Shopping trips 1/09/10

I went to GE and Wag's tonight- nothing too impressive.  I dragged the guys (son and hubby) with me and that always seems to make me spend a little more with them...

Walgreens's:

*Neosporin Lip healing balm 2/$8
    - $3 coupon (printed off their website)
    - $3 coupon (printed off their website)
"Buy 2 Neosporin, get $3 back"
(Spent $2, got $3 back)

*Hair dye Marked down to $1.29

*Rimmel Lip gloss marked down to $1.59

*Post Honey Combs (sm box) $1.00
*Post Honey Combs (sm box) $1.00
*Post Honey Combs (sm box) $1.00
*Post Honey Combs (sm box) $1.00
     -$1/2 post coupon
     -$1/2 post coupon
($0.50 each- they are SMALL, 4.25 oz- not full size) 

*Ensure 6 ct Strawberry $6.99
*Ensure 6 ct Strawberry $6.99
*Ensure 6 ct Vanilla $6.99
     -$3 coupon
     -$3 coupon
     -$3 coupon
"Buy $20 of Ensure, Get $5 RR back"

Total Merchandise: $14.85
Tax: $0.68
Total Spent: $15.53
+Received $8 Register Rewards back for future spending


Coupon savings: $21.00 (including $4 RR)
WAG Advertised savings: $12.88
Total saved: $33.88


Giant Eagle: 

 No super deals to report- but here are the highlights:

*Green Giant Steamers 
"Buy 4, get $2 off your next meat purchase coupon"
-$0.40/1 coupon.  I had one that was $0.55/1 that I had printed before
$1.20 *3 (3.60) + $0.90 for the other one 
Paid: $4.50/4
Received a coupon or $2 off next meat order.

Paul likes these as a snack- so for him it was a good deal.

*Butterball Turkey Bacon BOGO sale $3.18/2 (or $1.59 each)
-$0.55/1 coupons - so I got them for 49 cents each.   

*Healthy Choice Soup bowls (the microwaveable kind) Sale Price: 3/$5 ($1.66)
"Buy $10 HC and get a $3 off next trip coupon"
I bought 6 of them to hit the $10 mark--
then used 3 $0.75/2 coupons (took off $4.50)
Paid: $5.50 for 6 bowls of soup and received a $3 for my next purchase coupon.

*Trial Size Playtex tampons $0.99
- $0.50 coupon
Paid: Free (I got 5 4 cts- so 20 for free)

*J&J Band Aid (Diego 10 ct) $0.99
- $1 off coupon (she had to override the coupon to 99 cents)
Paid: Free

*V-8 Splash  sale price: $1.99
- $1/2 coupon
Paid: $2.98/2  ($1.49 each) 

I also bought Evan another pack of Mario cards ($3 each!!)
and a 6 pk of Diet Pepsi for me $3.67
plus some cat food and deodorant


Total Spent: $25.45 for 26 items
Saved: $28.54 (53%)
Received coupons for $5 off next purchases




Total for the night:
Spent: $40.98
Saved: $62.42

Total Saved: 60.3%
$13 back in coupons for future purchases


I have to admit that I was MAD at my total spending at Wag's being so high!!  Paul was saying "You're kidding" to me when I said that...no, I wasn't.  Stupid Ensure is crazy expensive- I spent $15 and got $8 back-- so net spent $7 on 3 pks of Ensure and other stuff. Spent $41, got back $13  (net spending of $28)

Well, I will have to use my coupons for next purchases off carefully and plan it out a little better so I spend less out of pocket.

I know it seems weird to buy trial size pks of tampons- but they're 100% free and I had 5 of the coupons- so that's like a reg size box for free- and they aren't cheap.  ($5.99 a box, etc)

There are BOGO meat deals- so I will make sure I use my meat coupon this week to take advantage of that. I think it can be combined with regular mfr coupons too.