Sweet deals!

My friend Courtney has told me for probably two years how "fun" it is to coupon. I always thought, "Yeah right - I don't have time for that, plus, it is embarassing to stand in line with a bunch of coupons.." Well, then for the last month or so my sis-in-law Catherine has been doing it too, and I've been watching all the great deals she has been getting. So thought I would give it a shot. I wouldn't necessarily call it fun, but is definitely satisfying, doesn't take too much time and isn't that embarassing (at least when you don't know anyone behind you in line).

Take this for example. Today I went to Kmart (thanks Catherine for showing me the ropes and sharing your coupons!). They were having a double coupon event (every coupon you present is doubled). I got $148.41 worth of stuff for $47.03. That is pretty dang awesome if you ask me!

2 32-load containers of Arm and Hammer laundry detergent, 4 boxes of Multi-Grain Cheerios, 6 bottles of Scrubbing Bubbles, 1 bottle of Greased Lightening, 4 Ziploc vacuum freezer bags, 1 Oust carpet freshener, 2 Glade candle burners, 1 Glade candle refill, 6 packs of Icebreakers gum, 1 Neutrogena powder makeup, 1 Rimrell mascara, 1 box Kotex, 2 boxes 2000 flushes toilet bowl cleaner, 1 box Airborne medicine, 2 bags of fun size Butterfingers, 2 packs of Juicy Juice, 1 12-double roll Quilted Northern toilet paper

And, at the grocery store earlier this week I got some other great deals: $140.07 worth of stuff for $59.83.

4 pkgs of Pillsbury premade cookie dough, 2 bottles of Ocean Spray cranberry juice, 2 boxes of Captain Crunch, 2 boxes of Quaker Oatmeal Squares, 40 bottles of Earth's Best baby food, 2 packages of Dole fruit, 4 boxes of Toaster Strudels, 4 boxes of Green Giant frozen vegetables, 2 bags of Pillsbury biscuits, 6 bags of Viola dinners, 1 gallon of milk (no they didn't sell me the milk half full for a special price, we drank some of it before I decided to blog my great deals!)

Of course, I'm still going to have to purchase other groceries, but this puts me ahead in a lot of areas. I guess it is kind of fun to save money! So, clip your coupons (or print them, Kmart will take your printable coupons), and head out to save some cash!

Here are some recommended web sites:

http://fiddledeedeeblog.blogspot.com/
http://www.thethriftymama.com/
http://www.iheartcvs.com/

P.S. I didn't even take a pic of all the great deals at CVS (I've gotten tons of great stuff like toothpaste (6 tubes), deodorant (2 bottles), make up (2 bottles), Arnicare (3 tubes), candy, 8 12-packs of soda, 2 children's soap and more for $16 total...whoa!