Super Savings Saturday

I don’t usually post on my weekly shopping bargains because there are other, better blogs devoted to things like that and I thought it would get old or derivative for me to post this type of thing frequently. However, surely every now and then you won’t be bored!

I planned my weekly shopping on Friday around my OB appointment – Walgreens and the library are on the way so I stopped there before the appointment, and Meijer is on the way home so I stopped there on the way back, thus not increasing my gas usage except for starting and stopping the car.

Walgreens

Four 14 oz boxes of Cheerios, marked down to 1.99 per box (which is already a great deal, those are usually more like $3-$4 per box lately at the grocery stores)
Four boxes Preparation H Travel Wipes 3.99 each (not a pressing need around here, but they give $1 each overage when you use the coupons below, which makes the cereal free)
One 8 oz bag shredded cheddar cheese 2.59 (not a great price, but no stores had cheese sales this week, and I have overage on my Walgreens gift card, plus I needed an extra item so I would only have one coupon per item, which is the limit)

I used four $1 off coupons for the Cheerios, four $3 off coupons for the Preparation H, one $2 off Walgreens store coupon for the Preparation H (which the computer automatically deducts from each of the four boxes, for an $8 total savings).

Total Cost after coupons: $3.63
Used my Walgreens gift card which I add to monthly because of the rebate program and never spend any out of pocket real cash, so real cost was $0.
(For details on the Preparation H/Cheerios deal, see this post on Money Saving Mom)

Meijer

3.87 pounds bananas – $1.90
two packets Old El Paso taco seasoning (the $1 off 2 Old El Paso products coupon makes these practically free, just FYI) – $1.38
Box of frozen spinach – $0.94
2 lb container low fat vanilla yogurt – $2.19
Jar Peter Pan peanut butter (sad to buy this when not on sale, but we needed it and my $1 off coupons that expire next week made it cheaper than generic) – $2.49
2 lb container low fat cottage cheese – $2.69
Tyson whole chicken (on sale this week) – $4.11
3 lbs Granny Smith apples – $4.49
1.88 lbs zucchini (on sale) – $.1.45
3.82 lbs eggplant (on sale) – $2.94
3.86 lb pears (on sale) – $3.24
2.74 lb plums (on sale) – $2.71
Three bags Dole Romaine salad mix (on sale for $1 each) – $3.00
Bread (on sale) – $1.29
Box of 18 ice cream sandwiches (on sale) – $2.00
Four enormous Honeyrock Cantalopes (on sale) – $6.00
20 oz bottle Lite Log Cabin syrup (on sale) – $2.50

According to my receipt, the pre-coupon, pre-sale price total value of my groceries was $63.87.

I used a 55 cent coupon for the syrup (which Meijer matched up to a dollar, they match coupons all the time not just during sales, they double everything up to a dollar), a $1 coupon off the peanut butter, a $1 coupon for the Old El Paso taco seasoning packets, and then I had a $1 off any purchase coupon that spit out with my receipt last week, and a $10 off any purchase coupon we got for transferring a prescription recently. I also had a coupon for the bread, but forgot to use it, sadly, or I would have saved another 70 cents. Bygones.

Total Cost: $31.32
(savings of $32.55 – gotta love it when you save more than you spent!)

I also transferred another prescription today, which gave me a $10 off coupon to spend next week, and I used another $10 off any gas purchase coupon to get some free gas on my way out (another freebie for transferring a prescription), so I only spent 7 cents out of pocket on that, using change I found on our morning walk!

Believe it or not, I didn’t go to CVS this week. Yet. I might go tomorrow en route to picking up our milk.

I tend to stockpile things when they are on sale, and we’re still getting regular infusions of produce from our garden, so we have a well-stocked pantry that I’ll also be drawing from this week for meals. For dinners this week I plan to make, not necessarily in this order: