Shopping Trips

I went to do my shopping trip and was bummed to find that the produce I still need was ridiculously priced at Safeway.  So I will have to stop at Raley’s tomorrow.

Here is what I did tonight:

~SAFEWAY~ .98

(4) Special K 2/$5- Used (2) BOGO coupons, the coupons took a full $4.49 off- so .51 for 2 boxes. Plus I got a cat back for a free milk!
2 Lucerne Cream Cheese at $1 each
2 Frigo String Cheese $2.99- used $1/1 coupon
Lemon .50
Craisins $2.99 for 2 bags (and these are blueberry and pomegranate flavored- yummy!)
Organic Fresh Chives $1.99

I had the $5 credit from last week’s ordeal come off plus I used the $3.50 and $3.00 cats I had from buying granola bars and fruit snacks last week. So the grand total was $.98 and then I went back through to get a gallon of milk free!

~See the coupon matchups for Safeway here~

~TARGET~ $5.28

(4) Chobani Yogurt $1.20 with raincheck- used .50/1 coupon
Alexia Fries $1.98- used $1/1 coupon

~CVS~ $6.35

This was a stinker because my store was wiped out of what I intended to buy. You can click below to see the transaction I originally planned.

3 Starbucks Frapuccino $4.99- Used (3) $1/1 coupons
2 Izze 4pks $2.99- Used (2) $1/1 coupons
+$1.20 in CRV tax

I also used a $4/20 CVS coupon I got in email and I used the $7 ECB I got from buying Revlon last week. I got a $10 ECB back.

~See the CVS coupon matchups here~

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Well I broke my cardinal rule of Safeway shopping this week- which is to always keep the ads that come in my mail and cut out the in ad coupons.  I didn’t bother with it this week because one would assume that a store would have its own ad available- but not mine!  So anyhoo- back I went for a second trip with my ad from the Sunday paper.

Click below to see the breakdown of my trip this week:

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Here is this week’s Safeway trip.  I had a terrible cashier this go around that didn’t scan half the coupons I gave him.  I also bought several items on clearance and he didn’t adjust the price for any of them.  So to keep it simple I will just post what I should have paid.  Customer service was closed when I shopped, but I did call back and complained and now I have to go back to the store to get a refund.  The amount I was overcharged was close to $20- so a huge amount on a fairly small trip.

Goldfish Crackers $1.50- used .75/1 from magazine and had .75 e-coupon= Free
7 cans Campbell Soup- $1 each- used (7) .55/1 peelies from the cans, had $1.50 e-coupon come off= $1.65 for all 7
2 S&W Black Beans $1= $2
Mission Tortillas .99- Used .55/1 coupon, had 2 .55 e-coupons come off= .66 overage
2 O Organics Soups on clearance $1.30 each= $2.59
2 Grands Biscuits $1 each= Used $1/2 coupon= $1
3 Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls $1 each= Used $1/2 coupon, used .35/1 peelie and had $1.60 in e-coupons= .05 for 3
Pillsbury Simply Cookies $2.50- used free item coupon (I think from Kraft First Taste)
Cream $1.99
2 Lucerne Cottage Cheese $1.79= $3.58
2 Lucerne Yogurt on clearance = $.90
6 packages Scotch Brite sponges 3pks $2.50 each- Used (3) $1/2 coupons= $12
Farmer John’s Sausage $1.25- used .75/1 coupon, and had (3) .75 e-coupons come off= 1.75 overage
Pork Chops $6.79
Bananas $1.50
Green Grapes $1.95
Red Grapes $2.16
2 Raisins .99 each= $1.98
10lb Potatoes $2.99
V-8 Soup on clearance $1.89- used $1 coupon= .89

Total should have been $42.61 but I should have had a $3 cat for Pillsbury and a $5 cat for Scotch Brite back. Of course the cat machine was blinking red lights so it was out of paper. My store is supposed to just give me a gift card instead which I will use next week.

The Scotch Brite sponges pushed me over budget this week but that is one thing that I never find deals on.  Now we have plenty to last for several months and they worked out to .38 each which is a great price.

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I had $3 in ECB expiring today so I popped into CVS-

I got 4 bags of Emerald Pecans for $2.99/2 bags (they are BOGO this week).  I used (4) $1/1 coupons- making the final price .49 per bag.

I got a .50/2 M&Ms coupon at the scanner so I bought 3 bags- they are Buy 2 at $.89 and get 1 free this week.

So after $3 ECB my grand total was $.29.

If you are planning a trip you might grab the $1/3 from 7/25 SS for M&Ms- if you get the coupon scanner coupon as well it would be .39 after all3 bags!

I did double check and the Emerald Nuts are regularly $1 each- so you can still get them free even if you don’t make it in this week.

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Here is this week’s shopping.  I am super happy to be under budget as I can splurge on a few extra things this week like good cheese, puff pastry and pesto.

So here is what I did- I did just two stores this week:

SAFEWAY #1:

5 Fruit Snacks .99 each- Used (2) .50 coupons and had a .50 e-coupon come off
Kix Cereal $1.49- Used .75/1 coupon and .75/1 e-coupon
Eggs .99
Almond Milk $3.29- used .55/1 coupon
2 Gogurts $2 each- Used (2) .85/1 coupons and had a total of $2.25 in e-coupons come off!
Salad $1.99
Blueberries $1.99
I paid $8.20. Sadly, this time my $1 produce coupon did not come off. I used a $3 cat from last time and paid $8.20. Then I got another $3 cat from Almond Milk and $3 for the fruit snacks!

SAFEWAY #2:

Kix Cereal $1.49- used .75/1 coupon
Wesson $2.99
2 Pillsbury Rolls $1.99 each- used .40/2
2 Simply Potatoes $2 each- used (2) .55/1 coupons
Whipped Cream $1.99
Almond Milk $3.29- used .55/1 coupon
London Broil $7.86*
Londoin Broil $7.80- used $2/10 Rancher’s Reserve coupon
Bananas $1.83
Cucumbers $1.65
Bagged Salad $1.99
Scallions $.79
Tomatoes $1.39
Blueberries $1.99

I used the (2) $3/1 cats from above and paid $28.21. I have no idea what happened but I was only charged $3.86 for the first huge pack of London Broil. I think the cashier scanned the coupon twice or maybe I have saved it to my card and it finally worked. I actually printed the coupon this time rather than trusting the e-coupon. Anyway, I won’t complain about the produce coupon not working in Transaction #1 because I figure it all evens out in the end.
I also got a $3 cat for the Almond milk for next time.

RALEYS:

Pie Crust $2.38
Kids Lunchbox $2.98- free with coupon
2 La Creme yogurts $1.99- used (2) $1/1 coupons
Brown Sugar $2.59
Cocoa $4.39
Ortho Wax $1.19 x 2, $2.39

I used a $10 cat from a few weeks ago and paid $6.50

So the total this week was $42 plus I did an $8 trip early in the week. So right on budget actually at $50. But I also got $17 in rebates so I will be buying a few extras later this week.

See the ongoing list of Safeway deals here and Raley’s deals here.

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Sorry this picture is so awful- you should be able to click on it to enlarge. I promise to start using a real camera next week and not my phone.

I went a little crazy this week because we needed a lot of food.  I am still getting used to braces and I basically have to create a whole new menu for myself now- which means lots of non chew items.  Amazing how many things I can’t eat these days.  Anyhow, I received $22 in rebate checks this week and I decided to go ahead and add them back into the budget.  I usually buy rebate items out of my budget and then add the rebate checks back into the budget when they arrive.  Lately I haven’t needed to add them back in and we have just been depositing them into savings.   But this week I went for it and man it seems like that extra $20 got us a ton of food.

Here is what I did:

RALEYS: $18.38

Raley’s Cereal- free with coupon
Snyders Pretzels .59 after coupon
3 Del Monte Chillers .79 each on clearance
3 Illy Cappucinos- $2.49 for 3 with store coupon
8lbs Raley’s Potatoes $3.99
Roma Tomatoes $.75
Ground Beef $6.19
8 Mangoes $2

See Raley’s match ups here.

TARGET: $9.00

Espresso $3.89
Snyder’s .59 after coupon
Minute Rice- used free item coupon
2 Bear Naked Granola- Used Buy 1 Get One Free coupon, the 2nd was free with purchase
2 Bagel Bites .29 each after coupons
2 Simply Lemonade $1.04 each after coupon
2 Aquafresh Toothpaste- .12 each after coupon
2 Dannon yogurt $3.94

See ongoing Target deals here.

SAFEWAY: $42.85

I did a few Safeway stops this week. To simplify I am just going to add them altogether here.
2 Padrinos Tortilla Chips $.99 after coupon
10 Kraft Cheese bags .49 after catalina- bags of cheese were marked down to $1.49 because they expire in a week. There were at least 30 bags total so I left plenty for others.  (These freeze perfectly.)
5 Kraft Cheese bags – Free after catalina- I found peelie stickers on them for $1 off. They were priced at $1.99 and I got a $5 cat for buying 5- so free!
2 Newman’s Lemonade $1 each after coupon
2 Sfwy Butter at $1.99
Black Plums $1.73
Peaches $.58
4 Hormel Veggie Chili .99 each when you buy 4
Tortillas $1.99
Smithfield Bacon .99 on clearance
Farmer John Bacon .99 on clearance- used $1 coupon= Free
Pork $6.78
Chicken $5.14
Red Onion $1.95
Yellow Onion $.95
8 Smart Balance Milk- .49 each (priced at $2.99, I used 8 $2.50/1 coupons)*
Corn on the Cob $1
Safeway Half and Half .99

NOTE:  I got 3 different $5 cats for the Kraft that I kept rolling for more groceries.

See an ongoing list of Safeway deals here.

*Before you think I have gone insane this milk does not expire until September and my girls go through 2 gallons on milk per week.  So really 8 of these is only 2 weeks worth of milk.

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This week I went to 4 stores.  These are all located very close together so it is pretty easy to pop in and out.

CVS:  $1.14

Orajel $1.62- Used $1 coupon
L’Oreal Lipstick $3.25- Used $2 and $1 coupons
Milky Way- free after coupon

RALEY’S: $12.62

Foil $1.29
Saran Wrap $1.25
2 bags Raley’s Asparagus- Free with coupon
Frozen Mango $1.99
Frozen Blackberries $1.99
Frozen Blueberries $1.99
4 Oral B toothbrushes $1.89- Used (4) $2/1 coupons
Orthodontic Wax $1.59
Almond Breeze $2- Used $1/1 coupon
2 Wonka Bars $2 each- Used BOGO coupon and $1/1 coupon
2 Food Should Taste Good Olive Chips $2- used (2) $1 coupons

COSTCO: $21.57

Roma Tomatoes $3.79
5 lbs Mozzarella $9.59
Tillamook Cheddar $6.59
Bananas $1.32

SAFEWAY: $15.49

2 Danimals $2- used (2) $1 coupons
2 Coffeemate Creamers $1.99- Used (2) $1 coupons
Beef Roast $4.24
Plums .99
Yellow Peaches $1.47
Goat Cheese $4.99- Used free item coupon (whoops this credited $5.99)
Roasted Chicken $5
*My e-coupon didn’t come off yet again- boo!

So stay tuned for the menu plan later tonight!

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