Friday, March 1, 2013

Shopping trips, February 28 and March 1, 2012

Even with factoring in tax, I saved over 53%!

3 transactions at Walgreen's...
They were out of some of the RR items (I need to see if they will hold items at the beginning of the ad cycle)

retail         sale          pre-tax total
$153.16    $106.65    $34.01


2    Energize energy tablets (retail price $14.99) Sale price $8.00 RR $8.00
2    Arctic Naturals omega3 (retail price $15.99) Sale price $20.00 RR $10.00
4    Progresso soups (retail price $2.99) Sale price $2.75
2    Poise panty fresheners (retail price $3.99) Sale price $3.99
1    black olives, store label (retail price $1.59) Sale price $1.59
3    water, 1gal (retail price $1.29) Sale price $1.29   
2    Scotch Brite scrub sponge 3ct (retail price $3.79) Sale price $B1G1
2    baking powder, store label (retail price $0.99) Clearance price $0.59   
2    Centrum ProNutrients 100ct (retail price $11.99) clearance price $5.99
1    Natrol melatonin 100ct (retail price $10.49) Sale price $4.00
1    Colgate toothpaste 6oz (retail price $3.79) Sale price $3.49
2    Centrum multi-vitamin (retail price $8.99) Sale price $8.99

I used the following coupons (I did NOT have the $0.50 off Colgate from 2/24)
2X $0.50 off 2 Progresso soups, store coupon 4 Progresso soups for $5.00
2X $3.00 off Poise feminine wellness product, 2X store coupon (March book) $2.00 off Poise
store coupon for black olives $0.99
store coupon for gallon water $0.79
2X $8.00 off when you buy BOTH Centrum products
(even though these vitamins didn't qualify for the B1G1 50% off, the clearance and huge coupon made up for it)

I still have the following RRs:
$8.00 from 1 Energize
$4.00 from Natrol
$3.00 from Colgate

My local grocery stores (no double coupons anywhere near us)

retail         sale          pre-tax total
$190.61    $157.38    $112.16


coffee & cookie (cafe) $2.28 (this was a splurge!)
eggs, 1doz $1.68 with the store coupon, they were $0.99
yogurt, store label normally $0.59 on sale for $0.29 (12)
yogurt, Yoplait -shelf price $0.89 FREE with a coupon I won!
pizza, frozen normally $2.99 on sale for $2.00, bought 6, used 2 $1.00 off 3 mfg, earned $0.12 off per gallon of gas
birdseed normally $9.99 on sale for $6.99
Duncan Hines Frosting Creations shelf price $0.69 bought 18 with 9 B1G1 mfg
Spam $2.99 earned $0.04 off per gallon of gas
Minute Rice regular price $2.62 used $0.50 mfg
Pepsi Next 2ltr regular price $1.99 FREE with a coupon I won!
Zesta saltines normally $2.98 50% off sale on select items $1.49
Fritos corn chipsnormally $3.49 with store coupon 3 for $6.00
NatureMade vitamins, asst average $6.55 store's B1G1 50% off, plus $6.00 in mfg
Buddig lunchmeat 2oz normally $0.98 store 2/$1.00, first 2, plus mfg $1.00 off 4
fruit cup, Del Monte normally $1.50 store 5 for $5.00
cheese, Kraft slices normally $2.49 on sale for $1.69
coffee filters, 4 cup 100ct normally $0.99 clearance price $0.59 (I bought all they had left)
Powerade, asst 32 oz normally $1.19 on sale for $0.69 (stock up price, even without a coupon!)

Wal-Mart

retail       sale        pre-tax total
$51.97    $49.97    $29.48


lens cleaner & cloth (I don't know what retail would be, but it was free with a printable coupon)       
Di-Gel antacid liquid retail $4.87 used $3.50 mfg   
tooth bleach gel, PlusWhite retail $4.97 used $2.00 mfg 
toothpaste PlusWhite retail $3.37 used $2.00 mfg  
lip balm, Nivea retail $2.47 used $3.00 off 2 mfg   
lip balm, Carmex w/ free hand cream sample retail $0.98 used $0.50 mfg
screen stylus, clearance retail $9.96 sale $7.96

Dollar General - Using the $5.00 off $25.00 purchase - it was good on FRIDAY this week!

retail       sale        pre-tax total
$40.45    $26.93    $8.43


4    snack barrels  normally $4.50 clearance price $1.12       
3    Oreo cookies retail $3.25 used $1.00 mfg each, and the store coupon saved another $2.16
2    Frank's Red hot sauce retail $1.10 used $0.75 mfg each, and the store coupon saved another $0.48
3    Poise panty fresheners retail $3.50 3 mfg coupons saved me $9.00, and the store coupon saved another $2.36

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