Albertson's sale 3/4/09 Round one and how I did it

Because food storage isn't just about food, I was excited about albertson's sale this week.

I got:

2 Bounty Paper Towels 8ct
4 Charmin Bath Tissue 12ct
4 Pampers Diapers Boxes 88ct
3 Tide laundry detergent 100oz
3 Crest pro health toothpaste 4.2oz
2 Aveeno lotion 18oz
2 Stayfree pads 18ct
2 Carefree liners 46c t

2 Johnson&Johnson Baby Oil 14oz
1 Johnson&Johnson shampoo 13oz
4 Zyrtec liquid 4oz

Retail all of this is $355.79

I paid $187.39

and saved $168.40

Here's how I did it.

First I went to pinchingyourpennies.com and got the Albertson's list.

Second I decided what I wanted and made a list

Albertsons
(Item) (Sale price) (Coupon) (Final price) (Qty)
Pop tarts 1.67 $1/2 RP 2/22 1.17
20Yogos 1.67 $1/2 RP 2/1 1.17
10Tombstone Pizza B3G3 2.80 6
$20/$5 (For every $20 you spend on these items you get a $5 catalina*)
*catalina - a coupon good for a specific amount to use on your next shopping order
(Item) (Sale price/price after calalina) (Coupon) (Final price) (Qty)
Bounty Paper Towels 8ct 10.99/8.24 .25/1P&G 3/1 7.99
10Charmin 6 Mega Roll 6.99/5.24 .25/1P&G 3/1 4.99
10Crest Toothpaste 2.50/1.88 $1/1 P&G 2/8 0.88 52.50/1.88 .75/P&G 2/8 1.13
5Pampers 19.99/14.99 $1/1 P&G 3/1 13.99
11Tide 75-100 oz 11.99/8.99 .35 P&G 2/8 3/1 8.64 9
$30/$10 (For every $30 you spend on these items you get a $10 catalina*)
(Item) (Sale price/price after calalina) (Coupon) (Final price) (Qty)
Zyrtec 9.99/6.69 Printable* 4.69 4
*Printable - an online coupon you print out
Johnson's baby oil 3.00/2.01 $1/1 RP 1-4 1.01
2Johnson's detangler 3.00/2.01 Printable 0.51
1Aveeno lotion 3.5-16oz 6.99/4.68 Printable 2.68
2Carefree liners 3.00/2.01 Printable 0.51
2Stayfree 3.00/2.01 Printable 1.01 2

Third I got out my coupons and found the ones I needed.

I'll post soon about organizing your coupons!
(This is where I'll probably loose you, but I promise I'll explain it all)

Fourth made second list for separate transactions.

To get the most out of this sale the best thing to do is separate your transactions and roll over your catalinas.

1
(Item) (Sale Price/after catalina) (coupon) (Qty)
Pampers 19.99/14.99 $1/1 P&G 3/1 1
Crest toothpaste 2.50/1.88 $1/1 P&G 3/1 1
22.49 total
20.49 after coupons
10.49 after $10 Catalina (I had left over from the last sale)

2
Pampers 19.99/14.99 $1/1 P&G 3/1 19.99 18.99 1 18.99
Crest toothpaste 2.50/1.88 $1/1 P&G 3/1 2.5 1.5 1 1.5
22.49 total
20.49 after coupons
15.49 after $5 Catalina (from the previous transaction)

3
Pampers 19.99/14.99 $1/1 P&G 3/1 19.99 18.99 1
18.99Crest toothpaste 2.50/1.88 .75/P&G 2/8 2.5 1.75 1 1.75
22.49 total
20.74 after coupons
15.74 after $5 Catalina

4
Bounty Paper Towels 8ct 10.99/8.24 .25/1P&G 3/1 10.99 10.74 2 21.98
21.98 total
21.48 after coupons
16.48 after $5 Catalina

5
Charmin 6 Mega roll 6.99/5.24 .25/1P&G 3/1 6.99 6.74 3
20.97 total
20.22 after coupons
15.22 after $5 Catalina

6
Tide 75-100 oz 11.99/8.99 .35 P&G 2/8 3/1 11.99 11.64 2
23.98 total
23.28 after coupons
18.28after $5 Catalina

7
Zyrtec 9.99/6.69 Printable 9.99 7.99 4
39.96 total
31.96 after coupons
26.96 after $5 Catalina

8
Johnson's baby oil 3.00/2.01 $1/1 RP 1-4 3 2 2 6
Johnson's detangler 3.00/2.01 Printable 3 1.5 1 3
Aveeno lotion 3.5-16oz 6.99/4.68 Printable 6.99 4.99 2 13.9 8
Carefree liners 3.00/2.01 Printable 3 1.5 2 6
Stayfree 3.00/2.01 Printable 3 2 2 6
34.98 total
22.48 after coupons
12.48 after $10 Catalina

9
Pop tarts 1.67 $1/2 RP 1/18 2/22 1.17 20 23.4
Yogos 1.67 $1/2 RP 2/1 1.17 10 11.7
Tombstone Pizza B3G3 2.8 6 16.8
51.90 after coupons
41.90 after $10 Catalina

10
Tide 75-100 oz 11.99/8.99 .35 P&G 2/8 3/1 11.99 11.64 1 11.64
Charmin 6 Mega roll 6.99/5.24 .25/1P&G 3/1 6.99 6.74 1 6.74
Pampers 19.99/14.99 $1/1 P&G 3/1 19.99 18.99 1 18.99 38.97
37.37 after coupons
32.37 after $5 Catalina

Then I went shopping =)

When shopping it's not really nice to all of the other shoppers and checker to do a lot of transactions back to back so I usually only do two or three depending on how busy the store is. (Today, however, I did 9 because it was dead and my step aunt was the checker =)
Doing two or three transactions and then getting back in line or going back to the store later is usually the best approach.

That's my shopping process. I hope this helps you on your way to learning the coupon system.

P.S. I have some coupons left over that I will not be using before they expire. If you are interested in this sale I would be more than happy to show you how it's done!