Kim Weekly Savings

Savings for 4/19 - 4/25

Retail Value: $285.60
Sales Savings: $106
Coupon Savings: $95.72

Total: $82.77
Percentage saved: 71%

Some of the highlights: Free milk, 8 tubes of free Crest (donated to Salvation army today), Free chef boyardee, 3 boxes of Capri Suns for $0.79 each, Free Huggies, 3 packages of Kroger diapers for $2.49 each, 2 Tresseme thermal sprays for Free (these are for Mom)

We also had some friends over on Friday and were able to purchase all of our snacks and prizes for that (at least $25 of what we spent was towards this). It put us slightly over budget for the week, but we are still under budget for the month.

Rite Aid Challenge

So, I had my first transaction in the Rite Aid Challenge.

1 package Huggies diapers: $8.99 - $2 coupon = $6.99
1 Wartner Wart Remover: $9.99
1 Ben Gay Patch: $6.99 - $2 coupon = $4.99
subtract a $5 off $25 Rite Aid Coupon plus $1.75 tax = $18.72

I will receive back:
$3 rebate for Huggies diapers
$10 rebate for Wart Remover
$6 rebate for Ben Gay
Total back: $19.00

So I've gained $0.28 so far on my free $25 Gift Card!

Kim's Weekly Savings

Savings for 4/12/2009 - 4/18/2009

Retail Value: $124.44

Sales Savings: $42.80

Coupon Savings: $14.00

Total: $67.52

Percentage Saved: 45%

Some of the highlights: all of our plastic Easter eggs for next year (75% off), these 2 awesome buckets for Abe's Big Boy room (50% off see pic), Softsoap Coconut Scrub (free and it smells SO good).

The blue is the color we painted the walls in his room.

The Rite Aid Challenge

So, I needed to refill a prescription of Abe's. We'd filled it several months ago at CVS initially. This past week in the paper they had coupons to receive a $25 Gift Card to Rite Aid if you transferred a prescription there. I figured I'd go ahead and transfer it, to get the Gift Card. So, I went to Rite Aid, paid $0.72 for the prescription and got my $25 G.C. Now, here is my challenge. I'm going to see how much I can actually get with that $25 without ever paying out of pocket. Rite Aid does a monthly rebate program and combining that with coupons, I'll see what I can do. I'm going to track it for a year. Here's to free stuff from Rite Aid!

Kim's Weekly Savings

Savings for 4/5/2009 - 4/11/2009

Retail Value: $261.25
Sales Savings: $80.97
Coupon Savings: $127.55
Total : $50.75
(not including $1.98 that was put on a CVS giftcard that I got for free, since that didn't come out of my pocket. That $1.98 was included in the total when I calculated my % of savings for the week)
I am also getting a $10 rebate back by mail, but I did not include that in any of my totals since I haven't recieved it yet.

Percentage SAVED: 80% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some of my highlights: 5 mega packs of Huggies Wipes (free) 7 Vitamin Water drinks (free)
2 cartons Breyers Icecream ($1.24 each) 2 gallons milk (free) 4 Shick Intuition Razors (free) 2 Skintimate Shave Gels (free) 3 cans Del Monte Green Beans ($0.31 each) 3 packages Yeast ($0.64 each) Set of Clippers ($0.79) 4 cans Pringles ($0.38 each)

I might make one more trip out this evening to fill a prescription for Abe. I'll update my totals if I do.