First, I hit Rite Aid and just did an exact duplicate of my transactions sunday, but with My Mother-in-Law's Up card, since a lot of those offers had a limit of 1 UP+ reward. I don't consider this cheating because I often give them the things I buy couponing, but that's probably just a justification on my part. :-) I'm gonna keep right on justifying too. We just had to have more of those Shick razors and lysol supplies!
This time though, I added a little color to my basket! Ben didn't like the Gilette deodorant I bought last month (hey that's what this is about; trying new brands!) so I picked up some Old Spice at a steal.
This week Old Spice Deodorant, along with a few other brangs, was on sale 2/$5, with an additional $1 given as an UP+ reward on your receipt! There's a really generous limit of 4 Up+ for this deal, so I took advantage of them all!
Here's how it went down:
Bought 8 Old Spice Deodorant $2/5
Bought 8 Old Spice Body Wash @ $4.99
Used 8 Buy One O.S. Deodorant Get One O.S. Deodorant Free from the P&G insert 6/12
Used 8 $1/2 O.S. Products from P&G insert 6/12
Used $3/15 Store Survey Reward
Paid: $9, got $4 in UP+ rewards. Final Cost: $.31 each!
After a quick stop at The Original Coffee Brake - AKA Dayna's Second Home - I headed over to Safeway to see if they had anything good left, as Safeway seems to be THE destination for extreme couponers in our area. Man was I pleasantly surprised! I got everything I went in for, and more! The bulk of my spending $ was spent stocking up on Energy Drinks, a special request from my wonderful husband who has been working 55+ hour weeks for over 3 months now (Yeah. Seriously.) and is getting very tired of office coffee. But even those were a good deal!
I just did one transaction at Safeway (a nice break!) and here's what I got, broken down by deal.
Coca Cola Product Fridge Packs (12ct) on sale B2G2 Free @ $6.99. As an added bonus, you got 2 bags of their delicious Safeway brand "Snack Artist" chips. This was a good deal in itself, but since we don't usually drink soda and the chips were cheaper on their own, I probably wouldn't have gotten any. EXCEPT FOR....
My magical Tearpad Coupon.
Found these at Albertsons last week and, because I like to think of myself as a respectful and courteous shopper, I only took 12 of the 30+ on the tearpad. I hate finding an empty tearpad personally - almost as bad as finding a cleared shelf for a 'free' deal - so I refuse to do that to other people.
Anyway, when I grabbed this coupon it was sort of an impulse. I rarely buy crackers or Coke, so I wasn't sure I'd use it, but I took a few just in case a great deal came my way. And boy did it!
When I was at Safeway a few days ago, I noticed that there was a manager's special on the Wheat Thins Sticks, so they were marked down 50%. I think it's because they're a new product, because they don't expire anytime soon. I didn't buy them that day because they were $3.59/ea, and even at half off that's out of my price range for a luxury cracker item - even if I do love me some wheat thins. But I noticed in the sale ad this week that they Nabisco Crackers were going on sale for 2/$5, and thought I'd check to see if they were still there, JUST in case because if they were, I knew they'd combine with those coke deals to make a very pretty picture. :-)
Deal 1 Here's how I did it:
Bought 6 Fridge packs of Sprite (my Siblings-in-law love it!) @ $6.99
Bought 6 Fridge packs of Coke Zero (for the hubby and bro-ster) @ $6.99
Bought 6 Bags of Snack Artist BBQ Chips @ $1.99
Bought 12 Boxes of Wheat Thins Stick @ $2/5,
Instant Savings of $41.94 (Coke BOGO)
Instant Savings of $11.94 (Free chips w/Coke!)
Instant Savings of $21.48(Manager's Special sticker, 50% off reg price!)
Used 12 $1/1 Wheat Thin Sticks Printable Coupon (Marked down to $.71/1 to make free)
Used 12 $1.50 off Coke+Nabisco Magical Tear Pad coupon
Paid: $23.88 Retail Value: $138.90 Savings: 83%
Deal 2: Energy Drinks
Bought 4 Rockstar 4-packs (Ben's favorite pick-me-up during these 55 hour work weeks)
Reg. Price $8.99/4pk Sale Price $5.99/4pk
Used 4 $2/1 multi-pack Rockstar coupon (Printable from May, no longer available)
Paid: $15.96 Retail Value: $35.96 Savings: 56% (decent!)
Bought 5 Monster 4-packs (Again, for Ben, and for my Dad when he visits next week)
Reg. Price $8.99/4pk Sale Price $5.99/4pk
Used 5 $3/1 multi-pack Monster coupon (bought on Ebay for $0.10 a coupon!)
Paid: $14.95 Retail Value: $44.95 Savings: 67% (great!)
Deal 3: Teddy Grahams!! My dad taught me that Teddy Grahams make the BEST cheesecake crust, with a few secret ingredients mixed in. I was hoping to score the Chocolate ones, but they were out. I settled for honey. :-)
Bought 10 Teddy Grahams Reg. $2.99 Sale 10/$10
Used 10 $0.75/1 Nabisco Cookie from Kraft Foods Booklet 2011 (Found @ Fred Meyer in April)
Paid: $2.50 Retail Value: $29.99 Savings: 92%!
I Wish I had 100 more Kraft Booklets!
I Wish I had 100 more Kraft Booklets!
Deal 4: Hot Pocket Snackers. The Boys have been wanting to try these, and it was another Manager's Special find.
Bought 10 Hot Pocket Snackers Reg: $2.50 Sale on all Hot Pockets Items: $1.50
Instant Savings 50% off reg price ($1.25/ea) Manager Savings stickers
Used 10 $0.50/1 Hot Pocket Item (sent to me as a bonus coupon with ones purchased on Ebay)
Paid: $FREE Retail Value: $30 Savings 100%
Deal 5: Cereal! My mother-in-law is currently feeding EIGHT kids, so they go through an inconceivable amount of cereal. Everytime I can find a good deal, I pick some up for her. This week between Albertson's and Safeway, I bought her 16 boxes!
Bought 10 Kellogs Frosted Flakes Reg $4.59 Sale $2.49
Used 10 $1.00/2 Frosted Flakes coupons from SnackPicks.com and Target.com
Paid: $7.45 and got a free movie ticket (up to $12! 3D movie here I come!)
Retail Value: $22.95 Savings: 68% + Movie Ticket!
I also bought some produce, cheese, and small pizzas. I LOVE Safeway's cheese pizza. Simple and chewy and I get 3 meals out of a Small. I used coupons on several of these items as well.
All together I spent $103 and change, and saved $510!
