Ryan and I have spent the last few months living off our stockpile. This served 2 purposes – use up products before they expire and save money for Christmas. We accomplished both, mind you, my stockpile is starting to look pretty bare! But as the end of 2012 draws ever closer we start to go through our coupon binders / envelopes / whatever you use to organize and pull out all of the coupons that expire on December 31st. And for me, it was A LOT!
I still was couponing over the last few months but trying to not add to my stock until it was necessary so I have an over abundance of coupons. Many of them were FPCs so with the Rice Krispies cereal coupon being valid today only, I figured it was a perfect time for a shop!
I waited until after dinner time to try and avoid the mass frenzy at Walmart. I didn’t want the added chaos of Holiday shoppers as I was checking out and searching for products. I planned to do most of my shopping at Walmart but it turned into a bit of a flop.
You see, a new Walmart just opened up in town where our old Zellers was. I loathe it. I don’t know why, I may just be slow to accept change but I like our other Walmart WAAAY better! The new one always seems to be crowded, out of stock and poorly laid out. However, that was the end of town I was in so I went.
I only got about half of the things on my list but I was in luck – FreshCo is right next door! Here is what I managed to pick up at Walmart:
2 x Barilla Pasta @ $0.97 (PM No Frills) – $0.75 coupon = $0.23 each
1 x Catelli Smart Pasta @ $1.47 (PM FreshCo) – $1 coupon = $0.47
1 x Catelli Smart Pasta @ $1.97 – FPC = FREE
1 x Toilet Duck @ $2 – $2 coupon = FREE
1 x M&M’s Peanut @ $0.68 – FPC = FREE
1 x Banana Nut Cheerios @ $2.97 – FPC = FREE
1 x Chocolate Cheerios @ $2.97 – FPC = FREE
1 x Nestea Cool 12 pack @ $4.97 – FPC = FREE
2 x Garnier Body @ $6.47 – FPC = FREE
1 x Dove Frizz Proof Serum @ $4.77 – FPC = FREE
1 x Dove Amplifier Mousse @ $4.77 – FPC = FREE
1 x Dove Nourishing Curls Mousse @ $4.77 – FPC = FREE
TOTAL RETAIL: $47.66
TOTAL OOP: $0.91
TAXES: $3.89
TOTAL SAVINGS: $46.75 ~ 98%
After Walmart, I pushed my cart right over to FreshCo and headed in search of the missing items from my list! Here is what I picked up there:
1 x Cheerios @ $1.97 – $1 coupon = $0.97
2 x Liberte Frouto Yogurt @ $3.99 – FPC = FREE
1 x Rice Krispies Vanilla @ $5.49 – FPC = FREE
1 x Rice Krispies original @ $3.97 – FPC = FREE
3 x Dempster’s FarmHouse Bread @ $2.99 – FPC = FREE
TOTAL RETAIL: $29.38
TOTAL OOP: $0.97
TAXES: $0
TOTAL SAVINGS: $28.41 ~ 97%
After I was done grocery shopping, I decided to head over to Shoppers Drug Mart to redeem some gift vouchers from last Christmas. Ryan received a cologne sampler with a coupon for a FREE full size bottle of any cologne in the pack. I received a mascara sampler pack that had a coupon for a FREE full size mascara from the pack. These samplers are available again this year and make a GREAT gift idea for a hard to buy for person!
Here’s how I made out at Shoppers:
1 x Paco Rabanne Cologne $86 – FPC = FREE
1 x SmashBox Mascara $22 – FPC = FREE
TOTAL RETAIL: $108
TOTAL OOP: $0
TAXES: $0
TOTAL SAVINGS: $108 ~ 100%
It was a busy night and the traffic was nuts but I’m glad I was able to get out shopping 🙂 It feels great to have another super shop under my belt! Here’s how tonight’s totals worked out.
TOTAL RETAIL: $185.04
TOTAL OOP: $1.88
TOTAL SAVINGS: $183.16 ~ 99%
