A whole mess of produce

My friend, Audrey, sent me this picture a few weeks ago.

She is a couponer and she knows what she is doing. She must have even impressed herself with this trip. She surely impressed me. I love this picture because Audrey has shown that you don't have to buy a bunch of processed food to benefit from coupons. I mean, do you see the produce in this picture. It is practically falling off the cook-top.

She wrote:

I got free toothpaste for the church food pantry and took advantage of
the Betty Crocker/General Mills Catalina to get some cheap potatoes
for the food pantry and some of our own pantry staples. Then I used
the catalinas ($15 dollars worth) to get fresh produce. All in all, I
spent exactly $28.00! (just realized I forgot to put the 2 bunches
of bananas and 2 avocados in the picture)....Yay Kroger deals!


Later, she wrote:

I saved $47.23 in 2 transactions (I had $11.20 in coupons, $15 in catalinas from 1st transaction, and $21.03 Kroger plus savings). I love when I can save on produce. The produce alone would have been over $23.00 without a Kroger card.


If you don't know what a catalina is, here is a tutorial from forthemommas.com

If you want to go shopping with Audrey, you best just get in line.

This week at the store

Well, actually this was a few weeks ago. A little orthopaedic hip surgery hindered the blogging process for a while. It's not earth shattering for sure, but it reinforces that toiletries don't have to cost an arm and a leg. Never pay for toothpaste. Never.

 

Had I paid full price this would have cost $15.09 + tax. Instead, I paid $3.50 + tax. Each packet of Angel Soft was $.50 and the toothbrushes were $.50 as well. Toothpaste was free. (The week before this, I picked up 3 tubes of Crest for free. As long as you are not brand specific, you can stock up during certain times of the year.)  It's just matching a coupon that doubles with a sale price.

 

The only person who is missing out is your dentist, because he's not making a lot of money off of you.