Back to the world of SAVING!!!

Can you believe it is the end of July already? We have been busy, and between a huge family camping trip(25 people) and a wedding out of town I have still managed to fit couponing into the mix.  On our recent camping trip my cousin and I got out our coupon binders out and did some trading, and I was able to take part in this months coupon train. I snagged some great coupons in both instances.  Coupon trading is a great way to get coupons that you will use while trading away those that others want.  This is the premis of the coupon train, and I highly recommend becoming part of one in your area.  It goes like this, people sign up to "ride the train" and a list is made of who will be participating.  The train ( collection of coupons ) is passed from person to person and each person takes the coupons that they want and leaves coupons that may be of use to others.  I get many stackable coupons that that I can use at London drugs trading coupons with others.  Here is what got on my trip to London drugs today :

• 2 x Pampers Mega pack regular $18.99 each onsale 2 for $26.99. My coupons stated that I must also purchase wipes
  2 x pampers travel size wipes @ $2.99 each = $6 I then had 2 x $15 in stacked coupons for diapers and wipes as well as $2.50 in stacked coupons for wipes = $.47 Saved $37.51
• 2 x Pampers Mega pack regular $18.99 each onsale 2 for $26.99.
  My coupons stated that I must also purchase wipes
  2 x pampers travel size wipes @ $2.99 each = $6 I then had 2 x $13 in stacked coupons for diapers and wipes as well as $3 in stacked coupons for wipes = $3.97 Saved $34.01
• 1 x Enfamil formula Regular $28.99 price matched to Superstore $24.99 less $19 in stacked coupons = $5.99 Saved $23
• 1 x Similac Formula Regular $28.99 price matched to Superstore $24.99 less $25 in stacked coupons = FREE Saved $28.99
• 2 x Similac Formula Regular $28.99 onsale for $26.99 less 2 x $25 in stacked coupons =  $3.98 Saved $54.00
• 4 x Tide Laundry Detergent Regular $8.99 each onsale for $5.99 each less 2 x $10 in stacked coupons. This should have cost me $3.96, however upon further inspection of my reciept it became apparent that the cashier did not ring in the second two detergents, but did ring in the second set of coupons so I cam out with an overage of +$8.02

Total purchased: $251.83
Total Paid: $10.29 Should have been $18.31

Hard Work = Savings

So, it was my intention today to do a big London drugs haul today while Addisyn hung out with Daddy :) I decided to swing by Shoppers Drugmart on my way as I had seen some whole wheat lasagna noodles on the clearance shelf a few days prior, and was hoping to scoop them up. To my delight they were still there, as well as Kellogg's cereal for $.99! I soon discovered that there was a 15000 shopper optimum event when you spent $75 (before coupons) so I took advantage. Here's what got:

• 8 x Special K blue berry flavour cereal Regular $6.49 on clearance for $.99 = $7.92 Saved $44 Each of these boxes also included a coupon for free yogurt value of $4.99 each total of $39.92
• 4 x Kellogg's Muslix cereal Regular $6.49 each on clearance $.99 = $3.96 Saved $22
• 1 x Kellogg's Satisfaction Regular $6.49each on clearance $.99= $.99 Saved $5.50
• 2 x Catelli Harvest whole wheat lasagna noodles Regular approx $3.99 on ale for $2.39 each less $1 WUB2 = $3.78 Saved $4.20
• Centrum Cardio vitamins Regular $17.99 on clearance for $5 less $3 = $2 Saved $15.99
• 10 x Nestea singles regular $3.49 on sale for $1.99 =$19.90 Saved $15
• 9 x Crest Pro Health toothpaste $3.79 each less 9 x Free coupons = FREE Saved $34.11

I earned a total of 15760 shoppers optimum points (value of $20)

Total purchased : $181.31

Total Paid : $40.51

I also did my planned London Drugs trip and here's what I got:

• 10 x Crest Pro health toothpaste Regular $4.99 onsale $3.99 each less 10 Free coupons from our dentist = FREE Saved $49.90
• 6 x Fantastic spray cleaner Regular $4.99 each on sale $3.69 each less 4 x B1G1 coupons less 2x $1 off = $6.38 Saved $23.56 Here is what I did here: I had 2 sets of 2 different B1G1 coupons and because I could stack them, I only had to buy two bottles to get 4 free !!
• 12 x Finish dishwasher detergent Regular $7.99 on sale for $5.99 less 12 x $6 in stacked coupons = FREE Saved $95.88
• 1 x and 1x Deep wood off $9.99each  mini spray $5.99each and 1 off mini spray free with B1G1 coupon less 2 x $5 WUB2 less 4 x $1 less 1 x $2 off = FREE Saved $21.97
•  1x Deep wood off $9.99each mini spray $5.99each and 1 off mini spray free with B1G1 coupon less 2 x $5 WUB2 less 4 x $1 less 1 x $2 off = FREE Saved $21.97
• 1 x Off power pad refills 8.99 and 1 x Off mini spray $5.99 less 2 x $5 WUB2 less 4 x $1= $.98 Saved $14
• 1 x Off power pads refill $8.99 and 1 x Off mini spray $5.99 less 2 x $5 WUB2 less 4x $1 less $2 = FREE saved $14.98
• 1 x Off power pad refills 8.99 and 1 x Off mini spray $5.99 less 2 x $5 WUB2 less 4 x $1= $.98 Saved $14
• 2 x Off Family aerosol $7.99 each less 2 x $5 WUB2 less 4 x $1 = $1.98 Saved $14
• Huggies Diapers Mega pack Regular $18.99 Price Matched to Sobeys $12.99 less $10 in stacked coupons = $2.99 Saved $16
• Multibionta Vitamins $14.99 less 1 x $10 off less 1 x $5 off = FREE Saved $14.98
• 4 x Crest toothpaste Regular $2.99 each Price Matched to Safeway 4 for $5 less 4 x $.75 less 1 x $.75 = $1.25 Saved $10.71
• Advil nighttime Regular $9.99 price matched to Walmart $3.97 less $4 off = FREE saved $9.99
• Dove conditioner Regular $4.99 Price matched to Safeway $2.99 and Dove Go fresh deodorant $4.49 less 3 x $2 WUB2 less $1 less $1 = FREE Saved $9.48

Total Purchased $362.79
Total Paid $28.27


I used $280.65 in coupons on this transaction COUPONS ARE CASH!!

Grand total purchased $544.10
Grand total paid $68.78

My Best Transaction Yet!!

After a week away in BC visiting friends and family, I was itching to get back to getting some awesome deals! I did manage to score some awesome finds while in BC helping with my sister in laws garage sale benefiting the Canadian Marfans Association ( I will post my finds in a later installment).  I had a couple of coupons that were expiring yesterday, and I have a really hard wasting the savings, especially when the coupons will enable me to pay nothing for my purchases! I headed to my favorite London Drugs to do some stacking and here's what I got:

•  2 x Similac Infant formula Regular $28.99 each on sale for $26.99 each less 5 x $5 off coupons, 2 x $10  similac cheques, 2 x $5 similac cheques = FREE Saved $57.98
• 2 x Pampers Swaddlers Mega packs Regular $18.99ech price matched 1 bag to Sobeys for $14.99 each less $32 in coupons ( can't remember exactly which ones) = $1.98 Saved $36
• the diaper coupons required me to purchase wipes as well, so I grabbed the travel wipes @ $2.99 each less $1 coupon = $4.98 Saved $1
• 2 x Lysol no touch hand soap system @ $14.99 each less 4x $5 off = $9.98 Saved $20

With the Lysol soap systems I also have two mail in rebate forms for a free system.  What this means is that even though I only paid $4.99 each for them I will receive a cheque from the company for for the full price of the item, meaning that I will MAKE $10 on each item!!!!

Total Purchase $138.52

Total Paid $ $19.42
However I will be receiving $29.98 back from Lysol so I actually made $10.56 on this transaction!!!!