CVS: COMPLETE bust. All the sale items were sold out. To top it off, this is the only CVS in our area that took me nearly 30 minutes to get to. Boo.
Rite Aid: I signed up for my Rewards card. At first, their system was down, so it was looking as though this trip was going to be a bust too, but the system came back up and I was 'good to go'. My only complaint was that their sale signs for this week were already removed. It was only 11:30AM, so I kind of felt like this was premature.
- Pampers Cruisers jumbo packs- Saved a total of $6.00 with sale and coupon. Ultimately paid .30 per unit (diaper), which is WAY more than I was spending on Amazon, before the ended their wicked awesome Amazon Mom deals (previously 30% off and free shipping). And I received a $1.00 UP reward to use on my next purchase.
- Pampers Baby Dry diapers: 84 diapers in the box. The store price was $21.99. I used a $1.50 coupon, then also received a $5.00 UP reward to use on my next purchase. This makes the diapers .18 per unit (diaper).
- I also purchased EASTER candy. That's right my friends, apparently, everyone is ready to move onto Easter. I decided that as a treat, I would buy myself a mini bag of Cadbury Mini Eggs and my hubby a Cadbury Cream Egg. I was expecting each to be .99. Apparently, they were BOGO. BONUS!
Harris Teeter may have been my most exciting trip of the day. My total before sales and coupons was $37.42. I ended up paying $14.35! That is about a 62% savings. Here are the highlights.
- Hormel Bacon: Buy one Get one Free. We use this for BLTs and also in quiches. I will divide each package in half, ending up with 4 servings.
- THE MEAL DEAL: Oh my gosh, let me tell you about the meal deal. (1) 24oz package of Perdue Simply Smart Fully Cooked Chicken (regular price $8.99), (1) Birds Eye Steamfresh Vegetables (regular price $2.35), (1) package of Alexia Frozen rolls (regular price 4.49), and (1) 2 liter Coca-Cola Product (regular price 2.19). THE MEAL DEAL COST $6.99. That's right $6.99 for all of those products. To top it off, I had a $1.00 coupon for the chicken and a $.50 coupon, which they doubled, for the vegetables. So it was like I got the meal deal for $4.99!!!! We had the chicken, veggies, and half of the bread loaf tonight. So yummy. Upon further review of the sale, I have discovered that you can purchase it more than once. We are going back to get it tomorrow. I do not have any coupons left for the veggies, so I will end up paying $5.99 this time, but not bad for a quick meal.
Next, I headed to Target.
- Our oldest son will be easing into potty training, so I figured it would be best to have some Pull-Ups on hand. At Target, you can combine a manufacturer coupon, with a store coupon. I used a $2.00 manufacturer coupon and a $3.50 Target coupon and saved a total of 5.50 on a $19.79 package.
- Coffee Creamer: creamer is about $1.50-$2.00 cheaper at Target, so picked up my creamer there. They did not have any flavors that the hubby would drink. No coupons were available for these products.
- Pantene: Pantene products were on sale for $3.50 each. I had coupons for, save $3.00 on 2 products. This made each one $2.00! I had two coupons, so I got 4 bottles of shampoo/conditioner for $2.00 each.
- Huggies promotion: Huggies Snug and Dry boxes were on sale for $37.99. If you purchased two boxes, you received a $10.00 Target gift card. After my coupons, (manufacturer and store coupons stacked) I paid .19 per unit. If you factor in the $10.00 gift card I received as well, it was like paying $.16 per unit.
Farm Fresh was my last store of the day. This is where I purchased items that we needed, in addition to sale items. Farm Fresh is a little harder for me to track, since the items simply ring up at the sale price, so you cannot see on your receipt how much you saved. At any rate, they do tell you at the end of the receipt the percent you saved with your coupons, and I did save 10% of my order with my coupons. Not too shabby. Spent $66.00, which may be the least amount I have spent on a grocery trip in a loonnggg while.
Ahhhh....the BIG purchase of the day was the little one's convertable carseat. He is huge my friends. I weighed him myself the other day and he was about 21 pounds. Interested to see what the doctor shows his weight to be! Anyways, the car seat we have is good until 22 pounds, so it was time. We asked for BRUS gift cards for Christmas and I also got one for my birthday. We ended up paying out of pocket $53.00 for the car seat. We paid cash, which felt good! I know we did not pay cash for the bigger boy's. We'll probably install that tomorrow. I am hoping that the local consignment shop will purchase the car seat and two bases from me. Not sure if that is something people re-sell though. We'll see. If I am going to the consignment shop to see, I am hoping to sell the bouncy seat and the large swing at the same time, both of which we do not use anymore.
Overall, I was happy with the day. It started out a little frustrating with CVS. I kept thinking, man this is hard, I would much rather be home in my warm house. But it was worth it.
Cannot wait for the morning paper to get here. Rumor has it there is only one booklet of coupons, but rumor also has it there are coupons and sales on a few things we need, like shaving cream/gel!
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