Super Savings Saturday

I didn't get to HT on Saturday BUT I did get there Friday night. Friday night has to be one of my favorite times to go shopping. Hubs was home with the girls so I didn't have to go with them and I waited for them to go to bed so I don't feel bad missing time with them. There weren't many people in there and the staff that is there on Friday nights are GREAT! They really are wonderful. I did two transactions and here is what I got!
Transaction #1

• (3) Dial soap 3 bar packs - sale price $2.00 and had (3) $1 off Men's Dial bodywash coupons so these were free! (love the matching the UPC trick that I learned)
• (2) tubs Pampers wipes - sale price $2.50 and used (2) $1.50 off Pampers DIAPER coupons (matching the UPC again!) so these were free!
• Scotch Brite sponge 6 pack - on sale for BOGO, normal price 5.99, so $3 per pack if you buy one and had a $1 coupon that doubled making it $1 for a six pack of sponges!
• Caprisuns - on sale 2.75 and paired with $1 coupon for Caprisun morning drinks (I can't remember what they're called) but again the UPC matched!
• TGI Friday Buffalo Popcorn chicken (box) - on sale 3.34 and used the $2 catalina that printed off for the TGI Friday frozen skillet meal (UPC matched!) - 1.34 final cost
• Stouffers rigatoni with roasted chicken individual meal - on sale for $2.50 and then paired with a $1 coupon for Stouffer family meal (UPC match) - .50 final cost
• Stouffers Turkey Tetrazzini - on sale $2.50 and used another coupon stated above - .50 final cost
• (2) Kids Cuisine meals - $2 each and used $1/2 coupon so .50 each. I don't normally buy these but they are a great choice for hubs when he has the baby during the day and we don't have leftovers!
• (3) Digiorno Individual pizzas - $2.50 each and had $1 coupons, so .50 each
• Nancy's crabcakes - sale $4.65 each paired wiht $1.50 coupon - 1.65 cost
• (3) Kraft singles (the normal wrapped cheese) - sale price $2.49 each and had $1 Kraft coupon for something else and the UPC matched - .49 each final cost
• Oscar Meyer Deli Creations - $2.50 each and paired with $1 coupon - .50 final cost

All in all for all of the above my OOP cost was $12.56 and the order should have been $69.94

Transaction #2

• (2) Dial bar 3 packs of soap - $2.00 each, paired with $1 Dials Men bodywash coupon - free
• (2) 16 oz Quaker Oats old fashioned - $1.50 (raincheck price) and paired with $1 coupons - free
• (6) Clorox Bleach - $1.66 and $1.67 each and paired with (3) 1.50/2 coupons - final cost was .16-.17 each
• Scotch Bright 6 pack of sponges - same as above - $1.00 final cost
• Lea & Perrins Chicken Marinade (with the worcestshire sauce) - $2.50 and had $1 L&P Worcestshire coupon (UPC Match) - .50 cost
• (2) Air Wick 2 pack refills - $4.99 each (raincheck price) and paired with $1 coupons - $2.99 each
• Air Wick warmer - $1.25 paired with buy refill and get warmer for free - free
• (2) Hidden Valley Ranch - $2.99 each and paired with $1 coupon - .99 each
• KC Masterpiece BBQ Sauce - $2.19 paired with $1 coupon - .19 cost
• (3) bags Hanover mini pretzels - $2.00 each paired with $1 coupon for the organic pretzels (UPC Match) - free
• Lacross finger nail clippers - $1.99 paired with $2.00 coupon - free
• Oral B Toothbrush - $2.79 paired with $1 coupon - .79 cost
• Oscar Meyer Deli Creations - $2.50 with $1.00 coupon - .50 cost

For transaction #2 my OOP was $13.76 for $69.34 worth of groceries.

Grand total is $26.32 OOP for $139.28 worth of groceries! I really can't beat that. You may be looking at the list of things that I bought and wonder "how in the hell does she make meals out of all that??" That's the beauty of buying ahead. You can buy everything at rock bottom prices during coupon special weeks and during the other weeks you stock up on meats when they are on sale and other items you can get at good prices.

I have so many other items from other coupon special weeks when I got other things at rock bottom that we could probably live on what we have on hand for a month. Yes, you heard me, a month! That's after I've contributed a lot of things to the new beach house my in laws bought.

You have to learn to shop the free/cheap stuff at rock bottom prices and get all you can when they are on special. Those are for the things that keep a long time like pasta, canned goods, etc. There are many weeks when you can get free/cheap pasta, taco stuff, seasonings, baking goods, cereal, pancake mix, hot dogs, mac and cheese, etc. So hot dogs are cold and they do expire they are also freezable. Make use of your freezer! It's a great thing when you have no time and when you do have time you can stock it up.