Savings for the week of 7/3-7/9

Not a bad week!  We didn't do a ton of shopping as it started with a holiday weekend and ended with a historic shuttle launch (more on that later).  


CVS-
*Saved $30.09, Spent $3.38 OOP, Full sized shampoo, full sized conditioner, 2 toothbrushes, 2 bags of candy (holiday weekend and long road trip for the launch!) and 3 packs of gum. 
Publix-
*Saved $54.75, Spent $68.94 OOP
Groceries
Walmart-
*Saved $0.50, Spent $0.57 OOP 
2 candy bars
Walgreens-
*Saved $5.98, Spent $0.14
2 toothbrushes

Grand total-
*Saved $91.32, Spent $73.03

Halloween Horror Nights

Universal Studios has announced the dates for the 2011 Halloween Horror Nights!

Dates are:
 September 23, 24, 29, 30
October 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31

Prices are different based on what night of the week, if you're a Florida resident, if you're an annual passholder and a few other things; but the base price is $81.99. New this year is the Rush of Fear ticket. It will allow entry on every night HHN is held, for the first three weeks, that's 10 full nights, for $69.99.  Pretty good deal!

Do you plan on hitting HHN?  We might this year, it's been a while since I've been!

I want a coupon binder!

I was back over at Single Mom Saving Money  (definitely one of my favorite money saving blogs!) and Pam is doing a giveaway for two coupon binders.  I really hope I win one!  If you're interested in trying to win one too, hop on over to her blog and check out the giveaway! You have until midnight on Friday, July 9th.

Savings for the week of 6/26-7/2

Pretty good this week!


CVS-
*Saved $21.20, Spent $16.77 OOP, earned $5 in ECB and still have $5 left

Publix-
*Saved $43.55, Spent $61.28 OOP

Target-
*Saved $12.21, Spent $8.76 OOP earned $5 in gift cards, and still have $2.01 left, and $2 in additional coupons.

Walgreens-
*Saved $7.68, Spent $1.77


Grand total-
*Saved $84.64, Spent $88.58

Contacting Companies for Coupons

So I was over at Single Mom Saving Money and Pam had posted about Emailing Companies for Coupons and I decided to check it out.  She listed 20 companies and linked to their contact us/comment forms.  Here is my experience with the 20 companies.  If you want the links yourself, check out Pam's blog post :)

1. Vlassic Pickles- did for Birds Eye Products- got nice try email*
2. Scrubbing Bubbles- (Same link as Drano) A coupon book for several SC Johnson products! Has about $20 worth of coupons inside. 
3. Duncan Hines- got nice try email*
4. Pampers- not really a contact form, found contact form- got nice try email*
5. Edy’s Ice Cream- 2 $.75/1 coupons
6. Welch’s Grape Juice or Jelly- 2 $.50/1 coupons
7. LUVS Diapers- not really a contact form, has a sign up for coupons 
8. Knorr/Lipton Sides- nice try email*
9. Clorox-
10. Delmonte Foods- page error, found contact form- did for Meow Mix, got nice try email*
11. Mission- 
12. Schick Shaving Products- nice try email* 
13. Campbell’s- nice try email*
14. Hostess Brands- 
15. Skinny Cow- page error easy to get to contact page
16. Healthy Choice- not really a contact form, has a sign up for coupons 
17. Glad Press and Seal- (Same link as Drano) A coupon book for several SC Johnson products! Has about $20 worth of coupons inside. 
18. Haagen Dazs- 2 $.50/1 coupons
19. Drano- (same link as Scrubbing Bubbles) A coupon book for several SC Johnson products! Has about $20 worth of coupons inside. 
20. Bic- nice try email*

Blue= no luck
Green= waiting to hear back
Purple= got coupons
*"nice try email" doesn't really say nice try in it, they were just a generic "we're not giving out coupons at this time"/"coupons available in the Sunday newspaper" kind of thing.