Shopping Trip - June 26

I made 3 stops today. I am very lucky that I have a CVS, Walgreens, Kroger, and Albertsons all within 2 miles of our house! Here's what I got!

Walgreens:
1 Reach Toothbrush

Shelf Cost: $4.79
Total OOP: $2.15
RRs Earned: $2.00
Total Cost: $0.15

CVS:
1 24-pack Water
2 Newspapers
2 bottles of Hellman's Mayo
1 18-pack of Brilliant Tampons

Shelf Cost: 26.76
Total OOP: $6.37

Kroger:
2 bags of Pop Chips
1 bag of Imperial Sugar
2 Covergirl Mascaras
2 L'Oreal Liners
2 Covergirl Concealers
1 Maybelline Liner

Total Shelf Cost: $52.99
Total OOP: $10.22

Totals:
Total Shelf Cost: $84.54
Total OOP: $16.74
80% Savings

I consider it a successful weekend when I can walk away with my Sunday newspapers for less than full price! On another note, even if you don't coupon, I recommend you stop in at a Kroger and check out their makeup section. There are lots of goodies on clearance. All of the makeup I bought normally costs between $8-$10 each, but all were on clearance for less than $2.10 each. If you have coupons it makes it an even better deal! I stocked up on makeup for less than $10 and that's a great deal in my book!! I was a little disappointed at myself because Kroger also had select varieties of Kettle Chips on closeout this week for $1.39. With the $1/1 coupon (6/19 RP) they would have cost only $0.39, but the shelves were cleared by the time I got there this weekend. Oh well!!

Shopping Trip 6-19

2 boxes of Wheat Thins Crunch Stix
2 bags of Planters Flavor Grove Almonds
2 bags of Original Chex Mix
4 bottles of Fuze
2 boxes of Cheez-Its
3 cans of Hunts Tomato Sauce
2 bottles of Tom's Mouthwash
2 bottles of Hawaiian Tropic Sunscreen
1 bottle of L.A. Looks Hair Gel
1 bottle of Honest Tea
1 bottle of G-Series Fit Workout Drink
4 packs of Cottonelle Fresh Wipes
2 dozen Eggs
2 bottles of Revlon Nail Polish
1 bottle of G-Series Fit Recovery Drink
1 bag of PowerBar Protein Plus Bites
1 bag of Hershey's Bliss Chocolates
2 Hershey's Air Delight Bars
3 PowerBars
1 tube of Colgate Toothpaste
2 rolls of Scotch Tape
1 Colgate 360 Surround Toothbrush
1 package of G-Series Fit Pre-Workout Fuel
2 Greeting Cards
1 box of G-U-M Gum Protection Lozenges

Total Shelf Cost: $176.90
Total OOP: $25.03
ECBs Earned: $0.00
RRs Earned: $0.00
MIR (Gatorade): $5.00
Total Cost: $20.03
Savings: 89%

It was a GREAT week at CVS, so I issued a challenge for myself. I wanted to see if I could go into CVS with just a $20 bill and walk out with lots of great stuff!! I was really, really close to being successful. I ended up spending $20.18 at CVS for the bulk of the items listed above (all that I got at Walgreens were the 3 Gatorade drinks, tomato sauce, and eggs). I split my purchases into 6 transactions and just rolled my ECBs that I earned into each subsequent transaction (which explains why I ended up with $0 in ECBs). By doing it this way, I was able to seriously reduce my OOP expenses. Walgreens had a sad little ad today, so I just used my RRs from last week to pick up a few good deals. Overall, it was another great week!!!

Shopping Trip - June 12th

4 rolls of Toilet Paper
1 Lysol NeutraAir Starter Kit
1 Soft Scrub Cleanser with Bleach
1 Soft Scrub Total Bath Cleaner
2 Lysol Toilet Bowl Cleaners
1 bottle of Bayer Aspirin
1 box of Wal-Fex Allergy Medication
1 box of Baby Wipes
1 Schick Hydro Razor
1 Gillette Power Razor
1 Colgate 360 Surround Toothbrush
1 container of Bluebell Ice Cream
2 packs of Orbit Gum
4 Crunch Bars
1 tube of Blistex Lip Care
2 Newspapers (more coupons!!!)

Total Shelf Cost: $96.66
Total OOP: $9.64
ECBs Earned: $4.00
RRs Earned: $10.00
Total Cost: -$4.36

We have been traveling the last two weekends so I barely got this trip in! It was good that I did because all of my register rewards would have expired yesterday, which means I would have been throwing money in the trash can. There were a few things we needed in our house, so I added those in to the shopping trip even though they weren't on sale. I was also able to grab two newspapers with coupons that were free since I used my ECBs to pay for them! Those usually cost me $5, so I was very excited about that!! I think Kroger has another mini Mega Event starting up on Wednesday, so hopefully I'll be back with those deals later this week!!