Elizabeth Kroger 5/30 spent $5.64

Remember that my Kroger (Plano, TX) doubles up to and including $0.50 coupons, and triples up to and including $0.39 coupons.

(2) $1.09 - Mahatma Rice

- (2) $0.50/1 from 4/25 RP (doubled made the rice $0.09 each)

$1.69 - Minute Rice Ready to Serve brown rice

- $0.50/1 printable (doubled made this $0.69 - great for work)

(2) $0.89 - Old El Paso Taco Seasoning

- $0.60/2 printable (This isn't available anymore but there is now a $0.50/1 on coupons.com which would have been much better. After my coupon that was expiring, they were $0.59 each.)

(2) $1.50 - Betty Crocker Frosting

- (2) $0.40/1 printable (doubled made them $0.70 each)

(2) $1.29 Wacky Mac Pasta

- (2) $0.50/1 printable (doubled made this $0.29 each)

(3) $1.09 - Bounty Basic paper towels

- (3) $0.25/1 from 5/2 P&G insert (tripled made them $0.34 each)

(2) $1.09 - Domino Brown Sugar

- (2) $0.50/1 from 5/2 RP insert (doubled made them $0.09 each)

(8) $1.00 - Life Savers

- (4) B1G1 printable (no longer available)

- (4) $1/2 printable (made them all free)

Total before coupons: $25.15

Total after coupons: $5.64

Savings of 78%.

I should note that this was by no means a regular or necessary grocery trip. But since it was the end of the month I went through my already clipped (and my oldest 2 inserts) coupons and pulled anything $0.50 or less (for doubling and tripling) that I thought might get me free or close to free groceries and this is what I came up with. I will most likely make another trip to Kroger before tomorrow with any other deals I read about online (the new ad comes out on Wednesdays).

Elizabeth Target 5/30 spent $6.17

I had to do two transactions because the Target light bulb coupon, Dove hair coupon and Band-Aid coupon can only be used once per transaction.

Transaction #1:

$2.00 - GE Reveal Light Bulbs

- $1.50/1 Target coupon printable

- $1/1 from 4/18 SS insert (made it free plus overage)

$2.79 - Dove Shampoo

- $1/1 Target printable

- $1/1 printable (made it $0.79)

$1.69 - Band-Aid Kid's 25 ct

- $0.75/1 Target printable

- $0.50/1 from 4/25 SS insert (made it $0.44)

Total before coupons: $7.01

Total after coupons: $0.75

Savings of 90%

Transaction #2:

(2) $5.00 - Finish Quantamatic Starter Kit (dishwasher soap with 24 wash cycles)

- $3/1 printable (made it $2.00)

$2.00 - GE Reveal Light Bulbs

- $1.50/1 Target coupon printable

- $1/1 from 4/18 SS insert (made it free plus overage)

$2.79 - Dove Shampoo

- $1/1 Target printable

- $1/1 printable (made it $0.79)

$1.69 - Band-Aid Kid's 25 ct

- $0.75/1 Target printable

- $0.50/1 from 4/25 SS insert (made it $0.44)

$0.99 - Dove + Men Travel Size Soap

- $1/1 from April All You magazine

(3) $1.12 - Olay Bar Soap (Travel section)

- (3) $1/1 from 5/2 P&G insert (made them $0.12 each)

(2) $3.48 - Venus Embrace Razor (clearance)

- $2/1 from 5/2 P&G insert (only had one left but still a great deal)

- I also had a coupon from the 5/2 P&G insert for a free $5 gift card when you buy two. Even though I could not use the gift card on this transaction, if you factor it in, I made $0.04 on this deal.

Total before coupons: $30.08

Total after coupons: $10.42

If you factor in the $5 gift card, I spent $5.42.

After both transactions (including gift card), I spent $6.17, which is a savings of 83%.

Elizabeth CVS 5/30 spent $2.23

Sorry it's upside down! I'm having some trouble with my computer.

So CVS is a complete let down this week but I went by one anyway.

(3) $2.00 - Suave Hair and Body Products

- (2) $1/1 printable for hair care (came from the Rachael Ray Suave giveaway a while back)

- $0.50/1 body wash from 5/23 RP insert

$2.99 - Ban Deodorant

- $1/1 from 4/18 SS insert

$0.59 - Gummy Bears (filler)

Total before coupons: $10.37

Used $4 ECB from last week.

Total oop: $2.23

Received $2 ECB from Ban and $2 ECB from Suave (this made the Ban free and the Suave $0.50 each).

Elizabeth Walgreen's 5/30 made $1.93

So Walgreen's is pretty great this week. Lot's of freebies! I went to 2 Walgreen's and did a total of 3 transactions.

Transaction #1:

$5.00 - Luster White Sensitive Toothpaste

$3.49 - U by Kotex Regular Tampons

- $1/1 printable

$2.00 - Ecotrin Low Dose Aspirin

-$2/1 printable or 5/16 RP insert

$2.00 - Walgreen's A thru Z Vitamins

(2) $1.49 - Tic Tacs big pak

- $1 from internet store coupon here

- $1.49 from B1G1 free from 5/2 RP (give this coupon first, takes off more - made them $0.25 each after both coupons)

(2) $2.99 - OxiClean Max Force Power Packs

- (2) $2/1 from 4/25 SS insert

(4) $4.99 - Nivea for Men Body Wash

- $9.98 for in store B1G1 free sale

- (4) $3/1 from 5/2 RP insert (made them free plus $2.02 in overage)

Total before coupons: $44.83

Used $8 RR from last week's Complete contact solution

Total after coupons and RR's and tax (oop): $1.94

Savings of 96%!

Received $5 RR from Luster, $2.50 RR from Kotex, $2 RR from Ecotrin and $2 RR from Walgreen's vitamins.

Transaction #2:

$5.00 - Luster White Sensitive Toothpaste

$3.49 - U by Kotex Regular Tampons

- $1/1 printable

$2.00 - Ecotrin Low Dose Aspirin

-$2/1 printable or 5/16 RP insert

$2.00 - Walgreen's A thru Z Vitamin

$0.33 - Caramel (filler)

Total before coupons: $13.88

Used $8 RR from Complete

Total after coupons, RR's and tax (oop): $1.82

Received $2 RR from Walgreen's vitamins, $2.50 RR from Kotex, $5 RR from Luster and $2 RR from Ecotrin.

Transaction #3:

(2) $2.49 - Aquafresh Kid's Toothpaste (one of these didn't make it in the picture)

- $3.00 from in ad coupon

- (2) $1/1 printable (makes it free)

$2.00 - Walgreen's A thru Z Vitamin

(4) $2.50 Hershey's Pieces

- (4) $1/1 from 4/18 SS insert

$0.33 - Caramel (filler)

Total before coupons: $18.74

Used $8 RR from Complete

Total after tax, coupons and RR's: $0.31

Received $5 RR from Hershey's and $2 RR from Walgreen's vitamins.

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Total spent oop today: $4.07

Used $24 in register rewards.

Received $30 in register rewards.

This means I actually made $1.93 today!!!

Note: For the first time since I've been shopping at Walgreen's, some really great coupons printed out. I'm not entirely sure what prompted them but I'm listing them below just for fun.

$8 from Cover Girl including:

- Tru Cheeks Blush

- Tru Blend Bronzer & Pressed Powders or Liquid Makeup

- Tru Blend Microminerals

- Smoothers All Day Hydrating Makeup or Simply Powder Foundation

- Ultimate Finish Liquid Powder Makeup or Aqua Smooth Compact Foundation

- Advanced Radiance Liquid Makeup

- Simply Ageless

$4.50 from Cover Girl including:

- Lash Exact, Volume Exact, Lash Blast Length or Exactly Eyelights Mascara

- Line Exact Liquid Liner or Exact Eyelights Liner

- Exact Eyelights Eye Shadow or Smokey Shadows

$1.50 off any 1 Scrubbing Bubbles Product

$1.50 off one 12 oz Gillette Body Wash

and lastly I received 2 coupons for $1.50 off Playtex Gentle Glide tampons.

Super great week at Walgreen's! I have more Ecotrin coupons and since they make a completely free transaction (no oop) plus a $2 RR, I will probably swing by another Walgreen's before the week is up.