No pictures this time. I don't feel like I got the best deals, but I didn't do that badly either.
Walgreen's - it was a candy kinda day. I don't need any meds or toiletries. They had different kinds of candy on sale and I had coupons that could be combined with a sale as well as a few store and manufacturer coupons that could be stacked. I also had $4.50 in Register Rewards from a previous shopping trip - $3 of which needed to be used today or I would lose them. I ended up spending $14.06 and saved 22.46. That's almost 62% savings. I did end up getting 4 three-packs of gum which were on sale for $1.50. That's not the cheapest I've gotten them, but it was Extra, and we like it, and the kids will probably get some in their stockings at Christmas.
I spent quite a bit at Jewel. They had Charmin Toilet Paper for $15.99, plus I got a $3 Catalina. It was for the one that has 15 Mega Rolls - the equivalent of 60 regular rolls, so that brings the average to 21¢ a roll. They had a Instant Savings Sale where you buy 10 items (you can mix and match), and you get $5 automatically deducted from your bill. Included in this sale were Cool Whip (different varieties) - I got 12, including the chocolate Cool Whip, because it's a really good snack with strawberries or fruit. Yummy! They also had Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Crackers on sale. After the rebate, they were $1 each, so I ended up getting 10 packages of Goldfish Crackers. And I had to buy 8 more things to bring it up to an even multiple of 10, so I got 2 packages of Olive Oil and Rosemary Triscuits, 2 packages of Oreo Double Stuff Cookies, 2 packages of Wheat Thin Stix, and 2 boxes of Quaker Chewy Granola Bars.
They also had 12-packs of soda for sale. But you had to buy multiples of 4 to get a good price. I got 4 12-packs of Dr. Pepper and 4 12-packs of Fresca, and they were $2 each when I got 4 of them. Not too bad. The prices at Aldi are more expensive than that. The last time I bought a bunch of soda like that was probably in April, and I still have some left. I'm going to send Andy out to get some Diet Coke at that price.
When I went to pay, I had a catalina for $10 on the purchase of $100 or more. I hurried and gave the cashier that coupon, because if he scanned the coupons before applying that catalina, the balance would dip below $100 and I wouldn't be able to use it. But we got it in there in plenty of time. Then he scanned the remaining coupons and the $10 in additional catalinas, bringing my total down to $83.30. I saved $84.95 - over 50%. (I am happy when I can get groceries at half price!)
And my last trip was CVS. I got 3 packages of cotton balls, 3 bottles of Suave body wash, 1 Suave Deodorant and 2 bags of Starburst (because I had a coupon for Buy 1, Get 1 Free). I also had a coupon for a free Milky Way, so picked that up, too. The coupon that I had for the Starburst was actually for a maximum value of $4.29. The Starburst were on sale for $3.59 each, or $3.00 each for 2 or more. So I ended up paying 86¢ each for 2 14oz. bags of Starburst! Today's savings at CVS was over 60%.
I know I could probably do without the candy, but it does help as incentives for the kids.
So, not great, but not bad either.
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