Friday, July 31, 2009

Publix



(2 Transactions combined)

$2.39 BOGO Poptarts x 8
-1.00/2 MQ 6/07 RP x 8
-.75 Target IP Q x 16
=Free + .11 overage x 8

$.85 Publix Powdered/Brown Sugar x 20
-2.00 MQ 6/21 SS x 20
=Free + 1.15 overage x 20

$.20 Koolaid x 200
(No Coupons)
=$.20 x 200

$3.59 Starbucks Ice Cream x 3
-2.00 MQ 6/21 SS x 3
-2.00 Food Lion IP Q x 3
=Free + .41 overage x 3

$1.79 J&J First Aid Tape x 9
$1.47 J&J First Aid Kit
$3.89 Neosporin Cream
$1.99 J&J First Aid Gauze

-5.00 Publix Green Adv. Flyer Q x 4
-$3.00/2 J&J First Aid Blinkie Q x 4
-1.00 J&J Red Cross MQ 5/17 RP x 3
-1.00 Neosporin MQ
=Free + 12.54 overage

$2.25 Milk
-4.00 Free wyb $100 groceries IP Q
=1.75 overage

$2.49 1/2 gal. Chocolate Milk
-3.75 Free wyb White Milk IP Q
=1.26 overage

$9.49 Charcoal x 2
-4.00 MQ 6/28 RP x 2
=5.49 x 2

$1.56 Ground Pork x 2
-6.00 IP MQ x 2
=8.88 overage

$2.51 Ground beef
$2.64 Ground beef

-3.00 MQ Tearpad x 2
=.85 overage

$1.69 KC Masterpiece BBQ Sauce x 2
-1.69 MQ 5/10 RP x 2
= FREE x 2

$2.99 Reynolds Foil x 2
-1.00 Summertime Savings booklet hanging on 2ltr. drinks at Food Lion x 2
=1.99 x 2

$1.49 Reach Floss x 3
-1.00 Publix Q "Smart Summertime Savings" booklet
-0.50 MQ/IP Q (doubled) x 3
=.51 overage x 3

$1.39 Apple & Eve Drinkboxes x 7
-1.00 "Smart Summertime Savings" Publix booklet x 7
-0.50 "Greenwise" Publix magazine (doubled) x 7
=.61 overage x 7

Total Items Before Coupons: $184.92
Total After Coupons: -$2.33 + 5.52 tax = $3.19

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Kroger


P&G Sale: $4/4 P&G Items

$2.33 Old Spice Deodorant x 2
-2.00 P&G Sale
-1.00/2 P&G e-coupon
-2.00 (2) $1/1 MQ PG 6/07
FREE + .34 overage

$2.99 Aussie Hair Care x 2
-2.00 P&G Sale
-2.00 P&G e-coupon
-2.00/2 MQ 7/26 RP
FREE + $.02 overage

$1.69 Puff's Tissues x 3-3.00 P&G Sale
-0.25 P&G e-coupon
$1.82 (or .61 each)

2.99 Tampax Tampons
-1.00 P&G Sale
-0.50 P&G e-coupon
-1.00 MQ .50 doubled PG 6/07
$0.49

$3.99 Dentastix
-2.50 Shortcuts e-coupon
-2.50 IP Q
Free + $1.01 overage

$1.99 Glade Plugins x 2
-1.99 BOGO MQ 7/26 SS
-2.00 (2) Catalinas OYNO after purchase
FREE

$14.99 Pur Filter Water Pitcher
-5.00 P&G e-coupon
-7.50 6/28 RP
$2.49

$1.00 Crest toothpaste-0.50 (doubled) MQ 6/07 PG
-0.75 P&G e-coupon
FREE + .75 overage

$1.00 Listerine Pocket Pacs x 3
-0.50 (doubled) (3) MQ 4/26 RP, or 6/14 SS
FREE

Total Value of Items Before Sales/Coupons: $45.66
Total After Sales/Coupons: $3.67 + 2.99 tax = $6.66 oop :-0

Got back $2.00 ONYO Catalinas on Glade plugins.

Walgreens


$0.39 x 13 Scotch Bubble Mailers ($5.07)
-0.50 x 10 MQ 7/26/RP ($5.00)
$0.07

$0.39 x 3 Scotch Tape (Raincheck) ($1.17)
-1.00/3 MQ 7/12 RP
$0.17

Total: $0.24 + .35 tax = $0.59 oop

Food Lion


Transaction #1
$4.00/2 Ragu
- .75 MQ "Family Is It's Own Reward" Publix Booklet x 2
-2.00/2 FLip
$0.50/2...or .25 each

$1.25 Cantaloupe
-1.00 Guiding Stars Flip
$0.25

$0.99 Home 360 tinfoil
-1.00 Home360 FLip
$+.01 overage

Total: $0.74 + .13 tax = .87 oop

Transaction #2
$4.00/2 Ragu
- .55 MQ "Raise Your Hand for Savings" Publix Booklet x 2
-2.00/2 FLip
$0.90/2...or .45 each

$2.00 Nesquick Chocolate Milks
-1.00/2 MQ 6/21 RP
-1.00 Guiding Stars Flip
Free

$0.99 Home 360 tinfoil
-1.00 Home360 FLip
$+.01 overage

Total: $.89 + .16 tax = $1.05 oop

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Publix



$2.39 BOGO Poptarts x 3
-1.00/2 MQ 6/07 RP x 3
-.75 Target IP Q x 6
=Free + .11 overage x 3

$2.19 BOGO Mt. Olive Pickles/Relish x 5
- .50 MQ 6/28 SS (doubled) x 10
=.19/2 x 5

$.85 Publix Powdered Sugar x 11
-2.00 MQ 6/21 SS
=Free + 1.15 overage x 11

$.20 Koolaid x 110
(No Coupons)
=$.20 x 110

$3.00/2 Kleenex x 3
- .50/2 MQ 7/12 SS (doubled) x 3
-1.00/2 Target IP Q x 2
=4.00/6 or .67 each

$3.59 Starbucks Ice Cream x 3
-2.00 MQ 6/21 SS x 3
-2.00 Food Lion IP Q x 3
=Free + .41 overage x 3

$1.97 Hefty Fresh Extend Bags x 3
$ .56 Bananas
$ .98 Tomato
$ .66 Onion

-1.00 MQ 6/07 RP x 3
-1.00 Target IP Q x 3
=$2.11

$2.19 Buitoni Noodles x 6
-1.00 MQ 6/21 SS x 6
-1.00 “Smart Summer Savings” Publix booklet x 6
=$.19 x 6

$4.41 J&J First Aid 3 First Aid Kits
$4.73 J&J First Aid 2 1st Aid Kits & 1 Gauze
$5.37 J&J First Aid 3 Gauze

-5.00 Publix Green Adv. Flyer Q x 3
-$3.00/2 J&J First Aid Blinkie Q x 3
-1.00 J&J Red Cross MQ 5/17 RP x 3
=Free + $12.49 overage

$2.25 Milk
-2.25 Free wyb $100 groceries IP Q
=Free

$2.49 1/2 gal. Chocolate Milk
-2.49 Free wyb White Milk IP Q
=Free

$1.25 Bread (No coupon)
$1.69 Bread (No coupon)

-$5.00 Rite Aid Competitor Q

Total Before Coupons: $112.68
Total After Coupons: $1.44 + $3.63 tax = $5.07 oop

Target


$.97 Johnson's Buddies Bar
-.97 ($1.00 MQ adjusted down) RP 4/26
=Free

$.97 Qtips x 2
-.97 ($1.00 MQ adjusted down) "Family Is It's Own Reward" Publix Booklet
=Free

$4.99 Crest Advanced Seal 2-ct. x 2
-4.99 ($5.00 MQ adjusted down) PG 6/07
=Free

$3.00 Softsoap Ensemble Pump
-2.00 IP MQ
=$1.00
(I also had a $2.00 Target IP Q, but the Brainiac cashiers here decided I couldn't use it because it would take off more than the item cost.)

(Luckily for me the cashier apparently couldn't count higher than the number of fingers she has on one hand)
$3.29 Degree Deodorant x 2
$3.29 Degree Body Mist x 2

-1.25 MQ 5/17 RP x 2
-3.29 BOGO MQ 6/28 RP
-2.00 Target Redplum IP Q x 4
=Free + 3.92 overage

$6.72 (4) Smart Ones Frozen Entrees
-2.00/4 MQ "Nothing Goes to Waist" Publix booklet
-4.00 (4) Target IP Q
=.72/4 or .18 each

$5.08 (4) Campbells Soups
(No coupons)

Total Value Before Coupons: $40.85
Total After Coupons: $2.88 + $1.70 tax = $4.58 oop

Kroger


P&G Sale: $4/4 P&G Items...but not off the P&G items? :shrug:

$2.33 Old Spice Deodorant x 2
-2.00 P&G Sale
-1.00/2 P&G e-coupon
-2.00 (2) $1/1 MQ PG 6/07
FREE + .34 overage

$2.99 Aussie Hair Care x 2
-2.00 P&G Sale
-2.00 P&G e-coupon
-2.00/2 MQ 7/26 RP
FREE + $.02 overage

$1.69 Puff's Tissues x 3
-3.00 P&G Sale
-0.25 P&G e-coupon
$1.82 (or .61 each)

2.99 Tampax Tampons
-1.00 P&G Sale
-0.50 P&G e-coupon
-1.00 MQ .50 doubled PG 6/07
$0.49

$3.99 Dentastix
-2.50 Shortcuts e-coupon
-2.50 IP Q
Free + $1.01 overage

$1.99 Glade Plugins x 2
-1.99 BOGO MQ 7/26 SS
-2.00 (2) Catalinas OYNO after purchase
FREE

$14.99 Pur Filter Water Pitcher
-5.00 P&G e-coupon
-7.50 6/28 RP
$2.49

Total Value of Items Before Sales/Coupons: $41.66
Total After Sales/Coupons: $5.42 + 2.88 tax = $8.30 oop

Got back $2.00 ONYO Catalinas on Glade plugins.

CVS


CVS Deal: Buy $15.00 Worth of Sweet Items, Get $5.00 ECB

Mars Candy Singles Sale: 3/$2.00

$15.34 (23) Mars Candy Singles
-10.00 (10) $1/2 MQ 7/26 RP
- 2.00 (3) Free Candy Friday Q's
$3.34
+1.00 Reese's PB cups
$4.34
-1.98 ECB
-1.98 ECB
$0.37 + .49 tax = .86 OOP

Got back $5.00 ECB = .18 profit

Monday, July 27, 2009

Food Lion


Gathered up some deals to try while I would be near the Food Lion today.
First, free fruit. Or, fruit and chips for about $1.00.
Second, 2.5 pounds of lunchmeat for about $1.00.

Transaction #1
$3.99 Lay's Chips BOGO
-2.00 BOGO Sale
-1.00 Guiding Stars FLip
$.99

$3.99 Blueberries BOGO
$2.57 Peaches @ $1.99lb
-1.99 Blueberries BOGO Sale
-1.29 Peaches Advantage buy (?)
-2/$5.00 Produce purchase FLip
-1.00 on Produce wyb Lay's Chips
$.28

$10.57 2.5+lbs. Hormel cooked ham from the deli @ $3.99lb. BOGO
-5.30 BOGO sale
-3.00/$10.00 Deli/Bakery purchase
-1.00/$5.00 Bakery purchase
$1.27

.59 Breyers Yogurt
.59 Breyers Yogurt

-.19 Advantage Buy
-.19 Advantage Buy
+.20 overage

Total Value Before Sales/Coupons: $22.30
Total After Sales/Coupons: $2.34 + .14 tax = $2.48 OOP


Transaction #2
$3.99 Lay's Chips BOGO
-2.00 BOGO Sale
-1.00 Guiding Stars FLip
$.99

$3.99 Blueberries BOGO
$2.73 Peaches @ $1.99lb
-1.99 Blueberries BOGO Sale
-1.37 Peaches Advantage buy (?)
-2/$5.00 Produce purchase FLip
-1.00 on Produce wyb Lay's Chips
$.36

$11.53 2.5+lbs. Hormel cooked ham from the deli @ $3.99lb. BOGO
-5.78 BOGO sale
-3.00/$10.00 Deli/Bakery purchase
-1.00/$5.00 Bakery purchase
$1.75

Total Value Before Sales/Coupons: $22.24
Total After Sales/Coupons: $3.10 + .13 tax = $3.23 OOP



GRAND TOTAL: Spent $5.71 for $44.54 worth of groceries

I divided my sliced ham into random-sized stacks and bagged them for freezing. Got 12 bags of sandwich meat.

CVS & Walmart


Had to go up to Rome today to take Kev to his PT, so I went into the (4) CVS's around the area looking for the free school supplies. They had some of the stuff: one had this, another had that, and so on.

Those index card cases will be great for carrying coupons in. Not ALL the coupons, but like the ones I get together each week for a sale at Publix or Kroger or like that.

Everything was free after ECBs and I used ECBs to pay.


We rode up to Walmart so I could check on the Free-After-Rebate Weather Station things I'd read about on of the blogs (can't remember which), and was able to find them.
They are Bushnell Weather FX5 5-Day Weather Forecasters. Sale priced at $50.00, and there's a $50.00 mail-in rebate. Walmart had the rebate form taped to the packages and a sign hung up saying Free After Rebate.

After rebate they'll have cost me $3.50 each for the tax, but the guys I give them to for Christmas will think I spent alot of money on them, lol. (well, I did spend it...they don't have to know I got it back do they?? LOL)

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Publix

Did my Publix shop today I didn't get to do yesterday because I hadn't taken more Pork coupons.

I somehow misfigured my total - again. I have no idea how someone with a notebook, a pen, AND a calculator can't do simple addition and subtraction!!
According to my version of accounting, my ending total should have been -.72, including a $5.00 Walgreens RR I'd planned to use.

When I went to checkout and gave the cashier my coupons, she told me they couldn't take my Wags RR. I have to contact the Store Manager about that because when I asked, when I was there last, about 4 days ago? Mr. Gates himself told me they did accept Walgreens coupons, and he didn't say "but not Register Rewards".
She said that Corporate called and told them that about 2 weeks ago. Funny because the guy working the register behind me hadn't heard about it.

At any rate, without the $5 RR included, my total - according to my figures - should have come up to $4.28 + Tax.
However, my total came up to .36 + tax. Still to my benefit at this point, but I prefer the numbers to add up right, so I don't have to worry about being wrong in the other direction.

"The Charcoal Deal"

(BOGO This Week)
(6) Starkist Seasations $5.99
-$3.00 RP 6/21 = -.01 each
(2) Bumblebee 4-pack Tuna $3.99
-1.00/2 Facebook Printable Q = $1.49 each (or .38 per can)
(4) Planters Cashews/Mixed Nuts $4.29
-$1.50/2 SS 6/28 = $1.40 each
(6) Pillsbury Reduced Sugar Cake Mix $1.69
-.35 (doubled) RP 5/17 = .15 each
(4) Alexia Crunchy Snacks $2.89
-1.00 SS 6/14 & -.75/2 Target Q = .07 each

Other
(2) Hefty Fresh Extend Bags $1.97
-1.00 6/07 RP & -1.00 Target Q wyb produce = +.03 overage each
(1) Onion .86 (no coupon)
(1) Bananas .33 (no coupon)

(Charcoal Deal)
Kingsford Charcoal $9.49
Kingsford Charcoal $9.49
Kingsford Charcoal $9.49
-4.00 6/28 RP
-4.00 6/28 RP
-4.00 6/28 RP
Reynolds Foil $2.99
Reynolds Foil $2.99
Reynolds Foil $2.99
-1.00 6/28 SS
-1.00 6/28 SS
-1.00 6/28 SS
KC Masterpiece $1.69
KC Masterpiece $1.69
KC Masterpiece $1.69
-1.69 5/10 RP
-1.69 5/10 RP
-1.69 5/10 RP
Beef Cube Steak $1.38
Beef Cube Steak $1.15
Beef Cube Steak $2.07
-3.00 tearpad
-3.00 tearpad
-3.00 tearpad
Ground Pork $2.15
Ground Pork $2.05
Ground Pork $1.95
-6.00 IP Q
-6.00 IP Q
-6.00 IP Q
$6.19 (Intended to use $5.00 Wags RR to make it $1.19)

(Overage Items)
(9) J&J Gauze Pads $1.79 each

-3.00/2 Blinkie & -1.00 5/17 RP & -5.00 Publix Green Advantage Flyer = +3.63 overage
(3) Reach Dental Floss $1.49 each
-1.00 6/14 & -1.00 "Smart Summertime Savings" booklet = +.51 overage
(1) Tylenol Arthritis $3.85
-2.00 6/21 SS & -2.00 "Smart Summertime Savings" Publix booklet = +.15 overage
(2) L'Oreal Frosters $7.99
-3.00 6/21 SS & -5.00 Green Adv. Flyer = +.01 overage
(3) Apples & Eve Juice $1.59 each
-1.00 Publix Smart Summertime Savings booklet & -.50 (doubled) Publix Greenwise Mag = +.41 overage
(3) Carefee Pantyliners $1.39 each
-.50 (doubled) IP Q & -3.00 Green Adv. Flyer Q = +1.83 overage

Value Before Coupons: $149.13
Order Total $.36 + 6.14 tax = $6.50
(Should have been $1.50)

CVS


Got up and went to CVS this morning; unfortunately a 24-hour one in a town with only one CVS around for miles. Everything except the composition notebooks were gone already.
Oh well, I like those composition notebooks.
Also got the Colgate and Tampons:

$2.88 Colgate Total
-1.00 7/12 SS
-2.00 ECB
=.12 overage after ECB

$1.89 CVS Tampons
-1.89 ECB
= Free after ECB

$1.98 (2) Composition notebooks-1.98 ECB
= Free after ECB

Paid w/ $5.49 ECB + .35 cash (.09 of which was tax)
Got back $5.87 ECB

Maybe CVS Deal

Mars single candy bars - 3/$2
$1.00/2 Snickers, Twix, 3 Musketeers, Milky Way in 7/26 RP
Get 6 for $1 after 3 coupons
**Qualifies for Spend $15 and get $5 ECB **

$2.00/3 = $.67-.66 each x 2 = $1.34 - $1.00/2 q = .34
$2.00/3 = $.67-.66 each x 2 = $1.34 - $1.00/2 q = .34
$2.00/3 = $.67-.66 each x 2 = $1.34 - $1.00/2 q = .34

6 candy = $4.00 - $3.00 (3) q's = $1.00
6 candy = $4.00 - $3.00 (3) q's = $1.00
6 candy = $4.00 - $3.00 (3) q's = $1.00
2 candy = $1.34 - $1.00 (1) q's = $.34
($13.34 Total before Q's)($3.34 after q's)

Mentos $1.00 - .55 q = .45
Mentos $1.00 - .55 q = .45
($15.34 before q's)($4.24 after q's)

Get back $5 ECB

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Walmart

I needed a color ink cartridge this evening, so off to Walmart. I wasn't even going to carry my coupon envelope...I was just there last night and the flea collars were out, so what were the chances they'd have anymore today? Turned out, they did have more, so lucky I took my coupons. I used the overage on the flew collars to get a good paper towel/toilet paper deal:

$.97 Adams flea collar (-3.00 5/17 Parade and/or RP)
$.97 Adams flea collar (-3.00 5/17 Parade and/or RP)
$5.97 8-roll pack Sparkle paper towels
$1.00 4-roll pack Angel Soft tp (-2.00/2 IP Q)
= $.91 total

$1.00 Dentek floss picks (-1.00 IP Q)
= FREE

$1.00 Blue Bunny ice cream sandwiches (-1.00 IP Q)
= FREE

Publix


I had planned to shop 2 Publix today (they are only 4 miles apart, and accepts different competitor coupons). But as I started my shopping at the first Publix, I discovered I had left home with only one $6.00 Pork coupon for the charcoal deal.
So I didn't bother going to the second Publix today. I came home and printed some more of the coupons and plan to go tomorrow.

(BOGO This Week)
(4) Starkist Seasations $5.99
-$3.00 RP 6/21 = -.01 each
(2) Bumblebee 4-pack Tuna $3.99
-1.00/2 Facebook Printable Q = $1.49 each (or .38 per can)
(4) Planters Cashews $4.29
-$1.50/2 SS 6/28 = $1.40 each
(4) Pillsbury Reduced Sugar Cake Mix $1.69
-.35 (doubled) RP 5/17 = .15 each

(Charcoal Deal)
Kingsford Charcoal $9.49
-4.00 6/28 RP
Reynolds Foil $2.99
-1.00 6/28 SS
KC Masterpiece $1.69
-1.69 5/10 RP
Beef Cube Steak $2.34
-3.00 tearpad
Pork Loin chops $1.94
-6.00 IP Q

(Other)
(1) Bic Mechanical Pencils $1.00
-$.50 (doubled) IP Q = FREE
(1) Confectioners Sugar .85
-2.00 6/21 SS = -1.15
(10) Kool-aid Drink Mix $2.00 (No Coupon)
(4) Friskies Cat Food 2/$6.00
-3.50 IP Q = -.50 each
(2) Chef Boy R Dee Ravioli .85
-1.00 IP Q = -.15 each

(Overage Items)
(9) J&J Gauze Pads $1.99 each
-3.00/2 Blinkie & -1.00 5/17 RP & -5.00 Publix Green Advantage Flyer
(2) Reach Dental Floss $1.49 each
-1.00 6/14 & -1.00 "Smart Summertime Savings" booklet
(2) Tylenol Arthritis $3.85
-2.00 6/21 SS & -2.00 "Smart Summertime Savings" Publix booklet
(4) L'Oreal Frosters $7.99
-3.00 6/21 SS & -5.00 Green Adv. Flyer
(3) Apples & Eve Juice $1.39 each
-1.00 Publix Smart Summertime Savings booklet & -.50 (doubled) Publix Greenwise Mag

I was attempting to go a little into the negative to cover some of my tax, but either I misfigured (as usual) or the cashier rang too many coupons...I can't find the mistake in either my list or the receipt...but instead of -.64, my sub-total was -3.64.
Tax was $7.05, so this left me owing $3.41 OOP

Krogering


Next I went Krogering again. To the bad Kroger I don't like, but is the only Kroger around here that accepts competitor coupons.

Transaction #1
(2) Sunny D .79 each (Mega Sale Price)
-.55 SS 5/31 = .24 each
(2) Philly Cream Cheese .79 each (Mega Sale Price)
-$1.00/2 Publix Smart Summertime Savings booklet = .29 each
(2) Speed Stick Deodorant $1.00 (Mega Sale Price)
-$1.50 IP Q = -.50 each
(2) Softsoap Pump $1.00 (Mega Sale Price)
-$1.00 IP Q
(2) Hartz Crunch'N'Clean Dog treats $1.99 (Mega Sale Price)
-$2.00 IP Q
(2) Crest Toothpaste $1.00 (10/$10 Sale)
-.50 (doubled) 6/07 PG = FREE
(10) Quaker Quakes .49 each (Mega Sale Price)
-.55 Publix Yellow Advantage Flyer = -.06 each
(10) Amp Energy Drinks $1.00 each (Mega Sale Price) (No Coupons)

Value Before Coupons & Mega Sale Price: $43.04
Total After Mega Sale & Coupons: $9.44 + 1.29 tax = $10.73


Paid with $10.19 Gift Card and .54 cash.
Got back $10.00 Gift Card Catalina
Total OOP $.54

Transaction #2
(6) Quaker Quakes .49 each (Mega Sale Price)
-.55 Publix Yellow Advantage Flyer = -.06 each
(2) Hartz Crunch'N'Clean Dog treats $1.99 (Mega Sale Price)
-$2.00 IP Q
(2) Softsoap Pump $1.00 (Mega Sale Price)
-$1.00 IP Q
(10) Amp Energy Drinks $1.00 each (Mega Sale Price) (No Coupons)

Value Before Coupons & Mega Sale Price: $28.92
Total After Mega Sale & Coupons: $9.62 + 1.09 tax = $10.71


Paid with $10.00 Gift Card and .71 cash.
Got back $10.00 Gift Card Catalina
Total OOP $.71

Ingles, 2nd Try


Went to a different Ingles, had a better shop this time, although they stole my overage on the Buddies bars. (I still maintain that coupons are money, and stores that are adjusting the value of coupons down is stealing your money, since they get reimbursed for the full amount.)

(9) Betty Crocker Warm Delights 3/$5.00
-$.50/.50/.50 (tripled) 5/31 SS = .17 each
(6) Breyers Yogurt @ 2/$1.00
-$1.00/2 IP Q = FREE
(9) Johnson's Buddies Soaps .98 each
-$.98 (Reduced from $1.00) 4/26 RP = FREE
(1) Tyson Chicken Breast Tenderloins $2.12
-$1.00 6/28 SS = $1.12
(1) Tyson Chicken Breast Tenderloins $2.22
-$1.00 6/28 SS = $1.22
(1) Tyson Chicken Breast Tenderloins $2.08
-$1.00 6/28 SS = $1.08
(3) Savannah Hushpuppies $2.00 each
-$.50/.50/.50 (tripled) = .50 each
(1) Green Giant 5lb Potatoes $1.00 (No Coupons)

Total Value before Coupons: $40.24
Total after Coupons: $7.06 + 1.12 tax = $8.18

Friday, July 24, 2009

Ingles...Blegh! & Walmart

Ingles is/was tripling coupons this week. But you have to spend $10.00 and then they'll triple 3 coupons. To my math-feeble mind, that didn't sound like a real good deal. I had wrote down a few things I thought were good deals, but didn't do anything with it, and was pretty much prepared to ignore the whole thing.

Why I sat down and messed with it tonight, I have no idea. Must have been really bored, even if I didn't know it.

Turned out I was able to work up some good deals, going by what I found online. Which, of course, wasn't what I ran into at the store.
Someone had posted that Butterball Turkey lunchmeat was on sale for $1.98, and there was a $1.00 off coupon. I was loaded and ready to stock up on these, the way we go through lunchmeat. Which, of course, wasn't on sale at my Ingles.

I was able to subsitute the lunchmeat with a package of Tyson Chicken Breast Tenderloins for about .30 difference.

So my first deal was:
4 Johnson's Buddies soaps @ .98 each - $1.00 4/26 RP
1 Tyson Chicken Tenders. @ 2.29 - $1.00 6/28 SS
3 BC Warm Delights @ 3/$5.00 - .50/.50/.50 5/31 SS

Total Before Q's: $11.21

The cashier guy scanned and tripled my BC Warm Delights coupons with no problem, but then my J&J coupons beeped and wouldn't scan...which I would say was because of overage, however, the Tyson chicken coupon did the same thing.

He called the CSM over and she checked to make sure I got Tyson chicken and then manually entered the coupon.
Then she checked to see if I got J&J Baby products. First she started to say it was because the picture on the coupon was for the bottled stuff, but then she corrected herself and said that it does say "any". Then she looked at the price and saw they were .98 and decided she couldn't take a $1.00 coupon for a .98 item.
I asked couldn't she adjust it down like other stores do? She said no, if she took a $1.00 coupon for a .98 item, she would lose her job.

Guess I wore my "Stupid" sign on my forehead again tonight. I really need to remember to leave that thing at home!

I said well take them off then, so they took the soaps off, and didn't un-triple my tripled coupons, so that was okay, I still got the deal I wanted, and I can use the J&J coupons somewhere else for another deal.

Total spent for (3) BC Warm Delights and (1) package Tyson chicken tenders: $1.79 + .13 tax = $1.92

After there I went to Walmart.

Trying for the paper deal, only to find out my Walmart apparently - this week - quit stocking the 1-Giant roll of Sparkle paper towels for $1.83. Next cheapest they had was 2-Giant rolls for $3.12.

I decided to go ahead with the 8-roll package for $5.97, and 1 4-pack of Angel Soft for $1.00. $6.97 - $2.00/2 IP q = $4.97.
Then I was going to buy (2) Adams dog flea collars at .97 each, giving me about a $4.00 overage to bring the paper items down to around .97.

Only to get across the store and find someone else has come in and bought up all the flea collars! Arghh.
Back out went the paper items until I can find or they restock the collars.

I got (4) packages of Kotex panty liners at $1.00 each - Free using $1.00 off Kotex pads.

I got (3) boxes of the 3-pack Durex Condoms at $1.97 each - Free with overage after $2.00 coupon.

Didn't notice until I got home that one of the boxes was opened and the Condoms had been stolen out of it. So I accidently did Walmart a favor, using my coupon to buy it, they are going to get paid instead of taking a loss on those.

Also got (2) 6-packs of Nestle life water at $1.00 each - Free after $1.00 IP q.
(3) Blue Bunny ice cream sandwiches at $1.00 each - Free after $1.00 IP q.
(1) gallon Great Value 2% Milk at $1.98.

Total Spent: $1.89 + $.90 tax = $2.79

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Krogering


Super Kroger trip today! I messed up my cypherings again today, but it was a case of a coupon I forgot to subtract, so my total was less than I was expecting.

The cashier, Tracy, was great, knew what she was doing, didn't tell me they couldn't accept "CVS coupons" when I used my mfr. q's from the Reinventing Beauty magazine. In fact she asked where I found them and said she needed to get some of them to use herself.

After my check-out was complete and she was giving me my Catalina coupons, she kept the $10.00 Amp Gift Card one and asked me for the gift card I had and went ahead and added the $10.00 it for me right there.

11 Philly Cream Cheese $.79 each (Mega Sale price)
(-$1.00 Philly Cream Cheese mfr. q Publix Grape magazine x 11)
12 Vitaminwater10 $.50 each (Mega Sale price)
(.50 (doubled) mfr. q CVS Reinventing Beauty magazine x 12)
10 Kroger 3-minute Pizza $.49 each (Mega Sale price)
10 Amp Energy Drinks $1.00 each (Mega Sale price)
3 Lady Speed Stick $1.00 (Mega Sale price)
(-1.50 IP Q x 3)
2 Softsoap $1.00 each (Mega Sale price)
(-1.00 IP Q x 2)
2 Crunch'n'Clean $1.99 (Mega Sale price)
(2.00 IP Q x 2)
5 Crest toothpaste $1.00 (10/$10 sale)
(-.50 (doubled) 06-07-09 PG & -$.75/1 PG eSaver LOAD TO CARD)(I forgot about this one)(Still doesn't tally up right for me)
2 Kroger Chocolate milk $1.99 each
2 Kroger medium eggs $.59 each
1 Kroger bread $.78

Value before Mega Sale and Coupons: $73.69
Value after Mega Sale: $48.69
Value after Coupons: $8.44
Final Total: $8.44 + $1.37 tax = $9.81

Paid with $10.00 Gift Card from last Amp deal.
Received another $10.00 Gift Card from Amp.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Walgreens, Publix

Walgreens
Had a good day at Walgreens. Did a total of 7 transactions.

Listerine deal: 3/$9.00 - (3) $2.00 IP Q's = $3.00; Got back $3.00 RR = FREE

Excedrin deal: $6.99 BOGO - (2) $1.00 6/21 SS = $4.00; Got back $5.00 RR = FREE + .01

Pilot G2 Gel Pen $1.00; Got back $1.00 RR = FREE

Kleenex: $.89 each - $.50/2 SS 7/12 = $.64 each

Scotch Tape: $.39 each - $1.00/3 7/12 RP = .05/.06 each

Paper Clips .19 each
Mechanical Pencils .19 each

RR's Spent: $37.00
GC Spent: $9.34
RR's Recieved: $36.00
TOTAL: $10.34

Publix Shop #1

"Charcoal Deal"
$9.49 Kingsford Charcoal (-$4.00 6/28 RP)
$2.29 Pork Ribs (-6.00 IP Q)
$2.03 Beef Cube Steak (-3.00 tearpad)
$2.50 Reynolds Foil (-1.00 6/28 SS)
$1.69 KC Masterpiece (-1.69 5/10 RP)
= $2.31

$1.99 McCormick Grinders BOGO (-$1.00 "Nothing Goes to Waist" Publix Booklet) FREE + .01
$.85 Publix Powdered Sugar (-2.00 wyb Koolaid 6/21 SS) FREE + 1.15
$2.00 (10) Koolaid packets (no coupons)
$.52 Bananas (no coupon)
$1.97 Hefty Fresh Extend bags (2) (-1.00 6/07 RP & -1.00 Target Q wyb produce) FREE + .03
$1.79 J&J Tape (-1.00 5/17 RP) .79
$1.99 J&J Gauze (-3.00/2 Blinkie) .98
$1.99 J&J Gauze (-5.00 Green Adv. Flyer Q) FREE + 3.01
$1.39 Carefree (3) (-.50 (doubled) IP Q & -3.00 Green Adv. Flyer Q) FREE + 1.83
$3.85 Tylenol Arthritis (2) (-2.00 6/21 SS & -2.00 "Smart Summertime Savings" Publix booklet) FREE + .15
$1.49 Reach Floss (4) (-1.00 6/14 & -1.00 "Smart Summertime Savings booklet) FREE + .51
$7.99 L'oreal Froster (2) (-3.00 6/21 SS & -5.00 Green Adv. Flyer) FREE + .01

Value Before Coupons: $84.38
Order Total $1.19 + 4.18 tax = $5.37

Publix Shop #2

"Charcoal Deal"
$9.49 Kingsford Charcoal (-$4.00 6/28 RP)
$9.49 Kingsford Charcoal (-$4.00 6/28 RP)
$9.49 Kingsford Charcoal (-$4.00 6/28 RP)
$2.00 Ham Steaks (-6.00 IP Q)
$2.00 Ham Steaks (-6.00 IP Q)
$2.58 Pork Loin Chops (-6.00 IP Q)
$1.64 Beef Cube Steak (-3.00 tearpad)
$2.84 Ground Chuck (-3.00 tearpad)
$2.72 Ground Chuck (-3.00 tearpad)
$2.50 Reynolds Foil (-1.00 6/28 SS)
$2.50 Reynolds Foil (-1.00 6/28 SS)
$2.50 Reynolds Foil (-1.00 6/28 SS)
$1.69 KC Masterpiece (-1.69 5/10 RP)
$1.69 KC Masterpiece (-1.69 5/10 RP)
$1.69 KC Masterpiece (-1.69 5/10 RP)
= $7.75

$2.19 CoffeeMate BOGO (13) (-.50 (doubled) 6/28 RP) .10 each
$.85 Publix Powdered Sugar (-2.00 wyb Koolaid 6/21 SS) FREE + 1.15
$2.00 (10) Koolaid packets (no coupons)
$1.39 Apples & Eve Juice (3) (-1.00 Publix Smart Summertime Savings booklet & -.50 (doubled) Publix Greenwise Mag) FREE + .61
$2.50 Fresh Express Salad (4) (-1.00 Publix Smart Summertime Savings booklet & -1.00 FLip) .50 each
$1.49 Texas Toast Croutons BOGO (-.55 4/05 RP) .20 each
$1.99 McCormick Grinders BOGO (10) (-$1.00 "Nothing Goes to Waist" Publix Booklet) FREE + .01
$1.47 J&J First Aid Kit (3) (-3.00/2 Blinkie & 1.00 5/17 RP & -5.00 Green Adv. Flyer Q) FREE + 4.59
$1.00 BIC Mechanical Pencils (3) (-.50 (doubled) IP Q) FREE
$1.49 Reach Floss (4) (-1.00 6/14 & -1.00 "Smart Summertime Savings booklet) FREE + .51

Value Before Coupons: $110.89
Order Total: $5.70 + 4.98 tax = $10.68 - $4.10 refund = $6.58

*According to my cyphering, my balance was supposed to have been .72 before tax. I later realized I had forgotten to add into my totals (2) rolls of tin foil. However, while I was trying to figure that out, I realized my ham steaks had rang up $2.99 instead of 2/$4.00 as the stickers on them said. So I got one of those free, and the other for $2.00, which more or less off-set the forgotten tin foil.

Altogether I got $195.27 worth of items for $11.95; $9.16 of which was tax. Not counting tax I actually got the stuff for $2.79.

Monday, July 20, 2009

CVS: Johnson & Johnson First Aid Moneymaker + 5 boxes of FREE Electrasol 8/2!
Yay!

(From Hip2Save blog)

I have some great news for all you CVS shoppers! According to 2 of my readers, Alice and Shannon, the Johnson and Johnson First Aid To Go! Travel Kits- priced at just .99 (in the travel size section) are working for the Band-Aid, Johnson & Johnson and Neosporin Extra Care Buck weekly deal; spend $10 on these products and get a $5 Extra Care buck! This deal also has a nice limit of 5!

Deal Scenarios:
Buy 11 Johnson & Johnson To Go Kits=$10.89
Use 10 $1 coupons from the 5/17RP
Pay .89
Get back a $5Ecb
Final cost FREE + a $4 moneymaker!

Or if you don't have that many coupons:
Buy 3 items priced at $2.99 each=$8.97
Buy 2 Johnson & Johnson To Go Kits=$1.98
Total=$10.95
Use 3 of the various $1 coupons available in my CVS Weekly deals post
Plus, use 2 $1 coupons from the 5/17RP
Pay $5.95
Get back a $5Ecb
Final cost .95 for all 5 items!

*******************************
On another note, if you have NOT used the $2.50 Finish/Electrasol coupons from the 7/12SS yet, then save them for the week of 8/2 at CVS! They will be FREE! Wahoo! The Electrasol 20 ct boxes will be priced at 2/$9-- buy $20 worth, get a $10Ecb!

Deal Scenario:
Buy 5 for a total of $22.50
Use 5 $2.50 coupons fro the 7/12SS
Pay $10
Get back a $10Ecb
Final cost 5 boxes for FREE!

...so hold on to your coupons for this awesome deal!!!

Paper Deal at Walmart

I didn't find the 1-Giant roll of Sparkle at the first Walmart I checked, but did at the next one.

$1.00 4-roll pack Angel Soft in the $1.00 Roll
$1.83 1 Giant roll Sparkle paper towels
$2.83

Use $2.00 off wyb One package Angel Soft and One package Sparkle paper towels IP Q.

Final cost: .83 for 4 rolls of toilet paper and 1 roll of paper towels.

Food Lion (Again)


(Hehe, I'm copying Brandy's deals and titles.) Kevin had a PT appt. today so John came along and I dumped them out at the office and I went coupon shopping.

Went to CVS, but got nothing. I wanted to get the notebooks on sale this week, because I use alot of them for my family genealogy info and photo/scrapbooking project holders. But one CVS was out, and the other never got any in and said they wouldn't be getting any in because of the store's classification.
I asked for a raincheck, and they were going to give me one, then the (Manager?) said it wouldn't print ECBs after Tuesday, and that they were Corporate printed and the stores had no way of printing the Extra Bucks. (I must have "Stupid" wrote across my forehead or something, at all the lies these store people tell me all the time.)

Made one last trip to Food Lion, well, for this sale period. I'll be going back up that way on Thursday. Hopefully Brandy will have found me some more stuff to get for free, lol.
$10.13 Cherries (-8.12 Advantage Buy & $2.00/5.00 Produce FLip) $0.01/2.03lb.
$.79 Dole Sliced Pineapple (-1.00 Guiding Stars FLip) $.21 Overage
$1.00 Duncan Hines Cupcake Mix (-1.00 Duncan Hines FLip) Free
$.99 Healthy Accents Alcohol (-1.00 Healthy Accents FLip) $.01 Overage
$1.95 Home 360 Garbage bags (-.46 Advantage Buy & -1.00 Home 360 FLip) $.49
$1.47 Vinegar (no coupons)
Total $1.91

Big Sunday Shopping Day

Staples

Jumped up early and got my tail to Staples for the Free (after Rewards) backpack sale. Got Ryan an HP laptop backpack on sale for $44.99. It has room for his school books and papers, plus a padded pocket area for his laptop. Before, he was still carrying his old backpack from high school and his brother's laptop bag.

Also got the Free After Rebate Pens, Mechanical pencils, Hi-liters, and battery operated pencil sharpener.

Then I did it again and got John a High Sierra backpack, $45.99 on sale 50% off this week. ($45.99 IS the 50% off price, Yikes!) He was carrying a small laptop bag that was stuffed to bulging with his school books and papers and laptop all crammed into it.

I had $18.00 Rewards from recycling ink cartridges I used.
Altogether I spent $131.53, but will get all of it except tax back in rewards and rebates.

CVS

I got CVS's Free After ECB Sale items this week: Paper Mate Pens, Pencils, Filler Paper, Memo Books, and Notebooks. Spent ECBs, got ECBs back. Probably came out even. Hope so anyway.

Also bought AAA Duracell batteries, on sale this week for $2.99, get $1.00 ECB back. I used a $1.50 Duracell coupon 7/12 RP, for a final cost of $.49 per 4-pack.

Had a CRT for $2.00 off Softsoap Ensemble and a $2.00 CVS coupon from the Reinventing Beauty magazine, so got a Refill for free.

Also got a CRT for $2.00 off 2 Gold Emblem nut products; bought 2 snack size Cashews at .99 each = FREE w/ .02 overage.

The Oreos were $1.00, filler item to bring total up to the amount of ECBs I had.

Food Lion

$8.42 Cherries (-6.33 Advantage Buy & -2.00/5.00 Produce FLip) $0.09/2.11 lb.
$0.50 Bananas (-$1.00 Guiding Stars FLip) $.50 Overage
$1.00 Duncan Hines Cupcake Mix (-1.00 Duncan Hines FLip) Free
$0.99 Healthy Accents rolled gauze (-1.00 Healthy Accents FLip) $0.01 Overage
$1.31 Home 360 Foil (-.32 Advantage Buy & -1.00 Home 360 FLip) $0.01 Overage
Total -$.37 (They gave me money back!)

*Note: I miscalculated on the bananas. The price tag I saw said they were .99/lb. It didn't even occur to me that was a pretty steep price for bananas. So I ended up getting half what I needed to. Turned out that price tag was for Organic bananas.

$9.10 Cherries (-6.84 Advantage Buy & -2.00/5.00 Produce FLip) $0.26/2.28lb.
$.62 Bananas (-1.00 Guiding Stars FLip) $.38 Overage (Still thought I got more than this.)
$1.00 Duncan Hines Cupcake Mix (-1.00 Duncan Hines FLip) Free
$.99 Healthy Accents Alcohol (-1.00 Healthy Accents FLip) $.01 Overage
$1.95 Home 360 Garbage bags (-.46 Advantage Buy & -1.00 Home 360 FLip) $.49
Total: $0.36 + 0.08 tax = $.44


Kroger

I went to Kroger today looking for the Sunday paper and to conduct a bit of an experiment. I was told at another Kroger yesterday that they couldn't tkae "CVS coupons", and that my Chiquita Bites SmartSource coupons were fradulent. So I tried using them at this Kroger and had no problem.
I needed the bread and buns, and got the SoBe water because I still had a BOGO Catalina and figured I'd get them while they were $1.00.
Also did another Amp deal. A nice extra benefit for me doing all these Amp deals is that my Kroger points are adding up fast. I was able to use 100 pts. to get .10/gal off my gas yesterday, and still had 105 pts. left for next time.

$2.50 AJC Sunday paper bundle (-1.00 IP Q) $1.50/2 papers
$1.00 Vitaminwater (-.50 CVS Reinventing Beauty mfr. coupon) Free
$1.00 Chiquita Apple Bites x 2 (-1.00 IP Q) Free
$1.00 Chiquita Apple Bites x 2 (-1.00 BOGO on Pineapple Bites pkgs.)(Oh, yes I did) Free
$.99 Sobe lifewater x 2 (-.99 BOGO Catalina from a few weeks ago) .99/2
$.78 Kroger Bread x 2
$.88 Kroger Buns
$1.00 Amp x 10

Total $16.08
Spent $10.00 Amp Gift Card
Final Total $6.08 OOP

Got back another $10.00 Gift Card



Walmart

$.97 Adams Flea Collar (-3.00 5/17 Parade and/or RP) $2.03 Overage
1.97 Durex 3-pk Condoms (-2.00 6/28 SS) $.03 Overage
1.00 Nestle Flavored Water (-1.00 IP Q) Free
2.17 Baby Lotion (-2.00 4/19 RP) $.17 each
3.97 Baby Wash (-2.00 4/19 RP) $1.97
24.97 Black Ink Cartridge

Total $25.16 + 2.87 tax = $28.03

*The baby wash was in the wrong place or priced wrong and I didn't realize it had rang up $3.97 until later. I'll be returning it my next trip.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Krogering

I didn't buy a paper today - Gasp!

The coupons didn't look that great. I printed the AJC $1.00 off coupon and will try to go to Kroger tomorrow and buy a duo-pack of papers for...$1.75?

I hope I go because I needed to print some more coupons, but my ink is out and I didn't make it to Walmart this evening. Too tarrrrred.



Today I went Krogering. I did okay, but I think I could have done alot better.
The thing was, I'm so used to the stores running out of everything I'm looking to buy at this late date in the sale, so when I stopped at the first Kroger and saw they had the stuff, I jumped on it.

I bought 13 Temptations cat treats and 8 Playtex plastic gloves. (I had more gloves but a lady came by looking for them so I gave her about half of the ones I had. Should've given her all of them.)

With the Mega Sale, I got $5.00 off for each 10 items I bought, or a total of $10.00 in this case. Which made each item .50 less than the regular or sale price.
It made the Playtex gloves .50 each, and I had $1.00 off coupons, so I got $4.00 overage on those.

With the overage I bought some Ball Pickling Mix (to make pickles from cukes), a can of Kroger Refried beans, and a package of Ole flour Tortilla shells.

Value before Mega Sale and Coupons: $31.74
Final Total: $.74 + .77 tax = $1.51 spent Gift Card
Got back (2) $1.00 OYNO Catalinas for buying Temptations.

At the next Kroger I got (9) more Temptations cat treats, alot more gloves, and some dog food and treats. Also found some AMP drinks and was able to get 10 for another AMP deal.
I had like $9.00 and change overage because of the gloves, so I got my hubby a 12-pack of the Sam Adams beer he always wants but is too expensive.

Value before Mega Sale and Coupons: $70.87
Final Total: $13.87 + 3.25 tax = $17.12
Spent $10.00 Gift Card for the Amp drinks/Spent $7.12 for beer from other Gift Card
Got back $10.00 Gift Card catalina for buying Amp.
Got back (1) $1.00 OYNO Catalinas for buying Temptations.



At the last Kroger (which I only go to because they are the only Kroger that accepts Publix coupons) I did 3 transactions to get the stuff I wanted using e-coupons:

(After Mega sale Price)
$ .79 Sunny D x 3 (-.55 SS 5/31)
$1.99 Hartz dog treats (-$2.00 IP q)
$ .49 Quaker Quakes x 10 (-.55 Publix Q, Back to School Yellow Advantage Flyer)
$1.99 Fiber One Yogurt x 3 (-1.00 SS 7/12 & -1.00 Cellfire Q)
$1.00 Rolaids 3-pack (-1.00 RP 6/07)
$1.00 Softsoap Hand soap x 2 (-1.00 IP q
$1.00 Speed Stick deodorant x 3 (-1.50 IP q)
$1.29 Chex Mix x 3(-.50 IP q & -.50 Shortcuts e-q)
$1.49 Keebler cookies x 4 (-1.00 IP q)
$ .79 Kroger Refried beans (no coupon)
$1.00 AMP drinks x 20 (no coupon)
$1.00 Chiquita Pineapple Bites x 4 (-1.00 BOGO q on the package)*

Value before Mega Sale and Coupons: $81.05
Final Total: $22.90 + 2.30 tax = $25.20 ($5.20 total minus the AMP drinks)
Spent $10.00 Gift Card for the Amp drinks x 2
Got back $10.00 Gift Card catalina for buying Amp.

*Note: Final total should have been $2.00 cheaper, but the Coupon-ignorant Manager at this store trains his cashiers to assume every coupon is a fraud, and they can't tell the difference between a coupons.com printable and a smartsource printable, so she told me my Chiquita coupons were fraudulent - her exact word.)

*Note: I had another deal I'd planned to do, but couldn't, because the Manager of this Kroger is AN IDIOT.
I have several .50 off Vitaminwater Manufacturer coupons I got from the CVS Reinventing Beauty magazine ads, which I wanted to use at Kroger because they'll double.
With the Mega sale this week, Vitaminwaters are .50, so that would give me .50 overage on each one. Which I was going to use to buy the 3-minute Kroger pizzas, mega sale priced this week for .49 each.

But the cashier told me they couldn't take CVS coupons. Rather than argiung with her, I spoke to the Manager of the store. I already had an idea he was an idiot from a previous conversation, but hoped that he at least knew the difference between manu. and store coupons.
I told him what the cashier told me, reiterating that they weren't CVS coupons, but manu. coupons. Pointed out where it said Manufacturer Coupon, and that it had the barcode that starts with a "5". He listened to me, and looked at the coupons, and then shook his head and said that they could only take grocery store coupons like Ingles or Publix. They couldn't take CVS coupons.

You ever want to just bang your head against a brick wall - or better yet, someone else's?
What a dumbbutt.

Scored 30 more free Amp drinks (wish they had this deal with vitamin water instead)

Other Saturday Shopping


Not much to report here. I saw the Office Max sale way too late. By the time I got there today the highlighters were well gone, and the metal compasses had sold out just last night. I was able to get (3) plastic protractors at .05 each.

Total spent .16

Next I went to Target to look for some deals.
The strawberries weren't $1.50, but .50 for a pound of strawberries seemed ok so I was going to get a package of those.

The Taylor Farms cut veggies broccoli/cauliflower wasn't $1.00, so I wasn't getting that at all. We don't eat veggies enough that I wasn't sure that'd go to waste, so free was the only way I wanted it.

Then I wanted to get Pepperidge Farms hamburger/hot dog buns, and realized I hadn't brought my manu. coupon.

So I gave up and left without buying anything.

Also went into Walmart but wasn't able to find anything I was looking for.

Friday, July 17, 2009

Staples Next Week

Deals I want to remember:

Buy ANY backpack, get 100% back in Staples Rewards
Limit 1 backpack per mailing address
It's like getting a FREE backpack!
Purchase price paid for backpack will be credited to customer’s Staples Rewards® account. Must be a member of Staples Rewards®. Valid for purchases 7/19/09–7/25/09. Valid in store, staples.com®, or by phone. Staples Rewards® will be mailed in October. Not valid on prior purchases. Purchaser is responsible for paying applicable sales tax. No cash/credit back.

Zebra® Cadoozles® 0.7 mm mechanical pencils, 10/pack
FREE
after easy rebate
#639191
• $2.99 - $2.99 easy rebate = FREE
Limit 1 rebate per household. Plus tax where applicable. Offer valid in store only. While supplies last.

Zebra® Sarasa® retractable gel pens, medium, black, 5/pack
FREE
after easy rebate
#781936
• $4.99 - $4.99 easy rebate = FREE
Limit 1 rebate per household. Plus tax where applicable. Offer valid in store only. While supplies last.

Pentel® Handy Lines™ retractable assorted highlighters, 4/pack
FREE
after easy rebate
#698067
• $4.99 - $4.99 easy rebate = FREE
Limit 1 rebate per household. Plus tax where applicable. Offer valid in store only. While supplies last.

Staples® Slim-Line pencil sharpener
FREE
after easy rebate
#796619
• $15.99 - $5.99 instant savings - $10 easy rebate = FREE
Limit 1 rebate per household.

More Amp


Thursday we had to make a trip to Lagrange to my hubby's college, so I stopped in a couple of Krogers down there and on the way back. Scored 40 Amp, total cost of $2.80, which was the tax.


Had a Doctor's appt. this morning, so stopped by Kroger while I was out and scored 30 more Amp, total cost $2.10 (Tax).

Amp Score


Stopped in at Kroger to check out the free Amp drink deal.

The first Kroger had 9 single cans, but I asked the manager and he was nice enough to open a 4-pack of them and let me have another one.

The total was $16.05, minus $5.00 for the Mega Deal - get $5.00 off wyb 10 items - for a final total of $10.70.

Then I got a Catalina coupon for a free $10.00 grocery gift card.

I went to another Kroger and did the deal two more times using the $10.00 gift card and paying .70 OOP each time.

Final: 30 Amps and $10.00 grocery Gift Card

Staples, CVS


We were a bit early for my son's PT this morning so I thought I'd pop in at Staples and get a couple more packs for 1 cent pencils.

I found Staples brand DVD-R's, 100 count, on sale for $19.98. Usually I pay nearly $40.00 for that amount of DVD-R's.
I really needed DVD+R's, but they were out of those, so I just bought the other ones and later I will take them back and exchange them.


After PT I went to CVS for more of my weekly shopping. I got 4 more of the photo books, for free. Used ECBs I already had from buying the free school supplies, and got back $7.99 for each book.
The Cheerios and razor was free after coupon, the Tylenol were a money-maker. I got the Pull Ups for about $3.99 after overage and coupon.

Using ECBs, I never spent any money at all at CVS this week. I haven't gone back and figured out how much ECBs I spent/made/lost/or profited yet.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

1st Food Lion Shop


and CVS...

We drove up to Calhoun to the Tech College to get a book for my hubby's class, and as we were driving along he said "There's a CVS" so I said "Well, stop!". LOL.

I found the school scissors and a bottle of Tylenol, but that was all, but I got rainchecks, so that was good.

Then we came back down to Rome and went to the fartherest CVS out there. They had the 1-subject notebooks and glue. At that point I was like, I'm not even going to worry about this stuff anymore, and started to just put it back, but then I was like, No, it's free, I can't not get free, can I? John was laughing at me, but said he guessed not. But I didn't even ask for any rainchecks.

I went to kiosk and put in my photo cd to make my photo books, but the thing said I had no pictures on my disk. It was old and beat up looking; the cashier said it sometimes won't load the pictures, they didn't know what was wrong with it.

So we went to a nice, new CVS down the street and the kiosk read my disk fine. I made my book and ordered 4 copies.
While I waiting for the boy to make the books, I saw they had the Papermate pens in stock so I got those. They were completely free because apparently that CVS, when you have no balance, doesn't make you pay any tax.
Same thing with my photo books. I paid with my $7.99 from yesterday, and the balance was $0.00. I bought the four books in separate orders, using the ECB from the prior sale, so I ended up not spending so much as a real penny in there today.
I like it!

I especially like those FREE photo books! I did books of our pictures from our trip to Niagara Falls a couple of weeks ago. They turned out nice, if I do say so meself.

After reading Brandy (Earthy Mama's) blog, I decided to take the plunge and try a Food Lion shop, since I was going to be right by one today.
I think our Food Lion might be a smaller, maybe privately owned, I'm not sure what, but surely all Food Lion's aren't like this store, small and fairly run down. This store kind of reminds me of the Warehouse Groceries or the Cost Plus stores that moved in when the big chain grocery stores - Food Giant and Winn Dixie - moved out.

Anyway, I found the tuna display, but the coupons were cleaned out.
Our Duncan Hines cake mixes weren't marked 5/$5.00, so I don't know if they were on sale or not, but I found a box of cupcake mix that was 5/$5.00, so I got it.

I also had the $1.00 off Home 360 and Healthy Accents coupons, so we looked for something to buy. I had a printout of stuff Jenny had posted at Southern Savers, but I was afraid to try for .99 stuff, with a $1.00 coupon, since alot of people had been posting recently that the registers are beeping.
Most everything else they had for more than a dollar, I didn't need and didn't want to pay anything for. Ok, maybe a couple of cents, but not .19 or .29 or more.

We did find some cheap Home 360 tall white kitchen garbage bags, 15 ct., marked down to $1.49. I don't use cheap garbage bags in my kitchen but they are good for upstairs when the boys clean the food wrappers and empty drink bottles out of their dumps...I mean bedrooms...and I empty the bathroom trash. So that was worth .49 cents.

Lastly we got the Hormel Refridgerated Meals. Regular price $7.49, on sale for $3.99, and I had a couple of $2.00 off coupons, so we got them for $1.99 each.

Total Spent $4.80 including Tax.

We walked around and looked for other coupons but didn't find any. I've walked the store a few times before (never bought anything, though) but they've never had the good lot of coupons others say they are always finding at Food Lion.

Monday, July 13, 2009

New Publix is a BUST!


After speaking last week to the Manager of the new Publix location I wanted to start shopping at, I returned to the store today to shop, under the impression that he had solved the problem of his cashiers wanting to reduce the amounts of coupon values.

I was doing Charcoal deals to get some ground meat free, and I didn't need alot of the BOGO stuff this week.

The first transaction I didn't have too much trouble. Richard read the coupons, and entered/scanned them, because I had what I supposed to have, and wasn't trying to pull anything or steal or whatever.
He did have a question about using the Charcoal coupon and the Beef coupon, and I explained they were for two different items - not that he took my word for it, they never do, but I can't really blame them for that - but Kristy came over and he asked her and she asked did I get beef and I had so she said he could use both coupons.

My balance got down to .32 plus tax, and he and the bagger gentleman were impressed and actually congratulated me and said I did good.

Transaction two was pretty much a repeat of the first one as far as what I bought.
I didn't return to Richard's line because I've learned from the past that they seem happy for you once, but not so much twice.

Deborah seemed friendly and chatty at first, until I gave her my coupons.
First thing she says "The A-1 is on sale, I can't give you the $2.00..." and whoops out her pen to start marking through my coupon barcodes.
I told her she should not, and asked at least three times for Mr. Jewell to be called out there. She said he was in the store, and she would call him, but she didn't, and the last time I asked she just ignored me.

Kristy came over and Deborah tried to ask her about not reducing the A-1 coupons, but Kristy ignored her and pointed to my Rite Aid coupon and my $6.00 off pork coupon and said I couldn't use both of those, I'd have to pick which one I wanted to use. Huh??

Deborah asked her again about the A-1 and she said she could give the $2.00, and then she picks up my Rite Aid, $3.00 off Beef, $6.00 off Pork, and $4.00 off charcoal coupons and says she's taking them to Brian.

I assumed she meant Bryan Jewell, the Store Manager, and said that I wanted to see him. Maybe she didn't hear me. She came back and said that Brian said I could only use one of the coupons, but not all of them. Because they could only take one manufacturer coupon for charcoal.

I was flabbergasted. I pointed out and explained that the coupons were for all different items. They were not all for charcoal.
So she goes to go back to talk to Brian again, and I said "Tell him I want him out here!".

So Brian comes out there, but it's Brian Stephen, a Customer Service Manager, not Bryan Jewell. Conveniently, Mr. Jewell had left the store just 10 or 15 minutes ago for a lunch break.

The way Brian understood the coupons was that to be able to use my $3.00 off Beef wyb charcoal and Reynolds wrap or my $6.00 off pork wyb charcoal and one other item, AND my $4.00 off charcoal coupons was that I had to buy a bag of charcoal for each coupon.
And really I shouldn't have been able to use the Free KC Masterpiece but I guess they "let" that go because it was already entered. Nothing was said about also using the Reynolds wrap coupon, and they did see it.

Brian said Mr. Jewell was currently out of the building on lunch, so I said I'd wait on him to get back, and they saved the order - the whole time Kristy was constantly apologizing to the man in line behind me - and we moved to the Customer Service desk.
It was as we were moving that Brian informs me that Mr. Jewell had only left 10-15 minutes ago.

I told Brian I've shopped 5-6 different Publix, having done this same charcoal deal for at least three months now, and out of all those stores and puchases, HE is the ONLY person to read those coupons that way. He shrugged and said well, that's how HE read them.

I couldn't wait 30 or 45 minutes or however long Mr. Jewell was going to be "out", so I said, Ring me up. I'm done. I'm out of here.
He said if his Manager said it was allright....I said Nope! It's too late. This is the 2nd time I've driven up here to be treated like this and I will NOT be coming back to this store.

Transaction #1
Fresh Express Salad $1.79 (-$1.00 Publix Q & $1.00 FLip)
Ground Pork $1.93 (-$6.00 Q)
Ground Chuck $5.13 (-$3.00 Q & $1/$5 FLip)
Bandaids $2.39 (-$1.00 Q)
J&J First Aid Kit $1.47 x 2 (-3.00/2 Q & $5.00 Publix Q)
L'oreal Froster $7.99 x 2 (-$3.00 Q & $5.00 Publix Q ea)
Reynolds Recycled Foil $2.50 (-$1.00 Q)
Parmesan Cheese $6.19 (no Q; got this with my overage)
Planters Pnuts $3.19 BOGO (-1.00 Q ea)
A-1 Marinade $2.89 BOGO x 2 (-2.00 Q ea)
Ragu Chunky .01 (no Q; Mystery Penny Item)
KC Masterpiece $1.69 (-$1.69 Free Q)
Kingsford Charcoal $9.49 (-$4.00 Q)
Rite Aid Q (-$5.00)

Value of items before Coupons: $62.35
Total Spent: $0.32 + 2.33 tax = $3.21


Transaction #1
Ground Pork $1.69 (-$6.00 Q)
Ground Beef $6.56 (-$3.00 Q & $1/$5 FLip)
Reynolds Recycled Foil $2.50 (-$1.00 Q)
Luck's Pinto Beans x 3 $2.00 (no Q; got this with my overage)
Planters Pnuts $3.19 BOGO (-1.00 Q ea)
A-1 Marinade $2.89 BOGO x 3 (-2.00 Q ea)
Ragu Chunky .01 (no Q; Mystery Penny Item)
KC Masterpiece $1.69 (-$1.69 Free Q)
Kingsford Charcoal $9.49 (-$4.00 Q)
Rite Aid Q (-$5.00)

Value of items before Coupons: $39.69
Total Spent: $9.66 + 1.19 tax = $10.85
(Should have been $1.85)

CVS & Staples


I was going to CVS Saturday night...the new week sale starts at 6pm on Saturday at our store...but my hubby make a snarky remark about driving so far (abt. 20 miles) just to go to one store, so I didn't go.

And I don't know what happened yesterday, I couldn't drag my fanny out of the house all day...and then it rained and came storms all evening so probably good I stayed home.

At any rate, as you would expect, the stores were flat cleaned out of the school supplies by the time I got there this morning.

The first CVS I went to had the rulers and the Gillette Fusion razors, no Tylenol.
I went ahead and got the rulers and the razor, which cost $5.97 after $4.00 coupon for the razor. I got back $5.98 ECB.

Then I made my photo book, which was $2.01 after paying $5.98 ECB. Got back $7.99 ECB, so my final total right now is +.01 cent (I think?).

The clerk gave me rainchecks for all the school supplies and the Tylenol. I forgot my PullUps coupons, so I will get those later.

Later in the day I went to another CVS in a different city...same story on the school supplies, but they also had no razors or Tylenol.
I got two rulers, and I had a $2.00 off Soft Soap Ensembles CRT and a $2.00 mfr. Q from Reinventing Beauty magazine so I got a $3.99 Soft Soap pump refill. Also a bag of Giant Nerds for filler to take the rest of my ECB I was spending amount.
Spent $2.00 ECB and $1.06, got back $1.98 ECB. Final Total $1.08 OOP.

Here I asked for rainchecks and was told they can't give rainchecks on 3-day sale items. Or, they could give rainchecks on the items, but she would have to write no ECBs in the ECB field because the ad says No ECBs after Tuesday. (Nevermind I WOULD have bought them on Monday had they been available for me to buy. I did my part, showing up on the right day.)

I also visited Staples to day to get my .01 paper and pencils. The pencils were .01 today...the paper I have to wait for a rebate, but that's okay, in the end it's still .01 paper. Can't beat that!

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Deal Searching

Checking out some others' blogs for good deals tonight (like I don't already have enough going on!)...

$1.00 off Bic Pens, which are said to be $1.00 at Walmart currently:
http://print.coupons.com/couponweb/Offers.aspx?pid=14808&zid=hn62&nid=20
(From Hip2Save blog)
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Another Walmart deal:
Mary said...
I also got 1 pack of the 4 pack of Angel soft ($1) and the Sparkle 2-roll of Paper towels ($2.73) and used the $2 off both coupons and also used the $1 off Sparkle coupon I had, so I paid $.73 for 4 rolls of toilet paper and 2 large rolls of paper towels.
http://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asp?tqnm=qgbedaw3432892&bt=vi&o=57187&c=GP&p=o31HxpCm
Sparkle Paper Towels, Any 2-Giant Roll Package $1.00/1 06-21-09 RP
(From Hip2Save blog)
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Walmart: Possibly FREE Nestle Water (6 packs)
I've received emails from a few readers now letting me know that select varieties of Nestle Purified Water (6 packs) are FREE at Walmart! Supposedly some of the 6 packs are priced at just $1. Combine with the $1 coupon from here to possibly get these FREE!
(From Hip2Save blog)
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Walmart: FREE Blue Bunny Ice Cream Sandwiches!
Walmart has the small Blue Bunny single serve ice cream sandwiches priced at just $1. Pair with the $1 Blue Bunny Frozen item coupon and score a FREE ice cream sandwich!

In order to access this coupon you must register to be part of the iScream Team here. If you're already a member, then have your hubby or another family member join. ONLY NEW members will get this $1 "welcome" coupon via email... so I repeat do NOT login--register as a new member. After registering they'll email you the coupon. My coupon arrived in my inbox within 10 minutes of registering. Click on the $1 coupon link to print your coupon and then go enjoy a yummy FREE ice cream sandwich!:)
(From Hip2Save blog)
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CVS

This past week...Nothing really exciting, I got the tape and pencils and pantyliners on sale, free after ECB. And some St. Ives Apricot Body Scrub (I think?). They were $1.49, I had a $1.50 coupon, but apparently CVS's registers now beep at overage like Walgreens, so I only got $1.49 off.

At one CVS I found the Bic razors marked down to $1.50...I had $3.00 off coupons, but they wouldn't let me use them at all, wouldn't even adjust them down. Said I had to buy something over $3.00 to be able to use the coupons.

I wasted some ECBs on a Johhny Depp, POTC Pez dispenser and a couple of Powerade drinks. The Pez I wanted, the Powerades were fillers to be able to spend an ECB for more than the amount of stuff I was buying.

I'm excited about the free photobook this week. I'm putting together pictures of our Niagara Falls trip a couple weeks ago to make a picturebook for my Mom.

July 11th

Got my 10 papers today. Only did a little shop at one Publix and that was more about getting some coupon magazines than actual shopping.
Only thing was, this Publix still has the Sarah Lee Sweet Pies on sale for BOGO $3.39, and I had some more $1.00 coupons, which makes them about .70 each. I have about a dozen of these in the freezer, and didn't really need anymore, but hated to not get them while they were so cheap. So I only got four.

And then I could have gotten them free using the overage from a J&J deal, but then I decided I didn't want to waste my coupons because I need the overage next week when I try to get a cheap gas card.

So I spent $2.98 on the pies...and then didn't even make it home with them. We stopped by my hubby's fire station and he put them in the freezer, telling the firefighters on duty there today they could have two of them. Him and his partner will eat the other tomorrow.

I've worked on my Charcoal deal today, trying to figure out how I could work it to get the overage, but I just don't have enough coupons. The best I've been able to do is about .33 overage. That's counting my $5/$25 coupon, so if I do anymore than one deal in a transaction, I'm going in the hole.

I need to pull my other q's I know have overage and see if I can make any deals with them.

I didn't make it to CVS tonight to get a jump on next weeks deals. J had me working on our house remodeling with him. So I guess I'll get rainchecks if they're out of the stuff.

Thursday, July 9, 2009

July 9th

I did a small Publix shop because I had some coupons expiring and we needed some bread. Went back to one of my regular Publix, where I did the J&J/Bandaid deal for the overage without any problem at all.

$4.69 Raid bug spray (-$2.00 Mfr. q & $2.00 Publix q = .69)
$4.49 Raid bug spray (-$2.00 Mfr. q & $2.00 Publix q = .49)
$1.79 Fresh Express Salad (-1.00 Food Lion q & $1.00 Publix q = Free+)
$1.79 J&J Sterile pads x 2 (-3.00/2 blinkie q)
$1.79 J&J Sterile pads x 2 (-3.00/2 blinkie q)
$2.39 Bandaids x 2 ($1.00 Bandaids mfr. q & $5 wyb (3) items Publix q = Free+)
$1.69 Publix Wheat Bread (no coupon)
$1.25 Publix White bread (no coupon)
$1.99 Small bottle of Ranch dressing (no coupon)
$ .77 Vidalia Onion (no coupon)
$ .49 Bananas (no coupon)

Total $1.10 + $1.69 tax = $2.79 OOP

Also went in Walmart for some milk; ours still has it for $1.98 a gal.
I also found my oldest son a t-shirt on clearance for $3.00.
Got (3) Blue Bunny Choco Chip ice cream novelties at $1.00 each (-1.00 each Blue Bunny Novelty IP q)
Got Johnson's Baby Lotion $2.19, use $2.00 off q.
Dentek Floss picks 30ct. $1.00...used $1.00 off ip q.
Huggies 16ct. wipes $.97 - $1.00 Huggies Bath and Body product

Total $7.10 + .71 tax = $7.81 OOP

The Manager at the new Publix I had wanted to start shopping at called me tonight finally. I had written a letter last week after I asked the CS girl their Coupon policy and she told me the reduced mfr. coupons and didn't give overage.

This guy said he was a new Manager, had taken over just this week, and didn't know everyone, or what all was going on.

He said I was right, they weren't supposed to reduce mfr. coupons. I told him it turned out they didn't, but they did reduce my Publix coupons when I used them with other coupons and I didn't think that was right. He kind of "Hm'd" at that, but never really said anything to the effect of whether it was right or not, but he apologized for that happening to me, and thanked me for bringing the situation to his attention.

He asked what other Publix's I shopped at and I told him and he was like, Wow. But apparently he wants me to come back and shop at his because he said he looked forward to seeing me when I come back in, and that I should ask for him.

So maybe I got a new Publix where I can save more like I used to again.

I have also done some CVS'ing this week, but I'm not done yet, so I'll post that later.

Rite Aid


Everytime I say I'm going to stop Rite Aid'ing, they suck me right back in. This week they had a bunch of stuff for free, which I didn't need, but hated to just not get and end up throwing the coupons away.
But just getting free stuff isn't good enough...I just ain't happy unless I can use my $5/$25 coupons, so I had to figure out some rebate deals, too.

Transaction 1:
(Didn't have any of the BeKool pads or Renu, and I thought I had the wrong coupons for the Edge shaving gel so I didn't get any)
$8.99 Pampers diapers
$7.99 Venus Spa razor
$1.00 Feverall Infant Suppositories
$2.00 (2) Sobe Lifewaters
$3.00 (3) Kotex pantyliners
$3.00 (3) Rolaids 3pk.
$25.98
- 5.00/$25 Rite Aid IPQ
- 1.00 Pampers
- 2.00 Venus razor
- 1.00 Sobe BOGO IP Q
- 3.00 (3) Kotex
- 3.00 (3) Rolaids
$10.98

SCR due: $2.00 Pampers, $5.00 Venus razor, $1.00 Feverall = $8.00

Will sell diapers for $5.00 on craigslist

Final Total $2.02 Profit

Transaction #2:
$8.99 Pampers
$7.99 Venus Razor
$2.00 (2) Kotex pantyliners
$2.00 Sobe Lifewaters
$1.98 (2) Renu Travel pack
$1.00 Rolaids 3pk.
$1.00 Feverall Infant Suppositories
$1.00 BeKool gel patch
$25.96
- 5.00 Rite Aid IPQ
- 1.00 Pampers
- 2.00 Venus razor
- 1.00 BOGO Sobe water
- 2.00 (2) Renu IP q
- 2.00 (2) Kotex
- 1.00 Rolaids
$11.96

SCR due: $2.00 Pampers, $5.00 Venus razor, $1.00 Feverall, $1.00 BeKool = $9.00

Will sell diapers for $5.00 on Craigslist

Final Total = $2.04 Profit

Transaction #3:
$4.00 Sobe Lifewaters
$2.59 Crest ProHealth
$3.00 Edge Shave gels
$4.99 Anti-Monkey Butt powder
$5.00 Rolaids 3pk.
$4.00 Kotex pantyliner
$1.00 BeKool gel patch
.50 Reeses pbcup
$25.08
- 5.00 Rite Aid IPq
- 2.00 (2) Sobe BOGO q
- .50 Crest
- 2.25 (3) Edge shave gels
- 5.00 Rolaids
- 3.00 Took off 3 of the Kotex when it wouldn't accept the coupons
- 1.00 The one Kotex coupon it accepted
$6.33

SCR due: $1.00 BeKool, $1.84 Crest, $4.00 Anti-Monkey Butt = $6.84

Final Total: $0.51 Profit

Total Value of items: $77.02
Total Profit: $4.57

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Publix


I tried a new Publix today, in another city. I had asked their coupon rules and was glad to learn they still take the drug store competitor coupons (Rite Aid $5/$25). Was not happy when they said they adjust down mfr. coupons and didn't give overage. I argued it briefly - Publix does get reimbursed the full amount of the coupon - but the CS person said "We don't. We cross out the amount on the coupon and write the price on there". At that point I said "HmMm" and left. Learned a long time ago you can't argue with ignorance.

I decided to shop there anyway, just not taking any of my mfr. coupons that give me overage.

Turned out I had some coupons worth more than the item because of an in-store special. I decided to go ahead and try buying two of the item, to see if I'd get the overage. At worst I'd get them free.
However, I didn't have any trouble getting the overage on the mfr. coupons.

Otherwise, I had overage from mfr. coupons stacked with Publix coupons, which has never even been a question before. And the first two transactions I did, they still weren't.

The third transaction, I had bought 2 Raid bug sprays, one at $3.89, the other at $4.49. I had $2.00 off mfr. coupons, and $2.00 off Publix coupons. The cashier adjusted the Publix coupon down to $1.89 (on both of them, even though the 2nd Raid was over $4.00).

I had also bought two J&J Red Cross items and Bandaids, using a $3.00/2 J&J mfr. coupon and a $1.00 Bandaids mfr. coupon. Then I had the $5 wyb (3) items Publix coupon, and she started figuring out how much the items cost, minus the coupons I'd used, and marked out the $5.00 on the coupon and changed it to $2.something.
I said no, wait a minute, just forget it. She said I'd still get them free...But that's not the point.

A CS manager tried to explain they can't give money back on a coupon, and I tried to explain what they are doing is discriminating against coupon users.
My point is, if I come in and buy these items and spend cash, I get the whole Publix coupon amount.
If I come in and buy these items and write a check - which my bank will reimburse them for - I get the whole Publix coupon amount.
If I come in and buy the items and spend coupons - which the manufacturer will not only reimburse Publix for, but an additional .08 handling - they don't feel I should get the whole Publix coupon amount.

Oh, and EVERY other Publix in the southeast - the other 5 or 6 that I shop at, and all the ones the other Southern Savers shop at - are ALL wrong. They aren't supposed to be giving coupon overage. This store said so.

Finals:
(3) 12-packs Coke
(2) 12-packs Dr. Pepper
(6) Raid Ant/Hornet/Flying Insect Sprays
(4) Buitoni Refrigerated Noodles
(1) Dole Sliced Pineapples
(2) Bandaid
(4) J&J Gauze Pads/Rolls
(4) Jenny-O Turkey Burger Patties
(4) boxes Special K cereal
(2) Hawiian Punchs
(4) Chef-Boy-R-Dee canned pasta
(5) Dannon Dan-O-Nino Dairy snack
(1) Land O' Frost Turkey sandwich meat
(1) Publix Grape Jelly
(1) Publix flour
(2) Bananas

Total Value of Items: $114.37
Total Spent: $16.68