After a coupon swap shopping trip

On june 21st i and a few other local coupon ladies went to a mall for a HUGE coupon swap . this was my 2nd swap and afterwards we went to walmart cause i had a few Sweet Baby rays bbq sauce coupons that were going to expire soon and i wanted to use them .So  i only went for a couple of the items but stocked up on the rest 

Gillette body wash ( with a full sized deoderant on EACH) $2 - $1 off = $1 each x 4 = $4
Relish 1.27 - .75= .77 EA x 2 = 1.54
Club house spice 3.00 - $2 = $1

Mustard $1.77Ea - .75 = $1.02 x 4 = $4.08
Sweet Baby Ray BBQ sauce $1.97 ea - $2 off = + .03 x 6 = + 18 0nly ( THE best deal today )
Glade Expressions $3 ea used a BOGO so bought 4 and spent $6 for them
16 pk Cheese strings $4.68 - .75 = 3.93 PLUS got $6 in coupons

May 28th 2012

May 28th  trips 
heres Shoppers ( where my plan was to do all the shopping thought the toothpaste was $2.99 here but it wasnt on the sensitivity ) 
Hunts Snack packs $ 1.99 each = 3.98 reg. $6.29 ( could of gotten 4 for the price of 1) 
Crispers crackers $1.99 ea x 3 = 5.97 reg $3.49 ea 
Del monte juice 10 packs 1.99 ea x 4 7.96 dont remember reg but it was like 4.99 OR SOMETHING 

Ivory body wash $2.99 ( today only) bought 4 used my buy2 get $3 off coupons
hubby contributed the candy on sale for $2.49 ea and $2.99

Spent $37.75 saved 36.20

Had a awesome shopping trip ( would of been nice if i could of done it all at 1 store like i had planned . Heres the safeway -
6 tubes of crest pro health sensitivity - on sale for $3 - $1 0ff = $2 ea x 6 = $12
bananas ( .88 a lb ) and apples ( $1 per lb HUbby thinks LOl ) = total spent $20.85 total saved $29.29 ( 61% )

May 19th shopping trip

May 19 th - items bought with couopons ( have to say the guy i had was awesome he said it was the most coupons hes rung through and it wasnt very many lol we learned a few new things together today LOL ). This was only half of that grocery shopping see 2nd pic for the whole shop . 

 

Trop 50 2/$9.99 - $1 off = 2/$7.99
Fantastic $2.99 ea - BOGO coupon ( realized at the till that it was 1 per customer otherwise there would be 4 ) = $1.49 
Crest Pro Health toothpaste 3 for $5 

used $1 off so bought 3 for $2
Crest Pro Health Rinse $4.99 ea - $1 off = 3.99 ea
Gillette Proglide shaver $19.19 - $5 off = $14.19
Cascade dishwasher detergent tub / Dawn dish soap - buy tub get soap free = free dawn ( $3.41 value)
2 old spice $3.99 ea - $1 for 2 = $3.49 ea
Yoptimal 12 packs (3) $5.99 EA - $1 OFF = $4.99 ea
Toliet paper not shown $7.99 (bought 2 used coupon for 1 ) - $1 off = $6.99 one toliet paper coupon was expired so i tossed it back in my pocket

This is a picture of my entire grocery shopping that day i am pretty sure i only spent about $200 on the whole bill not 100% sure though 

My beginning into the world of coupons

So in spring i decided to start couponing again after deciding a few months before that , that it was just too much work . SO i logged on to all the mail to home sites i had previously created profiles one ( websaver.ca , save.ca , gocoupons.com , brandsaver.ca , etc) and i requested the coupons i wanted to be mailled to me . i rejoined the coupon train on a facebook group called hanover couponers  . and watched my flyers and matched coupons to the sales on the items i actually use ( there really are a TON of coupons out there that i actually use ) . I started shopping more at shoppers to earn points so i could redeem them when they have their mega redepemtion . During their spring mega redemption i got over $200  worth of groceries for $31. See Pic below  .

 pic 1 of 3 - Retail value $231 ( actual value without sales would of been $300) . Spent out of pocket $31 ( took advantage of shoppers points redemption promo redeemed 80,000 points for 200 off )

Picture 2 of 3 . a close up of the Shoppers redemption 

Picture 3 of 3 

Here is a list of what i got : everything had a sale price or a deal 

3 - Palmolive ( $1 off on all 3 made them .99 ea ) 
2 - gain laundry soap ( b2 save $3) 
1 green works laundry soap 

4 - crispers
1 - ED Smith jam
2- Bic relish ( b2 save 1$ )
4 - bags lays chips
1 - bag cheetos
3 - salad dressings
2 - Quaker granola bars
1 - 3 pack kiinder eggs
4 - 1l apple juice
4 - bags frozen fruit ( $2 off coupon used on ea of the 4 )
2 - pack large paper plates
1 - pack small paper plates
1 - jamison Probiotics kids ( $2 off coupon used )
1 - infant advil
1 - 1 birthday gift with a card
1- package rubber gloves ( for the garden)
1 - pack of venus cartriges ( coupon for free shave gel)
1- satin care shave gel ( FREE with venus purchase )
3 - Dairy milk chocolate bars
1 - del monte juice bags 20 pck
1 - kool aid jammers
1 - box nutrigrain bars 32 pack
2 - movies
1 pack soothers

SO welcome to my adventure in couponing , i will post more amazing trips i have done coming up next 

Recently i decided  that i would only spend $200 bi weekly on groceries . My goal is to actually spend LESS then that so i have some wiggle room for the in between . It has actually worked for the most part . :) . my bills have very rarely been anywhere near $200 in fact they are usually closer to $250 but i have gotten them to as low as $150 - $175 . i love sales and coupons LOL , tomorrow i will be going shopping again , this one may be closer to the $200 mark cause i NEED meat .