Publix Deal - 9/10

3.99*2 Kix Cereal [.25 each]
-3.99 Kix BOGO
-.75*2 Kix Printable Q
-1.00*2 General Mills Target Competitor Q
5.99*4 All Small & mighty [2.00 each]
-5.99*2 All BOGO
-1.00*4 All Q
2.89*2 Vlasic Pickles [1.45 each]
-2.89 Vlasic BOGO
2.79*2 Apple Juice [1.40 each]
-2.79 Apple Juice BOGO
2.69 5lb Sugar [1.69 each]
-1.00 Food Lion Sugar Competitor Q
2.50 Salad Mix (saved .49 on sale)
1.00*4 Goldfish (saved 1.19 each on sale)
3.59 Semi-sweet chips
2.99 Bread
3.79 Flour Whole Wheat
1.95 Cake Mix
2.99*2 Milk
1.47 Tomatoes
2.59 Caramels
3.99 Pecans
.77 Evaporated Milk
15.88 Steaks
+.88 tax
=69.21, saved 36.40 which is 34.5% savings!

Hilarious - Ikea Heights

This is probably the greatest thing I've seen in a while:

Episode 1

IKEA Heights from DaveAOK on Vimeo.


This is done in stores, with shoppers as extras, and without Ikea knowing. You can go to the website, there are 3 more episodes they have made. Great job!

CVS Deal - 9/8

2.99*2 Aussie Shampoo/Conditioner
10.49 Schick Razor
9.99 Schick Cartridges
9.99*2 Glade Sense and Sprays
=46.44
-9.99 Schick BOGO Sale
-4.99*2 Glade Sense and Sprays Raincheck (2 for $10)
-1.00*2 Glade CVS CRT Q
-2.00/2 Aussie Q (expired but they took it)
-4.00*2 Glade Q
-4.00*2 Schick Q
+1.35 tax
-1.98 ECB
-2.00*2 ECB
=1.84 on Gift Card, +3 Glade ECB, +4 Aussie ECB, which is a cost of .82 and a savings of 99.23%

Walgreens Deal - 8/30

#1
2.99 Reach Toothbrush
-2.00 RR
+.18 tax
=1.17 OOP, +2 RR, which is a cost of 1.17

#2
2.99 Colgate Toothbrush
-2.00 RR
+.18 tax
=1.17 OOP, +3 RR, which is a cost of .17

Grand total: Bought $5.98 worth of merchandise at a cost of 1.34, which is a savings of 77.6%!

CVS Deal - 8/30

#1
6.99 Glade Candle
.20 Mint Filler
.99*10 J&J First Aid Kit
1.00*2 Newspapers
=19.09
-1.00*9 J&J Q
-.90 J&J Q (adjusted)
-3.49 Glade FREE Candle Q (YMMV, these were for 2.0 oz and the candle was bigger)
+.44 tax
-1.98 ECB
-4.00 ECB
=.16 on Gift Card, +6.99 Glade ECB, +10.00 J&J ECB, which is a profit of 10.85!

#2
6.99 Glade Candle
1.00*2 Newspapers
=8.99
-3.49 Glade FREE Q (YMMV)
+.54 tax
-1.71 ECB
-3.79 ECB
=.54 on Gift Card, +6.99 Glade ECB, which is a profit of .95

Grand total: Bought $28.08 worth of merchandise at a profit of $11.80 which is 100% savings!

Shuttle Launch - 8/27

This was at 12:00 midnight, I forgot how bad the mosquitos are, and also to keep my digital camera turned the correct way. Sorry about that.

Publix Deal - 8/29

.79*3 Barilla Spaghetti (saved .60 on sale each) [.29 each]
-.50*3 Barilla Q
4.54 Turkey breast 1# (saved 1.82 on sale)
4.75 Ground sirloin (saved 1.36 on sale)
2.76 Grapes (saved .93 on sale)

4.00 Fried Chicken Tenders from Deli

2.89 Milk
2.99 Bread

6.39 Publix Sub

-5.00/25.00 Walgreens Competitor's Coupon
+.63 tax
=24.82 OOP, saved 12.41 which is 33.3%! (no picture this time...sorry!)
Details in the swagblog, but all it says is: you might find a rewarding surprise in one of the books in the Swag Store that later had a movie made about it so you need to look in the prizes under books to find it.
PS - I found it under the book Bridges of Madison County

Walgreens Deal - 8/23

2.50*2 Kellogg's Frosted Flakes
.99*3 Reach Prevent Toothbrushes
1.79*3 Johnson's and Johnson's Floss
=13.34
-2.00 RR
-1.00*5 Reach/Floss Q
-1.00/2 Kellogg's Cereal Q
-2.40 Instore 7-Day Ad Floss Q (.99 each)
+.36 tax
=3.30 OOP, which is a cost of 5.30 (but I needed the floss/brushes and I donated the 2 cereal boxes)

CVS Deal - 8/22

Got to the store late Saturday night to do Sunday's deals in peace. Hallelujah!
#1
1.99*2 Steno notebook (raincheck)
1.99*2 Recycled Boxes (raincheck)
.99*2 Composition Notebook 100 sheets
3.79 Carefree Ultra Protection Pantiliners
=13.73
-1.00 ECB
-3.00 ECB
-5.78 ECB
-2/10 CVS Q
-1.00 Carefree Q
+.71 tax
=1.46 OOP, +4 Steno ECB, +4 Boxes ECB, +2 Comp Notebook ECB, +3.79 Carefree ECB, which is a profit of 2.35

#2
1.99*2 Steno notebook (raincheck)
1.99 Recycled Box (raincheck)
.99*2 Composition Notebook 100 sheets
3.79 Carefree Ultra Protection Pantiliners
=11.74
-2/10 CVS Q
-2.00 ECB
-1.00 Carefree Q
-3.00 ECB
-3.00 ECB
+.48 tax
=1.22 OOP, +4 Steno ECB, +2 Box ECB, +2 Comp Notebook ECB, +3.79 Carefree ECB, which is a profit of 2.57

#3 (next morning)
1.00*3 Newspapers
-3.00 ECB
+.18 tax
=.18 OOP, which is a cost of 3.18

Grand total: Bought $28.47 worth of merchandise at a profit of 1.74 which is 100% savings!

Publix Deal - 8/21

4.99*2 Tostitos Tortilla Chips [2.50 each]
-4.99 Tostitos BOGO
4.99*2 Cheerios [2.00 each]
-4.99 Cheerios BOGO
-1.00/2 Cheerios Q
2.50*5 Welch's Juice (saved 1.79 each) [1.75 each]
-.75*5 Welch's Q
.89*2 Cornbread Mix [.62 each]
-.55/2 Cornbread Q
5.79*2 Tombstone Pizzas [2.90 each]
-5.79 Tombstone BOGO
1.99 Marburger Buttermilk (saved .36 on sale)
2.39 Iced Tea
2.79*2 Publix Cat Litter
-5/30 Publix Mailer Q
-2.00 Walgreens Register Reward
+.36 tax
=28.07 OOP, saved 37.38 which is 57.1% savings!
Last week, my sister, mom and I flew to Billings, Montana, for a vacation. Wwe visited Yellowstone National Park and camped there for four nights. The first night, it was 34 degrees when we woke up. We flew so we were lacking a lot of nice warm blankets and stuff. Had to fix that. It was beautiful, we saw Grizzly Bears, Elk, Bison, etc and got to go on a ranger hike and a campground program. We also got to go on a Cookout and rode there on horseback.
Then we went back East through Montana and stopped at Pictograph Caves State Park outside Billings, Montana.
After that, we kept heading East to South Dakota and saw Mount Rushmore for their evening program. It such a nice night.
Then we drove to Badlands National Park.
On the way back, we enjoyed ourselves at Wall Drug, in Wall, South Dakota.