Shopping Trip - 12/4/11

It's been such a long time since I've posted about my shopping trips! I've been busy teaching and trying to wrap things up before Christmas. I made time for my weekly shopping trips but I've been majorly neglecting this blog. I've been keeping track of my savings, though!

I had a super shopping trip the week of December 4th. Here's a picture of all my goodies.

I only went to two stores--CVS and Walgreens. I purchased these 48 items for only $10.27 plus tax. I only had to pay $3.05 in tax this week, making my total out-of-pocket $13.32. Total retail for these items was $135.06 plus tax. I saved a total of $131.94. That's 91%! I also had $13 Register Rewards, $10 CVS gift card, $0.26 CVS money card (from a refund), and $21 ExtraBucks remaining (plus $10.97 unused EBs from a previous week.) I definitely found some good deals to keep those Thanksgiving rewards rollin', rollin', rollin'. 

The 48 items purchased include 2 boxes Cheerios, 1 box Cocoa Puffs, 2 boxes candy canes, 3 Renuzit adjustables air fresheners, 1 Tresemme hair spray, 1 Tresemme conditioner, 4 Afrin nasal sprays, 2 Edge shave gels, 2 Nivea for Men body washes, 1 Dove for Men deodorant, 2 packs Schick Xtreme3 razors, 2 packs Schick Quattro for Women razors, 3 Butterfinger Christmas candies, 3 Nestle Crunch Christmas candies, 2 bags Walgreens starlight mints, 1 bag Walgreens gummy worms, 6 American Greetings cards, 5 Sharpie markers, 1 Revlon Top Speed nail enamel, 2 Revlon toenail clippers, 1 Revlon fingernail clippers, and 1 pack Revlon emery boards.

Here's a breakdown of each store. 

Walgreens

I started with $14 RRs from last week.

5 Sharpie markers @ $0.99 = $4.95
Used -$3.50 in-ad coupon
Cost: $1.45 (making these $0.29 each)

3 Walgreens candy @ $0.99 = $2.97
Used -$0.90 in-ad coupon
Cost: $2.07 (making these $0.69 each)

6 Nestle holiday candy @ $0.50 = $3.00
Used -$0.66 in-ad coupon
Used -$0.90 December coupon booklet
Cost: $1.44 (making these $0.24 each)

Tresemme hair spray and shampoo @ $5.29 = $10.58
Used -$1.00 mfr coupon
Cost: $9.58, earned $5 RR (making these $2.29 each)

Dove for Men deodorant $3.99
Used -$0.25 mfr coupon
Cost: $3.74, earned $3 RR (making this $0.74)

2 Nivea for Men body wash @ 2/$7.00
Used -$2.00 mfr coupon
Used -$1.00 mfr coupon
Cost: $4.00, earned $2 RR (making these $1.00 each)

Revlon Top Speed nail enamel $3.99
Used -$1.00 mfr coupon
Used -$1.00 Walgreens Make This Season Stunning coupon
Cost: $1.99, earned $3 RR (making this FREE + $1.01 profit)

Walgreens total before coupons: $36.48 + tax = $39.53
-$12.21 coupons
-$14.00 RRs from last week
My OOP: $10.27 + tax = $13.32, earned $13 RRs
Savings: $26.21, 66%

 

CVS

I had a few problems at CVS, but I still managed to work it out and score some awesome savings. I started with a lot of ExtraBucks and a $10 CVS gift card from last week's promotion. I shopped for both mom and myself again this week.

Transaction # 1 (my card)

Cocoa Puffs $2.50 (regularly $4.89)
Used -$0.85 mfr coupon
Cost: $1.65 (part of gift card promo continued on Transaction # 2)

Candy canes $1.27
Cost: $1.27, earned $2 EBs (cashier had to manually print them because it wasn’t in system and they can’t manually enter cents)

3 Renuzit adjustable @ $0.88 = $2.64 (regularly $1.77)
Used -$0.55/3 mfr coupon
Cost: $2.09 (making these $0.70 each)

Revlon Expert Shape files $1.85 (clearance)
Cost: $1.85 (These were later returned because they were clearance and didn’t count towards the EB reward. They weren’t marked and I didn’t know until after checkout.)

Revlon nail clippers $2.99
Cost: $2.99 (part of the earn $6 EB wyb 2 Revlon beauty tools)

The following items were part of the earn $10 EBs when you buy $20 Schick products.

Edge shave gel $2.99
Used -$0.55 mfr coupon

2 Schick Xtreme 3 4ct razors @ $8.79 = $17.58
Used -$8.79 BOGO mfr coupon

Schick total: $20.57
Used -$9.34 coupons
Cost: $11.23, earned $10 EBs (making it $1.23 for all)

3 American Greetings cards @ $0.99 = $2.97
Used -$2.00 CVS coupon
Cost: $0.97, earned $3 EBs (making these FREE + $2.03 profit)

Transaction # 1 total before coupons: $34.79 + tax = $36.88
-$12.74 coupons
-$5.56 25% off CVS coupon
-$13.99 EBs from previous purchase
Total: $2.50 + tax = $4.59
-$4.59 CVS gift card from last week’s purchases
My OOP: $0.00, earned $15 EBs and $2.50 towards gift card promo ($5.41 remaining gift card balance)

Transaction # 2 (my card)

Revlon emery boards $3.49
Cost: $3.49, earned $6 EBs (combined w/ $2.99 Revlon from Transaction # 1--$6.48 total, so making the Revlon items $0.24 each)

Transaction # 2 total before coupons: $3.49 + tax = $3.64
Used -$2.00 EBs from Transaction # 1
Total: $1.49 + tax = $1.64
-$1.64 CVS gift card from last week’s purchases
My OOP: $0.00, earned $6 EBs ($3.77 remaining gift card balance)

Transaction # 3 (my card)

All these items were part of the “Buy $30 in participating products, get $10 gift card” promotion. I already had $2.50 in qualifying purchases from Transaction # 1.

2 Cheerios @ $2.50 = $5.00 (regularly $4.19 each)
Used (2) -$1.00 mfr coupons
Cost: $3.00

4 Afrin nasal spray @ $5.99 = $23.96 (regularly $7.29-$7.89 each)
Used (4) -$2.00 mfr coupons
Cost: $15.96

(Including my Cocoa Puffs from Transaction # 1, my gift card total was $31.46.)

Transaction # 3 total before coupons: $28.96 + tax = $31.71
-$10.00 coupons
-$19.00 EBs from Transactions # 1 and # 2 (had to be adjusted to $18.96)
Total: $0.00 + tax = $2.75
-$2.75 CVS gift card from last week’s purchases
My OOP: $0.00, earned new $10.00 CVS gift card ($1.02 remaining balance on old gift card)

Transaction # 4

Returned Revlon Nail files from Transaction # 1 since they weren’t a qualifying purchase

-$1.85 + tax = -$2.03

Received $2.03 on CVS money card

Transaction # 5 (mom’s card)

Candy canes $1.27
Cost: $1.27, earned $2.00 EBs (because cashier had to enter it manually)

2 Revlon toe nail clippers @ $3.99 = $7.98
Cost: $7.98, earned $6 EBs (making these $0.99 each)

These next items were part of the Schick promotion.

Edge shave gel $2.99
Used -$0.55 mfr coupon

2 Schick Quattro for Women disposable razors @ $8.99 = $17.98
Used -$8.99 BOGO coupon

Schick total: $20.97
-$9.54 coupons
Cost: $11.43, earned $10 EBs (making it $1.43 for all)

3 American Greetings cards @ $0.99 = $2.97
Used -$2.00 CVS coupon
Cost: $0.97, earned $3 EBs (making these FREE + $2.03 profit)

Transaction # 5 total before coupons: $33.19 + tax = $35.53
-$11.54 coupons
-$7.23 CVS 25% off email coupon
-$13.97 EBs from previous purchase
Total: $0.45 + tax = $2.79
-$1.02 old CVS gift card
-$1.77 CVS money card from return on Transaction # 4
OOP: $0.00, earned $21 EBs ($0.26 remaining balance on CVS money card)

Total CVS before coupons: $98.58 + tax = $105.73
My OOP: $0.00 (not even tax!), with $0.26 CVS money card, $10 CVS gift card, and $21 EBs remaining (plus $10.97 unused EBs from a previous week)
Savings: $105.73, 100%

No pictures of rewards, but I had $13 Register Rewards, $10 CVS gift card, $0.26 CVS money card, and $21 ExtraBucks remaining (plus $10.97 unused EBs from a previous week.) Wow!