8/14/2011 02:58:00 PM
Mrs Happy Homemaker
I have been on a couponing break for the last few weeks, but really started back again this week. I have been a couponer for 10 years now, and I get into periods where I just don't feel like doing it any more...so I stop until I feel the want/drive to get back to it.
I am by no means an extreme couponer, and honestly am not a fan of the show because they show scenes that are not going to happen for regular consumers because the stores are waving their coupon policies to get their 5 minutes of fame. But, we won't get into all of that...
I go to SouthernSavers.com & TheKrazyCouponLady.com to match my coupons to my sales. I get my coupons online, from the Sunday paper, AllYou magazine
, & from calling/emailing companies.
Here is how I fared this week!
Harris Teeter
Before coupons: $418.84 After Coupon: $50.38
Lowes Food
Before coupons: $77.65 After coupons: $31.62
WalMart Trip 1
Before coupons: $47.02 After coupons: $3.52
WalMart Trip 2
Before coupons: $43.12 After coupons $0.62!!! (4 SunDrop sodas are missing from this photo...we drank them before we got home!)
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| 62 cents before tax...wooohoooo! |
CVS
Before coupons/sales: $58.03 After coupons: $6.03
Walgreens
Before coupons/sales: $60.90 After coupons: $3.71
If I did not shop the sales with coupons, I would have spent $705.56 & after coupons, I spent $95.88. A total savings of $609.68!!
I shopped the reduced section of my grocery store for meat (forgot the picture) & bought 2 pounds of ground chuck, 2 family size packs of chicken breasts, 2 racks of baby back ribs, & 1 package of pork chops for just $26.09. I will be submitting a beer rebate (no beer purchase required!!!) for $15, bringing my grand total for all that meat to just $11.09!!
How did ya'll do this week?
