I had to pick up a few things this morning for our meals tonight & tomorrow and drop off some dry cleaning, plus last night I went through my coupons to see what was expiring today. I ran in to an old friend (Hi there!) at Acme, and I said “Yeah, just enjoying the time to myself, wandering the aisles..” and she replied “Oh, I remember those days.” I enjoy finding great bargains and doing the matchups.

Walmart-all xmas is 75% off and I got great gift boxes (10 pack) and wrapping paper for $0.75 each. I also found one Fusion gift set for $2.22 and an Olay one for 2.50 and Herbal Essences for 2.50. After coupons ($4 fusion, $2 olay, $2 HE) it was still a moneymaking venture of about $0.50 and I am still mailing in rebates since they were purchased by the deadline of today.

Superfresh-small things of Bounce sheets are 0.99. My coupon was only for 0.20, but it doubled. Some areas got a 0.50 coupon so it will be free. I was completely out of dryer sheets and doing without, glad to have a small stockpile again. Progresso broth is $2 so only $1 if you have the $1 coupon from the Safeway booklet or a bit more if you have the $0.40 coupon from the inserts.

Acme-running a 5/20 P&G deal and I really needed napkins. Remember, works on shelf or knockdown prices, then pay sale price minus coupons. The deal does not stack–I purchased two boxes of diapers (19.99) and a small filler to hit $40 because there is another $5 catalina wyb two boxes of diapers. Plus I had two home mailers for $2 off diapers, and two FREE wipes when you buy diapers. So for about $36, I got two boxes of diapers and two tubs of wipes, plus two $5 catalinas back–one from the P&G deal and one from the diaper deal. I was hoping for a third $5 catalina for hitting the $20 threshhold twice, but no go. Did not stack. Lots of items on knockdown which stinks, I don’t really see any freebies to be had, but if you need the stuff, cheaper than usual. I stuck to diapers & napkins which I needed. Their xmas stuff is at half off.

Overall I was pleased with my purchases, did very well. My grocery savings at all three stores was over 50% and that’s what I always aim for.