We should all strive to be this good!

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Neat Couponing Article

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SmartSpending/blog/page.aspx?post=1742520&ocid=twmsnss

Weekly Meal plan

4/12-Steak, Corn on the Cob, Asparagus

4/13-Chicken Parmesan, Salad

4/14-Meatloaf, Green beans

4/15- Pineapple Chicken, Asparagus, Grapes

4/16-Lasagna Soup, Salad

4/17-Chicken enchiladas, Carrots, Grapes

4/18-Leftovers or sandwiches/soup

Another major success!!

So, today, I went and did some shopping at Walgreens! Remember military peeps, that you get 15-20% off on Tuesdays (at least you do here in FL). I bought 19 items, spent $19.90 and saved $22.28! That is a savings of 53%!! I know that wasn't a coupon savings, but I count it because I did a lot of work to save that much. I used coupons, weekly ad deals, and bought specifically on Tuesday to save the military discount! If we just count coupons, then I saved 29%! The two best deals of my day were:

Pepsi products were on sale, 2 liters for $1.00 and then I got the 15% off, so each 2 liter was only $0.85. That is like at least $0.20 cheaper than the commissary...I know...I just checked!

They had a sale on Right Guard deodorant, 2/$5. I got the two, downloaded two coupons for a total of 2.50 off, then got the military discount, so I only ended up paying $ 0.87 EACH. They are normally $3.50 each at Walmart!!

$3 Huggies Printable Coupon!!!!

Click here: Huggies Coupon

Another success!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, I have been working really hard to find a way to save more than my 11% on groceries and misc items. And today I DID IT!!! I saved 25% in coupons today. A total of $32 in coupon savings!! I spent $91 and got this:

2 56ct boxes of Huggies overnights

1 112ct box of Huggies regular diapers

1 80ct box of LUVS

1 Johnsons baby wash medium size

1 20 oz soda

42 big rolls of Quilted Northern

2 Benadryl anti-itch ointment (i actually got these for free with a 42 cent overage thanks to http://moneysavingmom.com/2010/04/free-benadryl-itch-relief-sticks.html)

How did I do this, you ask?

I had gotten several Huggies $3 off coupons from Money Saving Mom a while back, and stacked them with actual Target coupons. I did this same thing with the LUVS and Johnson Baby wash.

And, right now at Target, if you buy two qualifying diapers, you get a $5 Target gift card. I also had a coupon for the Quilted Northern and another coupon for $5 off if you spend $20 on qualifying items that I got from the newspaper coupon book.

I got the Benadryl anti-itch by using the $5/2 Benadryl items coupon from this weeks paper. Each one was $2.29, so $4.58, total, leaving me with the $0.42 overage which just went toward the total purchase!!

SUPER EXCITED!!

Success

I FINALLY got up to an 11% savings on my large grocery trip today. I have not been able to get more than about 10% off using coupons, but today, I did! I saved $25 in coupons! HOORAY. I know that doesn't seem like much, but I am getting there. Not to mention that most of the stuff that I bought was on sale, which cannot be reflected in a coupon. Something I had forgotten about the commissary is that they have military coupons for certain things that I can stack with a manufacturer coupon, so I got several things for dirt cheap!! PLUS, they had a managers special on chicken today, so I racked up! $1.69/lb for fresh breasts. Even my great Sams can beat that! I have been devoting more and more time into online coupon research, so if I find something new I will pass it on. I did add two new reference links, so check them out!