My Dollar Story

So last weekend I posted a rather large Target shopping trip and when I got home and dug around in my wallet I realized there was a $1.00 off coupon that I forgot to use! I think I'm taking this couponing thing to the extremes because yesterday I stopped by Target and took my receipt + coupon to customer service and asked to apply it to the purchase.

My local Target gives you up to 3 days to refund your money for a coupon you forgot to use (I learned that yesterday) and so I went and literally exchanged a piece of paper with ink for a $1 bill lol. The customer service lady was very nice about it, but I guess it helped that I used the "sweet, helpless, lost and insecure girl" act on her. Works every time.
ANYWAY, I just thought it was funny how I've become such a penny pincher. {It was MY dollar and I wanted it back!} And what did I do with this elusive $1? I bought as many things as possible! Seriously, I think I might have broken a record here:

• 3 boxes of Kellogg's Mini-Wheats
• Sale price $2.50
• Used Cartwheel 50% off Mini-Wheats
• Used $3 off 3 Kellogg's Cereal printable
• Paid $0.25 each, or $0.75 total
• 2 Dozen eggs
• $0.99 sale price
• Used $0.50 Target Mobile Coupon (text SPRING to 827438)
• Used $0.50 Target Mobile Coupon (text THANKS to 827438)
• Used $0.55 off 2 Dozen printable coupon
• Paid $0.22 each, or $0.43 total

Total Paid: $1.18  I had to dig around at the bottom of my purse for those extra $0.18, but hey... not bad for a month's worth of cereal and eggs. I saved $8.30 (counting sale prices) for a whopping 87.56% decrease! 

Thank you coupons for making me do math. My under-stimulated brain needed it. 

Washing 'Chine

I think I broke our old washing machine the other day...? I had a small blanket and 4 pillowcases in there (not even half full) and halfway through the rinse cycle it started making very loud banging noises. I Googled and YouTubed possible problems and fixes and never came up with anything. Philip tried taking it apart and checking for broken springs or couplings and there wasn't anything wrong with those either.
We ended up at Best Buy on Saturday and picked out this one here. It's a high efficiency washer so it doesn't have that rotator thing in the middle.
So far I love it. It adjusts the water level according to how much stuff is in there, and yesterday I easily fit a fluffy king-size comforter in there without a problem. It also plays a rather melodic tune to let us know it's done washing stuff. Only negative aspect so far: it locks the lid as soon as you hit Start, so I have to make sure to hunt down those socks under the bed before I start a cycle.
Also, off to the side you can kind of see my growing stockpile of laundry detergent. (I'm addicted to buying laundry detergent. Don't ask) The shelves they're sitting on I purchased from Walmart ($13!) out of necessity because their old shelf (seen above the WD) couldn't take the strain any longer.

CVS shopping trip 9/8

Today I did a CVS shopping trip and was so pleased with the results that I tacked the receipt up on the wall for a few hours.  My total was supposed to be $54.38 and all I paid out of pocket was $1.66 after coupons and Extra Bucks. I was amazed that I somehow ended paying less than the price of the newspaper ($2) I was there to buy. All in all, one of my best purchases, plus I walked away with $14 in Extra Bucks (store credits) for next time! 

I now have: 3 bottles of Purex laundry detergent, 2 Bengay tubes, 3 Carmex lip balms, 3 packets of mini Hershey's, 2 Colgate Total toothpastes, and 1 Softsoap hand soap. Yay for stockpiling!