TOTAL: 55.80
I'm sure in Texas, I would have netted a lot more for $55.80, but for up here in the NE - it's not a bad showing there! If you are wondering what is on the list:
Bananas
Rhubarb
Mushrooms
2 lbs of Strawberries
Apples
Kiwi
Blueberries
Mediterranean Olives
2 packages of hotdogs
A sunday paper
2 mayonnaises
1 swanson beef broth
skimpy butter (splurge, not on sale but Michael wants to make cookies today so there it is)
Dozen eggs (could have bought 2 dozen eggs for the price of that 1, but the ones on sale were out and we needed eggs for said cookies)
Bag of steamfresh mixed vegetables
Bag of steamfresh brown/wild rice with broccoli/carrots
24 frigo cheese sticks
2 roaster chickens (each 7 lbs)
12 pack of apple juice
2 packs of Materne squeezable applesauces (French and one of Michael's favorites)
Hallmark is next to my grocery store, so I popped in there.
I bought this game for Michael - an African animal quiz game along with a whole tube full of little African animals to play around with on the ground:
I also purchased 1 card to celebrate 1st communion, 1 small gift sac, Melissa and Doug's wooden fruit cutting tray, 5 Christian themed cards of various sentiments (birthday/sympathy/friendship), and a set of 10 thank you cards.Grand total? $22 - AFTER taxes. Retail cost: $62
I was pretty proud of my deal finding. Brian thought that NO money should have been spent in the first place. Party pooper.
Target has some great grocery deals for my area this week. Milk at $2.96 (astronomically cheap for here - my milk normally costs me $4 a gallon). Plus some great $5 gift card deals, which when partnered with coupons basically ends up with some pretty great deals on personal care items. You can pretty much bet, I pay between $0.00 to $1 for each of our toiletries. Free for suave branded stuff - $1 for Aveeno/fancier brand stuff.
I don't think I have talked about how much I love couponing. It is really fun getting great deals on items I actually used. Like this week, I'll be getting 3 rolls of scotch tape for free at Walgreens when I partner printed coupons from 3M with the Walgreen coupons this week.
Money Saving Mom has changed my life and my spending habits and reintroduced to me the fact that I can get great deals on stuff and save a ton of money. :)
All - to buy paint for our rooms, nightstands, plants for the outside/etc. Oh yes - to pay for all the grownup things we need - like our water neutralization tank that busted. NICE.
How much are basic items in your area? Like a gallon of milk, a loaf of bread, a dozen eggs, 1 avocado, 2 lbs of strawberries, cost of bananas per lb. Let's see who answers this question!!!
Love,
P
3 comments:
Okay- after watching Extreme Couponing (on our sling box) I am ALL about some savings when we get back to the US. You can be my sensei.I love hearing about savings!!!
Master P
I bought milk from Costco three weeks ago. I got a gallon for $3.50 I think. I always buy cage free eggs because I watched Food Inc on Netflix and I feel bad for the chickens. Cage free eggs cost about $4.00. Bananas I pay about 0.49 cents a pound. I get my avocados from Trader Joes. They cost 0.70 cents each if you get a bag of them. Great post by the way. Do you roast your chickens? Or do you butcher them yourself and do other things with them. Buying them whole is so much cheaper than buying parts but I am too lazy to butcher.
I am not a mom but I do love a good bargain.
Dirty
Thank you for posting ladies! I am impressed with your devotion to the blog.
Devina, I do roast my own chickens, but it involves 7 tbspn of butter.
However, I do not buy entire chickens and hack them up as an Asian person would with a butcher knife. I just wait for the parts to go on sale. I usually buy thighs/drumsticks/quarters for $0.99/lb and chicken breasts for $1.99 a lb. Buy, freeze, cook, eat, repeat.
Good tip with the trader joe's avocados. I paid $2 for one last week and almost burst into tears at the cash register.
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