Super Doubles Week Starts Feb 16

I needed a few staples last night so instead of going to Food Lion that's just a minute from my house I went to Harris Teeter instead. I wanted to check out the unadvertised deals since they are still tripling to .99 this week. I wasn't impressed with much. Seemed like the same stuff from last week was still on sale this week. Their boneless skinless chicken breast was a good deal for $2.49/lb. I think you can find it cheaper but since I need it now I went for it. There were several things I wanted/needed that I didn't have a coupon for but was on sale. Man, I have to admit that it was REALLY hard to buy that stuff without a coupon. Now, milk and bread are one thing without a coupon but ice cream and cheese are completely different! When you've gotten used to paying a fraction of the actual retail cost it's hard to pay full price. I have been spoiled rotten the past several weeks by saving so much money! So the good news is that next week starting Wednesday, Feb 16 starts Super Doubles Week again! They'll be doubling up to $1.98 and that makes me so happy.

Let's talk couponing

I've had so many people email, text and call me about couponing lately. I don't consider myself a pro by any means but I think a bunch of us together to talk about and share ideas would be pretty cool. Please leave a comment if you'd be interested in coming to something like that in the Eastern NC area.

New ads for Harris Teeter, Lowes Food and Food Lion are out now. Lowes Food has a great deal on sour cream, butter spread and colgate toothpaste...all a quarter or less!!
www.lowesfood.com
www.foodlion.com
www.harristeeter.com I hear the HT in Morehead City, NC is tripling again this week. Not confirmed yet though.

You can see coupon matchups for each store at www.southernsavers.com Just click on the store tab.

Little coupon secret

On every coupon there is a bar code that the cashier will scan. Well, those numbers actually mean something. The one that means the most to me is the very first number. If the number starts with a "5" then that coupon will double or triple if the store is offering that promotion. If the number starts with a "9" then it will not double or triple. Many of the coupons I have found on www.coupons.com would print out and say at the top "DO NOT DOUBLE OR TRIPLE". Well, this really stinks for those great promotions that Harris Teeter offers but guess what?! If it starts with a "5" IT WILL!!! I was a little hesitant at first but I tried it last night thinking that I would take whatever it would take off and it actually did triple the value! Now, I'm not trying to get away with something naughty or be fraudulent at all. I gave the cashier the coupon, he scanned it, it tripled, I left happy. It's a win-win!

Late Night Grocery Shopping (Mis)Adventure

I love to grocery shop late at night. I got off work last night and headed to Harris Teeter. It was pouring rain so I ran from my car to the door with my beloved binder under my rain coat. I'll make the sacrifice of my hair getting wet and looking like a drowned rat but not willing to get my precious collection all soggy! I grabbed a few things in produce and down the aisles I went. I met a young mom on the condiments aisle that had a large stack of coupons in her hand and we talked for about 15 minutes about couponing strategies, places to get more coupons and how addicting this whole thing is. She had just ordered a bunch on coupon inserts off the internet and I can't for the life of me remember the name of the site. I'm going to search for it and post about it again if I find it. After my grocery shopping bonding time with my new coupon friend I went about my shopping. I reached for the worsteshire sauce that were lined up all neatly on the very top shelf and my rain coat sleeve got hooked on a bottle of something underneath it. Like a stack of dominoes those bottles fell with a crash! There I was all alone standing in a puddle of steak marinade! If I moved I tracked sauce to the clean spots on the floor so I just stood there until a VERY nice lady came to my rescue with a broom and some paper towels. I offered to mop it up and she insisted it was fine and cleaned up my great big mess. I walked away red in the face and tracking steak sauce. Someone walked by and said "man, that smell makes me want to grill out!" Geez!!! I removed my rain coat and took my time the rest of the time I was there.

My next misadventure was when I got to the check out line. There was only one guy working at this point because it was almost midnight. He called for help when he saw me coming! (Geez times a thousand). I asked him to do two check out orders because I went a little crazy and had more than 20 coupons, which is all Harris Teeter will allow. Well, i gave him my first batch of coupons before I was finished giving him the stuff and his system locked up. He had to void that order, take everything out of the bags and rescan everything! See, I had just told a friend earlier in the day that I had never had any issues at Harris Teeter so go figure!

All of that was completely worth it when I was time to pay. Here are the final figures....

Total before coupons and VIC = $234.83
Coupon and VIC savings = $178.88
Final total due = $55.95

I didn't take a picture of everything this time (my 7 year olf thinks I'm crazy for doing that anyway) but it was about 12:30am when I finally got home and I was ready to crash. Here's a little idea of what I got...
5 - 12 pack cans of coke products
6 - 2 liter Diet Rite (tyron's favorite)
3 - boxes Jello
2 - bags of Tortilla chips (for super bowl)
2 - boxes Triscuits
2 - boxes Wheat thins
4 - can evaporated milk
bananas
avocado
1 - gallon milk
Alot of yogurt
1 - 64oz. Juicy Juice
2 - frozen pizza
3 - jars Prego
1 - Ranch seasoning mix
2 - Jars Hot wing sauce
2 - Honey mustard dipping sauce
2 - Sweet Chili sauce
2 - worsteshire sauce
3 - tubes of toothpaste
1 - box pancake mix
1 - cookie dough mix
1 - Dish Liquid
2 - Snuggle Fabric Softener
2 - bags of rice (one white and one brown)
2 - 4 packs of quick rice
1 - Cocoa Puffs

Ok, I think that sums it up. I hear that they are going to be tripling again next week then they are going back to super doubles! Yay Harris Teeter!!

Harris Teeter

Another exciting grocery week (February 2-8) at Harris Teeter in Morehead City, NC! They are tripling again on coupons up to .99! You can go on www.harristeeter.com and find their weekly deals to see if you have any match up coupons. I have decided it's easier for me to just take my great big binder full of coupons and walk the aisles. There are so many things on sale that aren't listed in the flyer or on the website. I'm looking forward to going this weekend to check out the unadvertised deals. Hope they are as good as the ones that are advertised!

71% savings at Harris Teeter

Made a quick trip to Harris Teeter today to take advantage of their Triple coupon week. I had 45 short minutes to go all the way through. I didn't have a plan, just my notebook full of coupons. I started in the produce section and got some regular priced bananas and carrots. They had a little cart set up with reduced produce so I grabbed a bag of 7 bananas for .64! My other favorite steal-of-a-deal was the Yoplait yogurt for $2.50. I made my way all the way through the store in record time, used 20 coupons and spent $35.96! My original total was $122.90 which means a savings of $86.94!!! woo hoo!!!