So hear me all, so help me God!

I feel like I am pretty new at couponing {you like how "coupon-ING is a verb, LOL}, but the success that I have had lately is MIND BLOWING!

Stats since I have started couponing at CVS July - Now:

• Saved:   $857.10
• Spent:   $130.78

UNBELIEVABLE!!

 The best part is that I feel confident enough to start passing on what I have learned to my friends an have enjoyed shopping with them.

I feel like that "Coupon Suzie" commercial pleading with everybody I know to start looking for savings.  Now that I have started I will never go back.

SO.....

I vow here and now to never spend full retail for ANY health and beauty products, cleaning supplies or diapers.  

So hear me all, so help me God! 

Here was todays shopping trip....

• Spent: $2.86 out of pocket
• Earned: $20 AMX gift card!! 

I LOVE CVS!!

I love CVS so much that I am naming my next {if any} daughter after it...

I spent $6.18{including tax}and got all this stuff worth $141.07{not including tax}...

PLUS

$11 ECB & $20 AMX gift card!!

To make this deal even sweeter {if possible} I spent over $100 on beauty products {pre-coupon}, so the next time I visit CVS I should get $5 per $50 I spent on beauty products!!  What a money maker!!!  I am so excited!!

If you are not couponing I challange you to pick up next weeks paper and see what you can do.

You should NEVER pay for these items if you keep your eyes open....

1. toothpaste    
2. toothbrushes
3. razors             
4. body wash      
5. diapers           
6. baby wipes     
7. dish soap       
8. deodorant      

If you have any questions feel free to ask...I LOVE sharing my coupon "knowledge". ;)

 Also try visiting this site...Simply CVS...it has been very helpful pointing out good deals.

GOOD LUCK :)

Oh yea....in case you were wondering.....

CVS = Charlotte Victoria Smith

What a day.

The past 24 hours has been ruff to say the least.

I was so sick last night, I think my nose ran a 5k marathon.  Whatever chemist that came up with Musinex is a freaking genius and I love you!  Nothing stops a runny nose like they do.

Then if you read my rant you would know that I am not loving Target right now but I decided that I would try out a third store....how refreshing....the sweet girl that worked at the register was excited to see my coupons and was not nervous at all.  Thank GOD!!  So I walked out with 12 Revlon beauty tools for FREE and 4 Aquafresh toothpaste for FREE!!  WHOOPeeeeee!!  :)

Unfortunately my great trip to Target turned sour when I was putting my stroller in the trunk I dropped and shattered my iPhone 4. 

:( eeekkk!  

 I should have listened to my hubbs when just last night he asked me to use my Otter Box.

Rant: Target managers hate coupons

After stopping by 2 Target stores yesterday I am convinced that Target managers HATE couponers and don't understand that it is OK to get items for free using coupons.


I went in to purchase 10 Revlon beauty tools using this combination.  The first coupon is a Target coupon for $5 off 2 Revlon beauty tools and the other two is $1 off 1 Revlon beauty tool.  According to Target couponing policy you can stack Target and MF coupons.

The issues I had at the first Target (in Vernon Hills IL) was the manager litterally said to me....well I am not giving you these items for free so I am not accepting these coupons!  WHAT!  Does this store manager not know that Revlon will reimburse them for the face value of the MF coupons PLUS $.08 handling fee?!  HELLO....you are making $.08 for every coupon your store takes in!!!!! 

The second store that I went to was on Addison in Chicago.  This store manager said that I could not use these coupons on the lower priced nail files because they were not "beauty tools".....UMMMMM....please look at the picture on the coupon....THERE IS A PICTURE OF THE EXACT ITEM I WANTED TO BY!!!!  She still said no....and when I pressed her she said well now I am going to decline all your coupons and I walked out of the store with NOTHING!!!

Target has gone out of their way to advertise their couponing policy and has printed and mailed out Target coupons and even text them to my phone.  I think Target needs to educate their managers on the coupon policies and the benefits of coupons in their stores!

I am in the diaper selling business...

Being a stay at home mom and wife I have made it my job to save money any way possible.
I am an avid couponer and bargain shopper, but lately I have also been a diaper deal hunter and seller.

Here is what I do....

After I find my super deal of $3 per pack or less I purchase the diapers and sell them on craigslist.com for $5 each.  So far I have made over $100 profit selling diapers and have amassed at diaper stockpile of my own up until size 3!!!  More than half the diapers that I have sold I got for free using coupons.  It feels so good to be able to earn a little extra doing my favorite things...shopping and saving!!

Huggies diapers are on sale at CVS for 2 for $18....doesn't sound like a deal?

Let me tell you how it is done....

Buy 3 packs at $9 each = $27
Use 3 $3 off coupons from last weeks Smart Source insert = $18
Use a CVS $3 off $15 or more on baby care coupon = $15
I used $9.79 in ECB from a previous purchase = $5.21 + tax
AND
Get $10 ECB on purchace of $25 or more on baby products.

So when I sell them for $5 each on craigslist.com I am making a profit of almost $10 that I get to use on other fun stuff!!!

CVS Free-Bee of the day!

Free! Free! Free!

I have been obsessed with coupons lately, especially CVS.  I live right down the street from CVS and I have made it my personal goal to walk to CVS everyday and today was no exception.  The first thing I do when I walk in the door is scan my CVS card in the red box.  Last week everyday I went I got a $1 off a pack of Orbit gum.  I didn't spend any of these until today.

Here was my deal:

Orbit gum is buy 1 get 1 free at $1.37
--I bought 8 packs of gum and used 5 $1 off coupons = .48 subtotal

Hearshy candy bar is $.99
--I bought 1 bar and used a $.79 CVS red box coupon (even though it said "FREE") = $.20

Big Chill bottled water $1.49 + $.05 bottle tax
--I bought 1 bottle and used $.50 CVS red box coupon = $.99

It looks like my cashier scanned the $.50 coupon twice which was an error but thanks.....

Subtotal: $1.22
Saved : $12.48

Not a bad trip :)

Free Pampers!!

Pampers Swaddlers Sensitive Size 1 are on clearance for $2.74 or $5.49 (depending on the location) at CVS!

Being new to couponing I have been reading a lot of blogs on how to make a deal.  CVS is by far my favorite store.  Check out this deal....

When I saw the Pampers on sale at my CVS they were $5.49.  I had a $2 off coupon making them $3.49.  I bought 4 packs.

I had a printed coupon for $5 off $25 precoupon but I was $3.04 short so I went by the printed coupon box and out prints a free pack of U by kotex....that is $1.77 towards the $25....the other coupon was $2 off Gold Emblem popcorn 2.49 each just hitting my $25 mark. :)

In total I spent $10.88 on 

4 Jumbo packs Pampers Swaddlers Sensitive Size 1,

1 pack U by Kotex panty liners

1 bag Golden Emblem popcorn

BUT the thing is I don't need diapers.  Sweet sweet has a closet FULL of size 1 diapers.  SO I sold the Pampers on craigslist.com for $5 each making a profit of $10!  WOOT WOOT!!!

After I sold the diapers on craigslist I was so pumped up that I went to the 4 other CVS stores.  I found this deal....

Please notice the subtotal....THATS RIGHT....$0!  I bought 6 packs of diapers for $0 (just $1.17 in taxes)

THATS NOT ALL!!!!  CVS also has a deal going that if you buy 6 jumbo packs get the 7th FREE....SO....out prints an $11 ECB.  I LOVE THIS!  I stopped by 2 other CVS stores and made similar purchaces.  In total I bought 15 packs of diapers and I am selling each pack that I bought for $5.  BIGG BALLIN'

CVS Free-Bee of the day!

So I am very new to the whole couponing idea but there is nothing like free stuff to get my blood hot and ready to go....SOOOO.....today is the day I got my first FREE items today using a coupon!
I am super stoked!!!!  Heck-to-the-yea!!!

CVS:
Dove Men+Care deodorant regular price $4.99 with CVS card $.99 -$1.00 coupon = FREE!!

You can only print 2 from your computer which is a bummer but I saved $10 which makes me a happy camper :)