This felt like a great week of couponing!! Sunday I was able to get my Target bag and did an excellent couponing trip!! I headed over to Walgreens that day and did a great job there. Luckily, I noticed the mistake on the last transaction. Somehow it didn't give me the sale price or the Balance Points. So I readjusted the last transaction. It won't make much sense, but that is the math I figured out. Then a day or two later to CVS, Target, and Rite Aid. CVS trip went amazingly well! Rite Aid sales were a huge disappointment. Then my second trip to Target was okay, but I wasn't thrilled my phone internet decided not to work and I couldn't get the deals that I would have with the mobile coupons. Hopefully I can go back and get them some other time before they expire!
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Results Week 4/21-4/47
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Couponing Tip: One of the biggest mistakes beginning coupons do is not pacing themselves. They get the thrill of the deals and then before they know it they are chasing every deal out there. Not that it's a bad thing, but it's not great! In the long run you are going to end up burning out. After you burn out, you can lose interest in couponing and end up not saving anything whatsoever! So it commit yourself to complete savings in your life, pace yourself and you deals. To begin, choose one grocery store, drugstore, and supercenter and only go ONCE! Unless you feel like you want to only do one, then commit yourself to that store until you master their couponing policies and go forward! So my tip for this week is pace yourself and avoid the burnout!
Walgreens
Transaction #1
Bought 1 U by Kotex Click Tampons, $3.99, Sale Price
**Buy One, Receive $2.00 Register Reward**
Used $2.00/1 (Printable Not Available)
Paid: $1.99, Received $2.00 Register Reward
Final Price: Free
Bought 1 Planters Nutrition Peanut Butter, $2.99, Sale Price
**Buy 1, Receive $2.99 Register Reward.**
Use $1.00/1 (Expires 5/15)
Paid: $1.99, Received $2.99 Register Reward
Final Price: $1.00 Moneymaker
TOTAL FROM #1: $3.98. I recevied a total of
$4.99 Register Rewards for my next transaction.
Transaction #2
**Somehow this transaction ended up happening wrong. I was charged without sales price and my Balance Points didn't work. After the fix, I ended up with some money back and my balance points. I am going to do it the way it was suppose to be.*
Bought 1 Crest Pro-Health Toothpaste, $3.00, Sale Price
Bought 1 Crest Pro-Health Mouthwash, $3.00, Sale Price
**Buy 2, Receive 4,000 Balance Points.**
Used $1.00/1 Crest Toothpaste
and used $1.50/1 Crest Mouthwash (both Expires 4/30)
Paid: $6.00, Received 4,000 Balance Points
Bought 2 7up Ten, $0.50
Paid: $1.00
TOTAL FROM #1: $7.00. I used to
$4.99 Register Rewards, which made my total
$1.72. I also gained
4,000 Balance Points, which I am saving for Black Friday!
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Walgreens Summary: Spent: $5.70 Saved: $12.86
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CVS
Transaction #1
Bought 1 Natural Instincts Hair Color, $5.99, Sale Price
**Buy 1, Receive $2.00 Extrabucks. Limit 1.**
Used $2.00/1 (Expires 5/31)
Paid: $3.99, Received $2.00 Extrabucks
Final Price: $1.99
Bought 1 Physician Formula Concealer Rx, $9.29, Sale Price
**Buy 1, Receive $7.00 Extrabucks. Limit 1.**
Used $1.00/1 (SS 4/21)
Paid: $8.29, Received $7.00 Extrabucks
Final Price: $1.29
Bought 2 Oral-B Pulsar, $2.87, Sale Price
**Buy 1, Get $1.00 Extrabucks. Limit 2.**
Used $5.00/2 (From a previous package)
Paid: $0.74, Received $2.00 Extrabucks
Final Price: $2.26 Moneymaker
Bought 2 Crest Pro Health Toothpaste, $2.99, Sale Price
**Buy 1, Receive $2.00 Extabucks. Limit 2.**
Used $1.00/1 (Expires 4/30)
Paid: $3.98, Received $4.00 Extrabucks
Final Price: $0.02 Moneymaker
Bought 1 Brookside Chocolate, $0.67
**Buy 1, Get $0.67 Extrabucks. Unadvertised Deal.**
Paid: $0.67, Received $0.67 Extrabucks
Final Price: Free
Bought 2 Softsoap Hand Soap, $1.67,
Buy One, Get One Free
Used $1.00/2 (Expires 4/27)
Paid: $0.67
TOTAL FROM #1: $18.36. I used my
$18.00 Extrabucks, which made my total
$0.36. I then received
$15.67 Extrabucks to use for next week! I should also have some beauty bucks waiting on me too!
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CVS Summary: Spent: $0.36 Saved: $44.21
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Rite Aid
Transaction #1
Colgate Advanced Total Zx, $2.99, Sale Price
**Buy 1, Get $2.00 +Up Rewards. Limit 4.**
Use $1.00/1 (SS 4/14)
Paid: $1.99, Received $2.00 +Up Reward
Final Price: Free
Purex Detergent, $5.99
Buy One, Get Two Free
Use $0.50/1 (Printable)
Paid: $5.99 or $1.83 each
TOTAL FROM #1: $7.78. I used
$6.00 +Up Rewards that was expiring, which made my total
$1.78. I then got
$2.00 +Up Rewards. Add that to my remaining rewards, making my total
$8.00 +Up Rewards.
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Rite Aid Summary: Spent: $1.78 Saved: $20.28
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Target
Transaction #1 (1st Trip)
Bought 4 GE Reveal Light Bulbs, 4 pack, $3.79, Regular Price
Used four $1.00/1 (SS 4/14)
AND Used two $5.00/2 (From Target Earth Day Booklet)
Final Price: $1.16
Bought 1 Schick Hydro Silk Disposable Razors, 3 count, $8.06, Sale Price
Used $4.00/1 (Expires 5/15)
AND used $3.00/1
(Target Printable)
Final Price: $1.06
Bought 1 Tom's Of Maine Children's Toothpaste, $2.50, Sale Price
Use $1.00/1 (Mailer Coupon)
AND used $1.00/1 (From Target Earth Day Booklet)
Final Price: $0.50
Bought 3 Oral B Dental Floss, $0.97
Used $1.00/1 (Expires 4/30)
Final Price: FREE
Bought 1 Almay I-Intense Liquid Eye Liner, $4.99, Regular Price
Used $4.00/1 Almay (SS 4/30)
AND Used $1.00/1
(Target Printable)
Final Price: Free
Bought 1 Almay Liquid Simply Foundation, $6.98, Clearance Price
Used $4.00/1 (SS 4/30)
AND Used $2.00/1
(Target Printable)
Final Price: $0.98
Bought 1 Stove Top Stuffing, $0.98, Clearance Price
Final Price: $0.98
Excedrin Extra Strength $2.89, Regular Price
Used $1.00/1 (Expires 6/30)
AND used $1.00/1
(Target Printable)
Final Price: $0.89
**Got $0.05 off for using a reusable bag.**
TOTAL FROM #1: $6.38.
Transaction #2
Bought 4 Poise Cooling Towelettes, $2.99, Regular Price
Used four $3.00/1 (Expires 4/27)
Final Price: Free
Bought 1 Schick Hydro Shaving Gel, $2.54
Used $1.00/1 (SS 4/21)
AND Used $0.75/1
(Target Printable)
Final Price: $0.75
TOTAL FROM #1: $0.80.
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Target Summary: Spent $7.18 Saved: $54.82
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2013 Coupon Journey Summary
Spent Saved Spending Goal
THIS WEEK $15.41 $132.17 $20.00
MONTH OF APRIL $30.87 $295.93 $60.00
YEAR TO DATE $223.20 $1731.54 $330.00
