What Can $35.32 Buy You?

I have been couponing over the past few months.  To be honest, I have used coupons on and off for years but now I am really trying to use them as much as possible.  I have been following some awesome couponing blogs as well as their posts on Facebook.

I have had a few good "scores" but nothing like what I did today.  I am quite proud of what I purchased and for the amount paid. 

My local Walmart is one of the stores that began piloting double coupons today.  That along with their price matching made today's trip fun!  I had an awesome cashier. (I even called the store manager and 1-800-walmart to let them know how great she was.)   I was her first coupon customer and what an experience it was for the both of us.  The register system isn't set up to double coupons so the cashiers have to get the coupons first and for each product that she rings up, she must find the coupon and do a price adjustment for the coupon amount on the item and then at the end scan all the coupons again to take the "double" amount off.  That along with price matching on all those items took forever but it was worth it.

Below are some pictures of my purchase.   Quite a few of the coupons doubled to more than the price of the item which made for an overage that helped cover the cost of the other items I purchased.  If you can't tell from the pictures, the purchase included 62 tubes of Crest Toothpaste,  1 pack of Charmin, 1 multi pack of Scott paper towels, 4 Reach dental floss, 3 Suave body wash, 6 boxes of GoGurt, 3 packs of Sargento cheese slices, 1 pound of ham lunchmeat, 2 packs of M&Ms, 2 large boxes of Pop Secert popcorn, 2 packs of Natures Own Bread, several packs of Duracell batteries, several jars and cans of Dole fruit., 10 boxes of band aids, Benadryl stick, and .....you get the idea, all the items are pictured except the bottle of Diet Dr. Pepper I drank at the checkout and on the way home!  I had a coupon for all but 4 of the items pictured!

I am trying to get as many person items such as toothpaste, shampoo, and deodorant as I can for free or super cheap as I can.  I plan on taking some to the school where I teach because we often have students in need.  I also plan on making hygiene kits for the homeless.

All of this for $35.32!