Too. Many. Pictures. :o)

All free with Amazon from surveys! 

(and probably some from Swagbucks!)

This was forever ago..but I think I paid less than $1 for all of this and probably earned more than I spent back or I wouldn't have bought so much junk,  haha.

A fun craft I made for the girls room.  :o)

So, I spent .66 there and noticed some things rang up wrong.  Went back in (to Rite Aid) and got a $13.66 gift card for the difference.  Woot!

A free jug of laundry detergent for being a Purex Insider!

I  can't rememeber what I spent here...  I know the EOS lip stuff was free, as were the candy bars/M&Ms, jellybeans, and the toothpaste. 

Free after UPs!

$5.03 on a gift card!

Box of Spring Cleaning supplies from Bzz Agent and SC Johnson!

I won these Glow Naturals products from another blog giveaway, I *love* them. 

Spent .26, got $4!

.50 on a gift card!  Plus I got back $7.99 in a rebate!

Target freebie!!

PHEW, there I'm all caught up on here (at least with the pictures I took, haha). 

FREE at CVS! 

I had a raincheck. 

Used $13 in ECB, used a $10 coupon, paid $0.00, and got $13 back.  Two identical transactions.

CVS Freebies... spent nothing out of pocket, and even made more money than I thought I would on the raincheck'd candy bars because the ECBs printed out at $2/bar. 

My Black Friday shopping...  I'm so very exciting, I hit up the drugstores with my mom.  :o) 

First up was Rite Aid:

 I did three transactions.  They were all out of the Cottonelle for $1.88 (with $1 UP reward!) so they were substituting Charmin or Scott and just charging .88 for it. 

2 Charmin 4-packs  (.88 each)
1 Motrin PM  ($4)
2 Colgate Total (1.77 each)
2 Hershey's Pot of Gold candy boxes ($3.99 each)
10 Hershey's/Mars candy bars (.50 each)
1 Philips remote control ($4.99)
1 Noxema Razors ($3.99)
1 Got2Be Hairspray ($4.99)
2 Disney figures (.89, and .99)
2 Hair dryers ($9.99 each)
3 boxes of cereal ($1.99 each)
2 Vaseline lotions ($2.99 each)
2 Old Spice deodorants ($2.50 each)

I spent a grand total of $4.08 after coupons, including tax, out of my own pocket (for just over $75 in products!).  I will get back $14.98 in rebates, so already a profit of $10.41...but I also still have UP rewards left ($16!) to spend next time I shop. 

Then we headed to CVS:

They were out of stock on almost all of the Black Friday freebies, but that's okay because CVS is amazing with rainchecks.

1 Eucerin lotion ($6.99)
2 Excedrin (.99)
1 Philips headphones ($6.99)
5 Hershey's candy (.50 each)
1 Munch bar (.22 clearance...filler)
1 Carmex (.99)
2 Old Spice deodorants ($4 each)

Everything was free after ECB except for the Munch bar, lol.  I used mostly ECBs to pay, but I did end up paying a grand total of $1.22 out of pocket.  I donated $1 to St. Judes.  If not for that it would have been .22, but hey, I save more than enough to donate $1 at the register.  :o) 

I did a couple transactions, mostly because they found stuff they were in stock on while I was asking for rainchecks... but I still have $14.94 in ECBs to use next time I shop. 

CVS:  Total spent = $26.17 out of pocket. 

I was looking to buy Toy Story 3 somewhere and I was originally going to get it from Toys R Us, but I would have actually spent more there and ended up with less that I would actually USE.  I figured getting it at CVS would be better because I spent at least $10 less (for items worth WAY more) and we will actually use everything purchased.

So...breakdown:

1 Olay body wash - $6.99
1 trial size Secret - $1
2 Oral-B Power Toothbrushes - $4.99 each
1 Charmin Ultra bonus pack - $9.97
1 Bounty 8pk - $6.97
1 Dawn - .97/each
6 Puffs tissues - .97/each
1 Toy Story 3 dvd - $3.99 for purchasing $25 in select P&G products.

I used two $3 coupons on the toothbrushes, making them free after coupons and ECBs ( got $2 back for each)
I used a $5 coupon wyb any Olay and Secret, making them free after coupon/ECBs (got back $3 for the Olay)
I used two .25 coupons on the Dawn...I thought I gave them 3, they might have missed one, but oh well.
I used five .50 coupons on the Puffs.
One .50 coupon on the Bounty
One $1 coupon on the Charmin.

I also used $7 in ECBs (but then I got back $7 so I didn't lose any ECBs).

So all in all, spent $26.17 for $63.63 worth of merchandise, plus got $7 back.  I normally would have balked at spending the $26, but I figured I had been planning to go drop more for less at Toys R Us and this was overall a better deal considering it was a movie I was going to buy anyway. 

CVS.

I had a raincheck that made these 2 for $3. 

I used a $1 coupon on each box to take my total down to $1.  Used a $1 ECB to take my total down to zero.

Got back a $2 ECB.  So basically they paid me $1 to buy two boxes of oatmeal.  :o)

CVS:

Spent right about $5.  This was 3 transactions.  Spent more than I wanted to but my math was off.  I added the price after ECBs rather than the price before ECBs when I was making up my list. Whoops.

Free at CVS!  :o) 

I used more ECBs than I got back, but hey, still free.  I got back $6 in ECB to spend later.

CVS - There was one more snorkel set.  $4 for everything. 

Rite Aid - Not sure why blogger turned this on it's side.  All free (plus profit!) after UPs and coupons :o)  I had overage so I actually had to run and grab more items to be able to use my coupons.  I grabbed another binder and gave it to my mom for her coupons. 

I'm behind on updating and this is backdated so I don't remember exact prices anymore to do a detailed explanation.

Ran in to CVS today to get the free after coupons/ECBs Tylenol Precise, and they were out of stock.  I did swipe my card at the "magic coupon machine" and got a $1 off any lotion purchase, and they were on sale for .99, so, free!

Well, this *would* have all been .90, but then dh threw a roll of $4.99 tape into my order and declared his mission for the day (to mess me up) was complete.  Hahaha...

Sooooo...  yeah.  :o) 

 CVS:


14 Sobe Lifewaters - Free!

2 flip flops - .75/each

candy bar - .45

2 sets of fabric drawers - $5/ea

:o)  I didn't use any ECBs on this because I wouldn't get any back and I just didn't feel like starting out the next week without any, lol...so I paid something like $12 for all.

CVS.

Transaction 1:

 

I ended up paying .95 out of pocket for all of this.  I used $5 in ECBs to pay with in addition to my coupons, and I got back $5 for the Excedrin, .99 for the gum, and $1.99 for the High Octane chews.  All in all, counting my out of pocket, $2.03 profit. 

Transaction 2:

Paid $0, used a $1.99 ECB, got a $1.99 ECB back.


Transaction 3:

I paid .55 out of pocket, used $15.98 in ECBs and I got a $10 ECB.  I definitely "lost" ECBs on this one, but still, .55 out of my own pocket for 10 shampoo/baby wash/lotions and two pairs of flip flops?  Not bad!  And I'm still left with $10 in ECBs for next week. 

Spent $0!  Got back what I used in ECBs too, so it was all completely free!

10 Vitamin Waters
1 Blink Tears
3 John Frieda
2 Snickers

CVS.

Four transactions.  Started with $11 in ECB.

Paid $0.00 in all four transactions, left with $13 in ECB and all of the above.  Successful trip, I think.  :o) 

I did use rainchecks on the Zegerid and the Dulcolax (neither of which I needed, but were moneymakers!) 

I still have a raincheck for another Blink Tears from last week or the week before, which will be a $1.50 money maker...but they were still out.  I'll check later this week... my mom said I could have her $3 John Frieda coupons so I can get 3 for $1, and I'm going to see if I can find some coupons for the Crest that has ECBs this week and maybe the Proglide razor as well...I didn't check for any online before I left because the kids were playing a game on the desktop and I have a whole baby wipes tub full of coupons I need to sort and put in my binder too. 

I also saw that the Got2Be products were B1G1 and I have $2.50 coupons so I want to check the prices on those...anyone know what they are priced at? 

ECBs I was left with after my trip: