In full plume.

 

I was looking for an affordable alternative to the standard feather pricing in town, $7 to $10 per feather.  I knew if I searched the interwebs long enough I would find the answer.  And I did.  Yelp pointed me to Feather Luxe West Coast, a company providing professional feather extensions without the use of glue or adhesives.  Best of all was the cost:  $25 per bundle of 6-8 feathers.  Not $25 per feather but per bundle.  

I knew I had to put this company to the test so I reached out to Jennifer Nye-Walsh, a FeatherHead servicing the San Jose / South Bay area.  We met a few days later, where I was able to choose my own colour combination of blue, green and white/black.  As we chatted about my couponing, she carefully selected individual feathers for my bundle; measuring them against one another for balance and trimming any excess fuzz so they would melt in with my hair.

That is a Savings of 73% 05/07/11

This was my first trip to the grocery store, other than Target.  I went to Lucky with a purpose: Gatorade.  It was 10 for $10. I had nine coupons to get a free 32oz G2 if you purchased Prime (3 for $3) and Recover (3 for $3).  Sure, my husband is a soccer player so I know he will drink all of it.  Lucky was running a special on Sobe too, 5 for $5 and there just happens to be a coupon for $1.50 off of five, or $0.30 savings per bottle.  So I stocked up with 20 bottles. 

All of this for under $50.00

Next was the chips and free soda.  Sun Chips & Tostinos were offering free Sierra Mist Natural & Pepsi Max with purchase.  Yes, there were coupons for the chips on top of the fact they were B1G1F.  So 4 bags of chips and 4 2L of soda.  $1.00 per set of soda / chips.  

Let's go Fishing for Compliments!

Am I overdressed?

I just love this marketing campaign. "Camp Imahottie" 

Yes you are!

I just had to give it a shout out!

xoxo

Detergent for $0.076 per load 05/06/11

Target Haul - Tidy Cat is camera shy.

This is the best price that I have found on laundry detergent thus far.  At 7 1/2 cents per load.  Green Works had a $2.00 hang tag around the neck, plus I had (2) $3.00 off Target coupons, so this 100 load HE bottle came in at a final cost of $7.59.  Best of all, I was able to buy 2.  Score!  The Halls cough drops were clearance for $1.03 and I had (2) $0.50 off coupons.  The VitaWater on the left is in packs of 4 - they were Buy 2 Get 1 Free.  I used $15 in Gift Cards that I earned from earlier purchases towards to payment total.  Oh! The Tidy Cat litter is MIA. lol.

Make sure if you're a Target shopper that you sign up for their mobile coupons.  You can use those to stack with your MFG coupons.  Target will text you a link to a coupon code for specific items.  If you buy any of those items, show the cashier your phone and she can grab the coupon code.  Text and data rates apply.  I have been their mobile coupons for 3 weeks and have saved over $5.00.

28 items at full retail: $60.14  My cost: $30.47  Savings $29.67 / 50%

Saved $110.23 on 24 items @WAG 05/05/11

I saved $110.23 on this WAG haul.

And that's not the end of my savings on this haul: The RenPure conditioner is a 100% MIR, $5.99.  The NexCare bandaids are also 100% MIR totaling $23.94, which I used RapidRewards as payment, so this ends up giving me cash in my pocket. 

I saved 79% off Cereal on 05/03/11

Completed in 6 transactions at WAG, I purchased  (2) Right Gaurd deo  (2) Gillette body wash  (2) Nivea shower gel  (2) Gillette deo  (6) Bic Soliel razors  (2) VitaGummies  (2) Pantene S&C  (2) Cascade tablets  (4) Tide Stain Release  (2) Downy dryer sheets  (2) Always Infinity  (2) Tampax pearl  (2) Pearl To-Go  (2) Frosted Flakes  (2) Cottenelle TP  (1) OXO wine pour / stopper.

I saved $274 @ CVS & Target 05/02/11

I saved $188.22 on 42 items 05/02/11

Have I mentioned how much I love shopping at my local CVS #9921?!  They are so awesome, super patient and let me do what I do without hassle.  After all, I do go to the end of line after each transaction so that it is fair to all customers.  And it gives me a chance to roll my ExtraBucks over to the next transaction, deepening my immediate savings rather than hoarding all my ExtraBucks until the next shopping trip.   I made 4 transaction on May 2, 2011.  

04/24 to 04/30 Totals

I purchased 115 items with a retail cost of $540.74  I paid $186.16  That is a savings of $354.58 / 66%.   Next week's goal is to average a savings of 70% off full price.

View my older posts for details on my couponing!

xoxo