Since we were staying in cabins equipped with kitchens on our vacation this past week, we all pitched in and brought food for the trip and then cooked mostly all of our own meals, instead of going out to eat. I brought extra food from our grocery stockpile so I didn't spend any extra on groceries for this week.
We did end up eating out three times this week–which is two times more than we normally do–but we used our vacation cash envelope to pay for it, so this also didn't cut into our grocery budget at all.
As soon as we got home from our vacation, we found we were completely out of baby wipes and laundry detergent so my husband made a quick run to Walgreens to do the Huggies wipe deal and pick up the cheapest laundry detergent they sold.
I didn't get a picture, but he got:
3 64-count tubs of Huggies wipes–$2.79 each, used $2/1 Walgreens coupons, used 1 $0.50/1 manu. coupon–$0.29 for one and $0.79 each for the other two
Altogether, he paid $5.04 for all of that.
I usually try to stock up ahead of time on laundry detergent but I've apparently missed all the recent deals on it so we ended up paying $2.99 for a bottle of it–not too bad, but definitely about $1-$1.50 more than I usually pay per bottle. Oh well!
I'm excited about all of the upcoming deals available next week at our local stores and am hoping to have some great shopping trips. Stay tuned for details on those!
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ohhhh yes please! I love gift cards!
I use the same laundry detergent that the Duggar’s use(18 kids and counting on TLC) and find that it works great. The recipe makes 10 gallons…so I love filling up my bottles then sharing it w/ neighbors and friends.
i love this soap recipe posted also! way cheap works great and fun to make!
I have a great recipe to make my own laundry soap–I’ll share it in case you’re interested!
1/2 cup of Borax
1/2 cup washing soda (I use Arm&Hammer)
1/2 bar of soap, grated (any brand you like)
Melt soap in 2 quarts of water on medium-high heat. When melted, add Borax and washing soda and stir till dissolved. Remove from heat and add 1 1/2 more gallons of water (we bought a 5 gallon bucket and double the recipe each time…) and stir till well combined.
Use 1/2 to 3/4 cup per load (depending on size and soil). Detergent will gel upon cooling; shake or stir before use.
This is unscented (mostly–unless your soap is fragrant,) but you may add essential oil for scent if you desire. I just use some fabric softener to soften and add scent–works for us! I think this cleans really well and costs about $15 a year for my family of six!
Have fun! (Kids love to help w/ this stuff, by the way…instant “magnet” to the kitchen! They love to help stir it in the big bucket and the older ones like grating the soap–good way to let them be involved in caring for the family!)
The coupon is in the back to school coupon booklet in front of the store by the regular ad.
My Walgreens (in Noblesville, IN) had changed the $2 diaper coupon to a $1 one. It said $1 on the reverse, so they changed the 2 to a 1 on the front on all flyers. Oh well, with my .50 coupon I guess it wasn’t a terrible price…
Where are the walgreens coupons? I didn’t have $2/1 in my walgreens sale paper.
Didn’t have a chance to blog about my Huggies deal this week, so I’ll leave it here. Got 3 packs of diapers at CVS for less than $15.
Deal 1–2 pks Huggies @ 2/$18
minus $5 ECB
minus $2/1 huggies CVS coupon that printed out last week
minus $1.50/1 huggies
minus $1.50/1 huggies
$8 plus tax for that plus I earned $4 ECB
Deal #2–1 big pack playskool brand diapers (only @ CVS)
$14.99 marked down to 9.99
minus $4 ECB i just earned
$5.99 plus tax
Not bad for diapers. These will last us a while!
I wanted to let you know about a great deal (I think) on laundry detergent. I found it on a website called slickdeals. I got 2 boxes from sears and choose in store pick up so I didn’t have to pay for shipping. There seems to be % cash back on websites like ebates and there’s also probably some coupon codes. I use it in warm water because it dissolves better but it is great at getting stains out. It lasts a long time too-we use less than the recommended amount.
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_03209879000P?sid=I0084400010000100383&aff=Y&origin=prod&CustomerMemberID=u0t1484185f0fp0c0s599
Just wanted to let you know…
I emailed huggies saying that I loved their products and I like to use mostly huggies, but would love some coupons. 3 days later I received 3 $1 off ANY huggies product coupons. hooray! 🙂 I’ll be using those with $2 off wipes at walgreens, since our wipes here are 3.29 a tub!