Today's Savings

I hit Save-A-Lot and Kroger with Sammy and Kaedmon this A.M. We did well!

I spent $43 at Kroger and saved $68. I'm very pleased. Some great deals and freebies:

• Birdseye Steamfresh for .49
• Yoplus for .49
• Danimal Crush Cups for .49
• Dannon Active Immunity drinks for .49
• Krusteaz blueberry pancake mix for .17
• Keebler Fudgeshoppe cookies for .25
• Betty Crocker potatoes for FREE!

At Save-A-Lot, things weren't too shabby either. They had 5 lb. bags of apples on sale for $2. I bought 4 bags. I have got to do something fast with 20 lbs. of apples! I also got Old El Paso complete taco dinner kits (seasoning, sauce, and shells) for .99 on closeout. I bought 5 of those!

Now I relax. My two oldest are with their Daddy and my Daddy at the Kentucky game. The others and I are ready for our naps! Happy Saturday!

7/28/09 Grocery Savings

I took a photo, but I do a miserable job of arranging my purchases so that you can see them all. Instead, I prefer to list them:

Walgreens:

1. Goody Ouchless headband. It was a $1 MONEY MAKER after $1 off coupon and mail-in rebate.
2. Scotch mailer (on clearance for .50). FREE.

Kroger:

1. 2 Santa Cruz organic lemonades. They were .50 each.

Meijer:

Meijer was running their 10 for $10 sale. The 11th item was free. I got 22 items for $7.

1. 4 Totinos pizza rolls. They were .60 each.
2. 2 Grands! biscuits. They were .30 each.
3. 1 Land O Lakes spread. It was .30.
4. 4 Breyers ice creams. They were .50 each.
5. 2 Sunny Ds. One was .50. One was .45.
6. 1 Betty Crocker cookie mix. It was .20.
7. 3 Betty Crocker Warm Delights. They were FREE.
8. 1 french vanilla Coffeemate. It was FREE.
9. 1 Angel Soft 4 pack toilet paper. It was FREE.
10. 1 pack Popsicles. They were FREE.
11. 2 single servings Honey Nut Cheerios. They were FREE.

I also got (not part of the 10 for $10):

2 FREE Kraft salad dressings
2 Electrosol Finish tabs (normally 4.09 ea.) for 1.09 each.
2 Kashi waffles for .75 each.

All of this together came to $12!

NOTE: We do eat well in this home. The "junk" you see listed above was free or next-to-free and will be eaten over quite the period of time!

I also got some great deals on produce:

1. 6 pints of blueberries for $10
2. Green beans for .77/lb.

I also got a good price on Angus roast and boneless pork chops. Nothing amazing, but it will be a welcome change from the everyday chicken.

That's all. But will someone please remind me to start taking cash to Aldi so I can finally shop there one day. Stupid debit policy =)

July 14 Grocery Trip

I'm feeling a little blah regarding my shopping trip last night. I got a late start as David is prepping to take his CDL test on Thursday and needed to study for a couple hours. Mid-way through my trip I ran over a nail and had to ask for help at the nearest Speedway to fix my flat. To top it off, many people (lacking couponing etiquette, apparently) totally jacked the stores of all the freebies.

My stops were Whole Foods, Target, Meijer, and Kroger. I did okay but there's not too much to report. Here is a short list of my best finds:

Whole Foods

Organic carrots for $1.69
Organic celery hearts for $1.49
Santa Cruz organic lemonade for .99! Use this coupon to .75 off to make it .24!

Meijer

Huggies were $10.24. I had a $2 off coupon making them $8.24. When you bought $10 in Huggies products, you received $10 toward 3 Fruit of the Loom products. For roughly $14 I got a jumbo pack of Huggies, 2 packs of undies, and a pack of socks! Not too shabby for this girl.

Other deals:

Tyson all-natural chicken breasts (frozen) were $4.99 a bag. I grabbed 2 and applied 2 $1 off coupons to make them $3.99 each!

Cucumbers were 3 for $1.

Planters mixed nuts (a hubby favorite) were on sale 2/$5. I had 2/$1 off coupons making them 2/$3. Meijer Mealbox also had an additional $1 off 2 coupon making them 2/$2. I would like to say that I remembered to print off the mealbox coupon, but I didn't. So I paid the full $3. Boo.

Kroger

Of course I took advantage of the mega deal! You purchase any 10 participating products and get $5 off your entire purchase! Combine the deal with manufacturer's coupons and we're talking free or next to free here. It was very tempting to buy junk as a whole lot of junk was on sale (and I had coupons!) but I stood firm.

I was able to snag 2 boxes of Special K bars $1.75 a box. Not great, but pretty good.

Free Quaker rice snacks.

I got a couple bags of Chex Mix (dark chocolate- YUM!) for .49 each.

Welch's Reduced Sugar Jelly (our favorite!) for ~ $1 each!

HAPPY SHOPPING!

P.S. It 9:15 and my boys are just waking up! How nice.