Clearance Diapers at Walgreens

Yesterday, I was out and about and remembered that I had a Register Reward (RR) of $5.00 to use by today for Walgreens. So I stopped in to find something to spend it on, as I didn't have any coupons for any of the current sale deals.

Upon wondering around, I spotted the Walgreens Jumbo Pack (56 count!) of diapers, Size 1, on clearance for $2.19 a pack!!! There was 3 of the packs, so I went ahead and bought all 3 of them.

I used my RR of $5.00 and walked out with 168 diapers for only $1.98!!!

I do not have any little babies any more (my oldest is 15! LOL!), BUT I do have a very large family (DH is from a family of 13 himself!) and baby showers are non-stop here.

I plan on using these for baby shower gifts, with the next invitations that come our way! :)

Stocking PUREX from Kroger!

Sorry it's been so long since I've posted anything. I've had a crazy busy past several months! :)

Last week, and this week too, Kroger is having their Daytona Deals, meaning if you buy 10 participating items, you automatically get $3.00 off your grocery bill.

Purex laundry soap happens to be one of those items!! YEAH! :)



Although I have utilized the Daytona Deal a few times throughout the last week, I've mainly been just buying two bottles at a time, due to a catalina coupon that you get when buying 2 (or 3 or more). The catalina coupon is for $4.00 on your next order if you buy 2, or $5.00 on your next order if you buy 3 or more. The better savings per bottle is by buying just 2 at a time.

Our store also doubles $1 coupons. By using the coupon for $1/2, the sale price (without the Daytona Deal) of $3.29 each, and then rolling the catalina ($4.00) each time I buy two bottles, I'm paying just .91 cents for 2 bottles!

The picture shows 33 of the 35 bottles I currently have (2 of the bottles are in my laundry room), and of course, my cat, Rico, that has to investigate EVERYTHING. I have enough coupons for 10 more bottles this week!

Kroger Paid Me to Shop! :)

Here is what the grocery store (Kroger) paid me .13 cents to take out of their store last night! Total savings of $23.00! :)





If you are wondering "How?!", here is how I did it:

I'll type the regular prices first:

Dole Mandarine Oranges $1.89 ea
I Can't Believe It's Not Butter $2.08 ea
Danimals Yogurt Cups $2.29
Danimals Yogurt Smoothies $2.29
Platex Gloves $2.79
Idahoan Potatoes $1.39

With the store reward card, you get these sale prices on sale items:

Dole Mandarine Oranges $1.00 ea
I Can't Believe It's Not Butter $1.79 ea
Danimals Yogurt Cups $2.29
Danimals Yogurt Smoothies $2.29
Platex Gloves $1.00
Idahoan Potatoes $1.00

The store reward card is important: You get the sale prices, promotions and gas reward points.

The store is also having what they call a "Mega Event" Sale, which means that if you buy 10 (mix and match) of certain items that are included in this promotion, you'll also automatically get an additional $5.00 off for every 10 items. There is no limit of how many sets of 10 items you can buy, so if you were to buy 10 of the promotion items, you get $5 off, if you bought 100 items, you'd get $50 off, etc. ;)

With the above promotion, the actual prices now are as follows (the items with a '*' in front are part of the promotion):

*Dole Mandarine Oranges $0.50 ea
*I Can't Believe It's Not Butter $1.29 ea
*Danimals Yogurt Cups $1.79
*Danimals Yogurt Smoothies $1.79
*Platex Gloves $0.50
Idahoan Potatoes $1.00

Now the fun begins!!! LOL!
COUPONS!!!

With the store reward card, you automatically get Super Double $1.00 Coupons, meaning that if you have a $1 coupon, it doubles up to the price of the item, and this doubling occurs BEFORE the Mega Event prices, since the Mega Event savings comes off the total bill, not as individual items. ;)

The coupons I used are as follows:

$1.00 off 5 Dole canned fruit
$1.00 off 2 ICBINB
$1.00 off any Danimals (I used 2 coupons, as I bought 2)
$1.00 off any Platex Gloves
and one coupon for FREE Idahoan flavored mashed potatoes up to $1.69 (found this coupon THAT NIGHT on the parking lot as I stepped out of the car!!! YEAH!!!)
The cashier had to put in the price and she put in $1.29.

After sale prices, mega pricing, and doubled coupons, here are the prices:

5 Dole = $0.50 total
2 ICBINB = $0.58 total
2 Danimals = -$0.42
1 Platex = -$0.50
1 Idahoan = -$0.29

So you can see that the Platex gloves covered the Dole fruit, and then the negetive amounts on the Danimals and Idahoan potatoes over covered the ICBINB by -$0.13, which is what my total was and they gave me the .13 cents!

Kroger Shopping Mega Event!

I did a little Kroger shopping today.

Total $130.60
Spent $16.05
Saved $114.55



2 Oscar Mayer Fully Cooked Bacon
1 Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Turkey
1 Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Ham
10 Philadelphia Cream Cheese Bricks
4 Philadelphia Cream Cheese Tubs
4 Kraft Shredded Cheese
5 Kraft Brick Cheese
9 Kraft Cheese Individual Slices
2 Oscar Mayer Bologna
2 Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs
9 Mission Tortilla Shells

49 items

Kroger has a Mega Event sale going, meaning when you purchase 10 qualifying items, you receive $5 off instantly at the check-out (with your Kroger card).

My stores (lower eastern Michigan) double the $1 coupons.

Coupons used:
$1.00 off 2 Kraft Cheese
$1.00 off 2 Philadelphia Cream Cheese
$1.50 off 2 Oscar Mayer Bacon
$1.00 off Mission
(and these ones were sent in the mail by Kroger to me)
$1.00 off 2 Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs
$1.00 off 2 Oscar Mayer Bologna
$1.00 off Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh

Walmart & VG's Shopping Trips

I made a quick trip to Walmart and VG's (Spartan store) this afternoon.

At Walmart, I bought 6 packs of Kotex pantyliner pads for a total of $0.36!
I used 6 $1.00 off any Kotex pads coupons, so I just had to pay the tax.



Then I went to VG's, as they have TRIPLE coupons up to .99 this week. I got all of the above for a total of $2.68!

French's Mustard $1.45 -- .50 coupon tripled up to cost = FREE
Hunt's Catsup $1.29 -- .20 coupon tripled = $.69 each
Reach Floss $1.49 -- .50 coupon tripled up to cost = FREE
Aunt Millies Buns on sale for 3/$4 -- .35 coupon tripled = .28 each

Kroger Mega Sale!

Above is a picture of what costs $8.46.....a package of cheese at $5.29 plus a box of foil for $2.99 + 0.18 tax. Not much, huh!

Now look below..........ALL of this PLUS 6 rolls of Bounty Basic paper towels (not in the picture) cost me only $8.61 today at Kroger!!



Total $103.33
Savings $94.72
MY OOP COST $8.61 ($1.52 of this was tax alone!)

Kroger has its Mega sale going, where you buy 10 participating products and get $5 off. I had 20 items that qualified, so an automatic $10 off my bill.

Our Kroger stores here also double the $1 coupons (with the Kroger Plus card), so DOUBLE BONUS!
The hardest part is keeping track of the store's limit of only 3 like coupons per transaction and making it work with the Mega Sale items as well.

OH!!!! And here's another BONUS with this trip.....the Ziploc containers (reg. $4.29 (GASP!!)) where on sale for $2.50, PLUS part of the Mega Sale (so only $2.00 after the $5.00 off 10 qualifying items) AND even with my bad eyes (they were on the top shelf) I spotted $1.00 off this purchase PEELIE!!!! Doubled at the register, these were FREE!!!!

3 Bumble-Bee Tuna Pouches
3 J&J First Aid Guaze
6 Bounty Basic Paper Towels (not in photo)
3 Reynold's Foil
3 Haagen Dazs Single Serve ice creams
2 Tropicana Orange Juice (we needed these, as we were totally OUT, and my main reason for heading to the store in the first place!)
---Mega Sale Items below---
3 Platex Handsaver Gloves
3 Platex Disposable Gloves
6 Sargento Sliced Cheese
2 Philadelphia Cream Cheese
3 Sunny Delight Smoothies
3 Ziploc Food Storage Conatiners

My New Freezer!

It's been a crazy few weeks here, but here is the picture of my new freezer!! YEAH! :)
It came on time as scheduled, and I'm loving it!!