Newbies ~ Post Your 1st Brag

[treesyjo]

Here's my brag but it's mostly due to awesome Safeway deals with a couple coupon combos:

10 Nabisco Snak-Paks
6 cans Rosaria refried beans (I loved the flavored ones)
4 containers of Del Monte Fruit Naturals
2 8-cup bags of Lucerne Shredded Mexican Style Cheese
4 cans Campbell's Select Harvest Coup
2 boxes of Pop Secret Popcorn
5 pounds ground beef
1 4-pack of 60watt bulbs (my only non-sale purchase because a bulb burned out in the bedroom last night)
2 gallons Lucerne milk

Cost before coupons and Safeway club card was $103.66 but OOP was $43.60. Best deals were paying $.25 for a Del Monte Fruit Cup that is normally priced at $1.99 and paying $.505 for a $2.99 can of soup. And I used the $10 off when you buy $50 coupon.

[couponut]

This is pretty cool to be telling about a brag and not reading about one.....
I am so excited, I can't go to sleep, so here it goes.

Before I checked out, I asked if we had the Coupon Scanner that everyone talks about and yes they did. So I went to scan my card and "bam" $10/$30 purchase.
Whoo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I knew I would spend that much and I already had a $10.00 ECB.

Here is what I bought:

2 Colgates
Gillette Fusion
Revlon Make-up
Maybellene Dream Mousse
CVS Cotton Rounds

Total before coupons was $40.50
Coupons totaling $9.50
$10.00 ECB
$10.00 Coupon from scanner

Total OOP = $12.64 and left the building with $19.00 ECB's.

[bpaige718]

Today was my first time combining following the in store specials + couponing... Acme had a lot of BOGO offers which I took advantage of... end result I saved $139.58 and paid out $148.02, so I got almost 50% off!! Plus I got 3 $5.00 coupons for off my next visit and a coupon fo .30 off per gallon of gas - For my first time I was pleased!

[gipa40]

This is also my first brag...

I walked in CVS with 14.00 in ECB

purchased:

Carnation instant breakfast 4.99
Secret Flawless touch/Olay deodrant 5.49 (retail) clearance price 2.75
32 load Tide detergent (50 oz) sale price 5.97
Dawn 10.3 oz .97 cents
ACT total care .99
ACT total care .99
Sure deodrant 2.99
Sure deodrant 2.99

Total 22.64

-.50 MQ dawn
-.75 MQ sure
-1.00 MQ sure
-2.00 MQ Secret
-2.00 peelie Tide
-5.00 ECB
-9.00 ECB

Total OOP 2.39

Walked out with 8.97 ECB

Both CVS in my area were out of the all the 90% stuff

[katiegirl]

hi all!!!

im super excited. i just got done with my first trip at wags. i got so much stuff and saved over 30 bucks. since i didnt have any RR to begin with this was all done with tips that i got on this website with using manufacturers coupons and walgreens coupons. i also came out with 15 RR that I plan to use soon. my fav part was buying colgate and i have a 2.50 coupon and a 1.50 coupon so i ended up paying only 30 something cents for toothpaste.
i wanted to thank everyone for your help and answering my questions! :)

[josiez]

Hello Everyone! I am new here..been lurking!
I have been using coupons for a while but never really got the max out of them!
For the past few weeks..after I have found this site...LOVE IT...I have learned SOOO much and have had my first biggest score...
I had a 5.00 Register Receipt (RR) Is this correct?
So...I went to WG today for soda. I got 3-12 packs of Pepsi for 11.00..used my RR for 5.00 so it was 6.77 in cash out of pocket. I got 3.00 back in RR making my soda approx. 1.25 each!
YAY!
I was so excited.
I am so glad to have found this site!

[Kelcee]

Hi I am new here.

I saved close to 35.00 at target this past weekend. WooHoo!!!

I have a question for yall. Do you only buy what you need, or do you buy things just because you have a coupon for it?

[bpaige718]

I just started too- if the item is something I KNOW will be used and it's a great deal & I have a coupon, then I will buy it... example.. with 2 teenaged daughters we go through shower gel/soap & shampoo stuff like water... so I will definitely buy those types of things....yesterday I got oil of olay shower gel for about $1.50 after the store mark down and my coupons- saved almost $3.00 for each. :)

[thetumblindice]

I just started...first thing i got was during last weeks superfresh triple coupons. Healthy Cuts (or something similar) lunch meats. 3.50 for half a pound. Scored a few 75 cents coupons from my sister and mother and got them 1.25 each.

Now I'm off to walgreens - Red Baron 12 inch pizzas are 2 for 5 dollars + a coupon for $1 on 2...making 12 inch pies for 2 bucks each...friggin schweet!!!

[mrshorn1975]

I know that this is a minor victory compared to others but I had to brag on it. This was my first time using coupons at Walgreens and I felt like I was stealing!!!! I had 3 coupons for Colgate toothpaste (I had two seperate $1.00 off coupons and a 75cents off coupon) and I bought the
Colgate that was on sale for 99cents!!!
I only spent 24cents plus tax for 3 tubes of toothpaste!!! I kept thinking the cashier was going to stop me and say something.
I just wanted to say thank you for this website!!