cvs trip 8-29

So thanks to the end of the month approaching I wanted to find a good deal for my B1G1 free head & shoulder coupons and I did. They are on sale this week for 2/$10. My coupon took off $6.99 off of each for my free ones :) and the Charmin single rolls are on sale for 2/$1.99 and you get an instant store coupon at the big red machine for $1.49. Could have gotten them free if I wouldn't have taken my charmin coupons out of my binder already but hey cheap toilet paper is still a great deal.

All together I paid $8.06 with tax and got back $5 in ECB rewards, so I basically paid $3.06 for everything. Great trip if you ask me. My total savings with sales and coupons was $21.78.

Why I coupon

People in my family tend to pick on me about my couponing sometimes because I can't go to a store with someone and they pick up an item I have a coupon for without saying something. The quote I always say is "I have a coupon for that." There has not been many days that Mike has come home from a quick grocery trip and I not get mad because I had coupons at home. Coupons are a way of life for me, I am not as addicted as other's but my stockpile has saved my family a lot of times. That is how me and Mike survived for the first several months in our home and are able to do different things like finally celebrate an anniversary and take our first weekend getaway. Savings don't just show up overnight and you can't get disappointed if at first you don't do as well as others. The key is to not give up and keep pushing yourself till you can come home saying I cut my grocery bill in half, or I paid taxes today or the best one is I got this, this, and this for FREE!!!! Over the last 3 years I have went from couponing to be just a hobby to my way of life and I can't complain and honestly I don't think Mike does often either. Sometimes it is hectic and crazy but when you can come home with grocery items you need or cleaning supplies for under $30 you have done very well.

last weeks trip to target

This trip I finally got to use the cartwheel app. I really like this one because you can print off the coupon if you don't have a smartphone. A lot of apps aren't like that and you have to use a fancy phone.

I ended up using 3 manufacture coupons total, 3 target coupons, and the cartwheel. My final price for all three items was $.92. I paid taxes. I don't mind paying taxes. These are the trips I look forward to.

Harris Teeter Super Doubles for August

I got to do these trips with my younger sister who actually hadn't had the privilege of accompanying me yet for a super double. Now of course I am about to start her binder. I am glad she was able to do this week with me and even got to get somethings for her family as well. We did our trips over a total of 3 days with 4 transactions. Our last one was our best because we paid just taxes. We are excited and look forward to doing another SD at Harris Teeter.

1st trip included: 4 boxes of cereal, 2 bags of chex mix, 4 boxes of eggo waffles, 2 activia 4-packs, 6 mueller yogurts, 4 met-rx bars, 4 packs of kool aid, 2 boxes of cook grits, 1 box of instant grits, 1 febreze car clip, 1 revlon lipgloss, 2 deli meats, 1 deli cheese, 2 soy sauce, 1 teething baby meds, 2 things of jelly, 2 boxes of quaker chewey dips, 1 magnum box of icecream

Total retail was: $116.12

Savings was: $69.51

Out of Pocket: $47.92

2nd trip included: 4 boxes of cereal, 2 boxes of eggos, 2 magnum icecream boxes, 1 bag of chips, 2 old orchard juices, 2 cook grits, 1 syrup, 1 soy sauce, 4 cans of chef boyarde, 3 classico pasta sauce, 2 wheat pastas, 4 boxes of mac and cheese, 2 quaker chewey boxeds, 2 activia, 2 revlon lip gloss, 2 mentos gum, 2 barilla  microwave pasta sides and 2 met-rx bars. This trip was done in 2 seperate transactions. 

Total retail: $119.90

Total saved: $97.66

Total spent between both transactions: $26.74

Last trip to Harris Teeter:  This trip was the first time ever I used ZVR's and I was happy we were finally able to get the cards to work. We only used 17 coupons for this last trip instead of the usual 20 or more.Trip included: 1 febreze, 3 dawn, 4 spam pouches, 2 met-rx bars, 8 balance bars, 2 pure protein bars, 1 final touch fabric softner, 1 always radiant pads, and 1 tampax radiant. 

Total retail: $53.42

Savings: $53.15

Total out of pocket was only $1.46 and that was basically taxes. 

We are very proud of ourselves. 

We got $289.44 worth of groceries for just $76.12. That is an awesome deal. 

Past several weeks random coupon trips

Sorry I have fallen behind with posting my deals and showing you how to score some yourself but I had to deal with some family things. However I hope everyone is still couponing, scoring those freebies and having a blast while doing it.

This was a Walgreens run a few weeks back. They had them on sale for $2.99 each and I had B1G1 coupons so altogether I only paid $6.82 and saved a total of $9.18. I could not complain with that deal.

This is a walmart run that I scored some free pens. Thank you Bic :)

And here is another walmart run from just 2 days ago where I scored more freebies. I actually made a few cents off of these items. Used (2) bic stationary coupons, (2) bic shaving coupons and (2) gillette coupons. Altogether I had $20 in coupons so I made $.22. I personally can't complain with free stuff.