Savings

Today I got a fantastic deal at CVS…I got $50 worth of stuff for $2.  There’s something a little addictive about saving so much money.  But the great thing is it’s not bad for you, in fact, it’s GREAT for you.  I’ve been asked online and offline a few times how I do it.  There are tons of web sites and now even in-person couponing classes you can take but I learned it nearly 3 years ago over at moneysavingmom.com.  She has a fantastic tutorial here that should explain it all.

I decided to take a stab at explaining what I do on video for those that are adverse to reading.  I’m not sure why you’re reading this if you are, but anyhoo.  Now my stab at this is more like a stab with a safety pin than a butcher’s knife.  I don’t do a great job. I didn’t have a script, the video is spliced and well, I just hope you get something out of it if you prefer videos over written tutorials.

I just know this CVS thing works and I want you to see that it’s doable.  I have saved THOUSANDS of dollars over the past few years and I simply will not know what to do if I ever have to pay for toothpaste or a razor again.  I spend no more than 1 hour a week on this and it is well worth my time.

I love good deals.  No surprise there.  Just had to tell you about this one I got at Kohl’s last night!

Yes, I paid $1.59 and saved $71!  Here’s what I got:

Yes, very random (and mis-matched) stuff.  I’d apologize for the unmentionables but they’re so cute and that’s what I got!   I walked around with them wadded up in my hand in the store but yet I’ll put a picture of it on here.  I don’t get it either.

ANYWAY, here’s how I did it:

A few weeks ago they had a really good deal on beach towels.  Normally $22.99-$29.99, on sale for $7.99.  So I bought EIGHT of them since we use them for the pool so much.  I had a 15% coupon and THEN got back $10 in Kohl’s Cash for spending over $50.  So I spent $54 for 8 towels.  You can’t get half-decent beach towels at Wal-mart for that.  That alone was a great deal.

Last night I used that $10 I earned and then another $5 coupon I got for signing up for their email to buy another towel, a belt, bra and underwear for $1.59.  So between both purchases, I saved $200!  Woot!

This is the best deal I’ve seen on Starbucks Bottle Frappucinos

Starbuck Frappucino: $1.29 (use in-ad coupon)
Use $1/1 printable coupon
Final Price = $.29

Make sure to print it twice…for each computer you have.

You’re welcome!

Ok, coupon queens, get ready!  I’ve been couponing heavily at CVS for a year now and I was blown away by this one.  K-Mart has a deal for a few days where you can double coupons up to $2! Glade also has a deal where you buy two plug-ins for $4.19 each, there is a B1G1 coupon and you get TWO $4 coupons back!!  And I had 4 B1G1 coupons!

Everything in that picture is worth $135.  I did 5 transactions rolling over my money to buy more of the Glade until the 5th I did everything else and paid with the money I earned.  For each of the Glade transactions, I paid .78 and for the last transaction ith everything else, my total was $99 and I paid SIXTY THREE CENTS!!!!!  AND had EIGHT DOLLARS LEFT!  K-Mart PAID ME money to take all that home!