Super Savings Saturday: 12/4

I definitely needed to do some grocery shopping this week...we were completely out of ground beef! We also needed cheese - life would stop at our house if we didn't have cheese. :)

Walgreens (last weekend)
(1) Nivea shave gel FREE (on sale for 2.99, receive 2.99 Jingle Cash & used it in my second transaction)
(2) Tuf paper towel rolls, .50/ea. (on sale with ad coupon 2/1.00)
(2) Welch's sparkling juice 1.00/ea. (on sale 2/5.00, used 1.00/2 Walgreens coupon and 2.00/2 printable coupon)
(1) Vaseline lotion .99 (on sale for 1.99, used 1.00/1 coupon)
Total: 4.56 (I essentially only paid for the paper towels, juice and lotion, which I was already planning on buying!)

Walgreens (Wed.) - I used a Friends & Family coupon on both transactions.
Transaction #1
(4) M&M's .87/ea. (4/10.00 and received 5.00 Jingle Cash, which I used on my next transaction)
(1) Advil FREE (free product coupon from company)
(1) Cottonelle Fresh Wipes FREE (free product coupon from company)
Total: 9.30

Transaction #2
(1) Colgate Total toothpaste FREE (on sale for 2.00, used 1.00/1 Wags coupon and 1.00/1 man. coupon)
(2) Campbell's Chunky soup 0.85/ea. (on sale for 1.50/ea. and used 1.00/2 coupon)
(2) Capri Sun, 10 ct. 1.85/ea.
Total: 1.68

Walmart
(1) Triscuit Thin Crisps FREE (free product coupon from company)
(1) Triscuit Thin Crisps 0.73 (on sale for 1.98, used 1.25 man. coupon)
(2) Minute Maid orange juice 1.53/ea.
(6) Yoplait Light yogurt 0.51/ea. (0.58 reg. price, used .40/6 man. coupon)
Total: 6.87

Aldi
(2) tortilla chips .99/ea.
(2) potato chips 1.29/ea.
(1) Shredded cheese, 16 oz. 3.19
(1) block cheese, 8 oz. 1.79
(1) baby carrots, 1 lb. .99
(1) margarine quarters .59
(1) butter quarters 2.28
(1) cream cheese, 8 oz. .89
(1) 10 pound bag potatoes 2.49
Total: 16.78

Copps
Transaction #1 - I am here to tell you that I rocked the GM cereal deal this time!
(3) Honey Nut Chex .87/ea. (I bought 6 boxes total. I got 10.00 off automatically at checkout. I also had [3] 1.00/2 coupons, all of which doubled. Wow!)
(1) Rice Chex .87/ea.
(2) Corn Chex .87/ea.
(1) Wheat Thins Stix FREE (free product coupon from company)
(6 lbs.) ground beef 1.88/lb. = 9.71 (used [2] .50/1 coupons, and both doubled)
Total: 12.36

Transaction #2
(1) Reynold's foil, 55 sq. ft. .99 (on sale for 2.99, used 1.00/1 coupon, which doubled)
(4) Sierra Mist 2 liters .75/ea. (on sale for 1.00 each, used 1.00/4 hangtag coupon)
(2) Birdseye vegetables .25/ea. (on sale for 1.25 each, used [2] .50/1 coupons, both of which doubled)
(2) Michelina's mac 'n cheese wheels 1.00/ea.
(1 lb.) Pizza/Italian sausage 3.49/lb.
(1) Roundy's large dozen eggs FREE (received free through the GM cereal deal)
(1) Gallon milk FREE (received free through the GM cereal deal)
Total: 13.93

Aldi (trip #2)
(1) Almond bark 1.99
(1) Pretzels 1.29
Total: 3.28

Walmart (trip #2)
(1) Bakery reduction 1.80
(2) Zantac, 8 ct. 1.46/ea. (regular price 4.46, used [2] 3.00/1 coupons)
Total: 4.72

Burnstad's
(2) Ener G GF pretzels 2.09/ea.
Total: 4.18

Total spending for the first week of December: 77.66

Total Christmas spending: 146.44
We are nearly done - only one person left!