4 Not to brag, but....

I've just spent the better part of 24 hours on this shopping trip, so I had to brag! I started out at Albertson's at 6am (running a major sale plus 3 double coupons per trip) and then slipped over to Smiths (doubling all coupons up to $2, no limit) before heading back to Albies once their truck was unloaded. I spent hours yesterday cutting my coupons, putting the new ones in my binder and throwing out the expired ones, and then more hours planning my transactions. I left home at 5:30am and after 10 transactions, between the two stores, I didn't get home till about 11am. You are probably asking, is it worth it? To tell the truth, I'm not really sure. Lots of people say 'I want to do that', but it is a LOT of work and tons of stress. I'm not going to go into any real details, but here's my recap:

Full RETAIL price of all of the below: $851.51
I paid: $100.93
That's 12% of full price!

...PLUS next time I fill up my gas tank...
I get $0.15 off PER GALLON *AND* $5 off the total!!!
you better bet I'll be taking in the Blazer instead of my grocery car

Here are some general prices, since I don't want to go into any detail. This was on complex day!!! A good share of what I paid was sales tax, since that is applied on the pre-coupon price.

2 gallons white Milk *FREE*
2 half gallons Chocolate milk *FREE*

6 packages of Turkey lunch meat ($1 each)

57 boxes of cereal, including: (all under $0.40 each)

26 Honey Nut Cheerios
5 Honey KIX
6 Honey Bunches of Oats
2 Reeses Puffs
18 Cookie Crisp

5 boxes Macaroni Grill dinners ($0.65 each )
8 cans Camkpbell’s Cream of Chicken soup ($0.09 each)
4 cans Ortago chillies ($0.29 each)
1 bag Crasins dried cranberries ($1.00)
8 boxes BC instant garlic mashed potatoes ($0.75 each)

9 boxes BC yellow cake mix ($0.50 each)
4 pouches BC cookie mix ($0.44 each)
8 microwave BC warm delights ($0.33 each)
8 boxes BC fruit snacks ($0.60 each)
7 boxes Chex mix Bars ($0.50 each)
18 boxes BC Gushers ($0.45 each, Nate’s fav, but no cash cards)
8 bags NV nut clusters ($0.25 each)
4 bags Chex MIX ($0.40 each)
2 jars Smuckers Ice cream topping ($0.65 each)
5 3-pack of Extra/Wrigley’s gum *FREE*
12 bottles of Mento’s gum *FREE*

6 bottles ALL small-n-mighty 32 load laundry detergent *FREE*
6 pair Playtex handsaver gloves *FREE*

8 sticks Old Spice deodorant (Nate’s fav, $0.33 each)
4 sticks Secret ladies deododrant (my fav) *FREE*
5 tubes Crest toothpaste *FREE*
1 bottle Summer’s Eve woman wash ($0.79)

6 4-pack Duracell AA batteries ($1 each)

6 bottles Aussie mouse *FREE*
3 bottles Aussie shampoo *FREE*
4 pack CoverGirl makeup sponges *FREE*
1 CoverGril makeup brush *FREE*
4 CoverGril eye shadow *FREE*
1 CoverGirl nail polish *FREE*
1 CoverGirl lip gloss ($0.14)