Get Groceries Free

I decided that I was going to go and attempt the deal at Target they had in the flyer on the Sobe waters and I think I did very well! The only problem was while I was there a terrible storm rolled through and trapped my youngest and I there for over an hour. I was so worried that I would go way over what my original spending intentions were but I only did by a few dollars and most of that was a great deal I found on cat food for my mom so I’ll get that back! I did this in three transactions but will combine them into one for this. Here is how I did:

(5) Iams Cat Food – 12.50 (2.00 coupons)
(20) Sobe Life Waters – sale 10/$10 buy 10 get $5 GC – 20.00 (.50 coupons)
(3) Binder Folders for coupon binder – 3.27
(1) Cascade Rinse – 3.29 (free coupon)
(13) Huggies wipes – .99/each – 12.87 ($1 Huggies coupons)
Total Before Coupons – 51.93
Coupons – 37.29
Gift Cards Used – 8.34
Total OOP – 6.30

Of the $10 in Gift Cards I received I used 8.34 and still have a balance of $1.66 on the one I have left. I will also get back 3.34 from my mom for the cat food I bought for her. That brings my total OOP down to $2.96! My percentage saved is – 95%!!!!

My dad has been wanting to go to Wilson with me to the new Harris Teeter so I decided to invite him on this trip. I was able to do quite well and gave him something to brag about to some of the people he knew that we ran into so that made the trip totally worth it . I actually did two transactions but for the sake of time and I am tired I am just going to combine them here. This is what I was able to do:

(1) Chex Mix – sale BOGO 2.79 – 1.39
(4) Mrs Dash – 2.79/each – 11.16
(6) Dole Mandarine – sale 1.19/each – 7.14
(2) Lipton To Go – sale BOGO – 3.19
(2) Luzianne Tea – sale 1.59/each – 3.18
(6) Powerade – sale .89/each – 5.34
(2) Texas Croutons – sale BOGO – 1.50
(1) Cottonelle Tissue 12 roll – sale – 6.99 (Must Have)
(2) Chinet Cups – sale 2/$4 – $4 (blinkie q’s below for $1 each)
(2) Kraft Dressings – sale $2/each – 4.00
(1) Potato Sticks – .60
(2) Harris Teeter bread – sale .89/each – 1.78
(2) DiGiorno Pizza for One – sale 2/$5 – 5.00
(3) Egglands Best Eggs – 8.67
(3) Beechnut Smoothies – sale 3/$4 – 4.00
(2) Diet Dr Pepper 12 pks – sale B2G3 Free – 11.38
(3) Diet Dr Pepper 12 pks – value 17.07 – FREE
(5) Dr Pepper 20 oz – 6.95 (had $1 off 1 wyb 1 12pk coupons) – total for all 6 – 1.95
(2) Minute Maid Lemonade – sale 5/$5 – 2.00
(1) Sargento Cheese – sale $3/each peelie coupon on pack .55 tripled to 1.65 – 1.35
(2) Activia Yogurt – sale 2.39/each – 4.78
(1) Yo Plus Yogurt – sale 2.49
(1) Daisy Sour Cream – sale 1.67
(1) Fresh Express American Blend Salad – sale .99

Subtotal before coupons – 149.66
Coupons and sale – 133.44
Tax – 2.43
Total OOP – 18.65
Percentage Saved – approximately 88.5%

My father and the girls and I decided to go to Wilson (city about 20 min away) to do a bit of shopping because the Harris Teeter over there is doing triple coupons all summer. While there I wanted to stop in at Staples to get some of the penny items (thanks to some of my Yahoo friends) that I was told about. There were limits on the items per customer so I gave each of the three girls their own baskets and money to pay for their transactions. Here is how we did:

Natelyn’s Transaction

(2) Purell .5 oz bottles – .02
(1) Poly 2 in binders – .25
(2) 10 pk Pencils – .02
(10) 2 pocket folders – .10

Subtotal – .39
Tax – .03
Total OOP – .42

Abigail’s Transaction

(2) Purell .5 oz bottles – .02
(1) Poly 2 in binders – .25
(2) 10 pk Pencils – .02
(10) 2 pocket folders – .10

Subtotal – .39
Tax – .03
Total OOP – .42
 

Mallory’s Transaction

(2) Purell .5 oz bottles – .02
(1) Poly 2 in binders – .25
(2) 10 pk Pencils – .02
(10) 2 pocket folders – .10

Subtotal – .39
Tax – .03
Total OOP – .42

My Transaction

(2) Purell .5 oz bottles – .02
(1) Poly 2 in binders – .25
(2) 10 pk Pencils – .02
(10) 2 pocket folders – .10

Subtotal – .39
Tax – .03
Total OOP – .42

So all together we did the following:
(8) Purell .5 oz bottles – .08
(4) Poly 2 in binders – 1.00
(8) 10 pk Pencils – .08
(40) 2 pocket folders – .40

Subtotal – 1.56
Tax – .12
Total OOP – 1.68

Total Savings – 16.64! That is a 90% savings on school supplies!!! Yay for me!

Ashley