CVS Trip

Today I went to CVS.  I had mapped everything out thanks to CouponMom and Living Rich with Coupons.

I took Sprout after her gymnastics class today.  I knew that bringing a 3-year-old with me gave me a good chance of messing it all up, but thought we would try it anyway.

We went to the CVS I thought we would have better luck at, only to find that they didn't have the items I was looking.  Sprout told me we should try a different CVS.  So, we went to the one that is closer to our house, but I don't typically have good luck there.

Transaction 1:
4 Nivea Lip Care Products - $2.50 each
3 Special K - $3.33 each
1 Colgate Toothbrush - $2.74
1 Colgate Toothpaste - $2.74

Coupons Used
Nivea Coupon (1/1 RP) - $3.00/2
2 Nivea (printable) - $1.00
Special K (printable) - $1.00/3
Colgate Toothbrush (1/1 SS) - $.75
Colgate Toothpaste (1/1 SS) - $.75

Spent: $18.46 ($11 ECB)
Nivea - $5.00
Special K - $4.00
Colgate - $2.00

Transaction 2:
4 Pantene Hairspray - $3.33 each
3 Duracell Batteries (8 pk) - $5.99 each

Coupons Used:
2 Pantene - $3/2
CVS Coupon - $1.50
Duracell (12/11 RP)- $1.50
2 Duracell (1/1 P&G)- $.75
$11 ECB

Spent: $11.58 received $10 CVS Cash Card

Total Spent: $30.04
Total Saved: $30.05 (on top of sales)
Everything purchased was on sale: Total Savings: $54.47 or 65%
Received $10 CVS Cash Card to spend in the future


Budget:
Starting Amount: $300
Amount as of 1/4: $280.27 (batteries not included)
               I am adjusting this to not include toiletries.  I have given them their own area in the budget.
                             $291

Trip to Walgreens

So, the Jolly Green Mommy is not only trying to be green.  I'm trying to save some too.  I am going to try to keep track of the deals I get and what I spend.  I hope this is helpful to other people who are starting to coupon.  I know I like knowing I'm not alone.

Jolly Green Daddy was saying that the stockpile of deodorant I had gotten a couple months ago is now gone (guess I need to keep better track of it).  So I was looking for deals on Old Spice.  They were few and far between, but I did find that Walgreens had it as part of a deal with razor blades.  If you bought $30 worth of product you would get a $10 RR.

Here's what I bought:

Transaction 1:

2 - Gillette Venus Embrace Refill      $16.99 each       $33.98
2 - Old Spice Deodorant                    $ 3.99 each        $ 7.98   (on sale, normally $4.99)

Total (pre-coupon)                            $41.96

Gillette Venus Embrace                  - $ 4.00/2
Old Spice                                        - $ 1.00/2

Total Spent                                       $36.96 + tax
                                     Received $10 in Register Rewards

Transaction 2:

Nursery Water                                  $ 1.69
Garnier Fructis Curl Crea                 $ 3.99    (on sale, normally $4.49)
Walgreens Cotton Balls                    $1.79
Conair Bobby Pins                           $2.99

Total:                                                $10.46
Register Rewards                            -$10.00
Total Spent                                       $0.46 + tax

Total Purchased: $54.92
Total Spent:     $37.42
Saved:             $  17.50 (32%)