Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Couponing Deals for the week of 02/25/2018

Couponing can be overwhelming and/or time consuming~ I was there.  Completely overwhelmed with coupons and deals.  It doesn't have to be.  My advice to new couponers is to take it slow.  Start by picking up a Sunday paper and focusing on 1 deal for the week and adding on as you feel more confident and comfortable.  Soon you will be couponing like a pro :)

If have ECB's and/or Register Rewards, go ahead and apply them to this week's deals to lower your out of pocket expense :)

To keep things super simple, here are my top couponing deals that are $10 and under:

CVS
Deal #1
Colgate Total, Optic White, Enamel Health or Sensitive toothpaste- $3.99
Use $2 Colgate toothpaste cpn from 02/25 SS
Pay $1.99 and get $1 ECB
This deal has a limit of 2

Deal #2
Purex- $2.99
Use $0.50 Purex cpn from 02/11 RP
Pay $2.49 and get $1.50 ECB

Deal #3
Colgate Total or Optic White mouthwash- $5.99
Use $2 Colgate mouthwash cpn from 02/25 SS
Pay $3.99 and get 1 ECB

Deal #4
Kleenex- $4/3
Use $1 CVS Coupon Center cpn 
Use $0.50/3 Kleenex cpn from 01/28 SS
Pay $2.50

Walgreens
Deal #1
Xtra laundry detergent- $0.99
Pay $0.99

Deal #2
M&M- $6/2
Use $1/2 Walgreens Savings book cpn
Use $1/2 M&M cpn from 02/25 RP
Pay $4

Deal #3
Ziploc- $4/2
Pay $4 and get 1000 points

Deal #4
Tide Simply- $2.99
Use $1 Walgreens Clip to Card cpn
Pay $1.99

These are only a few of the amazing deals CVS and Walgreens have to offer.  To see more deals and matchups, click here for CVS and click here for Walgreens :)

Monday, February 26, 2018

Our Menu Plan for the week of 02/26/2018

How was your weekend?  We had a nice weekend at home playing all the board and card games we had :)  It was so much fun :)

Here is our menu plan for this week:

Breakfast
Overnight Oats with fruit X2
Pumpkin muffins with fruit X2
Banana Pancakes with fruit X2
Cereal with fruit

Lunch
Egg Avocado (Egg Salad) with fruit for me
Sandwich with carrots, apple slices, blueberries and grapes for everyone else or leftovers

Dinner
Chicken Alfredo Pasta with broccoli and salad
Chicken Tater Tot Casserole with peas and salad
Tacos with corn and salad
Pasta with meatballs, green beans and salad
Baked Spaghetti with peas and salad
Homemade Pizza and Movie Night :)
Pasta with cheese sauce, broccoli and salad

Snacks and Desserts
Apples
Grapes
Bananas
Strawberries
Carrots
Popcorn
Pretzels
Tortilla Chips with salsa
Chocolate PB Nice Cream
Rice Cakes with PB
Celery with PB and raisin

Friday, February 23, 2018

Walgreens deals for the week of 02/25/2018

Things to keep in mind when shopping at Walgreens:
1) You must have as many items as manufacture's coupon
2) Register Rewards (RR) are considered manufacture's coupons
3) You are allowed 1 manufacture's coupon and 1 store coupon per item
4) When redeeming a Register Rewards against the same offer will not receive another RR


Walgreens has a program called Balance Rewards. You earn points you can later redeem. Click here to read more about this program.

Xtra- $0.99

Mars or Dove chocolate- $7/2
$1/2 Mars Easter minis or Dove Easter Egg Walgreens Savings book cpn
$1/2 Mars Easter M&M, Dove, Snickers, Twix, Mini Mix or Variety cpn- 02/25 RP

Hershey or Cadbury Easter- $9.50/3
$2/3 Hershey Easter cpn- 02/25 SS

M&Ms- $6/2
$1 M&M Walgreens Saving book cpn

Ziploc- $4/2 and get 1000 points

Palmolive- $0.99
$0.25 Walgreens Clip to Card cpn OR
$0.25 Palmolive Ultra cpn- 02/25 SS

Clairol Nice N Easy or Root Touch Up- $14/2
$5/2 Clariol hair color cpn- 02/25 SS
$2 Clairol hair color cpn- 02/25 SS

Post or Quaker cereal- $1.88
$1/2 Quaker oats or Oatmeal Square cereal cpn- 01/21 RP

Tide Simply- $2.99
$1 Tide Walgreens Clip to Card cpn

Angel Soft or Quilted Northern- $5.99
$1 Walgreens Clip to Card cpn

CVS deals for the week of 02/25/2018

Don't forget to....
1) Go to cvs.com/email and sign up for the ExtraCare email
2) Stop by the Red ExtraCare coupon center and get CVS cpns
3) You can use a manufacturer's cpn along with a CVS cpn
4) You can use a B1G1Free cpn along with a B1G1Free sale to get both products for FREE

Colgate Total, Optic White, Enamel Health or Sensitive toothpaste- $3.99 and get $1 ECB- Limit 2
$2 Colgate Total, Optic White, Enamel Health or Sensitive toothpaste cpn- 02/25 SS
$0.50 Colgate toothpaste cpn- 02/25 SS

Hershey Easter kisses, eggs, minis or Cadbury- $8/3
Use $2 CVS Coupon Center cpn

Tide Pods or Gain Flings- $4.94
Use $2 CVS App MFR cpn

Purex- $2.99 and get $1.50 ECB
$0.50 Purex cpn- 02/11 RP

Easter M&M- $6/2 and get $1 ECB

Spend $10 on Wet N Wild and get $3 ECB

Spend $10 on NYX and get $4 ECB

Spend $12 on LA Girl cosmetics and get $6 ECB

Spend $10 on false lashes, brow pencils or Kiss nails and get $4 ECB

Spend $10 on Beauty 360 cosmetic brushes or implements and get $4 ECB

Spend $12 on Sally Hansen and get $5 ECB

Loreal Preference or Excellence- $17/2 and get $4 ECB
$2 Loreal Preference or Excellence cpn- 02/11 RP
$5/2 Loreal Preference or Excellence cpn- 02/11 RP

Clairol Nice N Easy, Natural Instincts or Root Touch Up- $14/2
$5/2 Clairol hair color cpn- 02/25 SS
$2 Clairol hair color cpn- 02/25 SS

Dove body wash or bar- $14/2 and get $2 ECB
$1 Dove body wash cpn- 02/25 RP
$0.75 Dove bar cpn- 02/25 RP

Irish Spring body wash or bar- $8/2 and get $3 ECB

Colgate Total or Optic White mouthwash or rinse- $5.99 and get $1 ECB
$2 Colgate mouthwash cpn- 02/25 SS

Dawn- $0.99
Use $0.25 CVS App MFR cpn

Kleenex- $4/3
Use $1 CVS Coupon Center cpn
$0.50/3 Kleenex cpn- 01/28 SS

Spend $14 on Physicians Formula and get $10 ECB

Dove Promise, Easter, Chocolate dipped fruit, almonds or Easter Mars chocolate minis- $6/2 and get $1 ECB
$1/2 Mars M&M, Dove, Snickers, Twix, Minis Mix or Variety cpn- 02/25 RP

Spend $12 on Gold Bond or Cortizone 10 and get $3 ECB
$1.50 Gold Bond cpn- 02/25 SS
$1 Gold Bond cpn- 02/25 SS
$1 Cortizone 10 cpn- 01/28 SS
$1 Cortizone 10 cpn- 01/07 SS

Spend $10 on Band Aid, CVS Bandages, ointments or creams and get $4 ECB

Spend $12 on CVS or Beauty 360 disposable razors and get $4 ECB

Spend $12 on Icy Hot, Aspercreme or Capzasin HP and get $3 ECB
$1 Icy Hot, Aspercreme, Capzasin, Sportscreme, Arthritis Hot or Flexall cpn- 01/28 SS


Thursday, February 22, 2018

Our Shopping Trip~ 02/21/2018

Just another grocery shopping Wednesday :)  Dropped Nathan off at church and away we went to the store :)  Thankfully, we didn't need a whole lot so shopping was a breeze :)

Here are our shopping trip details:

CVS
$4.00- Irish Spring body wash X2
$0.99- Extra gum
$4.99
-3.75 ECB
$1.54- Total and got $2.99 ECBs

Sams Club
$3.96- Lettuce X2
$3.98- Strawberries
$7.94- Total

Walmart
$4.00- WW Rotini X4
$1.24- Carrots
$1.27- Bananas
$1.34- Taco Sauce
$1.00- Chobani yogurt
$1.30- Eggs
-1.00 Chobani cpn
$9.15- Total

Aldi
$3.78- Grapes
$3.19- Ham
$0.45- Salt
$1.99- Almond Milk
$1.29- Italian Dressing
$1.39- Potatoes
$1.95- Greek Yogurt X3
$2.97- Spaghetti Sauce
$1.89- Kettle Chips
$5.98- Apples X2
$1.89- Tortillas
$2.19- Pepperoni
$3.58- Blueberries X2
$2.58- Tomatoes X2
$3.92- Cucumbers X8
$1.59- Tortilla Chips
$1.70-  Bread X2
$1.79- Bagels
$1.49- Ketchup
$45.61- Total

This trip will be included in our February Spending Post.  Our February Monthly Spending post is where we document what we spend for the month.

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Couponing Deals for the week of 02/18/2018

Couponing can be overwhelming and/or time consuming~ I was there.  Completely overwhelmed with coupons and deals.  It doesn't have to be.  My advice to new couponers is to take it slow.  Start by picking up a Sunday paper and focusing on 1 deal for the week and adding on as you feel more confident and comfortable.  Soon you will be couponing like a pro :)

If have ECB's and/or Register Rewards, go ahead and apply them to this week's deals to lower your out of pocket expense :)

To keep things super simple, here are my top couponing deals that are $10 and under:

CVS
Deal #1
Extra or Eclipse gum- $0.99
Pay $0.99 and get $0.99 ECB

Deal #2
Softsoap hand soap or Irish Spring 3pk bar- $4/2
Pay $4 and get $2 ECB

Deal #3
Speed Stick- $5/2
Pay $5 and get $2 ECB
This deal has a limit of 2

Deal #4
Physicians Formula mascara- $9.99
Use $3 CVS Coupon Center cpn
Pay $6.99 and get $7 ECB

Deal #5
Tide Simply, Downy or Bounce- $2.94
Use $1 CVS App MFR cpn
Pay $1.94

Walgreens 
Deal #1
Gillette G3 or G5- $7.99
Use $1 Walgreens Clip to Card cpn or $1 cpn from 02/11 RP
Pay $6.99 and get $5 RR

Deal #2
M&Ms- $6/2
Use $1 Walgreens Savings Book cpn
Pay $5

Deal #3
Tide- 4.99
Use $2 Walgreens Clip to Card cpn
Pay $2.99

These are only a few of the amazing deals CVS and Walgreens have to offer.  To see more deals and matchups, click here for CVS and click here for Walgreens :)

Monday, February 19, 2018

Our Menu Plan for the week of 02/19/2018

How was your weekend?  We had a nice weekend.  Hubby, Chris and I went out Saturday to see the last of the Maze Runner series in the theater.  The rest of the weekend was family time :)

Here is our menu plan for this week:

Breakfast
Overnight Oats with fruit X2
Pumpkin muffins with fruit X2
Banana Pancakes with fruit X2
Cereal with fruit

Lunch
Egg Avocado (Egg Salad) with fruit for me
Sandwich with carrots, apple slices, blueberries and grapes for everyone else or leftovers

Dinner
Chicken Alfredo Pasta with broccoli and salad
Chicken Tater Tot Casserole with peas and salad
Tacos with corn and salad
Pasta with meatballs, green beans and salad
Crockpot Lasagna with peas and salad
Homemade Pizza and Movie Night :)
Burgers, hot dogs, Mac & Cheese, carrots and salad

Snacks and Desserts
Apples
Grapes
Bananas
Strawberries
Carrots
Popcorn
Pretzels
Tortilla Chips with salsa
Chocolate PB Nice Cream
Rice Cakes with PB
Celery with PB and raisin