Walgreens Wednesday

I am NOTHING like those extreme couponers you see on t.v., but I have been learning a lot more than I ever thought about coupons.  After watching Extreme Couponing it made me want to figure out how to save more money for our future family.  So my goal is not to have massive stock piles of things that I am not going to use anyway but I have found that it is really easy for the average person to cut the cost of what they spend on necessities like groceries and toiletries.

I wouldn't say I didn't use coupons previously but I also wasn't as diligent at it as I am now.  I would forget the coupons I had at home, I wouldn't always watch the sales, etc.  Now I have my coupon binder and my sales ads ready and I love scoring good deals when putting the two together.  Because of this new adventure my new favorite store has become Walgreens.  I used to run in there every once in a great while when i needed something I forgot and didn't want to park a mile away to go back to Target or Walmart.  Now Walgreens has become my number one place to score great deals.  Again- I am not coming home with 5 shopping carts full of items, but each week I have been able to come home with items that I would normally buy somewhere else for much cheaper.

Here is this week's Walgreens' run:

6 boxes of Hot pockets, 4 cans of Arizona Tea, 3 bars of Dove soap, 2 bags of chex mix, and one bottle of Dawn dish soap

And here is what I paid: $3.21 for the three bars of Dove soap so that I could use the $6.00 Register Rewards I received for it on the next transaction where I paid $3.31.  So my total for all items was $6.52.   If you look closely at the receipts my total savings equals $29.71.  Not bad huh?

I am not an expert by any means but I am happy to share my couponing tips and trips with you so check back friends to read more about them!