Fiber One Cereal for $.49

Albertson's is advertising General Mills cereal for $1.49. This coupon gives you an additional $1 off of General Mills' Fiber One 80 Calories cereal; you can print off 2.

2 cereals for $.98...not bad.

I know the cereal doesn't look all that fancy, but I love it! It's actually quite good.

Goldfish and Suave

Albertson's is offering Goldfish crackers for $1. Pair it with The Krazy Coupon Lady's $.35/1 coupon for a grand total of $.65 each.

Also at Albertson's is Suave deodorant for $1. Use The Krazy Coupon Lady's coupon for $.75/1, and you'll be paying only $.25!

Run #5

50% Savings

5 Pringles, 4 shampoos and conditioners, 3 cereals, and 6 Lean Cuisine meals



Retail price: $40.84

What I paid: $20.36

18 items = average of $1.13 per item



I saved $12.73 by ad-matching, and $7.75 in coupons. I got those 5 pringles, retailed at $7.31, for $1.95. Woohoo.

It is PRINGLES Week!

Fry's has an ad-match this week. They are advertising 5.7-6.7 oz Pringles for $.79.

At Walmart, the light Pringles are $2.38 each and the regular Pringles (regular as in not light...it doesn't matter what flavor you get) are $1.50 each.

So, you can save $1.59 on each tube of light Pringles and $.71 cents on the regular kind.

Super deal!

Sometimes a Run Doesn't Always Go As Expected...

I went to Walmart today, expecting to get 2 Scott 4-pack tp rolls, 2 three-pack dish sponges, 4 Fiber One cereals, and 6 Healthy Choice meals. When I got to the register, 8 of 13 coupons wouldn't scan. The lady called over her supervisor, who was a total jerk. Very rude and unsmiley (that's probably not a real word...well it is now). She accused me of photo-copying coupons...which is not true! I printed them off online! Then, she wouldn't ad match. Walmart's policy says that they do BOGO's if the competitor's ad has a price listed for the item. Safeway's ad said "BOGO 3-pack sponges; save up to $4.29". (I also had a coupon for $1 off of said 3-pack sponges.) The lady said "well that's not a specific price" and wouldn't ad match it.


So, in the end, I ended up getting 4 items and using 4 coupons:
-three 3-pack cascade trials for $.97 each; three $.25/1 coupons = $2.16; saved $.75
-one 4-pack of Scott toilet paper for $3.98; ad match for $2.99, one $1/1 coupon = $1.99; saved $1.99


Ready for the good part?
I got all of these Ajax...












...for $9.57!! There are 29 in there...I was aiming for 30, but one of the stores had only 5 Ajax.


Summary:

Combined worth: $35.60
Spent: $13.72
Saved: $21.88 or 61.46%

Want 30 Cleaners for Under $10?

Attention east Mesa! Walgreens is having a sale through this Saturday. Ajax cleaner, usually $.99 each, is 3 for $.99. The limit is 6 (but if you go to different Walgreens, you can end up getting 30 Ajax, for example, for $9.90 --- a savings of $19.80!)

The coupons are in-store, in their ads by the front door.

Previous Couponing Experiences

Experience #1 on 06/10/11 (53.16% savings): four 14 oz. comet, four cereals = $7.26. Original price = $15.50. Savings = $8.24.

Experience #2 on 06/21/11 (42.32% savings): 6 Healthy Choice meals, 9 Hamburger Helpers, 2 mac n' cheeses, 3 feminine packages, a tube of toothpaste (FREE by ad matching/using mfg. coupon) = $22.11. Original price = $38.33. Savings = $16.22.

Experience #3 on 07/05/11 (53.34% savings): 4 Lysol sprays, 4 Lysol wipes, brown mustard, regular mustard, 2 RevitaLens 10 oz. contact solutions w/cases, two 25.5 oz. boxes of Raisin Bran = $22.24. Original price = $47.66. Savings = $25.42

How To Coupon

You will need:


-a coupon folder









-coupons









-an inventory chart









-ads









-pen, paper, scissors









-a couple of hours a week





I shop at Walmart because they ad match, which is awesome. The first thing you need to do is to set up a coupon folder. Some people use binders, but I found a photo album lying around the house that I use. It works pretty well. I label the sections. There are a lot of different categories you can use, but the ones I currently have are:

-household
-pets
-hygiene
-beauty
-medicine
-breakfast
-snacks
-sauces&spreads
-desserts
-snacks
-frozen foods
-misc
-expired
-sell backs


After your folder is set up, the next step is to create a chart of your ads. Excel is a great program for inventory. I labeled the rows with the different categories, and the colums with "category", "item", "$$" (ex. $2/1), "exp." and "quantity". If you don't have coupons, you can get them in the Sunday paper, online from the krazy coupon lady (free), or from Ebay (as low as under $1 for 100!). Ebay is great because you pay so little for 100 coupons, and using just 1-2 coupons will save you that dollar that you spent buying the coupons. There are many other ways to obtain them, too, such as from catalinas and bought products.

The third step is to search through weekly ads. I use the Walgreens, Albertson's, Safeway, Fry's, Fresh & Easy, and Sprout's ads. (So far, Albertson's is my favorite one.) I find the good deals, circle them, and then check my inventory and the krazy coupon lady's website for coupons.

Step 4: Let the couponing begin! The ads here in Mesa are generally available in your mailbox by Tuesday; the ad week for the stores go from Wednesday to the following Tuesday.

Have fun! Let me know if you have any questions.


P.S. I apologize for the sideways pictures...