tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14901269045371129832024-02-20T21:02:00.653-08:00Krazy Minnesota CouponerKrazy Coupon Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414213510755988124noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1490126904537112983.post-33503238267266699052011-10-13T13:55:00.000-07:002011-10-13T13:55:38.723-07:00$0.95 cent Old Spice Deoderant!<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">We are at the beginning of my 3rd week of couponing. So far, I'm still loving it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Today I scored 95 cent Old Spice Deoderants!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">These Old Spice deoderants were on sale for $1.95 each. I had coupons for $1.00 off any Old Spice product and thus, 95 cent deoderants. I know there is a way to get them for free... I just haven't figured it out yet. But for now, Red won't need to buy deoderant for a while, because I bought him 16 of these.</span></div>Krazy Coupon Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414213510755988124noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1490126904537112983.post-73151655685458111372011-10-05T10:51:00.000-07:002011-10-05T10:51:48.809-07:00My First HaulIt's been less than one week since I saw my first episode of TLC's "Extreme Couponing". Previously, I had probably used a total of a dozen coupons over the course of my entire life. I saw the show and was shocked when the first extreme couponer featured rang up a $1,313.00 grocery bill, and after forking over hundreds of coupons, <u>the store ended up owing her $0.31!</u> They had my full attention. So I watched the episode over and over, and I DVR'd last seasons reruns until I had a dozen or extreme couponers to learn from. <br />
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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.<br />
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Here's how it panned out.<br />
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I walked in with 5 coupons and my list. <br />
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Coupons:<br />
3 ~ Buy One Get One Free of any Dove Hair Care product (shampoo, conditioner and deep conditioner treatments)<br />
1 ~ $8 off any 2 Cover Girl face products (foundation, blusher, pressed powder, concealer)<br />
1 ~ $1 off any 1 Dove Mens + Care body wash. <br />
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List:<br />
1 large Dove Shampoo (get 1 free)<br />
2 large Dove Conditioners (get 2 free)<br />
1 Dove Men's + Care body wash (get $1 off)<br />
1 bronze Cover Girl blusher (get the $7.84 foundation for free with the $8 off coupon)<br />
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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. <br />
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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! <br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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I left the store with 16 items valued at $70.44. <br />
I only paid a whopping $21.54! That's a 70% savings!<br />
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Here is my haul, still value wrapped.<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Here it is again, split. The 5 items on the left are what I paid for. Everything on the right was FREE!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">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!<br />
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Emily</div>Krazy Coupon Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414213510755988124noreply@blogger.com1