Weekend Coupon Adventures!

So what did I do this weekend?.... I went shopping with coupons! And it was fun! And exciting! And less stressful than I thought it would be... thanks to my pre-planning and organization skills. ;)

I ended up getting everything you see pictured above for $25.44 without coupons and sales promotions it would have cost me $66.28! I saved a total of $40.84. I am NOT an extreme couponer (yet) but, I think I still did damn good in savings!

Here's how I did it...

Hawaiian Tropic Suntan Lotion was $11.99 at Walgreens and on sale for BOGO I also had 2 coupons for $2.00 each off from prior Sunday circular's which = $7.99

Colgate Cavity Protection Toothpaste was on sale at Walmart for 0.97 cents. I had 7/$1.00 coupons from (MANY) prior Sunday circular's which gave me -0.03 cents overage on each tube of toothpaste! They will NOT of course give you the extra money back, but you can use the extra cents to go towards other items you buy in the same purchase. This was my BEST deal of the weekend!

Suave Body Wash was on sale at Walmart for $1.93 each and I had a coupon for BOGO from the prior Sunday circular making 4 bottles cost $3.86

Benadryl Anti Itch Stick was $2.46 I had a coupon for $1.00 off from Benadryl.com making it $1.46

Neurtogena Wet Skin Suntan Lotion was on sale at Target for $8.99 I had 1 Target coupon for $1.00 off and 1 manufacture coupon from the prior Sunday circular for $1.00 off which = $6.99

Degree Travel Size Deodorant is .97 cents at Target I had two manufacture coupons for .75 cents off each from the prior Sunday circular (and was able to use it on the travel size, because the coupon doesn't state an amount that has to be purchased) which = .22 cents!

Snuggle Exhilarations Fabric Softner is on sale at our Commissary for $2.49 I had 2 printable coupons from after "liking" thier facebook page for $1.00 off each which made them = $1.49 each

Curade Bandages are on sale at our Commissary for .99 cents each, I had two coupons for .50 cents off each from the prior Sunday circular and that made them = .49 cents each

Chap Stick brand chapstick is on sale at our Commissary for .99 cents each, I had a coupon for .25 cents off from the Commissary which made it = .74 cents.

So there ya have it folks! Simple savings you can do at each little shopping trip! Planning and organizing my trip took me a total of... maybe 20 minutes? Is saving $40.84 worth the hassle of 20 extra minutes to me?... I think... heck yes it is! lol!

'Tis the season to Deck the Halls and Shop till you drop!

Its the day after thanksgiving that means two things in the McC's house hold... it means waking up before dawn to get our shopping on (I think my MIL and I live for this day!) and it also means putting up the Christmas decor. We don't have a theme, but I love home made stuff so I have things from mom and my childhood that will go up, usually alot of the other items are my crafts. I have a few new items that will be joining the rest of my Christmas decoration clan... one is a Snowflake wreath that I have made... (another dollar store fabu favorite!) have I mentioned that I'm obbbbbsesssssssed with Snow and all things Snowflaked themed? The other is a window treatment for my front living room window. It's Not quite dollar store cheap but still under $10 bucks! I call it my "Wishing for a White Christmas" piece. Just because it doesn't snow in Mississippi doesn't mean I can't make it snow right? ;)

Good Saturday!

Today was good. Went shopping with my favorite little girl, bought a ton of new summer stuff for her (which was all on sale!) Woohoo! Also scanned a ton of my postcards, Ive been meaning to that for a while. Tedious work but hey now its done. Gonna catch up on some DVR and watch The Office and tomorrow were gonna go fly a kite. No really, a kite LOL! Hope the weather is nice.