Combine this with the IP, or if you get the USA Weekender in your paper(Houston Chron does not) there are the following coupons in that : $6 for 14 or 28 ct and $10 for 42 ct.
Thanks to qrazyguy for the information about the USA Weekender.
So I got
Prevacid $19.99 - $6 IP
Ge light $2.99 - $1 insert
Cvs first aid kit $2 - $5/20
-2 $6 ECBS
Paid $1.08 oop and got back 2 $2 ECBs and will mail in for $9.99 rebate
About a break even after you account for my stamp. Well after that things went downhill and FAST!
I went shopping to use up the rest of my $44 in ECBS and was just planning on buying stuff I need that I don't really have coupons to get free. Well, when I went back up to pay, the cashier informed me her manager said they DON'T take expireds and she wasn't supposed to do my first transaction YIKES!
So after that, I decided to hop over to Randalls and use a $4 catalina that was expiring THAT day. I needed milk anyway and picked up a few freebies. I didn't have all my coupons with me so I will have to go back, but I was able to get
free Campbell's soup with this IP
Got paid for Right Guard with IP from here or here and loading coupon from here
Free Halls from All You March issue coupon
and I miscalculated my overage and ended up spending $2.28 oop even after my $4 catalina, YIKES again.
While digging in my purse, I noticed the BIGGEST boo boo of the day I made. I noticed my Prevacid coupons only to realize I decided to tidy the house and drop off my papers at the recycle center and COMPLETELY FORGOT to cut the Prevacid rebates out FIRST. (In the words of Homer Simpson D'OH) :(
On my drive home (with my head hung in shame) I randomly stopped at a CVS and practically BEGGED if they take expireds. Much to my happiness the cashier went and asked the manager and she said YES!!!!!! Yay! I decided then and there, I didn't care if I rolled them or not, I was using ALL $44 before they changed their mind, lol.
The deals were not fantastic, but I did have a $5/15 purchase so I calculated that I needed to purchase $49 worth of stuff. Well, I miscalculated AGAIN(maybe I should have just gone home and hit the reset button, lol). I ended up spending $7.06 oop in additon to my ECBS and got back $14 in ECBS.
I did get some goodies we were going to need anyway, but didn't even bother with coupons for the mayonaise or the toilet paper.
I did find a great tearpad to get $2 off wyb a 20 oz Diet Coke and any Planters product
I found the Unsalted mixed nuts clearanced for $1.37 so combining with the $1.49 on the Diet Coke, just .86 for each set!
I was happy with that.
So why am I blogging about this crazy, sad, poorly planned trip? To show you that not all us Extreme Couponers get it right EVERYTIME either. We are human too and make blunders ourself, but who wants to read a blog filled with all our blunders, lol!
I hope to regroup and bring you better deals this coming week and help you save.(as well as to locate some more rebate forms, lol)
Feel free to leave me comments on some of your biggest blunders in the wonderful game of couponing! I would love to hear them.
I LOVE that Prevacid is FINALLY an OTC drug. My husband is on this stuff for LIFE and it was getting expensive since more and more insurance was not covering it. Thanks to one of my WONDERFUL readers, here is a link to a coupon for $6 off any 14 or 28 count.
(If you prefer, there is also a $10 off coupon for the 42 count only on the same link- I am not sure you can print both-I think you just get to pick one so I didn't take my chances)
ETA: Two readers have confirmed they could print BOTH! YAY
Anyway, if you choose to print the $6, go to the Kroger website and load the $4 off any size as well. If I remember looking at the right size yesterday, they have the 14 count for $11.99 so $1.99 after loadable and IP. That is ONLY .14 a pill. For anyone that takes this, you KNOW that is a GREAT price!
For those without Kroger, I believe there is an in-ad coupon in the Walgreens flyer as well.
Thanks reader Mariah for the link to these coupons.