Living better, spending less.
The baby and I headed out on Monday for a round of shopping at CVS and Walgreens. I considered myself extremely extravagant to buy two packages of Pampers and one bottle of Dawn at near retail prices (only using a $1.50 coupon for each of the diapers and no coupon at all for the Dawn! argh!) in order to buy Madagascar 2 for $2 after coupon. Funny how perspectives change.
Sadly, no picture available.
Walgreens ($43.96)
Ensure, $6.99
Fructis styling product, $3.99
6 Progresso Soups, $1.25 with ad coupon
2 Gilette Fusion Gamer razors, $8.99
2 Scrubbing Bubbles wipes, $2.50
Drano, $3.50
Windex, $1.50
Coupons Used ($24.60)
Gilette Fusion, $4
Scrubbing Bubbles, $3/2
Drano, $1.50
Windex, $1.50
Progresso, $1.10
Fructis, $1
Ensure, $3
Easy Saver Rebates ($7.99 + 10% = $8.79)
SC Johnson products, $4
Fructis, $3.99
Register Rewards ($12)
2 Gilette Fusion, $6/ea
Other Rebates ($6.99)
Ensure Rebate, $6.99
Total Profit: $8.42
CVS ($45.85)
2 Pampers Cruisers, $9.99
Madagascar 2, $4.99 (after $15 savings for purchasing $20)
Dawn Ultra, $.99
CVS Chewable aspirin, $1.99
Gilette Fusion Gamer, $7.99
8 CVS Cotton Makeup Remover pads, 25 count, $.99
1 CVS Ibuprofin, 10 count
Coupons Used ($13.99)
2 Pampers, $1.50
Madagascar, $3 printable
Gilette Fusion, $4 (really, I should have saved this one and used it at Walgreen’s in a third transaction)
Free CVS 10 count Ibuprofin coupon
$2/$10 CVS brand purchases
Extra Care Bucks Received ($13.99)
CVS Chewable Aspirin, $1.99
CVS makeup remover, $8
Gilette Fusion, $4
Total Cost: $17.87
That leaves me with a total cost of $9.45 for the day. It’s not as good as I’d have liked but it’s certainly not bad, considering!
What do you do with this stuff?
Madagascar 2 will be a Valentine’s Day present for my baby, and the diapers will be applied to her posterior. (Elmo! Diaper! She’s a big fan.) The aspirin I gave to my mom. I shall endeavor to clean my house and keep my pipes clean with the Walgreens cleaners, and I also plan on taking a can of the Scrubbing Bubbles wipes to my grandfather’s house. The soup will get eaten, the ibuprofin is already in my purse. (That coupon came from the magic scanner–love that thing!) My husband was thrilled with the makeup remover pads and promptly stole them for use in his woodworking–he’s going to use them to apply stain to the mandolins he builds, if they aren’t too linty. Everything else will go into the stockpile and either be given away or put in the yard sale.
When I became a stay-at-home-mom, I promised I could save our family money by shopping sales and maybe even using a few coupons. I had no idea what I was getting into. These days, I am on a first-name basis with the cashiers at the local drugstores, I haven't paid for toothpaste or shampoo in over a year and I spend my free time here, helping others do the same. So please, make yourself at home while you learn how to save, and when to spend!
Carrie
February 13th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Does this mean no more cloth diapering? I’m shocked!
Kisha
February 13th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
I finally decided to give up my lovely cloth last weekend. :( She has just outgrown her current diapers, and she is becoming so interested in using the potty that it doesn’t seem like an efficient usage of time and materials to go sew a whole new stash for what will hopefully be a short amount of time… especially since i am spending so little on disposable diapers.. not counting the Pampers in this post, but they worked out to less than $5 each in the end, I guess. I am sad about it but feeling practical.