First stop: Walmart. Nothing much to say here. This was the bulk of the groceries we needed, most of which I couldn't find coupons for. I did save $0.55 off of some Chef Boyardee. I also used comp ads. I got a pound of strawberries for 0.99 (aldi's price) and green grapes for 0.89 a pound (also Aldi's).
Total: $96.12
Second stop: Sam's. Nothing at all special here, just our monthly restock. Total: $56.28
Third stop: Home to unload the cooler and get dinner put together.
Fourth stop: Target. All except 2 items here I had a coupon for. I would spell it all out but the receipt is really confusing. The gist of it is that I spend $27.02 and between coupons and sales, I saved $15.05. The best value here was I had 3 coupons for $1 off sharpie and 2 papermate products. I got 2 sharpies and 2 ten-packs of pens for free because they were on sale for a dollar.
Total: $27.02
Fifth stop: Walgreens. The bummer here is that I really didn't need anything that I bought but I had $4 in register rewards that were about to expire so they were going to go to waste. I bought:
- A snack pack for $1 (I had to have one item without a coupon because otherwise the register rewards won't work.)
- A colgate toothbrush and toothpaste. They were on sale for 2 for $6 plus I got $4 back in register rewards plus $1.15 in coupons so I basically paid 0.85 for both of these products.
- Aussie 3 min conditioning treatment. It was on sale for $3 and I got $1 register rewards back and I had a $1 off coupon so I basically paid $1 for this.
Using my $4 RR, I paid a total of $3.85 and I now have $5 RR.
Sixth stop: CVS. This was the highlight of my day! I started with $11 EB. I bought a Schick Hydro Razor that was on sale for $8.49, got $5 EB back, and had a $2 off coupon so I paid $1.49 for this product. I also bought some skintimate shave cream that was on sale for $1.99 and I had $1.50 coupon.
Using $5 of my EB, I paid a total of $1.06 and I now have $10 EB
Last stop (thank goodness!): I only stopped here because they had ground turkey on sale for 1.99 a pound but unfortunately they were out of that priced stuff so I had to pay 2.50 a pound. So I got 2 pounds of ground turkey for $5, a colgate toothpaste (on sale for .88 and I had a 0.50 off coupon) for 0.33, and some really yummy looking bread on sale for 1.99.
Total: 6.99
Total for the day: $191.32! I was very happy to come in under my goal, even if just by a few dollars. What I got us today should last us at least the next couple weeks except for bread and milk.
In other news, I bought tilapia and plan on using it in a recipe next week. This was huge for me because I don't like fish and never ever figured I would cook with it but Eric and I are trying really hard to lose some weight so I opted for chicken, fish, and ground turkey on the menu instead of the normal hamburger. It will definitely be an adventure!
In other, other news, I officially start my new job taking care of babies at a daycare on Monday. I am very, very excited! I am a little nervous because I am going to be a ton busier than before between working, three online classes which start a week from Monday, and being a housewife but I kind of like to be busy so I think it will be great!
That's all for now :D
Thx for readin~
Mrs. Morgan
