Weekly and Monthly totals ending July 31, 2010

Grocery:
Purina One cat food(7lbs)
Chef Boyardee ravioli, etc x8
GardeIn "chicken tenders"
GardeIn "beefless tips" (can't help it, I still love vegetarian food)
Mars candy bars variety pack 25ct (yes that's 25 candy bars!)
Publix hotdog buns
Thomas english muffins x2
Publix eggs
Berio olive oil
Knorr rice sides x2
Publix mandarin oranges x2
Publix raisins 6 pack
Sunmaid raisins 6 pack
Kellogs poptarts x6
Spent: $28.31
Saved: $57.29

Drugstore:
Pampers diapers 82ct x2
Kotex U
Biotrue saline solution x2
Spent: $9.99 Saved: $48.96

Total spent: $38.30
Total saved: $106.25

July totals:
Spent:$191.49
Saved: $533.38

So far so good on my goal of $50 a week including diapers and drugstore spending.

~All thanks to God!~

Weekly totals ending 7/23/10

Grocery:
Cottonelle toilet paper
Lysol cleaner x4
Spray and Wash
Smart Balance milk x5
Idaho potatoes x3
Canned tomatoes x2
Philadelphia cream cheese x5
Chef Boyardee (ravioli etc) x8
bananas
Campbells Spaghettios x12
Lean Cuisine x13
Tombstone pizza x4
Kraft shredded cheese x6
Kroger mushrooms
Dixie paper plates x2
Dole orange/pineapple juice
OreIda tator tots
Gatorade x9
Act II popcorn(large box) x2
Kroger milk
Luvs diapers Mega pack(52ct)
Total spent: 62.18
Total saved: 133.14 (68%)

Drugstore:
Celsius green tea
M&M(single pack) x2
Huggies diapers (31ct)
Schick Quatro razor(love this thing!)
Total spent: 3.49
Total saved: 30.26

~All thanks to God!~

Hey lady...THAT'S FIVE DOLLARS!

So today, I was behind a lady in Kroger with a buggy full of groceries and her bill was $162. Her buggy was not overflowing, but was full. I saw that the cashier was kind enough to hand her a "$5 off your next order" catalina coupon. What a nice cashier! The woman took the coupon, shoved it in her purse, paid her outrageous $162 grocery bill and walked away. I asked the cashier, "did that woman just walk away with a coupon you gave her, and didn't use it?" She said "Yes! And it was for $5!" She told me that people use the self checkouts and walk away and leave the catalina coupons behind, all the time! I told her that hurt me. I was actually torn between crying and throwing up. I guess I don't understand people who won't even try to use a coupon. Don't they understand it is free money? It is actually another form of currency! I walked through the parking lot shaking my head, thinking...do you have any idea how far I could have stretched that five dollars?!!!
BTW...I used 2 catalinas and other coupons on my second order and got 8 gatorades, 2 tombstone pizzas, and a pack of 52 diapers for $6. Yeah, I could have stretched that five bucks way out!

Weekly totals (week ending 7/16/10)

Late posting. Had out of town company this weekend! I did a stock up on chicken, gatorades, deodorant and toilet paper. I was even able to buy some fresh fruit. Lots of goodies found this week! Here's the totals.

Grocery:
Lindsay black olives x2
Hershey syrup x6
Lenders bagels
Olive oil
Fiber One poptarts x3
Bayer aspirin x2
Kellogs Fiber plus cereal x2
Contessa frozen meals in a bag x3
Green Giant frozen corn
Green Giant frozen rice
Kraft Homestyle mac&cheese in a bag (new product!)
ElMonterey Tornados x4
32oz Gatorades x30
Boneless skinless chicken breast 8lbs
12 pack Cottonelle toilet paper
Simply potatoes x2
Whitehouse applejuice
Publix fruit cocktail
Bic Soleil razor 4pk x3
Pampers wipes x3
Green grapes 1lb
Strawberries
Nectarines x5
Pepperoni
2ltr Sprite Zero
Coffee creamer

Spent: $66.69
minus $10 Kraft foods rebate received this week = $56.69
Saved: $147.93 (72%)


Drugstore:
(For a photo click here)
12 pack Cottonelle toilet paper
Complete contact lens solution
Suave deodorant x5
Suave shampoo x2
Suave body wash
John Frieda shampoo
John Frieda hair gel
pencil (Walgreens filler item)
Papermate pens

Order subtotals: $36.61
Minus coupons/RRs/EBs: -$35.79
New total spent: $0.82
Total drugstore savings (incl sales) $46.80

Grand totals:
Spent $57.51
Saved $194.73 (77%)
Still have the $12.49 over budget from last week!

~All thanks to God!~

Drugstore Show and Tell

What's more inspiring than to actually see the savings, right? Well, here is a photo show and tell that I hope inspires you to learn how to get out there and take advantage of all the great drugstore deals!

Today at Walgreens and CVS I got the following:

12 pack Cottonelle toilet paper
Complete contact lens solution
Suave deodorant x5
Suave shampoo x2
Suave body wash
John Frieda shampoo
John Frieda hair gel
pencil (Walgreens filler item)
Papermate pens

Order subtotals: $36.61
Minus coupons/RRs/EBs: -$35.79
New total: $0.82
Plus tax: $2.41
Total cash amount I paid = $3.23

And I still have $12 in CVS Extra Bucks to use next week!

~All thanks to God!~

Weekly totals July 9

It's Thursday night. But I don't plan on doing any shopping tomorrow. So, I wanted to go ahead and post my totals while I had a chance. If I shop tomorrow, I will come back and edit the list and totals.
I came in under budget this week. Which means I have $20 extra to go over budget on another week this month, if I need it.
No drugstore deals this week. Just Publix. Not a huge list of items here. Not the best sales week ever. But I'm always stocking my pile!

Here is what I bought:
Publix sourdough bread
Publix Italian bread
Kraft sliced cheese x2 packs (sliced cheese freezes great!)
Curly's BBQ chicken
Mojo sauce
Edy's ice cream x2
Carvel ice cream cake
Publix honey wheat bread x2 loaves (remember bread freezes too)
Kraft sandwich shop mayo x3 bottles
Oreo multi pack
Nutter Butter multi pack
Fig newton multi pack
Teddy Grahams multi pack
(the multi packs are normally $6 each!!)
Simply potatoes x2 bags (can't wait to try these)
Digornio deep dish pizza(single serving)
Mussleman applesauce
Publix fruit cocktail
Ziploc small storage bags
Ziploc large freezer bags
Bumble Bee Tuna x4 cans
Disney Handy Manny children's book
Disney Winnie Pooh children's book
Total spent: $30
Total saved $69 (70%)

CVS has some really good deals coming up next week. So, I am glad to have $20 extra to play around at the drugstores with!

~All thanks to God!~

Weekly and year to date Totals

I am back to tracking my spending! So far this year, from January to the end of March my totals were:
Grocery spending, $728 saved $1157 That averages to spending $60 a week. (I know I can do better now!!!)
Drugstore spending, $128 saved $559 Yes, can definitely do way better than that these days!

Unfortunately I did not track from April through June. But, I will be reporting in each week, for the rest of the year.

This week's groceries:
I won't list my items every week. But just for a little inspiration and for the newbies, this is everything I bought with the totals at the bottom...

Purina One cat food (7lb bag)
Kraft dressing x2 bottles
Kraft cheese singles x2 packs
Publix Italian bread
Publix sourdough bread
Mueller macaroni x2 boxes
Betty Crocker potatoes x2 boxes
Muir Glenn tomato sauce
Visine x6 bottles
French's mustard
All laundry detergent x2 bottles
Morningstar Farms veggie sausage x5 boxes (normally this is $4 a box!)
Reynolds tinfoil 35 sq ft x2 rolls
Gatorade 64oz
Lysol wipes x2 bottles
Sundown vitamin D x2 bottles
Thomas english muffins x3 packs
18 pack of eggs
2 ltr Cokes(assorted) x12 bottles
Gatorade 32oz x15 bottles
Kroger shredded cheddar x2 bags
Kraft mac&cheese x5 boxes
CapriSun juice
Kraft 100 calorie cheese bites
Suave shampoo x2 bottles
Kroger frozen biscuits

Total spent: $48.27
Total saved $137
Giving me a 74% savings.

Drugstore spending: $0(only paid .37 in tax) and saved $16.55. That was a CVS trip that included 8 rolls Bounty paper towels, laundry detergent and 6 individual bags of M&Ms.

~All thanks to God!~
Blessings are meant to be shared.