I'm not sure who is familiar with BzzAgent and who isn't but I figured I'd throw a link up here about them... basically it's a website that offers you great freebies in exchange for testing out their products. Also they have great websites linked to them that they explain and most of those websites are super helpful.. check it out.
OKay.. so this was my idea for the day. I had TWO $5 RR from the WAGS KELLOGGS DEAL from Sunday. So I figured this.
1st transaction
8 speed stick deoderants 4 womens 4 mens $1.99 each
use 5 coupons 2 $1/1 3 $1/2
use 2 $5 RR
pay $2.15 (roughly)(giftcard)
get $10 RR from Speedsticks
2nd transaction
2 biofusion products $5.99 each
use $10 RR from Speedsticks
pay $3.xx OOP (gift card)
Earn $11.98 toward Easy Saver.
and that is basically what I did HOWEVER.. of course my coupons wouldn't work, the cashier told me I COULD NOT use two RR together in one transaction.. even though it does not state it anywhere and I haven't heard not one person say that ever on here.. ughh
So of course I walk up and there is not one person in the store.. just me and employees, nobody at the register and little old lady Judy starts my order and as soon as she sees the RR's "ooh I can't take both of these the last time I tried this it messed me up" so she tries *shaking her head the whole time* then she calls half the other employees asking them telling them what the register says (she can't just ask one of them to come up) I've tried that/this/whatever. Now there is 5 people in line and she has tried the first $5 RR like 27 times and it beeps and says something like it was more coupons than products which is totally wrong.. okay whatever.
So finally mr manager comes up front as she whispers "ohhh he's in a terrible mood" great as I turn and roll my eyes. Finally she calls for Mary to open a 2nd register and sends a majority of the line back to her. mr manager voids my entire transaction, rerings, throws my $5 RR through FIRST, then my coupons and my total is $7.15 they refuse to take my 2nd $5 RR he said they aren't allowed to.. okay whatever.
So then the 2nd transaction I messed up by grabbing one of those Jane make-ups IN THE WRONG SIZE, so it rings up $6.99 even though what I grabbed had a tag that said $4.99. She checks the size (of course with everybody sighing and coughing behind me) and says "oh you have the 1.4 oz not the .xx oz" or whatever. ok.... great.. so it's right there next to the register to I grab the correct one as she is taking off the other one and she rings up my total $8.29, I put $5.64 the remaining balance of my gift card and paid $2.65 on my debit card which I had more than $2 cash but I was so nervous with everybody mad behind me I just threw it on my debit card.
After that I strolled over to Dollar General to see what coupons I could steal or which ones of mine I could use NOTHING! great huh? So I went next door to Butera (the store I had a big problem with over the 75 cent Krakus coupons) and got a few things. they had $1.99 milk (with a $20 transaction) so I got two packages of Scott towels for $4.99 each and used my $1 coupons and then some fruits/veggies, kraft cheese for free with 3 kraft products (kool aid), and sour cream. I had never had this cashier before but woahh what a nastyyyy girl.. at first I thought maybe someone had seen me in the store and told her to be careful with my coupons (because she asked me about each of them including the Butera milk coupon) but then I heard her talking to the lady behind me and this girl was just a nasty arrogant miserable person. Nice huh?
Got some great samples yesterday/today. Eukenuba Naturally Wild dog food which both my cat and dog love!! That came with a $5 off any size dog food coupon. Gillette shampoo with $1 coupon, Carress body wash with $1 coupon, and another Stayfree sample with $1 coupon.
Okay so in the end I still have my $5 RR and am out $10 OOP which makes me mad.. but whatever. I think from now on I'll go to the cosmetics or camera register myself to avoid the whole situation! lol!
Yes, I hate to admit but I just didn't have the energy today to go to a grocery store, then CVS, then Wal-Mart. All this shopping is exhausting. I purposely try to stay out of stores and today..well.. I hit WAGS this morning, Wal-Mart, and Butera later because of course Wal-Mart didn't have all the ingredients I needed.
I didn't take pics of everything I got because I had put everything away before I realized I never got a picture. Plus the meat/cold stuff had been in my sweltering trunk for 30 minutes so I just wanted to get it in the house and put away.
Soooo my deals today were.
20 Powerades 60 cents each I had 6 $1 off 3 and one $1 off $1 so I roughly paid 25 cents for each. NOT BAD
I got 4 packages of the Huggies wipes. Used two $3 off 2. They were $1.64 each.
I tried to get all the Kraft items. There was 5 in all in the All You magazine. Triscuts, Crystal Light, Cheese, hot dogs, dressing. I got all of them except the cheese they didn't have any of. The coupon said up to $4.00 so I grabbed the 2% version instead and even though the price was $3.87 it still didn't fly at the register. I felt bad for the guy so just said "take the cheese off, give my coupon back I'll come back another time when you do have the correct product in stock" but worse was that they had the 24 slices for $2.50 (I think?) so I'm wondering if I could have gotten that and walked away with no issue.. oh well. So of course I got 3boxes of 50 cent mac and cheese and 12 kool aids. Don't think we ever used any of the kool aids from the Planters deal.
what else?
2 Kotex pantyliners 99 cents each used 2 $1 off any Kotex product coupons
3 Icy Hot patches $1.64 each used 3 $1 off coupons
Oh some steaks that were marked down to $3.60 and some ground beef marked down to $1.74. Then some odds and ends I needed for dinner. Green peppers, cilantro, limes.
My total at the end was $54 and I paid after coupons $22 so I was happy.
rain rain and more rain.. that's all we get.. lots of rain, thunder, lightening, our house shaking at all hours of the day/night... hail too.. I guess we needed it but yikes.. it's fierce here in the Chicago burbs the last few days.. and now the humidity.. not fun.
Okay.. so I went to Walgreens this morning to get my Kelloggs deal on.. oh yeahh.. got everything as planned.. 4/$10 cereal (2 special k and 2 raisin bran) and then 4 boxes of pop tarts and 2 boxes of rice crispy treats.. all $2 each. It printed both $5 RR!! Yes! I had read other people did not get it. I wonder if you make sure to do $10 of each type snacks vs ceral you can get them? All I know is that I got it and probably will do it again even though only one will count for the rebate.
I decided to do a 2nd transaction for what I thought was another rebate product. the Nivea lip balm. So I found it, bought it, and also 2 carmex's. They were B1G1 and we use a ton of that stuff in the winter so I normally try to buy a ton of it.
So I used my gift card for both so already it was free for everything, plus $10 in RR, plus a rebate for $10 from Kelloggs and $2.49 for the lip balm.
I get home and realize you have to buy thier lotion, then send in for a free coupon for the lip balm! I totally did not read the rebate form right at all! Oh well.. I can return it I supposse.. I don't really need it..
I have to walk my dog, get my Kelloggs rebate together, and maybe shoot up to Wal-Mart and then I'll post a pic and hopefully blog about the deals I get at Wal-Mart.
OKay.. because I messed up and did the Kelloggs deal early, I went back got my money back but no coupons figuring I'd get other coupons from my neighbors and/or parents.. well of course no neighbors have saved theirs for me this week (of course) and I've driven to every Dollar General that sells Sunday's papers on Mondays.. and of course they had Sunday papers just NONE with the coupons in them! ughh!
So I decide on my way home from driving all over to stop at Wal-Mart and see what deals I could dig up. I always have a little spiral notebook with all the deals I want to get where and with all the coupons tucked inside the spiral. Of course, I get to Wal-Mart make it halfway to the door look down in my trusty coupon keeper.. and LOW AND BEHOLD MY SPIRAL IS MISSING. Panic quickly sets in, I says OUT LOUD "YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME" (some guy looked at me like I was a circus freak with 12 heads) because now it's like 140 degrees outside, I've been sweating my keester off for what seems like hours and now I can't even go inside Wal-Mart to the nice cool air and browse the isles for hours trying to find some deals because today I actually have time.. ughh.. so I go back to the car hoping my spiral just "fell out" and of course.. not there. *sigh* some swears too.
Here is my coupon keeper.. Yes it's a MONSTER box. I stole it from my son and nephew fair and square after I had to pay $11.88 for the box. They got the inside contents. It's perfect size. It holds full size envelopes, flyers, atm envelopes (for depositing rebates of course), an old envelope box that I throw the expired coupons in that eventually go to the troops overseas, and it used to be empty enough to hold my purse.. no longer.
view from the top
and the envelopes. I have extra envelopes like this one that are store specific. I *think* the CVS envelope is my favorite.
anyway.. so I decide to go home.. I'm sitting at the light and realize I haven't worked out any of my deals for CVS this week BUT I have most of my coupons in the car with me maybe I can make a few deals, get my CVS coupons, and this weeks flyer.. plus I had plenty of the new $2/$10 coupons printed and rearing to go.. It was only 2 miles out of my way.. I'm going.
So I get there go inside and these are the deals I put together.
First Transaction
2 packs of mechanical pencils 99 cents each
2 packs index cards $1.49 B1G1
2 packs Piolet pens $1.99 B1G1
2 Sure deoderants $2.49 B1G1
2 Pert $3.99 B1G1 (do you see a trend here?)
1 CVS personal lubricant $1.49
2 gold bond lotion 99cents each
coupons
$2/$10
$2 off any CVS skincare
$2 off any size gold bond lotion (got knocked down to .98)
$1 off any size gold bond lotion
2 $1 off Sure deoderant
2 $2 off Pert Shampoo
My total $4.08. MIR for School Supplies with Pert/Sure $5
Second Transaction
2 covergirl make-up $8.99 B1G1
1 CVS fem cloth $1.89
1 CVS hand santizier
2 trial sized gold bond powder 99 cents each
coupons
$2/$10
$2 off any CVS skin care
1 B1G1 covergirl makeup ($8.99)
2 $1 off any size gold bond powder (one rang up as .98)
Total $1.68. I had everything in my basket separated out until I realized that everything in my basket was going to be FREE.. so I ran back and got the hand sanitizer (I just grabbed anything that was over $2).
So my total for both transactions was $5.76, add in .42 for a stamp to mail the rebate = $6.18 so today for everything I paid $1.18
Then I get home.. now this is the good part.. I go to take all my goodies inside. I had stopped to pick up some formula from a fellow Freecycler for my friends baby, along with 3 bags from CVS, some misc garbage in my car, plus some of the coupons from this weekend I hadn't cut out yet and GUESS WHAT FALLS OUT FROM UNDERNEATH EVERYTHING?? My freakin spiral.. *sigh* more swears...
BUT THEN.. da da da daahhhhhhhhh (the plot thickens) I get to my mail box and what awaits me??? I won't keep you in suspense.. well not that long anyway.. hey did you see that chicken? why would there be a chicken here right now? Where did she come from.. what did she have in her mouth? ughhh I have a.d.d. what was I telling you? hmmmmm geez.. I had something really great.. OHHHH YYYYYeaaahhhhh... it was the mailbox..
2 rebate checks 1 for $1.99 from Pert peelie and one for $2.49 from Dawn! Yippee.
I also got 2 samples today. gas-x strips with coupons and Nivea Mens face cream with a coupon as well.
So take the $4.48 from the rebates and I MADE $3.30 today.. I guess in the long run I'd be counting those rebates twice then.. but hey.. either way.. the day didn't turn out to be a total loss.. now to hunt down some neighbors that didn't throw away or use their coupons.
~~~2 Glade Fabric & Air sprays $2.99 each.. free after two $1.50 coupons plus $1.50 easy saver book coupon
~~~lightbulbs free after easy care rebate
~~~2 Scrubbing Bubbles shower refills 2/$6 OMG I ONLY GAVE THEM ONE $1.50 COUPON I JUST REALIZED duhh!! anyway after coupon and easy saver rebate they will be 2/$3 would have been 2/$1.50 DANG IT!
~~~Visine (I was having a major allergy attack IN THE STORE) $4.99 $3 coupon from all you magazine
~~~2 boxes of garbage bags 2/$10 will be 2/$5 after easy saver rebate.
because of my returns and everything I have no clue what I actually spent OOP on this stuff. okay some quick addition I paid $18.50 for all products OOP but I used my rebate card so it was FREE. I will get back $5 for the bags, $1.99 for the bulbs, and $1.50 for the Scrubbing Bubbles. Not a bad run I guess.. ughhh still mad at myself. I guess waking up and leaving the house without waking up your brain first will do that to you.
