One more.. JcPenny's... again!

I forgot to mention one of the coolest money savers I enjoyed today! We went to JcPenny's to get some father/son pictures done. Because I earned gift cards and freebies with my last session, this session's photos, which included several pages of prints (one was even one of those fancy collage pics!), ended up costing me just $1.07!!!!!! That's total, with tax. Talk about awesome savings!!!
You can do it too!!
Get your JcPenny's portrait club card for $20. With that, all of your sessions include FREE sittings for everyone in your family. Plus you get ONE FREE print of any size (10x13 or smaller) to use once, and ONE FREE specialty print, like the fun collages and such, to use once.
On top of that, with the club card, come THREE $10 gift cards that can be used, one at a time, on any of your next sessions! These are good for 2 years!!! The club membership also lasts 2 years!!
Also, if you spend a total of $50 on an appointment this month (you only have a couple days left!!!), you earn TWO $25 gift cards!!!! These gift cards are good until the end of November; great for Halloween pics or use them to get a jump on your Christmas greeting cards!
Don't miss out!!!!

Buy Low & Rite Aid day 2

I was back in Provo today. I got several errands taken care of, including some money saving adventures!
First was Rite Aid:

These items are part of the buy $30, get $10 +UP rewards deal this week. Actual razors are NOT included. I purchased these 4 pk Divine cartridges for $13.99 each.
(2x)-$4/1 Venus razor or refill 
The Satin Care shave gel was $3.79. This brought me to a total of $23.77 (before tax & w/coupons applied).
I had $5 +UP rewards from yesterday and used those toward this purchase. So my grand total with tax was
20.92.
I earned $10 +UP rewards which I will use next week!!

Then we hit Buy Low:

Boneless skinless Chicken breasts are $1.67/lb (10 lb box)
In the clearance carts I found the cereal for $1.00 and the brown rice for just $.50.

Next we went to the Smith's gas station. I had a $.10/per gallon discount to use that I earned with last week's shopping. It made the gas .04 cheaper than Maverick in Springville, which is almost always the cheapest around.

Finally, we hit Walmart.

I got this bag of Steak Rolls on the day old rack for just $2.18.
The 32 oz yogurts I ad-matched with Fresh Market for $1.67 each!!!
The Luv diapers I had a $1 coupon for.
The salad, sadly, is up to .94. :(
The Hershey's syrup is $1.98 each.
-$1/2 Hershey's syrup.
I had planned to ad-match it with Macey's current sale but Walmart was one cent cheaper. I will buy it at Macey's next time however, as I noticed when we got home that the ones we bought at Macey's the other day are bonus size and have 2 more ounces for just one cent more.
We also had $27 in Walmart gift cards from James' work. What a blessing!! So all of this was only like $3 plus tax.
I'm glad to be so focused on my money saving again. I had gotten caught up in selling coupons and not actually using them myself. I will continue selling coupons when I have extra, but I need to stay on track with my own couponing. It makes such a big difference!!!

Rite Aid & Buy Low Day 1

I hit both stores today as part of a 2 day mission. At Rite Aid, now that they have their new reward system, I needed to buy my first set of items to get the rewards to buy the rest of the things I need. Kind of a pain, but I need to go back into town anyway to hit Buy Low's weekend meat sale.
At Rite Aid:

Stayfree pads 14-24 ct  2/$4
-(2)$2/1 Stayfree product
Earn $1 +UP reward

Crest Pro-Health 4.2 oz toothpaste $2.99
-.50/1 Crest toothpaste 4.0+
Earn $2.99 +UP rewards

Halls cough drops 2/$3
-$1/2 Halls cough drops
Earn $1 +UP reward

Total spent: (w/tax) $5.16
Rewards earned: $5.00
Like spending just $.16 for all of this!!!!
I will go back tomorrow for transaction number 2. Stay tuned!!

Buy Low:

Bananas .33/lb
Red Grapes .99/lb
Avacados 4/$1
Roma Tomato .79/lb
Limes 10/$1
Yellow Onions 5lb/$1
Cilantro .59 ea
French Bread .99
Whipped topping lg tub $1.9
Cheese slices .99
Land o frost deli meat 9 oz $1.99
-$1/2 any Land o frost deli meats= $1.49 ea
I'll be back for tomorrow's awesome deal on boneless, skinless chicken: $1.69/lb!!!!

Fresh Market

I hit Fresh Market the other day. I found a couple of happy surprises!

 I got ridiculously amazing prices on their discounted meat. Less than 50% on all of them. It's nice having a deep freezer!

 Leaf lettuce .99
Baby carrots .99
Avacado .69
Tomato I don't know how much it cost. :( I just needed a tomato.

Yogurt 3/$1
Cheese Sticks 3/$1
24 oz Cottage Cheese $1.67
Nalley chili .89
Bar S Deli Meat $1.89

Smith's

I hit Smith's yesterday. It's the second week of their fabulous case lot sale. I got some repeat items, but also a few new things.

Capri Sun 10 pk $1.49 wyb 10 mix n' match items.
Oreos $2.49 wyb 10 mix n' match items.
-.75/2 Nabisco cookies or crackers
Saltines (did you know there are WHEAT saltines???) 10/$10 (you don't have to buy 10)
Peanut Butter $1.59 wyb case
Krusteaz family size bag $3.59 wyb case.
With this purchase, I earned lots of good points to give myself a happy discount at the gas pump.

More about JcPenny's

I took my youngest to JcPenny's portrait studio today for her blessing pictures. It went really well and I found still more ways to save money.
I needed a new family pass, which covers all the sitting fees. Mine had expired. For this month only, they are just $20 instead of $29.00. They are good for 2 years!
The other way I saved, by buying the family pass, my total was $50. By spending $50 today, I earned $50 (two $25 gift cards) to use next time. How cool is that?! Yes, it requires a bigger initial investment, but it is totally worth it for my family's needs. We're going to be getting a new family picture before the end of the year, and now it will be FREE!
If you need pictures, get in before the end of the month!!

Shopko Clearance

You all know that I love Shopko's little clearance aisle. I have to check it out every time I go there to pick up my prescriptions. Convenient, as it is located right before the pharmacy.
There are tons of kids' medicines, for cold, flu, etc. If you have a coupon to use with them, it makes for an amazing savings on something we moms always need to have on hand.

I got these.
Kids Relief Flu reg. $6.49 Clearance $1.29
3 Musketters multipak  reg. $1.49 Clearance $.59
If you got last Sunday's coupon inserts (I have some for sale!), you can bring your Wet n' Wild coupon to Shopko to get FREE nail polish!! I'll be doing that tomorrow!!