Welcome to Week 4 of the Drugstore Bootstrap challenge for the month of February. The challenge is posted by Frugal Follies and you can find the post here.
We only have Walgreen's here.
My Rules:
1. I can spend no more than $10 out of pocket the whole month.
2. Sales tax does not count in the $10 total.
3. I can start with the $5 in register rewards that I have on hand.
4. I can use any coupons that I can, and they also do not count in the total, as the total is just out of pocket.
As you know, I blew the $10 OOP for the month after the 3rd week of shopping. Also as you know, we are closing on our house next week. Since I blew it, I decided to not worry about it too much, and most all I bought this week is now packed to moved to our new home. I still feel like I did pretty well!
I bought:
RePhresh Tampons, on sale for $5.99, used $1 coupon and got back $5 in RR's.
2-Clorox Clean Up Wipes in sale 2 for $6, got back $2 in RR's
2 Ziploc freezer bags, on sale 2 for $5 with Walgreen's coupon and I used $1/2 coupon
Dove Deoderant, on sale for $1.99 with Walgreen's coupon and I used a $2 coupon
2 Glade Relax spray, on sale 2 for $5, used 2-$1 coupons and got back $1 in RR's.
I then used my $10 in RR's from the previous week.
I paid $7.98 OOP (not including sales tax), saved $18.58 total in coupons (including Walgreen's coupons), and have $8 total is RR's for my next shopping.
This brings my total OOP for the month to $21.65. I still feel good about it since over the month I now have several items for our new home.
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Friday, February 25, 2011
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Drugstore Bootstrap Challenge Week 3
Week 2 of the Drugstore Bootstrap Challenge put on by Frugal Follies. You can find her challenge information here.
Here are the rules that I set for myself:
Here are the "rules" I am trying to follow:
1. I can spend no more than $10 out of pocket the whole month.
2. Sales tax does not count in the $10 total.
3. I can start with the $5 in register rewards that I have on hand.
4. I can use any coupons that I can, and they also do not count in the total, as the total is just out of pocket.
If you recall, I was already up to $6.73 of the $10 out of pocket for the month challenge. I blew that with one week left, but oh well, it's been fun.
The Lysol hand soap, paper towels, floss, Renuzit, and Skintimate are all packed in a box to move to our new house.
Steve went with me to Walgreen's as we had just been to the realtor's office down the street signing more papers on the house. He found them to have laptop caddy trays marked half price. He knew we each needed one for at our new home. $12.49 each, or a total of $40.48 with tax for 3 of them. They are staying in their boxes until we move. I think they will be very cool to have and use with our laptops and work even better than the tv trays we currently move all over the house with us.
Have a great day, and happy coupon shopping!
Here are the rules that I set for myself:
Here are the "rules" I am trying to follow:
1. I can spend no more than $10 out of pocket the whole month.
2. Sales tax does not count in the $10 total.
3. I can start with the $5 in register rewards that I have on hand.
4. I can use any coupons that I can, and they also do not count in the total, as the total is just out of pocket.
If you recall, I was already up to $6.73 of the $10 out of pocket for the month challenge. I blew that with one week left, but oh well, it's been fun.
This week I bought:
1-Renuzit Fabric Freshner Spray--these are on sale buy 1 for $2.99, get 1 free. There was only 1 left on the shelf so the manager let me have it for half price--I used $1 coupon making it just .49
1- Reach Total Care Dental Floss--on sale for $2.99, used $1 coupon, got back $2 in RR's.
1-Skintimate Shave Gel--on sale for $2.49, used $1 coupon, got back $1 in RR's.
1-Lysol No Touch Hand Soap Dispenser--$11.99, used $3 coupon and got back $7 in RR's.
2-Tuf paper towels--on sale .49 each with Walgreen's coupons (these were my fillers to be able to use my 2 RR's from the previous week)
I had a total of $14 in coupon savings.
In total before taxes, and after coupons came to $6.94 out of pocket. This isn't bad at all really, especially since I took home a total of $10 in RR's to use next time.
This brings my total for the month so far, out of pocket, to $13.67. Do you think I can maybe just not spend more than $15 OOP instead of $10 with next weeks shopping included?
The Lysol hand soap, paper towels, floss, Renuzit, and Skintimate are all packed in a box to move to our new house.
Steve went with me to Walgreen's as we had just been to the realtor's office down the street signing more papers on the house. He found them to have laptop caddy trays marked half price. He knew we each needed one for at our new home. $12.49 each, or a total of $40.48 with tax for 3 of them. They are staying in their boxes until we move. I think they will be very cool to have and use with our laptops and work even better than the tv trays we currently move all over the house with us.
Have a great day, and happy coupon shopping!
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Drugstore Bootstrap Challenge Week 2
Week 2 of the Drugstore Bootstrap Challenge put on by Frugal Follies. You can find her challenge information here.
You can find my week 1 post here.
Here are the "rules" I am trying to follow:
1. I can spend no more than $10 out of pocket the whole month.
2. Sales tax does not count in the $10 total.
3. I can start with the $5 in register rewards that I have on hand.
4. I can use any coupons that I can, and they also do not count in the total, as the total is just out of pocket.
My total spent out of pocket last week was $2.76
Today was not a very well planned trip. I had started figuring a list Sunday morning at church. Unfortunately I discovered this morning that I must have left my Sunday paper (coupons and all...youch!) at church, under my pew.
I searched blogs trying to see what was on sale and the deals. I made a list of just 3 items.
Once at the store I changed my mind and this is what I ended up with:
Veripur Hand Sanitizer, on sale for $3.99...$4 back in RR.
Right Gueard Total Defense 5 Body Wash, on sale for $3.99, had $1 peelie coupon on the bottle and I got back $3 in RR.
2-All laundry detergent--on sale buy one for $6.99, get 1 free. I used $1 coupon.(this came about because this is Steve's favorite laundry soap, so it replaced the Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice that I did have on my list.)
I then also used the $9 in RR's that I had from last week.
I paid $3.97 OOP (not including sales tax) and I came home with $7 in RR's for next time.
This brings my running total for the challenge to $6.73. If I'm going to meet the challenge and not spend more than $10 OOP, it's really going to be a challenge over the next 2 weeks.
You can find my week 1 post here.
Here are the "rules" I am trying to follow:
1. I can spend no more than $10 out of pocket the whole month.
2. Sales tax does not count in the $10 total.
3. I can start with the $5 in register rewards that I have on hand.
4. I can use any coupons that I can, and they also do not count in the total, as the total is just out of pocket.
My total spent out of pocket last week was $2.76
Today was not a very well planned trip. I had started figuring a list Sunday morning at church. Unfortunately I discovered this morning that I must have left my Sunday paper (coupons and all...youch!) at church, under my pew.
I searched blogs trying to see what was on sale and the deals. I made a list of just 3 items.
Once at the store I changed my mind and this is what I ended up with:
Veripur Hand Sanitizer, on sale for $3.99...$4 back in RR.
Right Gueard Total Defense 5 Body Wash, on sale for $3.99, had $1 peelie coupon on the bottle and I got back $3 in RR.
2-All laundry detergent--on sale buy one for $6.99, get 1 free. I used $1 coupon.(this came about because this is Steve's favorite laundry soap, so it replaced the Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice that I did have on my list.)
I then also used the $9 in RR's that I had from last week.
I paid $3.97 OOP (not including sales tax) and I came home with $7 in RR's for next time.
This brings my running total for the challenge to $6.73. If I'm going to meet the challenge and not spend more than $10 OOP, it's really going to be a challenge over the next 2 weeks.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Drugstore Bootstrap Challenge Week 1
I have decided to take part in the Drugstore Bootstrap challenge for the month of February. The challenge is posted by Frugal Follies and you can find the post here.
We only have Walgreen's here.
My Rules:
1. I can spend no more than $10 out of pocket the whole month.
2. Sales tax does not count in the $10 total.
3. I can start with the $5 in register rewards that I have on hand.
4. I can use any coupons that I can, and they also do not count in the total, as the total is just out of pocket.
So....I made my first trip this week for the month. I had $5 total is register rewards on hand from my last trip last month.
I did 2 transactions. I didn't intend to do 2, but it worked out better anyway. I couldn't find one thing that I wanted so while I waited on the manager to fetch it for me I went ahead and checked out.
Transaction #1:
Arnicare Gel, on sale for $5.99, used $2 coupon, got back $6 in register rewards. (money maker!)
Natrol Melatonin, on sale for $3, got back $3 in register rewards (there was supposed to be a coupon for this, but par for the course, I sure didn't have one in my file box.)
2- Nestle Butterfinger Snackers--regularly .89 each--I used a $1/2 coupon and then gave them the Walgreen's coupon taking off another .81 (money maker!)
I paid just $1.77 (not including sales tax) and got back $9 in register rewards. I used the $5 in register rewards that I had on hand.
Transaction #2:
Icy Hot Vapor Gel--on sale for $3.99, I used $3 of my register rewards from transaction #1.
I paid .99 (not including sales tax)
Running total out of pocket for the month: $2.76
I feel I am starting out pretty well and should be able to meet the challenge.
Until next week----Happy shopping and saving!!
I went home with $9 total in register rewards to use on my next trip.
We only have Walgreen's here.
My Rules:
1. I can spend no more than $10 out of pocket the whole month.
2. Sales tax does not count in the $10 total.
3. I can start with the $5 in register rewards that I have on hand.
4. I can use any coupons that I can, and they also do not count in the total, as the total is just out of pocket.
So....I made my first trip this week for the month. I had $5 total is register rewards on hand from my last trip last month.
I did 2 transactions. I didn't intend to do 2, but it worked out better anyway. I couldn't find one thing that I wanted so while I waited on the manager to fetch it for me I went ahead and checked out.
Transaction #1:
Arnicare Gel, on sale for $5.99, used $2 coupon, got back $6 in register rewards. (money maker!)
Natrol Melatonin, on sale for $3, got back $3 in register rewards (there was supposed to be a coupon for this, but par for the course, I sure didn't have one in my file box.)
2- Nestle Butterfinger Snackers--regularly .89 each--I used a $1/2 coupon and then gave them the Walgreen's coupon taking off another .81 (money maker!)
I paid just $1.77 (not including sales tax) and got back $9 in register rewards. I used the $5 in register rewards that I had on hand.
Transaction #2:
Icy Hot Vapor Gel--on sale for $3.99, I used $3 of my register rewards from transaction #1.
I paid .99 (not including sales tax)
Running total out of pocket for the month: $2.76
I feel I am starting out pretty well and should be able to meet the challenge.
Until next week----Happy shopping and saving!!
I went home with $9 total in register rewards to use on my next trip.
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