My daughter and I had a fun day out enjoying the weather and couponing - we even went to Chuck E Cheese to use a coupon we received for 20 Free Tokens for my daughter's 1/2 birthday :) (Be sure to sign up at Chuck E Cheese for special offers you can receive too)
Then it was off to the stores, it's hard to believe but we purchased over $150 worth of items and after our rewards, we only spent $2.93!
Here's what we got...
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| She picked a few items from clearance for her and her "girls" and I picked up some more beauty items | ... |
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| then we really got down to business.... |
We did several transactions...
Target Transaction #1 (Picture #1)
4 - Character snack buckets - clearance $.30 each
3 - Tulips - clearance $.30 each
3 - Purses - clearance $.30 each
2 - Cover Girl eye shadows - $3.14 each
1 - Cover Girl pencil sharpener - $2.94
1 - Revlon foot file - $4.29
1 - Revlon Trimmer - $2.99
Total = $19.50
Used 1 $5/2 Revlon Beauty Tool coupon TQ
Used 2 $1/1 Revlon Beauty Tool coupon MQ
Used 3 $1/1 Cover Girl coupon MQ
Used 1 $2/2 Cover Girl coupon TQ
Used 1 receive $5 gift card when you buy 3 Cover Girl items* TQ
New total = $7.50 + $0.38 tax
Applied remaining gift card balance of $6.98 (Free $15 Club Wed gift card)
Paid just $0.05 out of pocket and received $5 gift card*
Target Transaction #2
2 - Glade sprays - $.99 each
1 - Nexcare band aids - $1.87
2 - Life Savers Gummies - $1.84 each
Total = $7.53
Used 2 - $1/1 Glade coupon TQ
Used 1 - $.75/1 Nexcare coupon TQ
Used 1 - $.55/1 Nexcare coupon MQ
Used 2 - $.75/1 Life Savers coupon TQ
Used 2 - $1/1 Life Savers coupon MQ
New total = $.75 + $.11 tax
Used gift card card from trnx #1 (remaining balance $4.14)
Paid $0
Walgreens Transaction #1
1 - Nasal Ease Allergy Spray - sale $9
Total = $9
Used $5/1 Nasal Ease coupon MQ
New total = $4 (no tax)
Paid $4 and received $9 register rewards for this purchase
Walgreens Transaction #2
2 - Sunday Newspapers - sale $1.25 each
3 - Haribo Gummy Bears - sale $.99 each
1 - Similasan Allergy Nasal Spray - sale $6
Total = $11.47
Used 1 - $1.50/1 Similasan Spray coupon MQ
Used 3 - $.30/1 Haribo coupon MQ
Used $9 register rewards from trnx #1
New total = $.07
Paid $.57 after tax and received $6 register rewards for Similasan purchase
Walgreens Transaction #3
1 - Goodie Ouchless Elastic Bands - sale $1.99
1 - AquaFresh Kids toothpaste - sale $2
1 - Pepsi Next 20 oz. - $.99
2 - Soft Soap Dispensers - $3.29 each
1 - Marva Maid 2% Milk - $3.99
Total = $15.55
Used 2 - Soft Soap in-ad walgreens coupons for $.99 each (took off $2.30 each)
Used 1 - $1/1 AquaFresh kids toothpaste coupon WQ
Used 1 - $1/1 AquaFresh kids toothpaste coupon MQ
Used 1 - $1/2 Soft Soap coupon MQ
Used $6 register rewards from trnx #2
New total = $1.95
Paid $2.37 after tax and received $.99 register rewards for Pepsi Next purchase and $1 register rewards for Goodie purchase
Walgreens Transaction #4
1 - Sunday Newspaper - sale $1.25
Total = $1.25
Used $.99 register rewards from trnx #3
New total = $.26
Paid $.32
Walgreens Transaction #5
2 - Aqua Fresh kids toothpaste - sale $2 each
1 - Pepsi Next 20oz - $.99
2 - Pencils - clearance $.19 each
Total = $5.37
Used 2 - $1/1 AquaFresh kids toothpaste coupon WQ
Used 2 - $1/1 AquaFresh kids toothpaste coupon MQ
Used 1 register reward from trnx #3
New total = $.37
Paid $.61 and received another $.99 register rewards for Pepsi Next purchase
Note: I used the pencils in trnx # 5 as fillers since Walgreens requires the number of coupons you use to be equal to the number of items you buy - in the above example, I had five coupons to use, so I had to buy five items to be able to use them all so I found the cheapest thing I could to meet their requirement aka "filler")
Everything did not go as planned at CVS but I was able to re-group and re-plan on the spot pretty well....
CVS Transaction #1
2 - Starbursts single packs - sale $.50 each
2 - Skittles single packs - sale $.50 each
1 - Bamboo Wash Cloth - clearance $1.04
1 - Bamboo Soap Cloth - clearance $1.04
1 - Colgate Max Fresh - sale $2.99
2 - 7UP 2 liters - sale BOGO $1.99
Total = $9.06
Used 1 - $1/1 Any Colgate toothpaste coupon MQ
Used 1 - $1/2 7UP 2 liters coupon MQ
Used $7 ECB from prior purchases
New total = $.06
Paid $.21 after tax and received $1 ECB for Skittles/Starburst purachase and $2 ECB for Colgate purchase
CVS Transaction #2
1 - Colgate Max Fresh - sale $2.99
Total = $2.99
Used 1 $1/1 Any Colgate toothpaste coupon MQ
Used $2 ECB from trnx #1
New total = - $.01
Paid $.14 after tax and received another $2 ECB for Colgate purchase
CVS Transaction #3
1 - Natu-Relief pain reliever - sale $8.49
Total = $8.49
Used $6 ECB from prior purchases
New total = $2.49
Paid $2.86 after tax and received $8.49 ECB for this purchase
CVS Transaction #4
2 - DiGiornio pizzas - sale 2/$11
Total = $11
Used 2 $.75/1 DiGiornio pizza coupon MQ
Used $8.49 ECB from trnx #3
New total = $1.01
Paid $1.28 after tax and received $1 ECB for 4th bag tag scan
CVS Transaction #5
1 - Band-Aid w/new feature - $3.69
1 - Neosporin to Go - $6.99
Total = $10.68
Used $1/1 Baid Aid w/new feature coupon MQ
Used $1/1 Any Neosporin product coupon MQ
Used $1.50/2 Neosporin + Band-Aid purchase coupon MQ
Used $2 ECB from trnx #2
Used 25% off CVS coupon
New total = $2.51
Paid $2.65 after tax
Here's where things got a little tricky - I was supposed to receive $5 ECB for the purchase of first aid products but apparently the Neosporin To Go did not trigger the ECB so I wound up having to do an exchange for the regular Neosporin in order to receive the ECB...
CVS Transaction # 6/7
-1 - Neosporin to go $6.99
+1 - Neosporin $6.99
Total = $0.00
Used $1/1 Any Neosporin product coupon MQ
Received CVS money card with the value of the coupon for $1
So at the end of the day we purchased a grand total of about $150 and only spent $15.06 cash out of pocket and after the rewards I have left over - $4.14 Target gift card, $1 CVS money card, $6 CVS ECB, and $.99 Walgreens RR - it breaks down to just $2.93!!!
Whoosh! That seems like a lot of work doesn't it? It's all in a day's work as a couponer :)
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