Surprise!!! March Break Starts A Day Early....Take The Boy Shopping Brag!

[Koolaid]

Hello everyone!!!

I'm very stuffed up with a cold so if I type something wrong or you feel the earth move it's because I blew my nose. Apparently that's the "in" thing over here...my autistic son thinks it's the funniest thing when Mommy blows her nose!

Well, yesterday I got a nice surprise when I picked him up for lunch. What you say....no school tomorrow!!!???? AHHHH! I'm always the last to hear these things! Good thing I have no plans other that my weekly shop!

So as it turns out I felt this song was appropriate:

School's Out For March Break
(Please sing-a-long to Alice Cooper's School's Out For Summer)

Well I got no choice
Gotta watch the boy
Makin all that noise
For that kinder toy
Well I can't stop him
Can't find my bag
If snow don't suit ya
That's a drag
School's out for March Break
School's out a day early
My nose been blown to pieces
Much more shopping
Not for books
No more cashier's dirty looks
Well I got no plan
And I got no airmiles cash
And I got no clean airways
I can breathe out of my nose this time
School's out for March Break
School's out a day early
My nose been blown to pieces
Much more shopping
Not for books
No more cashier's dirty looks
Out for March break
Out till fall
We might not go back at all
School's out March break
School's out a day early
School's out so coupon
School's out completely

So here's my shop...and yes I actually spent money! LOL! I miss my overage coupons! (I actually had planned on using some airmiles cash but learned that you cannot convert your old airmiles into the cash!!!! Not so happy about that one!)

Walmart First
Oriville Popcorn $2.97 -$1.50 coupon = $1.47
Oasis Jr Juice $1.44 - $1.00 = 44 cents
4x Pillsbury Cookies $2.77 each - 4x $2.00 = 77 cents each
8x Crest Pro Health rinse $1.00 - 8x $1.00 = free plus tax
8x Oral B Glide Floss $3.67 each - 8x Buy rinse get floss free= free + tax
Oasis Fruit Zoo 960ml PM Food Basics $0.99 - 50 cent coupon= 49 cents
2x Schinders hamburgers PM Food Basics $1.88 (not in photo, forgot in my mother's freezer)
Wonderbread PM RCSS $1.98 - $0.75 coupon = $1.23
Eggo Pancakes PM Fresco $1.44 - $1.00 coupon= 44 cents
Subtotal $10.91
Taxes $4.86
Total Paid $15.77
Saved $50.11 in coupons
(Also gave the cashier a crest rinse and floss coupons...she was so thrilled!!! She's put a ton of these through for me...she deserved it!)

My son also got a free Fruitopia at McDonalds with a halloween coupon.

No Frills next
(they didn't have the Panebello Pizzas at Walmart and it was on the way to Mom's)
2x Panebello Pizzas PM Food Basics $2.88 - 2x $1.00 = $1.88 each
Artic Gardens $2.47 - $1.00 printable = $1.47
Kinder egg (another reward for being good & not shown) 94 cents
Total with Tax $6.34
Saved $3.00 in coupons

Then we got Mom and went to Metro together!

Jumbo Cantaloupe $2.99 (1 bonus airmile)
2x Dempster Hamburger buns 2/$5 (2 bonus airmiles)
Bacon for my man $4.19
2x Betty Crocker Instant Potatos 2/$4 (2 bonus airmiles)
2x Nature Valley bars $2.79 each (I know they were $2 at Walmart but those ones didn't have free juice on the box...yippee!!)
2x Halls cough drops $1.59 - 2x 10 cent coupons = 10 cents
3x Quaker Dip bars $1.99 each
Trop 50 juice $4.99 - B3Quaker get Trop 50 free coupon = free
2x Old ElPaso Kits $3.99 each (3 bonus airmiles & 1 movie snack)
2x Extra lean ground beef $3.92 & $4.15 - $4 off ground beef w/Old ElPaso kit purchase = 15 cents for the two (plus 1 bonus airmile for each)
2x Oasis Juice Boxes $2.79 - 1x FPC & 1x $1 off = $1.79 for 2 (plus 2 bonus airmiles)
Cheecha Puffs $2.29 - FPC = free
Dempster's Bagels $3.00 - FPC = free
2x Stouffers Bistro Sliders $3.79 each - 2x FPC = free
Total with Tax $39.96
Minus 12 cents left on last gift card
Minus $10 gift card from Stouffer's Promo
Paid $29.84
Recieved Total 17 airmiles

(Then the 3 minute blizzard started as we went to the car...as soon as we got everything in, it stopped :p )

We dropped off Mom and got 2 free fries at Wendy's for our final reward.

So overall I saved 58% which isn't bad....hope everyone enjoys their March Break!!!

(Also don't forget to tip the lady with a thumbs up if you liked my savings and sang-a-long!)

[shmeelady]

Great brag!

Quick question, can you freeze the cookie doughs?!

[Koolaid]

Great brag!

Quick question, can you freeze the cookie doughs?!

Thanks...and yes! For up to 2 months. (Thank you for my stairmaster workout for the day...lol....couch and nap here I come! LOL)

[Suzieq1974]

Great shopping!!

[hogama]

Great shopping!!! ....and Happy March Break!

[saveadollardiva]

like i said before You blow my mind" LOL Great Brag

[salady]

Where are people getting the Crest Pro Health rinse and Oral B Glide Floss coupons from? Me wants some...i've looked everywhere but can't find them. *sad puppy*

[Koolaid's Mom]

I gave you a thumbs up little Koolaid!

[$avvy$hopper]

awesome brag as usual. glad i read your list...i completely forgot about the Oasis jr's at Walmart. Gotta cut the rest of the coupons off my Allen's juice, I have 10 sets of them to use up by month's end!!!

[Coltyie]

Very nice haul!

[Alexa222]

I always love reading your brags!! My 6 yr old also has autism along with a couple otheR minor disorders so it's close to my heart the tantrums over that toy he really wanted or treat, and all the dirty looks and rude remarks really get to me when people have no idea anything about me or my child or the daily strugges OR that we got through the whole store without one episode and what an accomplishment that is!! You always lighten my day remembering that we are never alone in what we go through... I don't know how to say what I'm thinking but thank you.

[stasymipip]

what does it say on Oasis juoce ? All star what?
Is it some kind of promo?

thank you

[smartshopper888]

great brag!

[maliha44]

Awesome brag, WTG!

[Big Pink]

Gotta cut the rest of the coupons off my Allen's juice, I have 10 sets of them to use up by month's end!!!

If the coupons are from this years juice (I have no idea if there was one before) they expire 2013. So no rush.

And Koolaid...

Not so much about the cold though.
LOL!
Get better soon!