Hi there :) I just got back from my first couponing adventure and weekly grocery trip and I'm exhausted and don't feel so good so I decided to take a break and write about it. I'm very excited about my savings!
I have been reading the blog at My Frugal Adventures about couponing and deals and freebies and such and have been inspired to start trying to save more money! So I started with getting a paper on Sunday. There is one paper around here that has double coupons which is awesome. I also print coupons offline. To clarify, unless it is free, extremely cheap, or we need it, I skip or save the coupon. We don't really have the storage space for me just to be buying stuff we don't need because it was on sale.
My first stop today was Hobby Lobby. Since we just celebrated our 1 month anniversary, I decided it was about time to get our thank you notes sent out and I had a coupon for 40% off one item (which is a fairly regular coupon they send out) so i figured I would get the biggest box of thank you notes they had and then go back again next time i get a coupon. I lucked out though because they were having their bridal event and they had boxes of 50 thank you notes normally priced at $10 for half ($5). So I bought 3 boxes and saved $15.
Second stop was target, best deals of the day. I bought some crest toothpaste that was originally $2.49. I had a $0.75 off coupon. This wasn't a great deal but I bought it because we needed toothpaste and it came with a travel size toothpaste, a floss thing, and $10 worth of coupons (the real catcher for me). Next I bought some Purina cat treats (because we will be getting a cat in the near future). They were on sale for 2 @ $0.99 each and I had a coupon for $1.00 off so I paid $1.00 total for both of them. The best deal I got all day was some free bengay. Yep, FREE! My Frugal Adventures posted a coupon off of www.coupons.com for $5 off any bengay product. I actually made money on this one. I bought a tube of bengay normally priced at $4.24 so with the coupon, I made $0.76! So I paid a total of $2.04 and saved $6.91 :) I was very happy with this stop!
Third stop was dollar general. All I got here was 3 lysol cleaning products for $5. I don't normally buy lysol products so I'm not actually sure if this was a good deal or not but it was cheaper than what I normally pay for other brand cleaners.
Last stop was Kroger. This was just my normal grocery shopping. I spent $45.53 and saved $16.51. The only big savings here was they were having a "mega 10 sale" where if you buy 10 of these marked items, you get $5 back essentially. They had Pepsi 2 liters as part of these, so I ended up buying 10 at $1.39 each. the mega event which gave me $0.50 off each one, I paid $8.90 for 10. This wasn't as good a deal as I thought it was but oh well, I got the for $0.89 each and we won't need more for a while :)
It was fun and tiring. I need to go clean now. Hopefully my hubby will be home soon.
Thx 4 readin~ check back soon!
Mrs. Morgan :D
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