Coupon Tragedy

I went to Albertson's on Monday to get some more of the things that were in last week's ad. I had gone on Saturday and they were out of all the things I wanted. I put my coupon book and Adele in the cart and then I realized that the seat belt was broken. I moved her to another cart but I accidentally left my notebook in the original cart. I went to look for all the items on my list and they were out of every one of them so I ditched my cart and left. I got home and realized I didn't have my precious coupon book. I drove BACK to Albertson's and looked all over the place. I even walked through the whole store peering into people's carts to see if someone had picked up the cart with my book. I thought I was losing my mind. Finally I gave up and left my phone number and the description of my lost item with the customer service desk. About an hour later they called me. They had found my coupon book outside in a cart that was in the cart return. I was so relieved. I have done a LOT of work to get that coupon book organized and I would have been so sad to lose it.

Coupon-A-Rama

I am so excited about Albertson's ads this week! I went there and got so many deals I just had to share.

Here's what I got:


2 32 oz. cheese blocks $4.99 ea.
bananas $.69 per pound
oranges $.33 per pound
boneless chicken breasts $1.88 per pound
2 23 oz. Frosted Mini-Spooners cereal $1.27 ea.
2 boxes fruit snacks, $.75 ea.
3 boxes Cheerios $1.00 ea.
3 32 oz. jars grape jam $1.17 ea.
1 24 oz. pkg frozen veggies $.25
2 boxes frozen veggies $.34 each
4 6-packs Trix yogurt $.75 each
2 pkgs. real butter $1.49 each

AND


2 Pantene shampoos, 2 Pantene conditioners: $.17 ea.
2 Aquafresh toothbrushes: Free
2 pkgs. Stayfree $1.oo ea.
2 Tag deodorants $.67 ea.
2 Crest premium toothpastes $.50 ea.
2 Tide 64 loads detergent $4.99 ea.
1 Dawn dish soap $.75
1 Cascade diswasher detergent $2.00
8 giant-roll pack Bounty paper towels $4.75
2 Lysol sanitizing wipes $1.50 ea.

Plus I saved an additional 6 dollars from doubling 6 1 dollar coupons.

All in all, I spent $64.35. Not bad for a day's work. And I have to admit that I spent more time getting ready for this shopping trip than I ever have. There were SO many deals and SO many coupons it took awhile but it was SO FUN seeing my total going down, down, down every time they scanned my coupons.

Now, I must vow to not buy ANY MORE cleaning or hygiene items for 3-6 months because I am PREEEETY sure I have enough to last at least a year.

Even if you don't clip coupons, you can get a LOT of great deals at Albertson's this week.

You can also print free coupons from these websites:
http://grocerysmarts.coupons.smartsource.com/WEB/index.aspx?Link=235ZMFJDIS36M
http://print.coupons.com/couponweb/Offers.aspx?pid=12812&zid=dl89&nid=10

And this site can help you organize your grocery list and match the available coupons with the sales:
http://www.grocerysmarts.com/utah/lists/indexg84rcm.php?s84mi2

Coupon-Mania Part 2

I am so excited because got a present in the mail today. Well, I guess it isn't really a present because I bought it for myself, but it is exciting nonetheless. Today I got 25 8-pocket page protectors. (I think on the nerd scale these are right up there with normal pocket protectors). I ordered these about a week ago because my coupon system wasn't working as smoothly as I wanted it to. I was just keeping the coupons in regular page protectors according to category. It was hard to see exactly what I had in there and I had to dig around to find the ones I was looking for. It wasn't too efficient so I upgraded my system. I still have all my coupons in my notebook according to category but I can see every single thing I have in there. I think it will make my shopping easier and less time consuming.

Rachel, you must be SO proud of me! Feel free to give me any pointers you have! I am re-inventing the wheel here.

Coupon-Mania

I have always thought "couponers" were really cool and I kept thinking that I should try it sometime. After seeing a coupon lady on the Oprah show last month who got a ton of stuff practically for free I decided to become a crazy couponer. I called a few of my older neighbors and found a few people who don't use the ads and coupons in their Sunday papers and asked them to save them for me. I started using the Pinching Your Pennies website to keep track of the sales and coupons for me and to give me advice on how to begin.

Today my coupon clipping really paid off. I am seriously SO excited for the deal that I scored today at Albertson's. They have some really awesome deals right now even if you don't have coupons. You should really check out their ad.

So, here's what I got:
21 boxes of cereal (Chex, Cheerios, Total, Golden Grahams, Trix)
4 deodorants (Dove and Degree)
4 bottles of All 32-load laundry detergent
3 Lipton onion soup mix boxes
3 Macaroni Grill pasta dinners (pasta with sauce packets and seasonings in a box)
2 jars Skippy peanut butter
2 boxes frozen Green Giant vegetables

Wanna know the total I paid?
$36.00.

I used $21.25 in manufacturer coupons on top of the store ad prices. Pretty amazing huh??? I am really really excited today about the deals I scored. The amazing thing about the Pinching Your Pennies website is that it matches the weekly store ads with the manufacturer coupons so it is really easy to get the best deal possible! Here's the link where they do that. Just scroll down about 1/4 of the page to where it says: Threads in Forum: Utah's Screaming Deals.