The budget is law

Win Free CD's

2008-06-05T21:59:00.000-07:00

http://www.wowonline.com/

Wow is giving away free CD's. I've heard a lot of these artists before. How awesome would it be to win all 17 CD's. Go to http://www.wowonline.com/ and look and listen!!

Week of June 1st

2008-05-31T20:00:00.000-07:00

CVS:

Buy 2 Dawn Dish Soaps (11 oz.) at $1 each, Get 1 ECB (Limit 4)
Use 2 $0.25/1 coupons from 06/01 P&G insert
$0.34 each after coupons and ECB

Buy 3 Pantene Pro-V Shampoo, Conditioner (12.6-13.5 oz.) or Styler (5.1-10.2 oz) on sale 3 for $10, Get $3 ECBs (Limit 1)
Use 3 $1.50/1 Pantene coupons from 06/10 P&G insert
$0.83/bottle after coupons

Buy 1 Gillette Phenom Fusion Razor at $9.99, Get $4 ECBs (Limit 1)
Use $4/1 coupon from 06/01 P&G insert
$1.99 after coupon and ECB

Chex Mix is on sale for $1
Use $1/1 coupon here (you can print two per computer)
Free after coupon!

See all monthly deals with coupon match-ups here.

Freebies: May

2008-05-17T10:23:00.000-07:00

CVS:
Already bought:

CVS Allergy Relief 5 ct (Compare to Claritin)3.79 Limit 3

Colgate 360 Clean or Deep Clean Tooth Brush3.99 Limit 3

Need to buy:

Aquafresh Toothpaste (Advanced Whitening 6 oz or Extreme Clean 5.6 oz)2.99 Limit 3
Adidas Action3 Anti Perspirant 2.8 oz4.99 Limit 3
Orapik Traveler Twin Pack2.79 Limit 3
Tums Quik Pak 24 ct4.69 Limit 2
Freestyle Lite or Freedom Lite Blood Glucose Monitor10.00 Limit 2

CVS Shopping Trip-Week of May 11

2008-05-13T12:51:00.000-07:00

So after spending too much time on planning my trip and not doing what I need to for a case conference I have on Wednesday, I finally went and made my trip to CVS Tuesday morning. I ended up making 3 different transactions.

#1
1- Schick Intuition Moisterizing Razor- $8.88 (-$4.00 coupon) 6.00 ECB
1- Colgate 360 Toothbrush- $3.99 (-$1.00 coupon) 3.99 ECB
1- CVS Allergy Medication- $3.79 3.79 ECB
Kotex $2.50 ( -$1.00 coupon)

Subtotal- $19.16
$3/$15 Coupon
-4.00 Razor
- 1.00 360 Toothbrush
- 1.00 Kotex
-3.99 ECB
-4.99 ECB

OOP=$1.68 including tax
ECB earned= $13.78ECB (+4.00ECB)

I then turned around and bought the following using the 13.78 in ECB
1- Aqua Fresh Toothpaste $2.99 (-$1.00 coupon) 2.99ECB
1- Colgate 360 Toothbrush- $3.99 (-$1.00 coupon) 3.99 ECB
1- Colgate 360 Toothbrush- $3.99 (-$1.00 coupon) 3.99 ECB
1- CVS Allergy Medication- $3.79 3.79 ECB
1- CVS Allergy Medication- $3.79 3.79 ECB
Glade Spray $.97 (B1G1)
Glade Spray $.97
Glade Spray $.97
Glade Spray $.97
Kotex $2.50 ( -$1.00 coupon)

Subtotal- $21.40
$4/$20 Coupon
-1.00 360 Toothbrush
-1.00 360 Toothbrush
-1.00 Aquafresh Toothpaste
-1.00 Kotex
-1.00 ??? but it was rung up on my receipt
-.97 Glade Coupon
-3.79 ECB
-3.99 ECB
-4.00 ECB
-6.00 ECB
OOP-$1.68
(It should have been less, I forgot my 2nd B1G1 Coupon for the Glade.)
ECB- 13.78ECB left with 18.75ECB (+4.97)

#3 (Most of it is for our donation box at church)
1- Colgate Maxfresh Toothpaste $2.99 (-$1.50 coupon) 2.99ECB
1- Colgate Maxfresh Toothpaste $2.99 (-$1.50 coupon) 2.99ECB
1- Colgate Maxfresh Toothpaste $2.99 (-$1.50 coupon) 2.99ECB
1- Aquafresh Toothpaste $2.99 (-$1.00 coupon) 2.99ECB
1- Aquafresh Toothpaste $2.99 (-$1.00 coupon) 2.99ECB
M&M .79
Gum 1.19

Subtotal- $16.93
$3/$15
-1.50 colgate toothpaste coupon
-1.50 colgate toothpaste coupon
-1.50 colgate toothpaste coupon
-1.00 aquafresh toothpaste coupon
-1.00 aquafresh toothpaste coupon
-7.58 ECB
OOP-.29
Spent 7.58ECB left with 14.95ECB (+7.37)
Started the day with 9.00 ECB
Ended the day with 22.95 ECB
+13.95ECB

First CVS Shopping Experience

2008-04-27T19:54:00.001-07:00

Week of April 20-26th

I already had a $10 ECB from CVS due to my extra care card not working.

Transaction #1

1-Alavert Tablets 12ct - 6.99 - $4.00-ECB
1- Softsoap Spa Body wash- 4.99- $4.99- ECB
1- Men's Speedstick Deoderant- 3.99 - $3.99 ECB
1- Bag of candy ( I am still learning)- .79

Total- $16.76
-1.00 coupon for Softsoap Body wash
-4.00 Alavert coupon
- 1.50 Speedstick coupon
-10.00 in ECB

Subtotal before Tax: .26
OOP : .73

Total ECB Earned: $12.98
Profit of $2.98

As I learn the system and save more coupons, I am excited to see how much money I can save. I am also very excited about being able to purchase more items for the food bank at our local church. I guarantee I am going to be making purchases of items I don't need just to make money. I can't think of a better way to help our others by donating these items.

New Adventure

2008-04-27T19:44:00.000-07:00

I don't remember exactly how it all began, but sometime this past week I ran across this website. I have spent way too much time looking at her blog and other people's blogs about how to save money. I thought I was good before, but I had no idea about how to shop at CVS and Walgreens. Everytime I went in there, I always thought they were too expensive and it would cost too much to shop there. Boy was I wrong!! (See my first CVS shopping experience).

As I learn about shopping at CVS / Walgreens and learn how to use coupons better, please be patient. If you have come across my blog and can make any suggestions please leave some comments.