Saving the Moola

Yeah, long time no blog. :) I've been busy people. My back is FINALLY starting to feel better after the wreck. We've got a pontoon boat that we have completely gutted and rebuilt. It is almost done, but that is a post for another day.

I have really gotten back into couponing. I am a sales freak and I have really not been doing what I should lately to save money. Right now I am just trying to figure out how to organize my coupons better. So, if you have a process or good ideas....let me know! I want to tell about a few things that I've gotten deals on the past 2 days.

I have been struggling with the back and have been on medication for a while now. I noticed that Rite Aid has in their sales paper where if you transfer a prescription, they will give you a $25 gift card. Well, just so happens I had two prescriptions that I could transfer so after paying $10 for those, I received $50 to spend in the store. Woohoo! I ended up purchasing a few items that they had on sale. Suave Shampoo/Conditioner for 77 cents a bottle and some Ragu and pasta. I spent about $9 I believe of my gift card money!!!

Today, I went to CVS. I had $6 in reward money that I needed to use, plus Boyfriend had a $20 gift card that he received when he got a prescription filled. I had those and another coupon for $1 off a Colgate Toothbrush. This is what I got...

6 jars of Ragu (spent $10 with $3 rebate or coupon for next visit)
3 Colgate toothbrushes (spent $10.50 with $5 rebate for next visit)
2 Colgate Toothpaste (spent $2.99, it was a buy one get one)
I then used my $1 coupon and my $6 in rebates. My grand total was $17.94 which I proceeded to use the FREE gift card for!!! So, all of this I got for FREE!!! Now, I love that. Plus, I received $8 in more rebates. And some other misc. coupons they gave me for other items.

So, what I need to know from the ladies are more used to doing these things, how are you organizing your coupons? I can already see that I need a place to store my purchases :)