Coupon Fun

A. Publix: $9.30 for everything pictured - total savings of $37.23

7 boxes of Luigi's Italian Ice Cups:
reg. price: $2.99
B1G1 free this week
coupon for $0.50 each box
Since the boxes were B1G1 free, each box was $1.49.
Publix doubles coupons up to $0.50, so my coupon was good for $1 off
I paid $0.49 for each box.

2 boxes of Captain Crunch:
reg. price: $4.49
B1G1 free this week
coupon for $0.50 off each box
I paid $1.24 for each box

3 Heluva Good dips:
reg. price: $2.00
B1G1 free this week
coupon for $1.00 off each dip
These were free!

1 bag of Bagel Crisps:
reg. price: $2.69
B1G1 free this week
coupon for $0.50 off one bag
I paid $0.35 for one bag

2 packages of Oscar Mayer beef hotdogs:
reg. price: $3.99
B1G1 free this week
coupon for $1.00 off 2
I paid $1.50 for each one

B. The next pictures show my Ingles finds for this week.

I purchased:

12 Lipton Family Tea Bags (24 pack) for $0.44 each
4 Wacky Mac pasta bags for $0.18 each
12 Weber Marinade packets for FREE
8 Ken's Steakhouse 8oz. salad dressing for $0.47 each
18 cans of Texas Pete hotdog chili for $0.16 each

My total was: $17.00
My savings were: $53.38

C. Publix

12 bottles of Sweet Bay Ray's BBQ Sauce for $0.70 each

6 boxes of Lipton To Go for $1.00 each

3 bags of Chex Mix (not pictured) for $0.70 each

D. Bilo and Target:

French's Mstard and Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce: $1.39

I had a $1.00 off coupon

paid $0.39 for both mustards!

Gulden's Spicy Mustard: $2.59

on sale for $1.25

B1G1 free coupon

paid $1.25 for both

Previously I never saved enough with coupons to bother with the hassle of coupons. I could buy the generic at Wal-Mart and still come out cheaper than I would at Kroger with a coupon.

As it turns out, I was missing 2 key components to the coupon game:

1. Store sales

2. Double coupons

We now have several grocery store choices in just a few miles so I decided I would try out couponing. I have been slowly stocking up on coupons and getting tips from friends and this week I tried out extreme couponing.

I spend around an hour on Sundays clipping coupons from 6 newspapers. I spend around 20 minutes reading the sale ads on Sundays and Wednesdays.