cereal!

Well this week has been major busy but i have been trying to keep up my frugal ways. Sunday i went to church, stopped by walgreens to pick up the tribe since my paper man is worthless and i didnt receive mine! i then came home and started to sort my coupons. I have a lot that im trying to use up before the end of the month, and CVS and Target are helping me some this week.

Cvs had there antiwrinke cream for free after Ecbs and i had $1 off coupon so it was a $1 money maker for me. I had no ECBS left since i used them on all the summer clearance so i was starting from scratch. not a bad week to start but not as great as i once remember. What is happening to all the free stuff?? i did get the mouthwash and toothpaste for .25 cents after ECBS, i want to go back today or tom and see if i can work a candy deal. Not a great week but i thought it was time to jump in before next months new book.

Target is helping reload my cereal stash. we were down to one box, Kix (anakin wont touch the stuff, I guess mom approved but not kid?) So i was trying to figure out how to get some breakfast food without killing my food budget. So last night i bought cheerios, 2 box of cinnamin toast crunch (our fav), and lucky charms. My totals was $6.32 but i got back $5. So it was like getting 4 boxes for 1.32. not bad. Today i went back, because i needed to get juicy juice, dish washer tabs, 2 bottles of nursery water, and got 4 more boxes of cereal. My total was $11, so i used my $5 and spent $6 but then got back $5. woohoo talk about some good shopping. So total OOP 11.32 and $5 to roll again. i have a few more sets of coupons so ill prob go back and get another set. we wont have to worry about cereal for the next 4 months. maybe i can use my breakfast money for some xmas gifts.

Oh and the best part of the day, i took grandma and grandpa a thank you package for helping me so much with the kids. i was able to take 2toothpaste, mouthwash, shampoo, dishwash tabs, and a box of cheerios. Now that she is retired they really try to watch their budget even more, so hopefully they can do something they enjoy with the little extra this will save.

what better than to be paid to shop!!=)

i have always loved shopping, but now that i can get paid to shop i love it even more. I was all geared to shop at walgreens today, so that i could use my handy dandy $10 off 40 coupon. Little did i know, that it would work out so great! i sat down for 1 hour and gathered all the info i need from other blogs and websites. I took all my coupons and organized them. I knew what i wanted and had a back up plan in place. I hadnt taken advantage of any of the FARS yet and im glad i hadnt. I ended up doing 2 transactions, because we needed some more free stuff when i got home! =)

trans #1

pure water pitcher $7.49- $5 man cpn this is normally a $29.99 pitcher! awesome deal
crest pro health tp $4.49 -.75 man cpn
pert $3.79- $3.00 man cpn FAR
dimetap $3.99 X3 got back $10
water filter $6.99 FAR
crest prohealth mouth wash $3.79- .75 man cpn FAR
rev nail polish $4.79-$2 man cpn
exceredin $3.99 FAR
dove chocolate 2 for $3- 2 $1 man cpns
then used the $10 off $40
So my total out of pocket was more than i like $23.19, but heres the kicker i got back a $10RR and a $4 RR from the dimetap and the crest!!
And im going to get back around $27 in rebates!! (27-23.18-14RR) so they paid me around $17 to shop. So i had to go back one more time. i had forgot nursery water and milk

so transaction #2

Bic gift pack clearance $4.99-$4 man cpn this is awesome it had a soliel razor, 4blades a loafa, & moisturizer
schck quatro razor $3- $2 man cpn
loreal wrinkle cream $16.49 FAR- $2 man cpn
hanna montana pens .09 X3 xmas gifts
quatro razor refills $4.99- $4 man cpn
2 pencil bags .39
pur water flavor to go with my new filter $3.24- $3.00 man cpn
panty hose 3X 1.19
lypsm lip $1.99 FAR
chex mix 2X .99 - (2) .50 man cpn the dumb $1 wouldnt print for me =(
2 nursery water $3- .55 man cpn
milk $2.99
then used the $10 off $40 and the $10 and $4 from the RR on trans #1

my grand total was 10.37 and im getting back 16.99 & 1.99 for the far items. So paid once again $8. With gas up to $5 a gallon we can use all the help we can get. So i think all put some of these things back for xmas and patiently wait for my walgreens gift card. =)