Sunday, August 14, 2011

Coupons...wherefore art thou been?!


It seems like FOREVER that I've had an exciting coupon blog post. With the economy in the state it's in (don't even get me started that we are supposed to be well into the "recovery" phase), sales and coupons have been bleak for months. Couple that with me ignoring what sad deals there have been lately to have summer fun with my monkeys...it's been No News around here. BUT -- insert dorky fanfare here -- today was a fun coupon day!

First off was JCPennys. I got some mailer the other day for a $10 off minimum $10 purchase. THESE coupons are seldom but AWESOME because you can go pick up a thing or two or three on clearance and get them pretty much free! But today my mission was little Carter. He needed new tennis shoes and I've been trying to find something to fit his teensy little feet for weeks. I decided to see what JCPennys had rolled out on this week's new sale and SCORE! We found a pair of $25 tennis shoes on a 50% off sale!! Take off $10 for my coupon and I paid less than $3 for a very nice pair of shoes for our littlest monkey! Woohoo!!

Then we headed to Albertsons. Hamburger helper is on sale this week for $10 for $10. You also get a $5 coupon good on your next shopping trip printed off when you buy 10. AND a second $2 off your next shopping trip is also printing when you buy 10. Also, this weekend is double coupons...so I took two 80c off 4 boxes manufacturers coupons and doubled them. Cash paid including tax was $7.31. But when you figure in the $7 in store cash I got, it cost me THIRTY ONE CENTS to get 10 boxes of hamburger helper!! Woohoo number 2!! If I can get my hands on enough coupons, I just might go and roll my $7 store cash and get another ten boxes and another $7 in store cash! Our family doesn't eat much Hamburger Helper...10 boxes will probably last us well into six months...but I was thinking about all the upcoming food drives and what a nice donation that could be for 31c.

California...are you guys getting these doublers yet?!

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