Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Couponing Night!!
I will be having another "Couponing Night"
at my house
Thursday, June 30 - 8:00pm
at my house
Thursday, June 30 - 8:00pm
This is for those of you who love couponing, or who are new to couponing,
to get together & chat about the deals, policy's & "politics" of it all.
Learn how to get the best deals at the lowest prices!
Reduce your grocery spending by up to 50% or More!!
***** There have been some very exciting new developments in our town of Golden!!! Can't wait to fill you in on the details!!!!! *****
***** There have been some very exciting new developments in our town of Golden!!! Can't wait to fill you in on the details!!!!! *****
If you are interested, PLEASE RSVP, send me a message and I can give you further details!!
PS: Bring coupons you would like to exchange!!
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Coupon Match-ups for Golden Sobeys & Overwaitea June 17-25
Sobeys Flyer - June 17-23
There are LOTS of great sales at Sobeys this week. Its their BOGO event. So here are just a few of the awesome deals that I liked:
- 1 lb strawberries = $0.99 (I price matched at overwaitea, I tend to like the produce there better)
- Cascade action pacs = $5.99, use your $1.50 off coupon from P&G inserts to make it $4.50
- Bicks & McLarens pickles = $2.99, use $0.75 tearpad found in store to get them for $2.25 each!
- Compliments Tuna is on sale for $0.99 each
- Bicks green rellish = $1.99, use $0.75 Bicks pickles coupon and get them for $1.25
- Buy 2 palmolive dish detergents & get a 3rd free! use your $1.00 off coupon wub2, and get 3 products for $4.00!
Overwaitea Foods - June 19-25
Well! I found a wicked awesome deal here today!!!Campbells canned soups are on sale for $0.59 each! They also have tear pads "Save $1 when you buy any 4 campbells products! Buy 4 for $0.34 each!!!! I've never bought this for that cheap before! I bought 48 cans for $16.32! Gonna go back and get my year supply once I look back and see how much I need. Won't get this cheep again for a long time!Stock up!! Coupons are good till July 31.
- Prawns 454g, are BOGO! Limit 6 free
- Pork Ribs are BOGO!
- Kraft single slices are $4.99 each, use $1.00 off coupon from save.ca to get it for $3.99!
- Tampax = $3.99
DON'T FORGET TO USE YOUR COUPONS FOR
FREE CHOCOLATE CHEERIOS, or Fiber 1 Brown Sugar Shredded Wheat
on TUESDAY June 21st!!
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Golden Sobeys & Overwaitea Flyer Deals & Coupon Match-ups June 11-16
Sobeys Flyer
Friday June 10-Thursday June 16
- Cheese Wiz - $4.99 each! 3 days only sale, Ends Sunday
- Raspberries "Driscoll" - $1.77 each, Use your $0.50 printed coupon & price match it at Overwaitea
- Dove Beauty Bar 8x90g - Use $2 off when you buy two different Dove products (you need to buy another product from Dove Tho)
- Kraft Shredded Cheese $6.99 - Use $1 off Kraft Shredded Cheese Coupon & make it $5.99!
- Crest Pro Health Toothpaste is on for 2/$4 - Use 2/$1 off any crest product coupons to make them $1 each!
- Dial Nutriskin Lotion $3.99 - Use $1.50 off coupon from websaver to make it $2.49!
- Aveeno Hair Care $6.99 each - Buy 2 and use your $3.00 off (tearpad) coupon & get two bottles for $10.99!
Overwaitea Flyer
Sunday June 12 - Saturday June 18
- Pork Tenderloin! BOGO! Limit 8 free
- Folgers Classic coffee 920g - $6.99 each (no coupon, but great price!)
- Bick's Pickles $3.49 - Use $0.75 coupon to make each bottle $2.75!
- Coke! Case of 24 is on for $6.99! great price!
- Heinz Beans & Alpha-getti pasta are $0.69 each!!!
- Skippy Peanut butter is $3.99 each!!!!
- Oasis Health Break Juice (1.75 lt) is on for 2/$6, Use 2/$0.75 coupons to get two juices for $4.50!
- Iams cat food is on for $16.99, Use $2 off coupons from P&G & buy it for $14.99!
- Tums $3.99 each - Use your $2 off coupon wub2 & get two bottles for $6.00!
- Dove Hair care is on for $3.99....price match the $1 Dove soap from Sobeys, get one Dove hair product....use $2 off coupons from Redplum inserts and get both of them for $3.00!
Friday, June 10, 2011
Couponing Info Night
I will be having another "Couponing Night"
at my house
Tuesday, June 14 - 8:00pm
at my house
Tuesday, June 14 - 8:00pm
This is for those of you who love couponing, or who are new to couponing,
to get together & chat about the deals, policy's & "politics" of it all.
Learn how to get the best deals at the lowest prices!
Reduce your grocery spending by up to 50% or More!!
If you are interested,
please send me a message and I can give you further details!!
PS: Bring coupons you would like to exchange or trade!
PS: Bring coupons you would like to exchange or trade!
Monday, June 6, 2011
The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly of Couponing
The Good!
Well, the "Good" about couponing is that it gives everyone the opportunity to save money. You can choose if you want to save a little or a lot just by how diligent you are about collecting & using coupons.
It has allowed me to see another avenue of consumerism. One that I never thought ever existed. I can buy more groceries, and be more financially stable than ever before WITH a growing family. Strange...but true! I always thought the bigger your kids got, the more money you would be spending on food. With coupons, kids can be affordable and not break my bank!! Its great!
The manufacturers are also benefiting huge from all the couponing Buzz. Their volume of sales are increasing, thus making them great competitors. Consumers are getting the opportunity to try their product, hereby generating more feedback, word of mouth advertising, and a greater percentage of customers who will buy their products again, and again. Its a win, win.
The Bad
In the past few months, Couponing has increasingly become more popular due to the TLC series "Extreme Couponing". And so it should! What great awareness it has brought to everyone in Canada & the USA that we can all have the opportunity to save so much money!
The problem with all of this is the undefined "Coupon Etiquette". Its all just kinda left up to each individual to decide what is or isn't OK. People are now clearing shelves, printing mass amounts of coupons, and being "demanding" towards store employees thinking "The customer is always right". Well, sorry to burst everyone's bubble, but the customer can be wrong. The "couponers" who are purchasing items in this manner are making a bad name for the rest of us. There needs to be respect for both sides of this equation for things to work smoothly. The retailer & its employees need to be 100% up to speed on their couponing policy's & practices. Same goes for the consumer.
Consumers & Retailers are both getting increasingly irritated with each other. Yet, there are no clear defined RULES to this game that everyone has now jumped on the bandwagon for.
There are the demanding & sometimes quite ignorant customers trying to use hundreds of coupons in a single transaction during peak hours. This irritates other customers waiting in line, & creates anxiety for the employees. This is the primary reason retailers are quickly changing couponing policy's to restrict this type of behaviour.
This is seriously harming the abilities for the rest of us to save as much money, who now are depending on coupons to maintain their household budgets. The policy's are being changed to "limit" the use of coupons, not promote it. If we all had enough common sense to have a little bit of coupon etiquette, retailers would be working in our favor, not against it.
I have heard of all sorts of arguments occurring between customers & retailers, everything short of an actual fist fight....its ridiculous, and unnecessary. This is usually over how policy's are read & understood. Since most policy's are vague & poorly written, it is just inviting conflict. Retailers need to have a serious look at this and make policy's that communicate clearly ,with out question, what is, and is not acceptable for their stores.
Couponers in general, shop on a regular basis. We are a group of individuals who seek out the best deals between an assortment of stores......and we talk about it. Our little chit chat on facebook, forums & blogs can quickly snowball to involve many (sometimes hundreds) of people. If someone has a justifiably negative experience with a particular store, franchise, or chain....people are gonna hear about it. This can & will affect that retailer in some sort of way. Retailers need to be just as invested in developing & learning their own coupon policy's. Coupon training is the key. They can have the best policy in the world, but if the staff don't know it, understand it, & cannot process it....it will cause havoc at the tills.
& The Ugly
In general, serious "Couponers" will look out for the best deals and combine them with their coupons to potentially & frequently get items for free. A lot of people will begin to create stockpiles full of household items that will last them for 6 months up to a year. This will include everything nonperishable from canned peaches to laundry soap. Purchasing large amounts of product is great..as long as you use it.
The Ugly, is the potential devastating addiction of couponing and shopping, that turns into hoarding. Hoarding happens when items are purchased, get stored but never used or donated. They just collect dust.
There is a certain "high" that a person gets when they score the best possible deal and get a lot of product for nothing. The problem is, people are purchasing products just because it very cheap or free...not because they need or use it. They also have a very hard time giving it away to those who may benefit from it. Homes turn into storage units. Even though these people never before had been hoarders, the simple ability to go shopping when they never could afford to before, is surreal. To some it feels like winning the lottery. Another potential danger is simply spending a dollar on something that you don't use or need just because it is cheap. Each time is another dollar. Those dollars can add up very quickly into hundreds.... Hundreds that they don't have. If you have a friend struggling with this, help them. Don't ignore it. Lists are great. Make a list of items that you will use, that you can store for long periods of time. Stick to your list, & donate the rest.
So, here are a few etiquette guidelines to couponing
Keep clipping! & Happy Couponing!
Well, the "Good" about couponing is that it gives everyone the opportunity to save money. You can choose if you want to save a little or a lot just by how diligent you are about collecting & using coupons.
It has allowed me to see another avenue of consumerism. One that I never thought ever existed. I can buy more groceries, and be more financially stable than ever before WITH a growing family. Strange...but true! I always thought the bigger your kids got, the more money you would be spending on food. With coupons, kids can be affordable and not break my bank!! Its great!
The manufacturers are also benefiting huge from all the couponing Buzz. Their volume of sales are increasing, thus making them great competitors. Consumers are getting the opportunity to try their product, hereby generating more feedback, word of mouth advertising, and a greater percentage of customers who will buy their products again, and again. Its a win, win.
The Bad
In the past few months, Couponing has increasingly become more popular due to the TLC series "Extreme Couponing". And so it should! What great awareness it has brought to everyone in Canada & the USA that we can all have the opportunity to save so much money!
The problem with all of this is the undefined "Coupon Etiquette". Its all just kinda left up to each individual to decide what is or isn't OK. People are now clearing shelves, printing mass amounts of coupons, and being "demanding" towards store employees thinking "The customer is always right". Well, sorry to burst everyone's bubble, but the customer can be wrong. The "couponers" who are purchasing items in this manner are making a bad name for the rest of us. There needs to be respect for both sides of this equation for things to work smoothly. The retailer & its employees need to be 100% up to speed on their couponing policy's & practices. Same goes for the consumer.
Consumers & Retailers are both getting increasingly irritated with each other. Yet, there are no clear defined RULES to this game that everyone has now jumped on the bandwagon for.
There are the demanding & sometimes quite ignorant customers trying to use hundreds of coupons in a single transaction during peak hours. This irritates other customers waiting in line, & creates anxiety for the employees. This is the primary reason retailers are quickly changing couponing policy's to restrict this type of behaviour.
This is seriously harming the abilities for the rest of us to save as much money, who now are depending on coupons to maintain their household budgets. The policy's are being changed to "limit" the use of coupons, not promote it. If we all had enough common sense to have a little bit of coupon etiquette, retailers would be working in our favor, not against it.
I have heard of all sorts of arguments occurring between customers & retailers, everything short of an actual fist fight....its ridiculous, and unnecessary. This is usually over how policy's are read & understood. Since most policy's are vague & poorly written, it is just inviting conflict. Retailers need to have a serious look at this and make policy's that communicate clearly ,with out question, what is, and is not acceptable for their stores.
Couponers in general, shop on a regular basis. We are a group of individuals who seek out the best deals between an assortment of stores......and we talk about it. Our little chit chat on facebook, forums & blogs can quickly snowball to involve many (sometimes hundreds) of people. If someone has a justifiably negative experience with a particular store, franchise, or chain....people are gonna hear about it. This can & will affect that retailer in some sort of way. Retailers need to be just as invested in developing & learning their own coupon policy's. Coupon training is the key. They can have the best policy in the world, but if the staff don't know it, understand it, & cannot process it....it will cause havoc at the tills.
& The Ugly
In general, serious "Couponers" will look out for the best deals and combine them with their coupons to potentially & frequently get items for free. A lot of people will begin to create stockpiles full of household items that will last them for 6 months up to a year. This will include everything nonperishable from canned peaches to laundry soap. Purchasing large amounts of product is great..as long as you use it.
The Ugly, is the potential devastating addiction of couponing and shopping, that turns into hoarding. Hoarding happens when items are purchased, get stored but never used or donated. They just collect dust.
There is a certain "high" that a person gets when they score the best possible deal and get a lot of product for nothing. The problem is, people are purchasing products just because it very cheap or free...not because they need or use it. They also have a very hard time giving it away to those who may benefit from it. Homes turn into storage units. Even though these people never before had been hoarders, the simple ability to go shopping when they never could afford to before, is surreal. To some it feels like winning the lottery. Another potential danger is simply spending a dollar on something that you don't use or need just because it is cheap. Each time is another dollar. Those dollars can add up very quickly into hundreds.... Hundreds that they don't have. If you have a friend struggling with this, help them. Don't ignore it. Lists are great. Make a list of items that you will use, that you can store for long periods of time. Stick to your list, & donate the rest.
So, here are a few etiquette guidelines to couponing
- Never clear the shelves! If you intend of purchasing a large amount, call the store ahead of time. They will be more than happy to have a few boxes in the back just for you. This will save them valuable time re-stocking the shelves, and other customers will be able to purchase product as well.
- Go to cashiers who know how to deal with coupons
- If you are unsure about what exactly the policy is...ASK! Don't argue. Call ahead and get the answers to your questions before you shop. Policy's change frequently. Ask if there have been any recent changes.
- When you have intentions of doing a large "couponing" shop, inform the store before you go. They will be more likely to make your trip enjoyable and positive for everyone
- Be respectful of peak hours in stores. Do not unload your binder full of coupons on a cashier who has a line-up. It is stressful, annoying, and flustrating for everyone waiting on you. People generally DON'T have all the time in the world to wait for you to cash out. Shop & check out when they have time for you if it is a large order.
- The cashiers are your best friends, not the enemy. Find a great cashier
- Know your coupons! & don't Cheat! Use the proper valid coupons on each product. Don't photocopy internet coupons that only allow a certain amount of prints per computer. Eventually the store will get dinged for it, and the retailer will usually stop or restrict the use of internet printed coupons. Don't ruin it for the rest of us.
Keep clipping! & Happy Couponing!
Friday, June 3, 2011
Grocery Store Coupon Policy's
By request, here is Steven Zussino's Free e-book for store policys in Canada for Couponing. Steven Zussino has created the site www.groceryalerts.ca. It is a wonderful site, with tonnes of great information. Grocery Alerts also has a section on facebook designed for logging the coupons that you have available to trade! It's great! Take a look!
Grocery Alerts E-Book
Grocery Alerts E-Book
Overwaitea Foods Flyer Deals June 5-11
Here are a few great deals that I noticed for our
Overwaitea Foods grocery store:
- Chef Boyardee pasta in cans - 5/$5, and you can find $0.50 off coupons in Pogo boxes to make them $0.50 each. This would make it 5/$2.50!!
- Kraft cream cheese - 2/$5, and you can find a $1 off coupon through facebook fan page. Would make it $1.50 each!
- Frenches Yellow mustard 250g - $1.49 each, there are tear pads out there for B2G $1 off, also $0.50 coupons making each bottle $1.00 each! (these tear pads are found on the Sobeys shelf too)
- Old Spice deodorant - 2/$4, if you have any P&G coupons left there are B2G $3 off, making these $0.50 each!!!
- Asprin is on for $6.99 - Use the $3 printable coupon found on my blog to make each box $3.99!! great deal!
- Abreva $16.99 - use $3.00 tear pad to make it $13.99 (sorry, got the tear pad in Calgary and cant remember which store :(
- Windex Glass Cleaner $2.99 each - Use B1G1 Free coupon in smartsource and get them for $1.50 each wub2!
Thursday, June 2, 2011
My Extreme Couponing Trip to LD - Part 3 !! The Cash Out!
My spreadsheet shopping list was compiled with about 249 individual items, with a retail value of just over $1080 not including taxes. I estimated my savings to be around 82% based on the total value of my coupons that I was going to use and some price matching. ....this was at least the plan.
The items that I was purchasing were:
Majority of these items I will keep for myself, & some will be given away or donated. Other items such as diapers I purchased for friends as gifts. The entire list has a home & will get used.
Our shopping was completed at around 6:00pm. I checked with the cashier at the Customer Service desk to see if they were ready for me. They just needed to call up another employee & sort some things out and they would be ready to go!
My heart was pounding...I knew by the spreadsheet I made, the value of this purchase was over $1000. I did not have that kind of money to spend...I made one last prayer hoping that this was all going to work as planned. I took a deep breath...and started with the check-out.
I started with the cart that had hair products, toothpaste, makeup, diapers, lotions etc. I placed each set of like items on the counter. Counted them, and matched up the correct coupons. This was done with every item. Some of the items needed price matching where I had to take the competitors flyer
While we were price matching, some of the items were coming in much lower than I anticipated...much much lower! I am so glad that I had my friend there to help! She practically ran a marathon grabbing me extra products that we could purchase. One example was the Olay products. I estimated that I could purchase four bottles...I ended up with TEN! this happened a lot! She ran back to the shelves twice for that one! Laundry soap was another as well as other cleaning products. Thank-you sooooo much to my special friend!! I could not have done this with out you!!!!
As the second cart was getting rung through I was getting more and more excited..it was working!! my total had not yet reached $200. It was awesome!!!! but we weren't done! Just a few more items....then it happened.......
OH CRAP!!!! what the hell is going on...what is happening!!??!!??...the computer froze. It would not allow any more scans, voids or entries. All it was saying was "Must Tender Sale"!!! Holy Cow!! ....its doing what I've been seeing on the TLC Extreme Couponing show!!! lol awesome. The cashiers, managers and us had no idea what to do! lol. We stood there stunned, just shaking our heads, praying that we would not have to ring all of this in all over again. I was happy that the staff were not stressed or upset...we were all kinda laughing at it. We had to cash out....that was all we could do. We did this and corrected the last entries made on the next transaction...it all worked out. THANK GOD!!!!
I did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I accomplished my mission. I now just proved to myself, friends and family that this CAN be done at this level in CANADA!!
Total Paid: $169.15....Saved $774.36....Total Bill Was:$943.51 (including price matching! so bill should have been about 10% more if I used only LD prices) Saved 82% ++ More than $45 of my final total was just in taxes!!
What a rush! Now that I have done it, there is no stopping me from doing it again. I will always use coupons. It would be silly for me not to.
My home is now stocked with the items that I purchased at London Drugs for the next year! My next shopping trip will be much different. I will not be purchasing the same items again. Instead I will be stocking up on the other things such as food items that I can store for 6 months to a year. My inventory is almost complete! I am estimating that by September, I will be at the point where I will need to only shop for fresh fruits, vegetables, and meats. Everything else I will have in my stockpile. I will only begin to re-stock when my inventories get down to about 50%.
I am delighted that I saved so much, that I proved it to my friends & family. My own family is a lot more relaxed knowing that we don't need to worry about purchasing such high priced items for a long time. Its a great feeling.
Even though I have completed this massive shop, I have not stopped. I am now in full swing prepping for the next trip. I love it, and will keep you all in the loop on my shopping journey!!
Keep Clipping!!, Happy Couponing!!
The items that I was purchasing were:
| Toothpaste/floss/toothbrushes/rinse | quantity |
| Listerine 1 lt | 1 |
| Crest pro health for me | 1 |
| Crest pro health for me | 1 |
| Crest pro health for me | 5 |
| colgate total | 2 |
| Colgate sensitive toothpaste(2/4/1) | 2 |
| Colgate 360 toothbrush | 3 |
| sensodine pronamel TP | 1 |
| Crest reg toothpaste (130+ml) | 18 |
| Arm & hammer spin brush | 2 |
| TOTAL | 36 |
| Shampoo/Conditioners | quantity |
| head and shoulders conditioner | 4 |
| l'oreal shampoo | 1 |
| Herbal essences | 1 |
| St Ives facial product | 1 |
| TOTAL | 7 |
| Deodorants/Razors | quantity |
| Dove products | 4 |
| Olay – body ribbons | 8 |
| Gillette Deodorant | 2 |
| Stayfree (4/$8) | 12 |
| noxema | 4 |
| venus razor disposable | 3 |
| TOTAL | 33 |
| Pet Items | quantity |
| Iams cat food – wet can | 2 |
| Iams kitten food dry | 2 |
| TOTAL | 4 |
| Laundry/Cleaners | quantity |
| Royal tissues | 12 |
| sunlight | 4 |
| sunlight dish (1) + (2) Dawn | 3 |
| Purex Laundry | 5 |
| scrubbing bubbles power sprayer | 2 |
| scrubbing bubbles toilet gel | 4 |
| scrubbing bubbles areosol | 4 |
| RAID | 4 |
| Glade automatic room spray holder | 2 |
| glade automatic room spray refill (B1G1) | 3 |
| Glade sense and spray holder | 1 |
| glade sense and spray refill (BOGO | 3 |
| Febreze 800 ml | 2 |
| bounce dryer Bar | 2 |
| Mr Clean liquid | 5 |
| Fantastic trigger (BOGO) | 6 |
| lysol trigger sprayers | 4 |
| Finish Jet Dry | 10 |
| Finish dishwasher cleaner | 1 |
| Finish dishwasher tabs | 17 |
| OFF | 2 |
| tide | 5 |
| Vileda scrubber | 2 |
| Arm & hammer laundry det. | 1 |
| fleecy | 4 |
| fleecy sheets | 1 |
| Duracell Ultra Batteries 4 packs | 2 |
| TOTAL | 111 |
| Hair Dyes & Make-up etc | quantity |
| l'oreal sublime mousse | 1 |
| covergirl makeup – any | 2 |
| Nice n easy hair color | 2 |
| TOTAL | 5 |
| Baby | quantity |
| Pampers & Wipes | 3 |
| Similac | 1 |
| TOTAL | 4 |
| Meds/Vitamins | quantity |
| Motrin Liquid gels 72's | 6 |
| Robax | 1 |
| Tums | 2 |
| Tylenol – childrens | 2 |
| Tylenol – Rapid release (40's) | 3 |
| Day/night Quil | 2 |
| Breath Right (10`s) | 2 |
| Zantac | 3 |
| Advil nighttime (10's) | 6 |
| TOTAL | 27 |
| FOOD | quantity |
| Dr.pepper 2lt | 16 |
| Aquafina Plus Vitamins water | 6 |
| TOTAL | 22 |
| TOTAL of all Totals | 249 |
Majority of these items I will keep for myself, & some will be given away or donated. Other items such as diapers I purchased for friends as gifts. The entire list has a home & will get used.
Our shopping was completed at around 6:00pm. I checked with the cashier at the Customer Service desk to see if they were ready for me. They just needed to call up another employee & sort some things out and they would be ready to go!
My heart was pounding...I knew by the spreadsheet I made, the value of this purchase was over $1000. I did not have that kind of money to spend...I made one last prayer hoping that this was all going to work as planned. I took a deep breath...and started with the check-out.
I started with the cart that had hair products, toothpaste, makeup, diapers, lotions etc. I placed each set of like items on the counter. Counted them, and matched up the correct coupons. This was done with every item. Some of the items needed price matching where I had to take the competitors flyer
While we were price matching, some of the items were coming in much lower than I anticipated...much much lower! I am so glad that I had my friend there to help! She practically ran a marathon grabbing me extra products that we could purchase. One example was the Olay products. I estimated that I could purchase four bottles...I ended up with TEN! this happened a lot! She ran back to the shelves twice for that one! Laundry soap was another as well as other cleaning products. Thank-you sooooo much to my special friend!! I could not have done this with out you!!!!
As the second cart was getting rung through I was getting more and more excited..it was working!! my total had not yet reached $200. It was awesome!!!! but we weren't done! Just a few more items....then it happened.......
OH CRAP!!!! what the hell is going on...what is happening!!??!!??...the computer froze. It would not allow any more scans, voids or entries. All it was saying was "Must Tender Sale"!!! Holy Cow!! ....its doing what I've been seeing on the TLC Extreme Couponing show!!! lol awesome. The cashiers, managers and us had no idea what to do! lol. We stood there stunned, just shaking our heads, praying that we would not have to ring all of this in all over again. I was happy that the staff were not stressed or upset...we were all kinda laughing at it. We had to cash out....that was all we could do. We did this and corrected the last entries made on the next transaction...it all worked out. THANK GOD!!!!
I did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I accomplished my mission. I now just proved to myself, friends and family that this CAN be done at this level in CANADA!!
Total Paid: $169.15....Saved $774.36....Total Bill Was:$943.51 (including price matching! so bill should have been about 10% more if I used only LD prices) Saved 82% ++ More than $45 of my final total was just in taxes!!
What a rush! Now that I have done it, there is no stopping me from doing it again. I will always use coupons. It would be silly for me not to.
My home is now stocked with the items that I purchased at London Drugs for the next year! My next shopping trip will be much different. I will not be purchasing the same items again. Instead I will be stocking up on the other things such as food items that I can store for 6 months to a year. My inventory is almost complete! I am estimating that by September, I will be at the point where I will need to only shop for fresh fruits, vegetables, and meats. Everything else I will have in my stockpile. I will only begin to re-stock when my inventories get down to about 50%.
I am delighted that I saved so much, that I proved it to my friends & family. My own family is a lot more relaxed knowing that we don't need to worry about purchasing such high priced items for a long time. Its a great feeling.
Even though I have completed this massive shop, I have not stopped. I am now in full swing prepping for the next trip. I love it, and will keep you all in the loop on my shopping journey!!
Keep Clipping!!, Happy Couponing!!
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Couponing Night!
I will be having another "Couponing Night" at my house this Friday , June 3,
if anyone is interested.
if anyone is interested.
This is for those of you who love couponing, or who are new to couponing,
to get together & chat about the deals, policy's & "politics" of it all.
Learn how to get the best deals at the lowest prices!
Reduce your grocery spending by up to 50% or More!!
If you are interested,
please send me a message and I can give you further details!!
PS. If you like, bring coupons you would like to trade.
I will also have a lot that I got from the city that I don't need :)
PS. If you like, bring coupons you would like to trade.
I will also have a lot that I got from the city that I don't need :)
(PS: I really want that shirt, lol)
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