And THIS is why I use coupons!!!!

The other night I pulled out all of my coupons that would be expiring over the next couple of weeks and came across some really good ones that I wanted to try and use. I didn't really have a whole lot going on today so while Joel was at school I thought I'd just kind of wander around the stores and see what deals I could scope out and scoop up! I was rather excited with what I found.

My first stop was Kroger...The cashier said "That's just crazy!". Tim says this is "just WRONG!". But I found it to be quite a worthwhile trip. :)


2 boxes of Chex Mix Bars, 2 boxes of Nature Valley Granola Bars, 4 bags of Nature Valley Nut Clusters and 2 bags of Stacy's Pita Chips



I paid $.18!!! EIGHTEEN CENTS!!! For some reason two of my $.50 coupons did not double, they didn't say not to double, so who knows?? Had those doubled...they would have had to pay me...though I don't know that they would actually do that!

How did I do this?
The Chex Mix bars, Nature Valley granola bars and nut clusters were not advertised as part of the deal that was going on--4/$10 and when you buy 4 items, get $4.00 off instantly.

I used the following coupons: 4- $-1.00/1 NV Nut Cluster, 2- $.50/1 Chex Mix bar, 2- $1.00/1 Stacy's pita chips, 2- $.40/1 NV granola bars. I also had e-Coupons loaded onto my card that were used.

My next stop was to Meijer...this was not a picture worthy trip. I just stocked up on Rotel and canned tomatoes since they were on sale. I use these items in a YUMMY salsa found here.

I made a quick stop at Target...another stop well worth my time!


1 pair of tights for Zoe, 1 Air Wick Freshmatic Ultra i-motion and 1 Air Wick i-motion

This cost me $.94!!

AW Freshmatic Ultra--FREE!!
AW i-motion--$.99
tights--$3.99
I had a $5.00 gift card leftover from when I bought the Fiber Plus bars a few weeks ago. I paid the tax out of my pocket.

And then my final stop was Giant Eagle.



I paid $4.44. AND...whoever (they were long gone) used the self-checkout before me, left their receipt and all of their checkout coupons. They left 5 coupons...4 of them for a FREE dozen of eggs and one for $2.00 off of a package of paper towels!!!!

2 tubes of Pillsbury Crescent Rolls--FREE!!
4 packages of Toll House cookie dough--FREE!!
2 bags of Gold Medal Flour--$2.00 ($1.00 ea.)
2 bags of Nestle candy bars--FREE!!
2 cans of Old El Paso Enchilada sauce--$.78 ($.39 ea.)
1 McCormick Pure Vanilla--$.51
1 McCormick Nutmeg--$1.17



You can find coupons for most of the stuff mentioned above in the coupon inserts from the Sunday newspaper and also here, here, here, here, here
and here.

What deals are you finding this week?