if not - no big loss.

My Walgreens trip this week

I actually made 2 trips to Walgreens - one for extreme savings, and one to get pet supplies for our foster kittie Coco. I actually did pretty well on that trip, too - not my goal of 80% but I had to get some litter and cat food.

So, here's the rundown on my first trip

• Post Grape Nuts - on sale for 1.75, plus a coupon for $2/1 coupon from postnatural.com (coupon is good for Raisin Bran and Shredded Wheat, also) - .25 credit toward the rest of my order!
• Oscar Mayer Deli Creations - 1.99 with Wags coupon from circular plus a $1 Q from Sunday's paper made this only .99 for a savings of 70%
• 3 Reach flosses - 90yds - on sale for $4 each but Wags' circular coupon made these 6.99 for all 3 plus a coupon for $3/3 from the 4/11 Sunday paper made these only 3.99 for all 3 for a savings of 83% off the regular price of $7.99 each
• 2 Stride Shift flavor gum - on sale for $1 each plus a $1 off Q from the Wags May booklet made these about .50 each - which saved me 61% (sorry, we didn't really like the gum, though)

So, in total, this order would've cost me 34.63 and I paid 4.85 for it - a savings of 86%! Very cool.

On my pet supply run, I only got 2 things. The interesting thing about couponing is when you need a particular item and you need to search the stores and coupons to save as much as possible right now. You can't usually get huge savings but at least you're not paying full price for anything. That's what I did here and with a little planning and searching my coupons that I've saved, here's how I did:

• Tidy Cat litter 14 lb - on sale for $5 plus a coupon for $1 off made it $4. Regularly, this is 6.99 so I saved 43%
• Friskies 50.4 oz dry food - on sale for 4.99 plus a coupon for $1 off made this 3.99, a savings of 33% off the normal 5.99 price.

So, for this trip, I saved 38% - not bad for a spur of the moment coupon trip.

Let me know how you're doing in your couponing. What great deals are you finding? Am I helping with my blog at all or should I spend more time on my knitting?? Let me know!

Safeway and Nob Hill deals this week

Check out My Frugal Adventures for this week's deals at SW and NH. I'm not seeing much that strikes my fancy but maybe it's all stuff you need!

Safeway
Nob Hill

Wags and CVS for week of 5/16

Don't have a lot of time right now to write up my savings at Walgreens last night but for now, here are the links to my sources for all the great deals there and at CVS. Just remember, sometimes their Sunday coupons aren't the same as ours.

My Frugal Adventures:
CVS
Walgreens

Bargain Blessings
Walgreens

Going to CVS maybe today. Not real excited about any of the deals there this week. But, I'll write more about Walgreens tonight!

Safeway Savings this week

Sorry, I didn't post sooner. But, you still have time to take advantage of some of these deals through tomorrow:

Select cereals and breakfast bars - buy 4 save $4. Here's how I got some for free:

• 2 Kellogg's Corn Flakes - $1 with the 4 save $4 deal plus a $1 of Q from coupons.com makes these .50 each.
• 1 each of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes and Apple Jacks (or others) were 1.50 each with the 4 save $4 deal plus the same Q from coupons.com for $1 off of 2 makes these $1 each - that's $3 total
• Plus, there was a catalina deal through the 14th (may be over now) which gave you $3 off of 4 Kellogg's cereals - making these free! Even without the catalina deal, you save 80%!
• Classico pasta sauce - on sale for 2 for $4 plus you get 2 free Safeway pastas. There's also a $1.50 off of 2 Q at coupons.com which makes this deal 2.50 for both sauces and pastas - that's a savings of 74%
• Homel pepperoni is BOGO free at Safeway, plus there's a .55 Q at coupons.com, making this 4.24 for both or 2.12 each. That's a savings of 56%.
• Nabisco 100 calorie packs - On sale for 2/$5 + a BOGO free Q at coupons.com plus there was another catalina deal for $1 coupon back at the register for your next order, (this was probably over on the 16th). This makes these 1.50 for both or .75 each. Off of their regular price, this is a 80% savings - even without the cat, it's a 66% savings
• Activia yogurt - on sale for 1.99 with the flyer coupon + a $1 Q from the May 2nd Sunday paper, makes this .99 or 60% off the regular price.

Tonight I'm going to Nob Hill where I think I can get S'mores fixings for free. There's a .99 coupon for all 3 needed items on Raleys.com (Honey Maid grahams, Hershey's chocolate and Kraft Marshmallows). Plus there was a coupon in yesterday's paper for $1 all these same items!
There's also a $1 coupon on the Raleys.com site and a $1 Q from the 4/25 Sunday paper.

If you want to check out more deals for this week's Safeway and Nob Hill check out the My Frugal Adventures website for both.

Happy Shopping!

Latest spreadsheet

I don't know if I posted this last week. But, here is the latest spreadsheet of coupons that we got in the SC Sentinel, including the last 3 weeks together.

I know this has been great for me to easily find if I have a coupon to match a sale. Hopefully it helps you too!

Spreadsheet as of 5.16.10

There's also been some great deals at Safeway this week. Hopefully, you've gotten some. I'll post the ones I've gotten tomorrow.

Great deals at CVS this week

My Frugal Adventures has a good rundown on the deals at CVS this week. Be careful and check your coupons, though because ours are different sometimes than hers.

But, I found some great deals along with hers. Here's how I did today at CVS:

Original non-coupon total - $45.61
Total after all coupons, sales and Extra Bucks - $4.80
Savings of $40.81 or 89%!!

Here's the rundown on the deals:

• Carefree pads - originally 1.69, on sale 10/$10, + coupon for $1 off from the Sunday paper from 4/25 - final price - FREE!
• CVS Sheer bandaids - originally 2.59, on sale for 10/$10 + CVS coupon (from card scanner in the store) for $1 off 2 CVS first aid products - final price .50 - savings of 81%
• CVS Adhesive tape - originally 2.99, on sale for 10/$10 + CVS coupon (from card scanner in the store) for $1 off 2 CVS first aid products - final price .50 - savings of 83%
• 2 Right Guard Total Defense 5s - originally priced 4.49 each, on sale for 2.99 + $3 off of 2 coupon from coupons.com (it was under zip code 49417 but I don't see it, anymore. But, there is a $1 off of 1 coupon, still so print 2) + CVS is offering a $4 Extra bucks when you buy 2 so this is a money-maker, even with the smaller coupons.
• Cottonelle bath tissue - originally 12.49, on sale for 4.99 (even this is a good deal) + a .50 coupon from the 4/18 Sunday paper, I think, final cost 4.50 for a savings of 64%
• Crest Pro-Health toothpaste, originally 3.89, on sale for 3.50, with a coupon for .75 from thed 5/1 Sunday's paper + a CVS Extra bucks for 3.50 making this a .75c money-maker!
• Sudafed Triple Action (this was the main reason I went to begin with)- originally 7.99, on sale for 6.99 with a $2 coupon from the Sudafed.com website, making this only 4.99
• Visine - originally 4.99 + a coupon for $1 off from the Visine.com website
• PLUS - I got a $5 off coupon for the Sudafed and Visine from the 4/11 Sunday Paper (the one with all the allergy medicines in it) Which means I got one of these for free! So, at $5 for both, that's a savings of 61%!

This was a good run to CVS and most of these deals you can get, too. Check out the MFA blog for more CVS deals, too. If you search for CVS in the field on the right, you can get them all at once.

Happy Couponing!

Wags and CVS for week of 5/9

Check out the posts about the deals coming up next week for Wags and CVS.


I'll let you know what I like soon.

Safeway and Nob Hill's deals this week

Here's the latest blog posts for deals this week at Safeway and Nob Hill's.

Bargain Blessings has them for Safeway

My Frugal Adventures did Raley's/Nob Hill

I'll give you my take in the next day or so. Happy couponing!!

CVS and Walgreens deals

Here are links to My Frugal Adventures' posts on this week's deals on CVS and Walgreens! I did only one or two at CVS yesterday but am going to get a bunch at Wags, today. I'll let you know how I do.

Check these out for the full details though:

CVS for week of 5/2 - 5/8
Wags for week of 5/2 - 5/8

I'm finding that her Sunday coupons are not always the same as ours - so check my handy dandy spreadsheet in the last post to see if the coupons she references for RP (Red Plum), SS (SmartSource) or P&G are actually in our paper.

Let me know if you come across any other deals. Safeway and Nob Hill coming soon!

Sunday Coupons - Spreadsheet Style!

I saw this on one of my fave coupon blogs, Bargain Blessings. She uploads a spreadsheet of all the Sunday coupons for easy searches and comparisons. So, I thought I'd give it a try. I know it will help me search for Qs that I want to stack with the sales. I get so tired of flipping through the Q sections of the paper.

And, I also thought it might be worth sharing - maybe some of you can get a use out of it, too. Let me know if it's helpful!

Here's my spreadsheet for 5.1.10. I can't decide if I want to keep each week separated or put them all on one sheet. Let me know what you think.

Have a great week! I'll let you know what's up at our local SV stores soon!