Personal care – A penny pinched

Category : Personal care

Delegating

April 2nd 2011 Posted at Budget, Cleaning supplies, Costco, Coupons, CVS, Groceries, Hen House, Personal care, Price Chopper, Walgreens, Walmart
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I was busy this past week, so I delegated the grocery shopping. All in all, it wasn’t too bad, although a few small mistakes were made. I’m such a control freak, and this was a good experience in letting go and learning to be appreciative.

Walmart
Ken’s salad dressing, 16 oz: $2.24 – $1.00 coupon = $1.24 (this is what happens when you delegate)
Yakisoba noodles: $0.62 – $0.50 coupon = $0.12
Degree travel size deodorant: $0.97 (coupon didn’t scan. grrr!!)
Spent: $2.67

Walgreens
Walgreens aluminum foil, 20 sq ft: $0.69 – 20% off coupon = $0.55
2 bottles Renuzit, 13 oz each: $2.99 – 15% off coupon – two $1.00 coupons = $0.54
Spent: $1.37
Saved: $5.44

Hen House
Post Honey Bunches of Oats Raisin Medley, 17 oz: $2.00 – $1.00 coupon = $1.00
Lipton tea, 29 ct: $3.99 – $0.60 coupon = $3.39 (messed up)
Spent: $4.87
Saved: $3.29

CVS
5 Pepsi bottles, 2 liters each: $4.40
Skintimate shaving gel, 7 oz: $3.49 – $0.55 coupon = $2.94 (generated $2.50 ECB)
2 Clean & Clear shower gels, 16 oz each: (2 x $2.99) – BOGO coupon – $2.00 coupon = $0.99
Used $7.99 ECB from a previous transaction
Spent: $2.06
Saved: $24.69

Price Chopper
2 Tony’s four cheese pizzas: ($1.69 x 2) – $1.00 = $2.38
2 mangoes: 2 x $0.69 = $1.38
Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers: $$0.69
2 Yoplait Greek yogurts: (2 x $0.99) – $0.60 = $1.38
4 lbs oranges: $1.69
0.77 lbs green beans: $0.77
1.06 lbs asparagus: $1.05
Spent: $10.24
Saved: $10.16

Costco
36 flour tortillas, 63 oz: $3.99
Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches, 20 ct: $9.45 – $2.75 coupon = $6.70
Organic baby spring mix, 1 lb: $4.29
Kirkland Signature Parmigiano Reggiano, 1 lb: $14.99
Kirkland Signature wheat bread, 4 lbs: $3.79
Spent: $37.01

GRAND TOTAL: $58.22
TOTAL SAVED: $43.58

Groceries 3/27/11 and weekly recap

March 27th 2011 Posted at Budget, Costco, Coupons, CVS, Groceries, Hen House, Hy-Vee, Personal care, Price Chopper, Walgreens
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Hy-Vee
Peter Pan peanut butter, 3 pack, 48.9 oz total: $2.98
Spent: $3.25

Hen House
2 lbs strawberries: $1.38
Green Giant honey glazed carrots, 10 oz: $1.25 – $0.50 coupon (doubled) = $0.25
Roberts sour cream, 16 oz: $1.29 – $0.30 coupon (doubled) = $0.69
Spent: $2.60
Saved: $9.63

TOTAL: $5.85

All I really needed at Hy-Vee this week was the 3-pack of peanut butter, but I made up for it with a quick trip to Hen House. I love shopping at Hen House, and I get some of my best deals there. I should make more of an effort to pay attention to the sales they’re having because I don’t shop there nearly enough.

I also got a couple of things at CVS and Walgreens earlier this week.

CVS
Head & Shoulders shampoo, 14.2 oz: $4.99 – $1.00 coupon = $3.99 (generated $2.50 ECB)
Spent: 3.44
Saved: $2.89

Walgreens
2 Dove chocolates, 1.3 oz each: $0.98 – $0.75 coupon = $0.23
Spent: $0.32

TOTAL: $3.76

GRAND TOTAL FOR THE WEEK: $18.81 (including my earlier trip to Price Chopper and Costco)

That’s a pretty low total. I’ll gladly pocket the difference or use it to stock up next week.

CVS 3/13/11

March 13th 2011 Posted at Coupons, CVS, Groceries, Personal care
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This was only my second time doing multiple transactions at CVS. I even walked out with my first purchase and came back in for the rest. I’m such a wimp when it comes to these things. I started out with $9.79 in ECB, and I wasn’t about to let that multiply to double digits. Please ignore my moving boxes and unused aquarium.

Transaction 1
Tena ultra thin pads, 32 ct (donation): $9.99 – $2.50 coupon – $6 ECB = $1.49 (generated $9.99 ECB)

Total: $2.38
Saved: $11.80

Transaction 2
1 trial size Theraflu: $0.99 – $0.99 coupon = FREE (generated $0.99 ECB)
15 Coke bottles, 2 liters each: $15.00 – $14.78 ECB =Â $0.22 (generated $5.00 ECB)

Total: $1.55
Saved: $30.62

When all was said and done, I walked out of there having paid only $3.93 out of pocket, and I will have $5.99 to spend during the next month. Not bad at all.

Walgreens 3/13/11

March 13th 2011 Posted at Coupons, Personal care, Walgreens
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I wasn’t sure I was going to go to any more stores this week, so I already posted a weekly review. I’ll count today’s Walgreens and CVS trips as part of next week.

2 Right Guard deodorants, 2.6 oz each – FREE after BOGO sale and BOGO coupon

Total: $0.40
Saved: $8.98

February 2011: How did we do?

February 27th 2011 Posted at Budget, Cleaning supplies, Groceries, Personal care
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We were well under budget this month, with only $176.91 spent on groceries, household supplies, and personal care items. As if that’s not good enough already, $25 of it went to a subscription to The Grocery Game. Yes, *gasp*, I pay for something I could get for free on a multitude of websites. I may write about it more in another post, but it works for me and it makes my life easier.

I’m missing one week of photos, but here’s what $124.00 buys you. I know it’s not as impressive as the Target deals some people have been getting this past week, but my freezer is already stuffed, and I have nowhere to put an upright or a chest freezer. I’ll keep dreaming of one.

Week ending on 7/18/10

July 17th 2010 Posted at Budget, Costco, Coupons, CVS, Groceries, Hen House, Hy-Vee, Personal care, Target, Walgreens, Walmart
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I was slightly under budget this week. I would’ve been quite a big under budget had I not shopped at Walmart yesterday. I had bought some steak at Hy-Vee and I was all set for my birthday, but then Walmart came around with a deal I couldn’t pass: $0.98 bacon wrapped beef filets. Naturally, I picked up some more stuff while I was there, and that brought my total for the week up to $48.07. Not bad at all. Here’s where the money went:

Costco
I only got some Romaine hearts.
Spent: $3.91

Walmart

Spent: $5.65

Hy-Vee

Spent: $25.66

Walgreens

Spent: $1.84
Saved: $8.38

Hen House

Spent: $3.17
Saved: $6.14

CVS

Spent: $3.96
Saved: $17.37

Target

Spent: $3.88
Saved: $4.48

TOTAL SPENT: $48.07

Target 7/13/10

July 17th 2010 Posted at Coupons, Groceries, Personal care, Target
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2 x Ortega taco shells – $2.00 after $1.00 coupon
Pepperidge Farms deli flats – $1.39 after $0.60 coupon
Reach floss – FREE after $1.00 coupon
TOTAL: $3.88
SAVED: $4.48

Week ending on 7/11/10

July 11th 2010 Posted at Budget, Cleaning supplies, Costco, Coupons, CVS, Groceries, Hen House, Hy-Vee, Personal care, Target, Walgreens
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I ALMOST stayed under budget this pas week. Almost. I spent a total of $52.19 and shopped at Target, Hy-Vee, Hen House, Walgreens, CVS, and Costco. I know that sounds like a lot, but four of them are lined up on the same street, fairly close to each other. In fact, CVS is right next to Hy-Vee and Walgreens is across the Street from Hen House. The only reason I mention this is because it’s not as big of a hassle as it sounds. The only store that was out of the way is Target, and I may or may not continue to shop there in the future. In any case, it was a pretty good week. Here’s a breakdown of where my money went.

Target
Spent: $5.13
Saved: $10.75

CVS
Spent: $2.31
Saved: $16.74

Hy-Vee
Spent: $13.30

Hen House
Spent: $17.01
Saved: $25.10

Walgreens
Spent: $4.48
Saved: $24.56

Costco
Spent: $9.96

TOTAL SPENT: $52.19
TOTAL SAVED: $77.15 (does not include savings at Costco and Hy-Vee)

Walgreens deals on 7/8/10

July 10th 2010 Posted at Coupons, Personal care, Walgreens
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Paper Mate mechanical pencils, 5 pack – $0.19
Paper Mate pens, 10 pack – $0.19
Penway #2 pencils, 10 pack – $0.19
Dove Active Clean Shower Tool – $2.75 after $1.00 coupon
Dove Deep Moisture Body Wash – $2.75 after $1.00 coupon
Dove shampoo – $2.50 after $1.25 coupon
Dove Intense Damage Control Hair Treatment – $2.50 after $1.25 coupon
TOTAL: $4.48 after using $8.00 register rewards
SAVED: $24.56

I also got $5.00 register rewards for purchasing the Dove products.

Hen House deals on 7/8/10

July 10th 2010 Posted at Cleaning supplies, Coupons, Groceries, Hen House, Personal care
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Charmin Basic 12 big rolls (not pictured) – $4.33 after doubled $0.25 coupon
Bounty Basic 8 big rolls (not pictured) – $4.33 after doubled $0.25 coupon
Roberts 1% fat cottage cheese – $0.67 after doubled $0.50 coupon
2 Palermo’s Classics pizzas – $2.34 after $1.00 coupon
2 Breyers ice creams (extra dark chocolate and coffee) – $3.21 after $0.75 coupon
0.72 lbs beef round steak – $5.25
TOTAL: $17.01 after coupons and after a $5.00 Hen House reward
SAVED: $25.10