K-mart Round 1 - $66.30 for $1.14

Retail Value: $66.30 plus tax
Out-of-Pocket: $1.14 plus tax ($3.05 total)
Savings: over 98%

This was seriously my best shopping trip EVER!! I was at K-mart at 8:00 this morning, and I noticed a couple of other people with their big coupon binders. It was time to hunt! I was armed with my lists of free and almost-free items courtesy of Hip2Save and Common Sense with Money. They did a phenomenal job of matching up the K-mart prices with current coupons! Thanks, ladies!

Here's what I ended up with:

• 2 Sally Hansen/LaCrosse emery boards $1.49 each
  - $1 newspaper coupon doubled - FREE
• St. Ives Elements Olive Scrub (clearance item) $3.49
  - $2 newspaper coupon doubled - FREE
• Renuzit spray $1.79
  - $1 newspaper coupon doubled - FREE
• 2 packs of Huggies wipes (32 & 40 count) $1.99 each
  - $1 newspaper coupon doubled - FREE
• 2 All Small & Mighty $4.79 each
  - $2 printable coupon (no longer available) - 79 cents each
  * You can still print a $1 All coupon HERE.
• Oust Surface Cleaner $3.79
  - $2 newspaper coupon doubled - FREE
• Pledge Multisurface Cleaner $4.19
  - $2 newspaper coupon doubled - 19 cents
• 2 - 12 packs Mountain Dew/Diet Mt. Dew (my coffee!) $4.79 each
  - $2 coupons from the Frito-Lay rebate earlier this year - 79 cents each
• 2 packs Juicy Juice juice boxes $2.00 each
  - $1 off 2 newspaper coupon doubled - $1.00 each
• Hershey's Bliss chocolate eggs (Easter clearance) $1.99
  - $1 off newspaper coupon doubled - FREE
• 2 V-8 V-Fusion juice $3.99 each
  - 2 $2 off printable coupons (HERE) doubled - FREE
• 4 Kotex Lightdays pantiliners $1.29 each
  - 2 $0.75 newspaper coupons doubled - FREE
  - 1 $1.50 printable coupon (HERE) doubled - FREE
• 2 Bic Soleil razors (singles - found on a back endcap) - $2.50 each
  - 2 $2.oo printable coupons (HERE) doubled - FREE
• Hello Kitty Band-Aids $2.79
  - $1.00 newspaper coupon doubled - 79 cents

I also used a $5 off any $50 purchase K-mart coupon (HERE). My cashier was impressed and congratulated me on a great haul. I was thrilled because these are all very useful items. They're things we would have purchased anyhow, not just items I bought because they were a great deal.

My plan is to head back later this week to stock up on night pull-ups as well as some personal care and household cleaning items for our women's shelter. If you find items that you can get free or almost-free, this is a great time to pick them up and donate them to an organization that could use them.