Our Not- Extreme Couponing : Operation Charmin

Now I have some shame, but tonight I bought a few...packs of 12 Mega Rolls of Charmin Toliet Paper for 4.99, without a coupon. But hey, 4.99, you can't beat that with a stick, 2 cans and a old vhs machine. Well maybe you could with the vhs machine. Now, this was a One day sale at a regional supermaket. I tried, and tried to find a coupon, but none to be found.

Next time...I will be prepared.

Redwings Sweep Coyotes

And all is fine in Hockeytown until the next series.

Say good night to the Phoenix Coyotes, they will probably be sent packing by a new owner up to Canada. Hockey in the desert never seemed like it was right. Although, it doesn't seem right in Florida, Nashville, Anaheim...ect.

(our) not so extreme couponing: "small potatoes"

It is pretty interesting, in a week time, the amount of coupons we have added to our arsenal.

Some other items that we saved on that were not extreme was,

Iams Dog Food, (3 bucks)- the dogs were pumped about that purchase

Einstein Egg Bagel (2.80 off), for 2 bucks total. -the dogs would of been really pumped if they saw me eating that bagel yesterday.

Now if there was only a coupon off gasoline, that would make my day.

Our (extreme) couponing: Walgreens Operation Old Spice

Our attempt at not so "extreme" couponing continues...

Recently I purchased some coupons via clipping service. The "Mega-Pick" of the clipping service coupons was the Old Spice.

The Coupon: Buy 1 Old Spice Deodorant get 1 Old Spice Body Wash Free. The Old Spice Deodorant had to be their premium products (matterhorn, fuji, denali), which is not cheap.

The Deal: Walgreens, buy 1 Old Spice Deodorant at full price, get another for Half Off.

So bingo, I used 4 coupons, and bought 2 Old Spice Deodorant's at full price (5.49), and 2 at half price (2.25), and scored 4 free Body Wash (4.99).

Walgreen Savings: 4.50

Manufacturer Savings: 20.00

Net Retail: 42-45 bucks

Total Paid: 15.50

By utilizing the Walgreens card, the body wash cost fell to 4.99, which I believe it might be closer to 6 bucks.

Our Extreme Couponing: Walgreens Operation Nivea

This morning we purchased a sunday paper, reviewed the coupons and found that it was really worth buying two more.

With these coupons in hand, I reviewed the local ads and the best deal (for something that we use), was Nivea Body Wash. This stuff retails from 4.99 to 5.99 per bottle.

Being a Walgreen Member, the card discounted the bottles to 3.79. In the sunday paper, there was a coupon for $3 dollars off! So bam, each bottle was .79 cents. Heck, I think I may buy a few. The coupon flier had both a coupon for men and woman's. So with 3 papers, that is 6 bottles.

I also had a coupon for the Maalox for a buck off. The Walgreens reward card brought the retail bottle of 7.99 to 4.99, and with a coupon it was only 3.99. I originally thought the bottle would be 2.99, but it was 3.99. My barrier cost changes depending on the item, but generally I don't like paying more than 3 bucks for an item on sale, but Maalox is good until Feb of 2014, so bottle up!

Walgreen Reward Coupons: 13.20

News Paper MFG Coupons: 19.00

Total Cost Paid: 8.73 wo tax.

Total Percent Paid: 8.73/32.20= 27.1%

Discount Percent: 100-27.1= 72.9%

Was the 6 bucks paid for the sunday paper(s) worth it? Indeed.

There has been few times I was actually laughing while leaving the store, this time the house didn't win!