Monday, March 8, 2010

My New {Favorite} Hobby!

***For those of you wondering where the recipes are for freezer cooking, I haven't forgotten! They're coming! Also, I apologize for the lack of a cute header. I'm not only lacking the cute header, but any and all creative inspiration for one: sooo, we wait for my creative mojo to come back.***

So, when I did our freezer cooking for February, Cameron's only complaint was that we didn't have enough snack food. I decided that in March, that would be different. Although, we absolutely HAD TO stick to our budget. I did my research, and found some great deals on YUMMY snacks.

I found a coupon online for $1 off Keebler's new Cheesecake Middles cookies...and printed five of them. One of my favorite blogs told me that these cookies were also a part of a Buy 5 get a $5 giftcard back. So, we went to Target where that blog also told me that the Cheesecake Middles cookies were on sale for $2.25. Here's how it went down:

We grabbed 5 packages of the Keebler Cookies: total $11.25. Used 5 $1 off coupons. Total: $6.25. Got a $5 giftcard back, which brings the total to $1.25 or $.25 a box! I then handed the giftcard back to Cameron, who had 4 boxes of Wheatables and 4 $1 off coupons.

Basically, we got 9 things of snack food for $6.
 

After that, we found Gold Medal flour on sale for $1.50. I had six $.75 off coupons. We got 30lbs of flour for $4.50. And then we decided to try to opt out of our recently renewed costco membership. [lol.] 
My favorite trip happened today, though. We got all this: 



for less than $4!

Without coupons and rebates, my total was: $56.49!
I saved over 92%! 

2 Old Spice Body Washes
2 Old Spice Deodorants
1 John Freida Shampoo
1 John Freida Conditioner
1 John Freida Hair Spray
4 Biore Face Washes
and
A New Eye Shadow Compact

I did 3 different transactions.
John Freida products were 3 for $15.
I used 1 $3 off of $15 Rite Aid coupon
2 $3 off any John Freida Product
1 $1 off Root Awakening Product
and I'm submitting for a $5 SCR on Rite Aid.com 
Total: FREE [plus $.82 tax]

Transaction #2: 
Old Spice Stuff
I used another $3 off $15 Rite Aid Coupon
I also had 2 coupons for buy a deodorant get a body wash free
Then I used a $1 off of 2 deodorants
I tacked a 75% off eye-shadow onto this transaction which made the total 6.06
I'm submitting this for another $5 SCR on Rite Aid.com
Total: $1.06 [because of the eye-shadow, otherwise this would be FREE too!]

Transaction #3:
Biore
I had a coupon for free biore cleanser with the purchase of nose strips. They were on sale 2 for 10 and I bought 4 bringing the total to 20. I used 1 $5 off of $20 coupon from Rite Aid's video values coupon site. Then I used 2 FREE cleansers with purchase of nose strips coupons. They also had cleansers with a save $2 on 2 peelies, so I used one of those, which brought my total to $4.03, but I'm submitting for a $2 SCR on Rite Aid.com.
Total: $2.03

All total:.82 + 1.06 + 2.03 = $3.91

Worth it.
I'll definitely be doing this again. :)

8 comments:

Dustin said...

Ok, you got me... what is Rite Aid SCR?

Kristin said...

Single Check Rebate. You input your receipts on their website and they send you one check for all of your purchases each month. I'm up to $12 so far!

Dustin said...

Great job! I'll definitely need to look in to Rite Aid! How do you get all the "$3 off" coupons, etc? Online or in a newspaper ad?

Lindsay said...

where do you get your coupons? i wouldn't even know where to start looking...

Melissa Zuber said...

Isn't is fun! I think it is a total rush. Like I am stealing, but I am not! Awe coupons!

Ashley said...

Kristen!
Um...YES we can get together next time you guys are down south! You can teach me OAMC in my kitchen. ha! ...or we could just order pizza and play games. I smell fun times ahead!
Love ya girl!
Ashley

Stacey said...

Have I ever told you that you are my hero? I'm not kidding, when I grow up I want to be as cool as you!

Wayne said...

WOW...you 2 are quite the shoppers. Ade & I are going to have learn from you regarding this coupon stuff. That is impressive, the money you saved. I thought OLD SPICE was just for "old guys" like me. My Dad use the cologne & I have done the same my whole life. I buy whatever deoderant is on sale. I don't think i've ever used Old Spice. Wayne