Sunday Shop Day

3 Stores, 20 bucks, new coupon binder!!

Walgreens:

Transaction 1:
Pilot pens .19 less q reduced to .19 free
Colgate 3.49 less 1 q - 2.49
3 folders a .09
2 boxes kleenex at .99 less .50 q - 1.48
4.52 (use 4 RRs, pay .52 oop) get 3.50RR
 
Trans 2:
Pilot pens .19 less q reduced to .19 free
4 boxes kleenex less 2 .50qs for - 2.96
2 packs of printer paper (400sheet) at 1.99each
Paper plates .99
Index cards .59
8.52 use 3.50 RRs from last transaction and 3RRs from before. Pay 2 RRs.
RRs redeemed: 7
Cash: 2.52 OOP

CVS:

Celsius 4 pack tea at 7.99 less 2q - $5.99
CVS hand sanitizer pen 1.99 less FREE q - 0
Used leftover 2.99ECB from last week
Effective cost before tax - $5.99 get 7.99 ECB

5 star zippered binder 15.99
Use 7.99 ECB from tea
Pay 8 OOP, get 5 ECB

Schick quattro razor 8.99 less 4q - 4.99
Price adjust 5 ECB from last transaction to 4.99
Pay 0,  get 4 ECBs

Effective cost: $10. More than I would normally spend but I believe the binder will be worth the investment (profit from tea cover the $1 for the razor and took a dollar off the binder, which in the end is the only item I paid for)

The Body Shop:
I had 2 $5 off coupons with no minimum purchase amount, so we bought exactly 5 dollars worth of products, which happened to be 2 shower gloves/scrubbing "towels" and a travel size shampoo. The kids each got their own gloves and my husband and I get the rest. Nice since we've got so much new shower gel since we started couponing!! *Interesting note: we didn't even have to pay taxes.

Overall, this is not exactly the most frugal shopping trip but I believe the binder (10 dollars, half my expenses) will be worth it for my couponing. It will make it easier to keep them straight. Sometimes my binder gets shaken up in my purse and the coupons slip out of their pockets.

This week, whenever I am in town, I have 3 more coupons for toothpaste and plan to turn $7.50 from my Walgreens gift cards into 10.50 in RRs (since I used up all my RRs on school supplies). After this trip for toothpaste, I plan to donate any free/moneymaker toothpaste I come across. My stash is filling up!