I took a trip to Target with my huge envelope of coupons, and came home with some good stuff!! I bought $107 worth of groceries.... and only spent $38 out of pocket!! That's a savings of $79!!Here is a breakdown of some of the deals....
5 boxes of Triscuits ($.54 each)
5 boxes of Wheat Thins ($.94 each)
2 boxes of Ritz crackers ($1 each)
8 100 Calorie packs ($.64 each)
4 Kraft Lunchables with drinks ($.75 each)
2 Cool Whip ($.02 each)
3 boxes Velveeta mac and cheese ($.64 each)
3 boxes of Rice Krispie ($.99 each)
2 boxes of Raisin Brand ($.99 each)
2 boxes of Frosted Mini Wheats ($.99 each)
1 box of Frosted Flakes ($.99 each)
3 boxes of Kashi waffles ($.30 each)
2 Kraft mayo ($.50 each)
Kraft Bagelful ($1.19)
California pizza (2.50)
and a ton of kraft mac and cheese box and individual size
For those of you who are curious about how I do this, or just starting out couponing.... I recommend printing coupons from www.coupons.com Because Target will let you use their store coupons combined with manufacture coupons, I find that this is where you can get the biggest savings. However, there are some that get good savings too through CVS or Walgreens.
For example, I may go to http://www.target.com/, print out a coupon for $1 off of 2 boxes of Wheat Thins. I then may print off (2) $1 off manufacture coupons-- one for each box. So, I have a total of $3 off. If the Wheat Thins are $2.99..... then I get them for free!!! See how it works!!:)
You will go on your computer and install a coupon printer, and then the computer itself will keep track of how many coupons you print out for each item. www.coupons.com updates their list of coupons every week and a half to a couple of weeks. The computer will tell you when you have printed your limit on Wheat Thins, etc. But, you should be able to get several. I keep them on hand, and then when Target has a coupon for that item, I will quickly put them together to get.
On the right hand side of my blog, you will see several websites that I go to for news on the latest coupons out there. For example, Kraft just had $50 worth of coupons on their website. I quickly printed several of them. They tend to go fast, so print off as many as you can, and as quickly as you can!:)
I know that not every Kmart does this, but sometimes they will have double coupon day. In which case, you take a manufacture coupon on an item, and it will automatically ring up double. Pretty cool! I bought $46 worth of household items there, and only spent $11.
Even, if there's a coupon for something that I may not normally buy, but can get it for cents, I buy it, because I can make it work for our family.
When I get up to the counter with my stack, I just forewarn the cashier that I have a ton of coupons. I too, tend to look for a cashier who wouldn't get upset or stressed about the number of coupons I have.:) If you go to Walmart, their policy says that they are supposed to accept internet coupons, but sometimes you will get a cashier is isn't so helpful. I just went there yesterday with coupons, and did the self check out. My coupons wouldn't take, so the manager came over and told me that if they didn't scan she wouldn't take them. They were legitimate coupons, but just depends on the cashier. Sometimes they will take them, sometimes they won't. But, don't be afraid to ask for the manager if you get a cashier that says she won't take them.
I have become addicted to couponing! But, my husband isn't complaining!:) It has saved us a ton of $$. There are a lot of other freebies out there that you can get too. For example, M&M and Mars are giving away chocolate candy bars every Friday through, I believe, September, to the first 500,000! https://secure.realchocolate.com/ Check it out! Happy couponing!!!!!!
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