Extreme Couponing...well kinda

As some of you know, I heart my coupons. Yes, I have a binder with sections. Over the last few weeks, Paul and I have been traveling to Starkville to go to Kroger and sometimes CVS and Walgreens.

Today was a pretty good day and I wanted to share and explain. Also, just to let you know where we get our coupons from the Internet, The Star-Herald, The Clarion-Ledger, and The Northeast MS Daily Journal. A wireless printer and an Iphone helps with printing too. We also only buy thing that we need for ourseleves and our families.

And away we go....

First stop CVS Pharmacy.

We did this in two transactions -- One in Kosciusko and One in Starkville.

1st trip
Five 12-packs of Diet Cokes 5/$15 -$1.00 CVS printed coupon and you get $5 Extra Care Bucks.
One, five count pack of Zyrtec $5.99-$2.00 printed coupon and you get $5.99 ECB.
Six, two-liter sodas and 2 packs of Nabisco Newton Think Crisps 2/$5.
Total: $29.17; $10.99 ECB

2nd trip
After picking up to NEMS Daily Journals in Starkville and finding a few coupons there, back to CVS.
Two packs of Newton Thin Crisps 2/$5
Two Colgate Optic White 2/$3.99 - 2.00; $4.00 ECB
Two Ultra Purex Pods 2/5.00 -2.00
Used the ECB from the last transaction and only $4.23 for this one!

Next Walgreens and there is where we really got a deal in four transactions.
I had a plan to get my a ravor with register rewards and some buy one, get one free Right Guard Deoderant for Paul matched with some coupons.

Well, they didn't have the razor, I wanted but had another one from men that I did have a coupon for it and we also go register rewards.

Transacation 1:
Schick Hydro Power Select: $9.99 - $2 coupon: 7.99 with 5.00 register rewards.

Transaction 2:
Buy one, get one free Right Guard on closeout for $2.29

Four RG deoderants: 4.49-$3.00 coupon: 1.90; $4.00 register rewards

Transaction 3: Two more deoderants @ $2.29 each; $1.00 register rewards; $2.45 paid out

Transaction 4: 8 deoderants B1,G1 @ $2.29 each - $9 register rewards = 0.80

We stumbled on to this deal with the closeout. It's our most awesome deal yet! I wish I figured that the closeout would have applied to there B1G1 deal and we wouldn't have had so many transactions. Averaged out to be 28 cents each for the deoderant!

Next stop, Kroger. They double coupons!!!! I will just hit the highlights of the deals and not give a blow by blow.

Yakisbo Noodles 2/$0.99 - $2.00 = Free
Dial Hand Soap 2/$2.00 - $1.40 = 60 cents
Texas Toast Croutons 2/$3 - $1.60 = $1.40
Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls 8/$8 -$3.20 = $4.80
Pillsbury Crescent Rolls 8/$8 - $3.20 = $4.80