I totally rocked it today in the Coupon World. I finally had a manufacturers coupon match up with a grocery store's sale. The end result... FREE TOOTHPASTE!!
Here's how it worked.
I found a .50 cent coupon for a tube of Colgate toothpaste in the adds. I then saw that Kings was running a sale on Colgate toothpaste for .98 cents. I took my one tube of toothpaste and coupon to the cashier. At the register I got an additional .48 cents off. I really have no idea why I got the register added bonus. All I can come up with is maybe Kings doubles coupons or the Coupon Gods were trying to get me hooked on couponing.
With the grocery store sale price of .98 cent and the manufators .50 cent coupon and the additional register .48 cents coupon the toothpaste cost me $0!
Getting FREE toothpaste today made me really really happy! If I was a pro-couponista I would have had 50 Colgate manufacturer coupons and instead of 1 and came home with a ton of free toothpaste. I still have a lot to learn.
Showing posts with label Couponing. Show all posts
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
To Coupon or Not to Coupon
Preston and I watched the Extreme Couponing show on A&E about a month ago. Like so many others who saw the show, I thought I can do this and save a tone of money along the way.
A month later reality has set in. Couponing is hard work and takes a lot of effort. To save the big bucks you have to couple the coupon you get in the newspaper with a manufacturer coupon. The trick is finding the two coupons at the same time or running across a store that is having an awesome sale on an item you have a coupon for. This is exhausting just talking about it!
My grand scheme was to get a ton of items for almost free and then donate them to food banks, homeless shelters and send them to our troops. Unfortunately I honestly can't see myself spending the amount of time needed to research the deals of the week, finding the matching coupons and then shopping for the items. Preston and I are going to have to find another way to give back.
I think I have finally come to terms with not being an extreme couponer. I realized it's not my passion or priority. I'm okay giving up this short lived hobby.
But I do want to know- is anyone else having success with couponing?
A month later reality has set in. Couponing is hard work and takes a lot of effort. To save the big bucks you have to couple the coupon you get in the newspaper with a manufacturer coupon. The trick is finding the two coupons at the same time or running across a store that is having an awesome sale on an item you have a coupon for. This is exhausting just talking about it!
My grand scheme was to get a ton of items for almost free and then donate them to food banks, homeless shelters and send them to our troops. Unfortunately I honestly can't see myself spending the amount of time needed to research the deals of the week, finding the matching coupons and then shopping for the items. Preston and I are going to have to find another way to give back.
I think I have finally come to terms with not being an extreme couponer. I realized it's not my passion or priority. I'm okay giving up this short lived hobby.
But I do want to know- is anyone else having success with couponing?
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