Today I spent a grand total of 1.96 on grocery items at 3 stores (no extra gas because I was on the way home from already scheduled errands (ie: a trip to the mall)).
I came home with:
2 colgate toothbrushes (giant eagle)
2 scotch tapes (cvs)
2 bbq sauces (shop n save)
Thats an average of: 33 cents an item!
What is your latest shopping success?
Showing posts with label grocery shopping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grocery shopping. Show all posts
Friday, 24 June 2011
Sunday, 19 June 2011
Busy, Busy!
You can tell that my life has gotten busier, now that the snow is melted, because although I have made it my goal to post every day I always mess up on the weekend!
Friday I was just busy with work and doing things around the house.
Yesterday we went car shopping to try and replace my outlander and went to Mike's grandfather's/aunt and uncle's house. We chilled on the porch drinking sweet tea out of mason jars! It was great. We found a few cars we wouldn't mind buying but nothing that we really wanted.
Today I had to work at the grocery store and ended up staying over an hour. I came home, called my father and wished him a happy father's day, ate a boston butt my husband cooked, did laundry, clipped a tiny amount of coupons out of the paper and laughed over the comics. I love the one that poked fun at Oprah, and the Family Circus was really cute too.
Before heading home I scored a good deal at Giant Eagle
Hamburger Helper is usually $2 each.
This week the sale is $1 each. If you buy 5 you get a coupon for $3 off any brand of beef, chicken or tuna.
I bought six and used two coupons for a total of $3 off.
6-3=$3 +$3 Meat coupon= essentially free!!
PS: Do you have any good dessert recipes that don't use the oven?
OH! And please don't forget to vote!https://www.mkmakeovercontest.com/US/EN/Gallery/?Id=53f2b265-c360-4b5d-9187-c3555c67e994
Friday I was just busy with work and doing things around the house.
Yesterday we went car shopping to try and replace my outlander and went to Mike's grandfather's/aunt and uncle's house. We chilled on the porch drinking sweet tea out of mason jars! It was great. We found a few cars we wouldn't mind buying but nothing that we really wanted.
Today I had to work at the grocery store and ended up staying over an hour. I came home, called my father and wished him a happy father's day, ate a boston butt my husband cooked, did laundry, clipped a tiny amount of coupons out of the paper and laughed over the comics. I love the one that poked fun at Oprah, and the Family Circus was really cute too.
Before heading home I scored a good deal at Giant Eagle
Hamburger Helper is usually $2 each.
This week the sale is $1 each. If you buy 5 you get a coupon for $3 off any brand of beef, chicken or tuna.
I bought six and used two coupons for a total of $3 off.
6-3=$3 +$3 Meat coupon= essentially free!!
PS: Do you have any good dessert recipes that don't use the oven?
OH! And please don't forget to vote!https://www.mkmakeovercontest.com/US/EN/Gallery/?Id=53f2b265-c360-4b5d-9187-c3555c67e994
Thursday, 9 June 2011
I Have More Street Smarts Than You Care to Admit
Certain people in my life (namely my father, sister and husband) are always getting on me because I like to read and the fact that I'm a little short changed when it common sense, and in fact they tend to form a relationship between the two which I think is dumb of them but anyway. I am not known for my street smarts, but I may have proven a few people wrong yesterday.
Here's the dealio:
A man got into my line and his total came to $2.12 and he handed me a $100 bill. I checked it and started to count out his change.
He stopped me and took back the $100 bill and put it in his pocket and said he had the $2.12 instead****.
Then he says to me that he doesn't have the $2 but gave me the 12 cents and asked me for $98 change instead. So I count out the $98 and set it on top of my register (At this point I knew what was going on and waas making sure to be extra cautious). I asked him for the $100 bill.
He told me he gave it to me. I said no you didn't. He told me to look in the bottom of my drawer, that he watched me out it there. I put my hand over the changed and quickly flipped through the bills. I told him I put it there when he first handed it to me and then he put it in his pocket and never gave it back to me.
He handed me $2 and left.
**** Indicates when I first realized what was happening. Bells went off in my head beacause I read an article about how conartists try to swindle hot dog vendors out of extra cash by confusing them about what bills were given to them by trading the money back and forth a lot during the transaction
1 Mrs. BOOK SMARTS 0 Mr. Street Smart Loser
Take that!
Here's the dealio:
A man got into my line and his total came to $2.12 and he handed me a $100 bill. I checked it and started to count out his change.
He stopped me and took back the $100 bill and put it in his pocket and said he had the $2.12 instead****.
Then he says to me that he doesn't have the $2 but gave me the 12 cents and asked me for $98 change instead. So I count out the $98 and set it on top of my register (At this point I knew what was going on and waas making sure to be extra cautious). I asked him for the $100 bill.
He told me he gave it to me. I said no you didn't. He told me to look in the bottom of my drawer, that he watched me out it there. I put my hand over the changed and quickly flipped through the bills. I told him I put it there when he first handed it to me and then he put it in his pocket and never gave it back to me.
He handed me $2 and left.
**** Indicates when I first realized what was happening. Bells went off in my head beacause I read an article about how conartists try to swindle hot dog vendors out of extra cash by confusing them about what bills were given to them by trading the money back and forth a lot during the transaction
1 Mrs. BOOK SMARTS 0 Mr. Street Smart Loser
Take that!
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
Coupon High!
Today I racked up on cleaning supplies at Giant Eagle.
Here's how it went down:
1st Transaction
Charmin Sales Price: 2 for $13
- .25 ecoupon
-$1 mfg coupon
= 11.75 + (-3 OYNO)
2nd Transaction
Cascade Action Packs Sale Price: 2 for $8
Mr Clean Sale Price: 2 for $5
-.25 cascade ecoupon
-.75 -.75 mr. clean coupon doubled
-.75 -.75 mr. clean coupon doubled
-.50 -.50 cascade coupon doubled
-.50-.50 cascade coupon doubled
-$3 OYNO Coupon
=5.23 + (-5 OYNO)
Third Transaction
20 GE Yogurts Sale Price: 20 for $10
2 Yopliat Yogurts reg price: .70 each
- 10% worker discount on GE yougurt
-$5 OYNO Coupon
=$4.95
Grand Total Spent: 21.93
Grand Total Saved: 16.09
I saved 42%!Thats not too bad considering my goal is 60%
I'm telling you this stuff is addicting. But one of the biggest things I've learned right now is pay attention- and save up. Don't use your coupons the Monday after you clip them and pay attention to store sales, clearances and randomly placed coupons.
One more tip: Don't leave your car keys by the Cascade.
Here's how it went down:
1st Transaction
Charmin Sales Price: 2 for $13
- .25 ecoupon
-$1 mfg coupon
= 11.75 + (-3 OYNO)
2nd Transaction
Cascade Action Packs Sale Price: 2 for $8
Mr Clean Sale Price: 2 for $5
-.25 cascade ecoupon
-.75 -.75 mr. clean coupon doubled
-.75 -.75 mr. clean coupon doubled
-.50 -.50 cascade coupon doubled
-.50-.50 cascade coupon doubled
-$3 OYNO Coupon
=5.23 + (-5 OYNO)
Third Transaction
20 GE Yogurts Sale Price: 20 for $10
2 Yopliat Yogurts reg price: .70 each
- 10% worker discount on GE yougurt
-$5 OYNO Coupon
=$4.95
Grand Total Spent: 21.93
Grand Total Saved: 16.09
I saved 42%!Thats not too bad considering my goal is 60%
I'm telling you this stuff is addicting. But one of the biggest things I've learned right now is pay attention- and save up. Don't use your coupons the Monday after you clip them and pay attention to store sales, clearances and randomly placed coupons.
One more tip: Don't leave your car keys by the Cascade.
Monday, 6 June 2011
Coupons
Mike and I watch the Extreme Couponing show. It excites me and encourages me to try to match deals with my coupons and not just using the coupons alone.
My husband doesn't see the point in couponing unless you do it on an extreme scale. He doesn't get that if I save $10 a month that equals $100 a year and $500 in five years- just by cutting up the Sunday paper! He doesn't seem to see any value in that saved money because we're not directly applying that money to say our student loans or hotel reservations. I see it though. I know that I would love to have an extra $100 at the end of the year that I can use towards a goal- or even just an extra $100 to spend on higher priced items like fruit. And I definitely save more than $10 a month
Then he says "you're not saving money that way". Which is true in a sense but I am putting the saved money towards the fruit which we would otherwise go without- basically we're getting more for our money. I don't know what about that concept is hard to grasp. MEN!
Anyway, I scored a good deal at Giant Eagle today. They were havign a BOGO sale on razors and I had two coupons. One for three dollars off and one for two dollars off.
Original Price: 2 for 13.96
Sale Price: 2 for 6.98
After coupons: 2 for 1.98!
Thats around 85% savings! Which is really good considering a lot of my research has lead me to believe that couponing on the scale I currently do should save me an average of 60%. I think thats a good goal to shoot for.
I'm hoping to return to Giant Eagle tomorrow or Wednesday and score some good deals (OYNO coupons) on Charmin and Cascade and maybe yogurt! I'm going to also look into getting decent deals on much needed batteries (my voice recorder is dead!) and maybe free toothpaste.
What deals have you scored lately? What couponing tips do you have to share?
My husband doesn't see the point in couponing unless you do it on an extreme scale. He doesn't get that if I save $10 a month that equals $100 a year and $500 in five years- just by cutting up the Sunday paper! He doesn't seem to see any value in that saved money because we're not directly applying that money to say our student loans or hotel reservations. I see it though. I know that I would love to have an extra $100 at the end of the year that I can use towards a goal- or even just an extra $100 to spend on higher priced items like fruit. And I definitely save more than $10 a month
Then he says "you're not saving money that way". Which is true in a sense but I am putting the saved money towards the fruit which we would otherwise go without- basically we're getting more for our money. I don't know what about that concept is hard to grasp. MEN!
Anyway, I scored a good deal at Giant Eagle today. They were havign a BOGO sale on razors and I had two coupons. One for three dollars off and one for two dollars off.
Original Price: 2 for 13.96
Sale Price: 2 for 6.98
After coupons: 2 for 1.98!
Thats around 85% savings! Which is really good considering a lot of my research has lead me to believe that couponing on the scale I currently do should save me an average of 60%. I think thats a good goal to shoot for.
I'm hoping to return to Giant Eagle tomorrow or Wednesday and score some good deals (OYNO coupons) on Charmin and Cascade and maybe yogurt! I'm going to also look into getting decent deals on much needed batteries (my voice recorder is dead!) and maybe free toothpaste.
What deals have you scored lately? What couponing tips do you have to share?
Sunday, 6 March 2011
Gotta Love Bend and Dents
- antibotic bandaids
- 4-5 cans of Campbells soup
- hot chocolate
- popcorn
- 2 bags of chips
- dried black beans
- 2 boxes of ceral bars
- granola bars
- granulated sugar
- chocolate chips
- pb chips
- sweetned coconut
- 2 rice mixes
- a bag of seasoning for wings
- salsa
- enchilda sauce
- cream of chicken
- beef consome
- marshmallows
- peanut butter
- apple butter
- grape water
- ferror rocher candy
Sunday, 30 January 2011
Saturday's Adventure
Yesterday Mike and I drove down to Bedford, with the end goal of going to a wild game dinner at his sister's church. We stopped in at the bend and dent store on the way, and boy did we rack up.
We were able to get a few spices, brown sugar, Ghirardelli chocolate bars (!!), low cal chocolate pudding, several boxes of scallopped potatoes, a few cans of chicken noodle soup, several bags of potato chips/chex mix, 8-10 cans of beans, 1 bag of dried beans, 6 packets of yeast, apple juice, granola bars, niquil, cortozine cream, 2 bottles of centrum performance vitamins, bandaids, 2 bags of frozen perogies, 2 red baron frozen pizzas, ketchup, pineapples, apple pie filling and a handful of other things for aronnd $60.
The dinner was fabulous. my favorites were venison meatloaf and bbq pulled boar, and of course my SIL's PB pie. . I braved the porcupine and was then told it was chicken, so that was dissapointing, but everything was wondeful and we got to get out of the house/town for a day, which was even more wonderful to me.
Tomorrow I hope to make a menu from the things we bought and have in the freezer, go grocery shopping and call a few places to check the status of my applications.
How was your Saturday? What's the "wildest" thing you've eaten? Did you like it?
We were able to get a few spices, brown sugar, Ghirardelli chocolate bars (!!), low cal chocolate pudding, several boxes of scallopped potatoes, a few cans of chicken noodle soup, several bags of potato chips/chex mix, 8-10 cans of beans, 1 bag of dried beans, 6 packets of yeast, apple juice, granola bars, niquil, cortozine cream, 2 bottles of centrum performance vitamins, bandaids, 2 bags of frozen perogies, 2 red baron frozen pizzas, ketchup, pineapples, apple pie filling and a handful of other things for aronnd $60.
The dinner was fabulous. my favorites were venison meatloaf and bbq pulled boar, and of course my SIL's PB pie. . I braved the porcupine and was then told it was chicken, so that was dissapointing, but everything was wondeful and we got to get out of the house/town for a day, which was even more wonderful to me.
Tomorrow I hope to make a menu from the things we bought and have in the freezer, go grocery shopping and call a few places to check the status of my applications.
How was your Saturday? What's the "wildest" thing you've eaten? Did you like it?
Monday, 10 January 2011
Menu Planning Monday
I went grocery shopping today and managed to stay on budget! I did most of the shopping at ALDI and got almost everything we needed for two weeks for around $70. The I shopped at Giant Eagle and Dollar General for things like Dr. Pepper and the frozen lunchens Mike wanted.
So here's what we're eating for dinner (leftovers will be used for lunch the next day):
M- Breakfast for Dinner! This is one of my favorite meals.
Tu- Chickenburgers with fries.
W- Inside Out Stuffed Peppers
Th Spicy Crockpot Meatloaf and Scalloped Potatoes
F Quiche and black eye peas
Sa Mike's Day so probably Beer Butt Chicken
Sun- Tacos for Lunch, Kitchen Sink Dinner
M Cheddar Chicken with scalloped potatoes
Tu Veggie Fried Potatoes (like veggie fried rice)
W Chili
Th Broccoli Skillet
F Quiche
Sa Mike's Day or Frozen Pizza/Spaghetti
Su Mexican Casserole for Lunch, Kitchen Sink Dinner
I also plan on making a batch of corn chowder to have for lunches as well! And Mike wants me to make some Red Beet Eggs for him to snack on.
What are you eating this week?
So here's what we're eating for dinner (leftovers will be used for lunch the next day):
M- Breakfast for Dinner! This is one of my favorite meals.
Tu- Chickenburgers with fries.
W- Inside Out Stuffed Peppers
Th Spicy Crockpot Meatloaf and Scalloped Potatoes
F Quiche and black eye peas
Sa Mike's Day so probably Beer Butt Chicken
Sun- Tacos for Lunch, Kitchen Sink Dinner
M Cheddar Chicken with scalloped potatoes
Tu Veggie Fried Potatoes (like veggie fried rice)
W Chili
Th Broccoli Skillet
F Quiche
Sa Mike's Day or Frozen Pizza/Spaghetti
Su Mexican Casserole for Lunch, Kitchen Sink Dinner
I also plan on making a batch of corn chowder to have for lunches as well! And Mike wants me to make some Red Beet Eggs for him to snack on.
What are you eating this week?
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