Meijer 5/29/12

My Meijer's trip today:

Here is what I purchased:

3 XL cans (almost 7lbs each!) of Bush's Black Beans marked down to $3.07 each!
5 Daily's Ready to Drink Pouches $2/e
12 Can's Dole Mandarin Oranges $1/e - used 6 $0.50/2 mfc
60 Kool-Aid Envelopes $0.13/e - used 4 Buy 10 get 5 Free mfc
Dole Fruit Bowl $2.00 - used $1 mfc
2 Ritz Crackers $2.98/e
Meijer Brand Saltine Crackers $1.69
Crystal Light Pomtini $2.99 - used FREE coupon from previous promotion
2 Nestle Pure Life 6-packs $0.99/e - used $1/2 mfc (I have another coupon to use but could only find 3 packs in the entire store)
Softsoap (50% bonus package 11.25oz) $1.49 - used $1 mfc and $0.75 mperks coupon
Also used:
$1.50 catalina coupon from previous promotion
$10 Pharmacy coupon earned from filling a script
$3.40 in bottle refunds
Add $0.63 in tax

Paid $25.71
I will submit for the $2 rebate on the Daily's Pouches making my total only $23.71 for all of the above!

Meal Plan Monday

Those temps just keep creeping up - it's been in the 90's the last few days!
Here is this week's meal plan - again a lot of easy meals and using the grill as much as possible.

Monday: Chicken Parmesan
Tuesday: Lasagna
Wednesday: Eggs, Hash browns
Thursday: Sausages on the grill
Friday: Pizza
Saturday: Leftovers
Sunday: BBQ

CVS 5/27/12

Today's CVS trip was one of those that you wish you could just turn back time and do it all over again and not in a good way. I had my trip all planned out for one transaction, here was what transaction #1 (I had $5 in ecb I had to use up) was SUPPOSED to look like:

4 CVS Brand Tissues $0.77/e
Physicians Formula Moisturizer $19.99 - use $15 CVS coupon & $2 beauty coupon
2 Milkyway bars $0.75/e - use $0.75/2 mfc
Crest Travel Size Mouth Rinse $0.99 - use $1 CVS coupon
CVS Toothbrush $0.99 - use $1 CVS coupon
Use 25% CVS Coupon
Should have paid: $5.17 (using the $5 ecb I had it would be $0.17)
Then I would have gotten back a $15 ecb from the Physicians Formula and $0.75 ecb from candy
INSTEAD the Physicians Formula rang up at $4.99 leaving me WAY under my necessary total and rendering my mouth rinse, toothbrush and candy coupons unusable.
So I ended up paying $0.73 and not being able to use my coupons (and adding the one snackwells cookies to even get to that). Still having a $12 Physicians formula coupon I figured I would do a round 2 use up the coupons I couldn't use (other than the candy) in round 1 and still come out ahead. I had no way of knowing the physicians formula would ring up at the after ecb price rather than printing an ecb. I ended up with doubles of things I was only getting because they were free after coupons like the toothbrushes where I would have liked to have used that overage on something we really needed. So my transactions really looked like this:

Transaction #1:

4 CVS Brand Tissues $0.77/e
Physicians Formula Moisturizer $4.99 - use $15 CVS coupon (marked down to $8.38) & $2 beauty coupon
2 Milkyway bars $0.75/e
Crest Travel Size Mouth Rinse $0.99
CVS Toothbrush $0.99
Snackwells Single $0.77
Use 25% CVS Coupon took off $1.63
Paid $0.73
Got back $0.75 ecb

Transaction #2:

4 CVS Brand Tissues $0.77/e
Physicians Formula Moisturizer $4.99 - use $12 CVS coupon
Crest Travel Size Mouth Rinse $0.99 - use $1 CVS coupon
CVS Toothbrush $0.99 - use $1 CVS coupon
3 Hot Tomales $1.67, $1.67, $0.01
CVS Brand Tylenol $9.39
Snackwells Single $0.77
Used $8.75 in ecb
Paid $1.83 on gc
Total Spent $10.56

Meal Plan Monday

Here is this week's Meal Plan - it's been unseasonably warm (in the mid-upper 80's) so not a lot of kitchen cooking this week.

Monday: Sandwiches & Fries
Tuesday: Fish Sticks & Mac Cheese
Wednesday: Lasagne
Thursday: Grilled Chicken & Pasta Salad
Friday: Pizza
Saturday: Leftovers
Sunday: BBQ

Hot Deals This Week

Here are some deals not to miss this week:

Check your newspaper inserts for the USA Weekend - mine contained a coupon for a FREE 12oz Cheery Berry Chiller at McDonalds

Kmart has the Loreal 360 Face Cleanser (only the one with the white bottle & Pink writing) for $2.50 - use the $2 off any Loreal face product (shows makeup on it but my coupon went through without an issue) to get them for only $0.50 - regular price on these is $4.99

Meijers has some really great deals this week:
Kool Aid and Country Time 8qt Canisters are on sale for only $1, there were $1/2 mfc in the paper a few weeks ago, there is also a tearpad floating around at some stores for $1/2. Don't forget the mfc from the paper that gives you $1.50 off any rubbermaid drink container - look for specially marked containers that contain more coupons (they contain various product samples and a coupon booklet with $1 off one Kool Aid Canister, $1 off one half and half Country Time Canister and $1 off any Crystal Light 10-12qt).

Here is a scenario for you:
Buy 2 Country Time Canisters $1/e - use $1/2 mfc
Also buy two Rubbermaid Drink Pitchers $2.99/e - use 2 $1.50 mfc
Pay $3.98
Now you have coupons from the drink pitchers which will get you:
2 Kool-Aid Canister - FREE After coupon
2 Country Time half and half - FREE After coupon
2 Crystal Light 10-12qt - $1 each after coupons
*AND at checkout you should now get a catalina coupon for a FREE crystal light mocktails

So you now have:
2 Drink Pitchers, 4 Country Time Canisters, 2 Kool Aid Canisters, and 3 Crystal Light
For only: $5.98

Other great deals at Meijer include:
Ball Park Hot Dogs $0.97 - use $0.75/2 mfc (hot dogs are limit 5 per transaction)
Kraft BBQ Sauce $1.00 - use $1/2 mfc
Buy 3 Kraft BBQ Sauce get 8 Free ears of corn (watch the sizes the thick sauce variety will not qualify for the free corn)

Rite Aid & CVS 5/20/12

Technical problems are *sort of* figured out, my internet explorer will no longer allow me to post to the blog, but google chrome works perfectly fine. So we are back to business!

 Rite Aid:
2 Clorox Bleach $1.88/e - used 2 $0.50 mfc (from facebook promotion)
2 Lays Chips on sale BOGO $4.29
2 Rite Aid Brand Olive Oil on sale for $1.00/e - regular price is $4.49!
I used $8 in +up rewards (expiring before the end of the week)
Paid $1.28
I will submit for the SCR for the Clorox for $3
Total after SCR: $6.28

CVS:
Advil 24ct $4.49 - used $2 CVS coupon & $1 mfc
2 Olay Regenerist Cleansers $7.89/e - used $10/2 CVS coupon & $3/2 mfc
Salon Pas Heating Pad $1.87
Wonder Hot Dog Buns $1.50
Nestle Water $3.49
Used $4/$20 CVS Coupon
Used $7 ecb (expiring before the end of the week)
Paid $0.92 on giftcard
Rec'd $1.87 ecb back from Heating pad
Total: $5.26

Technical Difficulties

Please bear with me I'm having technical difficulties with posting to the blog. I hope to be back up in full swing next week.