While I have been absent from blogging I have NOT been absent from couponing!  I have been trying to stockpile enough snacks for Owen to pack for lunch for the school year and let me tell you.  THAT is NO small task!

I have, however, hit some GREAT sales to help me along the way.

Last week at CVS was the Always Deal:

Always Infinity pads- normally $10.99 each.  Sale price: $4.99 – $4/1 Q from the P&G Saver = $0.99 each.  I think I stocked up on enough of these for my mother, me and my sister for a year!  LOL

Also… I hauled my butt out after last weekend’s wedding for nearly FREE TP!  It was a one day only thing so I made sure I got there while the getting was good!  The 6 double roll pack of Quilted Northern was $2.50 per pack (down from $5.89.  I used a $1/1 MFR Q (expiring that day) and a $1/1 Meijer Mealbox Q which made the TP packs $0.50 each!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I nearly cried!

Next, this will be known as the “Great Gusher’s Caper of 2009″.  Even after a long wedding on Saturday night I went to Kroger armed with my Q’s for fruit snacks and BBQ.  (yes…. god knows I do not need BBQ but it was making me money to make my fruit snacks cheaper so I came home with it!  Sometimes couponing is about buying stuff you DON’T want to get what you DO want free or cheap!)

I did this transaction 11 times (the last two transactions had popcorn substituted for the last filler items in the Buy 10 get $3 off because I ran out of BBQ Q’s!) :

6 boxes of Betty C Fruit Snacks – $1.79 each ($1.49 each with sale) = $10.74
4 Kraft BBQ - $0.99 each ($0.69 each with sale) = $3.96
$14.70 Total
- $3.50 Cat from previous BC deal (Buy 5 BC Fruit Snacks and get $3.50 Cat)
- $3 (from the Daytona deal Buy 10/ get $3)
$8.20 Total
- (3) $0.50/2 fruit snacks Q’s (double at my store to $1 each)
$5.20 Total
- (4) $0.50 / 1 Kraft BBQ (double at my store to $0.99 (sale price)

FINAL TOTAL: $1.20 + tax = $1.24

for 6 boxes of Fruit snacks and 6 bottles of BBQ. Really the BBQ was a money maker and filler for the fruit snacks.  The total amount for ALL of the items in the image above was $16 and change!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This offer is STILL VALID this week!  Please go out to Kroger and take advantage!

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