Shopping, Shopping, and More Shopping

It was after midnight by the time I got home last night, so I was too worn out to take my usual barrage of pictures to share.  However, I will still give you the full break down and any help I can with matching up coupons.  I have also decided that I will make a video to upload this evening, showing you how I organize my coupons.  Hopefully that will make up for my laziness in photographing this time : )

As I mentioned in a post earlier this weekend, I decided not to focus on stockpiling and couponing this week, as much as just choosing groceries for making some fabulous (well, at least tasty) meals.  For the past several months I have really focused on maximizing my shopping dollar, and my menu planning has become very blah. 

You will notice that my totals were pretty crazy this week, but that’s what happens when you don’t take the time to carefully match up what’s in your pantry with what you put on your menu.  I don’t know about you, but I think we all need to just have fun shopping once in awhile and throw frugal to the wind.  With that said, I still found some really great sales and ended up padding a couple areas of our stockpile too!

I started at Target, then made my way across the street to Wal-Mart, before ending the evening at Dillons.  This allowed me to get to Target before it closed, decide what I could probably get cheaper at Wal-Mart without coupons, and left the rest for Dillons.

Target

2 Zyrtec 5 counts @ $4.76 each: used 2 Target Printables + 2 Zyrtec Printables= 2 FREE

2 A-1 Steak Sauce @ $3.19: used 2 $1/1 SS 3/6 + $1/2 Target Kraft Printable= $1.69 each

2 Classico Pasta Sauce @ $1.98 each: used 2 peelies $1/1= $.98 each

Total Spent: $6.46

Tax: $1.10

Total Savings: $15.58

Wal-Mart

Manager’s Special Refrigerated Chicken Breasts @ $7.75

Hotdogs @ $1.23

Farmland Thick Sliced Bacon @ $6.28: used $.75/1 SS 3/13= $5.53

Great Value Cheese @ $4.38

GV Shredded Taco Blend Cheese @ $1.86

GV Mozz Shredded Cheese @ $1.86

4 GV Cream Cheese @1.28 each

2 Pace Picante Sauce @ $1.92 each: used $.50/2 RP 1/30 (*note, you can get it from RP, but I think I found it in a SS, just can’t find the date)

GV Half & Half @ $.97

Sour Cream @ $1.98

 2 Wilderness Apple Pie Filling @ $2 each: used $.55/2 SS 11/17= $1.73 each (waaaaay cheaper than Dillons would have been)

2 White Classico Pasta Sauces & 1 Red @ $1.98 each: used B2WhiteG1RedFree from a jar + B3G$1offBeef (which I bought on sale below)= $.99 each

Giant Bottle of McCormick Garlic Powder @ $5.98

2 GV Ketchup @ $1.50 each

Ken’s Honey Mustard Dressing @ 2.98: used $1/1 SS 3/20= $1.98

McCormick Oregeno @ $3.78

KC Masterpiece BBQ Sauce @ $1.42: used $.50/1 SS 3/13 = $.92

Ken’s Italian Dressing @ 2.32: used $1/1 3/20 SS= $1.32

GV Black Olives @ $1.38

GV Family Size Cream of Mushroom @ $1.58

2 GV Flour Tortillas @ $1.48 each

Corn Tortillas @ $1.58

Pita Bread @ $2.12

3 GV White Bread @ $.88 each

2 GV Hot Dog Buns @ $.88 each (compared to $.99 for Kroger at Dillons)

2 GV Hamburger Buns @ $.88 each (compared to $.99 for Kroger at Dillons)

Cinnamon Raisin Bread @ $2.38

Tyson Crispy Chicken Strips @ $6.98: used $1/1 SS 1/23 or 1/30= $5.98

Tyson BBQ Chicken Strips @ $6.98: used $1/1 SS 1/23 or 1/30= $5.98

GV Frozen Chicken Breasts @ $5.98

Bananas @ $.52 lb= $2.10 (compared to $.63 lb at Dillons)

Round Steak @ $5.18

Chuck Roast @ $14.17

Onions @ $.88 lb= $2.97

Lettuce Head @ $1.25

4 Plums @ $.27 each = $1.08

Ground Beef 5.5 lbs for $13.58

GV Chicken Chunks @ $5.93

2 lbs Strawberries @ $3.48

Whole Mushrooms @ $1.88

Pancake Syrup @ $1.74

GV Coffee @ $6

5 lbs Potatos @ $2.77

Total Spent: $171.52 (Oh My!!!)

Tax: $13.70

Total Savings: $9.28

Dillons

10 cans of Kroger fruit @ $.98 (same price as Wal-Mart, so I wanted to buy it there for fuel points)

5 Full Throttle Energy Drinks @ $1.99: used 5 expired coupons for $1/1 that my husband found on a tear pad somewhere (he LOVES energy drinks, but I think they ridiculously expensive- so he was very excited about handing me those coupons when he found them too!) = $.99 each

2 Great Value Cream of Mushroom Soup @ $.64 each (was much cheaper than Wal-Mart’s)

2 Hormel Pepperoni Packs @ $1.59 each: used expired coupon for $.55/2 (doubles)= $1.09 each

2 French’s French Fried Onions @ $3.95 each: used $.50/1 (doubles) SS 12/12 or 2/27 x 2 = $2.95 each

Jar Frank’s Sour Kraut @ $2.19

Kroger Roast Beef @ $3.19

12 Farmland Sausage Links @ $.98 each: used $.55/2 (doubles) SS 2/27 or 3/13 = $.49 each

9 Zone Perfect Bars @ $1.29 each (were marked $1 each, but I didn’t catch this when it rang up- or they all would have been free without any coupons due to misringing!): used $.55/1 (doubles) SS 2/27 x 9 = $.29 each

3 Maruchan Yakisoba Noodles @ $1: used $.50/1 (doubles) SS 3/13 x 3 = 3 FREE

4 Pillsbury Crescent Rolls @ $.98 each: used 1 Dillons Mailer Q $.75/2 + Printable $.50/2 = $.48 each

Snow Peas @ $4.99 lb = $2.05

Kroger Cornitos @ $1.55- I honestly have no idea what these were or why I purchased, but it’s on the receipt?

Kroger Canned Corn 12 Pack @ $5.98

3 Big K Soda 12 Pks @ $1.98

Hormel Smoked Ham Deli Meat @ $3: used $.50/1 (doubles) SS 3/6 + eQ (still stacking) = $1.50

2 Value Hot Dogs @ $.89 each

20 Dillons ½ gallon Skim Milks @ $.99 each  **I stocked up.  This made it $1.98 for a gallon of milk that is running $3.83 by the gallon right now!!!!**

2 Glen Muir Tomato Paste @ $.79 each: used $.75/1 Printable (no longer available- doubled) = 2 FREE

Total Spent: $92.06

Tax: $8.96

Total Savings: $51.25