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09Apr 2009 by holly

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 4/9/2009

Coupons, Rite Aid, Shopping Trips, Uncategorized

Thanks to IheartRiteAid.com for all of the great info! I ran into Rite Aid this evening and did 2 transactions. The cashiers weren't too happy when I used 2 $5/25 but they did allow it. I know it isn't the best thing to do but I wanted to get in and get out and most of the deals were already taken. I was hoping to get the Tear drops for free but they were out, so I thought I would get the coke deal and they were out of that too. So, this is what I came up with. I wanted to buy the Shampoo and Claritin so I split them up in two transactions. Transaction #1 john frieda shampoo $5 john frieda shampoo $5 john frieda shampoo $5 john…

07Apr 2009 by holly

Walgreens Shopping Trip – 4/7/2009

Coupons, Shopping Trips, Uncategorized, Walgreens

Walgreens has a great deal on diapers this week too! 2/$9 for Walgreens diapers -$2 Walgreens diapers coupon from red prescription booklet expires 6/30/09 (for each item!!!) My husband and I need some Claritin so I saw in the Walgreens ad that Clartin was offering $5 RR 1 Clartin $19.99 (40 for price of 30) 1 Wal-ITIN $19.99 (60) -$4 Clartin coupon SS 4/5/09 -$10 Wal-ITIN coupon in this weeks ad Tax 0.00 OOP $25.98 Earned RR $5.00 ($20.98 for 100 Clartin/generic tabs. Not to bad.) Savings 48% 4 Walgreens Diapers $4.50 -$8.00 Walgreens coupon -$5.00 RR OOP $5.50 Cost $10.50 Savings 71%

07Apr 2009 by holly

Free Oil at PepBoys – Great Deal!

Coupons, Pepboys, Rebates, Shopping Trips, Uncategorized, Vehicle

Click on the image above to take you to more details. If you buy 5 quarts of Peak Oil and get 1 ProLine Filter it will cost $9.99 plus tax. The rebate is for $9.99. You can do this rebate twice. (Not sure if you have to fill out 2 rebate forms.) Now, The Thrifty Mama mentioned that there is a $10/30 coupon right now at PepBoys. The coupon says you can't combine it with the rebate. On Sunday, 4/5 my husband and I went there picked up the oil, filters and a hitch (he needed). Subtotal $31.97 tax $1.11 -$10 coupon OOP $23.08 The transaction goes like this: 10 Peak Oil $2.99 each -0.52 Item discount each -1.32 Store coupon each 2 ProLine $2.89 -0.51 Item discount each -1.27…

07Apr 2009 by holly

CVS Shopping Trip – 4/5/2009

Coupons, CVS, Shopping Trips, Uncategorized

This week there is the buy $25 worth of select Baby products and get $10 ECB. 2 Huggies Gentle Care $10.00 each = $20.00 1 Huggies Wip $5 -$5/25 Coupon received in my email -$5.00 IP Huggies coupon -$5.00 IP Huggies coupon -$0.50 Huggies Wipe coupon from mail Subtotal $9.95 -$1.99 ECB -$2.00 ECB -$3.49 ECB Tax 1.00 OOP 3.02 Earn $10 ECBS Cost $.50!!! Saved 98% 1 Skinintimate Shave Gel $3.49 1 Colgate Max White $2.99 1 Bambook Basket $1.99 -$1.00 Colgate coupon SS Subtotal $7.47 -$6.98 ECBS Tax 0.07 OOP $.56 Earn $7.48 ECBS Cost $0.06!!!! Saved 99%!!! Then my dear husband saw these cute sunglasses for our daughter so I had to buy them. $6.99 -$6.99 ECBS OOP 0.00 Cost $6.99

03Apr 2009 by holly

Part 2: Car: True Cost of a Vehicle

Uncategorized, Vehicle

How much does this 1999 Isuzu Rodeo cost us? Right now we have put over 3,000 miles on it and it has cost us 51 cents a mile! Not too bad! How to calculate the true cost of a vehicle and why it makes sense to buy a used vehicle. Plus, this is the time to buy used vehicles because they are the cheapest. In a strange way the more you drive the lower the cost per mile because the originial purchase price will spread across more miles. Here is a spreadsheet you can download and use to calculate your cost per mile. Click here to download car-cost-gas-log.ODS Spreadsheet Fill in the grey fields and the yellow fields will calculate for you. If you have car payments include them as…

07Mar 2009 by holly

CVS Planning Trip 3/8/2009

Coupons, CVS, Uncategorized

I'm planning on going to CVS as well as Walgreens tomorrow. At CVS I need to pick up a prescription so it makes sense to run and do a deal while I'm at it. Garnier Nutrisse Hair Color 2/$10 Earn 5 ECBs Limit 1 Use 2 coupons -$2/1 from 12/7 RP -$2/1 from 12/7 RP =2 for $1 after coupons and ECBs! General Mills Cereal 3/$10 Earn 5 ECBs Limit 1 -$1/3 from the 2/8 GM and 3/8 SS -.55/1 and .75/1 Printables HERE =3/$2.75 - $4 after coupon and ECBs! My daughter is now eating Cherrios and loves them!

07Mar 2009 by holly

Walgreens Diaper deals 3/8/2009

Baby, Uncategorized, Walgreens

I'm new to Walgreens. We only have 1 in our area. It is a very nice location. I understand there is going to be a good deal on Huggies diapers starting tomorrow. I'm now thinking about how to do a transaction there. What to use the $10 RR for? **Buy $25 in Participating Kimberly Clark products, Earn $10 in RRs back Huggies jumbo pks diapers or training pants $10 Huggies Baby Wipes $6 Kotex 2/$6 Scott or Cottonelle $7 Poise or Depends $12 Klennex facial care 3/$4 ***scenario*** $30 buy three Huggies jumbo packs - three $5/1 Printables HERE (from what I have heard you can print more of these now if you printed them last week - they have been reset) - $1/1 coupon from Walgreens Coloring Book =…

04Mar 2009 by holly

Working Mom vs. Staying at Home Mom

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How much does it cost to work vs. staying at home? Or how much does it cost to stay at home vs. work? These questions have popped in my head for awhile. I enjoy my job for many reasons. I also like staying at home with my daughter. I work a 9/80 schedule so I get every other friday off. This is great because I get a taste of what it's like to stay at home. However, those Fridays are very busy and I'm usually very tired because of the long week. I really do wonder could we afford for one of us to stay at home? I did some research and I found a couple interesting calculators that help figure out the answers. Kiplinger - Can One of you…

04Mar 2009 by holly

CVS Shopping Trip 2/4/2009

CVS, Shopping Trips, Uncategorized

I haven't written much lately because the family has been sick. My daughter went to the doctors again today for an ear infection. I had to run up to CVS to get her prescription. I was going to do the Pamper diaper deal but then realized that I didn't want to use all of my ECBs so instead I did the following: 1 Cascade 45 oz gel $2.99 1 Vitamin D 120 at 100 count price $2.99 ECB $2.99 -3 ECB -1 Cascade coupon from P&G mailer $5.98 -1.00-3.00=1.98+0.15 tax = $2.13 OOP 2.13 including tax used GC OOP 0.00 Earned 2.99 ECB Cost $2.14

24Feb 2009 by holly

Washington Post – It’s official NO Red Plum coupons

Coupons, Newspapers, Uncategorized

This is a follow up to my post from the other day. I wanted to mention that this morning I had the bad news of looking at my ad section and only receiving the Smart Source section. No Red Plum to be found. I didn't get the Red Plum coupons in my mailbox. The Red Plum ad in my mailbox said "$35 worth of coupons inside" and they weren't there. It looks like they fell out. So far my Mom and Mother-in-law (who look out for coupons for me) haven't seen it either. I don't think this idea of advertising is going to work for Red Plum. I can see their idea of putting coupons in people's mailboxes would give others opportunity to receive coupons, however, if they are in…

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