March 2009
Posted 03-01-2009 at 02:39:20 PM by MamaBird06
Food/hh/eating out: 123.91/150.00
Savings: 300.97
Clothes/haircut: 24.21/25
Savings: 17.02
Gifts: 0/75
Gas: 50.01/75
Cigarettes: 24.69/60~DH QUIT wo hoo!! Cold turkey for 2 weeks now!!
Entertainment: 0/20
savings:6.00
March 31:
Target on the other side of town, told dh about my lightbulb deal and that i still had r/c for 4 so he wanted me to do it again, so i went and got 4 more, 3 gillette bodywash/shampoos fac, and ds a pair of jeans 2.48 and ls t 1.48 for next fall.
OOP: .31! a g/c bal
Savings: 25.06
mcdonald's: total splurge, got a 1.00 large drink for the free redbox code and we were thirsty, filled it up and it was leaking from the bottom, so got another cup and another code! woohoo. LOL
oop: 1.08 for a drink and 2 codes.
savings: 1.00
March 30th: cvs: got my free always coupon just in time to use at cvs, also picked up some mm'sand jelly beans:
OOP: 0 (2.14 put on g/c)
Savings: 14.60
Target: what a bad experience, wanted to use r/c on light bulbs and coupons, manager didn't want to do it, but finally okayed it.
OOP: 0 (.30 on g/c)
Savings: 15.44
March 29th: newspaper 1.50
March 26th, went a little wild shopping today, but the sales were too good to pass up.
Price chopper 1: oj, peanut butter, chicken breasts (awesome deal, .88lb, plus used 3 .55/1 coupons, eggs, kraft crackers .49 a/c.
OOP: 13.71
Savings: 32.87 73%
hyvee: butter, ginger, 10 lbs flour, 2 bags of salad, onion eggplant
OOP; 10.86
Savings: 7.25
Aldi's: 10 lbs potatoes, filters, green peppers, lemon juice
OOP: 7. 23
Price chopper 2: forgot cilantro so had to go to another store on the way home. cilantro, 2 jars of pb, 4 cans of fisher cheese curls.
OOP: 2.67
Savings: 9.14
dh: pop 1.06
March 24th: hair cut for ds
hyvee pizzas, ice cream, choco and reg milk, can you tell i was in the mood to splurge?
OOP: 11.24
Savings: 5.00
newspaper 1.50
March 21:
Target: another quaker deal, didn't have much coupons but after dh and ds ate a box of the granola's i went ahead and did one more deal to also get the bday rebate on them. also found trident splash on clearance and gillette bodywash for 2.00
OOP: 2.76 (7.87 on g/c) Left w/5.00 g/c
Savings: 12.52
Walgreens:
Pullups and a free water w/entertainment q
OOP: 4.84
Savings: 5.48
March 20:
Target, another quaker deal and some other freebies, got overage on a few items. got 4 r/c for the bulbs that would have been free. may go back tomorrow as i have coupons enough for 8...
OOP: 0 (7.13 on g/c)
Savings: 20.13
hen house: short dated yogurt, veggies and juice
OOP: 3.71
Savings; 13.61
Aldis: oranges 2 4lb bags, bananas and tomatos
OOP: 5.18
Walmart: went to try to price match the bulbs at target, but wm doesn't carry that size. So got a few other items instead, no overage this time though:sad:
OOP: 1.74
Savings: 12.30
March 17:
Target: 3 johnson's buddies and 5 bags of quaker quakes!
OOP: 5.51
Savings: 10.20 got 5$ g/c
Aldi's: oranges
OOP: 1.39
March 16
CVS: overage on aquafresh, and playskools, got a chocolate bar for filler.
OOP: 0 (1.06 on g/c)
Savings: 6.90 got 1 ecb
March 15
CVS: 1
irish spring, colgate, newspapr, stacy chips, clearanced, and 3 true north clearanced:
OOP 0 (13.11 on g/c and 4.50 in q's)
Savings: 24.77
CVS 2: finished up the pepsi snack deal, got two oj's and 1 baked lays. Also got 2 airfreshner as filler and candy as filler
OOP 0 (2.09 on g/c)
Savings: 18.75 have 9.80 on g/c left and 6 ecbs. Time to start cvsing again!
March 14: hen house, decided to hit the last of the 13th sale cause i needed bananas and a newspaper. Also snagged 2 4packs free yo+ yogurt after markdown/sale/coupon
OOP: 4.25
Savings: 6.06
March 13th:
Hyvee: attempted the unilever deal, cat didn't print, grrh. Called/emailed, hope to hear from them on monday. Got 4 ragus and 11 lipton sides for
11.79 oop
4.55 coupons savings
hyvee round 2: So when i was walking out i saw those spring into savings booklets and grabbed one. Didn't look at it until home and saw that they had a free redbox code in it. Waited for dh to get home and went back up there to get a movie and milk that i forgot. Also stopped by c/s and asked about using a catalina coupon i got at dillons. They said it was okay. So i go find the scott e/s that is on sale for 5.87, the 12 double rolls, well they were out and i asked an employee and they said theywould substitute the 12 mega! roll for the same price, so I got 12 mega roll scott e/s for 3.87 a/c. Plus 2 1/2 gal milk for 1.18 each.
OOP: 6.80
Savings: 6.05
march 10:
got a 25$ g/c inthe mail for cvs for rewards, used it to get dh's rx filled, used new rx crt, so got the g/c reloaded w/25$ so i got rx for free essentially. plus should get 1ecb back since i had ds's rx filled last month, not sure how that works, we don't get rx's very often.
target:
oranges, oj, bananas, fruit snacks
OOP: .90 used g/c
Savings: 14.50
march 8:
newspaper 1.50
CVS:
OOP 2.15 vitamen water
March 5th:
McChicken sandwhich 1.08
Price chopper: markdown city! Went in for potatoes 10lbs on sale for 1.89, also got green peppers 2/1, free kelloggs fruits snack for ds's kids club free item of the month. Free wrigleys gum, markdown items: dannon single yogurt cups .69-.50 markdown each- 1/10 coupon, so 10 for .90. Flour markdown .99, reeses cereal 1.85-1/1=.85. There was more stuff i was interested in but, trying to do the pantry challenge so resisted, plus i left some coupons in the car.
Grand total: 5.22
Savings: 18.95
Walgreens: just went in for W pullups and free ritz, but found clearance trident white, yeah and gortons popcorn shrimp: Got 1 pack of pullups, 4 small boxes of ritz, 6 packs of trident and 1 box of shrimp.
OOP: 6.06
Savings: 21.66
Hen House: 3 dozen eggs and 1 gallon of milk
OOp: 5.18
Savings: 5.82
March 4: cigs, gas, haircut
March 2: Dh, gas and cigs
OOP: 12.92
March 1:
Just 2 newspapers, dh is going to check work again and see if there are any inserts, last time he brought paper home the inserts were gone, but i told him to keep checking anyway!
OOP: 3.00
Savings: 300.97
Clothes/haircut: 24.21/25
Savings: 17.02
Gifts: 0/75
Gas: 50.01/75
Cigarettes: 24.69/60~DH QUIT wo hoo!! Cold turkey for 2 weeks now!!
Entertainment: 0/20
savings:6.00
March 31:
Target on the other side of town, told dh about my lightbulb deal and that i still had r/c for 4 so he wanted me to do it again, so i went and got 4 more, 3 gillette bodywash/shampoos fac, and ds a pair of jeans 2.48 and ls t 1.48 for next fall.
OOP: .31! a g/c bal
Savings: 25.06
mcdonald's: total splurge, got a 1.00 large drink for the free redbox code and we were thirsty, filled it up and it was leaking from the bottom, so got another cup and another code! woohoo. LOL
oop: 1.08 for a drink and 2 codes.
savings: 1.00
March 30th: cvs: got my free always coupon just in time to use at cvs, also picked up some mm'sand jelly beans:
OOP: 0 (2.14 put on g/c)
Savings: 14.60
Target: what a bad experience, wanted to use r/c on light bulbs and coupons, manager didn't want to do it, but finally okayed it.
OOP: 0 (.30 on g/c)
Savings: 15.44
March 29th: newspaper 1.50
March 26th, went a little wild shopping today, but the sales were too good to pass up.
Price chopper 1: oj, peanut butter, chicken breasts (awesome deal, .88lb, plus used 3 .55/1 coupons, eggs, kraft crackers .49 a/c.
OOP: 13.71
Savings: 32.87 73%
hyvee: butter, ginger, 10 lbs flour, 2 bags of salad, onion eggplant
OOP; 10.86
Savings: 7.25
Aldi's: 10 lbs potatoes, filters, green peppers, lemon juice
OOP: 7. 23
Price chopper 2: forgot cilantro so had to go to another store on the way home. cilantro, 2 jars of pb, 4 cans of fisher cheese curls.
OOP: 2.67
Savings: 9.14
dh: pop 1.06
March 24th: hair cut for ds
hyvee pizzas, ice cream, choco and reg milk, can you tell i was in the mood to splurge?
OOP: 11.24
Savings: 5.00
newspaper 1.50
March 21:
Target: another quaker deal, didn't have much coupons but after dh and ds ate a box of the granola's i went ahead and did one more deal to also get the bday rebate on them. also found trident splash on clearance and gillette bodywash for 2.00
OOP: 2.76 (7.87 on g/c) Left w/5.00 g/c
Savings: 12.52
Walgreens:
Pullups and a free water w/entertainment q
OOP: 4.84
Savings: 5.48
March 20:
Target, another quaker deal and some other freebies, got overage on a few items. got 4 r/c for the bulbs that would have been free. may go back tomorrow as i have coupons enough for 8...
OOP: 0 (7.13 on g/c)
Savings: 20.13
hen house: short dated yogurt, veggies and juice
OOP: 3.71
Savings; 13.61
Aldis: oranges 2 4lb bags, bananas and tomatos
OOP: 5.18
Walmart: went to try to price match the bulbs at target, but wm doesn't carry that size. So got a few other items instead, no overage this time though:sad:
OOP: 1.74
Savings: 12.30
March 17:
Target: 3 johnson's buddies and 5 bags of quaker quakes!
OOP: 5.51
Savings: 10.20 got 5$ g/c
Aldi's: oranges
OOP: 1.39
March 16
CVS: overage on aquafresh, and playskools, got a chocolate bar for filler.
OOP: 0 (1.06 on g/c)
Savings: 6.90 got 1 ecb
March 15
CVS: 1
irish spring, colgate, newspapr, stacy chips, clearanced, and 3 true north clearanced:
OOP 0 (13.11 on g/c and 4.50 in q's)
Savings: 24.77
CVS 2: finished up the pepsi snack deal, got two oj's and 1 baked lays. Also got 2 airfreshner as filler and candy as filler
OOP 0 (2.09 on g/c)
Savings: 18.75 have 9.80 on g/c left and 6 ecbs. Time to start cvsing again!
March 14: hen house, decided to hit the last of the 13th sale cause i needed bananas and a newspaper. Also snagged 2 4packs free yo+ yogurt after markdown/sale/coupon
OOP: 4.25
Savings: 6.06
March 13th:
Hyvee: attempted the unilever deal, cat didn't print, grrh. Called/emailed, hope to hear from them on monday. Got 4 ragus and 11 lipton sides for
11.79 oop
4.55 coupons savings
hyvee round 2: So when i was walking out i saw those spring into savings booklets and grabbed one. Didn't look at it until home and saw that they had a free redbox code in it. Waited for dh to get home and went back up there to get a movie and milk that i forgot. Also stopped by c/s and asked about using a catalina coupon i got at dillons. They said it was okay. So i go find the scott e/s that is on sale for 5.87, the 12 double rolls, well they were out and i asked an employee and they said theywould substitute the 12 mega! roll for the same price, so I got 12 mega roll scott e/s for 3.87 a/c. Plus 2 1/2 gal milk for 1.18 each.
OOP: 6.80
Savings: 6.05
march 10:
got a 25$ g/c inthe mail for cvs for rewards, used it to get dh's rx filled, used new rx crt, so got the g/c reloaded w/25$ so i got rx for free essentially. plus should get 1ecb back since i had ds's rx filled last month, not sure how that works, we don't get rx's very often.
target:
oranges, oj, bananas, fruit snacks
OOP: .90 used g/c
Savings: 14.50
march 8:
newspaper 1.50
CVS:
OOP 2.15 vitamen water
March 5th:
McChicken sandwhich 1.08
Price chopper: markdown city! Went in for potatoes 10lbs on sale for 1.89, also got green peppers 2/1, free kelloggs fruits snack for ds's kids club free item of the month. Free wrigleys gum, markdown items: dannon single yogurt cups .69-.50 markdown each- 1/10 coupon, so 10 for .90. Flour markdown .99, reeses cereal 1.85-1/1=.85. There was more stuff i was interested in but, trying to do the pantry challenge so resisted, plus i left some coupons in the car.
Grand total: 5.22
Savings: 18.95
Walgreens: just went in for W pullups and free ritz, but found clearance trident white, yeah and gortons popcorn shrimp: Got 1 pack of pullups, 4 small boxes of ritz, 6 packs of trident and 1 box of shrimp.
OOP: 6.06
Savings: 21.66
Hen House: 3 dozen eggs and 1 gallon of milk
OOp: 5.18
Savings: 5.82
March 4: cigs, gas, haircut
March 2: Dh, gas and cigs
OOP: 12.92
March 1:
Just 2 newspapers, dh is going to check work again and see if there are any inserts, last time he brought paper home the inserts were gone, but i told him to keep checking anyway!
OOP: 3.00
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