Last night I was up til 1:30am, planning my upcoming couponing trips. (i didn’t spend countless hours on it, i spent time watching True Blood too!) Typically, my planning begins on Friday’s. I start to see “sneak peeks” on the blogs that I follow giving details about what deals are coming out on Sunday. I usually start writing down the deals as I see them & separate them by what store they are good for. I compile my list throughout the weekend & double check it when I get my Sunday paper. By Sunday evening, many of the blogs have “deal scenarios” which give you the best bang for your buck. Of course, those don’t help unless you have the specified coupons. So I check the list a few times, the “deal scenarios” a few times, the coupons that I have to make sure it all adds up & then I make a “master” list to take with me when I decide to go.
Last night, I compiled my list which consisted of 4 stores. Walgreens, Fred Meyer, Albertsons & Target.
**this is just the front of my list, the back was full too**
Here was my list…
Walgreens
G.U.M Floss or 2pk Toothbrushes - $2.00 - get $2.00 Register Rewards - Free
Infusion23 Shampoo - on sale for $5.99, had a coupon for $1.00 off - get $4.00 in Register Rewards - $0.99
Garnier Shampoo/Conditioners/Hair Prod - 4 for $14, had 4 coupons for $1.00 off shampoo or conditioner, which made it 4 for $10, get $4.00 in Register Rewards - 4 for $6.00.
Cottonelle Toilet Paper - $5.00. Word on the street is when you buy 2 packages, a catalina coupon (similar to the register rewards that prints up) will print up for $3.50 off your next shopping trip. When I went to get this deal, they only had the BLUE Cottonelle…my husband is particular to his PURPLE one. (TP snob…who knew you could have one of those)
Now mind you, I completely understand that my ending price is not what I paid at the register. At checkout, my total was about $24.00. After coupons, my out of pocket amount was $19.08 & then $12.00 in Register Rewards printed out. (to spend at Fred Meyer YAY) So in reality, when you subtract the Register Rewards, I paid $7.08 for my 6 items.
Target
Tide - $12.00 - I couldn’t bring myself to buy 2 to get the $5.00 gift card. I had a Target coupon for $0.75 off any Tide & also had a manu. coupon for $0.50 off. - $10.75
Pepsi Products - 4 - 12pks for $11.00 - I had 2 Target coupons for $1.00 off any Sierra Mist. So I bought 2 - Pepsi Max & 2 - Diet Sierra Mist - 4 12pks for $9.00
Cottonelle - since they didn’t have it at Walgreens, I had to buy it here (we were down to 1 roll people…it was a necessity! LOL) - $5.99 - I had a manu. coupon for $0.50 off (i TOTALLY forgot my $1.00 off Target coupon, DAMN!) - $5.49
Target Brand Pillows - $2.50 - I had 2 Target coupons for $2.00 off any Target Pillow. So I bought 2 - $1.00 for 2 pillows.
Lunchables - $1.00 - I had my kids with me, they were hungry & I had no coupons.
At checkout, the total was about $37.00. After coupons, my out of pocket price was $32.33. I kinda gasped at the $30 mark, but c’mon….i got 4 packs of soda & TWO pillows!
Fred Meyer
Kelloggs Cereal - 3 for $5.00 - I bought 1 box of Corn Pops, for which i had a $0.70 off coupon. Then I bought 2 boxes of Corn Flakes, for which i had a $1.00 off purchase of 2. So in the end it was 3 for $3.30.
Shrimp - bag for $5.99 - it was sold out
Bok Choy - $1.00 pound - i passed & bought squash, pototoes & mangos instead
Colored Pencils - $1.00 ea - bought 2 - $2.00
Crayola 24pk Crayons - $0.25 ea - bought 4 - $1.00
Glue Stick 4pk - $0.79 ea - bought 2 - $1.58
Spiral Notebook - $0.15 ea - bought 10 - $1.50
#2 Pencils 10pk - $0.50 ea - bought 2 - $1.00
Composition Notebooks - $0.25 ea - bought 3 - $0.75
Filler Paper - $0.75 ea - bought 2 - $1.50
Also bought pork ribs, 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup, gallon of milk. My total was about $35.00. After coupons, my total was about $32.00. Then I used my $12.00 in Register Rewards & my out of pocket price was $20.10.
Albertsons
Pasta - $0.88 ea
Sauce - $0.88 ea
Mac & Cheese - $0.79 ea
Brats - $3.99
Didn’t make it to Albertson’s today. Oh well.
So i hit up 3 stores today, got 54 items & paid $71.51 out of pocket. That’s like $0.75 for each item I bought today.
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