All righty, the lawn is mowed and tomato plants planted, and it is time to report on what I consider today's coupon failure.
On the Walgreen's list:
The Gatorade series: Prime, Perform, and Recover. On sale for $5 for the three things. $5 rebate printed out at the register, just have to fill it out and mail it in.
Suave body lotion and body wash: buy $10 worth of Suave and get $3 register rewards.
I had two coupons for $1 off, but the coupon I needed to really make this deal work was the B1G1 free coupon from May which is before I started couponing. I could only figure out how to pay $8 to get $3 back, which I really didn't want to do.
But what really made this a FAIL is that I could not find the body wash. Found the lotion. Couldn't find a clerk to help.
Kellogg's cereal, $1.99. This wasn't so bad. I bought two boxes of Frosted Flakes, which DD loves, and two boxes of Raisin Bran which DH loves. I had a coupon for $1/2 for the FF and two coupons for 70 cents off the Raisin Bran. So I paid $1.49 each for the FF and $1.29 for the Raisin Bran. Which works because it's stuff my family will eat. What makes this feel like a FAIL is Albertsons frequently has sales on cereal that are better than this.
Dr. Teal's lavender epsom salts. I love this, and it was marked clearance for $1.99. However, it's a fail because I was charged 5.99 and didn't notice. That seems to be a cardinal rule, pay attention at the check out! I am undecided what to do about this.
Gilette Fusion power razor. On sale for $9.89, and I had the $4 coupon. Got a coupon for $5 off my next shopping trip at Walgreens. Not a bad price.
Did not get the Aquafresh toothpaste here, couldn't find that coupon.
Also had to buy Gatorade for next week's prep session and knee hi'a for daughter, so all in all I spent $38 and got $6 off in coupons, with $10 more in savings coming to me.
Now, for the stock pile, I have five tubes of toothpaste and my goal is 18. I think I'll hold off on buying more toothpaste until my coupon pile is a little bigger :-) because it really rocked to get stuff for FREE.
My cereal stock pile goal is 10 boxes per person for a year's worth. As of today, I have 17 boxes of Frosted Mini Wheats, Cheerios, Raisin Bran, and Frosted Flakes. 13 more boxes completes the stockpile, and again I can wait for a really good sale.
I am also pretty much ready for next Sunday's clear liquid diet/scope prep. I have Miralax and Gatorade (in flavors that I'll actually drink) and will be ready. Dreading it, but ready.
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