First "couponing" high

I have a friend, Bekah, who is a very savvy couponer. She is a full time stay-at-home-mom so her couponing is a part time job. She loves doing it and it's very helpful for her family. Lucky for me, she also likes teaching people how to navigate the world of couponing. So, yesterday after looking in the CVS and Walgreens ads and finding things that I actually wanted and/or needed that were on good sales, we went out to give it a shot.

At CVS, there were several items (Phillips earbuds, batteries, floss and matchbox cars) that I needed to get anyway.  Each of those items gave you back the sale price in rewards bucks, so I accumulated about $14 of rewards bucks. The beauty of this particular venture was that there was a toy I wanted to get the boys for Christmas on sale for $12.99! So, I bought my stuff and then paid for the toy with rewards. I left there feeling pretty satisfied. But, the lesson wasn't over.  Bekah wanted to show me the ropes at Walgreens.

My Walgreens haul

I got 6 packs of hair ties (seriously, I think I'm set until Jesus comes), 3 Thermacare wraps, 2 hair gels for the boys, and 2 hair products for my frizzy hair (oh, and 2 tubes of Carmex I forgot to throw in the picture). Regular price on all this stuff: over $60!!! Sale price: over $30!!!I stood at the register in awe at Bekah as she broke it all down into the best money saving transactions. So, get this:  my price...wait for it....$3.88!!!!!!!!!!! Granted, I would NEVER buy all this at regular price or even this much at sale price, but for products I actually use, this was a HUGE score! I can definitely see how it can become addicting to shop like this! I will definitely have to go with Bekah a few more times before I'm proficient on my own but it's more fun to shop with a girlfriend anyway, right? Thanks, Bekah!