Saturday, October 16, 2010

my general mills $25/$10 loot

Wednesday Night:
Transaction #1

13 Green Giant Frozen Boxed Vegetables @$1ea = $13 (rings @$2ea = $26)
Qs = $1/2 + $.60/3 + $.50/1 + $.60/3 = -$2.70
Total = $10.30 + .13 tax - $10 (ConAgra Catalina) = $0.43 (out of pocket cost)
$10 back
#2

10 Tostino Pizza Rolls @ $1ea = $10 (rings @$2ea = $20)
3 Tostino Pizzas @ $1ea = $3 (rings @$1.98 = $5.94)
Qs = $.60/3 + $.60/3 = -$1.20
Total = $11.80 +.13 tax - 2 *$5 (GM Cat) = $1.93 (OOP)
$10 back
#3

13 GG Frozen Boxed Vegetables @$1ea = $13 (rings @$2ea = $26)
Qs = $1/2 + $.60/3 + $.50/1 + $.60/3 = -$2.70
Total = $10.30 + .13 tax - 2*$5(GM Cat) = $0.43 (OOP)
$10 back

Thursday
Transaction #1

4 Progresso Soups @$1ea = $4 (rings @$2ea = $8)
4 Betty Crocker Cake Mix @$1ea = $4 (rings @$1.50ea = $6)
4 Betty Crocker Frosting @$1.50ea = $6 (rings @$2.25ea = $9)
1 Chex Mix @$1.69ea = $1.69 (rings @$2.49)
Qs = $1/4 + $.75/2 + $.75/2 + $.50/2 +$.50/2 + $.50= -$4
Total = $11.69 + .16 tax - 2 *$5 (GM Cat) = $1.85 (OOP)
$13 back ($10 GM + $3 Frosting)

#2

6 Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks @$2ea = $12 (rings @$2.50ea = $15)
4 Progresso Soups @$1ea = $4 (rings @$2ea = $8)
1 Chex Mix @$1.69ea = $1.69 (rings @ $2.49)
Qs = $1/2 + $1/2 + $1/2 + $1/4 + $.50 = -$4.50
Total = $13.19 + .99 tax - 2 *$5 (GM Cat) - $3 (frosting Cat) = $1.18 (OOP)
$13 back ($10 GM + $3 Fruit Snacks)

#3
6 Pillsbury Break n Bake Halloween Choc Chip Cookies @$2.50 = $15 (rings @$3.65ea = $21.90)
1 Pillsbury Sweet Moments @$2.50ea = $2.50 (rings @$3.75)
Qs = $1/2 + $1/2 + $1/2 + $1/1 = - $4
Total = $13.50 + .18 tax - 2 *$5 (GM Cat) - $3 (fruit snacks Cat) = $.68 (OOP)
$10 back

#4
3 Reese's Puffs @$2ea = $6 (rings @$2.95ea = $8.85)
3 Cinnamon Toast Crunch @$2ea = $6 (rings @$2.75ea = $8.25)
3 Kix @$2ea = $6 (rings @$3.45ea = $10.35)
Qs = $.55/1 + $.65/1 + $.65/1 + $.55/1 + $.55/1 + $.55/1 + $1/3 = -$4.50
Total = $13.50 + .18 tax - 2 *$5 (GM Cat) - $3 (previous McCormick Cat) = $.68 (OOP)
$10 back

#5
6 Kix @$2ea = $12 (rings @$3.45ea= $20.70)
2 Cinnamon Toast Crunch @$2ea = $4 (rings @$2.75ea = $5.50)
Qs = $1.50/3 + $1.50/3 + $.55/1 + $.55/1 = $4.10
Total = $11.90 + .16 tax - 2 *$5 (GM Cat) = $2.06 (OOP)
$10 back

#6
4 Pillsbury Sweet Moments @$2.50ea = $10 (rings @$3.75ea = $15)
4 Pillsbury Halloween Break N Bake Cookies @$2.50ea = $10 (rings @$3.65ea = $14.60)
Qs = $1/2 + $1/2 + $1/1 +$1/1 + $1/1 +$1/1  = - $6
Total = $14.00 + .20 tax - 2 *$5 (GM Cat) = $4.00 (OOP)
$10 back

#7
7 Chex Mix @$1.69ea = $11.83 (rings @$2.49ea = $17.43)
4 Progresso Soups @$1ea = $4 (rings @$2ea = $8)
Qs = $.50/1 + $.50/1  + $.50/1 + $.50/1 + $.50/1 + $.50/1 + $.50/1 + $1/4 = -$4.50
Total = $11.33 + .16 tax - 2 *$5 (GM Cat) = $1.49 (OOP)
$10 back

#8
4 cans of Progresso soup @$1ea = $4 (rings @$2ea = $8)
4 cans of Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls @$2ea = $8 (rings @$3.25ea = $13)
2 cans of Pillsbury Crescent Rolls @$2ea = $4 (rings @$3.25ea = $6.50)
Qs = $1/4 + $1/2 + $1/2 + $1/2 = - $4
Total = $12.00 + .16 tax - 2 *$5 (GM Cat) = $2.16 (OOP)
$10 back

Total OOP = $16.89

will post regular prices/preferred prices and Total saving later! Have a great weekend :)

wil

Friday, October 8, 2010

Jewel's hate me

I've been to all 4 Jewel's in my area over the past 3 days multiple times (Oswego 1, Oswego 2, Sugar Grove, & Yorkville)
I have bought a whole lot of stuff for very little...
5 bottles of wesson oil for $2.63  x 3
9 cans of soup + halloween candy for $0.67 x 5
6 cans of  soup + 2 hungry jack syrups $0.38 x 4
I spent about $12.75 out of my pocket for all that stuff AND
I still have a $10 Off my next purchase!!!!!!!!!!!

I also did another P&G deal on Wednesday before that one ended...
2 8pks of Bounty & 1 Bounce Dryer Bar around $10 (I had $5 in Q for that stuff)

Oh and I went to Dominicks because they had the Nivea Lip Care on sale for $0.99 and I had 10 more $1 off coupons... they had 10! So I bought them out... spent $0.60 in tax and donated the $0.40 to Breast Cancer... felt especially good about that one, and dont be suprised if you see one in your Christmas gifts from us, because what am I gonna do with 10 of them??? : )

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Last trip to the stores for a while...

I went to 2 Jewels & 2 Walgreens's on the hunt for what I wanted to get...
At the 1st Walgreens I got ONE Nivea Lip Care product... $0.99 w/ $1Q = $0.08 in tax
They gave me a raincheck for 7 more since they were out of them (I have 10 Q's... I think I might go to a different Walgreens & get a raincheck for the remaining 3....)
The 1st Jewel had nothing, & the 2nd Walgreens had nothing...
The 2nd Jewel put out more Charmin TP right when I got there which was great because that was why I went there!!!
So I did their P&G $30 & get $10 back deal... They were out of Bounty so I had to improvise, & If you know me, you know I'm bad at improvisation! Here's what I got
2 12pks of Charmin Double Rolls ($6.99ea) ($0.25Q) ($13.73)
3 20ct Cascade Dishwasher Detergent ($3.99ea) ($0.50Q) ($11.47)
4 Pringles Super Stacks ($1.50ea) ($1.40Q) ($4.60)
Total $31.74 w/tax - $24 in Catalina's and RRs = $7.74 OOP and $10 Catalina Back
So now I've spent $40 total in the past 2 days and have $10 to use on another purchase.
I don't feel like this is the best I could have been doing yet considering I won't have to buy TP or Dishwasher Detergent for 4 months I guess I can't be totally down on myself :P

The Official start of my Super Couponing!

So here we go:
I went to Walgreens yesterday & of course they were out of EVERYTHING I wanted & had coupons for, what a way to get me down! So I got 1 thing of EOS lip balm, spent $3.22 with tax & got back $3 in Register Rewards (RRs). Then I went over to Jewel & got 13 (yes 13 yikes) Hunt's snack packs ($0.88ea), 6 boxes of Mrs. T's Pieorgies ($3.49 BOGO, w/ $1 Q off each one) and 1 International Delight Coffee Creamer ($0.99, w/ $0.55Q) So my total was $16.35 plus tax - $3 in RRs = about $13.50 (I lost my receipt what a shame :/)
Today I went back to Walgreens because I was told they'd have the razors I wanted back in, & they did!
So I bought 3 (in seperate transactions) Schich Hydro 5 razors $7.99 - $4Q  =$4.16 ea & got back $4 in RRs ea... so $12.48 & got back $12. Then we headed over to Jewel again for frozen meals...
Could have done better here but I couldn't focus due to a crabby baby throwing a fit :/
1st Transaction:
2 Healthy Choice Frozen Meals ($2ea) ($1Q)
1 Healthy Choice Steamer Frozen Meal ($2.50ea) (2 - $1Qs)
2 Marie Callenders Frozen Meals ($2.50ea)
3 Hunts Snack packs (i know why the hell did I buy more of these? because I needed to reach $25 in participating ConAgra products to get my $10 Catalina to print out!) ($0.88ea)
Total: $11.28 - $8 in RRs (where I should have used a $10 cat but I was distracted) $3.28
2nd Transaction:
6 Healthy Choice Frozen Meals ($2ea) (2 - $1Qs & 1- $0.50Q)
1 Hunts Snack Pack ($0.88)
Total: $10.51 - $10 Catalina (again I screwed up, I had another $0.50Q I couldn't use here because I wouldn't have been able to use the $10 Cat... I should have used the Cat on the 1st transaction and the RRs on the second... ah live and learn!) $0.51

Total spent out of pocket : $33
Total Catalina's/RR's in my pocket $24...
NET $9 spent on all that stuff above... wow, not 1/2 bad if I do say so myself!!!