Well, I was inspired by Tricia's posting last week showing her amazing coupon shopping skills. Now determined to get food for free I set out on my first coupon shopping quest today. I think that I did pretty well, but know that with practice I will get better. My only struggle is that I don't want to buy stuff that we wouldn't normally eat because then I wouldn't really be saving money, would I?
With some help from MoneywiseMoms.com I was able to do a little coupon magic at Giant with their Catalia deal. This was my first purchase: 2 boxes GoGurt, 2 tubes cookie dough, 2 boxes of muffin mix, 2 boxes of toaster strudels, and one pack of YoPlus Yoplait Yogurt = $24.21. Then I used $9.91 worth of coupons and paid $14.30 plus I earned a $10 Catalina coupon for my next transaction...
This is the transaction where I struck gold! I then purchased: 1 bag Chex Mix, 1 box of Organic cereal, 1 box of Heart Smart Bisquick, 1 box of Nature Valley Granola Bars, 3 boxes of Hamburger Helper (yuck!), and 1 package of FiberOne yogurt = $20.72. Then I used $8.96 worth of coupons leaving a total of $11.76...but wait...then I used my $10 Catalina coupon from the previous purchase and paid only $1.76!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This made it okay to buy the Hamburger Helper. It is not my favorite, nor the healthiest thing to eat, but I know that Brady will eat it and it's no worse than driving through McDonald's for dinner (but much cheaper!)
This earned me another $10 Catalina coupon which I used to purchase the rest of my groceries including produce, milk, and all the regulars. That final bill game to $54.45, $13.07 in coupons, $10 Catalina Coupon which left the rest of my groceries only costing $31.71!!!!!
I then stopped in Safeway to pick up two packages of ground turkey for $1.99/package and a bag of frozen tilapia filets for only $6!
In total I got more than I would normally buy for a week's worth of groceries, and I spent less than $60!
2 comments:
Great Job Bliv!! That's awesome :)
Very impressive!! I have never been able to figure out how to coupon the right way. I'm like you - I don't want to buy something just because I have a coupon for it. So, I usually make my shopping list and then try to find coupons for the items I need to buy, but I always get distracted, never finish, and then forget my coupons on the way to the store anyway. ;)
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