shopping trip

Well this was just a ridiculous day- I felt like I was running all over the place.  One of the things I have been working on is just really getting the time I spend using coupons and shopping down to a max of 2 hours per week.  The amount that I save seems to justify that amount of time for sure but this week I spent way too much time in stores.  So anyhow, it seems to have worked out and I spent a total of $38.

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I can not even begin to say how excited I am to finally have a shopping trip to post!  We had to do pretty extensive renovations to our kitchen after a water leak- so I have not had a microwave, oven, dishwasher, sink, floor, cabinets etc.. etc.. etc.. for weeks and weeks now.

FINALLY our plumbing was finished today and we offically have a dishwasher and sink (YEAH!)  so here is my fast trip to the store.  Hopefully I will even get a menu plan done for this week.

TARGET: $8.88

Milk (not pictured) $2.69
Zoopals $1.99- used $1 coupon
Salad Mix $1.49
Mushrooms $1.49
Bananas $2.22 (we ate them already)

SAFEWAY: $20.53

2 Flour .59 each (this is the 12 Days of Christmas promotion)
3 Coffeemate Creamer $1.99- used (3) $1/1 coupons
5 crackers (4) at $1.49 and (1) at .99- used 2 $1/2 coupon
Cuties $4.97
3 Classico Pasta Sauce $3.69/3
Stuffed Mushrooms $4.99- used .50/1 coupon
Eggplant $1
Grape Tomatoes $2.78
Carrots $1.49 (which my kids are eating right now)

HALLMARK:

I was able to use (2) $5/1 coupons at one time.
2 wrapping paper $4.99 + .99
Charlie Brown Book $6.99

My total after coupons was about $4

And I did not pick up the Crocs at the grocery store but my order from Zulily finally came and these are ridiculously cute.  These are $21 on Crocs right now with the stacking promotions which is about $3 less than I paid.

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I have a lot of Safeway deals for you guys that I will be posting tonight so stay tuned!

In the meantime, here is trip #2.  I went to Target, Rite Aid and Safeway to check out some prices and things today.

RITE AID: .48

C. Booth item I told you about here

Will get $2 rebate back.

SAFEWAY: $16.84

Oye this was a massive pain.  I went to a new store and discovered the Nature Valley Granola Thins ARE part of the catalina offer but ARE NOT part of the $1.49 sale this week. So I bought everything and had to return it all when they rang up at $3.99 a box!  The were cut into the shelf at my store but did not have any tags on them.

2 Starbucks Double Shots $2.69 (marked at $2.19 on shelf- boo Safeway!)- Used BOGO coupon= $1.34 each
Kix Cereal $1.49- used $.75/1 coupon= .74
2 Progresso Soups .99 with in ad coupon- used .50/2 coupon , plus had a .50/2 e-coupon= .49 each
2 La Victoria Salsa $2 each- Used $1/2 coupon= $1.50 each
Mission Tortillas $1.99- Used $.75 coupon and .55 e-coupon= .69
Blue Diamond Almond Milk $3.29
2 Hillshire Farms Smoked Sausage $1.99- Used (2) .55/1 coupons= $1.44 each
Fontina Cheese $4.46

I used a $3 cat from last time and got another $3 cat for the Almond Milk.

TARGET: $3.32

Bought 4 Mott’s All Natural Applesauce at $1.50 each- used $2/2 coupons from Safeway MDA booklet= .50 each
Market Pantry Bread $.85- used .50/1 Target coupon= .35
Salt and Pepper .97

I had about $17 left to spend from rebate checks that came in.  I spent $20.64 so just a little over budget but what a great shopping trip!

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Not a very exciting trip this week since I barely used any coupons.

TARGET: $6.35

I actually went to Target last week because we were headed out of town.  I got the 5 boxes of Morningstar items for $6.  I went tonight and got an extra loaf of bread for .35.

SAFEWAY:

I did 3 transactions.

T#1:

2 Glad bags $2.49- Used (2) $2 off coupons= .49 each
Mission Tortillas $1.99- used e-coupon and .75/1 coupon= .69
Vegetable Broth $2.49
Half and Half $1.69
Lucerne 6pk Yogurt $1.69
Lucerne 6pk Yogurt $1.88 with in ad coupon
Milk $2.59
Ground Beef $5.95
Plums $1.44
Grapes $3.62
Cucumber .99
Celery $1.25
Cauliflower $1.99
2 Mushrooms .99 each with in ad coupon
Shallots $1.69
2 Eating Right Salads $2.99/2 (already ate one)
2 Carrots 1lb $1.99/2
Danish Blue Cheese $3.99

I used a $1 off produce coupon and paid $39.89

Then I did this:

4 Kraft Deli Cheese $1.99 each*
1 large Kraft Shredded Cheese $2.49 with in ad coupon- used $1 off coupon peelie
Bananas $1.77- Used $1 off produce coupon
Safeway Bread $1.50- used $1 off coupon
Total: $7.72 and I got a $5 catalina back for the Kraft

Transaction #3:

Ground Beef $5.83- used the $5 cat = .83

So the total was just under $55. I have been thinking about increasing our budget to $60 a week. I really want to add a few more extras in each week like better cheeses and I noticed we have been running out of proteins before my sale cycle circles back. So this week we did $55 and I will just see what next week brings.

*I messed this up.  I thought it was buy 5 Kraft cheese and get them for $1.99 but the bagged cheese did not count.  So I actually went to customer service to buy a 5th Deli Deluxe cheese and they just wound up giving me a $1 back for each pack instead.  (very nice!)

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This week was a little different for two reasons- first I used Safeway’s delivery service this week rather than going to to the store!  Second, I will be out of town from Tuesday-Sunday next week so I really didn’t need anything.  I decided this week to just stock up on some things that are non perishable.

Here is what I did:

SAFEWAY: $40.00

4 bags frozen chicken $7.96 each (16 lbs total)
2 packages Pork Sirloin $9.00
Grapes $2.00
4 Hormel Veggie Chilli .99 each
Frozen Spinach $1.49
1 Organic Iced Tea (I already drank)
My subtotal was $50 and I used a promotional code for $10 off $50. So the total was $40 and shipping was free!  (Check back on Tuesday.  I will have more details about this service and a gift card giveway!!)

RALEY’S: $12.95

6 boxes Raisin Bran $1.99- used (3) $1/2 coupons
4 boxes Flatbread Crackers $1.99- used (4) $1/1 coupons
1 Italian Sausage- Free with coupon
Raley’s cookbook- Free with coupon

I paid $12.90 and got a $10 cat back

Transaction #2:
Organic Veg Broth $$3.29
TGIF Quesadillas $3.99
Orzo Pasta .99
Oscar Mayer Turkey Bacon $3.69- Used Free item coupon
French Bread $1.78
Total $10.05 and I used the $10 cat and paid .05!!

I bought the TGIF item just to hit $10 and because there is a try me free rebate. So I spent a total of $52.95 this week and I will get back $3.99 in a rebate.

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Here is my its a party edition of the weekly shopping!  We are hosting a 4th of July BBQ so I had to pull together a somewhat last minute menu and try to stay close to our $50 budget.  Usually I try to plan in advance for parties which helps keep the budget down but right now things are pretty harried over at the MFA house.

Also, I planned to buy several items at Costco and can you believe they closed at 6pm on a Saturday?!  So everything was from Raley’s and CVS this week.

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This wasn’t a very good week for shopping.  It is really hot here and our AC is having issues- which always makes me short tempered.  Plus Facebookers know I got my braces on today which hurts like crazy.  So anyway, I wasn’t in the mood to spend a lot of time shopping this week and I actually messed up and didn’t give the cashier all my coupons.

This is what I did:

Nugget $6.60
3 Almond Milk
Tomatoes
Watermelon

Safeway $26.86
Grapes
3 Lucerne Butter
2 Popsicle
2 Ben and Jerrys
2 Fiber One Yogurt
2 Cheese Nipes
2 Cucumbers
1 bag spinach
1 bag salad
1 pint strawberries
2 Feta Cheese
1 Filone bread

For all the coupon matchups you can head over to the Safeway deals here and Nugget deals here. The highlight for me was getting that Almond milk for .50 each each this week!

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