Adventures in Couponing

It's been a while since I've shared a couponing trip but honestly I haven't really been on one. Here's my latest.

1-12 Double roll Charmin
8 pack Bounty paper towels
2 boxes Honey Nut Cheerios
2 boxes Cinnamon Burst Cheerios
2 boxes Nature Valley granola bars
2 Oral B toothbrushes
2 Crests toothpaste
1 Excedrine Extra Strength
2 pack Dial soap
1 jar Nutella (gotta get my chocolate fix somewhere!)

All for a whopping $15.63
Total savings $47.88

Adventures in Couponing

I was pretty stoked about my purchases this time around. As you can see I only had two "off-brand" items. I had a ginormous basket full so I was feeling a little nervous about what my total was going to be. Plus when I started to check out, I didn't see any of my favorite checkers! Haha! I resorted to a lady who had never checked me out before. She started laying coupons aside as she scanned them and I thought, "Oh great!" but she went back through each one to make sure I purchased the items and we didn't have any problems at all!



1 Comforts baby wash
1 Johnson baby lotion
2 Degree deodarants
2 Suave men's shampoo
1 Vaseline lotion
2 pkgs Nestle Toll House cookies
1 Country Crock butter
2 Raisin Bran
2 Crispix
2 Honey Nut Cheerios
1 Plain Cheerios
2 Mini Wheats
2 Nature Valley Granola Bars
1 Yoplait yogurt (random I know to get only one but I had a coupon for a free one!)
1 I Can't Believe It's Not Butter spray
1 Marie Callender's homestyle bake
3 Campbells' Cream of soups
2 Ronzoni pastas
3 Rotels
1 Whole Grain Chef Boyardee (again another freebie!)
3 Hunts tomatoes
2 Minute Maid orange juice
1 Snuggle softener
2 Ragu spaghetti sauce
1 Kroger apple juice
1 All detergent

Total: $55.60
Total Savings: $67.38

Adventures in Couponing #6

Here's my latest couponing adventure. Special thanks to Kroger and their sale on P&G products! I am no longer giving detail for detail on my adventures because it takes to dern long! I am super excited to say that the "coupon queen" will finally be visiting Goodman Oaks to teach us a thing or two about saving money! Let me know if you are interested and I will give you more details!


1-12 Double Roll Charmin
1-8 Roll Bounty paper towels
2 Herbal Essences Conditioner
2 Herbal Essences Shampoo
1 Aussie gel
1 Aussie hairspray
1-10 pk Duracell batteries
1 Downy fabric softener
1 Crest toothpaste
2 Bottles of Dawn

Grand Total: $21.11 :)

Adventures in Couponing #5

Here's my latest couponing trip to Kroger. I was pretty excited to get all this name brand stuff for $15.71 plus tax!

Veggies 10/$10
-.50 clipped when you purchase two which doubles
$1

Tone Bodywash $2.99
-1.00 printable
$1.99

Softsoap Bodywash $2.99
-1.00 Kroger coupon
-.75 printable
$1.24

Lasagna $4.99
-1.00 clipped
-1.00 printable
$2.99

Refill Soap $2.99
-1.00 printable
$1.99

And my "big" purchases:

Cinnamon Rolls $1.67 a can
-.40 printable when you purchase 2 which doubles
-.40 clipped when you purchase 2 which doubles
-.40 loadable on card
$3.01

Batteries $5.99
-1.00 loadable on card
-1.50 clipped
$3.49

Adventures in Couponing

I haven't been on a whole lot of coupon adventures lately. I've been doing well though because I'm still going to the store less because I don't have the coupons for things. December is half way over and I've only spent a little over 200 on groceries. Here is my latest coupon adventure. I was pretty excited about it because laundry detergent can get so expensive. Those were my "big purchases" on this trip. The other 2 items came out dirt cheap!

Total on these items were $7.86 plus tax


Wisk detergent with Kroger card was on sale for $4.99
-$1.00 loadable coupon
-$1.00 printable coupon
$2.99

Gain detergent w/KC was also $4.99
-$1.00 clippable
$3.99

Pillsbury Crescents w/KC were 2/$3. I purchased 4.
-$.50 loadable when you purchase 2
-$.50 printable when you purchase 2 which doubles
-$.40 clippable when you purchase 2 which doubles
-$.50 another printable when you purchase 2 which doubles
-$.40 another clippable when you purchase 2 which doubles
-$.75 clippable when you purchase 3 (Didn't think this would work but I thought I'd try, and it did thanks to a great cashier!)
-$.75 catalina when you purchase 3 (catalinas are the little machines near the product where you can pull out a coupon. Again, didn't know if this would work but tried it and it did!)
$.40

Duracell 4 pk batteries w/KC 1.98
-$1.50 clippable
$.48

Happy couponing everyone!

Adventures in Couponing

I have recently taken up couponing. A friend at church kind of influenced all of us girls with her amazing "skills"!! Haha But thanks to her, we're all doing it now and saving the "moolah"". I've always clipped coupons but I am now learning that I had no idea what I was doing! I would clip some coupons here and there and would save 4 dollars or something at Kroger and thought I was doing good. HAH! Well now I'm learning how to use them. For instance, I had NO clue I could use more than one coupon on just one item. This is called "stacking" and you can actually use up to 3!!!! Hello, why hasn't anyone told me this before! So now I've got my super huge notebook and my ten thousand hundred coupons inside it and I take this everywhere with me now! Yes, call me a dork if you want. It's okay because I'm saving money! And I've really seen a difference too. Since Ben and I have been married (4 years now), I have always struggled when it came to groceries. I've always spent more than I should and Ben will be the first to tell you that. The monthly average I typically spend is $400-500 which I think is just outrageously ridiculous! This month is half-way over and so far I've only spent $160. While the discounts in couponing has helped play a big part in that, it has helped that I am also more aware of what I buy. It kills me now to buy something without a coupon. Of course, sometimes I don't really have a choice in the matter, but more than likely I'm not going to buy that box of crackers that we really didn't even need! Here was my first true coupon adventure a couple weeks ago. Here is what I got:

All for $4.59!
How did I do it?

V8 Juice w Kroger card was on sale $2.49
-$.50 clipped coupon doubles
$1.49

Crescent Rolls w KC 10/$10
I had lots of coupons for when
you purchase 2 cans
$4.00
-$.50 loadable coupons
-$.50 another loadable coupon!!
-$.50 printable coupon which doubles!
-$.50 another which dbls!
-$.40 clipped coupon dbls
-$.40 another clipped dbls
-$.60 Yes, that's right I got credit!

Razors w KC were BOBO.
I had 2 coupons that were BOGO
too! 2 people I know of got
their razors absolutely free. I
didn't get so lucky though I'm
not complaining! Because I still
got a good deal. For some
reason my checker decided to
take $5.99 off the ones I was
purchasing.
$7.39
$6.99
-$5.99
-$5.99
$2.40 +2 Free!

And there you have it! My total savings was 91% -35.82