I took a break from coupons for a while after we had Penny. It is A LOT of work to take three kids under five to a store in the middle of winter and deal with the big ol’ coupon binder, deal matching, etc. I have just been paying the fee and ordering my groceries online and picking them up. For those first few months with a new baby, it was totally worth it.
But since we are on a money diet preparing to build the new house, I knew I should get back into it, so today I put my game face on and we navigated the store. It was a gigantic pain in the tush because they got rid of the shopping carts with the car in front for older kids to ride, so Nick and Abby both had to walk and I spent the entire time correcting them. “No. Don’t touch that. Stay here next to Mommy. That’s not ours. Hands to yourself…” but I did manage to save enough to hire a babysitter for a much-needed night out one of these days.
Here are a few of the best deals I got today at Weis. All of my coupons were manufacturer’s coupons printed online from sites like coupons.com or clipped from the Sunday paper inserts that my mom and grandma gave me.
General Mills Cereal: Regularly $3.79-4.19, depending on the kind. On sale for $1.99 each when you buy 4 + 1.00 off three coupon + .75 off 1 box of Kix coupon that doubled to 1.50= ($7.96-1.00-1.50)= $5.46 for 4 or $1.37 each
Nature’s Own Butterbread: Regularly $2.19, on sale for $1.79 + .75 off coupon that doubled to 1.50=$0.29
Betty Crocker Fruit snacks (not pictured) regularly $2.59, on sale for $1.00 each + .75/2 coupon that doubled= .50 for 2 or $0.25 each
Sweet Baby Rays BBQ Sauce (not pictured): Regularly $2.29, on sale buy one get one free + $1.00 off 2 coupon= $1.29 for 2 or $0.65 each
Barilla Pasta: Regularly $1.59 on sale for $1 + (2) $1 off any blue box coupons= 2 boxes for free
I also had coupons for a few more things I would have bought anyway, like applesauce, baby food, and diapers
This time I saved $37.65, which was about 30% of the total. I took the total from $126.79 down to $89.14.
Not anywhere near the 99% savings those ladies get on tv, but better than a stick in the eye. đŸ˜‰
Plus I only invested about 30 minutes into it, as opposed to treating it like my full-time job. If you think about it, $37 for half an hour of work is almost like having a job that pays $75 per hour.
I’m not sure why anyone wouldn’t love coupons.
Check out my past couponing adventures below!
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