I Blew it!

I saw the little books by the door and used only that coupon thinking it was the same one the pharmacy gave me.....I still did o.k. and will post all I got with $$ later. Lesson to me:re-read the deal before you go to the store. And be sure to go to the pharmacy and get the book this week.

First Thing Monday AM

I am going to Walgreens.....
There is going to be an awesome deal coming up at Walgreens for the week of June 29th that will get you free Walgreens brand diapers.On June 29 the new sales ad will start. Walgreens brand Jumbo packages of diapers (both the white and red packages) will be on sale for $5.99 each. In the July Easysaver booklet there will be a coupon in there for $5 off 2 packages of Walgreens diapers. This coupon will automaticallyadjust itself and give you 2.50 each package you buy. This booklet will be available in stores starting June 27th.You also need to go to the pharmacy and ask for a $50 Walgreens savings booklet. These booklets are free to anyone who asks about the newprescription savings plan. You don't have to buy the savings plan justask about it and get the booklet. Many employees don't know where thebooklets are so insist that someone who does know get one for you. They are a white and red booklet that is folded over 3 times and contains various Walgreens coupons for their store brand items. One of the coupons inside that book is for $2 off one package of Walgreens branddiapers. This coupon automatically scans for $2 off each package you buy.Both of the above coupons are Walgreens store coupons. You can combine them for the same purchase. All you have to do is present them to the cashier and they both scan fine. Also since both are store coupons the cashier will not need them for their drawer like a regular coupon. Shescans them and you can keep them for future purchases. So hang on to them both! Even though they may say limit one they scan and give you the adjusted amount off for each package you buy.During the entire month from June 27th until July 28th Walgreens has another deal where you buy any 3 listed products (this deal is advertised in the Easysaver coupon & rebate booklet) you will get a $5 Register Reward Coupon for anything on your next purchase. WalgreensJumbo diapers are one of the qualifying products.So this is how to maximize the deal and get FREE Diapers! Remember for the week of June 29th!Buy three packages of Walgreens brand Jumbo diapers (white or red package) for $5.99 each on sale. Your total will be $17.97. Give the cashier your Easysaver coupon in the Easysaver booklet for $5 off when you buy two packages. Remember this will give you 2.50 off each package for a total off of $7.50 Your total now will be $10.47. Now give the cashier your $2 coupon that is inside the Pharmacy coupon booklet. This will give you $6 off total. Now your total will be $4.47You need to pay the $4.47. After you pay you will recieve a coupon from the coupon machine next to the register for $5 off your next purchase of almost anything. This makes the diapers FREE in essence.This deal is unlimited! But there are a few tricks to get the mostout of it. Do not buy more than 3 packages in one transaction. If you buy 6 packages you will not recieve two $5 Register coupons. So only buy 3 at a time.Remember to keep your two coupons for each additional purchase you make. The cashiers do not need to keep them since they are store coupons and the register automatically keeps track of how many are used.When you get your $5 Register coupon DO NOT use it to help pay for your second transaction of more diapers. This will void out you getting another $5 coupon. The only way to get a $5 register coupon for each transaction is to pay with cash, debit, credit or giftcard. Just save all your register coupons

Here's the story....

We are a family of six trying to cut back in today's economy down to one income. There's me, hubby, 11 year old daughter, 8 year old son, 7 year old daughter and almost 1 year old baby boy. I bought a freezer for myself for my birthday in February and started to cook ahead, and stock up on sale items. But then summer came and I cut my hours even less so I figured I needed to get right the the heart of the matter-or the stomach as the case may be. I started cutting coupons, really reading the sale ads instead of just depending on Aldi and our local fruit market. It has cut some of the flab from our food budget, but now I really really want to stay home so I have to get it down even less. I started reading websites, ebooks, and anything else I can get my hands on. My first step this weekend was to realistically write out our budget. I found a great worksheet here: http://www.shoppingfortwo.com/Budget/budget-signup.htm That's when I figured out that hubby had better cut back on his spending or everything I do would never work. Then I started doing the CVS shopping deals. I am getting better, and our CVS is not that far, but it is going to take more practice to get where I am walking out with only a few $$ spent. Now last but not least, I did the Dixie paper plate deal at Walgreens on Friday with my $5/20 coupon and actually spent $31.00 (10 on prescription) and had 54.00 woth of stuff. Now I am dedicated to cutting coupons, printing coupons, and searching out the deals. This week is grocery shopping week for me and I intend to make the best of it! My habit is to shop every two weeks and not (and I am serious about it) walk back into a store for another two weeks. I am rethinking this so that I can so one bigger shop one week and one smaller shop the next.....we'll see once I get my ads on Wednesday!

So here we go!

Well, I have thought and thought about this for months now. I finally found the time to do this. I have plenty to say, let's see if I can just get it on the page. For now, looking at all these codes and setting this all up has done me in for the night. I'll fill you all in about me tomorrow!