Andrew's new toy...courtesy of Target

Lowdown:

6 Tide trial size .97 ea used $1 q's
9 Fiber One granola bars 1.03 ea used 9 .75/1 Target q's and 9 .50/1 Mfr. q's
6 Ocean Spray Juices $2 ea used 6 $1 Target q's and 6 $1 Mfr. q's
1 ABC learning flip book for Andrew

Total OOP: 3.74

**I am not subtracting this total from my budget because all the grocery stuff pictured was free. So while the flip book wasn't completely free, it was heavily discounted because of all the overage I collected. :)

I Heart Catalinas!

So yesterday I was cleaning out my purse and I found a $5 Albertsons catalina! (A catalina is a coupon for money off your next order.) The catch was it expired today so I went out to use it and got the following:




2 Frozen Pizzas- (buy 1 at 6.29, get 1 plus 2 Dr. Peppers FREE)
2 2 liter Dr. Peppers
1 gal. milk
1 Scott TP -FREE after $1 coupon
1 Baby food - clearanced for .39 (I needed a baby item b/c it was a catalina for a baby item)

Total OOP: 3.84
Coupons used: 6.00

Yup, I too get lazy sometimes

So the plan was to have spaghetti, garlic breadsticks and salad for dinner tonight. Yeah well, that was before we burned the breadsticks, and the salad didn't work out so...

We had Taco Bell!

Total OOP: 10.16
Left for the month: 6.58

End of the week produce

I love Reams, they have great sales. So I went out today to take advantage of that and to use my last (tear) $5 catalina at Albies.

Lowdown:

Reams
1 lb. baby carrots
4 lbs. bananas .39 /lb.
2 loaves bread .89 ea
1 hot dog buns
2 packs hot dogs .89 ea

Total OOP: 7.40

Albertsons
2 milk
1 bread

OOP: .84 (after a $5 catalina)

Grand total: $8.24
Left for the month: 16.74

Day out..

So a couple days ago we went out for Obama's Inauguration Ball and spent $14.12 on eating out.

Total OOP: 14.12

Total left for the month: 24.98

FREE before tax trip!

Monday's shopping trip, I love, LOVE shopping trips like this one.

Lowdown:

Kmart
4 Loreal eyeshadows $2 q's doubled
2 Luden's cough drops $1 q's doubled
2 Endust Dusting products $2 q's doubled
4 Trident gum 3 packs $1 q's doubled
2 Hormel complete meals $1 q's doubled

Total OOP: $1.15

Smiths
6 Suave lotion 6 $1 q's
7 Quaker rice snacks 7 $1 q's

Total OOP: .61

Grand Total: 1.76

End of the week shopping..the good and the bad

So last Thursday and spent about half of the $90 I had left for the month..oops.

Lowdown:

Reams (FYI- they usually have the best produce prices)
1 bunch cilatro
romaine lettuce
tomatoes
2 Chocolate ice cream

Total: 6.47

Maceys-case lot/food storage sale
#10 can dried celery (this sucker was by far the most expensive thing I got, but I wanted to add it to my food storage.)
24-pack water
tortilla chips
5 cans turkeys chunks
1 red wine vinegar (I think it's for a roast I have planned for next week)
chili powder
5 jars spaghetti sauce .90 each
7 tuna
3 cake mixes
1 green bell pepper
4 lb. ribs (cookin' in the oven right now! Yum!)

Total: 42.84

Albertsons-save the best for last1 :)
4 Simple Harvest hot cereal .50 ea w/ q
2 Captain Crunch cereal. 50 ea w/ q
2 Life cereal $1 ea w/q
2 lbs. shrimp
2 lbs. red apples

Total: 2.32! (used catalina from previous purchases to pay for the items.)

Grand total: 51.63
Coupon savings for the trip: 50.13
Left for the month: 40.86

1st Hall of Fame for the new year!

So Albertsons is having an absolutely wonderful sale until Wednesday, so if you haven't gone yet I suggest you do so!

Lowdown:

Transaction #1
3 Pampers diapers 3 1.50 q's

Total: 29.73
got $20 in Catalinas for my next order

Trans. #2
3 Pampers diapers 3 1.50 q's

Total: 14.73 after I used a $15 cat to bring it down
got $20 in cats

Trans. #3
4 Fruit snacks 2 1/2 q doubled
6 granola bars 3 1/2 doubled
1 Bisquick .75 q doubled
2 go-gurts 1 1/2 q
3 Yoplait yogurts

Total: 10.17 after using $15 in cats to bring down the total
got $15 in cats

Trans. #4
1 bread
11 Total cereal 11 .75 q's (6 of them doubled)
1 fruit snacks
1 Trident gum (not shown)

Total: .65 after using $15 in cats
got $15 in cats back

Grand total: 55.28-Diapers (43.96) = 11.32!

And I still have $25 in cats to use for my next shopping trip!

Total left for the month: 92.49
Coupon Savings for this trip: 77.50!

The Essentials...

Nothing too spectacular just some stuff that we were out of and was on sale.

Lowdown:

Beef Chuck Roast 1.69 -$2 q
2 milk
2 bread
Sour Patch Kids
2 Cheez-its
2 Corn Chex
4 Cream of Chicken .59 each
Pretzels
3 Blueberries .89 each
2 Cantaloupes $1 each

Total: 24.79
Total left for the month: 103.81

Mountain of Juice and Cereal-Monday

So went to 3 stores this morning and got the following:

Albertsons
12 Juicy Juice $1 q's (plus $3 off wyb 6 bottles=.40 each!)
5 Frosted Flakes $1 q's (.59 ea)

Kmart-double coupon week!!
4 Hormel Complete meals $1 q doubled=free
4 Special K Cereal $1 q doubled=.50
4 Sobe Lifewater .50 q doubled=free
3 Kleenex .40 q doubled=.54

Walgreens
2 packs diapers 5.99 ea.
2 Reynolds warp foil (free w/ q)
1 Electorsol -.50 ($1 after q, plus a 1.50 rebate!)
2 Palmoilve dish soap .55
2 storage bags .99

Total: 12.34 (Total including the diapers and other HH supplies was 31.52, but Baby stuff and HH is other budget and not included with grocery savings)

Total left for the month: 128.60

.18 Ben & Jerry's Ice cream!

Just a quick trip to the store today because I was craving ice cream REALLY bad!

Lowdown:

4 Suave lotions -free after q
1 Worcestershire sauce -free after q
sour cream
pizza crust
4 pints of Ben & Jerrys ice cream -.18 each after 4 $3 q's!

Total OOP: 3.59
Left for the month: 140.94

First shopping trip of the year!

So for the first shopping trip of the year, it's nothing too exciting and I didn't even use any coupons! Gasp! Oh well, maybe next week.

Here's the lowdown:

Maceys
2 loaves bread .99 each
pepperoni 1.69
pasta sauce 1.00
pot roast 4.13 (@1.79/lb,good for this area)
apples 2.07
lettuce 1.39
5 grapefruit 1.00
tomatoes 1.39

Reams
Bananas 1.55 (@.49/lb)
Ground Beef (@1.39/lb)

Total OOP: 22.13
Left for the month: 144.53