Green Machine

Have I introduced you to my new obsession?

Just three weeks ago I ran into a phenomenal blog. Okay, maybe that's a stretch. I didn't simply "run into it." I was actually kindly taken by the hand, walked all the way to the blog site door, and then sweetly invited inside.  The blog did an amazing job of uncovering some of my previous perplexities regarding couponing with real life advice and sample shopping lists!

Prior to the "big day" I did some safety runs. I wanted to see if walking into a CVS store with little cash on hand, and breaking up my purchases would really score me tons of free/inexpensive items. The first days cost? $13.00 My loot? Cepocol, Childrens Advil, (4) 12 packs of soda, toilet paper, kleenex, thermacare heat pack, 20 oz soda, hotwheels car, glad plug in, airwick plug in, powerade, havarties mints, shaving cream and more!

So when Thanksgiving came, my heart was pounding. I had already seen the blackfriday ads listed online- and my heart was set for CVS. I was about to walk into the store with no cash on hand, and walk out with over $30 in products for FREE. That's right folks, free. Nada. Zip. Zilch.

And that's exactly what I did. In fact, the deals were so good, I sent Jay back for a second round using his own CVS care card. In the loot I scored two sets of ear buds, 4 free toothbrushes, two bags of mouth plackards and AA batteries! Cheesy? Maybe. But I bet you wish you had found something free.

Seriously... try it out. If you live near a CVS- take advantage! Walgreen's has some good deals periodically too, though I don't understand their ad shopping/sale couponing nearly as well as I do CVS. (Which obviously stands for Coupon-Value-Savings) :)

If my post got you in the mood to go save some green, hobble on over to Moneysavingmom.com She'll take you by the hand and walk you through how to coupon based on coupons and ads. You'll be glad you did.