Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Regular Shopping Trips 4/17 - 4/23

I don't post a lot of my "regular" shopping trips on here. I used to, but I never know if it's helpful or if it bores people. But in a way it kind of holds me accountable to what I'm purchasing, even though it all goes onto my spreadsheet, so I'm going to try this for the month of April. Every week I'm going to post my "everyday" trips to the stores to show you what I'm buying. I'm trying really hard to pay attention to our purchases this month to see where we can improve. This also means for the month of April I'm going to try to get back into the drugstore game a little bit. I used to be huge into Rite Aid and Walgreens, but not for about six months.

Harris Teeter - 4/17
Goldfish (2) - On sale for $0.97 each.
Armour pepperoni - On sale for $2.99. Used a $0.55 coupon. Paid $1.89.
Ore-Idea french fries - On sale for $1.00. Will receive $1.00 in my Ibotta account.
Snyder's tortilla chips - On sale for $2.50. Used a $0.75 coupon. Paid $1.00.
Strawberries - On sale for $1.25.

Paid out of pocket - $7.25 (Saved about 61%) (Will receive $1.00 in my Ibotta account.)

Davenport's Galaxy - 4/22
Milk (gallon) - $3.59
Bread - $1.09
Macaroni and cheese (6) - $0.33 each
Butter - $1.49

Paid out of pocket - $8.87

Lowes Foods - 4/23
Birds Eye steamfresh pasta (2) - On sale for $1.24. Minus $0.50/2 coupon. Paid $0.74 each.
Banquet chicken tenders - On sale for $3.50. Minus $0.75 coupon. Paid $2.00
Coke 20 oz (2) - $1.69. Used a $0.99 coupon to make them free.
Duncan Hines icing creations (2) - On sale for $0.59 and $0.79. Used a $1.00 coupon to make them both free.
Mahatma rice (8) - On sale for $0.75. Used $0.75/2 coupons to make them all free.
Better Oats (2) - On sale for $1.00. Used a $0.75/2 coupon to make them $0.25 each.

Paid out of pocket - $3.70 (Saved about 86%)

Food Lion - 4/23
Gala apples - $3.71 ($0.99/lb)
Red seedless grapes - $2.03 ($1.20/lb)
Used a $1.00/$5 produce coupon which printed out at the kiosk for me.

Paid out of pocket - $4.83 (Saved about 55%) 

Harris Teeter - 4/23
Strawberries (2 lbs) - $1.25 each
Corn (3 ears) - Marked down to $0.99
Carrots (1 lb) - $0.99

Paid out of pocket - $4.57 (Saved about 65%)

Dollar Tree - 4/23
Cereal (knock-off of Frosted Mini-Wheats; 18oz) - $1.00
Raisins - $1.00
Granola bars - $1.00
Poptarts - $1.00

Paid out of pocket - $4.08

Walmart - 4/23
Spaghetti (2 lbs) - $1.98
Tuna (3) - $0.74 each

Paid out of pocket - $4.28 

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My total spent this week was about $37 and I saved about 56%, which isn't bad considering I did do some shopping at Walmart and Dollar Tree without coupons. How did you do this week? 

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