Walgreens and Nature Valley...

Today we visited Lakewood church and had an amazing time listening to Inspirational speaker Joel Osteen and enjoyed praise and worship with Israel Houghton. We decided to stay for spanish worship and we were so glad we did....I can't remember the last time I felt God's presence in a worship service like today. Thank you Lord for blessing us with such an amazing experience!

Anyways, on our way back from church we stopped at Walgreens to pick up 20 prints that I got free!!! It was a one day thing last week and I just picked them up today. I saved $3.80!!! Yay!!

I also did the Nature Valley deal that is happening all this month at Wags. I was excited because these are my sons favorite snacks and can be quite pricey. But with this deal I was able to get 15 small packs and 3 Reynolds foils for $1.02 !!! (That's 0.06cents a pack). I bought the 15 coupons on e-bay just for this deal.

This is how I did it:

Trans. #1:

(5) Nature Valley twin packs @ $1.29 each = $6.45

(3) Reynolds Wrap @1.69 each = $5.07

TOTAL: $11.52

- (5) .50 Nature Valley MQ = -2.50

- in ad coupon for Reynolds making them 0.89 cents each X 3 = -2.40

- (3) 1.00 Reynolds MQ = -3.00

So 11.52 - 7.90 coupons = $3.62 but I received a $3.50 RR for buying 5 Nature Valleys!!

So, $3.62 - $3.50 = 0.12 cents!!!

The reynolds ended up paying me .33cents with the overage from the coupons making this transaction less than I expected!!!

TRANS#2

(5) Nature Valley 6.45

minus (5) .50 MQ

Total: $3.95

received another $3.50 RR

TRANS#3

Same as transaction #2!!!

So, I got $24.42 worth of stuff and payed $11.52 but got back $10.50 in RR's = $1.02 for everything!!!

Oops! forgot MIR..

I forgot to mention in my last post that I will be sending out for a $10 MIR wyb 2 Natural dentist products. So this was actually a money maker for me!!!

Today I received a $5 check from Energizer too!!
And $15 check from cashbaq!!!

I just love getting money in the mail...

CVS trip $43.27 for only $2.34!!!

Product: $43.27

Cost:$2.34

1st Transaction:

Windex wipes 2.50

Windex wipes 2.50

Natural dentist mouth wash 9.99

Head n shoulders trial size 0.99

Sub-total: 15.98

-1.50 windex IP

-1.50 windex IP

-1.00 head n shoulders (adjusted down to .99cents)

-2.00 Natural dentist IP

-3.00 3/15 cvs crt

-6.00 ecb's

So, 15.98 - 14.99(coupons) = .99 cents oop.

Received:

$4 ecb for natural dentist

Trans #2

Mentos 0.66

Instant energy drink 4.99

Natural dentist mouthwash 9.99

Sub-total: $15.64

-2.00 natural dentist IP

-3.00 3/15 crt

-9.98 ecb's

So, 15.64 - 14.98 = 0.66 cents oop!!

Received:

4.99 ecb for energy drink

4.00 ecb for natural dentist

Trans#3:

CVS glow moisturizer orig. 5.49 clearanced at 1.37

24 pack GE CVS water 3.49 (really needed this for son's testing days)

24 pack GE CVS water 3.49

CVS cotton rounds 0.99

CVS cotton rounds 0.99

Mentos 0.66 (used as filler)

Mentos 0.66 (needed another filler)

Sub-total: $11.65

-1.oo crt for any CVS lotion

-2.00 crt $2 off wyb $10 CVS brand stuff

-8.oo ecb's

So, $11.65 - $11 = 0.65 cents plus .04 tax = .69 cents oop!!

Walgreens Money Maker!!

Product: $38.71

Paid $$7.92 on GC, will get $10.98

Profit: $3.06

Hubby had the day off so we went on our weekly lunch date. On our way home we stopped at Walgreens and this is what I was able to do. (I had no money with me except my Walgreens gift card)

100% Garnier color 7.49

100% Garnier color 7.49

Yes To Carrots lip balm 2.76

Revlon lip gloss 9.99

Revlon lip gloss 9.99

Iceland water (not in picture, drank it on way home!!) 0.99

Total before coupons: $38.71

Used these coupons:

-3.00 MQ Garnier (insert)

-3.00 MQ Garnier (insert)

-2.00 IP Yes to carrots web-site

-1.00 IP Walgreens yes to carrots

-2.00 Revlon MQ

-2.00 Revlon MQ

-0.99 free Iceland water (found in Entertainment book that I got for free!!)

-9.99 Revlon was BOGO !!!

-7.49 Garnier was BOGO!!!

$38.71 - $31.47 = $7.24 + $0.68 tax = $7.92 (paid this on GC so no oop!!!) = free!!

I will be submitting my receipt for the Revlon monthly deal. It will give me $9.99 plus 10%, so $10.98 will be added to my GC this month!!! Making this a profit of $3.06 for this trip! I love playing the Walgreens game!!!

Chocolate dipped strawberies...yummy

Who says Valentines day is the only day to treat yourself to some yummy, classy, ever-so-good tasting chocolate dipped strawberries? NOT ME!!! Lol.

Since the kids are home today celebrating Presidents Day, Suzy and I decided it would be great to make our own chocolate dipped strawberries!!! And we would love to share our home made recipe!

Ingredients:

12 0z. semi-sweet mini chocolate chips (easier to melt)

2 Tbsp. shortening

24 strawberries (washed and dried)

1. Insert Skewer (or toothpick) into the tops of the strawberries

2. In a Pot with simmering hot water stick a large glass bowl on top of pot making sure it doesn't touch the water. Use this to melt the chocolate chips and shortening together, stirring occasionally until smooth!


3. Holding the strawberries by the skewers dip them into the chocolate mixture. Turn them around to make sure chocolate stays on strawberry.

4. Cover a large dish with wax paper and place the strawberry on top removing the skewer carefully.

5. Stick the strawberries in the refrigerator for an hour so the chocolate can harden.6. ENJOY!!!

Old Navy...WOW!!!

A Saturday stop at Old Navy proved profitable for the family. This is what I got...

Originally priced this is over $125.00 worth of clothes...but I found a great way to get all of this for only $12.32...that's right, ALL for just $12.32!! (that's over 90% off!!!)

When you walk into my closest Old Navy they had a table full of Valentine day cards for the kids to color. Well, one of the 4 cards each poster had was a $5 off anything in the store!!! I still don't understand why others were not taking advantage of this coupon but my daughter (only 7 but already knows the importance of coupons!!!) ran to show it to me. Well, without wasting any more time, this is what I got: (I did each separately but there wasn't much line so it was pretty quick with my hubby and 2 kids helping me out)

(3) girl t-shirts orig. $9.50each on sale for $6.00- $5.00 Q = 1.08 each (0.08 tax) (these are their new ones for the new season!!!)

(1) Boy t-shirt orig $9.50 on sale for $6.00 - $5.00 Q = 1.08 (new ones too!!!)

(1) sweater for me orig. $25.00 on clearance for $9.49 - $5 Q = 4.49plus tax = $5.40 (was the most expensive of my buys but well worth it!!)

(1) Slipper boots that I have been wanting for the longest...orig. $19.50, clearanced for $9.99 but whey I got to the cashier she said that it was the wrong price...it was less!!! $6.99 - $5 Q = 1.99 plus tax = $2.15

and the last transaction was to pay for my hubby's pants...Originally $34.99 but clearanced at $12.99 or so we thought. Again, when paying, it rung up only $6.99 and all mens clothes on clearance had an extra 50% off making them only $3.49!!! Obviously it was way less than the $5 coupon so we threw in a ball that was originally $8.50 but on sale for $2!!!

Pants $3.49 + $2 ball = $5.49 - $5 coupon = 0.49 cents!!! (.53 cents with tax!!)

So, there you go!!! Over $125 worth of stuff for only $12.32!!!

I could have done many more transactions but was hungry and my hubby had a coupon given to him personally from an owner of a new Colombian restaurant in Katy for a free Family meal well worth over $22 and they also gave us drinks!!!

Oh happy day for me and my family!! Thank you Lord for your Valentines blessings!! But more than all of this, thank you for Your greatest gift of love, giving us your Son Jesus, our Christ!!

CVS...$0.00 out of pocket!!

(1) Lysol Neutra Air starter kit on sale 5.99

(2) Colgate Total 4 oz. 2.99 each = 5.98

(3) Herbal Essence 2.99 each = 8.97

Sub-total: 20.94

Used:

(1) $5.00 mq Lysol (1/11 ss)

(2) $1 mq colgate (2/01 ss)

(1) $3/2 Herbal Essence

(1) $3/$15 CVS crt

So, 20.94 - 12.00 = $7.94 (paid with ECB's so no oop!!!)

Received: $5.98ecb for Colgate, $3ecb for Herbal Essence

Spent $7.94ecb, received $8.98ecb's = $1.04 PROFIT!!!

Also, I scanned my card and a $3/$15 crt printed. I scanned again, and another came out and again and another and again and another...I stopped after 10 times. Wow, what a treat!!! Then another one printed at the end of my receipt!!! Dont know what the deal is...Happy Valentines day to me from CVS!!! LOL.

How did you do?