I did a few deals on Sunday, and brought home $67.65 worth of groceries for $17.06:

Transaction #1:

Total spent: $10.73
Total before coupons: $19.83
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I am pleased to announce that Safeway has gone back to its old policy on printable coupons – no more “50% of the value” rule! Click here to read the updated policy. The only exception is that you may not redeem “Free” printable coupons, so I will continue to take those to Fred Meyer.

So bearing that in mind, here’s what I got:

2 packages of Goldfish crackers – on sale for .88 cents, used two .50/1 printable coupons, which doubled; final price: Free plus .24 cents overage.
1 bottle of Ocean Spray Blueberry Juice – on sale for $1.50, used one $1/1 printable, which doubled; Final price: Free! (Thanks to Frugal Living NW for the tip!)
1 bottle of Powerade – on sale for .88 cents, used one $1/1 coupon good on any Powerade that I got through RecycleBank, which doubled; Final price: Free plus .62 cents overage.
2-lb bag of cheese – price: $3.99
1 gallon of milk – $2.39
1 bottle of Suave conditioner – On sale for $1.79, used one free coupon from the recent Facebook promotion. It automatically took off the full value of the coupon, which was $3.00, so I also received $1.21 in overage.
1 Sunday paper – price: $2.50
1.85 lbs bananas – price: $1.28
1.78 lbs of grapes – price: $1.76
2 bags of Fresh Express salad – on sale for .99 cents each, used two .55/1 coupons that I got by writing to the company; Final price: .44 cents each.

Transaction #2:

Total spent: $1.46
Total before coupons: $14.95
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I had read that there was a “Buy One, Get One Free” Stayfree coupon in this week’s Sunday paper, and since I had already planned to do a few more transactions to use up the rest of my $2/1 Stayfree coupons, I looked through the paper after I bought it and tore out the coupon. Then I loaded my groceries in the car and went back through the line again!

Got:

5 packages of Stayfree – on sale for $2.99 when you buy 2 or more; used four $2/1 coupons that I got through trading, which doubled, and one “Buy One, Get One Free” coupon from the 06/27 Red Plum newspaper insert; The “Buy One, Get One Free” coupon automatically took off the full value of the coupon, which was $3.49, so I also received .50 cents in overage. Final price: $1.46 for all five.

Transaction #3:

Total spent: $1.96
Total before coupons: $11.96
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Got:

4 packages of Stayfree – on sale for $2.99 when you buy 2 or more; used four $2/1 coupons that I got through trading, which doubled; Final price: .49 cents each, $1.96 for all four.

Transaction #4:

Total spent: $1.96
Total before coupons: $11.96
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Got:

4 packages of Stayfree – on sale for $2.99 when you buy 2 or more; used four $2/1 coupons that I got through trading, which doubled; Final price: .49 cents each, $1.96 for all four.

Transaction #5:

Total spent: .95 cents
Total before coupons: $8.95
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Got:

2 packages of Stayfree – on sale for $2.99 when you buy 2 or more; used two $2/1 coupons that I got through trading, which doubled; Final price: .49 cents each.
3 tubs of Gold ‘N Soft Margarine – while flipping through the 06/27 newspaper for the Stayfree coupon, I also found two coupons for Gold ‘N Soft Margarine located in the Smart Source insert. So I picked up three tubs of margarine for .99 cents each, and used one .50/1 coupon and one $1.50/2 coupon, which doubled; Final price: Free plus .03 cents overage.

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