10 days of super savings!

OK...so I have been behind in posting all of the glorious deals that I've found. I am back and back with fervor, so I should be posting regularly now. We have had only 1 store in the area that triples coupons (about every 10 weeks) until last weekend. Another store in the area, Farm Fresh, decided to triple coupons FOR 6 DAYS!!! It did not have the stipulation of only 20 coupons per household per day. The stipulation was 20 coupons per customer per day. That meant that Craig and I could both be customers. In 3 days of shopping, we were able to get $183 in groceries for $46.

During this triples time, another store had a GREAT DEAL GOING! They were having a promotion of buy 10 of the participating items for Box Tops for Education and get $4 off your order instantly. Well, the items were on sale, I had coupons, and there was a catalina promotion. You know those separate coupons that print out with your receipts??? Well, sometimes, there will be a promotion that states that if you buy a certain number of items, then you will get a catalina (or coupon) for $ off your next purchase. There was a promo for Green Giant frozen boxed veggies. They were a part of the Box Tops promo, they were on sale, I had coupons, and a coupon was going to print if I bought a certain number. I also bought some Old El Paso items because they were a part of the Box Tops promo, they were on sale, and I had coupons. This is what I did in 4 transactions (each one just the same).

6 Green Giant Veggies
4 Old El Paso products

Here's a picture of two of the transactions. Imagine DOUBLE THIS AMOUNT!!!



I paid $3.33 out of pocket for double what's in this picture. It has a value of over $72 dollars! Then I received $9 in coupons of my next purchase at that store. SO, I profited almost $6. Because of an error by the cashier, I should have received $12 in coupons, to profit $9, but I was not going to argue since they were already paying me to take it all out of the store!

So, that brings my total to $255 in groceries that I paid $40 to bring home!

Now, this weekend is triples at Harris Teeter, the same store that paid me $6 to take groceries out of their store last weekend. Due to the busy-ness of life, I have only been able to go once. Hopefully I will head there one more time tomorrow. Here is how I did on my first trip.



Most of this stuff was on sale. I had coupons for all of it. And I used one of my $3 dollar coupons that they paid me last week. Are you ready to know how much I paid for all of that in picture (not including the Artist!)???? Drum Roll please...... 92 CENTS! Yes, 92 CENTS!!! I can't believe it either, but it's true!!! The original value of all of this (no sales, no coupons) is $71. 80. I will keep my receipt just in case any of you want to check it! So, in 4 days of shopping in a 10 day period, I have bought $326 in groceries for $41.

It's do-able! You may not have a store that triples coupons, but there are many ways to work the system. You just have to be patient and learn! Stay tuned, because I am going to being posts about how to do it!

Happy Savings!

Don't forget to see my post about our trip to Williamsburg!