Past Trips with Pictures

(This is for the picture below this text. My synopsis starts there. The top picture is just an overhaul haul one day.) 89.oo worth of goods for 38.00 from the PX. This is before I found out about a thing called a coupon database :) Now I stack, stack, stack!!!!
Total OOP (Out of pocket) 60.83 KEEP IN MIND I SPENT 15.00 ON MEAT PRODUCTS. Only two items here did not have a coupon. Brit's Cream Cheese and Brit's Cran Grape Juice She loves! I got 110 items.
I spent OOP 7.76 for all of this. The razor alone was supposed to be over 4.00 however it was in the clearance aisle for 1.87 and I had a 2.00 q for it :). Two of the hairsprays were free and the body wash cost me 2.95 however I had a 2.00 q. YOU CAN STACK AT PX.
Receipt for 99% Savings :) Very Happy Day!
Commissary Trip 66% Saved on This Trip
3.99 for three bags of cereal and 26 dog treats. Second trip 9.02 for 10 dog treats, 2 boxes of Rice krispies, 2 cake mixes, 4 bags of Valentines Candy (the GOOD stuff), free marshmellows for ...buying the Rice Krispies, total for both 12.03. First trip 97% percent savigns, second trip 74% b/c I splurged on that 1.00 candy to send to my hubby. BIG bags of m and ms, hershey kisses, sweetarts. etc. I heart my commissary.

I wanted to post some pictures from some of my trips to the Commissary, Walgreens and the AAFES PX. Also, posted are a couple of pics of receipts for these transactions.

Commissary Trip Report 5/25/11

I went to the Commissary today on a mission but I had someone with me that normally is not here so needless to say I was sidetracked. I had all of my qs separated as to what I wanted/needed so I didn't stray. Yeah, well, great plan huh? Wished it had worked as planned. If everything I had worked the way I planned I would have paid for my crab meat with my overages and not spent except 11.00 or around there out of pocket. HOWEVER, someone else had other plans :)

Here is what I got today:

20 Large Bags of the individual fun sized M and M's
9 Rice =
9 Rice= .69 (MISTAKE ON MY PART, I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION!!!)
1 KC MASTERPIECE=
3 OLD EL PASO TACO SEASONING
2 SNICKERS CANDY=
1 REYNOLDS FOIL SHEETS
4 MR. CLEAN ERASERS
1 MARCAL NAPKIN
2 FREEZER BAGS
2 FINISH DISH DETERGENT
1 12 PACK OF TOLIET PAPER
25 PACKS OF SCOTCH TAPE
2 SUB LUNCHABLES
4 DENTURE CREME
1 CRABMEAT (12.99 BY ITSELF) OOP 36.44 BEGAN AT RIGHT OVER 109.00........WE WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN OUT OF POCKET ANYTHING W/O THAT CRAB AND DENTURE CREME...GRRR. BUT THAT'S OKAY, WE HAD TO GET IT.

It can be DONE!!! :)

Couponing can sometimes be frustrating and make you want to give up because you do not see the large totals that you strive for and dream about. Sometimes if you do not have 39 of one item in your cart, you might just not coupon anymore huh? Well, I have been hearing people in my classes state to me that the only way to save money at the Commissary is with overages. I got an email today and as you know, I love a good challenge. I love being right. I am sometimes a right fighter, I'll admit it :) I am one of those people that in school if you try to prove me wrong and I KNOW I am right about something, I will research the subject like a project and bring you the answer the next day, long after it was forgotten about. I almost get obsessed on it. However, that being said, no fear, if I am wrong, I bow graciously and admit I am wrong. (Okay, the gracious part was a stretch!)

Today, I visited the Fort Bragg North Commissary. I happen to be one of the late Sunday afternoon patrons that love shopping then. The crowds are gone, people think they still close at 1800 and I get to dance in the aisles if I wanna. You will NOT catch me there after noon on a pay day and you will also not catch me there on a Saturday. But Sunday around 1730, heck ya!

So, I loaded my binder with a few qs, I made a short list of some "have to get or they will expire qs" and I was on my way. I bought the following items:

6 Starburst Gummies
1 Pancake Mix
4 Old El Paso Taco Seasoning
2 10 pack of Fun size Snickers bars
4 bags of rice
3 Valasic Relish
1 Marcal Napkins
1 Nutro Dog food
1 Mr. Clean Magic Eraser 2 pack
1 Milk bone
1 Canine Carry Outs
2 Pillsbury Biscuits
1 Country Crock box of stick butter
1 Edwards Butterfinger Pie (*individual pies)
1 bag of Ore Ida French Fries
2 Oscar Mayer Turkey Franks
1 Oscar Mayer Beef and Cheddar Franks
2 Hebrew National Franks
1 Oscar Mayer Lunchable
1 Playtex Feminine
2 Playtex Sippy Cups (the good kind mind you)
4 Oral B Toothbrushes
1 Package of Big 3 Comfort Razors
1 Satincare Shave Lotion

Total before over 60.00...total with all my qs and one overage of .41 and four overages of .4 so total of .45 in overages ONLY. GRAND TOTAL: 20.71 WHICH INCLUDES A SURCHARGE OF 2.74!!!! IF I HAD OVERAGES OF ANY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT ALL OF MY MEAT AND VEGGIES FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS SO I AM GOING TO DO THAT ON TUESDAY BEFORE MY CLASS AND AFTER I GO TO WALGREENS. UNTIL NEXT TIME EVERYONE- HAPPY SHOPPING. AND HAVE FUN AT THIS THING CALLED COUPONING, IT TRULY IS A GAME THAT YOU CAN WIN IF YOU WANT TO!