I used my last three coupons to get 4 free Barber Chickens. I used one more coupon to get the only Kame items left in the store- two pad thai sauces (super sad because I had a bunch more coupons and didn't get to use them because they were always out of stock). I grabbed four packets for Ortega Taco Powder which were free after coupon.
I got one box of the Tazo tea in a different flavor to see if it would ring up correctly and give me the $1.50 electronic coupon off this time. It is shelf price of $4.39 and after sale and coupon, it ends up being $0.50 so even at that price it seems like a good Christmas gift for my mother so I bought it. I will take back the receipt when one of the nicer customer service people is there and see if I can get the $1.50 back.
I grabbed a package of Orbit Bubblemint gum because it was one of the only flavors on the rebate that they carried in the store. It was on sale for $0.99 and the rebate was for $0.50 so worth the $0.49 to get the additional rebate as well as my husband likes gum when he is working in the yard.
My huge splurge was the four boxes of Big Chewy Granola Bars which my son and husband are addicted to! I would love to go back and count how many I have bought since the end of the summer but it seems we are well into the double digits. We only had two boxes left. They are shelf price at $2.69 and they were on sale for $2.00 with an additional evic store deal for $1.77 limit 4. I bought the limit to add to the cupboard and told me husband that I was going to start rationing them. He thought I was joking but I might have to hide the granola bars to make sure!!! So my total was crazy high because the granola bars alone were over $7.
I grabbed a few more rain checks but I don't know how helpful they will be and if I will even use them because it seems that the coupons and rain checks don't always go together later on some of these items. I guess I will see but you would be shocked to see my huge folder of rain checks that I already have since the Harris Teeter rain checks are good forever and never expire. I will be able to set the price on a lot of items for a long time with those neat little pieces of paper. They often come in handy when I am totally out of something and it isn't one sale so I am glad to have my rain check collection.
Total Retail $41.41
Total Savings $33.21
Total OOP $8.20
I wasn't super happy with my trip but I am glad that I went to
finish out the super doubles and get the items that I had coupons for
that were in stock. I certainly would have been a lot less happy if I
spent $41 on this very small amount of food so I will look at the
shopping cart half full :)
Hi Alison! I think you did really well! I enjoy your blog and I am really impressed with the way you are able to get so much for so little out of pocket. And I had to giggle at the granola bar threat because I have told my husband that I am going to ration the ice cream I buy from now on from him and our son! lol. (I wont really do it, but I think I made him think.) ;)
ReplyDeleteMy son wanted dessert this week and was very sad that we didn't have any ice cream. I told him that we had candy, M&Ms, marshmallows, chocolate cookies and more. He told me that he had ice cream set in his head so it was going to take him a little time to figure out what else to have. It is another thing that needs to rationed!! Sadly, it is something I can't keep out of either :( We will see how the granola bar addiction works out when they run out and they aren't refilled :)
DeleteSo $8 and change but $7 and change was the granola bars? LOL. Sounds to me like you make a killing! And you got your $5 bonus rebate from Ibotta too, right? Da-ang!
ReplyDeleteI hide things all the time. The problem is that then I forget where I put them. Last year I found some pudding cups and generic Pop Tarts on top of my laundry room's cabinet that had been there for 3 years! The pudding cups were fine but the poptarts had to be thrown away because they were so gross. I'm talking like 4 or 6 boxes of them so I was pissed :)
Okay, trying to put the extra $5.50 of Ibotta might make it a little better to not be upset with the $8 total :) We have one cupboard to "hide" items at the old house which was because it was out of my reach and my son's and my husband never went digging in there. Sometimes it is just hard to hide them from myself!! I don't have a spot in the new house yet so we will have to see where that ends up being. I would be totally bummed if I found things that had to be trashed too. Might not want to hide things that well :)
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