Savings on the essentials!

Money Makers are always to be found. Timed well with a store promotion and the manufacturers publishing of GREAT coupons is a recipe for great gain! I have been seroiusly shopping with coupons and keeping aware of sales cycles for a year now. WOW! A whole year. I used to keep a spreadsheet of my savings etc. but that did not last long. Anyway, I digress. This morning I found the need to get deli meat, jam and a bagel. I also just printed 3 $3 off coupons of The Schick Quattro for women trimmer (retails for 11.99). I have been waiting for a good deal. When shopping, I always look at the clearance rack you never know what you will find. Earlier in the week, I found the trimmers on clearance for $6. With a coupon $3 is a good deal, but I wanted better that, I wanted a GREAT deal.

Back to the money makers.. All month long the GAS-X money maker at Publix has been very profitable. When I went in this morning there were 18 boxes! I did have coupons for all but I only bought 12. With the $3+ overage for every 2 that I bought it covered the 3 trimmers! and the Ham, Turkey and Strawberry Jam that were FULL price no coupons and at the end of the day.

Plain Bagel 0.69 ( I wanted the 4 pack, they were all out not pictured kids ate it!)
Publix Ham $3.69
Publix Turkey $3.69
Strawberry Jam $4.59
3 Quattro Trimmers $18
12 Extra Strength GAS-X 12 @2.49

Coupons Used
3 $3 off Shick Quattro Trimmer IP no longer available
6 -$3/2 Benefiber, Gas-X, Prevacid 24 Hour, Maalox Advanced, SS 1/08
6 -$5/2 Maalox, Ex-Lax, Prevacid 42 ct., Gas-X or Benefiber (Publix coupon), Green Advantage flyer (exp 01/27)

Total Cost 4.71 Total Savings $74.97

Overall Good Day!