K-mart super doubles for charity!

...and some super doubles for me too.
This is how it started... I went to K-mart to specifically to buy cereal. I had a free box of rice crispies and a bunch of dollar off 1 box of rice crispies coupons that I got in the mail from vocal point. I also had some dollar off 2 coupons for some other Kellogs cereals. I was trying to put together a deal for a rebate from our Sunday paper. The rebate states that if you buy 10 boxes of select Kellogs cereals in one order you can get a $10 dollar rebate and a $70 dollar coupon for dell computers. I need a new monitor, and with 4 kids in the house, I also need cereal. This is how transaction 1 went...

{The cereal was all on sale 4 for $9.00}

2 boxes frosted flakes $4.50
used $1 off 2 mq doubled
{this made them $1.50 for both}

4 boxes rice crispies $9.00
used 1 box free mq
used 3 $1 off 1 mq doubled
{this made them 75 cents for 4 boxes}

2 boxes pops $4.50
used $1 off 2 mq doubled
{this made them $1.50 for both}

1 box sugar smacks $2.25
1 box frosted flakes gold $2.25
used $1 off 2 mq doubled
{this made them $1.50 for both}

That's $22.50 worth of cereal
- $10.25 worth of coupons
I paid $12.25. I will get back $10 from the rebate and my $70 coupon!
I gave my sister 3 boxes and 1 to my mom. Me and the kids are going to make rice crispie treats this week for snacks. I won on this deal in so many ways.
Thanks K-mart!

Now for the charity part...
There was recently flooding in some near by areas which essentially devastated 2 entire towns. Many people lost everything and local agencies are collecting for those flood victims. There is a particular need for personal care items for those in temporary housing.

I sent each of my girls through the line with 4 Dove visibly smooth deodorants. Which I love by the way... I gave them each 4 $2 off 1 coupons and a dollar. The coupons were doubled. Since the price was only $3.99 each they were all free. They girls each paid 48 cents in tax. I also gave 2 of the coupons to mom so she got 2 free also. That is 10 deodorants for $1.20 cents. One for mom, one each for me and my daughter, and 7 for the flood victims. I will add those to some things I am donating from my current stockpile. I know it is only deodorant and stuff, but it's something I can do to help in some small way, and it feels great.
So thanks again K-mart!

I decided to do a second transaction since I still had needed items on my grocery list and high value coupons. This is it...

One TRIO building set $19.99
- $5.00 K-mart sale
used $5.00 printable coupon {thanks coupon clippin' mama}
$9.99
sharpie highlighters $2.69
used $1.00 printable coupon {thanks deal seeking mom} doubled
$0.69
Tag deodorant $3.50 on sale
used $2 on 1 mq doubled
FREE
2 suave kids shampoo $2.49 each
used $1 off 2 mq doubled
$3.00 for both
Band aids $3.99
used $1 off 1 mq doubled
$1.99
2 trident gum $1.00 each
used $1 off 2 mq doubled
BOTH FREE
That's $15.67 plus tax.

Not too bad considering that Mom and I had 5 kids with us.
Then we went to the mall for school clothes where we were no nearly so fortunate...lol

If any of you live in the western NY area consider donating stockpile items to the flood victims. There is a great need and most local charities can tell you how to get your items to those most affected.

Walgreens second trip...

Well, since Walgreens seemed to want to give so many things to me for free, I decided top go back yesterday. I had intended to try the diaper deal from Deal Seeking Mom in order to get some register rewards. They were out of the diapers, along with some other things I wanted. I think I did quite well anyway...

The top pic is stuff I had to pay something for :P
The second pic is stuff I got for FREE :}

transaction 1:

Irish Spring body wash $4.49
35 cents tax
OOP $4.84
received register reward for Free body wash
{Thank You to Deal Seeking Mom for letting me know about this one}

transaction 2:

3 One Touch Ultra glucose monitors 14.99 each
7 Frutice styling products 2.99 each
2 Frutice shampoos 2.99 each
1 Frutice conditioner 2.99
1 Irish Spring body wash 4.49
3 Colgate Total toothpaste 3.49
4 Coffie Mate creamer B1G1 2.49 {for 2}
13 Butter Ball chicken broth 79cents each
2 Ziplock freezer bags 2.50 each

used:
3 14.99 one touch mq
10 2.00 easy saver frutice coupons
10 1.00 frutice mq
1 4.49 irish spring body wash coupon {from previous transaction}
3 2.50 easy saver colgate coupons
3 1.00 colgate mq
2 1.50 coffiemate printable coupons
{This cashier wouldn't let me use them on the free items even though they did last time}
13 10 cent instant value butter ball coupons
1 100/2 ziplock mq
3.00 in register rewards from a week ago

subtotal:11.82
3.86 tax
total OOP 15.68
wag coupon savings 78 cents
wag advertised savings 31.56
MQ savings 96.96

total savings: 129.30!!!!!
and I am submitting the butter ball receipt for the conag Easy Saver Rebate $5.00
{I will have to go back and buy one more can because I miss added. I hope it works}

My first attempt at CVS...

2/3/09
I needed to go to the dentist on Wednesday afternoon so I decided to try out the CVS thing since I was up town anyway. {first I stopped at rite aid and bought the Bayer glucose monitors that I had a coupon for so I can donate them next week} For those of you unfamiliar with CVS they offer something called extra care bucks or ECB's. When you purchase something on the ECB list, the reciept prints a coupon for a certain amount of credit towards your next CVS purchase. This is what I did...

I needed cortizone cream and was going to buy it anyway, CVS just happened to offer $1 back in ECB's for it. I also had a manufacturer coupon {mq} for $1 off.
For my first transaction I bought:

Cortizone 10 on sale at $4.99
used $1 off mq
out of pocket {OOP} $3.99 {used health car flex plan debit}
recieved $1 ECB

transaction# 2
Excedrine 10 ct. {travle vial} $2.49
paid $1 ECB from transaction 1
OOP: $1.49 {from flex acct.}
recieved $2.49 ECB

transaction#3
2 jergins natural lotions on sale $7.99 each
used 2 $3.00 off mq's
used $2.49 ECBs
OOP :$7.49
Recieved $5.00 ECB

transaction#4
4 Glade candles on sale 4 for $10
used 2 $1.50/2 mq's {looked at the coupon wrong, thought I could use 4 of them...goofed}
used $5.00 ECBs from trans#3
OOP: $2.00
Recieved $5.00 ECB

so
$5.48 out of health account
$9.49 OOP
have $5.00 left for next time.

I know I could have done better. Like I said, this was a first attempt. I am sure I will get the hang of it eventually. I had planned on doing one other deal to get $10 ECBs, but the item was out of stock. I did get a rain check for next week though.
Good luck to all of you on your savings adventures!

Remember, even if you don't need something that you can get for free, someone else might. Donate your extra deals to charity!

Coupon Match Deals 1/25/09

Yesterday I went to get my Sunday papers and started trying to match coupons to sales. This is what I have so far…

Rite Aid

One Touch blood glucose monitor: rite aid sale price $19.99
- $20.00/1 coupon from this weeks insert.
Final price: FREE {excellent item for donating to charity}

Maybeline mascara B1G1 on sale
Use 2 $1.00 off coupons from recent insert
Final price varies/cheap

Tylenol
$4.00 off in ad rite aid coupon
-$1.00 mq. Coupon from recent insert
Final price varies depending on regular retail / cheap

Duracell batteries 2/$6.00
- $1.00 coupon from this weeks insert
Final price $2.00 per pk.

Aveno lotion B1G1 50% off
-2 $1.00/1 coupons or
$1.50/2 coupons {both from this week}
Final brice varies/ cheap

Gasx B1G1
Use 2 $1.00 off 1 from recent insert
Final price varies/cheap

Walgreens:

Color silk root touch up $1.99 w/ in ad coupon
-$1.00 mq from recent insert.
Final Price 99 cents

HIP cosmetics B1G1
Use 2 $2.00/1 mq off eye or lip product from recent insert
Final price varies/cheap

Degree $1.99 w/ in ad coupon
-$1.00 /2 coupon from this weeks insert
Final price: $1.50 each when you buy 2

Excedrine B1G1
Use 2 $1.00 mq from recent insert
Final price; varies/cheap

Hershey bar B1G1 with in ad coupon
Use B1G1 coupon from this weeks insert
Final price: 2 FREE