College Couponing
I haven’t posted any of my daughter’s trips in a while. I thought that maybe they were slacking off. But, then I get a call from my daughter Nikki, who is now back at college. She said she just did her first couponing trip while back at school. Here was our conversation:
Nikki: I just went to Stop & Shop and used coupons
Me: That’s great! I can put it up on the site
Nikki: I’ll only take a picture of the things I used coupons for
Me: No, no, I like to show readers true couponing, not just the stuff that we get with coupons only. The complete trip
Nikki: But some stuff there were coupons for but I didn’t have the coupons
Me: That’s okay, take a picture of your complete shopping trip. That’s all part of couponing, sometimes we don’t have the coupons we need for things we would like to buy. So I like to show readers the actual trip.
So, here is Nikki’s first college couponing trip at Stop & Shop:
2 Ortega Seasoning packets $.67 each (on sale from .89 each)
Classico Tomato Sauce $2.95 <–ouch, okay that one hurt 🙂
General Mills Trix Cereal $2.00 (on sale from 3.79)
Smart Balance Lactose Free Milk $2.99 (on sale from 3.69)
2 Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls $2.00 each(on sale from 3.29 each)
Softsoap Liquid Hand Soap $1.39 (on sale from 1.99)
Powerade $.77 (on sale from $1.00)
Stop and Shop Bottled Water $3.34 (on sale from 3.99) (plus bottle deposit of $1.20)
Stop and Shop Cinnamon Roll Oatmeal $2.00 (on sale from $2.19)
Stop and Shop Cran-Apple Juice $2.00 (on sale from 2.50)
Minced Garlic $1.99
Stop and Shop Shredded Cheddar Cheese $2.69
Perdue Ground Turkey $3.14 (on sale from $3.77)
2 YoCrunch Yogurts $.89 each
Coupons Used:
–$.7o/1 Soft Soap coupon
–$1.00/2 Ortega coupon
–$.40/2 Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls coupon
–$.75/1 Smart Balance coupon
–$.50/1 General Mills coupon
-$0.50/1 Classico coupon (I think this coupon was a peelie)
Total before savings= $41.89
Coupons= $6.70
Total Savings= $15.00
Total OOP= 26.89
That is a 36% savings. And, I’m good with that. She didn’t have a lot of coupons with her and what I did notice was that at least most of the items she picked up were on sale. So, even though she didn’t have a lot of coupons to lower her savings, she at least took advantage of sales.
And, honestly, she really didn’t have to buy a lot because she had been “stockpiling” all summer while at home.