A Good Albertson's Trip

I actually did a good job saving today.  Here is a break down:

10 boxes of mac n cheese $1.00 each

saved $5.00 for the epic promo

used Buy 3 get one free coupon and saved $1.00

Total $4.00 

Got a $2.00 catalina for my next shopping trip

Smore's For a good Deal

1 box graham crackers $3.00

1 Bag Marshmallow's $1.00

1 Pack of 6 Hershey Bars $3.00

Saved $3.00 from Hershey's for buying all 3 

Used a $1.00 coupon I had for buying all 3

Doubled that $1.00 coupon 

Total $2.00 for everything

Skippy Peanut Butter

2 jars $4.00

Store Coupon made them $.99 each

**the lady only scanned this coupon once ... could have saved another dollar..

So I paid $3.00 for 2 jars

Huggies Baby Wipes $2.50

Used a $.75 coupon and Doubled it 

So I paid $1.00 for a pack of wipes

Ball park Hot Dogs

Buy 1 Get 2 FREE $4.29

Used a $1.00 coupon and Doubled it

So I paid $2.29 for 3 packs of hot dogs

Bought Donut Holes for the Kids $3.00  ** NOTE TO SELF .. leave the children home***

My Total out of pocket with tax was $16.41  (I saved $34.28)

Lessons Learned

I haven't been doing that great on finding Really Good Deals. I did run to Albertson's yesterday ... Lessons I Learned:
#1 DO NOT take your children with you to try to get some good deals ... they are very distracting and I could not think around their whinning!
#2 Have a back up plan ... what are you going to buy when what you wanted wasn't in stock ... just don't buy anything and don't take your kids!
I did end up getting a pretty good deal on the Mac n Cheese : it cost me $4.80 plus tax with coupons, the South Beach Diet Bars ended up being FREE, and the McKormick Grill Mate was 75 cents. (I used my double coupons from Albertson's this week ... this was the first time I have tried those. The checker would not let me use all 5 I had. He would only let me use 3 ... I should have put the other stuff back, but oh well ... I did get the $5.00 off for buying 10 items. Total I spent $38.00 and Saved about the same amount with coupons, the Epic Sale coupons, and Preferered Savings. My new goal is try to spend less than $10.00 and get some great things cheap or free!!

Albertson's Good Deal Friday

For my 1st purchase, I bought $21.00 dollars of Cottonelle TP and Viva Paper Towels. When you spent $20, you received a $5.00 catalina to use on your next purchase. These things cost me $22.41 with tax and I did get my catalina.

So for my next purchase I bought $30.00 worth of products that qualified me for an instant savings of $6.00 off the purchase of these items! (6 Life cereal, 6 Granola Bars, 1 pancake mix, 1 syrup, and 1 Sun Chip) I have been collecting coupons for Life and Granola Bars So with the money off and my coupons I spent $30.00 got $6 off and then $5.75 off in coupons = $18.75

Then I got 3 milk for $5.00 and 3 boxes of Jello for $3.00 and had a $1.00 off coupon = $7.00

I noticed that the Huggies Little Swimmers were on sale for $7.49. Then I had 2 coupons for $3.00 off So I got 2 packs for $8.98

Lastly, I bought 2 bags of frozen chicken that was on sale for $1.79 a pound ($7.16 a bag) = $14.32

DON'T FORGET I HAD A $5.00 off catalina from my 1st purchase!!

So, Today I got all of this for $83.31. I saved $85.96 with my preferred savings and coupons!

Hygiene Deals At Albertson's

I Purchased 16 small boxes of Kotex Panyliners for $1.00 each. Then I used my 8 coupons from www.coupons.com. The coupons got me 8 boxes for free and the other 8 boxes cost me $2.00. I also noticed when I was there the other day that they had HUGGIES lotion on clearance. So I came home printed my 2 coupons (from www.coupons.smartsource.com) and had my hubby print 2 coupons and went back for Huggies Baby products. In one of the clearance slots there was Baby WASH so I grabbed 3 wash and 1 lotion. When it rang up, it was full price. So I had the lady check and so she gave me the wash for the clearance deal, but the $1.74 clearance was just on the lotion. So with my coupons, I got each Huggies bath product for .74 cents. So, for this trip I spent $8.89 (which does include tax and a bag of Cheetos for Kamdon). I saved $30.24 with preferred savings and my coupons!

Awesome Deal on Salad Dressing

So I read online about how Walmart had a Roll Back on Kraft Salad Dressing making them $1.58 which is a good deal since I have been paying as much as $2.99 at Harmons lately for this divine recipe I got from Shelley's blog here! Then come to find out there is a manufacture coupon from Kraft for $1.50 off a bottle making them .08 cents a bottle! AWESOME DEAL! So how do I get in on this good deal ... ummm! I start thinking and go to ebay. I bid on 20 Kraft coupons for $1.50 off. I win!!! I ended up paying $5.50 for the coupons and postage and $1.60 (plus tax) for 20 bottles of dressing! (I bought the gum with a buy one get one free coupon so it was also a good deal). So I paid .36 cents (plus tax)

a bottle for dressing that I have been buying for nearly $3.00. WOW, who knew couponing was so worth it!!

Cheap, Cheap

So I swung by Walgreens today to see what I could get for Cheap from them this week!
Total I spent $21.69 with tax and then submitted for a $5.00 rebate So today I got all of this for $16.69 and when I looked at my receipt, the lady forgot one of my $2.00 coupons and I forgot to use a $1.50 coupon ... So if there had been NO mistakes, my total would have been $13.19 (Oh, well, I am still learning!!)
Razors = $13.98 - $4.00 walgreen coupons - 7.99 in manufacture coupons equals $.98 for each package -- thats a good deal
Hershey's Chocolate = 4 bags for $10.00 - $5.00 rebate = $5.00 for 4 (this is the coupon I forgot to use ... should have been $3.50 for 4 bags)
Colgate toothpaste= $3.49 - 1.00 manufacture coupon = $2.49 and I got a $3.50 RR so FREE plus $1.00 they gave me
Visine eye drops 7.98 for 2 - 2.00 mfc (should have been 4.00 mfc .. the lady forgot to use one) and I got $3.00 in RR so I got 2 eye drops for $2.98 (minus the 2.00 coupon the lady forgot it would have been 98 cents for 2)
2 Reach Floss = 5.00 minus the $2.50 in RR ($1.25 each) (My other mistake ... REMEMBER you have to do these in 2 different transactions if you want the $2.50 to print twice ... I had to return one set of them and rebuy them for the RR to print ... pain in the butt, but worth it for cheap floss)
2 Reach Toothbrushes = $5.00 minus the $2.50 in RR ($1.25 each)

Gotta Love Albertson's

Friday I made a quick stop into albertson's! Oh, what a deal!
1st transaction: 5 boxes post cereal = $8.60 with tax and then I recieved a $5.00 catalina
2nd transaction: 5 boxes post cereal =$3.60 with tax (used the $5.00 from above and got another)
3rd transaction: 24 cans Pork n Beans, 2 bags (4 lbs) sugar, and 1 bag of cheetos = $14.51 (used my $5.00 from transaction 2)
GRAND TOTAL = $26.71
Would have cost me $87.00 without sales, coupons, and perferred savings!!