I am finally posting this. Bare with me my blog is new but I am trying to post for every shopping trip that I do. So this was a 2 day trip but only because I was not prepared and didnt bring all my coupons with me. Rule #1 dont leave home without them, but it was worth it and I was going out anyways. One thing that I read a lot about extreme shopping is that people say that you spend more money on gas from store to store or you spend more on printing of coupons. I will have to say in my case I disagree. I drive by most of these stores on my way around Santee daily. And well I only print coupons that are high value or that I cant get in the paper. That was my little bit on that part of couponing. Now for this trip here is the break down... After this post since so many people are interested in how I did it I will start listing where I got the coupons as well. I am the crazy woman that downloaded the app on her phone she could print coupons from there too. CVS is where I got all this stuff. Day 1 the deals were Tide 19-32 load detergent sale price $5.94. 2 Pantene products for $7.00 and Dawn Soap for $.97 cents. I know what your thinking one why is there a Dove shampoo there. I grabbed that too and added the wrong on to the picture haha just pretend that is my 8th Pantene product. And two I said I paid $1.37 for each item and the Dawn was on sale for $.97 cents. I always break it down by an item as an average to show the savings as a whole. So This is what I bought.. Tide 4x $5.94 and Pantene 4x $3.50 and Dawn 2x $.97 Totals $39.70 Coupons I used 4 of the $2.00 off Tide. I used 2 of the buy one get one free Pantene saving me $ 3.50 each and I used 2 of the $ .50 off Dawn. Saving $16.00. Now $39.70-16.00=23.70 10 items 2.37 each
plus the other part of the sale was if you spent $20.00 on Tide and Pantene you got $5.00 CVS Extra Care Bucks back. so I got $11.00 Extra Care Bucks. I consider that as money in my pocket. I spend out of pocket $23.70 but I have $11.00 just like cash for my next trip. Day 2 trip I bought the same items but I had different coupons this time... Tide 4x $5.94 and Pantene 4x $3.50 and Dawn 2x $.97 Totals $39.70. Coupons I used 1 of the $5.00 off when you buy 3 tide and 1 of the $2.00 off Tide. I used 2 of the buy one get one free Pantene saving me $ 3.50 each and I used 2 of the $ .50 off Dawn.This was a $39.70 total but the coupons came to $15.00 this time so $39.70-$15.00= 24.70 plus I used my $11.00 care bucks from the day before. That brought my total to $13.70 and I got another $10.00 care bucks. So out of pocket was $13.70 but if you take away the $10.00 in care bucks that is $3.70 added to my $23.70 the day before bringing the total to $27.40 for all 20 items and that breaks down to $1.37 each item. So how was that? Was it explained okay? I will get better as I keep posting and I look forward to your feedback.
TIP #1 The Dollar Store sells the Sunday Paper on Saturday for $1.00.. but look through it to make sure coupons are there.
