STOCK UP ON ADVIL!

Starting Saturday, a coupon for $5/2 will be in the Green Advantage Flyer for Advil. Stack that with the $2/1 coupon found here and get a great deal on Advil. Since I already have plenty of Advil in stock, I will be getting some Children's Advil to have on hand for the grandkids!!

HEADS UP...$5 OFF $50 SPOTTED

Heads up guys!! Look on the front page of the Red Plum in todays mail and make sure you cut out the $5 off $50 coupon for Publix!!

WALMART ACCEPTING COMPETITOR COUPONS

Are any of you intrigued by Walmart's claim to accept competitor coupons? Well, my good friend and fellow couponer Bev was so she ventured into Walmart with a small handful of coupons...and when I say small, I mean small! She only bought 16 items and she said it wasn't worth it at all! The advice she has is if you plan on going make sure you take plenty of advil with you! She tried Walmart once with their competitor coupon policy and vowed not to go back. She decided to give them another try and has now said she won't go back. She even made a point of going up and speaking to a manager before she left! They do not take off the coupons at the end like Publix and Winn Dixie do. They take it off the item itself. If you have a $1/2 competitor q, they would take it off $.50 off each item. Her receipt looked like she should have had a cartful of groceries instead of 16 items. Dealing with Walmart and coupons has always been a nightmare and now I can't imagine throwing competitor coupons in the mix. If any of you try to do this, I would recommend only using a few coupons (knowing who you are dealing with)!! I myself won't be going into Walmart any time soon. When I venture in, I will keep you posted and let you know how it goes.

If any of you go in Walmart and try to use competitor coupons, please let me know so I can share it with everyone!

PUBLIX 2/15/11, SPENT $11.62, SAVED 82%

Did anyone else have a problem finding any buys in this ad? There was nothing I really wanted except the pork roast I am looking forward to making! Put that baby in the crock pot or in the oven in a "Bag-n-Season" bag and dinner will be done! I couldn't resist the temptation to buy two more Hefty Trash Bags at $2.45 each and add them to my 17 boxes I already have. I bought the last two boxes on the shelf, so I was able to get a raincheck. This is what I bought:

2 Minute Maid OJ (used BOGO Q)
4 Zatarain Jambalaya
Baby Carrots
Pork Roast
2 Sominex (see below)
2 Vivarin (used $5/2 and two $2/2 for overage)
2 Hefty Trash Bags
2 U Kotex
Onions

Total spent $11.62. The total before coupons was over $55.00

CVS 2/13/11, SPENT$4.38

I had some ECB's to roll so I did this in 4 transactions. I was excited to see the Colgate Sensitive Toothpaste because this is what I buy for my husband. Anytime I can get it I stock up on it. This is what I bought:

3 Colgate Sensitive Toothpaste
1 Colgate Total Advanced Toothpaste
2 Listerine Zero
Newspaper
1 Heath Bar

TOTAL SPENT WITH TAX: $4.38
GOT BACK $15.16 ECB's

For less than the price of the newspaper and 1 toothpaste I got all the above and have over $15 in ECB's to roll into the following weeks.

The new guy from photo was running the register and he didn't adjust my ECB down so it was just easier to buy something (heath bar...yum, it's already gone!) or my OOP would have been just under $1 less!

WALGREENS 2/27, SPENT $1.11

I was in a real rush when I ran into Walgreens today. All I did is one transaction because I bought the last two Motrin PM on the shelf. I bought 2 Motrin PM, Naso-Gel and a newspaper for $1.11 and got back a $5 and a $3 RR. I will go back later in the week to finish my transactions. Darn if I looked all over that store for the Aquafor and could not find it. I am not a fan of the manager of the beach store, so I decided to wait until they restocked the Motrin or go to another store! Anyway, I will take FREE Motrin anyday.

WALGREENS 2/12/11, SPENT $4.16

I was so excited to see black olives on sale at Walgreens this week for $.99. I only had one can left and that sets you into panic mode :)!!

I did the following in three transactions, having to change up my scenerio because my store was out of hand sanitizer. I started out with a $2 and a $3 RR. This is what I bought:

1st Transaction:

Right Guard Body Wash
2 Lindsay Olives
TOTAL DUE $1.21 (had to pay $1 more OOP because I substituted this for sanitizer)
GOT BACK $4 RR

2nd Transaction:

Arnicare Gel
1 Lindsay Olive
TOTAL DUE: $1.98
GOT BACK $6 RR

3rd Transaction:

Neuragen PN
2 Lindsay Olives
TOTAL DUE: $.97
GOT BACK $10 RR

I still have 2 more transactions to do but this store was out of Arnicare Gel. My total OOP was $4.16 and I still have $10 in RR's. Remember, I would have spent $5 for the olives alone which is what I really needed!! If I can get to another Walgreens tonight, I will do my last 2 transactions and post those later!

4th transaction:
1 Arnicare Gel
1 Hand Sanitizer
1 doz. eggs
1 gal distilled water
TOTAL DUE: $.40
GOT BACK $6 & $4 RR TO ROLL INTO NEXT WEEK

I decided to end it there instead of going two more transactions. Watc h for my CVS deals this next week. I am stocking up on 4 sensitive toothpaste and 2Listerine Zero for $.29 OOP and getting back over $15 in ECB's!!