Success at Safeway!

The girls and I got some more stuff from the "Buy 8 Save $4" promo at Safeway today, and I also grabbed a jar of yeast that we needed to get my total above $10 so I could use my $10 RR from Walgreens. And we had a couponing victory! The checker was very surprised when I handed her the RR, and I showed her the copy of their new coupon policy that I had printed from Safeway.com. She called a manager, they both looked at it, and then she scanned the RR which took $10 off my order with no problems! Hooray! I was so glad I had a copy of the policy with me because neither the checker nor the manager knew anything about the policy change. Here's what I did (the prices reflect the "Buy 8 Save $4" promo):

Purchased:

Rold Gold pretzels = $1.49

Tostitos bite size tortilla chips = $1.77

Crystal Light Pure Fitness drink mix = $1.49

Nabisco Ritz Crackerfuls = $1.99

Snyder's filled pretzels = $1.50

Lucerne ice cream (mint chocolate chip!! mmm...) = $2.49

Shedd's margarine spread = $1.49

Febreeze Air Effects spray = $1.99

Fleischmann's yeast = $6.99

Subtotal = $21.20

Coupons:

- $1/1 Crystal Light Pure Fitness drink mix

- $1.50/1 Ritz Crackerfuls

- $0.50/1 Lucerne ice cream from Add Dairy to Your Summer Adventure coupon booklet

- $0.40/1 Shedd's Country Crock margarine spread (from coupons.com but not available anymore)

- $0.40 margarine coupon doubled

- $1/1 Febreeze Air Effects from the Home Made Simple coupon booklet

- $10 RR from Walgreens

Total = $6.40

My total OOP was even less than what the yeast cost all by itself!!

FREE Sample of Language of the Leaf Tea

Go here to score a FREE sample of tea! You'll need to scroll down and put your name in the box on the lower left side. Then input your email to start receiving their newsletters. On the next screen you can type in your information to receive your FREE sample. Note: they do ask what kind of tea you want for your sample, so you might want to browse around the site a little before actually signing up.

(Thanks, Hip2Save)

FREE Sample of eos Shaving Cream

Go here to score a FREE sample of eos shaving cream. The info says the sample is 0.5 oz. That might be enough to shave one leg.

(Thanks, Hip2Save)

Albertsons Doublers This Weekend!

It sounds like we are going to get some more doublers in this weekend's paper! Yay!! I'll be working on my scenarios today, but more than likely I'll be buying 3 papers or so to get the most deals. Kinda sad what gets me excited, right? :)

(Thanks, Krazy Coupon Lady)

New Safeway Coupon Policy

Safeway has updated their coupon policy, and there are some great clarifications and additions in there. Go here to view and print it. I printed it and will put it in my coupon keeper in case I run into trouble at the checkout. The most exciting change is that we can now use Catalinas and Register Rewards from other stores at Safeway!! So that means I can use the $10 RR I got at Walgreens today towards groceries at Safeway! Sweet!

(Thanks for the heads up, Krazy Coupon Lady)

Neutrogena Moneymaker!

I found out that our Walgreens was getting a truck in on Wednesday this week, so I went back Thursday morning to see if I could score the Neutrogena moneymaker. I was so excited to see the facial bars back in stock! They only had two bars of each kind (regular facial bar for $2.69 and acne control facial bar for $2.99), so I bought the two regular and one acne control. I had two $1.50/1 manufacturer coupons I got from a coupon booklet at Safeway to make the deal even sweeter. Here's what I did:

Bought 2 Neutrogena facial bars @ $2.69 each = $5.38

Bought 1 Neutrogena acne control facial bar - $2.99

Subtotal: $8.37 (this STILL would have been a moneymaker even if I hadn't used coupons!)

- $1.50/1 Neutrogena product (from Safeway coupon booklet)

- $1.50/1 Neutrogena product (from Safeway coupon booklet)

- $5 RR from earlier this week

Total = $0.37

Then after I paid, a $10 RR printed out to use next time! What a sweet deal!

(Thanks, Hip2Save and Krazy Coupon Lady)

Walgreens This Week

It was a very good week at Wags! Unfortunately they were sold out of the Neutrogena bar soaps that would have been a $4.93 moneymaker, but we still did very well. And Abby sat quietly in her carseat the entire time, so that was a bonus. :) Here's how it looked:

Transaction #1:

6 Old Spice body washes @ $4.49 each

Subtotal = $26.94

- 3 B1G1 FREE Old Spice body washes from 6/6 PG

- $1/2 Old Spice body washes from 6/6 PG

Total = 12.47

Then, a $10 RR printed because I spent over $25 on Old Spice products.

Transaction #2:

1 Bayer baby aspirin = $2.99

1 Ziploc gallon freezer bags = $1.99

1 Ziploc quart freezer bags = $1.99

1 Gillette Fusion razor = $9.89

2 Ravina knee highs = $1.19

3 Ravina pantyhose @ $1.19 each = $3.57

1 Ben Gay Massage gel = $4.99

Subtotal = $26.61

- $1/1 Bayer aspirin coupon

- $2 Bayer in-ad coupon

- $1.50/2 Ziploc coupon (not available any more)

- $4/1 Gillette Fusion razor coupon from 6/6 PG

- $0.69 Ravina knee highs in-ad coupon

- $1.50 Ravina pantyhose in-ad coupon

- $5/1 Ben Gay Massage gel coupon

- $10 RR from previous transaction

Total = $0.92

Then, a $5 RR printed for the Gillette Fusion razor

Transaction #3:

1 Gillette Fusion razor = $9.89

1 Snickers bar = $0.89 (filler item)

Subtotal = $10.78

- $4/1 Gillette Fusion razor coupon from 6/6 PG

- $0.40 Snickers in-ad coupon

- $5 RR from previous transaction

Total = $1.38

Then, another $5 RR printed for the Gillette Fusion razor.

Usually, I couldn't use the Gillette RR to pay for another Gillette razor and then have another RR print. But for some reason, it's working with the Gillette razors this week. I had to add a filler item to my third transaction so that my coupon-to-item ratio would be right. I had two items and used two manufacturer coupons (Wags store coupons don't count toward the coupon-to-item ratio). If we subtract the last $5 RR which I wasn't able to use from what I paid, then my total OOP was $9.77 for all these items!!