Maybe my best deal yet

10 bottles of BBQ sauce 99 cents each $10
Epic Savings -$5.00 = $5.05 with tax
Used $2.00 Mac n Cheese Catalina
Total OOP =$3.05
Then I recieved 5 $1.00 catalina's for the BBQ to use on my next purchase
MY BBQ Sauce was FREE plus they gave me $2.00

Next Transaction:
10 boxes of General Mills Cereal $2.49 each
Epic Savings - $5.00= $19.90
Coupons -$5.55
Double Coupons -$3.00
Used -$5.00 catalinas from BBQ sauce
Total OOP = $7.84
That's 78 cents a box for cereal!

Today's Beef

I ran to Albertson's so that I could use 2 double coupons today! The total spent was $39.74. I saved $48.83!
I bought 2 Weber Grilling seasonings for $.98 cents (doubled a $1.00 coupon and Epic Event)
4 candy bars $1.50 (got one free)
4 Marshmellows and 3 BBQ sauce for $3.50 ( 50 cents each with Epic)
2 bricks (2 lbs each) Tillamook Cheese $8.98 (used store coupon and 2.00 in dairy coupons)
12 yogurts for $2.43 ( on sale for 39 cents each and used three 75 cents off coupons)
Ground Beef 10 pounds for $19.08 ( store coupon sale for $1.88 a pound)
Mayo for $1.99 ( doubled a 75 cents coupon and Epic event saved me)

A Good Albertson's Trip

I actually did a good job saving today.  Here is a break down:

10 boxes of mac n cheese $1.00 each

saved $5.00 for the epic promo

used Buy 3 get one free coupon and saved $1.00

Total $4.00 

Got a $2.00 catalina for my next shopping trip

Smore's For a good Deal

1 box graham crackers $3.00

1 Bag Marshmallow's $1.00

1 Pack of 6 Hershey Bars $3.00

Saved $3.00 from Hershey's for buying all 3 

Used a $1.00 coupon I had for buying all 3

Doubled that $1.00 coupon 

Total $2.00 for everything

Skippy Peanut Butter

2 jars $4.00

Store Coupon made them $.99 each

**the lady only scanned this coupon once ... could have saved another dollar..

So I paid $3.00 for 2 jars

Huggies Baby Wipes $2.50

Used a $.75 coupon and Doubled it 

So I paid $1.00 for a pack of wipes

Ball park Hot Dogs

Buy 1 Get 2 FREE $4.29

Used a $1.00 coupon and Doubled it

So I paid $2.29 for 3 packs of hot dogs

Bought Donut Holes for the Kids $3.00  ** NOTE TO SELF .. leave the children home***

My Total out of pocket with tax was $16.41  (I saved $34.28)

Lessons Learned

I haven't been doing that great on finding Really Good Deals. I did run to Albertson's yesterday ... Lessons I Learned:
#1 DO NOT take your children with you to try to get some good deals ... they are very distracting and I could not think around their whinning!
#2 Have a back up plan ... what are you going to buy when what you wanted wasn't in stock ... just don't buy anything and don't take your kids!
I did end up getting a pretty good deal on the Mac n Cheese : it cost me $4.80 plus tax with coupons, the South Beach Diet Bars ended up being FREE, and the McKormick Grill Mate was 75 cents. (I used my double coupons from Albertson's this week ... this was the first time I have tried those. The checker would not let me use all 5 I had. He would only let me use 3 ... I should have put the other stuff back, but oh well ... I did get the $5.00 off for buying 10 items. Total I spent $38.00 and Saved about the same amount with coupons, the Epic Sale coupons, and Preferered Savings. My new goal is try to spend less than $10.00 and get some great things cheap or free!!