Friday, July 16, 2010

New Budget Week, More Shopping!

[Flylady post is coming, just shopped today because I had to drop the kids off to swim with their grandparents and was trying to be a good steward of our gasoline!]

Went to Dillons, realized I forgot some coupons, but that's ok. I got it all done today! (Though the deals are pretty good right now. I may go back again this weekend.) Here's the first shopping stop of the day:

Did 2 rounds of the "buy 10 participating items, get $5 off" deal. Plus some other stuff.
Round one:
3 Gillette Shave Satin Care Shaving Cream at 2.00 less .50 (from the $5 off deal) less .75 coupon from recent insert multiplied to 1.00 = .50 each
3 Lady Speed Stick Deodorant at 1.50 less .50 ($5offdeal) less 1.00 printable coupon = free
3 Men's Degree deodorant at 2.00 less .50 (5offdeal) less .75 printable coupon multiplied to 1.00 = .50 each
1 Aquafresh for Kids at 1.50 less .50 (5offdeal) less 1.00 off printable = free
Pretax total: $3.00

Round two:
3 Keebler Wheatables at 2.29 less .50 (5offdeal) less 1.00 coupon = .79 each
2 Tombstone Pizzas at 2.99 less .50 (5offdeal) less 2.00 printable = .49 each *ONLY $2 at Walmart today!
1 Green Giant Frozen Veggie (Steamers) at 1.99 less .50 (5offdeal) less .55 printable multiplied to 1.00 = .49
1 Dano-nino Yogurt 6 pack at 2.29 less .50 (5offdeal) less 1.00 coupon = .79
1 Philadelphia Cream Cheese at 1.49 less .50 (5offdeal) less 1.00 coupon = free
2 L'oreal Kids shampoos (one Woody and one Jesse - my kids love Toy Story and I needed 2 more items!) 2.00 less .50 (5offdeal) less 1.00 printable = .50 each
Pretax total: $5.63

Scrubbing Bubbles catalina deal (could have been better, could be worse):
2 Toilet Cleaning Gels at 4.19 each
2 Disposable Toilet Brushes at 6.55 each
Used 2 b1 toilet cleaning gel, get 1 toilet brush free coupons. Got $2 catalina for buying 2 products - twice.
Used 2 $1off Scrubbing Bubbles bathroom cleaner (one printable, one from insert)
Pretax total $6.38

Regular Groceries/Markdowns:
2 Stovetop Stuffing Reduced Sodium clearanced for .25 each less 1.00off2 coupon (reduced to .50) = free
Air Wick I motion Scented Oil Warmer clearanced for 1.99 less 4.00 off coupon (reduced to 1.99) = free
6 half gallons of milk at 1.33 each
2.49 lbs Green Seedless Grapes at .99/lb = 2.47
Pretax total $10.47 less $4 catalinas from Scrubbing Bubbles transaction = $6.47

THEN, after I put away the groceries, went to my Abnormal Pysch evening summer class, I had remembered to bring my coupons. So long as I had to drive back in to town, I might as well drop by and get my Spaghettios!!

Round 3 $5 of 10 items:
10 Cans of Spaghettios with Extra Calcium at .99 less .50 (5offdeal) less .55 off 2 coupon found at a local chain multiplied to 1.00 = Free plus .01 overage per can
2.33 lbs bananas at .51/lb = 1.19
Pretax total $1.09

Dillons total for today: $22.57




And then I hopped over to Walmart. Hey, it's just around the block and the kids were safe at home with Daddy, so it was peaceful.

2 loaves Great Value White Sandwich bread reduced to 1.00 each
Tortilla Chips 1.50
Planters Flavor Grove Almonds and Cashews 2.50 each less 1.50off printables (FB) = 1.00each
Great Value Fat Free Sour Cream reduced to 1.00
2 Sugar Free Jello gelatins .52 each less 1.00 off 2 printable = .02 each
NYC Cover Stick 1.72 less 1.00 printable = .72
PRICE MATCHED Pork Chops to Price Cutter's .88/lb deal. Got 7.51 lbs pork for 6.61
Pretax total: $13.87



TODAY'S TOTAL: $36.44 plus tax. I hope this will last until close to next Thursday though I will be shopping CVS/Wags this weekend on gift cards.

(Below is a Target trip I took on Monday. Somehow, it only came to just over $5. I'm still not sure how that happened. ALSO, there are adorable make believe/play clothes in the dollar spot right now. I feel like I've already mentioned that. I'm just really excited. Usually those are pricey items. I used our $5 gift card from dog food a couple weeks ago to get the kids $5 new imaginative play toys!!) The b1g1 coupon for Kellogs really did take off 4.29 even though the free cereal did not cost that much but I'm pretty sure this should have cost me $6.50. Still a great deal!!!



Stacked Target qs w/manuf qs and used overage from qs to help cover other costs. Target seems pretty laid back about that while other stores are more finicky. I guess this is where the "ymmv" expression comes in.

Please share your deals/link your blog! I love seeing what other people find. This whole thing still AMAZES me! :)

July Totals:
$103.30 (includes dog food trip not shown. Other costs have come up with car issues and remodeling and are not included. Next month I will work even harder to show every penny.)

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