Shopping Trip: The Best of 2009!

by Natasha on December 30, 2009

What a great year it has been! Can I just tell you how thankful I am for coupons! I have saved my family a boat load of money this year by shopping sales while using coupons. In this post I have shared with you 4 of my really great shopping trips. You can do this too! If you need help starting out read this post

Combine these four trips together and here’s what you get!

I SAVED: $358.23
I SPENT: $30.04
I EARNED: $24.50
It’s like paying $5.54 for all the items in the shopping trips combined!


BEST KROGER TRIP

This was one of my best shopping trips I’ve ever had. It definitely proves that using coupons the right way can really save you money. See the full post here.

Groceries I bought were worth $213.88
I paid $19.58 Out Of Pocket
Received $8.00 in OYNO Catalinas
Coupons used $87.67
Total Savings $194.30
Total items purchased 66=30 cents per item.

Subtract the roast that was $6.00 and the $8.00 in OYNO Catalinas received. I only paid $5.58 for the rest of it! 

I did this order in two transactions, as you can see from the receipts the first order I saved 87% and the second order I saved 101%. How did I save 101%? I used the OYNO Catalina’s I received from the first transaction on the second to bring my OOP to $0.90.

BEST WALGREENS TRIP 
I choose this trip because I bought 6 packages of diapers and actually earned money buying them and the rest of the stuff in this picture! See full post here.
Total Paid $1.74
Total Saved 61.35

Submitted $4.50 Huggies MIR via Caregivers Marketplace
It’s like making $2.76 on all this stuff!

BEST CVS TRIP 
 I began shopping at CVS in August. I found that my money can go a long ways here, however their deals are very limited because of their card. **Not all of the items pictured were bought at CVS see the details here.

Total Paid on CVS gift card $3.91 (I do not include this total in the amount I spend because I used a gift card I earned by transferring my prescription.)
Total Saved $52.49
Extra Care Bucks Leftover $12.00
It’s like making $8.09 for this stuff!

BEST TARGET TRIP  
 This trip went so well because of their price matching policies unfortunately they have changed their policies since this trip so it’s harder to get good deals like this. *Not all of the items pictured were bought at Target, see the details here.

Total Paid $8.72

Total Saved $50.09

 

Related posts:

  1. Shopping Trip December 14, 2009
  2. Shopping Trip December 14, 2009
  3. October 3, 2009 Shopping Trip
  4. October 3, 2009 Shopping Trip
  5. Shopping Trip: December 4, 2009

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The Coupon Basics December 30, 2009 at 4:31 pm

Good Work!!!

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CJ Sime December 31, 2009 at 2:57 am

Oh-ho! I love this idea. You will need to do a linky next december and I will post to it. I will be sure to save my receipt. . .

AMAZING SAVINGS!!!

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