Goal: achieved!!!

My goal after starting all of this coupon business was to save $50 in one trip. Today I met and exceeded that goal!!! I am so glad that I got so many copies of this Sunday's paper because it had so many coupons! I was telling my family about all of it and how excited I was to go shopping today and when I said that I was "really getting into it", my dad's response was, "some people might call that an obsession...". Oh well, so be it. Obsession it is :)
I went to publix first and got most of these groceries. There were a few tense moments, like when I realized that my free soymilk coupons expired June 30th (!!!), but the cashier took them anyway (whew!). I bought $104.85 worth of groceries and paid $59.03.

Then I went to CVS to get all of their good deals for this week, and that is were I had the most fun! I think I could have gotten out of there technically making money, but I needed laundry soap which I didn't have a great coupon for. (I had a good one, just not a great one). Are you ready for it? I bought $58.32 worth of soap, shampoo, toothpaste, etc.. and paid $5.32!!! Of course this is including sales and I personally think that CVS's prices are pretty high usually, but still.

Today's summary: $163.17 worth of groceries, spent $64.35 and saved $98.82. I know you're probably tired of hearing about all of this, but too bad! It is so exciting that I just have to share!