More Than a Little

Today’s Sunday morning shopping trip didn’t work out quite as nicely as it did last week.  I was running late all morning long, and didn’t get home until it was past time for Evie’s nap. But of course, it all worked out.

First, I went to Walgreens. The Walgreens sales this week are pretty sad, but I ran in to pick up some fabric softener for my mom. Unfortunately, I had to pay my karmic dues and wait in line behind another coupon shopper.  I had a really simple, easy single transaction and I was soo tempted to just go to the regular register, but I didn’t want to irritate my beauty advisor cashier.  She likes to see her couponers come in.

I paid $12.23 out of pocket and received a $5 RR, so the above cost $7.23.  In truth, it cost $0.95, because only the tomato sauce was mine.  Did I need more tomato sauce? Heck no.  But last time I bought them as fillers on sale for $.39, I got a $1/4 coupon.  So, at .14 each, I figured I should buy more since they’re on sale again.  She accidentally rang up five, though, so I just went and grabbed the fifth one rather than bother returning it.  That made them $0.19 each.. still a pretty good price!

This was three transactions, using two cards.  The total cost for the above was $10.97.  The Charmin I bought for my parents.  (I was out shopping for them this morning, I guess!) so my own personal cost will be somewhere around four dollars. Three packages of Pampers! Two razors! Five face cleansers!  I had a $5/$30 (emailed to me), a $4/20, and a $5/20.  My mom’s card spits out those coupons like crazy but my own almost never gets them. I’m thinking about retiring it and signing up for a new one.

There are two boxes of menopausal supplements. They were on clearance for 90% off, 1.29. They had $2 peelies on them. No overage granted, of course, but I love it when that happens.  If it’s free and doesn’t cause me any extra work preparing–I’m all over it.

What do you do with all this stuff? Yard sale, mostly.  I was excited about the face cleanser wipes, actually.  I love having those to take my makeup off with, but it was one of the first things I gave up when I started trying to save money on frivolous stuff.  Since I got into couponing, I have been able to have them back!  I was on my last pack, though, so I’ve been on the lookout for a decent deal. This qualified. :)  So, those are for me, as is the tomato sauce, and the fabric softener and toilet paper is for my parents, but the rest is fair game.

See more CVS savings at The “Cents”ible Sawyer.