i've been plugging along clipping my monopoly money and scoring some deals. some really good deals, actually. but nothing wonderfully fantastic. and my best friend, shaw's, has been a real stingy jerk lately. hence, the lack of posts over the past two months. (well, that and life got a little crazy in that time period.)
today i ran out to do my cvs shopping for next week. (((did you know they start their sales on saturday nights? and that you can shop last week's and this week's deals in the same trip? so sweet of them!))) i also hit my nemesis, the dreaded stop 'n shop, or as i like to call it, stop 'n drop all your money. although, i may need to give them a new nick name, as they have impressed me with some decent deals lately.
my cvs run was as good a score as i've ever had there!
1st transaction:
1 razor at 9.97 less 4.00 coupon and 5 ECB
i spent 1.03 and earned another 5 ECB.
2nd transaction:
1 kellogg's frosted wheat at 3.33
3 packs cvs diapers on clearance at 2.49 each
2 nutrigrain bars at $3.33 each less 1.00 coupon
2 tampax pearl at 2.97 each less 2.00 coupons for each (so, .97 each)
after coupons, i spent .41
i used a $5 off $15 purchase, the 5 ECB from the 1st transaction, and 13 ECB's. i also earned 7 additional ECB's, AND the nutrigrain boxes have $10 worth of coupons for kellogg's products and fresh fruit (great coupons)!
stop 'n shop was the real success story, though:
3 clorox bleach at 3/$5 less 1.00 coupon
3 bags of pretzels at 2.50 less 1.10 coupons (so, 1.40 each)
2 boxes of honeycomb cereal at 1.67 each less 1.00 coupon (so, 1.17 each)
i spent 10.73. eh? what's so great about that? look closely at the honeycomb boxes. closer. see it? each box has a child's ticket for 6 flags inside. those suckers are worth 34.99 each, baby!
my kids have no idea what an awesome mother they have. no idea.
