What a way to end the month!

I've only been blogging for 2 months now and I can truly say that blogging has become a new found passion of mine and I absolutely love sharing all of my great deals.

For us, May has been a great month to stock up for the summer. I've gotten free BBQ sauce, .4 cent boxes of snacks @ Target, .25 cent canisters of lemonade and free cans of tomato sauce just to name a few... and today, FREE Propel Water! My pantry is packed and overflowing...and I love it!

After having dinner with my family tonight, we headed over Kroger so I could finish out a few of this week's deals. The customer behind me in the check-out line even made a comment on how impressed he was with my final total!

For all of the items above, I paid $9.37!

Here's my transaction:

(5) Dannon yogurt cups: .50 ea (used a .50 coupon)

FP: .30 ea

(2) Sierra Mist sodas: $1 (used BOGO free printable)

FP: .50 ea

(1) 3lb. bag of apples: $3.57

(1) 1/2lb Boar's Head sliced turkey: $4.23

(1) Webber grill spice: $1 (used .50 mc)

FP: FREE

(14) Propel Water: $1 ea (used 14 .50 mc's...from a tear pad @ Walgreens)

FP: FREE

Used 3 reusable Kroger buy back bags: -.15

Total before coupons: $27.15

Total after mc's & $1.50 Kroger coupon : $9.05 (.32 tax) = $9.37

How did you do this month and what was your favorite "sweet deal"? Please leave a comment, I'd love to hear! Have a wonderful weekend....see you in June!

FREE Kraft Mayo

I'm loving Target this week!

Target has Kraft mayonnaise for $1.99 this week. When you couple it with a Target $1 printable and a $1 mc from http://www.coupons.com/ or the Kraft website, its FREE!

Here's the link for the Target printable:

http://sites.target.com/site/en/supertarget/page.jsp?title=coupons_specials&ref=sc_iw_l_1_0

50% clearance @ Target

Target has many food and household items at 50% off. I got all of the items above for close to the same price as the little cute "Girls Night Out" gift bag!

Here's how:

(4) Kraft dressing 8 pouch packs : $1.18

used $1 printable from Kraft and http://www.coupons.com/

FP: .18 ea

(1) Taco Bell dinner kit: $1.14

used $1 mc from All You magazine

FP: .14

(1) Bounty designer paper towel roll: .98

used .25 mc

FP: .73

(2) Chinet Cut Crystal dinner & snack plates: $2.38

used 2 $2 mc's

FP: .38 ea

(1) Cottonelle 12 roll: $2.44

used $1 mc

FP: $1.44

(1) Dawn Simple Pleasures: $1.64

used $1 mc from a home mailer

FP: .64

(1) gift bag: .70 ( I love this little bag!)

Total before coupons: $16.38

After coupons: $5.13 (.68 tax)

Used a $5 gift card & paid .81 cents!

Trips to CVS & Walgreens

I really wasn't prepared for CVS & Walgreens today because of the holiday and spending time with family & friends for the past few days. But, after looking at the ads last night, I got my coupons together this morning to try and take advantage of some the great deals. I'm so glad I did, because I only paid $2.79 OP for all of the items above!

CVS:

For the past few weeks CVS has been a little light when it comes to earning ECB's, well this week makes up for the "little slump"! There are many great deals this week where items come out to be free, plus money makers!

This week, if you buy 2 Neutrogena sun care products, you earn $10 in ECB. The 1.0 fl. oz. size of Neutrogena Ultra Sheer SPF 55 ($1.99) actually works for this deals! The UPC code is 070502487921. I had a $2 CVS coupon off any Neutrogena product, which made this deal even sweeter!

Here's the scenario:
Buy (2) Neutrogena Ultra Sheer SPF 55: $1.99 ea
Total: $3.98, plus tax
Earn: $10 ECB
$6.02 MM!

I searched my store for a while and finally found these at the checkout counter in a round tube.

My CVS transaction:
(2) Neutrogena Ultra Sheer tubes: $1.99 ea (used $2 CVS Neutrogena cp)
(1) Tums 72 ct: $2.99 (used $1.25mc & $2 CVS Tums cp)
(1) Band-aids: $2.29 (used .50mc)
(4) SOBE Life Water: 1.59 ea. BOGO Free (used 2 BOGO Free printables)
(2) Life Fitness Energy gum: .62 ea ($1.50 CVS Life Fitness cp)
(1)Speed Stick Pro: $3.99

Total Before Coupons: $17.67
After coupons & $7 ECB used: .24 (.11 tax) = .35 OP
Earned $15.99 ECB's ($10 Neutrogena, $2 Band-aids, & $3.99 Speed Stick)

WALGREENS:

I earned many RR's last week, so I purchased a few grocery items from Walgreens. Plus I was happy to take advantage of the BOGO free Dixie plates & napkins too.

Walgreens transaction:
(2) Dixie plates: $3.79 BOGO free ( used 2 .50 mc's)
(2) Dixie napkins: $3.39 BOGO free (used FREE napkin coupon when you buy 2 Dixie plates from All You magazine)
(2) Reach toothbrushes: $2.50 ea. (used BOGO free mc)
(1) Colgate toothpaste: $2.49 (used $1 mc)
(3) Trident gum: .66 ea after in-store coupon (used 3 .75 mc's)
(2) Bush's baked beans: 1.79 ea.
(1) Milk: $1.79
(1) Eggs: $1.59

Total before coupons: $24.03
Total after coupons & $12 RR used: 1.49 (.95 tax) = 2.44 OP
Earned: $4.50RR ($3RR Reach & $1.50RR Colgate)