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This week I’ve got a little no doublers/no special policy action that anyone can score.  I know not every market has stores that offer double coupons or stores that will honor competitor prices/coupons, so I thought I’d share what I did with just regular coupons and no fancy policies this week.

I don’t shop at Fred Meyer (a Kroger store).  Like ever.  I find them to be too expensive.  But I heard that they carried these Snapware plasticware that I had coupons for.  Coupons were for $3-off and they were priced at $1.99 and less.

I had (15) coupons so I bought 15 of them and planned on getting them for free – I don’t know the Fred Meyer coupon policy at all, I just figured they’d adjust the price down.

Much to my surprise, Fred Meyer gives overage – say what?!  I had no idea.  The gal rang in my $3 coupons and took off the full amount which gave me $16.65 in overage going towards the rest of my order which I totally was not planning on.  I shopped their clearance racks and got some clothes for Christmas gifts (for 2012 ;)), and a t-shirt for my daughter’s birthday in June – $96 regular price, $63.73 clearance price, additional 60% off clearance = $25.49, less the $16.65 in overage going towards the order, so I got the clothes for $8.84.  Nice!  Definitely gonna keep my eye on this store.

And then later this same day I went to Albertsons mainly to scope out the in-store deals and spot any potential coupons on items that I could use that coming Sunday when double coupons came out.  I was still able to score some pretty good deals like the vitamin deal.  The vitamins were BOGO and they had a little coupon next to them (which you can barely see hanging down in the top of the picture) for $2-off.  Buy 1, get 1 free, and then you get $2 off EACH one.  That folic acid right there was $3.69 for 2 of them and then take $4 off.  Hello, freeness!  So awesome, that I talked to the store manager who is just fantastic and they are special ordering some more for me to pick up before the sale ends – all on the free.

The Yoplaits were on sale 10 for $6, so 60-cents each, I had coupons for 50-cents off which made them 10-cents each and then when you bought 10 you got the 4-pack for free.  The LifeSavers candy canes were Christmas clearance that I had coupons for and got them for 50-cents each.  I could have waited and gotten a better deal on these, but they didn’t have that many, and I wanted them for the kids’ birthday party this summer.  Valentine Crunch hearts were 3 for $2 and I had coupons for $2 off 3 = free.  The Aleve was $4.69 and I had $2-off coupons which can’t ever be doubled so I paid $2.69 and got these for my mom.  I really only went to the store for cheese and eggs – got a mark-down cheese.  And then the Christmas Nestle cookies were on clearance for $1 with a 55-cent coupon on them making them 45-cents.  So all this was $14.19 which is less than the price of the 4 bottles of vitamins alone!