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I went to Walgreens on Sunday because my husband needed some more razors and while there I did several other deals. I can not believe how well I did because I left the family in the car! I started in the Pharmacy and did two transactions there before I shopped the other part of the store. I did four transactions in all.

Transaction #1

Bayer Glucose Meter – $14.99
Nivea Body Wash – 4.99
- $3.00 cat from previous deal
- $1.00 Nivea Coupon
- $14.99 Bayer coupon
Total OOP – 2.27 ($1.28 was tax!)

Received back a $5 cat for the meter and $5 cat for the Nivea body wash.

Transaction #2

Bayer Glucose Meter – $14.99
Nivea Body Wash – 4.99
- $3.00 cat from previous deal
- $1.00 Nivea Coupon
- $14.99 Bayer coupon
Total OOP – 2.27 (1.28 was tax!)

Received back a $5 cat for the meter and $5 cat for the Nivea body wash.

Transaction #3

Neosporin – $4.00
Band Aid – $3.00
Band Aid – $3.00
Suave Kids – $1.67
Suave Kids – $1.67
Suave Kids – $1.67
- $5.00 cat from first transaction
- $5.00 cat from first transaction
- $1.00 Neosporin coupon
- $1.00 Band Aid coupon
- $1.00 Band Aid coupon
- $1.75/3 Suave coupon
Total OOP – 1.26 (1.01 was tax!)

Received back $2 cat for the Suave and $4 for the Neosporin and Band Aid deal. I also still have the $5 cat from the second Bayer meter and $5 from the second Nivea deal.

Transaction #4

Fusion Power razors – $14.49
- $5 cat from second transaction
Total OOP – 10.47 (.98 was tax)

For some reason the register would not allow the cashier to use anymore coupons. She tried to manually enter them and it would not let her?!? I still did good because he needed the razors and I was able to get $5 off. All in all I spent $16.27 OOP ($4.55 of which as tax!) and still have $11 in cats to use at another time. If I would have just gone in and purchased the razors and nothing else without any coupons my total OOP would have been $15.47 that is only a difference of .80! My total savings for all transactions was $176.27 and the retail value of all items purchased was $192.54! My percentage saved was 92%!

One year ago today I started this blog! I feel that I have come a long way since first starting to coupon and I just know that I will learn more as time goes on. I want to thank those of you that read my blog and if it were not for you I would have no reason to post here.

Happy Earth Day!

As you all may know today is Earth Day. To celebrate Earth Day many companies offer freebies or great perks. Here is the list that I have come up with so far:

FREE Reynolds Wrap – Hurry! They are only offering a limited numer of MIR. Reynolds has come up with a great 100% Recycled Aluminum, 100% Recycled Paperboard Packaging but still 100% Reynolds tough! GO HERE for your free MIR!

My Coke Rewards – Giving double points on Desani all day Wednesday! GO HERE! 

Disney Store – Bring in 3 plastic bottles to any Disney Store and receive a free gift! The free gift is a reusable Disney water bottle! GO HERE to learn more!

Calypso Studios – They will be giving away $10,000 worth of S.H.O.P. totes. Beginning April 1 12p.m. EST and ending April 22 12p.m. EST. Winners will be chosen after registration closes. Each winner will receive an email confirmation. If you are a winner you will receive 1 “Acts of Kindness” tote in the mail. GO HERE to learn more!

Food Saver – Giving away 10 FREE FoodSaver Freeze N’ Steam Bags! Valid until May 31, 2009 or while supplies last. GO HERE to sign up! I signed up and this is what it states: Thank you. Your email has been successfully validated.  You should receive your free Freeze ‘N Steam™ bags within the next 4-6 weeks. Make sure you validate your email!

Walgreens – Offering a printable coupon for 15% off your entire purchase (exclusions apply) or 20% off your entire purchase of Walgreens and/or W brand products. Also allows you one FREE reusable tote with any purchase (while supplies last). Valid today only! GO HERE to get yours now!

Flying Share – Offering a free USB Flash Drive. Limited time offer. One per household. GO HERE to get yours free!

Have fun getting all your freebies! Remember to recycle!

Today you can visit Dunkin Donuts and get a 16 oz iced coffe for just .50! For every .50 iced coffee purchased Dunkin Donuts will make a donation to Homes For Our Troops! Cheap coffee and helping our troops…It does not get any better!

All I have read about is the great deals everyone is getting at Lowe’s Foods so of course I had to go is and see what all the hype is about. I must say I was very happy with my deals. I was disappointed when I first got there because they were out of Crest and that was the base of all of my transactions. Lucky for me they were restocking the store and the man went to the back and brought out 3 cases! 

Transaction #1

(2) Egg Beaters – reg. 6.58 – sale 4.00
(8) Chef Boyardee – reg. 10.00 – sale 8.00
Subtotal – 12.00
- 2.00 – (2) $1 Egg Beaters
- 2.00 – (2) $1 off 4 Chef Boyardee
Subtotal – 8.00
- 5.00 off 10 participating products
Subtotal – 3.00
Tax – .24
Total OOP – 3.24
Total Savings – 13.58

Transaction #2

(2) Egg Beaters – reg. 6.58 – sale 4.00
(3) Kelloggs Special K w/Protein cereal – reg. 10.32 – sale 6.00
(5) Crest Toothpaste – reg. 14.95 – sale 4.95
(4) Fiber One Toaster – 9.80
(2) Kellogg’s Pop Tarts – reg. 3.00
(4) Planters Big Bar – reg. 12.76 – sale 8.00
Subtotal – 35.75
- 2.00 – (2) $1 Egg Beaters
- 4.20 – (3) .70 Kelloggs Protein doubled
- 2.20 – (2) .55 Pop Tarts doubled
- 4.00 – (4) .50 Fiber One doubled
- 6.00 – (4) .75 Planters Big Bar doubled
- 4.50 – (3) .75 Crest doubled
- 0.75 – (1) .75 Crest (did not double)
- 1.00 – Kelloggs Insta Save (Not sure why this came off. I did not purchase Frosted Flakes?)
Subtotal – 11.10
- 4.00 WYB 4 participating products
- 5.00 WYB 10 participating products
Subtotal – 2.10
Tax – .53
Total OOP – 2.63
Savings – 57.69

Transaction #3

(4) Planters Big Bar – reg. 12.76 – sale 8.00
(3) Fiber One Toaster – reg. 7.35
(1) Fiber One Granola bars – reg. 3.35 – sale 3.00
(5) Crest Toothpaste – reg. 14.95 – sale 4.95
(1) Reddi-Whip – reg. 2.79 – sale 2.00
(4) Chef Boyardee – reg. 5.00 – sale 4.00
Subtotal – 29.30
- 1.00 off 4 Chef Boyardee
- 1.00 off Reddi-Whip
- 6.00 – (4) .75 Planters Big Bars doubled
- 3.00 – (3) .50 Crest doubled
- 1.00 Crest
- 0.95 – .50 Crest doubled to make product free
- 3.00 – (3) .50 Fiber One Pastry doubled
- 1.00 – (1) .50 Fiber One Granola doubled
Subtotal – 12.35
- 5.00 WYB 10 participating products
- 4.00 WYB 4 participating products
Subtotal – 3.35
Tax – .51
Total OOP – 3.86
Savings – 42.85

Totals Recap:
Retail Total – 122.57
Total Savings – 114.12
Total OOP – 9.73
Percentage Saved – 92%

Total Available To Spend $1846.66
Year To Date Savings – $2420.98

I had several ECB’s I needed to roll. I did not do to bad.

(3) Tresumme Shampoo – $10.00
(2) Crest Pro Health – $5.76
(1) Edge Shave Gel – $2.89
(2) Mentos Gum – $3.38 (I did not have my $1 or .55 q’s with me )
Subtotal – $22.03
- $2.00 – (2) $1 Crest coupons
- $10 ECB
- $5 ECB
- $5 ECB
Subtotal – .03
Tax – .14
Total OOP – .17

I then earned $4 ECB for the Crest Toothpaste, $5 ECB for the Tresemme and $2.89 for the Edge shave gel for a total of $11.89 in ECB. My receipt shows a savings of $36.01! I plan to go back and get a couple more Tresemme shampoos while they are on sale.

Free Redbox movie code for April 20 – M6FR97. This code is good at any RedBox location and expires at midnight CST. Have a great movie night!

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~ Sign up to get great deals and tips from Aveeno and get a $2 coupon. 

~ Great Shutterfly Deals:

• New Member’s Offer – Get 25 FREE 4×6 Prints when you join Shutterfly! Limited Time Offer. Hurry GO HERE!
• Mother’s Day Special! 30 FREE 4×6 Prints with $25 Order at Shutterfly! Use coupon code AF81-SAVE. Offer ends 5.8.09. GO HERE
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~ Great EToys Offers!

• Save $5 when you spend $25 or more at Etoys.com. Limited time only! GO HERE
• Free Shipping on ALL LEGO Technic at eToys.com 4.12 to 5.2 GO HERE
• Free Shipping with ANY Fisher-Price Toy Purchase of $50 or more at eToys.com 4.12 to 5.2 GO HERE

They’re BAAAACK!!!!

OK folks I belive tomorrow starts a new week for the coupons and John with Old Navy Weekly let me in on a little secret…This week they will have the $75 off of $100 purchase coupons available! Be one of the first to get there and you might just get lucky! Good Luck. Oh, one more thing, if you do get one of those coupons and can’t use it please feel free to contact me and I am sure I can put it to good use :}!