Couponing Finds Weeks 3 & 4

Week 3

Buy for Less: Blue Bell Ice Cream Reg. 4.99 on sale 2 for $7.00. I used 2 $1.00 off coupons so I scored 2 for $2.50 each, and since B4L is not like Homeland and you don't get the unit price no matter what quantity you buy, I paid $3.99 for the 3rd one with my $1.00 off coupon. : / (Lesson learned!) Lays were on sale for $1.88. Peaches were $0.99 a lb., and the dressing was on sale for $0.99 with my $1.00 off coupon so it was FREE!!

CVS $10.00 gas card with the purchase of $30.00 worth of select products: Doritos and Tostitos were on sale 2 for $5.00, Palmalive dish soap was on sale for $0.88, Gatorade was on sale 2 for $1.99, Edy's Ice Cream was on sale B1G1 Free with a reg. price of 5.99, and I had a $1.00 off coupon for the "green" bag tag so it was free. I get a $1.00 extra care buck every 4th time I use the tag. Last, I received a $10.00 Shell gift card for FREE!

Walgreens: Complete was on sale (or regularly price, not sure, can't find my receipt) $7.99 and I received $8.00 register rewards so it was FREE!!

Walgreens: 8 ct. pop tarts were on sale for $1.99 each and I had a $1.50 off coupon on 3 so these were $1.50 each.

Items not pictured: I puchased chinet plates for $0.50 and a small dial lotion for $0.09! I also purchased 2 bags of Lays for $2.00 each so we are set on Lays for a while.

Week 4

Homeland had a great sale this week! The cereal and pop tarts were on sale $5.00 off when you purchase 5. The Crunchy cereal and Special K were $0.99 each with my doubled $1.00 off coupon, and the Frosted Mini Wheats were $1.99 because I did not have a coupon. The 12 ct pop tarts were $1.49 each. The pilsbury muffin mix was $0.49 with my doubled $0.35. The Jiff was $0.99 with my doubled $0.50 coupon. The smuckers were $0.69 each with my doubled $0.50 and $1.00 coupon. The biscuits were on sale 2 for $0.88. Lastly, my 3 bottles on KC Masterpiece were FREE with my $1.00 off coupons no doubling necessary!!

Not pictured: I made a second trip to Homeland to purchase another 5 boxes of 12 ct pop tarts for $1.50 each, which is a really good price. Now Josh has a 4 month supply!

Walgreens: Gillette was on sale this week. When I puchased $30, I received $10.00 in register rewards. I used 2 B1G1 free coupons on the body washes, and 1 B1G1 free coupon on the deoderant. I also used a $4.00 off coupon on the razor which comes with 2 blades (a pleasant surprise!) and received $5.00 in register rewards for the razor. So, I got the razor for $0.89 and the body wash and deoderant for $0.91 each.

Also at Walgreens: 1 Sobe Lifewater was $0.99, and I received a $0.99 register reward so it was FREE! The Tide was on sale for $3.99 each. I used 3 $3.00 off coupons and received $3.00 in register rewards for spending $10.00 so these were FREE too!! Then, I purchased an additional Sobe Lifewater for $0.99 and a LaffyTaffy for $0.15 so that I could use the $5.00 register reward from the Gillette transaction.

Homeland: I picked up the wrong Knorr pasta. Only a few of them were on sale, and the manager did not do my return correctly so I paid $0.80 each, but they should have been $0.29. The Blue bunny was on sale for $2.99 and I used a $1.00 0ff coupon that doubled so I scored it for $0.99!

CVS: Crest Pro Health was on sale for $4.50 each. I used 2 $2.00 off coupons and received $5.00 in extra care bucks so both of these were FREE!! The ban was on sale for $2.99. I used a $0.75 coupon and received $2.00 in ECB. So it cost me $0.24! The 8 ct. Excedrine was on sale for $0.99 each and I received $1.98 in ECBs so these were FREE as well! Lastly, the toothpaste was on sale for $2.79. I used a $1.00 off coupon and received $2.00 in ECBs so this one was actually a $0.21 money maker!

Note: In looking back, I should have asked to do two transactions and purchased the Crest pro health first and then used the ECBs from it to purchase the rest. It was early...

Target: I found this file organizer on clearance for $3.38. I am going to file my extra inserts in it. :) The tank top was on sale for $7.00, and I had a $3.00 off coupon so it cost me $4.00. The nail polish is the same deal from my last post so it cost $0.04.

All prices this week are before tax. Time for bed. I'm going to skip the proof reading this week. Hope it all makes sense. :)

Couponing Finds - Weeks 1 & 2

I've decided to try my hand at couponing and see how much I can save. Here are my first few finds: CVS: Cetaphil face wash Reg. $10.29 Last week it was BOGO 1/2 off, and I used 2 $1 off coupons. So I scored two for $6.72 each. The Carefree liners were free with my $1 off coupon!

Target: This nail polish cost me $0.04 + tax (Reg. $2.04). I used a $1 Sally Hansen manufacturer coupon and a $1 Sally Hansen Target coupon.

CVS (I think can't find the receipt): A lady at work swears by Mitchum deoderant so for $1 each (Reg. $3.99?) I thought I would give it a try. I'll let you know how it works out. :)

Homeland: Ronzoni Healthy Harvest pasta Reg. $2.09 each. I paid $0.04 each using my Homeland card and a $1 coupon that doubled.

Week 2

Homeland: Michelinas frozen entrees Reg. $1.50. I paid $0.60 with a 10 for $10 sale and 2 $1 off 5 coupons that doubled. Softstix cheese stuffed pretzels Reg. $3.29. I paid $0.99 with my Homeland card and a $0.50 coupon that doubled. These are already gone. I've gotta go get some more. They were yummy! The eggs were on sale for $0.99, and we were running low so I snagged this deal too.
Crest: I am not sure what the retail price is of these Lunchables with Fruit, but I got them for free with a 10 for $10 sale and $1 off coupons!

Walgreens: The Airwick refills were 2 for $5 this week. I used 2 $1 off coupons and scored the plug in warmer for free with the purchase of the 2 refills so let's say they were all a $1 each! The Dove deoderant was on sale this week for $3.99 and you get a $3 register reward at check out. I used a $1 off coupon so this deoderant was free!!

Guest Room Furniture

I'm a little late in writing this post, but I'd like to give a BIG shout out & thank you to Josh's Mom & Step Dad for giving us their bedroom furniture for our guest room.

We were given their sleigh bed, sweater chest, and we were supposed to get their night stand too but there was a mix up so for now we have one of their old end tables. I am hoping to eventally find some sort of night stand that is a little bit taller because the bed sits considerably higher than height of the end table.

Sleigh bed & end table:
Sweater Chest (before):I changed out all of the knobs on the sweater chest to give it a different look, but I didn't take a good before picture. The black knobs on the bottom in the picture above are what was on the Sweater Chest, and here's the complete new look:
Now we just need guests to go along with our guest room furniture :)

Revamped Dresser

I bought this dresser for $30 off of Craigslist. It was being kept in a storage facility so I think the owner was happy to get rid of it, and I was happy to bring it home with me. :)

She is solid wood with dove tail joints. She had a few rough spots, but not too many compared to other pieces that I have bought before.I decided that I wanted to try my hand at staining this go around, so I decided to try out the "pottery barn" look that I have been seeing more and more on Miss Mustard Seed's Furniture Friday.

Here is the final product. I think Josh is really happy with how it turned out. Every time he passes it he says, "Dear, your dresser looks REALLY good!" After the 4th time of hearing that, I began to wonder if was he doubting my mad crafting skills. : ) I am really in love with the final look. After I stained the top of the dresser, I had to just stand back and stare at it for a good minute becuase the stained top turned out so pretty.

I painted the bottom of the dresser with Antique White Valspar from Lowes. I was able to use the oil based primer and paint that I used on my china cabinet that I did this summer so I had no expense in paint! I also already had the Strip-Ease for stripping the top of the dresser.

I purchased English Chestnut Minwax stain and Wipe on Poly for the top, and I purchased a dark bronze Rustoleom spray paint and I already had the white primer for the knobs and handles.

My First My Digital Studio Creation

I was planning on doing another post tonight, but I got a little wrapped up playing with Stampin' Up!'s My Digital Studio, which is a digital crafting software. A year after our trip to New York, I thought now would be the perfect time to tackle scrapbooking our trip as I learn how to use MDS. Here's my first page. It is going to be the cover page, the first one you will see when you open the front cover.

Michael Buble

For my birthday this year, my hubby bought me Michael Buble tickets! I was super excited and even more excited when he told me the tickets were 10th row front and center. :) However, being a music concert amateur I didn't think to bring my camera with me, which was really disappointing because I could have gotten some really great pictures, but I was able to snap a few decent pictures with Josh's phone. Here they are:

Shoebox Swap

I've been meaning to share these pictures for a while now. Back in July, Stampin' Up! had its annual convention for Demonstrators. I didn't attend this year due my quick trip to Portland for a very important friend's weddding, but I am hoping to save up for next year's convention as I have heard several wonderful things about it, and all of the pictures that I have seen make it look like the Disney World of Stampers. : )

Anywho, all of that to say that these are pictures of cards/3-D projects that I made at a Non-Convention Go-ers Shoebox Swap.

Hope you enjoy!