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If you have not already joined the awesome website Vocalpoint yet NOW is the time! They are giving away a FREE 28-day supply of Olay Professional Pro-X. Vocalpoint is always sending out free samples of new products with high-dollar coupons for the full size products as well as a FREE coupon for the product. Recently they sent me a sample of the new Kashi cereal along with (5) $1.50/1 coupons and a  coupon for a FREE box. Hurry before all the free samples are taken!

Lowe’s offers great Build and Grow workshops for kids. This Saturday, September 26 from 10:00 – 11:00 am kids can choose from making this great Ball Toss or this great fire truck!

Participation may vary so be sure to check with your local Lowe’s. You will need to register in advance as well. Registration is super easy. All you need to do is select the workshop you would like to attend; select your zip code and store; enter you email address, attendees and whether you would like to receive future emails and THATS IT! Each attendee will also receive a free apron, pair of goggles, a patch to show their accomplishments and a merit certificate for each project. Have fun!

The final day of triples and I was able to run in and do two transactions. I only missed one day out of the entire week. I am exhausted, the pantry is stocked, we have enough biscuits to feed an army and the poor freezers are crying! I do not have a picture of these deals because my kids were doing homework on the table so I could not set everything up.

Transaction 1
(1) BC Warm Delight – 1.67 – .50/1 = .17
(3) BC Fiber One Muffin Mix – 6.00 – (3) .50/1 = 1.50
(1) Hershey Almond Bar – .47
(1) Coke Single – 1.39
(1) Hormel Compleat – 2.69 – .75/1 = .44
(1) Nestle Pure Life 24pk – 3.99 – .50/1 = 2.49
(1) Evian – 2.19 – .75/1 (multiplied to value of item) = FREE
(3) Jimmy Dean Entree – 7.50 – (3) .75/1 = .75
(5) Green Giant veggies – 4.95
(5) Grands biscuits – 5.00 – (2) .75/3 = .50 (I thought I picked up 6 cans but didn’t and the q’s still worked.)
(2) Tropicana single – 3.00 – (2) .50/1 = FREE
(3) Velveeta slices – 5.91
(2) Hillshire Farm Deli meat – 7.00 – (2) .55/1 = 3.70
- $3 Kraft Cheese Promo
- $3 Hillshire Farm Promo
- $5 GM Promo
+ Tax – .63
Total OOP – 11.90
Got back $2 cat for the biscuits and $3 cat for the Grands. For some reason I left my other cats at home. If I would have put them in my wallet my OOP would have been much lower.

Transaction 2
(3) BC fruit shapes – 6.00 – (3) .40/1 = 2.40
(1) Fiber One muffin mix – 2.00 – .50/1 = .50
(2) Nestle Pure Life 24pk – 7.89 – (2) .50/1 = 4.98
(1) Harris Teeter Cheese nabs – 1.97
(1) Pepperidge Farm Bread – 1.64
(5) Green Giant Veggies – 4.95
(6) Grands – 6.00 – (2) .75/3 = 1.50
- $5 GM promo
- $3 cat from previous transaction
- $2 cat from previous transaction
+ Tax – .44
Total OOP = 8.44
Got back $3 cat for the veggies and a $2 cat for the biscuits.

Totals
Retail Value – 122.71
Coupon and sale – 103.50
Tax – 1.07
Total OOP – 20.28
Cats still have – 12.00
Percentage saved – 83%

Triples Totals (all 6 days)

Retail total – 756.95
Coupon and Sale Totals – 688.43
Tax – 6.81
Total OOP – 79.13
Cats Still Have – 12.00
Total OOP after Cats – 67.13
Percentage Saved – 91%

I am doing a little maintenance to the blog which includes changing over servers.  As you can see the last post made was September 15 but I have made other posts so I now have to re-post all the lost posts. I hope to have everything resolved today. Thanks!

I was heading out to Harris Teeter to do a couple of triples deals and stopped in at Food Lion to pick up a couple of coupons. I did snatch quite a few but I also found an awesome FREEBIE! They had their  Kelloggs Cocoa Krispies cereal straws (org. price $4 ea) on closeout for $1/ea! It only gets better! Attached to the box was a $1 peelie coupon! SCORE!

(6) Kellogg’s Cereal Straws – 6.00
- 6.00 – (6) $1 Kellogg’s mfg q
Tax – .12
Total OOP – .12

Retail value – 24.00
Coupon and sale – 24.00
Tax – .12
Total OOP – .12
Percentage saved – 100%!

I heard through the grapevine that the General Mills buy 15 get $5 off had a glitch. People were reporting that you did not have to purchase the 15 items for the $5 to come off so of course I was going to try it. I broke up my order into 4 different transactions this time so I could take full advantage of the glitch!

Transaction 1
(5) Green Giant veggies – sale 4.95 – (2) .50/1 (multiplied up to value of product) = 2.97
(3) Grands biscuits – sale 3.00 – .75/3 = .75
(1) Silk Soymilk – 2.99 – .75/1 = .74
(2) Hillshire Farms deli meats – sale 7.00/2 – (2) .55/1 = 3.70
- 3.00 Hillshire Farms Buy 2 get $3 off Promo
- 5.00 GM Promo (it worked!)
+ Tax – .18
Total OOP – .34
I then got back a $3 cat for the GG veggies and a $1 cat for the biscuits!

Transaction 2
(5) Green Giant veggies – 4.95
(3) Grands biscuits – 3.00 – .75/3 = .75
(2) Hillshire farms deli meats – 7.00/2 – (2) .55/1 = 3.70
- $5 GM promo
- $3 Hillshire Farm promo
+ Tax – .17
Total OOP – 1.57
Received a $3 cat for the GG veggies and $1 cat for the biscuits!

Transaction 3
(5) Green Giant veggies – 4.95
(3) Grands biscuits – 3.00 – .75/1 = .75
- 3.00 cat from previous transaction
- 1.00 cat from previous transaction
+ Tax – .13
Total OOP – 1.83
The $5 did not come off this time. I must have pushed my luck on this card. I did get back a $1 cat for the Grands and a $3 cat for the veggies!

Transaction 4
(2) Warm Delights – 3.34 – (2) .50/1 = .34
(3) Fiber One Pastries – 6.00 – (3) .50/1 = 1.50
(3) Dole Gel 4 pk – 7.95 – (3) .75/1 = 1.20
(3) Famous Amos Cookies – sale 5.97 – (3) .55/1 = 1.02
(1) YoCrunch Vanilla – 3.00 – .75/1 = .75
(1) Coffee Mate – 2.39 – .50/1 = .89
(1) Gallon Milk – 2.99
(1) Organic Valley half and half – 2.39 – .75/1 = .14
(2) Hillshire Farms deli meat – sale 7.00/2 – (2) .55/1 = 3.70
(1) Pepto – 3.57
- $5 GM promo
- $3 Hillshire Farm Promo
- $1 cat from previous transaction
- $3 cat from previous transaction
+ Tax – .66
Total OOP – 4.76

Totals
Retail Value – 118.39
Coupon and sale total – 111.03
Tax – 1.14
Total OOP – 8.50
Cats still have – 7.00
Percentage saved – 93%

I was reading on AFullCup.com the other day about how I could get some CHEAP dog food and I was not going to pass that up! I hopped over to the Afullcup.com Target Coupon Generator and printed off the necessary coupons and gathered up my mfg coupons and headed out. It did not go quite like it should because I failed to give the cashier the coupons in the correct order. I still did quite well considering!

Transaction 1
(2) Market Pantry Cheese Sticks – .80
(1) Chef Michael bag dog food – sale 4.26
(2) Chef Michael can dog food – 1.68
- 4.26 Chef Michael mfg q*
- 1.50 Target Chef Michael bag q
- .84 Target Chef Michael canned BOGO q
Subtotal – .14
Tax – .30
Total OOP – .44

*The mfg coupon was a bogo coupon for the can of Chef Michaels dog food but for some reason the computer took off the full value of the bag of food. I was unable to use my $1/2 Target cheese coupon on the sticks.

Transaction 2
(2) Market Pantry Cheese Sticks – .80
(1) Chef Michael bag dog food – sale 4.26
(2) Chef Michael can dog food – 1.68
- 3.00 CM bag mfg q
- .84 Target CM can food BOGO q
- .84 Mfg CM can food BOGO q
Subtotal – .56
Tax – .30
Total OOP – .86
Again I was unable to use the $1/2 cheese coupon due to the way the coupons rang up and the register would not adjust the value of the coupon down to the cost of the cheese because it would put me in the negative.

Transaction 3
(2) Market Pantry Cheese Sticks – .80
(1) Chef Michael bag dog food – sale 4.26
(2) Chef Michael can dog food – 1.68
- 4.26 Chef Michael mfg q*
- 1.50 Target Chef Michael bag q
- .84 Target Chef Michael canned BOGO q
Subtotal – .14
Tax – .30
Total OOP – .44
This transaction was a mirror image of the first and I am not sure why the second was different. I just goes to show that it matters what order you hand the cashier the coupons.

Totals
Retail Value – 21.21
Coupon and sale total – 20.37
Tax – .90
Total OOP – 1.74
Percentage saved – 92%

Not that great considering everything should have been free after coupons. Still not too bad for all I got.

I had a sick little one that required me to purchase some hba items that I normally don’t. I decided to go to Walgreen’s to purchase what she needed because I had RR’s left over from a previous trip. I came out very good.

(6) Twix – 4.77
(1) Miralax – sale 9.99
(1) Phillips MOM – sale 5.24
- 2.67 – (3) BOGO Mars candy mfg q
- 1.77 – Walgreens Mars Candy sale
- 3.00 Cat from previous transaction
- 5.00 Cat from previous transaction
- 2.00 Cat from previous transaction
Subtotal – 5.56
Tax – 1.24
Total OOP – 6.80
Received back a cat for $3 for the Miralax! I was not expecting that but I certainly will not argue with it!

Just about every time I go to the grocery store I have people ask me is it worth all the time it takes to use coupons. My response is always YES!  Once you get your coupon organizer set up, what ever method you choose, you will find it is not that time consuming to maintain it. I wanted to do a little visual to show you just how much you can save with coupons.

Harris Teeter Regular Price: $4.49

Harris Teeter VIC Price: $3.99

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Transaction 1
(6) MW Muffin Mixes – sale BOGO 3.57 – (3) .55/1 (multiplied to 3.85) = -.28
(1) Fruit Snacks – sale 2.00 – .40/1 = .80
(3) BC Fiber One muffin mix – sale 6.00/3 – (3) .50/1 = 1.50
(1) Betty Crocker Frosting – sale 1.50 – .50/1 = FREE
(1) Nestle Pure Life 24pk – sale 3.99 – .50/1 = 2.49
(3) Evian Water – 6.57 – (3) .75/1 (multiplied to value of product) = FREE
(2) Pillsbury Toaster Strudel – sale 4.00/2 – (2) .55/2 = .70 (cashier scanned twice and had a CS override it)
(5) Green Giant veggies – sale 4.95/5 – (3) .50/1 (multiplied up to value of product) = 1.98
(3) Grands biscuits – sale 3.00/3 – .75/3 = .75
- $5 GM promo
- $1 Cat from previous transaction
+ Tax – .38
Total OOP = 2.32
Received a $3 cat for the veggies and a $1 cat for the biscuits.

Transaction 2
(2) MW muffin mix – sale BOGO 1.19/2 – .55/1 (multiplied to value of product) = FREE
(1) Glass Plus – sale 1.39 – .50/1 (multiplied to value of product) = FREE
(6) Kraft Easy Mac – 5.94/6 – (3) .55/2 = .99
(1) Dawn Detergent – sale .99 – .50/1 (multiplied to value of product) = FREE
(3) Hormel Compleats – 8.07/3 – (3) .75/1 = 1.32
(2) Dole Jar fruit – 5.58/2 – (2) .75/1 = 1.08
(1) Nestle Pure Life 24pk – sale 3.99 – .50/1 = 2.49
(3) Evian Water – 6.57/3 – (3) .75/1 (multiplied to value of product) = FREE
(1) Wonder bread – sale 1.99 – .50/1 = .49
(3) Kozy Shack – 5.37/3 – (3) .55/1 = .42
(1) Silk Soy Milk – 2.99 – .75/1 = .74
- 3.00 Cat from previous transaction
- 3.00 cat from previous transaction
- 1.00 cat from previous transaction
+ Tax – .47
Total OOP – .85

Totals
Retail Total – 102.11
Coupon and sale total – 99.79
Tax – .85
Total OOP – 3.17
Cats Still Have – 3.00
Percentage saved – 97%

As you can see from the visual I paid less both of these transactions than the sale price of the water and that includes the tax! I love my coupons.