I decided to give myself a little challenge to see how far my money could go towards purchasing things that I need and will use. (I don't want to hoard or just use coupons for the sake of using coupons.)
Here are the details of my $40 Extreme Couponing Challenge:
-$40 in an envelope to use until it is gone (or the end of April, whichever comes first).
- If the money runs out before the end of April, extreme couponing stops for the month!
- Money can be used at CVS, Walgreens, Target, or other drugstore.
- All purchases made at these stores must be made with the $40 (with the exception of diapers, since I'm working on Charlotte's stockpile).
Here is the picture from Trip #1
which shall be known as the "$2.61 trip plus $11.49 for prenatal vitamins"
which shall be known as the "$2.61 trip plus $11.49 for prenatal vitamins"
TOTAL Starting in the envelope - $40@ CVS
- Complete multi-purpose solution
- 7 Snickers Creme Eggs
- Crest Pro-Health Mouthwash
- 2 Oral B Toothbrushes
- 2 Prenatal Vitamins (200 count total)
@Walgreens
- Colgate toothpaste
@Target
- 2 Olay Face Wash
- 2 Kandoo packages of wipes
- 1 Degree deodorant
Left in the envelope
+$4.48 in CVS Extra Care Bucks
+$3 in Walgreens Register Rewards
+$3.92 on a Target Gift Card
Total left - $25.90
Spent $14.10 on today's trip - which is considering the vitamins were not part of my extreme couponing (they cost $11.49), so it's like I really spent $2.61 on EVERYTHING but the vitamins!
Let me repeat that!!
Here's what I got for $2.61!!
- 1 Complete multi-purpose solution
- 7 Snickers Creme Eggs
- 1 Crest Pro-Health Mouthwash
- 2 Oral B Toothbrushes
- 1 Colgate toothpaste
- 2 Olay Face Wash
- 2 Kandoo packages of wipes
- 1 Degree deodorant
And here's what I got for $11.49!
- 200 prenatal vitamins (Next time, don't get close to running out of vitamins when giving yourself an extreme challenge.)
