One more Ingles trip for Bertolli and butter!

I started feeling better and we decided to make one more trip to see if we could get a few more Bertolli sauces and butter.  While I was there, I remembered that I had a Rain Check for Pillsbury cinnamon rolls that was going to expire today, so I used it.  Plus a few more good deals that we could use. (I notice that the date on my camera needs to be adjusted!)

 

2 Boxes Raisin Bran  3.48 - 1/2  = 1.24ea

10 Bertolli pasta sauce  1.44 - .60/1 = .84ea

2 Blue Plate mayo 2.68 - 1/1  =  1.68ea

6 Land O'Lakes butter 1.07 - .50/1  = .07ea (not pictured)

10 Pillsbury cinn rolls 1.00 - .40/2  =  .60ea (not pictured)

From Mgr Spec buggy:

12 cans Chef Boy .91 - .35/3  =  .68ea 

(the ONLY flavor that my kids like and we only buy it occassionally)

2 boxes True Lime  .99ea

3 2L bottles soda  .88ea

 Total OOP:  $34.08

My other shopping trips this week:  Ingles (39.55), Kroger(60.10), Kroger(20.67).

Ingles 2/27

I stopped by Ingles on my way home from Kroger, because they had our preferred brand of spagetti sauce on sale.  I wanted to stock up on that as well as the Land O'Lakes butter.  I bought some for us as well as for my dad.  I keep some of his stuff in my freezer and when he needs it I just take it to him.  So I kind of buy for 2 families.  I was also still in the mindset of needing to buy appropriate food to feed 6 kids in the car for 2 meals and a snack.  It shows in the choices I made; not to mention that I was sick and not thinking clearly.  And in our defense, we haven't had ice cream in at least 5 months...

Items in blue were for Saturday's road trip:
8 Bertolli pasta sauce  1.44  - .60/1  =  .84ea
5 Land O'Lakes butter  1.07  - .50/1  = .07ea
2 Lay's chips  1.99 - 1/1  =  .99ea

2 loaves french bread  .94ea

2 Nabisco Multipak 6.17/2 - 1/2 = 2.60ea

2 Dixie Crystal sugar 2.28 - .50/2 = 1.78ea

2 Crystal Light   1.64ea

2 bags carrots  .99ea

1 box of 6 pks individual sliced apples 1.49 Mgr Spec

2.5 lbs grapes  3.15

1 box Laura Lynn aluminum foil  2.28
4 Edy's ice cream  2.48 - 1/1  =  1.48ea

Total before sales/coupons:  111.32
Total OOP:  $39.55

My other shopping trips this week:  Ingles (34.08), Kroger(60.10), Kroger(20.67).

More Free Milk at Kroger!

I have noticed that I haven't bought much meat and produce lately, but I assure you that we do eat lots of it!  I usually buy meat less often but in large quantities when it is on sale and then I buy produce along the way.  This Kroger trip I found lots of meat on manager special!  Yeah!  We were almost out of beef!
I have been sick this week and I am glad that I had made my shopping list earlier in the week.  All I had to do was go down the list and then scan through the mark-down produce and meat.  
At the time I was shopping, I was planning on taking all 6 kids on a road trip Saturday and was planning on feeding them breakfast and lunch in the car.  Some of this was meant to be appropriate for meals/snacks in the car. Especially what I bought at Ingles right after I left Kroger!

Here's what I ended up getting:
2 Fruit Loops  2.50 - 1/2  =  2.00ea
2 Corn Pops   2.50 - 1/2  =  2.00ea
2 Flipsides pretzels  2.50  - 1/2  = 2.00ea
4 Keebler choc chip cookies  2.50- 1/2  =  2.00ea
4 gal milk  2.28 - 2.28 promo  = all 4 for Free!
4 Pepperidge Farm cookies  2.00- .50/1  =  1.00ea
2 donuts  .79 Mgr Spec
1 lb Oscar Mayer turkey   3.99 - 3.99 = free (coupon for free OM lunch meat)
1 canteloupe  1.38
10 apples  $1/lb  =  5.00
1 blueberries  1.79 Mgr Spec
1 Round roast  9.09
2 stew beef   7.61
2 Chuck steak  7.61

Total before sales/coupons:  106.47
Total OOP:  $60.10

And this will qualify for the Kelloggs/Keebler $10 Rebate as well!

My other shopping trips this week:  Ingles (39.55), Ingles(34.08), Kroger(20.67).

Linked to: I Heart Publix
Linked to: Coupon Saving Game
Linked to: Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom
Linked to: Friday Finals at Southern Savers

I had so much FUN at Kroger last night!

On my way home, I called my DS and asked if we needed anything.  He said YES! Bring Milk!!  So, off I went to Kroger and look what I got!

2 boxes Frosted Flakes on sale for 2.50 ea  - 1.50/2 = 3.50/2
2 boxes Rice Crispies   on sale for 2.50ea  - 1/2 = 2.00ea
2 boxes Apple Jacks  sale for 2.50ea  - 1/2 = 2.00ea
2 boxes Corn Pops  sale for 2.50  - 1/2 = 2.00ea
2 boxes Keebler cookies  sale for 2.50  - 1/2 = 2.00ea
2 loaves white bread  mgr spec  .39ea
2 loaves wheat bread  mgr spec  .39ea
4 gallons milk  2.28ea = Free due to sale *see below
1 bottle Odwalla strawberry juice  mgr spec  .79 (not pictured)

Here is the current deal at Kroger:
   *When you buy 4 Kelloggs or Keebler items (selected items marked on shelf tags), then you get 2 gallons of milk for free.  Limit 2 deals per transaction.  This made all 4 gallons of milk FREE!

I also used my last $2/1 coupon from all the cheese I bought a few weeks ago during the Mega Sale.

My total OOP was:  $20.67  AND  since I bought 10 Kelloggs/Keebler items in one transaction it qualifies for the Kelloggs rebate, so I will get $10 back!!

After the rebate it will have cost only $10.67 for all of that!!

My other shopping trips this week:  Ingles (39.55), Kroger(60.10), Ingles (34.08).

February Meal Plan - updated

I just wanted to see how I was doing with our mealplan since I did not print it out.  I usually keep it on my refrigerator so I know what to take out of the large freezer for the week.  Well, considering I don't have a printed copy to look at, I don't think we did too bad.  We have had some of the meals twice though this month, so this week maybe I can do some different meals.  I have alot of cooked chicken in the refrigerator, so I will definitely be doing some chicken dishes.  Also, it's time to think about getting March's mealplan started.

 

February Mealplan

1. Homemade pizza, salad

2. Chicken & broccoli & rice bake w/cheese topping

3. Hamburger steak, boiled potato, veggie

4. Meatloaf, mashed potato, veggie

5. Meatballs, julienne potato, veggie

6. Chicken pot pie

7. Spagetti (use buitoni), salad

8. Broiled/baked chicken breast, rice, veggie

9. Taco soup, chips

10. Chicken & rice bake (from can of evap milk)

11. Soup w/leftovers

12. Roast turkey, Stuffing, veggie

13. Lasagna (need to use noodles) buy ricotta/cottage cheese

14. Chicken alfredo (HH), veggie

15. Chili w/ baked potato

16. Fish? Or fishsticks?

17. Grilled cheese and soup

18. Sausage and rice casserole (use gr.turkey w/ old bay seasoning)

19. Waffles, sausage, scrambled eggs

20. Macaroni and cheese w/beef, veggie, salad

21. Tacos, (buy tortillas), Mexican rice

22. Soup w/ leftovers

23. Turkey tetrazzini, veggies

24. Shrimp poppers, rice, veggie

25. Philly cheesesteak HH, veggie

26. Chicken alfredo HH, veggie

27. Chicken and dressing (stovetop), sweet potato (frozen or boxed),veggie

28. Taco casserole w/chips (buy chips)

29. BBQ pulled pork (crockpot),veggies, potato/rice/pasta

Reminders:

Use up 10 grapefruit

Need to make pumpkin pie (use canned pumpkin)

Use whole wheat pasta in soups

Use up instant grits for breakfasts

Packets of Yakisoba in soups-continue to use

Use oatmeal in meatloaf, muffins, breads

I plan on making extra of these to put into the freezer for next month:

Waffles (probably won’t last til next month!)  Nope - they didn't!!

Chili

Turkey tetrazzini

Chicken pot pie

Meatloaf (already cooked)

Freeze leftover BBQ pork

This will be more than one day for me. Probably I’ll do this as time permits during the month.

Ingles Deals week of 2/21-2/27

Today's mail brought the sale ad for next week! Looks like some BOGO possibilities!

Lots of other good sales too!

All of the following are BOGO:

Buy One Get One Free – prices indicate the ‘savings on two’, so if you buy just one it would be half price.

Barilla Dry Pasta 1.38

Lays Potato Chips 10.5-11oz 3.99

Kelloggs cereal 3.78

Crystal Springs 12ct water 4.38

Bertolli Past sauce 2.88

Nabisco Cookie or cracker multipack 6.17

Dukes Mayo 3.28

Crystal Light drink mix 3.28

Krusteaz baking mixes 2.50

Post kids cereals 3.26

Post Raisen Bran 3.47

Kelloggs Fiber Plus 2.98

White House apple sauce 6pk 1.98

Earth’s Best Baby food .78

Burleson’s Clover Honey Bear 3.38

Land O’Lakes Fresh Buttery Taste bowl 2.14

Kraft Dunk’Ems crackers 6.17

Pillsbury refrigerated crusty French loaf or pizza crust 2.47

Mueller’s noodles 12-16oz 2.00

4C drink mix sticks or powder 4.98

Langer’s carrot juices 2.48

Laura Lynn 8.5oz foam cups 51 ct 1.58

Laura Lynn snap/seal sandwich bags 100ct 2.58

Hefty cinch sak trash bags XL, lawn/leaf bags or select tall kitchen bags 4.48

Glass Plus 32oz 2.44

Laura Lynn glass cleaner or all purpose cleaner w/bleach 32oz 1.98

Steak-Umms steaks 4.58

Edy’s Dibs 3.98

Deli French Bread 16oz 1.88

Louis Kemp imitation seafood 2.98

Eckrich Links or bologna 2.48

Oscar Mayer meat bologna 3.38

Gwaltney Big 8’s meat franks 2.28

Steak-Umms burgers 8.98

Bagged collard greens 1lb 2.48

Green Giant baby peeled carrots 1lb 1.98

I’ll post other sale items as time permits….

Walmart

Stopped at Walmart to check out the clearence stuff.  My oldest DS needed a graphing calculator and we were prepared to pay $100 for it.  (Now you know where all my grocery savings went!)  But when he got there our Walmart was clearing out tons of stuff to reset displays and, you guessed it, all the calculators were on sale for 50% off!  So he was able to get one for $45!  And we found a few other things too:  folders, calendars, some bright orange storage cubes thingies (orange isn't our color, but they will hold stockpile stuff or toys no matter what color they are) for 50% off!

By the way, I went only needing milk and bread and a calculator!
Here are the grocery items we got:

1 gal milk   2.28
2 loaves white bread   1.18ea
2 loaves wheat bread  1.50ea (yes those are peelies on the bread!  I am kind of glad the cashier left them on the pkg so I can price that bread at some of the other stores - it will be .70 off!)
2 Knox geletin  1.28ea  - 4/1

So, OOP for groceries:  2.20

Other stuff brought my total up to $50

I also shopped at Kroger and Publix.

Linked to:  Coupon Saving Game
Linked to I Heart Publix

Quick Publix Run

Oops! I needed to get a Valentine's card for someone, so I made a quick run by Publix since we were driving by that day.  Here is what I got:

1 gal milk   2.28
1 Knox geletin  1.38  -  4/1  =  -2.62
2 Fiber One yogurt   1.25 - .50/1 dbl  =  .25ea
2 Rolaids  1.50 - 4/2  =  -1.00
2 Goodlife cat food 2.25ea - 2/1  =  .25ea
1 card  3.99?  (I don't remember price & can't find receipt)

Total OOP:  3.70

I also shopped at Walmart and Kroger.

Kroger this week

I didn't do alot of shopping this week, but I did make a quick stop one evening at Kroger to get some of the .99lb chicken breast.  I didn't take a picture of yucky raw chicken, but I bought 6 pkgs.

I like to buy a bunch when it is this price and cut my own to make boneless, skinless chicken breasts and then I freeze them in serving size portions.  But I have to admit that I totally despise cutting it and while I cut and hack at the chicken, I am contantly saying to myself "I'm saving over $1 a pound, I'm saving over $1 a pound!"  When I'm done hacking at the chicken (can you tell I SO love doing this job...HaHa!) I boil the leftover meat and bones and then take off the cooked meat and freeze it for chicken salad or to use in recipes that need cooked chicken.  Sometimes I will even be very efficient and use the stock for soup or to make a white sauce (well I guess it's not quite a white sauce when you use chicken stock - I think it is called some other kind of sauce).

I will probably go back and get some more at this price.  My freezer is low on chicken breasts (and other meat too, much to my dismay)  I guess I will be spending more soon to restock my freezer with meat!

Total OOP:  20.23

Almost forgot!  I did go one other time this week to Kroger - no picture :(  I had two rainchecks that were going to expire on the 16th...

2 Purex    2.49
6 Banquet meals  1.00  - .60/6 from inside pkg
1 pkg Kroger Swiss cheese slices  1.49
1 can Chef Boy ravioli  1.00
(-3.00 for Daytona sale)
12 Kroger peanut butter 1.00ea (used raincheck)
10 Pillsbury brownie mix 1.00 - 1/2 (used raincheck & coupons from a friend!  Thank you so much friend!!)

Total OOP:  27.92


I also shopped at Publix and Walmart.
 

Walmart - this was embarassing!

I was excited to get Alpo for our sweet, old (12 1/2yrs) black lab.  She has recently broken two of her teeth, so she much prefers soft food.  We were completely out of canned food and there were coupons this past weekend for Alpo.  So needless to say I was excited to be getting it for 1/2 price (.34 can).  So off I go to Walmart, last trip of the day and by this time it was snowing quite nicely.

Here is what I got minus the one can that is still in the car:

So I got 12 cans of one flavor and 18 of another.  However, apparently the snow affects my counting abilities and I put 1 of each flavor on the counter and told the very nice cashier "I have 12 of this one and 15 of this one, and one shoelace (for DH)"
I handed her the 10 coupons for $1/3 and for some reason the last one beeped.  I recognized that there was a problem, and I knew that I had 30 cans in my cart and that 10 coupons would match.  I told her I had made a mistake but I didn't know what it was, and took my 1 coupon back and paid 12.50.  As I was leaving I finally realized that 12 + 15 = 27 not 30.  So I made my way back to the busy cashier and paid for the other 3 cans...no coupon cause I stuck it in my purse and wasn't going to spend time looking for it.  So that total was $2.15.

Time to go home and crawl under the bed!

Here's the result of my other shopping prior to the Walmart episode: Kroger (2.77), Publix (4.68), Ingles (17.10).
Grand Total: 39.20

Linked to:  Coupon Saving Game
Linked to I Heart Publix 

Ingles - 12/12

Here's all I needed from Ingles:

 

4 bags Mrs. Paul's Fish sticks   3.74ea

5 Ray-o-vac batteries  1.25 - 1/1  =  .25ea

4 bags of fish sticks should last through May if we just eat one bag a month.  We'll see how that works out!   I don't buy fish sticks very often, in fact only when BOGO!  So the kids think this is a treat!

Here is Kroger(2.77), Publix(4.68), and Walmart(14.65) today too!  Grand total:  39.20

A Bit more Exciting - Publix $4.68

This one was a bit more exciting, but all I needed was milk, tea and cat food.  I ended up with the Yakisoba and Rolaids to 'pay for' the milk.

1 gal milk  2.28
6 Fiber One yogurt  1.25ea - .50/1 dbl = .25ea
6 Yakisoba  .79  -  .50/1 dbl   =  -.21ea
1 Lipton tea   1.98 - .60/1  =  1.38ea
2 Rolaids  1.50ea -  $4/2  =  -1.00
1 Goodlife cat food 2.25  - 2/1 =  .25ea (only 1 on the shelf - so I got a rain check to use later)
1 Crystal Light 1.75 - 1/1 coupon  =  .75ea

Total before coupons & sales:  38.43
Total OOP:  4.68

I also went to Kroger ($2.77), Ingles ($17.10), and Walmart ($14.65)
Total for today:  39.20

Linked to Grocery Cart Challenge.

Kroger - 2/12

Here was a quick shopping trip.  Didn't need much after last week - HaHa!

 

2 loaves bread  1.00ea

1 head lettuce  .69

Total OOP: 2.77

Also went to Publix (a bit more exciting), Ingles, and Walmart.  Grand total for the day:  39.20

Ingles Shopping

OK, here is a shopping trip I needed to make because I was having a houseful of 5 teenage boys + the 4 younger children on Friday night.  I needed something quick and easy to fix.  We had almost all we needed for taco/nacho night, so I just filled in with the rest.  It added up quickly!

 

4 boxes SuperPretzels 1.44 - .50/1 dbl = .44ea

6 Pillsbury pizza dough 1.67 - .35/1 dbl = .97ea (hoping a catalina for $4 would print, but no)

6 pkgs Hidden Valley Ranch dip mix 1.00 - $1/3 = .67ea

1 bag oranges  = 2.98

5 bags tortilla chips 1.98ea

1 huge can nacho cheese = $7.57

Total OOP: 31.77

Publix Shopping

I needed some tea and Lysol...would have been about $8, so this is what I did:

10 Yakisoba   .79  -  .50/1 dbl  =  <2.10>
2 Rolaids   3.00 - $4/2              =  <1.00>
1 Knox geletin  1.39 - $4/1       =  <2.61>
2 French's mustard  .94 - .50/1 dbl = <.12>
2 Helluva good dip  1.00 - .50/1 =   free
1 Tetley tea    3.25 - .55/1  =  2.70
1 Lysol spray  3.75 - 1/1  = 2.75 (found it in the Clearance section-regular scent)
2 Pepperidge Farm cookies  2.00 - 1/2 = 3.00 (didn't need them, just wanted them! HaHa!)

Would have been:  37.95
Total OOP:  3.52

Here is my Kroger Shopping the same time.

Kroger Shopping

I needed to use a Rain Check tonight since my coupons for Bird's Eye vegetables were expiring today, so I made a quick run by Kroger. Here is what I got:

10 bags Birds Eye veggies  1.00 (used RC) - .50/1 dbl = Free
6 Softsoap  1.00 - .35/1 dbl = .30ea
1 box Sea Salt  1.99
1 gal distilled water  .89

Would have been: 23.03
Total OOP:  5.19

Here is my Publix Shopping the same day.

Ingles Deals week of 2/7-2/13

Here are some of the Ingles deals that I see that interest me this week, but have not made my shopping list yet:

MRS. PAUL'S FISH STICKS 33.6 Oz. Bag  $7.48/2 = 3.74ea

RAY O VAC ALKALINE BATTERIES 4 for $5.00  - $1/1 = .25 ea 

EDY'S DIBS ICE CREAM  60 Count  $3.98/ 2 - $1/1 = .99ea 

ALPO WET DOG FOOD 13.2 Oz. - 10 for $6.00 – (coupon) 

PUFFS BASIC FACIAL TISSUE 108 Count $0.88 (is there a coupon avail?) 

PILLSBURY CRUSTY FRENCH LOAF OR PIZZA CRUST 11-13.8 Oz 
3 for $5.00   -  .35/1 = .97ea 

BETTY CROCKER SPECIALTY POTATOES 4.5-7.2 Oz  
10 for $10.00  - .35/1 = .30ea 

BETTY CROCKER HAMBURGER OR SKILLET HELPERS4.7-7.9 Oz.  
10 for $10.00 - $1/3 = .67ea

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Kroger - Mega Sale!

I know, I keep shopping and shopping, but if I remember correctly in years past, I did the same thing.  I shop and shop and shop in January and then I don't do alot of shopping for several months. 

 

8 pkgs Mission tortillas  1.49 - .75/1 coupons = .75ea

  

Found out at Christmas that my family really likes these.  I would NEVER pay almost $4 a pkg for rolls. But for $1.99 - .50/1 dbl = .99ea,  I stocked up on these.

  

10 bags Goldfish  .88 ea

  

This is what brought my total up so high!  DS wanted some body wash and we needed the battery charger.  The Axe was part of the Mega sale = $2.49.  Dial had $1/1 blinkies beside them and were on sale 3/$10, so $2.33ea.  My camera goes through batteries like there's no tomorrow, and at $10 each time that gets too expensive.  So we went ahead and bought a battery charger w/ batteries for $16.

And finally the tomatoes.  Stocked up for spaghetti sauce and chili.  Plus, we never have paper/plastic cups and during the spring and summer months we always have tons of kids.  So hence the need for cups.  We are set for the summer - especially if I can make them put their names on the cups and try to wash and reuse them some.

Solo cups  1.48 - 1/1  =  .48ea

Hunts tomato sauce  .49 - .45/3  =  .19ea

Rotel tomatoes  .49 - .30/1  =  -.11ea

Krusteaz cookie mix  1.48 - 1/1  =  .48ea

Would have been:  138.38

Total OOP:  52.37 ($28 of it was the soap and battery charger)

Coupon Preview for Feb. 7

I usually try to find a coupon preview to help me determine whether I should buy papers or simply order my coupons from a clipping service.  In previous years I always bought 10 papers each week, but as my stockpile grew and I learned what I buy and don't buy, I gradually have changed to just paying a clipping service to clip and send the coupons that I need.  I generally do not spend any more than what I was paying for papers each week, plus I get only the coupons I use and in the quantities that I need.

With all that said, I think that I may revert back to buying papers (just for this week), since there are so many good ones.  I think it will be more cost effective to purchase my 10 papers!

Thanks to Christie at Big Fat Piggy Bank for the great preview!  She is in FL, so the coupons should be fairly close to the same here and you can see the preview there.