Savings Summary Saturday - Janurary 28, 2012

Grocery Shopping (and other savings) this week:
Bloom -
Our Bloom is closing so I grabbed my dog treat coupons and bought what I could.  50% off started on Wednesday and by Thursday, the shelves were VERY limited.

Cereal Aisle of Bloom, 2nd day of 50% off

I was able to get quite a few treats, some poptarts (no coupons), some store brand cookies (no coupons), and hairspray (no coupons).  Overall, I saved 64%. (50% off all items and $14 in coupons).

CVS

• Combos - 89cents each - on sale for BOGO and $1 coupon off of 2
• Pantyliners - 4 cents each (tax only) - on sale for 99 cents and $1/1 coupon.
• I also got a raincheck for this since I have 3 more $1/1 coupons

Giant

• Kellogg's Cereal - $1.67 each (sale for $2 and $1/3 coupon) - items to be donated
• Arm & Hammer laundry detergent - $2.30 each (sale for BOGO and $1/2 coupon)
• Barella pasta - 50 cents each (sale for $1 and $1/2 coupon)
• Campbell Soup at Hand - 50 cents each (sale for $1 and 50/2 coupon which was doubled)
• Smart Balance peanut butter - $2.13 each (sale for $3.63 and 75/1 coupon which was doubled)
• Nature's Own bagels - $1.89 each (sale for $2.99 and 55/1 coupon which was doubled)

Saved the following percentages on the trips - 48% and 51%

Gas Savings:
All purchases this week were make at Exxon, so money was earned on Upromise.com
Things we got in the mail:

• Entertainment Weekly (Mycokerewards.com)

Rewards programs:
MyPoints (personal account) - 6,967 points (6,932 points -last week)
MyPoints (coupon account) - 2,820 points (2,795 points-last week)
Swagbucks - 2,045 points (2,021 points-last week)
Listia - 14,132 credits (14,127 credits-last week) $0 paid out (when buying credits it is $0.10/credit)
Postpoints -2,395 points (2,350 points last week)
mycokerewards -4,189 points (4,099 points-last week)
Bondrewards - $24.91 -last week)
Upromise - $13.32 ($13.32-last week) available for transfer
Capital One Rewards - 2,236 miles (2,016 miles-last week)
Thanks Again - 0 points

New Year, New Goals

• Use rewards programs to get gifts and daily stuff - Used gift cards received with purchase for at Target.
• Use Restaurant.com coupons - no action this week.
• Buy a New Car - BOUGHT IT!
• Set up an Estate - no action this week