tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82333501125106724162024-02-19T07:27:04.463-06:00Full EchoesKaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052516720426500861noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8233350112510672416.post-5991753692112994762012-01-22T20:30:00.001-06:002012-01-22T20:30:10.796-06:00IKEA Rutbo<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div style='position:relative;width:500px;height:500px;'><a href='http://www.polyvore.com/ikea_rutbo/thing.outbound?.embedder=947909&.svc=blogger&id=15192931'><img force='1' border='0' height='500' title='IKEA Rutbo' src='http://embed.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/x/tid/15192931.jpg' alt='IKEA Rutbo' width='500'/></a></div><br/><small><a href='http://www.polyvore.com/ikea_rutbo/thing.outbound?.embedder=947909&.svc=blogger&id=15192931'>IKEA Rutbo</a> (clipped to <a href='http://www.polyvore.com/'>polyvore.com</a>)</small></div>Kaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052516720426500861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8233350112510672416.post-85570180921233917302012-01-20T22:33:00.004-06:002012-01-20T22:35:37.965-06:00White and Gray Kitchen with Open Shelving<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div style="height: 500px; position: relative; width: 500px;">So sorry for the lack of recent updates. (That's really an apology to myself more than anything- I meant to use this as a virtual scrapbook of the house remodeling process and I've just been awfully inconsistant about it. Surprise, surprise.) Anyway, a bit of a fire has been lit under our butts and we've been busy, busy, busy trying to get things all ready...well, livable. The apartment lease is up in 4 weeks and we still don't have texture, paint, cabinets or floors. That's the goal, and in that order....if we can get the floors down before we have to move in, I'll be psyched. Truly. Cuz, you know. Floors are nice to have. It's so easy to get overwhelmed in the middle of this whole process. I just have to remember<br />
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God provides.<br />
We have a house.<br />
We have water.<br />
We have electricity.<br />
And a lot more than we need.<br />
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We're getting there! Slowly, but surely! I'll update with more pics soon!<br />
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Our inspiration board!<br />
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<div style="padding-top: 16px;"><div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=947909&.svc=blogger&id=13621951" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" force="1" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/13621951.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=947909&.svc=blogger&id=13621951" rel="nofollow">IKEA Lill</a></small><br />
<small>$4.99 - ikea.com</small><br />
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<small>$1,399 - potterybarn.com</small><br />
<small><br style="display: none;" /></small></div><div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=947909&.svc=blogger&id=15648275" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" force="1" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/15648275.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=947909&.svc=blogger&id=15648275" rel="nofollow">Steal This Look: Scandinavian Modern Laundry Room : Remodelista</a></small><br />
<small>$748 - remodelista.com</small><br />
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<small>$40 - ikea.com</small><br />
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<small>$60 - cb2.com</small><br />
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<small>$39 - homedecorators.com</small><br />
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<small>$6.99 - ikea.com</small><br />
<small><br style="display: none;" /></small></div><div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=947909&.svc=blogger&id=49585929" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" force="1" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/49585929.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=947909&.svc=blogger&id=49585929" rel="nofollow">White 2-Light Mushroom Flushmount-J0105H at The Home Depot</a></small><br />
<small>$12 - homedepot.com</small><br />
<small><br style="display: none;" /></small></div><div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=947909&.svc=blogger&id=27016259" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" force="1" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/27016259.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=947909&.svc=blogger&id=27016259" rel="nofollow">Shop pendant light at Lowes.com</a></small><br />
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<div style="font-size: medium;"><small><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></small></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><small>On another note, we've started memorizing Colossians 3 with our village. I've really been needing to commit the Word to my heart, and what an awesome place to start. :) This week are verses 1 and 2:</small></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><small>"If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set you minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth."</small></div><br />
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</div>Kaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052516720426500861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8233350112510672416.post-10274736766090181772011-10-09T22:18:00.001-05:002011-10-09T22:27:51.394-05:00First Things FirstFoundation repair looked a little something like this:<br />
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And about 5 G later we have ourselves a solid slab and a nice warranty to back it up.<br />
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While we're talking about "first things," Andrew also made it a priority to do away with this swarming mass of wasps and a few other nests in the backyard. Yes. Crisis avoided.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tada! SO much better! :)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Kaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052516720426500861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8233350112510672416.post-89053935509235021872011-10-09T21:47:00.001-05:002011-10-09T21:51:46.148-05:00No more pad in our pad<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yep, we took out all the carpet. And it was DISGUSTING. Here's a looksie.</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roll em up, move em out! This stuff was HEAVY! Cutting it into smaller chunks with a utility knife was muy smart.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We piled all the carpet up in the garage and hauled it off. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Time for the next laod! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Remember, we're doing this renovation for as little mullah as possible, so renting a big construction dumpster when we can easily haul things off ourselves? No way!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Once the carpet was out, we still had the carpet grabber to remove. A taps with a small pry bar and a hammer and the wood broke and came up pretty easily. The nails into the concrete? No so much. Pull the nails directly out of the concrete left us with big holes in the slab like this:<br />
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</div><div>We learned our lesson pretty quick. A couple taps of the nail on either side with a hammer seemed to loosen it from the hole so that once you were able to pop it out, it didn't take so much concrete with it. See?</div><div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Much better.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div>I did quite a bit of research before pulling out the carpet grabber because at this point we were considering stained/polished concrete floors and I didn't want big old divets or mismatched concrete patches around the corner. When it came down to it though our only other option would have been grinding down the nails so that they were flush with the concrete and that, my friends, sounded like puke in a jar. You heard me right. Plus, we didn't own a grinder...</div><div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pile of carpet grabber.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't let that smile deceive you. This is so far my least favorite renovation project.</td></tr>
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</div>Kaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052516720426500861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8233350112510672416.post-8617745814217225722011-10-09T16:22:00.004-05:002011-10-09T21:51:31.023-05:00Our fixer upper: The "Before"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>The short of is that we found it at a great price- it was an estate being liquidated by the previous owners' heirs. It's ranch-style house built in the late 1950's and we're the second owners. It needs A LOT of work and we have about 5 months to make it livable. Well, 5 months from closing. Now it's more like 3 months... Anyway, lots to do. We're pretty excited about it! And only slightly overwhelmed. :)<br />
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Here's to hoping this will be a place we can share some of the joys and struggles that we have in this new project! :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Basic layout. The L side of the house isn't really drawn out... there are 3 bedrooms and 2 baths over there. :)</td></tr>
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Below are the pics we found when we were house shopping.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice curb appeal, right? ;) Oh, and the garage is 2-car...it's cut off.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Living room. View from the eat in kitchen.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Living room view to the eating area of the kitchen and the hallway that leads to the bedrooms and bathrooms.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hallway to bedrooms and bathrooms.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Master bedroom.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Master bedroom.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Master bathroom.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wqyIWYey5cmch76UfRVyErEYbFm7SJoCRjYP8_uOLkAi1rOq4cHynhvRygUz1KJxf72FhgaddYqwYSBEdAeO_9b_gf-qOJ6TNl-VDHixY9F9GuKUyE7W4lfvmp9jJKQKhz9qJ8lVj1U/s1600/photo+%252810%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wqyIWYey5cmch76UfRVyErEYbFm7SJoCRjYP8_uOLkAi1rOq4cHynhvRygUz1KJxf72FhgaddYqwYSBEdAeO_9b_gf-qOJ6TNl-VDHixY9F9GuKUyE7W4lfvmp9jJKQKhz9qJ8lVj1U/s1600/photo+%252810%2529.JPG" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Largest bedroom.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kitchen.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kitchen. View from the addition.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kitchen. Rockin' a window to the addition. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kitchen. View from laundry area.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laundry area. Addition to the left. Pantry and door to the garage to the right.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stove top.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pantry.</td></tr>
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Thing is, I've learned that my time spent blogging about it- no so worth it. Plus, there are already so many great coupon blogs out there. :)<br />
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For one last blog post on this couponing thing- here's how my couponing routine has changed a bit. Yeah, a new job, a new house (more on that soon!) and less free time always forces me to manage my time better. Here's my new method:<br />
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- Collect 4 papers every Sunday morning.<br />
- Stop by CVS to pick up whatever The Krazy Coupon Lady has deemed a great deal.<br />
- Head home. Label the front of each insert with the date and file them away in an expandable file. I use to clip and file ALL the coupon in a big binder of baseball card holders- SUCH a waste of time! I think it really started to feel stupid at the end of every month when I'd end up having to throw away half of what I had clipped because they had expired.<br />
- Check out the other deals of the week. I've narrowed my stores down to Target (via Cheap Deals on Totally Target), Tom Thumb and the occasional Family Dollar or Dollar General (all via Coupon Mom). Make a list, clip and print coupons from target.com. <br />
-Hit up the stores as I have time. <br />
- file coupons I don't end up using in my baseball card holder binder so I can easily find them later if needed.<br />
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Yay for couponing. Double yay for time-efficient couponing. :)<br />
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On to the next blog-worthy topic- our house the elbow grease we're putting into it!Kaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052516720426500861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8233350112510672416.post-41179091380849079242011-07-30T22:16:00.000-05:002011-10-09T15:42:11.397-05:00CVS Couponing: Week of July 31st: The Plan<div style="color: red; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>2 Skinny Cow Singel Crisp or Cluster Candies, 0.77-1oz </b>$0.99 each</span></span></div><div style="color: red; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Buy 1, Receive $0.99 Extra Buck, Limit 1</span></em></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Use 1 B1G1 Free Skinny Cow Singles Chocolate Candy coupon (RP 7/31)</span></div><div style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pay $0.99</span></div><div style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Final price: free!)</span></div><div style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; line-height: 20px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">1 Bic Soleil Shimmer Razor Starter Kit or Cartridges, 4 ct.</strong><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> $5.99 each</span><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Buy 1, Receive $3.00 Extra Bucks, Limit 1</em>Use 1 $3.00/1 Bic Soleil Disposable or Soleil System Razor coupon (SS 7/10)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; line-height: 20px;">Pay $2.99</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; line-height: 20px;">(Final price: $0.01 Moneymaker!)</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Total Cost: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">$3.98 + tax</span></b></span></div><div style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b>Total OOP for this trip to CVS</b><b>: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">tax only ($4 paid in EB)... maybe I'll add a 10 cent candy to make up the difference...or maybe I'll try handing over the EB first then the manufacturer coupons to see if the manufacturer coupons can be applied towards tax</span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b style="color: red;">EB remaining (for next trip!)</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: red;">:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> $1.99 (I decided not to use a $2 EB this week instead of this one b/c of the expiration dates) and $6 and $2 (all remaining from last week) + $3 and $0.99 (earned this week)= $13.98</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">I also have a free Herbal Essence product (up to a $3.99 value) coupon from a mailer I signed up for several weeks ago that I'll try to use.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">And on another note, I feel like I might need to broaden my drugstore horizons and through Walgreens into the mix. I may peruse the store this week for some cheap Kelloggs cereal, free Crayola markers, L'Oreal foundation(?), money-making toothbrushes, cheap head and shoulders and more! Here's the 4-1-1:</span></span></span><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b>1 Complete Multi-Purpose Solution, 12 oz</b> $8.00</span><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Buy 1, Receive $8.00 Register Reward, Limit 1</em>Use 1 $1.00/1 Complete Multipurpose Solution, 12 oz+ coupon (SS 7/31)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555;">Pay $7.00</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555;">(Final price: $1 MM!)</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555;"><u>Transaction #2:</u></span></span></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">2 Oral-B Advantage 1-2-3 Toothbrushes,</strong><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> $3.00</span><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Buy 2, Receive $3.00 Register Reward, Limit 1</em>Use 2 $2.00/1 Oral-B Advantage Toothbrush, any coupon (PG 7/3) (exp 7/31)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Pay $2</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">(Final price: $1 MM!)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Head & Shoulders Hair Care, 8.5 – 14.2 oz </strong><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">$4.00</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Buy 2, Receive $2.00 Register Reward, Limit 1</em>Use 1 B1G1 FREE Head and Shoulders Shampoo or Conditioner, excludes trial size of equal or lesser value up to $12.99 coupon (PG 7/3) (exp 7/31)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Pay $4</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">(Final Price: $1 each when you buy 2)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">1 Crayola Washable Markers, 8 pk </strong><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">$2.00</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555;">Buy 1, Receive $2.00 Register Reward, Limit 1</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555;">Pay: $2</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555;">(Final price: free!)</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555;">And we'll see about this:</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555;"><b>4 Select Kellogg's Cereals, 12-18 oz,</b> $2.50 each</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Buy 4, Receive $5.00 Register Reward, Limit 1</em></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">Pay: Depends on what coupons I have to match up with these so-called "select" cereals</span></span><br />
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</b></span></span>Kaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052516720426500861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8233350112510672416.post-9034823786958258242011-07-27T20:10:00.000-05:002011-10-09T15:42:11.398-05:00CVS Couponing: Week of July 24th: The Loot<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilIW0-nHnMVkmJNXyLYORMobkjTOa701Pb76bhsYQha2yvnPMX4Lh3Fng6f62DLwdEn3I-HaSYnQzlCm90_e7xUmcp9y68BXVSSMtQ6Gb_YYGPGwzt52qUvyFaZ017e_ZOflfKcnask0g/s1600/photo-4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilIW0-nHnMVkmJNXyLYORMobkjTOa701Pb76bhsYQha2yvnPMX4Lh3Fng6f62DLwdEn3I-HaSYnQzlCm90_e7xUmcp9y68BXVSSMtQ6Gb_YYGPGwzt52qUvyFaZ017e_ZOflfKcnask0g/s400/photo-4.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ3FMzEYbpnz9aA0ywQtReskkEe3aIpoxUWO-H369pKL7AmqXWY-gkB4YwuyI1qDUZWwEP6k0DWrlmbwDIYiQd9p3ggf-wzl9U44hgG_Ip6AqzCrMTTHRXsUfzclZr2kKba-664tjJFks/s1600/photo-5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ3FMzEYbpnz9aA0ywQtReskkEe3aIpoxUWO-H369pKL7AmqXWY-gkB4YwuyI1qDUZWwEP6k0DWrlmbwDIYiQd9p3ggf-wzl9U44hgG_Ip6AqzCrMTTHRXsUfzclZr2kKba-664tjJFks/s400/photo-5.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">This week's loot differed a little from what I planned. All the things I had originally planned to purchase I lumped together in one big transaction with several items missing, as you can see above. I left out the Cheez-Its (somehow at the store they just didn't feels worth it), the razors and shaving cream (they were out and I'm pretty well stocked, so I didn't bother with a rain check), and one of the notebooks (I really only have need for one write now- where I keep track of "to do's" for work).</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Then, the Magic Coupon Machine gave me a $2/2 Shampoos or conditioners coupon! So, I went back today to get my free VO5 shampoo. The cashier lady said, "Isn't it great getting free stuff?" And, yes, I have to agree. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Total value (read: CVS prices totaled before sales or coupons): </span><span style="color: black;">$11.77</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Total OOP:</span> <span style="color: black;">$0.14+ tax = </span><span style="background-color: yellow; color: black;">$0.15</span><span style="color: black;"> (I spent one $7.99 EB)</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Remaining EB (to spend on my next trip!):</span> </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> $2 and $2 and $2 (remaining from last week) + $1.99 and $6 (earned this week) = $13.99</span></b></span>Kaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052516720426500861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8233350112510672416.post-31194037516751832802011-07-24T10:14:00.001-05:002011-10-09T15:42:28.923-05:00CVS Couponing: Week of July 24th: The Plan<div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><u>Transaction #1</u></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br />
</i></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Bausch & Lomb Re-Nu Sensitive, 12 oz</b><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> $7.89</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Buy 1, Receive $6.00 Extra Bucks, Limit 1</i><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></i>Use1 $2.00/1 Renu Fresh or Sensitive Multi-Purpose Solution coupon (SS 6/12)<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Pay $5.89</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"></div><div style="margin: 0px;"></div><div style="margin: 0px;"></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">(Final price: $0.11 MM!)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Paper Mate Grip Pens, 8 ct. </b><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">$1.99</span><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Buy 1, Receive $1.99, Limit 1</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">Pay $1.99</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555;">(Final price: Free!)</span></span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: red;">OOP: </span> $0.88 + tax ($7 paid for with EB)<br />
<span style="color: red;">EB back: </span>$7.99</span></span></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><u>Transaction #2</u></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">4 Cheez-it Snacks Mix, Corn Nuts, Corn Nuts chips, Keebler Crackers, Nabisco Cookies or Crackers, 4-8 oz </b><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">$1.25</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Buy 4, Receive $1.00 Extra Bucks, Limit 1</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">Use 2 $1.00/2 Nabisco Cookies or Crackers coupons (SS 6/19)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">Pay $3</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">(Final Price: $0.50 each)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Buy 2 Schick Quattro Titanium Disposable Razors</b><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> $8.89<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><b>Buy 2 </b></span><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Edge Skintimate Cream (excludes travel size) </b><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">$2.19</span> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">Use 1 B1G1 Free Schick Disposable Razors coupon (SS 6/26)<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />And 2 $1.00/1 Edge Shave Cream coupons (SS 7/24)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">Pay $11.27</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">(Final price: $1.28)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">2 Caliber 1 Subject Notebook, 70-80 sheets </b><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">$0.25, </span><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Limit 8</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">Pay: $0.50</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">(Final price: $0.50)</span></span><br />
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<div><span style="color: red;">OOP: </span>$0.78 (<span style="color: black;">$14.77 paid in EB)</span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;">EB back: <span style="color: black;">$1</span></span></div><br />
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</span></span>Kaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052516720426500861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8233350112510672416.post-78224960980331221052011-07-24T09:48:00.002-05:002011-10-09T15:42:28.924-05:00CVS Couponing: Week of July 17th: The Loot<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNM8hzGrir3I7HuV0ktZwIlVtn_UhebYLFXvm2jhdv_lazvAmRvEo7e4Q9ifbzUfNy1P55yzvBoyKcclQ90wYF0_NndJ36J0uojrMd-ky1gfgPk_xoXz6zvnZvWb-9VCdnAmWacHsFXl8/s1600/photo-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNM8hzGrir3I7HuV0ktZwIlVtn_UhebYLFXvm2jhdv_lazvAmRvEo7e4Q9ifbzUfNy1P55yzvBoyKcclQ90wYF0_NndJ36J0uojrMd-ky1gfgPk_xoXz6zvnZvWb-9VCdnAmWacHsFXl8/s400/photo-1.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">So, I think my plan for this week was all kinds of off.... that's what I get make it while drowsy on a night shift....Here's what actually went down:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: red;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Total value (read: CVS prices totaled before sales or coupons): </span><span style="color: black;">$14.94</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Total OOP:</span> <span style="color: black;">$1.75+ tax = </span><span style="background-color: yellow; color: black;">$1.91</span><span style="color: black;"> (I spent a $5 EB and a $1.69 EB as planned)</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Remaining EB (to spend on my next trip!):</span> </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">$7 + (remaining from last week) + $2 and $2 and $2 (earned this week) = $13</span></b></span>Kaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052516720426500861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8233350112510672416.post-57882785992405279372011-07-17T01:34:00.001-05:002011-10-09T15:42:28.924-05:00CVS Couponing: Week of Juy 17th: The Plan<div><u>Transaction #1 (and only):</u></div><div><u><strong></strong></u></div><span sizcache="4" sizset="110" style="color: teal;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<strong>2 Pantene Pro-V Shampoo, Conditioner, 12.6 oz or Styler, 5.7-11.5 oz</strong> $3.49 each<br />
<em>Buy 2, Receive $2.00 Extra Bucks, Limit 1</em><br />
Use 2 $3.00/2 Pantene Product coupons (SS 6/19)<br />
Pay $3.98<br />
(Final price: $0.99 each)<br />
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<strong>2 Crest Baking Soda/Peroxide, Cavity, Tartar Control, Cool Gel 6.4 oz, w/Scope, 4.4 oz or Children’s Toothpaste, 4.6 oz</strong> $1.99 each<br />
<em>Buy 1, Receive $1.00 Extra Bucks, Limit 2</em>Use 2 $0.75/1 Crest Toothpaste or Liquid Gel coupons (PG 7/3)<br />
or 2 $0.75/1 Crest Toothpaste or Liquid Gel coupons (PG 6/5)<br />
Pay $2.24<br />
(Final price: $0.24 each)<br />
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<strong>2 Oral-B Indicator Toothbrushes,</strong> $1.99 each<br />
<em>Buy 1, Receive $1.00 Extra Buck, Limit 2</em><br />
Use 2 $2.00/1 Oral-B Pulsar, CrossAction, Advantage, or (2) Indicator or Cavity Defense Manual Toothbrushes from PG 7/3<br />
Pay nada!<br />
(Final price: $2.02 Moneymaker total)<br />
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<div style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b>Total Cost: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">$6.22 + tax</span></b></div><div style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b>Total OOP for this trip to CVS</b><b>: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">tax only ($6.39 paid in EB)... maybe I'll add a 10 cent candy to make up the difference...or maybe I'll try handing over the EB first then the manufacturer coupons to see if the manufacturer coupons can be applied towards tax</span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b style="color: red;">EB remaining (for next trip!)</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: red;">:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> $7.99 (remaining from last week) = $1 and $1 and $1 and $1 and $2 (all earned this week) = $13.99</span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">II may also look for the Lumene eye cream I blogged about last week... but I doubt they'll have it. </span></strong>Kaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052516720426500861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8233350112510672416.post-3894223929414786882011-07-10T11:58:00.001-05:002011-10-09T15:42:28.925-05:00CVS Couponing: Week of July 10th: The Loot<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-mDM4feFPeJILrqdU9YCBDT0mFDL81IpG3_93TvXmpn7Qsxw1zhXDAdP3uGuKAunqv8tX6J0dqTMqGOmTA_csZYkwrzBQ36SCuOnwJeVeQFglFBshzwwnqYwoT5ERdb1bPjTJqAhDyU4/s1600/photo-2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-mDM4feFPeJILrqdU9YCBDT0mFDL81IpG3_93TvXmpn7Qsxw1zhXDAdP3uGuKAunqv8tX6J0dqTMqGOmTA_csZYkwrzBQ36SCuOnwJeVeQFglFBshzwwnqYwoT5ERdb1bPjTJqAhDyU4/s320/photo-2.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Total value (read: CVS prices totaled before sales or coupons): </span><span style="color: black;">$9.68</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Total OOP:</span> <span style="color: black;">$0.89+ tax = </span><span style="background-color: yellow; color: black;">$0.95</span><span style="color: black;"> (I spent a $2 EB and a $6.79 EB as planned)</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Remaining EB (to spend on my next trip!):</span> </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> $5 + (remaining from last week) + $1.69 and $7.99 (earned this week) = $14.68</span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Still considering swinging by later this week for some tuna.... I forgot to check it out when I was there today. </span></b></span>Kaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052516720426500861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8233350112510672416.post-15394233026629001892011-07-10T11:26:00.000-05:002011-10-09T15:42:28.925-05:00CVS Couponing: Week of July 10th: The Plan<div><u>Transaction #1:</u></div><div><u><strong></strong></u></div><span sizcache="4" sizset="110" style="color: teal;"><strong></strong></span><br />
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<strong>Complete Multi-Purpose Solution, 12 oz $7.99<br />
</strong><em>Buy 1, Receive $7.99 Extra Bucks, Limit 1<br />
</em>(Final price: Free)<br />
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<strong>Balance Bar, 1.76 oz $1.69<br />
</strong><em>Buy 1, Receive $1.69 Extra Bucks, Limit 1</em><span sizcache="4" sizset="110" style="color: teal;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><br />
<span sizcache="4" sizset="110" style="color: teal;"><span style="color: black;">(Final price: Free) </span></span><br />
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<div style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Total Cost: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">$9.68 + tax</span></b></div><div style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Total OOP for this trip to CVS</b><b>: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">$0.89 ($8.79 paid in EB) + tax</span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b style="color: red;">EB remaining (for next trip!)</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: red;">:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> $5 (remaining from last week) + $1.69 and $7.99 (earned this week) = $14.68</span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">I may also get some tuna for $0.69 each... we'll see. </span></b></span><br />
<span sizcache="4" sizset="110" style="color: teal;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span>Kaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052516720426500861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8233350112510672416.post-18055645032674651152011-07-05T00:20:00.002-05:002011-07-05T00:27:10.203-05:00CVS Couponing: Week of July 3rd: The Loot<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Ag_R6cGhiTPDj87OW8XlBYGgQGAvHRmbki_Fmq6k70846ZbZu_3rt7SoWZVj213Gz_2qGTTFn5aH7GY2WJwb9geGBPG-y0zs0nzjosIcK0E-mUGPkvSJ1P0lKiVFr91JaUSIMnl4V08/s1600/-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Ag_R6cGhiTPDj87OW8XlBYGgQGAvHRmbki_Fmq6k70846ZbZu_3rt7SoWZVj213Gz_2qGTTFn5aH7GY2WJwb9geGBPG-y0zs0nzjosIcK0E-mUGPkvSJ1P0lKiVFr91JaUSIMnl4V08/s1600/-1.jpeg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">My shopping trip this week was a smidge m<span style="background-color: white;">ore exciting than I expected. In addition to the tampons, I also redeemed 3 coupons for </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a single can (9.5 fl oz any flavor) from Seattle's Best Coffe</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;">e from several weeks back. (Sorry, I forget which week's coupons they were in exactly...). i also got a coupon from the Magic Coupon Machine at CVS for a free Hershey's Air Delight bar, which I redeemed as well. I'm sad to say it was not nearly as good as the <a href="http://fullechoes.blogspot.com/2011/06/cvs-couponing-week-of-june-19th-loot.html">Hershey's Bliss Dark Chocolate that I picked up for free a few weeks ago</a>.... oh well, free chocolate is free chocolate. :) And the </span>price break down... *que drum roll* ...is:</span><b><span style="color: red;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Total value (read: CVS prices totaled before sales or coupons): </span>$8.93</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Total OOP:</span> $0.50+ tax = <span style="background-color: yellow;">$0.54</span> (I spent a $2.49 EB as planned)</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Remaining EB (to spend on my next trip!):</span> </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> $5 + $6.79 (both remaining from last week) + $2 (earned this week) = $13.79</span></b></span>Kaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052516720426500861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8233350112510672416.post-6565268356175444572011-07-02T08:10:00.001-05:002011-07-02T08:16:13.383-05:00CVS Couponing: Week Of July 3rd: The Plan<div><u>Transaction #1 (and *most likely* only):</u></div><div><span sizcache="4" sizset="110" style="color: teal;"><strong><span style="color: black;">1 Tampax Pearl or Always Infinity Tampons, 18-20 ct. or Pads, 14-18 ct. $3.99</span></strong></span><br />
<span sizcache="4" sizset="110" style="color: teal;"><span style="color: black;"><em>Per CVS: Buy 1, get $2.00 Extra Bucks, Limit 1</em></span></span><br />
<span sizcache="4" sizset="110" style="color: teal;"><span style="color: black;">Use $1.00/1 Always Infinity coupon (P&G 6/5)</span></span><br />
<span sizcache="4" sizset="110" style="color: teal;"><span style="color: black;">or $1.00/1 Tampax Pearl or Compak Pearl coupon (P&G 7/3)</span></span><br />
<span sizcache="4" sizset="110" style="color: teal;"><span style="color: black;">***I would prefer to use the coupon from 6/5 so that I can stop by CVS, which is apparently uber popular with couponers in my area, before picking up my Sunday papers.</span></span><br />
<span sizcache="4" sizset="110" style="color: teal;"><span style="color: black;">(Final Price: $0.99)</span></span><br />
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<div style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Total Cost: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">$2.99 + tax</span></b></div><div style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Total OOP for this trip to CVS</b><b>: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">$0.50 ($2.49 paid in EB) + tax</span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b style="color: red;">EB remaining (for next trip!)</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: red;">:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> $5 + $6.79 (both remaining from last week) + $2 (earned this week) = $13.79</span></b></span><br />
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I'm sad to say, there's not a whole lot I'm interested in buying this week. If they have the John Frieda hair stuff, which I doubt they will, I'll use the $2 EB made in the purchase of the above to buy them. There are also some good toothbrush and razor deals (as in cheeeeeeeeep!, free and a $0.01 moneymaker) starting tomorrow, but we get toothbrushes for free at the dentist, I use an electric toothbrush, and we're pretty well stocked on razors, so I'm just going to pass on these things this week. (However, if you're interested in learning more about those deals head over to <a href="http://thekrazycouponlady.com/">The Krazy Coupon Lady</a>.) But for me this week: less stuff, less stress.<span sizcache="4" sizset="110" style="color: teal;"><span sizcache="4" sizset="109" style="color: teal;"></span></span></div>Kaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052516720426500861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8233350112510672416.post-68218023301485985562011-06-28T23:05:00.002-05:002011-07-06T14:25:49.853-05:00CVS Couponing: Week of June 26th: The Loot<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plus a raincheck :)</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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So things pretty much went as planned, except that the body washes and deodorants both rang up for $3 each for some reason.... normally this would be fine with me except that I wanted to reach the $15 on my Dove products to get my $5 EB! So, I explained to the manager that the shelf had the body wash marked at $5, which should have pushed me above the $15 mark ($16 to be exact) to qualify for the $5 EB. He played nice, doubled checked the weekly ad, and just gave me the $5 EB without making me pay the remaining $5. Sa-weet! So, here's the breakdown:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Total value (read: CVS prices totaled before sales or coupons): </span>$18.79</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Total OOP:</span> $0.80+ tax = <span style="background-color: yellow;">$1.04</span> (I spent a $5.99 and $4 EB--> $9.99 in EB total)</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Remaining EB (to spend on my next trip!):</span> $2.49 from last week + $11.79 from this week = $14.28 EB total</b></span><br />
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<div style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>And for the stat that really matters....</b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Total OOP spent in my first month of CVS couponing:</span><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> $36.20 +tax</span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Not bad considering about $14 of that was "start up" costs and I have $14.28 in EB to use next month. I expect to only spend $5 to $10 at CVS next month. Do you think that's a reasonable expectation?</span></span><b> </b></span>Kaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052516720426500861noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8233350112510672416.post-25707085027337798752011-06-28T22:46:00.000-05:002011-07-02T08:11:36.274-05:00CVS Couponing: Week of June 26th: The Plan<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><u>Transaction #1 (and only):</u></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><u></u></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>1 RepHresh Brilliant pH Tampon, 18 ct. </b>$6.79</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><i>Per CVS ad: Buy 1, get $6.79 EB, Limit 1</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Use 1 </span><em></em><a class="external" href="http://www.brilliantcoupon.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">$1.00/1 – RepHresh Brilliant tampons – (brilliantcoupon.com)</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><i> </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>2 Dove Men+Care Body Wash </b>$5</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>2 Dove Men+Care Deodorant </b>$3.50</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><i>Per CVS ad: Spend $15, get $5 EB whwen you buy specified Dove or Degree Products, Limit</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Use 1 B1G1 Men+Care Body and Face Wash or Active Clean Shower Tool coupon (RP 6/26)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Use 2 $2/1 Dove Men+Care Antiperspirant or Deodorant coupon (RP 6/26)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Request a rain check for John Frieda Styler </b>$6 (because if previous weeks are any indication, they'll be out)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">With this rain check for the $6 styler <i>(and Per CVS ad: $3 EB when I spend $10 in specified John Frieda, Biore, or Cureal Products, Limit 1- </i>included in the rain check)<i> </i>sometime between now and 7/31 (when my coupon expires) I'll use:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">2 $5/1 John Frieda Full Repair Treatment, Styler or Finisher coupon (SS 6/5)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">In the future: Will Spend $2, and get $3 EB</span><br />
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<div style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Total Cost: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">$14.79 + tax</span></b></div><div style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Total OOP for this trip to CVS</b><b>: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">$2.31 ($12.48 will be paid with EB) + tax</span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b style="color: red;">EB remaining (for next trip!)</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: red;">:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> $11.79 (all earned this week)</span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">*I'll also have the rain check for 2 John Frieda stylers! :)</span></b></span>Kaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052516720426500861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8233350112510672416.post-3959309474569289312011-06-20T16:24:00.004-05:002011-07-06T14:27:26.503-05:00CVS Couponing: Week of June 19th: The Loot<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKTTaGPAMeqhJGQKBvFLwjYdZq9d1CkBaOVXW3Cco5qkY7GsezybiIPjV7khmrYoWMtdBsRm1x-68bLprFKOW1gtw-XiSDoQYE6o3jlc7KPQ6T6QGUmmM6LXXSjuZSjil5ClvPr6AIrM/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKTTaGPAMeqhJGQKBvFLwjYdZq9d1CkBaOVXW3Cco5qkY7GsezybiIPjV7khmrYoWMtdBsRm1x-68bLprFKOW1gtw-XiSDoQYE6o3jlc7KPQ6T6QGUmmM6LXXSjuZSjil5ClvPr6AIrM/s320/photo.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">plus a 99 cent birthday card</td></tr>
</tbody></table>So this week's bounty was WAY more satisfying that last week's. Ended up getting everything I had planned on (the toothpaste and protein bites, which were kinda gross but a decent snack for my rumbling tummy on the way down to Houston yesterday morning- a trip we made to surprise Andrew's mom for her big unspoken age birthday and of course to spend Father's Day with a father). In addition to the shopping list items we also added to the cart Hershey's Bliss (which was $5.99 and earned $5.99 EB- there was also a coupon somewhere, but I didn't have it, but, well...who doesn't love dark chocolate? *hint: NOT ME!*) and a 99 cent birthday card. Here are the numeros:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Total value (read: CVS prices totaled before sales or coupons): </span>$17.04</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Total OOP:</span> $1.06+ tax = <span style="background-color: yellow;">$1.18</span> (I spent a $5.99 and $6 EB--> $12.99 in EB total)</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Remaining EB - all earned on this trip- (to spend on my next trip!):</span> $13.48....that's right I MADE money :) And the game is getting fun!</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I definitely did a little "Go cita! Go cita! It's your birthday!" dance out of the store... it *might* have embarrassed the cito as I boogied by the newspaper delivery man and a couple other customers. My bad. (Not.)</span>Kaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052516720426500861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8233350112510672416.post-16606323850952230332011-06-18T11:32:00.001-05:002011-06-18T11:37:41.316-05:00CVS Couponing: Week of June 19th: The PlanFirst, I have a confession. I made a couponing mistake last week when I stopped at a second CVS to see if they had the John Frieda hair stuff (they didn't), and figured, "Hey, might as well pick up another razor since I'm here." Why the mistake? Oh, because I forgot there was a "Limit 1" deal on that little EB scenario. Long story short, I tried to buy it, paid with EB, realized my mistake, decided not to buy it. That meant to get my EB back (you know, the ones I paid with for the razor I actually decided not to purchase) the cashier had to call over a manager and ended up giving me <i>cash</i> back. Totally ok with that. Not so okay with the newb couponer mistake, however. It ended up being ok with me though since it sort of offset my ONE CVS transaction that I actually meant to break into 2 to offset my OOP expense, but didn't because I was lame. Anyway, I tell you that: 1. to be real and 2. because now I have a $6 and $5.99 EB in my possession, and no $4 EB, as you may have thought previously. Got it?<br />
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This week I plan to use the $6 EB only (both the $6 and $5.99 EB expire on 7/12). You see, the CVS deal this week for me are only "meh." Here's the plan:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><u>Transaction #1 (and only):</u></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>1 ProteinBar Energy or Protein Bites, 2.6-3 oz </b>$2.49</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><i>Per CVS ad: Buy 1, get $2.49 EB, Limit 1</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>2 Colgate Total Gum Defense, Advanced or Enamel Strength, 4 oz Max, 6 oz or 360 Surround Toothbrush,</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">$2.79 each</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><i>Per CVS ad: Buy 1, get $2 EB, Limit 2</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Use 2 $1/1 Colgate Total Advanced Toothpaste coupons (SS 6/12)</span><br />
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</div><div style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Total Cost: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">$6.07</span></b></div><div style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Total OOP for this trip to CVS</b><b>: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">$0.07 ($6 will be paid with EB) + tax</span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b style="color: red;">EB remaining (for next trip!)</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: red;">: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">$5.99 remaining from EB earned last week + $6.49 earned this week = $12.48</span></b></span>Kaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052516720426500861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8233350112510672416.post-75702341715770098632011-06-12T14:41:00.004-05:002011-07-06T14:28:18.307-05:00CVS Couponing: Week of June 12th: The Loot<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWjGKqHYGvT3FzRfWj64iJ4ixUMDN_FAwFMqZEFQ40xZaZmRQbM_OeBsUvgfuOMstN_f5b_F_5xUYYMbUT_R4hY-iW05PK79lgpIENP47TMJ4yuEsPGI9kNJzHnRGb0V8w02Dj_ONVNg/s1600/photo-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWjGKqHYGvT3FzRfWj64iJ4ixUMDN_FAwFMqZEFQ40xZaZmRQbM_OeBsUvgfuOMstN_f5b_F_5xUYYMbUT_R4hY-iW05PK79lgpIENP47TMJ4yuEsPGI9kNJzHnRGb0V8w02Dj_ONVNg/s400/photo-1.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />
So, I feel like this week was more of a fail than a success, and I'm starting to wonder if the entire couponing thing is worth it. Andrew and I decided we'll give it a month before dropping the whole experiment. Today we had no luck finding free Sunday papers, so we ended up laying down $4 (ugh) for 2 at the Shell station. Then we headed on over to CVS, where they were out of the John Frieda Full Repair products and I was too shy to ask for a raincheck.... maybe I'll check back later this week? Doubtful. Not to mention, the whole lack of JF Full Repair products threw me for a loop and I decided to just put everything in one big transaction rather than figure out how to break it down into two. Bad choice. Why you ask? Well, because now I'll be forced to spend another $15.99 in EB (no cash or EB back on EB you don't spend!) down the road. Is all this number crunching and searching for Sunday papers really worth it? Probably not. It seems the whole EB thing will just keep us going back to CVS every week (or few) to spend our EB and a little more (tax, extra items to make sure we use up all the EB since there's no cash back, less the money we may loss on not using EB before they expire...). We just don't really need to buy toiletries every month. Now maybe one small trip every month could be worth it, but definitely not if we have to actually <i>buy</i> the Sunday paper. Oh well, it's an experiment, right?? That's what I keep telling myself. Andrew says I'm "such a maven," trying to safe us and others money, but right now I feel like a total fail. Live and learn?<br />
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I doubt we'll even use the Motrin PM.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Total value (read: CVS prices totaled before sales or coupons): </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">$21.99 + tax</span></span></div><b><span style="color: red;">This week's total OOP: </span> </b><span style="background-color: yellow;">$7.16</span><br />
<b style="color: red;">EB back:</b><span style="color: red;"> </span>$15.99Kaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052516720426500861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8233350112510672416.post-9941986705923687952011-06-12T10:28:00.001-05:002011-06-18T11:37:41.317-05:00CVS Couponing: Week of June 12th: The Plan<u>Transaction #1:</u><br />
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<b>1 Schick Hydro 3 or 5 Razors </b>$8<i> </i><br />
<i>Per CVS ad: Buy 1, get $4 Extra Bucks, Limit 1</i><br />
Use 1 $4/1 Schick Hydro Razor coupon (SS 6/12)<br />
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<b>2 John Frieda Full Repair Foam Styler</b> $5 each<br />
<i>Per CVS ad: Spend $10 on John Frieda Products, get $3 Extra Bucks, Limit 1</i><br />
Use 2 $5/1 John Frieda Full Repair Foam Styler coupons (SS 6/5)<br />
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<span style="color: red;">OOP: </span> $0 (cost will be $5 + tax, paid for with EB)<br />
<span style="color: red;">EB back: </span>$7<br />
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<u>Transaction #2:</u><br />
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<b>2 Motrin PM, 20 ct. </b>$4<br />
<i>Per CVS ad: </i><b></b><i>Buy 1, get $3 Extra Bucks, Limit 3<b> </b></i><br />
Use 2 $1/1 Motrin coupons (RP 6/12)<br />
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<i> </i><b>1 Zyrtec 24 hr tablets, 5 ct. </b>$5.99<br />
<i>Per CVS ad: Buy 1, get $5.99 Extra Bucks, Limit 1</i><br />
There are coupons available, but it I don't have the RP from 4/10, and for some reason my printer isn't working. Still a good deal, though!<br />
$4.00/1 Zyrtec Product from RP 4/10 and <br />
<a class="external" href="https://www.zyrtec.com/offers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">$2.00/1 – Zyrtec Product, Excludes Trial Size – (zyrtec.com)</a><i> </i><br />
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Note: I was also initially going to hop in on the Bayer Aspirin freebie deal, but figured we never take aspirin and though it's "free" with coupons/sales, would still have to pay tax on it.... see the krazycouponlady.com if you think it's a deal you'd like to get in on. Just wasn't practical for us. :)<br />
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</div><div style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;">OOP: <span style="color: black;">tax only (the rest will be paid for with EB)</span></span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;">EB back: <span style="color: black;">$8.99</span></span><br />
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</div><div style="color: red;"><b>Total OOP for this trip to CVS</b><b>: <span style="color: black;">tax only! :)</span></b></div><b style="color: red;">EB remaining (for next trip!)</b><b><span style="color: red;">: <span style="color: black;">$8.99</span></span></b>Kaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052516720426500861noreply@blogger.com0