WEEK 1: Jan 1-7

So week 1 is coming to a close and i'm actually really enjoying keeping track of all my awesome deals. On Wednesday I ventured out to the Real Canadian Superstore (RCSS). I had a planned list, but also ended up picking up some other goodies that were on sale. Here's some of the highlights:

Stash Tea: on sale ($2.96)X2 - 2X75 cent off = $5.92-$1.50 = $4.42 ($2.21 each)
Kelloggs Vector Cereal: on sale ($3.97)X2 - 2X$2 off = $7.94-$4.00 = $3.94 ($1.97 each). If you bought 2 you could enter codes found inside for a free t-shirt. Can't wait to get it in the mail!
Cover Girl Mascara: on sale ($4.98)X3 - 3X$4.00 off = $2.94 ($0.98 each). This was a steal!! 98 cents for mascara!

I also bought my daughter 2 cute shirts. Superstore is clearing out all their kids clothing for $4.94. Together they would have costs me $18.00 and I bought them both for $9.88. That's a savings of 56%!
My total for groceries came to $29.23 and I used $18.50 in coupons. Saving 39% of my overall bill.

Mail has been great this week. I received 4 coupon trains, loaded with some awesome coupons that I can stack with some others. I feel a Save On Foods grocery run coming next week! I also received a free sample pack from Kotex with a $1.00 coupon, an envelope from gocoupons.ca, 4 envelopes with coupons from websaver.ca and this weeks newspapers contained coupon inserts from both Smartsource and Brandsaver. My neighbor lets me have his so that's 4 inserts of coupons (over $500 worth).

I pulled out some $2 off Cotonelle coupons from one of the trains and headed to Pharmasave. Toilet Paper was on sale for $2.99 for 6 double rolls/12 single rolls. Had 3 coupons so I used them all.

Cotonelle Toilet Paper: on sale ($2.99)X3 - 3X$2.00 = $2.97 (.99 each). I've never found toilet paper that cheap. So happy with this score! Savings of 67%

Today (Friday) we headed south of the border to Costco in Bellingham. I've been hearing that groceries are super cheap there so we went to see what deals we could find. They don't accept coupons, but its great for bulk items and things that there aren't coupons for (butter, baking supplies...etc). Here are some highlights:

Beer (24 case): $24.99 = 1.04 per bottle (Typically $24.00 for 12 bottles)
Organic Whole Wheat Flour (25 lbs): $13.49 (Typically $10.00 for 10lbs in Canada)
Lundberg Organic Non-GMO Brown Rice (12 lbs): $12.99 (Rice for the YEAR!)
Butter (4 lbs): $7.89 = $1.97 lb (Typically $3.99 lb in Canada)
Foster Farms Chicken Breasts:Organic all Natural, NO hormones (10 lb bag): $20.99
Cheese (2 lbs): $4.99
42 all Beef Frank Hotdogs: No artifical flavors, or nitrites- $12.95

Our total was $105.87. Plus we saved on the tax and paid NO duty at the border. Well worth the 1.25 hour drive. Bulk is better for some things!

Week 1 Grocery Total: $138.07
Week 1 Coupon Total: $24.50
Percentage Savings: 15%

Yearly Grocery Total: $138.07
Yearly Coupon Total: $24.50
Percentage Savings: 15%