End of the Month Coupon Grocery Run!

I always try to remember to flip through my coupon binder for any high value or really good coupons at the end of the month that might be expiring (most coupons expire on the last day of the month, or the first day of the month) so I can be sure to use the ones I want.

Today I made an extra trip to the grocery store to see if I could scoop up a few more deals from soon-to-expire coupons:

• I got some trial size Tide laundry detergents with my $1/1 coupons expiring today, and fortunately I got another great cashier at Target who let me use them. Hooray for free laundry detergent!

• I also had some $0.75/2 Ortega Products that also expired today which can always get some pretty cheap Taco seasoning packets at Walmart. I also lucked out with these because my Walmart had them marked down to $0.35 each! So I actually got a 5 cent overage for each coupon I used.

• Remember those Bogo milk coupons I blogged about last week? The coupon was good for 1 free 1/2 gallon chocolate milk, up to $3.75, when you buy 1 gallon white milk. Usually the cashier has to key in the amount that the "Free" product costs but when I used one tonight the register automatically deducted $3.75 even though the chocolate milk only cost $1.59. I got a $2 overage from that which is always a wonderful surprise at the checkout! (This isn't the first time I've gotten a really sweet overage from a "free milk" coupon either, by the way.)

• I also got 5 more boxes of 40 ct. Electrasol Finish Dishwasher Gelpacks at Target with my $2.50/1 coupons and a raincheck for the sale price of $3.50/box from a couple weeks back when they were sold out. I've gotten a LOT of boxes of Electrasol, but it's such an amazing price I had to stock up on them. Since I only get 4 copies of the Sunday paper coupon inserts each week right now I bought some extra coupons for these on EBay (FYI: EBay can be a great place to score some cheap coupons on a specific item when you know a really good sale is coming up).
  

Here's what I picked up today:
Retail Price: $55.12I paid: $9.19
Savings of: 83%
Savings Breakdown:
Coupons tendered: $25
Sale prices: $20.93