New recipe up!

I've got a new recipe up on Recipes of a Cheapskate! Go check it out, then come back and read about my deals from last week. Yeah, they're old, I'm slow. . . .I've got a munchkin who needs my attention!

Free bandaids!

My second deal went quite nicely!

this week at Walgreens, two types of bandaids are on sale for $.99! They have a sheer, and a natural color. One type has 30 count, the other has 40 count. I bought the 40 count one. There's a coupon in the May 18th Red Plum coupon insert for $1.00 off any bandaids. that means free bandaids!

We also needed cereal, and I had a coupon for $1.00 off any two boxes of General Mills cereal. so we got those too. They were on 'sale' for 2 boxes for $8.00. Ouch! Not really a sale i think.

Here's how it broke down anyway:

Banaids: $1.00 (they had to adjust the price to equal the coupon, not sure why)
coupon: -$1.00
Lucky charms: $4.49
2nd box: $3.51
Coupon: -$1.00
TOTAL: $7.31 (after tax)

I guess it's alright. I don't like the price I paid for the cereal, but we needed it, and the coupon expired next week.

My first coupon deal

This week, Target has a sale on their Gillette Razors. Buy 2 at $9.44 each, get a $10 gift card. Sunday's ads had some coupons! There was a $2 off a Venus razor, and a $4 off a Fusion razor. Also on May 18th, there were more coupons for $2 off a venus (I got my mom's coupons so I had two).

Here's how it worked out:

Transaction one:
1 venus razor: $9.44
1 $2/off coupon -$2.00
1 fusion razor: $9.44
1 $4/off coupon -$4.00
total out of pocket$12.88+tax+ $10 gift card. Like spending $2.88+tax!

Transaction two:
2 Venus razors: $18.88
2 $2/off coupons -$4.00
Total OOP: $14.88+tax+$10 gift card

Since this was my first coupon deal, I didn't know how I'd receive the gift cards. I thought I might have to go to customer service to get it. if I had known I got it right there, i would have put the first $10 card into the second transaction. Instead, I spent $28.92 (that's with tax) and now have $20 in gift cards to use!

Good thing my munchkin can always use more diapers!