Kim's Weekly Savings

Savings for 5/10 - 5/16

Retail Value: $317.55
Sales Savings: $146.47
Coupon Savings: $105.53

Total: $55.05
Percentage Saved: 79%!!

Highlights: 2 lbs free apples, 6 boxes 100 calorie nabisco snacks for $0.04 a box, 5 free Kraft BBQ sauce, 5 packages Kraft cheese for $4 total!, 2 boxes Ritz crackers for $0.99, 6 Kraft salad dressing for $0.28 total!, 1 18 oz Miracle Whip for $0.74, 1 18 oz Mayonaisse for $0.49, 6 jars Ragu Spaghetti sauce for FREE!

Kim's Weekly Savings

Savings for 5/3 - 5/9

Retail Value: $121.39
Sales Savings: $24.55
Coupon Savings: $50.18

Total: $45.72
Percentage Saved: 62%

Some of the highlights: 2 Kraft BBQ for Free, 4 Uncle Ben's Rice for Free, Kraft EZ Mac for FREE, 2 lbs of apples for $0.25, 4 Fiber One products for $0.25 total!, Listerine Mouthwash, Pert Plus, and Right Gaurd Deodorant for FREE!!

Kim's Weekly Savings

Savings for 4/26 - 5/2

Retail Value: $466.15

Sales Savings: $193.74

Coupon Savings: $236.98

Total: $33.41

Percentage Saved: 93%

Some of the highlights: 3/4 lb package of stir fry steak for $0.43, 2 shirts from Kohl's for Abe for $0.43 each, 3 cartons Breyer's icecream for $0.44 each, Free apples, 2 cans Pringles, 2 Kraft salad dressing, and 4 kraft mac n cheese from Target, 5 boxes of Special K for $0.40 a piece, a 260 package of wipes for $1.87, 15 boxes of Uncle Ben's rice for FREE, 2 Kraft BBQ sauce for FREE, 5 bags tortilla chips for FREE, 4 boxes of Bagelfuls for $0.64 each, 2 boxes Eggo Waffles for $0.54 each, 6 cans refried beans for FREE, 4 jars salsa for $0.35 each, 5 boxes Planter peanut bars for $0.25 each, Daisy Sour Cream for FREE, 2 Nivea Body Wash for FREE, 3 cans Dole Pineapple for $0.07 each, 7 Hormel Compleats meals for FREE, and 6 boxes of Electrasol tabs for FREE.

It was triple coupons at Harris Teeter, where a lot of my products came from. Below is a picture we took when our out of pocket expense was at $17. We wanted to put the pile away, so we didn't take any additional pictures after that.

Rite Aid Challenge

Here is my latest purchase for the Rite Aid Challenge.

Skintimate Shaving Gel on sale for $2.99 - $0.75 coupon = $2.24 plus tax = $2.44

I will get back: $2.24 rebate

My totals:

$28.96 retail value merchandise (that is sale prices)

used $21.16 on my gift card

receiving $21.24 back on my gift card from rebates to roll into new deals.

I've made a profit of $0.08 on my free Gift Card!

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.