October Publix Greenwise Market

I received the October Publix Greenwise Market magazine in the mail last weekend. The coupons in it are:

Save $1 on any one Seventh Generation product expires Feb 1, 2009
Save .55 on any one Alexia Tuscan Style Panini expires Nov 8, 2008
$1 off the purchase of any 2 Muir Glen products expires Dec 31, 2008
.50 off any Apple & Eve Organic Juice expires Jan 31, 2009
Save $1.50 on any 2 Contessa Green Cuisine Meals expires Dec 31, 2008

The Alexia and Muir Glen coupons are store coupons, the rest of the coupons are manufacturer coupons.

A new development

My husband was told yesterday that he will have his hours back up to 40, it might be temporary or it might be "permanent" (which doesn't mean permanent, if you know what I mean). This is great for us. We had been able to hold steady with everything, but a few more months at the lower hours and we might have been in trouble. Interestingly, I had been thinking about if things changed, if he were to get a new job, etc. and I have already determined that no matter what our financial situation there are still a lot of frugal habits that I don't think we'll let go. There is no way I would stop couponing, I feel silly about all of the money we spent on groceries before couponing, all the items that I bought without waiting for a sale, the money I could have been saving all along. I also won't stop doing the deals at CVS and Walgreens, those are just out right awesome deals, when you can get things for free or for pennies. I also think we would continue to monitor our electric consumption. The one thing that might change a bit would be the fact that I have been avoiding certain activities based on how far away they are from our home and how much gas I would spend to get to them. Another habit we have gotten into is cooking and eating at home, and I don't think that will change, we have been eating better for much less and I really enjoy cooking. I actually think that being forced to look at our habits and find ways to lessen the cost of our lifestyle has been a wonderful thing for our family. A little stressful, but wonderful for the fact that we will carry most of these habits forward, leading us into a better financial position.

I missed the deal!

I went to the two CVS stores by me to get the L'Oreal Revitalift Anti-Wrinkle Serum for 11.99 with 11.99 in ECbs earned, but they were both out. I thought about driving to some others, but it was raining very heavily so I decided to pass on searching this deal out. These two day deals are great, I guess I just have to go and get it on Sunday instead of waiting for Monday!

More Glade Rebate Form Winners!

I was able to get my hands on two more Glade Wisp Flameless Candle rebate forms. Lyn and Michele are the winners of these. Thanks again to everyone for entering. I will be doing another contest soon, it is a fun way to find someone to share the rebate forms I won't be using.

Rebate Form Winners

Congrats to Nicole, Crystal and Melissa, they each won one of the Glade Wisp Flameless Candle Rebate forms. I am keeping the names of the rest of you who entered because I might have one more form coming my way, so if I get it I will pick another winner. Thanks to everyone who entered!

My Walgreens $10/$40 Scenario

I went to Walgreens this morning with my $10/$40 coupon, ready to get some deals. I bought most of the Free After Rebate items, so I did not have a hard time getting to $40. I paid for it with my rebate earnings from last month, so I had no out of pocket expenses. I don't have a picture because either the battery is dead or the camera is broken.

I bought:

6 bags of Chex Mix .99 each
Walgreens Benzoyl Gel 2.99
Excedrin Gel Caps 3.99 (FAR item)
2 bags Reese Peanut Butter Cups $2 each
2 cans Ajax Scouring Powder .99 each
Lypsyl 1.99 (FAR item)
L'Oreal Advanced Revitalift Anti-Wrinkle Concentrate $16.49 (FAR item)
Revlon Nail Polish $4.79 (FAR item)
Chemistry Hair Priming Blow Dry Tonic $7.99 (FAR item)
4 cans Butterball Chicken Broth $1.19 each
2 cans Campbell's Tomato Soup $1.39 each


I used:
In ad coupon for Butterball Chicken Broth, taking the price down to .50/can
In ad coupon for Campbell's Soup, taking the price down to .69/can
In ad coupon for Ajax Scouring Powder, taking the price down to .39/can
6 .50 coupons for Chex Mix
.40/2 coupon for Campbell's Soup
$3 coupon for L'Oreal Advanced Revitalift Anti Wrinkle Concentrate
$1 coupon for Revlon Cosmetics
$10/$40 coupon

My total was $36.83. I will earn $35.25 in rebates. I could have saved a bit more with the candy but I had the wrong Easy Saver coupon and just let it go as I needed to go get my daughter from school. I am pretty happy with the deals I got today, this coupon had perfect timing for me!

CVS Savings totals

I downloaded this great excel worksheet from I Heart CVS and entered my receipts into it last night. Since the beginning of July I have spent $54.70 out of pocket at CVS for item valued at $271.85!! That is 80% savings. My initial purchase, before I had ECBs to use, was $24, which is almost half of my total out of pocket. One week I had to buy some medicines for my daughter which weren't on sale nor did I have any coupons, so that is another chunk of my out of pocket. Lately I have only been rolling over the ECBs so that I spend as little as possible. I am excited to have an easy way to crunch the numbers and document how much money I am saving.