Our not so Extreme Couponing trip!

If you haven't seen TLC's Extreme Couponing show on Wednesday 9 PM Eastern, 8 PM Central, it is certainly entertaining.

We collected some coupons and headed out to the stores here is how we did. We only had coupons from the last Sunday Local Paper.

1st Stop Walgreens

We picked up a customer vip card, or reward card, or whatever they call it. With our two manufacturer coupons, we scored 2 boxes of Hefty Zip Bags and 2 All Laundry Detergent.

The store promotion with their vip card was buy 1 get 1 free. With our manufacturer coupons for a buck off each, we saved 10.28 instore vip card, and 2.00 from our coupons, grand total of 12.28 off!

Hefty Bag 3.29 per box, All 6.99 per Bottle

Net Cost to us: 8.28, savings: 12. 28, we saved 60 percent ~!

Our next stop was the local Grocery Store. They have a VIP card too, which we have been members, and net over the last couple of years saved over 200-300 bucks.

We picked up Brownie Mix, Honey Mustard, A1-Grill Marinade, Folgers Coffee, and Yellow Squash.

VIP card savings brought the Squash from $1.99 to .89 cts per lb.

VIP card savings saved .90 off the brownie mix, .76 off the mustard, .30 off the coffee.

We had manufacturer coupons for the Brownie Mix: .50 off X 2 (double coupon savings up to .50), net savings 1.00, Mustard: .50 off X 2 (double saving), net savings 1.00, 1.00 coupon off A-1 marinade, and 1.00 off the Folgers.

Manufacturer Coupon Savings: 4.00

Grand Savings: 6.84

Net Savings: 53% off

Overall:

Paid: 14.30 from a total bill of 33.42, Savings Percent:57.2

To enhance our future trips, we ordered coupons directly from a Coupon Clipping Service. The service allows us to order the quantity or selection of a particular coupon that we want. So if we find a soup coupon that is really good, and that we would use, I will order the coupon in quantity and hammer out the savings at the store. This is pretty much what the extreme couponers do, but they are way over the top than me. At least at this point in time!

Especially with Gas being almost 4 bucks a gallon, these savings should off set the cost of fuel!!!

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Detroit Tigers (3-7)

It is not panic time yet in the Motor, but the Tigers need to get better overall. The hitting, the pitching, the fielding. Everything needs to get better. When the bottom of the order is getting on base, the top of the order is not hitting. When the few times the 1-3 hitters are on base, the middle of the order is not clicking. When the middle is mashing the ball, no one is one base. We need to get Magglio Ordonez hitting again, I figured he was a .295-.310 hitter this year, and so far .208.

Miguel Cabrera is leading in average, homerun, rbi, obs, and hits. Let's hope he stays sober!

Currently the Detroit Tigers are 5 games back of the Division Leading (scoff!) Cleveland Indians!

Spring.

It is believed that this weekend will finally keep spring in our 2011. It shall hit 80 this weekend, and baseball has started at the K. Time to get the backyard in working order. If we spent 40 hours collectively, another 80 could still be spent in cleaning up the mess!

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MSU losing to UCLA

It was pretty evident after the first 8 minutes that things were not going to look good for the men in green.

Reality Check Adrian Peterson

I knew there was a reason I didn't like Adrian Peterson, other than him being a Running Back for the Minnesota Vikings, he likes to make statements that are ignorant. (Ref. 1 & 2)

AP: It's modern-day slavery, you know? People kind of laugh at that, but there are people working at regular jobs who get treated the same way, too. With all the money … the owners are trying to get a different percentage, and bring in more money. I understand that; these are business-minded people. Of course this is what they are going to want to do. I understand that; it's how they got to where they are now. But as players, we have to stand our ground and say, 'Hey — without us, there's no football.' There are so many different perspectives from different players, and obviously we're not all on the same page — I don't know. I don't really see this going to where we'll be without football for a long time; there's too much money lost for the owners. Eventually, I feel that we'll get something done.

1. http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Adrian-Peterson-expresses-frustration-on-labor-i?urn=nfl-wp206

2. http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Ryan-Grant-Heath-Evans-take-issue-with-Peterson?urn=nfl-wp241

Modern Day Slavery?!?!?!?!?!?! Are you kidding me? (Ref. 3) Adrian Peterson has a maximum value of $40.5 million and including $17 million in guarantees. Modern Day Slavery?! It is my opinion that AP would be insulting this heritage with such ignorance. No one is keeping Peterson from walking away from the game of football. He could retire at any point, and still have potential millions in the bank.

Plus he is a Minnesota Viking, enough already. With gasoline being 3.50 a gallon, I think few normal working class people are going to be feeling bad for Adrian Peterson and his labor union woes.

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http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2953541