100% Challenges

We had a mission to save 100% tonight, and we nearly accomplished it. 

Under normal circumstances, you won't find us buying ridiculously large quantities of stuff just because it's free or discounted. In addition to the fact that I have zero space for a large stockpile, there's only two of us. We just don't need that much stuff. And it's reprehensible to buy way more than you need of something and leave other people who may need that product without it.

But we happened to have a lot of this past Sunday's inserts. 12 Red Plums and 8 Smart Sources. I can't tell you my secret source for these inserts, but I can assure you that it doesn't happen every week. We just lucked into it this time. 

So when WalMart and Kroger had coupon matchups (I can't thank Southern Savers enough) that corresponded with my ridiculously large number of inserts, I couldn't resist seeing what we could save.

Grand total: $.75 (tax only); Total savings: $11.99 (before tax)

At WalMart, Black Flag fly swatters and fly paper were on sale for $.98. This matched with a $1 off coupon from Red Plum, and I bought 8 fly swatters and 4 packages of fly paper. Disposable razors were also on sale for $.98, which matched with another $1 off coupon, making them free as well. 

We actually ended up paying $.75, just the tax on the items. The actual subtotal was -$.02. Even thought it was only two cents, I'd never seen a negative before. That was pretty cool.

We have every intention of giving away most of those fly swatters. We'll keep a couple around here, but who needs 8 fly swatters?

Our trip to Kroger kind of made me feel like a crazy person. 

Remember the Wisk deal going on right now? It's on sale for $3.99 and there's a $2 off coupon in the 5/15 Smart Source. Buying the Wisk will also cause a $2 Catalina coupon to print, essentially making your purchase free. 

So 8 Smart Sources, right? We may have gone a little overboard. 

Grand total: $5.48 (out of pocket); Total savings: $44.45 (before tax)

Well, actually, 7. We used one of them last night before I figured out what a good deal this was. 

But we definitely bought 7 bottles of Wisk laundry detergent. Including coupons and Catalina (We had to pay $1.99 plus tax up front to start the madness but got a $2 Catalina to use later), we spent $2.17 on those 7 bottles--basically just the tax.

The unfortunate thing was that we had to do all of it in separate transactions to get the Catalina to use on the next bottle. We could have paid for it all out of pocket and kept the Catalina to use later, but Boy wanted to see those 100% savings receipts (after the first one). 

We also got another bottle of the $1 Benefiber. Fiber supplements are expensive, so we snatched that one up. The cashier was less than thrilled about the separate transactions, but I apologized to her and she was pleasant enough.

All in all, it was pretty neat to be able to walk away from a store and feel like you were legally robbing them blind. WalMart was fun because the cashier was rude and annoyed but we won in the end.

We won't normally buy such large quantities, but tonight was a fun little game and I'm glad it produced some things we could use :)