Saturday, January 29, 2011

Super Savings Saturday 1/29

This week was absolutely insane! We got back on Tuesday night at approximately 3:00 p.m. and hit the ground running immediately! The refrigerator has been almost bare since before we left, but I didn't make it to the grocery store until Friday afternoon. Thanks to some creative menu planning and making the most of what little we did have, we still managed to eat this week (and we only ate out once, on the night we got back!).

Schnucks (while on our trip)
(1) Orange juice 1.79
(1) Pomegranate tea 2.50
Total: 4.45

Walgreens (also on our trip)
(2) Capri Sun 1.50 ea. (on sale for 2.50 each, used 1.00/2 Walgreens coupon plus 1.00/2 man. coupon)
(2) Walgreens Vitamin C (250 ct. each) 7.99 total (on sale for B1G1 free)
Total: 11.65

Kwik Trip
(1) Breakfast sausage 3.19 (I was not the one who bought this...)
(1) Half gallon milk 1.79
Total: 4.98

Dollar General
(1) Tortilla chips 3.00
Total: 3.00

Walmart
(2) Minute Maid OJ 1.53 ea.
(1) Bakery reduction 1.80
(1) GV sharp cheddar block 4.08
(1) Oscar Mayer beef franks 3.00
(4) Buddig lunch meat (2 oz. each) 0.33 ea. (reg. price .58, used 1.00/4 coupon)
(1) Yoplait original FREE (used free product coupon)
(4) Yoplait light 0.38 ea. (on rollback for .50, used .50/4 coupon)
(6) Glade Winter Collection sprays FREE (on clearance for 1.00 ea., used [2] 3.00/3 coupons!)
(3) Glade Plug-in Oil Refill FREE (on clearance for 1.00 ea., used 3.00/3 coupon!)
Total: 15.26

Aldi
(1) French onion dip 1.09
(3) Tortilla chips .99 each
(3) Potato chips 1.29 each
(3 lbs.) Onions .89
(2 lbs.) Carrots 1.29
(1) Shredded cheddar, 16 oz. 2.79
Total: 12.90

Burnstad's
(1) Wheat bread 1.49
(1) Flavorite shredded mozzarella, 8 oz. 2.00
(3) Yotastic yogurt cups .30 each
(4) Old Orchard frozen concentrate .63 each (on sale for .88 ea., used 1.00/4 printable)
(2) Hunt's ketchup, 24 oz. .88 each
(6 lbs.) Ground chuck 2.69/lb.
(1.5 lbs.) Burnstad's bacon 4.49
Total: 29.00

Total spending for this week: 81.24
Total spending for January: 175.71
We did end up slightly over-budget. I had expected this might happen since I knew were traveling. Thankfully, we are still significantly under budget in general!

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