First Deals

Well, as I am not a professional coupon clipper or deal finder my savings probably are not as good as Jill Cataldo (check out her site: http://www.supercouponing.com/about.html) But here is what I found recently at Shop n Save:

Old El Paso has a Beef/Chicken Catalina coupon deal going on.

What is a Catalina coupon you may ask? It is essentially a gift certificate for the store you are purchasing the items from. It is from the manufacturer. They have a set amount of items or dollar amount (note: the dollar amount is PRE-coupon) you must spend on their products and they, in turn, will give you a Catalina coupon to spend on your next trip.

Old El Paso's deal was "Buy 6 items, receive $3 off of your next Chicken or Beef purchase." This INCLUDED Taco Seasoning (which was on sale for 64 cents!) Also, as I was looking on the shelves I noticed some items had pull off coupons for "Buy any 2 Old El Paso Items, get $1 off of refried beans" Well, lucky me refried beans where on sale for $1! So....I bought 2 taco seasonings for 64 cents each then "bought" a (free) refried bean.....twice.....so in one transaction I have 4 taco seasonings and 2 refried beans = 6 Old El Paso Items to get $3 off of Chicken/Beef!

This is what my receipt looked like:

4 Taco Seasonings - 64 cents each

2 Refried Beans - $1 each

- (2) $1 off Refried Beans Coupons

=$2.56 and I got $3 off my next Beef or Chicken purchase.

So I MADE 44 cents!

I did this 4 times....and I had some awesome food for our Annual Cinco de Mayo party!

I was pretty proud of this deal!