I have been couponing for several years now and have been able to get my monthly grocery/drugstore budget down to $160/month for my family of 5. I am a dork and I have an excel spreadsheet that I use to track my savings. This month I was under budget. I have bought $894.26 worth for $152.79, plus $11.00 in rebates – 86% Savings!
The last shopping of the month is featured below. I bought $195.61 worth of product for just $18.05 after sales, coupons, taxes, and a $5 rebate – 91% savings!
Kroger
2 – Raspberries, 6 oz @ $1 each (had raincheck) 2 – Turkey Hill Iced Tea Half Gallons @ $1 4 – Goldfish Grahams @ $1 2 – Chef Boyardee Whole Grain Cans @ $1 2 – Luna Protein Bars @ $.99 1 – Pure Protein @ $.99 2 – Activia Parfaits @ $.99 1 – Cheerios @ $3.19 1 – Nature Valley Granola Bars @ $2.84 1 – Fiber One Bars @ $3.99 =$24.97 -(2) Activia Parfait Coupons Here -$1/2 Turkey Hill Iced Teas,5/15 RP -(4) $.35 Goldfish Grahams coupons (from coupons.com) -(2) Luna Protein Bars, Here -$.50 Pure Protein product, ALL YOU May -$.50 Cheerios Orignal Box, 6/26 SS -$3.19 FREE Cheerios Kroger Coupon (Mailer, Register your Card Online!) -$3.99 FREE Fiber One Bars Kroger Coupon (Mailer, Register your Card Online!) -$2.84 FREE Nature Valley Bars Kroger Coupon (Mailer, Register your Card Online!) =$4.03 + $.21 tax
CVS
This is a definite example of how a seasoned couponer can even screw up when not paying attention. I only bought 4 Honest Teas when I needed 5 to get the ECB, and I didn’t pay attention to the price of the tiny Pert Plus (last time I bought them they were $.99 now they’re $1.49!)
1 – Hershey Bliss $5.99 (had raincheck to get back $5.99 ECB) 1 – Rephresh Tampons $6.79, Get back $6.79 ECB 6 – Travel Pert Plus @ $1.49 (ouch!) 1 – Advil trial size @ $.99 1 – Pringles Grab n Go @ $1 2 – Honest Teas @ $1.79 (didnt ring up on sale? and I didn’t catch it!) 2 – Honest Teas @ $1 =$29.29 -(6) Pert Plus, 5/15 SS (exp 6/30) -$1 Advil, Advil PM, or Thermacare, ALL YOU May -(4) $1 Honest Teas, Recyclebank Coupon - $1 Rephresh Product Here -$1 Pringles Grab N Go, CVS Magic Coupon Machine (printing for everyone this week!) -$16.29 ECB previously earned =$0 + $1.30 tax, Got Back $6 ECB + $6.79 ECB
Meijer
First Transaction. Meijer has been fun lately, it seems like everytime I go the register computer system goes nuts. Everytime it scans the last coupon, it erases all the other ones that were scanned before?! They had to manually enter my coupons.
2 – Green Giant Steamer Veggies @ $1.49 4 – Ortega Taco Seasonings @$.54 2 – Chi Chi’s Salsa @ $.99 4 – Oscar Meyer Turkey Dogs =$11.08 -(2) $1/2 Oscar Meyer Hot dogs, 5/15 SS or 6/19 SS or Here -(2) $.50 any Green Giant Frozen Veggies (no longer available) -(2) $.50 Chi-Chi’s Salsa Jar or Snackers Salsa & Cheese Cups, 5/15 SS -(2) $.50/2 Ortega Product, 4/17 SS (exp. 6/30) -$1/4 Ortega Products Meijer Mealbox Coupon -$2 OYNO Cat from last week =$.08 (some how with the computer glitches I came out $2 ahead. I’ll call us even since normally they come ahead when they miss coupons!)
Meijer
Transaction #2. This time they manually entered almost all of my coupons to avoid the problems from last time.
2 – Trial size Herbal Essence @ $1 1 – Trial Size Old Spice Body Wash @ $1.25 1 – Meijer Flour @ $1.48 1 – Gallon Meijer Milk @ $2.99 4 – Ortega Taco Seasoning @ $.54 4 – Milky War Bars @ $.59 2 – Chi Chis Salsa @ $.99 10 – Ronzoni Garden Delight Pasta @ $.99 4 – Ortega Taco Shells, 12 ct @ $1.49 4 – Oscar Meyer Turkey Dogs @ $.99 2 -YoCrunch Parfait 4 pks @ $2 7 – Sweet Baby Rays Marinades @ $1 5 – Sweet Baby Rays Dipping Sauces @ $1 5 – Chex Mix @ $1 4 – Kelloggs Fruit Loops (w/ Cars 2 Promo on Box) @ $2.50 *Free Milk WYB 4 =$65.04 -(2) $1 any Herbal Essence or Aussie Product, P&G Mailer Book -$1 Any Old Spice Body Wash, P&G Mailer Book -(2)$1/2 Ortega Products Here -(2) $.50/2 Ortega Product, 4/17 SS (exp. 6/30) -(2)$1/4 Ortega Products Meijer Mealbox Coupon -(2) $.50/2 Milky War Singles Here -(2) $.50 Chi-Chi’s Salsa Jar or Snackers Salsa & Cheese Cups, 5/15 SS -(2) $1/2 Oscar Meyer Hot dogs, 5/15 SS or 6/19 SS or Here -(8)$1 Ronzoni Garden Delight Pasta, 5/15 SS -$1/2 Various Coupons Here or Here or Here - $1/3 Healthy Harvest Pasta & Noodles, Light ‘N Fluffy Noodles, and Ronzoni Pasta, 12-14.5oz Meijer Coupon -(2) $.50 Chex Mix Here -$.50/2 Chex Mix 6/12 SS -$1/$5 Salty Snack Meijer Catalina Coupon -(5) $1 Sweet Baby Ray’s Dipping Sauce 5/22 SS (exp 6/30) -(7) $1 Sweet Baby Ray’s Marinade 5/22 SS (exp 6/30) -(2) $1/2 Kelloggs Cereal 6/5 RP -(2) $1 Yo Crunch Fruit Parfait Here -$2.99 FREE Milk WYB 4 Kelloggs Cereals =$17.04 + $.39 tax **Then I’ll submit for $5 cash card from Cars 2 / Kelloggs!The rest of my shopping from the month you can find Here, Here, and Here, and Here
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