Shopping Trip 4/23/12

I went and got my papers as usual yesterday!  I got all of my inserts organized, coupons cut, and separated into their appropriate categories in my 2 binders.  I bought a total of 4 papers this week and I'm very appreciative to whomever double stuffed two of my inserts with that lovely Finesse coupon:-)  I've completed two of my trips for the week and have a couple more planned.  Here's the breakdown:

Rite Aid

Transaction #1:

6 boxes of cereal (listed on sale)  3 for $6

-get $2+UP wyb 3 boxes

FP: 3 for $4

I unfortunately didn't have any cereal coupons that worked with this sale:-(, but we were in the DANGER zone and were OUT of cereal completely (which is never a good thing at my house!)

I used my $2+UP from my trip on Friday and I paid $10.99 with tax for all 6 boxes!  Considering the brands of these cereals, I don't think that was too bad at all {Raisin Bran and Fruit Loops.}

I had $4+UP to use on my next transaction:-)

Transaction #2:

6 bottles of Finesse shampoo {sale $1.99 each}

I used $1/1 Finesse MQ's from yesterday's SS insert

and

$4+UPs from my cereal purchase in Trans. #1

With tax, I paid a whopping $3.10 for ALL 6 bottles!!  YAY!  Shampoo was one thing that we were getting low on and I've got 8 more coupons on order that are on their way here as I type:-)

Let's compare pricing here:

The cereal that I purchased today would easily be priced at $2.50 or more per box at Walmart and the Finesse shampoo is also over $2.50 per bottle.  So, let's just guesstimate and see the savings!

6 boxes of cereal at $2.50 each = $15.00

6 bottles of shampoo at $2.50 each = $15.00

Total: $30

After coupons, I would have still paid $24 + our ridiculous 9.75% sales tax/ 8.25% food tax.

I paid $14.09 with tax for ALL 12 items at Rite Aid.

If I were to have purchased them all at Walmart, using our estimate of $2.50 each, I would have paid almost $27.

That's a savings of over $13 before taxes.  

By planning ahead, watching drug store sales, and breaking my transactions down, I saved a lot of money!

Saving money is easy and FUN:-)



My Kroger trip made me VERY happy!!!  I've been wanting to stock up on baby wipes, for obvious reasons AND, I found an unadvertised sale on baby wipes!  I had 8 coupons, 4 Pampers and 4 Huggies all of which were expiring at the end of this month.  I also had coupons for Downy, 50¢/1 which would double up to $1/1.  So here's what I got:

4- packages of Pampers baby wipes (on sale $1.99 each)
4- packages of Huggies baby wipes (on sale $1.99 each)
3- bottles of Downy fabric softener (on sale $4.99 each, regular price $5.99 each)

I used:
4- 50¢/1 Pampers MQ's, which doubled up to $1 off each package
4- 50¢/1 Huggies MQ's, which doubled up to $1 off each package
3- 50¢ off Downy MQ, which doubled up to $1 off each bottle

Total before coupons: $30.89 pre-tax
FP after coupons: $19.89 pre-tax (just over $22 w/ tax included)
I saved 44% on baby items and laundry items!  Not bad!