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Lots of Party Mix and CVS Coupons this Week

Nothing makes me happier than see a big batch of Party Mix spread out to cool on my kitchen counter...

WELL...almost...because savings loads of mola with coupons at CVS also does it for me ;)

 
This week CVS has some fantastic deals on vitamins (buy one get one free), Hershey's candies (bogof), Visine eye care products (bogof), V8 juices (3/$7.00), CVS brand party peanuts (2/$4.00) JUsT to name a few.  THEN when you combine them with coupons you can save over 50% like I did.  All of the products in the above photo had a retail value of $348.27 (vitamins and cold medicines add up quickly ;)  The savings with my CVS card totaled $130.81; my total coupon savings $36.10 and then add the tax savings of $12.51 and that adds up to a total savings of $179.42.  With a total out of pocket amount of $168.85 for $348.27 worth of products...thats over 52% in savings!

Anybody want to party?

Well...maybe next time...because right now this party mix is getting boxed up in a few care packages for some family birthdays this coming week.  But you all can find all you need to put make your own  party mix and what everelse you might need for after the party at your local CVS store.

Now that I've made you all hungry...hope have a wonderful evening.

Fondly, Roberta

Okay...so it's official...I'm a Coupon Geek!

How did you spend you long weekend?  Hanging out with your family around the barbie?  Waving your flag at your community's Memorial Day parade?  Did you go out and about and enjoy the lovely weather?

Well I did...none of the above!  Unless you consider grilling a few hot-dogs official barbe-que fare ;)  Nope not me...I opted for staying in and organizing my coupons because I was so excited that my new coupon pages came in from Coupon Clutch...

 

Geek....geek...geek!  Can you hear the warning sounds now?  A few weeks ago my sweet niece, Cortney, turned me onto the extreme coupon site, Stockpiling Moms.  They were featuring the Coupon Clutch so I took advantage of the discount and ordered the pages and the clutch itself (didn't feel the need to pay $5.00 for a binder that I already had ;)  My clutch, giraffe with red trim, is back-ordered due to the popularity of the show, Extreme Couponing.  But that didn't stop me from setting up my binder this weekend ;)

Good For You Food Bought with Triple Coupons

Almost an Extreme Couponer...with a total savings percentage of 56%

It was so satisfying to go shopping with my coupons in hand and my detailed list with good foods in mind.  I really did feel like an Extreme Couponer as I handed the cashier my first 20 coupons (my store only allows 20 coupons per day to be tripled ;) and I found myself counting the "dings" as she scanned each one.  Then I handed her the second batch of coupons that did not meet the criteria for being tripled...which were any with a value over $.99/cents or ones for free items...and watched as the balance due continued to decrease.  Final Cost $52.71 for a total retail value of $117.45!

 

Grocery Shopping Is Getting Harder and Harder...

This week my favorite grocery store has triple coupons (up to .99 cents face value) and I was so excited to go shopping because I have been watching the TLC show Extreme Couponing...thanks to my niece Cortney ;)

 

 Then I read a newsletter from Food Matters that referenced this article:

The 7 Foods the Experts Won't Eat  By  Liz Vaccariello, Editor-in-Chief, PREVENTION

In a recent article, seven experts in the fields of both food and the environment (scientists, doctors and farmers) were asked just one simple question: “What foods do you avoid?” Their responses had nothing to do with calories or nutrient-density, but all to do with their insider knowledge on how certain seemingly “healthy” foods that they closely work with are produced and packaged. The findings are scary.