I know you can.
So, thanks again to Fabulessly Frugal and their awesome lists, I went to Albertsons today with DOUBLE coupons (love them!) and saved a bucket of money.
I made a couple of mistakes but I think I made everything right in the end.
So, here's what I got:
Transaction number one:
Bought 1 loaf of Franz bread, usually $3.29, on sale for $1.99, in ad coupon made it $1.50.
4 boxes of Honey Nut Cheerios, $2.50 each.
Coupons used:
$1 off the Franz bread, which doubled
2 60 cents off HN Cheerios, which doubled
2 50 cents off HN Cheerios, which did not double (only 3 doublers per transaction)
Got: 2 $2 catalina for next transaction AND a coupon for free milk
$22.61 worth of groceries (before preferred savings), paid $6.66
Transaction number two:
4 boxes of Lucky Charms, $2.50 each
3 boxes of Pop Tarts, $2 each
Coupons used:
2 $1/2 GM cereal, both of which doubled
$2 coupon for the Pop Tarts.
Mistake number 1: couldn't double the Pop tart coupon, so I took it back and used it later.
Got:2 $2 catalina, $1 catalina, and yes...free milk coupon.
Bought: about $30 worth of stuff (before preferred savings) and paid $8.84
Transaction number three:
Bought 4 boxes of granola bars
($2.50 each)
Coupons used:
2 85 cents off two boxes coupons, which doubled
the $2 catalina, the $1 catalina, and the $2 catalina
Bought: $17.96 worth of items (before preferred savings) and spent: $2.10
Got: $2 catalina and yet another free milk coupon
Since Albertsons wants you to stick to three transactions, and there was a line, I put the above items in the car trunk and went back for more.
Transaction number 4:
6 bottles of All detergent, $5.99 each (on sale for 3.99)
2 cans of diced tomatoes
2 bottles of BBQ sauce
Coupons used:
6 $1 off All, three of which doubled
$2 catalina
Bought $37.39 of stuff, spent $11.19
Transaction number 5:
32 oz. strawberry yogurt
2 Splitz yogurts (on clearance, $1.29 each)
Poise pads
Coupons used:
75 cents off Splitz, which doubled
60 cents off Yoplait, which doubled
$1 off Poise, which doubled
$2 catalina
Bought $17 worth of stuff, paid $5.53
Transaction number 6:
Twizzlers
ice cream
corn
cherries
egg noodles
Used 50 cents off Twizzlers coupons, which doubled, spent $12.33 for $21 worth of stuff and a $2 catalina
Put stuff away. Realized I had not purchased eggs, which I went back and got.
Overall, spent $48
SAVED $99.50, or 67%
I'll take it.
I spent 80 minutes doing the shopping, which would've been much shorter if I had remembered the eggs and organized a tad better. The first three transactions took about 20 minutes.
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