Do You Have Time To Save Money?

While I was at CVS this week, a lady passed by me when I was searching my stash for a coupon. She looked me right in the eye and said, " I would do that if I had time." I have heard this several times, as I am sure you have too. What exactly does this mean? It makes no sense to me. I always think to myself, "You don't have time to make money?"

As the old adage goes, Time is Money, right? Let's take a look, here, at the money I spent this week. By my calculations I spent approximately $37 at Kroger and CVS.

When my thinking was as polluted as the above mentioned, I would have spent roughly $150 at Walmart this week and not gotten near as much food and stock up items.

So, to my way of thinking, I just made a little over $100. Not too shabby for 5 minutes worth of coupon clipping heh?

Kroger 3/27/09

I did two seperate transactions at Kroger. The 5th Avenue store didn't have any of the $1 (marked down) Totinos, so I stopped at 1st street for those.

1st transaction:

3 Buddies Soaps $0.99 each. Used $3/3 catalina. Total free

2 Ore Ida Fast Fries $0.99 each. Used (2) $0.50 coupons they mailed me. Total free

10 Pillsbury Rolls $1 each WYB 4. Used (3) $0.40 off 2 and (4) $0.25 off from insert.

It gave me $3 off again instead of the $2. I gave a pic of my receipt below, so you could see the $2 off and the $1 off.

4 Kraft Cheese $1.50 each (not pictured)

Total spent $11.77. Total # of items 19

2nd transaction:

5 Totinos Pizza Rolls (cheese only) $1 each. Used (5) $0.35 off from insert. Total $0.30 each

3 Buddies Soaps. used $3/3 catalina. Total free

Total spent after coupons $1.75

Kroger 3/25/09

Look at the clearanced items I scored! JACKPOT!

1st transaction:

Strawberries Clearanced @ $0.59

Kroger Italian Bread clearanced @ $0.79

Mushrooms clearanced @ $0.48

2 Band-Aid Butterfly Closeures $0.83 each. Used (2) $1 off from insert. Total free

Dole Salad Mix $0.38. Used $0.55 off from S.S. machine just above the mies. Total Free

Celery clearanced @ $0.38

Whole Chicken clearanced @ $2.99

2 Totinos Pizza Rolls $1 each. Used (2) $0.35 off from insert. Total $0.30 each.

1 Kroger Gallon Milk $2.50. Used $1 off catalina from last week. Total $1.50

1 Kroger Pizza Rolls (splurge!) clearanced @ $2.19

3 Buddies Soaps. Used $3/3 catalina. Total free

Total before coupons $17.64, after coupons $5.98

2nd transaction:

I accidentally grabbed 10 of the Pillsbury Pizza doughs and rolls instead of 8 and it gave me $3 off instead of just $2.. Definitely gonna try this again Friday. They are on sale for $1 each WYB 4.

5 Pillsbury Pizza Doughs $1.25 each. Used (5) $0.40 off coupons from insert

2 Pillsbury Grands Biscuits $1.25 each. Used $0.50/2 printable here

2 Pillsbury Breadsticks $1.25 each. Used $0.50/2 from peelie

1 Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls $1.25. Used $0.35 off printable here

3 Buddies Bars $2.98, used $3/3 catalina. FREE

Received $3 off for Pillsbury promotion instead of $2

Total before coupons $13.98. Total after coupons $3.57

CVS 3/25/09

I absolutely have to get batteries for my camera! Uggg this pic looks horrible, not to mention I am not technologically advanced enough to turn off the time/date stamp!

I splurged a bit today at my 2 favorite places. CVS & Kroger. Nothing like a $2 splurge for a little pick me up!

1st transaction:

1 Crest Prohealth Enamel $3.49, Get $3.49 in ECBs. Used $1 off coupon from P&G insert. Total $1 profit after ECBs.

2 Glade Aerosols $1.89 Buy 2, Get $1 ECB. Used BOGO free Q from insert. Total $0.50 each. There were some $1 off 1 Q's in the inserts but I didn't have those. If you do, free glade after ECB, when you use 2 coupons.

1 Kotex Lightdays Longs (48 ct.) $3.99, GET $2 ECBs. Used $1 off from insert. Total $0.99 after ECBs.

1 CVS Cupholder Wet Wipes. $0.99. Used $1 off CVS Skin care coupon from February Beauty Mag. Total Free

1 Elmers Paintastic Paint Brushes clearanced at $3.

1 Quick Peal Letters (300 ct.) clearanced $2.50

Used $5.99 in last weeks ECBs and paid $8.57 OOP and received $2 ECBs, $3.49 ECBs, $1 ECBs,

$2 CRT on Essence Skin Care, $2 CRT on Zantac, $2 CRT on Nyquil.

2nd transaction:

3 Blade Shampoo/Conditioner 3/$10, Get $3 ECBs. Used (3) $1 off any Blade, CVS Q. Total $4 after ECBs.

1 Crest Prohealth Enamel $3.49, Get $3.49 ECBs. Used $0.75 off from P&G insert. Total profit $0.75 after ECBs.

1 Kotex lightdays Liners (60 ct.) $3.99, Get $2 ECBs. Used $0.75 off from insert. Total $0.25

1 CVS Baby Wipes $0.99. Used $1 off CVS skin care from February Beauty Mag. Total Free

1 Huggies Natural Care Wipes $3.49. Used $3 off printable (gone). Total $0.49

I got into a little coupon discussion w/ the mgr. and I knew Target allowed this but just found out so does CVS. You can use a CVS coupon AND a mfr. coupon on the same item, even the ECB coupons for specific items. Example: You have a CRT (cash register tape) coupon that printed at the bottom of your receipt for $2 off any Revlon cosmetic. You can ALSO use a $2 off insert coupon for the same item! Sweet, she made my day a little brighter.

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