My Free Loaf of Bread Cost $31.18

Had to run into town this afternoon; we needed a decongestant & Sam's Club has the best price I've found on what we take.

Anyway, thought I'd run into Kroger and get a loaf of Wonder Bread since we were out of bread. Stopped in Park Avenue, but they were out of the bread that was on sale. However, while I was there I did hit the meat and produce markdowns and get 6 bags of the Hefty One Zip freezer bags that are in the 10 for $10 sale. Spent $12.22, not bad for everything I got, only saved 56% since it was mostly meat & produce...oh well...

Then, since I still needed bread and wanted to run in Walgreens to see what deals I could use my friends and family discount card on I decided to run to Hannan Plaza. Went in Kroger first; decided to skip Wags altogether today...LOL

Here's the Hannan Plaza Kroger list:

2 pouches BumbleBee Tuna, $1.00 ea
-50¢ (x2) catalinas I received the last 2 trips when I bought Starkist pouches
-50¢ doubled coupon (x2)

4 Betty Crocker Warm Delights, $1.99 ea
Mega 10 item
- 50¢ coupon (x4), coupons.com & SS 8/9
-50¢ doubled coupon (x4)
-50¢ (x2) Shortcuts e-coupon
-50¢ (x2) cellfire e-coupon

2 Fruit two oh water, $1.00 each
-$1.00 coupon (x2) SS 8/23

3 cans Dole Pineapple Juice, $2.69
- 50¢ coupon (x3) don't remember what insert, bought these from The Coupon Clippers
- 50¢ doubled coupon (x3)

5 bags Kraft 2% Naturals Cheese, $2.00 ea
- 50¢ coupon (x5), tearpad found in Park Ave Kroger a couple of months ago, expiring today
- 50¢ doubled coupon (x5)

4 cans Crescent Rolls, $1.49 ea
Mega 10 item
-50¢/2 coupon (x2), coupons.com
-50¢ doubled coupon (x2)
-50¢ Shortcuts e-coupon

2 pkg Pillsbury Ready to Bake cookies, $2.79 ea
Mega 10 item
-1.00/2 coupon, coupons.com

2 Gillette Fusion Razors, $4.29 ea, clearance
-$2.00 coupon (x2), RP 8/16
-$1.00 P & G e-coupon

1 Gillette Body Wash, $3.99
-$3.99, buy razor get BW free, PG 8/2
-$1.00 P & G e-coupon

1 Gillette Shampoo, $3.89
-$3.89, buy razor get shampoo free, PG 8/2
-$1.00 P & G e-coupon

1 box Ritz Crackers, $2.50
-$1.00 printable, smartsource.com from way back in May or June, expiring today

1 box Wheat Thins, $3.00
-$3.00, buy Ritz get Wheat Thins free, tearpad from Wal-Mart several months ago

1 loaf Wonder Bread, $1.00
-55¢ coupon, coupons.com
-45¢ bonus (instead of full double)

The only e-coupon I had figured in was one of the Warm Delights, I used my hubby's card because I couldn't find the keyring I keep all my cards on (probably somewhere in the bottom of my purse), but I didn't think it still had so many loaded on it and I had completely forgotten about the P & G e-coupons, so my ending total was several dollars less than I had figured - What a nice surprise!

Mfg Cpn Savings $32.93
Bonus Cpn Savings $8.45
Kroger Plus Savings $21.55
Total Savings (77%) $62.93

I'd like to say I don't think we need more canned bread, but I have to admit there's a distinct possibility I'll run in tomorrow for more before the sales ends. We love the crescent rolls and I was raised to think there should be bread with every meal...LOL Plus, they make really good pigs in a blanket with hot dogs, cinnamon bread, okay getting hungry...

Printable Coupons

Coupons.com has a coupon for 55 on Wonder Bread. I just printed it and it expires September 15th, but since Wonder Sandwich Bread is $1.00 at Kroger right now it's FREE BREAD!

I also noticed when I got on coupons.com this morning that the Kellogg's & General Mills coupons appear to have reset - it let me print some that were showing print limit reached!

Go here to print a $1.00 coupon for Caress Bar Soap or Body Wash. It is also a link to an instant win game for a $100 Caress gift card - wouldn't that be fun to win!

P & G Coupons - Promotion with Save-a-Lot

Go here to sign up for a Proctor & Gamble coupon booklet. Since this is a promotion with Save-a-Lot I don't know if it's manufacturer's coupons or store coupons, but since I drive past a Save-a-Lot at least 4 days a week, it can't hurt to sign up.

After signing up, I got this message:
"Thank you for signing up to receive your $15 value coupon book from Procter & Gamble^®. You should receive your coupon book in 3 - 4 weeks via U.S. Mail.

Shop Save-A-Lot for your favorite brands at great everyday savings."

Thanks Who Said Nothing In Life Is Free

CVS Trip 8/30 - Hubby's Card

I don't use his card all that much, but he got coupons in his email & I didn't so I decided to do a transaction on his.

1 Gillette Fusion Razor, $8.99 used $2.00 coupon RP 8/16
1 bottle Gillette Body Wash, $3.99 used buy razor get shampoo free coupon from P&G 8/2 (I'll explain this mix-up at the end)
1 bottle Sea Breeze, $2.99 used $1.00 coupon from All You
1 pkg Chewy Spree, 50¢ thought I was going to go negative & my son likes these
1 can Edge Infused Shaving Gel, $3.29 used $2.00 email coupon
1.5 oz pkg Gold Emblem cashews, 99¢ used email coupon for free nuts or hand soap. There was a nice bonus with this; the hand soap is $1.69, the nuts were 99¢ and the coupon was automatically ringing up $1.69. I didn't know until I got to the register that I was getting 70¢ overage just for buying the nuts!

used $4 off $20 from Readyfill booklet and $6.99 eb
paid $3.93 cash

I thought this total was about $4.00 off since I had figured I would go negative so I stopped before I went out the door and looked at my receipt, and sure enough the $3.99 for the body wash hadn't come off. I knew I had watched here key in the coupon & write the amount on the coupon so since there were no customers waiting I went back & asked. When she pulled out the coupon & we looked I realized that I had picked up the wrong item. I had intended to pick up the body wash that is 2 in 1 shampoo & body wash, but I had picked up the wrong item so I wasn't going to worry about it; after all, it was MY fault! (note: I have used the buy one item, get shampoo free on a 2 in 1 before because it is shampoo as well as body wash)

The cashier was so nice and said that was fine, it was an honest mistake and since she couldn't get it to take the coupon without redoing the whole thing, she just refunded the $3.99 plus tax. So I paid $3.93 cash, but she refunded me $4.23.

I have to say a big THANK YOU to the CVS stores in Paducah, because we have some really nice cashiers who don't complain when you do multiple transaction and are willing to do much more than is required to fix MY mistakes!

Everything in this transaction except the Sea Breeze will be going in my son's birthday gift bag. I know a razor might not sound like a birthday present, but it will be his very own razor instead of having to use whatever disposable I got free, and it's the "gamer" version so it's different than just the regular razor (not sure how other than the color, but whatever!)

Walgreens Friends & Family Discount - Today Only!!

Go to Walgreens.com to print out your coupon for this. Find the link just below the menu (top left) where you can scroll through the deals. Click on #1 and it will say "get discount card" in yellow letters. Click on this and it will open the page with the coupons. Just remember you have to use these at the photo center or cosmetics counter only because the regular registers don't have whatever button it is for the discount. Last time I printed them I didn't read the fine print on the screen and I couldn't read it on the printed copy so I tried to use one at the regular check-out; it wasn't pretty! LOL

CVS Trip 8/30

Had fun at the CVS in Lone Oak yesterday afternoon. Went in looking for little junk (you know, that kind that would be stocking stuffers at Christmas) for my son's 15th - wow, still can't believe that my baby is a sophomore - birthday today. Of course while I was there I figured I should snag some of the sale items too :)

I was really hoping for a backpack to use for a gift bag, since their backpacks are 25% off and he could use a new one, but no luck. Oh well, they had just marked their summer stuff 75% off yesterday - woo hoo!


Transaction #1

1 tempered glass cutting board, clearance $1.50 (don't know if I'll use it or keep it for a Christmas present; I'm torn right now...lol)
1 suction cut basketball hoop with 3 ping-pong ball sized basketballs, clearance 99¢
1 small battery-operated lantern, clearance $1.25
1 sports watch, clearance $4.99
1 grip it can cooler (as a matter of fact, the world does revolve around me), clearance 49¢
1 pair Speedo swim goggles, clearance $2.75
1 king-size Reeses cup, $1.00 used 55¢ coupon from SS 8/23
1 Glade diffuser, $6.99 used $3.00 coupon from August All You magazine
1 Sensodyne Isoactive toothpaste, $4.99 used $1.00 printable from smartsource.com
1 Tide Stain Release, $3.99 used $1.50 coupon from recent magazine (BH & G I think)
1 birthday card, 99¢

used $4 off $20 from Readyfill booklet
used $10 eb, $6.99 eb, $1.98 eb
paid $2.47 cash

got back $6.99 eb from Glade, $1.00 eb from Tide, $3.00 eb from Sensodyne


Transaction #2
2 sets of outdoor lights (little paper lanterns - so cute - I've been wanting some for a while), clearance $2.49 each

used $1.00 and $3.00 eb from previous transaction
paid $1.28 cash

I'm now left with only $16.99 in eb (one $10 & one $6.99); I feel so poor, but there is a $3.00 eb floating around for my husband's card (I'll post that trip from yesterday in a little while) so I guess I will survive...LOL

I'm so glad that I had saved up some extra bucks because I have done a few more transactions with them in the last few days getting small birthday presents since we really didn't have the money to do much else right now. He's a pretty good kid and appreciates all the little stuff so he'll be happy with a gift bag full of it & the $10 mountain bike we found him online. (Of course, we've already done his birthday with my parents and brother; my good friend has already given him his card from them so he's doing pretty well with the cash & gift cards right now too...lol)

Kroger Trip 8/28

My mother & I each needed a few things so I made a trip to Kroger yesterday. My family are big bread eaters so I'm trying to make sure I get as many crescent rolls as we will eat before the expiration date. Also needed to get a cake mix to make my son's birthday cake this weekend and was wanting a few items (okay, junk food) for quick lunches at home, and some flavored water for my son to take in his school lunch. Here's what I got.

6 roll pack Viva paper towels, $5.99
-$1.00 coupon, no idea where my mom got it...lol

1 box Surf laundry detergent, $3.99
-$3.00 coupon, USA Weekend 8/16

2 pouches Old El Paso Mexican rice, $1.49 ea
Mega 10 item
-60¢/2 cellfire e-coupon

1 box Betty Crocker potatoes, $1.49
Mega 10 item
-40¢ cellfire e-coupon

10 cans Green Giant vegetables, $1.25 ea
Mega 10 item

4 Betty Crocker Warm Delights, $1.99 ea
Mega 10 item
- 50¢ coupon (x4), coupons.com & SS 8/9
-50¢ doubled coupon (x4)
-50¢ (x2) Shortcuts e-coupon

2 pouches Starkist Tuna, $1.00 ea
-50¢ coupon (x2), here
-50¢ doubled coupon (x2)

8 bottles Propel water, 99 ¢
Mega 10 item
-55¢ coupon
-44¢ bonus (instead of full double)

1 bag Nature Valley Granola Clusters, $2.49
Mega 10 item
-$1.00 coupon, coupons.com
-$1.00 cellfire e-coupon

2 Hormel Compleats, $2.00 ea
-75¢ coupon, SS 7/12
-B1G1 coupon, August All You

1 Devil's Food Duncan Hines Cake Mix, $1.67
No sale, no coupon, but this is our preferred cake & it is my son's birthday

12 can Crescent Rolls, $1.49/ea
Mega 10 item
-50¢/2 coupon (x6), coupons.com
-50¢ doubled coupon (x6)
*here's my disclaimer for these - not all of these were mine, some were for my mother, some were for a dinner tomorrow; thank goodness for access to multiple computers...lol

1 box Monistat 3, clearance $3.75 each
-$3.50 coupon, (don't remember what insert)

3-pack Ivory Soap, $1.00
no coupon, not on sale but this is what my husband uses & no matter how much I try to buy I can't seem to create a stockpile...LOL

2 Carmex, $1.00 ea
-$1.00 printable coupon (can't find the link)

4 King Size Reeses Cups, $1.00 ea
-55¢ coupon (x4) SS 8/23
-45¢ bonus (x4) instead of full double

1 dozen Kroger large eggs, $1.26
-$1.26 Kroger home mailer coupon (Thanks Penny!)

1 pint Kroger chocolate milk, markdown 69¢
I was thirsty!

2-liter Mountain Dew $1.25
Mega-10 item

Burt's Bees Lip Balm, $2.99
-$2.99 Free BB Lip Balm coupon, promotion ended

3 cantaloupes, 99¢ ea produce markdown

2 bags Totino's pizza rolls, $2.49 ea
Mega 10 item
-55¢/2 coupon, coupons.com
-55¢ doubled coupon
-55¢ Shortcuts e-coupons

Mrs. Paul's Fish Fillets, $5.99
- $3.00 coupon, smartsource.com

Mrs. Paul's Fish Sticks, $5.99
- $3.00 coupon, smartsource.com

2 boxes Pillsbury Toaster Strudel, $1.99 ea
Mega 10 item
-55¢/2 coupon, coupons.com
-55¢ doubled coupon
-55¢ cellfire e-coupon

1 pair swimming goggles, $2.50 clearance
my son always seems to need new ones every year, so this is a good price

1 lb Land o' Frost Brown Sugar Ham, $3.99
-55¢/coupon, insert unknown (it was expiring this weekend)
-55¢ doubled coupon

Here's a shock - I ended up with 43 Mega Event items instead of just 40...LOL. I always lose track but I don't mind as long as it's just a few extra instead of being one short! It still comes out to 46.5¢ per item.

Mfg Cpn Savings $39.59
Bonus Cpn Savings $12.97
Kroger Plus Savings $63.32
Total Savings (71%) $115.88

So my total was $46.31 (including 92¢ tax) for 68 items. That's 68¢ per item so I think I'm still okay!