One of my Smith's trips

With smiths rounding to $1.00 I organized all my coupons and headed in to use any that would be free or close to it. We were almost out of laundry soap, so I bought a bunch and now should be good for 1/2 a year. I also got more toothpaste for free, and toothbrushes. I don't think I will ever again have to pay for toothpaste or toothbrushes!!! I got a bunch of body soap and Cream of chick/mushroom soup.

Alot of this stuff is for longterm, so that I don't have to buy laundry soap, body soap, papertowels and such for some time. I spent a total of $17.61, I bought 29 items, so it is like spending .60 per item. I saved a total of 73%, not bad.

I have been over to smiths a few other times and had 75% savings.

Food Storage

Part of couponing is to get a nice food storage. I am pretty sure I have done that. I think I might now have too much cereal. But it is good, because I think if I use my food storage to plan my weekly menus, I should cut down a lot on my grocery bill, which I already have down to $300.00 a month!!

My Dad made me this cool food storage rack, and I just love it! I wish I had a bigger storage area so that I could have him make me more shelves.

The top has rows of Cereal. That first row is two large boxes of Lucky Charms and then all cookie crips (6 boxes), the second row is assorted cereals, the third row is 6 boxes of total and then cocoa puffs ontop and in front, fourth row is assorted cheerios, and fith row is trix from top to bottom. Then fruit snack stuff, mac & Chz, and condiments and oil.

My lower shelf has toothpaste galore. It has two rows of hamburger helper, some rice, poptarts, grahm crackers, fruit, crackers, a row of brownies, noodles, spaghetti sauce, corn muffin mixes and more.

i love the rotating can rack that my dad made on this. It is so wonderful. I have cream of chicken soupo, chili, cream of mushroom soup, tomato, oranges, evaporated milk, lots of pasta, corn, chicken broth, ravioli, spahettios, oranges, evaporated milk, beans, more spahetti sauce, soup, pineapple, baked beans, and a few more.

We are also stocked up on toilet paper!! We have got plenty of deoderant, bars of soap

Shampoo, conditioner, body wash and shaving gel

This just goes to show that couponing really does work. I had some of the canned goods before, but the rest I have built mainly with coupons. I also have buckets of flour and sugar. I really need to work on rice and wheat ... I just don't know how much we would use those regularly.

My Smith's Trip

I didn't take a picture this time. But I got a great deal today at Smiths, I saved 71%.

I purchased:
23 boxes of cereal
7 boxes of cookie crisp
6 boxes of trix
6 boxes of cocoa puffs
4 boxes of total
4 boxes of toaster struddles
13 sobe drinks, the yummy strawberry daiquiri
1 gallon of milk.

Target Trip 8-2-2010

I went to target today and did okay.

I saved 68%, which is okay.

My total before coupons was $49.21 and I paid a total of $15.81.

I got 25 items so that makes each item approx $0.63, not bad.

This is all similar stuff to my previous target trip, because I figured out I can simply unplug the printer from my computer downstairs and plug it into my laptop and I can now print off twice as many target coupons. I don't think it is cheating, since there are 4 in my family, I figure I am entitled to 4 coupons of each product :) Not sure why it took me this long to realize the printer thing, but now I am happy!!!

I got:

6 boxes of hamburger helper (again we actually eat this)

4 cans of Chef Boyardee Ravioli

4 single packs of Tide

4 on the go first aid kits

4 travel size clean and clear face wash

2 small digiorno pizza's

1 pack 12ct colored pencil

1 24 pack crayons

2 8ct juicy juice boxes

2 6 pack del monte fruit cups

1 Box Bagel Bites

2 4 packs of GE reveal light bulbs

1 Vaseline skin care lotion for men.

I am hoping for a good Smiths sale this week or walmart deals. I need some main groceries like produce and meats, so we shall see what happens. I am happy to say that my food storage is in full swing and I have enough toiletries to last a while now. I am really enjoying couponing and I can see where it is helping me with my storage and my budget at the same time!!