So Happy is Me! T'was a wicked 2 days of FREE...and some very savvy savings!

[$avvy$hopper]

Aside from having an extra long weekend, I enjoyed some fabu savings and lots of free stuff...all helping to keep my grocery costs for the month in check!

Here's what I've been up to on Saturday and Tuesday:

No Frills - needed milk and used my $10 GC from Stouffers promo:
2x milk (2% and 3.5%) $5.47 + $4.47
1 frozen juice $0.65
Total Bill: $10.59 - $10 GC
Total $OOP $0.59!!!!

RCSS
1x bread $1.88- $2.50 coupon
1x corn $1.99
1x watermelon $1.66
Total Bill: $5.53
Total $OOP $3.03

Fortinos #1- yay! finally found HH with $3 meat coupon on them!
1x Hamburger Helper $2.99 - .50 coupon
Total $OOP $2.49

Fortinos #2
1x HH $2.99 -.50 coupon
1x ground beef $3.30 - $3 wub hh and beef
Total bill: $6.29
Total $OOP: $2.79

Walmart:
Asana Yogurt $4.07 – FPC
Strawberries $1.48 - $1 coupon
Stouffers Bistro $3.16 – FPC
Fibre 1 bars $3.47 – 1.00 coupon (SCOP should have been $2.97 but didn’t notice it til next day…rest on that later)
Trial size Gillette foam $1.27 x 3 - $5 wub 3 coupon
Fibre 1 bars $2.97 – 1.00 coupon
Saute Sensations $4.97 – FPC
Nature Valley Fruit Bars – Free wub 2 Fibre 1 bars
Easy Express Rotini $4.97 – FPC
Hambuger Helper $1.47 - .50 coupon
Green Giant Mixed Veggies $1.97 – FPC wub veggies and HH
Green Giant Veggie/Pasta $1.97 - $1 coupon
Bananas $1.55- FPC
Bananas $1.01 - $1 coupon
Colgate Total Toothpaste trial size $1.00x 6 - $1.50x6 coupon
Chicken drumsticks $3.50x 2 (marked down from $5!)
Total Bill: $53.14
Total $OOP $11.72

Walmart #2: took my SCOP’d $ from Fibre 1 bars and bought
GV napkins $1.98
Nivea Cream $1 - $2 coupon
GV margarine $.97
Eggs $2.34
Total bill: $6.68
Total $OOP $1.21!

Walmart #3 – Went to a diff Walmart and these ones had the $3 beef coupon them. Double yay! Couldn’t pass that up…$3 savings on a $0.97 purchase…oh yah!
2x HH $1.47 – 2x .50 coupons
1x Mint tea $2
Total Bill: 4.94
Total $ OOP: 3.94

Freshco
Fruit/Veggies stock up: broccoli, blackberries, tomatoes, baby carrots, snap peas, bagged salad
Total Bill and $OOP: $5.52

Mom’s House: She gave me her FPC for Asana!
Sis’ house: she’s cutting down on dairy so I got her FPC for Asana too!
Love ya’s!

Mark’s WorkWearhouse: scored a smashing great dress for 25% off reg price and used my “spend $20 or more and get a $10 item free” so I picked up a pair of quad comfort flip flops that were marked down to $9.99! Woohoo!

Final stops:

Zellers #1- bought DD some new sandals, tops, shorts and diaper genie refills
Total Bill: $60.38
Total $OOP $4.71 thanks to grandma who gave DD $50 on the last visit! Hugs for grammie and I used my VIP SPC to save 10% off the pre-tax price.

PLUS! I got the $10 savings card for spending $50+ on my HBC card to use next week. It’s save $10 off a $20+ pretax purchase.

Zellers $2 – was eyeing some shoes in clearance section and snagged ‘em along with new sleep wear
Total Bill: $56.96 – 10% VIP SPC
Total $OOP: $51.86

And got another $10 savings card!! Woohoo, shopping will be fun next week!

WHEW!!! All in all, a great two days of shopping! $138 saved with near $40 in new coupons to add to the binder!

And top it all off, we shaved 70% off our monthly grocery bill!
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Thanks for all your tips and updates SCers! You're helping me to continue to be a savvy shopper!

[coupon girl]

wow you cant beat all those great savings and shaving 70% off your bill

[frugalmom]

Well done. I love reading your brags!

[carlyincanada]

Awesome savings!! WTG!!

[Shwa Girl]

Great shopping.
Great deals.
And to top it off, the title of your post rhymes.
You have taken SC up another notch.

[Ang735]

Awesome shopping! WTG

[sweetmomma]

Looks like you outdid yourself again! Super deals. Forgot about the Zellers Savings card. Is it only this wk?

[karensugarpants]

Wow! You're awesome at this!!!

[$avvy$hopper]

thanks for the great comments everyone. indeed it took some coordinating of efforts and it paid off in the end. Sweetmomma, the $10 savings card promo at Zellers I think ends on Thursday...and you can only use the card between May 31 and June 2 (I think it's June 2). happy shopping!

[lovebugs2]

Awesome brag!!!!

[$avvy$hopper]

thanks all. I've passed reps around but it seems I've "loved" on Carly too much so I have to wait before giving her more reps...sorry hun...it'll come soon!

[sarah_300c]

Wow Awesome deals! WTG!