I have been out of the drugstore game for way too long. I’m still couponing don’t worry. But lately I’ve been focusing on lowering my grocery bill and cooking/baking. It’s also helped that we’ve been living off our stockpile as I have not really bought any bathroom or personal products in …. I don’t remember when. The thought of paying full price for something makes me cringe.
For example, the other day I was grocery shopping and purchased three bags of frozen veggies. When I got up to pay the cashier noted that my coupons had actually expired! I asked her to put the items back because I couldn’t use my coupons, she responded by saying, but they’re still on sale – $1.25. I near shouted- $1.25! I’m not paying that much for frozen veggies that’s way too much (as my coupon would have made them $0.25/each). When I relayed this story to Dave, with quite a bit of horror/shock-outrage, he said I needed to calm down a bit and that if I wanted to buy veggies for $1.25 that was … like ok.
Anywho, back on track – I made it a goal to start buying diapers and baby items now so here was my chance to get back into it –
- (3) Pampers Jumbo pack diapers on sale for $9.99/each
- Total before coupons $29.97
- After coupons I paid $10.47 and got back $15 +UP Rewards
I took the $15 in UP Rewards and headed back to R.A. for this transaction.
Transaction 1.
- (2) Total Reach toothbrushes – reg. $4.99, on sale for $2.99
- (6) Suave body washes – reg. $2.79, on sale for $1.99
- Total before coupons was – $17.92
- After coupons – $11.94
- Used $10 in UPs from the Pampers and paid only $1.94 out of pocket. Got back $5 in +UP Rewards.
Transaction 2.
- (2) Charmin Basic 12 roll TP – reg. $8.49, on sale for $5.97
- (1) Carefree liners – reg. $1.49, on sale for $1.00
- Total before coupons was – $12.94
- After coupons – $10.94
- Used $10 in UPs from above/Pampers transaction and paid $1.72 out of pocket. Still have $2 + UP Rewards to use.
I thought I would share my plan. If you’re gonna coupon you had better be organized (this of course doesn’t always go according to plan, but in a perfect world…). I like to write out my drugstore transactions, but prefer excel for my grocery list.