I the way home from work yesterday I ran into my local Wal-mart. It takes so much less time if DS is not with. Plus DS is acting very anti-shopping lately.
I noticed on the Money Saving Mom blog that Scrubbing Bubbles Shower Cleaner machines were suppose to be on sale at Wal-mart for $12.00. I actually had three coupons for $10 off that I clipped from the newspaper. When I got there they actually did have machines for $12.00, the difference from the full sized $19.99 boxes is they only have one bottle of cleaner in them instead of two, and the more expensive box had a sample wipe and coupons inside. So I got three machines @ $2 after coupon, which is less than the cost of a refill. I now have one for every shower in my home and a spare (birthday/Christmas present).
Also I had a $1 off coupon for any suave lotion. They have a 3.2 oz size that is not a trial size for $.97, so I got that for free. I love that size for in my desk drawer at work.
I had a $3 off 2 Huggies clean team products and they have refills for $1.64 so after the coupon I got two for $.14 each. I wish I could get more of those coupons, or even the $1 off ones because $.64 is still a good price.
I had two Buy One Get One Free cough drops coupons, so I got two bags FREE, or four for 50% off if you want to look at it like that.
I also price checked a bunch of things to make sure that the CVS sale price was better than the Wal-mart regular price.
All in all not bad for a trip to Wal-mart. The cashier was very nice and you could tell she was shocked at how well I did. I bought other things everything but one item had a coupon (need to write the company and tell them how much I love their product and ask if they ever have coupons available). I walked away with three bags plus the three Scrubbing bubbles Machines and the total was a little over $20.
Wal-Mart Deal's April 29, 2008
April 30th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
April 30th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
May 1st, 2008 at 09:40 am
I get most of my coupons from coupon trains. I belong to a few coupon trains in the forums at Startsampling.com, so I clip all coupons I get, even if I will not use them and file them away by date, once I get the train I pull the coupons I want and replace the ones I took with coupons I will not use, and send it to the next person.
I am able to use printed coupons at all stores in my area except for Kmart, they will only take their own online printables. I get most of my online coupons from startsampling forum also. But moneysavingmom.com also often has the printable coupons linked into her deal blogs.
When you email/call the company usually you will only get coupons sent to you once per email/call, but they will normally send you an assortment not just one coupon. So if you email the company to thank them or ask them if they are going to make a product in a certain flavor, then later you write them about a different product, that will generate more coupons.
Also I will bid on the time of the coupon clipper on EBAY if I am getting low (did I say I bought coupons on ebay without saying the seller was selling them?)
Wow that was a novel!! Hope I answered your questions.