After Christmas Shopping: Spent $3.31 Saved $167.20!!!!

This will probably be my last entry for this year as I don't plan on doing any more shopping this week. My totals are updated and it looks like I came in well under my budget of $2500! Here's what I did:

JC Penney-

Chris Madden Luxplush Blanket- KING SIZE $89.99
On sale for $29.99
- $10 coupon
-$19.93 (refund for returning an item I bought last month)
PAID: $1.36

WalMart-

4- Gerber Graduate Smart Sips
3- Hefty trash bags (20 ct)
1- Gallon milk
Total: $20.56
- $12 (for Gerber, but since the q's were for $3/1 and the sips were only $2, I got $1 of overage on each!)
- $6 ($2/1 Hefty)
PAID: 2.72

Target-

Charmin 18 ct double rolls normally $11 but on sale for $9.49
- $1/1 Coupon
- $5 Target GC (from trading coupons at HCW)
PAID: 3.96

CVS-
1 Pantene hampoo
1 Pantene conditioner
2 Always pads
1 Tide 40 load Powder
1 Olay Bodywash
1 Olay Lotion
1 Tone Bodywash
1 Colgate Toothpaste
Total: $58.96
-$3.50 (BOGO Pantene)
-(2) $1/1 Always pads
-$1/1 Tide
-$7 (BOGO Olay)
-$1/1 Tone
-$1/1 Colgate (CVS q)
-$23 ECB
PAID: $5.27 but got $10 ECB

Total Spent: $13.31 (really $3.31 counting the ECB!!!)
Total Saved: $167.20!!!

Almost FREE Yobaby Yogurt!

So, today is the last day to use your $1 Giant doublers and here is this excellent deal I stumbled upon!

I bought:

10- 16oz V8 Fusions
4- 4pk YoBaby Yogurt

Total: $31.12
- (4) $1/1 Yobaby MQ's
- (4) $1/1 Giant Doublers
- (10) $0.75/1 V8 (doubled to $1.50

Total after coupons: $8.12 which I put on a Giant gift card I got as a gift. Then, a $2 coupon good on my next purchase printed out compliments of Stonyfield farms (who makes Yobaby! So it was like I got 16 yogurts for $0.36!

CVS and WAGs Trip

CVS:

1 Nivea Men's Body Wash
2 Nivea Women's Body Wash
1 Nivea Lip Care
2 Maybelline Duel Eyeshadows
1 Clearasil cleanser
1 Clearasil acne cream

Total after coupons: $19.83 Saved: $22.00 Got $18 ECB

WAGs:

3 John Frieda Root Awakening Shampoos
2 Schick Intuition Razors (BOGO!)
2 Schick Quattro Razors (BOGO!)

Total after coupons: $13.73 Saved: $48.35 Got $5 RR

Not bad, huh? :)

Updated Totals

After my CVS and Giant shopping trips during lunch time, I updated my totals. The retail value of my spending crossed $5000 today, yet I've spent just under $1500! I'm so proud!

Look at these lovely receipts!



Yes, that's the deal I just posted about at Giant- 4 Fruit Loops for $3.15!



Yes, you're reading that right! I spent $3.21 and saved over $37!

GDA on Kellogg's Corn Pops or Fruit Loops at Giant!

Giant currently has select cereals on sale 4 for $6 (must buy 4).

Coupons.com currently has a printable for $1.50/2 Kellogg's Fruit Loops, Apple Jacks, or Corn Pops.

Combine with the 4 for $6 sale at Giant:

4 Fruit Loops or Corn Pops (Apple Jacks NOT included in sale)- $6 - 2($1.50) =

4 boxes for $3! That's $0.75/box of cereal!

Spent $6.70, Saved $39.06... CVS, how I love thee!

I had some ECBs to burn at CVS this week, and unfortunately, the coupons I ordered for some of this week's HOT deals aren't in yet, so I was a bit stuck. Fortunately, I worked it out. Here's the breakdown:

$05.00- 2 Honey Nut Cheerios
$15.38- 2 Garnier Nutrisse Skin Renew Cleaners
$10.98- 2 Mitchum Lady Extra Strength deoderant
$07.92- 2 Rimmel Nailpolish

Total: $39.28
- $1 off 2 CVS coupon for Cheerios
- 2 $0.75/1 Honey Nut Cherrios MQ's
- $5.49 BOGO CVS coupon for Mitchum
- 2 $1/1 Michum MQ's
- $3.99 BOGO Rimmel Nailpolish MQ
- 2 $2/1 Garnier Nutrisse Cleaners peelies (right on the shelf next to the cleaners!)
- $17 ECB

Total: $6.70 BUT I received $5 ECB!

Back in the Game- Toilet Paper Deal

After what feels like an eternity, I'm finally getting back into the coupon game. It's good to be back.

Giant is currently having a sale (through Thursday) on Angel Soft Toilet Paper 2 for $11. Combine this with 2 $0.50/1 Angel Soft Bath Tissue, 6 Double Roll +, Any - 05-23-10 RP (which double) and you only pay $4.50 per pack.

Let's see how this breaks down:

The Angel Soft sale is on 12 double roll packs or 24 single roll packs, so either way, you are getting 24 rolls of toilet paper. My stockpile price for toilet paper is no more than $0.25 per (single) roll of toilet paper. Did I beat my stockpile price?

$4.50/24= $0.19/roll!

Total before coupons/sales: $31.46
Total after coupons/sales: $19.00 for at least a month's worth of toilet paper if not more.