Couponing

Couponing is my thing it always has been and probably always will be. I figure, why pay full price for something? I rarely, RARELY buy anything that is full price. I always watch for sales, but coupons on top of sales (or clearance) is the ultimate thrill!

Before a shopping trip I usually look online to see what types of coupons I can find. Remember, you can always combine a store coupon with a manufacturer coupon! I wanted to stock pile some Clean & Clear products since I am really loving their stuff again. Do I smell another skin care post coming up!?

It took me about 3 minutes to find these coupons and here is what I purchased with them . . .

The retail on these five products was $29.95  ($5.99 each). That fifth bottle was picked up at Fred Meyer for FREE with other coupons that I forgot to snap a picture of . . . oops! I broke these into two purchases to maximize the savings and used each set of coupons (pictured above).

Example of purchase:
2 bottles (or 2 packs of wipes) total $11.98 and I am able to use 2 coupons on each product because they are different coupons with different barcodes. So, now I can take $1.50 off and $1.00 off each bottle. Now my total is down to $6.98 and THEN, I use my Ulta $3.50 off coupon and it brings my total down to $3.48 for two items!! I did this purchase two times, over two days.

My grand total was $6.96 for all four items from Ulta, plus the free one from Fred Meyer. By the way, it was free because they were originally $5.99. but on sale for $4.49 - there was a $1.50 off Fred Meyer coupon hanging by the display and then I had a $3.00 off ANY Morning Burst Clean & Clear product (this was sent to my house directly by Clean & Clear - not exactly sure how I got it, but those high value coupons are almost unheard of!).

With a grand total of $6.96 I saved $22.99 which is over 75% off that purchase!!

*You really need to know your coupons - know what you can and cannot combine. I would say probably about 3 out of 10 checkers know coupon policies and will let you combine without question and others will not want to accept it without some prompting ;) Yes, it takes a little time and effort of your part to get such savings, but I think it's worth it! I am set on cleaners for a long time! 

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