My 2011 Savings and Spending Log

This blog was created for the purpose of tracking my savings and out of pocket spending this year and determining how much I actually save by searching for the best deals and using coupons. To anyone interested in following along, go for it! I'm extremely curious what my total savings and actual spending will end up being.



Monday, March 14, 2011

Late night Fry's run

I totally forgot about my Fry's catalinas I got a week ago! I had $12 worth that expire tonight! That's a lot of $$ not to use so I had to muster up the energy to run to the store. Although I love to coupon and save money, sometimes I just don't feel like getting up and going. First, I had NO IDEA what to spend it on and secondly, I didn't want to get dressed. I was already in my pjs.
After finally getting the energy to go I decided to just walk around the store until I found what I wanted to buy. I found my fav. face wash on sale so I grabbed one of those. Jordan likes bagels... perfect. And juice, I can't go wrong with juice! I even had 2 coupons for the Simply kind! So after using my 2 coupons and my $12 catalinas the total out of pocket I paid were 2 pennies!!! :)

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Walmart and Walgreens Run!!




I spent only $1.05 for over $40 worth of stuff at Walmart!


There's an AWESOME deal at Walgreens on the Fruity Pebbles cereal cups!! Buy 5 and use the in-ad coupon to make them all .79, then pay $3.95 (plus tax) and get back $8RR's!!! That's a $4 Money Maker!!!! The best thing about this deal is that you don't need any other coupons except the ones provided in the store ad!!! Yay! :)
I made 3 different transactions...
1st) 5 fruity pebbles, 4 reach toothbrushes: paid $7.80 and got back $8RR's (for the cereal) and $4RR's (for the toothbrushes)
2nd) 5 fruity pebbles and a filler candy bar: paid with my $4RR from the toothbrushes and it came to .71 and got back $8RR's
3rd) 5 fruity pebbles, 2 pedia care infant care: paid only $2.82 and got back $8 RR's
Total out of pocket was $11.33 but I now have $24 in RR's to spend!!!

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

I'm loving the new Walmart Coupon Policy!


Walmart updated their coupon policy allowing customers to use coupons even if they are over the value of the item! You can use that extra amount on the remaining items of your order or get cash back!!!
Here's what I did:
6 Similac @ $3.84 each
4 bags of cat food @ 1.00 each
1 Purex @ .97
1 Gain sheets @ 1.87
----total before coupons $29.88
Used-
(2) $10/3 Similac
(4) $1.50/1 cat food
(1) $3/1 Purex
(1) $3/1 Gain
----total after coupons $-2.12 (taxes added $.93) = I got paid $1.17!!!

Saturday, March 5, 2011

CVS/Fry's



Total money I spent out of pocket was .54 for both orders and I got $11 in Extra Care Bucks (store cash) at CVS to use next time! Looks like I'm stocked on toilet paper and paper towels for a while!! :)

Friday, March 4, 2011

Target Deals!

These jeans were on clearance for $4.98 at Target and there was a $5 off any Women's Denim printable target coupon so I got them for FREE! I grabbed a few different sizes to donate to my local DI (Deseret Industries... ever heard of them? Go here to read more.)

Also, there's a target printable coupon for $1.50/3 Nature Valley granola bars- stack that with (3) .50 off coupons (http://www.coupons.com/) = FREE! Yay!! *note these boxes can be found in the $1 spot!

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Spent .44 on over $170 worth of groceries, cleaning products and toothpaste/toothbrushes to last me forever (and to donate!!) :) I ALSO received $10.50 in catalinas to use on my next orders.... = profit of $10.06!!!

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Wooo hooo... I love AZ!

(I paid .79 for 9 boxes! I'm def. stocked on Kleenex, so I'll be donating these to a school nearby)

(paid only $5.50 for 4 CKP pizzas and 2 more boxes of Kleenex!)

( Total before coupons and savings card was $107!!!!! After coupons = .05!!!!)


K, so last week J and I were in California for work... AND boy are the prices different than here in good ol' Gilbert, AZ!

I was so glad to be back just in time for some deals at my local store! So here are 3 shopping trips I made yesterday!!

My total out of pocket that I paid for all 3 trips was $6.34 AND I got back $9 to use on my next orders... That's a profit of $2.66!!!!!! I was soooo excited. YAY!