A 'Buy 10 get $3 off' Deal

This week, my Smith's Grocery store (also known as Kroger in other places) is having a pretty good sale. Buy any 10 participating items and get $3 off when you check out. Cereal was one of those things on sale. I like to buy cereal when it's a good deal, because Captain Jax loves to eat it for breakfast. I personally would rather have eggs, but he'll eat through it. He's kind of picky though, and the kind he likes (read:chock full of sugar) isn't usually the kind of sale.

This week though, we were in luck!

Order One

I saved 61% off this order. Or $21.30. I got ten items that qualified (and that I had coupons for) and my total after tax came to: $13.67. My store sale savings were $15. 40, and my coupon savings was $5.90

Order Two

This was the bigger one. I saved 77% on this one!! ($33.57) my store sale savings was $25.52, and my coupon savings was $8.05. Want to know how much I paid for 7 boxes of Lucky Charms, and three boxes of pizza rolls?

$10.16

I'm feeling pretty durn good about my deals today

Cheap or free this week!

This is my game plan for this week for deals:

WAGS
Free Cutter Bug Spray all month:
If your store has the small packages that are 2/$3, use the $1 ES coupon and $1 manu coupon (6/15 SmartSource) for $1 for 2! (for the record, I couldn't find any small ones at my Walgreens today. . .just big bottles at $7 a pop!! not worth it)

RITE AID
Crest 2.49-1.74SCR-.75 P&G(today's)= FREE
Herbal essence 2/$5- $3 q (P&G-today's) -3SCR = Free
Infusion 4.99- $3q(P&G todays) -1.99 SCR = Free
The SCR is a single check rebate. You can enter your receipts online, and then at the end of the month submit them, and they'll mail you a check, or a gift card. I've never done this before, but I've heard you can get a gift card instead, and they add like 10% or something to your amount! not too shabby

STAPLES:
1¢ 8-pack pencils limit 2
1¢ pocket folders limit 10
1¢ Purell sanitizer limit 2
25¢ .5" OR 1" binders limit 4
FREE AR 4-pack Pental highlighters (after rebate of 4.99)

rumor also has it that staples will have more penny sales coming up as school is getting closer to starting!!

Free bandaids!

My second deal went quite nicely!

this week at Walgreens, two types of bandaids are on sale for $.99! They have a sheer, and a natural color. One type has 30 count, the other has 40 count. I bought the 40 count one. There's a coupon in the May 18th Red Plum coupon insert for $1.00 off any bandaids. that means free bandaids!

We also needed cereal, and I had a coupon for $1.00 off any two boxes of General Mills cereal. so we got those too. They were on 'sale' for 2 boxes for $8.00. Ouch! Not really a sale i think.

Here's how it broke down anyway:

Banaids: $1.00 (they had to adjust the price to equal the coupon, not sure why)
coupon: -$1.00
Lucky charms: $4.49
2nd box: $3.51
Coupon: -$1.00
TOTAL: $7.31 (after tax)

I guess it's alright. I don't like the price I paid for the cereal, but we needed it, and the coupon expired next week.

Couponing

I'm trying to get started using coupons. I've tried a few times, and haven't gotten very far. Mostly because the newspaper subscription ran out. but I've renewed it now, and we're getting 26 weeks, of just the sunday paper. I really just want the coupon inserts, and Captain Jax really just wants the comics. Actually, he probably just wants to dilbert comic.

I've subscribed to pinchingyourpennies.com and they have forums to help you figure out how to start couponing, as well as ads from all the grocery stores that match up sales with coupons, and give them a ranking on if it's a good deal or not. I like that concept.

The frustrating thing is I haven't got a newspaper yet, so I don't have any ads yet. And once I do get a newspaper, the ads probably won't do much for me for a few months. I guess I'm just a person who wants to have everything at once! I need to work on my patience I guess.