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Today was my first chance to “roll” the $20 +UP Reward from my deal on Friday. The only bad thing about a deal such as that is it is sometimes so hard to roll a reward of that much. Fortunately, I was successful in doing so today, even though I did make one mistake. By the way, “rolling” a reward means using it and trying to duplicate your amounts so as to keep everything rolling. It helps stretch out the expiration dates, if you know what I mean!

Here is today’s deal. It’s not much to look at but it worked out good for me!

I’ll do this one quick:

4 Softsoap Body Wash – $2.99 each
- (4) $1/1 coupons
2 Similasan Computer Eye Drops – $6.99 each
- (2) $1.75 coupons
2 Crest Pro Health Toothpaste – $2.69 each
- 2 $2/1 coupons
4 Jolly Time Popcorn single servings – $.69 each
- (4) $.50/1 coupons

Total after coupons = $20.58 + tax ($22.75)

used $20 +UP Reward and paid $2.75 out of pocket

got back 4 $2 +UP (Softsoap), 2 $2.69 +UP (Crest) and 1 $6 +UP (Similasan) which equals $19.38.  So my total for all of this would be $2.87 and that was with me making a mistake! I thought the limit on the Similasan was 2 but it was acutally 1. I guess I can’t complain, can I?

OK, it’s time for some football! I’ll check back with you all later!

Ken

Hey everyone! Life has been crazy lately but I still found time to do at least one good deal this week! I wanted to go do some diaper deals at CVS but thought it best to wait for a bit!

Today, I stopped by Rite-Aid after dropping Jess off at school just to see if there would be any Scott products left. Surprisingly, there were! So, I took advantage of their current promotion. Here’s what I got:

That’s a lot of Scott products, isn’t it?

I did this in 3 different transactions and it wasn’t back to back. I made the first trip after dropping Jess off and then did another after picking Joseph up from work and yet another after picking Jess up from school. Also, I am starting with $10 in +UP Rewards. Here’s the breakdown.

Transaction 1:

3 12 packs of Scott Toilet Tissue – $23.97
-(3) $1/1 coupons
1 8 pack of Scott Paper Towels – $7.99
- $1/1 coupon
- $1/1 Rite-Aid coupon
- $10 +UP Reward (already had from previous deals)

Total out of pocket = $16.96

Get back a $10 +UP Reward

Transaction 2:

2 12 packs of Scott Toilet Tissue – $15.98
- (2) #1/1 coupons
1 8 pack Scott Paper Towels – $7.99
- $1/1 coupon
- $10 +UP Reward from previous transaction

Total out of pocket = $10.97

Get back a $10 +UP Reward

Transaction 3:

2 12 packs of Scott Toilet Tissue – $15.98
- (2) $1/1 coupons
- $10 +UP Reward from previous transaction 

Total out of pocket = $3.98

Get back a $20 +UP Reward

Total out of pocket for all 3 transactions = $31.91 but if you figure in the extra $10 in +UP Rewards then that makes it $21.91 or  $2.43 each!

Not bad for Scott products! We’re all set on toilet tissue for a while!

Hello again everyone!

I’m sorry I haven’t posted much this week but the Triple Coupon event has kept me busy this week. I know, I need to get a life but I do so love saving money!

I opted not to post every deal this week as that would have taken me forever. Instead, I made my final trip to Harris Teeter today and then came home and calculated my savings and spending for the whole week! It’s the first time I’ve done this but it gives you an idea on how much I actually spend during an event like this. Here are my final totals:

• Before Coupons – $421.63
• After Coupons –   $ 82.31
• Total Savings –    $339.32 or 80%

Hamburger Helper – 42
Snackwell Bars – 7
Planter’s Bars – 9
Tabasco – 4
BC Boxed Potatoes – 16
OEP Refried Beans – 8
Smucker Strawberry – 4
Balance Bar – 5
Yoplait Yogurt – 2
Yoplait Greek Yogurt – 4
Brach’s Candy – 5
Tabasco Habenero – 2
Bugles – 5
3# Mahatma Rice – 1
Morton Season All – 3
Hormel Compleats – 11
Pace Picante Sauce – 2
Haribo Gummy Bears – 4
Dole Fruit Crisps – 1
Stove Top Stuffing – 5
Greenworks Toilet Bowl Cleaner – 2
Washer Magic Cleaner – 1
Vick’s Cough Drops – 5
Edge Shave Gel – 6
Fiber One Brownies – 5
Honey Nut Cheerios – 1
BC Cake Mix and Frosting – 5
Spaghetti-O w/Meatballs – 9
Softsoap Hand Soap – 4
Kashi Frozen Meals – 6
Prego – 6
Ragu – 6
Skintimate Shave Gel – 2
Smucker’s Grape – 7
Tetley Tea Bags (24ct) – 9
Kikkoman Soy Sauce – 2
Chunky Soups – 4
Dawn Dishwashing Detergent – 1
Kruncher’s Chips – 3
Welch’s Grape Jelly – 4
Smucker’s Magic Shell – 2
Hot Pockets (2ct) – 3
Bob Evans Fully Cooked Sausage (8ct) – 5
Riccola (19ct) – 1
Fiber One Cereal – 3
Chex Mix – 2
Granola Thins – 1
Fun-da-middles – 1
Nestle Quick Powder (28.1oz) – 2
Luna Bars – 2
Country Crock – 2
HT Dozen Eggs – 1
Pillsbury Egg Scramble – 1
Waverly Plates – 2
International Delight Coffee Creamer – 1

I know some of these numbers seem outrageous but I bought a lot of Hamburger Helper and Potatoes so that I could get more Box Tops for my nephew! In the long run I was essentially getting 6 Hamburger Helper and 2 Boxes of Potatoes for just $.50. Each time I did this I got a $2 off meat Catalina.

Anyways, this was an overall good week! We got to stock up on a lot of good items and got a lot of jelly to go with my peanut butter!

Here’s hoping that Super Doubles isn’t until the following week! I need a week to get my stuff together!

OK, so going with my new theme of my blog (Personal Blog), I am posting my first trip to Harris Teeter this week. It’s Triple Coupons up to $.99 so I am planning on getting some great deals this week!

Here’s the breakdown:

• (3) Bob Evans Sausage Patties – $2.50 each
• - (3) $.75 coupon = $.25 each
• (2) Bugles – $2 each
• - (2) $.50 coupon = $.50 each
• Waverly Paper Plates – $2.50
• - $.75 coupon = $.25
• (3) Tetley Tea – $1.19 each
• - (3) $.50 coupons = FREE
• Smuckers Squeezable Grape Jelly – $1.50
• - $.65 coupon = FREE
• Smuckers Squeezable Strawberry Jelly – $2
• - $.65 coupon = $.35
• (3) Fiber One 90 Calorie Brownies – $2.50 each
• - (3) $.75 coupons = $.25 each
• Snackwells Cinnamon Raisin Bars – $2.50
• - $.75 coupon = $.25
• (2) Old El Paso Refried Beans – $1.65 each
• - (2) $.50 coupon = $.15 each
• International Delight Creamer – $1.87
• - $.55 coupon = $.22
• (2) Betty Crocker Cake Mix and Frosting – $2.65 each set
• - (2) $.75 coupon = $.40 each set

My total before coupons was around $50 and after coupons my total was $4.93, tax included! Not bad for my first trip but there were some deals I was interested in that I wasn’t able to get and will try to get tonight after work!

Hey everyone! I just wanted to post what I got at Rite-Aid today.

I had noticed that I had $12.99 in +UP rewards that were expiring today and I definitely didn’t want that happening! So, I took a quick look at the add and decided to give the Garnier Fructise deal that they had. It’s simple really, you spend $30 and get $10 +UP reward back. Here’s what I got:

You have to take into account that I didn’t really take the time to plan this out and I also had my wife and two daughters with me! It’s kinda hard to work a deal with three ladies tagging along!

So, the sale is Buy One Get One 50% off. I bought a total of 10 items. Here is the breakdown:

1 Herbashine Hair Color – $8.49

- $7.99 coupon for Free Herbashine (up to $7.99)

1 Dandruff Shampoo – $5.49

- $2.74 (half off)

- $1 coupon

1 Color Shield Shampoo – $3.99

- $1 coupon

1 Color Shield Conditioner – $3.99

- $2 (Half off)

- $1 coupon

1 Triple Nutrition Shampoo – $3.99

- $1 coupon

1 Triple Nutrition Conditioner – $3.99

- $2 (half off)

- $1 coupon

4 Daily Care 2 in 1 Shampoo/Conditioner – $3.99 each

- $4 (2 at half off)

- (4) $1 coupon

- $1 Rite Aid Coupon

So, the total before coupons was $36.58 (tax included)

- $12.99 in +UP rewards

- (9) $1 coupons

– $1 Rite Aid coupon

– $7.99 Free Herbashine coupon

Total out of pocket was $5.60

Got back a $10 +UP

Not a bad deal at all! Now I can’t wait to see what kind of deals I can get tomorrow!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!