deal of the day!

Walgreens is where it's at today!

Walgreens advertises Reynolds Wrap Aluminum Foil on sale for .99 (clip the coupon and bring it up to the register, it doesnt show the .99 sale price on the display case). I had a .50 off coupon for Reynolds Wrap...

Regular Price: $2.19
Walgreens Coupon: $.99/1
Manufacturer's Coupon: -$0.50
Total Spent: $0.49!

And then Walgreen's advertises Betty Crocker Cornbread & Muffin Mix at 3/$1.00. I think this is great to keep around to make as a little extra something to supplement dinner, or it makes for a quick bake to bring over to a friends house last minute! This is another one of those you have to clip to bring to the store, as its not advertised on the display shelf:

Regular Price: $0.99 each
Walgreens Coupon: 3/$1.00
Total Spent for 3: $1.00


My total bill for 3 packages of cornbread mix and reynolds wrap was (after taxes)... drumroll please... $1.61. Amazing! I saved $3.67.

Even these small victories make me feel like i'm awesome! :)

Good deal alert

I got another good deal on dish soap!

I was on a mission to Walgreens for some haircare products and as a I zipped by the dish soap aisle, I saw that the name brand soap were on sale for .99. I knew I had just cut out a coupon recently from P&G so I whipped out my coupon envelope and BAM! I have a coupon for .75 off.

I got to the register, bought my stuff and paid .24, original price without the sale is $2.29 for the bottle of soap. Yahtzee!

Best Buy's of the week

I did a little quick shopping before coming in to work this morning... here's what I got:

Skimtimate Shave Cream: $4.99, had a coupon and got it for $1.99. I saved $3.00



Tuf Towel Paper Towels... .99, had a coupon and got it for .59. I saved .40



Its not much, but its somethin!

Couponing... Extreme?

I'm starting to discipline myself to clip coupons. I managed to score a bunch from an ad that was thrown on my porch over the weekend. The only problem with couponing in Chicago is that grocery stores do not double coupons. Bummer. So most of the time, the generic version is cheaper than the brand name product, even with the coupon.

I clipped a coupon for Palmolive, 10fl oz bottle of dish soap. In stores it ranges from $2.29 - $3.00. The coupon was buy 1 for .89 at Walgreens. I practically live at Walgreens so today I took advantage of that deal. I thought I could only get the regular Palmolive Dish Soap... but when I went to the aisle, they only had Palmolive Oxy Plus 10fl oz, no other 10 fl oz. I was a little discouraged, but brought it to the counter anyway.




The lady rang it up, I gave her my coupon, and BAM! Just saved $1.40! I feel like I got a great deal, especially because this is a nicer dish soap than the regular. I know, im a little crazy for getting excited over dishsoap...

Getting Settled

Ive spent most of the afternoon relaxing after a busy morning. I had intended on going to ikea to buy this cart:



This cart costs $99.99 at Ikea, not including the 30-45 min drive to get there, and then the same amount of time to get home, and also assemble it. By chance, I looked on craigslist for this cart and wouldnt you know it -- a guy was selling the same cart and he lives right across the street from the dog park! So we arranged to meet this morning for the swap and it only cost me $60 and less than a 2 mile roundtrip car ride. I think the best part is that I didnt have to assemble it either!





I ventured out to CBA (Chicago Bagel Authority) for lunch today, as people I work with rave about their food. Their menu is overwhelming, but the overall feel of the place is very new-world hippy both in music and store signage (signs along the line of “if you’re mean, please leave”). Their menu items are most complex with their sandwiches being filled with all sorts of things, I swear I couldn’t find anything less than 4 ingredients! I tried the Toby-Q, I believe it was called. The sandwich was good but honestly, the price is somewhat disappointing at $8. I think that will be my first and last time there.

Random Tidbit: I brought my sandwich home and when I finished, I laid on the couch looking up at the ceiling fan. You know what ceiling fans remind me of? When I was younger, at our Chicago house, I remember turning on the kitchen fan and grabbing a bouncy ball and throwing It up in the fan and ducking for cover. We found it hysterical when the fan whipped it back at us and we hoped surreptitiously that nothing would break… that is, before my mom yelled at us to stop before we broke the fan.