A Great Saving

I've been out shopping again and helping others save money!  This story starts out with $150.  I kept my $35 fee to cover my expense and I shopped with $115!  I was able to purchase $380.05 worth of product with the $115 (over 70% savings).  

This purchase included: Frosted animal crackers, goldfish, 4 packages of crackers, 2 packages of Nutter Butters, 12 Pantenes, 2 razors, 5 toothpastes, 6 detergents, 9 body washes, 2 men shampoo + conditioners, Tide Oxi multi-purpose powder, 4 dawn, shave gel, 2 face washes, 10 boxes of cereal, 21 count Pampers, 58 count Huggies, wipes, 3 Cottonelle 18 packs, Scott 6 pack paper towels.  

I have now tried to break down the transactions so you can see the savings!  I did more than one transaction of course, used coupons, and rolled extra bucks to maximize my Savvy Saving Shopper totals!

Cottonelle was on sale for $6.99 with a promotion of spend $20 receive $5 EBs.  I used a $1.50 Cottonelle coupon and paid $21.08 OOP for three 18 packs of Cottonelle.  

The Scott paper towels were on sale for $5.49.  Thanks to my $5 EBs from the Cottonelle purchase, I only paid $0.53 OOP!

Colgate Optic White was on sale for $2.74.  I had $2 Optic White coupons.  The Colgate Total was on sale for $1.89 and I had $0.50 coupons.  I also had a $3/$10 oral care purchase.  I was able to buy 5 toothpastes for only $2.65!!

Pantene was on sale 3/$10 along with a spend $20 receive $5 EB promotion.  I purchased 6 shampoos and 6 conditioners.  I also used 4 $5/3 Pantene coupons.  The sale basically allows you to buy Pantene for only $0.83 each before tax!  

Select Kelloggs cereal was on sale 2/$5 purchase 2 receive $2 EBs!  That alone is a great stock up price on cereal!  I had two $1/2 Kelloggs cereal coupons.  I only paid $7 for the cereal thanks to the coupons and using $14 I had earned in EBs.

The Gillette Sensor razors were on sale for only $2.82 and I had $3 coupons making these razors a MONEY MAKER!  The only thing better than Free is a Money Maker!

The body washes were found at great clearance prices!  I was able to score 7 body washes for only $6.50 OOP thanks to my coupons and great sale prices!  $0.93 a piece is definitely a great stock up price!

The CVS body was on sale for $2.89! The Dove Shampoo+Conditioner were on sale for $3.50 and I had $2 Dove hair coupons making them only $1.50 a piece!  This purchase for 2 body washes and 2 shampoos with conditioner for men totaled $9.49!

Tide Multi-Purpose Oxi stain remover is great to have on hand for laundry and other cleaning projects!  I throw a scoop in with each load of laundry and use it as a booster when I clean!  The Tide Oxi is $9.97 at Walmart.  I used  $4 coupon and paid $6.46!

ALL laundry detergent was on sale $3.  I used a $2 coupon and $1 EB and paid only $3.25 for both detergents!

The Xtra detergent was on sale for $1.50.  I used two $1 coupons and paid only $4.33 OOP!

The Old Spice shave gel was on sale for only $0.89!  The Nivea face wash was on sale for $1.87.  I had two $2 Nivea coupons making those a Money Maker and paid only $0.68 OOP for all three items!

The Pampers were on sale for $8.99 - and receive $1 EB.  The Huggies were on sale for $18.99.  The wipes were $3.79.  I used a $5/$30 coupon, $2 off $10 Huggies purchase, $2 Huggies diaper coupon, $1 wipe coupon, $2 Pamper coupon and paid only $21.40 a $20 saving!

The Nutter Butters were on sale for $2.50.  The frosted animal crackers were on sale for $2.76.  I used a $0.75 Nutter Butter coupon and paid $7.01.

The Goldfish Puffs were on sale for $2.24.  I used a $2 EB from a cereal purchase to pay only $0.24!

The Dawn with Olay dish soap was on sale for $0.99.  I had $0.50 coupons.  I bought 4 dish soaps and paid only $2.12 including tax!

I found the Lance crackers at the Dollar Tree.  I had $1 coupons for each pack making them FREE!