CVS Trip for Last Week 12/31/2009

This was the last shopping trip for 2009! Joe and I went out to CVS New Year's Eve to grab up the ECB deals that were left...
2 Pantene Shampoos 2/$7 - $3/2 MC - $2 ECB wyb 2 = $1 ea = $2
1 Martini Glass Ornament on clearance 50% off $2.99 (this is a Christmas Gift for 2010!)
1 Jewelry armoire on clearance 50% off $14.99 -- I have wanted one of these for a LONG time!
2 Olay Regenerist Cleansers $6.99 ea - $1/1 MC x 2 - $15 MIR wyb 2 = 2 FREE + $3.02 MM
2 Metamucil 160 ct Capsules $9.99 ea - $3/1 MC x 2 - $2 ECB x 2 = $9.98/2
1 Gillette Fusion Razor $8.99 - $2/1 MC - $4 ECB = $2.99
1 Head & Shoulders Ravel Size $1.29 - $1/1 CVS C = $0.29
1 - 12 ct Tums Smoothies $1.59 - $2/1 CVS C = FREE + $0.41 MM
+ Tax $2.79
Paid with Extra Care Bucks (ECB) & free prescription gift card, so NO OOP!
+ Received $10 ECB for next week!
My savings at CVS for the year: $2,738.62 -- WOW!

Our Trip to Williamsburg!

Yeah, I totally didn't get anything posted while we were on vacation, but we did have a WONDERFUL time! It was so nice to get away for a few days, when you work & live at the same place, vacations are EXTRA special!!! This is Butterscotch helping us pack. She LOVES suitcases for some strange reason...

This is Joe and the next one is of me; we are both standing outside our hotel, the Comfort Inn. We were in traffic for ever, so we checked in late, which was actually a good thing, because we got a FREE upgrade to a room with a hot tub in it! It was REALLY nice!! I highly recommend this line of hotels -- very clean, nice staff, and very affordable!

This is out lunch our second day there. We always have to stop at Red Hot & Blue for some REALLY GOOD BBQ! We actually ate there twice this trip, and it was so delicious!

This is Joe being VERY happy that we decided to eat at the BBQ place a second time, but he isn't obvious at all right? (NOT!)

This is the parking lot of our hotel, I thought it was so cute how they had the trees/bushes all lit up for the holidays.

All in all we had a WONDERFUL trip!

Total Cost for the Trip:

Hotel - $225.72 (for 5 days & 4 nights)

Gas - $80.90

Food - $80.18 (we used gift cards and the hotel's continental breakfast to keep this figure lower)

2 Colonial Williamsburg passes, 3 days each - FREE (because we are museum employees we get comp passes, if we had to pay full price it's $38 per person, per day or $228)

(Souvenirs were bought with Christmas $, so they are not out of the regular budget, but wanted to add just to let you know $64.34)

Grand Total for 5 days & 4 Nights in Williamsburg, VA: $386.80

We are in Williamsburg!!!

After a fun-filled day shopping for after Christmas bargains yesterday, we spent the evening packing. Today we stopped at our best-est friends' house for a delicious breakfast of pancakes and fruit cocktail, and then drove 5 hours (we were in traffic for EVER!) to Williamsburg. But we are now here and we are LOVING it! We got a FREE upgrade on our room, because we were late to check in. Not only do we have a king bed, but we also have a hot tub in our room! I guess traffic can sometimes be a good thing! I am going to try and blog about our trip and post some pictures as the week progresses. Hope that everyone else is enjoying the last days of this holiday season!!

CVS Prescription Run

Stopped into CVS on Thursday to drop off a prescription and got the calcium I needed while I was there...
1 CVS Brand Calcium + Vitamin D 75 ct $4.99
2 Excedrin Travel Pks $2.49 ea - $5/2 Excedrin CVS C = FREE + $0.02 MM
Total OOP, No Tax: $4.97, Paid with Free gift Card

Rite-Aid this Week - No SCR's

Went to Rite-Aid this week not for SCR's, but to use a few coupons and boost my Season of Savings total to try and earn a higher value certificate.
2 Wet Ones Canisters $3.29 ea on Sale for $1.99 ea - $1.50/1 MC x 2 = $0.98/2
2 Tylenol 24 ct 8-Hour Pain $5.99 ea on Sale for $2.99 ea - $2/1 MC x 2 = $1.98/2
1 Rite-Aid Sunblock Face Lotion $8.29 - Free Item Rite-aid C = FREE
1 Rite-Aid Sun Protection Lip Balm $2.49 - Free Item Rite-aid C = FREE
+ Tax $0.39
Total OOP: $3.35, paid on Gift card!!!!

Hallmark Card Shopping

Joe and I went to Hallmark twice this past week to use up the $5 off any purchase coupons I had accumulated from the Internet and magazines. Here's how the second trip went down...
1 - $2.99 Card
7 - Various $0.99 Cards
2 - $0.49 Cards
+ Tax $0.66
- $5 off any Purchase C x 2
Total OOP: $1.56!!!!!!!

The Kitty Cats had Christmas too :-)

After all of the presents are opened, we let the paper and wrappings on our living room floor until the night of the 26th, and as you can tell from the mess, the Kitties LOVE to play in it!!!!

Martin's Doubling Dollars Trip #2

Told you that I would end up going back later in the week for a few more good deals! Here's what I got...
3 Rice Sides $1.25 ea - $0.25 ea Sale - $1/3 MC - $1 Double = $1/3
2 Nestle Cookie Doughs $3.19 ea - $0.90 ea Sale - $1/1 MC x 2 - $1 Double x 2 = $0.58/2
2 Heluva Good Dips $1.99 ea - $0.49 ea Sale - $1/2 MC - $1 Double = $1/2
1 Heluva Good Block Cheese $2.79 - $1.12 Sale - $0.50/1 MC - $0.50 Double = $0.67
Original Total: $16.90 - Coupons & Sales $13.65 = Total OOP: $3.25
Savings of $13.65 or 81%

Walgreen's RR's Trip

Stopped into Walgreen's earlier this week to roll those RR's before they expired...
2 boxes Post Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds Cereal $2.50 ea - $1/2 MC - $1/2 RR = 2/$3
2 Lubriderm Lotions $3.79 ea - $2/1 MC x 2 - $1/1 Wags C x 2 = $0.79 ea = $1.58/2
1 Curel lotion $7.49 - $2/1 MC - $3/1 Wags C = $2.49
2 cans Bumble Bee Chunk White Tuna 2/$3 - $0.99 = $2.01 (was not taken off correctly, should have been $0.99 ea or $1.98/2, but that sometimes happens with coupons...)
1 Dulcolax $7 - $3/1 MC - $4 RR = FREE
2 bags Wags Plastic Cutlery 24 ct $0.99 ea - $0.60 in-ad C x 2 = $0.39 ea = $0.78/2
+ Tax $0.96
- $12 RR's used to Pay
Total OOP: $3.81

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas filled with too much food and presents! And I'd like to wish all of my bargain buddies good luck tomorrow in your sales-shopping!