After hours and hours spent scouring the internet, clipping coupons on my couch (while watching the show, of course) and repeated trips to the store for pricing, I finally did a mini shopping trip. My first one with my new couponing knowledge.
Here's how it panned out.
I walked in with 5 coupons and my list.
Coupons:
3 ~ Buy One Get One Free of any Dove Hair Care product (shampoo, conditioner and deep conditioner treatments)
1 ~ $8 off any 2 Cover Girl face products (foundation, blusher, pressed powder, concealer)
1 ~ $1 off any 1 Dove Mens + Care body wash.
List:
1 large Dove Shampoo (get 1 free)
2 large Dove Conditioners (get 2 free)
1 Dove Men's + Care body wash (get $1 off)
1 bronze Cover Girl blusher (get the $7.84 foundation for free with the $8 off coupon)
My goal for this first trip was to save 50%. I wanted to walk out with 9 items valued at $45.30, for $22 or less.
So I grabbed a basket and went to the hair care isle. To my surprise, my Dove shampoos were wrapped with free 8oz deep conditioning treatments! (Holla!) so I switched up my plan a little bit. Instead of my original plan, I grabbed 6 of the wrapped shampoos. This meant that I would purchase 3 of them at regular price, and 3 shampoos and 6 conditioners would be completely free!
Next, I went to the soap isle and found Red's body wash. Again to my surprise, the one he wanted was wrapped with a free deoderant! I had a coupon for $1 off this item.
Lastly, the makeup isle. I picked out my $3.74 bronzer and my $7.84 foundation. I had an $8 off coupon, making the foundation free.
I left the store with 16 items valued at $70.44.
I only paid a whopping $21.54! That's a 70% savings!
Here is my haul, still value wrapped.
Here it is again, split. The 5 items on the left are what I paid for. Everything on the right was FREE!
The purpose of this first mini trip was meant to be a confidence builder for me. To get myself over using those first coupons. The success of it was partially due to careful coupon clipping, knowing prices before I walked into the store, and being able to the flexible when faced with a surprise. It was also partially dumb luck. Those shampoos werent wrapped when I was in price checking the day before. So again I say: Holla!
Emily
Emily
Nice! I just became obsessed with that show too. If a 14 year old can do it I should be able to figure it out?! My aunt lives in an apartment that recycles so I get to dig (yes dumpster dive) without worry of being arrested-we also know the caretakers, I just have to get over the embarrassment! I'm still planning my first "extreme" trip. Hey, my local dollar store accepts coupons have you checked with yours? They have a ton of brand named stuff and will take of up to, of course, one dollar. That might be a good beginner place to start?
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