Shopping trips from 11/03

As you can see, I've been behind on the blogging lately. I just haven't been feeling well.

Kmart -
2 tshirts, 1 pair of shorts for DD for next summer. $2.97 for all

Joann Fabrics -
1/8 inch hole punch $2.09 (needed to finish making some Christmas gifts)
mini alphabet flashcards - .50c
halloween pez dispenser - .99c
3 inch sponge roller with damaged packaging - .20c
4 sheets damaged scrapbook paper - .12c each
small painting canvas - .50c
book for DD - $1
Spent $6.05 (including tax)

Price Chopper - Spent $72.35- Saved 34.65 (Including about $35 of mom's stuff.)

Deals include -
Stroeman's bread - B1G1 sale, used 2 55./1 coupons (doubled)
free gallon chocolate milk (used free milk cat)
Spiral ham - $1.99/lb - $13.41 for the smallest one I could find (Christmas dinner)
4 packs starkist pouch tuna, $1.59 sale, used 4 $1/1 coupons
2 PC brick cheese - $1.99 each

Redner's -
7 gatorade at $3.29 each - $23.03 total
2 halloween tubs - .75c each
1 kids bandage - .99

Spent - $2.58 excluding gatorade

Walgreen's - A rather expensive trip!
Spent $20.66 Saved $11.62

6 wriglys gum - B1G1 sale, used B1G1 coupons - free
5pc bag of hair accessories - $2
2 dawn dish soap - sale .99c , used1 .50/1 coupon
2 wet and wild cosmetics , B1G1 sale
can opener $4 (my old one kicked the bucket!)
elvis beanie baby $6 (Christmas gift)
Disney Princess tumbler - $3.99, Mercedes chose to buy this with her own $$

My mom also got some of the swanson broth and celestial tea that was on sale and shared 3 of each with me.

Oopsie.. bad redner's trip

Just keeping it real. Trip to Redner's from 10/27

Spent - $51.55 Saved , $2.00 in Qs (no store card here) Gatorade - 4 @ $3.29 ($13.16)

Got :
4- lipton 1.5liters sale $1 each
2 hidden valley ranch dressing - $3.25 each
3 bags hershey kisses, sale for $2.99 used $1/3 coupon
3 cans cambel's gravy -two rang up $1.25 and one rang up .50c - used $1/3 Q
1 lb turkey breast - $4.30
pringles - .89c
Gatorade - 4 @ $3.29 ($13.16)
Lemon juice - .99c
Pepper - $1.75
38 count box of coffee singles $6.99 (ouch! cheaper then buying 2 small boxes tho.)
juice boxes - $1

Juice boxes and pringles were for DD who wasn't feeling well and chose to hang out in the car with my mom. Gravy and hershey kisses are for thanksgiving/christmas. I've got almost everything now (other then perishables) for thanksgiving cooking and baking. I will probably pick up the rest in the next week or two. The lemon juice and pepper, well it's the cheapest place around here I've seen them and I have none in my stockpile.

Price Chopper, Walgreens, Redners

I went back out today to pick of some of this week's sale items. I'm running out of room to put my goodies!

Walgreens -
Spent 20.96 Saved 36.43

8 country crock margarine - sale 2/$3 used $1/2 coupons
4 rolls bounty basic - .39 each after Qs
Purse - $2.50 clearance
2 rolls wax paper was supposed to be .89c ea but she never took off the in ad coupon.
2 wag paper plates - .99c each
4 bottles pert plus - .51c overage each after Qs and ESR Q
2 Jane makeup B1G1 - used $2 Q, $1.49 for both

It really annoys me when there are mistakes on my receipt! It is always super busy in there and it happens all the time. (Unless my friend checks me out, 'cause she usually notices if something rings up wrong.) I'm not happy to have to go back and deal with the managers over $2, but I will because it's $2 I shouldn't have spent in the first place.

Price Chopper - Why do I spend so much money here? :(
Spent $55.78, Saved 20.73

Worth mentioning:
Ragu B1G1 + some coupons (I had a few different ones.)
Swanson Broth B1G1 and used $1/6 Q
Crystal light $1.99, used 50c Q (doubled)
squash, .69c lb

Redners
Spent - $48.19 Saved $5.72 (Qs only) Gatorade - $16.45 (5 gallons)

Worth Mentioning:
Cascade rise- used free item coupon
Swiss miss hot chocolate - 10/$10 sale
4 boxes of poptarts - .75c each after sale and Qs
nearly 5lb apples, .68c/lb

Price Chopper and Redners, doing some stocking up

Price Chopper -

Spent - $72.09 Saved $53.19

The loot worth mentioning -
14 green giant boxed veggies - $1 a box after coupon
18 knorr lipton sides - 66c each after coupon
1 roll marcel tp (used free item Q)
3 bags green giant steamers - 79c a bag after coupon
2 Top care alcohol wipes .29c each after store coupon
3 packages reduced produce, 2 of bananas 1 of green peppers about $3.30 for all
3 whole chickens 88c/lb
box of whiskas cat food pouches - $1.99 after doubled pet Q

Redners

Spent - $65.31 Saved - $8 (Qs only) Gatorade - $13.16 (four gallon)

Deals worth mentioning

Yesterdays News Litter - .59 (used free item Q, but they only take up to $5 at this store)
cooking onions -69c/lb
2 gallons vinegar $1.89 each
2 large pumpkins at $3.98 each
smuckers uncrustables - used free item Q
turkey breast $4.98/lb

Now, I'll explain about the gatorade. I buy mass quantities of it unfortunately. I've decided to stop counting it with my spending/savings unless for some reason I find more coupons for it. I feel it really makes my savings inacurate. From now on I will be listing when, how much and the total price for all gatorade purchased.

Walgreens and Redners

Walgreens -
6 Blue diamond Almonds, b1g1, used 3 $1/2 Qs
domino sugar $1.99, used 55c Q

Clearance stuff - 2 pair slippers $1.99 each
5 t-shirts - they were all marked 62c!
2 packs of large die-cuts 80c each
large sticker book 80c

Spent 18.56, saved $18.59. I should get some money back from the almonds if MIL wants em.

Redners - spend $43.23, saved $23 in Qs. (No store card here.)
4 gallons of gatorade, used $3/1 Q. 29cents each! Sadly now I am out of gatorade Qs.. :(
3 whole chickens, on sale for 88c/lb.
purina yesterday's news litter - used free item Q, but they only take frees up to $5, so it was 59c
2 boxes whiskas pouches - used $2/1 Qs

Two days ago, Ryan's computer broke. :( This means we're sharing until we find out the cause of the problem. I will be very limited in online time until it's fixed.

Price Chopper and Redners from yesterday

Unfortunately for the blog, I have cut down on shopping a little.

Redners -
Spend $47.93, saved $8.99 in Qs (no store card here) most of this was gatorade and a gallon of vegtable oil at $8.99

worth mentioning-
Ziploc baggies - used free item Q
Gatorade - used $3/1 Q so one of them was only 29cents!! yeah!!!
shakey cheese - $1.99

Price Chopper
Spent $44.78, saved $12.81

worth mentioning -
butter $1.88 for 1lb
i cant believe its not butter spread - use free item Q
breakfast breaks - unmarked but rang up $1.31 , used B1G1 Q

Shopping hard or Hardly shopping?

Today I hit 5 stores , plus the post office, dentist and lunch.

Walgreens:
zipper binder: $3.24
wag rubbing alcohol .99c
flipflops (for me) .49c
3 colgate toothpaste 2.99 used wag Q that brought them to .99c, used 3 $1/1 = 3c overage
crest prohealth $3.79 used $1/1 Q
Used $4.50 RR from last week's mouthwash deal.

Paid $3.71 on a gift card and will get $3.79 back from rebate on the crest.

Dollar Tree:
2pk cooling rack, 3 packs of foam stickers, googley eyes, pipe cleaners, 6 kindy /1st grade workbooks , sponge mop and package of oatmeal cookies.

Spend $14.78

Aldi's

So, I actually haven't been in Aldi's in quite a while until today. Definately not since I started "hardcore couponing" in January. They don't take coupons and the one closer to me is kind of dirty/messy. However, the other one, which is a bit further away is super clean and I will definately be going back there. I need to get some more reusable grocery bags so I don't have to buy bags there. They are only 10c and much more durable then a regular plastic grocery bag atleast. I also need to start remembering to take the two fabric bags I *do* have and start using them. Most stores around here give a small bag credit. Every bit counts right? Anyway..

My mom got some things too, but I ended up paying for them since she took DD out to the car. I spent $33.08.

Some of the things I got:
maraschino cherries - 99c (yummmy)
2 cans water chestnuts -55c ea (ew, but for MIL and I've never seen them for less then $1.50)
3 plastic aldi bags -10c ea
Powdered Sugar - 99c
2 brown sugar - 99c ea
4 tomato sauce 23c ea
4 tomato paste 35c ea
Flour - $2.23
Granulated Sugar - $2.14
Poptarts - $1.69 (This was a large box for less then the small generic box at PC!)
3 8oz blocks of cheese - $1.99 (not a great price IMO but I have none.)

Redner's
2 goodlife catfood bags - $4.50 each used two $2/1
10 packs purrfectly fish cat food 55c ea used 5B1G1 Qs
2 jars chopped garlic - $1.98 ea
8pk scott paper towels $4.59, used $1 Q
some other things, not nessisarly great deals, including $17 of gatorade

Spent $49.00 saved $7.75 in Qs (no club card for this store)

Price Chopper
Spent $75.66 Saved $21.36

Everytime I post a PC blog, I think about how I need to be more picky at Price Chopper. I seem to always spend the most in this store.

The highlights:

B1G1 Ravioli (usually the only time I buy it.
3 bags of limes (2lbs each) 80c
London Broil B1G1 (it was about $8 for two)
5lbs rice for winter stockpile
Fun clearence items. Some for me, some for a friend. But... she reads my blog.. and they're for Christmas.


My messup:
$15 (after coupons) worth of fruit snacks. I got my brands messed up and was thinking I was going to get an additonal CAT for $3.50 off. I'm actually considering taking these back, but DD loves them and I know she would be upset. Don't know what to do about this. I need to be more careful. (And let MIL buy the fruit snacks from Sam's Club.. They're frickin free that way!)

Overall spend about $160 today. If you're wondering what I intend to do 6lbs of limes.. I cut them in half and use them to clean my garbage disposal between using the cleansing tablets. Actually, I usually use lemons but any citrus fruit would work. So I'll freeze them and have a nice clean smelling garbage disposal for a long time.

Price Chopper and Redner's

Not pictured : three bags of chips (wouldn't fit in the picture) and two drinks (we drank 'em) one small bag of cat food (I forgot to put it in.. ) and $15 of stuff my friend took home. Oh and one box of pizza bites she took home by accident.

Redners -
Spent $57.12 Saved $19.50 in coupons. They don't do a store card at this store.

Steals and Deals -
mint tea bags 2/$5 (better then full price and these will last awhile)
red onions .78c/lb
success rice .85c/ea (50c/1 coupons)
ramen noodles 6/$1
Totino's pizza rolls .50c/ea ($1/2 coupons)
ronzoni pasta .25c/ea ($1/1 coupons)
Kraft easy mac cups .25c/ea ($1/2 Qs)


Price Chopper
Spent $32.75 saved $24.11

Steals and Deals -
success rice .69c/ea (.50c Qs, this store doubles)
kraft easy mac cups .50c/ea ($1/2 Qs)
bananas .38c/lb
package of plum tomatoes on reduced produce .67c
tomato sauce and crushed tomatoes .68c/ea
crossants on reduced bakery rack $1.60
meow mix wet cat food FREE! (free item Q)
3 rolls marcel tp FREE! (3 free item Qs)


I really think I could do better with food shopping, but I'll take the deals I can get for stuff we actually eat. I now have 28 (1lb) boxes of pasta in my stockpile closet. This doesn't include open boxes in the kitchen or any pasta in bags. I think I am at my limit on that before I run out of space. (Remember I live in a small 2br apartment.) Anyone want to come over for a spaghetti dinner?

A whole 'lotta shoppin'

Walgreen's, Redner's and Big Lots

Walgreen's
2 -3lb epsom salts sale $1.50 each
1 excedrin migrane 24 ct - 99cents
2 boxes tuf trash bags - $3.99/B1G1

The Excedrin was supposed to be $1.99 with $1 RR, but it did not print so I was refunded $1.
They also did not have the satincare shaving cream that was $1.99 with $3RR WYB 3, so I got a raincheck for it after the RR price. Better for me since they will be free the next time the Qs come out.

OOP - $8.22
Saved - $9.97

Redner's

5 gatorade - $3.29 each
1 large bottle lemon juice - 99 cents (winter stock up)
whiskas cat food 12pk -$5.29 (YIKES! This was full price!)
Magazine - $1.99
pack of cup hooks 99cents

OOP - $25.32

Big Lots

Napkins $1
Men's shorts $4
2pk girls tank top $2
Hello Kitty DVD - $3
Strawberry shortcake DVD -$4
2 chow mein noodle meals -80c each (not pictured, picked these up for a friend)
2 shelf stable milks $1 each
candy for DD 50c

OOP - $18.58

The DVDs are for Christmas for Mercedes. Ryan had been asking me to look for deals on elastic waist shorts for around the house. To bad they only had 1 pair in his size.



Price Chopper - I'm almost to embarrased to post this because it wasn't a very frugal trip. I desperately need cat litter and it was on sale.

PC brand cat litter - $4.99
gallon of chocolate milk - $3.60
garbage disposal cleaner - $2.69 (will last several months)
2 quarts superskim milk - $1.39 each
package of pork chops - $3.51 (not on sale but was asked to get them)
mint tea bags - $3.29 (I am sooo addicted to these. )

Spent - $20.86, saved 70 cents.

I actually did not use *any* coupons today. I am shocked, but really it was things I needed or walgreen's brand items that did obviously not have Manufactor Qs. I am out of shopping budget until next paydate (other then my planned Wag's trip next week) so I do not plan to be shopping until then. Hopefully I will be posting some other things between now and then to my poor neglected blog.

Redner's , Price Chopper and Walgreen's

Usual excuse for no pictures. :(

Redners - OOP 13.37

3 gallons gatorade $3.29 each
Kosher Salt - $1.61
Black Pepper - $1.89

Price Chopper - Spent $40.25, Saved $41.42

Deals worth mentioning..

10 boxes sani-hands wipes - sale $1.28, used 10 $1/1 coupons
PC brand noodles - 88¢
Bic twin plus razors B1G2 $3.99 (these are for a friend. I have *enough* razors)
Kraft BBQ sauce - sale 88¢


Walgreens

I intended to do 2 separate transactions, but it was really busy while we were there so I just rang it up all together.

Mom's stuff -
9 foldger's coffee on sale for $2.99, used 3 $1/3 coupons ($23.91)
can of cashews $6.99 (Yikes!)
2 cans almonds, B1G1 $3.49
1 wag ultra brand TP 6-pack $1.99
OOP - $36.38 (including tax)

6 glade oil warmers, b1g1 sale, b1g1 coupons -- FREE!
6 boxes puffs tissues, sale 89¢ , used 2 $1/3 Qs - $3.34
6 reach toothbrushes, $1 sale, used 6 $1/1 coupons -- FREE!
2 cans almonds, B1G1, used $1/2 coupon - $2.49
1 wag TP 6 pack $1.99
10 dawn dish soap, sale 99¢ , used 5 $1/2 coupons $4.90
6 rolls scotch tape, sale 3/$1 - $2.00

Total $14.72, used $8 worth of RR from last week
OOP - $6.72

My total savings were $96.87. I think that's the closest I've ever came to $100 in savings at walgreens.

Quick trip to Redner's

3 packs luv's jumbo - $7.59 each , used $5/1 Qs on each
50 packs of koolaid - sale 10 cents each
3 friskies cat treats - used free item Q
3 gallons gatorade $3.29 each

OOP - $24.31 + tax