Tuesday, May 18, 2010

I Heart Coupons

I just got back from Grocery Shopping and had to brag just a little bit.

I'm definitely not a pro at this by any means, but I am saving some $$$. Here's what I spent and didn't!!!
2 Welch's Grape Juice (64 oz)
Regular 3.99
BOGO Sale
2 $1.00 off coupons
Paid .99 for each.

2 Excedrin Migraine (20 count)
Regular 2.70
On Sale for 1.99
2 $1.00 off coupons
Paid .99 for each

3 M&M Bags (2 large, 1 medium)
Regular 3.41, 4.59
Larges on Sale BOGO
Coupon for buy 2 get 1 free
Paid 4.59 for all 3 bags

Total before Sales/Coupons
25.97
Sales
-9.98
Coupons
-7.41
Total Out of Pocket
8.58
(2 welch's juices, 2 bottles of excedrin migraine, 2 large bags of M&m's and 1 medium bag)


2 Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs (8pk)
Regular Price 3.49
Sale Price 2/$3
$1 off 2 coupon
Paid 1.00 for each

2 Gogurt (8pk)
Regular Price 2.95
Sale Price 2/$4
2 $1 off coupons
Paid $1 for each

Total before Sales/Coupons
12.88
Sales
-5.88
Coupons
-3
Total Out of Pocket
$4.00
(2 oscar mayer hotdogs 8pks, 2 8pks gogurts)
(I did use Separate Transactions to get my Register Rewards.)

Transactions 1 & 2
2 Old Spice Body Wash Swagger (12oz)
Regular $4.50 each
$4.50 RR when you buy one
BOGO Coupon
Paid $4.50 & received $4.50 RR coupon (basically got both bottles free)

**For those who don't know RR - register rewards - are Catalina coupons that print out when you buy certain items from Walgreens. They're basically like a gift card... free money to be used however you want at Walgreens.

Transaction 3
2 Gillette Body Wash (12oz)
Regular $4.50 each
$4.50 RR when you buy one
BOGO coupon
Paid $4.50 & received $4.50 RR coupon

Transaction 4
2 Right Guard Deodorant
Regular $4.50 each
BOGO sale
$3 off 2 coupon
Paid .75 each

2 Honey Bunches of Oats Cereal (14.5 oz)
Regular 3.75 (ish)
Sale $1.75
Coupon $1.00 off 2
Paid $1.25 Each

2 Fruity Pebbles Ceral (11 oz)
Regular 3.75
Sale $1.75
Coupon $1.00 off 2
Paid $1.25 Each

Total before Sales/Coupons
$51
Sales
$26
Coupons
$17.50
Total Out of Pocket
$7.50
(4 old spice body wash, 2 gillette body wash, 2 right guard deodorants, 2 honey bunches of oats, 2 fruity pebbles)

9 Boxes of Hamburger Helper
Reg 1.60 box
Sale 1.00 a box
3 Coupons for $.75 off of 3 boxes
Paid .75 each

3 Boxes of Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Reg 3.71
BOGO Sale
3 Coupons for .55 off one box
Paid 1.30 each

2 boxes of Suddenly Salad
Regular 2.29
BOGO Sale
2 coupons for .40 off one box
Paid .75 each

Total before Sales/Coupons
$30.11
Sales
$13.27
Coupons
$4.70
Total Out of Pocket
12.14
(9 hamburger helpers, 3 cinnamon toast crunch, 2 suddenly salad)


GRAND TOTALS
Before Sales/Coupons
119.76
Total Sales Savings
55.13
Total Coupon Savings
32.61
Total Out Of Pocket
32.24

Not too shabby if I do say so myself!!!



1 comment:

  1. I heart couponing...just not in UT. If you don't go preparing for the armageddon (aka hoarding all of the good deals) and do it by Monday morning, you are out of luck. All I wanted this week was the good deal on cereal at Walgreens. Oh well...somethings are just not worth it.

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