Reader, Mary L, emailed me about a great deal she found at her local Safeway (Vons).

“I live in Lynnwood, WA and was shopping tonight and found Wheat Thins Toasted Crackers on sale for $1.88 with $1 off peelie coupon on them so they were only $0.88.  They also had $1 peelie coupons on the Ritz Munchables on the same aisle, I think they were on sale for $2.50.  Here a pic of the deal.  Not sure if any other stores have the peelie coupons as well.”

I am headed there tomorrow with some $1.00 off coupons I found at SaveMart on tearpads.  I love the toasted chips and the Wheat Thins are my kids favorite!  The sale price lasts through today.  Thanks Mary!

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**Make sure and check around as I was able to find several good tearpads of coupons for soda, crackers and Ziploc bags.

Reader Meghan sent me an email with her successful trip as well.  She spent roughly $33.00 and saved $118 and still has her $10.00 in Catalina money to spend at Save Mart.  She got 25 boxes of Cereal, pears, bread, ocean spray juice, 4 boxes of rice crispy treats and 4 things of cookies.

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If you haven’t gotten a chance, make sure and check out the great promo that is going on through Tuesday and all the coupon match-ups HERE!

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Reader Laura emailed me this morning to let me know that she spotted toys being clearanced at 75% off at our local Target on Rosedale.  I am sure that many other stores are doing the same so let us know if you find any in your area so other readers can cash in.  Think about Christmas and birthdays you have coming up.  There is no better feeling than knowing you are already prepared when they come around!  Thanks Laura!

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I love sharing this one because it is such a great example of what is possible even when you are just beginning.  Tracy emailed me to let me know about her trip to Target after attending our seminar on June 19th.  Thanks so much for sharing Tracy! 

“I went to your combined coupon seminar a couple of weeks ago and I’ve been learning about all the things you taught us.  I wanted to email you and show you how well I did yesterday at Target. =) I also wanted to thank you for doing what you do and sharing all that you know with others.  I’ve learned so much and I’m finally getting the hang of all this. I’m really excited about all this.  I never knew how much fun it could actually be! =) Here’s how I did:

Bought:

2 Scrubbing Bubbles Power Sprayers

2 Scrubbing Bubbles Vanish Drop In Toilet Cleaners

4 Travel Size Axe Deodorant

2 Travel Size Vaseline Aloe Fresh Lotions

2 Desitin Diaper Rash Creams

1 Rimmel Mascara

Used:

2-$5.00/1 Scrubbing Bubbles Power Sprayer (Manu Q)

2-$3.00/1 Scrubbing Bubbles Power Sprayer (Target Q)

1-BOGO Vanish Drop Ins (Manu Q)

1-$1.00 off Vanish Drop Ins (Manu Q)

1 – Buy 4 Scrubbing Bubbles Products Receive 5.00 gift card (Target Q)

1-$2.00/1 Rimmel Mascara

2-$1.00/1 Vaseline Aloe Fresh 

4-$1.00/1 Axe Deodorant or Body Spray

2-$1.00/1 Desitin (Manu Q)

1- .75/2 Desitin (Target Q)

I paid $5.38 and got a $5.00 Target Gift Card Back!

Essentially I paid .38 cents for everything

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submit for $5.00 SC Johnson Rebate

Total Cost: $4.62 PROFIT!!

=)”

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Amy sent me this info about her deals at Target last week:

“I am so excited to tell you about my Target shopping trip and perfect time for fathers day tomorrow some car stuff for dad!! 
I have been dying to go to Target and get some good deals, so finally with VBS behind us, I got my coupons together and headed to Target, and got some great deals. I am still amazed..I got..

4-Scrubbing Bubbles Extend a Clean Power Sprayer 6.99 each had a $5  coupon and $3 Target for each

1- Scrubbing Bubbles refill- $3.94 had a buy a power spray get refill free

2 boxes of Nexcare band aids- $1 off each with coupon

2- boxes Huggies wipes 1.99 each had a $2 off 2 boxes

4- armor products- 2 were $6 each and 2 were $2.50 each and I had $2.00 facebook coupons & $3.00 Target coupons

Total before coupons = $57.20

TOTAL After coupons= $7.91

The couple behind me in line said where did you find all those coupons, so I told them and they wrote down your website.  The cool part is I earned $1.00 for each Scrubbing Bubbles Extend cleaner I bought:)

Thanks again for all you do to help us save money!!”

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And then Maria sent me this email about her deals at Publix:

“I am still in shock with this transaction  at Publix:
2 – Alouette Chese, BOGO $2.79 (0.75 cpn)
8 – Edward Single, BOGO $2.50 ($1.00 cpn)
2 – International Delight, $1.79 (BOGO cpn + 0.55 Publix cpn)
2 – Shick 3 Blade, $5.99 ($5.00 cpn + $1.00 Publix cpn)
1 – Tropicana OJ, $3.00 (FREE cpn)
8 – Sundown Vitamins, $2.99, $3.99 ($6.00 Publix cpn + $1.00 cpn)
4 – MOTT Medley Juices, BOGO $2.95 ($1.00 Publix cpn + 0.55 cpn)

1 – Kraft Deli Deluxe, $3.49 ($1.00 Publix cpn + $1.00 Peelie)
1 – Bag Red Potatoes, $3.99
1 – Gallon of Milk, $3.29
1 – Bag of Fajita Tortillas, $1.59
Used $10/$50 competitor cpn
Order Total: -0.84
Salex Tax: 0.84
GRAND TOTAL: $0.00
Vendor Cpn: $37.87
Store Cpn: $42.00
Special Price Savings: $27.98
TOTAL SAVINGS: $107.85”

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Great job ladies, keep up the good work!

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Reader Michelle sent me the details of her super successful shopping trip at Target this week.  Great job Michelle!  Check this out:

“Super proud of this one….
I got 2 boxes of Corn Pops, 2 boxes of Fruit Loops, 1 box of Frosted Mini Wheats, 2 bottles of Tree Top apple juice, 2 Oscar Meyer Lunch Meats, 3 Dentene Ice Packs of Gum, 2 packages of 20 Chips each, Mr. Bubble bath stuff, 2 Glade air freshening sprays, 6 Renuzit Air fresheners, 2 Scrubbing Bubbles Powersprayers, 2 boxes of Vanish Toilet bowl cleaners, Tide laundry detergent, 3 boxes of Eggo waffles, Kids Suave shampoo, Toy Story 3 Game Chutes and Ladders…….
Got all this for $32.07!!!!!!!!
The total saved amount of the bottom of my receipt…$84.52!!!!! Awesome!!

Thank You for all the awesome tips to find this great stuff!!!”

I love it when my readers are so stoked about how much they have saved that they send me all the details.  Keep up the great work!

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Reader Shandi sent me an email about all the great deals she scored at CVS today!  I think it is great that at the end she says, “I ONLY MADE .51!”  We get to the point that we get so much for FREE or profit that we forget just how much we used to spend on these items.  Great job Shandi!

“I ran to CVS this morning to get my husbands favorite body soap and ended up scoring a big time bargain.  Here’s the break down.
8 Old Spice Bodywashes $4.00 ea total of $32
    Used 4 BOGO (Which took off the original price of $5.29)
            2 $1/2 coupon
1 Revlon Polish on clearance $1.23
    Used $2 off coupon
1 CVS Polish remover 8oz (The 6 oz is the free one and i grabbed the 8oz by mistake)
4 Gold Emblem candy $.99 ea
    Used 2 $1/2 CVS coupon from kiosk
2 CVS Cooling Mist Sunblock (clearance at the end of the isle) $2
    Used 2 $1 CVS coupons from kiosk
1 CVS travel size shampoo $1.49
    Used 1 $1 CVS coupon from kiosk
I also used the coupon in my email for $5 off $30
I had a $2 extra care buck
Total before coupons $44.65
Coupon Savings        $37.16
Total out of Pocket    $7.49
Earned CVS Bucks     $8.00
I only made $.51 but i got my husbands soap for almost nothing and my kids got some great snacks for the day.  Overall i was pretty proud of myself.”

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Reader Jennifer sent me an email about a great deal she found on Thrifty brand ice cream at her local Rite Aid.

“Rite Aid has the Thrifty brand ice cream on sale for $1.99.  Thrifty ice cream has the Real California Milk seal on the box so you can use the .55 off coupon found on their web site (Real California Milk).  Plus some boxes of ice cream had the coupon attached.”

Thanks Jennifer!

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“For Mother’s Day, my husband bought me your coupon binder. When I received it, I was a little nervous that it was going to be too much to deal with when shopping. I put my apprehension aside, though, filled and filed all my coupons and grocery lists and headed to the store.
I found it fit very nicely in the child seat of the shopping cart and I really enjoyed having everything at my finger tips. (I was even able to fit my wallet into the inside zipper pocket, so no need for a pocketbook.)

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What happened at the grocery store, next, was priceless.
If I see someone purchasing something that I have a coupon for (and won’t be using) I usually offer it to them. So in the process of offering a lady a coupon, she saw my organizer and was very amazed by it. I gave her your card and she asked me how much I tend to save each month by using coupons. I told her I had cut my grocery budget by at least half. She was very impressed and told me she was the manager at the local Fashion Bug, she told me to come see her because she would love to offer me a job. She said that anyone that organized and good at saving money would make a perfect employee! She took my name and went on her way.
As soon I put my purchase in the cart I pull out the coupon and put it in a common pile. That way all the coupons I use are in one place, ready to give to the cashier, at checkout. I finished my shopping and headed to the line. As I went to pull out my "stash" of coupons, I was amazed. I had used more coupons than ever! Being able to see all my coupons laid out in front of me in the coupon organizer had helped me to use more of them and not miss purchases.

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I was excited to see my total savings, and so was the couple behind me. I apologized to them for the time it was going to take because of the coupons. They replied, "No, don’t worry about it, this is fascinating!" They actually cheered as they watched my original total decrease by $42.30! They couldn’t believe that you could save that much money with coupons.
Well, a long story, just to say that I’m thrilled with my coupon organizer. My total coupons saving for the entire day’s worth of shopping was $86.22!

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Anything that can save me that much money, get me a job offer, and cause people to cheer me on in the checkout line is worth telling everyone about!”

Thanks so much for the organizer and for your great blog! God bless!

Thanks so much Mindy for sharing your story!  It was a HUGE encouragement to me and hopefully to all you readers as well.

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Man, I wish I could have been standing behind this reader, Becky, when she checked out at Vons last week!  I would have been stoked to see her save so much!  Here is the email she sent me:

“I just wanted to say thanks for all you do.  I am a stay at home mom on a tight budget, and thanks to your site I save so much money.  Tonight I actually had people clapping and cheering me on as my total went from over $175.00 down to $15.80.   Thank you thank you thank you!!  I saved 14.25 in e coupons, 81.26 in manufacture coupons( $8. was from the catalina coupons last week for the scrubbing bubbles) and 62.22 in Von’s savings.  I saved $157.74 a total of 92%.  Becky”

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Amy sent me a sweet email today with all the details of her trip to Vons this weekend.  Amy just took the 101 Savings Seminar a couple months ago and she is such a great example of how quickly you can start saving serious money on your groceries.  Thanks Amy for sharing!

“I just wanted to once again stop and say thank you so much for all you do, with a family as large as ours, it is so nice to get such great deals!!!! What you are doing is such a blessing to our family!

I went to Vons today and got some great deals.  Here it is.

10lbs of Hamburger meat
5 packs of Kraft 100 calories cheese
3 packs shredded cheese
2 boxes cheez it
1 A&W 2 liter
2 Healthy Choice Tv dinners
2 Marie Calendar TV dinners
10 packs of 10 soft taco shells
8 corn on the cob
2 avocados
Bananas
5 sub sandwich lunchable
4 windex multi surface cleaner
3 glade candles
All for a total of $36.56
that is total savings of $120.85 and 77%
I had 50.72 in coupons & 62.57 in club card savings. This was all paid with cash no previous cantina deals. Also all internet coupons, so people know they can still get these deals with no newspaper.
I also got $11.00 in cantina to spend for my next shopping trip.
Wow amazing is all I can say!! Thanks Kerri!!!”

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Check out this email I got today from France of her Frugal Friday!

“I only paid $6.30 for everything picture above.  I couldn’t believe it myself!  Thanks to you and a few other good coupons from VONS ($10 off $50, free food Q’s) that came in the mail yesterday I was able to score food that I can use tomorrow for my daughter’s 10th bday party (chips, frosting, ice cream, salsa) and for a camping trip next week (hamburger bun, ground beef, sloppy joe sauce, delimex taquitos, dreyers fruit bars and more).  I also used a $10.00 catalina Q from last month’s frozen food promo.  I still have one more left and it expires tomorrow.  Thank you soooo much for everything you do!

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I also want to mention that I used the $1.00/2 Q for the Dreyers bar from ALL YOU magazine  May issue.  Oh and $1.00/3 peelies on gatorade bottles; currently on sale for $.79 ea so after Q .46 ea.”

Thanks so much for sharing France and great job!

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This is so the reason why I do what I do each day.  When I woke up this morning and read this email, it was such a great start to my day and encouragement to keep going.  Thank you so much to all of you who email me with your thanks and deals.  I love it so keep it coming!

“I just wanted to send you an e-mail and a photo to thank you so much for all
of the deals and information that you post. After taking your Basic Coupon
class and purchasing a binder at the end of November 09′ I was on my way to
savings. I do not think that I could ever pay full price for items again. 
I load all of the Cell Fire and Shortcut e-coupons onto my Vons card and
noticed that there were several coupons that were expiring tonight. I went
onto the Vons site to check prices on the various items and was able to make
a quick trip to the store for an 87% savings!!!!
Here is how it all worked out:
2-Betty Crocker Premium Brownie Mix
$6.58 – $2.50 e-coupons – $1.00 Manufacturer Coupon ($3.08 out of pocket)
5-Nature Valley Nut Cluster and Bars
$7.50 – $5.60 e-coupons – $3.80 Manufacturer Coupons ($1.90 Profit!!!!)
2- Betty Crocker 2-pack Warm Delights
$3.98 – $3.50 e-coupons – $1.75 Manufacturer Coupons ($1.27 Profit!!!!)
1-Betty Crocker Scalloped Potatoes
$2.19 – $1.60 e-coupons – $.25 Manufacturer Coupon ($.34 out of pocket)
1-Bisquick
$3.59 – $2.10 e-coupons – $1.00 Manufacturer Coupon ($.49 out of pocket)
2-Pillsbury Refrigerated Cookie Dough
$6.98 – $2.00 e-coupons – $1.00 Manufacturer Coupon ($3.98 out of pocket)
3- Frozen Green Giant Broccoli & Cheese
$5.00 – $2.50 e-coupons – $.60 Manufacturer Coupon ($1.90 out of pocket)
1-Yoplait Parfait 4 count
$3.79 – $2.00 e-coupons – $1.00 Manufacturer Coupon ($.79 out of pocket)
Total out of pocket=$7.41
Total savings= $47.85 or 87%!!!!!
The manager had to do an override because of all of the savings.
Many thanks for all that you do; you are awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Thank you so much LeeAnn and keep up the good work!

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2 big packs of Pampers for $18.99 each (used 2- $2 off coupons plus the Albertsons double coupons, got a catalina coupon for $10)
1 jumbo pack of Pampers (this was on the clearance rack for $5, plus I used a $1.50 off coupon)
1 lb strawberries for 99c
9 lemons at 50c each
4 boxes of pebbles cereal for $1.49 each (I used 2 $1/2 coupons plus one albertsons double coupons, I got a catalina coupon for $3)
soft taco tortillas for $1.19
about 5 lbs of boneless, skinless chicken breasts (at the meat counter) for $10.53.
1 reeses candy bar (for the kids to share on the way home) for 50c
I also used a $4 off when you spend $40.
It took 2 transactions and I spent a total of $42.12.
I saved a total of $59.01

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And on my way out, someone put a $3 catalina coupon next to the in-store ad display. Score! I’ll use that next time. I’m going again soon because I still have 2 more albertsons double coupons.

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Reader Letty emailed me the details of a great shopping trip she pulled off at Target!  Great job Letty!

4 Glades @6.00- 4 Target $1.00 off- 2 $5.00 Manufacturer 2 $4.00 Manufacturer

2 Free-2 for $2.00

3 Glade Refills@ $2.54- 3 $1.50 Manufacturer inside tins

3 for a little over $3.00

2 Huggies Jumbo Packs @2 for $17.00- 2 $3.00 Manufacturer- 1 $1.50 Target coupon

2 for $9.50

3 Johnsons Buddies Soap @$0.97- 3 $1.00 manufacturer

3 for free

1 tide Sample-$1.00 1 $1.00 Manufacturer

1 for Free

2 dozen eggs-$1.00- 1 B1G1 Free Manufacturer

2 for $1.00

Dial Liquid Hand soap @ $1.37 1 $1.00 Target 1 $0.35 Manufacturer

1 for $0.02

Pedialax Fiber Gummies @$7.99 – 1 $1.00 Manufacturer

1 for $6.99

1 Leap Frog Tag Jr Easter book Clearance@$2.48 – 1 $2.00 manufacturer

1 for $0.48

Total $105.01

Total Paid $27.18

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