Friday, October 3, 2014

10/3 Couponing Breakdown - Cheap Diapers and Wipes & Free Groceries & Johnson's

So I know I owe you guys so many posts like our most recent favorite baby gear, life update, breastfeeding update, etc etc etc. But I just haven't felt like writing those posts. What has been keeping me happy and busy though is saving money with coupons. I have created a spreadsheet to track how much I save in each transaction and if I would have bought those items without coupons or not. The results are pretty impressive and maybe I'll share at the end of the year.
To do this however, I breakdown every single transaction and post most of my deals on Instagram. However, sometimes my deals feel too long to breakdown there so on those occasions I will post here.
Today I bought all this ($82.42 retail) for $10.82 and got back $9.97 making it a net cost of only $.21. Below is how I did it:

CVS
(8) WNW Lipstick, $.99/ea
(1) Maybelline Falsies Mascara, $7.49
~ Used ~
(8) $1/1 wnw mq
$1/1 Maybelline Mascara mq
$5/$15 CVS cosmetic q
Paid $1.42 + tax


Dollar General
1st Transaction
(2) Huggies 56 ct Wipes, $2
~ Used ~
$1/2 Huggies mq
$2 digital DG q
Paid $1 + tax

2nd Transaction
(1) Johnsons Bedtime Bath, $2.75 (reg. $3.50)
~ Used ~
$.75/1 Johnsons mq
$2 digital DG q
Paid $0

Family Dollar
Huggies Diapers Size 3 36, $10
~ Used ~
$3/1 Huggies mq
$1.50 FD mobile q
Paid $5.50 + tax
Redeem $3 snap rebate
Net Cost = $2.50

HEB
1st Transaction
(1) Slim Fast Meal Replacement Shakes 8pk. $9.98
(1) Slim Fast! Meal Bars 5pk $4.88
(10) Starkist Tuna Pouches, $1/ea (reg. $1.16) 
(10) Bush's Black Beans, $.92
(1) Suave Deodorant, $.97
(6) Progresso Soups, $1.48/ea (reg. $1.77)
~ Used ~
Bogo Slim Fast sq
(5) $1/2 Starkist mq
(10) Bogo Starkist/Bush's sq
$1/4 Progresso mq
(2) B2G1 Progresso sq
$5/$15 catalina
$15.87 in gc
Paid $0
Got back $5/$15 catalina
Net Cost = - $5

2nd Transaction
Bread, $.88 
Hunt's Tomato Sauce, $.38
Corn, 4/$1
Paid $2.26
~ Redeemed ~
$1 snap bread rebate
$.25 bread ibotta rebate
100% SavingStar Hunt's rebate ($.38)
20% SavingStar Corn rebate ($.20)
10% SavingStar cc bonus ($.14)
Got back $1.97

Net Cost = $.29

2 comments:

  1. For example what kind of coupon do u use at heb?

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    1. You can piggyback in-store yellow coupons (sq) with newspaper and printable manufacturer coupons (mq). I specify which ones I used in the breakdown. This is a great explanation of how to do it http://melissasqpnbargains.blogspot.com/p/heb.html and you can find out where to find coupons at http://mylitter.com/coupon-database/

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