Even Couponing on shoes, now.

I've even couponed on shoes now. Go figure!

I received a register coupon from Wags for 20% off my purchase at Payless Shoesource. We need Easter shoes you know. So, went to Payless and bought 60.97 retail worth of shoes for 38.38 after sales and Qs. That's a 37% savings. I don't know about you, but I can use all the savings I can get.

And to think, if I hadn't be couponing at Wags, I wouldn't have recieved the coupon and only saved 21%! And of course, I got some coupons on the bottom of my Payless receipt. One of them doesn't even have an experation date.

My grocery store stops & comparing prices to Aldi

I did ok. It's funny that when I only save around 50%, I don't feel like I did as well! Silly Betsy. Also, I made a run to Aldi for a few things first and compared the prices that I was going to get with my coupons and sales with them.

At Price Chopper my retail costs would have been 19.64. After the sales and coupons, my total was 7.99 making my savings 60%.
Best deals for me:

• Chex cereal. On sale for 2/$4, I had coupons for .75 off, so I got each box for 1.25. Aldi's Chex brand is 2.19 meaning a 43% savings over Aldi.
• Fanta Orange soda 8pk. Was 3.79 but I had Micki signed up for Kids Chopper Club, so this months free gift was....an 8 pk of Fanta Soda. It was free.
• Velvetta was on sale for 3.79 and I had a Q for .55, so my final price was 3.24. Aldi's price for their Velvetta is 3.49. Ok, so that' s only a 7% savings, but it's a savings none the less.
• Danimals was on sale for 2/$4. I had a coupons for $1/1, so the total was $1 which is a 50% savings. I go the coupons from http://www.fullcup.com/ 's data base.

I actually saved quite a bit a HyVee using their coupons from their sales add. I only had 3 other coupons besides those. I purchased 17.52 retail and paid 8.37 after sales and coupons. That makes my savings 52%.

• Dole salad was .69 with a store coupon. Aldi's salad runs .99. 30% savings over Aldi.
• HyVee Spaghetti was .69 with store coupon. Aldi's spaghetti is sold in 2 lbs box for 1.69 making 1 lb of theirs .85. 19% savings over Aldi.
• Boneless porkchops on sale for B1G1 with a store coupon.
• Betty Crocker frosting was on sale for 1.48. I had coupons for .55 off from the Betty Crocker website and coupons.com, so my price was .93. Aldi's frosting is 1.09. 15% savings over Aldi.

Hyvee also has C&H sugar on sale for 1.48. I had a .3o Q from 3/15 RP which was going to make my price 1.18. (They were out when I went, so I got a rain check.) Aldi's sugar is 1.54. I will be getting a 23% savings over Aldi.

So, yes, you can save money over Aldi. Not all the time, not all items. But, if you stock up when you get the deals, then you can save more money over time.

So, here ends this days couponing saga.

Got this from Bargain Briana

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(Thanks Sisterly Savings!)

How does 43.45 in products for only 4.96 sound?

I'm totally impressed today with my savings, if I do say so myself. I even ventured into Target which I VERY rarely ever do. I postponed doing school until later this afternoon in order to get this running done with Micki, so Mike could have the house alone to study.

First, Walgreens. Retail: 22.23. After coupons and sales: 16.46. I gave them $15 in RR which I've received previously which means I paid 1.46 which is a 93% savings. But wait! One of the items I purchased has a $10.00 Easy Saver Rebate through Wags which means in the end, Wags will pay me $8.54 for taking $22.23 worth of items out of their store!!!!

My deals at Wags:

• Last time I was there, I saw some Pringles on clearance for .89 a can. I had a coupon for $1.00/2. They wouldn't give me full value but only .89 on each coupon, but that still made each can of Pringles only .45 each can.
• I got my free SoftSoap body wash with my coupon from the one I bought last time so it was free.

On to CVS. I purchased 16.55 in retail. After coupons and sales: 7.68. I had 3.99 in extra bucks making my total 3.69. Then they gave me $1 extra bucks, so I ended up 2.69 oop (out of pocket). Total savings 84%.

Now, my venture into Target. I was a little disappointed because I didn't realize that it wasn't a Super Target (since I never go there), so there were some things I didn't get. My retail was 4.67 after coupons, my total was .81. That's an 83% savings. All the coupons I used here were Target coupons which I got at http://www.afullcup.com/target-coupon-generator . This site also has an awesome coupon research base.

So, as I said, I think I did very well today! I hope school goes as well after nap!