I promise I am not becoming a coupon blog, but I must share this week's deals. It's just too fun not too! I've had quite a few people ask me how to ultra-coupon, and I hope I've convinced other people that this is the way to shop. If not, you're crazy. Seriously, people, you're just throwing money away if you pass up on the chance to purchase at a discount. And, it doesn't have to end at groceries and toiletries. I had some Kohl's coupons that I put to use Sunday afternoon and ended up spending less than $9 and saving $193.86. Last week, I was able to get a KitchenAid mixmaster for $191. That's just nuts because it was regularly priced at $499! I can't tell you how excited I am to get into my holiday season baking with my new mixer. Woo-hoo! Bath & Body Works was another retail outlet where I spent just $3, and left with three anti-bacterial soaps yesterday.
Here's my Walgreens deals this week. I don't go there every week because they don't always have the best deals, but I did okay this week. This cost me $9.12, and was a savings of $27.07.
CVS had some awesome deals this week. After adding on all the Extra Bucks (rewards that you use as cash for the next 30 days at CVS) and scanning my coupons, my receipt was so long that I HAD to measure it. It's 5 feet long! All of this cost me $37.32 and was a savings of $119.49.
My favorite place to shop, Target, is always my best savings place. I got all of this for just $36.83 and saved $86.44. That was a fun trip: 12 bags of Chex Mix, 3 small Renu bottles, 3 4-packs of Activia, 3 4-packs of Danimals, 2 Gillete razors with cartridges, 6 Jimmy Dean scramble bowls, 8 Quaker granola bars, 2 Aveeno baby lotions (for charity), 4 jars of Skippy peanut butter, Stuart Little 2 DVD, and 3 California Pizza Kitchen pizzas.
I went to Randalls last night for some other groceries, and had a 67% savings. I usually do better, but they didn't have everything that would have helped give me overage (more savings than the item costs, giving you money to pay for other items on your receipt), but I'll go back tomorrow and probably be able to pick up those items and get that savings. My favorite item was the Surf detergent boxes that are 120 loads and only cost $7. Needless to say, we are definitely set for laundry detergent. That's a great deal, so I picked up two boxes!
I still have to go to Wal-Mart, but wanted to get this out to you and hopefully inspire you to check out some of the websites I mentioned last week. You'll find all the same deals I did and can get these deals through Saturday. Happy shopping!
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4 comments:
I am totally impressed! I wish I could hire you as my personal shopper...maybe you could do that for a living!
Okay - so here is my question - for one person is it worth it to do all these coupon runs? I mean I seriously doubt I would make it through one box of laundry detergent in one year much less two boxes. For a family I could totally see it but for one person it just seems like I would be spending more time and money on things that I wouldn't end up using in the long run. But I am all for cutting down on my grocery bills so any thoughts for your single friends?
I don't think it would be wasteful for you to coupon, Amy! I think you could still save some big bucks. For instance, a lot of the things I got at Target would be perfet for you. The CPK individual pizzas, and the Jimmy Dean scrambled egg and ham bowls. Those are all individual frozen meals, and you don't have to buy in bulk. What about cosmetics and toiletries?! I got some great deals on makeup at CVS today that I actually made money off of. And, I get awesome deals on deodorant (20 cents each) and soaps. You totally don't have to buy in bulk. I would recommend that you get two copies of the Sunday newspapers instead of the 4 I get. You could save some serious money. Check out some of the blogs I mentioned. You could start with coupongal.net and see what you could get at Target this week. For instance, those small bags of Chex Mix were free with Target coupons that you can print from the internet! It's so easy!
Casey - You can do it yourself! I promise, it's so easy!!!
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