One Thrifty Thursday

Shaving With Savings (Plus Soup!)

I try to keep an eye on expiration dates, especially with my coupons and such.

It turns out, I had a dollar ExtraBucks due to expire today, as well as a coupon for razor blade cartridges that I had snagged a while back from coupons.com.  It didn't stay online for very long; I'm glad I printed it.

Anyway, since we needed milk, I had an excuse to leave the house before hours of homework...plus I could spend time with my husband!

So first we hit CVS.  Here I made use of the $0.99 Progresso Soup deal, plus a coupon that knocked 50 cents off of two, making them $0.75 each. (coupons.com)  Take the dollar off with that, and we got two cans of really good soup for $0.48... (however we bought some cookies, so our receipt wasn't that beautiful.)

Next we hit our local Walmart; I had previously discovered that the razor cartridges are significantly cheaper there.  So, I grabbed the $15 four pack replacement cartridges for my razor  that I purchased this past summer (love it!). With my $6.00 off coupon in hand I was already at least partially excited; then I noticed the shaving cream right below it.

What was so special about the normal-priced shaving cream?  It came with a free disposable razor. New product!  (Schick Hydro Silk, buddy!)  Can you say "travel bag"? (I love my travel bag...now it is complete!)

So, these three items cost me only 11.41!

I love saving money on things that I use anyway!

As a side note, I got some black and red yarn to make a little bag (case is probably a more masculine word) for my husband's new 2DS. Maybe I can get to work on it soon.

You have also now had a first glance at my desk.  Congratulations; this is probably what I see for most of the day.

Free Toothpaste!

CVS Run for Free Toothpaste

Do you love saving money?  Of course you do; that was a silly question for me to ask.  My husband came in from class yesterday with a CVS receipt, and I had planned to make use of the milk for $3.29 this week when I ran across a $2 off of 2 toothpaste coupon on his receipt.  They usually have some kind of sale going on toothpaste, so I looked up the online sales paper and GASP!  There it was: $2.99 Colgate Total with $2 ExtraBucks, redeemable twice!  In other words I could get two tubes of toothpaste for 99 cents each (without coupons).  I had $2 ExtraBucks from another purchase that were going to expire this week, so I could use them, too.  This is my husband's favorite toothpaste, so I win!
Math time:

• $2.99 Colgate - $2 EB = $0.99.
• $2.99 Colgate - $2 off of 2 Coupon=$0.99.
• Both of these generated $2.00 EB, so I get 4 dollars on my receipt.
• $1.98-$4.00= -$2.02 pure store credit. (not counting tax since I kept all of my stuff in one   transaction this time. Sorry, I know that's like CVS Taboo when you're talking about paying as little as possible).

Free toothpaste! Woo hoo!

Basically, CVS paid me to buy the toothpaste.

Was this the whole story? No, of course not.  We needed milk (very nicely on-sale) and I decided to make use of the Progresso Soup 2 for $1.50 after instant and manufacturer's coupon (coupons.com) for food storage.  We also happened to run across some Oreos at 2 for $6 generating $1 EB together, so the Oreos were technically 2 for $5, or $2.50 each after rewards.  Who can't resist cookies?

It's nice to save money on things that you need (and a treat to go with).