I know so many young, non-grannyish gals who share my fellow coupon clipping and saving obsession. I know many of my readers (specifically those who spend $100+ on a pair of shoes *wink*, I still love ya girl!) think it’s nerdy to be a coupon clipper, mainly cause they don’t get it.

Seriously though, when you can get a load of stuff (that you already need) for way less than regular price it is an amazing feeling and it also totally helps out the budget (even if you aren’t living paycheck to paycheck). It’s not all that hard to do and the more serious you get about it the bigger your savings can be.

Today, despite my feeling under the weather (finally got my period after 55 days) I managed to drag my ass to the CVS near the house to snag some great deals before my coupons expired. Here is what I got:

Makes me pretty happy that I filled my cart with over $100 of stuff and my coupons saved me $32.69. I also had $13.00 in CVS extra bucks to use with my coupons which brought my total down to $66.62, then I earned $12.00 in more CVS extra bucks for my next trip and have $37.46 coming back to me in rebate checks from individual companies.

On some items I didn’t save anything because I didn’t have coupons or special offers for those but for others I made money (as you can see by the green numbers) so it all balances out nicely if you are smart about it. Essentially I got 25 products for $29.16. That averages out to about $1.16 spent on each product.

I saved us $83.15 on this shopping trip, that is money that can be spent elsewhere. Like on Everly. Yay!

What is even better is that this is only one store’s weekly deals, rebates and coupon matching. With the time and energy I can do that same thing at Walgreens, Walmart and so on. So, why aren’t you couponing yet?