Why it is a good idea to have multiple coupons

I know some people think having 10-20 of the same coupon is a waste of money. I thought so too when I started couponing. But here are two examples with receipts to show you why it is such a good idea. Christmas is coming and I have tons of stuff like this to fill baskets for friends and families.

First example is from Walgreens. Nivea lip gloss is on sale this week for $1. There are multiple coupons out there for $1 off 1 or $2 off 2. This makes them all FREE. You just have to pay tax. So for 9 tubes of lip gloss I paid a whopping total of .72 cents. I saved $26.91 total with store sales and coupons.

Next receipt is from Food Lion for the candles. Sometimes you have to break purchases up into smaller purchases to take advantage of the sales promotion. This is how this deal worked. I purchased 4 glade candles for a total of $13.96. The register automatically took off $3.00 (this was their promotion). Then I supplies 2 BOGO free coupons. That took another $6.98 off the total. The first transaction I had to pay $5.06. Once I paid for this transaction the catalina machine spit out 2- $2.00 OYNO coupons. I continued to purchase the same thing in the next 6 transaction, but since I had $4 worth of OYNO coupons it brought my total OOP down to $1.06. (Notice that my total tax was $1.08, so they paid .02 in tax for me!). So after 7 transactions I had 28 candles and had spent in total. $11.42. And I still have $4.00 in OYNO to spend on food.So that makes the cost of the candles to be 26.5 cents each. Not bad for candles huh?

These are just a couple of examples of how to get things for FREE (plus tax)!!