Welcome to Saving in Central Arkansas

I decided to start this blog after a few people asked me for lessons on how to save all the money that I've been saving. Also, I thought this would be a good way for me to keep a sort of journal of all of my savings. I began couponing in February and am still learning as I go. Join me and learn with me! I' ll be learning how this blog thing works at the same time, so bear with me. I will try to post pictures and coupon breakdowns from all of my shopping trips. I wish I would've started blogging a while ago because I have really gotten some good deals in the past and my pantry is pretty well stocked for a while. So I may not have any big trips until we pare down the pantry some. On to the savings!

These are pictures of today's shopping trips. I don't have the coupon links right now. Actually, I am not sure yet how to add them. I made it to Kroger, Target, and Walgreens.

This is what I got at Kroger:

1 Pop Tarts

2 Ragu Pasta Sauce

2 Betty Crocker Brownies

4 Kroger Value Sugar

4 Betty Crocker Fruit Roll Ups

5 Gatorade (1 went home with my niece)

40 Kool Aid packets

5 Kroger shredded cheddar (already in fridge)

2 Velveeta Cheese

2 Banana Boat Sunscreen

2 Suave Deo.

1 Kroger Milk (already in fridge)

3 12 pk Dr Pepper

2 12 pk Coke

4 Breyers Ice Cream (already in freezer)

1 Pedigree Dentastix

2 Kroger tortilla chips

2 Lays potato chips

4 King Cotton polish sausage (already in fridge)

Total before coupons $156.73

OOP $64.74

I saved $91.99!

If you would like to know any of the coupon mathups for Kroger leave me a comment and I will let you know what they are.

This is what I got at Target:

6 Eggo Bake Shoppe (in the freezer already) $1.50 ea. Used 6-$1/1 Eggo Bake Shoppe printable=$0.50 ea

2 Degree Women Fine Fragrance Collection $3.64 ea. Used 2-$2/1 Target printable stacked with $1.25/1 from 5/17 RP= $0.39 ea.

2 Dawn Pure Essentials $2.49 ea. Used 2-$1.50/1 from 6/7 PG=$0.99 ea.

7 Bounty Basic $.99 ea Used 7-$0.50/1 Bounty Target coupon from 6/21 SS stacked with 7-$0.25/1 Bounty from 6/7 PG=$0.24 ea.

4-Nexcare travel size bandages $0.99 Used 4-$1/1 Nexcare printable=free + $.01 ea. overage

4-Bare Solo 15 ct plates $1.50 ea. Used 4-$0.75/1 Solo printable=$0.75 ea.

2-Kashi TLC cereal bars $2.50 ea. Used 2-$1.50/1 Kashi cereal bars printable stacked with 1-$1/2 Target coupon=$0.50 ea.

4-Gillete Shave gels 1.79 ea. Used BOGO free from 6/28 insert=$0.90 ea.

6 All Small & Mighty trial size $1 Used $1/1 All from 6/28 RP= free

6-Dove Facial Wipes 5 ct. $0.97 Used $1/1 Dove face care from 6/7 RP= free plus $0.03 ea. overage

Used 2-$5 Target gift cards from razor deal two weeks ago

Total before coupons $75.71

OOP $9.12

I saved $66.59!

This is what I got at Wags:

1Clearance Folder $.59 (not shown, went home with my niece)

2 Fudge Stripes $2.50 ea. Used $1/2 Keebler Fudge Shoppe Cookies, printable

2 Pecan Sandies $2.50 ea. Used 2-$1/1 Keebler Sandies, printable

3 Reach Ultra Clean Toothbrush 2 pk $3.00 ea. Used 3-$2/1 Listerine/Reach product, printable

Used $3 RR left from last week

Total before coupons 34.55

OOP $8.81

I saved 25.74 and recieved $8 RR for next week!

I probably could have broken this down into two transactions to reduce my OOP but with a newborn I didn't have time to think it through!