A newbie shopping report

[KmmCo]

I just got back from Albertsons and even though they don't do double coupons I think I did okay by saving $7.35 in coupons and $26.63 in Great Deals for $33.98 off regular prices. I had plenty of General Mills cereal coupons for $1/2 and they had it for $1.49 on sale (limit 8). I also had a coupon for eggs and they were on sale too. I got some gogurt and pizza rolls with coupons too. Both items got guzzled down by my teenager for lunch already today!! The best deal of all was I got a 25 cent toothbrush and some toothpaste for 50 cents (both would have been freebies if they did doubles though). Milk was $1 for a half gallon and I sure noticed everybody (including me) was grabbing a couple of those instead of getting the gallon sized.

Yesterday I went to get some soda at KingSoopers (Kroger) and ended up picking a few sale items with my coupons. $8.95 in coupons and $5.05 on doubles added to the Soopercard savings of $9.26 saved me a total of $23.26 on what was originally a $56 order. Glad I bought the soda yesterday at 3/$10, because in todays ad it was at 3/$13. I got enough soda in the garage for a couple of weeks now, and hopefully it will go back on sale by then.

Later this week, I gotta hit up Safeway for a couple of thing in their ad that are on for the weekend only. Of course I have coupons for those, just waiting for the sale!

I know none of the extra food I have will get wasted because I am taking a bunch of teens on a weekend trip at the end of this month. I fact, I think I may go get more of that cereal this weekend too.

No too shabby for a newbie around these parts!!!

[tacatcon]

Good going! Sounds like you are off to a good start! I'm jealous that you have Safeway! lol Do you do rebates too?

[suesaving]

SUPER job!!!!! Thanks for sharing, too! I think it encourages people to read that others who are starting out are doing so well!

[eisforpants]

WTG! Congrats!

[rbunnymom]

Great job! I don't have doubles either so my savings aren't as great but can still be pretty good when matching coupons with sales. Keep up the good work.

[TiggerToo]

Awesome! You do better than I do in some of my shopping trips!

[poopsinka]

Great job!! They closed our Albertsons I miss it a lot!!!

[kschick96]

Great Job! :)

[KmmCo]

Great job!! They closed our Albertsons I miss it a lot!!!

The closest Alberstons to me closed a couple of years ago, so I go to one about 5 miles away that is on my path home from work. It is not a big store but at least I can get in there every once in a while for the sales.

[KmmCo]

SUPER job!!!!! Thanks for sharing, too! I think it encourages people to read that others who are starting out are doing so well!

Thanks for the compliment!
I did figure out real fast that I need to put together a binder like a lot of you guys here have. I had my coupons thrown in a shoebox and it took a while to dig out what I wanted while standing in the store. I used a bunch of the sheet protectors and just spread the coupons out. I didn't have any of the baseball card holders, but I will look for some later. I think I saw somewhere that somebody found them at walmart?

I was pleased to find out that I did not have any problem with printable coupons scanning. I was kinda worried about them because they came out a little fuzzy on my cheap printer (or maybe I just need to align the cartridge better). They worked okay at the store though, so that is good to know.