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It is a good day for baby supplies! Here is another high value Huggies Diapers coupon. Go HERE to print.
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Boy formula is so expensive, isn’t it? Thanks to Enfamil for another free sample of their specialty formulas. These are usually good sized cans so go HERE to print your certificate.
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Okay. I am so tempted not to post a Photo Show and Tell for Publix this week. SO TEMPTED. But, I know that what all of you want to see is reality. Right? And, this week’s Publix ad (in my opinion) is far from stellar. Top it off with the fact that my Publix’s shelves were wiped clean of the razors, shave cream, fisher nuts and body wash that I had tons of coupons to put towards. (I think there are too many Addicted to Saving readers in my area :)) I also had to buy coffee filters which weren’t on sale because we were totally out. But beyond that, I am so blessed with I have a stockpile that will sustain my family for 4 – 6 weeks. So, during weeks like this, I don’t usually buy much. It’s frustrating though because I had a $5/$30 and a $10/$50 competitor coupon and I was prepared to use one of them. But, I couldn’t get my Publix total (before coupons) to $30.00! So, I used very few coupons. I had one of my favorite cashiers and she was surprised when she scanned the four coupons I gave her since I’m usually giving her a huge stack! And, I am wondering what she thought when she saw my total! But, this is reality. In real life, there are weeks when we save more and there are weeks when we save less. This week was so frustrating for me mainly because of the amount of money I spent on literally two bags of groceries. But, like I said, I am blessed with an awesome stockpile and despite my supbar week, I still saved money. On the groceries in the picture above(minus the lettuce – see below for notes on that), I spent $3.69 (including tax) and I saved $6.05…
The items I purchased today coincide with this week’s Publix Weekly ad. To see this week’s ad & coupon matchups, go HERE.
If you are new to saving money at Publix, read my Intro to Publix post!
Here’s the rundown and how to do what I did for today’s Publix stop:
0.8 lbs Bananas on sale $0.59/lb Total: $0.47 2 Ears Corn on sale 8/$2.00 Total: $0.50 1 Melitta Coffee Filters priced at $3.69 Minus one $1.00/1 Melitta Coffee Filters 03-28-10 SS Total: $2.692 Glass Plus Cleaners on sale B1G1 $2.49 for two
Minus two $1.00/1 printables Total: $0.49 or $0.25 each **UPDATE – I had hubby return the two bags of Fresh Express Lettuce. They were priced incorrectly so we received a cash refund for the bags today 🙂Total Spent Including Tax: $3.69, Total Saved: $6.05, Percentage Saved: 62.2%
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We all want to maximize our coupons and save the most money. Sometimes it requires us to be patient with our coupons. Many of you may or may not have these coupons as 2 of the 3 are unavailable now but if you do great, try this! Here is an example of combining 3 different coupons and getting cheap milk and cookies!
Deal Scenario:
Buy one T.G. Lee Milk, $3.19 Buy two Nabisco fig newtons on sale $3.00 each Minus one $1.00/1 T.G. Lee Milk printable Minus one Buy one package of Nabisco cookies and 1 Gallon of Milk and Get a second package of cookies FREE- Printable from Nabisco Facebook page(unavailable now) Minus one$1.00/1 Fig Newton cookies Printable from Nabisco Facebook page(unavailable now) Minus $1.00 ECB (from buying milk earlier in the week) Total Due: $3.19 for 1 Gallon of Milk and two packages of cookies!This post may contain a link to an affiliate. See my disclosure policy for more information.
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To help you get the most product for as little money out of pocket as possible, multiple transactions become necessary. It is not hard to do, but it does require a little preparation. Each week we will try to make it easy for you and provide you with some examples of a “multiple transactions scenario” with the best deals at CVS. To see this weeks CVS ad go HERE
This scenario includes three transactions and we will start with $5.00 out of pocket.
Transaction #1 Buy one Kotex liners 50-60ct,pads 14-18 ct or tampoons 18ct, $4.99 Minus $1.00/1 U by Kotex 04-18-10 SS OR $1.00/1 U by Kotex printable Total Due- $3.99 Receive $4.99 ECBs Transaction #2 Buy two Right Guard Total Defense @ $2.99 each Minus $3.00/2 Right Guard Total Defense printable Buy one Crest Pro Health @$3.50 Minus -$0.75/1 Crest toothpaste 4.0oz or larger liquid or gel 05-02-10 PG Minus $4.99 ECBs (from Transaction #1) Total Due- $0.74 Receive $7.50 ECBs (3.50ECBs, 4 ECBs) Transaction #3 Buy one Schick Hydro 3 or Hydro 5 Razors, $8.99 -$5.00/1 Schick Hydro 05-09-10 SS Buy two CoverGirl Lip Products on sale B1G1You have a total of $8 ECBs ($4ECBs and $4ECBs)to use next week!
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My friend Kara and I had an awesome time shopping at CVS earlier this week. CVS has a ton of freebies and moneymakers this week and fortunately for us, our CVS had pretty much everything in stock. Go HERE to watch the video blog we shot while we shopped at CVS! I broke my purchase up into two transactions. I started out with $8.98 in ECBs (Extra Care Bucks). When I have ECBs, my goal is always to use my ECBs and buy items that will then reward me with more ECBs. That way I can roll my ECBs from one transaction to another. And, if I have less ECBs than the total purchase price of all of the items I want to buy, I will break my transaction into two transactions. That way, I can use all of the ECBs I have on the first transaction AND THEN put the ECBs I earned on my first transaction towards the second transaction. This reduces the amount of money I spend out of pocket. The only thing I wish I did differently is that I wish I had brough the B2G1 M&Ms coupon from 05-02-10 RP. Then I would have gotten three bags of M&Ms for $0.33 each! I did pretty good though. I spent a total of $1.74 before tax ($3.63 after tax) and saved $33.39 AND received $12.49 in ECBs to use next time!
If you are new to shopping at CVS, read my Intro to CVS post HERE. To see this week’s CVS sales & coupon matchups, go HERE!
Transaction One
2 bags M&M Peanut Butter on sale for 2/$4.00
Minus one $3.00/2 CVS store coupon received from scanning my card at the Extra Care Coupon Center (go HERE to learn what this is) Total: $1.002 Right Guard Total Defense Deodorant, on sale $2.99 each
Minus one $3.00/2 printable Total: $2.98 AND received $3.99 ECBs!1 Crest Pro Health Toothpaste, on sale $3.50
Minus one $0.75/1 manufacturer from 05-02-10 PG Total: $2.75 AND received $3.50 ECBs!1 U by Kotex Tampons on sale $4.99
Minus one $1.00/1 manufacturer from 04-18-10 SS or printable Total: $3.99 AND received $4.99 ECBs! Minus one $0.50 ECB, one $0.99 ECB, $1.00 ECB, $2.00 ECB and $4.49 ECBTotal: $3.00 (including tax) AND received $3.99 ECBs, $3.50 ECBs and $4.99 ECBs
Transaction Two
1 Schick Hydro 3 Razor, priced at $8.99
Minus one $5.00 manufacturer coupon from 05-09-10 SS Total: $3.99 AND received $4.00 ECBs Minus one $3.99 ECBTotal: $0.63 (including tax) AND received $4.00 ECBs
Total Money Spent: $3.63, Total Saved: $33.39, Percentage Saved: 90.2% AND I was paid $16.48 in ECBs to use next time!!
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Many of you have asked about multiple transactions at Walgreens and CVS. Our goal is to make this very easy for you. So the plan is to now provide you on Mondays with a weekly “multiple transactions” scenario at Walgreens and CVS. We trust that this will especially help those of you who are just getting familiar with shopping at the drugstores. To get started,here is a sample of simple transactions for Walgreens for May 9-15th. To see this weeks ad with match-ups go HERE
This multiple transaction scenario begins with NO Register Rewards and we have $5.00 out of pocket money to spend.
Transaction #1 Buy One Schick Hydro 3 Blade or Schick Hydro 5 Blade Razor System $7.99 -$5.00/1 Schick Hyrdro 05-09-10 SS Total Due: $2.99 Receive $5 RR ($2 Moneymaker) Transaction #2 Buy One-Aleve Pain Relief Tablets 50ct $4.99 -$1.00/1 Aleve, Any 40 Ct. Or Larger 03-21-10 SS, 05-02-10 SS Buy One-Infusium 23 Hair Care 8 or 16 oz 5.99 -$3.00/1 Infusium 23 Hair Care 5-09-10 SS
Thanks for coming to Addicted to Saving! Here’s a little bit about me so you can know who’s behind all these posts!
My name is Liza and I began my money-saving journey in the Spring of 2009 as a way to stretch a limited household income. I had lost my job and my hubby was self-employed. I launched Addicted to Saving in November of 2009 and it has grown by leaps and bounds. Since then, my hubby and I have struggled with the ups and downs of two failed adoptions and are now LOVING being parents to our little man Asher who we brought home from Ethiopia in August of 2013. I feel incredibly blessed to be able to help you save money. My goal is that you will have FUN and become empowered to save more and more money each week..Read More Here...
