Recent Coupon Runs!!!

Just wanna post some recent deals!!!!

I made 3 grocery trips today - Hen House, HyVee and Price Chopper. By the last store I had had it....and I messed up a deal too! UGH! Oh and I hit CVS, too.

Anywhoooooo..... here is my first share: Hen House
Gotta love that they double coupons up to $1.00!!!

My items:
3 Life Cereals
4 Jello Tempations
2 Roberts Sour Cream
2 Roberts Cottage Cheese
3 Kraft Shredded Cheese
1 Kraft Chunk Cheese
Celery
Texas Toast Croutons
2 Taco Bell Seasonings
2 Taco Bell Salsas
2 Taco Bell Taco Shells
2 Power Bars

Grand Total: $29.57
Saved: $40.08 = 60%


Highlights:
Jello Temptations - $2.39 originally. Used $1 clipless HH coupon, $1 manufacturer coupon = .39 each!!
Cheap Celery - .99
Texas Toast Croutons - $1.00 originally. Used .50 manufacturer coupon doubled = free!
Robert's Sour Cream - $1.50 originally. Used .30 manu coupon doubled = .90

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Next share: HyVee
Items:
2 Dole Salads
2 Dr. Pepper 6pk
Bread
Wheat Things
Coffeemate
2 V8 Splash
Bird's Eye Frozen Fruit
2 State Fair Corn Dogs
Wholly Guacamole
2 Hershey Drops
2 Oreos
1 Farmland Deli Meat
1 Uncle Ben's Rice
4 Power Bars

Total: $38.68 (good but not amazing)

Highlights:
Dr. Pepper 1.99
State Fair Corn Dogs - 2.50 originally, used $1 manu coupon = $1.50
Dole Salad - $1 originally, used $1 off 2 manu coupon= .50 each
Oreo - 2.49, used $1 manu coupon = $1.49


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The last share has no photos. We were in a huge hurry to get all the items scanned and put away and then run to soccer practice. (which was then canceled as soon as we showed up due to a downpour!!!)

Price Chopper
I bought 44 items.
Spent $88.58.
Saved $59.71 = 67%
This included $22 in meat!!!


Highlights:
Homestyle Mac N Cheese - $1.49 originally, used $1 manu coupon = .49
Yoplait - .39 originally, used two .40/6 coupons & bought 12 = .32 each
Yoplait Kids Packs - $2 originally, used two .75/2 coupons = 1.50 each
Palmeros Pizza = $2 originally, used 2 BOGO coupons = $1 each
Propel 6pk - $2 orignally, used $1 coupon = $1


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I used to try to write out all my lists and coupon match ups on a small paper. It didn't work so well because I would always change things and scribble stuff out and make a general mess of it. So this week I developed my own little template and typed it all up! I still marked all over them but it kept me organized and I knew if my total was correct at check out or not!!! This is what it looked like when I got home!!!Oh, I also got paid to buy toothpaste at CVS! Gotta love it!
What deals did you get this week????

April Photo A Day Take 3

april 25th
Quinn is finally figuring out this feeder! It has a mesh bag for fresh fruit - she can mush it up with her gums and suck on it. When I fill it with bananas she devours them! I love this silly face!!!


april 24th
Such a cute photo of Quinn and Cousin Elijah! He was making silly faces and silly noises and she was just eating it up!!!! It looks like we will be spending lots more time with our cousins in the near future and I am soooo excited for the kiddos to bond more!


april 23rd
Poor Kennedy!!! She and I baked cookies on Thursday. I took one cookie sheet out of the oven and set it on the stove. I then got busy with something else. Kennedy went over to peek at the cookies and bumped her chin on the cookie sheet - she got quite the burn, poor baby! But she was super brave! (and wouldn't you know she had school photos the next morning?!)
Also, in this photo she is playing with her top, front tooth. It has been sooo loose! Kennedy was pushing it out and twisting it all around. I have some pretty gross photos of her tooth facing the wrong way and just hanging! She lost it the next morning!!!


april 22nd
I am not too proud to share a photo of this mess!! I have signed up with National Consumer Panel to track my purchases and earn rewards. Since I am such a coupon crazy and price watcher, it really just made sense for me to try the program out. However, when I make BIG grocery trips, it can be quite a bit of work! To save us the most money I usually shop at 3 different grocery stores a week and try to do it in one day, if possible. For NCP I have to scan each item purchased, enter price, choose if there was a sale price on the item, if I used a store coupon or manufacturer coupon, etc. That is for EACH item. So I had our purchases spread out all over the floor! Pretty silly photo but hey, this is our life! :)


april 21st
Just a normal day around our house today! My sweet girls spending time together!


april 20th
Happy Birthday Mema! This photo is really priceless! Mema with all her grandbabies (minus Zia who is still a bit too young to be near the cake!). She asked the kids to blow out the candles but they were trick candles that kept relighting. All 3 big kids are trying to huff and puff, Mema is cheering them on and Quinn is beginning to freak out!


april 19th
Kennedy's Daisy Scout troop were able to visit KMBC 9 News! I have to admit I thought it was super cool!!!! I had never been on a news set and I learned so much! The gals enjoyed themselves, though I don't know if they understood all they saw!!! Kennedy is 3rd from the left!


april 18th
Apparently this wasn't a very exciting day! This was my only photo - a trip to Target!!! But I must say it was a good trip!!! For all the items pictured below I paid $1.52!!!! Saved $12.36!!!!



April 17th
Beautiful Spring Day!!!! Kennedy has been wanting to pull Quinn in the wagon since Spring Break! She finally was able to today! Quinn ate it up!

Thanks for stopping by!!!!!

Couponing!

Now that I finally have some local friends that have joined me in couponing, I feel "safe" to share my crazy shopping trips! Even a year ago, I thought most people would think I was crazy for the time and effort I put into saving and couponing. But with the new show "Extreme Couponing" and a local woman who runs a rockin' deals blog, many of my friends have jumped on board! Yippee!!! Now, if you have seen the TLC show you will likely think those families are a bit, well, EXTREME. And yes, I totally agree! I don't have a stockpile in every room of my house, I don't have 3 yrs worth of mustard or spend 3 hours in the check out lane. I do my best to get deals that we will actually use in the near future.

So, here are 3 trips I made yesterday!

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TRIP #1: Hen House Supermarket
2 artichokes
2 Kraft Mayo/Miracle Whip
3 boxes of Puffs
1 box of brownies
3 containers of Philadelphia Cooking Creme
8 bags of shredded cheese

TOTAL: $21.01
SAVED: $39.46

This store doubles coupons up to $1.00, they had a special deal where you buy 10 Kraft items, you save $5, they have their own coupon book not found in the newspapers or online.

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TRIP #2: Walgreens

2 Skittle Easter Eggs
2 M&M Easter Eggs
1 Enfamil Formula
1 Gatorade Fit Perform
1 Gatorade Fit Prime
1 Gatorade Fit Recover

FIRST TOTAL: $26.08
$10 in Mail in Rebates
NEW TOTAL: $16.08

I was disappointed in this run. I have enough coupons to get 2 formulas but they only had one container left. So I had to get a raincheck. Also, this store has its own coupons - one specifically for infants. It had another $2 off the formula but this store was out of the coupon booklets. Finally, the formula was on sale but rang up full price and I wasn't paying close enough attention to notice until I got home. Live and learn. I should have saved another $4.

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TRIP #3: WalMart
2 Powerade Zero
2 Similac Sensitive
1 Aquafresh toothpaste
1 Reach floss

TOTAL: $2.56

I accidentally grabbed the wrong floss and spent $1.08 more than the cheaper version. My total could have been even less! Walmart has a new coupon policy where they give you any overage from your coupons!!!

What do you think? Have I convinced anyone to try couponing?! :)