More groceries and deals!

My latest coupon shopping trip was another learning experience. I only went to Wal-Mart. Since they match prices, I just took the store ads with me and made sure to let the cashier know what the prices were so she could change them as she rang them up. I still used coupons as well. It was much better than driving around to multiple stores. Again, the receipt doesn't print off the savings, so I have to figure it out myself. Here we go!

I spent a total of $83.43(76.31 before tax)
About half of this cost was on items that were not on sale or did not use coupons.
The items purchased at regular price were:

1 (27 ct.) pack of diapers
1 gallon apple juice
1 qt. Pennzoil motor oil
1 nail polish remover
1 razor
1 pint whipping cream
1 6 oz. carton plain yogurt
1 box stouffer's whale crackers
1 green bell pepper
3 sweet onions
2 zucchini
2 yellow squash
bananas
3 lbs. apples
16 oz. coleslaw mix
2 cans beef broth
1 28 0z. can crushed tomatoes
2 cans Hunt's spaghetti sauce
1 can coconut milk



This totalled $38.56 before tax.

The items using price matching and coupons were:

8 cans Spaghettio's
10 cans Del Monte fruit (peaches, pears and fruit cocktail)
6 cans Progresso soup
5 boxes Pop Tarts ( I am hooked on these!)
3 bags Nestle Toll House chocolate chips
3 boxes cereal (2 Lucky Charms, 1 Cookie Crisp)
4 (4 pks.) Snack Pack pudding cups
2 tubes Arm& Hammer toothpaste
2 Old Spice deoderant



This total came to $37.75 before tax.

This is what I figured out I saved.

Before price matching/sales and coupons, the second list of items would have totalled:
$68.32 pre-tax.

After price matching/sales the total was:
$52.85
savings of $15.47

After coupons:
$37.92
savings of $14.93
total savings of $30.40

I am really having fun with this! I get excited everytime I come home from the store and put my groceries away. I love seeing my pantry growing! It is so satisfying. this has definitely changed my way of shopping and meal planning. I don't stress over what to have for dinner, cause I know I have lots of options to choose froom, and can make a variety of things with what I have on hand. I used to make my menus for the week, then shop for what I needed. I was never able to stock up on anything, and now I can. It's awesome.

My next post will not be about groceries, I promise!

Coupon Shopping Trip #2

So, today I was at it again. I only went to two stores today. I went to Hen House again, and then Hy-Vee. I didn't go there last week. This was the fruit of my efforts.


The only items not pictured are the rotisserie chicken, and the case of bottled water.

Hen House: spent $21.62 saved $18.52.

7 items did not have coupons, but they were on sale.

Here is what I purchased.

4 cans of tomato sauce (no coupons)
2 pkgs. Jell-O
4 bottles Hunt's Ketchup
2 pkgs.Kraft marshmallows (no coupons)
2 4 lb.bags C&H sugar
3 jars Mt. Olive pickles (chips, spears and baby dills)
2 boxes Betty Crocker Supreme Brownie Mix
1 box Kool-Aid Singles
1 24 pack bottled water

Hy-Vee: spent $37.07

The receipt didn't print out my savings like other stores do, so I am not sure what I really saved with the coupons and sales amounts together. I figured out I saved around $17 using coupons, but not sure the difference between the sales price and reg. price, so I probably saved more.

I bought several more items here not using coupons again, but all items were on sale.

1 Dozen Large eggs -no coupons
1 Blue bonnet margarine spread- no coupon
1 10 lb. bag flour- no coupon
1 jar yeast- no coupon
1 pkg. hot dog buns- no coupon
1 box plastic wrap- no coupon
1 box kitchen trash bags0 no coupon
1 rotisserie chicken- no coupon
1 10 pack Capri-Sun
2 boxes Cap'n Crunch
1 box Life
2 12 ct. boxes Quaker granola bars
2 18 oz. containers Quaker oats
2 boxes Pop-Tarts
4 pkgs. Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs
2 8 oz. pkgs. Kraft Philadelphia cream cheese

I didn't buy any produce, as we still have some from last week that we need to eat up. I think next week's shopping I need to focus on some household items. Let's hope there are some good sales!

Here are some blogs hereand here by the same girl.I like to look at her displays of groceries and her great deals. For some reason it is really fun to arrange your groceries and take pictures of them! I don't know why!