I bought

2 bottles of Nature's Bounty D-1000 = $8.99 bogo

2 cans of Oust = $3.99 each

1 bottle of Glade fabric & air = $3.99

- $5/$20

- (2) $2 off Nature's Bounty

- $6 ebs

oop: 76¢

received: $12 ebs ($3 for Nature's Bounty, $9 for Glade/Oust)

saved: $29.99

Kroger - 1/21

I bought

3 Halls cough drops = $1 each

2 Starkist tuna = $1 each

2 Bird's Eye Steamfresh veggies = $1 each

2 boxes of donut holes (for Hunter's birthday) = 79¢ each

- (3) 50¢ off Halls (doubled)

- (2) $1 off Starkist tuna

- (2) 35¢ off Bird's Eye Steamfresh (doubled)

oop: $2.28

saved: $10.12

CVS - 1/19

2 Transactions today

Transaction 1

2 bottles of Nature's Bounty D-1000 = $8.99 bogo

3 bottles of Glade Fabric & Air = $3.99 each

- $5/$20

- (2) $5 off Nature's Bounty

- $6 ebs

oop: 76¢ (all tax)

received: $13 ebs ($3 for Nature's Bounty, $9 for Glade, $1 for gbt)

Transaction 2

6 Glade Scented Oils glass holders = $2.50 each*

6 Glade Scented Oils refills = $2.50 each*

- $5/$20

- (2) $2 off 2 Glade Scented Oils

- (2) $1.50 off Glade Scented Oils

- $15 (6 x buy holder, get refill free)

- $3 ebs

oop: $1.25

received: $9 ebs

*I had a rain check that made them 2/$5 and $3 ebs for every $10 spent

total oop: $2.01

total saved: $79.07

total ebs spent: $12

total ebs earned: $22

total cost: profit $7.99

Also, I'll be sending in the receipts for the $5 SC Johnson rebate wyb any 3 products which will make my profit $17.99! (before the cost of stamps)

Kroger - 1/19

I bought:

3 bags of Bird's Eye Steamfresh veggies = $1 each

4 bags of Halls cough drops = $1 each

3 pouches of Starkist tuna = $1 each

- (3) 35¢ off Bird's Eye Steamfresh (doubled)

- (4) 50¢ off Halls Cough Drops (doubled)

- (3) $1 off Starkist tuna (doubled)

oop: $1.02

saved: $16.54

Rite Aid - 1/18

Transaction 1-2

1 bag of Stacy's Pita chips = $2.50

- $2.50 (free bag coupon)

oop: 6¢

total oop: 12¢

total saved: $6.58

I bought these in 2 transactions so that I could get 4 Game of Life tickets, 1/transaction, 1/bag of chips

CVS - 1/17

We did 5 transactions yesterday.

Transaction 1-4

6 12-packs = $20

- $5/$20

- $15 ebs

oop: 32¢, 25¢, 37¢, 37¢ (all tax)*

received: $10 ebs/transaction

* I still can't figure out how tax is calculated at CVS

Transaction 5

2 Nature's Bounty D-1000 = $8.99 bogo

3 Oust = $3.99 each

1 CVS Aspirin = $1.99

- $5/$20

- (2) $5 off Nature's Bounty

- $3.99 (bogo Oust)

- $1.99 (free CVS Aspirin)

- $2 ebs

oop: 77¢ (all tax)

received: $12 ebs ($9 for Oust, $3 for Nature's Bounty)

total oop: $2.08

total saved: $151.73

total ebs spent: $62

total ebs earned: $52

total cost: $12.08

Also, I'll be sending in 2 receipts for the Coors Light $7.50 rebate wyb $20 worth of Pepsi for a profit of $2.92 (before the cost of stamps).

intro

I started couponing last April. In the beginning, I was buying 1 paper a week and saving a decent amount of money but I didn't really know what I was doing.

Memorial Day weekend, I saw the CVS ad. I'd never really shopped at CVS for anything more than prescriptions but I decided to give it a try. There were several items that were free after Extra Bucks. I had been holding onto a $25 gift card that I got for free with a prescription almost a year before, so I figured it couldn't hurt to try. I got a bunch of stuff for very little money (all on the gift card) and I've been rolling Extra Bucks ever since.

Last year I saved more than $6500 (including sales and coupons), I don't have the exact numbers. I saved more than $4000 at CVS, about $1600 at Food Lion, and I had over $1000 in Kroger Plus savings (Kroger doesn't track coupon savings on receipts).

I decided to start this blog because I wanted to make myself track my savings for 2010. I only started keeping track in November of last year and I really can't wait to see how much I save this year.