Mashup Mom

I thought I’d tell you this morning about my little Walgreens trip today + answer some odds and ends from comments that don’t really warrant their own full posts. So first, the shopping!

$1.70 OOP

Transaction one

3 character band-aids, $5.97 with in-ad coupon. Used three $.50/1 from the 8/2 RP and $2.00/each from the Walgreens children’s activity booklet.
Vaseline sheer infusions lotion, $6.99. Used $1.50/1 printable (no longer avail.).
2 Trident layers gum, $2.00. Used two $.75/1 printables.
2 Crest toothpaste, $2.00. Used two $.75/1 from the 9/27 PG. (I like plain Crest paste, even with all this free iso-active extra whitening whatnot available. Go figure!)
1 Halloween tumbler, $.17 with in-ad coupon.

Paid with $5.00 RR (from Nyquil) + $.97 in cash. Got back $8.00 RR ($7.00 for Vaseline; $1.00 for gum). Up $2.03 this transaction.

Transaction two

1 pack M&Ms, $.49 with in-ad coupon.
1 Emergen-C shots, $3.49.
2 Nyquil, $10.00. Used two $1.00/1 from the 9/27 PG.
3 character band-aids, $5.97 with in-ad coupon. Used three $.50/1 from the 8/2 RP and $2.00/each from the Walgreens children’s activity booklet.

Paid with $10.00 RR (from Vaseline and Chapstick) and $.73 in cash. Got back $8.50 RR ($5.00 for Nyquil; $3.50 for Emergen-C). Down $2.23 this transaction. So my net cost today at Wags: $.20.

Random thing the first: What do you DO with all this crap?

What did I really want at Wags today? Nyquil. All the Barbie band-aids and the lotion are going to the food pantry; dh will like the Emergen-C; the plain Crest I’ll use, but wasn’t in dire need of; Mr. now-7 will want the gum, though we didn’t really “need” it. (Can you imagine Mr. 7′s reaction if I gave him a Barbie band-aid?!) But if buying the other stuff gets me free Nyquil and allows me to donate to others who can use it at the same time, why not?

Random thing the second: Isn’t Hormel chili gross?

It does look kind of gross, actually. I’ve never tried it before, since I always make my own, but I’m planning on having it for lunch later and will report back . Marie posted a great looking chili dip recipe in comments here. Again, for $.50/jar, I’ll try it. If it’s gross, I’ll give away the other jar or make chili dip with it.

Random thing the third: Did you forget about the Capri Sun coupons?

Yes I did! Megan points out that there were Capri Sun $.55 manufacturer coupons in the Jewel ad a couple of weeks ago. If you kept these, use them at Dominick’s this week, where Capri Sun is $1.49 each when you buy 5. (I also have a $.50 coupon clipped but no idea where it came from, looks like a brochure? Anyone know?) Stephanie comments that the 100% juice pouches are also $1.49 wyb 5. I forget who was asking about juice boxes a while back, but this is a great time to stock up, esp. if you have the coupons.

Random thing the fourth: How’d you get the GM Catalina?

First, remember you can refer back here to find many of the participating products. But here’s the math on this shopping trip:

(pre-preferred price/preferred price)

2 Fiber One yogurt, $6.50/$5.00.
3 Pillsbury Crescent rolls, $9.50/$5.00.
3 Simply Cookies, $11.85/$7.50.

So my pre-preferred prices added up to $27.85 — well over the $25.00 I needed to trigger the $10.00 GM Catalina. I got the second $4.00 Catalina for buying 6 Pillsbury refrigerated dough products. I went and scanned my yogurt and cookies at the in-store price scanner to make sure I was hitting the right numbers; already knew the price of the crescent rolls because I bought them the other day at the same store.

And this is why you can do a lot better working off of “sale” prices. My actual cost with preferred card for these items was $17.50 ($9.80 after coupons), and it would have cost me much more out of pocket to hit $25.00 on preferred card pricing. However, as always, this is a do at your own risk game. If you are nervous about losing Catalinas or are very new at this, you might start by using preferred card pricing so that you have the ad to point to if things go wrong, or start with very simple scenarios rather than mix/matching products.

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