Saving On Diapers

In my home, it is the season of diapers. I seriously considered using cloth diapers, but without a washing machine in my home, I figured the time and expense cleaning them was not worth it for me, so I am using disposable. The Lord knew I would need my time for other things anyway. The problem with disposable diapers is the constant expense. I have found couponing a very helpful method of saving money on purchasing diapers.


I was told Sam's club was the cheapest place to buy baby diapers, but they do not accept coupons, so after going there and figuring the cost per diaper compared to Target or CVS with my coupons, I found I could still purchase diapers much cheaper elsewhere.

The Two Cheapest stores to buy diapers:
Target
CVS




Target:


Target will accept two coupons per item-one manufactures coupon and one Target coupon. I registered for baby things at target, so often will get a baby coupon booklet in the mail from them. Sometimes, I get a coupon when I make a purchase. They also have coupons in the paper from time-to-time. So, I save up the coupons and use them along with a manufactures coupon. Saving up to $6 a box of name brand diapers such as Pampers or Huggies. The key is to watch for their adds. This week for instance, they are offering a $10 gift card for the purchase of 2 $29 128 count box of Huggies or Pampers. That is $58-$10-$8 worth of coupons bringing my total to $40 ($20 a box, .16 a diaper). That is not bad, but CVS is often even better.


CVS:


CVS gives you a free pkg of diapers for every 6 purchased. Because I purchased diapers from them, I received Pampers, Luvs, and Huggies coupons from their coupon kiosk regularly. I can combine a CVS coupon with a manufacturers coupon. For instance, this week, the jumbo packs of 38cnt Pampers were on sale for 8.99, of which I purchased two. I also purchased $17 worth of Nature Made vitamins to qualify for the $10 gift card. My total rang up at $34, of which I had a combined total of $8 vitamin coupons and $7 diapers ($4 off CVS and $3 manufactures). My total was $19.99, then I received the $10 gift card. So in reality, I paid $9.99 for a $34 purchased. I estimate it is about .12-.13 a diaper, plus I have 2 more packages to buy before I get a free one.


Some of the couponing websites I frequent typically purchase name brand diapers online for around .03 cents a diaper. Every time I tried to get them that way the deal had ended or I didn't have the right coupons. 


In any case, diapers never need to be purchased at full cost and I am grateful for the amount of money I have saved by using coupons and looking for store deals.