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Last Weeks Totals: $74.19

Saved: $86.91

Yah! I made my goal!  AND that includes a Walmart trip for school supplies, and a trip Chris took to HEB and spent $20. He did use a couple of coupons, but I sure had to stretch the rest. We had 4 transactions this week where the total was $0.00. That's too cool! You feel like you just robbed the store.

Today, I made a trip to Walgreens and CVS and got this

3 bags of Kettle chips, colgate, 2 packages of washable dry erase markers (these are regularly $8 or more each), 2 pkgs of 2 count pens, 3 pkgs 4 count batteries, pepto (for Chris - poor guy), Revlon base (that alone was org priced $14), 2 pkgs M&M's, milk, highlighter

Spent: $8.66 plus $15 ECB

Saved: $67.67 and got back $6 ECB

Walgreens

Colgate - sale $3.50, get $3.50rr

      coupon for $0.75 off

      Total: $2.75, got $3.50rr

Pens - sale $1.19

     store coupon for $1 off in July coupon book (can find this in the store)

     manufacturer's coupon for $1 off

     Total:  FREE plus $1.61 overage

Kettle Chips - 2/$3 sale

    3 $1 off coupons from paper

    Total: $0.50 each

Washable Dry Erase Markers - $5.99

     $3 off store coupon in July coupon book

     $1 off coupon here

     Total: $1.99 each (So excited about this one. The kids will love using these in school and I won't stress about them getting it all over themselves)

Highlighter - sale $.09 (I needed a filler item)

Batteries

    $1 off coupon from paper

    $0.50 coupon in July coupon book

     Total: $1.50 each 

Did two transactions so I could use the $3.50RR from the Colgate on the 2nd transaction.

Total for both transactions: $8.08, Saved $45.02

CVS

Milk - sale $2.99, get $1 ECB

Revlon - buy $10, get $4 ECB - base was $13.99 - I need some

     coupon for $1 off from paper

Pepto - $3.49

    coupon for $1 off (not a great deal, but Chris needed it)

M&M - 2/$1, get $1 ECB

    coupon for $4 off $20 purchase

    $15 in ECB from last week

    Total: $0.58, plus $6 ECB back

I'm starting to feel less stressed when I go up to the checker. Usually, I'm scared I'm going to forget a coupon or do it in the wrong order (I know that sounds dumb, but you can lose money if you give them the wrong coupon first). Before I go, I look at the ads & blogs, gather my coupons, figure it all out, and figure out an approximate total so I can know if I forgot something. This is a lot of work, but getting easier. I'm not buying as much anymore because, let's face it. I've got about 6 free toothpaste and 7 bottles of men's bodywash stocked away. I just won't buy it now unless it's free or a money maker.