Saving Some Green: Weekly Shopping Trip

This week was a good shopping week for me. I was able to get some great deals, some staples, and was able to stock up on a few things. Yay!

My first stop this week was Walgreen's. Here is what I ended up with:

2 Smart Balance butter - $3.98

3 Hunts tomato sauce - $1.00 (w/in ad coupon)

1 Garnier Fructis hairspray - $2.99

2 Palmolive dish soap - $1.58 (w/in ad coupon)

2 Softsoap - $1.98 (w/ in ad coupon)

2 Quaker Oatmeal - $3.98 (w/in ad coupon)

1 Twin pack contact solution - $6.99

2 Walgreen's water bottles - $3.98 (there is a story here)

1 Reynolds aluminum foil - $.99 (w/in ad coupon)

Total before MFG coupons and tax: $27.47

Coupons I used:

1 $1.00 off Reynolds

2 $.35 off Softsoap

2 $.25 off Palmolive

1 $1.00 off 2 Smartbalance

1 $.70 off 1 Quaker Oatmeal (I had two, but it didn't get scanned, I don't know what happened to it :(.)

Net OOP: $23.34

About the water bottles -they were supposed to be $1.99 each or 2 for $3.00. When I got home I saw that only one of them rang up on my receipt. I went back to pay for it and the second one (because there was only one in the transaction) was $1.99. They are way cool, though. I was looking for a weekly pill case for my husband and I saw these - they had a pill case in them and some other samples. I had been wanting a decent water bottle anyway, so it was a win-win. Here is all the stuff that was inside:

Chapstick

Lotion

4-pack crayons

Weekly Pill Container

Hand sanitizer spray

Kleenex

My next stop was Albertson's. I am so proud of myself for exercising restraint. I just did one of the P&G deals and picked up all of their coupons specials (eggs, cheese, potatoes, etc.). They also were doubling up to 3 coupons per transaction, so that was cool too. I split my purchases into two transactions:

1 six pack diet Coke - $3.34

2 Green Giant Vegetables and sauce - $5.00

2 Honey Nut Cheerios - $4.00

1 Multigrain Cheerios - $2.00

2 Progresso Soup - $4.00

1 Chex Mix - $2.00

2 Yoplait Kids Yogurt - $5.00

1 Pantene Shampoo - $3.33

1 Pantene Conditioner - $3.33

Total before coupons and tax: $32.00

Coupons I used:

2 $1.10 off Progresso printables (You can still get one here. Hit your back button and you can print it twice!)

2 $1.50 off Yoplait Kids printables (You can still get one here. Hit your back button and you can print it twice!)

1 $3.00 off 2 Pantene

1 $1.00 off 2 Cheerios I got here.

1 $1.00 off 1 Multigrain Cheerios I also got here.

1 $1.00 off Green Giant bagged veggies I also got here.

1 $.50 off Green Giant

1 $.50 off Chex mix

For my doubles, I thought they would choose the three lowest coupons to double, but the cashier I went to just doubled 3 of my $1.00 coupons, so they took off an additional $3.00.

I also used my $10.00 in Albertson's gift cards I got here.

My net OOP: $8.54 + I got my $15.00 in Catalinas

For transaction #2 Albertson's had a ton of store coupons that were really good. I was glad to be able to take advantage of them!

2 Albertson's Eggs - $1.98 (w/in ad coupon)

4 Jolly Time popcorn - $4.00

2 Albertson's butter - $2.98 (w/in ad coupon)

2 Kelloggs Rice Krispies - $3.34

6.5 lbs Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast - $12.16

1 Albertson's 2 lb Cheddar Cheese - $4.99 (w/in ad coupon)

1 Albertson's 2 lb Mozzarella Cheese - $4.99 (w/in ad coupon)

2 5 lb bags potatoes - $2.50

Total before MFG coupons and tax: $36.94

Coupons I used:

2 $1.00 off 2 Jolly Time I got here.

$15.00 catalinas from Transaction #1

2 $1.00 off 1 Kellogg's

$3.00 for double coupons

Net OOP: $16.98!

Last stop - Fred Meyer. They sent out some coupons earlier last week for some FREE salad and some other low price stuff, so I went to check it out. Here is what I got: