I'm still here!

I made it to Albertsons last night to stock up on some honey bunches of oats.

I got 12 boxes of honey bunches of oats, 2 boxes of cocoa pebbles and one box of rainsin bran, 2 gallons milk and 4 bananas.

Total spent: $6.93 (I got back $8.00 in catalinas after that I can still use next time. AND one of my reciepts had a deal where if I take their survey I get $2 off my next order)

Total Saved: $67.50

Where have I been?

Hi. Just in case someone is reading this and wondering where the heck I have been, I'll let you know.

I have been having a temporary aversion to couponing and grocery shopping in general. It started when we went out of town for a couple of days and then continued on as I had a terrible headache for a couple of days. We mostly just ate what we had in the house, however last week we did take one trip to the WinCo to pick up a few items. I spent $54.15 there and that was the only grocery shopping we did last week.

This week my husband picked up a few things from walmart on his way home from work and spent a total of 15.48. Unfortunately in december I lost my camera charger and as of late it has completely lost it's charge. I will be ordering a new one soon, but in the mean time that means no pics of the groceries.

I am finding it kind of hard for some reason to get back into the swing of the coupon thing. I know I will eventually. I think It will take a really good sale to pull me back into it. In the mean time I am going to try at least to keep within my $50 a week. I will make it a goal to try to hit at least one sale in the next week and see if that helps.

week in review 2/8- 2/17 Week 6

Total spent this week: $54.18
Total saved this week: $60.56
* I realize that percentage is down from my average, but I haven't been feeling the greatest so it is hard to do as much bargain grocering. I also went a little over 50. Last week, however I was under by 17.38 cents so I actually have $13.20 still rolling to next week. I start out each month at 0 but during the month if I have quite a bit over or under I roll it into the next week.
Total spent this year: 315.03
Total saved this year: 633.93

walmart saturday night

I was hanging out with my brother last night and after we bought the rootbeer we needed some icecream to go with it so we stopped off and got some. Total spent:$5.25

Yokes saturday night.

I got (3) bags of kettle chips and a 12 pack of rootbeer.

Total spent: $2.57 Total saved: $10.37

Albertsons Friday

I went to albertsons on friday and purchased (2) 12 pack of double rolls of toiletpaper, (4) boxes of ronzoni pasta, (10) cans of bumble bee tuna and (1) payday candy bar

I Spent: $6.17. I saved $39.75

Yokes earlier this week

I have been getting kind of behind this week, here is some yokes from thursday.

I bought 3 dozen eggs and a 12 pack of soda pop. I spent $2.19 and saved $6.08

catching up

Earlier this week we all went to Walmart for a few things, I haven't been feeling great so we kind of just got what we wanted however, I need to post them anyway just to keep my record more accurate. We got, 4 cartons of sour cream, green leafy lettuce, 5 apples, 4 packs of lil smokies, a bunch of asparagus, 2 orange juice concentrates, 2 french bread and 1 iceberg lettuce. We spent a total of $28.45 and I lost the reciept, but I know I saved at least 4 dollars.

We also got a few things from Winco, I don't have a pic, but it was 4 gallons of milk and a loaf of bread.

Total: 8.84

Week 5 in review 2/1-2/6

Total spent this week: $32.62
Total saved this week: $95.18

Total spent this year: $260.85
Total saved this year: $573.37
*at full price with no coupons or savings I would have spent $834.22 so far this year. That is savings of about 68%.

Albertsons night of 2/2

(2) bananas

(1) bag of tortillas

Total spent: $0.42

Total saved: $3.50

Yokes 2/2

Today at Yokes I got:

(3) bags of baked kettle chips

(2) jars of pickles

Total spent: 2.48

Total saved: 12.29

walmart 2/2

I also went to walmart today and bought the following:

• (2) packages sunkist tuna


• (2) 8 oz bags italian cheese
• 3.96 lb.s tomatoes
• (1) bunch cilantro
• (1) dozen eggs
• (4) jars pinapple
• (1) vanillla extract
• (1) brummel and brown spread
• (2) 16 oz daisy sour creams

Total spent: $13.82

Total saved: $10.97

Albertsons Morning of 2/2

I went with my mom to albertsons this morning and here is what I got:

• 6 skippy peanut butters
• 3 gallons milk
• 2 packs of mission tortillas
• 5 bottles syrup
• 2 bottles ragu sauce
• 5 boxes of captain crunch
  

I ended up returning the saltines because that deal didn't work out like I expected.



Total spent: $15.95

Total saved: $68.42

Week in Review 1/25- 1/30

Total Spent this week on groceries: $40.39

Total Saved this week on groceries: $75.62



Total Spent on household goods+groceries $72.54

Total Saved on household goods+groceries: $109.12





Total spent this year: $228.23

Total Saved this year: $478.19



~68% savings so far this year

Albertsons 1/30

On Saturday I sent my husband to get potatoes and peas because we wanted to eat cowboy potatoes for dinner. We didn't have a plan or anything obviously, but I still have to add it in to keep my totals accurate.
Total spent: 4.28
Total saved: 20 cents

Garden Starts

I am so excited for spring to come. Here is a look at some plants I started about 2 weeks ago. I think some of my broccoli might not be getting enough sun. Hopefully the clouds will clear up a little bit soon.

Albertsons 1/28

I took the kiddo on a walk to Albertsons this afternoon. I got these 5 boxes of granola bars for 2 dollars even. Saved 15.45.

winco 1/28

We have been needing some baking soda to make cookies for a little while, so today I stopped bye the WinCo and bought two boxes for 58 cents each bringing my total to 1.16.

Albertsons: Night of 1/27

• 3 gal. milk


• 10 boxes quaker granola bars

Total spent: $10.47

Total saved: $31.90

WinCo 1/26

We were in the mood for tacos tonight and I didn't have any great deals on tortillas and tomatoes so we ended up at winco for old time sake. I also ran into a few other things ;) letsee...

• (12) 15 oz cans of tomato sauce... .48 cents each


• (6) Cans of rosarita refried beans .82 cents each (I used two .50 off of 3 coupons)


• (1) 8 ct. bag of mission burrito tortillas 2.64 ( I used a $1 off 1 to make it 1.64)


• (1) 16 ct. Bar-s corn dogs 2.98


• (1) Bar-s bacon 1.78 (used a 1$ off of 2 bar-s products coupon)


• 1.05 lb tomatos (1.03)
• (4) mccormick taco seasonings .38 cents each (used two 25 cents off 2 coupons)
• (2) guacamole seasonings .38 cents each (used a 25 cents off 2 coupon)

It's a little difficult to know exactly what you saved at winco because they don't calculate in the regular price of anything even though it is on sale, so I can only calculate my savings from the coupons I used.

Total Spent: $17.64

Total Saved: $3.75

Rite Aid 1/25

I bought a 70 ct. box of diapers and an 8-pack of brawny paper towels. I got my total so low because I used a $5 off of $20 that was going to expire this week as well as a 5 dollar gift certificate coupon I earned during christmas.

Total spent: $15.85

Total Saved: $16.50

Fred Meyer 1/25

I bought 8 bags of cheese from Fred Meyer today. I could have recieved a catalina for more money than I spent back if I had gone yesterday, because it was the last day of the catalina deal. However, I do not shop on Sundays and I still got a good deal (and the blessing of not breaking the sabbath).

Total spent: $6.00

Total saved: $24.32

Costco

I went with my mom to Costco to get a shelf for my plants and she bought me this box of lettuce free :0) thanks mom.

Target 1/25

Total spent: $16.30
Total saved: $17.00 (and I recieved an additional 5 dollar gift card)

Week 3 in Review 1/18- 1/23

With the $7.33 rolling into this week I had $57.33 in my budget to spend on groceries.



Total spent: $55.83

Total saved: $108.46



Total spent this year: $155.69
Total saved this year: $369.07

~70% savings

Save-a-Lot's 1/23/10

I went to Save-A-Lot's for the first time today. I had been there before when it was something else back in the day. I probably would have price matched, so I wouldn't have to travel all the way to Pasco, but I don't get their ad for some reason. I also had some time today while my husband was at the CBC gym. Here is my grocery list:

• (4) gallons of milk $1.79 each
• (2) 1/2 gallons chocolate milk (used a coupon for a free one wyb 2 gal. white milk.
• ~8.5 lb.s of bananas .33/lb (there is actually a limit of 6lb.s and I thought i was getting less than 6 when I weighed it, but when I looked at my reciept it said more so I guess maybe their scales are different? Oh well, they didn't charge me a bigger price or anything)
• (8) 8oz cans of tomato sauce 4/$1

Total paid: $11.96

Total saved: $4.38

Safeway 1/21

I coupon shopped at safeway for my first time today. I got some pretty decent deals, however it wasn't real easy. First, my printer's ink just started running low and so my coupon was just a little faded and I guess if the black ink isn't dark enough it means that you photocopied it. I would never do something like that, but i just ended up not using it anyway. Also I wanted to buy some toothpaste that was on sale for 89 cents, and I had a coupon for 1.00 off of one. I couldn't use it though because it was more than the price and she wouldn't adjust it or anything. On the bright side I did get a load of fruit snacks and wipes.

Shopping list:

• (12) boxes of various fruit rollups and fruit by the foot


• (2) bags of pampers wipes, 385 ct.
• (1) bottle of soft soap

Total Spent: $12.41

Total Saved: $31.10 ( The wipes were on clearance for 4.99 before I used the .50 off coupon and I don't know what they originally were so I can't calculate that in)

Albies 1/18

Just got back from Albertsons to use my last three doublers. Here's what I got

• (3) three packs of ivory bar soap 1.49 each, doubled (3) $1 off 1 coupons


• (1) soft soap 1.00, used .40 off 1 coupon
• (1) loaf of bread .99

Total spent: 0.27

Total Saved: 7.69

Yokes 1/19

I went to yokes tonight and here's what I got:

• (1) 4 lb black forrest ham regularly $14.69 but I used a Fiesta Food coupon to get it for 6.99
• (3) jars pickles on sale for 1.99 each and I doubled a coupon that was tied to it for ,75 off of 1
• (3) boxes of quaker granola bars on sale for 2.89. I price matched safeway's coupon to make them .99 each and used a coupon for $1 off 2
• (6) old spice deodorants on sale for 2/3. I doubled three 1/2 coupons to make them .50 each
• (5) sausage rolls on sale for .99 each

Total spent: 18.88

Total saved: 36.22 with discounts and coupons

walmart 1/18

Shopping list: (2) bags hot dog buns 88 cents each with price match to Fiesta Foods, (4) packs Bar-s hotdogs 68 cents each, (1) bag frozen peas 0.96, (1) bag frozen carrots 0.96, (1) bag tater-tots 1.38.

I kind of feel like a chowder head because I didn't realize until now that I never gave the cashier the two $1 off of 2 hot dog coupons I had. That was kind of the reason I even bought them. I do want to have a BBQ sometime, but the coupons were the inspiration. Oh well, I guess not much saved this time. Total spent: $7.78

Albies doubler trip 1/18

I took a quick trip to Albertsons this morning to pick up a few things. I paid using three transactions.

Transaction 1: (2) bags Halls Cough drops, (1) container of softsoap handsoap

Total: 0.33 Total saved: 6.07

Transaction 2: (2) packages netle cookie dough, (1) mccormick seasoning

Total: 0.22 Total saved: 11.05

Transaction 3: (5) quaker rice cake snacks, (2) gallons milk

Total: 3.98 Total saved: 11.95

Total spent: $4.53 Total saved: $29.07

Week 2 in Review 10/12 -10/16

Total spent this week: $29.81
Total Saved this week: $68.82

Spent this year: $99.86
Saved this year: $260.61

ps. I am counting some of the other things I have couponed for even if they aren't groceries like lightbulbs and dirt. Total spent this week on groceries was actually $25.67. I went 17 dollars over last week. With that counted in it still comes up to $42.67. Leaving me $7.33 rolling over to next week.

Walgreens 1/12

Shopping list:

(4) 18 oz quaker oats: on sale for 1.50 ea. with in ad coupon +$1.oo off 1 manufacturer coupon = $0.50

(2) gallons milk 1.99 ea.

(1) half gallon chocolate milk 3.40 ( used coupon for free chocolate milk w/ purchase of two gallons milk up to $3. I had to pay the last 40 cents because of course walgreens regular prices are like out of this world expensive.)

Total: 6.38

total saved: $14

yokes 1/12

Shopping list:

(3) 32 oz. Smuckers grape jelly: $0,99 each

(4) Hawaii's own juice concentrates 50 cents each W/ Fred Meyer Coupon

Total spent: $4.97

Total savings: $6.71

Walmart 1/12

Shopping list:

(1) bunch green leafy lettuce: $1 (price match)
( 1) bag petite carrots: $1.58
(10) boxes nabisco crackers: $2 ea.
(5) finish gelpac/biscuit things: $3.87 ea.
(1) bag garden soil: $3.48



Total before coupons: $45.41
Total with coupons: $25.91 ( with tax $27.80)


****and I am submitting the reciept to nabisco for a 10 dollar rebate *****



Total spent including coupons, savings and rebate: 17.80
Total savings: $27.61

ps. I paid using a 25 dollar gift card that our family got for Christmas.

Rite Aid

late on saturday I ran into the Rite aid to get a few lightbulbs. I'll count them on this week's tally. I bought (4) 4 packs of GE reveal lightbulbs. According to my reciept each pack is normally 5.29. They were on sale for 2.00 each. I used (1) dollar off coupon for each one. I paid $4 plus tax for 16 lightbulbs. And to make it better I can submit a rebate to get $4 back. I also got 6 sets of game pieces for their promotion the game of life game, which was strangly addicting.
Paid: $0.66 when factoring all savings and rebates
Saved: $20.50

Week in Review 1/3 -1/9

I spent 67 dollars this week on groceries. Yes, that is 17 dollars over budget. However, I just couldn't pass up the chicken so I'll try to cut back a little on my spending next week. The weekly total is a little more than 67 because I counted the m&ms under gifts instead. Here are the stats.:

Spent this week: $70.05
Saved this week: $191.79

I saved 73% this week with discounts and coupons

In the future I will keep track of totals for the year so far. This was the first week so the totals are the same for the year and the week.

Fresh Friday

Fabulous deals at Yokes today. I actually went a bit over budget. Whoopsie. I got over 13 lb.s of chicken with a rain check I recieved last week. I paid 1.49/lb making it 19.42 for the chicken. Everythimg else was 10.59. I got (4) boxes of Quaker granola bars, (1) bag of Quaker rice cakes, 2 gallons of milk, 2 dozen eggs and 5.5 pounds of bananas.

TOTAL SPENT:$30.01

TOTAL SAVED:$27.73

Walmart Jan 5

I price matched with Fiesta Food's ad to get some more produce before the ad expired. I got 3.58 lbs. of onions, 1.83 lbs. of roma tomatoes, and 3 bell peppers.

Total: $2.97

Savings with price matching: $2.51

Albertsons Jan 5

I went back to for one final doubling trip and got (2) 2lb blocks of mozarella cheese, (3) 36 ct chinet plates and 4 boxes of shredded wheat cereal.

Total: 6.82

Savings: 35.76

walgreens Jan 5

I bought this, and two 12.6 oz bags of valentines m&m's that are not pictured because we gave them away to my cousin for his birthday following purchasing them.

Total paid: 6 dollars and 66 cents. Total saved: $14.98

Yokes 1/04

(4) 2lb shredded cheese bags, (10) grapefruits, (2) 16oz darigold sour creams, (2) litehouse dressings, (1) litehouse spinach veggi dip, 18 ct. eggs, (1) gal. milk Total: 15.01 Savings: 48.77

1/04 Albertsons

I had a hay day with the doublers at Albies tonight and bought all this in three transactions.

transaction #1: 18 yogurts Total: $0.00 Saved: $13.50

transaction #2: 4 boxes Shredded Wheat, 1 box bagel bites. Total: $1.99 Savings: $19.76 and I recieved $3 in catalinas

transaction #3: (2) two lb. cheese chunks, 3 boxes bagel bites. Total: $ 2.95 Saved: $16.80

walgreens 1/04

I got 2 gallons of milk, and two neosporin chapsticks for a total of 3.64. I saved 11.98 with savings and coupons.