Smith's May 9th 2011

Free Free Free

Click HERE to see the spreadsheet and see how  this deal worked out on the pasta.

Quick Cook pasta is regularly $0.99 at Smith's.  When you bought 10 participating items you get $.50 off each item.  That made these $0.49 each. I had coupons for either fifty cents or fifty five cents off one.  If I'd done the deal at Walmart I would have made thirty cents on the deal... but unfortunately Smith's does not give overage.

I had a coupon for the Carefree pantiliners 20-22 ct.  $1.00 off 1 pack and they sell for $1.00

This coupon was found in SmartSource that was in the Sunday, May 8th paper.

Carefree Body Shape Pantiliners, 20-22 ct. $0.99
$1.00/1 Carefree Product from SS 5/8

 So today I got ten boxes of pasta and two packs of feminine products all for just 28 cents!

Smith's May 6, 2011

This was my shopping plan for May 6th...

 There was a sale on select items where you get $5 off when you buy ten items (50 cents off each item) and you must buy ten.  I grouped my stuff into four different sets on the spreadsheet above just to help me make sure I had sets of ten and because it made it easier for changing up the scenarios if they were out of a product.

They were in fact out of most of the stuff I wanted...

I didn't take a picture of the stuff I did get... But I got 6 bags of chips for free, some rice cakes for 51 cents each, Ragu spaghetti sauce for 49 cents each, Sunny D for 24 cents each, and toll house cookie dough for 1.24 each.

Free, just pay tax

I got two tubes of Crest toothpaste for free and 1 Reach toothbrush for free. I just had to pay tax on the items.

When I bought the toothbrush I had a $1/1 coupon so I got it free. The register printed out a Catalina coupon for $2/2.  If there were more toothbrushes I could have just done another transaction and gotten two more toothbrushes and another coupon. Looks like someone else figured out the same thing because there weren't any left at either Smith's near my house for me to snag a few doing that. I only wanted 6 :( 

Sometimes I wonder if couponing is really worth it because it can be extremely frustrating. I have gone to Smith's 4 times, Walmart twice, and Target once now looking for these toothbrushes and for the dental floss in my previous post but haven't had much luck.

Marie said...

I think the multiple trips and stores is where I hit my couponing limit. I'm lucky to find the time to go shopping at one store! April 29, 2011 9:33 PM

Chris said...

It does take a lot of time!

May 3, 2011 6:21 AM

Family Couponing

I've been looking for Reach dental floss for a week and a half now... Walmart and Target have been stripped clean of the $.88 - $1.00 Reach brand floss.  And here's why, there are coupons for $1.00 off any Reach floss.  I would be making money at wally world if they weren't out of stock. I stopped by Smith's grocery store this morning to see if they had any cheap Reach products.  There were only 3 flosses left. They were $1.05 each, but with my Smith's membership card they were only $1 each.  I got all three for free but I still had to pay tax.

Three dental flosses for only $.20 !  Not super impressive compared to the deals my family has been getting...

See below!

My brother Bently had called me the night before and told me about some of the awesome couponing adventures he and his wife Bonnie have had. Here's what they got the other night:

• 31 Reach toothbrushes (they'll be donating a lot of these)
• 3 pks of lady products
• 1 drink mix 11 oz.
• 5 bags of dog food
• 4 Soleil razors

 Total for all this, only $7.49!!!

My sister-in-law Lydia had an awesome haul at Walgreens the other day. All the stuff in the picture below for $6.21 !!! Holy smokes! I don't know how these people do it!