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Originally Posted by FantasyIsland  Not exactly. You see, that $40 you get to spend, you can use coupons, and if you do at least half on "free" items,that $40 will buy $100 worth.
In fact, you shouldn't need to spend $120 at all.
For instance, this week toothpaste is free after coupon (fac), so you take the amount you spent - Zero and add the FACE VALUE of the coupon, $.99, so you get to add $1 for each tp you buy and it only costs you tax. If you get 10 coupons, that's $10 towards your $120; now rinse and repeat with other items you can use. Your oop (out of pocket), should be somewhere around $40-$50 and you'll get back $40 to spend on other things with coupons - like maybe knorr sides - $3.50 as Noellebrow mentioned. I've done it in past years and it can be done - with planning. BTW, Skippy peanut butter counts.
My DH just said: you've almost got it, but you're basing The Deal (spend $120) on your pre-coupon price for OOP. Don't forget to deduct the face value of your coupons from the $120
Happy calculating | Thanks for advice. Going thru my coupons, I had printed a lot of the crystal light/ coutry time/ kool aid ones. On sale for $1.99, they will be usefull throughout summer, if the rain ever stops.
Kool aid: 50 cents off 10 packs, plus a $2.00 off Sugar coupon supposedly in the 6/21 inserts, makes that pretty sweet :-)
Have $2.00 off meat(tear pad found at pathmark) when you Buy 1 Kraft dressing (77cents after coupon), and 2 BBQ, miracle whip, mayo, or dressing.
Have 2 $1 off BBQ's, so those are free.
Math says: 77 cents out of pocket will get me $3.54 plus $2 off meat.
Didn't realize free toothpaste was counting towards total for promo. Will try to get to the $120 over the two week period, instead of all in one day.
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