Farewell and Carter's 98.4% off

The coupon princess of DC has moved to Florida. I'm ending this blog. As a farewell, here's my haul at Carter's today.

3 pk of socks
2 waterproof bibs
1 one piece jumper

Regular price total $46
I paid 70 cents.
Savings 98.4%

I used their stamp promo and collected stamp cards from friends and family who didn't want, or wouldn't use them.

Not bad for overpriced baby stuff.

Happy couponIng DC

Cvs 70% off

Value of items $62.63
Cash paid $19.52
Percent savings 69%

Thanks to a small DC couponing area group on Facebook, I got a heads up on a good Olay deal. The face wipes (which I love and have used for years) were on sale for $3.99 (Regular price $6.39) and there was a coupon in this weeks Sunday paper: buy one facial cleanser, get a free body wash (up to $8.99). Additionally, the body wash was on sale for $6.99 (regular price $8.99) with $2 extra bucks returned. So the total cost for both items was 3.99 with $2 EB for use on the next purchase. My only regret is that the cashier used the sale price of $6.99 instead of the coupon max of $8.99. Most cashiers just use the max. I could've saved another $2.

As I mentioned, I love those face wipes and $3.99 is the quarterly low price (the once a year low is $2.99) So I went through my stash and found 3 more coupons for $1 off an Olay product. That's less than half off of the regular price.

I also got an instant print CVS coupon for $2 off of a Revlon product. Revlon lip/eye stuff was buy 1 get $4 EB. So on an $8 lip balm (new color burst lip butter) I paid $6 and got $4 EB for use on my next purchase. Effective price of $2 is 75% off retail. I only wish I could've found a regular $1 off Revlon in my stash.

The Dawn was $99 and I had $0.50 off coupons. The All detergent was on sale for half price ($4, regular price $7.99). Of course I had $1 off coupons :)

Cvs 80% savings

This week the CVS flyer matched well with the Sunday paper coupons. They had an extra bucks special where if you spent $12 on certain products (all of which had coupons in this weeks paper) you would get $6 in extra bucks on your receipt.

For this deal I bought toothpaste, deodorant and a tooth brush. The deodorant had a buy one get one free coupon (value up to $3.99) which the cashier interpreted as $3.99 off even though the deodorant only cost $1.99 each. So the deodorants were absolutely free even before factoring in the extras bucks. Cash due: $12.35 value of coupons and extra bucks $10.99.

I also bought dish washing liquid which was on sale for $.99 with a coupon for $1 off of 2.

Lastly -- and this should have been first -- I've been dying to dye my hair and I cannot wait for my brand to go on sale. I used a $10 extra bucks from participating on the CVS survey panel and paid full price (yikes!) I also forgot to use my bag tag which was one scan away from a $1 extra bucks coupon. Hence my overall savings was 80% instead of 95% :)

Cash paid: $10.15
Value of items: $48.91
Savings 80%

Free Cottonelle, CVS Seasonal EB and survey EB

93% savings

Recently I joined CVS's advisor panel. By joining I answer a few surveys per year and they give me $10 in CVS extra bucks (EB) per survey. If youd'd like to join go to https://www.cvsadvisor.com

Additionally, it's seasonal extra bucks time--Quarterly CVS give us 2% of our purchases back as extra bucks.

I also had $1 in extra bucks from my use of my green bag tag ($1 for every 4 uses).

So--armed with $16 in EB I bought 18 rolls of toilet paper and a box of wipes. I paid $1.14. I feel bad about having paid $1 because I should've had a cottonelle coupon - but there have been no TP coupons in the papers for the past three weeks!

Happy shopping!

Super Double Coupons at Harris Teeter

It's the most wonderful time of the year!! Harris Teeter will be doubling coupons up to $1.98 Jan 4 -10. So, if you have a coupon for an item that costs $2 or less, you can get it for free :) Keep in mind the restriction that you can use a max of 20 coupons per day per family. Make it great and let me know if you made some great deals.