My Extreme Couponing Shopping Trip

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BEFORE SHOPPING

AFTER SHOPPING

You can see by my before photo, that my Extreme Couponing Shopping preparation makes a bit of a mess.  And, that was only one side of it.  There is another table with just as many coupons and inserts spread all over it.

My family knows when I’m doing a bigger shopping trip.  The scissors are out, it looks like my inserts exploded and there are little pieces of white copy paper overflowing from the garbage pail.  They leave me alone during this intense period of preparation.  Or maybe they are just afraid that if they come in the room, I might ask them to help clean up the exploded coupons.  Hmm, come to think of it, I think that might be it.

But, they are always happy with the after shopping result.  As am I.

Here is what I picked up at ShopRite and Pathmark.

::Shoprite

4 Bailey’s Coffee Creamer (I can never have enough creamer!)
2 Tostitos Chips
2 Tostitos Salsa
4 Kellogg’s Fiber Plus Bars
1 Old El Paso Chili Seasoning
1 Edy’s Ice Cream
2 Clairol Natural Instinct (found the $3.99 clearance..woohoo!)
4 Knorr Vegetable Soup Mix
6 Starburst
12 Birdseye Steamfresh Veggies
2 Angel Soft Bath Tissue
1 Twin Pack London Broil
2 Al Fresco Chicken Sausage
4 packages Butterball Ground Turkey
4 Santa Cruz Juices

Coupons Used:
$5 off $50 from the Entertainment Book
-(4)$1/1 Bailey’s
-(2)$0.55/1 Tostitos Chips
-(2)$0.55/1 Tostitos Salsa
-(4)$2/1 Kellogg’s Fiber Plus
-(2)$2/1 Clairol
-$0.50/1 Knorr
-(3)$0.50/2 Starburst
-(4)$1/3 Birdseye
-(2)$0.50/1 Angel Soft
-(2)$1/1 Al Fresco
-(4)$0.75/1 Butterball
-(4)$0.75/1 Santa Cruz

Paid: $36.30
Saved: $134.67
Received: $8 Catalina for the Natural Instincts

::Pathmark

4 Honey Nut Chex $1.50 each
4 Golden Grahams $1.50 each
4 Suave Deodorant $0.99 each
2 Caress Body Wash $2.49 each

Coupons:
$1/2 Zavers Chex
-(4)$0.75/1 Chex
-(4)$0.75/1 Golden Grahams
-(2)$0.50/1 Suave Deodorant
-(2)$0.75/1 Suave Deodorant (doubled $0.75 + $0.24)
-(2)$0.75/1 Caress
+$0.42 tax

Paid: $1.40
Saved: $50.48
Received: $8 Catalina (GM) & $4 Catalina (Unilever)

::Total

Paid: $37.70
Saved: $185.15
Received: $20 in catalinas
Final Price after Coupons & Catalinas: $17.70 for $222.85 worth of groceries!  That is a 92% savings.  And, when I can do that when I’m purchasing a bunch of meat, I’m a very happy couponer!

Did I mention how much I {heart} coupons!  They totally rock.

Make sure you head over to the ShopRite Match Ups & the Pathmark Match Ups to check out these deals.  Be sure to scroll down to see them all.

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