Yeah, when I was a kid my mom did really good at couponing and combined it with refunding. But since we mainly eat non-processed meats, and fresh fruits/veggies I just don't find a whole lot of coupons for thinsg like that. Plus, most of the dry goods stuff that we purchase on a regular basis, (bulk rice, beans flour, sugar etc) don't usually have coupons for them.

Only time I've done great at coupons is when I bought formula for my son. Bought those 'check's online (ie Get $5 off any purchase of formula) and combined those checks with catalina coupons.....which were usually BOGO. So I'd go in and pick up about $30 of formula for $5 or so. I figure I spent about $120 on buying the coupons, but got a years supply of formula for less than $300 out of pocket.

And Safeway had a $10 off a $50 or more coupon a while back. Bought them on ebay for about $0.75 each.