Making money with Diapers

Sometimes you just have to do what you have to do and then laugh!

Who visits five (5) Walgreens in one day?  ME!!!

None of them where out of my way.  I suppose, I should ask who passes five (5) on the way home?  Oh yeah, and (3) more on another day.

This was diaper week and now I won’t be needing to buy any for a few months, ahhh!

Huggies diapers were $8.99 at Walgreens and this is the usual package price that I pay regularly.  I had coupons and more coupons, so…….

$8.99 minus $1.50 is great, but then the reason for the madness is that they also gave me a $2 register reward.

So with my husband in tow and on our way home we pulled into each store and I was in and out in less than 5 minutes with a pack and another $2. 

Now I am so happy with this $16 money maker!  After all, I spent less than my usual diaper spend for each pack and made money.  Next mission is to see how far I can stretch that $16.  Dish soap for months FREE perhaps, hmmm or something else?

Storage for Mad Coupon Skills Needed

I have been honing my coupon skills and learning to shop for what we use when it is on sale and paired with coupons for the greatest savings. This means that I need space for the quantity I purchase until the savings opportunity comes around again. This doesn’t mean buying in bulk, but buying what you need.

If you want to learn more about coupon savings and how to get more for less, check out two of my favorite sites, Hip2Save and Southern Savers.

So on to the project at hand, the pantry or lack of….

We have a great large cabinet that is used as a pantry for the items that are currently in use, but I quickly needed a place to store items also. The “trash closet” seemed to have too much wasted space.

Aren’t the BEFORE pictures the worst?

It was a coat closet in the kitchen off of the laundry room that had two high shelfs and a hanging rod.

Well that wasn’t going to do, so we turned it into this with a few more wood shelfs, wire shelfs, and a new trash can.

Getting better, the new wood shelves were so easy.

1x2 supports on the sides and back of pantry with the shelf on top.

Screws and paint, done!

And now there is this beautiful stocked pantry in my kitchen that we shop from when we need more of something.

I am happy now that I know how to save on groceries and have a place for them.

What can you do when you learn how to use coupons?

For starters you can do this.

Check out some of the highlights.

6 boxes of Cherrios regular price $2.99, on sale for $1.99, (6) $0.75 coupons that store credits as $1

Cherrios regular price $17.94, paid $5.94 or approx. $1/box

SAVED $12

Pillsbury cinnamon rolls, biscuits, and crescent rolls.

Regular $1.99, sale for $0.99, paired with (2) $0.50 coupons, (3) $0.40 coupons, and (3) $0.30 coupons. This means that there was an additional $6.20 off.

Pillsbury regular price $39.80, paid $13.60 or approx. $0.68/each.

SAVED $26.20

**Remember that the grocery stores double coupons up to $0.50. Also the coupons that are greater than $0.50 and less that $1 are increased to $1.

Pasta regular price $1.50/each, on sale for $1/each, paired with (5) $0.50 coupons. All combined = FREE.

Can’t beat that!

Pork Tenderloin regular price $8.49/each, on sale B1G1, plus (2) $1 coupons. All combined cost $6.49 for both or $3.25/each.

SAVED $10.49

Tide detergent regular price $8.77, on sale for $5.88, paired with (2) $1 coupons.

Regular $17.54, paid $9.76.

SAVED $7.78

Tide Stain Releaser regular price $7.49, on sale for $5.88, paired with (1) $3 coupon and (2) $1 coupons.

Regular $22.47, paid $12.64.

SAVED $9.83

All those savings waiting to be had on the things we buy every week. I am sure glad that I didn’t buy one a week and lose all those savings.