Is there a coupon for that???

I'm seriously loving this whole coupon thing. Last night I went to a coupon party held by my friend and Cole's second grade teacher, Kristi. We ate lots of yummy treats, talked about all our great deals, discussed organization and use, traded coupons, gave away stock-piled items, and even had some crazy adult humor. It was so much fun! I know I am silly for thinking this is fun, but it's so great to bless my family with all the savings. I owe at least 90% of my couponing abilities/skills to Alicia and I'm so thankful she finds all the great stuff and passes it along. We're hoping to get together monthly to do this and I can't wait for the next party! Lesa and I went shopping today and this is what I got. I don't have time to go through all the details and break down the cost of everything and the coupons I used, but my total for all of the items below was approximately $52.

Not pictured, but included in the total above:
a gallon of milk
a book for Cole
string cheese that was eaten on the way home
a wooden divider to paint for John's mail
a wooden flower for Cole to paint for Audrey
a coloring book that was colored on and ripped to pieces by my budding artist daughter (By the way, I could have saved a $1 on it because she used the purple pen to draw on herself and that was free, minus the cost of the wipey to clean her off.)


This is the closest I could take a pic with everything all laid out.

2 pkgs. shredded cheese
3 jars of Ragu pasta sauce
1 pair of flip-flops for Cole
2 jugs of Purex detergent
1 clearance shirt for Cole
1 pack of mechanical pencils
4 Suave body wash
2 pkgs. of sunflower seeds
2 4-packs of Yo-Plus
5 bags of Kotex
1 3-pack of crochet headbands
dozen eggs
25 Purell hand sanitizer


23 bottles of Johnson's baby wash/lotion/shampoo
1 US dry erase map activity placemat
6 first aid kits
3 pkgs. of guaze
3 pkgs. of first aid tape
12 Reach toothbrushes (gave some to Lesa, so not all are pictured)
5 8-packs of pencils
4 Johnson's Buddies soaps
10 pkgs. of Oscar Meyer hot dogs

9 binders
40 folders
10 Farmland pork & bacon sausage links
2 boxes of Totino's pizza rolls