So, the other day I get the following email from my mother:
"Hey Jessica!
This is just one of our snags today. Not too shabby either.....$25.74 actual cost and we only incurred $8.04 out of pocket. We snagged you some good coupons too, blinkies and others. : ) The Velveeta is what started it all.... went on sale, plus we had $1 off coupons for each one, then the chips were FREE if you purchase 2 # , same with the Coke, coupon for FREE with the purchase of 2 Velveeta and the Rotel was on sale. The Vlasics, now I know you're drooling....BOGO plus a coupon of .55 off of the first. Just looked at the ticket... pre-tax the Velveeta alone would have been $8.58. Hmmm.
This is just one of our snags today. Not too shabby either.....$25.74 actual cost and we only incurred $8.04 out of pocket. We snagged you some good coupons too, blinkies and others. : ) The Velveeta is what started it all.... went on sale, plus we had $1 off coupons for each one, then the chips were FREE if you purchase 2 # , same with the Coke, coupon for FREE with the purchase of 2 Velveeta and the Rotel was on sale. The Vlasics, now I know you're drooling....BOGO plus a coupon of .55 off of the first. Just looked at the ticket... pre-tax the Velveeta alone would have been $8.58. Hmmm.
Jim and I both went through the line twice on the above with the only difference being that we only had one round of Vlasic coupons. Hey, we still got 4 jars of Vlassics CHEAP.
OK, your favorite Step Dad just ran the numbers on what we spent and saved today. We did have some items like a gallon of milk that gee, didn't save but .06 on that. Had a $1.00 off Pet coupon that actually did work out to save a whopping .06 over buying the store brand. The Stouffer's Lasagna was not a planned purchase, however it was on sale for $9.99 and we happened to have a $1.00 off coupon on that also. Jim found a good snag on his own....GO JIM!!!! ..... AA Batteries, should have been $5.60 and we ended up paying .76. Jimmy Dean Sausage was on clearance, $2.10 per roll, we had one .75 off 2. Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls, the 5 packs were on sale for $1.00, had some $1.00 off 2, then the .75 off 3. Philly Cheese and Kraft Chunk Cheese were also on sale, of course there were coupons involved. We stocked up! A couple of miscellaneous items thrown in with no coupon advantage and our final tally was $234.05 worth of goods for only $86.71. That's a 63% savings. The added bonus.... we were out having fun. : )
Love you and wanted to share!
Mom.... Jim too"
And now you KNOW exactly where I learned my skills from...
All my love,
