The Sweet Life On A Budget

  (August 23-29) Scope Mouthwash Cost: $3.99 x 2 = $7.98 Coupon: $3/2 CVS Digital CRT: $2/$6 Mouthwash OOP: $2.98 EBC: $2.00 x 2 = $4.00 (Limit 2)  Final Cost: FREE Community Coffee Cost: $3.99 x 2 = $7.98 CRT: $2/$8 Coffee OOP: $5.98 IBOTTA: $3.00 x 2 = $6.00 Final Cost: FREE  Physicians Formula: Organic Wear Mascara Cost: $10.49 Coupon: $4/1 Printed from Redbox Machine (Printed 8/16-8/22) OOP: $6.49 ECB: $7.00 Final Cost: FREE + $0.51 Maybelline Cosmetics         Cost:  Single Eye Shadow: $4.29 Baby Lips: $4.99 Total: $9.28 Coupon:  $2/1- Printable $3/1- Instant Coupon from Redbox Machine        OOP: $4.23        ECB: $5.00         Final Cost: FREE + $0.77 MM  CoverGirl Cosmetics- Eyebrow Pencils  Cost: 2 X $5.99 = $11.98 Coupons: $3.00 x 2 = $6.00 (8/9 SS) OOP: $5.98 ECB: $6.00 Final Cost: FREE  All Laundry Detergent (19 ct Mighty Pac)  Cost: $2.99 Coupon: $2/1 (8/22 RMN) OOP/FInal Cost: $0.99 Wet N Wild Cosmet

  Our meals need to be nutritious, clean, flexible, quick and cost effective. Between our work schedules and after school activities, we need to carefully plan our meals so that we do not end up ordering out.  We try hard to keep our total food and household products to under $100.00 per week.  Goal: $400.00 + $33.36 = $433.36 What did we spend?  Week 1- $134.50 Peach Truck- $22.00 Aldi: $53.44 CVS: $0.80 Kroger: 54.87 Miejers: 3.39 Rebates: $15.89 IBOTTA: $13.89 SavingStar: $2.00 Kroger Cash: $10.00 Week 2- $102.20 Aldi: $50.41 Kroger: $46.44 $16.01 $27.28 CVS: $3.82 Walgreens: $ 4.68 Rebates:  Register Rewards- $6.00 Week 3- $69.30 Meijer: $19.77 Kroger: $43.08 CVS: $6.45 Rebate:  CVS ECB: $32.00 (Used $19 ECB)  Week 4-  Rebate:  Total: $306.00 Rebate Total: $15.89 Final Total: $290.11 NOTE: Rebate total DOESN’T include Kroger Cash or Refunds because they will come off of the Kroger Bill automatically the following week.   In

  Making small changes that have big results.  On Friday’s I share a few frugal ideas to help you maintain The Sweet Life on a Budget along with my money saving deals.  Although I do not advocate shopping at a large number of stores during this health crisis, if you are going to a particular store that has a deal- just pick it up too.    Knowledge is power.    CVS and Walgreen FREE-BEE  Deals (August 16-22) For these deals check out the post from earlier this week:  https://sweetlifeonabudget.blogspot.com/2020/08/cvs-deal-august-16-22.html (August 23-29) Physicians Formula: Organic Wear Mascara Cost: $10.49 Coupon: $4/1 Printed from Redbox Machine (Printed 8/16-8/22) OOP: $6.49 ECB: $7.00 Final Cost: FREE + $0.51 Maybelline Cosmetics         Cost:  Single Eye Shadow: $4.29 Baby Lips: $4.99 Total: $9.28 Coupon:  $2/1- Printable $3/1- Instant Coupon from Redbox Machine        OOP: $4.23        ECB: $5.00