The Coupon Junkie*

Okay last Friday i did my 3rd Aveeno deal. My total came to $15, but it didn't dawn on me till i got homa that i forgot to use my $10.00 Aveeno Q. I wouldn't be able to get back to CVS till after the sale was over, so i just planned to return the stuff i bought. Well i go in today and the cashier tells me returns arent accepted on ECB items! I was like umm? I explained that i was only looking to get back what i paid out of pocket! She said it didnt matter, returns werent allowed PERIOD! But finally she decided to do it and told me to know in the future this isnt allowed...then we proceeds to give me my $15 cash back along w/a CVS money card w/$16 on it. I just took it and left! So she went from i cant give you money back to HERE you just made a sweet profit off my stupity! ANYONE??... I also did the 3M deal! Go HERE Print 6 copies Go to CVS Buy 6 3M hooks for $2.50 ea Pay $0 Get $5 ECBs!!!

Im not sure what the limit on the AVEENO deal is @ CVS [cause i have yet to look haha oops] but i thought it was only limit 1, but according to my receipt i hadnt reached my limit yet even tho i had already done the deal once! So i went back today and did it again=) At first i didnt think i was going to get as good of a deal as i did the other day BUT i forgot they had sent me a $3.00 coupon for my birthday! So this time i got: i used: $10/3 AVEENO IP Q $2/1 AVEENO IP Q $3 CVS Q $10 ECBs Total = .72! & got another $10 ECBs !! and i still havent reached my AVEENO LIMIT ! *SAVED* $28.47! The $10 Aveeno Q didnt scan on sunday when for my first deal, and didnt scan today either...i know one other person said theres didnt scan either -- anyone else?

Tonight we had nothing to do so I figured id see what I could score @ Wal*Mart for Cheap. I got: 3 KRAFT Salad Dressings - $1.58 - used 3 $1.50 Q's =.08 ea 2 Meow Mix Cat Treats - .97 - used 2 $1.00 Q's = FREE CoffeeMate Creamer - $1.68 - used $1.00 Q = .68 2 Yoplait 4Pack Yogurt - 2/$5 - used 2 $1.50 Q's = $2.00! TOTAL oop = $2.86 [got .08 overage for the cat treats] SAVED - $10.50

I did the AVEENO deal @ CVS today. Spend $25 get $10ecbs. I got 3 $6 Bottles & 1 $7 Face Wash. Used the $10/3 coupon & a $2/1 coupon. I had $12.98 in ECBs from last week. Making my Oop .52! Made 10 ECBs=) Actually my $10 Q never scanned but the cashier apparently thought it did...it didnt click in my head that my total shouldnt have been $10.52, it shoulda been .52! We were already half way home. We went to a CVS on our way off the Turnpike which is like 20ish minutes away! So we had to drive back so they could find the coupon in the drawer before they emptied it for the night! I got my $10 back tho=) I saved $30.44!!

We went to the Boston Marathon today -- we had a good time=) On our way back we stopped at the one and only Gymboree closest to us. I never shop there cause 1. its WAY outa the way, and 2. its pretty damn expensive when things are full price! Well i had a 20% off coupon, so i figured id start shopping for Braeden for the fall/winter coming! I added up all the orig. prices and the grand total was... $182.27!! I spent OOP after the coupon $40.57 SAVINGS OFF....$141.70!! Stuff i got: 2 Pairs of Overalls 1 Pair of PJs 2 Pairs of Sweetpants a super cute zipper up sweeter 2 Onsies Pair of socks

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I got 2 FREE Purex luandry soaps today @ CVS=) Go here and print your BOGO coupon -- you have to put your zip code in and not every zip has the coupon, but if your one of the lucky ones take your coupon to CVS cause Purex is BOGO till saturday and you will get 2 for FREE after the coupon!!

Forgot to post this last night! Im not a gambler by any means...but if i have $2 kickin around ill get a scratch ticket for the hell of it. Last night i went to the grocery store w/my mom. She got a ticket so i figured id use the $2 i had. Well i got 1 $2 ticket. I won $4, so i got 2 more $2 tickets. Lost on the first one. Won $200 on the second!!! woohooo!!

So a lot of people have been asking me how i organize my coupons etc. So i figured id show you what i do! Here it is: ** Click to make the pictures bigger ** GET A BINDER One with pockets is good to hold scissors etc MAKE SECTIONS i.e Grocery, H&B, Baby, Pets, Household etc. GET BASEBALL CARD HOLDERS AND LABEL HOW EVER YOU WANT i.e cereal, pasta, condiments, frozen foods, drinks, dairy etc. [ Overflow Section -- stuff that won't fit in the sections. ] [ Catal ina Section in my grocery section. ] [ I put the store policy's in protectors in the back. ]

Last night i planned out my Rite Aid trip and it was going to cost me around $8. Well i did even better!! 2 Packs of 40ct Huggies Wipes $1.49ea - used 2 $1.50 Q's - $1.00 SCR on 1. 2 Glade Scented Oil Candles - $2.99ea - used 2 $1.00 Q's & a BOGO coupon & 2 in ad coupons for .50 [forgot to use the $2 Q in the package...might go get it adjusted!] 2 Suave Samp/Cond. .99ea - used $1/2 Q 1 Maalox - $4.99ez used $1.50 Q - $2.00 SCR! 1 Gas-X - $4.99ea used $1.00 Q Kotex Liners - .99ea used .75 Q Bayer Baby Aspirin - $2.99ea BOGO used 2 $1.00 Q's Aquafresh Toothpaste - .99ea used $1.00 coupon PAAS egg color [for next year] - .99 PAAS egg color snaps - .75 Oop was $5.46!! Saved $23.24 Will get $5 back in SCR's!! Plus if i bring my $2 Q back to get adjusted i will have made $$! Once again i had another excited Cashier! He was a young guy and he kept saying "WOW!" Also in the mail today i got 8 High Value Huggie Coupons! [one in my name, one in Daves...

Forgot to post this last week. I got a box in the mail and had no clue what it was. It said it was from MARs and thats about it. I opened it and it was a M&M piggy bank...i couldn't figure out why i was getting it! Then i realized a piece of paper fell out when i opened it. It was from CVS. It was for the MARs candy deal back in March [i think it was]. I had no idea they were doing this! Kait likes it tho=)

I've had $10ECBs burning a hole in my wallet all week!! Finally i got to use them tonight=) Tonight i bought: 2 Boxes of Kotex - used 2 $1.00 Q's - Got $2 ECBs 2 Sure Deodorants - used 2 $1.00 Q's - Got $2 ECBs Soft Soap Scrub - used $1.00 Q - Got $4.49 ECBs...shoulda been $4.99 [going to call CS in the AM hopefully they will fix it for me] 1 Colgate Enamel Toothpaste - used $1.00 - Got $3.99 ECBs i used: $4 off $20 coupon $10 ECBs 8 Manf Q's Total Oop - $2.98 Saved - $28.36 Got $12.38 in ECBs!!

Happy Easter Everyone!! i did so good not spending a fortune on either kids Easter baskets!! My best thing was the $10.00 HSM3 DVD i scored for Kait back in February from Rite Aid! Braedens Basket consisted of Winnie the Pooh things...he loves Winnie! Kait ran around the house searching for eggs, and she found every last one of them -- 27 eggs to be exact! Oh and last night while pulling out of my parents driveway a bunny went hopping across they're neighbors lawn...Kait saw it and said GOOD THING we're leaving, he prob. wouldn't have left anything at Gramma and Papas for me if he knew i was still there! hahah Have a great day everyone!

but i saved a TON!! we did our grocery shopping today. Spent $37.xx at Stop and Shop & $71.xx at Shaws. Went to target and got a couple things i needed for the kids easter baskets and did the Dunkin Donuts Coffee deal ! Then headed to Old Navy to use my $50 off $100 coupon i scored last night at Old Navy Weekly . I split it up.. $50 for Kait & $50 for Braeden. Spent $52.00!! I got.. Mix and Match Shirts and Shorts 3/$15 [Braeden] 3 Pairs of Shorts - 2 Plaid and 1 Dark Kahki $10 & $15 [Braeden] 3 Shirts $8 each [Kait] Dress $18 [Kait] Jean Shorts [Kait] The cashier was so excited, she couldn't believe how much i saved and was shocked there were even coupons that high in value!! Last stop was to Toys R Us. Ive been waiting for a good sale to use my 2 $5 off a tag book coupons & finally this week was it! Good thing cause they expire on the 13th! All TAG books are 25% which makes them $9.99 and after coupon $4.99!!! Awesome deal!! I got her The Madagascar Penguins book...

Between yesterday & today Ive gotten some fun mail!! Parent & Child Magazine which has a GYMBOREE 20% off your purchase coupon!! Target coupon booklet w/$30 worth of coupons!! Durex Magazine [didn't know that mag even existed!] w/8 high value coupons! and a Bed Bath and Beyond coupon for 20% off.

This week at CVS if you buy $25 worth of select baby items you get $10ECBs!! The 184ct refills are $5. I had 5 $1.50 coupons & a $1 ECB = $16.50 Used $14.50 i had left on a giftcard Paid $3.58 Oop and got $10 ECBs back!! Saved $23.45! Not bad!

Ran to Stop and Shop to use my last two double coupons [they expire today booo]. I got 2 bags of Sargento Cheese 2/$5 - 2 $1.00 coupons then doubled = $1.00 for 2 packs of cheese!!! The reason for this blog is cause my husband has become a catalina stalker! He cant walk by a check-out lane w/out looking at the cat machine! haha. As were walking out dave vears right...im like what are you doing? We get outside and he holds up 2 $4.00 off $40 Catalinas! hahah scooreee!! im so glad i have a supportive couponing husband haha