The Fingernail Tapper Behind Me

I hope everyone had a good Valentine's Day.  I sure did!  Since I had the day off and there were some great sales, I knew this was going to be a big trip and boy-howdy it sure was!

The first stop of the day was Target.
Notables are the Ragu and Old El Paso which is still on the "Buy 10 get a $5 gift card" deal through the 28th.  I had a coupon for Old El Paso also, so it's a great stock-up sale. 
The pork roasts were on sale and I used the incredible $1 off pork coupon which may still be available HERE.  I paid a little over $3 for one and $6 for the other. 
Beggin Strips are on sale for 2/$5.  I used a $1 Q on each making them $1.50 each.
The yellow Glade spray and the purple Glade box were 99 cents after $2 and $4 coupons available at coupons.com or allyou.com/coupons and a $1 coupon available at target.com.

This was Walgreen's. 
The soup was 2 for $4, $1 each after Qs.  Oatmeal was $1.50, no coupon needed.  Life was $2 each and I thought I had coupons but they had expired and I really wanted it.
Deodorant was 2 for $6 with a $4 Register Reward when you purchase 2.  A couple weeks ago, there was a $1 off one coupon in the paper.  I did two transactions and the deodorant was FREE.
The Trident was 3 for $2 with an in-ad coupon.  I had $1 off 3 coupons making them roughly 33 cents each.

This was CVS.  Like last week, the Colgate was free after a $2.50 CVS coupon and a 50 cent manny Q.
The Dove was $1.27 each after $1 off 2 CVS Q and $1 off 2 manny Q.  Gotta have chocolate, after all it *was* Valentine's Day.
The peanut sale was one I have been waiting for.  They were $3.49 each.  I had $1 Qs off each one.  Then, when you spend $15 on them you get a $5 ecb making each one $1.49.

This was Walmart.  It was a huge trip and I knew it was going to be long before we went.  I had coupons that I wanted to use up before they expired on great stockpile items.
Notables:

• Twelve IHOP meals for $1.27 each.  My son loves them.
• Four packs of Vanity Fair napkins.  They are my luxury item.  ;)
• Eight Tai Pei meals.  I used the coupon available at Tai Pei's facebook page that pretty much makes them BOGO.  Plus I ad-matched them to Food City's 2 for $4.
• I had coupons for all the rice that I wanted to use up.  
• The Glade sprays were all 50 cents after the aforementioned $2 Qs
• I had 35 cent coupons for the Mean Green cleaners that were about to expire.  We use Mean Green all the time.
• The Glade warmers were 29 cents each after $1 coupons
• Deodorant was 75 cents each after 75 cent coupons.  I know I get free deodorant all the time, but most of it I give away because my daughter and I are allergic to most of it.  Suave is about the only brand we can use so worth the 75 cents.
• The YOPA Greek Yogurt was 8 cents each after the $1 coupon available when you like Yopa Greek Yogurt on facebook.  
• I had coupons for all the vinegars which was nice to be able to get after we gave all our spices and vinegars away when we were going to move.
• Splurges were the corn dogs for my son, the kite for umm... me and the batting to fix our couch.

My total at Walmart was $243.  Then I handed the cashier my 87 coupons.  Ten at a time so I could count them as they scanned.  The lady behind me was pisssssed; tongue in cheek, tapping her fingernails on the belt.  I might have felt bad if she hadn't had other register options available 5 feet away.
Anywho... after coupons my total was $163.  So my 87 coupons saved me 80 dollars.  And even though that's pretty high, it was nice to stock up on some things.

So then we went to Fry's. 
I had only intended on getting the Coke (3 for $9), the butter (I had uploaded a 75 cent store coupon to my store card) and checking on the cereal sale.
I wound up getting the El Monterey for $3.49 a bag, the cookies for 49 cents each (Valentine's on clearance for 99 cents and I had $1 off 2 coupons), the peeps I *had* to have, the yogurts were on sale 10 for $4 and then we found more greek yogurts on clearance for 25 cents each,
The cereal was a bounty of savings.  They were all 2 for $4 and I had some great coupons (still available at allyou.com/coupons and coupons.com) for up to $1.25 off a box.
On top of that, I don't shop Fry's often so it gets by me that they up all coupons to $1.  I need to go there more often.  Because of that policy all my cereal coupons were at least $1 off.
I paid $57 for $115 worth of product.

The last stop was Albertson's.
Like Fry's, I don't shop there often.  I think it is my "pre-coupon brain" kicking in because their prices are usually so high.  But if you shop the sales and combine coupons, you can really get some great deals there.
All the vitamins are on sale and I had coupons for all of them.
The Quaker was on sale for 2 for $4 and I found peelie coupons on them for 50 cents off. 
The eggs were on sale for 98 cents, the milk for $1.79 and the bread for $1.69.
The roasts were BOGO and I had $1 coupons for Hormel roasts from the paper.
I paid $70 for $153 of product.

In all on Valentine's Day I spent $383 on $718 worth of product for a savings of $334 or 46%.

Then I had to ....

put a bookcase full of mostly health & beauty and chemical products in my son's room so I could....

rearrange HallMart.  I wound up rearranging my bathroom cabinet with all my nail polish in it and the drawer unit in my room with health & beauty, pharmacy and candy in it.
Now I'm looking at another bookcase for my room to put all the cereal on.  I think we have about 40 boxes.
*phew*

Using Only Coupons From Today's Paper...

I paid $8.45 for all this at Walmart this morning.

Scar checks out today's purchases

I used the $3 off Poise coupons on items that were $2.97 each and made 12 cents.  They are cooling wipes for menopause, but I'm thinking they could be nice to have during hot weather.

The Wet n Wild nail polishes were 93 cents each and there was a coupon this morning for $1 off one.  I made 28 cents for buying all 4.

The Hawaiian Punch snow cone flavors were on clearance for 50 cents each.

The Yakisoba were 78 cents and I used the 50 cent coupon from today's paper.

In all, I got $25.45 worth of product, saved $17 for a savings of 67%.

The we went to CVS to catch a sale I've been waiting for since I first saw it was coming.

This week at CVS, the Hershey's Simple Pleasures are on sale for $3.  Not a biggie in itself since you can get them any time at Walmart or Target for $2.97... BUT at CVS if you spend $15 on a couple items of which one of them is this candy you get a $5 ecb.
Still not a terrific deal but a couple weeks ago, there were $1.50 off one coupons in the paper and I was able to snag two $1.75 off one coupons for them online.

Then there was a coupon for the Colgate in today's paper for 50 cents off one.  If you go to CVS today and scan your card, you get a $2.50 coupon out of the machine for Colgate.  Stack the two for $3 off one and since they are on sale for $3 - they are FREE (plus tax)

I also used one of my $5 ecbs from the Renu saline solution last week, paid $2.25 for this entire transaction and got another $5 ecb!

 Tazzy loves Activia!

And this is what the cats did to my papers today.

Magnum in the chair.  Tazzy eating yogurt.

Pilot jealous that Tazzy gets yogurt.

Thumper in the kitchen.