CVS $3.39 oop for $22.37 worth of goods!

Trans. #1

Tums @ 4.69

Huggies @ 10.99

Used:

$1/1 Huggies Coupon

$2.25/1 Tums Coupon

$3/15 CVS Coupon

$7.99 ECBs

oop: $1.83 on gift card

ECBs earned: $4.69

Trans #2

Tums @ 4.69

Used:

$2.25/1 Tums

$2 ECBs

oop: .44 cents on gift card

ECBs earned: $4.69

I wanted to do the Life Water deal buy 2 @ $1 each, get 1 ECB and use a BOGO coupon... but they weren't in stock!

Also, I know Pampers are going to be on a great sale this upcoming week... but I HAD to get diapers because the little miss was soaking through those CVS ones :(

If you would like to see more CVS savings... check out CVS Superstars at the Centsible Sawyer! Click the button to the right.

Morning sickness still has me down, so this is the best I could do! All this for $26.00...

Nothing spectacular, just what we needed to make it through this week! We have been eating out WAY too much because I can't bear to cook, or even eat sometimes.

This was my weekly shopping trip. I did come in under budget, at about 30 dollars. I have been so sick that I had to invest in some "insurance" items for my hubby, like the Digorno. It was on sale for $2.00 at WalMart and I had two $1/1 coupons... not too bad. Also, granola bars, popcicles, and waffles are for me... too sick to eat much else. The sausage was $1.20 and I had a $1/1 coupon making it .20 cents! The Grillin Beans were 1.25 I used a $1/1 coupon to make this .25 cents.
The Johnson's softlotion was .97 cents, I had a $1/1 coupon making this free!

Chicken was BOGO at Fry's.

Other than that I was just lucky to have made it to the store and back! My hubby even set this picture up for me... I was just too sick!

I skipped out on CVS due to the illness. There weren't any great deals that I just had to have. Maybe I will be able to try it this week! I am finally on some meds for the nausea!

CVS - Meeting my NEEDS

$46.75 worth of goods for $5.85 on a gift card!

ECBs for next week: 9

Not the best "rolling" of ECBs... but I got things I needed almost for free, and that's the point, right?

Transaction #1

1 Scott 12 pk bathroom tissue on sale for 6.49

1 Degree Deoderant for 1.88

1 Schick Intuition Razor for 9.99

1 2 pack Lysol wipes for 3.49
Used:

$3/15 CVS purchase

.75/1 Scott coupon

$1/1 Degree coupon

$1.50/1 Lysol coupon

$4/1 Schick coupon

11.37 ECBs

OOP: .86 cents on a gift card

ECBs earned: 6

Transaction #2

1 Energizer AA 4 pack on sale for $2.99

1 Glade Air Freshener .97

1 Colgate Total Advanced for $2.99

1 Viactiv Flavor Glide 60 ct for $5.49

2 Rolaids plus 12 ct for 2.89

Used:

$3/15 CVS purchase

$1/1 Engergizer

$1/1 Glade

$1/1 Colgate

$2/1 Viactiv

6 ECBs

OOP: 4.99 on gift card

ECBs earned: 9

I didn't go just for all of the free items to maximize my ECBs because we really needed toilet paper, batteries, and Lysol wipes (to ease cleaning for myself and hubby while I'm battling "morning" sickness). Also, the Rolaids have already come in handy!

I will be making another trip tomorrow to see if the other CVS has Addidas Deoderant and Hawaiian Tropic chapstick...

OOPS!

All good things must come to an end, right? Well this week I ended my under budget streak. I suppose I can rationalize it by saying it all evens out. I think I will say that for peace of mind! All things considered, I only spent 49.83 for all of this. My grocery "budget" (this term is applied quite loosely) used to be around 75.00.

Deals of note:
Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaners were on roll back for $12.00, I used a $10 off 1 coupon making it $2.00! And it cleans my shower for me!

Milk was on sale for $1.99 at Fry's. I just took the AD with me and they lowered the price at checkout.

Honey Bunches of Oats was on sale for $1.98, I used the $2 off 1 coupon found here: http://www.kraftfoods.com/honeybunchesofoats/offers.html (I don't know how to put this whole link into one word "here"...maybe someone can help me out with this?) Which made this box free.

Live Active Cereal was $3.12 I used two of the $3 off 1 coupons found here: http://www.kraftfoods.com/liveactivefoods/whatsNew/index.aspx Making these .12 cents per box!

Silk was on sale at Fry's for $2.99. Again, I presented thier AD and they adjusted the price at checkout. I used one $2.25 off one coupon found here: http://www.silksoymilk.com/drtv/ Making one of these .74 cents!

YoMommy yogurt was $2.78, I used $1 off 1 coupon making it $1.78

YoBaby yogurt was $3.52, I used $1 off 1 coupon making it $2.52

I almost went into shock when the cashier told me the subtotal.... 92.00! ish... I can't remember exaclty. I was like... whoa I really blew it this time. However, total after coupons came to 64.82, then I had to subtract the printer ink I bought at 14.99 because it isn't part of the grocery budget, making the total 49.83. Oh the power of coupons!

Better late than never

This was last week's CVS haul.... sorry it's late. I will not burden you with the "run down" as most of that sales are done! I did got all of this for less then the price of the prenatals (which I now need). I also left with 11.43 ECBs for next week.

Living the frugal life

I have been thinking recently... just what are we doing as a family to live frugally, and green at the same time?
Frugality and living "green" do go hand in hand sometimes. In my ignorance I thought being green was just buying ridiculously priced organics at Whole Foods... However, my eyes have been opened and I am compiling a list of things we have been doing to live "Frugally Green".

1. Wash clothes in cold water. Very frugal. Very green. (I would dry them on a line, and believe me they would dry in minutes... however, they would need washed again as they would innevitably be covered in dust!)
2. Drive 65 on the interstate. Saves gas... which obviously saves money, and the environment! Oh, and you wont get a ticket!
3. Incorporate trips to town. Example: If I have an appointment, I will think hard about all the other errands I could possibly run while in town. Combining trips saves gas! (and the environment... getting old?)
4. Use cloth dish towels when possible. We have not done away with paper towels completely, we use them for particularly "germy" accidents. Think: raw eggs, raw meat, baby messes. However, by making use of cloth towels we save SO many paper towels. Which means... less buying of papertowels and very green!
5. Don't run the water while brushing teeth. (an old habbit I have broken!)
6. Turn off lights when not in use.
7. Keep the blinds closed in the Summer. (Sad for me because I love the sunshine... but the air runs so much less!)
8. Make one grocery shopping trip per week. Shop the sales, use coupons, make a menu and stick to it! Less trips means less gas, less money spent.
9. Use canvas bags for groceries. I have not built up my supply enough to use these exclusively, however, when shopping at Fry's I usually only buy the amazing-can't-miss-sale-items, which fit into my canvas bag. Plus they are taking 5 cents off your grocery bill for BYOB (Bring Your Own Bag!).
10. Getting most of our movies free at the library or from Redbox with free one night codes. Not so green but definately frugal!
11. Potty train the little miss before she turns two (a work in progress). We will save so many diapers, which are crazy expensive and awful for the environment. Sorry... I can't even think about using cloth! Hats off to those who do...

What are some tricks of the trade that you are doing to save money... and possibly "go green" at the same time?

Under Budget Again

Yay! We came in under budget... again! I had some pretty good coupons, combined them with sales to get all of this for...

$33.23!

This weekend our church will be hosting a missionary couple on deputation and I am responsible for their meals for the most part. Also, this coming friday we are having the youth over to BBQ hamburgers and hot dogs, and I still managed to stay under! Yay!

Deals of note:

At Fry's...

Sargento cheese for 1.88 each, plus a $1/2 coupon made these $1.38 each

Mission Tortilla chips on sale for 1.99 plus $.25/1 made these $1.74

Kraft BBQ sauce .77 cents

Fry's sent me some coupons for being their customer, among those was a coupon for free Oscar Meyer Franks!

2 Liters of Coke products .67 cents each

At Walmart...

Suave lotion .97 plus $1/1 coupon makes it free!

Old Spice .97 plus $2/2 coupon makes these free!

Huggies Clean Team flushable wipes $1.67 each plus $3/2 makes these .14 each!

Silk $3.23 plus 2.25/1 coupon made this .98!

Fiber One yogurt 2.67 plus $1/1 coupon made this $1.67

This week's CVSing

All this plus 2 2-liters of soda for....

$4.91!

Saved...

$74.04

Not the BEST week, but definately good!

What I did...

First Transaction

1 Lint roller 2.50

8 Post-it things 2 for 4

2 Palmolive 1.59 BoGo

2 2-liters Pepsi prod. 1.69 BoGo

Used

.25/1 Palmolive

$3/1 CVS

$1/1 Lint Roller

(2) $3/1 Post-it

ECBs used: 8

Total oop: $0.00!

ECBs Earned: 0

Second Transaction

One more Post it 2.00

2 BIC Soliel razor 5.99

1 Just for Men Touch of Gray 7.99 (good gag gift!?)

Used

$3/1 CVS

(2) $2/1 BIC

$2/1 Just for Men

ECBs used: 10

Total oop: 3.72

ECBs earned: 18.99

Third Transaction

1 Playskool wipes 5.79

1 Playskool Diapers 14.99

Used:

$1/1 Playskool CVS

$1/1 Playskool Wipes

$3/1 Playskool Diapers CVS

$3/1 CVS Brand

$4 off $20 purchase of Playskool

ECBs Used: 7.99

Total oop: 1.19

ECBs Earned: 0

I lost ECBs for things I needed like the Palmolive, Diapers, and wipes. But I still have 11 ECBs for next week!