guess what I got in the mail today?

I am so excited. I got THREE pieces of wonderful mail today...almost as exciting as the new office furniture that is being shipped to me from Target...hello, redecorating! These bits will tide me over, though...

Fun piece of mail #1: A $2 off 2 Dove hair care coupon from CVS. It expires at the beginning of June so possibly there will be a fun deal before then!

Fun piece of mail #2: A mailer from Kroger with $/$$ coupons. This may not sound like much, but I use the $5/$45 coupons once a month or so for my "big" trip where I buy the 11 lb. bag of cat food...I have to do a lot of figuring before I go on this trip because $45 is usually a trip for two weeks and unfortunately, the $45 has to be your total AFTER coupons. Still, paired with a Mega Deal I can usually get away with a ton of loot!

Fun piece of mail #3: This is the one that I was really excited about. I cashed in some MyPoints a couple of weeks ago for...fanfare, please...a CVS gift card! It's for $25, which should cover several weeks' worth of CVSing. I save so much money there already, and having a FREE gift card makes it even better. (I used my Visa gift card from the P&G Rite Aid deal from a few months back for part of yesterday's CVS trip and grocery shopping extravaganza-does it feel good to spend someone else's money or what?!)

Now I'm off to start think about next week's CVS deal...:)

I am starting a new blog to chronicle my adventures in couponing/deal scavenging.

Today was a mega-shopping day. I am not quite sure what possessed me to visit CVS, Wal-mart, Kroger, AND Publix all in the same afternoon...but it was productive. Here is a picture of what all I came home with:








Over $70 worth of stuff for a grand total of $26 OOP.

• Herbal Essences shampoo
• Herbal Essences conditioner
• 8 boxes of Act II popcorn
• 2 boxes of Band-Aids
• 2 Nivea lip care with SPF (should come in handy for our cruise next month!)
• 24 pack of Diet Coke
• 100 Calorie pack Lance crackers
• Wal-mart brand jug of juice (end of the year party this week)
• Betty Crocker cake mix & frosting (gotta make cupcakes for the party)
• Bananas
• Tombstone pizza
• Red Baron pizza
• 6 Banquet frozen dinners
• Armor frozen meatballs
• 1 dozen eggs
• 2 ears of corn
• 2 bags of rice
• Ritz Munchables crackers
• 3 Yoplait yogurts (no coupons for these, but they are my lunchtime treat!)
• Mini Philadelphia cream cheese (mmm, strawberry)
• 3 mini containers of Mentos gum

Some of this is for the stockpile...some of it for dinner this week...and some of it just because it was so darn cheap (and in some cases, FREE).

I love it!