This weeks Grocery trip savings - Vlog

Today I went to Acme to get a few groceries and had coupons and sale ad in hand.  I usually clip coupons and let them expire.  Useful right?  lol.  Well, I was talking with one of my best friends over at Mamas Good Deals who is a stay at home mom and determined to stay that way as long as she can, one deal at a time.  She was telling me that in one trip, just in coupons alone, she saved $92.  This does not include sales the store had.  I was flabbergasted.  What was I giving up by letting my coupons expire???  I felt like a moron to be perfectly honest.

Well, no more, I tell you!  Last week I went to the store and got my grocery bill down from $60 and change to $14 and change.  Seeing that 76% savings had me convinced I could do this.  It does take a bit of time with clipping the coupons and going through the ads.  But, with me getting laid off from my current job in just under a months time?  You can bet I will start making the time to do this.  Even if I save 30%, I'll be happy.  That's money that I can put away for other things.  The vlog I'm including here are of the best deals from this trip.  I saved 55% on this trip with coupons and preferred customer savings.




So, today, I went to Acme and the bill came to $79.19 and I was able to get it down to $33.09.  This included the following:

• 2 DiGiorno Pizza's - Sale 2/$10 and I had a $2 Coupon taking it to 2/$8
• With the Pizza's came a free container of Edy's Ice Cream. Saving $3
• 4 Jars of Ragu Spaghetti Sauce - $.99 a jar - 2 $1 coupons making them $.50 a jar
• 2 Jars of Hellman's Light Mayo - $2.49 a jar - $.40 coupon on 2, doubled to $.80 making them $2.09 each
• 2 Bottles of Heinz Ketchup - $1.69 a bottle - No coupon
• 2 boxes of Ronzoni Garden Delights Pasta - $.75 a box
• 2 boxes of Orville Popup Popcorn boxes BOGO $3.29 - $.75 coupon on 2, doubling to $1.50, making them $1.79 for 1
• With the BOGO popcorn, deal included 2 2-liter sodas for free. Got Canada Dry and A&W.  So, for $1.79 I got 2 popcorns and 2 2-liters :)
• Tyson Chicken strips pre-packaged $3.99 marked down to $2
• Jennie O Ground Turkey $4.99 marked down to $3.79
• Hot Pockets Nacho Bites $3.99 marked down to $2.99
• TGI Friday Smoked Chicken appetizer $4.59 marked down to $3.50

I would love to hear about your trips and any tips that you have to a newbie fellow couponer :)