A Week of Bargain Hunting

I am so obssess about this whole couponing concept that I've been checking the hotcouponworld.com website all week and hardly did any work. Ooops. I was so excited when the weekend roll around that I asked Hieu to go out and get me a newspaper on Saturday so I can get started on my coupon clipping.

I was on the website relentlessly all week and got these great deals this week:

I went to CVS on Sunday and got a Colgate toothpaste, Tylenol, Motrin, Mylanta, and 2 Carefree packages for only $7.77! I earned $9.77 Extra Care Bucks (ECB) which are money you can use at their store so that mean they paid me $2 for all that stuff!

We went grocery shopping on Sunday and Hieu wanted to make spaghetti so we saved $2.30 on the sauce that he wanted to use.

On Wednesday I read about a good deal at Target and I discover that I have those coupons so I head to Target for lunch. I got a jumbo package of Pampers Feel and Learn and a pack of Kandoo wipes for $1.54! I am saving it for when Ky-An is getting toilet trained later. I just wish I have more of these coupons to get more of them!

I went on a bargain hunting trip on Thursday and found some Gerber Graduates food on clearance at CVS that won't expire until 2009. I got it for free after coupons.

Then I went to Krogers and got some Johnson & Johnson bath bars for free since those coupons are expiring this month. Those bars are regular price for 99 cents and the coupon was for $1 off. I got 5 of them!

I went to Target after that and got some swimming diapers and a 210-ct wipe for $5.26

I stopped by another CVS to see if they have those Colgates that were on sale for free after the Extra Care Bucks but didn't find any. I saw a sign forWisk detergent for $4.49 - $2 ECB so it's only $2.49! That's a great deal so I grabbed one and head to the register. When the manager rang it up, I didn't see the $2 ECB so I asked him about it. I told him I saw a sign that advertise it. He asked me to show him so I did and he said that the promotion is old and took down the sign. We head back to the register and he gave me $2 cash for it. After I went to my car, I look at my receipt and notice the detergent was scanned for $6.49 and even with the $2 cash back, it's still more than I wanted to pay for it so I returned the detergent at another CVS on my way home. I didn't know how to explain the $2 cash I got back for it so she refund me the full $6.49 for it. I am not sure if that's being dishonest or not...I hope not because I just want to save money, not cheat. Anyways..for this complicated transaction I got $6.95 back for purchasing a Colgate, some Huggies wash cloths and Johnson & Johnson lotion on clearance.

I went to Randall's and used some coupons there too. Got Popsicles for 34 cents, even though the melted when I stopped at another CVS on my way home. I got 2 bottles of French spicy mustard for 25 cents and 2 boxes of pastas for 50 cents.

My last stop was at Babies R' Us to get Ky-An some diapers but I discovered they sold it way expensive and they don't even have Ky-An's size so back to Target I went. I got him a box of 120-count diapers for $25. Not the best price but at least it's cheaper than what I usually get for him and we needed it. I also collected a lot of coupons from those coupon machines in the stores that has blinking lights (they are call blinkies believe it or not).

Whew..too much shopping for me this week! I try to watch what I buy and not buy something we don't normally just because it's cheap. I saw some Schick razors on clearance and could buy it for $2 with my coupon but stopped myself because I realize I wouldn't have bought it if it wasn't on clearance. My rule is that if it's not free or under $1 then I won't buy it, unless we really need it. If we have a coupon for that necessity then it's even sweeter.

It's funny that I am here excited about saving a few buck but would plop down $165 for Ky-An's swim lessons and $20 for a newspaper subscription without batting an eye.