Quick shopping trip this week:

SHOPPING LIST:

No Frills:

Gallo Extra Virgin Olive Oil, 1L @ $3
Quaker Rice Cakes or Crispy Minis @ $1
Colgate Total Toothpaste @ $1
-$1 Colgate Total Advanced Health Toothpaste (SS 11/03/12)

Superstore:

Dove Body Wash @ $2.97
-$2 Dove Body Wash (Print)

Walmart:

POM Juice @ $1
-7$0.50 POM Wonderful, 100% Pomegranate Juice, 236 mL or more (Rebate)
Advil Nighttime, 10 Pack @ $3
-$3 Advil Night Time (Tear Pad)
- $3 Advil Night (SS 09/22/12)

LOVE your newspaper boy!!

I have to take a moment and THANK the newspaper delivery gods! I live on a very quiet road in Bridge-view, being so close to a bridge I find my street is usually pretty lonely and as I am almost the last house on my road we don't see too many people walk by. This has become an advantage to both my newspaper guy and myself. Twice now I have discovered that my "new best friend" has decided to dump his left over newspapers in my recycle bin. Some maybe annoyed at the much needed space he has decided to use, but not me. And the reason being is BOTH times I've found very handy coupon booklet inserts, and large amounts too! So instead of having to make costly coupon trades I am stocked up with these lovely little gifts.

The coupon inserts I am talking about are the PG Brandsavor, and SmartSource. Which when trying to build up a stockpile can be very very handy. I find that even if only 1 coupon gets me a next to nothing deal it has been a well worth it insert to have. Now I have plenty to give to others.

I'm sure my newspaper guy thinks he's pulled a fast one on me since I have yet to be able to catch him. But as soon as I do I will be sure to give his great thanks and offer my bin anytime. : D

Thanks you newspaper guy! (Or women)

3 stores = Awesome deals!

1 x life paper towel 8 pack $1.99, reg price $3.??

1 x majestic TP 32 rolls $5.50, reg price $11.99

3 x Listerine 1L $2 each,  reg price $4.99

4 x Johnson baby 828ml $2 each,  reg price $9.97

2 x Old Spice Deodorant $1 each,  reg price $3.??

3 x Lady speed stick $.99 each,  reg price $3.??

4 x Children’s Tylenol $1 each,  reg price $7.50

Total Reg price approx $117

I paid only approx $30.50

Gifts and giving are going to be good this year all thanks to my couponing! Of course a lot of this stuff will stay with us as well we need to save all the money we can, babies are not cheap and neither is our lifestyles : )

More deals, more shopping.

Today was a good day in my little coupon world : ) First I sent out some trades I made and my Secrete Santa coupon trade. Which is an envelope with about $20 worth of coupons with a wishlist, everyone sends it in and around Christmas time we all get our envelopes back with all new coupons in it. Then I went to Walmart to get some great deals, I have been doing a lot of little shopping trips, as a newbie still I don’t want to get to over whelmed.

So I picked up 3 aerosol Febreze that were on sale for$3 each minus a $4 off wub3, 2 febreze Air fresheners also $3 minus $2 wub2. 2 Listerine Whitening $6.60 minus a 2 $5 off coupons, 4 Beneful wet dog food $1.90 each minus 2 b1g1 Free coupons, and 2 nature valley granola bars $2.50 each (I thought they were supposed to be cheaper..) But they had 2 FREE Oasis juice coupons in the box. My total bill came to $25. So all in all was a pretty good deal BUT I was supposed to get 6 more bottles of Tylenol aches and pain for FREE but unfortunately they were all out.  My totally savings we about $26 but when you convert the entire purchase to regular prices as well I saved even more.

Yesterday I went to Safeway and got 10 2L bottle of coke for $10, 2 boxes of frozen fish on sale for $3.99 minus 2 $1 off coupons, and some lunch from the deli.  I am hoping to get some more shampoo, lotions, or even baby stuff in my next shopping trips to come, I think I have enough Listerine to last a year.

Anxiety at the till…

The better the deal the worse the anxiety! Is it just me or is shopping simply a joy? Seriously the whole experience! Clicking coupons and preparing each stop at each store. Going down the aisle to see you didn’t make any mistakes, and everything adds up to exactly what you expected. BUT then the anxiety! I get so worried that I am going to have an issue with my coupons that maybe I read them wrong or I will get some nasty cashier who has it out for me. Because of this I find that if I have FREE items I won’t just go shopping for just that, I have to pick up other things to take all the attention off my freebies. SERIOUSLY am I the only one? I won’t go and buy things I don’t need but it’s like I’m trying to sneak in my good deals in between my regular shops. I feel like the better the deal the sneakier I have to be even though it’s their store policy to take and accept my coupons.

Is it just me?

So my “mini stockpile” was turning into a BIG achievement and wasn’t looking so “mini” but true to my word as hard as it was I am setting aside gift baskets for family. I can’t afford much this year so this way I can still spoil my family without feeling it in my wallet. My latest and most profitable trip was today. I bought: 2 Listerine Whiting (using 2 of the $5 off coupons) 6 Tylenol aches and pain (using 6 of the $4 off coupons, making it a .70 each money maker) I nearly FREE child’s toothpaste thanks to my money maker, 1 binder and inserts (since I’m getting good at this) and 1 full price mini photo book. All comes to $45.52 BUT with the coupons and my $7.33 in store credit I only paid $6.47!! This was done at Walmart.

Happy Couponing!

FREE Tylenol!!

I used 6 printed coupons for Tylenol aches and body pain, they were $4 off, and the product was only $3.29. So not only was the Product FREE but it was also a money maker, I ended up making enough to pay for some baby oral gel. That’s why it’s good to shop at Wal-Mart because if the coupon is more than the price it ends up in your pocket. Such a good deal I think I’ll go back for more : )