And I was there soon after church yesterday afternoon. I really racked up on a lot of cleaning supplies, body wash, nail clippers, tweezers, ziploc bags, cookie mix, and frosting last go around so I was excited to hear doubles were back. My store is doubling coupons up to $2.00 (some are only doubling up to $1.00 and some are tripling but I’m not sure what amount triples). One difference from the last time I did this is that there is a limit of 25 coupons doubled, per person, per day. Which is good…keeps me from spending too much time in the store!

Here’s how I did yesterday:

(4) Gillette body wash @ 3.99
(4) Revlon nail clippers @ 1.79
(4) Luden’s cough drops @ 1.29
(4) KY Warming liquid @ 4.29
(2) Chloroseptic lozenges @ 3.99
(1) John Freida Dream Curls spray @ 4.89
(2) Cottenelle Flushable Wipes @ 2.99
(1) Glade Carpet Freshener @ 2.19
(1) Glade Plug-in @ 1.99
(3) Airwick flameless candles @ 4.99
(1) Swiss Miss Hot Cocoa @ 1.00

Subtotal: $83.55

Coupons used:
(4) 2.00 Gillette doubled
(4) 1.00 Revlon beauty tool doubled (adjusted to 1.79)
(4) 1.00 Ludens coughdrops doubled (adjusted to 1.29)
(4) 2.00 KY doubled
(2) 1.00 Chloroseptic doubled (I needed this…it was the only item where I spent more than 1.00 )
(1) 2.00 John Freida doubled
(2) 1.00 Cottenelle doubled
(1) 1.00 Glade Carpet doubled
(1) 1.00 Glade Plug-in doubled
(3) 5.00 Airwick (these weren’t doubled and didn’t count towards my 25 coupons allowed.)
(1) .50 Swiss Miss doubled

New total: $8.21 (+$3.90 tax)
Money saved: $75.34

I’m planning on going back to use up 2 more Luden’s coupons and I might check out their price on Pull-ups since my $2.00 coupon will double to $4.00. Other than that, I’m not sure how much more I’ll go back. Most of the coupons I had for free items I’ve used up now. We’ll see.

Anyone else out there planning a KMart run this week?

I was surfing around all my favorite frugal blogs today and stumbled across a new (to me) blogger, Saving Money With Dot. I was reading the list of available coupons in tomorrow’s newspapers and found this exciting post. She’s up to her eyeballs in coupons and giving coupons away…for free. No postage for the first twenty commenters and then after that you just have to mail her a self-addressed, stamped envelope!

This is a fantastic deal if you are in an area (like me) that doesn’t get a lot of the coupons. My area never gets Kelloggs, Dove, Cover Girl, or many of the beauty coupons. We also missed out this week on the fantastic Electrosol coupons!

Please sign up for Dot’s feed or register at Swagbucks through the button on her page…she’ll explain how to do both in her post. I signed up for her feed since I’ve already got a Swagbucks account. If you don’t have Swagbucks yet, this is a great way to take advantage of it!

Get thee to Dot’s blog now! Hurry!

Well it’s the New Year and I’ve been shopping for two days now! It’s looking like a great year!

Yesterday my entire side of the family (minus my brother, his wife and daughter) went to Bass Pro Shop in Spanish Fort. We had a blast…and gift cards!! This store is so much fun, even if you aren’t the hunter/fishing type. Which, none of us are. (Well, my oldest daughter, believe it or not, has done a fair bit of fishing.)

My kiddos racked up on the goodies and my husband and I saved ours for another day. (Did you know it’s hard to shop when there are six kids running around? Even if there are five adults watching them…) We’re contemplating using our gift cards to get some camping goodies.

Anyway, the kiddos got a stuffed snake and an animal caller (Shiloh), a BB gun (Landon), and a pink pistol and a bluebird that sings (Rebekah). They are thrilled with their booty. And my son is quite beside himself waiting for Dad to get home and help him with his gun today. He’s made a homemade target to tape to a tree or post in the backyard.

When we arrived home yesterday, my sister and mother asked if I wanted to run to CVS with them. Since I always want to go to CVS I went, even though I’d already been twice this week.

January 1 Transaction:

1 Listerine Agent Blue Mouthwash $3.99
2 Children’s Throat Cooler $4.99 each
2 Dawn dishwashing liquid $1.99 (BOGO)

Subtotal: $15.96

Used:
$3/$15
(1) $1.00 Listerine Agent Blue MQ ( These are no longer available!)
BOGO Children’s Throat Cooler MQ
(2) $.25 Dawn coupons (from an insert) (needed a $2.00 filler)
4.00 ECB
2.00 ECB

New total: $.47
ECB’s earned: 12.98

Then I was in the neighborhood today and thought I’d stop by at a different store. Here’s the deals:

January 2 Transaction #1:

1 Glucoma shakes $10.49
1 Nutra-trim gum $3.99
2 Nature Bounty Vitamin D $4.99 (BOGO)
2 Children’s Throat Coolers $4.99 each
1 Nasogel gel spray $7.99
6 bags of Gold Emblem gummy bears $.99 each (BOGO50%)

Subtotal: $41.91

I used:
$3/$15
$10.00 off any Glucoma (check out how to get this coupon here.)
(2) $1.00 Nature Bounty MQ(didn’t have any more of the $2.00 printables with me!)
BOGO Children’s Throat Coolers MQ
$2.00 Nasogel MQ
$1.00 off any 2 Gold Emblem candy CVS
20.00 ECB (adjusted)

New total: $.14 on a GC
ECB’s earned: 24.96

January 2 Transaction #2:

1 Glucoma shakes $10.49
1 Nutra-trim gum $3.99
2 Nature Bounty Vitamin D $4.99 (BOGO)
2 Children’s Throat Coolers $4.99 each
1 Nasogel gel spray $7.99
4 bags of Gold Emblem gummy bears $.99 each (BOGO50%) (I needed these for my classroom)
2 bags of Gold Emblem choc. covered peanuts $.99 each (BOGO50%)

Subtotal: $41.91

I used:
$3/$15
$10.00 off any Glucoma (check out how to get this coupon here.)
(2) $1.00 Nature Bounty MQ(didn’t have any more of the $2.00 printables with me!)
BOGO Children’s Throat Coolers MQ
$2.00 Nasogel MQ
$1.00 off any 2 Gold Emblem nuts CVS
9.99 ECB
9.99 ECB

New total:$0 (payed $.16 in tax)
ECB’s earned: 29.96

And I stopped by the other CVS on the way home to see if they had any more Throat Coolers but they were out.(It looks like the limit on this is at least five…I’ve done four and my receipt says I can do one more. And the Nutratrim is at least a limit of three.)

January 2 Transaction #3

2 Nasogel $7.99 each

Subtotal: $15.98

Used:
(2) $2.00 Nasogel MQ’s
9.98 ECB
2.00 ECB

New total: $0 ( I payed $.24 in tax)
ECB earned: 15.98

Summary:
Product value: $130.76
Total OOP: $1.01
Total ECB spent: $57.96
Total ECB earned: $83.88

So…have you done any shopping?