Couponing:)

Okay, so those of you who know me, know that I am a big coupon person. I currently have enough shampoo & conditioner to last at least 8 months, probably longer. I have enough tissue for a month, and dish washing liquid for the next 4 months probably. I'm always looking for good sales, and I always know what sales I'm looking for. Always looking for dish washing liquid sales, if you work it just right you can get 1 bottle of dawn for .58 cents including taxes :)

Anyways. I thought about doing a little series of coupon posts over the next few weeks about couponing in general. I'm no expert, but I do know some about it :)

Just a week ago I learned about Walgreens Register Rewards system. VERY confusing!

Heres the story on that one : I saw that they had Herbal Essence on sale for 2.99 a bottle. And I had 10 1.00 off coupons. AND they had a special, if you buy 1 you get 1.00 off as register rewards. So I was like OHH I HAVE TO DO TO THAT:) Well. Ofcourse I mess up. I run all the herbal essence threw on one transaction. And then it only printed ONE register reward :( But the cashier was so nice and sweet. She canceled it all and then helped me go threw it all again.

For Register Rewards to work : You must ring up the one item at one time. Like if you are wanting 10 Herbal Essence to get 1 register reward for EACH one then you must ring them all up separately. So. Each one costed me only 2.27 AND I had a 1 dollar for each one(10 total) register reward to use on my next transaction. So I bought 2 things of Charmin Tissue, 2 things of dawn dishwashing liquid, 1 ALL laundry detergent, 1 Secret deodorant, 2 packs of Always pads for only 4.37.

Then they had the Boost on sale. Buy 24 dollars worth, and get 5 dollar register rewards. They are normally around 9 dollars a pack. BUT they had them on sale 2 for 12 dollars. AND I have 2 3.00 off coupons. So I bought 4 boost. 24.00 total. THEN used my 2 coupons and got 6 off. So 18 dollars. AND I got back 5 dollar register rewards:)

Total price that day for this : 10 Herbal Essence Shampoo&Condit., 1 All Laundry Detergent, 2 Charmin Tissue, 1 Secret Deodorant, 2 Always pads, and 4 packs of BOOST, 2 Dawn Dishwashing liquid, for a total price of 45.07. The retail value- 102.00dollars, total out of pocket 45.07. Total savings : 56.93

Anyways. I hope I explained that in a good way. Its still confusing for me tho.

Also, I'm always asked "where do you get your coupons?" Easy. NEWSPAPERS! I really only get the Sunday paper. And they have a ton of coupons in there. Also look online, www.coupons.com is a great place to get coupons. Then if you want to order a certain amounts of a certain coupon try www.couponsthingsbydede.com :)

I will try to start posting my coupon shopping trips everytime I go on one. I try to save money in any way possible, and couponing has really been a great blessing to my family :)