My Nifty Diaper Deal

Today, I went to Babies 'R Us to get diapers for my toddler, I have worked out a deal that I was pretty excited to try out.


Before coupons price of 2 Extra Large Baby Dry Diaper (40.99 each) and one 360 count Clean and Go box of wipes(11.49) is 93.47.

Coupons used:
- 2 $1 off Pampers manufacturer's coupon
- 1 $0.20 off wipes
- $7 off when you purchase 1 Value Box of Pampers and one 360-480 count wipes
- $15 Gift Card when you purchase 2 Value Box of Pampers.

Total after coupons: 84.27 if I count in the Gift Card the total is 69.27!

The cheapest I've paid for a box of diaper. It's like paying 34.64 for each box of diapers and getting a box of wipes for free. Now, I wasn't sure if this deal would work because there is a fine print on the $7 coupon that it was not to be combined with other " 'R Us" coupons but but I also read the fine print on the $15 gift card and there was no mention of that limitation. I was very nervous when I was checking out, in fact the cashier told me that it can't be combined. I persisted and pointed out that I don't see it in the fine print, she called her manager and he said it was fine. Yipee!!!! What a nifty nifty deal!

CVS - 7/26

I'm going to make this entry quick since I have to wash the dishes, clean a little of the kitchen and check on my sick (again!) toddler. I wasn't planning on making a deal this week but CVS sent me a $4 off 20 coupon which would expire today so what was I to do but listen to the beckon of the coupon. Lol!

Q = coupon
- 2 herbal essences shampoo and conditioner (Used B1G1 coupon and 1 off Q)
- 1 palmolive dish liquid (used 0.25 Q)
- 1 Caliber Sticky Note (Free after ECB)
- 1 Colgate 360 toothbrush (used 1 off Q, got back 2 ECB)
- 2 Neutrogena Moisture Shine Gloss (B1G1, used 2 and 3 off Q)
- Ardell Brow Shaper (not on sale but I'm out of these and a girl gotta have clean brows right?)

Total cost before coupon: 23.71
Total after coupons and $10 off ECB from last deal: $0.85 and I got back 3.99 ECB

CVS - 7/22

I don't have pictures for this deal since this was done last Tuesday and I've already used the items. We went to my Mom's nursing classmate last Tuesday, had an impromptu dinner at Bbq Pit (A filipino-owned restaurant/turo2). Caleb was such a handful that night super!

I figured since I'm already out, I might as well go to CVS and get the ALLI deal I've been wanting to do. Yiek was so sure that he knew were the CVS was but it turned out to be the wrong store (Walgreens - a competitor) to top if off our GPS was not working so I had to use my handy dandy IPhone to map the nearest CVS store. When I was about to go inside the store, I found out that I have lost my other sandal! I don't trust Yiek to do the deals so I had to go to the store wearing his shoes. I felt like Ronald McDonald because he is size 10 1/2 men and I am a 7. Immediately, I went to the flippers section and chose the cheapest blue slippers that I can find. I had a hard time making this deal because I picked out the wrong pill count, so I had to complain to their dear manager and it took a long time for the deal to push through!

For this deal I got
- 1 90-count ALLI starter kit (49.99) an FDA approved diet pill ... yes I am desperate!
- Two SOBE flavored water (Buy 1 Get 1 - B1G1)
- one flippers (2.99)

I used the ff. coupons:
- 10 off ALLI pills
- B1G1 SOBE - so the SOBE water was free!
- 10 off 50 purchase (a CVS coupon)
- 3.89 from previous ECB

I paid : 28.50 and got back $10 ECB (an estimate since I lost my receipt). To date this is my biggest OOP since I started couponing but the ALLI deal was such a steal and I really need to lose weight anyway.

Free Coffee at McCafe

I got this coupon book from McCafe last Sunday, along with my Smartsource coupon book.
Inside were two coupons for free coffee, love it! I am a sucker for free items especially if it's for my favorite drink in the world COFFEE.
I'm planning to use the coupons this weekend. Yuumm!

Hello!

Hello world. I am new to couponing. I started last week of May when I saw a video feature of the website Coupon Mom on one of our local channel. In the feature they went to a grocery and got $100+ worth of items for pennies, well a quarter to be exact. If she can do it then why can't I! I've always been aware of coupons when a Filipino mom introduced me to them but I just never saw how big the potential could be. Oh, I'd use coupons here and there but I was lazy to organize my coupons.

It was only when I saw the feature that I had an "a-ha" moment. I wasn't aware that there are multiple blogs out there listing out the sales per store, I was always searching for deals but never stumbled on such blogs. I realized that I was using the wrong search words when I did use the correct words, it gave me numerous blogs to subscribe to. So subscribe I did. The next thing I did was subscribe to our local newspaper, I could buy them every sunday but I rather like the convenience of waking up and just getting the newspaper ready to be demolished by me of course and the little one who always manage to sneak up on me and tear some of the ads. Now, it has become part of my daily routine to read thrifty blogs and visualize deals I can do. To date, I have save 100++ on my purchases and it's amazing how many items you can get for pennies or best, FREE!

I'm still learning the ropes and still have a lot to learn. I however realized that there are coupons everywhere I have just not been paying attention to them, you can find them in magazines, boxes, sites that you can subscribe to, auction sites like ebay, grocery stores and even at the doctor's office (I got $12 worth of Enfamil coupons there because some kind soul left it for others to use them).