Exteme Couponing (In Training)...

So...I don't know if any of you have ever seen the show or at least the previews but Nathan and I have watched an episode or 2 in the last 2 weeks.  These people are amazing...I know I would never have the guts to do the things they do, but WOW the savings!  I also don't find it necessary to have your own grocery store with 50 boxes of deodorant, toothpaste, etc. but I am a girl who always loves a saving or discount!  I have never been above coupons and do use them every chance I get but especially during the school year, I don't have the time to do the searching, etc.  So, this week with me being off I have spent some time clipping coupons and I just have to share my story from yesterday with you all.

Since registering at Target and Babies R Us for the baby, we were given a ton of coupons that I just stuck in a bag in the babies room.  Nathan's aunt also gave us a box of MANY packs of diapers, wipes, and coupons, and I receive alot of baby coupons in the mail too.  All of these were just thrown in this bag in the babies room but I sat down Monday (while our electricity was out due to the storm:)) and started going through ALL the little pages and cut out every coupon (it took about an hour to do I had so many). 

Yesterday, Nathan and I spent the day in Houston for various reasons.  We went to Babies R Us because our toddler rails for our crib had come in and we wanted to do some more research on breast pumps.  I had a coupon for pacifiers that I was able to use there...but the really big savings came when we went to Target. I received a thing in the mail as a thank you for registering at Target--it was a coupon that said to print out your Target registry and take it with the coupon to Customer Services to get a FREE $20 gift card...boy was I ready to use that...I was hoping between that gift card and all my coupons I could really rack up and not have to pay that much.  I had a lot of diaper and wipe coupons (and you know diapers and wipes are NOT cheap)...I of course wanted to use the ones for the biggest amounts first.  I found the diapers that my cousin wants for her baby and then got 3 more packs for us  (our diaper collection is already pretty big from my school shower--and I am kind of leery of getting too many just in case our baby is allergic to a certain brand or we find we don't like them, but with these kind of coupons I figure if for some reason we do not want/can't use them, there are plenty of babies being born lately that I can find someone who can use them).  I had a coupon for each pack.  I then got a pack of wipes for my cousin and a huge bag of refill wipes for us (each with a coupon).  I had a coupon for a FREE 6 pack of newborn formula nursette bottles (which I am hoping we will not ever have to use, but I got them just in case since they were free--priced at $7.99).  A 3-pack of bottles (with a coupon), 2 pack of caps/mittens for baby (with coupon), and bib (for Father's Day).

So--

4 packs Diapers
2 packs Wipes
6 Formula Bottles
3 Bottles
2 pack cap/mittens
1 Bib

When we got to the counter I had a coupon for each and every item and was nervous they would not let me use ALL of them...the total rang up for $89.11....I handed her my coupons and she started scanning.  Every one of them worked.  It brought my total down to $59.11.  That is $30 in coupon savings!!! :):)  I was already on cloud 9!! Then I had my FREE $20 gift card which brought the total down to $39.11!!  I could totally handle that from everything we had bought.  Then, to top it off I got a $5.00 gift card back for purchasing 3 packs of Huggies diapers to use on our next visit and more coupons printed out for wipes and bottles which she gave me...so next time I can get at least 2 packs of wipes FREE and save on other baby necessities!!

I was soo happy and Nathan was just as excited for all I had saved us.  He could not believe it.  I have not bought anything this week without a coupon, and I am hoping to stay on this trend....especially with a little one on the way in less than 100 days!!! :)

Nathan called me Extreme Couponing in Training (Hence the blog title) since I didn't save like $800 like the do on the show...but hey it is a good start! :)

Just wanted to share my little success story about baby shopping as I am still pumped about it!  Here is hoping you all have a FABULOUS weekend! :)