Although I'm rarely on the internet these days I still love finding good deals and saving as much as I can. I think my want to save money comes from me being an Accountant, but for as long as I can remember I've been saving. When you are going to college and don't have a job you have to learn to manage your money quite well. Now Anthony and I are just trying to save as much as possible to establish our savings in case we ever need it. It's hard at times since there are always unknown costs, but I'm very thankful for being able to save.
On our quest to save money we recently started couponing. I always thought of it as lame, but then after watching the show "Extreme Couponing" and realizing you really can save a ton of money we decided to give it a try together. Plus the more you save in certain areas the more you can spend in others right? lol. It's only been about a month and so far we've done quite well. So far this week we've hit up CVS, Walgreens (twice) and Jewel Osco. I've outlined our purchase at each below just in case you are curious as to what we got and how much we spent.
CVS
4 tubes of Colgate toothpaste - FREE plus $3.00 in overage
1 - 9 ct Charmin Ultra Soft toliet paper- $2.99
1 - 9 ct Bounty paper towels - $5.99
After all ECB we paid $5.00 and I still have $3 ECB to use
Jewel Osco
4 boxes of Captian Crunch cereal - FREE
1 - 12 count Charmin Ultra Soft toliet paper - $6.99
2 Cascade dishwasher detergent - $8.98
1 Tide Free and Clear detergent - $9.99
2 bags of Tostino's nacho chips - $4.00
1 Pepsi Max soda - FREE
2 bags of Sun Chips - $4.00
1 Sierra Mist Natural soda - FREE
1 gallon of 2% milk - FREE
3 boxes of Reese's cereal - $6.50
2 boxes of Cocoa Puffs cereal - $5.00
Our complete total was $35 plus 5 free RedBox rentals
Walgreens (first trip)
6 Fixodent cleansers - FREE
3 Gilette Razors - should have been free but was $11.94
4 Tylonel Precise - FREE
2 packs of Cottenelle toliet paper - $4.00
So after I called and complained about our HORRIBLE experience we got a $15 gift card making everything free with some overage
Walgreens (second trip)
