Well this week was a bit of a hot mess for me. We went sledding on Saturday so I didn’t have a chance to put together our menu for the week. I was hoping to do it on the car trip but I wound up doing the mommy dance the whole time instead (“Mommy, Maya is touching me!” “Mommy, I am hungry!” “Mommy, I have to go potty!”)
So I just sort of pulled things together randomly which is something I hate. Anyway, here is the trip I did this week. The other thing is that Safeway is doing these Daily Deals right now (massively annoying) so I would not have gone twice this week but they lured me in with cheap produce and cheap Ghirardelli.
SAFEWAY #1: $14.96
1 bag Tilapia Fillets $6.99
1 McCormick Grillmates $1.50-used $1 coupon= $.50
2 Ghirardelli Chocolate Chips $1.59 each
6 bags of Kraft Cheese (one was already sacrificed for dinner last night) $4.29 total or .71 each
Safeway Bread $.59
Squiggles- Free with coupon
SAFEWAY #2: $4.40
2 bags Flour $1.12 each (Just for U price)
2 Pineapple $.99 each
Squiggles- free with coupon
WALMART $13.00
*I went to get the awesome deal on Colgate Wisp and it turns out Walmart does not carry 8pks. Stink! They did honor the price match on 4pks which was nice.
Vlasic Dill Pickles $1.88- used $.55/1 coupon (is that the hugest jar ever or what!)= $1.33
Taco Bell Dressing $1.50
2 Taco Bell seasoning packets $.64
Heinz Organic Ketchup $2.28-used $2 coupon= .28 (whoo hoo!)
2 Frank’s Redhot Sauce $.96- used $1/1 coupons= Free
My Little Pony Bubble Blower $3 (easter basket)
3 Morningstar Veggie items $2.86- used (3) $1 coupons= $1.86 each
2 Colgate Wisp 4pks $1 with price match to Big Lots- used (2) $1/1 coupons= Free
CVS: $.02
2 Reach Toothbrushes $1 each- used $2/2 coupon= Free
1 Plastic Eggs $1.19
2 Easter Egg Grass $1.99 each
1 Disney Princess Hair Clips $1.00 (Easter basket)
Milk $2.99
Used $9.98 in ECBs and paid $.02!
Grand total was $32.36 but several of those Easter items don’t count toward my grocery budget. At CVS they did have Easter grass free earlier this week but I just couldn’t make it to the store to get the deal. With gas at $4 a gallon I am trying to limit my trips as much as possible. Also, we are hoping to move to Organic milk but I had ECBs that I needed to use and we are out of milk so… regular it is!
Is the Kraft Cheese on sale at Safeway?
Raeme- the sale ended Tuesday.
i had the same thought! bummer, I dont’ think it was on sale at my store though…I looked on monday
I read you are switching to organic milk. Have you read up on why organic milk has such a long exp date as opposed to regular milk? Google it if you care to. I have been buying organic for a couple of years, but after I researched it just switched to almond or soy milk (those have frequent q’s anyways). I still buy organic milk products when needed, but the food industry sure is tricky with how they do things now-a-days!!