Safeway 3.2.10

I was able to hit Safeway FINALLY on Tuesday this week, and one more King Soopers hit for cereal and milk. Although I was sick and tired...it was a very good trip.

I got all of this...

including this...
and this...

for a total of $24.35 OOP

I would have paid $94.93 without sales and coupons

I saved a total of 74%

I also walked away with a $3 CAT for Kings for my next shopping trip.

I am not going to list everything out because the sales ended that evening but I was happy that I went despite how bad I felt. :) 74% savings helps make my totals for the month

look a little better. :)

Weekly Meal Plan-Sort Of...

This weeks meal plan will be just a little bit different. I realized when I sat down to plan it that I will be leaving town next Thursday and won't be here to shop next Friday. Also, my family will still be here and Dad will be in charge of meals so I had to plan out some things for him to prepare while I am gone. I decided to go ahead and plan a menu for 2 weeks and then just make a quick trip out next Wednesday before I leave for fresh produce for next week. Also please keep in mind once again you will see a few repeats from last week (AGAIN!). We have still been pretty sick this week and haven't been cooking all that much. Here is what is on our menu the next two weeks. :)

Breakfast
Fast Sunday
Breakfast Burritos (from the freezer) and fruit
Cereal & Fruit
Oatmeal & Fruit
Gorilla Bread & Fruit
Scrambled Eggs & Fruit
Banana Muffins (from the freezer) & Fruit
Banana Berry Smoothies (from the freezer)

Lunch
Macaroni & Cheese & Apples
Chicken Nachos
Chicken Nuggets & Cuties
Bean Burritos & Pepper slices
Chicken Noodle Soup & Fruit
Home-made lunchables & Apples
Peanubutter & Honey Sandwiches and Carrots
Lots and Lots of Left Overs

Dinner
Hamburgers & Kettle Chips
Chicken Parmesan, Pasta and Iceburg Wedges with homemade Ranch Dressing
Cowboy Calzones and Green Salad
Summer Pasta Salad
Terriaki Chicken, Rice and Steamed Veggies
Crockpot Chicken Tacos
Spaghetti (from the freezer) & Green Salad
Frozen Pizza and Salad
French Dip Sandwiches and Wintergreen Salad and Baked Home-Made French Fries
Grits & Eggs
Honey Chicken, Rice and Steamed Veggies
A couple of Left Over nights

Snacks
Apples
Cuties
Pears
Bananas
Grapefruit
Cucumber Slices
Bell Pepper Slices
Carrots
Celery & Peanut Butter
Trail Mix
Granola Bars
Cheese & Crackers
Rice cake Snacks
Applesauce
Yogurt
Popcorn
Cashews

Dessert
Gorilla Bread (thanks to the SUPERcheap biscuits @ Safeway this week :) )


I am going to post the recipe for the Summer Pasta Salad this week. It is so yummy and easy to make! Happy cooking this week. :)

2.28.10

I am sorry it has taken me a few extra days to update the rest of my shopping. Blogger has been down and I was unable to log on. It seems to be working at the moment so I will do my best to update you.

Here are the details of my trip to Sams Club and Albertsons. I apologize for not getting a picture. Once again I didn't have access to my camera. here is the breakdown...

I spent $55.09 OOP

Without coupons and sales I would have spent $73.63

That is a total savings of 25%

Not such impressive savings, but keep in mind that Sams Club does not figure in savings. Although my savings was not huge this week I was happy to still keep my total spent for this week under $100. Here are the details.

ALBERTSONS

4 jars skippy peanut butter

$1.00 each

3 bags tortilla chips

$1.00 each

3 dozen pkg. eggs

$1.00 each

2 suave deodorants

$1.00-$0.75 insert coupon

FINAL PRICE $0.25

2 # bag jumbo raw shrimp

$3.99 per #

3 # bag clementines

$2.99

1.32 # bananas

$0.49 per #

SAMS CLUB

1 quart heavy cream

$2.68

1 jar beef bouillon cubes

$4.87

4 boxes of butter

$6.76 ($1.69 each)

3 # shredded aged Parmesan

$9.93

25 # long grain rice ( I was out)

$8.59

and that is about it. Nothing too exciting. I do still need to make a trip to Safeway hopefully before Tuesday ends. I will update you guys when I do. :)

2.26.10

I was able to make a quick trip to Sprouts and King Soopers this morning to pick up a few things on my list. This weeks shopping I think will have to be done in shifts with my little ones not feeling well. Just a note to those who haven't heard yet. King Soopers is having a fantastic deal on cereal and milk. If you need either of those things this is the week to stock up! Remember milk freezes if you have room for it. I actually ended up not needing the milk (we are plenty stocked and my freezer is pretty packed), but it was part of the cereal deal so I just bought it and gave it to a friend of mine who could use it. You can read more about the deal and the specifics on Carrie's post here. Although it says that some have had problems with the catalina printing, it printed for me here in CR.

I am sorry I do not have a picture of this shopping trip. Our camera has mysteriously gone missing again. grrrrrr... Here is the breakdown from my shopping trip

My total OOP was $24.11
The total I would have spent without sales or coupons is $45.73
(keeping in mind sprouts doesn't figure in savings. :(
My total % saved was 47%.
(the total does not look great because of the sprouts savings but I am happy with it.)

King Soopers

4 boxes Kellogg's Cereal
$1.50-$1.00/2 blinkie coupons found in the store-$3.00 catalina
(that prints to use on your next order- I just did the cereal deal first and then did a second transaction for the rest of my shopping and used my catalina on that)
FINAL PRICE $0.25 each

2 gallons milk
$2.19 each-FREE with cereal promo

5 containers Kroger sour cream
$1.00 each

2 loafs earthgrain bread
$1.99-$0.55 insert coupon
FINAL PRICE $0.99 each

SPROUTS

1.75 # bulk dried cranberries
$2.99 per # ( a little more than sams club but you will not have to buy a huge container and these are nice and plump)

1.8 # Bulk Wild West Trail Mix
$1.99 per # (sams club price is $2.61 per #)

.32 # bulk whole walnuts
$3.99 per # (same price as sams club but we don't want the big bag...I don't use walnuts all that much)

1 bunch chives
$1.69

1 head iceburg lettuce
$0.77

1 bunch parsley
$0.39

1 red bell pepper
$0.77

1.43 # pears
$0.77 per #

1 head garlic
$0.54

As always if you have questions please feel free to comment and let me know :).

and the total is....

I am happy to report my totals for the month of February. My monthly amount spent on groceries and toiletries, etc. continues to go down from when I first started couponing. The best part of this is that I am buying things we never would have had money in the budget for before, which makes my carnivore husband very happy.lol. Here are the totals for the month

My total OOP (out of pocket) this month was $323.31

The total amount of food I bought was $1052.78

My total savings for the month was 69%!!!

The best part is I am spending now less than half of what I used to spend 8 months ago. My budget is $700 per month for these things so that means a savings of $376 that I get to use for something else. :) I never in my wildest dreams thought that I could do that with coupons! If you are new to my blog and want to learn more about how I do this leave me a comment with your email and I will get in touch with you. :)

Weekly Menu 2.26-3.4

I do not foresee myself getting to go shopping today as I have 2 sick kiddos at home. However I thought I would at least update the blog with our menu. This is what we are having at our house this week

Breakfast

Homemade Cinnamon Rolls (didn't make last week) and fruit

Breakfast Burritos and fruit

Cereal & Fruit

Oatmeal and fruit

Lunch

Grilled Cheese and Carrots

Peanut Butter and Honey sandwiches and Apple Slices

Ham & Cheese Wraps & Cucumber Slices

Chicken Noodle Soup

lots of left overs

Dinner

Date Night-Strogonoff and broccoli for the kids (didn't make last week)

Maple Pork Tenderloin, Sweet Roasted Rosemary Acorn Squash and Creamy Herbed Potatoes (ditto)

Chili & Indian Frybread

Cowboy Calzones and Iceburg Wedges with Ranch Dressing

Chicken Parmesan, repeat salad and dressing from day before

Honey Chicken, Rice and steamed veggies (also a repeat from last week...we had a lot of left overs okay!)

Snacks

bell pepper slices

cucumber slices

carrots

cuties

pears

apples

bananas

yogurts

cashews

granola bars

cheese & crackers

Sugar free pudding

rice cakes

Dessert

Chocolate Mousse

If I am sitting around with the kids later I will maybe post a few recipes from my menu for you guys. Happy eating this week!

Shopping 2.19.10

This week was shopping trip was definately...um...memorable. Because Safeway is having some great deals on their P&G products I was very excited about shopping this week. After an extremely frustrating trip to Safeway I am not sure if the money I saved was worth my frustration. What should have been a pretty quick and easy shopping trip turned into an hour or two of headache. I will spare you the details. however I will suggest that if you plan to do this deal, I would recommend verifying BEFORE you shop if the store is requiring that your total of P&G products hit $25 before or after your coupons. My understanding (per the ad) is that it should be before coupons are deducted. however the store in Castle Rock apparently didn't know which end was up and they just gave me whatever explanation they thought sounded good at that moment...none of which were actually true. Needless to say I will be speaking with the general manager at my store on Monday about the $8.53 that they owe me. If it goes well I will continue to shop there...if not I will drive to extra 3 miles to go to the one in Castle Pines. It is just not worth it to shop at a store where you are not treated as you should be. Ok...I will get off my soapbox. On to the deals this week.

I got all of this

Including this...

this...

and this.

My total OOP was $76.31 (should have been $67.68)

Without coupons and sales i would have spent $206.15!

That is a savings of 67%!!

Overall it really was a good week, despite the frustration. I shopped at Sprouts, Safeway and Target this week which means I was able to stay in Castle Rock. I am really enjoying having a sprouts here in CR. It makes the distance I have to travel for decent produce a lot shorter. Here is what I got. I know this is a little ridiculous but I am having the hardest time getting blogger to let me have spaces in my listing so I am going to try to color each item a different color to give you a way to differentiate. Sorry if it gives you a headache. I am hoping to figure out why blogger hates me soo so I can fix it. :(

Sprouts

4 bags (16oz) pasta

$0.75 each

1.24 # acorn squash

$0.69 per #

2 bunches of asparagus

$0.88 per #

1.78 # braeburn apples

$0.69 per #

1 Cantaloupe

$0.50

1 yellow pepper

$0.69

1 tomato

$1.69 per #(thought it was $0.69 per #...misread the sign)

1 pineapple

$1.99

1 bunch fresh rosemary

$1.69

1 bunch celery

$0.88

Target

3 tubes Colgate Total (4.2oz)

$1.67 (price match King Soopers)- $1.50/1 coupon (at pharmacy in Safeway)

FINAL PRICE $0.17 each!

SAFEWAY (Grrrrr....)

these are all part of the P&G promo going on. To maximize your savings you can use the $10 catalina that you earn from the first transaction to pay for your second, and so on. That lends to less OOP. All my final prices are including the promo discount which works out to be about 40% off the sale price.

4 bottles dawn Direct Foam dish soap

$2.49-$1.50/1 mailer coupon (from the homemade simple mailer)

FINAL PRICE- FREE!

1 bottle tide HE (32 load) laundry detergent

$5.99-$0.35 insert coupon -$0.35 e-coupon

FINAL PRICE $2.54 (this is $0.08/load. Sam's Cost is $0.18/load)

1 bottle downy fabric softener (34 oz)

$4.99-$1.00 store coupon-$1.00/1 insert coupon-$0.50/1 e-coupon

FINAL PRICE $0.49 (that is $0.02/oz. Sam's price $0.07/oz)

2 bottles Fabreze Air Effects

$3.00-$1.00/1 insert coupon-$1.00/1 e-coupon (only on 1)

FINAL PRICE $0.30 each (Sam's price $2.25 each)

1 (8pk) Duracell AA Batteries

$5.49-$1.00/1 insert coupon-$1.00/1 e-coupon

FINAL PRICE $1.29 ($0.16 each. Sam's price $0.37 each)

6 Dawn Hand Renewal Dish Soap

$2.49-$1.00/1 mailer coupons or $0.50/1 insert coupons-$0.50 e-coupon

FINAL PRICE- $0.41 each

24 double roll Charmin bath tissue

$12.99-$0.25/1 insert coupon-$1.00/1 e-coupon

FINAL PRICE $6.24 ( $0.26 per double roll. Sam's price $0.48 per double roll)

12 Big Roll Bounty Select-a-Size Paper Towels (same as 16 reg. rolls)

$12.99-0.25/1 insert coupon-$1.00/1 e-coupon

FINAL PRICE $6.29 ($0.39 per reg. roll. Sam's price is $0.85/roll)

1 Bounce Dryer Bar

$4.99-$1.00/1 store coupon-$1.00/1 e-coupon

FINAL PRICE $0.99

These items are not part of the P&G promo

1 Betty Crocker Frosting

$1.39-$0.50/1 printable coupon-$0.50/1 e-coupon and another from here

FINAL PRICE- FREE + $0.41 money maker!!

1 Betty Crocker Cookie Mix

$1.25-$0.40 printable coupon- (2)$0.40 e-coupon also from here (not really sure how all 3 of these came off in 1 transaction, but I guess I won't complain.)

FINAL PRICE-FREE + $0.75 money maker!

1 pkg. (24 slices) Kraft Singles

$4.49-$3.00/1 store coupon from ad

FINAL PRICE $1.49

1 loaf orowheat family style 100% whole wheat bread

$1.99

5 Sanderson Farms Whole Chicken (approx 5# each)

$0.69 per #

1.5 # bananas

$0.49 per #

2 # red seedless grapes

$0.99 per #

Well that does it for this week! If you decided you want to do the P&G deal go to Castle Pines I am thinking you might have better luck with their catalina printer. Let me know if you have any questions or need help putting your deals together. :)

Weekly Meal Plan

Once again a few repeats from last week. Here is what we are having this week.

Breakfast
Cereal & Fruit
Breakfast Yogurt Parfaits
Cinnamon Rolls and Fruit
Scrambled Eggs & Fruit
Breakfast Burritos (homemade, frozen previously)

Lunch
Quesadilla's & Bell Pepper Slices
Paninis & Salad
Lots of Left overs
Turkey & Cheese Wraps
Chicken Nuggets & Grapes
Peanut butter & Honey Sandwiches & Cantaloupe

Dinner
Date Night -Left overs for the kiddos
Turkey & Cheese Panini's & Spinach Salad from (repeat from last week)
Ribs, Roasted Asparagus and Spinach Salad (ditto)
Strogonoff & Steamed Broccoli (ditto)
Chicken Stew & Green Salad
Maple Pork Tenderloin, Sweet Roasted Rosemary Acorn Squash and Scalloped Potatoes
Honey Baked Chicken, Rice and Steamed Veggies

Snacks
Bananas
Apples
Cuties
Grapes
Cantaloupe
Pineapple
Yogurt
Carrots
Celery & Peanut butter
Granola Bars
Chips & Salsa
Bell Pepper Slices
Cheerios Snack Mix

Now...lest you should all think that I am a Pioneer Woman stalker let me assure you, I most definately AM! My sister in laws and I have been trying out many of her recipes and have yet to find one that disappointed (except for the red velvet cake which I am sure was due to the high altitude here...sigh). I will keep ya posted as I forge through her cookbook and website. Have a great week!

2.12.10

Let me just apologize in advance for the HORRIBLE pictures! My hubby took the camera with him today so I had to use my cell phone. 2MP camera? I think NOT! I guess you can get a general idea of what my trip consisted of this week, but that's about it...sorry. When putting my menu together this week I was really excited that I only needed a few things for our actual eating this week. I mean like 4 things! The total I had to spend this week was a mere $5.35. This is why I love couponing. Eating for a whole week on $5.35! Now keep in mind the way we do things here, I don't only buy what I need unless I have to. The idea is to spend my budget on things that are super low prices and stockpile them till you need them. This week I shopped Target, King Soopers, Sprouts Market and Safeway. Sprouts just opened in Castle Rock today and they are having fantastic sales. I was just excited to do all of my shopping in CR this week. :) Just beware if you plan to visit Sprouts this weekend for their deals. it was CRAZ-Y! Well worth it though. The bagged my entire order in FREE reusable shopping bags! Love that!

Here are a few pictures of my loot :) (sorry again for the poor quality)

For all of this I spent a total of $63.48. In turn I got a Target gift card worth $7.57 to use on my next trip. I also plan to submit for this rebate for $15.

Making my total OOP for this trip $40.91!!!

Without sales coupons and rebates I would have spent $223.44!

That is a savings of 82%!

A very good week!

Also interesting is that sprouts receipt did not figure in savings so these figures are assuming that Sprouts prices were not sales, which they most definitely were. I would guess that would boost my totals even more.I finally fixed the formatting (I think) so I am going to list it out for you. Happy shopping this week. :)

SPROUTS

1 pkg. Robinson Cottage Cheese

$1.99

2 dozen eggs

$0.99 each

1 # Pepper Jack Cheese

$2.06

1/2 # Havarti Cheese

$2.07

1 bag blue corn tortilla chips

$0.99

1 # asparagus

$1.33

1.4 # broccoli

$0.77 per #

1 cantaloupe

$0.49 each

2 # fuji apples

$0.77 per #

1 yellow pepper

$0.49 each

1 red pepper

$0.49 each

2 pints grape tomatoes

$0.99 each

2 red mangos

$0.77 each

1 red onion

$0.69 per #

3/4 # roma tomatoes

$0.49 per #

1 very large head romaine lettuce

$0.88

2 (1# clams) strawberries

$0.99 each

2 (8oz) pkg. mushrooms

$.99 each

1 bunch spinach

$0.88

ok...obviously I am still have problems. I will keep working on it and get the rest up later sorry. :(

Weekly Menu- 2.12.10

Another week, another menu. You will notice a few repeats...again. Still not feeling too great this week, so I haven't wanted to cook as much, plus we ended up having left overs more than planned. Here's what we are having this week.

Breakfast
Breakfast Burritos (from the freezer) & Fruit
Cereal & Fruit
Oatmeal & Fruit
Waffles (from the freezer) & Fruit
Hard Boiled Eggs & Fruit
Banana Bread & Fruit

Lunch
Turkey & Cheese Wraps
Peanubutter & honey sandwiches
Pizza-for Naomi's b-day party
Lots and Lots of Left overs

Dinner
Haystacks (didn't make last week)
Strogonoff (ditto) & Steamed Broccoli
Chicken Enchiladas (ditto)
Dinner Out (Valentines Day)-Chicken Nuggets and Bell Peppers for the kiddos
Spaghetti & Green Salad
Baby Back Ribs, Roasted Asparagus and Spinach Salad
Turkey and Cheese Panini's & Spinach Salad

Snacks
Strawberries
Cantelope
Cuties
Apples
Oranges
Bananas
Bell Pepper Slices
Mushrooms
Grape Tomatoes
Granola Bars
Yogurt
Sugar Free pudding
Crackers & Cheese
Goldfish Crackers

Dessert
Rainbow chip cupcakes (Naomi's b-day party)

I will post my shopping trip this week soon. Have a great week!

2.05.10

There are quite a few good deals to be had this week. I decided to start off my shopping day at Albertsons, Sunflower Market & Target. Here is a breakdown of my trip.

I got all of this...

(yes those are baby back ribs...don't tell my hubby they

are in my freezer or they will disappear. lol.)

for a total of $79.72 OOP!

Without sales & coupons I would have spent $195.75!

That is a savings of 59%!

King Soopers 2.05.10

Kings has sure stepped it up this week in the deal department. I received a whole stack of manufacturers and store coupons from King Soopers in the mail that totally coincide with their MEGA-event going on again this week. Unfortunately, I am having problems with my formatting on blogger. At this point I cant figure out how to list out the items without it being one big blob of words (any ideas of how to fix it would be a BIG help). Anywho...here are the basics of my shopping trip to King Soopers. If you want to know how to score some of these deals yourself, please check out Bargain Blessings site for a breakdown of the sale at King Soopers this week. If I can get it to work I will update it later. On to the details...

I got all of this.

Including this...

and this...
for a total of $28.98 OOP!
Without coupons and sales I would have spent $130.91!
That is savings of 78% folks!
Not bad...not bad at all.

Weekly Menu

Sorry I am just a little bit late in getting my menu up this week. My little girl has been sick so I am off a day on my shopping and posting. I also have not been feeling well this week so my menu this week will have a lot of repeats as I did not cook as much as planned last week. I will post probably tomorrow about my shopping escapades today. :) But for now here is what we are having this week. :)

Breakfast
Cereal & Fruit
Oatmeal & Fruit
Waffles( from the freezer) & Fruit
Breakfast Burritos

Lunch (a summary of what everyone is eating this week)
Lots of Left Overs
Turkey & Cheese Sandwiches & Grapes
Ham & Cheese Wraps & Carrots
Peanutbutter & Honey Sandwiches & cucumbers
Cheese Quesadillas & Bell Pepper slices

Dinner
BBQ Chicken, Baked Potatoes & Roasted Asparagus (from last week)
Haystacks (also from last week)
Super Bowl Sunday-(my portion of what we are having)Potatoe skins and jalepeno poppers from the Pioneer Woman cooks cookbook and hot wings
Strogonoff, Noodles and Green Beans
Homemade Pizza & Salad
Chicken Enchiladas and Green Salad

Snacks
Grapes
Apples
Cuties
Bananas
Bell Pepper Slices
Carrots
Cheese & Crackers
Granola Bars
Yogurt
Applesauce

Desserts
Red Velvet Cupcakes (for Super Bowl Sunday)-never tried these before...I will let you know how they turn out. :)

Happy Eating this week! :)

My resources Revealed!

I decided after Christmas that it was a lot of work to put together the deals each week for this blog. Especially since I will not be buying everything each week that is a good deal and my reading list is small :). There are several sites that already do this for me and I use each week to put my list together. I have listed my favorites on the sidebar of my blog. Hopefully if there are any of you that are needing the assistance in putting the deals together, these blogs should be very helpful.

I also decided to change my shopping day from Monday to Thursday for several reasons.

1. I am tired of stores always being out of the great deals. :)

2. I thought it might be more helpful to you all if I post my deals earlier in the week so you can take advantage of those that I post.

Although I am not going to be posting a full list of deals each week I will continue to post my weekly shopping trips along with the resources I use. I hope this will continue to be helpful. If you know of any great sites I don't have listed let me know. It took me forever to find sites that were dedicated to Colorado grocery stores. I am always looking for more.

11.28.10-King Soopers and Walgreens

WOW!!! Look at all of this stuff!

King Soopers is having some crazy deals this week. If you need snacks...this is the week to stock up. I scored some pretty great deals. Here is the breakdown...sorry its a long one.

I bought $290.98 worth of stuff

I spent $105.51

The best part is I am submitting for this, this and the

Nabisco Back to School $20 rebate for a total of $48 in rebates

That means my total out OOP for all of this will be just $57.51!!!

That is a savings of 80%

KING SOOPERS

4 boxes of caprisuns

$1.37-$1.00/2 printable coupons-$1.00 rebate

FINAL PRICE $0.13 overage

1 DiGiorno Ultimate Toppings Pizza

$4.99-$1.50 insert coupon

FINAL PRICE $3.49

4 pkg. quaker quakes

$0.49 -$0.75 insert and mailer coupons

FINAL PRICE-$0.51 overage

10 boxes nabisco snack crackers

$1.99-$1.00/1 insert coupons or $2.00/2 printable coupons and $1.00 rebate

FINAL PRICE $0.01 overage

6 kraft easy macs

$0.38-$1.00 rebate

FINAL PRICE $0.62 overage

1 pkg fresh poultry herbs

$2.29

7 pkg. goldfish crackers

$0.88 each

18 sobe life waters

$0.49 each

10 planters cashews(9.25 oz.)

$2.49-$1.00/2 insert and mailer coupons-$1.00 rebate

FINAL PRICE $0.99 each

1 bunch green onions

$0.50

6 bags green giant valley fresh steamers

$1.49-$0.40 insert coupon

FINAL PRICE $0.69 each

1 pkg. frozen egg noodles

$2.50

4 bottles franks red hot sauce

$1.49-$0.50 insert coupon

FINAL PRICE $0.49 each

4 pkg. dannon activia yogurt (4 pk)

$1.88-$1.00 mailer coupons

FINAL PRICE $0.88 each

2 pkg. ziplock containers

$1.99-$0.50 insert coupon

FINAL PRICE $0.99 each

2.5 # oranges

$1.50

2 quaker granola bars

$1.49-$1.00/2 insert coupon

FINAL PRICE $0.99 each

1 pkg. mission tortillas

$1.25-$1.00 insert coupon

FINAL PRICE $0.25

1 bag shredded parmesan cheese

$2.29

1 box electrosol dish detergent (20pk)

$3.49-$2.50 insert coupon

FINAL PRICE $0.99

1 bag Poppycock popcorn

$1.49-$0.50 insert coupon-$0.70 e-coupon

FINAL PRICE $0.21 overage

1 can tomato paste

$0.59 each

1 bottle apple cider vinegar

$1.09

WALGREENS

4 bags tostitos tortilla chips

$2.50-$1.00/2 insert coupon-$5 in register rewards

FINAL PRICE $0.75 each

4 jars tostitos queso dip

$2.50-$1.00/2 insert coupon-$5 in register rewards

FINAL PRICE $0.75 each

I used my $10 in RR on the following transaction

2 bottles olay quench bodywash

$8.99-$1.00 insert coupon-$8.99 rebate

FINAL PRICE $1.00 money maker

1 Old Spice High Endurance Deodarant

$2.49- I got a $1 RR to use on my next purchase

Overall I am very happy with my shopping this week. I was dragging my feet a little in my couponing the last few weeks. This shopping trip energized me a little. I could be wrong but my guess is the promotion for most of the snack foods will most likely be two weeks long. I noticed there were a few items that were not listed on the add so my guess is next week the ad will have the same promo with new items added. I could be wrong but that is my guess. :) Happy shopping this week!

1.28.10-Sunflower and Albertsons

I was having some problems with my computer so I wasn't able to actually get all my shopping done this morning. I went tonight to do my HUGE King Soopers Run. Man are they having some great deals this wee! But here are the few things I picked up from Sunflower and Albies this afternoon. These sales run until Tuesday. :)

I bought$98.57 worth of groceries

I spent $38.51 OOP

I saved 61%

ALBERTSONS

4 bottles tobasco sauce
$1.00-$0.50 printable coupon
FINAL PRICE = FREE

3 boxes rice a roni
$1.00- $1.00/3 insert coupon
FINAL PRICE $0.66 each

4 cans Rosarita Black Beans
$1.00- $0.50/3 insert coupon
FINAL PRICE $0.66 each

2 cans Rosarita Refried Beans

$1.00-$0.50/3 insert coupon

FINAL PRICE $0.66 each

1 Chef Boy R D Microwavable meal
$1.00-$0.50 insert coupon
FINAL PRICE=FREE

6 large sirloin steaks (the rest of the steaks were for my SIL who was my shopping buddy)

$2.33 per #

SUNFLOWER

3 (1 liter) bottles extra virgin olive oil

$4.99 each (used a rain check from last week)

1 pineapple

$2.00

2.5 # braeburn apples

$0.67 per #

1 bunch celery

$2.00 (man i hate buying things full price-YIKES!)

2 red bell peppers

$0.77 each

1.5 # grapes

$0.97 per #

2 avocados

$0.77 each

Overall a pretty good trip. I will update my king soopers run as soon as I get home. :)

Weekly Menu

Ok...so as promised here is my menu for the week. Nothing too exciting. I am trying a few new recipes out of "The Pioneer Woman Cooks" Cookbook (The Meatloaf and Rosemary Potatoes) one of which was recommended to me by my sweet SIL. She said the meatloaf was very good, so I thought I would give it a whirl. Otherwise I am mostly eating out of my pantry and freezer this week (as usual it seems). I am picking up some fresh produce to get me through the week although I already had some left over from last week. Alright...sorry for the rambling. Here is what we are eating this week.

Breakfast
Pancakes (homemade earlier in my freezer) & Fruit
Cereal & Fruit
Oatmeal & Fruit
Homemade Waffles & Fruit (will make extra to go in the freezer)
Breakfast Burritos (will make extra to go in the freezer)
Eggs & Toast


Lunch- We each seem to eat different things each day so this is just a list of all of it.
Turkey & Cheese Panini's
Quesadillas and Carrot Sticks
Peanut butter & Honey Sandwiches & Apples
Lots of Left Overs
Chicken Noodle Soup
Ham & Cheese Wraps

Dinner-
Crockpot Chicken Tacos with Homemade guacamole
Chicken Stew & Salad
Hawaiian Haystacks
Turkey Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf & Creamy Rosemary Potatoes and Green Beans
BBQ Chicken Drumsticks (my SIL's very yummy recipe), Baked Potatoes and Roasted Asparagus
Baked Potato Soup and Homemade French Bread
Pizza & Salad

Snacks-
Pineapple
Grapes
Apples
Oranges
Pears
Bananas
Crackers & Cheese
Yogurt
Granola Bars
Cucumber Slices
Celery Sticks
Carrots
Bell Pepper Slices
Applesauce
Rice Cakes
Popcorn

As always I would love to hear what you are having this week. I am really wanting to try out some new recipes. (PS...that means YOU my two readers. ;) )

MIA!!

So...if I actually have anyone who reads this besides Rachel then you know by now that I have been MIA lately. I am sorry about that. Although I am still a crazy coupon shopper and continued that crazy shopping through the holidays. I got a little busy during that crazy time of year so I just didn't get to posting. I am hoping to start again this Thursday if for nothing else but to keep track of my budget each month again. I am not really sure exactly what I have been spending each month, but I have a sneaking suspicion that it has gone down even more than it already had. I guess I will see next month. I have changed my grocery day so I am now shopping on Thursdays, so starting tomorrow I should at least have a menu to post. I will try to be a little bit more consistent in my posts as well. If in fact I am correct and Rach is the only one reading...be brainstorming menu ideas so we can collaborate tomorrow. :)