The last couple weeks have been awesome!

Well, last week I was in FL with a friend. We went to Pensacola and Destin, basically the panhandle area. It was BEAUTIFUL!!

I also managed to go to Walgreens since I had over $100 RR expiring last Sat from the P&G promotion (can't wait for their next one either!)

This above photo is the stuff I got in FL, and the photo below is what I got in Battle Creek while I was walking around waiting for my husband to get outta work :)

I actually found a GC for WAGS I didn't know had money on it, over $60!! It was awesome, so I actually did not pay anything out of pocket for these purchases, just the RR and the GC I had found, and it still have over $30 on it!

Also, worth mentioning is that the vacuum that's on sale ESR was on clearance for $49.99, awesome!

WAGS trip one:
RR Used: $82
(I think I won't factor in the amount used on the GC because I didn't add the GC to my totals below to begin with, since I randomly found it in my stuff, also, I will not add the amount left in to the totals to see how that will work for me...)
Amount I should get back with ESR: $20 for vaccuum, $1.69 for bulbs= $21.69 +10%= $2.17= $23.86
PLUS: I will get $10 GC for buying the Polident stuff :)

Second trip to WAGS when I was in FL:
RR Used: $109
All final prices were put on GC I found, so no need to tally it in
Amunt I should get back with ESR: $1.69 for bulbs, $2.50 for Pert Plus, $1.99 for WAGS Ultra-thin, $3.29 for Kickers Energy, $8.99 for Nexcare, $4.99 for Orajel, $9.99 for Ear Rinse, $4.49 for Oral-B= $37.93+10%= $3.79= $41.72
Plus, I earned $12 from the Crest deal, and had $3 RR left over (although it is expired, will hope some WAG will take it!)

Now, I can update my totals as well :

(I'm still not sure how to calculate in RR and GC ECB etc... any suggestions would be appreciated!!) I did NOT add in anticipated GC totals below.

Total left to spend: $580.49 (subtracting RR, since I added it previously, add in new RR)
Total Saved: $1985.35

Kroger Card Savings

Well, I will add in my savings from my Kroger card at the bottom of the receipt as well, so here it is:
$364.57

It says "to date" on it, but I don't know if they mean total time I have ever had the card, or just this year. It was barely $10 prior to the Kroger cereal deal and that is what it is now, so yeah, I got about 80 boxs of cereal!

I will add that to my savings tallies, and I actually think I will add in my savings from each of my CVS cards, I have three of them, But I am going to go down to just one at the end of this month because it has come that I am really only doing one deal but each card once a week or something wierd like that. Not really effecient, so need to work on that.

I am pretty new at this couponing thing, only about a year and always seem to be spending a little more than I should be, so I am going to start tracking all these things and as I build my stockpile will only buy things I already have if they are free or make money. Things I need to stockpile will have to be at "rock bottom prices" for me to get them to begin with.

Right now I think I am going to be trying to do a deal on paper towels because I just opened my last roll today, awe...

Total left to spend: $759.49
Total Saved: $1502.00

Walgreens Updated My Easy Saver Rebate info

Well, Walgreens updated my Easy Saver rebate information and I am actually getting back more money than I thought so far :) YAY!!

"We have received your Easy Saver May 2008 rebate information. You qualify for the following:

Cash Back Offers


Offer
Product
Rebate


1
WLG Maxi Pad
$1.99


5
Oral-B CA Tthbrsh
$4.49


7
Nexcare Cold Lip Trmnt
$8.99


10
Pert Plus 2in1
$2.50


38
Wlgn Ultra Tuf Bags
$4.00


41
ConAgra Foods
$5.00



Sub-Total Rebate
$26.97



Walgreens Gift Card Bonus
$2.70



Total Rebate
$29.67"

so this means that my Left to spend total has changed. I basically get like $2 more Dollars added on.

Total left to spend: $759.49
Total Saved: $1137.43

This past month so far has been awesome!

This is stuff that I got the last of April or so at CVS and Walgreens. I LOVE shopping, can't you tell? lol
This photo is all the stuff and the bottom ones are up close shots :)

The infamous Walgreens Suave Deal

We all remember that Walgreens Suave deal from a while back. It was GREAT!
Here are my pics from that deal:

I added in the Garnier as filler so that I could do the Buy $10 get $5 back on Garnier from Walgreens. Worked like a charm!

I have heard of a way to turn the shampoo into laundry detergent, how does this work? I would like to know so I could try it out. I know the Avon bubble baths can be used in the laundry, they really make the laundry smell nice, and I like the Peach one the best! But how do I use shampoo for it? Do I just add it in the same way?

OK, so now I have to decide how this blog is going to work. I guess I will put in a running tally of how much money I have left to spend, which will be $1200 for the year. Since I am starting in May I will adjust to $800 for the rest of the year, and since I just spent money on the Walgreen's deal I will have to subtract that from the $800, leaving me with $697.31.

I will upload all pics of items I get and also adjust money at the bottom of my posts. I don't know how I will factor in savings amount. I can either put in the amount saved from the bottom of the receipt, or look at cost per product, but that would be too complicated. I will stick to amount saved at the bottom of the receipt, and have to check on receipts of stores that won't do it for me, lol.

I also will keep a tally of rebates that I earn from different products as well, so tally up the WAGS GC, the CVS ECBs, etc. I currently have $60 in Prepaid VISA from Norton, so need to factor that in as well...

I think this is the format I will use:

Total left to spend: $757.31
Total Saved: $1137.43

Now, of course I don't really know what's been going on with the rest of the year since I've thrown receipts away, etc. So I will just act as if I didn't buy anything for that part of the year and not factor any of that in, but I can still show pics since I had wanted to start this blog WAY sooner than I have, but too many great deals kept flowing in!

Walgreens May 4-10th, GREAT P&G week!!

Well, here's what I got this past week from Walgreens doing the P&G deal:


I used the B1G1 Free coupons on these hair dyes to fill in since there weren't many Crest, so I ended up spending $6 for $20RR.
I got the Herbal Essence to qualify for the free mani/pedi offer on the bottles, there's an extra one there because I got one I didn't notice did not have the offer on it. Wanted everything to be legit since I am going to resell anyways...
I got TONS of Olay. I really like the blue astringent, it's a great cooling sensation on the skin and I really feel like my skin is clean after I put it on a cotton pad and wipe it around. That I will DEF be saving and glad I was able to stock up on it.

These are the monthly rebate items. I got them in order to get the right number of items to get GC with my RR. I got WAG GC of course, because I knew that I would be using it soon!

The Olay soap I thought was part of the deal, but of course it wasn't. I got a set of 9 of those, erg... But that's all right, I'll sell them just the same.

This is a picture of all the Cover Girl products I got, I counted 79 of them, I am set for makeup forever now, although I will sell these at the sale on Sat. More about that in a later post!

This is a pic of the sale items, the razors and blades were an AWESOME filler!



SO: Final tallies are listed below, I figure that because I didn't comtemplate the best moves is why I ended up so high OOP. But that's all right, I have some money to spend and this is my first time stabs at REAL super-couponing anyways. I will of course get better at this in the long-term!!


Rebates: $24.98 +10%= $27.49
Try me Free on Pert Plus= $3.49
Final GC Balance= $3.59 (not sure about this one though)
Shopping Trips:
$101.34 OOP
$85 RR
$40 GC
$14.76 OOP
$105 RR
$40.01 OOP
$175.74 OOP
$35.40 OOP
Total= $137.25 OOP
- Cash Back= $102.69 OOP (NOT the greatest, but I didn't plan, so that's what happened, ergggg...)

BUT on the plus side, I will be getting mani/pedi from Herbal Essence, I have three addresses so:
(I'm giving it a $30 value, correct me if I'm wrong)
$30 * 6 (because limit is 2 per address)= $180 :)
I wish we could just get the cash, hehe...

Also, adding the the amount the bottom of the receipt says I saved comes to the total of: $1137.43

SO, I paid LESS than 10% of how much I saved, if that makes sense.

This is my first post!

So, I decided to create it, this is my blog for saving and making money. My husband wants me to keep track of how much I am spending and all the super couponing I am doing; thus I have created this blog.

Right now I am getting pictures of the Walgreens things I bought last week and I will post them soon and then I shall post the goals of this blog, yeah, I'm a dork...