Harris Teeter Super Doubles Trips!

This week at Harris Teeter, Super Doubles was extremely successful for me! My pantry had just started to dwindle in the stockpiling, but not anymore! I teach at a year round school so we have what we call "track breaks" after every quarter instead of a long summer. Currently I am on one of those wonderful breaks, leaving me lots of time to stock up on deals.

The pictures above are just a few of the trips I made this week, and I plan to run out tomorrow for one last trip! My favorite deal has been the FREE Special K cereal and cereal bars and the FREE Wet Wipes. I have 20 boxes of Special K cereal and 12 of the bars!

If I haven't convinced you to make sure you participate on double and triple days and learn to stockpile, hopefully this will! For all of the groceries purchased in the pictures, the total I paid for them was around $6!

Those who have a Harris Teeter nearby still has time to cash in on these deals!

Happy Shopping!
--Savvyteacher

Triple Coupons: $4.10 OOP at Harris Teeter

Did you go to Harris Teeter today? I got all of this for $4.10! My total started at $44 before coupons. I was in the store about 45 minutes with my coupon binder on my way home from work. Get motivated and get going! I can't wait to go tomorrow with 20 more coupons! Those bananas were in the reject pile for 40 cents! How fabulous is that.

Triple Coupons at Harris Teeter Starts 11/4/09!

That's RIGHT! Harris Teeter is doing triple coupons once again and it starts tomorrow! There has been a very large dry spell for triple coupons at HT, which was good because my pantry was over stocked, but now I am ready for some deals! I can't blow my budget stocking up since I am "eating from the pantry" but I just can't resist going for some good freebies and nearly freebies this week.

Check out the list of free and nearly free items here at Southern Savers. As I shop the triples, I'll update with new items and great deals you won't want to miss!

Remember, if you are new to couponing and don't have any or many coupons you can still participate! There are MANY printable coupons that will allow you to get some deals. So get printing, organizing, and GO get your triples!

A Deal for the Coffee Lovers

Harri

Ok, so I admit. I am a coffee addict. I love coffee so much, especially going out for coffee and picking it up, but I have learned to love to make it at home because of my favorite Coffee-Mate creamers. I love a coffee deal, and so free or cheap creamer is right up my alley!

Awhile back I got stocked up with free creamer from Harris Teeter super double deals, although not my favorite brand. While I enjoyed trying some new kinds of creamer, I still always am looking for a good deal on Coffee-mate.

Of course free creamer is always better, but 68 cent creamer isn't' too bad! Right now at Harris Teeter Coffee-Mate is on sale for $1.68 a bottle. You can print coupons for $1/1 bottle right now on the coffee-mate sight in two ways. You can sign up for an account and print coupons, but you can also send a "cup of confidence" by writing a positive note for women looking to dress for success in order to find jobs in the work place right now. Coffee-Mate is taking donations right now in order to help women build more confidence for entering the work place by helping them with dressing for success. If you send a note you can print off the coupon.

Two great things.. promoting confidence for women, AND coupons for delicious creamer! My personal favorite is Sweet Cream during any season, but I am in love with their pumpkin spice, gingerbread, and peppermint mocha during the winter season and am anxiously awaiting it's arrival in stores!

I want coffee creamer coupons!

Happy Coffee Drinking!
--Savvyteacher

Triple Coupons, Kroger deals, and Cook to Freeze!

Score! Triple coupons are here once again at Harris Teeter. I scored some great deals, including several freebies last night on a quick trip there. Pictures and details to come soon. I also scored some great deals at Kroger last night as well, great manager specials and 10 for 10 sales. I love getting stocked up on meat that I find on manager special. So now, it is time for the work of cooking and freezing. With me starting grad school and being gone last a couple nights a week plus just being so busy, I am seeing now more than ever how important cooking and freezing is for me. For both convenience and health, not to mention a money saver so I don't quick grab something out.

On the list for this weekend (we'll see how much gets done):

~batch of granola
~cranberry pumpkin muffins
~turkey meatballs
~spaghetti (I found this freezes amazingly, great for small containers for lunches!)
~chicken stuff casserole (making 2 small batches of this)
~grilling chicken breasts to cut up and freeze
~BBQ pork loin in crock pot (but am using this tonight, impromptu dinner party!).

I'll update as I make stuff and post pictures! Last weekend I did another batch of my vegetarian chili since I was getting low and that has been great to have stocked back up this week!

Harris Teeter Triple Coupons Round 2

I couldn't believe it when heard that Harris Teeter was doing triple coupons once again, so soon to the last time! I had not been stocking up on several papers each week so my coupon stack is decent, but not like the last time! I did manage to snag some deals, but I suspect that not all the cheese coupons rang up tripled so I will be going back to check for that. But overall, some good deals, some freebies, and I have plans to go back for more!

Some things worth mentioning:

Kraft 2% shredded cheese packages were $0.23 a package

100 Cal Hostess Boxes for 89 cents

Powerade Zero = FREE after coupons

French's mustard = 50 cents

Chock Full of Nuts coffee = 52 cents

OOP: about $21

Coupon savings $29 plus VIC savings

Triple Coupons at Harris Teeter = cheap groceries!!

Trip #1 on Friday 1/2/09:

This was my first run at triple coupon weekend at Harris Teeter. Let me tell you, I never imagined that triple coupons would be a reason I could barely sleep due to excitement and having me spend several hours, giddy, preparing for this moment when I get home and spread out the goods and review my savings. A little bit crazy, agreed, but very money savvy so I'll take crazy if this is what it gets me!

The low down:
I needed milk and wanted salad so that was $6 of this (a third of the total price) so keep that in mind!

Before coupons total: $58.41

VIC savings: $3.99

Triple Coupons savings: $34.83

OOP Total Cost Paid: $19.59 for 22 items!

Savings= $38.82

It is just under $14 for the triple coupon 20 items.....wow!!

Triple Coupons Take 2 Morning of 1/4/08:

The low down:

Sunday the new paper came out with FIVE inserts. I get one delivered, and so I went to explore the coupons and they were basically amazing!! So, I did what I said I would never do, I threw on clothes and put my hair back and ran out for more papers. No shower, no fuss, it was a bit insane. Thriftynestor was a bit shocked and was curious if I had ever thought that it would be triple coupons at Harris Teeter that got me to go out in public before a shower. Yes, the moment has come.....I got 2 more papers and went through to cut out all the grocery ones I wanted to use. I headed (still no shower) to Harris Teeter for a round of triple coupons.

Total Before Coupons: $61.24 Vic Savings $6.03 Coupons triple savings: $39.18

Total Cost $16.03!!!!!
Savings = $45.21

Triple Coupons Take 3, Sunday 1/4/09 in the Evening:

The low down:

One shower later, I got supportiveheels to go with me and she even did some of her own deals and saved $23 of her groceries! I was very proud of her first experience in triple couponing and although I do remember her calling me "crazy" earlier, I think I proved my case!

Total Cost: $61.10 Vic Savings: $10.64 Coupons tripled savings: $35.74

Total OOP Cost: $14.72!!!!

Savings = $46.38

In sum, three trips to Harris Teeter for triple coupon deals that were $19.59, $16.03, and $14.72.

Total Grocery Cost for all Three Trips: $50.34

Total Savings: $130.41

$180 worth of groceries for $50? I'll take it!!

Harris Teeter, Part 2

I couldn't resist going back to Teeter for more great deals. Again, I went with my binder. I knew there were a few more things I wanted that I couldn't get the day before because I had already used my 20 coupon per day limit.
I spent more on this trip, but I got a few extras things (2 bags of coffee on sale and 75% off Halloween stuff) and the deals were great! Several things were free, plus overage! Lots more stuff for the stockpile. :)

Total before coupons and VIC savings: $137.69

Total VIC savings: $34.77

Total coupons savings: $62.26
Total OOP after coupons and VIC savings: $40.66
Total Savings: $97.03

I am definetely getting better at this coupon thing! I got a lot of things this weekend for holiday baking and dinner parties for next to nothing.

Harris Teeter Triple Coupons Take 2

So I just couldn't resist another try at Triple Coupon week at Harris Teeter. There were some new coupons in today's paper I wanted to use, plus see if things were stocked back up for a few things I missed out on the other night that were out of stock. I didn't actually NEED any groceries, but couldn't resist a great deal. I went to grocery stores twice in the last week for deals, so I am very very stocked up on groceries and learning that stockpiling with groceries as well is what will help me save money in the long run. So off I went!

Most of the things were under a dollar, or around a dollar. I got another thing of 8 o'clock coffee for about $2.50-- that is a STEAL! They were BOGO and HT gives you half price, plus I had a $1/1 coupon that I cut out of the coffee thing from the purchase I did on Friday. Had to cut the container apart but it was worth getting another $2.50 lb of coffee!!! Some other great deals to note: the muffin mixes came out to be $0.25 a piece, the crust about $1 (saving for Thanksgiving pumpkin cheesecake!!), $1 for Splenda (did this deal the other day too), poptarts for $0.60, Warm Delights treat for $0.40 and plenty other great steal prices.

Total Before Coupons and Vic Savings: $40.12
Total Vic Savings: $5.54
Total Coupon Savings: $21.84

TOTAL OOP: $13.74

A total savings of $27.48. I saved twice the amount I actually paid!! I spent $13 on a TIP last night at a restaurant......puts this deal in perspective!

Harris Teeter Triple Coupons Take 1

It was triple coupon week at Harris Teeter and I could not have been more excited! I missed the triple coupon week at Lowes back in October due to being out of town, so I was very glad to catch this deal. Not only that, but I actually love Harris Teeter and miss shopping there ever since I started couponing I have found a new love in Lowes Food's, so it was a welcome trip back.

I got the above items for a killer deal. Most of the items pictured were under a $1.

Total before coupons and VIC savings: $60.59

TOTAL AFTER COUPONS and VIC savings: $25.34

Savings of more than 50% and over $27 in coupons alone!!!!

I would say I think I did pretty dang well and saved a whole bunch of money! My pantry is getting very stocked!