Shopping!

I think I may just start posting my great deals in here... just because I can :) So this trip absolutely ROCKED. Jason can't believe it. I swear I did nothing illegal :)

Meijer has a deal right now where if you buy 6 Crest, Olay, Pantene, or Always/Tampax products you get a free $10 gift card. There is NO mention of how big the product needs to be. So I hit the sample/trial size aisle ;) Here's what I did. I had to do these in groups of 6 and pay for each group seperate, but here's what I got total....

14 Crest toothpastes ($.96/each)
5 Olay lotions ($1.29 each)
5 Crest Mouthwashes ($.96/each)

Total out of pocket, including tax- $26.18

I got $40 worth of gift cards by doing this.

So, then I went grocery shopping, armed with my trusty coupons, of course. Here's what I got.

1 Shampoo for Owen- $2.99
1 bath gel for Owen- free (those were B1G1)
Salami- $3.49
6 Kraft Mac n Cheese- $2.34 (B3G3)
2 Green peppers (1.07 lbs)- $1.06
*5 boxes of Pasta and Rice a roni
*1 bag (1lb) baby carrots
*2 cereal cups (fruits loops and corn pops)
*3 Dole Mandarin Oranges cans
*2 Dole Tropical Fruit Salad cans
*2 jars of applesauce
*2 boxes of Totinos pizza rolls
*2 Glade Air Freshener sprays
*1 jar of frosting
*1 bag of salad
*1 container of baby bella mushrooms

Each of the items that have a (*) were on sale for 10/$10 and get the 11th item free (I bought 22 items so paid for 20 of them and got 2 free). I also had coupons. I had a B1G1 coupon for the Glade sprays (making it $.90 for 2), $.40 coupon for the frosting (which doubled, making the cost $.10), $1 off 2 cereals (making it $.80 for 2 cereal cups), $.40 off 2 boxes of pizza rolls (which doubled, bringing the cost to $1 for 2 boxes) and a $.50 off coupon for the mushrooms (which does not double, making the cost $.40 for 8oz of organic baby bella mushrooms).

This was $46 worth of items. After discounts/coupons it cost $26.08. I used the gift cards from the above deal to pay for it all and I still have about $14 worth of gift cards to use.

To break it down.... I walked out of the store with $72.18 worth of stuff (and $14 worth of gift cards) and it only cost me $26.18.

And yes, before anyone asks.... I'll be going back and doing it again tomorrow. I know a bunch of little toothpaste, mouthwashes and lotion seem silly but we go out of town a lot (every couple months) so it will be very handy to have these to take instead of the full size versions!