Success

I did it!  I successfully couponed!  At the advice from some friends I know who coupon already, I went to southernsavers.com and let them do the work for me.  I did, however, still spend two days working on building my list and matching up my coupons.  Given, that's not two days straight.  I have a precious, little distraction who requires a lot of my time. :)

And I have to make a confession.  The first day, I actually went to Publix to take advantage of their BOGO deals, but they didn't start until the next day.  First-timer couponer's mistake.  But it was good that I didn't get everything that first day because I had extra time to go back over the list and find more deals.  I even got PAID to buy boxes of pasta on my first try! 

So...here it is.  I saved $91.11 (61%) on all of this!!  I was so pumped when I saw that box on the receipt with my total savings!  I'm hooked!!

 

Here's the breakdown:
9 boxes of cereal
10 boxes of pasta (made $0.06 on each box!)
2 boxes of grits
2 bottles of syrup
2 jars of spaghetti sauce
4 tubs of Dean's French Onion Dip (the hubs' fave)
2 cartons of Almond Milk
4 bottles of coffee creamer
3 containers of deli turkey
2 containers of potato salad
2 large Off! table top candles
3 Off! clip-on refills (got rain checks for 2 more of these b/c they were out)
2 bags of romaine salad (not pictured-oops!)
1 mango (for FREE!)

...all for about $60!  I'm pleased to say that we'll actually use all of this!  Especially the cereal.  We'll probably go through this stash in a few months.  And for those of you concerned about the expiration dates, none of the perishables expire until August or later.  They'll be long-gone by then.

Yesterday, I was so excited to get my Sunday papers.  Can't wait to see what deals I'll get this week!