I went shopping today at Walgreens and King Soopers and got lots of cheap and free things.

I went to both Walgreens by me and found out that the new one charges 1% less in taxes than the old one.

I did 4 transactions - 2 at each store.

Transaction 1, 2 and 3

2.99 - 1 24 Ct Stayfree maxi pads
.21 or .24 cents depending on which store
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3.20 or 3.23
-2.00 coupon
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1.20 or 1.23

I got a RR back for $3. I paid using a gift card purchased with RRs from previous transactions so no out of pocket expense. Made 1.77 - 1.80 on each transaction

Transaction 4

2.99 - Skintimate shaving cream
2.00 - Plackers Dental picks
.34 - taxes
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5.33
-3.00 - RR from Stayfree
- .50 - Plackers q
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1.49 - paid with gift card so no oop

I got back $3 RR for the shaving cream and $2 RR for the dental picks. I made .36 on the picks.

All the Stayfree and the dental picks go to the food pantry. The shaving cream goes to one of my nieces.

At King Soopers I got the following and saved 75%

13.00 - cans Chef Boyardee
6.00 - cups Velveeta shells and cheese
3.00 - 3 packages Hunts Snack Packs
1.00 - Betty Crocker potatoes
2.00 - 2 Colgate toothbrushes
3.00 - 3 Mentos Gum
3.00 - 3 Country Crock butter
2.00 - 2 Lady's Speed Stick deodorant
2.48 - 1 bag Sun Chips
.69 - 1 long john - splurge
.63 - 1 onion
.12 - 1 rib celery
.78 - 4 bananas
.33 - taxes
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38.03
- .15 - reusable bag credit
-4.00 - 3 Chef Boyardee coupons. 2 1.50/4 and 1 $1/5
-3.00 - 3 BOGO q's Velveeta shells and cheese
-3.00 - 3 free Hunt's snack pack wyb 4 chef boyardee
- .60 - .40 q on Betty Crocker potatoes - doubled
- .40 - shortcut ecoupon on potatoes
-2.00 - 2 .75 q's Colgate toothbrushes doubled
-3.00 - 3 .55 q's Mentos Gum doubled
-2.10 - 2 .40 q's Country Crock doubled 1 .50 q
-2.00 - 2 .50 q's Lady Speed Stick doubled
-2.48 - free sun chips q
-3.00 - OYNO q from last week
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12.30

The food pantry gets the following

13 cans chef boyardee
2 Lady Speed Sticks
1 betty crocker potatoes
6 Velveeta shells and cheese
1 bag Sun Chips

The gum goes to my nieces. The toothbrushes go to my brother.

I'll be able to send for the Con Agra rebate buy $10 and get $25 in coupons from the Chef Boyardee purchase.

I was really glad to see the butter on sale. I finished my last tub of butter from the last time I stocked up on Saturday. I need to go back and get some more to store in the freezer. I also need to go back to Walgreens for more Stayfree, Dental picks and shaving cream.

I finished reading my book Dinosaur Planet Survivors by Anne McCaffrey. Sci/Fi - pretty good