Obsessive Compulsive

CVS shopping: Total $40 but this includes 2 boxes of my touch up hair color which was $10 of it.
So $30 after extra bucks bought:
2 Glade reed diffusers (ended up free)
15 snack boxes of cookies-chips ahoy, lorna doone, oreos (1/2 size of reg. boxes)
Duracell 8 pack batteries
windes
2 Aquafresh iso toothpaste (new)
2 gallons milk
2 welch's grape jams
2 Colgate toothpastes
2 mens Fusion Razors
Gillete deodorant
Gillete shave gel
2 Dawn dish detergent
Tootsie roll pops
2 six packs apple sauce
4 snack packs candy (10 in pack)

Walgreen's (I did this on 2 trips)

$17 after coupons and register rewards bought:

4 large packs of lifesavers in bags

Poppycock

2 Carefree pantyliners

Hand sanitizer

2 Oral B toothbrushes

2 Rembrandt toothpastes

2 Warming Theraflu

Men's zone Razor

2 pkgs Kleenex with aloe

6 scunci products worth about $3-$4 each

Nasal strips for snorers-think it will help me?

Target deal #2 $21 after coupons, &Target cards (2) for $5 each

3 Dreyers ice cream

2 Dreyers fruit popscicles

4 bags starbursts

Poptarts

Nutrigrain bars

1 gallon milk

4 glade candle tins

2 bags Tostitos

1 jar Tostito salsa

2 pkg Special K crackers

2 pkg special K fruit bars

Target deal #1 Cost $15 but I got a $5 Target card so it was really $10

Johnson's baby bottle-free after 1 Target coupon

Johnson's baby wash-free after 2 coupons, 1 Target, 1 mfg

2 glade candles in tins -cost 1.64 each but had 1.50 coupons in each so I can get 2 more for .14 each

2 big pack starbursts $1 each after target coupons

4 Sobe drinks - had b1g1 coupon so paid $3

Quattro razor-free after target and manf. coupons

2 packs Ziploc containers $3 after manf coupons

2 packs special K crackers, 2 packs special k fruit bars

these were 2.39 each. I had $1 off coupons for each and 50c Target coupons off each
Got $5 gift card for these so they were better than free!

Have you ever noted that obsessive compulsive trait about me? I tend to latch on to one activity and do it to oblivion. First it was tole painting and folk wood crafts (lots of Americana as my kids hated), rubber stamping complete with online card and stamp exchanges (this one cost me a LOT of money-thanks Toni ), then it was scrapbooking (more money and I still have a lot of stuff I need to sell on E-Bay-again thanks Toni) and now it is couponing. At least I am saving money now. I am obsessed with reading the couponing blogs, signing up for anything I can get for free, scanning the ads for local stores (repeatedly) and clipping coupons. The key is to buy a few big city papers each Sunday. They are the ones with the best coupons and there are also many online you can print out. Then it is shopping, shopping and more shopping. My pantry is full and so is a hall closet. I only buy when I can save about 70% and will go get the free things at each store 2-3 times. It's the funnest game in town. I know, I'm pathetic.

Here are pictures of this weeks deals. Mind you, I put 10-15 hours in these deals. I could work more and just buy the stuff but I have better satisfaction this way. If my stores were in my town it would cut down on time. Sorry pictures are on top-I can't figure how to bring them down. How do you do it??? I won't bore you with all my pictures on future trips but just wanted to show that couponing is amazing. You could just go for the almost free products and spend less but I get things I want too.