My "Extreme Couponing" Sister

Being that I'm a TLC junkie, I have seen many episodes of the TV show "Extreme Couponing". This is a show where they follow a bunch of "extreme couponers" who go on these crazy shopping trips and save hundreds of dollars on everyday items.

Well needles to say, my sister is starting to really get into this "extreme couponing". At first she started off by just signing up for "freebies" online. You maybe surprised on how different things you can get for free if you really try. I was most impressed with the 4 free tickets she got for the White Sox games. However, she has taken her obsession of getting free stuff to the next level by getting into this "extreme couponing". 

 
As you can see she has taken over the kitchen table with all her coupons. She has created her own system of keeping them organized, and  she loves to calculate out how much she thinks each trip is going to cost her. She been doing this for about a month or so, and I'm a little surprised at how well she doing with these shopping trips.

So today I decided to tag-along, and see my sis in action for myself. Today's shopping trip: Target

With her coupons in hand- we started in the travel size items aisle. A lot of her items she buys are travel sized because you get the best value out of your coupons.

She also had a few coupons that were for a free item. She got most of those coupons through her "freebies" she signed up for online. Those included 3 different kinds of hair care products, peanut butter, and bag of candy (which we had problems with at the register with but it worked out ok).

These are all the items (total of 36) that she picked up on this trip.

Does she look worried about how much this is all going to cost? Originally when we walked in the door she was only planning on buying the Tide and peanut butter... so we weren't completely sure how well this shopping trip was going to work out.

The results:

Her total (before tax): $0.04
Her total (after tax): $3.07
Her total saving on the trip: $45.69

What can I say- the tax will get you every time. I'm proud of my lil sis. She has found a hobby that doesn't cost a lot of money and can come in handy.

If you want to see my sister's video about today's haul, check out her YouTube page here!

Question: Do you like to use coupons when you shop? Or have you every tried an "extreme couponing" haul?