For those of you who never have had the opportunity to double or triple your coupons, I want you to check with your nearest realtor and move on over to NC.
The housing market is great. We have the mountains, beach AND TRIPLE COUPONS!!
I have spent all week long giving friends and acquaintances mini tutorials about the benefits of this week. Can you believe some of my friends in real life still haven’t bought into my fever? From now on, I am sending them to this post. I even went so far as to give a few of my sweet friend a few coupons today, so they could get some free stuff. 🙂
I apologize my pictures aren’t better for viewing. I regret that I didn’t take more time so you can really see all that I bought, but I went shopping with my four youngest kids AFTER church and we got in the door at 10:00pm. Photos were not my priority.
I printed and saved multiple cereal coupons from my side bar last month, knowing that this week would come around. I am so glad I saved them. (
Print them now as they are going fast. There are more diaper coupons, toothpaste, cereal, Barillas pasta which I used today and got for free. If you have a problem with instillation, try switching from Internet Explorer to FireFox. That worked for me).
I also stockpiled a number of great cleaning coupons, so that I could get cleaning wipes for $0.50.
I can’t believe that those Veggie Crisps (see…not everything is junk with coupons) is blocking the view of the TWELVE – 12 – boxes of cereal that I received for ONE QUARTER EACH!!
They were on sale for $2.50 and I had a variety of $0.75 coupons, which then tripled in value taking $2.25 off each box.
It was so exciting that I was giving boxes to friends. My son then brought the neighbor cousins into our pantry and counted them out loud to his captive audience. 🙂
I couldn’t even fit all of my groceries on the island. I still have three full bags sitting on the floor, along with multiple 1/2 gallons of Breyer’s ice cream (the double churned half fat is my favorite) that I got for around $0.50.
There were so many items for free, including all that sour cream, salsa, foil, mustard, rice mixes, sugar, Not to mention that every item I purchased ended up being between $0.25 and $1.00.
Then my amazing shopping expedition ended with the meat manager finding me in the aisle with this in his hands (remember, I always advise you to get to know your grocery people – they are your friends, and look out for you). I asked what it was – hoping it was another great roast like last time…..
Lamb chops…what? Lamb chops – I have never had them.
He then sauntered over, showed me the price ($37.03) and said he’d give them to me for under $5 (see that $4.44 final price).
Sold! I’ll try anything for that kind of deal, plus my husband loves a variety of things and I knew he would be excited.
For those of you who do not ever see meat marked down, just ask the meat manager what they do with their short dated products and ask if they’d be willing to give you a discount. That is how it started for me ten years ago, and now it’s a given. They can only say “no,” but then try another store til you get a “yes.” I’ve done the same with dairy and produce. It never hurts to ask.
So, you’re probably wondering the total. Considering that $20 of this purchase was lamb, full price English muffins, mangos, and four bags of pretzels without coupons, the total….
$56.00……….YES, $56.00.
And there are still FIVE days left for Triple Coupons. Should I do a give away at the end of the week to see who can guess how many boxes of cereal I will end up with? 🙂
Come on over, my friends…the South is calling you, and there’s some land right across the street from us that is for sale. 🙂 And it isn’t even Swamp Land….remember the precious creek? Yes, that’s it.
Thank you for the wonderful money saving tips! I hope you enjoy the lamb chops.
Great blog!
Nola @ The Bloom Girls
Nashville, TN
wow, i am totally impressed! Way to go!
Suzanne
Does a job come with that land? Triple couponsl! I want me some of that. I’ve been couponing less than a year. Maybe triple coupons are in my future and I just don’t know about it yet. I can tell you that 12 boxes wouldn’t last long in this house. I hope you get 50! I can never stock pile cereal long. hubby was working tonight. We had Cheerios! I love cereal night!
Okay, girl, You are such an inspiration. Even though we do have triple coupons here in Mass, I jus may take you up on that invite. I’d love to hang out and cut coupons with you.
-Michelle
NICE!!! No one here triples…..maybe I should move???!!! LOL Great job! What a score!!! I’m so envious!!!
Great job girl! How long did it take to shop for all of that? It seems to take me a little while longer with all my coupons to make sure I get the right things/amounts.
You are awesome! I had never thought of getting to know the meat manager. So today I was looking at Kroger and I saw some good bacon that has no hormones or antibiotics that was marked down. I thought they were a good deal at $2 because regular bacon is about that much and these had no hormones. Well the expiration date was today, so the manager was right there and I asked if they were going to mark them down any more because today is the last day. She said, “Sure, I can do that!” She grabbed her little scanner and marked them down to less than $1 a piece. I was excited and very thankful for your blog! 🙂
Man oh man! I thought I was a grocery goddess, but you truly are the QUEEN!
(And yes, I sure do wish I lived in NC rather than CA!!!)
For those meats that are marked down… that’s when you need a big freezer and a close, personal relationship with your FoodSavr!
Once again…I BOW to you Queen Jen! I am so super duper impressed. I talk about you and your couponing ALL the time to my friends and family and I think they think I’m a crazy stalker! Well, maybe I am. but I THINK we’re also friends, so that disqualifies me as a stalker, right? I SOOOOOOO wish we had triple coupons around here. I’m gonna have to start cozy-ing up to the meat and dairy manangers!!!
~Amanda
Cute post. I’ll stick with San Diego, though you are welcome to come visit and take me thrift store shopping. 😉
Ok..so you were envious of my soon-to-be schoolroom…I am TOTALLY envious of your triple coupons!!!
We are blessed to get doubles every once in a while over here…but only up to 50-cents. Sigh. I’ll live the good life vicariously through your post.
Awesome! What stores triple in NC?
Waah don’t tempt me. If I only I could find a job there. We vacation in NC at least twice a year now.
Awesome job shopping. I miss Harris Teeter. Now I just have to exploit buy 1, get 1 free with regular coupons at Publix LOL.
I think I’m ready to move to NC!! Now, I just need to get my husband on board!
I am packing our bags as we speak, lol. Our Kroger stores used to do triple coupons about twice a year, that stopped probably over 10 years ago. I wonder why different areas do this while others dont??? I used to LOVE the triple coupon days, but not anymore, it would almost be worth a roadtrip!! Cant wait to see how many boxes of cereal you end up with! Good Luck, Sue
Great work! I would move to NC in a heartbeat, but my family wouldn’t be too happy. Thanks for sharing!
~Liz
I did my cereal things this week and topped out at 33 boxes of cereal. (it’s killing me since I am on a diet because I WOULD LOVE to dive into a bowl or two of Frosted Flakes…)
I agree: knowing the meat guy probably saved MINIMUM 15-20% off my bill. When he washaving troubles, I baked him cookies (which I am known for) and he will never forget my name! He sees me in the store and automatically says, “Hey, you have to see what I have today!”
I think your blog is Fab! I’ve left you an award on my blog-
excellent! Can you sell houses? Sell mine here in PA and we’ll join you in NC!
Were you a cheerleader in high school? You are so encouraging! 🙂 We have some groceries here in the ‘Burg that do triple coupons, but it looks so overwhelming to me. Do you just block out a couple of hours to plan meals/look at circulars/cut coupons? Do you go to more than one store?
The Tigers and I did a 50% savings last night in about 45 mins with one week’s coupons and NONE Purchased! 🙂 We’re happy about that.
Can you believe all this – Triples and MNO all in the same week! 😉
I hit HT on Thursday with 2 kids after school. I almost cried at checkout… (I am concerned about making the rent next week, so every penny counts)… I was budgeting $20… my total was $7.22!!
I had a full cart, filled with pastas, oranges, hamburger, applesauce, cereal, chips, pastas, ice cream & more. I used all 20 coupons they allowed. Plus, I had received $10 off $40 coupons in the mail for a new store 10 miles away. Needless to say, I have been shopping there! When the total rung up, it was $56… then $10 off… then my coupons… $7.22 cash paid for 8 bags of groceries! Thank you Lord!!!
My chips were free or $.25 a bag with coupons… and they had $2 off beef if you buy 2 bags of chips. So with 4 bags of chips for a total of $.50, I got $4 off two packages of hamburger… they ended up being just over $1 a pack. I love couponing!!!
I know you don’t post the “award thing” but that won’t stop me from giving you one. Please come by when you can. I am grabbing your button so that you can find your way back.
🙂
Oh, my!!!! I am so jealous!!! I’d love to move to SC or NC. Love it out there! Our local grocery store doubles coupons up to a $1 but they only double one coupon per type of item… so you can’t stock up on cereal because they will only double the first coupon. It stinks! I’ve been meaning to write a letter to their corporate about it.
Wow! With deals like that, grocery shopping could be fun! 🙂
How are you able to get multiples of so many items when there is a 3 per item limit – per purchase – and 20 coupon max per day? (I know that a lot of stores are really riding shot-gun over the policies) I was able to get $160 worth for @ $27…the coupons that I ordered from EBAY came in and I will be going back these next few days to stockpile:)
My mouth dropped to the ground when I saw the price you got that meat for!!! wow…..awesome girl…I am trying so desperately not to be envious of the coupon deals you get, and since I’m Canadian,,there is no way we can move….because I WOULD GIRL!! I’m a coupon girl for sure!! We just don’t have that here…as for discount meat..oh girl…I get to that place first before I check out any of the other meat,,lol…
I was able to get garlic bread loaf for 1.50 off. Bought three today. I was busy praising God out loud in the store..lol. Bread was 2.00 off,,bought two of those..’thank You Sweet Jesus’..
What a score you came out with…awesome job girl..and I’m stunned also that some of your friends haven’t joined in..LIKE COME ON!!!! Look at the savings!! Look at the money they would have left over for YARD SALESSSSS!!!! lol
That’s insanity. There are no triple coupons here. There aren’t even double coupons here. And organics are so hard to find with coupons. I just do the best I can, because I buy so much organic stuff.
Great job.
Sandy
p.s. I hope my hubby doesn’t see this. He’ll want to marry you.
Angela – I thought I would respond here for others doing triple coupons. I actually checked out in one line and I was going to have my son check out separately. I asked the manager first if that was ok (yes, I;m a rule follower) and he said he had no problem with that. I didn’t realize it was 20/day, but if the manager said it was ok, I am good with that. 🙂
Teri – Great point. Did you know that most stores will honor competitors coupons? So, I received a $5/20 coupon for Food Lion. Well, my Harris Teeter and my Lowes Foods took that. Most stores will honor any other, so make sure you don’t let those go to waste. Free money.
Great job, Jen!
Jen,
My husband says he’ll consider moving if you have trout fishing.
We have 3 stores with double coupons here in the People’s Republic of Massachusetts but I swear they raise the prices to compensate. One store has three coupons this week you could use for tripling another coupon WOW. This same store limits the number of coupons you can use to five on any one item. Who has time for that. And I love, love, love that coupon filing system you have. What a difference between now and twenty years ago. (OH my gosh I’m dating myself) Is there any work for architects?
WOW!!!! I went to Harris Teeter and used lots of coupons, but I still didnt make out as good as you (I’m new to the whole thing). Check out my post to see what I got so far. I will be going again on tomorrow and Tuesday
OK which HT do you recommend. 2 different ones that i go to. can be a pain. some wouldn’t take my coupon which was for buy 2 get .75 off. it was buy 2 get 3 free. the casier so NO.
So I was wondering if there are better HT in the area
Thanks for responding:) Did you get the FL $5 off $20 in the mail or in a flyer? I guess they wouldn’t honor the Family Dollar one that I have seen…or would they???
On the B2G3 free – you HAVE to get all 5 to get the special. So personally- I would use 3 sets of coupons and get 6 items. You are actually PAYING for all five at a lower price on most occasions. Have you done that before Jen?
Jen! This is greatness. I took your advice and did talk to a guy at my grocery store about when they mark down the meat and he gave me the whole run down about their system! Sad note, I stocked up on ground beef and wanted to brown it all and freeze it and life got busy/I’m just not in the “habit” of that sort of thing yet and one package went bad in the fridge. 🙁 I haven’t found a place that will double/triple yet and the grocery store right by my house unfortunately doesn’t carry many of the items that I end up with coupons for. Oh well. I’m persevering in this coupon thing. 🙂 Thanks for your encouragement and mentorship. Kelly