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Sunday, January 2, 2011

2011 will be a year of frugallity

Today I made my first purchases of the new year. I will be keeping a close watch on spending this year. With Daniel's work situation still shaky and wedding season not starting back up until spring I need to really be on top of the couponing game.

My purchases for today:

Walgreens

Transaction #1

Oscillococcinum for Kids $8.99
Candy $.50
Filler $.33
-$4 RR
-$2 RR
Total $3.87

Got $9RR

Transaction #2

Oscillococcinum for Kids $8.99
Pencil case $1.39
Filler $.33
-$4RR
-$2RR
Total $4.71

Got $9RR

Transaction #3

11 Sunday Newspapers $.35 each
(these rang up wrong but the cashier did not car even after I pointed it out)

-2RR
Total $2.20

Remaining (2) $9RR

Total OOP $10.78


CVS

(5) Wisk Laundry Detergent $5 each

-4/$20 CVS Q
-.50ECB
-$4 ECB
-$6 ECB
-(5) $2.00/1 Man. Q =$10.00

Total OOP .50

Received $10ECB

All in all in was not a bad shopping trip. I spent a little more OOP than I had intended but my coupon at Walgreen's would not scan and my cashier was less than helpful. Now that I have a few more RR and ECB to spend I will make another trip later in the week. I also bought a few Electrosol coupons on Ebay using my gift card I received for Christmas. This will make for some nice FREE dishwashing detergent. I tried making it from scratch and it just did not get the dishes clean so this is a must have.