Guest Post by David Barnett

So I get my couponing tenacity from my dad. I woke up this morning and found a cute email from him, so I thought I would share. (I think he's secretly jealous of all my awesome buys so he felt the need to compete)

Leah,

I'm so proud of myself! Here's my coupon coup for the day. Albertsons had their Grande tortilla chips on sale 2 for $5 (regularly $3.49 each). Each bag had a "buy two bags of chips/get $2 off of beef" coupon -- no particular brand of beef, since the ad was sponsored by The Beef Council. So, I picked up four bags of chips and went to the meat cooler, where I found two packages of steak that were reduced for quick sale. They normally would have been $8.38 and $8.17, but they were marked down to $3.34 and $3.26. Plus, the Coupon Fairy left a $1 off Grande chips coupon on the chips rack, so I got another $1 off. Here's the total:

Full Retail:
4 bags Grande Chips - $13.96
Steak #1 - $8.38
Steak #2 - $8.17
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Total FRP (full retail price)= $30.51

I Paid:
4 bags Grande Chips - $9.00 ($10.00 sale price minus $1 Manu. Cpn)
Steak #1 - $1.34 ($3.34 sale price minus $2 Manu. Cpn)
Steak #2 - $1.26 ($3.26 sale price minus $2 Manu. Cpn)
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Actual cost = $11.60
Total Savings $ = $18.91
Total Savings % = 61.98%

Not bad for the old Pops, huh?

Oh dad, how I love thee!!