How I saved 90% on 3 items using 1 coupon each

Some days, I am just either too tired, too out of time, too lazy or too befuddled to even have the strength to work out some deal scenarios. I'm using a lot more math since I started coupon shopping, and some days I just don't want to have to think in order to save money.

That's when clearance items come to the rescue.

I have mixed results when it comes to shopping clearance aisles. A lot of times the items are a modge-podge variety, and if I end up finding a product I want, then I have to work the math then and there - so most of the time I end up not purchasing it because I hate having to work the math in the store. LOL.


But sometimes, the clearance fairies are kind and make things easy. Like yesterday, for example. I'm at Save On Foods picking up some things, and I wander down the aisles into the make up section. Which that in itself is hilarious because I barely wear makeup! Anyway, I'm digressing. I walk into the last make up aisle and there is an endcap with signs all over it! Sale! Sale! My super spidey extreme shopper radar goes off!

Turns out it's a bunch of Glade and Febreeze items on clearance for $2.99 each! The diffusers, 3 wick candles, even a 4-pack candle set, and my favourite, the Febreze AirEffects packaged with a candle in a nice box. Right away I think of all the $2 Glade and Febreze coupons I have. That would mean I would get the items for .99cents each!

I've spoken in my classes about how cheap you can get after a while on the Extreme Shopping method. 99cents, you say, is pretty fantastic for a few candles, not to mention the gift packs. 99cents is nothing. Right?

Nope.

I stood there for a good couple minutes warring with myself.

Me: "99cents is pretty good."
Self: Not when you have 50 Glade candles in the cupboard that you paid nothing for.
Me: True.
Self: You not only got them free, you made money on them.
Me: I am the Extreme Shopper, hear me roar.
Self: So put these ones back, they cost .99 cents each.
Me: But I could use them as gifts, prizes and...
Self: No.
Me: But...!
Self: Just admit it, you're a shopaholic and a sucker for sales.
Me: Ok.



In the end, I bought 2 diffusers and a giftpack for under $3 plus tax. I saved $36 off a $40.05 bill (including tax) which is about 90% savings, just using 1 coupon each. I actually bought them to show you readers that sometimes great deals can be had without any math equations involved - just a simple clearance sale and a $2 coupon.

By the way, this was done at the SOF by the Port Coquitlam Costco. Check your local SOF to see if they have similiar clearances. Remember, I found them in the make up aisle!

Red Plum coupon insert this weekend!

There is a Red Plum coupon insert due in your local papers this weekend. Don't forget you can keep track of the coupon insert schedule by following the link at the top right of this blog.

Here's what is in the coupon insert this week:

$1.00 Scrub Free Plus OxiClean or X-treme. exp Dec. 31
$1.00 Scrub Free soap Scum or Mildew. exp Dec. 31
$1.00 Scrub Free Naturally Clean. exp Dec. 31
$ .10 Iams cat or dog wet food. exp June 30
$3.00 Iams dry dog food. exp June 30
$3.00 Iams dry cat food. exp June 30
$2.00 2X Ultra Sunlight WUB 2 bottles, any size. exp June 30
$ .50 Ultra Downy. exp May 31
$5.00 Osteo Bi-Flex. exp April 30
$5.00 Febreze Flameless Luminaires Starter Kit. exp May 31
$1.00 Febreze Flameless Luminaires Refill. exp May 31
$2.00 Febreze Soy-blend Candle. exp May 31
$2.00 Febreze Scented Reed Diffuser exp May 31
Febreze Buy one 800mL Fabric Refresher, Get one 500 mL Fabric Refresher FREE exp May 31
$1.00 Old Spice, any product. exp June 30
$3.00 Old Spice, any 2 products. exp June 30
$ .50 any Cascade ActionPacs. exp May 31
$ .50 any Cascade product. exp May 31
$10.00 Swiffer Sweeper Vac starter kit. exp April 30
$1.00 Swiffer Dusters starter kit or Swiffer Dust & Shine. exp April 30
$1.00 Swiffer refills. exp April 30
$3.00 Swiffer WetJet starter kit. exp April 30
Oral-B Pulsar toothbrush B2G1 FREE. exp April 30
$2.00 any Nature's Bounty vitamins and supplements. exp April 30
$2.00 any Disney High-Quality Vitamin Products. exp April 30
$1.00 Palmolive WUB2 591 - 1.1L dish liquid. exp June 30

I'm most excited about the $10 Swiffer Sweeper Vac coupon and also the Febreze refills, it's the first time I've seen a coupon for the refills. And I can't believe how many Old Spice coupons are coming out all the time - my cupboards are overflowing with Old Spice products and the hubby is happy!