Successful Drop off and 89% Savings

I was determined to drop the items I was going to donate off, but I could not find the place.  My GPS kept telling me I had arrived at my destination, but I saw no signs and what to me looked like a residential neighborhood.  Where was it?  With the sun blinding me I decided to continue driving.  I kept thinking I must have put something in wrong.  A hop, skip and a jump from where I wanted to be was a Rite Aid.  I had come prepared with my coupons and knew what I was buying, 2 Dove Shampoos.  By being prepared I saved 89%...However the deal gets sweeter.  I spent out of pocket $1.16 and received $2.00 back in up rewards. 

No back to finding the place I was dropping my donation off at.  Finally I found it, and it felt great to bring my box of items in to donate.  I believe all the items I donated will go to people who need them.

 

Return to Couponing

Life kind of put my couponing on hold for a bit.  I didn't have time to cut the coupons, file them and then find the coupons I needed that went along with my shopping list.  Somehow I still managed to save between 40 and 50 % on most of my shopping trips just by buying things on sale.  Now that things have started to go back to normal I decided to kick off my return to couponing by donating the below items to an organization nearby. 

 
I realized after taking the first picture, I was missing the hair gel, Tabasco Sauce, and mustard.  This will be my first donation to this place.  Items I'm donating: 6 Shaving Cream, 4 packs of Razors, 2 Panty Liners, 1 Cup Cake Liners, 1 Hair Elastics, 1 bottle of hair gel, 2 Tabasco Sauce, 2 mustard.

I hope this is the first of many donations to this organization.  I am looking forward to resuming couponing this week.