Archive for February, 2009
Bath and Body Works…again! Oh, and Victoria Secret too!
I hit the mall again tonight with my stash of coupons! Bath and Body Works was having a pretty good sale to go with the coupon I was using. I had a coupon for $10 off of $30. There was a sale where you get a free signature collection lotion free with any signature collection purchase. There was also a buy 2, get 1 signature collection item sale going on.
Here’s what I got:
(1) Cucumber melon signature collection lotion $10.50
(1) Moonlight path signature collection bubble bath $12.00
(1) Midnight Pomegranate signature collection body splash $12.00
(1) Japanese Cherry Blossom signature collection body splash $12.00
(3) Night Blooming Jasmine body splashes (regular $10.50, clearance priced at $2.62 each)
Subtotal: $54.36
Used:
$10 off $30 Bath and Body Works coupon CRT from purchase in December (have to call and take a survey to get coupon code)
Free signature lotion with any signature purchase
Free item for buying two signature products
New total: $21.86 + tax
Not bad for $78 dollars worth of stuff from one of my favorite stores! I’m pretty caught up on birthday presents for all the girls in my family now! 
It’s a good thing since there are tons of March birthday in my family. I think I’m claiming the bubble bath for myself though!
Then I went to Victoria Secret and picked up my free 1 oz. tube of Pink Energizing Body Lotion. You can get the coupon for this here.(Thanks Deal Seeking Mom)
Here’s the loot!
Rite-Aid fun for Valentines
Guess how I spent Valentine’s night? At drugstores! My husband was working…
Big time profit a Rite-Aid this week!
Here’s the loot…
And here’s the breakdown…
Transaction #1
(1) Garnier Fructis hairspray $2.99
(1) Finesse conditioner $2.99
(1) Durex Play lubricant $6.00
(3) Bayer low dose 36 count $1.99 each
(1) Nivea a kiss of hydration lip balm $2.99
(2) Revlon Fablash Mascara BOGO $6.99
(10) Reese Whipps candy bars 2/$1.00 or $.50 each
Subtotal: $32.93
Used:
$5/$25 Rite Aid coupon
(1) $1.00 Garnier styling product MQ
(1) $.75 Finesse MQ
(2) $1.00 Revlon MQ’s
(1) $1.00 Nivea lip product MQ
(5) $1.00 off of 2 Reese Whipps MQ’s
$10.00 Gift of Savings Certificate
New total: $9.18 (+ tax) paid with a gift card
Will recieve:
$2.00 Revlon rebate
$2.00 Nivea rebate
$6.00 Durex rebate
$2.99 Garnier rebate
$2.00 Finesse rebate
$10.00 Rite Aid gift card for purchasing 3 Bayer products
Summary:
Total value of products: $32.93
Total OOP: $9.18 on a gift card
Total rebates/giftcards: $24.99
I just made money shopping at Rite-Aid! Sa-weet! Happy Valentine’s Day!
(lovely tulips courtesy of my husband)
Check out other drugstore deals at The Centsible Sawyer’s Drugstore Divas!
CVS, will you be my Valentine?
Sad. My husband had to work tonight so I spent Valentine’s picking up a few last minute deals at drugstores! How romantic!
But what is sweet, is that I spent almost nothing!
Here’s my CVS loot…
And here’s the breakdown. I went to two different stores and used my card and my husband’s card. That’s the only way you can get 6 cards…
Transaction #1
(3) American Greetings Cards $.99 each
(1) Boost Kid Essentials $13.99
(1) CVS hand sanitizer $1.19
Subtotal: $18.15
Used:
$2/$10 CVS coupon (from scanner)
Free boost kid essentials MQ
$1.00 off CVS brand hand sanitizer (peelie)
$4.00 ECB’s
New total: $1.15 (+tax) ??
ECB’s earned: $3.00
Somehow my OOP was $1.15 but that makes no sense. My reciept is really messed up. It shows I used $24.00 worth of coupons, but I only had $18.15 worth of items. It’s showing a $4.00 coupon that I did not use. I also know that I used $4.00 ECB’s but I shouldn’t have needed that many. That’s what you get for not paying attention at the register. Oh well. I didn’t do too badly.
Transaction #2 (at a second store)
(1) Colgate Total Advance 7.6 oz $3.67
(3) American Greetings cards $.99 each
(4) J&J First Aid kit $.99 each
(1) CVS cotton round 25 count $.99
Subtotal: $11.59
Used:
$2/$10 CVS coupon (from scanner)
$1.50 Colgate MQ
(3) $1.00 off J&J MQ’s (had another one somewhere…don’t you hate that!)
(1) $1.00 off skincare CVS coupon (Reinventing Beauty mag)
$4.00 ECB’s
New total: .09 (+tax)
ECB’s earned: $5.00
Transaction #3, 4, 5 (These transactions were identical)
(1) CVS cotton round 25 count $.99
Subtotal: $.99
Used:
(1) $1.00 CVS skincare CVS coupon (from Reinventing Beauty mag)
New total: $0.00 (no tax )
ECB’s earned: $4.00
Summary:
Total product value: $32.71
Total OOP: $1.24
ECB’s used: $8.00
ECB;s earned: $12.00
Total savings:$31.47
Oh, the tulips? They didn’t come from CVS. My hubby got me those for Valentine’s Day!
Check out other CVS deals from this week at The Centsible Sawyers CVS Superstars!
Fancy Nancy
Posted by Bethany in Motherhood, Picturesque on February 14, 2009
I fell in love with Fancy Nancy after reading her very first book several months ago. Rebekah got a Fancy Nancy doll and a few of her books for her birthday and Christmas gifts. Now, Fancy Nancy is a must at bedtime and several times throughout the day. Rebekah loves “Neesah”.
She has a Madeline doll as well that she’s quite fond of.
CVSing this week
Ohhh, it has been awhile since I’ve posted! Goodness. I’m hoping to post more frequently soonl I’m also hoping to revamp my blog a bit so that all my frugal posts are all in one place and my others will be in another. That way, I can keep them separate. I did get a new camera (yay!yay!yay!) so I think I’ll be more motivated to blog about “other” things. I felt lost this past year with only a camera phone.
Well here’s my dealio at CVS this week. I went on Thursday, mostly for the Madascar 2 DVD deal for a Valentine’s day gift for my kiddos. I didn’t want to purchase a lot of candy as gifts and when I saw this deal come out, the week of the Procter and Gamble insert, I thought this would make a great gift. Here’s my loot…
And here’s how it went…
Transaction #1
1 Gillette Fusion Gamer razor $7.99
2 Pampers Easy-Ups Jumbo $9.99 each
1 Dawn dish washing soap $.99
3 Gillette shampoo $5.99 each
1 Madagascar 2 DVD $19.99
Subtotal: $66.92
Used:
$10/$50 CVS coupon (I get these almost weekly at the scanner machine at my store)
$15 off Madagascar 2 for purchasing $20 in P&G products
(2) $2.00 off Pampers MQ’s
(3) $2.00 off Gillette shampoo MQ’s
(1) $4.00 off Gillette Fusion razor
(1) .50 off Dawn MQ
26.99 in ECB’s
New total: $.43 (+tax)
ECB’s earned: $13.00
Transaction #2
(2) Glade Air Fresheners $.99 each
(1) Gillette shampoo $5.99
(1) CVS aspirin 10 ct vial $1.99
Subtotal: $9.96
Used:
$2/$10 CVS coupon (also got a few of these this week from the scanner machine)
(1) $1.00 off Glade Air Freshener CVS coupon (from scanner)
(1) $1.00 off two Glade Air Fresheners MQ
(1) $2.00 off Gillette shampoo MQ
(1) free 10 count vial of CVS brand aspirin CVS coupon (from scanner)
New total: $1.97 (+ tax)
Earned $3.00 ECB’s
Summary:
Total value of purchases: $76.88
Total OOP: $2.40 (on a gift card)
ECB’s spent: $26.99
ECB’s earned: $16.00
So, I kinda burned a few ECB’s but I don’t really mind, since that’s a great deal on diapers and I got the DVD for a gift. I spent less on all these items than I would if I’d bought just the shampoo at Wal-Mart! I still have quite a stash of ECB’s so I don’t mind burning them sometimes! And the purpose is to keep from having to pay much out of pocket money, and I didn’t spend ANY out of pocket money!
Check out other CVS deals this week at The Centsible Sawyer’s CVS Superstars!