Walgreen's, Dahl's(not impressed), Extreme Couponing

I really need to get better at this blogging! 

Great deals at Walgreens this past week-end, not so great at other stores!  I was so excited that Dahl's opened up in the former Cub Foods building, that is until I actually went in there :(
VERY EXPENSIVE!!!  That's not to say I won't ever shop there~but it will definitely be an ad-only shopping trip~~so disappointed in their prices!
My good news was they had Oscar Mayer hotdogs on sale for .99/pack.  With three $1.00 off of two coupons, I got 6 packages for only $2.94~~only .49 per package. I would have gotten more if I would have had more coupons!

My best deal by far this week-end was at Walgreen's: I had a BOGO free coupon for Suave lotion which was on sale for $3.00 and a FREE coupon for any Suave Professional product. Plus if you bought $10.00 worth of Suave products, you got a $3.00 register reward for next time!  Asluck would have it, all of my prices before coupons counted, so I ended up actually paying $3.00 for everything, but I got back a $3.00 register reward so total was ZERO!!  I LOVE it when that happens. They also had Reynold's wrap on sale for $1.99 for the 75ft roll(which is a great price), but with $1.00 off coupon it made it only .99~which is way  cheaper than the cheap kind I usually buy!

Now my rant about the TLC show "Extreme Couponing". I think the show is very inspiring to people, I know I watch in awe of their savings, but, really, who needs 120 bottles of hand soap? One lady said they were "running low" on hand soap, they only had 20 at home(only 20? I am usually lucky if I have one at every sink!) so they needed to buy 100 more?!?! They had coupons for all of them and it made them all free, but still......maybe if they said they were going to donate most of them to places that needed them I would like it better!  I just don't see the need to clear off the shelves of any store just so you can have a garage full of stuff you probably are never going to use! I also would love to get my hands on all the coupons these people  have, but I am NOT going dumpster diving for them!!!(on a side note, I would take any coupons people aren't going to use..hint, hint!)

So, you will not get any EXTREME couponing ideas from me..just practical ones that you could use around here. Now  that I watch a lot of teacher's kids, my grocery budget has been cut in half(along with other things) so I will be scoping out bargains all over the place and will be happy to share with you!

 My plan this summer is to update this blog at least once a week, if not more often to let you know where the best deals are!!! Let me knowhow I am doing and what you'd like to read about!!!

Jane