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

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 

Walmart Trip

Stopped by Walmart on my way home last night to use up some coupons hanging around and expiring soon.

16 pkgs SeaPak Shrimp Poppers  (it takes 5 boxes for a meal at my house)

Total before coupons:  $25.28
Total after coupons:   10.04
Percent Savings:  60%

Grocery Shopping Jan. 16

Still trying to figure out when my 'week' is. I think the best way to figure is is from Friday to Thursday. So, here is most of 'this week's' shopping. I may go again to use up a few coupons in another day or so. I plan to add them to this post if I end up going.

Here we go:

Kroger:
2 half gallon choc milk .99
8 Listerine Total Care Reg. 5.29 Clear. 2.69 used $1/1 coupons
3 gallons milk 1.99
4 yakisoba mac & ch 1.00 used .50/1 dbl
2 Snack away Reg. 2.49 clear 1.49
4 Pillsbury brownie mix 1.00 used $1/2 coupons (Thanks to a friend who gave me a bunch of coupons!)

Total before sales, coupons: 73.37 (used before mgr special prices)
Total after sales, coupons, etc: 29.54
Percent savings: 60%

Ingles:
1 Kashi cinnamon harvest 2.00 (not sure of reg price)
2 Post honeycomb cereal 1.67 ea used 1/2 coupon
2 Post cocoa pebbles 1.67 ea used 1/2
2 BE pearl onions 1.25 used .50/1 dbl
1 BE broc, cauli,carrot 1.25 used .50/1 dbl
2 Quaker Quakes 1.00 used .75/1

Total before sales, coupons: 27.52
total after sales, coupons: 13.05
Percent savings: 52%

Publix:
2 cases Alpo 7.49
5 lb I Can't Believe It's NOt Butter sticks 1.24 used 1/1

total before sales, coupons: 30.43
Total after sales, coupons: 17.45
Percent svgs: 42.6%

Dollar General:
6 Electrosol 12pk 3.00 Used: 2.50/1 coupons
1 Electrosol 20pk 4.00

Total before coupons: 23.XX
Total after coupons 8.54 (long story, but one coupon did not get rung up)
Percent savings: 63.6%

Walmart:
Needed some car stuff and rubber cement for a few projects. Not included in our grocery budget.

But I did get:
2 SeaPak shrimp poppers 1.58 used 1/1

So, before coupons: 3.16
After coupons: 1.16
Percent savings: 63%