Purchase
8 packs of Predue chicken nuggets BOGO @ $4.39 = 4x$4.39 = $17.56
4 packs of Goodlife cat food BOGO @ $4.49 = 2 x $4.49 = $8.98
2 pack of Fresh Express salad @ 2.50 = 2 x $2.50 = $5
1 Kraft BBQ Honey sauce = $1.69
1 Publix BBQ Honey Sauce = $1.29 (but free because of promo, buy 1 brand get 1 publix free)
Banana = $0.79
Total = $34.02

Coupon used
8 x $1 coupon on chicken = $8
4 x $3 coupon on Catfood = $12
2 x $1 Publix yellow advantage flyer coupon = $2
$2 off $5 produce from Food Lion = $2
$5 off $25 CVS coupon = $5
Total Used = $29

Net paid = $5.02

Saved 85%

I have nearly missed the pet food deal if my coupon buddy has not alert me. Most of the times I could not care to buy things that I do not use but if you think about it, why not ? If you make money from the goods/products you do not use/need, you can always give it to someone and use the profit you made from the deal to buy things you need. For eg. in this case, I earned $3 out of the cat food. I used that $3 to purchase the 2 BBQ sauces and the 2 packs of salad ($1.69+1=$2.69 and still left with 31cents towards the Predue chicken). See in fact, with the insight of my buddy, I got 2 bottles of sauces and 2 pack of salad for free. Now I have to change my shopping mindest, look out for overage !

Well, this change of mindset is all due to this statement from my coupon buddy, I thought how dumb can I be : “Since you don’t have cat, will you buy me some cat food? It is $4.49 for TWO bags, so use 2 coupons and get some overage and you can give me the cat food for being such a great coupon buddy who find overage for things you want, like meat! What you say? OR, you can donate to another friend who NEEDS the food, I am going to get some free myself, and I have some coupons too, so really, don’t worry about me, just wanted to alert you to good overage and maybe some pet shelter/friend donation food for cats!!! Go here”

So, a lesson learned from a more experienced couponer ! [ Think outside the box ]

If I have think outside of the box and printed 50 of these coupons, I would have subsided my Predue chicken purchase , LOL.
50 Pet food = 25x$4.49= $112.25
50 x $3 coupons = $150
Net profit = $37.75
Use that to buy a month worth of meat or seafood.

Along that mindset, I looked out for the Accu-check Glucose Monitor at CVS yesterday knowing that it is $9.99 and there is a $9.99 ECB and low and behold I found one . And surprising there is a friend who need that monitor. So, you never know, your trash can be someone treasure !

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