My extreme couponing

So, my latest hobby has been couponing. Not to the extent of the extreme couponers on TV, but enough to make it kind of fun! Tonight I ran to HyVee after the kiddos went to bed so I could catch some deals before the sales were over. Here's what I bought tonight:

3 boxes of Multi-grain Cheerios x $3 each

4 boxes of whole wheat Ritz x $1.68 each

4 boxes of Hamburger/Chicken Helper x $1 each

1 box of Kashi Go Lean cereal x $1

4 Yoplait Greek yogurts x $1.19 each

and...

1 package of Golden Oreos x $3.29 (these weren't on sale - they were requested by the hubs).

Before coupons, I spent $30.77. Already this is pretty decent for all of these items, but I also used $9.65 in coupons. So all I spent was $21.12! I think this is pretty good! If we lived down south where they double coupons, this would have been much more impressive!

So this is what I do with my some of free moments at work - I check out the weekly ads and then match up deals with coupons. Later this week I plan on going to Target because they have DiGiorno pizzas on sale for 2 for $9 - I have a $2 off 2 coupon, so that would make it 2 for $7. It's a few bucks here and there saved, but it's also fun to plan it out and see how much I can save.

Anyway, I promise real blog posts to come about the kiddos. They are keeping me busy, especially on the nights Aaron works late!