Even though the wonderful fiance had roses delivered to our apartment this morning, we are technically celebrating the holiday tomorrow (we are going out for a fancy dinner at this fantastic restaurant - something we don't do often but enjoy when we do and this particular restaurant is one of our absolute favorites). I figured tonight was the perfect time to go food shopping, and it was, the Safeway I went to (that is usually packed) was nearly empty! It was such a delightful shopping trip and I got some wonderful deals.
There are tons of "Super Coupons" out and while I matched up some with manufacturer coupons, I didn't feel up to searching through my book to match up the rest. It didn't matter because the deals were so good. About 1/2 of them end tomorrow and 1/2 started in the last day or so and last through the President Day week. Definitely check your papers and/or storefronts for copies.
I purchased:
1 box Betty Crocker brownie mix (super coupon making it $.69)
4 bottles of Safeway flavored seltzer water (super coupon making them $.49 each)
5 lb bag of sugar (super coupon making it $1.69)
1 bottle of apple juice (for my fiance - he exclaimed I was the best fiance ever when I told him - usually I buy reduced sugar juices and this is just for him - he's silly btw)
1 bottle Wesson vegetable oil (super coupon making it $2.50 - I used a $.50/1 that doubled making it $1.50!)
4 boxes of Kelloggs Frosted Mini Wheats (super coupon made them $6 for all 4 or $1.50 a piece!)
2 packages of 50 count cupcake liners - not on sale but needed and helped get to the $10 requirement to get the deals
1 large bottle of honey (on sale and needed but not a super coupon)
1 bag mission tortilla (super coupon making it $.99)
2 dozen eggs - each 1 dozen - these are on sale for $.99 limit 2 which is a great deal. I'm glad I waited
1 loaf of Arnold bread (super coupon made this $1.69 - I used a manu for $1/1 from this month's All You making it $.69!)
3 boxes of Hillshire Farms various lunchmeats (super coupon made these 3/$8 or $2.67 a box)
The total was $33.95 for all 23 items. Not too shabby. And now I won't have to buy Frosted Mini Wheats for awhile. Whew!
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Shoppers
Well the only thing we've really needed this week was milk, which I grabbed tonight, though I was not happy to be out (the wind is fierce). Anyway, the Wednesday paper brought new circulars, one of them being Shopper's, which featured a buy 3 Malt-o-Meal cereals, get a free milk coupon! So I did that deal tonight.
I got:
$3.29 Malt o Meal "Frosted Mini Wheats" they call them Mini Spooners
$2.50 Malt o Meal Frosted Flakes
$2.50 Malt o Meal Frosted Flakes
$3.49 gallon skim milk
- $3.49 milk coupon (up to $4 and doesn't exclude any brands)
= $8.29 Oop
Great deal!
I got:
$3.29 Malt o Meal "Frosted Mini Wheats" they call them Mini Spooners
$2.50 Malt o Meal Frosted Flakes
$2.50 Malt o Meal Frosted Flakes
$3.49 gallon skim milk
- $3.49 milk coupon (up to $4 and doesn't exclude any brands)
= $8.29 Oop
Great deal!
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Weekly Summary (February 1st-7th) & Frugal Weddings
Well, I was so wrapped up in wedding stuff (we sent out invites out on Monday - DIYed the fancy paper and ribbon on Sunday/Monday morning).
But first, I'm going to discuss how my frugal nature dressed up the very inexpensive wedding invites I ordered from Wedding Paper Divas. It came out to about $2 per invite/envelope and response card/envelope, which unfortunately is very cheap when it comes to invites. I bought $23 worth of fancy paper and ribbon to make them look much more expensive and we've already received compliments (the added pieces added a mere 30 cents per invite). Very worth it but it's left me a little (ok, a lot) exhausted.
So weekly update?
Monday, February 2nd Safeway: $47.89
Thursday, February 5th CVS: $17.15
Saturday, February 7th Safeway: $17.22
Total: 82.26 ($32.26 over, though this week will be significantly less)
| DAYS | MONEY SPENT |
| SEP 28 - OCT 4 | $49.18 |
| OCT 5 - OCT 11 | $13.88 |
| OCT 12 - OCT 18 | $75.08 |
| OCT 19 - OCT 25 | $10.04 |
| OCT 26 - NOV 1 | $43.58 |
| NOV 2 - NOV 8 | $42.00 |
| NOV 9 - NOV 15 | $20.94 |
| NOV 16 - NOV 22 | $80.16 |
| NOV 23 - NOV 29 | $16.39 |
| NOV 30 - DEC 6 | $25.49 |
| DEC 7 - DEC 13 | $24.32 |
| $117.75 | |
| DEC 21 - DEC 27 | $2.26 |
| DEC 28 - JAN 3 | $36.81 |
| JAN 4 - JAN 10 | $42.83 |
| JAN 11 - JAN 17 | $14.60 |
| JAN 18 - JAN 24 | $55.84 |
| JAN 25 - JAN 31 | $8.29 |
| FEB 1 - FEB 7 | $82.26 |
| FEB 8 - FEB 14 | $? |
| FEB 15 - FEB 21 | $? |
| FEB 22 - FEB 28 | $? |
Pink for Valentine's Day! =)
Saturday, February 7, 2009
CVS & Safeway
I wanted to do some of the February monthly deals before they were all sold out. I have a tendency of forgetting about them till the end of the month and then they are all gone. Anyway.
CVS Thursday, February 5th:
$7.99 Earrinse
$7.99 Earrinse (free after extrabucks - limit 2)
$2.49 Excredrin 10 count
$4.99 6-hour energy (Free after extrabucks - limit 1)
$1.69 Diet Coke
$1.69 Nestea (there are coupons for a free nestea with purchase of a coke near the coolers and there's also a monthly deal $1 back with the purchase of 3 Diet Cokes - so you'll get 6 drinks for $4.07 after extrabucks)
- $1.69 Nestea
- $1/1 Excedrin
- $3.00 extrabucks
- $4.00 extrabucks
= $17.15 Oop
Received: $15.98 from the earrinse + $4.99 for the extreme energy and $2.49 for the excedrin = $23.46 back.
Deals this week are pretty slim so I'll be skipping CVS this week, I think.
Today I hit Safeway while filling a prescription and getting a $30 giftcard for filling at Safeway for the very first time!
There are a few nice deals this week, and I picked up:
$1.15 liter seltzer water
$2.00 2 bags cheetos (on sale for $1)
$2.00 2 bags fritos (on sale for $1)
$3.00 3 boxes Kelloggs fruit snacks (on sale for $1)
$1.00 1 box lucerne cream cheese (on sale)
$1.99 1/2 gallon skim milk (wanted to pick up a full gallon but they were all out!)
$1.00 loaf wheat bread (on sale)
$5.01 almost 3 pounds of skinless boneless chicken breast (on sale $1.69 a lb)
= $17.22 Oop
Over budget this week (I haven't calculated but I can tell, but we're pretty stocked up so we should be good aside from some eggs this week).
CVS Thursday, February 5th:
$7.99 Earrinse
$7.99 Earrinse (free after extrabucks - limit 2)
$2.49 Excredrin 10 count
$4.99 6-hour energy (Free after extrabucks - limit 1)
$1.69 Diet Coke
$1.69 Nestea (there are coupons for a free nestea with purchase of a coke near the coolers and there's also a monthly deal $1 back with the purchase of 3 Diet Cokes - so you'll get 6 drinks for $4.07 after extrabucks)
- $1.69 Nestea
- $1/1 Excedrin
- $3.00 extrabucks
- $4.00 extrabucks
= $17.15 Oop
Received: $15.98 from the earrinse + $4.99 for the extreme energy and $2.49 for the excedrin = $23.46 back.
Deals this week are pretty slim so I'll be skipping CVS this week, I think.
Today I hit Safeway while filling a prescription and getting a $30 giftcard for filling at Safeway for the very first time!
There are a few nice deals this week, and I picked up:
$1.15 liter seltzer water
$2.00 2 bags cheetos (on sale for $1)
$2.00 2 bags fritos (on sale for $1)
$3.00 3 boxes Kelloggs fruit snacks (on sale for $1)
$1.00 1 box lucerne cream cheese (on sale)
$1.99 1/2 gallon skim milk (wanted to pick up a full gallon but they were all out!)
$1.00 loaf wheat bread (on sale)
$5.01 almost 3 pounds of skinless boneless chicken breast (on sale $1.69 a lb)
= $17.22 Oop
Over budget this week (I haven't calculated but I can tell, but we're pretty stocked up so we should be good aside from some eggs this week).
Monday, February 2, 2009
Safeway
Safeway is running some great promotions Sunday though I believe Tuesday (tomorrow!) - some of the coupons are good for a longer time, but the good deals will be gone soon. There is also a coupon for $10 off $50 which I was able to utilize (be sure to have the cashier scan this first before the manu coupons). Even though Safeway doesn't double coupons over $.50, I was able to snag some great deals - some of the highlights for super-coupons included Cheezits for $.88 (limit 2), Kleenex 2/$2 (limit 2) and Motts Apple Juice for $.99!
Anyway, I bought:
1 Motts Apple Juice
1 box Kashi Cereal Bar (used my free coupon to increase my bill before coupons)
1 box Kashi strawberry cereal (")
1 bottle Kraft barbecue sauce
1 bottle Seltzer water
2 cans of Safeway brand corn (on sale $.69 each)
2 cans of Safeway brand diced tomatoes (on sale $1.00 each)
2 boxes Cheez It crackers
1 bag Quaker rice cakes
2 boxes 12 count Pop Tarts
2 boxes 18oz Frosted Mini Wheats
2 lb bags Utz pretzels
3 bottles Propel strawberry water
1 bottle KC Masterpiece barbecue sauce
3 bottles Snapple flavored water
2 boxes Kleenex
10 cups of Yoplait yogurt (on sale)
1 loaf wheat bread
1.97 lb yellow onions
2.38 lbs pacific rose apples
1 strawberry fruit twist (free after coupon)
1 strawberry fruit strip (free after coupon)
= $47.89 Oop
I bought 46 items and had 50% total savings ($47.20). Not too shabby for Safeway. Came out to about a dollar per item.
Anyway, I bought:
1 Motts Apple Juice
1 box Kashi Cereal Bar (used my free coupon to increase my bill before coupons)
1 box Kashi strawberry cereal (")
1 bottle Kraft barbecue sauce
1 bottle Seltzer water
2 cans of Safeway brand corn (on sale $.69 each)
2 cans of Safeway brand diced tomatoes (on sale $1.00 each)
2 boxes Cheez It crackers
1 bag Quaker rice cakes
2 boxes 12 count Pop Tarts
2 boxes 18oz Frosted Mini Wheats
2 lb bags Utz pretzels
3 bottles Propel strawberry water
1 bottle KC Masterpiece barbecue sauce
3 bottles Snapple flavored water
2 boxes Kleenex
10 cups of Yoplait yogurt (on sale)
1 loaf wheat bread
1.97 lb yellow onions
2.38 lbs pacific rose apples
1 strawberry fruit twist (free after coupon)
1 strawberry fruit strip (free after coupon)
= $47.89 Oop
I bought 46 items and had 50% total savings ($47.20). Not too shabby for Safeway. Came out to about a dollar per item.
Budget Summary (January 25th- January 31st) + Monthly
Summary for this week:
Monday, January 26th CVS: $7.42
Thursday, January 29th Target: $0.00
Saturday, January 31st CVS: $.87
Total: $8.29
January Budget Summary
JAN 04 - JAN 10: $42.83
JAN 11 - JAN 17: $14.60
JAN 18 - JAN 24: $55.84
JAN 25 - JAN 31: $08.29
Total: $121.56
+ Hickory Farms order #1: $30.63
+ Hickory Farms order #2: $25.74
= $177.93 $22.07 UNDER budget even with the Hickory Farms orders factored in. Yay!
Monday, January 26th CVS: $7.42
Thursday, January 29th Target: $0.00
Saturday, January 31st CVS: $.87
Total: $8.29
| DAYS | MONEY SPENT |
| SEP 28 - OCT 4 | $49.18 |
| OCT 5 - OCT 11 | $13.88 |
| OCT 12 - OCT 18 | $75.08 |
| OCT 19 - OCT 25 | $10.04 |
| OCT 26 - NOV 1 | $43.58 |
| NOV 2 - NOV 8 | $42.00 |
| NOV 9 - NOV 15 | $20.94 |
| NOV 16 - NOV 22 | $80.16 |
| NOV 23 - NOV 29 | $16.39 |
| NOV 30 - DEC 6 | $25.49 |
| DEC 7 - DEC 13 | $24.32 |
| $117.75 | |
| DEC 21 - DEC 27 | $2.26 |
| DEC 28 - JAN 3 | $36.81 |
| JAN 4 - JAN 10 | $42.83 |
| JAN 11 - JAN 17 | $14.60 |
| JAN 18 - JAN 24 | $55.84 |
| JAN 25 - JAN 31 | $8.29 |
January Budget Summary
JAN 04 - JAN 10: $42.83
JAN 11 - JAN 17: $14.60
JAN 18 - JAN 24: $55.84
JAN 25 - JAN 31: $08.29
Total: $121.56
+ Hickory Farms order #1: $30.63
+ Hickory Farms order #2: $25.74
= $177.93 $22.07 UNDER budget even with the Hickory Farms orders factored in. Yay!
CVS
Busy weekend! I had completely forgotten it was Superbowl weekend, in retrospect I should have gone food shopping Sunday morning instead of today, but the fiance and I had a pretty fun Superbowl. We went over to a friend's house and first went out to lunch and then they made handmade pizza for dinner. It was delicious and I was able to nab the recipe before we left.
Eitherway, let me write up my Saturday CVS shopping trip, a weekly summary and then my Safeway trip today.
CVS (January 31st)
$7.99 Venus Embrace sister razor
$8.99 Excedrin PM large count plus 20 ct box attached
$3.89 gallon skim milk
- $2/1 Excedrin
- $4/1 Venus
- $14 Extra Bucks
= $.87 Oop
Eitherway, let me write up my Saturday CVS shopping trip, a weekly summary and then my Safeway trip today.
CVS (January 31st)
$7.99 Venus Embrace sister razor
$8.99 Excedrin PM large count plus 20 ct box attached
$3.89 gallon skim milk
- $2/1 Excedrin
- $4/1 Venus
- $14 Extra Bucks
= $.87 Oop
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