Today I did a pretty good job of shopping. I went to Walgreens, CVS, and Meijer.

At Walgreen, I purchased $71.98 worth of items for just $15.96, plus I got $6 in Register Rewards back, so it was basically a $10 excursion. I purchased:
4 Loreal makeup items BOGO 50% (1 foundation, 2 powders, for which I had $2 coupons for each, and 1 mascara I had a $3 coupon for and the store had a $2 instant coupon for)
3 Swanson chicken broth (store coupon for $.69 each, plus I stacked it with a manufacturer’s coupon for $1 on 3)
2 Dole Peach cups and a Mott’s applesauce (on sale $5 for 3, coupon for $.75 off on 2 Dole)
1 Secret Clinical Strength Deodorent ($8.99 with $4 RR, $.25 coupon)
2 Hershey’s dark chocolate bars, 2 Hershey’s dark chocolate with almonds (2 BOGO coupons, will keep one wrapper and send it in to get a free bag of Hershey’s dark pieces.
1 Carmex chapstick (Store coupon for $.99, stacked with a catalina coupon for $.75 off)
Vitamin Water Schtick chapstick (on sale for $1.99 with $2 RR) (I’ll probably be stopping in at Walgreens later in the week to get some more of these)
I also used $25 in RR from last week.
The makeup and deoderent will go downstairs to the stock pile to be used in the next couple of months. The chapsticks I put right in my stocking stuffer box, as they don’t expire for quite some time and will still be good well beyond Christmas.

At CVS I ended up making money, which was exciting. I’d never done that before. I purchased:
2 of Dove’s new man soaps for $5.49 each, plus 2 coupons for $1.25 off, and got $10.98 in CVS Cash Back
1 Colgate Max Fresh toothepaste for $2.99, plus a $.50 coupon, and $2 CVS Cash Back
I spent a total of $11.95 including tax, and I got $12.98 in CVS Cash to spend later, so I made $1.03 this trip. We already have some man soap and toothpaste, so these will be added to my stockpile in the basement, but I know we’ll use them, and these prices were too good to pass up.

I didn’t save nearly as much at Meijer, but that’s to be expected, as it’s harder to save on groceries. I did, however save 33%, spent under $50, which was my goal for the week, and was able to stock up on tomato sauce, Rice-A-Roni, and Raisin Bran, in addition to buying the groceries we need for the week. All in all, I think I did pretty pretty well.