First day of Super Doubles!

Well, as I posted the other day, Super Doubles started today at Harris Teeter and I am very pleased with my purchases. Take a look at the picture below:

The above picture represents $52.01 in items. After all my coupons and card savings, my final out of pocket total was $4.27!!

I also got three containers of Wholly Guacamole yesterday for free, but I didn't post that one. When you add yesterday and today's savings, the grand total for the year in savings and rebates so far comes out to:

Total YTD purchases before coupons - $242.71
Total YTD out of pocket after coupons/rebates - $36.72
Savings - $208.28 (85%)

-Ben

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-Ben

Quick Trip Today... BIG Savings!

Just a small trip today, but I'm happy with what items I received!

Basically, everything Christmas is on sale at Rite-Aid for 75% off right now. These rock fountain garden things were included in the 75% off. The large one was $10 before sale, so $2.50 after. The small one was $5.99 and only $1.50 after sale. INSANE!!! I bought these as I figured they would make great gifts to someone throughout the year. The other item was some Christmas candy for a friend, and some household scrubbers that I had a coupon for.

Total before coupons - $20.39
Total out of pocket after coupons and previous UP+ rewards - $1.89
Savings - $18.50 (90.7%)

I like being able to do nice things for people and these gifts will come in very handy, and practically free!
What a great day!

-Ben

Harris Teeter Super Doubles Starts 1/5/2011!

Harris Teeter is going to have a week of SUPER DOUBLES starting this Wednesday through next Tuesday! For those of you who don't know how this works, they will double up to 20 coupons per VIC card per day up to $1.98 in value. That means a coupon for $1.00 is worth $2.00 and a $1.50 is worth $3.00!! Get your coupons ready my friends because you are in for a wild ride!

Check out Southern Savers for a complete list of coupon match-ups.

-Ben

Sunday Drug Store Adventures, Trip #2

In my previous post I mentioned that I went back to Walgreens for a second trip later in the day. Well, this trip was EXCELLENT! I was able to get a bunch of cat litter, some clearance cologne (CK One which is my favorite) and some more laundry detergent!

Had I not purchased the cologne, I would have basically purchased the two packages of dishwasher detergent for nothing, as with the coupon and RR I made a $0.74 profit on each. The 4 containers of Tidy Cat came out to $1.00 for 4 of them (plus tax), so $0.25 each before tax.

I love couponing :)

Total before coupons - $44.92
Total out of pocket after coupons and Register Rewards - $14.42
Savings - $30.50 or 68%!

So when you add up today's two trips, here's how I'm doing for the year (after only 2 days mind you)

Total YTD purchases before coupons - $164.25
Total YTD out of pocket after coupons/rebates - $30.50
Savings - $133.75 (81.4%)

Sunday Drug Store Adventures - Trip #1

I love Sundays because I hit the three big drug stores around here. CVS, Rite-Aid and Walgreens. Usually I get lots of great deals on other items besides food, such as toothpaste, deodorant, vitamins, etc. Today was no exception! I actually made a second trip later in the afternoon because I found out about another great deal when I looked through today's Smart Source insert and found a high value $2.25 off Finish Detergent coupon. See my second post for second trip today.

Here's what I got on my first trip this morning.

Rite-Aid was having a huge 75% off clearance on their Christmas stuff, so I got George a few things that I didn't even have a coupon for! Overall I did very well, and here's a rundown of the important items I purchased:

Walgreens
(1) Omega 3 Fish Oil Gels
(1) Finish Dishwasher Detergent

Total before coupons - $14.43
Total out of pocket after coupons and Register Rewards - $1.93

Savings - $12.50 or 86.6%!

CVS
(1) GE Energy Smart Lightbulb
(2) Viactiv Calcium Chews (B1G1 Free)
(4) Excedrin


Total before coupons - $37.32
Total out of pocket after coupons and Extra Care Bucks - $6.84
Savings - $30.48 or 81.7%!
Rite-Aid
(2) Wet Ones antibacterial wipes
(1) Centrum vitamins
(1) Gas-X
And a whole bunch of Christmas clearance items...


Total before coupons - $29.74
Total out of pocket after coupons and +UP/SCR Rewards - $0.74
Savings - $29.00 or 97.5%!

 All in all a very good day, and its all items we will use!


-Ben

First Trip of the Year - 1/1/2011

Today I hit Harris Teeter to grab a few things that I had seen on the clearance rack, and I had a few coupons for free items. And as I mentioned yesterday, Bloom was having Super Doubles today only so I had to take advantage of that! This picture shows everything I purchased today between the two stores.

For those of you interested, this is exactly what I purchased:

(2) Gatorade Fuel pouches
(2) Green Works Toilet Bowl cleaner
(1) Coffee-Mate Creamer
(2) Ritz crackers
(3) Borden cheese
(2) Philly Cream Cheese
(1) Treasure Cave Feta Cheese
(2) Banquet Frozen Fruit Pies
(1) Helluva Good Dip
(1) Lactaid Milk

Total cost before coupons - $37.84
Total cost after coupons - $6.57
Total savings - $31.27 (82.6%)

Total YTD savings - $31.27 (82.6%)

Off to a great start!

-Ben