Prizes

I won a Stockpiling Moms contest: 65,000 Facebook Fans Contest.  I won $65 of inserts from Coupon Beat and a $65 gift certificate from Coupon Clutch.

My coupons came in the day before I left for Mississippi and I spent the car ride (when I wasn't driving) cutting out coupons.

I split the coupons with my Mother-in-Law because I am unable to use them all before some expire.  It still left me with pages and pages of great coupons.  I've spent the last two weeks cutting out, separating the ones I wouldn't use/need, and organizing them into my brand new coupon clutch.

With the gift certificate I was able to purchase a 40 pages of plastic organizers for my coupons.  Trying to figure out where to put everything is the hardest part.  I can't wait to get the sale papers on Sunday and quickly flip through my binder to compare the sales with my coupons...I'll look so stylish.

Couponing in Mississippi

I've only been out once to coupon.  I hit Walgreens and CVS: below you will find all my great money saving. I accidentally threw away my Walgreens receipts before I could get the coupon info.

Walgreens
1 - Colgate Total Toothpaste
1 - Twix (filler)
2 - Hershey Bar (filler)
2 - Hershey Air Delight (free with coupon)
1 - Claritin 30 count Reditabs
1 - Scott Naturals Papertowels
1 - Carefree Liners
2 - glazed honeybuns (filler)
1 - Yogurt pretzels (filler)
1 - Colgate Total Whitening

Total Cost of Items: $46.10
Out of Pocket: $28.59 + $5 off next purchase coupon
Savings: $22.51


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CVS
1 - Hydro 5 Ravor ($4/1 coup) --> earned $3 Rewards
2 - Pantene Shampoo ($3/2 coup)
1 - L'Oreal Black Mascara ($1/1 coup) --> earned $5
1 - L'Oreal Eyeshadow ($1/1 coup)
1 - Jergens Lotion ($2/1 coup)
2 - Dove Clinical Deodorant (2 - .75/1 coup) --> earned $5
4 - Tide w/ Bleach Alternative (Used 4 - $1/1 coupons) --> Earned $10 Rewards
8 - Gain Dish detergent (Used 1 - $1/2 and .50/1 coupons) - yes I didn't have enough coups   
      but they were  cheap and I needed two more to reach my $30 P&G limit
1 - Venus Embrace Razor (free with coupon)
1 - Venus Embrace Cartridge Refill ($2/1 coup + Buy cartridge get razor free coup)
1 - Olay Bodywash (Buy cartridge get bodywash free coup)
1 - Huggies Snug & Dry Diapers ($2/1 coup)
3 - Venus Disposable Razors (BOGO coupon)

Total Cost of Items: $172.93
Out of Pocket: $94.43
Savings: $83.50

 

Last trip till Mississippi

One of my last coupon hits in Texas before I travel to Mississippi to teach my sister how to coupon.  The CVS coupons (not rewards) were printed from the little red coupon machine they have.  I'll have to remember to scan my CVS Rewards Card each visit.


CVS
 
Transaction #1:
1 gallon milk = $3.49 + $1 rewards
OOP: $3.49

Transaction #2
12 pack Sprite Zero
1 tube Maybeline Mascara
1 compact Physician's Formula Blush

USED: CVS Coupon: spend $12 in cosmetics get $4 off order; CVS Coupon: $1.99 Coke product with a total of $10 or more; CVS Coupon: $1 Rewards from T#1; and Mfg Coup: $1.00 off Physician's Formula product.

OOP:  $13.50 + $5 rewards

Transaction #3
3 tubes Crest toothpaste = $1.99 each

USED: $5 rewards

OOP: .97 cents
         
Store Price: $36.94
Out of Pocket: $17.96 + $5 off next $10 purchase coup so it's like I paid $12.96 or $1.85 per item

Walgreen's

Transaction #1
6 bottles Pantene Shampoo ($7/2 and spend $25 in P&G products get $5 store bucks)
2 bottles Pantene Conditioner

USED: 4 - $3/2 coupons
OOP: $17.31 + $5 store bucks

Transaction #2
4 bottles Softsoap body wash (BOGO sale)

USED: 2 - .50/1 ad $5 store bucks
OOP: $4.31

Store Price: $47.95
OOP: $21.62 - that's like paying $1.80 per item! 

CVS Mega-Couponing

This was my first "real" couponing event.  All the others before were small and not that many purchases.  This shopping outage at CVS had a total of 7 separate purchases.  I don't  have the time to break down each individual purchase so I'll just list the items in the picture, store total and what I actually paid.

1 - Suave Naturals Body Wash

1 - Suave Professionals Shampoo

1 - Suave Professionals Conditioner

1 - Suave Antiperspirant

2 - Suave Mango Madness Body Lotion

1 - Alegra 30 Count

1 - Arm & Hammer Complete Toothpaste (BOGO Sale)

3 - Arm & Hammer Sensitive Toothpaste (BOGO Sale)

2 - Pantene Shampoo

1 - Pantene Conditioner

1 - Zyrtec 30 count

1 - L'Oreal Tru Match Powder

1 - Colgate 360 Twin Pack Toothbrushes

2 - CVS Allergy Medication 30 count (BOGO Sale)

Store Total: $134.79

What I Actually Paid: $68.24 + $10 Shell Gas Card

If I had purchased just the allergy medication without coupons, my order would of cost the same.  The girl checking me out thought it was pretty cool, as did the line of people who ended up behind me.  It's funny how no one is in the store while I'm shopping but when I get ready to check out, everyone decides to do the same.

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Walgreens

For this shopping experience there were some items I needed to buy (Pediasure) because I had a sick baby who wasn't eating that much.  All items were bought in three separate purchases.

2 - Schick Sensitive Disposable Razors

1 - Huggies Little Swimmers

2 - Nestle Crunch (filler item)

1 - Pediasure 6 pack

1 - Schick Hawaiian Tropic Disposable Razors

1 - Butterfinger (filler item)

1 - Babyruth (filler item)

1 - U by Kotex Tampon

1 - Claritin Reditabs 30 Count

1 - Crest kids Toothpaste

Store Total: $81.38

What I Actually Paid: $41.78