Couponing Gyrls

This was some of my hauls from this week. Target's Valentine's clearance went to 70% and 90% this week. I bought some things at 70% because there wasn't much stuff left. I hunted at 4 stores and all were pretty much picked over. Damn you people that buy stuff at 30% and 50%! Some items were hidden in random aisles or in the regular aisles instead of the Valentine's clearance area.

Pic # 1:
Home doormat @ $3.89/ea (reg price $12.99/ea) 70%
4- pillows @ $1.49/ea (reg price $14.99/ea)
2- small heart pillows @ $0.79/ea (reg price $7.99/ea)
Heart cookie sheet @ $2.99 (reg price $9.99) 70%


Pic # 2:
4- sippy cups @ $0.29/ea (reg price $2.99/ea)
Hello kitty boots @ $8.38 (reg price $27.99!) This was in the shoe section and marked $13.98 but rang up lower
3- boys shirts @ $0.80/ea (reg price $8.00/ea)
2- girls shirts @ $0.60/ea (reg price $6.00/ea)
Baking sheet @ $1.29 (reg price $12.99)

My ECBs from this deal was expiring today. Instead of rolling it on silly stuff that I don't need, I worked a scenario for some paper towels since my stockpile is running low.

4- Scott towels @ $5.49/ea

Total before coupons: $21.96
Total after coupons with tax: $5.95 and earned $5 ECB for spending $20

Coupons used:
4- $0.55/1 Scott towels MQ
$5/15 purchase CVS emailed Q
Used $6 ECB and $4 ECB earned in last deal

I came up with a great last minute deal at Publix today, here it is:

2- Huggies diapers @ $18.19/ea (sale takes $7 off when you buy 2)
1- Publix bread @ $1.50
1- Huggies wipes @ $1.89
2- Planters pistachios @ $6.99/ea
2- Nescafe creamers @ $5.49/ea
Bananas @ $1.17

Total before coupons: $58.90
Total after coupons with tax: $25.81

Coupons used:
$5/50 purchase Publix Q
$10/2 Huggies Publix digital Q
$3/1 diapers Winn Dixie Q
$1/1 wipes Winn Dixie Q
$0.75/1 bread Winn Dixie Q
2- $2/1 Planters pistachios Publix digital Q
2- Free Nescafe MQ

Ended up in the mall today so I went into Bath & Body Works to redeem my freebie mailer coupons. While in line at checkout there was a shelf with items from Christmas that were now 75%. I was surprised this store had items that made it to 75%, I about died when I spotted these 3 shea socks...love love LOVE these!

2- Foxy lady socks @ $2.12/ea (reg price $8.50/ea)
1- Chasing dots socks @ $1.88 (reg price $7.50)
2- Travel size lotions @ $5/ea

Total before coupons: $16.12
Total after coupons with tax: $5.19

Coupons used:
20% off purchase mailer Q
2- Free travel size lotion mailer Q


Above is my Victoria's Secret haul...I am loving these HUGE mugs! And that water bottle is beyond cute! Trying to motivate myself to drink more water. I placed some orders online in January and they had a promotion that you get a coupon for $10/30 purchase when you make a purchase online. I ended up with 2 coupons and earned another Angel reward card from my purchases in December.

4- Chug mugs @ $9.95/ea
1- Water bottle @ $14.95
1- Flip flops @ $14.95

Total before coupons: $69.70
Total after coupons with tax: $42.08

Coupons used:
2- $10/30 purchase Q
$10 Angel reward card

Last week I received an email from K-Mart telling me what surprise points offers I had since I'm a member of their reward program Shop Your Way. The 2 surprise points offers that stood out to me were $5 off any kids clothing purchase and $5 off $10 clearance jewelry purchase. This is what I ordered for free store pickup.

1- Toddlers socks @ $5.99
1- triple strand necklace @ $3.24 (orig price $12.99)
1- chain link necklace @ $3.24 (orig price $12.99)
1- teardrop necklace @ $3.74 (orig price $14.99)

Total before points: $16.56
Total after points with tax: $6.01

Here's my CVS haul from today rolling my ECBs earned in my last trip. I guess I'm back in the drugstore game for now. As usual the best rolls were on toothpaste and mouthwash..here we go again...

2- Colgate toothpaste @ $3.49/ea
2- Colgate mouthwash @ $5.99/ea
1- Oreo cookies @ $0.87 (not pictured cuz my kids ate it already)
1- M&Ms mini tube @ $0.88 (not pictured cuz my kids ate it already)

Total before coupons: $20.71
Total after coupons with tax: $1.18 and earned $6 ECB for buying the mouthwash and $4 ECB for buying the toothpaste

Coupons used:
$4/20 purchase CVS email Q
2- $2/1 Colgate MQ
2- $0.75/1 Colgate MQ
Used $9.99 ECB and $1 ECB earned in my last trip

I sometimes get email surveys from CVS and if you qualify they give you extracare bucks (ECB) in return. I took a survey in Dec and almost forgot that I had $10 ECB to use that was expiring today. This is the deal I worked to roll my ECBs.

1- Milk @ $3.69
1- CVS gas relief @ $9.99
1- Twix @ $1.57

Total before coupons: $15.25
Total after coupons: $0.25 and got back $9.99 ECB for buying the gas relief and $1 ECB for buying the milk

Coupons used:
$5/15 purchase
$10 ECB


I went back to the Disney Store today because I had to exchange the Sofia ballerina shoes that I bought yesterday, one size was different from the other. When they rang up the new shoes to do the exchange, they owed me $1.27 because now they were giving an additional 25% off sale items! I ended up getting a price adjustment on my entire receipt since everything I bought yesterday were sale items. They rang it as a return and then re-rang everything and I added in these 2 items to get over the $50 mark to get my 10% Disney Visa discount again.

Minnie mouse dress @ $9.74 (orig price $39.95)
Mickey mouse train @ $6.50 (this was reg price)

Total with tax for yesterday's haul and today: $51.94

This is my sale order that I placed on Monday from Michaelkors.com. Shipping was free and they shipped super fast and look at how pretty they wrapped it. I must say that this is my favorite bag ever! Look at that bling!!

Frankie mesh bag @ $224.70 (orig price $428)

Total with tax: $238.18


This is the 2nd half of my order from the Dillard's New Years Day sale. I had no idea that these clutches would be so big but I like! I couldn't decide between the 2 colors so I got them both lol.

2- Convertible clutch bags @ $69.30/ea (orig price $198/ea)

Total with tax and shipping: $152.90

I went to the mall today to check out some sales. Disney Store is currently having their Twice Upon a Year sale. I used my Disney Visa to save 10%.

Rapunzel dress @ $24.99 (orig price $44.95)
2- Princess shoes @ $7.99/ea (orig price $16.95/ea)
1- Princess shoe @ $5.99 (it had no tag so I don't know the orig price, I'm not sure why it rang up lower)
1- Cars set @ $11.99 (orig price $24.95)..my son ripped it out of the box asap lol


Total with tax: $56.23


I went to the Michael Kors boutique store, they have a good sale going on as well. I don't think I will ever pay retail again unless it's a hot must-have bag or ever waste my time visiting their outlet store again. With shopping all the sales at their boutique store, Dillard's and Macy's, I am getting such great deals. Fyi the outlet store has bags made for outlets so it's not the same as the boutique/retail versions. It's rare to even find a boutique/retail bag at the outlet and if you find one I'm sure you could have gotten it cheaper elsewhere. I just learned that info last year. And Macy's & Dillard's frequently have coupons that CAN be used on Michael Kors to get an additional 20-25% off...I always thought they were excluded. And the Michael Kors store usually puts the old collections on sale and on top of the sale price they give an additional 25% off, that's how I scored this bag so cheap! All you have to do is be patient and wait for them to go on sale!

Jules shoulder bag @ $156.45 (orig price $298)

Total with tax: $165.84

This is half of my Dillard's New Years Day sale haul. My order shipped in 2 packages so tonight the other half arrives. Basically on New Years Day Dillard's gives an additional 50% off items already on sale. Michael Kors is my current love so I had to get some goodies. Here's what everything cost.

Kids shoes $15.60 (orig price $52)
Wallet $55.30 (orig price $158)
Shoulder bag $132.30 (orig price $378)
Sunglasses $34.65 (orig price $99)

Total with tax and shipping: 258.10!!!

It's that time again..running low on diapers. I had some great coupons so I worked a deal at Publix.

2- Huggies Snug & dry @ $18.19/ea
2- Huggies Little movers @ $18.99/ea

Total before coupons: $74.36
Total after coupons with tax: $40.66

Coupons used:
$5/50 purchase Publix Q
$3 off any diapers Winn Dixie Q
$10/2 Huggies Publix digital Q
2- $2/1 Huggies MQ
Sale took off $7 every time you buy 2

I finally went to Bath & Bath Works to check out their semi annual sale, a lot of stuff went to 75%. This is what I got.

2- Apricot vanilla body lotion @ $2.75/ea
2- Lemon vanilla body lotion @ $2.75/ea
1- Apricot vanilla body spray @ $3.13
1- Lemon vanilla body spray @ $3.13 
1- Peach & honey almond body lotion @ $3.13
1- Lemon pomegranate body lotion @ $3.13
1- Wild Madagascar Vanilla body souffle @ $3.63
1- Warm vanilla sugar hand sanitizer spray @ $3 

Total before coupon: $30.15
Total after coupon with tax: $21.33

Coupon used:
$10/30 survey Q

Went to Publix today to jump back in!

3- 12 pk sodas @ $4.99/ea (on sale buy 2 get 1 free)
1- Cafe bustelo coffee @ $2
1- Gevalia coffee @ $8.39
6- Idahoan potatoes @ $1/ea
6- Velveeta 4 pks @ $3.33/ea
6- Midol complete @ $3.69/ea

Total before coupons: $68.51
Total after coupons with tax: $15.13

Coupons used:
$5/50 purchase Publix Q
2- Free 12 pk Coke product MQ
$1.50/1 Cafe Bustelo Publix Q
$3/1 Gevalia Publix Q + $0.50/1 Gevalia MQ
2- $1/3 Idahoan MQ
6- $2/1 Velveeta Publix Q
2- $10/3 Midol, etc MQ

I haven't quit couponing, just took a break. I'm still not 100% back at it. There's only so much shampoo, toothpaste, laundry detergent, etc that you can buy over and over again before it gets boring and before you run out of space of where to put it. And as the food purchases with coupons, I just feel like the deals weren't as great as they were before. For example if I recall paying $0.09 for something and now the deal makes it $0.35..I just don't feel like it's a good deal. Most of the stuff I buy with coupons aren't things that I need or things I would usually buy, just stuff I'm trying out because coupons made it cheap so at $0.35 they can keep it!

Also this past Christmas season, I did 99% of my shopping online. I found so many good deals. In the future I might share my online hauls since I have increased my online shopping but I'm not sure yet. If my friends & family saw how much I really paid for their gifts they might feel some type of way lol. I actually paid $1.03 for someone's gift and trust when I say it wasn't no dollar store crap, name brand good stuff! I'm just a really smart shopper, I shop the sales, use coupons, and price match when I have to =)

My first shopping trips of 2015 was this past week. Target's Christmas clearance went to 90%, below is everything I found, I went to 3 different stores.

Picture #1:
4- gift wrap sets @ $0.60/ea
2- bags of bows @ $0.50/ea
1- bicycle gift bag @ $0.35
2- gift tags @ $0.30/ea
1- gift tags @ $0.15
1- gift tags @ $0.10
1- mini star tree topper @ $0.10
1- blue cars ornament set @ $0.20
1- ornament creation set @ $0.50
1- Elf on the Shelf blu-ray @ $1.49
1- Elf on the Shelf wooden puzzle set @ $0.99
1- corkscrew @ $0.50
1- Frozen advent calendar @ $1.49
1- iPhone fitness armband @ $0.50
1- Starbucks via @ $1.79
1- Dunkin donuts coffee @ $2.27 (used Target Cartwheel app to save 5% off $2.39)
 Grand total: $14.43

Picture #2:
4- tissue paper @ $0.15/ea
1- corkscrew @ $0.50
5- ornament hooks @ $0.10/ea
1- sippy cup @ $0.29
1- cup @ $0.79
2- sippy cups @ $0.39/ea
1- cookie jar @ $1.99
1- Santa flask @ $0.60
1- outlet timer set @ $1.99
1- tree skirt @ $1.00
1- Rudolph set @ $3.49 (it was missing the book but my daughter wanted a reindeer and couldn't beat that price)

Grand total: $12.53

Picture #3:
3- light clips @ $0.24/ea
3- ornament hooks @ $0.10/ea
1- gift tags @ $0.30
3- gift tags @ $0.13/ea
2- phone cases @ $0.50/ea
1- Frozen t-shirt @ $1.00
5- boys t-shirts @ $0.80/ea

Grand total: $7.71 

Final total: $34.67