Couponing!

Well, I see why people are addicting to couponing.

I have tried several times to get in the groove of couponing but I could never really figure it out. Yesterday though, I had a coupon breakthrough. I experienced my first coupon-high. Haha!

I got online yesterday and started looking at my favorite coupon blogs, Frugal Living NW and Coupon Connections, as well as the coupons on Target.com, and Coupons.com. After looking through them, I started seeing the deals making sense, sparked off the Simply Lemonade coupon that a guest at my work gave me (bless her heart).

So, I packed up my coupon box, and headed to Target where I can save even more by pairing the coupons with my discount and my Redcard. As I pulled into the parking lot, I received a call from my sister who happened to be on her way to my Target store too! It was a hilarious coincidence and it worked out perfectly for us!

A lot of the coupons I had were buy three, get one free type situations, so I was able to use my coupon and Kat was able to pay for half, because really, I don't need five boxes of Cherrios. :)

I was having a heart attack over how full my cart was. I don't think it's ever been so full before and I can see where the stress of couponing comes in, especially when we went through the check out lane and the total crept above $100 ($105.28 to be exact).

After Kat and I went through everything and divided it up between the two of us, I purchased the following items:

2 bags of Crispy Crowns
1 family sized Stoffer's Lasagna
1 family sized Stoffer's Mac-n-Cheese
1 bag of Nacho Cheese Doritos
1 bag of Taco Doritos
1 loaf of 12 Grain bread
1 package of Sandwich Thins
1 package of Pillsbury break-and-bake cookie dough
2 tubes toothpaste
2 toothbrushes
3 boxes angel hair pasta
1 package of turkey deli meat
2 triple meat Party Pizzas
2 pepperoni Party Pizzas
2 cans of Cream of Chicken
1 can refried beans
1 can olives
2 jars of spaghetti sauce
1 jar of alfredo sauce
1 box Cheez-Its
3 boxes of Cheerios
8 13-oz bottles of Simply Lemonade
9 13-oz bottles of Simply Apply juice
2 13-oz bottles of Simply Orange juice
4 13-oz bottles of Raspberry Lemonade

Total:

55 items = $105.28

BUT!

I spent a grand total of: $34.85

I am SO excited and am going to try and be really consistent with my couponing. I'll let you know if I find any really good deals.

Speaking of that, Coupon Connections actually blogged about a deal I found about toothpaste. Find it here. How cool is that? She got the location mixed up, I got my deal at the Sherwood store, but still! :) Whoo hoo for making a realllllly popular coupon blog! :)

Good luck! If you want any deal ideas or want to know how I got certain products, let me know and I will try my best to help.

Happy couponing!