Brooke Geery

Saucy Deal at Safeway!

Not too long ago I bought a bunch of Classico at Target because it was on sale for $1.88 and I had a bunch of $1/2 coupons. Imagine my embarrassment when this week's Safeway ad came out and with in ad coupon, jars were a mere $1.49 each! You might think I'd be out of coupons and/or stocked up on Classico, but it's possible I bought 15 of them on eBay and we really do go through a lot of the stuff so... I was driving by and I couldn't help myself. The in-ad coupon limited 6 though, which means I had one more slot on my doubler, which I…
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Target Totally Free!

Today a hot $1 off Reach Dental Floss coupon hit the 'net and I've been meaning to start flossing more (ok, ever.) The coupon blogs told me single packs of Reach floss were regularly priced at $.89 at Target and between that and my $5 gift card from kitty litter, it was the excuse I needed to head over to Mall 205 and do some shopping. Overall the deals at Target this week were not exciting, but I did manage to get in and out without spending any real money, while also picking up a few things we actually needed, and still have a $.13 cent balance on my card.…
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$33.50 at Safeway for $10.66

Once again, I blew it by letting Jared come shopping with me. Not only did he complain, but he also felt the need to buy four cans of vegetables that we not only didn't have a coupon for, but were not on sale. It totally screwed up my percentage. With $8 in Catalinas, plus a few other high value coupons, I could have gotten out of the door for half as much if I didn't bring him. Then again, he did pay for all of it, so I guess I can't really complain. For $10.66 cents, or 68% savings I got: 2 boxes of Barilla Pasta (Regular price $.150, on…
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Fred Meyer for $1.32

Despite every "special diet" person I know (read: vegan) telling me how fruitless couponing is or would be for them, I have found no shortage of deals on things like veggie meat and soy milk. Today I stopped by Fred Meyer on my way home I pick up a couple cartons of rice milk for $.67, as well as the free pens I wanted at Target but were sold out long before I got there. For a total of $1.32 I got: 2 Packages of 10 Bic Pens (Regular price 1.43, on sale (with in store coupon) .49 - $1/2 coupon = FREE) 2 Cartons Rice Milk (Regular price $3.32,…
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Savings vs. Addiction

Yesterday I realized I may have a problem. We were in Troutdale to go to the outlets (scored a pair of my favorite Levis corduroys for $15!) and Jared wanted to go to Harbor Freight. On the way, we passed an Albertsons and I literally slammed on the brakes and turned into the lot to see if I could grab another package of Tully's Coffee while the sale was still going on. They had plenty and I used my other coupon, plus the catalina from my last trip to get a bag for $2.49. This is obviously a really good deal on coffee that is normally $10.49, but the reality…
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Stocked Up – Target and Safeway 7-23-11

It took three trips to different Targets, but I finally found the kitty litter deal I was after this week. Of course, they were out of all the other freebees I had coupons for (Bic pens and Bengay) but whatever. My cats will now poop in pleasure as I picked up 80lbs of Arm and Hammer cat litter. The breakdown: Regular price $15.29, On sale for $13 - $1.50 coupon = $11.50 each plus a $5 gift card for buying too. I spent $23 OOP, but now have $5 to spend on the next deal. And while I was in the checkout lane I scoped Advil pocket packs on clearance…
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Coupon Lessons for Ben

With no job or aspirations, Ben Graham took an extra interest in my new couponing hobby. Well, first he talked a bunch of shit, and then he asked me to take him with me. Since Ben is helpless like a small child, I agreed and asked him what he wanted to buy. "I don't know, yummy food," he said. Helpful. We'd settled on Albertsons (the best deals were there this week), so I prepped a good trip full of bachelor food, and we were off. There were a few catalina offers this week, so we did two transactions for him. Transaction #1: 4 cans of Healthy Choice Soup (Regular $2.99,…
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Worst Shopping Trip Ever

On an especially rainy Sunday, I couldn't think of much better to do than hit a couple stores to go couponing, plus after my super successful Albertson's trip, I was feeling confident. But I made a few fatal mistakes. First of all, Sunday afternoon is probably the worst time ever to go the store. Not only is everyone else in Portland out shopping, but the deals at Target/Walgreens etc just started, so the shelves have already been cleared (and not yet restocked) by crazy couponers. Then, to make matters worse, I made the mistake of bringing Jared. He not only hates couponing cause I make him print me coupons all…
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Albertsons for 88 Cents!

Last night Timbro threw down the gauntlet and challenged me to do a totally free shopping trip. While I've gotten plenty of items for free so far, I'm yet to walk out without paying anything because I have this pesky habit of buying things I actually need when I go shopping. Today though, I came pretty damn close at Albertsons spending $.88 out of pocket and saving $12.96 or 94%. I could have gotten out totally free, but we actually needed tortillas and they were on sale (with in ad coupon) for $.99, so I had to do it. I got: 2 loaves of Franz crushed wheat bread (regular $3.39,…
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