Free Vitamin Water and really Cheap Dove Shampoo at CVS!

I recently became a fan of Vitamin Water on Facebook and was mailed a coupon for a free Vitman Water...so I decided to use it yesterday when I went and scored some really cheap Dove Shampoo...

Vitamin Water:$1.00

Dove Shampoo: $4.49

Dove Shampoo: $4.49

Tax:$.30

Total Cost: $10.28

Coupons used:

FREE Vitamin Water (Which I got an extra .49 cents off) the coupon said up to $1.49 value and the water is usually $1.69 even though it was on sale for $1 the cashier gave me the whole value of the coupon.

$.2.50/2 Coupon for the 2 Dove Shampoos

$5 ECB from a previous purchase

Total off: $8.99

Total OOP: $1.29

Total Savings of  87%

But that is not ALL.....I also pocketed $4.49 in Extra Care Bucks to use for future purchases so when you through that in this deal was actually a $3.20 money maker!!!!! LOVE IT!!!

Kmart

I only paid $2.10 for the 5 bags of Hershey's candy pictured!!!!

Back in Februray I shopped at Kmart when they were running a special on the Hershey's pieces candy. Buy $10 worth of candy and get a $10 gift card to use for the purchase of Hershey's candy at Kmart. I of course did not spend the whole $10 back in February because I had $3.00 in coupons so I only paid $7.00 then submitted the form that printed from the Catalina printer at the register when I checked out.

A few weeks ago I recieved the gift card in the mail and this week Kmart had the Hershey's candy on sale for $2.96/bag. I got 2 bags of the Hershey's minature candy bars, 2 bags of the Hershey's kisses with caramel and 1 bag of the Reese's Dark peanut butter cup minatures...mmmmmmmm

Total cost of candy: $14.10

Used (2) $1/1 coupons

New total: $12.10

Minus the $10 gift card

Total OOP:  $2.10

This was a pretty SWEET deal.....in more ways than one!!!!!

Grocery Saving/Couponing Workshop

Grocery Saving Workshop

I am hosting a grocery saving workshop at my home on Saturday, April 24th from 4pm-6pm. I will be teaching you couponing skills that will help you save 50% or more on your bill at the grocery and drug store. The cost of the workshop is $25 but if you bring a friend then you both save $5 off the cost of the workshop so it will only cost each of you $20.  I will have some games and drawings for some neat prizes.!After you attend the workshop you will also have full access to the BeCentsAble website that you can access all of the information we cover at the workshop on an ongoing basis and other resources such as the Grocery Gathering that helps you match up your coupons to the sales for that week. Please RSVP for the workshop to my email at jeannejm@bellsouth.net. If you have any questions please feel free to email me as well. My address is 1489 Duck Blind Drive Saint Johns, Fl 32259.

SWAG BUCKS CODE

SWAG CODE

There is a swag code out right now available until 8pm EST.....click on the Swag Code button on the Widget at the bottom of my blog to find where you can go to find a Swag Code worth 10 Swag Bucks......

If you have not signed up for Swag Bucks yet you can sign up through my Widget at the bottom of my blog....you just sign up and use Swag Bucks for all of your internet searches and earn Swag Bucks that you can use to purchase things from their Swag Bucks store(that includes gift cards for Amazon, PayPal, Starbucks and more)....

Sign up today!!!

Problem with KMart Coupon

OK so it appears there are issues with the Kmart coupon for $10 off your next purchase of $20....it seems that when trying to use it at Kmart folks are having problems with the manager telling them it has to be emailed to you and that it was only intended for NY stores...even though that was not printed on the coupon....Kmart is calling the coupon fraudulant even though it was on their website....I am not going to try to use it at Publix even though they would probably take it....Publix is so good about taking all kinds of competitors coupons that is it not worth the risk of using something that could be deemed fraudulant that could cause Publix to want to stop taking competitors coupons........sorry about posting it just to find out Kmart is not honoring it even though they say it is a misprint that it does not limit it to NY stores and that it had to come to you via email....whatever Kmart not a popular or good customer service move......

Great Coupon....You are going to want to get this one!!!

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If Publix considers Kmart a competitor you are definetly going to want to go here$10 off your next purchase of $20 This is an awesome coupon to have on hand and the great news is that it does not expire until 5/15 and it is a PDF file so no limit on the number of prints so print, print, print, print away!!!!!!!

Print as many as you think you will use before 5/15 and just keep them handy for all of your shopping trips to Publix...just check with your Manager at your Publix to make sure they consider Kmart a competitor and if so combined with your other coupons be prepared to save and save big!!

Thanks to Meagan over at Frugal Fun and Fortune for posting this deal that she found on Frugalista's site

Do You Like Kashi Products?

Awesome trip to CVS today to score a great deal on Koshi products(which are a healthier choice which is good since my husband and I are working hard at the gym to get in shape) I also got a great deal on deoderant and Betty Crocker Warm Sensations....

I paid a total of $7.97 OOP for the above items. I received $5 back in ECB for the Dove Deoderant so it was like getting all of the above items for $2.97...what a deal......

7 Bx of Kashi Cereal(glad I went early this is all they had left would have had to get raincheck)

1 Bx of Kashi TLC Bars

1 Bx of Kashi Crackers

4 Men's Degree deoderant

2 Women's Dove Deoderant

2 Betty Crocker Warm Delights

Total Retail Price: $71.13

Used $29 in Manufacturer Coupons

Used $7 in ECB from previous visit

Minus $28.27 sale price on items

Savings of 90%....I just absolutely love CVS!!!!

Do not pay the horrific cost of Razor Cartridge Refills

I cannot believe what they want to charge for razor cartridge refills...for the Gillette Fusion Razor it typically will run over $14 for a 4pk of cartridge refills...no let me tell you what I paid for the above 2 brand new razors that include a refill cartridge so you get the same amount of blades that you get with the 4pk refill.

Razors on sale for $7 each. Target had a gift card special if you buy 2 Gillette Fusion Razors you get a $5 dollar gift card. So even just at this if you paid $14 out of pocket for each razor and then took away the gift card you got back I would have paid a total of $9 out of pocket which is less than the cost of a 4 pk refill. But I did not even pay $14 out of pocket for the above...here is actually what I paid.

2 Razors $14

minus $8 used (2) $4/1 coupons from P&G insert

Total Cost of the Razors: $6.00

Tax: .63

Total OOP: $6.63

But remember that I pocketed the $5 gift card that is pictured above so when you take that away the total it cost me was actually $1.63 of which .63 cents was tax so I paid $1 for 4 blades that would have cost me $14 in the refill pack.....now that is what I call awesome savings....at 73% savings on the deal I did today...compared to what I would have paid if I had paid $14 for a 4pk refill it is a 93% savings.....I am constantly looking for these kind of deals so that I don't have gulp as I go to the register and pay $14 for 4 razor blades......

Great Time Tonight at HER Time

WOW!!! What a great time I had tonight sharing with all the great ladies at HER Time that is a ministry of Fruit Cove Baptist Church....You guys were awesome and had great questions and input....keep the questions coming if you have them. Hopefully you all got one of my cards tonight and please email me with any questions you have with couponing.

If anyone is interested I do in home workshops just like tonight for a full 2hours so there is more time to get into more deal examples and more information about CVS, Walgreens and Target deals.......I also offer 3 mini workshops that are about an hour......There are incentives for the hostess and also games we play that the guest can get in on some freebies....

Full workshop-Host Free  $25per person/couple

Fundamentals of Couponing

Fundamentals of Store Incentive Programs

Fundamentals of Planning

Mini Workshops-Host Free

Fundamentals of Couponing $10 per person/couple

Fundamentals of Store Incentive Programs $10 per person/couple

Fundamentals of Planning  $10 per person/couple

Thanks again for an fun night of sharing and laughing...you guys were great!!!!

Thanks Michelle for putting this together for us and opening your beautiful home.....

Publix Trip 3-5-2010

Publix Trip on 3-5-2010

I did not do as well as I would like but I needed(which is a problem) a couple of things that were not on sale and I did not have coupons for them but still saved 51%

Total Retail price: $103.26

-$28.63 in Special Savings

-$24.64 in coupons

(total savings of $53.27)

Total OOP: $49.09

It is still a good day when you saved more than you spent.....here is what is pictured above

1 Smuckers Uncrustable sandwiches

20 Dannon Yogurts

1 Northern 12 Pk Toilet Paper

2 Thomas English Muffins

1 Naked Juice

2 Quaker Instant Oatmeal

2 Nabisco Ritz Crackers

2 Aunt Jemimah Syrup

1 30ct Zyrtec Allergy medicine

2 Weight Watchers Ice Cream Bars

2 Jello Puddings

2 Lunchable Subs

1 Coffee Filter

1 Dishwasher Liguid

1 Loaf of Publix Bread

It is still quiet a bit of stuff for under $50.............

Really Cheap Milk at CVS!!!!!!

Okay I cannot believe the SWEET deal I got on milk today at CVS!!! I went there thinking I was going to be getting a cheap deal on milk because CVS had TG Lee milk this week for $2.19 a gallon with your CVS ExtraCare Card...which is a decent price on milk but I was able to snag a couple of $1/1 coupons from the internet so I am thinking this is really a good price because it would make the milke $1.19 a gallon......and the way our family drinks milk I wish I had a couple more of those dollar off coupons but what I did not expect to happen is what happened when I checked out........I got $2 back in ExtraCare bucks for my 2 gallons of milk so that basically means I paid .19 cents each for a  gallon of milk......

NOW THAT IS WHAT I CALL A SUPER DEAL!!!!!

Free Purex!!!!!!!

Who said nothing in life is free.....today at Walgreens I snagged 4 bottles of Laundry detergent completely free(well ok I had to pay tax...lol) Walgreens has Purex on sale for B1G1 free and I had 2 Manufacturer coupons that were B1G1 so guess what? Yep the only ones for them to give me for free were the 2 I had paid for so I got all 4 of them for FREE!!! I picked up a couple of big hershey's bars....we love chocolate at our house....and a couple of packs of Orbit gum. I paid a total of $2.96 for the above items........I saved 91%

Shopping Trip to Publix.....including items for Buckets of Hope for Haiti

There are 2 reasons for the fact that I have 2 pictures on this post. For one there was too much to fit in one picture very well and the other thing is the 2nd picture is actually of items that I bought for the Buckets of Hope for Haiti campaign that our church is participating in. I did not have any coupons for these items. They totaled $24.12 the pasta was buy one get on free so this total includes only 1 of the pastas. So when I do my totals below I will take this out because this was a separate thing I purchased to give away and knew I did not have coupons for the items. Today I spent $39.66 and saved $83.10 which was a 68% savings. I used a $10/$50 CVS coupon......I love these they really help you bring your total down quickly....Even if you add the items I bought for the Buckets of Hope back in it would equate to a 57% savings which is not bad either...... I listed below what I got(not including the items in the 2nd picture)

4 Jars of Classico Pasta Sauce

8 Cans of Progresso Soup

4 Coffee Mate Liquid Creamers(got a sweet deal on these...had (4) $1/1 Food Lion coupons and (2) .50/1 manufacturer coupons the cost of these were 3/$5(or$1.67 ea) well I had $5 in coupons so I got all 4 of these creamers for $1.67 so it was like getting 3 free and we use a lot of creamer at our house so this was a really sweet deal.....

3 Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls

6 Pillsbury Crescent Rolls

2 Coles Breadsticks

4 Mueller's Whole Wheat Pasta

2 Rubbermaid Easy Find Produce Containers

2 Green Giant Frozen Boxed Vegis

8 Cans of Green Giant Vegis

1 Gallon of Milk

1 5lb Bag of Sugar

3 pkgs of Ground Sirloin Hamburger meat

1 Dz Large Eggs

Total Retail : $122.76

Vendor and Store Coupons Used: $39.25

Total Special Price savings(B1G1): $43.85

Total OOP: $39.66

The totals with the items from Buckets of Hope for Haiti included

Total Retail: $148.17

Vendor and Store Coupons Used: $39.25

Total Special Price savings(B1G1): $45.14

Total OOP: $63.78

It feels really good to give to others!!!!

CVS Trip on 2-14-2010

Happy Valentines Day Everyone!!!

Here is my trip to CVS today. I saved 81% today.....man I really love CVS, I am able to get a lot of my household items and personal care items for very little money OOP. Here is what I got today

2 Purex 3-in1 Laundry sheets(b1 get 2nd for 1cent) $9.00

1 Brawny Big Paper Towels 6 count $6.49

1 Crest Pro Health Toothpaste $3.50

2 CVS Tissues $.99 cents each

1 Colgate Total Toothpaste $2.99

2 Glade Fragrance Collection 10 oz soy candles $6 ea $12 for both

Total Retail Value: $60.71

$ saved from sales: -$24.75

$ saved from Coupons: -$14.75

ECB Used: -$11.00

New Total: $10.21

Tax: $1.44

Total OOP: $11.65

The really good news is that I walked out with $9.50 in ECB to use in the future so it was the equivalent of spending $2.15 for the above items....this is why I love CVS!!!

Publix Trip 2-13-2010

Did not need much so just did a few deals that were really good today....This was the second week in a row that I got my milk free...I absolutely love that.....

72% savings at Publix today

Here is what I got and what I paid for each item after coupons

(2) Goodlife Indoor Cat B1G1 $4.49 used (2) $2/1 coupons final price .49(25 cents ea)

(2) Healthy Choice Fresh Mixer Meals B1G1 $2.99 used (2) $1/1 MQ and 1 $1/2 Walgreens coupon final price FREE

(4) Post Raisin Bran Cereal 2/$5 total $10 used (4) $1/1 final price $6(.67 cents ea)

(1) Gallon 2% Milk $3.19 used a Publix store coupon Free gallon of milk when you buy 4 boxes of Post Cereal final price FREE

(2) Ghiradelli Brownie Mix B1G1 $2.79 no coupons this was final price

(2) Pkgs of Publix Cheese singles 2/$4 final price $4 no coupons

(2) Cottage Cheese Doubles $2(on sale for 10 for $10) used (2) $1/1 MQ final price FREE

(2) Boxes of 24 Ct Excedrin Pain Reliever  2/$5 used (2) $2/1 coupons final price $1(.50 cents ea)

(2) Blue Diamond Almonds B1G1 $3.19 used (1)$1.50/2 MQ coupon final price $1.69(.84 cents ea)

(1) Publix white Bread $1.29 no coupons final price $1.29

Total Retail Value: $63.27

Minus Coupons: $21.69

Minus Advertised specials and advantage savings: $24.08

New Total: $17.25

Tax: $.27

Total OOP: $17.52

Total Savings with coupons and Advertised savings: $45.77

Really good trip to Publix today.....really did not need much and remember one of the first rules of saving money shopping and using coupons is DO NOT shop out of need.....see when you don't NEED anything then you can just get things that you pay rock bottom price for.......

Target Trip 2-13-2010

Do you love Target Gift Card deals as much as I do.....

It looks like there are lots of folks out there that do because I was not able to use my 2 $4/1 Gillette Fusion Razor Coupons because they were completely out of them when I went to Target today. I was able to get a couple of other gift cards with the Venus Embrace Razor and the Quaker products.

Here is what I did

(2) Venus Embrace Razors (6.99 ea) $13.98

(2) Olay Body Washes (5.49 ea) $10.98

(5) Boxes Quaker Instant Oatmeal(2.54 ea) $12.70

(1) Gilette Fusion 4ct Razor refill $15.49

Total Retail Value: $53.15

Coupons Used:

-$5 (5)$1/1 Quaker Oatmeal Coupons

-$4 (2) $2/1 Venus Embrace Coupons

-$10.98 (2) Free Olay Body Wash wyb Fusion Embrace Razor

Total Savings: $19.98

New Total: $33.17

Tax:$2.48

Total OOP: $35.65

But remember I pocketed (2) $5 Target Gift Cards so it was like getting the above for $25.65 which is not too bad. 54% savings