Today I dropped $14, which included buying this week's coupons (aka the Sunday Newspaper) and a couple things I totally didn't need but WERE GOOD DEALS, such as clearance iced tea mix. Total percent of savings was 62% and I got: -3 packs of Stride gum (1.28) -Another pack of gum I thought I had to buy to make the coupon work but totally didn't. (At least is was on sale for $.99) -Iced tea mix (1.44) -2 Spicy Brown mustards (.73 total) -A pork loin (only 3.50, but should have been 2.50 if the stupid ecoupon I loaded on my card worked) -2 bags of pistachios. (3.49) Plus I…

I set out to buy stuff for dinner. I decided to cash in a couple catalinas I'd accrued buy buying the right things, including $5 off for buying $15 worth of batteries and $4 off lamb, (which I'm honestly not sure what I bought to get.) My actual needs were sour cream, potatoes (my first attempt a perogies!), a "nice cheese" and maybe some booze, but I spent $10.91 out of pocket (61% savings) and went home with: -a bottle of Pinot Grigio (6.99) -a lamb chop (never would have bought it but with the coupon it was $.05) -sour cream (1.99) -a thing of febreeze (only $.99) -1.77 lbs…

I figure if I'm saving over 50% I'm doing pretty well. I know on the show they get everything for free, but yeah, that's seemingly unrealistic for myself. My most successful trip so far has yielded 81% savings, and only consisted of SOME stuff I didn't need. For $4.25 I went home with: -a box of pasta (free) -a box of kleenex (.79) -two big bags of M&Ms (the difference) -two sticks of deodorant (one of which has already been donated to Party Time Nate) (free) -a big box of popsicles (.49) The kleenex cost $.79 and, the pasta and deodorant were free and the rest of the cost went…

Today I dropped $14, which included buying this week's coupons (aka the Sunday Newspaper) and a couple things I totally didn't need but WERE GOOD DEALS, such as clearance iced tea mix. Total percent of savings was 62% and I got: -3 packs of Stride gum (1.28) -Another pack of gum I thought I had to buy to make the coupon work but totally didn't. (At least is was on sale for $.99) -Iced tea mix (1.44) -2 Spicy Brown mustards (.73 total) -A pork loin (only 3.50, but should have been 2.50 if the stupid ecoupon I loaded on my card worked) -2 bags of pistachios. (3.49) Plus I…

I set out to buy stuff for dinner. I decided to cash in a couple catalinas I'd accrued buy buying the right things, including $5 off for buying $15 worth of batteries and $4 off lamb, (which I'm honestly not sure what I bought to get.) My actual needs were sour cream, potatoes (my first attempt a perogies!), a "nice cheese" and maybe some booze, but I spent $10.91 out of pocket (61% savings) and went home with: -a bottle of Pinot Grigio (6.99) -a lamb chop (never would have bought it but with the coupon it was $.05) -sour cream (1.99) -a thing of febreeze (only $.99) -1.77 lbs…

I figure if I'm saving over 50% I'm doing pretty well. I know on the show they get everything for free, but yeah, that's seemingly unrealistic for myself. My most successful trip so far has yielded 81% savings, and only consisted of SOME stuff I didn't need. For $4.25 I went home with: -a box of pasta (free) -a box of kleenex (.79) -two big bags of M&Ms (the difference) -two sticks of deodorant (one of which has already been donated to Party Time Nate) (free) -a big box of popsicles (.49) The kleenex cost $.79 and, the pasta and deodorant were free and the rest of the cost went…

Today I dropped $14, which included buying this week's coupons (aka the Sunday Newspaper) and a couple things I totally didn't need but WERE GOOD DEALS, such as clearance iced tea mix. Total percent of savings was 62% and I got: -3 packs of Stride gum (1.28) -Another pack of gum I thought I had to buy to make the coupon work but totally didn't. (At least is was on sale for $.99) -Iced tea mix (1.44) -2 Spicy Brown mustards (.73 total) -A pork loin (only 3.50, but should have been 2.50 if the stupid ecoupon I loaded on my card worked) -2 bags of pistachios. (3.49) Plus I…

I set out to buy stuff for dinner. I decided to cash in a couple catalinas I'd accrued buy buying the right things, including $5 off for buying $15 worth of batteries and $4 off lamb, (which I'm honestly not sure what I bought to get.) My actual needs were sour cream, potatoes (my first attempt a perogies!), a "nice cheese" and maybe some booze, but I spent $10.91 out of pocket (61% savings) and went home with: -a bottle of Pinot Grigio (6.99) -a lamb chop (never would have bought it but with the coupon it was $.05) -sour cream (1.99) -a thing of febreeze (only $.99) -1.77 lbs…

I figure if I'm saving over 50% I'm doing pretty well. I know on the show they get everything for free, but yeah, that's seemingly unrealistic for myself. My most successful trip so far has yielded 81% savings, and only consisted of SOME stuff I didn't need. For $4.25 I went home with: -a box of pasta (free) -a box of kleenex (.79) -two big bags of M&Ms (the difference) -two sticks of deodorant (one of which has already been donated to Party Time Nate) (free) -a big box of popsicles (.49) The kleenex cost $.79 and, the pasta and deodorant were free and the rest of the cost went…

Today I dropped $14, which included buying this week's coupons (aka the Sunday Newspaper) and a couple things I totally didn't need but WERE GOOD DEALS, such as clearance iced tea mix. Total percent of savings was 62% and I got: -3 packs of Stride gum (1.28) -Another pack of gum I thought I had to buy to make the coupon work but totally didn't. (At least is was on sale for $.99) -Iced tea mix (1.44) -2 Spicy Brown mustards (.73 total) -A pork loin (only 3.50, but should have been 2.50 if the stupid ecoupon I loaded on my card worked) -2 bags of pistachios. (3.49) Plus I…

I set out to buy stuff for dinner. I decided to cash in a couple catalinas I'd accrued buy buying the right things, including $5 off for buying $15 worth of batteries and $4 off lamb, (which I'm honestly not sure what I bought to get.) My actual needs were sour cream, potatoes (my first attempt a perogies!), a "nice cheese" and maybe some booze, but I spent $10.91 out of pocket (61% savings) and went home with: -a bottle of Pinot Grigio (6.99) -a lamb chop (never would have bought it but with the coupon it was $.05) -sour cream (1.99) -a thing of febreeze (only $.99) -1.77 lbs…

I figure if I'm saving over 50% I'm doing pretty well. I know on the show they get everything for free, but yeah, that's seemingly unrealistic for myself. My most successful trip so far has yielded 81% savings, and only consisted of SOME stuff I didn't need. For $4.25 I went home with: -a box of pasta (free) -a box of kleenex (.79) -two big bags of M&Ms (the difference) -two sticks of deodorant (one of which has already been donated to Party Time Nate) (free) -a big box of popsicles (.49) The kleenex cost $.79 and, the pasta and deodorant were free and the rest of the cost went…